Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-01-19
Useful in the
Household

Use paper bags for GOVERNS pitch
erS with food in them.
Always boil new ironware before
using.
When breakfast mullins are left
ever. split and toast them for lunch.
Water the fern dish at night in the
hathtub and leave it there 10 drain.
\ small box OF lime ser in the pan.
try Will keep the air dry and purified
Vinegar and salt will remove stains
from diScolored teacups or other
china.
Chocolate stains can he removed
from linen bv washing with Soapy
repid water
Loaf pans for bread should be mar
row TO insure thorough baking at The
bread.
Extra deep pudding pans. pie plates
and The Ike are preferable to shallow
ones
After washing hair brushes dip
them IN cold water just before dry
ing. 10 keep the bristleS stiff.
Always rinse the egg beater in cold
water Immediately after use, and l.
win NOT he so hard 20 clean
If celery is allowed to lie in water
tor six or eight hours before il is put
on the table it will he very tender.
II seems strange 10 think Of butter
a. salye. but il will take soreness
from a bruise and will often proven,
disColoration.
Spinach, either fresh OF canned, is
found to he a new dainty If cook
I'd in boullon instead Of water The
addition of a small bit of chopped
D, pper adds to the ta~tneSs OF the
dish.
Brown sugar frostnc which Will not
crack is made OF one tablespoonful
vinegar, brown sugar enough 10 mix
and the beaten white Of half an egg.
Peat all well together and add sugar
tIpQEu 10 spItdU.
If you have to pack bottles in a
trunk. tie in the cOrkS and wrap them
II soft towels. garments. etc, and
place in he middle OF the trunk away
from anything the contents would
ruin if leakage occurs
When eating ice cream or drinking
ico-water. go slowly There will he
less danger OF acute Indigestion from
he sudden chilling of the stomach.
In the house that is beautiful 70 the
external eye, there must ever be cor
uerS and unexpected places. closets,
Kitchens and cupboards, the powers
that be, " behind the scenes
Cheese cloth makes the best dust.
cloths. II is excellent FOR any sor,
al straining. 10 tie over milk crooks
or to cover fruit or anything not to
he exposed TO the open air, Il is fine
10 polish furniture and 10 shine shoes
Toilet accessories. brushes and
combs and the like should be relegal-
ID to the background, and kept in a
drawer where they will be Just as
easy to get at as in an embroidered
brush and comb kg, and more free
from dust
A housekeeper needs exercise for
Der body, reading for her mind, chart
. - t,ts I'M enni nd nj an /. hi r,
r0r her heart As ingredients are
considered in successful recipe so
must responsibility be measured with
pleasure to make the dish of Every
day Content
Little machanismN. little economies,
small bits of housewifely knowledge.
keep the wheels OF household run
ming smoothly. and the reverse, ~
course, is true. a lack of the tech
Hique OF economy. a few disorders
ard tiny leaks in unexpected places,
bring worry and cause mismana2c-
ment TO know what to do, when and
bow to do it," in emergencies. as well
ae in everyday lifa is the secret Of
success behind the scenes.
Always keep the piano closed when
i is not in use 4 piano is almost
as sensitive to heat and cold az an in.
valid II should n0 be placed TOO
near 4 IRE, as the heat draws the
God Neither shoWld it be near an
open window, as GA a wei day the
damp is apt TO rust the wires. The
keys should be dasted frequently
with an old silk handkerchief and
rubbed occasionally with a cloth mois
tened with a very nttle lemon juice
and whiting, and remove the paste
with Il damp cloth.-tThe Housewife