The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1914-09-10
Household Hints

A teaspoonful of lemon juice in a
email cup Of black coffee is safe
remedy for bilious headache.
A tiny pinch of carbonate of soda or
salt added to milk as soon as it ar
rives will help to preserve it from
turning sour.
One ounce Of EPSON salts added to
q gallon of water makes an excellent
rinsing mixture for colored blouses and
washing dresses.
To stop hiccough, give the patient
. teaspoonful Of granulated sugar and
vinegar. If this does not afford instant
relief, repeat the dose.
Colored handkerchiefs should be soak,
ed in cold salt water for a short time
before they are washed. This will pre-
vent the colors from running of fading.
Vegetable and fruit stains on the
fingers can be removed by dipping the
fingers in very strong tea for few
minutes and then washing them in
clear, warm water.
If you are annoyed by flies in your
bed room, soak a sponge in oil of
Lavender, and tie it to the top of the
bed. Flies hate the smell of laven-
der, and will not approach it.
To clean lamp glasses hold them over
a jug of boiling water until well
steamed, then polish with dry dus-
ter. 1t is far less trouble than wash
ing, and the glasses very rarely break.
Every housekeeper should possess a
wooden spoon for stirring all fruits or
soups containing any acid whatever.
Never use tin spoon, as the acid will
unite with the tin, forming poison
GUS compound.
The backs of all kid gloves are most
excellent for an interlining in holders,
either for ironing or for the stove.
They give protection to the hands
without adding materially to the bulk
of the holder Old stockings make a
pliable, soft cutter cover for holder.
It is impossible to polish glass If
washed in water containing any trace
of grease.
If one is inclined to bend forward in
walking, placing the hands behind will
help to stand erect.
If turkey or chicken is rubbed in
side with cut lemon it will make the
meat white, Juicy and tender.
Get a cheap tin teapot to melt par
affin in and always keep it for this
purpose. Once used, you will never do
without it. The melted paraffin pours
so easily just where it is wanted and
need not all be used at one time.
II pays to study tastes and needs
and cookery. Indigestion is the root of
more evils (of tempers as well as of
organs) than is commonly recognized.
Pack the ice cream freezer as usual,
then pour little hot water over the
ice to start the melting quickly or fill
up to the overflow hole with cool
water.
Tender plants and sturdy trees be
come crooked and dwarfed if they meet
with too much opposition-and so do
human souls. Some training and prun
ing is good for both but it must not
be overdone.
As soon as the apples for the salad
are cut pour a little lemon juice over
them This keeps them from becoming
discolored anf blends nicely with the
dressing, improving the flavor.
If you will add beaten egg to the
mashed potato that is to be made into
cakes, they will stay in shape better,
brown nicer and be finer favored.
A cup of hot water in the oven with
cake and pastry will prevent scorching. |
In baking gems or muffins one of the
cups may be filled with water instead
of batter
A tablespoonful of castor oil around
the roots of ferns and palms once a
month will give growth and fresh
color.
Just remember to cover the egg yolk
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