Salt Lake Telegram | 1918-05-24 | Page 17 | The House Wife's Scrapbook

II I I I Scrapbook I ISae Save Sa gas In cooking beans and dried dried peas They will boil much quicker if a pinch of soda Is Js added to the the water in which they are soaked The old potatoes ar are very low in ht price now and if peeled and allowed to stand in cold water an hour or more before cooking th they y will be quite sa satis satis- f factory New potatoes should be boiled i In their skins When opening a can of ot vegetables fruits meat etc remove the contents at once It is advisable to open canned goods and allow them to stand In another an another another an- an other vessel a while before serving them n. n 1 I You can locate small nails nalls tacks and I crews more readily if you keep them In I wide necked bottles or small glass Jars I instead of In boxes In case case yo you spill hot grease I upon the table pour cold water on on the spot I I to harden garden arden the grease It will prevent its soaking the wood and can be bc bemore i imore i imore more easily removed d. d I I. I j jIt I It will add will add considerably to the wearing wear wearing wear wear- arIng ar- ar ing qualities s of stockings if they are j I washed before being worn I If ther then are stains in the table table linen try bleaching them with borax borax water I Do not boil the linen Hang it in the sun dripping wet Occasionally wetting I Ithe Ithe the spots with a weak solution of I borax will facilitate th the process You can keep cheese fresh If it you ou wrap it in a cloth wrung out of vinegar vinegar vine vine- gar and keep it in a paper bag in a Vine Vine-I pla plate plabe e. e If your printed cotton gown has faded so badly that you c cannot wear it another season wash it In boiling bolling cream of of f tartar water and you will I have a perfectly white dress to wear When hen you lay th the new linoleum op yo your r kitchen floor cement the seams and edges This will prevent water from running under It on cleaning day and will thus add to the durability of the linoleum After Atter washing the small silver stand stana- t for a couple of minutes into a kettleful kettleful kettle- kettle i ful of very hot clean soapy water con- con taing a few drops of ammonia and you will always have bright spoons forks etc The kitchen range can be kept black with little labor if it you moisten a a cloth with kerosene and briskly rub the I stove while it is barely barel warm Grease I spots rust and nd all soiled portions will readily disappear under tinder this treatment