The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-07-04

a long time ago one of your correspond
ents asserted that gasoline would drive
the unmentionable, illsmelling pests
the brown horrors" which infest beds
and furniture-away, but not kill them.
Now l thing and know she is mistaken.
II used plentifuily and persistently every
day or two for some weeks l Will promise
her that the pests will disappear Let her
take large oiling can, fill it with gaso-
line and just .'douche" the horrid things
and she will see them squirm. change
color, die, and remain dead, in a mo-
ment. Out Samivel! Beware of fire!,D
OF course the main thing is patient per-
sistence and vigilance. Remember that
one mother bug overlooked suffices soon
to infest a house.
PHYSICIAN.
This valued member of our medical staff
never speaks without warrant, and al
ways to the point. 1t WOULD save much
time and cellular tissue (Which is some
times the synonym for tempeD il the
scores of constant readers" who besese
me with entreaties to tell them how to
rid houses and beds of the pests that
walk in darkness would clip out the let
ter I have just inserted and give the
remedy a. fair trial.
Would you kindly let me know what
| can do to make Perfume out OF rose
leaves or roses? IT, b
You will need a still in order to get dis
titled perfume. You can obtain an in
ferior quality of rosewater by covering
fresh rose petals with alcohol, leaving
them in the jar closely covered, adding
every day fresh leaves until the jar is
full. Let them stand for a week; strain
off the alcohol through coarse cloth, re-
turn to the jar and fill up with more
rose petals. Do this four times let the
spirits settle and strain through a double
flannel bag not pressing it, but letting it
hang and drip dry. Bottle the perfumed
spirits.
Will You please tell me how to keen
ants out of flower beds? They eat the
leaves of the plants
i will tell You how I wash white silk
| used a white silk waist for two sum
mers. washing it every week. and it did
not turn yellow. | use cold waiter
and CASTLE soap, and wash it by hand,
rinse it and dry Do not sprinkle When
ironed 1t looks just like new. In wash
ing colored or striped silks. put little
salt in the water and they do not fade.
It is the warm water and the sprinkling
and ironing that turn them yellow
| have found many helps in your coll
umns. E. r
Sprinkle plants and earth with white
hellebore. Do this in the morning when
the dew is on the leaves, and use q
bellows. such as comes with insect pow
ders. Scatter sl2ked lime on the ground.
working it In with trowel and rake This
destroys the eggs.
Your recipe is welcome. Nine-tenths OF
our women readers have white silk waists
and tive-tenths write for directions how
to clean them.
What is good to drive and keep off
black ants from pansies? They eat the
buds SO badly. A SUBSCRIBER
See answer given to e. r Sprinkle
the leaves. not the flowers.
Kindly inform me how to remove an
ice cream stain from a wooden fabric:
have tried ammonia but it failed.
Mrs. w P.
Sponge with alcohol and warm water
Should a spot remain. conclude that II is
grease. and use French chaif on the
wrong side.
VIII you kindly inform me how to
sweeten and so make fit for table use
butter that has become thoroughly bad?
P. C. r.
Nothing viii renovate really rancid
butter. II a trifle sour, you may i'm
prove it by washing it in ice-cold water
and working over faithfully TO get out
the buttermik- Butter which is little
touched may be partially redeemed by
wrapping a lump of charcoal in cheese
cloth and burying it in the heart OF the