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One of the things the home economist
is forever saying is that she cleans her
gloves with naphtha. An inexperienced
woman who tries this process generally
does so with lamentable results The
gloves are wrinkled, and bear with
them, too. unmistakable evidences of
their recent naphtha bath. A woman,
however. who AYERS that gloves can be
acceptably cleaned with naphtha, says
that she does it by drawing the glove
on the hand, having first mended II
neatly in case it needs it; then with
clean sponge kept for the purpose, ana
a small bowl Of naphtha she goes
smoothly over the glove, rubbing one
way until all the spots are removed
Then with clean towel she wipes the
glove over again before taking 1t off
and pinning it to a towel. When sew
eral are thus attached to the towel she
puts it over a chair or in some place
where the air will reach the gloves, and
she does not undertake to wear them
for at least a week after they have been.
thus cleaned.
Just now stuffed sweet potatoes are
more palatable. perhaps, than the plain
ones, which have lost their best flavor
and grain The potatoes should be
made thoroughly clean by scrubbing
the skins with q vegetable scrubblng-
brush After they are baked one END
of each is cut off, the inside then being
removed with a pointed teaspoon, care
being taken not TO break the skins. The
potatoes are pressed through a per
forated potato-masher, and piece OF
butter and about a tablespoonful TO
every potato of chicken, veal or boiled
ham. minced very fine. The mixture
should be highly seasoned before being
packed away again in each skin, and
the Totatoes returned to the oven for
q reheating of about ten minutes
A chemist says that medicine stains
usually yield very quickly to an appli-
cation of alcohol. For the obstinate
iodine stains ether is recommended.
These are the days when the flower
lover begins to consider his or her
choice of blooms that later in the sea-
son will rest and delight. In advising
a flower garden for the summer cottage
or permanent country home, where
space is not greatly limited there
should be first a generous indulgence
in the hardy plants. such as hyacinths,
daTodils. tulips. sweet violets. English
daisies. -the-valley, fieur-de-lis.
in its infinite variety; peonies, pink,
white and red: old-fashioned spicy
scented pinks: Japanese, June and also
day lilies; roses of every color and
babit-climbing moss. sweetbrier, June
and monthly, particularly the latter.
with the usual dearth of the later sea-
white and pink Japanese anemones.
hardy chrysanthemums, wild ferns.
that may be grown to almost tropical
luXuriousness in shady places; also ma
tive orchids and woodland clematis. A
good selection of perennials. biennials
and ANIMALS would be larkspur. poppies
in profusion, mignonette. rich-colored
nesturtiums. also in quantities; sweet
bo f,a
nual stocks. forget-me-nots pansies.
saliva candytuft, with asters and
chrysanthemums galore A motley ar
ray, surely. but such selection that
color anad fragrance in abundance are
provided for every month. The rich eff
feet of these gorgeous colors is hight
ened if masses of one kind are arranged
to come together; if, for instance. sew
eral yards of garden space covered with
scarlet popies are fanked on either side
by long narrow beds of pure white bios
SONS or of green foliage plants The
working out of an effective color
scheme. however is part of the joy and
pleasure of the amateur gardener, of
which he should not be deprived
Dark brown in paper-hangings is a
most risky experiment Nothing more
effectually kills the light. and it is not
one time out of hundred that the re-
suit is even endurable to a person of
taste.
Persons of weak digestion should re-
member that whipped cream can be
used with dish where plain cream
would be too rich. Making a porous
froth of the cream. by the whipping
process, makes it much easier of di-
gestion.
c. F. Wingate, addressing a COM
that the washing of family linen in
the kitchen where food for the table
is being prepared is far from a sani-
tary proceeding. The idea came with
a shock to many of his listeners, who
realized that this practice was one car
Iied on every Monday in their kitch-
ems The juxtaposition of the two pro-
cesses certainly cannot be endorsed by
any one who gives the subject a mo-
ment's thought: yet every day in this
enlightened city, houses are being
built without separate laundries Fol-
lowing the wish that housekeepers
should look to the better management
of their work in this respect, the speak
er minced no words in inveighing
against the use of wooden tubs. Two
or three wooden. stationary tubs, half
full of water and soiled clothes, even
with the covers shut down, are not IN
any way desirable kitchen furniture
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