The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-13
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO WOMEN
AND ABOUT THE III lJSEHOLD
BY Marion Harland.
S> BALTIMORE willing helper
III sends somc Useful Items for
El|A the common good. There Is q
I5SSS, free mas pnry among our
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HI ~ L sends sOnlc Useful Items Tor
tI]A the common good. There Is q
610SI free masonry among our
($SA&a2J house wives, from BnfIln's Bay
to the Gulf of Mexico, and from tho At
lantic to tho Pacific, which makes them
wondrous kind TO each other. The In
formal union is like one vast. harmoni-
GUS Women's CLUB, banded together for
tho general veal ora figure that
! pleases mo better-one loving and mu-
tually helpful family. It IL With deep
and devout gratitude that note the
growth and strengthening OF this COM
munlty OF Interest, this feeling Of kim.
ship and disposition to bear one an
others burdens. s
Two little bits OF knowledge which
lftLye been invaluable to mo am glad
to! pass on to others: g.
& l. A little baking soda rubbed under
tho arms after d bath, In the place OF
toilet powders, will most efrcctua1ly de-
odorlze perspiration' Il
2. For effectual cleaning purposes
gasoline should be warmed by pouring
into a warm wash-bowl. Then set tho
bowl into q pan OF hot water to keep
It warm during the process Of cleaning.
Articles should be entirely submerged
IN plenty OF gasoline. and cornmea rub
bed all through the garment rubbed
with d brush to save the hands. The
meal will settle with the dirt, when
gasoline should be poured OF and used
over and over. II care is used to avoid
too violent friction. and there Is a good
circulation OF air there Is no danger OF
ignition, and gasoline becomes e. boon
to economists. PRACTICAL
Like many other boons to the econo-
miats. gasoline must be handled with
sunfaIling cnution Never have q lighted
lamp or range fire in the room. a de-
atructive fire In large apartment
house in New York. which left dozen
families homeless in an hour and rlsleed
dfty lives wns caused by woman
cleaning her gloves with naptha within
six feet OF q lighted gas burner.
I. Will you please tell me how to "set"
the color in black wooden underwear? !
have tried In soaking In strong salt and
water. A SUBSCRIBER.
Put two tablespoonfuls Of beef gall
into a gallon Of warm water mot hoD;
lay the wooden garment In 1t and leave
until quite cold. Squeeze and shake
without wrlnging, and dry In the shade
II. Having noticed for some time the.
evidence for and against formaldehydc as
q bed bug destroyer, think no one Is
more competent TO speak against It than
myself. Last January my husband was
taken with smallpox. He was at home
over q week. AS we could get no one to
nurse him, and / had four ba bics, he
thought he would go 10 the hospital. At
home he had avery small room which
only held double bed. stand and one
email chair and one could Just walk in.
There WAS mating on the floor. You may
guess how that room was kept dlslnfected
when he went away. The Board of
Health agents were here within the hour
TO fumignte. They did 1t most thorough
", at the Same time running everything
with varnish on It. Well, that small
room was never opened for four weeks.
when 1t was made ready for my hus-
bands return. We have cleaned house
twice since. In the morning you can still
smell that horrible stencil which Is worse
to me than smallpox.
Tho house when we took It was infested
with those bugs. When we housecleaned
reJolced to think mo more bugs!' Over
the tops OF tho doors we found enough to
prove that when they are IN the wood
of tho house they are safe. / always kept
them out of my bed anyway. I suppose
the forualdehyde thlnned them out.
do not know--as had worked so hard
all summer to get rid OF them. SO did not
have nearly SO many this summer
g. To tho party who speaks OF her
neighbors being Mortified because she
washed. would say, Let them mind
their own business, and they won't have
any time for you" They are not the kind
OF people to give a helping hand to any
one. Five dollars a week is little enough
for a family Of five, and II you have the
strength and the time to increase your
small sum, say do So for things are SO
very dear now that I think q woman
who has a good husband should do all she
cangto help. Mrs, 2. 3,
Z The Board OF Health officers must have
done their work very clumsily IL tho for
mnldehyde Injured the Vanished furni.
ture. As to Pie survival Of tho fittest OF
tho red rovers. have to say that having
once settled themselves and families IN
tho woodwork nothing but a thorough
soaking in corrosive sublimate and spirits
of turpentine will evlct them. Builders
and housewives who have moved Into
new houses, in the construction OF which
much implanted pine Is used know but
too we'll that Che eggs are often actually
Embedded In the very hbres OF the wood,
and the larvae emerge to horrtfy the
dainty housemother as soon as the walls
are thoroughly warmed, Il
I'D have large, pretty, old-fashoned
white shawl, edged with heavy white silk
fringe. It als very old because my mother
had It when she was n young girl, It was
laid away for a long time and never used.
Last year 7 brought it out and on 1t is 4
a large, brown stain, something like rust,
which think must have come from being
put away so long, I would DO very
thankful to you II You could tell me how
to take tho stain out. would use the
shawl a great deal II tho stain were not
there, ELEANOR,
was at one time the proud possessor
OF a similar heirloom, rich with enlbroid-
cry and edged with silk fringe. When 1t
came into my hands there was In the
exact center a brownIsh stain, such as
you describe, and as one finds upon old
books and MSS.-the mysterious thumb
mark OF Time, put my treasure into
the hands Of, "a professional cleaner who
returned 1t III perfect condition. advise
YOU to do the same II you can. If you
must do 1t yourself, make lemon juice
into a thick paste with table salt and
cover the spot with 1t. Leave on for
tWenty-four hours, brush Off the salt