Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 82, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 January 1917 — Worth Knowing [ARTICLE]

Worth Knowing

In pressing sttk spread a sheet of tissue pjijler. tlihi f iipugh to be seen through, over the silk. Tl;e paper protects tile silk from the iron' and pre- 1 vents (the ,shiny api&fii'qnce made by I the iron Cqniiiig in contact with ' the silk. To clean a muckint<>eh spread it out ’ flat on. the table and s< rub.with warm water a-tid yellow soap m which a, little carbonate of aini.nonla ’lias been dissolved, Ilinse in cold water and hang in the air to dry. On no account put it near the tire. When jahi has become sugary and .hard place it -in the' oven until the sugar melts” Take out and put to, ■cool. It wait taste as good as .freshly made Jam. r —; A saturated solution-of epsoiu Salts is a good remedy foil burns. Apply as ■ soon as possible and keep wet continually lintil,the pain ceases. • New stockings should be washed before being worn. This is done to remote a dressing which one finds in most new stockings. If the stocking is worn without this dressing being removed the chiuices are very great that a hole will result the first day. A few minutes’ relaxation each day should be one of the housewife’s rules. Where no oven thermometer is at hand a convenient test will be to put a teaspoonful of flour in an earthen dish in the oven-. If this flour becomes light .brown evenly throughout In five minutes' time the oven is right for baking bread. If the flour scorches in that time the oven is too hot.