The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1915-08-21
TIMELY HINTS FOR
THE HOUSEWIFE

When baking cookies, an excellent
/ way to save space in the oven and
| time In cooking and washing pans is
| to use large preserve kettle cover,
one with ring that turns down.
Place in the oven either side up. II
the oven is hot use the right side as
It will be raised little from the
bottom, and the ring may be the han
die. A good sized cover will bake
about fourteen cookies at a time.
J Save covers of cocoa or mustard
boxes to use for cleaning frying pans
and sauce pans. Hammer down the
sharp edge. Scrape with the sharp
lower edge. The rounding corners Of
covers fit In the round pans much
better than anything you can buy
for the purpose.
Salt is violent irritant to a raw
surface, and yet, when used in the
right proportion salt water Is less
irritating to an injured eye than plain
| ""tSi ~ hoo ptth INC piuNtlCt W
battle an eye that has been injured
by bit Of lime or mortar with a
weak solution of vinegar, and to use
bath of diluted soapsuds for an in.
jury caused by acids.
This is done with the idea that the
acids of the vinegar will neutralize
the alkali of the lime or the alkali
of the soapsuds neutralze the acid.
A far better form of treatment is to
put the patient on his back and pour
plenty of luke warm water between
the well opened lids, as quickly as
possible. Put with the water tea.
spoon of salt to quart of water.
Taking the wooden parts of furni-
ture first, there is nothing better for
1t than sponging off with cold wa
ter. This not only cleanses, but, as
wood shrinks, the water supplies ne
cessary moisture. A sponge should
, be used not too wet for the washing
and chamois wrung out of clear
water (never dry one. Sometimes
the chamois will produce a polish.
When 1t fails to do so rub briskly
with tincture Of equal parts Of tur-
pentine, linseed oil and vinegar. A
large bottleful should not cost more
than 10 cents.
In cleaning down walls after sweep
ing with a cloth covered broom a
lump of art gum sold for cents will
remove soil just as well as the old
time rubbing with bread, and twice
as quickly.
Mission furniture should be waxed.
Melt two ounces each of white and
yellow wax, then mix with four ounc-
es of rectiied turpentine. This
should be stirred until 1t is cold. APP
ply to furniture with a rag and pol
ish with wooden cloth. A soft rag
is all that is necessary to keep brass
bedsteads in good order. To polish
rub with rag dipped into sweet oil
and rottenstone very finely pulveriz-
ed. This is applied with a sponge,
the final polish being given with a
bit of old velvet.
Bronzes may be safely washed with
warm soapsuds and a sponge, using
very soft cloth for the finishing.
For cleaning upholstered furniture
undoubtedly the vacuum cleaner is
the best, but this is not always avail
able. A good substitute If the furni-
ture can be taken out of doors is to
thoroughly saturate it with naphtha
or gasoline, rubbing any stains that
may come to the surface with a soft
hair brush.
A formula for cleansing ordinary
brassware is half an ounce of starch,
six ounces of rottenstone, one ounce
of sweet oil and one ounce OF oxalic
acid, Mix into a paste with water
All kinds of nickel can be kept in
good condition by using a mixture Of
equal quantities of alcohol and liquid
ammonia, stirring in whiting to the
consistency OF cream.
Alcohol applied to gilt frames will
freshen them, and oil paintings may
be safely washed with warm water.
Marble should be wiped off with
rag moistened with kerosene. II
stained apply cream made by mix
ing together one ounce each of COM
mon soda, pumice stone and fine
salt, afterwards washing off the salt
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