Middletown transcript., 1912-09-28
USEFUL THINGS TO KNOW

In baking fish, lay the fish first on a
piece OF clean creased cotton cloth than
lay 1t IN the pan. 1t can be lifted ont
easily when done.
II the clothesboiIer leaks while in nae
the hole may be temporarily stopped up
Oy putting handful of cornmeal into the
water. 1t will fill the hole.
Save the empty spools that accumulate
curing the spring sewing and take them
70 the summer cottage to slip over the
nails In the closets, if they get rusty.
When you sew a skirt braid, the
stitches will not show through the hem
II you slip a piece of pasteboard three
inches long into the hem and move it as
you sew.
Nut sandwiches are among the best
foods to put in the children's school
lunches. Also sheled nuts, and raisins
packed in little glass jars are delicious
and nutritious.
A fire made wholly of newspapers in
the coal range is sufficient to cook eggs,
fry bacon or heat canned soup. Also
steak can be broiled over them, its fat
feeding the fame.
A very quick and simple icing for little
cakes may be made by stirring a little
icing sugar and water together until it is
thick and creamy, then spread on cakes.
All housekeepers' stores should be
plainly labeled.
Buttermilk is usually the best cure for
sunburn.
When peeling and slicing eggplant, use
a silver knife.
Cheesecloth wrung out of kerosene
make good dust cloths.
Poison bottles should have pins stuck
n their corks, points up.
Dry cut glass with soft tissue paper if
you want it to be brilliant.
Sifted wood ashes and mild sofp will
give fine polish to tinware.
The lighter the bread pan the lighter
and whittier your bread will be.
A good, sweet sandwich filing is made
OF dates, stoned and powdered.
To keep silver teapot sweet when
not in use, put lump of sugar in it.
Wash silk handkerchiefs in tepid water
with little borax in it. Iron while
damp.
Every kitchen should have it's library
of books on cooking and house hold
affairs.
Put little blueing in the paste you
use on white tennis shoes if they are
growing yellow.
When an article is scorched in ironing,
wet the spot with cold water and put it
in the sun.
Make aprons, underwear and children's
rompers of cotton crepe if you would
save ironing.
To clean delicate slender vases, partly
fill them with water end uncooked rice
and shake we'll.
Fine china can be safely packed for
transportation in paper if you crumple it
and use enough of it.
One tablespoonful Of ammonia to every
gallon of suds will keep fannels and
woolens as good as new.
Flush piazza floors with water and let
the water evaporate if you wish to cool
the air on a hot day.
A dustess duster is a great help for
wood floors. This is mop made of
oiled waste, which eats up the dust.
To remove grease from coal stoves or
gas range, before blackening or washing
it, newspaper is excellent.
The outlets of laundry tubs should be
probed occasionally with a longhandled
buttonhook to remove the lint,
The one who presides over the kitchen
must learn to take scrupulous care OF all
utensils. TIE life of kitchen utensil
depends uPPen i iiss eaEe, besides Eaaeh es
our delicately favored food loses its
fneness if prepared in diehes that are not
clean.
If one has ever tasted fish in dish of
choice preserves that has been opened
with can opener not properly cIeansed
after it has been used to open fish, the
need is obvious. The manner in which
fishes are washed is often the test bv
which other household duties are per-
ormed.
All utensils subject to rust should be
arefully dried before putting away.
If one is to close the house for a vaca-
ion, see that the stove and iron, steel
nd other rustible things are carefully
reased.
The ice cream freezer is often utterly
uined by allowing the salt water to
taud in the pail, rusting the hoops and
polling the hardware.
SieVes and graters are best cleaned with
small vegetable brush, shaken dry and
lowed to stand near the heat until we'll
ried.
Cracker crumbs used for covering of
shes when baking are better if melted
1ter is used than if bits of butter are
otted over the dish.
Bread crumbs are better for covering
cd for frying than cracker cruabs,
hich are more alb orbent.
Milk will not scorch 60 easily if the
sh is ruinsed in cold water before
ing.
To polish windows. dip cloth in dry
arch and rub over the glass, then polish
th dry cloth.
Chop suet in a cool place, mix with
'ur, and it will blend better in any
sh used.
Scraped raw potatoes put into decanters
kh cold water will clean tham If left in