The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-09-21
ideas for G14ntnen.


Now that SO much advice is freely Civ
en- concerning the distressingiy tiresom
subject of fall h-ousecleaning and tn
early winters mending and sewing tina
must receive attention before the summe
is fairly gone the practical housewife
searching for easy methods of performing
the m~ultitndinous duties.
What is the use of counteracting al
the good effects of the summers vaca
ton by allowing ourselves to be over
whelmed by the fall work?
Tak heb subject Of mending, for in
stance, and 1t will be a very inportan
one if there are youngsters in the famil,
OF the remping mi climbing age.
I wonder how many women know o.
the value Of rubber tissue for mending'
To a busy housewife, whose time seem:
more than full. 1t is invaluable. 1t Is
just what its name indicates-a very thir
piece of transparent rubber, and it is
usually sold by the ounce at any rubber
store. and an ounce will usually give a
thin tissue six or eight inches wide and
twenty inches long.
This tissue will not cover VI holes. at
least. not satisfactorily; but, it will
strengthen thin or weak places, mend
tears or cuts; in fact, repair any goods
that has moi actually lost a piece of IL
self. Suppose, for instance, there is a
three-eornered tear in a garment; first,
cut away the frayed threads. draw the
edges together. either by invisible stitches
on h wrong side for threads cannot be
pulled out afterwards), or by holding in
place with the fingers. Place over it a
piece Of the rubber tissue of the right
size 20 cover the tear and the thin places
surrounding it. Then over the issue,
which, of course. has been placed on the
wrong side of the goods. put a piece of
cambria or any other thin fabric desired,
and press with a warm iron; quite warm,
but not hot. Press firmly and then re-
move the iron. and the mending is done.
There must always be a layer of goods
between the rubber and The iron, or the
rubber viii melt and stick to the iron.
For hemming this rubber tissue may also
be used. if the material will not require
washing, and is of a goods that will not
ravel- Simply turn up the material
once, of width of hem desired, slip a
strip of the tissue just under the edge
and press.
The rubber tissue is very useful in
niending umbrellas; in repairing sleeves
that are almost worn through. in
strengthening broken places in made-over
goods, and in applying patches to the
seat of the small boys trousers. These
are but a few of the many places in
which it may be found useful IN the fall
repairing. This invisible rubber mending
will be invisible II properly done, and all
signs of the distressing tear will disap-
pear as II by magic.
II may be necessary to repaper a small
room. where IL scarcely seems necessary
to cali in q professional paperhanger. yet
the -housekeeper win find the removing
of the old wall paper a rather dinicuIt
process unless she understands the
easiest method of performing it. The old
method Of wetting the paper for a small
space. and then scraping 1t off with a
knife. viii prove a tiresone, almost end
less task. Try the easier method of
steaming the walls. If it is impossible to
keep up this steaming by setting the ket-
tie on a small gasoline. gas or oil stove
in q room hat is heated from the fur
simply take the kettle of boiling
water from the kitchen stove, place it In
the middle of the room, on a brick or
anything of the kind to keep 1t from the
floor and occasionally drop into it a hot
iron or rcck=toa keep up the steam; ana
after a few minutes of this steaming
process, the old paper may be easily pull
nd from thu nvoH ana kAz wr1 -o~t- -
room can be easily cleaned.
s.
TIE old-time carpet beating Is not the
easiest nor the best method of carpet
by any means. 1t is hard for
carpet and lard for the back. 1t
Is much better to lay sticks or wood
across a grassy place in the yard where
the wind will carry the dust away from
the house. Spread the carpet over these
sticks and sweep it several times. throw
1t back and move the wood; then turn
the carpet over, clean the other side
In the same way, and clean Off the grease
spots or other soiled places that may be
discovered, with soap and hot water,
using a large fiannei cloth fer the pur-
pose.
To oil a floor, mix thoroughly four
quarts of raw linseed OIL, two quarts of
of turpenine and one pint of
best coach japan" The floor should
be perfectly clean when the mixture is
Here is a very good recipe for kalso-
that the housewife viii find much
more satisfactory than the old-time
whitewash. Procure fifteen pounds of
white. one-half pound of good white
glue, and one-fourth pound of powdered
CASTLE soar. Dissolve the glue in warm
water. mix it with the Paris white, stir
in the soap and thin to the proper con-
with coal water. The mixture
should be stirred until perfectly smooth.
Much has been heard about the deli
cate state of health Of the Crown Prin-
cess OF Sweden, who for three years
been reported in the last stage of
consumption. It has even been proclaimed
u the beginning of each winter that
could not possibly live through II.
It is somewhat startling, therefore. to
learn that a consultation of the most
eminent German, Swedish and French,
specialists, assembled for the purpose
at Baden-Baden. has resulted in a def
nite decision that there Is nothing on
earth the matter with the Princess. save
a nervous ailrnent OF a hy~pochondriac
character. almost identical with that
from which her mother-in-law, the Queen
Of Sweden. fs r13fferirr