Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-05-08
OLD NEWSPAPERS.
TIL VARIOUS USES TO WHICH THEY
MAY BE PUT.
The Many Excellent Purposes Which tho
Daily Paper May De Made to Serve
In Household Economics
Health Hints.
IHarper's Bazar.l

[Harper's Bazar
Old newspapers are of more use than
would appear at first glance. We sub
scribe to the daily newspaper because we
must be informed on all the affairs of the
day. Then many think the next thing is
to relegate them to the kitchen in order to
provide kndling for the household fires
and it must be confessed that Bridget
makes very free use of them in that way
But they serve so many excellent pur-
poses besides that it seems a pity to let
Bridget have full sway, though she may !
try to convince you that it is impossible
to get the breakfast without even using
those of the very latest date.
1t has been several times suggested by
economists that newspapers can be made
to take the place of blankets in guarding
from cold, and it is a fact well worthy of
notice that they have been proved very
satisfactory in making light convenient,
and warm bed coverings when others can
not be had Travellers would do well to
bear this in mind when far from the re-
gion Of hotels, and not throw their paper
out of the car window or leave it on their
seat in changing cars, for there is no tell
ing how useful it may prove in some
emergency to ward OIL cold. AS a pre-
ventive of that fatal disease, pneumonia,
folded newspaper laid beneath the outer
clothing across the chest is said to be in
fallible.
This has been confirmed to the writer
by the testimony of an individual whose
avocations kept him constantly exposed
to all weathers, night and day. He was a
resident of country village, perfect
type of hearty. strong, vigorous man,
and he accounted for his robust health,
Notwithstanding his exposures by saying
that, although inherlting consumptve
tendencies, he had been able to resist
them through the simple precaution of al
ways wearing newspaper over his chest
under his coat
AS preventive of cold feet piece
of newspaper folded in the sole is quite
equal, if not SO elegant or expensive as
cork or lambsNin soles, being light soft,
and easily renewed. If you wish to test
the power of a newspaper in excluding
cold, try lacking one, douby folded be-
tween your window and your stand of
plants, and see how nicely they will be
protected, and how frosty the window
will consequently BE- Newspapers will
in the autumn, before severe black frosts
come on, etfectually protect green house
plants, before you take them up, from
cold and wind
The writer remem'er once driving up
about dusk to a country place and being
startled at seeing what looked like pla.
before the house which lurned ont to he
m closer insnection rows of tender nlants
all tied nm in newsnanrrs to protect them
from tha sudden frosts incident to the
season that in one niuht might ont them
ali Down We have itnnwn t0mato nlants
nrotected in the same wav and made
r. r;nen in the nnen garden much longer
hv his inevnensive easv nrncaution
witbin ovarvnpe's reach
Oid newsno,or. ore adn. rob,e 90 floor
coyer;nr, unfer c,rnets mr. evnn Snread
nnder Il ensin~ton snn.res retnining oil
the dnst which neither rema;nS in tho
carmel nor sifts through to the Iioor' then
thar tho ,,r he sn oseiIv ronoyad thot II
10 a craot savinr ~ nsn than in mis- 1vav
eSne6ioII 49, 3he dist Veil sLaI,nn on
the naners are eunallv scrvireahle for
LindfinT nurnosos .,ftoru.rd on can do
donhIe ant, hnSides the le~itimato ono of
beraIdinm The news If the d,I
Weather ctrins ore now almost uni.
versaI as wall as donb,e winJowS for &C.
curing warm rooms, bnt where as 10 the
case in SONG old fashioned country houses
thew arc moi nrocnr.hIn nev,snannrs can
sunnlv tho daticinncv very we'll hv haing
ont IN lonc str;nS ne,tlv foIdrd oy.r and
stuffed in The in,erstices and 60 most ef.
fectuallv .xrnde the cold winter air
nd newSnoIers ora ovce,lnnt 70 cloor
windows Wiz SLIGHTLY damned then
"ihuoH ,;r VII" w. uauipou, .non
much better than even linen cloth, for
their is no lint to rub oil. Newspapers