Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 64, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 November 1911 — The KITCHEN CABINET [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

The KITCHEN CABINET

fl T IS the business of this life JIL to make excuses for others; but none for ourselves. —Robt. Louis Btevenson. It Is well that God answers our needs rather than our wishes, else many of us would escape the hardships which have most to do In strengthening and beautifying our characters. HOUSEKEEPING TIPS. Keep all the old wbiskbrooms for sink brushes. Kerosene rubbed on with a cloth will clean zinc nicely. Also applied to bath tubs of porcelain will cleanse from all grease. Rinse In hot water. Washing lamp chimneys by Immersing them In hot water makes them brittle. Steam the chimneys over a teakettle spout and rub dry with an old linen cloth. Keep a bowl of cold water at hand in which to dip the hands when picking over or hulling fruit for canning. Old pieces of flannelette make fine floor cloths and may be used for broom bags and mops. Jo remove potato, onion and other vegetable stains from the hands, rub with a slice of tomato. Skim the fat off from the chicken broth and save It for shortening. It is fine for biscuits. Some times It is almost impossible to drive a nail in hard wood, but If It Is first rubbed with soap It will slide In much easier. When mending holes in lace curtains a darn shows so painly, but a piece of lace as near like the curtain as possible put under the bole and ironed down after dampening with raw starch water will stay and be unnoticed. Trim the edges around the hole after ironing. All wood ashes should be saved and put on the lawn In the fall to sweeten the soil. They are an addition to the garden. Dampen them before spreading, to keep the wind from blowing them away. All tubers should be put In early enough to get a start before the hard freezes come or there will be poor blossoms on the tulips next spring. Watch the canned fruit, T)y looking the cans over occasionally.' Any that Is spoiling may be reclaimed by reheating.