Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 259, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 November 1911 — AILAROUND the HOUSE [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

AILAROUND the HOUSE

•.. —r —■ - 1 To prevent tomato soup from curdling add hot tomatoes (with sods) into the thickened milk. If doughnuts do not : take on a golden brown crust as soon a* they are dropped into the lard, it is because It Is not hot enough. . Kerosene win remove spots and stains from the enameled basin sad tub in the bathroom. It should bn washed away with warm water and soap so as not to leave an unpleasant odor. Even delicate glass can be safely washed in very het water if slipped In edgewise. Insects like neither salt nor alum, and enough adheres to tbe carpet to keep them away. ' Starch should be mixed with soapy water, for thus tbe linen will have a more glossy appeafcnce and be less likely to stick to the iron. Clotheslines and pegs win 'last much longer If they are boiled, for ten minutes wehn new. It is a good plan to repeat the boiling occasionally. A good knife cleaning board is made by taking a piece of board ten Inches long and six inches wide. Tack on to this a piece of Brussels carpet and sprinkle with fine emery. Knives rubbed on this will clean bell and with little labor. To remove grease spots from carpets mix fuller’s earth and magnesia together in equal (byi scraping and pounding). Pbhti thisinto a paste with hot water and spread on the spots. Next day brush off and. if necessary, repeat the When, after much service, a broom becomes shorter on one side than the' other, and the ends of the straws as shsrp as needles, dip it in hot water and trim it down quite evenly wtthj the shears. The result will be a ! broom as serviceable as when new.