Middletown transcript., 1912-04-27
USEFUL THINGS TO KNOW

A tablespoonful of -four will take tn
place of egg in a meat loaf when eggs ar
too high to be used lavishly.
For brain workers easily digested foot
should be chosen; rice, fish, eggs and cus
tards are all good.
To make gelatine harden quickly, us
only half the boiling water called for
When the gelatine is dissolved and th
other ingredients added, mix in the res
of the water, cold, and in few minutes
instead of half hour, the jelly will b.
cold enough to put on ice.
When sewing on buttons, especially OF
garments that are to be lsnndered. if tht
knot in the thread is laced on the uppe
side of the garment go it will come IN
der the button, the button will not CONT
off easily. La washing the knot is rubbed
off and the thread loosened.
To clean carpet sweeper remove the
brush, and after taking all the hairs and
lint of, rub it well with cloth wet il
kerosene. Let the brush remain in tbs
air until the odor has evapora'ed. The
sweeper will leave the carpets and rugl
looking much brighter.
Pillow slips made from tubing NAV be
given a longer lease Of life by reversing
the end seam. Rip the seam and turn
half way around from the way it was al
first so that the former side folds are now
IN the center, then stitch up again. This
gives new surface for the heavier wear,
a-d doubles the service of the pill ow slips.
Tighten your wringer as tight as possi-
BILE, then after table cloth is well rinsed
and folded ever, put it in hot water and
then wiring it through the wringer. Roll
it up in a sheet and let it lie from four TO
six hours, then iron until perfectly dry.
d. the napkins The same way. They will
be perfectly smooth and look like satin.
A good way to clean and preserve mat
ting is to dampen your broom with coal
oil or kerosene before sweeping. This
keeps the dust from rising aud settling on
the furniture, which is so destructive, and
also keeps your mating bright aid new.
Especially in winter, when the room is
more or less closed, it is better to sweep
mattings in this way.
II little starch is added to the rinsiDg
water of al cotton goods they will wash
much moreeasily. The dirt comes out
with the starch. AGd they will iron as
readily as unstsrched goods if ironed be-
fore being allowedt to become thoroughly
dry. by the same rule, painted ceilings
wash easier if gone over first with starch
Water.)
Every housewife knows how much work
it takes to keep the oil stove clean. Take
a piece; of asbestos the same size of the
burners. By puttirg this on the stove
when preparing a meal the stove remains
clean for weeks without any polishing.
Ole piece of asbestos will last two or three
months.
Add little boiling water to an omelet
to keep it from being tough.
Garry a Iead-pencil in your pocket, and
date the eggs as you gather them each
day.
The range will keep black much longer
if you rub the stove over with soap, then
apply the blacking. Save ell small pieces
for this purpose.
Keep your spices in glass bottles with
screw tops-such as peanut-butter jars. A
glance will tell you the contents, even if
marked covers do get mixed.
To keep fish, never put one on top of
another. Wiring clean cloth out of cold
salt water, wrap the fish separately in this,
put them on dish and keep on ice.
If you feel all run down and despondent
II you are not sleeping we'll, if you feel as
il life we're a real burden and that you
must consult doctor, just think it over.
IPerhsps all you need is to raise your bed
room window at night.
1t is a pity that SO much extra work &C.
companies the beautiful spring days. We
could enjoy them better if we had more
time, and if the spring sewing, house
cleaning, gardening, sitting hens and hat
ching chickens, were not ali needing al
tention at once.
Rhubard may be canned in cold water.
Use freshly cut stalks, fit them tightly
into thoroughly ciean jar and let the
water run full force into the Jar for fifteen
minutes till all air is excluded, screw on
the top while the lar is still under water,
see that it is perfectly air tight, aud the
contents should keep and be like fresh
Thubarb.
As q substitute for hot water bags in or
dinary ailments such as toothache. earache
and other minor pains, use common fan
mel bags made in convenient sizes, with
drawstrings. Fill them with hot sand or
salt. aud they are safer than a cheap :nt-
ber bottle, just as tfficacious, and much
handler IL use; keep half dozen ready.
They are of great help in time of aches
and pains.
In these days of high prices it is we'll to
remind ourselves that meat is a expen-
sivs luxury that can be cut in two. We
do not need so much meat as we usually
have served. A pound served as a stew
will be as satisfying as a fifty cent steak
which is often only half eaten and thrown
out to the dog or into the garbage can.
Take a cup of shredded Goldfish, two
cups mashed potatoes. pint of milk and
two eggs well beaten, half cup of butter
pepper and salt, mix well and bake in a
buttered baking dish twenty minutes.
Take a cup of cracker crumbs rolled
fine, the yolks Of three eggs and half cup
OF sugar. juice and rind Of lemon, three
cups OF milk, and bake twenty minutes.
Beat the whites and put over the top for
frosting.
Beat four eggs very light, add cup of
sugar, a cup of cream and vanilla to flavor
add -four to roll and cut in diamond shape
Fry in deem fat. Sprinkle with nnwdared