Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1883-02-23
Household Helps.

The use OF a mop in washing dishes
will be found saving Of the hands,
and hotter water may he used. You
need scarcely touch the water except
at the last to wash the table and pans.
Have pan of clear hot water, in which
dip each dish as it Is washed in an
other pan or shallow tin put cup or
bowl and over that turn the saucers,
plates, etc to drain. and by the time
YOU are ready they will be nearly dry,
needing only touch from the towel, a
saving both Of time and towels.
For washing vegetables,procure from
FIVE cent store small scrubbing
brush, which they call nail brush.
You will find it great help in remove
ing the dirt fiom potato eyes. etc.
A hulder is a necessary article, and
catches much dirt about the stove
Make them ofany old pieces of wooden.
Then make a cover of some dark ma
terial Cut piece IS inches long and
wide, fold over f inches and sew in
form of bag, sew the end of the re-
naming 3 inches together, to make a
point, fold that over and button to the
Tag, add a loop at the corner, and put
in your holder. When the cover is
soiled it can easily be removed and
washed.
When the sweeping is done and the
large articles busted, you will be re-
lievec to have these ready to return to
their places.
When brushing and combing your
HAIR, have large newspaper spread
on the floor Loose hair is much
easier TO remove from that than the
carpet.
To clean hair brushes sprinkle them
well with powdered borax, let them lie
half an hour, then wash and rub thor.
oughly. 1t is good plan to clean two,
as they clean better by rubbing the two
together.
To clean wall paper, take off the
dust with soft cloth. With a little
-four make a Limp of very stiff
dough and rub the wall gently down
ward, taking the length of tie
arm at each stroke, and in this way go
round the room. As the dough be-
comes dirty cut the solled pant off. In
the second round commence the stroke
little above where the last one ended,
and be very careful not to cross the
paper or to go up again. Ordinary
papers cleaned in this way will look
fresh and bright, and almost as good
as new. Some papers. however-and
those most expensive ones-will not
clean nicely ;and,ln order to ascertain
whether paper car! be cleaned, it is
best to try 1t in some obscure corner,
which will not be noticed if the result
is unsatisfactory. Ii there be any
broken places in the wall, ill them u
with mixture q equal parts Of plaster
and silver sand, made into paste
with a little water; then cover the
place with a little piece of paper like
the rest, if it can Je had.
The addition of three quarters OF an
ounce Of borax to a pound of soap,
melted iE without boiling, makes
saving Of one-half in the cost of soap
and hree-fourths the labor of washing
and improves the Wilderness of the fab
RIGS; besides the usual caus,ic effect is
removed, and the hands are left with a
peculiar soft and silky feeling. leaving
nothing more to be desired by the
most ambitious washer-woman.
To preserve bright CRATES or firesides
from rust, make strong paste of fresh
lime and water. and with a fine brush |
smear 1t as thickly as possible all over
h polished surface requiring preser-
walton. BY this simple means all the
gates and fire irons in an empty house
may be kept for months free from harm
without further care or attention.