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Show A glazier's knife will bo found an cxcellont thing with which to scrape and clean tho bottoms of pans and kottlos. Much tlmo Is saved If pnpor linings for cako pans aro cut in quantities and kept ready for instant uso in a dust-proof Jbox with tight lid. A llttlo muriatic acid added to tho rinsing water after a blue and whlto fiber rug Is scrubbed with Bonp and water will help to restoro tho color. A clean cloth dipped In hot wntor, then a saucer of bran, will speedily clean whlto paint without injury to it. Tho soft bran acts llko soap on tho dirt. Tho easiest way to clean a cereal cooker Is to turn It upside down in n pnn of boiling wntor and steam it until tho sticky mass Is soft and loosened from tho Bides of the pnn. A good silence cloth for tho dining table can bo made with a double thickness of white flannel laid with tho soft side on tho inside and quilted quilt-ed on the machine; edge with a binding bind-ing of whlto tape. Jellied Mutton Broth. Cold broth, jellied, is just as nourishing nour-ishing as the samo broth hot, and is usually more tomptlng on a scorching scorch-ing August day. Make tho broth from two pounds of mutton soup meat simmered sim-mered slowly for five or six hours. Add water when necessary, but at the end of this time havo only about a quart of broth. Season It with salt and pepper, strain and pour into cups or Individual molds. When Bet, turn the Jelly on pretty plntcs, with a spray of mint or parsley Just for looks by tho Bide of each mold, nnd sorve with smnll sandwiches of whole wheat bread and butter. Baked Bean Sandwiches. MaBh a cupful of baked beans, add a teaspoonful of chopped parBley, a tea-spoonful tea-spoonful of onion Juice and a llttlo pro pared mustard. Season to tnsto with salt and whlto popper. Butter white broad on tho loaf, cut Into thin sllcos and sprond with the filling. Trim off tho crusts and cut Into shapes. Housekeeper. Immense Rosebush. A rosebush in a garden at Freiburg, Gormany, covers 99 square yards, and bears 10,000 buds. Russian Tea. Scald an earthen or china toapot, put in three teaspoons tea nnd pour over threo cups froshly boiled water. Stand In a warm place to Infuse five minutes. Servo with a sllco of lemon to each cup, and sugar to taBte. To Improve Coffee. Add to tho pot of coffeo to bo ready to serve a half teaspoon of vanilla and a pinch of baking sodn tho size of a bean. The soda destroys the sour tasto caused by tho free acid in tho coffee. |