The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-12-21


When washing nandkerchiefs, pin all
together by one corner with a large
| safety pin, tie them with a bit OF |
string. Wash and dry them all together.
/ This saves much handling.
Each year at Christmas time the
\ Brattleboro Drug Co. assists many
women TO select gifts of cigars and other
! things for smokers. One who is not
posted on what men like in this line viii
! do we'll to be guided by them.
When the button holes in knitted
underwear become stretched. thread
needle with strong thread and sew
| around the buttonhole close 10 the edge,
drawing il up to proper size and fasten-
! ing the thread securely. Then you may
rework the buttonhole, which will out
last the garment
Some never buy their Christmas can
dies until the last moment If you are
such one. Hall < FarweHs will be a
in this line They seem TO have every
i thing from the gay ribbon candy 10 the
choice chocolates in the finest of gift
packages.
In making pudding bag, slant the
side seams from the bottom, upward and
outward, thus making the open end
somewhat wider. 1t is then easy TO get
the pudding out of the bag, as the wider
part can very easily be rolled back over
the narrower.
The odd things in china and glass
many of them antiques-to be found at
j the Taber salesrooms at the corner of
Elliot and Elm streets are suggestions
for the one who is looking for unusual
gifts. Choice pieces of antique furni-
ture, too. are often found there, as well
as many practical thin"S for the home.
, To seed raisins. wet tins of fingers in
: a cup of warm water. Then break skins
with fingers or cut with vegetable
knife; remove seeds and put in cup Of
!, water.
! 4 Milk Plant recipe: Clean and cut
r up u chicken, place in covered baking
dish that can be covered. Sprinkle well
with salt and paprika. Pour over it
S enough Milk Plant milk to cover. Cover
: and bake in a slow oven for two or
three hours, thickening the gravy when
done.
4 fruit cake may be baked in a paste
board box lined with well-greased paper.
The cake will not burn nor bake with a
hard crust.
Wise bees save honey-wise folks save
money. Decide how much you can save
each week and join the Christmas Saw
ings club at the Brattleboro Trust Co.
Interest is paid on all fully paid ac-
counts.
When copying a crochet pattern from
paper, if q line is drawn with a pencil
through each line of directions as soon
as it is copied, the work will be made
much easier.
Fairbanks tells me he sells more than
twice as many dOughnuts as he did six
months ago. If people did not like them
this would not be possible. Their apple
pies are making quite a reputation FOR
themselves, too.
If roses are generously sprinkled nj
night and placed in the pantry or other
place of moderately cool temperature
they will regain much of their natural
freshness.
There are some bargains in vacuum
cleaners at the store of the Twin State
Co. Why not buy one for a Christmas
gift on their club plan? Let them tel
YOU about il and demonstrate the clean
! ers. Remember that their service after
sale" sometimes means saving the price
of new article.
If your hoiled potatoes are done be
fore the rest of the dinner is ready. drair
off the water and put n folded towe
over the top of the saucepan instead OIL
replacing the cover.
In case you have to have blanket!
washed, remember that they will b
washed with Ivory soap ut the Spark:
! laundry. The average hOusekeepe'
knows that the use of this mild soal
makes blankets soft and fluffy.
One-eighth of a teaspoon of cream Q
- tartar added to fudge before cooking viii
y make it more creamy. An importan
/ requisite for good fudge is to let it sc
\ cool enough so that it will not burn whel
you put some on your finger then bea
A until creamy.
HI Just as you open the door of the Brat
tleboro China store You are confrontet
1 by a big collection of Wearever alumni
I mum utensils | could not spend til
4 time to count the different article
shown, but everything housewife am
1 her kitchen could need is there / an
4 sure. One thing / noticed especially wa
4 a small teakettle which had been re
I duced in price as a special holiday bar
! gain.
AL When hanging out clothes in col
/ weather, first be sure that the hands ar
4 very thoroughly dried then rub ther
I with a little powdered starch
4 very appropriate and valuable git
4 for a boy who is approaching manhoo
1 would be Il life insurance policy in som
! strong company, like the Provident Lif
" which Sanford Daniels represent