Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 246, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 October 1912 — All AROUND the SHOUSE [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

All AROUND the SHOUSE

A fine grater is better than a knife tor removing the surface of anything that is burned. • • In washing laces that have become stained with perspiration first wash them with cold water and soap, and after the stains are removed put; them into warm water. Pine pillows should be made of butcher’s linen. This is to be preferred to the color linens, for the oil in the pine will strike through in time and necessitate a thorough washing. To clean a vinegar cruet put a teaspoonful of lye in it and then fill it with water. Let this remain in it a few days and then rinse the cruet out thoroughly, when it will be perfectly clean. or foods containing mushrooms, mtist not be eaten after having been allowed to get cold, as they are apt to develop Injurious properties and become poisonous. Either eat all that is cooked or throw away what is left. In order to clean bronze the article should be Immersed in boiling water, then rubbed with a piece of flannel dipped in yellow soapsuds, and dried with a soft cloth and chamois leather.