Rensselaer Republican, Volume 22, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 June 1890 — The Household. [ARTICLE]

The Household.

A pinch of cooking soda in the water where peas are to be cooked makes them very tender, and gives them a brilliant green color, Common gasoline is superior to lucene or benzene for cleaning silk, woollen and kid. besides being cheaper, and the odor leaves the garment in one-third the time. Delicate colors in embroidered hankercheifs can be set by soaking for ten minutes previous to washing in a pail of tepid water, in which a dessertspoonful of turpentine has been well stirred. Whenever eggs are used in baking, it is better to beat them thoroughly before any other ingredients are added. This is .especially true when baking powder is used, as too much boating after the powder is added seems to kill its essential qualities. In cleansing black stockings it is not necessary to wash the entire stocking every time they are done up. By a little care the feet only may be washed, and thus the color may be retained much longer. Stockings should never be put into the suds until they are turned wrong side out. Do you find that your glassware, dishes, tumblers and the like, are too prone to break? Hera is a well tested preventive. Put your glass into a kettle, cover it entirely with cold water, and place the kettle on a part of the stove where it will soon come to a boil. Allow it to boil briskly a few seconds, then cover closely, set aside and allow it to cool gradually. When the water has become quite cold take out the glass.