Evening journal., 1912-10-17
HOUSEHOLD NOTES

Ether is a very good thing to re-
move grease stains from wearing APP
parel. Another method is to dip the
garment in tepid water, then place It
in cold water to which little borax
has been added. The article should
be soaked for several hours and then
dried quickly.
10 remove tea stains, mix thor
oughly soft soap and salt, one table
spoonful of salt to two of soap. Rub
this ON the spots and spread the cloth
on the grass where the sun will shine
on It. Let it, lie TWO or three days.
then wash It,
Il is best to remove the old wall
paper from the wall before putting
on the new. and II several boilerfuis
of boiling water are placed In the
room and the doors and windows
closed, the steam will soften the pa
per and make IL much easier to re-
move.
If a clean copper kettle has been
blackened by the fire, first wash well
with soap and soda water. then make
a paste of a knife powder and paraf-
fin and scour we'll Il may be neces-
sary to give IL two or three cleanings
to restore It to its original bright
ness.
Tartar sauce is made with one cup
ful of mayonnaise, one teaspoonful OF
finely chopped capers, one teaspoonful
finely chopped green cucumbers
pickles and one teaspoonful finely
chopped parsley. Mix in the last four
together and press dry in a cloth.
Add gradually the mayonnaise
When you wash your silk blouse,
put a dessertspoonful of powdered
borax. dissolved i'm enough cold water
TO cover the article Allow II to soak
for half an hour. then wash the blouse
in warm soapsuds Rinse it in clear
water and then in water 10 which a
little blueing has been added.
The ironing board cover pinned
on is not SO convenient as slips. Make
them from partly worn sheets. They
should be just large enough to slip
over the board easily with tapes
which will tie over the end When lt
becomes soiled it is only a moments
work to slip in fresh cover
New dishes are not so apt TO break
If they are put into a pan of hot wa
ter and set on the stove Let the
water come slowly to a boil Then
take them of the stove. and when the
water is cool take them out; after
this you can put them in as hot water
as you wish and have no fear of crack
ing them.
One excellent method Of extermi-
Mating ants is to wiring out large
spnoge in a solution of sugar and wa
10. L. f.e. t.. H..
and it will shortly be covered with
ants. Remove them by applying the
sponge IN water Use it again in the
same way until you have rid the place
Of them.
When choosing bacon. the lean
should be firm and bright and the Fat
quite white. Bacon which looks dark
has probably lain in the shop for some
time Do not purchase a very large
piece; it is never so nice II il is toe
lean il is apt to make rashers which
are hard when fried.
When the curtains come Just to IN,
window sill or little below, the,
are apt to blow against the screen OF
out the window and become soiled
10 prevent this. slip a very light stril
of wood a little longer than the whit
of the curtain into the lower hen
This will prevent the curtain fror
blowing when the window is open.
There should be three kinds o
soap in every laundry. a neutral soar
a regular laundry soap and a stronl
soft soap. Besides these soaps, il Il
we'll to have b0rax and ammonia read,
/ to use when necessary. All of thesl
not only make the laundry work e
more smoothly and save time. but tn
results will be more satisfactory i
/ you have the proper supplies.