Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 February 1917 — The Work That’s Never Done. [ARTICLE]

The Work That’s Never Done.

It is a good plan to always save tumblers which have contained sliced bacon or dried beef. They take up very little space in the refrigerator and are splendid to keep left-overs in.

To separate whites from the yolks of eggs it is sometimes well to tak£ the precaution to break them into a funnel. The whites slip through and the yolks remain. Crisp cabbage may be substituted for celery in chicken salad when the celery is out of season. Don't move your cake in the oven when you want to see if it is baking welt Open the cfoor Quickly, strike a match, and you can see at a glance the whole surface. Moving the cake will sometimes cause it to sink in the middle. ▲ good way to stain steps that are in use is to stain every other one the first day, requiring members of the family to go uosfairs two steps at a time, skipping the newly-varnished stairs. The next day repeat the operation on the other steps. To clean old iron spiders, boll in them a mixture of a pint of vinegar and a handful of salt a half hour. Empty and rub every portion of the Inside with a cloth dipped in the mixture. Finally scour the iron thoroughly with sand and soap. The most blackened spider will shine like new.