Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 297, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 December 1916 — Home Helps [ARTICLE]

Home Helps

A cut lemon may be kept fresh for a long time by laying it on a piece of waxed paper, with the cut side downwards, and folding the paper over it in such a way as to exclude the air. To soften hard water, into four gallons and a half of water stir one ounce of quicklime. Let* it settle, and then pour off the clear solution, which Will be enough to add to two barrels of hard water. To remove the label from a jar or bottle: Wet the bottle thoroughly and then hold it near a fire [for a moment. The steam thus generated immediately.acts on the paste or gum. When mixing plaster of Paris for mending cracks in plaster use vinegar Instead of water. It should be of the consistency of putty, and when the cracks are filled the top should be smoothed over wit]b a knife. The mixture will not harden for about half an hour.