Evening star., 1917-01-12
/ FOOD. HEALTH, HOME AND THRIFT
EACH OF THESE SUGGESTIONS" EARNED A DOLLAR,
AND THERE WILL MORE THEM FRIDAY

tatoes you might, with very little ex-
| ira time and no extra fuel, cook enough
to have for tomorrows dinner, either
creamed or fried? And while cooking
beans why not cook enough for baked
beans and bean soup at the same time
That every teaspoonful OF dripping
saved saves that much butter or lard
That those cold potatoes and maybe
| only few spoonfuls of tomatoes. with
, a chopped onion and a little parsley
fried in drippings make nice hot
dish for lunch?
That rice and cheese are still within
| reach of us all, and many attractive
dishes can be made from them? Boiled
rice with cheese is delicious.
That good prepared griddlecake
flour is cheaper than using eggs and
milk? MRS. G. T. X.
To Clean Grease Stains.
When rubbing the children with
camphorated oil, mutton suet or other
oily remedies for colds it is scarcely
possible to avoid soiling their shirts
and bands. Many mothers, while be-
lieving such remedies efficacious, dis
like using them on that account, for the
reason that with ordinary laundering
grease is very difficult to remove. and
the garments become hard and stiff.
By first wrinsing these woolen gar
ments in alcohol to which salt has been
added in the proportion of two table
spoonfuls to one-half pint of alcohol
the grease will come out as If by
magic. Then, washing in warm suds
viii restore the softness which they
had when new. This treatment will re-
move grease spots from any wooden
garment. Mrs. ]. H.
Novel Extension Table.
My table would accommodate only
ten people, and 1 wanted to entertain
sixteen. Now, my dining room was
not large enousgh for two tables, and
as my dining room table is round
one. the use of an ordinary table in
lengthening it was out of the ques-
ton. My kitchen table, which is square,
happened to be of the same width and
height as my round table: so I got u
carpenter to hang an ordinary leaf on
one side of this kitchen table and a
curved leaf on the other side.
Small wooden buttons were ed
to the under side of one end of the
round table to support the ends of the
curved leaf, and presto. a delightfully."-
ample table for the accommodation of
my sixteen guests. Mrs. a. l..
To Use Pea Coal.
would like to offer as an economical
suggestion the use Of pea coal in fur
naces for the purpose of heating with
hot air. Many have tried to use this
kind of coal and failed. because they
said it was SO small that it poured
right through the furnace CRATE. l
have persuaded some to try my method.
and they have been converted to this
economical way of heating their homes.
Always keep a bed of ashes about
three inches thick on the crate to act
as a bed, and never attempt to turn the
ashes out by turning the crate. Use
a poker gently. and as pea coal burns
up very fine you can readily clean your
fire from the bottom with small
poker. Never poke your fire at the
top, but keep the bed of Goals in a
loose condition. Morning and night will
be all that is necessary to clean out
your fire, because you can shovel in
pea coal, turn on the draft and have a
hot house just 50 long as there is
room in your firebox to put on coal.
E. b. NJ