Evening journal., 1915-05-21
HOUSEHOLD NOTES

The pure juice of the meat is al
ways the best gravy.
Cross-stitch embroidery is charm
ing for the baby's bath towel
When you want to chop raisins put
them through a meat chopper.
For most preserves half as much
sugar as fruit is better than equal
weights.
Keep the garbage pail dry and you
will have no odors and no misquitOes.
Absorbent cotton can serve as pad
ding for leaves. etc, when doing en-
broidery.
Keep a sharp eye to the marketing.
Insist on good materials and save
waste.
In making preserves be sure to
avoid the too strong havors due to
overmuch spice.
A good way TO use up odds and
ends of colored spool cotton is as bast-
ing threads.
When preserving fruit stir it as
little as possible If you would have
Il retain it's shape.
Yellow or blue are the prettiest
4 colors to choose for the darned work
of guestroom towels.
Icing will not stick to the knife when
icing cake if the knife is first dip
ped in warm water
Closets in bedrooms should have
little shelves, one above the other,
near the floor, to hold shoes.
When hemming new linen, soap the
hem with CASTLE soap and the needle
will slip through easily.
Pickles may be kept from becoming
moldy by laying bag of mustard on
top of the pickle jar.
Mashed potatoes will be fluffy If one
half teaspoonful of baking powder is
added TO the milk put into them.
When a dress fabric has worn shiny
sponge il with vinegar and water, ther
press on the wrong side.
Buying an entire piece of muslin ol
other cloth and doing all ones cutting
out at once, is a great time saver.
Combinations of fruit are often more
delicious than one fruit alone. both II
preserves and i'm fresh fruit dishes.
When new linoleum is put down in thu
kitchen, save strip of IT to stand ol
where the greatest wear comes on thu
floor.
Use any pretty old counterpanes-es
pecally the old handspuu kind-for doc
curtains or, if heavy enough, for bed
room rugs.
Pearl trimmings can be kept in GOO
condition if laid in a box with powders
magncsia, Just thicl, enough to cove
the pearls.
Wild dogwood blossoms are most deco
rative in the house. and If the water
changed often they will look fresh 70
two weeks.
Tic narrow bit Of tape around tn
needle bar inst above the needle if yo
would have the material you stitch fror
oil spots.
Find the leak in the gas pipe b.
mixing soap and water and applying I
the pipe with a brush. If there Is a lea
it will bubble
Tomatoes and hard-boiled eggs choppe
fne and mixed with mustard a httl
cream and seasoning will make a deli
cious sandwich.
II is a good idea TO save. If possible
definite sum for furniture replace
ments This applies especially to th
keeper OF a new home.
New blankets should he shaken an
soaked in cold water over night TO tax
out the sulphur dressing and make thel
more easily washed.
Save all scraps from the table an
mix them with cornmeal, cook them 4,
n short time. and you will have yer
rood feed for the chickens.
! II table silver is placed in hot soal
suds Immediately after being used an
: dried with soft cloth, much Of q
work Of polishing will be saved ,
Copper can easily he cleaned by rnl
! hing with cut lemon dipped m tab
salt then rirsing with clear water an
polishing with soft dry cloth
New enameled tubs and sinks wi
not need securing If they are ker
clean each day with soap and waite
This also applies TO new nickel As
tureA
II IS convenient to have a steplad