Middletown transcript., 1912-05-11
USEFUL THINGS TO KNOW


household ammonia may be added to
warm water.
An excellent substitute for cloths in
window washing is an old newspaper or
a chamois skin, which should be wrung
from the water and passed rapidly over
the glass.
To remove a rusty screw, apply hot
iron 10 it's head for a few minutes and
then remove it in the usual way with a
screwdriver. The screw will come out
easily.
Both water and chanois should be
clean and the water should be changed as
often as it becomes cloudy. A soft cloth
moisteued in alcohol and rubbed on glass
adds lustre to it.
Breadboards and other wooden utensils
may be kept white and stainless by rub-
bing with soap and lukewarm water, to
which may b. added a little common
soda or household ammonia.
To clean woodwork steep tea grounds
in tin pail or pan for half an hour. Strain
through sieve and use the tea to wash all
vanished paint, but it should not be
ned on unvarnished paint.
Ii you would preserve the appearance
of the wooden utensils 10 the kitchen al
wavs remember to wash them directly
after they are used, because if grease and
dirt are allowed to soak in it may be iT-
possible to remove them.
Somebody has suggested the idea OF
naintine the lower cellar step white If
vour cellar is dark, thereby preventing
mishaps and also doing away with feeling
for the last step as you go down.
Ifwhen making coffee, you run short
OF milk, good substitute is to beat up an
egg and put little in each cup with a
little milk. You will find this also great
Iv improves the coffee.
Before making I'D new flannel, put 1t
in bath and pour boiling water over it.
Let il stand until cold, then wiring out
and dry. Flannel treated in this manner
will never shrink IN the washing.
An easy wav to curl ostrich piumes
when they are damp is to pnt them in
the oven for few minutes. But be care
fnl to leave the door open and to see that
the oven is not too hot, or they may
burn.
Hair brushes which have become old
Gun be made quite hard and firm by dip
ming in a strong snlution Of alum. Put
little alum in some hot water. About five
cents worth will last long while.
ALWAYS put small piece OF crust into
the frying pan before frying fish. Thl'
prevents the fat from suffering and max
inc the stove greasy, and shows by it
brown color just when the fat is at thu
RIGHT heat for the fish to be put in.
The kitchen tap is responsible for mucl
broken crockery. Hurry in rlnslng
teanot or ing, and the mischief is done
Fit on the tap small piece of rubber tub
ing, and many accidents will be prevent
ed. The wise housewife will treat all tap
of the house in this way.
Frequently tablecloths and napkins ar
stained bv cocoa Such stains should b
washed in cold water first and then boil
inc water should be poured through un
ill the last vistige of the stain is gone. Fo
suots made by coffee or tea, boiling waite
poured through will prove eficacious.
Palms should never be kept in roon
where there is artificial light The
ought to be removed to another apar
ment before the lamp or gas is Lighted
They require plenty Of pure air round tn
roots, but they ought never to be place
where there is likely to be draught. Palm
REQUIRE watering twice week.
A clever woman removes corks tbs
have fallen into bottles in novel msnn'
She ties a button, small enough to easll
nass through the neck of the bottle, to
stout string and drops it inside the bottl
then she turns the bottle upside dow
and carefully gets the cork to enter tt
neck that she can remove it with a corl
screw.
To insure good growth, spread cot
over the box in which Won have SOW
your seeds when watering them. Th
holds the moisture and hastens Il
sprouting. 1t should not be used alt
the the plants have sprouted.
To keep cream sweet, heat it almost
boiling point and then put it in cover
bottle or bowl and set it aside to cool.
To make applications of hair tonic
dressing to the scalp with the least pos
BILE waste, use a medicine dropper, whi
enables one to place the tonic exac
where desired and in the proper quanti
To break a cocoanut shell with slig
blow first put the cocoanut into the ov
until the shell becomes quite warm. 1
also makes it seperate from the cocoaE
meat.
Line shallow muffin rings with fial
pie crust fill with grape or currant jel
Cover each tart with the pie crust PHI
the edges together; butter the tops ligt
Dol-a
quick oven. Serve hot or cold.
One woman declares the easiest
best way to protect lurs from moths is
purchase second hand ffty-pound
can, such as grocers and butchers
their lard in and afterwards have to
card, clean it well aid store the furs il
Such cans can be purchased for 10 or
cents, and are moth-prof.
Paraffine rubbed on the heels of st'
ings will cause them to last much Ion
Orange fritters are as delicious an