Middletown transcript., 1912-06-15
USEFUL THINGS TO KNOW

When washing oilcloth tablespoonful
of painters size added to pail of watel
will give glossy surface and make il
wear better than when washed in the or
dinary way.
Skinned milk and water, with bit o
glue in it, made scalding hot, is excellent
to restore old rusty black crepe, if vel
squeezed and pulled dry like muslin il
will look as we'll as or better than new.
To clean white enamel furniture re-
move all dirt marks with flannel dipped
in methyated spirits. Then wash at once
with tepid water, to which has been add
ed little fine oat meal. Never use soap
or soda.
As a compromise between ironing sheets
all over and not ironing them at all fold
sheets once lengthwise and twice cross
wise, then iron out seledges and the hens
ironing the outside as you fold them to
lay away.
For luncheon or a Sunday night sup
per have cold boiled fish ready. Shred it
and mix it with chopped cucumbers and
radishes, with just suspicion of onion,
end the result is most appetizing one.
Soak the peas over night, it takes all day
to boil them otherwise, in the morning
wash them and put in kettle with twice
as much water as peas,s "a piece of salt pork,
let boil steadily but be sure to watch
them, as the water boils away very soon.
Add more, as you must keep them very
moist. Salt aud pepper to taste. They
are very tasty.
A sin pie method of cleaning carpet
is to get ball of carpet with lnkewarm
water. Then rub the way of the grain
with the soap, again moisten flannel and
rub thoroughly, finish with a dry cloth.
The colors of the carpet will be almost as
good as new.
Wash some beets thoroughly and boil
for half an hour in boiling, unsalted wat
er. Drain quickly, slip off the skins and
slice the beets. Dip shem in -four season.
ed with salt and pepper, brush over reat-
en- eggs; toss in fine bread crumbs and fry
in plenty of smoking hot fat. Serve hot.
Drain liqnor from can of peas, cook
them until very soft, then rub through a
colander. Thicken quart of milk with
a tablespoon of -four rubbed into one of
butter. Stir the mashed peas into this,
boil up once, stirring steadily; season with
salt and a teaspoon OF sugar and serve.
Soak s or 10 common crackers unit
real soft, place on cake rack, put large
piece of butter on each, and bake in oven
until real brown. Remove and place a
small spoonful of preserves on each. or
course you can put the cake rack in a
baking pan.
Prepare some nicely seasoned, light
mashed potatoes and mound on platter.
Beat onF-half cup cream until stiff, and
One-half cup soft cheese grated and sea-
soned with salt and paprika. Pile lightly
on the potato and set on the top CRATE
Of the oven until the surface is light
brown.
A small vial or soda mint bottle with q
screw top is an excellent holder for need
les, especially in a damp climate, as the
needles will not rust. Another bottle in
the work basket to drop needles in, may
prevent a serious accident.
Another convenient thing in a work
basket is a cork decorated or otherwise, to
protect the point of the scissors.
Never sew lace with silk, as the stitches
are very noticeable This is true no mat
ter how coarse the lace. A cream colored
thread for cream lace or a white for
white is best.
Give away the old garments; do not
Itore them for the moths and rust to de-
tory.
Little duties, even for the small child,
ire great help ps in the household, and
rains them early in taking responsibility.
If your sheets are too short and pull out |
rom the foot make three button holes in |
he foot of each sheet and sew buttons on
he mattress to correspond with the holes
hen button down and there will be DO
1rther trouble.
Have You had any good old fashion
alt pork with milk gravy, as our grand
1other used to call it, served on your
able lately? With baked potatoes it is a
zeal relished by many.
Custards are so easy to prepare and so
holesome for desserts that we should
ave them at least once week on our
lbles.
Now that eggs are plentiful, omelets are
good breakfast dish. II
For painful and swollen feet, bathe in
OF soda or salt water and rest with the
et elevated higher than the head for
We or ten minutee; tie relief will be soon
1t.
Surgeons adhesive plaster is a great
slp to keep corns amiable. Put ou fresh
asters daily and the corns will not get
ard and painful.
Glass which has grown dull can be re-
pred 10 fairly bright condition by wash
g with diluted hydrochloric acid and
terward rubbing with moistened chalk
whiting.
If pancake griddle must be kept hot
r late corners clip it into the oven, close ,
9 door and when needed it is hot.
When using bottle Of glue the stopper
ay be prevented from sticking by rub
nga fresh one with little lard or grease
some kind, and using that in place OF
e old sticky one.
Brasses that are. .lacquered should never
touched with anything but a soft rag
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