Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 November 1901 — ALL OVER THE HOUSE. [ARTICLE]

ALL OVER THE HOUSE.

Bome Seasonable Suggestions on the Making of Pickles. There are a few general rules to be observed in pickle making. If possible, never use brass, copper or tin utensils; the action <lf the acids on these metals often produces a poison. If brass or copper is used —and our grandmothers had nothing else—the most scrupulous cleanliness is necessary; they ought to | be polished so one can see her face in them, says Good Housekeeping. ; If it is necessary to purchase a vessel, choose porcelain or graniteware, which is easily cleaned and absolutely safe, unless the enamel wears | off; then the iron ( is as dangerous as copper. Use the best cider or white wine vinegar. Never boil it more tl;#n five to seven minutes, or its strength will be reduced. Pack pickles away in glass or stone jars which are perfectly clean. See that pickles are always well covered with vinegar. Watch their condition closely for a week or two, and if they show symptoms of not keeping pour away the liquor about them, then cover with fresh vinegar and 6pices. When ground spices are used, tie them in tiny muslin bags. Keep pickles sealed as tightly as fruit, and when a few’ have been used from a jar or can cover closely again. Put a bit of horseradish root into each jar. This will aid much in the keeping of pickles. The Home Laundry. Concerning the. laundry work for shirts and skirts the advice given is: Shirts should be hung from each shoulder and from the sleeves, just above the cuffs, and not tumbled over the line. Skirts need to hang from the middle front by pins placed at the belt and the bottom. If colored, they should hang in the shade. Children’s frocks need to he hung, like skirts, from shoulders and sleeves. Always see that the collars and cuffs of shirts, etc., are pulled straight and smooth in drying, as that helps the ironing. Further, we are given the hint that should silk merely need sponging no iron should touch the surface. If rolled while damp on a | broomstick, it will dry in a day or so. When there arc grease spot*, i we are advised to try the time ho«ored remedy, powered magnesia, to the wrong side under a cold pres- ; sure, then, after some hours, inb off, and if not wholly cleansed ipply again. / When Mending China. / Here is a household secret wnich an old housekeeper told to a y>ung ; one. Many people may knot' it, but if they do not.it is worth nfiing. I “For mending vour broken ; i china," she said, “take the lit of white that remains in the eishell after the egg has been used, nix it with a little flour, enough tdmake a paste, and cement yo r c'.tui together with. it. That will a>t cost i you a cent, it will not wi-tejm egg, and unit's there is a 1 i-r I’t-ak it will be sufficient to do th^ repairing.” The yor.rur housekeejmended ; r. hand painted pen tra viich had been broken, much to hes sorrow, and though it has been ka>l ed a number of times since tb egg cement has held the broket? pieces together as well as the olier housekeeper said it would. /’

Cleaning Common laces. Make the suds as so fine laces and let tho lace soak in this for ten hours or more; then rul gently between the palms of /the hands. Wasli in a second sudsin the same manner, then rinse until the water is clear. If the lace ij/to be tinted, do it now, then starch. Have a flannel tacked tightlf on a board; spread the lace on tfis and pin to the flannel. Be surrthat the lace is drawn out properl J and that each point is fastened to ne flannel with a pin, or the wet lat* may be drawn out perfectly smooli, covered with a piece of checsecioth and ironed with a moderately hot iron until ‘quite dry. 7 _ A Room Far Picture*. The best backgnund for pictures is plain terra cottl or brown paper. A woman who is the proud possessor of many old prints and engravings has them in, her dining room. The walls are covered with wrapping paper, or something that looks very like it, and jibove is a frieze of orange distemper. The picture rails and woodwork are white. The hangings are of orange colored velveteen. All tlie furniture is mahogany. The Way to dolor Thing* to Eat. A drop or two of cochineal may be added whet! you use rose flavor; a little grated f ellow rind of orange will give thf desired color for orange flavoring, and green is obtained from wistachio. Bitter almond is alwayl used with white, also vanilla. Tit /various colorings sold for icings are used in such small quantities tnat they are harmless. — Ladies’ Home Journal.