The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-03-31
Hints for the Household.

FRESH stains upon wall paper where
people have restsd their heads can be
removed by covering the spot with a
mixture of pipeclay and water made
into a soft paste and letting it remain
over night. Then brush it off with a
stiff whisk broom.
To prevent a bruise from becoming
discolored, apply Immediately water as
hot as can be borne comfortably chang.
ing the cloth as soon as it loses it's heat.
If hot water is not to be had at once,
moisten some dry starch with water
and cover the bruised part with it.
SAVE your egg shells and use them to
clean bottles, vinegar cruets and
carafes. Put the shells away in a con-
~venient box, and, when ready to wash
partly fill the bottles with them, pour
over them hot s%oapsuds, shake we'll and
rinse.
A VERY convenient article to have in
a house is a smooth, strong stick about
forty inches long, with a deep notch in
n end. With this pictures may be
lifted by the wires from their hooks,
brushed and replaced, thus saving the
climbing up and down on a s%tepladder,
which is so tiresome to a woman.
AMONG the latest uses to which fresh
bread has been put is to furnish decora-
tions in the way of artificial flowers.
1t is said that these bread blossoms are
excellent limitations when first made
and artiicially colored. As the bread
becomes old the flowers take on a
faded look, which makes them still
more true to nature.
WIND. BURNED faces are the result
of bicycling against the strong March
winds. A mixture of equal parts of
olive oil and vaseiine proves a healing
remedy for the skin when burned in
this way. Soft linen cloths dipped in
water in which baking soda had been
dissolved and laid upon cheeks and
foreheads will give prompt relief.
THE French name of combining
pink and yellow is in great favor at
present for table decorations. Yellow
daffodils placed among long wired
loops of broad pink satin ribbon are
very handsome and effective, and ices
served in pink paper cups encircled by
a wreath of stemless daffodils upon a
pink plate help to carry out the color
scheme.
PARSLEY is used in many dishes for
seasoning as well as garnishing. An
easy way of chopping parsley is to dip
the sprigs into boiling water in which a
piece of soda of the size of a pea has
been dissolved, and let them stay there
a moment, when they will turn a bright
green; place them upon a board, and
with a sharp knife cut the leaves quick
ly into particles; when powdered pars-
ley is desired place the sprigs, after
taking them from the boiling water, on
a plate in a hot oven for a few mo-
ments; when the parsley is dry it can
readily be made into powder by rub
bling it through a sieve.
THE prettiest shades yet devised for
the popular candles in silver holders
are now found among the beautiful
novelties in silverware. The shades
are fashioned Of silver in dainty and
graceful o%pen-work patterns of flowers,
fruits, scrolls, or conventional designs,
and are made to fit over Empire shaped
shades of soft silk, the lower edge
being finished with a narrow SILK
fringe which falls below the silver
work, giving a soft effect. The whole
is fitted over an isinglass frame, which
prevents the silk from being scorched
The silk shades are movable and Car