Evening journal., 1912-10-12
HOUSEHOLD NOTES


Do not waste housecleaning time
to go through boxes of old letters
and clippings. Dust the boxes and
put them in a place where they can
be gone over at leisure.
An excellent remedy for the bite
Of gnat or mosquito is to paint the
spot with liquid ammonia or a weak
solution of boric acid Peroxide OF
hydrogen is also good.
One teasponful of clear lemon juice
taken fifteen minutes before each
meal aud at bedtime is a good pre-
ventive for headache if taken when
the first symptoms appear.
Cucumbers, turnips and carrots
should be firm to the touch when
fresh. Lettuce, If of the headed va
riety, should have firm bleached
hearts, showing no trace of rust.
The oiled paper which comes
around butter, lard, etc, should not
be thrown away, but carefully re-
moved and used to line cake tins or
as a covering for the steamed pud-
ding
For sunburn and freckles. use
half an ounce of elder flowers into
three pints Of boiling water and let
them infuse for two hours. Strain
the mixture thoroughly and use as a
wash
Chiffon can be renewed by spread
ing a wet cloin over, a very hot iron
ana holding the chiffon over the steam
until 1t Is free from wrinkles. The
chiffon should be dried quickly.
When the white trimming on a coat
or dress becomes dingy, wiring a clean
white clotn out of thin starch, place
II on the trimming, then put a dry
cloth over that and iron with a hot
iron
Remember when filling a cake tin
to spread the batter as much to the
side as possible. leaving the depres-
sion in the center; then when the cake
is baked. It viii be level and more
convenient for icing
Potatoes should not be soaked
more than a few minutes before they
lare cooked. II is an excellent plan
TO cook potatoes with their skins on
as 90 much OF the noriushment is
thrown away with the peel. Pour of
/ the water as soon as the potatoes are
D
one side OF the IRE TO dry. Then pee
and butter and dish them up for the
table.
+ coddied apples are delicious. Tak'
hsour large apples. one-third cupful o
tsugar and two cuDiuls OF water; par
sand core the apples, place them in /
saucepan. add the water with tht
sugar dissolved. Cover tightly, ant
when tender, remove 20 individual
fpiates and pour liquid, over them
Place a tablespoonful OF sweetene'
whipped cream on top OF each.
Satin very much soiled can b.
cleaned by making a solution OF on
and one-half tablespoonfuls Of kero
sene with three quarts Of soapsuds
let the satin soak in one or two hours
After this dip the satin up and dow
repeatedly IN clean warm water tina
has been made soapy, then rinse wei
by moving II up and down IN clea
warm water. Press Il when it
nearly dry.
Frilled muslin curtains, which ar
very troublesome 10 iron, are easil
managed in the following way
D ! Choose rather windy day. and afte
the curtains have been put throug
{ a thin starch hang them on the, lin
lengthways. Then draw down IN
sides quite level and just stroke ou
! the frills with the hands The win
: will flap them out and they will loo
as we'll as II goffered.
A little cold water put into a sauce
: and few drops Of ammonia adde
j will make an excellent solution fo
p cleaning a felt hat First brusl
}. the hat WE'LL then sponge It thoi
, ~ with tho ammonia water, the
{ wiring a thick cloth out Of cold waite
. place Il over the hat and iron wit
! moderately hot iron until it is dr..
p When you pull the cloth away yo
VIII raise the nap, and the hat wi
, look almost now.