Oxford Democrat., 1917-04-24

ing pictures from the walls. The pic.
ture wire slips right into the notch and
saves the necessity of the housewives .
climbing up and down.
TO STONE RAIsINs
The quickest and easiest way to stone
rsisins is to place them on . tin plate
and heat them thoroughly In hot oven.
The heat makes the rsisins split easily,
and then the stones can be removed.
TO CLEAN A Dusty STOVE
A very rusty stove may be polished to
look like new If, before attempting to
polish 1t, one goes over the surface with
q soft rag dipped in vinegar. A second
application 10 often advisable to be put
on, after the first one dries. After this,
. dry polish should be rubbed on; then
however rusty the stove may have been,
1t will look like new.
TO KEEP MEAT-CHoPPERs SECURE
Before fastening the meat.chopper to
the table, place q piece OF sandpaper
large enough to 60 under both clamps,
with the rough side up, on the table.
When the chopper Is screwed on tight,
the paper will prevent the clamps from
slipping.
A POP CORN HINT
The next time you pop corn, moistep
the grains before dropping them into the
pepper. Do this by putting few drops
of water into the saucer containing the
corn kernels and stirring until all the
grains are damp. You will find that this
preliminary preparation will assure more
thorough popping, and that the fakes
will be more plump and tender.
TO KEEP WOOL BLANKETS SOFT
When washing wool blankets, never
rinse them 10 clear water. To main.
tain their original softness, rinse them
In warm water into which has been dis
solved just enough soap to make the
water soft.
A BOILED RICE HINT.
When boiling rice II one will add q
teaspoonful of lemon-juice to the water,
the kernels will be much whittier and the
flavor of the rice greatly improved.
sALTINs NUTS
When sailing nuts Of any kind, try dip.
ping them In the whites OF eggs instead
of oil or butter. The nuts will be more
wholesome and free from grease. Beat
the whites of the eggs just enough to
break them up. Stir In the nuts and
sprinkle them we'll with salt.
TO KEEP GRAPE JUICE FROM FERMENT-
II grape juice is bought In such large
quantities that 1t cannot be used up at
one time, 1t may be kept indefinitely by
laying the bottle on Its side or upside
down. The idea IL to let the liquid COW
or the cork 90 that will keep the stopper
expanded. In this way no air can enter
to cause fermentation.
A RHUBARB HINT
Whom rhubarb is 10 the market again,
housewives will be glad to receive q new
hint for preparing 1t. To lessen the
acid taste In rhubsrb and to economize
In the sugar required to sweeten Il, let 1t
stand few moments In boiling soda
water after tho stalks are out up. About
. teaspoonful Of soda to one quart of
water IL sufficient.
FERN-DIsH
A man I know recently devised for bis
wife novel and effective fernery to use
on the dining. table. Taking Q small
wooden bowl, he covered tho outside
with thick coating OF cement; In this
were stuck pieces of broom-handle ct
frequent intervals. While the cement
was still wet, he pressed into It bits Of
minerals and few pebbles. After the
cement hardened, be knocked out the
wooden bowl, removed the pieces Of
broom. stick, and thrust the roots Of tiny
ferns into the holes thus left. Then he
filled bis inverted cement bowl with Q
very large sponge and set the improvised
rockery into glass bowl full of water.
The sponge drew up sufficient moisture
to keep the roots Of the ferns just wet
enough, and tho rockery was q thing OF
beauty all winter. Be sure to use .
sponge large enough 30 that 1t 10 con-
stantly pressed up against the roots OF
the ferns.
A SEWING HELP
/ recently discovered that . pair of
good steel forceps that we're usually Idle
on the medicine.shelf came In very
handy while sewing. They are the best
device yet for getting the cloth into the
"hemmer" just right, for turning under
. last little stubborn edge while stitoh-
Ing, or for picking out odds and ends Of
basting thread.
A MANICURE WHILE HE SLEEPS
Does every mother know how muoh
moro easily and safely the baby's nails
may be trimmed II IL 10 done while he 10
struggled for three months
With my youngsters extremities before
! discovered this; now never attempt
the task when ny youngstee b awake.
S.A