Ogden Daily Standard | 1915-01-19 | Page 6 | Helpful Hints

HELPFUL HINTS When doing up lace curtains, starch tlu ni on the sides only, and note how much nicer aud stmighter they will hang To keep cake from sticking to pan, grease the pan, then sprinkle with flour A nice icing for cake Is made out of pulverized sugar. Stir with old water to a paste and put on cake when cold When mixing flour for gravy stir with fork and note how much smoother it will be come For pie dough mix with hot water a pinch of salt and baking powder. pow-der. This will make it nice and flaky. A good way to prevent cheese from molding is to wrap it in a cloth wrung out In vinegar and then in paper. An easy way to wind the spring in a window shade without removing the shade from the window is as follows Pull the shade up as far as it will go, and then wind the bottom of shade around the roller until you feel the spring getting stiff. This will do away with the unpleasantness whlcn is often caused bj the spring jumping back when it is entirely wound up. Needles and plus will never rust i: kept in a cushion filled with coffee grounds Rinse the grounds in cold water spread on a sheet of paper to dry thoroughly and then stuff the cushion. i To make dostless duslors, wring out pieces of cheesecloth In hot water wa-ter and saturate with crude oil. Another An-other way is to saturate the cheesecloth cheese-cloth with kerosene oil and hang it in the sunlight to dry.