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The Day's Routine: Tins

To Prepare New Tins. - New tins are often covered with rosin or other substances which should be removed before using. Fill with boiling water and add sal soda or aqua ammonia at the rate of a tablespoonful to each quart of water. Boil and afterwards scour.

To Wash Tinware.-Fill greasy tins with water, add a tablespoonful of sal soda, and place on the back part of the range. Or use hot water containing a teaspoonful of aqua ammonia. To Scour Tins. - Use sifted coal ashes moistened with kerosene. Or use whiting with kerosene. Or fine sand, or bath brick, followed by whiting. Or polish with brown paper moistened in vinegar. Damp flannel or dry chamois may be used for polishing tin- Afterwards wash in soapsuds, rinse, and dry. ware.

To Clean Coffeepots.-Rub salt on the inside of a coffeepot to remove coffee and egg. Rinse quickly and thoroughly.

To Clean Wash Boilers. If rusty, grease with lard and wash off with sweet milk. Dry thoroughly before storing away.

To Clean Earthenware. - To clean earthenware articles, as pots or jars, yellow-ware bowls, pie plates, etc., put them in a kettle with cold water, ashes, and sal soda, bring to a boil, and after boiling let them stand twentyfour hours in the lye. Or fill the vessels with hot lime water and let them stand twenty-four hours.

Or scour, rinse, and wash with soapsuds. Afterwards scour with charcoal powder and fill with water containing lumps of charcoal. This will remove all lingering odors.

To Repair Cracked Articles. - If earthenware or china articles begin to crack, put in them a tablespoonful of sugar and half a tumberful of water, and set over a brisk fire. Paint the inside of the vessel, especially the cracks, with the melted sugar. The sirup will enter the cracks and act as a cement. This can be used for pie plates and other earthenware utensils used in cooking.

Earthenware baking dishes in which food is burned on should not be scraped. Put in the vessel a little ashes or borax or baking soda, and fill with cold water. Set on the stove and raise slowly to a boil. Set aside THE DAY'S ROUTINE to cool, and wash with hot soapsuds and a small stiff brush. Scald and wipe dry.

To remove brown stains from custard cups, pie plates, and the like, use dry whiting applied with a damp flannel, or bath brick, scouring sand, or pumice. A piece of zinc shaped like the corner of a square tin is a great convenience in cleaning the corners of baking dishes and similar utensils.

Punch a hole in it and hang it on a neighboring wall.

Tea and Coffee Pots. - Metal tea and coffee pots, if allowed to stand for a time, often get a musty odor.

To prevent this, put a lump of dry sugar in them before putting them away. This absorbs the dampness which produces must. To clean and brighten the inside of these articles, fill with water and add a piece of hard soap. Boil for half an hour.

Or rub on a little salt and immediately rinse thoroughly. Kettle Lids. - When these lose their handles, substitute a small block of wood by driving a screw through a tin into the lid from beneath.