The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-04-06
Blotting Paper Handy Article.

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Every housewife should have small
rack above her kitchen table for pieces
OF blotting paper and blotters, which
are frequently distributed as advertise
ments.
If grease is spilled on the kitchen rug
or ON the carpet anywhere about the
house, cover it with a piece OF blotting
paper and place a warm iron over the
spot. The paper will absorb the grease.
Wax and wax drops from candles can
be removed in the same way. If the
spot is very persistent, sprinkle with
French chalk before placing the blotting
paper over it.
Blotting paper should be placed under
mildew stains when they are being re-
moved. 1t is better always in remov-
mg to apply the blotting paper to the
side on which the stain was made
Care must be taken not to have the
iron 50 hot that it will remove color
from tie carpet or silk when grease
spot is being cleaned.
When grease is spilled ON book,
warm carefully the parts which have
been stained and take up as much as
possible with fine blotting paper. APP
ply hot spirits OF turpentinc to the
spot. Let dry and moisten with alco-
hol This will take out the grease with
ont harming the paper. Ii may be nee
essary to repeat the experiment.
Grease on the wall can generally be
eradicated by covering with blotting pa
per and pressing with hot iron. Some (
times grease spots can be removed from
books in the same manner. 1t is cspe-
cially well to try this method if the
back or binding of the book is stained
says the New Haven Journal-Courier
Grease stains sometimes cannot be re-
moved by washing and even French
chalk, bIotting paper and hot iron fail
to do the work. If this happens place
blotting paper on both sides of the spot
and press with hot iron. Sponge aft
erward with alcohol or chloroform.
A piece of blotting paper placed under
a vase on the table or under the center
piece on which vase of flowers stands
viii absorb any water that may happen
to be spilled out of the vase.
Very fine lace can be dried BY plae-
ing il between two sheets of blotting pa
per and covering with weight Fancy
collars can be dried in this way easily.
When travelling, it is well to remember
this, as people generally do not like to
trust their good pieces of lace with
everybody.
Blotting paper will be found useful
to put under preserve jars and Jelly
glasses during the canning season, to
place under doughnuts, crIllers and
French fried potatoes when they are re-
moved from the grease pan after being
drained. The remaining grease will be
The paper should be white
md clean when used for this purpose.
When any kind of liquid or grease is
split on the kitchen floor, piece of blot
ing paper will absorb the liquid quick
v. When water, milk, vinegar or syrup
5 accidentally spilled on the dining Ia
Die, call for a piece of blotting paper.
The litter will be more easily removed,
he liquid will have less chance to
pread. and the table win be less likely
o be injured
Fine pieces OF blotting paper can be
oiled into little wads and put into
water bottle. 1t should then be nearly
He'd with cold water, shaken well and
eflled. The blottiug paper win loosen
nd absorb all the stain. If the water
,ottle or cruet is not clear as crystal
epeat the method.
When one is short on rubber rings
turing the canning season, rings of blot
ing paper will serve Just as we'll as
ubber. They have been used on straw
'erry preserve jars and have proved eff
;enf Dorothy Dqxtar