Middletown transcript., 1912-09-21
USEFUL THINGS TO KNOW

One secret q good tea or coffee is to
make it with water freshly boiled.
japanese linterns cam be used year
alter year if they are put away carefully
Change dish water often-it is better
tor the hands and for the dishes.
When plain white lawn waists are
worn around the neck and sleeves, thev
can often be made into corset covers
If your gloves get wet drv them in a
cool place and ruO a little olive oil into
KID before pnitirg them on again.
To darn rer, in dark material rayel
ont and use some of the thread of regular
darning and sewing cotton.
II you keep your clean kitchen utensils
In cupbcards and drawers, you will find
them always ready for immediate use.
When the cake in the oven ready for
a hnal browning, throw a handful ofchips
on the fire o. tuck in new spaper.
you wish to give brass article a
polish like ne" heat them first, then rnb
on paste OF hot salt and lemon Juice.
Rub dry.
Clean milk siraners by rubbing a cake
OF soap over the wire, then pour boiling
water through the strainer aud rinse well.
The best pi' ces of meat for roasting are
the ribs, sun 'iu and pin-bone.
Put piece Of ice in the room in which
patient with nigh fever is lying; it will
prove boon to the sufferer.
Bread will cnt thinner and in more
even slices ii YOU turn the loaf upside-
down.
Eucalyptus oil will remove grease, in
Guiding machine oil, from any fabric
without injur,.
When the enamel on gas stoves be-
comes diseolored, scour it with damp
flannel dipped in garden soil.
When making desserts allow one heap
ing tablespoon Of grannlated sugar to
each egg and a tslf pint of milk.
10 remove the unpleasant odor from
the hands after peeling onions, rub them
with salt and wash in cold water.
White of an egg will clean fly ppeck
from gilt frames or mouldings. Apply
the white of an egg with a camePs hair
brush.
A very good way to SINCE chickens is to
hold them over a saucer of burning alco-
hol. Their is no SCOT left on the flesh.
One large tablespoonful of white -four
and one large tablespoon of butter, blend
ed will thcken half pint of milk or
water sauces.
Sweet oil will remove hot water marks
from Japanese trays. Rub it well until
the marks disappear then polish the tray
with -four and soft cloth.
Paint can be removed from clothing by
saturating the spots two or three times
with equal parts of ammonia and turpen-
tine then wash out with soap suds.
Cabbage should never be boiled longer
than thirty minutes for when the time is
heightened, the leaves lose their tender
crispness and become soft and dark color
ed.
Perch. brook trout, catfish and all small
fish are best fried. These fish should
swim twice once in water and once in hot
fat. The fat should be boiling hot before
putting the fish in.
One and a half teaspoons of baking
powder to one pint of sifted -four is a
good rule to follow for biscuits or short
cakes.
Lamb, if fresh should be of a bright red
color with white fat. 1t is unwholesome
if not thoroughly cooked.
A good method to save fuel is to do
many things with Que fire. On wash
ing days there must be of NECESSITY a good
fire, so cook as much as possible on that
day.
Kitchen utensils made of wood NAV
be cleaned by rubbing with soap aud
lukswsrm water to which is added little
Common soda or household ammonia.
After embroidered sheets and pillow
cases have become worn; the monogram
may be cut out in circle and used again
by neatly feather stitching it on the new
Golfers, after a hard day outdoors,
often suffer from tired feet with EQUAL
parts of lemon juice and alcohol well
blended together.
To clean soiled lace yoke IN a silk or
cloth dress, rub powdered starch into the
lace: let it lie several hours and then
brush it out. The starch absorbs the
grease and dust.
Never allow either very hot or very
,old food to come in contact with the
eeth; the extremes in temperature will
break the enamel and cause decay.a
When brushing the hair draw the
brush firmly over the scalp and down the
'ntire length of the hair in one stroke;
he short stroke is liable to break the
lair.
Too much libuid should not be taken
With the food at meals: it will dilute and
weaken the gastric juice. Through mas
ication supplies the necessary gastric
liquor.
When the eyes ache they can be re-
ieved by closing the lids for five minutes
md if they have a burning sensation
,athe them with hot water to which a
lash of WITCH hazel has been added; if
be whites are yellow and the pupils duh
trict attention should be paid to the diet.
A very pretty and refreshing salad is
made with radishes sliced thin a few