Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 297, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 December 1911 — TIPS FOR THE HOUSEKEEPER [ARTICLE]

TIPS FOR THE HOUSEKEEPER

and Labor Hi Various Horaehold Duties. Keep your clothes pins in a small basket with a handle to it. and on the handle put a hook —one of the “8" hooka, with a curve at each end. Hook the basket on the line when hanging up clothes, and as you proceed push it along the lira Just ahead of you. This saves stooping. A cork soaked in oil makes a good substitute for glass stopper. When mending woven underwear it is always best to use a small embroidery frame. Back-and-forward darning, even in large holes, may then be accomplished with very little difficulty. • / Flower pot stains may be removed from window sills with fine wood ashes. A woman who makes delectable omelets cooks them as usual over the fire until they are set and then puts the omelet pan under the broiler of the gas stove and lets the top brown. ,Thi« makes them sightly without hardening the eggs. ‘ When a tucked blouse is being made the plaits should always be stitched before the material is made up, and the row of tucks ironed so that they lie flat and straight.