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Carpet Cleaner

3 cakes white soap (P. & G.) 2 qt. soft water 1 box borax 2 oz. glycerine 4 or 5 oz. ammonia Dissolve the soap in the water after the box of borax has been dissolved in one of the quarts of the water. Add the other ingredients. Let cool. Take (as needed) 1 pt. after cold, and dissolve in 6 qts. warm water.

Apply with brush and wipe with rag.

Mrs. P. G. Osborn.

A teaspoonful of Parowax or pinch of salt added to hot starch will give clothes a beautiful finish and flatirons are kept smooth. A pad along with ironing board for ironing embroidery and buttons on shirts is a very useful need.

Put a handful of dry oatmeal in water bottle, vinegar cruit or any bottle to be cleaned. Let stand one half hour-shake well and rinse. A little salt rubbed on cups will remove tea stains. When making a belt which must be turned, pin a large safety pin at one end and it will run through like a bodkin and turn the belt quickly.

To freshen silk dresses that have become wrinkled through packing, place dress on a hanger and hang in bathroom (over the tub if possible). Fill tub with very hot water-close doors and windows so all the steam remains in the room. All wrinkles will disappear in a very few minutes.

To keep sweet cider from fermenting, allow cider to come to a boil, add a small amount of sugar, skim and seal hot. Will keep sweet for several weeks. fowl.

A strawberry huller is excellent for removing pin feathers from a To remove print from flour sacks wet a bar of laundry soap and rub on the dry sack. Repeat, wetting the soap and rubbing on until the print is covered with a thick layer of soap. Roll the sack up and let set for several hours before washing. When the sack is washed and boiled, it will be as white as any muslin.

Do not blacken your gas stove. Just go over it once in a while with olive oil or cottonseed oil.

When you make jam, rub the bottom of the preserving kettle with a little cooking oil to prevent burning it will not impair the taste of the fruit.

When making dropped cookies, dip the teaspoon into cold milk before putting it into the dough so the mixture will slide off the spoon more easily.

A few drops of vinegar in the water that you mix your piecrust with makes it nice and flaky.

To use up small pieces of soap, put into a small cheese cloth sack and hang in the bath room for cleaning. 4 Before beating egg whites for meringue, add 1 T cold water for each egg white-it makes more.

In placing dishes on ice, place a rubber ring from a fruit jar under the dish. Ring will adhere to both ice and dish.

In making cinnamon rolls, cream the butter, sugar and cinnamon together, then spread on, instead of applying dry ingredients and butter separately. Results are worth the effort.

Moving Day Hint:-If you are packing your household contents, getting ready to move, make an itemized list of the contents of each box and fasten to the top. This is a great time-saver. Vaseline stains are very difficult to remove. The stained portion should be soaked in kerosene before washing in hot suds. Or, the spot may be sponged with ether, placing a piece of blotting paper underneath to catch the dissolved vaseline.

To give apple or any light-colored jelly a pretty color, use a small amount of red sugar or a few drops of fruit coloring. Sweeten whipped cream with strained honey instead of sugar. Cream will remain stiff longer.

To measure shortening: -If ½ C is wanted, fill measuring cup 1/2 full of water and add shortening until cup is level full. Pour water off. Considerable time is saved in making angel food if the sugar and flour are sifted together before putting into cake.

If vegetables burn and stick to the bottom of utensil, try throwing baking powder on it, moisten, and let stand for a while. This will clean utensils better than scouring powder, and not injure them. To remove ink stains from wood, make a mixture of equal parts of vinegar and linseed oil. Shake well before using, and apply with a soft cloth.

After frying fish, onions or liver, put a little vinegar in the skillet, boil a few minutes, and all odor or taste will be gone. Dip scissors or knife in hot water when cutting marshmallows and they will not stick.

Invert a tumbler over the salt cellars and salt will not gather moisture in warm weather. When turning window shades, use (1 inch width) adhesive tape instead of tacks. Cut strip of tape the length of roller, place shade in position on roller and fasten with a strip of tape.

When poaching eggs, use very strong salt water and eggs will not stick to pan or break.

Sprinkle the insides of new rubber gloves with baking soda to make them easier to remove.

Water can be kept from sticking to the windshield of an automobile while driving in the rain by wiping the glass with a cheese cloth bag of cheap tobacco kept in the car for this purpose.

A slice of raw potato will remove dirty marks from a raincoat and mud-stains from dress skirts, children's coats and men's trousers. Paint the inside of your linen closet deep blue to keep the linens. from turning yellow.

When vegetables boil dry and scorch, take lid off and set pan immediately into a pan of cold water. Unless burned too badly, there will be no scorched taste.

When there are grease spots on the rug, rub with baking soda. Let stand half an hour. Then run vacuum cleaner over the spot. It will dissapear at once and no harm to the rug.

To remove scorched places from flannel, take an onion, cut in half, and rub the cut surface onto the scorched spot.

In order to make cream which has been frozen suitable for use in hot coffee, etc., beat it with an egg beater or cream whipper. Cotton tape stretched across the bedroom or kitchen windows and fastened with thumb tacks about 6 or 8 inches above the sill will keep the curtains from blowing against the screens. Tapes may be washed and put up again.

When cooking noodles, rice or spaghetti, add a piece of butter. This keeps it from boiling over.

Always keep the oven of the gas range open after baking until oven is cool. This will prevent it from rusting.

If your extra flat silver is wrapped in paper and placed in an empty rolled oats box, it will keep for months without tarnishing. Instead of using a spoon, or finger nails, to scrape off burnt food, or food that has hardened on the kettles, a clothes pin will do the work so much better. A spoon or knife will scratch the kettle, but the clothes pin will not.

To shrink and set color well in new material, put the material into a vessel of hot or rather warm water, to which you have added enough alum to make it taste slightly sour. When cooled, rub lightly, rinse and hang up. This is much preferable to salt, vinegar, etc. If plates are heated before pies are put on them the undercrust will not get soggy. It is the hot pie on a cold plate which produces a sweat and makes the pie soggy.

To prevent hot starch from drying and a crust forming either place cover over the receptacle or pour on 2 tablespoons cold water. To clean silver heat sour milk, drain off whey and when still hot place flat pieces of silver in it and leave for ten or fifteen minutes. F. R. Bockelmann