Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 195, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 August 1910 — The home [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

The home

Vegetables that have leaves or folded stalks should be washed very thoroughly. Spreading a little flour on top of a cake will sometimes prevent icing from running. Bamboo furniture should be rubbed occasionally with a mixture of linseed oil and turpentine, followed by a brisk polish with a soft cloth. A good mixture to set color in cotton materials is one tablespodnful of turpentine, a handful of salt and a pall of cold water. Put goods in over night. Shrink and set color of children’s garments before making up. They soil so quickly that it is not worth while to run risks by waiting until afterward. The marks of matches on walls may be cleaned by applying the cut side of a lemon. Then rub the place with whiting and at last scrub with soap and water. When icing runs put it back on stove on top of asbestos mat and stir until proper consistency. This can be done after sirup is added to white of «gg. - j - : A simple method “Of keeping butter in warm woather is to invert a large earthenware crock or a flower pot over the dish containing the butter, wrap the crock with a wet cloth and put a little water in the dish with the butter. The rapid absorption of heat by external evaporation causes the butter to become hard.