Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1913-05-30

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must be fresh. Keep in a cool place in
crooks. This amount preserves 1--WE dozen.
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THINGS WORTH KNOWING.
To darn worn place in q shirtwaist or
any armcn made OF thin material, place
q piece OF paper. not too stiff, on the
wrong side and stitch back and forth with
the sewing machine. to cover the spot.
When done, tear off paper. You will find
this an excellent way to patch; will wesa
twice as long.
Soap for Removing Paint, Crease Spots.
Etc.VFour tablespoons spirit of hartshorn,
four tablespoons alcohol, one tablespoon
salt. Shake the whole together in a bot
tie and supply with sponge or brush.
Cure for Corns-Rub turpentineA on cor1ls
night and morning.
Save all strings and tapes from the top
OF underwear. wind on a spool; they come
handy to replace ribbon in corset cover
and IN many other ways. Also. when
outing buttons from WORKOUT garments,
string them on a thread; so much easier
to find than when you have to pick over
ell the contents of button bag.
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l. THE HOUSEWIFE.
Moths-lf you have some herbs left from
last Summer. hang them In your clothes
closet: It Will keep out moths.
Bugs-Get a bottle OF disinfectant from
q drug store, and pour a little of it in
some water and wash the beds and wood
work with 1t. II you have very many
bugs, pour some of the undiluted disin-
fSctant in each corner. This is very good
foc people that move very much and are
not sure the house is clean. 1t will not
hurt the woodwork and makes the room
smell nice and fresh after the first smell
Is over.
II you are going to give YOU floor a new
coat of paint this spring, hold a piece OF
cardboard at the side to prevent paint get
ting on wall.
THE TABLE.
Potato ~Salad-Take six large potatoes
boiled with the skins on. When cold, cut
into dice; cut large onion In small pieces,
put with potatoes. add salt. pepper, then
make q dressing as follows:
Salad Iressing-One heaping spoon -four,
one egg. three tablespoons sugar, one tea
spoon salt, X teaspoons mustard, one
tablespoon butter, half cup vinegar. Stir
these all together, then add half cup milk.
Put on stove in saucepan or double boiler
20 COOK. stirring constantly, until thick
ened and done. Then pour over potatoes
and onions. Stir all together so the Dress
ih1g gets AL over the potatoes. Then take
two hard-boiled eggs. cut round and put
on top of potatoes.
THE TABLE.
Oatmeal Drop Cookies-One-half cup
butter, one-half cup white sugar, one egg,
ons-half cup chopped ratsins, one-half
teaspoon vanilla, IA tablespoons sour
milk. one-haR teaspoon soda, one cup
oatmeal. one cup -four. Drop on creased
grtddle and bake in hot oven.
Michigan Cake-OnS cup sugar, one
cup molasses. one cup lard (scant), one
cup sour milk, two eggs. four teaspoons
soda. hour to make a stiff batter.
Filling: One cup chopped ~raisins. one
cup sugar. one teaspoon faour eight tea
spoons water (boiling).
Lemon Pie--Makes three large pies and
"a both delicious and economical. The
juice and grated rind of one lemon (use
yellow part; do not use any Of the white,
or IT will make your pies bitter), ~ small
cups sugar, three eggs feave whites of
Two Tor meringue), three large tablespoons
cornstarch. ~ pints boiling water. TO in
sure best results, CRATE lemon into small
dish. first sdd, sugar. then eggs stir well.
then add cOrnstarch, beat to q smooth
cream and pour slowly into the boiling
water, stirring continually. as It scorthes
easily.
Make q rich crust, using cake tins. Prick
Well with a fork to keep them from bltst-
ering. Bake. add hlling warm; then beat
the two whites TO a stiff froth, add three
tablespoons OF sugar, beat lightly again,
spread over top OF pies and set on ton
crate in oven till a light brown.
Filling should be firm but not stiff.
II you remove crusts to shallow pie pans
before nihng. can easily slip on plates
when done without breaking.
THE HOUSEWIVES.
To keep IRON sinks from rastinx. sink
snouid be cleaned from dir and rust.
then apply with = small paint brush =
good stovepipe and iron enamel; allow to
dry before using Il: will hook like new.
To protong life Of chemical window
cleaning cloth. dip q good absorbent cloth
INTO warm water 70 which has been added
2 little household ammonia. wiring cloth
out well and wipe windows before polish
Ing with ohssnicsl cloth. Change water
often. Use no soap.
After using q wrtnser for colored
clothes. rub with u soft cloth saturated
with kerosene oil. This wnl remove ali
color from the rollers. leaving them as
white AS snow.