The Portland daily press., 1890-12-29
THE Ao M c.
HINTS TO HoUsEKEEPERs.


Scrubbing brushes should be kept with the
bristles down and they will last twice as
long common sense will tell you If you stand
them the other way the water will run down
and soak into the back, loosening the bris-
ties, whether they be glued or wired.
To take the rust out Of steel. rub the steel
with sweet oil; in day or two rub with fine.
ly powdered unslacked lime until the rust all
disappears, then oil again, roll in woollen
and put in dry place, especially If it be the
table cutlery.
Turpentine and black varnish is the black
ing used by hardware dealers for protecting
stoves from rust. Ifrut on properly it will
last through the season.
The best way when hot grease has been
spilled on the floor is to dash cold water over
it, so as to harden it quickly and prevent it
striking into the boards.
ills stated that lamp chimneys should
never be washed in soapsuds or clear water,
Ii cloth wet with alcohol was used for this
purpose, or, what is much cheaper and al
ways at hand, kerosene oil, there will be a
perceptible falling off in the manufacture
and sale OF lamp chimneys. Its really sur
what fine polish viii be given by cleaning
in kerosene or alcohol.
Ribbons and other silks should be put
away for preservation in brown paper, as
the chloride OF lime used In manufacturing
white paper frequently produce discolora-
ton.
1t is said that to drink sweet milk after
eating onions will purify the breath so that
no odor will remain. A cupful of strong
coffee i5 also recommended.
Ii piece of dyed cloth is damped and
rubbed on clean white paper, the absence of
any stain shows that the dye is a fast" color.
Another test Is to lay the cloth between two
sheets OF paper and iron it. There should
be no marks In this case either. Again, IL
the cloth is covered with perforated sheet
OF thick paper, and exposed for some hours
to direct sunlight, the color Of the exposed
parts should not fade.
A recipe for cleaning marble, etc. Mix up
quantity of the strongest soap less with
quick-lime to the consistency Of milk. and
lay iton the stone, etc. for twenty-four
hours; clean it afterward with soap and
water and 1T will appear as new. Note
This may be improved by rubbing or polish
ing 1t afterward with some putty powder and
olive oil.
Buy good coffee and then be saving of it
by using it properly, When we could buy a
whole cod fish the skin was dried and cut in
squares for coffee settlers; extra particular
cooks always use an egg in making coffee,
but there Is no need of this extravaganza as
package of the Boston Gelatine, a recently
Will last long time, and pinch of it clears
coffee DIS well as an egg.
Lemons should be kept hung up in an
open-work basket, or a bag made from net
Soap should be cut into convenient-sized
pieces and piled neatly on one end of the
shelf, so that the air may circulate and dry
it..
Don't forget to have few beans of coffee
handy, for this serves as deodorizer If burnt
on Goals or paper. Bits of charcoal placed
fnl in obi
other impurities.
Tallow, applied warm, will soften and
hnally cure corns and bnnions.
A COMMON BLUNDER.
The numerous stories of woman's devotion
and self-sacrifice which the world is ready
to accept as evidence of the higher spitural
life and nobility of soul, will in time be ra-
ted at there full value. There Is morbid un-
wholesomeness in all such teaching. We
are gradually coming to see that the woman
who best develops herself is her husbands
truest helper, that the mother who makes
time for self.culture trains her children to
become self-helpers, and that the sister who
urges her brother to think of others, and to
do their full share In increasing the happi-
ness OF the household, are the sisters who
aid in developing manly, considerable and
boad-minded men. The servile attentions
tonuoIcu W sue Wonau III some IamllleS
have rendered to in crease the selfish exac-
lions OF men who might otherwise have
been comfort to themselves and delight
to their associates.
1t was recently said of a prominent and
eloquent, divine shat he was superior pas.
tor, an eloquent preacher, fine scholar, and
most entertaining social companion, but a
perfect tyrant in his home" A very little
Investigation proved that his failing was the
result OF the care given him by the woman
Oh the families. His grandmother waited
upon him In his babyhood. his mother when
lad and his sisters while In college. Later,
when married life brought increased cares,
he had become so imbued with the idea that
some woman must be continually serving
him, that life was a burden to his Immediate
family. without intending to be tyrannical,
he is a tyrant.
young woman of my acquaintance had
one brother to whom she was deeply attach
ed, and in spirit of generous self-sacrifce
she determined to loan him the small sum
which came to her from her fathers estate,
In order to give him collegiate education.
She desired to attend college herself, to con-
tinue her musical studies, and to fit herself
for life of usefulness. She thought, and
the brother agreed with her, that only one
OF them could enjoy q liberal education, and
ne was that one: The sister studied dress
aided the brother, meeting all
his demands upon her slender purse, and
herself happy with the prospect
Of his future career and his meagre words
Of praise. The end of all those years of self
sacrlice is briefly told. The brother married
IS soon as his degree was obtained, and now
lives in comforts, practising his profession,
while the sister still tolls on day by day, and
Is alluded to as cranky old maid"
@ The woman of the future will be wiser.
she evil will not toll at the tub to send her boy
10 college, but will realise that the lad
worthy Of college education is far too manly
tod S,ecuae u through her privations She will
t his;tI more thae now her personal response
hand that rocks the cradle rules the world r y
sne VIII understand the possibilities of the
neao controlling the hand. She will aid men
70 become ah mo nobier. grander and more godlike
training. She will be mans SSu Shu nh pesal
pher and friend" his solace in afiiction. O his
constant joy, his BELOVED Companion and. in
The words Of Goethe, externally Wom ami