The Irish standard., 1914-12-26
Practical Suggestions For House.
keepers.

Practical Suggestions For House
keepers.
In Preparing Bread For Sandwiches
and for trimming the edges of toast
keep a small scissors in the drawe,
with my bread knives. Not only does
it accomplish the work in one-half the
usual time, but the edges are always
much neater looking.
Serve Your Dreamed Chicken
in small cream puff cases. A little
cooked macaroni cut in half-inch
lengths is very tasty addition il
chicken is little scanty.
A Little Lemon Juice Should Be
added to pies that are baked from ap
pies, such as Sheep Noses or Russets
that have little flavor of their own.
A Prominent Manufacturer of Wooden
goods tells me that he proper way to
launder and dry woolens, flannels, etc.
is to wash them in luke-warm water
and pure soap and hang the garments
on the line dripping wet without
wringing at all. If dried in this way the
shrinkage will be so slight as to be al
most unnoticeable.
When Doing Dishes, Cleaning Potatoes
and performing other similar tasks
about the kitchen, high chair to sit
in will greatly relieve the feet.
To Clean Ostrich Feathers
easily and effectually, place in paper
bag half cup of powdered borax and
a cup of flour. Mix, and after placing
feathers in bag, shake about until thor
oughly clean.
Original Place Cards
for a turkey or game dinner, such az
one usually has at Thanksgiving
Christmas, etc., may be easily made by
putting each name on one end of {
blank card in gold or colored lettering
and on the other end fasten a tiny
feather from the fowl by means of two
Sits in which to stick the quill.
One TeaspoonfuI of Beef Extract
added to meat pie will give it a ricf
and delicious flavor, even if made from
dry, tasteless pieces of cold meat.
The Rolling Casters Of My Bed
at the end Of years using refused tt
turn at all. They had become rustet
by being in room with windows
open through the night in all kinds O
weather. By putting them in BASH
and applying kerosene oil, followed b!
a rubbing off and generous amounting
with sewing machine oil, they whirlet
as when new.
When Running Brass Rods Through
window draperies, put an old GLOW,
finger over the end of the rod that il
being pushed through the hem. Thi
prevents the material being torn, ant
also lessons the trouble which every
one who resorts to the old way has ex
perienced.
Slice Couple Of Hard.Boiled Eggs
into your next meat loaf for tasty
decorative feature.
In Searching For a Cleanser
to remove the stains from the bath tub
lavatory and sink, plumber told MI
to use mixture of wood ashes an,
kerosene. It cleanses Immediately
and will not injure the enamel.
For Christmas Chimney centerpiec'
use box about foot square at tn
base and foot and half tall, open a
the top. Cover this with the red pape
which represents bricks, and have
doll dressed like Santa Claus climbin,
over the top with his pack on his back
Inside the chimney, place dinner ia
vors, one for each guest. Red ribbon
attached to the favors extend to tn,
plates, and are attached to place cards
At the close of the dinner, each CUES
in turn draws with his ribbon his favo
from the chimney. If rhymes accom-
pany these and are read aloud, mucl
merriment may be caused.