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Show HOUSEHOLD NOTES Never cook vegetables In an Iron kettle. Sugar tends to lmprovo the texture, of cakes. If a cake cracks open while, baking, bak-ing, there is too much Hour In It. Soaking In cold water makes tho washing of all garments much easier: Tho quickest method of warming cold plates In winter Is to dip them In hot water. Raking soda will sweeten milk vessels, ves-sels, clean brasses iind is good for dish washing. When tho nails are brittle apply vaseline or hold them In varm sweet! oil every day. When n vegetablo has lost Its firmness firm-ness soak It In very cold water until un-til It Is crisp nnd plump. A good test In choosing beef Is to press It with tho thumb; It It rises quickly It Is of good quality. , Tho flavor of peas will be much Improved if a dozen pea pods arc washed and cooked with them. In making a plain omelet It Is better to add hot water than milk ns It makes It much moif tender. In tho sick room It Is ur.ich more pleasant for tho patient If the medicine medi-cine bottles nro "kept out of night. To remove perspiration stains r-5m wnlsts, suong tno plnco v-.i a clean riic, wut in clear, cold water. Then cover with powdered cfialk and brush off carefully with soft brush. Try frying fish in fnt that has been saved from former frying; the ilavor will bo very much Improved. When cutting fur never uao scissors; scis-sors; use a razor or very sharp l en knlfo to cut through tho f.Mn at tho bnck. Put raisins nnd other small fruit's In n corn popper when you want to wnsh them. Tut them In It under tho faucot. Dolled or roasted meat that Is to bo cut cold should bo wrapped in !t clean moist cloth. It will be more tender. A warm quilt for winter is mado of a pair of bordored cotton blankets with cotton put In ns for any other quilt. Tlo with wool tho snmo col-or col-or as tho border. Soot from n stpvo or chimney whero wood Is burned If put Into ii pitcher nnd boiling water poured over ov-er It, makes a healthy drink for houso and garden plants. Soak Ink stains In sour milk; and should stain remain, rlnso In n weak solution of chloride of lime. Soot may easily bo swept from carpets car-pets by sprinkling lavishly with salt beforo sweeping. To remove Bowing mnchlno oil rub with lard and let stnnd for several hours, thou wash with soap and water. To romovo scorch stains wet tho scorched place, rub with soap and bleach In tho sun. II Ml |