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Show Hint! to Housekeeper, To prevent layer cake from sticking, grease tho tins and dust in a little flour. Hot milk is a simple means of comfort com-fort and is most reviving to ono who is fatigued by over-exertion. The best thing to clean tinware is common soda; rub on briskly with a damp cloth, after which wipe dry. Disinfectants are useful possessions in all households. Even the most sanitary plumbing may need the occasional oc-casional purification of disinfectants. A German prescription for preventing prevent-ing cold-sores and boils from coming to a head is to paint them five or ten times daily with equal parts of boracio acid and water. Sponge carpets occasionally with hot water in which either common salt or powdered alum has been dissolved. This not only brightens the carpet but prevents moths. To koop glassware bright wipe directly di-rectly from the hot suds. Tumblers used for milk should be thoroughly rinsed in cold water before being immersed im-mersed in hot suds, as hot water seems to drive the milk into the glass and give them a dingy appearance. By applying a little of the best carriage car-riage oil varnish carefully with a camel's cam-el's hair brush to the edges of broken china, the parts being neatly joined together, the fracture will, when thoroughly dry, be hardly perceptible, and the china will stand fire and water. To preserve the rich fruity flavor, do not boil the prunes. Allow them to soak over night in cold water, enough to cover tho prunes. Then take the prunes out and boil the water in which they have soaked; add sugar to taste and boil fifteen minutes. Then add the prunes and set off on the range and allow them to simmer thirty minutes, then set off to cool. If you feel a little debilitated take the coca tonic; eat plenty of fresh, ripe fruit and vegetables, especially oranges, drink lemonade, and when unusually fatigued, and just before retiring, drink a glass of milk as hot as can be taken in large sips. Walk reasonably, and sleep in pure air. If a few days of this sort of home treatment fail to bring up the body and mind to their proper tone, call in your doctor and follow his advice. |