Jasper County Democrat, Volume 9, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 July 1906 — FOR THE HOUSEWIFE [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

FOR THE HOUSEWIFE

To Wart Has Carpet*. Take the carpet from the floor and beat it thoroughly to remove the dust, then take the widths apart and wash one at a time. A good washing machine and wringer are great aids In this. Heat a boilerful of soft water and add enough good washing powder to It to make a strong suds. Put one width of the carpet In the washing machine, pour the suds over It and wash until the water Is dirty. Pass the carpet through the wringer, wash in the second suds prepared In the same way as the first, then rinse through two clear waters. Each strip of carpet should be treated In the same way. Ingrain carpet can be washed in the same way. White Counterpanes. Wash In plenty of hot soapsuds, rinse thoroughly and blue. Hang In the sunshine, pinning evenly on the line until almost dry. While still slightly damp fold evenly twice or more and lay on the ironing board or kitchen table, covered with a sheet, then smooth out with the hands until perfectly free from wrinkles. Place over it now a heavy board with a clean cloth between board and counterpane, then weight it with several Irons and leave for twelve or thirteen hours. Take off the weights and if not perfectly dry hang over the clotbeshorse or line until It is. Five Gruel Recipe*. Cornmeal gruel: Mix a tablespoonful cornmeal, half a teaspoonful salt and two tablespoonfuls cold water. Add a pint boiling water, simmer slowly one hour, strain, add milk and sugar to taste. Stir well and serve. Arrowroot gruel is made the same way, but cooked only ten minutes. Oatmeal gruel: 801 l one hour and strain. Farina gruel: Use half milk instead of all water and boil for one hour. All gruels are best boiled In double boilers. Flour gruel made same as cornmeal, only boiled tan minutes.

Paint Pot Attachment. When painting It comes natural to wipe off the paint brush on the top edge of the can, from where the paint gradually runs down the sides to the floor. By introducing a circular wire rim of smaller diameter than that of the pall and elevating it slightly above the outer edges of the can the painter Is provided with an attachment for re-

BBUBH CLEANER. moving the paint from hie brash with no danger of It eventually trlnkllng down to the floor. Instead it drops directly Into the paint can. The wire is supported on four small uprights which fit over the top of the can and are held In place by clamping screws. The uprights swing freely on the rim, so that one. attachment will fit on many different sizes of cane. Salad Dressin*. One teaspoonful of mustard, one teaspoonful of salt, two teaspoonfulfl of flour, one and one-half teaspoonfuls of powdered sugar, a few grains of cayenne, one teaspoonful of melted butter, the yolk of an egg, one-third cup of hot vinegar and one-half cup of thick cream. Mix the dry Ingredients and Kdd tbe butter, egg and'vinegar slowly.

Cook over boiling water, stirring eon-' stantly until the mixture thickens. Cool and add to heavy cream, beaten until stiff, B*r*x Stnreb. One of the simplest forms of starching In a case of sudden need Is the nee of borax water. A quarter of a teaspoonful of borax In half a teacupful of cold water will give a dressing like new to embroidered cuffs and cottars, or even those made of linen. Dip the article you wish to starch in the dissolved borax, wring and roll in a dry cloth for a few moments, then Iron. Superfluous Hair. Get an ordinary five cent cake of pumice stone—not pumice soap, but the regular old fashioned pumice stone. To remove the hair, rub the skin afflicted with the superfluous growth and the pumice stone will wear the hair off. Be careful not to rub too bard, which Irritates the skin. In case the skin Is made red by the treatment use a little cold cream. Good Way to Give Castor Oil. Put a tablespoonful of orange juice into a small tumbler, pour in the requlred amount of oil and more orange Juice on top. The oil forms a ball In the middle of the juice and is swallowed without coming In contact with the tongue. Baked Milk. Milk put Into a stone jar, tied down and put Into an oven and baked for several hours Is very nourishing for Invalids and delicate children, and tastes almost equal to cream.