Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 November 1902 — ALL OVER THE HOUSE. [ARTICLE]

ALL OVER THE HOUSE.

How (to Dry Napery and Preparo It For the Ironing Board. Hang your linen to dry, using two lines comparatively close and parallel for your tablecloths; also for sheets. Throw one selvage side of your tablecloth over one line toward the other, allowing it to hang down about a quarter of a yard and being careful to pin it in a short distance from the ends. Take the opposite side of your eloth and throw it over the other line facing the first line and pin it in the same manner. This' will form a sort of bag and will prevent to a considerable extent the wild blowing of the tablecloth in windy weather. After the tablecloth is thoroughly dried remove it from the line and prepare to dampen it. «pA whisk broom is excellent for this purpose. Table linen, in order to bring out the bright gloss that makes it so attractive, should be dampened very considerably. Sprinkle the tablecloths very freely, being sure that the selvage ends or hemstitched borders are thoroughly damp. Roll up tightly, patting the roll frequently to spread the dampness. The napkins and doilies should be arranged alternately one upon the other, first a napkin dry from the line, then one which has been wrung out in warm water, then a dry napkin, and following it another wrung out in hot water, and so on. Then roll tightly together. —Woman’s Home Companion. To Make Jelly Right. Whatever fruit is used, cook until soft; then let it drip from a suspended sack made from thin but strong material. Never squeeze it jvith the hands. Give it tune, and the juice will drip through into the receiving vessel, which should be an earthen bowl. Put the juice into a porcelain kettle and over a brisk fire; boil twenty minutes. At the same time place on an earthen platter the quantity of sugar you will be likely to use; set it in the oven and heat through thoroughly, being careful that it does not scorch or discolor. When the juice has boiled briskly twenty minutes from the top of the stove, remove and measure it and allow as many pints or quarts of sugar as there are of the condensed juice. Stir all together and boil up about three minutes. Strain into a pitcher, fill your jelly glasses and let stand until next day. —Exchange. , A Nursery Hammock. As the advancing season shuts little children more or less indoors a hammock in the nursery will be very helpful for the mother or nurse. It may be adjusted from the window sill across a corner of the room to a strong hook in the walk Knit with two large wooden needles* using macrame or other strong cord of one or two colors. Cast on twenty-five stitches and knit plain or with any preferred fancy stitch a strip five feet in length. Knit four such strips and join with an overhand stitch. Now fasten the ends to wooden horns, which can easily be fashioned. Knot a fringe of the cord on the edges aDd across the bows. For a baby’s h&nmioek east on fifteen stitches and knit the strips not more than a yard lo»g.—Coentry Gentleman. To Call the Children Home. “A polifceman’s whistle,” says the mbther of four small boys living in a suburban town, “solves the problem of how to call the children home with the least expenditure of vocal energy and precious time. Of course this would not answer in a city, where bluecoats abound, but here or when off in the country it is most efficacious. A child can’t make excuse that he ‘didn’t hear* if anywhere within the radius of a half mile, and there is something in the insistent note of the whistle that brings them scampering with as much celerity as those who followed the Pied Piper of Hamelin.” Warmed Up Meats. • To make warmed up meats appetizing there are various commodities which ought to always occupy a place in the pantry. Have a small jar of onion butter, a bottle of caramel, a glass can filled with browned flour, a jar of finely rolled breadcrumbs, Worcestershire sauce, celery salt, mace, bay leaves, a bottle of Oscar sauce, tabasco, cayenne, curry, catchup, canned mushrooms, paprika, kitchen bouquet and horseradish. The secret of appetizing food is good flavoring, and a fre3uent varying of flavor has more to 0. with a tempting table than a large butcher bill. Bycamore Furniture. When one wishes something light, a little different from the enameled bedroom furniture, there is something new in furniture which cannot be found everywhere—sycamore finished in the natural wood. These sets are simple in design, being made on straight lines, with tall, Blender, square posts, tapering at the ends.