Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-02-15

quarter try the kidney with your nose
the faintness of the smell will prove il
to be stale.
Mutton-The best is OF q fine grain,
a bright color, the fat firm and white
1t is better for being full grown.
CARE OF THE HAIR.
All well-kept hair is beautiful, though
it is as straight as an Indians and the
color of carrots. And no hair, no mat
ter what its length and color, is beau
tiful unless it is we'll kept. Well kept
hair is hair that is washed at least
once in three weeks, and oftener if it
is by nature very oily. 1t is hair
that is brushed every day with = clean,
tolerably stiff brush. 1t is hair that
is not burned, and whose very appear
ance does not suggest the sound OF
sizzling locks. 1t is hair that is not
cut off the back OF the neck nor at the
ends. When the hair is brushed it
should be parted, and each division
should receive 100 good strokes from
the crown down to the end. 1t should
not be brushed fiercely or too quickly,
for that only tears the hair out by the
roots. Ammonia, borax and most
washing appliances render the hair
harsh and disagreeable, but if it is
washed with CASTLE soap or with water
in which soap bark has been boiled, it
it will be silky when dried. 1t
should, when possible, be dried in
the sun, but never by tho heat from q
furnace, which crack and roughens it.
Warm. towels should be used, and
when the hair seems perfectly dry
little alcohol rubbed into the scalp
will keep one from taking cold.
An excellent preparation for pro-
noting the growth of the hair is
mixture of bay rum and quinine,
which should be rubbed into the scalp
once or twice a week.
KEROSENE IN WASHING.
An exchange gives the following as
an easy way of washing without ma.
chine by the use OF kerosene:
Directly after breakfast the boiler is
put over the stove with one pail OF
water, half cake of hard soap shaved
fine, and two tablespoonfuls of kero-
sene. Let this come to a boil and add
two or three pailfuls of water as may
be required and put in the cleanest
clothes dry; let them come to q boil
and remain over the fire 20 minutes.
Take them out and put in the towels
and other things and leave them in
-tiaA--sAAss.- Pour enough water
over the clothes in the tub to cool
them sufficiently to enable one to
wiring them out of the suds, and put
them at once in the rinsing water
which has been blued and made ready
for them. After standing short time,
the clothes may be wrung out and are
ready for the line. Nothing need be
rubbed unless q collar or wristband
may be the better for it. Some very
particular persons put the clothes in a
tub before rinsing and pour boiling
water over them, letting them stand
in it until cool enough to handle be-
fore wringing them out to be rinsed.
Colored clothes are washed out of
the suds, after the white ones have
been disposed of. In using kerosene,
the only skill required is to use the
right amount of it, tablespoonful to
pail of water being about the right
quantity, and a little practice soon
teaches one how to manage. Putting
the clothes in the boiler dry saves
time and labor and answers every
purpose.
THE GROWING USES OF BoRAx.
Sprinkle places infested by ants
with borax and you will soon be rid OF
them.
Blankets and furs put away we'll
sprinkled with borax and done up air
tight will never be troubled with
moths.
A little borax put in the water be-
fore washing red or red-embroidered
table-cloths and napkins will prevent
their fading.
Ringworms will yield to borax treat
ment. Apply a strong solution Of bo-
rsx three times day; also dust on
the dry powder very often.
Silver spoons and forks in daily use
may be kept bright by leaving them in
strong borax water for several hours.
The water should be boiling when
they are put in.
Put teaspoonful of borax in your
rinsing water; it will whiten your
clothes and also remove the yellow
cast on garments that have been laid
aside for two or three years.
One OF the best things to cleanse
the scalp thoroughly is to dissolve
one.half teaspoonful of borax in q
quart of water and apply it, rubbing it
in we'll. Rinse thoroughly in clear
water.
For washing fine, nice fannels, moth
ing will cause them to look so nice as
borax in the water, tablespoonful Of
borax to pail Of water being the right
proportion. Always wash baby's little
skirts, shirts, etc., in this.
Always wash baby's mouth and
gums every morning with water in
which you have put pinch Of borax.
1t keeps the mouth fresh and sweet,
and prevents that uncomfortable af-
Fiction, sore mouth, with which so
many poor babies are troubled when
their mouths are not kept perfectly
clean.
Borax water is excellent for spong-
ing either silk or wool goods that are
not soiled enough for washing. In