Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-12-04
Household Hints.

Here is a suggestion for a Christmas
gift. Pretty mending bags for silk
stockings are made in the half-moon
shape familiar in cretonne as the gen
eral darning bag. A soft silk of an all
over pattern is selected, and the usual
needle case added in the center of the
semicircle; the whole bag is made upon
a slight reduced plan from that gen.
orally used.
The don'ts for laundering white silk
handkerchiefs are: Don't iron while
wet with a very hot iron, or the silk
will shrivel and spoil; don't fail 70
rinse the soap thoroughly out of them,
or they will be coarse and hard; don't
rub the soap directly upon them. or
wash them in hot water. or they will
become yellow to a certainty. These
are the directions, by negatives. to
wash them well.
All lamps should be filled in the day
time and at a regular hour. They
must not be too full; they must be
very carefully wiped off. The globes
and chimneys should be kept clean and
clear The wicks are best cleaned by
simply rubbing off the charred surface.
The light is often affected by the holes
in the burner becoming clogged. This
can be remedied by boiling the burners
in strong solution of washing soda.
When the wick does not touch the
bottom of the lamp it is time to get a
new one.
For low purse, there is no help so
great as a knowledge of tlaVorings,
says frugal cook. When we remem
Der that we can live on bread, beans.
peas. and a little meat and fat the
year round if we can only make it go
down." we shall realize the importance
of such additions as rouse the appetite;
there is room here for all your skill AM
all your invention Always make a
cheap. but nutritious dish inviting il
flavor Especially does this influence
the appetite of children who are de-
lighted with a very plain cake if only
a few raisins or some sugar appear on
the top.
The veil stick is a decided improve
ment upon the veil case. The quid-
nuncs are never weary of laying down
the law that wells should always pe
pinned and never tied. Nevertheless.
it is safe to say that after two days
wear, the tulle veil is always tied. It
is so elastic that its tendency is 10
wear longer and narrower. The ends
pull out sideways. and unless you tie
them firmly the veil will float off from
the brim Of the bonnet, and begin to
come down lower on the face. When
a veil is not in use. it should be
Strengthened out and folded. so as to
counteract the getting out of shape.
The veil stick furnishes solid rod
over which the tulle may be broadened
and shortened until it is like its old
shape; it is then rolled around the
stick and replaced in cover. Several
wells can be wound on the stick at one
time, one over the other. The veil
stick is good and timely suggestion
for Christmas gift for a girl friend,
sister, cousin or aunt.
A writer in the Philadelphia Ledger
treats the subject of economy in the
following sensible manner: When
Benjamin Franklin wrote "A penny
saved is q penny earned he did not
mean a penny skimped from our daily
| living or from our necessities. That is
not "a penny saved in the best sense;
it is penny stolen from yourself. A
penny saved is penny rescued from
| waste. An hour taken from needed
sleep is not an hour saved, but an hour
stolen; an hour taken from idle gossip
and turned to some good accOunt-that
! is an hour saved And it is the same
| way with our money and our products
There is no economy in self-denial. It
is the duty Of every man and woman
| to live the fullest and best life pos
! sible; to get the most they can out Of
life: to nourish the body and mind and
soul, and to develop them to the high
est possible degree. This cannot be
done by skimping. A fuller, freer life
is what we need. Economy is neces-
sary, but we must not mistake what
economy it. We must save the wastes:
stop the leaks. but having saved, we
must put our savings to some good use,
else we are like the miser with his
| gold, a detriment to society instead
of good
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