Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-11-17
H o U S EHOLD HINT S

"How much oil should be put with q
pound Of white lead to make 1t the right
consistency for painting?" asks a reader
| Of TIE Star That depends. II the paint
| Is for q prime" or first coat on bare
wood, the quantity OF oil should be about
a quart to pound Of white lead. II for a
second coat about a pint and a half Of oil.
| II you use turpentine then do not use SO
| much Oil. To obtain an ecru tint use yell
low ochre, mixing in little at a time. till
| you have succeeded in getting the right
shade. 1t will be well 10 mix enough TO do
the whole job at once. for 1t is a very hard
! matter to mix a second pot OF paint exact
| ly the shade Of the first Other colors of
paint ara secured in like manner, mixing
| till the shade required seems to have been
| found. Always remember that paint works
| up a little lighter when spread. For in
| side work, there are D1iye ed paints sold In
| every shade and tone, which are much less
expensive than buying the white lead and
| mixing for ones self, and great deal less
trouble. 1t wears quite as well, too. There
are wash paints sold that are to be APP
! piled to soft pine to make 1T resemble hard
| wood, and you can turn your woodwork
| Into charry, mahogany, walnut or hard
| pine, just as you like, If it has never been
| painted. If 1T has been painted once, you
will have to Sandpaper it all Off, and polish
| it down before applying any of the STAIN
ing. A painted finish is really the incest,
| will conceal blemishes in the woodwork
The woodwork of a room should combine
with the wall decorations and the fur
niture to make harmonious whole. In
selecting the paint for each room, try to
make Its tones correspond with those that
are predominant in the furniture and
draperieS that are to be used in 1t. Paint
| that has neither oil nor varnish in 1t gives
| a dull fiat finish, and is more diffic ult to
clean. as well as less durable, but 1T Is
| more restfui to the eye than a glazed
surface
Painting woodwork Is not at all diff
| cult matter. and there is no reason in the
world why a woman who has any hustle
| in her at all should have her artistic
| senses tormented by inharmoniously paint
| ed woodwork, since she can so easily coat
| ii with some soft, inccnsIicuCuS tint that
Will change the whole aspect of lie for
| her. Wall decorations have much to do
with the spirits OF the occupants of apart
| mcnts. Not long since. h1y WHO had
| gone into regular decline, and was con-
| fined to room all the time, was ordered
| by her physician to have q room fitted up
| in gray and pink. She declared she couldn't
| live in such a glare o. light But the
| doctor had his way, and from the moment
| that she was removed from her dark, dis
NAL room, with its cherry wood finish,
| chocoiate-colored walk, heavily gilded, ard
laviShly hung with dark red damask and
silk, into a room with a soft cream cell
| ing and papered walls, with wild rose
figure in wild rose border, light Satin
| wood finished woodwork and furniture
| with light yellow silk and lace curtains
she began to improve, and you can't make
her believe that 1T was rot all due to the
| cheerful color in the new room. One Is
| never quite happy on a dark dismal day.
end why should not the same hold good
| about ones room?
| Unless you want to ruin your skin and
| complexion, don't go to bed without wash
| ing your face. If you don't want to use
water, rub your face vigorously with CO.
| Goa butter. or white vaseline, and then
rub off with a soft cloth. YoI can thea be
sure that the pores of the skin are Open
and ready to do their regular duty, some
thing they cannot do if the face Is cover
| ed with powder or dust.
| 1t is said that In putting down carpets
and large rugs that are to be tackled that
IL you will sprinkle fine tobacco over the
| carpet paper you will have no trouble with
moths or the carpet beetle
Never introduce unpleasant topics at
meals. and If you value your digestion,
| don't be serious or gloomy or cross. Cross
| people should be made to eat alone. For
get everything In the world when you come
| to the table, except that you are alive and
| are thankful for it, that you have some
| thing to eat and are grateful for that.
| Preoccupaticn and deep thought at a meal
| is bad, very bad, for the digestion. You
| gulp your food abstractedly, and wash it
down with a lot of liquids, thus sending
| into the stomach a mass of half-mast-
| Gated food for that overworked organ to
| dispose of. after you have thinned and
| weakened the gastric juices by deluglng
| them with fluids. Laugh and talk at your
meals. Never eat alone have some one to
| help you forget yourself Then you will
| get over having the dyspepsia.
| After ironing linen. If you have not had
| the patience to polish till perfec tly dry
| hang in the air, where il will get dry, be-
| fore folding away. The garments Will be
much SITTER than If left to dry from slow
| evaporation, and will be less liable to
| blister.
Balmy as these fall days are, they will
| send you home from day in the woods,
| run on your wheel or a drive, with your
| face burning like fire, and will result in
roughness if you do not take care of your
| skin at once. When you come in from
| such trips, don't 90 at once and wash
| your face to freshen you up. Go to your
| room and rub your face with white vase
| line till you have made it red and feel
| sure that it is soaking in. Then go about
making the rest of your toilet: il should
| remain on the face at least ten minutes.
| If you want to rest. lie down and read. or