Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1914-09-22
Notes.
REMOVING SPOTS FROM SILKS AND


wooLENs.
The housewife will find that IL she
can clean silk and wooden materials at
home, she will save much expense. To
remove spots and streaks from such fab
RIGS, have found that quarter OF q
cupful of salt added to scant quart OF
gasoline will work wonders, and, best OF
all, IL will not leave the Objectionable
ring that is sometimes az difficult to re-
move as the spot itself.
LIGHT PALATABLE DRESSING FOR
POULTRY
The next time you are making dress
ing for poultry, try just moistening the
breadcrumbs and mixing in q spoonful
or two Of baking powder, according to
the amount OF bread that 10 to be used.
ANY favorite recipe for the dressing may
be employed, but great care must be ex-
ercised not to render it sticky by pack
ing it tightly into the fowl. You will
find that the addition of the baking
powder renders the stuffing light and
delicate, quite unlike the heavy dressing
so often seen; and you will receive many
com pliments in regard to it.
SMOOTH IRoNINGBoARp
When the laundry work is heavy and
some difficult piece is being ironed, how
MANY housewives have been annoyed
and delayed by having to iron over
fold or wrinkle that has appeared in the
ironing sheet? II 10 covering your IRON
ing board, tue outer cover is drawn
tightly over on the bias, it will always
remain straight and smooth, which is
not the case when the cover Is put on
8 he straight way of the cloth.
SEWING HINT
Before covering button. molds with
wash material, boil the molds. This
will prevent the coloring in them COM
ing through, and will save the trouble OF
recovering every time the dress is wash
ed.
SHRINKING WASH GOODS
Wash goods should not be made up
without shrinking, and this Is one Of the
simplest and easiest of tasks when per-
.on knows how to 60 about it. Ii the
goods comes in folds from the store,
leave it as it is. Otherwise, fold it into
about tbird-of-yard lengths. Then lay
il fat in tub and cover it with water.
Let It lie for an hour or more. Then
take it out by the upper edges OF the
folds, and hang it up, dripping, pinning
the top every little way with clothespins
so as TO keep II as straight as possible.
As the outside folds dry, they should be
thrown up over the line to expedite the
drying. Goods treated in this way will
need no pressing, and will not lose the
original finish.
REPAIRING CHIDDREN's CARRIERS
Even with the very good quality OF
yarters, the knob shaped catch TO which
the stocking is attached 10 liable to
break. When this happens, sew on In
it's place a white shoe button, being care
jul To use the largest procurable size,
and YOU will be surprised to find 1t Who'll
.iy satisfactory. Mothers of small chill
jren should be especially glad to know
this.
To CLEAN VELVET
/ have found that there 10 nothing bet
ter for cleaning velvets and plush than
TO sprinkle on dry salt and brush back
and forth until all lint and dust are re-
moved. This will leave the velvet "a
bright and clean as when new.
MARKING SHEETS
Perhaps some other busy bousekeeper
would like to try my quick and easy way
of marking sheets. In the upper left
corner, just above the hem, l make .
capital letter with a soft lead pencil, and
chain stitch over it with fine white en-
broidery cotton. is for single sheets,
ID for double ones, aud n for maids.
Embroidered initials are better, OF
course, but these serve the purpose and
require much less time and skill.
WARMING CEREALS QUICKLY
Instead Of warming cereals in the
oven, | crisp mine by filling large corn
pepper full Of flakes and tossing it light
ly over the heat from the stove. Besides
being quicker, there ia no possibility Of
scorching, as is the case where the oven
is used.
A sTEP-SAvKR
One little help in saving steps, for me,
has been to have berry basket near
where work. Egg shells, lemon peels,
or any small scraps are placed In 1t.
Then, when the work Is done, 1t is very
easy to empty it all 10 the stove or garb-
age pail instead Of making . separate
trip with each article.