Jasper County Democrat, Volume 7, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 May 1904 — FOR THE HOUSEWIFE [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

FOR THE HOUSEWIFE

KeroMM For Cleoatac. The cleansing properties of kerosene Are not generally recognized. Nothing makes a kitchen cupboard more attractive than gleaming tinware. A few drops of kerosene wiU accomplish this. Soap and water will remove tbe oil, and tbe odor will soon disappear. There Is nothing like kerosene to make tin- wash basin shine. It is effective as a furniture polish. Mahogany can be freed front’that blue, smoky film by tbe use of a low drops of oil mixed with a little wufei Carved furniture, which deties the dost Cloth, can be made as attractive as new by brushing it wttb a soft hairbsosh dipped in kerosene. For removing stains anti spots from lavatory basin and bathtub kerosene cannot be equated. Table oilcloths ar the ttnatemn on Che kitchen dour can be kept fresher and cleaner with oil than with soap epd wuter.

A few drops a# oil will do much toward starting particles of dost from machinery. If h clock Is to- be cleaned It can be done effectively by placing in Che lower part a soft doth saturated with kerosene. The bits of dirt and particles of dost wfD be loosened by tbe vapor and vrtttdrop down and can be removed.

These are three exoeltom! ways of serving asparagus—with haflanckttoe Banco, with plain ereatrn sense or cold as a salad with sanoe vinaigrette. Asparagus to be tn perfection must not be boiled mare than eighteen or twenty minutes at the very most, and tt must be boiled very gently. Put it In a saucepan wlth ooki -water -enough to cover it and add a BtOe salt to the water. Leave the asparagus tied tn a hunch while cooking. When done hit it carefully from the water, let it drain two or three minutes, then serve It an 8 hot platter on a folded napkin. Serve the sauce always in a separate dish. When the asparagus is to be served cokl let it get ookl in tbe water in which it is boiled, and when quite cold take it from tbe water and stand It in the refrigerator far at least half an hour before serving.

Sobotltute Staiwi Both.

With many a poor family a bathtub to a luxury, and with many more tbe shower apparatus which goes to complete the outfit of a modern bathroom Is beyond reach, as a spray over tbe tub necessitates a filed floor to catch

tb* spattering drops or a robbe* eurtalnJWo confine the water around the baffler's body. But here comes the inuentar wttJi a subatitnttan for all this apparatus and witbtn easy reach of oven the poor rrym. The achp-me is to attach a short 000ttan of hose to the fanout and onaneot It w*h a seettan of tnbtag'bent in soch a maimer that tta ocnfrel partkn trtfl firmly clatnp a flesh brush or bath brash when the ends aw oontracted and kicked by the ooooucttng link. When this tabta* endacte the brash it is perforated at frequent Internals, the apertures being arranged at rath an angle that the Jots of tester win be foread into tbs brtsttes. If nothing better is avaliabte the bather can stand In. a wasbtnb and open the faoaet Jtwt wkte enough to feed the water to the brash and beep the brisOss moistened wiOtont throwing the sprey from the tolling Wh too much forae, obtaining ptacfloally the name result as though a shower outfit were provided.

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The (tower tower can hove a dcrwer garden If she possesses only sufficient gpaoe to stand a bane) In her tiny yard. A large, well hooped barrel may be pjepnrud for this purpose by knocking out the head, cleaning the Inside and drilling some small holes in the bottom tor drainage. Drill holes three inches in diameter and six Inches apart in the sides. FIB the barrel with good garden soil and raise it a few inches above the ground. Tudt into the boles In the skies wandering Jew, nasturtiums, heliotropes, fuchsias, pansies, etc. usual window box flowers will thrive beautifully in the top.—ladle# Home Journal.

The Onwt Ctoafhef.

True hospitality looks well to tbs furnishing of the guest chamber. A set of toilet articles should be oo tbs toilet table, a sewing bag far the stitch In tim% and a desk is a very neoessary accessory. This desk should oorrtain a store of paper and envelopes, desk blotter, stamps, postals, sealing wax, desk taper and wax matches, rubber bonds, paper wrappers, calendar, a well filled Inkstand, scrap paper bas-ket-and a time table, for true hospitality “speeds the parting" as well as “welcomes the coming guest”

HANDEE ON THE BATB BROSH.