Evening star., 1914-03-22
Some Useful Information.

THE rattling Of coal being shoveled
! into a furnace is always extremely
annoying to a person who is seriously Ill
or nervous. To prevent this, fill a num-
Der of large paper bags with coal by
means of a fire shovel and place them on
the floor near the furnace. When the
furnace needs more coal, lay one or more
bags on the fire, and as the bag burns
the coal will fall into its place without
any noise.
An ounce of prevention is worth a
great deal when it comes to dealing with
plumbers bills. To keep the kitchen sink
and the drain pipes clean and free from
grease pour a hot solution Of potash or
sal soda into the sink every other day.
1t also purifies the air and helps to keep
things sweet.
Pots, pans and plates which have be-
come rancid can be cleaned with baking
soda or wood ashes and water. Fill the
pots with the solution OF cold water and
soda or ashes and heat gradually to boil
ing. let boil few minutes. cool and
wash. with soap and water. Pans may be
put into dishpan and treated the same
way. Aluminium ware is cleaned with
solution of oXalic acid and water. Dis
solve the oxalic acid cystals in cold
water and gradually heat the solution
to the boiling point Bright, clean uten-
silS will be the result
For keeping ironware from rust, or for
keeping the gas or gasoline cook stove
looking nice without backing, nothing IS
SO satisfactory as vaseline. A little thor
oughly rubbed on with cloth makes
the metal shine and keeps it from rust
much longer than any other grease.
If woodenware must be left unused in
stead Of putting water in It to grow
stagnant paint it all over inside with
glycerln 1t will not shrink until the
glycerin dries out, which will not be for
months.
The housekeeper who bahes pies and
then puts them in rows on the shelf or
in the pantry for future use should not
use tin pie plate. No matter how clean
the plate has been secured before using
the tin will be likely to rust and there
will be rust spots on the pie itself. In
stead use earthenware pie plates.
Do not waste time looking for kitchen
supplies in boxes, bags and the like but
fit your pantry with pint. quart and half
gallon glass cans. in which keep sugar.
rice, oatmeal. etc. The contents Of the
Save the wire that comes on oyster
buckets. 1t is useful for making hang
ers, for binding bundles to carry by mail
and for tying up large plants. You will
find dozen and one uses for wire almost
every week, and 1t is much better than
cord When putting up catsup, etc, drive
the cork over a piece of wire into the
bottle neck Then twist the two ends to-
gether and you can readily see that a
convenient cork puller is right at hand
Slip a white shirt button on the wire and
the wire will not then cut into the cork.
No woman need mar her hands or fin
ger nails doing honsework II she will
realize the great benefit derived from
using the various cheap little brushes to
be had for few cents. With these she
can scour greasy pans, pots, crates, cut
lery, sinks and a multitude Of other
things. half dozen Of these brushes
in the kitchen. with and without handles.
will prove a world Of comfort II properly
used. They are easily cleaned and do not
retain odor of food as do dishcloths.
\ whisk broom is better to use for
dishes than scraping them with knife.
For pots and pans use Il small brush
without handle, moistened and dipped