The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-05-24

z WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU OR
81 the constituency If I could posi-
bly, mend treasured white wash
- bowl. Accidentally something
dropped into IL and broke hole
IN the centre Of the bottom about as
large as & dollar The small piece broke
into bits and could not be cemented to
Sether. a friend advised me TO use plaS-
Ter OF paris and water, but when the wa
ter eVapcrates the mixture VIII turn 10
powder again. If there Is any other way
to mend II l would gladly accept it
2. And now in regard to Mrs Z. +.
s s inquiry, how TO destroy reaches, l
would say that hot alum water is the
best insect destroyer known Put the
alum into hot water and let IL boil until
It IS all dissoIveds then apply the solu-
ton hot with g brush to al cracks, clos
cts, bedsteads and wherever insects are
found. Ants, bedbugs and reaches are
killed by II, while there IS no danger OF
poisoning. A small bag of sulphur kept
in drawer or cupboard viii drive away
g Boil three or four onions in pint
Of water and apply with a soft brush to
gilt frames and flies viii keep off.
Il. To prevent a crust or scale form
ing inside a teakettle, place q clean
oyster shell In It This will attract what
would otherwise collect on the side and
Il hope one of these hints VIII help
some one GRACE
/ IF THERE BE A REMEDY FOR
Had you preserved the minute frag-
ments. they could have been Tiyeted to-
gether by those skilled IN mending
broken china (and housewives hearts,.
AS ii is can hold out no hope.
2 And stin the wonder grows that a
solitary insect should continue to tor
nlent the household. Each member OF
the helpful sisterhood Is sanguine as TO
the efficacy OF her pet preventive and
exterminator Grace would seem TO
have much reason on her side. Alum is
a prime antiSeptic and purifier.
Hints and are not new, but ex-
cellent-
may ANSWER o. K NJ AND
give what I have always found splendid
proportions for pie crust-for one pIe7
one cup Of flour, one heaping table
spoonful Of lard and one-half teaspoon
full of salt to an ordinary pie tin
&c. II. ~"
sI. I WANT TO WASH A PAIR OF
chenille portieres, but hardly know how
to go about IT. A friend Of mine cleaned
hers in gasoline, and they did not look
bit nice, so I thought I would not try
that. but wait and ask you instead.
az Can you tell me where to buy loose
beads to make q chain such as they are
wearing now? I thought by buying the
beads and making it myself I could get
a nice one q good deal cheaper that way,
as they are expensive, especially a large
strand OF them MRS. NJ H
1. Full directions for washing chenille
curtains in gasoline have been given,
and more than once, in this depart
nent- Briefly they run thus: Set q
wash boiler out Of doors. put in one or
both portiereS, cover with gasoline: put
hours Then SOuSe the curtains up and
down in the gasoline, shaking well that
every part may be reached. Take them
out, shake faithfully and pin upon line
TO dry in the shade Let the dirt settle to
the bottom OF the boiler, draw off the
clear gasoline without disturbing the
sediment, bottle and use for the next
z. Inquire at fancy store, or at a
jewelers.
at WRITE TO ASK YOU IF YOU
think it advisable to wash feathers in
their ticks Please tell me how II is
done? have heard it can be done and
they come out all right I ask your
advice. as you have helped so many
"a NEW INQUIRER, BUT AN OLD
READER
AM ASSURED BY THOSE WHO
should know that feather beds and
pillows are often washed in the ticks
and successfully OF the precise method
norant. The feat seems to me hazardous.
With sublimely calm confidence in the
committee of the whole, founded. as
upon a rock, by numberlesS experiences
4 pass the query on
'1. CAN YOU GIVE ME A GOOD
sealing wax for covering glass 1ars2
40 Ny grandmother used to make
parsnip wine; can you give me that re-
cipe? I have moved into the country,
as l am not strong, and wish to put up
my own things from my garden.
!. EQUAL PARTS OF BEESWAX
and rosin form compound I have used
with success for many years. know
, none better.
2 Inever heard before of parsnip wine.
but somebody has-perhaps many some