The record-union., 1899-05-07

in order not to have too heavy dose OF
the fumes at one time Delicate fabrics
and garments trimmed with any sort or
metal trimming should be taken from
closets and gilt-framed pictures and sill
yer and gilt bric-a-brac removed from
rooms before the sulphur is used. 1t has
been known to change the color of
paper which has heavy gilt pattern
With these exceptions, however, it IS
harmless. A piece of lump sulphur Is
put into any sort of metal can or vessel
little excelsior being placed beneath 1t
to start it burning. The room or closet
in which it is burned is carefully shut
for few hours. Rugs, furs and blan-
kets in use in a house that seems pecu-
larly infested with moths-for they APP
pear in large numbers every spring
have been kept absolutely free from in
jury by this semi annual treatment Of
the closets in which they are packed
away.
"A magazine evening" is the ingeni-
Gus entertainment devised by some
Western women to increase a philan-
thropic fund. One of the well-known
magazines was selected for imitation,
the number for the month of the per-
formance being taken as the model.
The posters announcing the entertain
ment followed in style and design that
of the magazine, and the tabeau was
a reproduction as faithfully as possible
of the cover of the month. The frontis-
piece tableau was next shown, followed
by a verse which was a clever local
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Der. An original short story illustrated
and exaggerated representations of
some of the most familiar advertise
ments were other numbers of the pro-
gram. In the hands of a clever COM
pany the idea should be useful, admit
ting, as it does of liberal and varied in
depreciation.
Helen Campbell says that a slightly
moistened clean dust-cloth is the ideal
one. She goes on to explain that this
does not mean a damp one which
smears furniture, nor one that is grimy
and soiled. A suitable quality of cheese
cloth is very cheap, and there rs no
reason why there should not be a gen
erous pile Of busting cloths made from
this fabric in every housemaid's closet.
The cloths may be yard long, and
should be hemmed across the edges be-
fore being put into service. There
should be sufficient to permit an ample
supply for two weeks use. half being
washed every week. Even neat house
keepers are apt to overlook the neces-
sity for clean furniture cloths The
word clean is used relatively and to diff
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stained cloths that are seen in the hands
of many housemaids.
The modish young woman Of the mo-
ment is careful to have the bunch of
violets for her tailor-made gown com
posed Of those of light shade. The
deep purple blooms of this favorable
flower are temporarily under fash
lonable ban, preference being given to
those of almost lilac hue
An authority on sanitation points out
that high ceilings are not necessary in
order to have rooms Well ventilated.
Small rooms, where the air is frequently
changed, are more healthful than high,
spacious apartments in which the air
remains stationary Transoms over
bedroom doors are almost a necessity
IN rooms with only one window. 1T is a
curious fact" she says, that in the
bedroom, where third of ones life is
spent, there is usually the least care
exercised concerning the air supply. A
person of average intelligence will sit
IN bedroom throughout an evening,
the oxygen being consumed by two or
three gas-jets. and then calmly lie down
for the night in the same room, with
the door closed and the window, per-
maps, lowered two or three inches from
the top as pretence at ventilation"