Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 142, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 June 1912 — HOUSEHOLD QUESTIONS [ARTICLE]

HOUSEHOLD QUESTIONS

When paint sticks to glass it can be removed with hot vinegar. To brighten oil lamp burners boil for fifteen minutes in buttermilk. When soaking mackerel or other salt fish, see that the skin side is uppermost. Charcoal in pieces the size of a pea or burnt cork once a week is good for all poultry. _. A cloth dipped in ammonia will often remove stains from the collar of an overcoat. Iced water in a pitcher will keep much longer if a paper bag is placed over the top. A good black ink, mixed with white of egg, will restore the color of kid shoes and gloves. To polish zinc, rub briskly with a cloth dipped in kerosene and rinse off with boiling water. A porcelain tub or sink may be thoroughly cleaned with a flannel dipped in spirits of turpentine. Keep the wax coated boxes in which crackers are packed, for they make excellent polishers for irons. Save soapsuds if you have a garden, for they form a very useful manure for flowers, shrubs and vegetables.