The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-04-06
Ideas fnr QWo1nen.

que. and d gargle of salt and water Is
often eficacious. a pinch of salt on
the ongu followed ten mintes aftes-
ward by a drink Of cold water, often
cures a sick headache. Salt hardens
gums, makes teeth white and sweetens
the breath. Cut flowers may be KEPT
fresh by adding salt to the water.
Weak ankles should be rubbed with
solution of salt, water and alcohol. Rose
colds, hay fever and kindred afiectlons
may be much relieved by using tine dry
salt, like snuff. Dyspepsia, heartburn
and Indigestion are relieved by a cup OF
hot water In which a small spoonful OF
salt has been melted. Salt and water
will sometimes revive an unconscious
person when hurt. Il brandy or other
remedies are not at hand. Hemorrhage
from tooth pulling is stopped by MINIS
the mouth with salt and water. Weak
/ and tired eyes arc refreshed by pathihg
with warm water and salt.
Public speakers and many noted sing
ers use a wash of salt and water be-
Strengthens the organs of the throat.
Salt rubbed into the scalp or occasionally
added to the water in washing prevents
the hair falling out.
are quickly dried by shaking over a ire
In which salt has been thrown. salt
always hould be eaten with nuts, and a
dessert fruit salt user should be specially
made.
If twenty pounds of salt and ten
pounds of nitrate of ammonia be dissolv-
ed in several gallons of water and pot
tied. many fires may be prevented. BY
splashing and spraying the burning arti-
Giles the fire is soon extinguished. An
i-ncombustible coating Is Immediately
formed.
Add salt to the water in which black
and white cotton goods are washed. Fiat,
xirons may be made smooth if rubbed
}quickiy cleansed by dipping half a lemon
IN fine salt, then rubbing 1t over stained
objects. Lemon and salt also remove
stains from the fingers. Do not use
If a small teaspoonful of salt be
added to a quart of milk it will be pre-
served sweet and pure for several days.
A pinch of salt added to mustard pre-
vents it souring. A smouidering or dull
fire may be cleared for broiling by a
handful of salt.
Salt thrown on any burning substance
will stop the smoke and blaze. Bread
~insuficiently sailed becomes acid, dry and
crumbles. Bread made with salt water IS
said to be good in some eases OF con-
sumption, When cabbages, onions or
strong-smelling vegetables have been
boiled in pans, to prevent odors clfnging
I to them place some salt on the stove and
turn the pans bottom up over the salt:
In a few minutes the pans will smell
sweet.
All salads should be soaked in salt and
water to destroy animalculae or small
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garden walks to kill weeds. A moderate
quantity of salt stimulates their growth.
Salt and camphor in cold water is an
excellent disinfectant in bedrooms.
!. Housemaids should pour salt water,
after using it. down the drain pipes.
Sewer gas is counteracted by a handful
of salt placed in toilet room basins.
= Water for laying dust is more effective
when salt is added. Sea water is gener-
ally used in English coast towns for this
purpose.
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ure may be thoroughly cleaned by scrub
Ding with a brush and salt water. jap
{ anese and plain straw mating should
be washed with salt and water and
! prevents brittle cracking where traffic is
! lheavier.
Brooms oaked in hot water wear bet
Yer and do not break. Bedroom floors
may be kept cool and very fresh In sum
mer If wiped daily with a cloth wrung
out of strong salt water All microbes,
moths and pests are thus destroyed.
Black spots on dishes and discolorations
on teacups are removed by damp salt.
1t was not a very large room. but
IN it's w eeTm en saafe o. Ave y, sa Sc t he o. Tfy
unattractive was it in its commonplace
dinginess of dusty stained floor and old
beautiier would have pronounced it
h6pEiEssIy beyond the possibility OF sat
isfying the aesthetic needs of q dainty
Sifl except dt LIZ SOSt VI ~ 6OCtfy go
Der of dollars for complete refurnishing.
But the young enthusiast who stood in
the midst of it and unused was a woman
of ideas and resources, she saw. in her
minds eye, the end to be attained be-
fore beginning. as do all successful re-
formers.
Daintiness being the keynote of this
GIRLS makeup the idea came to her that
She might evolve a violet room out of
these unpromisfng resources, aided by
4 her little hoard of $50, which must cover
: the whole cost of embellishing.
The scheme was her own. and she
She had the plaster finished walls kali
semined a pale tint of violet, a cheap
but artistic mural decoration. and around
the top she put a paper frieze of the
scattered blooms.
Then she enameled the bureau. wash
gliding on the knobs and ratings. The
bedstead she sold and got an enarneled
iron one, over which she hung a canopy
made of dotted Swiss, caught back with
violet ribbons and lunches of the palest
of those artificial violets which are now
peck she disposed about that room yield
ed bushels in the way of fine effects.
The dotted Swiss draping. the sides of
small punches or single v~iolets, and a
ruffled cover of the same for the top
and for the pin cushion made the impos-
Sihie old bureau as pretty as a picture.
She put white mating on the floor and
on that a pale tinted jute rug and q
Swiss curtains. with a ruffle down the
front edges. put on the poles with a frill
standing up A homemade screen
frame was 5enaneled and on its white
rafting panels she sewed clusters and
struggling single violets. connecting them
by green stems traced with a brush.
This screened the wasbstand.
On the little white table was set a Jar
diniere filed with the blossoms and
green leaves,and ON the wall-in the place
of honor over the mantel-hung a
friends Fift, which had unconsciously
suggested the motif of this charming
room, "A Yard Of VioIets," framed in
white and gold.
To add to the finishing touch of dainti-
ness and realism. a sachet of Florentine
orris was laid under the bureau cover
all about the room. giving a Whit of the
real fragrance to this little girlish bower
that was as sweet and fresh as n dew
wet violet.
1.-THE secret of successful massage"
said the masseuse. consists In thinking
with o fingers
Much or little pressure. quick or slow
rubbing, wen the upward. crosswise or
rotary motions, count but little beside
the ability to make the very most of
those delicate little nerves in your finger
tips. in letting them carry the message
of the brain with all possible clearness.
sureness and dispatch.
1T is, of course, an ability more or less
innate. but it Is astonishing to what a
high degree 1t may be cultivated. Inst
as great as its development. indeed. so
great win be the success of the mas
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