Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 274, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 November 1911 — ALL AROUND the HOUSE [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

ALL AROUND the HOUSE

Two measuring cups kept in the kitchen will save rinsing out one a great many times. Keep one cup for dry ingredients, the other for liquids. Have both the same size. To take the leather stains out of light colored hose add a tablespoon of borax to the water in which they are washed. This quantity is sufficient for only one or two pair. To keep the hands from getting black when peeling apples use a silver knife instead of a steel one. The acid of the fruit'(acetic acid) acts on the iron in the steel, but does not affect the silver. Different uses for small scrubbing brushes may be indicated by burning the name on the back, as “vegetables,” “pans,” “hands,” etc. Then there will be no risk of using the wrong brush. To remove whitewash from floors, furniture and windows apply a small quantity of paraffin on a soft cloth. The stains will disappear completely and the paraffin does not injure the most delicate paint.