Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1922-02-23
Conducted by Mrs. John Sandy
Covington.)
Cleaning and Renewing
Old Furniture.


little-raw sienna, mix thoroughly,
paint the entire surface and let
dry. Use two coats. After the
second coat is dry, go over the
carved parts with a thin raw
sienna stain and rub off while
still wet. This gives the light
shade of old ivory. When dry,
polish with old ivory egg shell
enamel. This makes a beautiful
set for a girls bed room.
To Clean Sweaters.
Pour hot water on a tablespoon
full of Ivory soap fakes, add cold
water until the water is luke
warm. Be sure that every flake
is dissolved. Soak the sweater
in the lukewarm suds ten to
twenty minutes, then press gently
to remove dirt. Do not rub,
pull or twist if the sweateris badly
soiled, use a second soap water.
Rinse in three lukewarm waters
Each time the water is changed,
lift the sweater on a towel to
keep it from stretching. Lay
the sweater on a thick towel in
the shade to dry.
To wash chiffons, georgettes,
silks, satins and crepe-de-chines
dissolve ivory soap chips in hot
water. Be sure that the suds
are only lukewarm before the
delicate fabrics are put in. Whirl
and slap them between the hands
while in the suds, but do not rub
or twist. Pat out the suds, rinse
in three lukewarm waters. Roll
in thick towels and when nearly
dry, press with a warm iron, MOI
hot, on the wrong side or under
a cloth. Iron in one direction
only. Delicate laces should bt
basted on a piece of cotton clotl
and washed in lukeWarm water.
Angel Cake.
II eggs, whites; 1-2-t SIP. cream
tartar; l IL sugar, sifted 3 times
1 heaping c. SwansdoWn flour, sift
ed 5 times; | sp. salt; sp. eX
tract almond.
Before beginning the cake, be SURE
THAT you have everything needed OF
the table before you. Sift the tioul
five times and the sugar three times
using clean white paper to sift it on
Do not grease the cake pan, but have
it sitting in cold water. A pan which
has a spout and removable bottom is
necessary in baking this cake. This
type of pan is best for any kind o
cake.
First sift the salt over the whites
of the eggs, then whip them unit
light Next sift the cream of tartar
on the eggs and whip again. Their
sift the sugar over the eggs ano
whip insas when making a merin
que. Now sift the -four over all anC
mix in thoroughly, adding the fla
voring. A very large platter is bes'
to use for mixing this cake. Poul
into the pan which has beer
sitting in cold water and place IL
cooker on an asbestos mat on toI
of the hot stone. Place a mat OF
top of the cake, wire rack ant
then hot stone on the rack, close
up the cooker and bake 60 minutes
The stones should register S75, or i
you try it without thermometer
let them heat Is minutes and ties
by sprinkling a little -four on then
which should brown in about 3 min
utes.
If using am electric stove, which
Mrs. Smith says bakes the most de
llightful cake OF all, turn ON the hea
lmtilthe thermometer registers one
lput the cake in and turn to medium
| and cook for 20 minutes, then tlrl
Ito full and cook for 20 minutes, ant
then turn off and cook for 20 min
utes longer. If using a wood stove
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