Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 303, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 December 1913 — TEST FOR THE OVEN [ARTICLE]

TEST FOR THE OVEN

HOW ONE MAY BE SURE IT 13 JUST RIGHT. Employ White Paper to Tell When Right Temperature Hae Been Secured—Good Recipe for Cleaning Black Woolen Clothing. You can never make a success of baking unless the oven is exactly righL If It is a little too hot or too cold all your cakes and pies will be spoiled. You can always test the heat by putting a piece of white paper on the oven shelf that la to be used and leaving it there for two minutes. If the paper comes out still white or very slightly brown at the edges, then the oven is cool. If the paper comes out a good deal browned, but not burned at all, then the oven is moderate. If the paper comes out brown all over and blackened at the edges, the oven is hot. If the paper burns all to a cinder, then the oven is much too hot for any use. The following is a good recipe for cleaning black woolen clothing: Dissolve borax in water and saturate a sponge or cloth In the solution. Wash the greasy spots by rubbing vigorously, then rinse in clear water the same Way, and "dry in the sun. This is e»pecially good fqr cleaning men’s coat collars. • * Thick, soft gloves are made to wear when lifting pots and heavy stove attachments; thinner ones come for the purpose of protecting the hands while sweeping or dusting; then there are rubber gloves to put on when washing dishes and asbestos gloves to wear when handling hot dishes. Should the clothes be mildewed, the stains may be removed by a mixture containing equal parts of soft soap and starch, half as much common salt and the juice of half a lemon. Thin may be spread over the spots, and the article should be laid on the grass all day and all night the stain entirely disappears. The crisp, raw cucumber, appetizing as it is, proves indigestible to many people. Let these try them cooked. Cooked cucumbers may be served hot with a cream sauce or cold as a salad. Rather ripe vegetables should be selected and they should be stewed very slowly. Finely shredded chill peppers added to- the sauce Improve its appearance and take away the slight insipidly of the cooked cucumber without destroying the flavor. When serving the cooked cucumber as a salad cut it lengthwise instead of across, as with the raw vegetable. A few drops of oil of lavender scattered on the shelves in the library will dissipate the oior of mold which frequently arises from damp weather.