The Housekeeper. USEFUL RECIPES.

Evening Post, Volume LIV, Issue 21, 24 July 1897, Page 2 (Supplement)

The Housekeeper. USEFUL RECIPES.

Oranges and lemons will keep well if hung ' in a wire ret in a cool place. To remove white stains from linen, hold them in milk that is boiling on the fire, and they will soon disappear. A knife that has been nsed for cutting onions should at once be plunged two or three times into the earth to free it from the unpleasant smell. To keep your sponge in good condition, you should occasionally wash it in warm water with a little tartarie acid or soda, afterwards rinsing it in clean warm water. Rusty Flat Irons.— Beeswax and salt will make rusty flat irons as clean and smooth as glass. Tie a piece of wax in a rag, and keep it for that purpose. When the irons are hot, rub them first with the wax rag, then scour with a paper or cloth sprinkled with salt. To Preserve Fish for a Day or Two.— Boil together three quarts of water and a pint of vinegar ; when"quite boiling, put in the fish and just scald it, but not for more than two minutos. Then hang up the fish in a cool place, and it will dress as well as if fresh caught. A Simple Furniture Polish. — Half a pound of beeswax, half a gill of spirits of turpentine, and an equal quantity of linseed oil. Melt the beeswax, and thoroughly mix it with the other ingredients. Strain through a coarse muslin, and bottle until wanted for use. Dirty black felt hats should first be thoroughly brushed with a stiff brush to remove all the dust, and then wiped over with benzine. This will remove all the dirt and grease. The smell of benzine is much disliked by many people, ho it is a good plan to leave the hats in the open air for some time af cerwards. The Japanese are now making underclothing of their finely crisped or grained papor. After the paper has been cut to a pattern, the different parts are sewed together and hemmed, and the places where the buttonholes are to be formed are strengthened with calico or linen. The stufl i'h very strong, and at the some time very flexible. When an endeavour is made to tear it by hand it presents almost as much resistance as the thin, skin used for making gloves.