The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-11-27

after they are washed. Windows and mir
rors so dried are much cleaner and brighter
than when only cloth is used and lamp
chlmneys can be beautifully polished by
the same means.
On Saturday Aunt Susan" the cook,
comes putting upstairs for ''de papers To-
de sbelbs, please, miss" and she puts clean
papers on all the shelves IN the Kitchen
closets aud pantries. Aunt Susan has
great faith in the merits of newspapers,
and always wants pile of them handy for
cleaning her kitchen rance.
''Soon's pse done fryin' 1 Jest scrabbles
/ up one desc yer OF papers an rubs Two.
free times cross de st0be, an it takes
ev'ry bit de grease off quick'n a streak er
! lightnin',n she says.
The other day she came In after a shower
with her shoes soaked with rain. She took
them off, stuffed them full of old papers and
set them in a corner to dry. The next day
she held them up triunphantly, declaring
that they were ''jes' as soft an easy's if
deyd neber seen q drap O. rain. Neber did
see muffin like OF papers 10 keep folks
warm, too" she went on; my OF man use
ter dribe mule team in Wah times, an
when't were stingin' coli he'd put two,
free ol' papers cross he shoulders an two,
free mo- ober he breas' an button he OF
sOler coat ODER em, am he say be neber
feel bit er col' l sabe al de OF papers,
you better b'lebe does, If l calm read 'em
as you al does" she added as she trotted
OFF to heat up some crumpets for breakfast.
When spring cleaning time arrives old
papers are called for to put under the car
pet. Several layers Of them make good
carpet lining, and il thicker padding is
desired. straw can be used between two
layers of paper. This makes a very elastic
lining and q very inexpensive one, which
can be renewed every season. Cut in long
narrow strips old paper makes good stuf-
ting for chair cushions and pillows. IL may
not be equal to down, but it Is quite as good
as inferior hair for this use
Several thicknesses of paper placed be-
tween cotton batting makes a warm, light
bed comfortable, and ironhol0ers and ket-
tleholders are made in the same way, the
paper being laid between and the whole
covered with calico.
On very cold winter nights we put q
newspaper coverlet over our house plants
ano never have known them when so pro-
tected to BIO pinched by Jack Frosts icy
fingers.
1t was an old nurse who found out how
to replenlsh noiselsssly q coal fire in thu
sick room. She had the coal brought to
the room in strong newspaper. with the
corners gathered up and tied. When fresh
fuel was needed she could place the paper
lust as il was on the ire with scarcely a
rustic. If she could only invent some
noiseless method of poking the fire with a
newspaper her name would be held in
honor, in our household. at least, for ever
more.
II you have doors leading TO porches,
etc., which are not used during the winter
you may find that the wind whistles
through, no matter how securely they are
locked and bolted. Fold newspapers in
long, narrow strips and press them firmly
in nil cracks with a thin-hlaApd Knife and
the whlstling wind will not trouble you
again from that source. If you find it
stealing in beneath the window sash raise
the window, place folded paper on the
sill, then close and lock the window
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