s i i TIMELY HINTS FOR THE HOUSEWIFE When baking cookies, nn excellent i way to save space in tho oven and time In cooking and washing pans Is to use a largo preserve kettle cover, ono with a ring that turns down. Place In tho oven either sldo up. If tho oven Is hot use tho right sldo as it will bo raised a llttlo from tho bottom, and tho ring may bo tho handle. han-dle. A good sized cover will bako about fourteen cookies at a time. I Save covers of cocoa or mustard boxes to uso for cleaning frying pans and sauco pans. Hammer down tho , sharp edgo. Scrape with tho sharp ( lower edgo. Tho rounding corners of covers fit In tho round pans much bettor than anything you can buy for tho purposo. Salt Is a violent irritant to a raw surfaco, and yet, when used In tho right proportion .salt water Is less Irritating to an Injured cyo than plain water. It has been tho practice to batho an cyo that has been Injured by a bit of Hmo or mortar with a weak solution of vinegar, and to use a bath of diluted soapsuds for an In-Jury In-Jury caused by acids. This is dono with tho Idea that tho acids of tho vinegar will neutralize the alkali of the llmo or tho alkali of tho Boapsuds neutralize tho acid. A far better form of treatment Is to put tho patient on his back and pour plenty of luko warm water between tho well opened lids, as quickly as possible. Put with tho water n teaspoon tea-spoon of salt to a quart of water. Taking tho wooden parts of furniture furni-ture first, thero is nothing bettor for It than a sponging off with cold water. wa-ter. This not only cleanses, but, as wood shrinks, the water supplies necessary ne-cessary moisture. A sponge should bo used not too wet for the washing and a chamois wrung out of clear water (never a dry ono. Sometimes tho chamois will produce a polish. When It falls to do so rub briskly with tincture of equal parts of turpentine, tur-pentine, linseed oil and vinegar. A largo bottleful should not cost more than 10 cents. In cleaning down walls afler sweep Ing with a cloth covered broom a lump of art gum sold for 5 conts will removo soil Just as well as tho old time rubbing with broad, and twice as quickly. Mission founituro should bo waxed. Molt two ounces each of white and yellow wax, then mix with four ounces ounc-es of rectified turpentine This should bo stirred until It Is cold. Apply Ap-ply to furnlturo with a rag and polish pol-ish with woolen cloth. A soft rag is all that Is necessary to keep brass bedsteads In good order. To polish rub with a rag dipped into sweet oil and rottenstono very finely pulverized. pulveriz-ed. This Is applied with a spongo, tho final polish being given with a bit of old velvet. Bronzes may bo safoly washed with warm soapsuds and a sponge, using a vory soft cloth for tho finishing. For cleaning upholstorod furnlturo undoubtedly tho vacuum cleaner is tho best, but this Is not always available. avail-able. A good substitute if tho furnlturo furnl-turo can bo taken out of doors Is to thoroughly saturate it with naphtha or gasoline, rubbing nny stains that may como to tho surfaco with a soft hair brush. A formula for cleansing ordinary brasswaro is half an ounco of starch, six ounces of rotlenstono, ono ounco of sweet oil and ono ounco of oxalic acid. Mix Into a pasto with water. Alt kinds of nickel can bo kept In good condition by using a mlxturo of equal quantities of alcohol and liquid ammonia, stirring In whiting to tho consistency of cream. Alcohol applied to gilt frames will froshen thorn, and oil paintings may bo safoly washed with warm water. Marblo should bo wiped off with a rag moistened with koroseno. If stained apply a cream made by mixing mix-ing together ono ounco each of common com-mon soda, pumice stono and ftno salf, afterwards washing off tho saltwater.