When cooking lima beans, rice or anything that foams or sputters onto the stove, drop a small lump of butter into the stewpan, and there will be no more trouble. Roll pastry in one direction only. Turn the crust so as always to roll the one way. White of egg beaten and dropped into a kettle of soup will clear it of all impurities. Remove egg when it curdles. Add water to omelette ; milk makes the eggs tough. When baking pork and beans, drop in sliced carrot an hour before ready to serve. WHAT RAW POTATO WILL DO. Rub a raw potato over water marks in glasses or pitchers and the stains will disappear. Fill the vinegar cruet with grated, raw potato, and let 206 KITCHEN SUGGESTIONS stand a few hours, shake out, rinse with clear water and it will be beautifully clear, all stains having disappeared. Bind grated raw potato on a bruise or burn and instant re- lief will be the result. In using all canned commodities, thej are much improved if opened several hours before being served. Remove the contents of the can, pouring over them a little boiling water ; then drain and expose to the air in a cool place; salmon, shrimps and lobster if treated in this manner can hardly be told from the fresh fish. HOUSEWIFELY ADVICE Place an apple in the ibread and cake boxes to keep bread and cake moist. Add one or two tablespoonfuls of sugar to strong turnips when cooking. Try rubbing tough meat with a cut lemon to make it ten- der. Sprinkle clothes with hot water and a whisk-broom. Mix stove blacking with a little ammonia to prevent its burning off. Add a few drops of ammonia to the blue water to whiten clothes. Wash dish towels in cold water with plenty of soap, and rinse in cold water every time they are used. CLEANING SILVER. Silver which is in general use may be kept in good condi- tion without constant cleaning. Dissolve a tablespoonful of powdered borax in your dishpan of hot water; add a little soap, enough to form a lather, and put the silver into it. Let it stand for about three hours ; then rinse the silver with clean cold water, and rub perfectly dry. AN ECONOMICAL HINT. When canning or spicing fruit, save the surplus juice in airtight jars, and when you make your home-made mince meat, pour these juices into the mixture. In cleaning a large article where a quantity of gasoline is required, not a particle of the fluid need be wasted, as that remaining may be carefully filtered and used again. Filter paper can ibe bought at the drug store for two cents a sheet and it will remove every particle of dirt from the gasoline. If a small uncorked bottle of kerosene oil is placed inside the case of a clock its daily evaporation will oil the works and tend to keep it in better running order, thereby avoiding a bill for cleaning and repairs.

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When cooking lima beans, rice or anything that foams or sputters onto the stove, drop a small lump of butter into the stewpan, and there will be no more trouble. Roll pastry in one direction only. Turn the crust so as always to roll the one way. White of egg beaten and dropped into a kettle of soup will clear it of all impurities. Remove egg when it curdles. Add water to omelette ; milk makes the eggs tough. When baking pork and beans, drop in sliced carrot an hour before ready to serve. WHAT RAW POTATO WILL DO. Rub a raw potato over water marks in glasses or pitchers and the stains will disappear. Fill the vinegar cruet with grated, raw potato, and let 206 KITCHEN SUGGESTIONS stand a few hours, shake out, rinse with clear water and it will be beautifully clear, all stains having disappeared. Bind grated raw potato on a bruise or burn and instant relief will be the result. In using all canned commodities, thej are much improved if opened several hours before being served. Remove the contents of the can, pouring over them a little boiling water ; then drain and expose to the air in a cool place; salmon, shrimps and lobster if treated in this manner can hardly be told from the fresh fish. HOUSEWIFELY ADVICE Place an apple in the bread and cake boxes to keep bread and cake moist. Add one or two tablespoonfuls of sugar to strong turnips when cooking. Try rubbing tough meat with a cut lemon to make it tender. Sprinkle clothes with hot water and a whisk-broom. Mix stove blacking with a little ammonia to prevent its burning off. Add a few drops of ammonia to the blue water to whiten clothes. Wash dish towels in cold water with plenty of soap, and rinse in cold water every time they are used. CLEANING SILVER. Silver which is in general use may be kept in good condition without constant cleaning. Dissolve a tablespoonful of powdered borax in your dishpan of hot water; add a little soap, enough to form a lather, and put the silver into it. Let it stand for about three hours ; then rinse the silver with clean cold water, and rub perfectly dry. AN ECONOMICAL HINT. When canning or spicing fruit, save the surplus juice in airtight jars, and when you make your home-made mince meat, pour these juices into the mixture. In cleaning a large article where a quantity of gasoline is required, not a particle of the fluid need be wasted, as that remaining may be carefully filtered and used again. Filter paper can ibe bought at the drug store for two cents a sheet and it will remove every particle of dirt from the gasoline. If a small uncorked bottle of kerosene oil is placed inside the case of a clock its daily evaporation will oil the works and tend to keep it in better running order, thereby avoiding a bill for cleaning and repairs.

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