Middletown transcript., 1912-08-24
USEFUL THINGS TO KNOW

Lay tu6 llH6u Ill tue sun IOT IL has d lRiSe
share in doing the work.
Scorched spots, unless badly burned,
may be removed by keeping wet and let
ting them lie in the sun.
The sun is a wonderful bleaching agent
and all linens which have become yellow
will whiten wonderfully if dampened and
allowed to lie on the grass in the sun.
Add favoring extracts, when possible,
to the food when cold, as cooking dissi-
pates the vilatile substance.
Canned Tomatoes.-Wash and drop in
to steriized jars; do not peel the tomatoes.
Add tablespoonful of salt to every quart
jar, and fill to the top with boiling water,
seal and set into boiling water to cover,
Wrap well with old carpet to hell the
heat like a fireless cooker, and leave
twelve to twenty hours. Then put into
cellar. These tomatoes will have bril-
liant color, keep their shape aud be fresh
for use for almost any dish in the winter,
Delicious for salads, as they are not cook
ed until mushy. See that the water IN
which they stand is boiling hot and covers
them to a depth of four inches. A boiler
is good utensil to use if canning num-
ber Of quarts at time.
Potash in solution should be used once
a week to flush the sink drains and cut
the grease. Follow by a good flushing
with hot water.
When company comes We like to serve
them with just the best the house can af-
ford and happy is the wife who recognizes
her limitations and knows her resources
from pocket book to energy and strength.
The housewife who has loads of silver,
cut glass and fine linen, delights to give
elaborate fessts, and they are all right for
those who can afford them, but where
there is one with wealth at her disposal
there are thousand who enjoy entertain
ing, if it must be, simply.
When our women learn to do with
what they have, or can have without a
burden of debt, happy that they have
friends and can enjoy them, entertaining
as becomes their circumstances, not aping
after those who have large means at their
disposal.
The truly great are they who live sim
pie, sane and comfortable lives enter
tanning at seasonable hours normal peo.
pie.
When making custard pie it is little
more elegant if half cup of cocoanut is
added just before putting into the oven,
and when serving a tablespoonful ol
whipped cream added makes a really
elegant dessert.
Hospitality is as old as the hills, the
good book tells us. ''that dinner of herbs
where love is, is better than stalled OK,
with hatred Herewith"
II you live in the country and throw
soapsuds and dishwater out don't forget
that rose bushes and other pet plants will
thrive on it.
II you are 30 unfortunate ls to have
different sizes of sheets in your linen
closet, mark all the sheets of a size with
distinguishing marks.
To take fruit stains out of linen, stretch
the stained spot over bowl and poul
boiling water through it. Peach stainE
are an exception to this rule.
Salmon or salmon trout sandwiches
are delicious. Flake the fish and add g
little cream to it. A dash of french mus
tard is an improvement.
If lamp chimneys are only a little
clouded and you wish to save time, simp.
ly steam them over the tea kettle and
wipe with clean cheese=cloth.
The net guimpes SO much worn nova.
days will last much longer if they are
washed without ironing. Shape them
carefully while damp instead.
Add little salt to the bluing water in
which white clothes are rinsed if you
want to be sure to keep the bluing from
setting in spots or stripes.
Olives, stoned and chopped and mixed
with fresh butter or heavy cream and
cream cheese make one of the most deli
cious of sandwich filings.
To keep the kitchen range fire when
you are not using it, take the steve lids
off little while before putting on fresh
coal. Then put the lids on halt way.
A good way to serve salad is in tomato
shells. Take the skin off the tomato, cut
a slice off at the stem and scoop out core
and seeds. Put in refrigerator until want
ed.
If you find insects when washing let
tuce put it through salted water then in
cltar. But be sure not to leave in the
salt water more than a minute or it viii
wilt.
In cellar or pantry when it is difficult
to keep the air dry, place bowls of un
slaked lime on the shelves near the food
The lime of course, should be renewed
from time to time.
A delicious Turkish dish can be made
from leftover roast beef, tomato sauce
and rice. Chop the beef and heat to-
gether with the rice aud tomato in the
saucepan: season with pepper and dash
Put a little ammonia in the warm
water used to wash paint.
Save the tea leaves to sprinkle on the
carpet when sweeping.
Lemon juice can be used for vinegar in
salad dressing.
A vacuum cleave, will catch more hie'
than fly swatter. Try it.
Succotasb can be made as we'll Will
string beans as with limas.
Never throw away cold coffee; you car
make it into coffee gelatine.