Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1918-10-02
GOOD HOUSEKEEPING.
BY Henrietta Grauci.
WARTIME QUERIES.

please tell how To make syrup stain
from water melon, and is it practical
for the individual?"
Reply-Thc Department of Agricul-
turc says thirteen gallons of Juice ia
needed to make one gallon of syrup. The
process 10 too involved to he valuable
for use of average family.
I'VE have veal. pork and chicken to can
for winter use. viii one process do for all
or must pork be stcrllizcd longer"
Reply The pnat of all three should
be packed into jars after being cooked
tender, ans may be steamed IN the canner
ut one time. Our experience shows that
pint cans arc better for holding canned
meat than quart ores. Stcrlizc the beef
and the chicken about three hours. Con
tinur cooking the jars of pork for an
hour longer.
els there n way TO wash white clothes
without boiling them" | am situated SO
that boiling my white things rs impossible,
but | must wash them myself
Reply Boiling vhitens clothes moro
easily then any other thing. but this
method should help YOU: Put the finest
white clothes into hot. soft water and add
dissolved Use less quantity If YOU have
only few pieces. Rub soilcd spots between
the hands and let clothes soak over night
or several hours in this Rinse once. and
rinse rulln in water containing q little
boraS; blue and starch the clothes and dry
IN sunshine You can make tnd that
will soften hard water and Loosen dirt
quickly. thus Put contents OF a can at I've.
thrr, tablespoons horaX. ono tablespoon
washing soda and bar of laundry soap
tshavcd fnc) IN a gallon of water Use n
c,lp of thus to a ho,lcrful of clothes To
soften water IN tub. use just enough to
make the water feel soft to- the hands
Glow can remove oil stains from
hight silk
Reply Gasoline will remove this.
stain
Please tell me the vegetables that
can be cooked without water like spinach
Reply Spinach IS the only vege-
table that contains enough water 90
steam itself. and little water is usu-
ally added even 10 this Exceedingly
tender Vegetables may hc steamed
but the majority require plenty Of water
when cooking,
Can plaster Of PARIS statuarv be
cleaned when gr,my? Water has no
effect on my pieces
Reply Make paste Of powdered
chalk or starch aud cold water Cover
the pieces 10 bc cleaned with this When
drv. remove II with siiil brush, and
the dirt will come of with the starch
How can ight-colorrd felt hat
I've cleaned
Reply l}u, good commercial cleaner
| from the druggist, or Use = brush and
gasoline out of doors Scour the hat
a. though using soap suds and lravc
bat ont until oior has disappeared
KINDLY tell me how 10 make crn-
QUOTES without frying IN deep fat as
YOU seemed 10 suggest m an article
recently
Reply Make croQuette mixture ex-
actlv as though TO he Dreaded and fried
Spreed the mixture IN an inch and a
half thickness over = vcllgrrased pan.
ami cook IN pan of hot water IN
the oven until brown Serve IN the hak
ing dish Or. butter custard cups and
bake croquctte mixture IN them OR
drcdgo ,roquettcs 81 pattieS lightly
with -four and fry in = little fat n a
very hot skillet
"Will It harm a woven 81 tuitcd ruff
to wash 1t with lrvIsh and carpet soap
Reply No. these rugs. # no; too
large. may lie immersed in water with
O,Ir harm