The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-10-27
In The Realms Of
The Home AngeI
Suggestions Along the Line of Econ.
omy for the Household.
AIDS FOR THE BETTER HALF


AIDS FOR THE BETTER HALF
Topics for the Kitchen, Recipes for the
Cuisine and General Information
for the Benefit of the Keeper of
Every True Mans Happiness.
II have ruined half dozen pair Of
white shoes this summer" writes a
bright young acquaintance to this de-
partment, 'and yesterday l just sat
down and had hearty cry when l
came home; had been caught in a ter
rible shower, and there! my new white
shoes were all muddy and ruined, I
think, beyond reparation. Now, do tell
me If there is any remedy, for papa says
l shan't buy another pair of these 'ridi-
culous Shoes and they are so stylish,
you know" Now, if you are a sensi-
BILE girl, you will not worry your father
about the matter, but ask your drug
gist for dimes worth of pipe clay;
put little in dish, dry, and with an
old tooth or nailbrush, which has not
lost its stiffness, brush the shoes hard;
but always the same way as the grain
Of the leather, or it will make them
rough. Another way is to rup with
deodorized benzine first, and then put
on coat of pipe clay and let 1t remain
over night.
To clean the pretty plaster casts that
are often as artistic as the. costlier
ones, make thick paste starch--cold,
of course-and spread it on the cast
with brush. After 1t dries, remove it
by tapping the cast slightly, and then
rubbing with dry clean cloth.
You can clean paint brushes that are
dried full of paint by putting them in an
old tin can Of coal oil. Let them soak
several hours, and If they have been
neglected for some time 1t may take a
day or two. Plenty of patience and
petroleum will accomplish it.
Perhaps you are getting ready to put
up your stoves, and are I'm despair
about the smoky mica in the doors. Slip
it out and put it to soak in dish OF
vinegar for a few hours, then remove
and polish with soft dry cloth. You
will find it as bright as ever
The cleaning of sponges is as a rule
not carefully attended to, fact much to
be regretted, as nothing is so liable to
mn loot 70 1,nip a I;rtx
1t should always be rinsed after use
in clean, hot water, to which liberia
pinch of boraX has been added, knead.
ing 1t with the knuckles squeezing vel
and placing it on the window-sill tc
dry in the sunshine, or hanging it VI
where the air can freely circulate about
it. Sponges should never be left in q
bag while wet. Sliminess may be re.
moved by soaking for twenty-foul
hours in a couple of plnts of hot water
in which an ounce of carbonate of soda
ordinary washing soda-has been dis
solved Sponges in constant use, es
pecially small face sponges, swarm
with bacteria, and on that account
should be thrown away or used fol
some household cleaning purpose aftel
three or four months use.
Irons are pretty sure to gather rus
this damp weather and cause a goot
deal of bad temper in the laundry Heat
them hot, says the Washington Star
then run them quite forcibly over @
flannel cloth that has liberal sprink
ling of salt on it. This will remove
every bit of the rust-be sure and rut
the edges also-then run the iron ovel
q creased cloth, or a cloth that has g
| little white wax or beeswaX on ii, ther
treat 1t to vigorous rubbing on &
perfectly clean white cloth. They will
| trouble you no more till next time.
Change the oil in your lamps quite
often If you use them infrequently.
don't know why 1t Is. but / do know
that II is IL fact that when the oil re
mains a week in a lamp that has no
been used in that time it gets to smell
ing old and rancid, and will scent tn,
whole house. Constant vigilance Is tn
price of sweet smelling coal oil lamp
1t Is long way ahead of whale oil dips
but Is quite as far removed from tn
ideal of perfection in illumination.
Motives of economy should lead to tn
often shaking of carpets, for the dus
and dirt that gets ground into then
wears them out more than any othe
agency of destruction. Carpets tha
are long time fastened to the hoo
without shaking get to smell must,
and moldy, too. They should be take
up every spring and fallAif not oftenel
A rich and artistic hanging for tn
doorway of a room that has the foo
covered by an eastern rug of stron
coloring Is made of wide horiZonta
bands of corduroy, the edges slightl
overlapping. and covered where the
join with rows of fine. fiat, and yer
narrow gold braid. The bands of cor
duroy may range from dark to a ligh
shade of one color, or be of a number q
shades that harmonize with each othe
and the coloring in the rug.
In Chicago an ingenious colored VIC
man has guaranteed herself a CON
Portable income by organizing n dish
washing circuit. She goes regularl
three times Il day to twenty neighboI
ing houses and washes the dishes of
family of three for II cents a weei
washes them clean, without breakag
and without walking off with then
AS Colonel Sellers would say, there AZ
millions in 1t. What would local house
wives not give for DISTINGUISHING cil
cult in Scranton?
A good cologne water Is made OF
half pint deoderized alcohol, thirt
drops each of oil of lemon, oil Of laver
der, oil of bergamot and orange-flowe
water. Cork and shake well.
You may clean soiled gloves at HON
quite as we'll as they are done for you q
the shops if you follow this plan: Pou
naphtha into bowl and wash III
glove in it out as If it We're q cloth, an
with another part of 1t rub every pai
of the kid softly but thoroughly. A
| the dirt will he thus rubbed nWaX nn