Solvents For Spots And
Solvents For Spots And Stains How To Erase Stains.—the Com Monest Stains That Have To Be Re Moved From Textile Fabrics Are Ink, Grass Green, Iron Rust, Mildew, Grease Spots, Paint, And Tar. These Require Treatment According To The Nature Of The Stain And The Fabric. The Princi Pal Chemicals ...
Some Kitchen Kinks
Some Kitchen Kinks To Hasten The Baking Of Potatoes, I Let Them Stand A Few Minutes In Hot Water, After Washing Them Clean. If You Relish Celery In Soup And Live Where It Cannot Be Secured The Year Round, Dry The Celery Leaves As You Get Them And Put Them ...
Soups
Soups Making Is As Much Of An Art As Turning Out Fine Cake Or Pastry, Still The American Housewife Devotes Twice As Much Study To The Making Of Sweet Dishes As To Soup. The French Woman Makes A Trifle Of Something Sweet Serve As Dessert, While Her Soups Are Famous ...
Southwoelth
Southwoelth. Lobster A. La Newburg. 2 Hard-boiled Eggs, 1 Pint Cream Or Milk, 2 Tablespoonfuls Flour, 2 Tablespoonfuls Butter. Put Butter In Saucepan, And When Melted, Add Flour Gradually, Then Cream Or Milk. Mash Yolks Of Eggs And Moisten With 2 Tablespoon Fuls Milk Then Add To Ingredients In Saucepan. ...
Southworth
Southworth. Ejotes Con Vino (mexican Recipe). Cook String Beans Until Tender In Boiling Salted Water. Fry A Little Chopped Onion And Green Pepper In Oil Till Brown; Add The Beans, With A Seasoning Of Salt And Pepper. Estilo Seco (mexican Recipe). Boil A Pint Pink Beans Until Tender. Put In ...
Special Adhesives
Special Adhesives Marine Glne.—dissolve 1 Ounce Of Finely Divided India Rubber In Ri Pounds Of Crude Naphtha. Let Stand Or 3 Weeks And Shake Frequently. Add 5 Pounds Of Shellac, Melt With Gentle Heat, And Stir Until Evenly Dis Solved. Pour On A Marble Or Stone Slab To Cool And ...
Special Inks
Special Inks Sympathetic Inks.—these Inks Are Invisible Until Brought Out By The Ef Fect Of Heat Or Some Chemical. For An Invisible Ink, Write With Fresh Milk, Which Will Not Show Until The Paper Is Gently Heated. Or Write With A Solution Of Sugar In Water. Or Write With A ...
Special Kinds Of Paint
Special Kinds Of Paint Lime Paint.—a Mixture Combining The Qualities Of Paint With Those Of Whitewash May Be Made With Slaked Lime As A Basis By The Addition Of Various Materials, As Milk, Whiting, Salt, Alum, Copperas, Potash, Ashes, Sand, And Pitch, With Or Without A Small Proportion Of White ...
Special Soaps
Special Soaps A Soap From Caustic Soda Lye.— Use 3 Pounds Of Quicklime And 6 Pounds Of Sal Soda, With 4 Gallons Of Soft Water To Make A Lye. Mix, Boil, Settle, And Pour Off The Clear Lye. Bring The Lye To A Boil And Add 6 Pounds Of Melted ...
Special Varnishes
Special Varnishes Miscellaneous Varnishes.—in Addi Tion To The Above, Various Miscellane Ous Varnishes Are In Use For Different Purposes, Among Which May Be Men Tioned The Following: Map Varnish.—dissolve 1 Ounce Of Gutta Percha In 5 Ounces Of Oil Of Tur Pentine. Add 8 Ounces Of Hot Linseed Oil. Varnish ...
Special Vinegars
Special Vinegars Aromatic Vinegar.—this Is A Mix Ture Or Compound Of Strong Acetic Acid Or Ordinary Vinegar With Vari Ous Essential Oils. It Is A Volatile And Powerful Perfume Having A Pungent Odor And Is Snuffed In The Nostrils As A Stimulant In Languor, Faintness, Ner Vous Debility, Etc. To ...
Specifications For Painting
Specifications For Painting White Lead — Specifications For New Work Outside.—the Following Specifications Were Very Carefully Pre Pared By An Architect Of Great Experi Ence For A Leading Manufacturer Of Pure White Lead, And May Be Regarded As Absolutely Reliable: Before Painting. — All Woodwork Must Be Thoroughly Dry Before ...
Spirit Or Lac Varnishes
Spirit Or Lac Varnishes These Differ From Fixed-oil Varnish Es In Being True Solutions Of Various Resins, Chiefly Anime, Mastic, Shellac, And Sandarac, In Spirituous Solvents, Usually Alcohol And Wood Spirit, Or Acetone, Benzine, Etc. Sandarac Is Used To Impart Hard Ness, Mastic To Give A Gloss. Venetian Turpentine Is ...
Square Or Superficial Measure
Square Or Superficial Measure Square Measure.—square Or Super Ficial Measure Is Employed By Carpen Ters, Masons, And Others, In The Build Ing Trades, In House Furnishing And Decoration, And Notably In Surveying And The Measurement Of Land. The Ordinary Square Measure For Carpenters, Masons, And Others Is As Follows: Carpenters, ...
Stains On White Linen
Stains On White Linen Or Cotton Ink Stains. — Substances Recom Mended For Removing Ink From Linen Are Salts Of Lemon, Cream Of Tartar, Citric Acid, Oxalic Acid, Lemon Juice, Vinegar, Salt, Sour Milk, And Chloride Of Lime. The Treatment To Be Em Ployed Depends Necessarily Upon The Nature Of ...
Starch And Starching
Starch And Starching To Make Starch.—starch Is A Sub Stance Contained In Various Vegetables, As Grains, Potatoes, Etc. Starch Is Made From Grain By Steep Ing It In Cold Water Until It Becomes Soft. It Is Then Placed In Sacks And Pressed In A Vat With Water. The Milky Juice ...
Steel Knives And Forks
Steel Knives And Forks Carving Knives And Forks, Steel-blade Knives Used For Roasts And Game, And Kitchen Knives Require Special Care To Keep Them In Good Order. Wrap The Best Knives And Forks In Cotton Batting Or Strips Of Cotton Flannel Or Outing Flannel. Each Dozen Of Knives And Forks ...
Storeroom The Kitchen
The Kitchen, Storeroom, And Pantry The Kitchen, As The Workshop Of The House, Is The Room In Which Many Housekeepers Spend Most Of Their Waking Hours. Hence It Should Be Perhaps The Lightest, Airiest, And Most Cheerful Room In The House. It Is Safe To Say That Much More Attention ...
Success Fannie M Farmer
Success.-fannie M. Farmer. Black Angel Cake. 1 Cupful Runkel's Chocolate Grated, I Cupful Milk, 9 Cupfuls Brown Sugar, Yolk 1 Egg, 1 Teaspoonful Meilhenny's Mexi Ican Vanilla, / Cupful Butter, 2 Cupfuls Flour, 9 Eggs, 2 Teaspoonfuls Calumet Baking Powder. Stir Together In A Saucepan The Grated Chocolate, Milk, 1 ...
Surveyors And Land Measure
Surveyors' And Land Measure Land Measure. — The Same Table With Certain Additions As Follows Is Used For Ordinary Land Or Surface Measure: 144 Sq. Inches 1 Sq. Foot. 9 Sq. Feet 1 Sq. Yard. 30} Sq. Yards 1 Sq. Rod Or Perch 40 Sq. Perches 1 Rood. 4 Roods ...
Sweet Potatoes
Sweet Potatoes Boiled Sweet Potatoes. Select Potatoes Which Are Of About The Same Size; If Wished, They May Be Boiled In Skins And Peeled Before Go Ing To The Table, Or Pare Them, And Cook Twenty Minutes In Salt Water. Baked Sweet Potatoes. Wash Potatoes, Wipe, Dry, And Bake Quickly ...
Taffy And Molasses Candy
Taffy And Molasses Candy For Candy Pulls Taffy Is A Simple Candy, Which May Be Made Of Either Granulated, Light Or Dark-brown Sugar Or Molasses. Or Both Sugar And Molasses, With The Addition Of Butter And Vinegar, Lemon Juice Or Other Flavoring Sub Stance, As Desired. The Ingredients May Be ...
Tanning Leather
Tanning Leather Leather Is A Combination Of The Hides Of Animals With Substances Which Preserve It And Make It Useful In The Arts And Manufactures. The Art Of Tanning Is Very Ancient. Abra Ham Is Described In The Old Testa Ment As Giving Hagar A Water Bottle Of Leather, Which ...
Testing Preserving
Preserving, Testing, And Pack Ing Eggs Preservation Of Eggs.—more Hens' Eggs Are Laid During The Months Of March, April, May, And June Than During The Other 8 Months Of The Year. Hence The Bulk Of The Con Sumption Of Eggs During The Fall And Winter Months Is Of Eggs That ...
The Bedbug
The Bedbug To Keep Down Bedbugs. — Each Week On Cleaning Day Air The Mat Tresses And Turn Them. Use, If Possi Ble, Metal Beds Rather Than Wooden Ones. Take Down The Bedsteads Three Or Four Times A Year, Especially At Spring And Fall House Cleaning, And Oil The Joints ...
The Breath
The Breath Foul Breath Is Most Often Caused By Decayed Teeth, Inflammation Of The Gums, Or Neglect To Use The Tooth Brush. It May Also Be Caused By Ca Tarrh Or Various Diseases Of The Throat And Stomach Or Other Internal Organs. Substances Recommended For Puri Fying The Breath Are ...
The Clothes Moth
The Clothes Moth History Of Clothes Moths.—the Life History Of The Clothes Moth Must Be Understood In Order To Fight In Telligently Against It And Prevent Its Ravages. It Is Well Worth While To Give The Necessary Attention To This Subject, Since Of All Household Pests The Clothes Moth Stands ...
The Common Cockroach Or
The Common Cockroach Or Croton Bug Exterminators Of Cockroaches.— Substances Recommended To Kill Or Disperse Cockroaches Are Fumes Of Hydrocyanic-acid Gas, Sulphur, Pyr Ethrum, Bichloride Of Mercury, Borax, Phosphorus, Plaster Of Paris, Arsenic, Pokeroot, Chloride Of Lime, Hellebore, And Various Mechanical Means Of Trap Ping The Insects. To Completely Exterminate ...
The Common House Fly
The Common House Fly To Banish Flies. — The Preferred Breeding Place Of The House Fly Is The Manure Pit Of Horse Stables. The Female Lays About 120 Eggs, Which Hatch In Six Or Eight Hours. The Mag Gots Or Larvae Reach Full Growth In Four Or Five Days, And ...
The Dining Room
The Dining Room Besides The Regular Dining-room Fur Niture, Tables, Chairs, Sideboard, And Serving Table, The Addition Of A Plate Rail Or Rack For Plates, Pitchers, And Other Decorative China Objects, And Of A China Cabinet With Glass Doors For Displaying The Best China, Help To Give A Room Character ...
The Family Workroom
The Family Workroom The Family Workshop Is In Several Respects One Of The Most Important Rooms In The House. From The Stand Point Of Economy A Reasonable Invest Ment In The Equipment Of Such A Room Will, In The Long Run, Pay For Itself Many Times Over. A Good Equipment ...
The Hands
The Hands Nothing Betrays Lack Of Daintiness In Personal Care More Than Neglect Of The Hands And Nails. Of Course It Is More Difficult For Some Women To Keep Their Nails Clean And Their Hands Soft, White, And Free From Blemishes Than For Others. But In The Care Of The ...
The House Flea
The House Flea To Get Rid Of Fleas.—the Source Of Fleas Is Usually Pet Dogs Or Cats, But They May Be Brought Into The House On Clothing Or Otherwise. They Do Not Breed Freely In Localities Where Their Eggs Are Likely To Be Disturbed. Hence, Contrary To The Common Sup ...
The Laundry
The Laundry The Contrast Between The Piles Of Discarded Garments And Soiled Table Linen Accumulated At The Close Of The Week, And The Same Articles When Ready To Be Stored Away After Having Been Perfectly Laundered, Is Most Striking; But All Housekeepers Know How Difficult It Is To Bring About ...
The Metals And Their
The Metals And Their Properties Metals.—metals Are Substances That Have A Peculiar High Luster, Known As Metallic Luster. They Are Very Dense And, As A Rule, Very Heavy. No Light Can Pass Through Any Of The Metals Except Gold, Which Can Be Beat En So Fine That A Greenish Light ...
The Mosquito
The Mosquito Dangers From Mosquitoes. — A World-wide Campaign Is Being Carried On To Exterminate The Mosquito Pest. The Reason Of This Is Found In The Re Cent Discovery, That Mosquitoes Are The Sole Means Whereby Malaria And Yel Low Fever Are Communicated To Man, And The Suspicion That They ...
The Seven Degrees
The Seven Degrees To Make The Experiment Of Noting The Seven Degrees In Sugar Boiling, Crush 1 Pound Of Fine Loaf Sugar, Add 3 Gills Of Water And Put It On Or Boil In A Clean Saucepan Over A Sharp Fire. Have At Hand A Bowl Full Of Iced Water, ...
The Sewing Room
The Sewing Room The Woman Who Has A Room In Her House Which Can Be Set Apart Solely As A Sewing Room Knows Not How To Value Her Blessing. She Doesn't Probably Appreciate The Importance Of Such A Room Until She Comes Into Possession Of It; Then She Wonders How ...
The Skin
The Skin The Human Skin Has Tuto Principal Functions: To Protect The Body, And To Remove, By Perspiration, The Re Sults Of Certain Bodily Changes. The Skin Consists Of Two Layers, As May Be Clearly Seen When Blisters Form. The Upper Layer Or Outer Skin Shows A Tendency To Form ...
The Teeth
The Teeth Good Teeth.—modern Dentistry Has Greatly Assisted In Causing The Pub Lic To Realize The Value Of A Set Of Good Teeth, But Much Still Remains To Be Done In This Direction. Medical Inspectors In The Public Schools Of Large Cities Report That A Very Large Percentage Of School ...
The Toilet
The Toilet The Complexion.—the Object Of Attention To The Complexion Should Be To Preserve The Skin In Its Normal Condition Of Health, And To Remove All Abnormal Effects And Conditions. Among These May Be Mentioned Ex Cessive Dryness Or Evaporation, By Exposure To Dry And Biting Winds, Of The Water ...
Tice Library
Tice Library A Room Specially Furnished As A Library Is Not Possible In All Homes. It Is Not Only A Great Luxury Where It Can Be Afforded, But Has Also An Im Portant Educational Influence. If A Room Can Be Spared For The Purpose No Great Expense Is Required To ...
To Clean Colored Goods
To Clean Colored Goods Alkali Stains.—moisten The Spot With Vinegar Or Tartaric Acid, And Af Terwards Apply Chloroform To Restore Its Color. Grease Spots.—cover The Spot With Fuller's Earth, Pipe Clay, Or French Chalk. Place Over This A Layer Of Brown Paper And Press With A Hot Iron. Fruit And ...
To Clean Floor Coverings
To Clean Floor Coverings Floors In Summer.—take Up Car Pets In The Spring, Beat And Clean Them, Roll Them Up, Protect Them Against Moths, And, If Desired, Store Them Away Until The Fall House Clean Ing. Fill The Floor Cracks, If Any, With A Suitable Wood Filler, And Paint Or ...