The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-03-05
The Editor will he pleased to
receive and publish hints OF In
terest to our readers.
Household Hints.

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To cut fresh bread, heat the blade
of the knife in hot water; it prevents
breaking and crumbling.
A few drops of blue washing fluid
added to the water in which glasses
are rinsed will make them sparkle.
Obstinate dresser drawers. will run
easily II removed from the dresser
and the lower edges rubbed with
soap.
It Is better not to put bed spread
through the wringer after the last
rlnsing; hang 1t on the line dripping
vet.
When buttons are taken from an
old dress they should be strung on
string before putting them into the
button box.
Patterns are conveniently marked
by tying a piece of the material from
which the garment was cut around
the pattern.
The coffee pot should be thorough
ly cleaned once week; boil 1t for
half an hour in a strong solution of
borax and water.
Rancid butter can be sweetened by
cutting it into two or three pieces and
allowing it to stand in sweet milk
for six or eight hours.
Before washing lace curtains, baste
a narrow strip of muslin along the
outer edge. allow it to remain until
the washing and drying process is
complete.
BY having the tread of the step
made to lift on hinges, the lower step
of the back stairs can be turned into
a very convenient place to keep the
family overshoes.
Cut cotton batting in small squares
and bake in a hot oven 20 minutes.
This makes each square fluff up light
and feathery and soft pillows filled
in this way are as light as down.
To get rid of the smell of tobacco
smoke put lump OF crystal ammonia
into jar and add few drops OF oil
of lavender. Pour a little boiling
water over it and let the jar stand
In the room.
Every woman who cuts out from
~an.r lyppmc of tho hot h ar
In pinning it flat to the cloth. Take
a hot iron and smooth the tissue
paper pattern over the cloth and it
will remain flat without pins.
If a stove is cracked mix equal
parts of table salt and wood ashes
and add water to make thick paste.
Rub the paste into the crack while
the stove is hot and the mended places
will be as hard as rock.
Polish freshly washed lamp cham
neys with dry salt.
Rub freshly cut lemon over
ink Immediately after 1t has Deen
split on carget. No matter what the
color of carpet, this will take out the
fresh stain without injury to it.
Remove the odor of food from
wooden choppng bowl by soaking the
bowl in boiling water in which little
soda is dissolved A tablespoonful
OF soda to a gallon of water is the
proportion.
Gather herbs in the Summer sea-
son, dry them and put them away in
tiny bags of cheesecloth. The bags
should be kept in a glass jar tightly
covered. When making soups or
sauces, a bag of the mixed herbs is
convenient to use.
A teacher Of cooking says that for
every quart of cooked vegetables four
even tablespoonfuls Of butter, a tea
spoonful of salt and an eighth of a
teaspoonful of pepper should be used
for seasoning.
The sleeves and legs of old knit
underwear are excellent to cover a
broom for cleaning dust off the wall.
Put the broom handle in the large
part of the sleeves or leg and pull 1t
up well over the broom. 1t cannot
slip Off as the more one pulls down
on the wall the tighter the cloth will
hold.