Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-04-21
HOUSEHOLD CHAT
Little Things That Make Life Pleas
anter for Housekeepers.
FOR THE PARLOR AND The KITCHEN
Matters Of Interest to Men, Women
and Children.
SOME POINTERS FOR ALL


Written Exclusively for The Evening Star
If you want a stopper for a bottle Of
acid or any substance that would naturally
call for a glass stopper, because OF the
danger that the cork one would be eaten I'd
by the contents Of the bottle take the cork
ana steep II in vaseline. 1t viii then be i'm
pervious to acids of any kind ana no
action of chemicals will decay Il. II viii.
in fact, be as good for all purposes as q
glass stopper.
f you have an old straw hat that Won
want to make do until you can get a new
summer hat, take the trimming off the hat
and dust the straw perfectly. Take a half
cup OF clear cold coffee and a clean black
cloth and wash the straw, rubbing II yiror-
ously until IT seems to be pretty well wet
through. Then lay the hat on a fiat sur
face. with a dark cloth under il and an
other over the brin. and with a moderately
hot iron press it TIL 1t is dry. For the
crown select tin pan or bucket that is
about the same size the crown, ana
press 1t over that Then put your wire
back in the edge OF the -im-if il had one
and bend the hat in the shape that YOU
desire to have it, You can change the
shape entirely IL you like. If the crown in
close to the brim. where the trimming will
cover It And If the brim is too low for
the present fashion. put in a few rows Of
straw taken from another hat, or a piece OF
buckram; IL Will be covered by the trim
ming. Then get some good shoe polish
that is all the average polish is good for
and give the hat three coats of the LIQUID
backing, waiting for each to dry. You will
be astonished to see that your straw looks
like new. This is a good way TO freshen
old hats during the summer; Brush aud
apply the polish without removing the
trimming.
If your black kid gloves look shabby ana
white where the coloring has worn OF, rub
them with a little liquid shoe polish IL
win not rub of on your clothing after Il Is
dry, and may be renewed as often as YOU
like. If perfectly new black gloves pull at
the seams, and you can't make the glove
girl take them back, touch the spots with
a tiny bit of black paint. such ss comes in
the little tubes. IL you take a pair OF
gloves back they are doctored that way
and put on sale again. Part Of the outfit
OF glove counter is a case OF assorted
colors Of oil paint tubes for that very pur-
pose.
good rule for women from fourteen 20
forty to follow is to not kiss friends on
the street After long separation IL may
be permissible, but on the whole the public
is apt TO wonder how much OF the effusive
ever genuine. A real lady never makes
herself conspicuous by over-zealous dis
play Of either wrath or Pleasure
Why is II that man will spend Eve
minutes brushing his shoes and trousers to
free them from dust, yet never gives q
thought to the almost disgusting collection
OF dandruf that whitens his coat collar
and shoulders? By the way. IL the average
man had sense enough 10 wash his own
head with soft water and borax instead
of permitting every barber that gets hold
OF him 10 try experiments on his head with
the last dandruf eradicator, he would have
more hair TO experiment on himself and
his coat would lose a large portion OF Its
ornamentatior.
When you put the stoves away for the
summer give them a good coating Of coal
oil. and they will not collect rust during
their retirement, and will be more easily
blackened In the fan.
The average woman, from not knowing
how TO stand properly, is troubled with her
skirts dipping in the back, one Of the
most ungraceful features of a had fitting
gown. The best way to correct this would
be tc learn how to stand erect, but that 10
a work of time, so IL is easiest to make the
gown conform to the deformity. II you
make your own gowns, or II you do not.
see that your dressmaker makes your skirts
at least an inch shorter In the back than
she does I'm front Make the dress long
enough to touch In front and when you
put the binding on Il, II viii be just about
the right length al around for . street
dress.
Women who have not hips TO support
their clothes are greatly annoyed by having
their skirts and bodices part company IN
the back In the most aggravating manner
and often they fail TO meet on the sides.
Put belt on the inside OF the bodice at
the belt line and fasten e well TO the
middle and Two side back seams Fasten
II with two hooks and eyes at the right
or the corset steels in front SO as TO not
bulge out through the dress. To the center
seam In the back fasten a large hook. with
the hook part down. and to the belt Of the
skirt fasten a large eye. Be sure that you
get both OF these exactly IN the middla or
they VIII throw the waist and skirt out
OF line. Then hook the two. festen the
belt-which should always be right tight
and then fasten the bodice and 20 about
your business and don't fret. That dress
hsss aps,s
maker win not put that hook and eye on
Unless you threaten her with humiliation,
because II is particular Job. But obi the
comfort of it!
If you want to make a child think that
1t Is OF some Importance In life. teach t 20
work as soon as 1t can understand re-
quest or obey an order. Make IL under
stand that ii can look at the magazines on
your table, but that IL must promise not
to tear them. and must carefully pile them
up just as IL found them That will be Q
good first lesson. because every child like
to look at magazines Work makes q child
feel important. just as It lifts a man out Of
the vagabond ranks to give him employ
ment A very little child will save you
many steps IL you have but the patience 20
teach IL properly, and thus SOW the seeds
OF a future usefulness. i do not mean that
children should be deprived OF their play,
or that they should be set to do tasks tha4
are difficult. brit IN their play they dis
arrange carefully-kept rooms. or scatter
their playthings, and most mothers VIII
fret and worry and storm at the awful
havoc they make, and yet trail around
after them and pick up and replace the
things when the child that scattered them
could be taught TO do that as well as TO
take them down in the first place. Give n
to understand that f. is doing you q favor.
and very soon you will find that II viii put
them up as a matter of habit Praise IL
when II has tried TO do well, no matter
what the mistaken result may be. and TX
you censure, do IL in kindness OF spirit
and, above all things. avoid hurting the
self respect Of your child
When your earthen pudding and pie
dishes get brown and unsighuy from the
juices and grease of many bakings. scour
them with ashes from the CRATE. mixed
with little good SOAP They VIII come out
OF it as fresh as new.
II you discover. to your dismay, that the
milk has turned" little. and there is no
stir n tiny bit OF soda in 1t, and IL will
answer every purpose. Now don't go try
ing TO sweeten ''clabber'' that way and
think that you can make IL serve as cream