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HOUSEHOLD HINTS

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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Sep 25, 1900

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 77, No. 39.

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HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

It is well to keep lamps about two-thirds full of oil.
Flatirons should not be allowed to become red hot, as they will never thereafter retain heat properly.
“Kitchen tables may be made ‘white as snow’ if washed with soap and wood ashes. Floors look best scrubbed with cold water, soap, and wood ashes.”
Cheese-cloth is now used by the progressive housekeeper for dish-towels, scrub-cloths, bread-cloths, dusters, strainers, etc. It has entirely taken the place of the greasy dishcloth.
It is said that “a small sponge saturated with oil of lavender and hung near the bed, or a handkerchief moistened and laid near an invalid’s couch, will be found an efficient aid in driving away intrusive flies.”