The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-04
Hints for the Household.

To make windows fairly shine, rub
them with whitening wet with alcohol
| and then polish with a channels cloth.
Clean japanned trays with a sponge
Wrung out of tepid water, rub dry with
a CLOTH and polish with flour. If the
trays are very dirty, a little soap may
be used, but on no account apply boil
ing water, for it will certainly cause
the varnish to crack and peel off in 4
most unsightly way
The electric attachment to the kero-
sene lamp is an innovation that has
been cordially accepted. The elaborate
parlor or banquet lamp seems to have
been constructed with a view to make
Its lighting as difficult as possible The
wick is hidden first inside chimney
then beneath globe or shade resting
on more or less secure frame The
operation of bringing a lighted match
in contact with this much-protected
bit OF cotton needs care and deftness
10 touch button and have a flame
respond is a most acceptable advance
in convenience. After the first cost Of
the attachment, the expense is trifiing
The battery will last six months and
may be renewed when needed for so
or 70 cents.
The rooms Of college girls offer excel
lent opportunities for the study Of pill
low effects. A Vassar UNDERGRADUATE
has her supply of eight or ten pill
lows covered uniformly, so far as color
is concerned. They are all pure white
The covers are Of India linen, with
lace-edged ruff1es, the necessary vari
ETY. being secured in the width Of the
ruffies. Another student at the same
college has only one white pillow
among her array of corduroy, tapestry
and silk. This has a linen cover of the
heavy sheeting quality, edged with a
four-inch ruff1e, which is finished with
TlFaI, y L1I..1.
corner is large white initial letter in
blue. OF course. these white covers
are made to slip on and off easily, as
they must be frequently laundered.
The safety Of sterilized milk, it
should be emphasized to those house
keepers who are having the steriliza-
ton done in their kitchens, lies in the
perfection of the process. Experiments
under scientific auspices have recently
shown that the temperature at the top
of jar of milk which has been in a
vessel of boiling water has reached the
requisite 100 degrees Fahrenheit. while
the milk in the lower part of the Jar
is some 80 degrees cooler, and, there
fore, not at the safety point. To in
sure protection, the milk should be
brought to a uniform temperature Of
100 degrees Fahrenheit, q process which
makes the upper milk touch 1913 de-
grees. 1t is only at this high degree
that tuberculosis germs, if present, are
destroyed. s-<
In some Of the high class furnishing
shops are to be found what are called
utility bags These are the large,
bOwl-shaped tool bags Of the old coun-
try wOrkingman; ne carries his tools
in them. Smaller sizes are used in
Ireland by the old women for begging
baskets. They are as piIable as a fish
ernan's hat and, being lined with
leather and bound with stout braid,
are strong, yet very light. The tool
bags such as are seen here measure
fully thirty inches across. They are
carried by means of loop handles Of
the braid with which they are bound
and strapped. 1t may be added that.
with such a maximum Of capacity and
strength and minimum of weight, they
are Of particular value to the house
keeper who is addicted to the unpack-
ing Of trunks on the first floor. though
there are numerous other uses to which
they as readily lend themselves