Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-05-06
HINTS TO HOUSEWIVES.


rots across the fibre.
To paper a wall that has been white.
washed, rub the walls down first with a
cloth wet in strong vinegar or salaratus.
In putting away woollens for the sea
son, there should always be kept out az
extra blanket for eacn bed, and some
flannel for each person In case OF cold,
rainy weather or illness.
Fine lace, II IL is torn, should be
mended before sending TO be cleaned
IL you do not know the lace stitch
simply darn with very fine thread In
inches about t5s same as those in the
lace.
A few drops OF ammonia added to q
peroxide OF hydrogen is what gives the
golden color TO the hair. Without the
ammonia one or two applications OF the
bleach 70 brown hair impartS reddish
brown tint TO it.
II you want TO test your water pipes
20 see II there is any trace OF lead In
the water you are using, put few drops
OF the tincturs OF cOchine0l 10 dish oil
lhe water. IL there is trace OF lead
the water will turn blue.
When earthen pudding aud pie dishes
get brown and uDsightly from the
juices and grease OF many oakings,
scour them with ashes from the CRATE,
mixed with a little good soap. They
will come out a. fresh as new.
Dark stains may be removed from
silver by rubbing them with a soft linen
cloth dipped Ia sulphurlc acid, then
Frightening with some good silver pow
der. The use OF q brush should De
avoided as much as possible 10 cleaning
silver, only soft cloth aud chGmOis skin
being employed, as these do not wear
the silver as a brush does.
With cake or bread in the oven don't
siam the oven door or walk heavily
about the kitchen while 10 is baking. A
fue cake will DO irretrievabiY ruined By
q slight jar at certain stage OF its bak-
ing, and one OF the most prolific sources
Of bad bread is az utter ignorance OF
how to handle it when il is in the oven.
Ink spots on marble may be removed
with a paste made by dlSsolviug an
ounce OF oxalic acid and half an ounce
of butter Of antlmOny In pint OF rain
water, and adding sufficient -four 70
form a thin paste. Apply 20 the stain
with a small brush, allow il TO remain
three or four days aud then wash 10 of.
Make the second application If neces-
sary.
II any housewife discovers that the
milk has turned" little, and there is
no opportunity 10 obtain more before
the meal, stir a tiny bit Of soda In 1t,
and il will answer every purpose. Now
don't 90 trying 10 sweeten "clabber'
that way and think that II can be made
TO serve as cream for the coffee, for you
can't make it do any such thing.
A stopper for a bottle OF acid or any
substance that will naturally call Tor a
glass stopper, because Of the danger
that the cork one would be eaten up by
the contents Of the bottle, can be made
bv sleeping 10 ia vaseline. IL will then
be impervious 70 acids OF any sind, and
70 action of chemicals will decay it. It
will, in fact, be as good for all purposes
as a glass stopper.
Oil in a lamp should not be allowed to
get down 10 less than One-hat the
depth OF the reservoir. The wick
should be soft and completely ill the
space for it, but without cVOwding. A
lamp should be neither suddenly cooled
nor exposed 20 the draught. In extin-
gushing the flame the wick should hrst
be turned far down and then a sharp,
quick puff blown across and not straight
down upon the flame.
For black kid gloves that look shabby
and white where the cOlOrlng has worn
OF. rub them with a little liquid shoe
polish. IL will not rub of on your
clothing after il is dry, and may be re-
newsd as often as you like. III perfectly
new black gloves pull at the seams,
touch the spots with tiny bit Of black
paint such as comes in the little tubes.
Part OF the outfit Of q glove counter is .
case OF assorted colors OF oil paint tubes
for that very purpose.
II you have had your hands for long
time in the "sudS," or have been scrub
bing aud securing until il seems as
though your skin is on fire from the ir-
ritation OF soap and water, rinse your
hauds in clear warm water and then
wash them 10 good vinegar or squeeze
lemon Juice on them and work IL well
Into the flesh. This treatment often
does wonders, bur 10 is we'll TO remem-
Der that il is often the case that rem
edy that will work well on some skins
is an irritant 20 others.
A hammock will often prove boon
70 a sick PERSON who has grown weary
OF the bed. IL can be strung across a
room from q door frame TO the window
casing, and may be even hung right
over the bed where the patient can slip
into IL at will. There are light cotton
EammOckS that are right pretty, and
they are soft as silk to the touch. A
hammock adjusts itself so perfectly TO
every inch OF the body that it is won
der that tired women do not try their
resting properties oftener.
II your kitchen or any other floor tha'
you do not wish 20 carpet shows un-
slightly cracks try the following recipe
for tnem:-One pound Of flour, thres
quarts OF water aud q tsaSpOOnfUl OF
alum and make paste OF them, cook
Ing well together. After removing from
the stove, stir into il lot OF paper that
Is torn in small pieces and let 10 soak,
stirring as much as you can. The paper
should be stirred until 10 is all in pulp
and the mass is so thick that IL is d :
fcult TO stir longer. Apply ii to the
cracks-be sure the floor is freshly
cleaned frst-and force il 10, smooth
log IL OF even with the surface. Leave
II 20 dry thoroughly, aud you will End
that II is more lasting and a great deal
cheaper than putty. This can be paint
ed right over as though 1t was wood.
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