Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-11-30
GOOD HOUSEKEEPING
by Laura A. kirkman.
ANSWERED LETTERS.

Mrs. W. W.: my asparagus fern has
become scaly between the thprns on the
stems What shall do for it?"
Answer: You should give the stems a
soap-and-water bath Use Ordinary
laundry soap mixed quite strongly with
water. IL this is applied, the scales will
soon disappear.
Bride: my husband and l ARC very
fond of cornmeal mush AS a supper dish,
but cannot seem 10 make it without
Jumps. IL there any way to avoid thesel
boil the water and then stir in the corn
meal is this the way To make itr
Answer. You will not be troubled by
humps il YOU mix the cornmeal with
little cold water before adding il TO the
boiling water.
Miss l.. l.. s.: Kindly tell me through
your column how TO curtain easement
windows. | expect to furnish a bungalow
soon which has easement windows In the
hvingroom. and don't know whether to
put the shades on each individual window
az not or what TO do about side draperies.
Answer: Shades are seldom put on case
ment windows. Usually some opaque ma
tcrial Is used as draw-curtalns on rod
ON each individual door" of the windows
and this heavy material is drawn at night,
~ one would use shade. II | were you
would have buff-color silk draw-curtains
on rods op each half of window and have
these curtains lined with green. Then L
would have valance surrounding the top
and sides Of the outside trim OF the
window-not touching the little doors
that open. The color of the valance Will,
of course. depend upon the color scheme
OF the room
Young Housekeeper: Please give me
banana hIling for two-layer white
.tl
t.,ucI: The following is . delicious
is,.aua ling: Mash bananas and add
40 hem > tablespoons OF sugar. q few
grams oi salt and tablespoon oornstarch.
Tut over the FIRE and stir until hot and
duck about one minute after it begins
to boil up', then take from range and add
teaspoon lemon extract or ! tablespoon
i,uau juice Spread between the layers
u.c hot and frost the cake with q plain
ie4icd ICING
>al,Swuman: 81 have jyut taken po-
l'iun rs travelling saleswoman, but shall
lu. gn on the road for a couple of months.
SHALL stop at the best hotels in the large
c.t.,s and would like TO know if il Is pos
slhlc 10 register IN my room rather than
III the hotel office, as ] shrink from the
idea Of walking up Ia the desk and regis
tcring there ! would also like TO know
u u VIII be necessary 10 give my street.
address, IN registering shall travel all
over The United States. | have never
travelled before
Ansvcr You viii soon Set over your
reluctanrc to walk up TO s. hotel desk and
'er,stcr Women do IT every day Some
hotels keep second register small enough
tn toe Sent 20 room for the acoommoda-
,lnn oi invalid and elderly persons. In
~ome States II is required that street
dircSs hc gwen. a special column being
I.,l of m the register for this informa-
-nu TN Friday Of this week will publish
Il article requested by another reader, on
When the Home Woman Goes TO
Hotel This may interest YOU also.
Tomorrow Treatment Of Wood
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N care of the Efficient Housekeeping"
department Will be answered in these
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