Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1896-08-04
BRUSHES

BRUSHES.
This Is an age when we all must. as
my great aunt used to say, snake our
heads save our heels" and that Is doubt
less why we find uses for so many
brushes. In their daily duties here are
| few places where all good housekeep-
ers viii appreciate them: Besides the
large scrubbing brush for the floors In
the kitchen, the straw and fibre brushes
| for the zinc and sink, the little scrubbing
brushes play an important part; one
washes the vegetables, one the pastry
pans, one keeps the gridirons and broil-
| ers sweet and bright, one with a long
handle dipped In ammonia and water
aud used twice week on the shelves
and sides Of the refrigerator will keep 1t
hygienlcally clean aud prevent any dis
agreeable musty smell, while Mrs. Rowe
advises one for cleansing the skin OF all
game and poultry. The filter, too, IL
the natural rock kind is used, must have
its individual brush; small whisk Is
best.
Half the work OF cake baking Is saved
| by using good-sized camers hair or
varnish brush 10 butter the tins. And
| right here ii Is well 10 know that all
brushes used for household or toilet pur-
poses can be made stiff and fresh by a
thorough washing in good soap and cold
water lfor the finer hair brushes use
borax instead Of sosp,) a thorough rims
ing and drying bristles downward, as
they should always be placed in the
rack, or, II hung, let them hang with
the backs Ia the wall.
Then there are the soft plate brushes
for polishing the silver, the stiff, short
bristle brushes, shaped like currycombs,
for carding out the fringe Of doilies,
tablecloths, and al the pretty linens
that look so badly when they are left
with tangled ends and edges. The table
has its crumb brush, the furniture flat
brushes, and other pointed ones for the
5uitoned down creases In the upholster-
ed pieces, and YOU will lind one OF these
excellent when busting of your mattress.
u goes down into ali the little holes so
nicely. We use ceiling brushes o'
brooms for our ceilings, picture mold
ings and side walls, made sometimes OF
0roomcorn, sometimes of hair, and again
Of warp or candle wicking, such as they
make window mops Of, but they all have
.ong handles, and we don't have TO reach
80 FAR or stand on ladders and chairs
| nowadays.
when We come TO the busting brush,
Nhat variety of kinds and uses The
ostrich, peacock, turkey and barnyard
rooster lend their plumagc for the
fcAthered ones, and they are In all sizes,
long handled, short handled, little and
Dig. Then there are clothes brushes,
hat brushes, shoe brushes, velvet brush
-, silk brushes, and, while speaking Of
six brushes, IL you want something that
will take every speck of dust and lint
from your silk dress or satin gown, make
4 buster Of tatiety silk; an old piece, no
matter how worn, will be best. Cut
strips six inches wide and slash into a
fringe of half-inch pieces, then wind
round and fasteu To an end OF bamboo OF
any slender stick, and 1t will be a JOY, II
not quite forever, still for good long
time,
one busy woman says that her fee,
had not troubled her as they used "a
every spring since she began washing
them with flesh brush. Try, after u
long days sight seeing, shopping, unac-
cUstomed walking or standing, = bath In
cool water (which is always best for the
feet with few drops Of strong am
monia and vigorous use OF the flesh
brush, and see il there be one trace OF
fatigue or sensitiveness In the morning
\ good scrubbiug in cold water every
night would make less business for the
chiropodist. After bathing, with the
long aud curyed-hsndled dry flesh
brushes every part Of the tallest, widest,
latest body can be reached and rubbed
TO a tingling pink perfection.
But let Us not forget In the meantime
brushing the hair; nothing does il 80
much good IL cleans the hair, often
stimulating new growth and stopping IL
falling, il adds gloss and makes 1t softer,
while IL rests the scalp aud sometimes
drives away obstinate headaches. And
remember the teeth, particularly before
retiring. The beauty OF 50 many teeth
IN the South Is said 10 be due, not 80
much 10 an abundance OF cornbread, rs
some supp ose, but 10 the care of the
negro nurses who always brush the
children's mouths each night before they
put them 10 bed.
And So it goes-we brush our teeth
with bristle and felt brushes, our faces
Nth rubber complexion brushes, our
bodies With flesh brushes, our fingers
with hair brushes; we use brushes from
garnet 20 cellar. Isn't this an age OF
brushes: and What should We do With
out them"