Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-04-27
USEFUL HINTS.

For ordinary woodwork use whiting
to rub the dirt off, and ammonia.
CoPPERAs mixed with whitewash
upon the cellar-walls will keep vermin
away.
IF the wall about the stove has been
smoked by the stove, cover the black
patches with gum shellac and they will
not strike through either paint or cal
Gimme.
CARPETS should be thoroughly beaten
on the wrong side first, and then on the
right, after which spots may be re-
moved by the use of OK gall or am
monia and water.
To MAKE good mucilage, take equal
parts of gum arabic and gum traga-
canth, and add sufficient water to dis
solve; add couple of cloves and you
have good cheap mucillage.
To REMOVE paint from windows, take
strong bi-carbonate of soda and dis
solve it in hot water. Wash the glass,
and in twenty minutes or half an hour
rub thoroughly with dry cloth.
Do You KNow.-That wild mint will
keep rats and mice out of your
house? That pennyroyal distrib-
uted in places frequented by
reaches will drive them away? That
oil paintings hung over the mantel-
piece are liable to wrinkle with the
heat?
To REMOVE tar from the hands:
The Germantown Telegraph recon-
mends rubbing the hands with the out
side of fresh orange or lemon peel, and
wiping dry Immediately. It is aston
ishing what small piece will clean.
The volatile oils in the skins dissolve
the tar, so that it can be wiped off.
BEFORE paint OF calcimine is applied
to walls every crevice should be filed
with plaster or cement. For the calci-
mine put quarter ola pound of white
glue in cold water over night, and heat
gradually in the morning until dissolved
Mix eight pounds of whiting with hot
water, add the dissolved glue and stir
together, adding warm water until
about the consistency of of thick cream.
Use a calcimine brush, and finish as
you go along. If skim milk is used in
stead of water, the glue may be omitted.
A PRETTY present for lady is
dressing-gown, slippers and combing-
jacket, all en- suite, of pale blue silesia
Cut cretonne roses out as border and
applique on with silk. The roses
should be on the cuffs, pockets and
down the front. The slippers have a
few roses on top. The shape should be
cut at first in paper, then of the silesia
and lining; next applique the flowers
on and then sew on the cork-soles. A
sachet for night-dress is also pretty,
cut in the form of large envelope.
with cluster of flowers below the flap
and smaller one above. This work
will be found very fascinating and
quite worth the time and labor bestowed
on it.
To WASH fannels: Make suds be-
fore putting the fannels in; do not rub
soap on them; do not leave them soak
ing in the tub, but rub out one piece at
a time. Wash in two suds If much
soiled, then rinse thoroughly in clean,
weak suds, wiring and hang up; but do
not take fannels out of warm water
and hang out in freezing air, as that
certainly tends to shrink them. It is
better to dry them in the house, unless
the sun shines. In washing worsted
goods and men and boys wooden cloth
ing, pursue the same course, only do
not wiring them, but hang them up and
let them drain; this prevents wrinkles,
which it is almost impossible to press
out. They should be ironed while
damp, with as hot an iron as you can
use without scorching the goods.
IF a present is needed for a gentle
man there is a novelty in shaving cases,
in round cardboard sides, which can be
hand-painted or decorated, edged with
lace or gimp and mounted upon gilded
stock, the effect being both novel and
pretty. SO, too, are little shaving
mats, of Japanese canvas, embroidered
III silks. The latest novelty in mats is
that known as the pond lily mat"
which is very easily made of colored
tissue paper and is admirably adapted
as lamp mat. Different shades of
green and yellow tissue paper are select
ed, which are cut out in the shape of
pond lily in graduated sizes, the largest
forming the foundation and the remain
der being placed successfully one upon
the other. The leaves are easily curled
with the fingers and the result is very
pretty.