The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
Help Yourself; Household Repairs 
Why call an electrician and pay his 
hill just because the door hell doesn’t 
l ing? Many people have a battery tester 
for their automobiles. Take one of these 
and test, the door-hell battery. Quite 
likely this is worn out; you can easily 
tell. Then get new batteries and insert; 
it is a a simple thing to do. 
Electric hose for drop lights may be 
run along either the baseboard or the 
picture molding, and not show much until 
the drop is made where the light is want¬ 
ed. If electric bulbs fail to emit light, 
examine them and see if they are not 
broken ; if not. try screwing them in more 
closely, and the remedy is complete. 
If you have an electric sad iron, look 
out for the screw between the two rub¬ 
ber plates on the connecting part. If 
this screw becomes loose or lost the parts 
are apt to get broken. Especially is this 
true if one has the habit of standing the 
iron on end. A new screw can be had 
for very little; sometimes the light com¬ 
pany will give you one, and it is the mat¬ 
ter of a moment to replace it. Even 
when one of tin- hard rubber pieces is 
broken, the adding of the screw will bring 
them close together, so that the iron will 
go right on with its good work. Care 
must be exercised in using electric appli¬ 
ances. One day after using the electric 
sad iron it was detached from the hose 
and set on the gas stove. The hose was 
left hanging from a socket in the kitchen, 
as the work was to be resumed later. A 
member of the family entered the house 
by way of the kitchen, merely took up the 
flatiron hose and laid it on the gat= range, 
so that it barely touched the iron. After 
a time the one who had been using the 
iron thought that she smelled the peculiar 
odor of the hot iron. She was upstairs 
and busy, and although she assured her¬ 
self the iron could not be hot and could 
do no damage, she wos so strongly im¬ 
pressed that she finally went below, say¬ 
ing. apologetically: "I thought 1 smelled 
the electric iron. I know it can’t be so, 
for I detached it and set it on the gas 
stove.” A family member exclaimed: 
“Maybe you do; T just laid the hose 
against it.” The iron was almost white 
hot. and yet the attachment had not been 
thrust into place. This merely shows 
that care should be exercised. Never 
leave the iron, even detached, standing on 
an inflammable substance. Had this one 
been left on the ironing board, no doubt 
a fire would have resulted. 
Have a few electric bulbs of greater 
power than the ordinary ones. These are 
especially good for the one who likes to 
read, and one in a cluster with a drop 
hose will furnish sufficient light for read¬ 
ing. with all the rest turned off. Yes, 
they use more electricity, but one large 
one probably does not use more than sev¬ 
eral small ones. 
If the faucets in kitchen or bathroom 
leak, new washers are needed. Washers 
can be bought for a nickel each. Be sure 
the water is turned off. and unscrew the 
faucet, remove the worn washer and sub¬ 
stitute the new one. replace the faucet, 
and that trouble is ended for many 
months. If the drain pipe is stopped up. 
a small rubber force pump may be had 
at small cost, and work it over the out¬ 
let; this usually makes a way. Then 
pour boiling water and concentrated lye 
down the pipe, and this will cut any 
grease, which is usually the cause of stop¬ 
page. Sometimes the clogging is in the 
eatchbasin under the sink—the pipe that, 
is bent like an S. Put a pail under and 
unscrew the little round* plate at the bot¬ 
tom of the bend. A monkeywrench will 
be needed, but is is a useful thing for the 
home worker who aims to save plumber 
and other bills, ('lean out this pipe with 
a bent wire. Probably these things will 
make the drain effective again. 
A little plaster of Paris and water will 
do many things. It will fasten loose tiles 
in bathroom, fill up a broken place of 
plaster, or refix a tile in the fireplace. 
Plaster of Paris hardens quickly, and no 
more than is wanted should be moistened. 
It is very inexpensive. 
If a gas pipe leaks, a mixture of boiled 
linseed oil and white lead, as thick as 
cement, may be applied to the crack and 
the leak stopped. A temporary filling 
may be made with laundry soap, or even 
gum. Sometimes gas is known to be leak¬ 
ing when the leak cannot be established. 
It is likely the leak is about the gas jet. 
Turn the gas off before beginning to 
work. Unscrew the fixture, daub the 
threads of the screw portion with red 
lead (common thick red paint) and re¬ 
place, screwing firmly. 
A gas stove or plate needs cleaning oc-- 
casionally. If greasy it should be washed 
and tin* small holes chained out with a 
wire. Sometimes a stiff brush will be 
sufficient for cleaning. 
Sometimes a carpet sweeper refuses to 
work because the screws are loose: some¬ 
times it needs oil, and sometimes new 
brushes or rubber rollers. In using a 
vacuum sweeper, keep the dirt container 
emptied often. It soon clogs it so that 
its effectiveness is destroyed. 
Many ways there are for doing small 
things about the house, and the “handy” 
boy, man or woman can save many dol¬ 
lars in the course of n year by simply 
“knowing how” and applying that knowl- 
ed ee. 
Sometimes when a door bell refuses to 
Work it is because the push button is 
worn : a new one can be had for a very 
few cents. kose seelye-milleb. 
Methods with Baked Beans 
Some time ago I saw several recipes for 
cooking beans, given in The It. N.-Y., anc 
a request from the writer for other read¬ 
ers to send in their favorite recipes also. 
As I have taken several prizes for my 
♦wo methods, I will send them, hoping 
they will at least add variety. This is 
for dinner or large gatherings: Soak one 
quart of dry beans in water for 12 hours. 
I put them in a pan, add three quarts of 
cold water and set on back of range, 
where the water will gradually warm, anc 
leave over night. In the morning drain 
and put into a kettle with one level tea¬ 
spoon of soda and eight quarts of cole 
water. Bring to boil and boil until skins 
split. Drain and put into baking dish, 
season with salt, add one-quarter potinc 
salt pork, sliced very thin, just cover with 
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water and place in hut oven and cook 
until beans are tender. When the water 
begins to boil stir well to distribute pork 
slices thoroughly and dust top with pep¬ 
per. The second is for luncheon or sand¬ 
wiches. Soak one’quart of beaus in three 
quarts of water for 12 hours, l'ut beans 
in cold water, set on range, let beat grad¬ 
ually and stand over night. In morning 
drain, put in kettle with three quarts cold 
water and one level teaspoon soda, bring 
to boil and continue boiling until skins 
split; then drain, put m baking dish, just 
cover with water and season with salt, 
and one-half cup lard or other fat. Stir 
well and dust top with pepper. Place in 
oven to finish cooking and cut in slices 
ami serve on a garnished platter. If used 
while hot. serve on platter in spoonfuls 
carefully cut to keep ball shape, from bak¬ 
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