Evening star., 1946-08-07
WASHING DISHCLOTHs.

Some one wrote for directions for
sweetening sour dish towels. The
souring is caused by acid fermenta-
tion of food particles by bacteria,
and will be cured if the towels are
steriliZed. Here is a triple-threat
method: I'd Boil in suds and am
monia, 90 soak in bleach and rinse
well, 90 iron. All three of these
will kill the most stubborn bug on
earth and the treatment is recon-
mended by medical people for socks
worn by people with athletes foot.
(From Mrs. J. NJ. M, Arlington.)
In answer to request for washing
washcloths: To sweeten, also to re-
move soap (Which is the cause of
stiffness, allow a quart of cold
water for each cloth, add / table
spoon washing soda, boil about Is
minutes, then rinse thoroughly.
Place in another quart of cold water,
add tablespoons household am
monia and boil Is minutes. Rinse
in plenty of water several times. If
cloths are very full of soap use soda
bath twice, then the ammonia.
Rinsing is very important.
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CORN BREAD;
HOMEMADE SOAP.
form r. E. G., Mount Rainier, Md J
Mrs. E. M. L., Waldorf, Md. asked
for a recipe for corn bread and yell
low soap. My homemade soap is
not yellow, but white and floats and
is grand. Hope she tries both of
these recipes.
Spider Corn Bread: Two eggs,
IA cups milk and water, cup corn
meal, % cup wheat flour, 2 table
spoons sugar or sirup, l teaspoon
salt. 2 teaspoons baking powder, l
tablespoon shortening.
Beat eggs in bowl and add l cup
milk and water. Stir in sugar or
sirup and corn meal, -four, salt and
baking powder which have been
Sifted together.
Turn into frying pan in which
shortening has been melted. Pour
on remaining milk and water. But
do not stir. Bake about Is minutes
In hot oven. There should be line
of creamy custard through the
bread. Very good, I think.
Soap Recipe: -Four and half
pounds of clean strained grease, u
cup borax, Z cup ammonia, 2 table
spoons white sugar, l can lye.
Method: Empty lye in one quart
of cold water, add borax, ammonia
and sugar. Into this slowly pour
the grease which should be warm,
but not hot. Stir a full 1G minutes
or until it is like thick cream. Stir
with long paddle so the splashes
will not burn the hands. Pour into
shallow pans. When hard enough to
cut without running together cut
into cakes. 1t will harden and dry
out SO to be perfectly white and
float. No matter how rancid the
grease the soap is still nice.
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PLATE HOLDERS?
from Mrs. P. o. W., Washington. J
Will some one give me instructions
on how to make wire wall plate
holders out of old coat hangers? I
have a few choice plates that would
enhance my living room walls.
x x X
sUNKIST CHERRY PRESERVES?
From Mrs. L. E. w., HydttsUille.)
Can any one tell me how to make
sunkist cherry preserves? My moth
er used to make them by exposing
the fruit to the sun under a glass
cover and they were delicious. Have
q flavor like nothing else.
x x
THUMBSUCKING.
from Mrs. F. K, Washington
My daughter, now %, sucked her
thumb for over IL years despite
every means used to stop it. We
finally conquered it with nail polish
She Is very beautiful and her teeth
are perfect-always have been
while my Notwithstanding son had
TO have $400-teeth-straightening
Job. 1t is a battling problem, but
hooking back over the years I feel
my daughter was high strung. A
brilliant and serious, child she
showed the daily strain only by