The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-01-28

DO you. pldH your udy WOTk,
allotting certain amount of time
to each task ? Try it,. always aim
ing to shorten the time spent on
routine activities so to gain more
for pleasant occupations.
If the lower part of the kitchen
wall, which receives the hardest
wear and gets soiled soonest, is
marked off four or five feet above
the floor by wooden strip and
painted or stained a different tone
from the rest of the wall, that part
can be cleaned or refinished without
making the upper wall look shabby.
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If you are using figured curtains
in a room, choose a material with a
background the same color as the
walls but slightly darker The prin-
cipal color in the design OF the cur
tain material should repeat the
color of the rug, or upholstery. Use
figured curtains only when the walls
give a plain effect.
Crisp salads offer most appetite
ing way of getting enough fruits and
vegetables in the days meals
Serve some kind of salad every
day.
Boil rice in a large quantity of
water until tender, then pour 1t into
a colander or sieve to drain, cover
with a clean cloth and put it in a
warm oven or over vessel of hot
water. AS it steams each grain
swells and becomes separate.
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When you cut up material for
salads, make the pieces large enough
SO that you know what you are eat
ing, and small enough to be dainty
Do not mix with the dressing until
serving time, except in the case of
those salads which call for special
treatment,
Milk and cream for ordinary use
or milk for babies may be success
July pasteurized at home. The
process is not difficult and requires
only simple equipment. Farmers
Bulletin 1859 entitled milk and Its
Uses in the Home" gives full
description of the method and
equipment.
When you are having an afternoon
party and want to serve baking
powder biscuits, cut the biscuit
dough into very small rounds.
Moisten the top of one biscuit with
little rich milk, and place a second
biscuit on top of it. When baked
these tea biscuits are attractive in
shape, easy to open, and delicious
spread with butter or served with
honey or preserves.
During cold weather special pre-
cautions should be taken against
exposing milk for too long time to
temperatures below freezing. II it
is necessary to haul it far in cold
weather cans should be protected
with jackets or blankets. rhe milk
solids in frozen milk have a
tendency to separate, making it
difficult to secure an accurate butter
fat test. Frozen milk is often
watery in appearance and tasteless.
In removing milk stains use cold
or lukewarm water first, sponging
carefully if the garment cannot be
Numbered. This removes the pro-
tein, which hot water coagulates
and sets. Afterwards follow with
hot water and soap on washable
materials, or with chloroform, gaso-
line, carbon tetrachloride or some
other grease solvent if laundering
would injure the fabric.
Tarnish
Tarnish on silver can be removed
by the electrolytic method. Various
commercial devices for this can be
bought for use at home, or it can be
done in the following way: Fill an
snameled or agateware kettle partly
tuli of water in which has been
dissolved one teaspoon of either
washing soda or baking soda and one
teaspoon salt toV each quart of water,
heat this solution to the boiling
point, put in strips of aluminium or
bright zinc, add the furnished silver,
and boil it. The silver must be COW
cred completely by the water and
each piece must be in contact with
the aluminium or zinc, either directly
or through other silver. When the
iarnish has disappeared, the silver
should be removed from the kettle,
washed, and dried with clean.
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