The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-05-21
Mending Things.

;,,as the following timely hints on this sub
e+ in the Horne and Farm: People who
10 cav off in the country ought to keep
themselves provided with the necessary ap-
',iorcas for mending up their things. They
.oldom command the services of me-
ohonic to do this, so their household and
premises will be apt to present adilapidated
annearance, unless they exercise some care
and ingenuity about mending up their own
things.
Everv country housekeeper ought to keep
trrriture glue on hand. 1t is very cheap,
e. worth being enough to last aycar, under
o.1;parv circumstances. | mean the kind
Won Get dry, IN pieces, and dissolve foryour-
elf as YOU need it, If you keep this on
hand and your chairs should come unglued
Ios new are very apt to do, when you have
rongh balf-grown boys in the family you
con mend them yourself instead of having
70 mt them away in the garrett in an invalid
condition. | know farmer who not only
oIued together the broken chairs in the
establishment but re-bottomS them neatly
with rattans. when farm work is not press
ing him i'll winter.
I would advise farmers wives to keep on
hand little plaster of Paris or hydraulic
cameut TO fasten on the brass rings around
tbe mouth Of their Jumps, if these rings
should come loose, as they sometimes do
Sometimes. also, the ring on which you
screw the top of the pepper comes loose,
md this can be cemented over again in the
same way as the rings around the lamps.
Hydraulic cement is very cheap. l have
gotten a package that seemed to me about
a half pound for Sc. You have to keep it
PERFECTLY dry, mixing little of it with
water just as you are going to use it.
Let me recommend to housekepeers al
ways to keep on hand bottle Of mucilage.
If a child should tear page out OF book
YOU can immediately replace it if you have
mucilage and little brush at hand, where
as if you should delay doing it the loose
leaf would be very apt to get lost If the
page should be torn across, as well as looS-
ened from the book, you can mend itnicely
by putting over the torn place a strip of
very thin, transparent muslin to which mu-
cilage has been applied. This will hold to-
gether the mutilated page and at the same
time the reading matter along the torn
edges will show through the thin muslin
This is also an admirable way to mend torn
music, interposing no difficulty to your
reading the notes or words of the song or
music If you cannot conveniently get
store mucilage make some for yourself
by dissolving about two tablespoonful of
gum arabic, in water or vinegar, in an old
lnucilage bottle You will find this far
more handy than having paste made when
ever you want to glue anything.
If any of your crockery should break and
you should not have on hand any ''store"
cement, simple but very good homemade
cement may be prepared as follows: Mix a
little stif1y frothed white of an egg with
some unsacked lime, spread the mixture
on the edges of the broken pieces, thenpress
these firmly together and leave the article
untouched for several days. Mix only a
little of the egg and lime at a time, as ex-
posure to the air hardens the mixture in a
few minutes so that you cannot apply it,
but you can keep on mixing it up in very
small quantities, just as you need it. You
can mover put hot food nor pour hot Ii
quid into an article mended in this way,
but by using it carefully it may yet do you
considerable service. A vase or any other
article of mere ornament mended thus will
last indefinitely.
Most women do the family mending when
the washerwoman brings home the clean
clothes, but it is far better plan to mend
them before sending them out, as holes are
greatly enlarged by the processes of wash
Ing and ironing. Women will save them
selves some darning by strengthening the
heels Of their husbands socks when they
are knitting them, adding a stran of the
coarSest white thread NO. s. to the knit
ing cotton when they are knitting the
AeeS' You can lessen the amount of mend
ing Tor your boys by making them clothes
oI strong, durable materials, which are, at
al events, the most suitable for country
UOyS' Make their drawers bodies when
the boys are smalD, their drawers and night
gowns OF unbleached jeans, then every day
SHIRTS Of stout cheviot or gingham. For
your girls you will find that the best grades
oi oleached cotton will prove in the end tho
oest economy. 1t will cost more at the
outset, but the underclothing made Of 1t
Will not require such frequent removing
Aor so much mending. For little children
nothing makes such a good and durable
everyday dress as gingham of really good
q1ality' 1t will not only hold its colors
well, but it will far out last calico, seer
sucker, percale or batiste. We mothers
ought to study all these points, because it
20 al OBJECT with us to spare ourselves as
I'd as possible the expense and trouble of
'9iloVlng and mending our children's
SoVneS' Keep on hand a good supply of
UoitS, screws, nails and tacks, together
"'eu ascrew-driver, gimlet. hammer and
ua'cnet, SO as to be prepared for emergen-
YVES winch call for these articles. 1t is very
"on TO Keep putty also and learn to be your
S"n giazier when you live far from pro-
.'sSiohal ones. Since the war | have seen
su'S TASK quite skillfully executed by ladies
- 'no country. While the housekeeper is
sa'onuing up everything in her province the
.1' '''er ought to be equally vigilant about
as Earring the garden palings, gate hinges
~ slu iatches etc. He will find that the old
@'"Ee "a stitch in time saves nine" holds
- good IN the principle involved, when APP
p,o1 10 MS kind of mending, as it does to
oman needle work Not only may tho
, 'Ia. OF nail lead remotely to the loss of