New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-06-19

room, turning II frequently, until all dampness Is as
PEELED. The hair Is then ready to be put back In a
new ticking or In the old ticking, II that has been
washed for the purpose.
Hair is never cleaned thoroughly as this In
shops where 1t is quite generally picked over
BY machine and seldom washed. There Is a fresh
ness OF the fields about hair bed that has been
renovated ut home. there Is about clothes which
have been dried in the sunshine and the open air.
The outside window blind Is an article Of doubtful
utility. and has been virtually abandoned In most
houses in large cities The inside blinds which have
been substituted for outside ones, are seldom used
except when the house Is shut up, in the depth OF
summer when 1t Is desirable 10 darken the room.
In the country, great many houses are doing away
with shutters and substituting awnings for them.
These are handle and of protection
from thr sun. while the cooling breeze is hardly OBJ
srctcd In its entrance to the room, though shut out
by the closed shutters.
An outside shutter Is troublesome to handle. and 1t
accumulacs DUST which is washed down by rains on
10 the paint Of the house. thoroughly dishgurng 1t.
Such blinds should be busted free from dust .
week at least and taken off their hinges and washed
clean year. The amount OF total depravity
that shutter displays when II Is being put back on
Its hinges is unequalled. When II has been safely
put on one hinge II quite certain 10 be of the other,
and 1t finally gets on both hinges at once chiefly by
accident TIE most stalwart scrubwoman hesitates
when You tell her, however gently uiat the shutters
must be taken of and washed and not without reason
1t IS never safe to take of than the blinds Of
window time, the average carpenter seems
20 have arranged II so that every blind In the house
is OF slightly different size from the Others and that
no one blind can take the place OF another.
When blinds are very dirty they should lie taken
to the kitchen and washed the washtub. with album.
dance of water aud wisp broom. After the dust and
Accommodations OF the season have been rnse off, wash
the blinds In water in which ammonia has been dis
solved In the proportion OF tablespoonful to gallon.
When they have been thoroughly dried ard wiped
they can be hung out again. providing there Is not
strong sun resting the window. II is not wise TO
hang damp blind In the sun, as II would be likely
to injure tho paint Some people leave their blinds
on for twelve hours and rub them with q cloth
dampcncd In kerosene OIL When this has thoroughly
evaporated. they hang them out again. In winter
the outside blinds altogether Objectionable. Their
chief ONCE Is to slam In the wind and get out OF
order. The holland window shade that is now uni
versaly used shuts out all the sun that ought to be
shut out In cold weather.
The sorrei which is used for soups ard Is sold In
the New-York markets is variety OF the common
sheep sorel found in country pastures. The Leaf
however. is two three inches long, is q clear den.
cate grecn ard Is almost translucent as result az
cultivation. The acid OF the sorrel is very whole
some whom II Is served In soup cooked, but the
green leaves should not be eaten In inornate quan.
tty.