Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-05-01
RECIPES OLD AND NEW
Useful knowledge for Application il
Household Emergencies.

Household Emergencies.
To remove paint from window glass
rub it we'll with hot, sharp vinegar.
Boiled starch is improved by the
addition of a little salt or dissolved
gum arabic. Also the iron will stick to
the clothes, it is said, if the starch
used has been mixed with soapy wa
ter.
To remove tea stains from cloth.
soak in milk. II the stain should be
on a carpet or other material that does
not wash, allow the milk to dry In
The grease stain can be easier remoy-
ed with benzine or naptha.
After baking cake, stand the tin,
as soon as you take it out Of the oven,
on a cloth which has been wrung out
of hot water. Let 1t stand for a few
minutes and then turn out. The cake
will come out without any trouble.
A little pressing works wonders when
one is doing any dressmaking. The
pressing should be done before the
steams are stitched. The finished gar
ment will look better and the work is
more easily accomplished.
A rack for a roller town can be
made Of any round stick with small
nail driven in the ends, with about
half an inch of the nail extending out
Take two wire clothes hooks and
screw them in the wall or door to hang
| the roller in.
To clean the nickel on the kitchen
range, after blacking the stove, dam
pen a sheet of newspaper, rub on q
little soap and with one hand rub this
over the nickel Have dry nev'spa-
per in the other hand and polish be-
fore the soap dries on. This gives q
brilliant luster, and as the papers car
be burned they are better than rags
Kerosene is also good cleanser for
nickel, but does not leave so bright q
finish.
To clean lamp burners, wash them
in wood ashes and water. They VIII
come out clean and bright.
When ivory knife handles have
turned yellow, rubbing them with tur-
pentine will restore their color.
Place salt under baking tins in the
oven to prevent the contents from
scorching on the bottom.
To color faded blue stockings, scarfs
or old lawn dresses, ETC., make yer!
strong bluing and add little vinegar
| To remove old paint and varnish
make an emulsion Of two parts OF am
monia and one part Of turpeGtine
Place in a bottle and shake well be-
fore applying.
To remove the smell Of fresh paint
in a room, place in it pail OF water
containing several sliced onions and
leave over night.
| A painters brush is excellent fol
busting carved furniture. 1t will pen
citrate all the crevices which would not
be touched by the ordinary dustine
brush or cloth.
1t is said an excellent way to keeI
moths from stored blankets or other
wooden articles is to cut up some wei
dried yellow soap and scatter in theil
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folds.
Keep a dish of Indian meal on the
toilet stand near the soap and rub the
meal freely on the hands after soapine
them for washing. 1t will surprise you
If YOU have not tried it, to find how II
will cleanse and soften the skin.
A neat way of working buttonholes
is to place them in small embroidery
hoops while you are working them
This is also true when you are doing
hemstitching, as it holds the work out
straight and there is less chance ol
it's puckering.
Before covering button -moids with
wash material for your summer
dresses, boil the molds. This will save
many stained buttons and also the
trouble of removing them every time
the garment they are on Is sent to the
laundry.
1t is much better when crochetine
lace to make it just the right length sc
| that il will not be necessary to cut 1t
However, when it is necessary to cut
long strip, stitch across it four times
or the machine, then cut in the middle
Of the stitching. This will prevent
raveling.
Instead of gathering by hand, the
machine can be made to do this by
lengthening ths stitch. Sew along the
edge to be gathered and then draw VI
the under thread. This not only saves
considerable time, but the gathers are
even and firm. Sometimes it is neces'
sary to loosen the tension little
this is true where the machine does
not allow a very long stitch.
If a leak suddenly develops in the
roof, and the water runs down the
beam. dropping from one point and now
from another, or from many at once
so that it can not be easily caught, pu'
a line of vaseline, butter or lard acros:
the beam below the leak and as near Il
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