Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-05-08
USES OF THE HAIRPlN.
Tho Various Ways woma, Can Make
Use OF tho Bent Wire.

Tho hairpin is an indispensable arti-
Gle TO n woman's toilet. She coald not
get along without one. A woman
may spend one hour in dressing. aud
half the hour is usually occupied In ar
ranging her hair, which she skillfully
twists into coils becoming to her face,
and TO keep In place she will use about
one dozen hairpins.
A woman finds hairpin useful in
many ways and II she he about to be-
gin that important operation of disar-
Observation-Disclosures house-clean-
iug-it is safe to say she will put one
extra pin in her hair and will need il
before going far in her work; many
crack, creyioe and corner is poked into
with its aid.
1t is woman's most useful ally.
and with her skill in using 1t becomes
q kind OF combination tool that can be
used in many ways. Sometimes the
key of trunk is lost aud the inevita-
BILE hairpin Is used to push back the
spring and the lid IL raised. While
scrubbing il is used in every corner 10
poke out the dirt In fixing up her
rooms she may want TO hang clean
curtains and finds the running strings
broken; shs will take hairpin, stick
Il through tho end of tape and with
much patience work that hairpiu
through tho hem; the points may catch
In the goods twenty times but she will
perScvore, aud eventually get i,
through and 90 mcrrily on with her
work, rs tho hairpin has saved her the
trouble Of going downstairs for n bob
kin,
Many little things she wishes to hang
up and often has no tacks handy; she
will break on u piece of hairpin aud
make IL answer for n tack, ana when
bent into the shape of the letter Il
will suspend fancy articles from gas
fixtures, aud by twisting the hook II
can be made 10 hang just as desired
Some one gives n great pull nj the
door bell and breaks the wire; rather
than have callers knock or Kick on the
door woman will hunt that break,
find H., and take hahpin and splice
tho wire and the bell is In order again
Sometimes the wire that binds the ribs
OF IN umbrella TO the stick breaks;
this can easily DO mendcd with u hair
pin by stringing tho wires on II and
moving the cap down and twisting the
hairpin close, and il Is done. A wo.
man. with the aid Of u pair Of pincers.
can easily do this herself. The hair
pin often serves both ms u shoe and
glove buttoucr, House plants can be
kept IN n healthy condition all winter
10y using n hairpin once week 10
loosen the soil In the pots.
II Is said that corns should never be
cut with knife but whoever read that
corns should not be picked With hair
pinp In this operation laties prefer
Il hairpin to knife. Corks in small
bottles can be drawn Ivy Inserting the
points OF a hairpin in the cork ut the
proper angle and giving little pull,
Lamp wicks should never be trimmed
with knife or scissors. The better
plan Is TO smooth of the charred por.
tiou with II hairpiu. IL will insure
better light aud the wick will last twice
as long. The hairpin can be bent into
frame for artificial cobwebs, which !,
quite novelty.
II the steak or fish broiler on bread
toastcr comes apart, hairpin is al
that Is necessary to make IL seryiceable
again. There Is scarcely lady bul
carries n little hairpin IN her pocket.
book. II Is u woman's little friend and
constant companion, and is ever ready
IN case of IN emergency when Other
tools are not conveniently NJ hand.