Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-05-07
washing Muddy Skirfs

Washing Muddy Skirts.
TO make muddy skirt wash easily
and look white, take some sour milk
dilute with water and soak the skirt
IN It overnight; then wash in the
usual way. 1t will be found that the
SKIRT washes more easily and LOOKS
whiter-Mrs. r J. B.
"A Quick and Easy Way 10 Mend
Gloves.
When a hole first appears in a
glove turn the glove inside out and
drawing the edges of the hole to-
gether. stick piece OF leather court
plaster of it. The court plaster not
only holds the part stogether. but be-
ing leather. makes it very strong.
Miss F: c. A.
In Case of Fire.
Housekeepers who use oil lamps,
alcohol stoves or chatting dishes
should always keep sand box handy.
Never throw water on burning oil or
olcohol, as 1t only serves to spread
the flames. Throw handful of sa nd
where the flame is the thickest, and
IN nine cases out OF ten IL will suffice
to extingush the blaze. In the tenth
case throw on two handfuls.-J. S. b.
sSdS Ior sewing Machine,
scrap bag to hang at the side Of
tne sewing machine Is great con-
venience. Take a pretty piece OF Gre
tonne yard long and twelve inches
wide. sew up like bag and make
casing over small wooden embroid-
cry ring for the top. Sew on braid
FOR hanging. up. with bows on sides
where the braid is fastened to the
ring,-Miss I. P.
Cracker Boxes.
The pasteboard boxes that crackers
come in are fine to keep doughnuts
or cookies in as they will not dry m
l also use them to bake fruit cake in.
as the oiled paper and stiff outside
seep the cake from burning. which
fruit cake is very apt to do.-Stella.
A New Use for Dish Mop.
when dusting or cleaning floors
tnere are always some places where
even the finest mop will not clean.
especially in corners and under some
around radiators, where much dust
collects To clean these places I have
found one OF the dish mops. to be
found at any 1O-cent store. works like |
q charm.-E. r.
Discarded Straw Mating.
Discarded straw mating Is the very |
best lining for ingram carpets Put !
ola newspapers on the floor, then
lightly tack down the mating and lay
your carpet over that. The dirt |
which goes through the carpet at
sweeping time will not remain under
meath to grind out the threads. but
VIII go through the mating onto the
papers When the carpet is taken up, |
take up the papers and burn dirt and
all-Mrs M. W. 3,
\ Quick Way to Pop Corn,
put two heaplng tablespoonfuls
of lard In my roaster and let Il get
hot. then I put one and a half Guns
of popcorn in and put the cover on
securely and shake It about on the
.op OF the range, in which Is q very
hot fire. When II stops popping the
roaster will be full. This is a great
saving OF time. Gs one can pop so
much more at one time than In an |
ordinary corn porper;:-Mrs. e. d.
Useful Aprons.
An apron made Of white oilcloth |
iaves the housewives dress from soil
rg and dampness and needs no laun-
iering One woman has made one
rom one yard OF light. weight oilcloth
md has bound It with q blue tape. It
$ bound in color. as the white tape
you'd quickly soil. 1t is neat and
idy looking. and when working
lround gas or other range, reduces
he likelihood OF the wearer catching
ire when leaning over to lift cooking II
Utensils. When washing clothes It Is II
Indispensable. II II gets solled one
,as only to wipe 1t off with o damp
loth.-A. D. w. ---