Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 249, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 October 1912 — HOUSEHOLD QUESTIONS [ARTICLE]

HOUSEHOLD QUESTIONS

If your floor matting has faded, but is not worn, give it a coat of varnish in any desired shade of varnish stain, and it will wear longer and look fine. To take out the' mark sometimes left after cleaning! a garment with gasoline, lay over the place a piece of clean white tissue paper, and press with a“hot iron. This will at once remove all trace of the stain. If shoes have been thoroughly wet don’t attempt to dry them near the stove. Rub in plenty of vaseline or plain lard and let stand In a cool place several days, and much of the original oil will be restored. If the bedstead is really brass, a piece oLflannel moistened In salt and vinegar will clean it. Slightly touch the spots, then with a clean flannel rub the entire surface of the brass, using a little whiting on a dry flannel as a final polish. Don’t pass hours each week blacking your stove. Ten cents’ worth of stove enamel, which can be applied in a few minutes, will last six months, and all it needs is a daily wiping off with a damp cloth. Besides, it looks nnpsh better than blacking. If you are troubled with black beetles in your rooms, make a paste of red lead, flour and water, roll out thinly with a glass bottle, and put on a hot baking sheet to dry. Strew around pipes and corners that they frequent. These wafers are highly poisonous, so must not be placed where children or household pets can get at them.

Boiled Potatoes With Onion Sauce. Boil potatoes in their jackets with bacon and onion sauce. The potatoes are cooked soft in boiling water and sent to table smoking hot, still in their skins, with a bit of salt sprinkled over them. Each person peels his own potatoes and eats It with this sauce. Get half a pound of smoked bacon, not too fat, remove the rind and chop, into small dice; fry until they begin to crisp, then add an equal amount of chopped onion, mix and cook slowly, stirring occasionally until the onion is , a fine yellow color, but not blackened; serve hot in gravy boat. It has a delicious flavor and it not as indigestible as it sounds.-