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  2. HOUSEKEEPER.

    Vinegar water is useful both for reviving colour and also for preventing colour from running. A tablespoonful of ordinary vinegar should be added to a quart of cold ...

    Article : 52 words
  3. GOOSEBERRY FOOL.

    Gooseberry fool is a wholesome and delicious sweet. Put a quart of gooseberries into a stewpan with a pint of water, and when they begin to turn yellow and swell, ...

    Article : 124 words
  4. TO REMOVE SCORCH MARKS.

    To the juice of two finely chopped onions add about half a pint of vinegar, half an ounce of common yellow soap, and two ounces of fuller's earth, and boil until they ...

    Article : 64 words
  5. SKETCHER.

    That there are 'tricks in all trades' there is no question, but it is a question whether there is any trade in which there are so many tricks practised as in horse-dealing. ...

    Article : 577 words
  6. IRONMOULDS AND INKSTAINS.

    Ironmoulds and inkstains are often removed by salts of lemon, but this process always destroys the material. A much better plan is to stretch the stain over a basin or ...

    Article : 76 words
  7. MILDEW.

    Mildew is a difficult stain to remove under any circumstances, and will yield only to a great deal of perseverance. The stains should be first moistened with warm clear ...

    Article : 76 words
  8. TEA AND COFFEE STAINS.

    Tea and coffee stains should be removed as quickly as possible, and when still fresh may be quite easily removed by holding them for a few minutes in boiling milk. If, ...

    Article : 94 words
  9. HUMOUR.

    AMENITIES.--Soprano: 'I'll tell you during the sermon.' The Alto: 'Don't, you'll make too much noise.' ...

    Article : 502 words
  10. BEER, WINE, AND FRUIT STAINS.

    Beer, wine, and fruit stains are liable to become fixed as fast as dye unites removed before washing with soapy water. Salt should be freely sprinkled upon the stains ...

    Article : 100 words
  11. BLEACHING LIQUID.

    Measure four ounces of chloride of lime to a quart of soft water. Keep this closely corked in a bottle; dilute what is required for use with an equal quantity of water, ...

    Article : 119 words
  12. TO GLAZE LINEN.

    The gloss or enamel, as it is sometimes called, may be put on the linen by almost any person, and is produced mainly by friction with a warm iron. The linen to be ...

    Article : 162 words
  13. WAR MEDALS WON BY WOMEN.

    A woman is so prominently before the public, in the person of Christina, Queen Regent of Spain, in connection with the American-Spanish War, that it is interesting ...

    Article : 1,635 words
  14. SAVOURY MEAT CAKE.

    Savoury meat cake is one of the inexpensive dishes some recommend, and I can personally vouch for its excellence. Take all the scra[?]s of cold beef left from a ...

    Article : 154 words
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