The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-02-04
The Editor will be pleased to
receive and publish hints OF In
terest to cur readers.
Household Hints.


cooked in small vessels. A small
roast in large pan means rapid
waste by evaporation and much OF
the meat dried too much. A stew in
too large kettle requires more water
to cover it than should be used.
If baby slips in his new shoes, rub
the soles over few times with sand
paper.
When the fiber water pail begins
to leak coat of varnish over the in
side will prolong its usefulness.
Make pancake batter and thin cake
batters beautifully light by beating
with an egg beater.
It is usually lack of stick-to-it-ive-
ness rather than lack of ability, that
is at the bottom of failure.
Normal work invigorates and if it
is satisfactorily done, brings mental
as we'll as the purely material reward.
Furniture dealers clean brass by
applying spirits of camphor with
soft cloth or brush and polishing with
a clean cloth.
Did someone spatter grease on the
wall paper? Hold a piece OF blotting
paper over the spot with hot iron
for a few minutes.
That stiff scrub brush is also use
full on wash day. 1t quickly removes
the obstinate dirty places that are a
part of soiled, heavy work clothes.
When you want to run sharp
pointed curtain rod through new,
freshly laundered curtains, slip
thimble over the point of the rod and
be spared all annoyance.
A delicious, fruity taste will be
added to the company tea If the
Jumps of sugar served with it are
rubbed over an orange whose skin
has been roughened with a fine
crater.
Odors from fish and strong vege-
tables will be entirely removed from
cooking utensils if they are washed
with soap and warm water, wiped dry,
then washed with strong vinegar and
rinsed.
Kettles may be kept cleaned by
boiling potato peelings in them.
To cut fresh bread, heat the blade
of the knife in hot water; 1t 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 if removed from the dresser
and the lower edges rubbed with
soap
II is better not to put bed spread
through the wringer after the last
rinsing; hang it on the line dripping
wet.
When buttons are taken from an
old dress they should be strung on a
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 thor
oughly cleaned once week; boil 1t
for half an hour in 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 ster
made to lift on hinges, The lower ster
of the back stairs can be turned into
a very convenient place to keep the
family overshoes.
To keep the closet floor neat, try
keeping the children's shoes together
in pairs by the use of cothespins
This will relieve mother and the own
ers of the shoes of constant search
ing and will help in keeping the floor