Middletown transcript., 1904-10-22
USEFUL THINGS TO KNOW

Celery is good for nervousness, being
considered nerve stimulent.
An oil red skin needs an astrigent add
few drops of toilet vinegar to the wash
water.
For red, oily nose anoint several times
day with little diluted alcohol or witch
hazel.
Butter is excellent for burn if the
spot is covered instantly with butter the
skin will not blister.
Touch warts and corns with tiny brush
or feather dipped in iodine and they will
gradually disappear
Rose water, eight ounces, and tincture
of benzoin, two drachms, makes one of
the best skin tonics and whiteners.
For severe headache a towel wrung
out of hot water and applied to the back
of the neck will often give instant relief.
Stains on the fingers that will not yield
to ordinary methods can be removed by
dipping the fingers in peroxide of hydro
gen.
A healing ointment for all skin erup-
tions is made by mixing thoroughly one
part OF bismuth to three parts of white
vaseline.
Select soap that has little alkali and
coloring in it. The best is also unscented.
Such soap will not harm the most deli
cate skin.
VaseHne will darken and increase the
growth OF the eye-lashes and eyebrows.
1t should be heated little and applied
with small camel's hair brush.
The constant use on the teeth of pow
dered charcoal or pumice stone is injur-
ious, as such powders break the enamel
and the teeth will then quickly decay.
The greatest care should be taken of the
teeth equal parts of CASTLE soap, pow
dered orris root or precipitated chalk
make good and inexpensive tooth pow
der.
Nail biting can be cured by will power
alone in older people, as it comes from
nervousness. With children dip the ends
of the fingers in quinine ora little extract
of quassia.
Do not use salts of tartar on dark hair.
Its use will brighten light hair and make
it fluffy. Where light hair is very oily
the juice of lemon may be added to the
shampoo water.
Extreme temperatures should be avoid
ed in the bath. The extremely cold bath
often is shock to the system. Sixty de-
grees fahrenheit is good temperature
for the bath, both summer and winter.
The daily use OF the curling iron will
often cause the hair to become harsh and
broken. This is caused by the heat tax.
ing away the natural oil. See that the .
iron is only moderately hot or abandon
its use altogether.
A little vinegar added to water in
which stockings are rinsed will set colored
stockings, and black ones will retain
their original luster. Stockings should
be dried wrong side out.
To clean looking glasses, first wash all
over with lukewarm soapsuds and sponge.
When dry rub with buckskin and lit
tie prepared chalk, finely powdered.
A paste of vinegar aud whiting spread
over the surface of marble top wash
stand and left on for "a hours makes it
perfectly clean.
To clean glass bottles which have con-
tanned oil, fill the bottle with ashes and
place it in cold water. Heat gradually
till it boils. Let it boil for an hour, and
let the bottle remain in the water until
cold. Then wash it with soapeuds, rims
ing in clear water.
Have you tried making tea like this ?
Moisten an ounce of tea, finely ground,
with cold water and let it stand for
twenty minutes. Then pour on the tea
a scant pint of boiling water and in one
minute it is ready to drink.
When flowers are sent by post they
generally arrive in somewhat faded con-
dition. They should be placed in warm
water and by the time it is cold they will
probably look quite fresh again. Then
the ends of the stalks must be cut off,
and the flowers put in fresh cold water.
Very good substitutes for the "bough-
ten" dish mops may be easily made by
fastening to wooden handles some of the
fringe with which homemade counter
panes were formerly bordered. Such
quantity of this may be found in some
old homes that it is well to utilize it in
some way.
To remove oil paint from wood mix
quarter of bushel of quick lime with
pound of soda and little water till it is
about as thick as cream. Spread this on
the paint and let it remain for about an
hour keeping it damp all the time. 1t
will then be found that the paint may be
easily washed off with soap and water.
When staining a floor remember to
work along the grain of the wood, never
across it. A good oak stain is made by
putting two ounces each of potash and
pearlash in quart bottle and filling it
with water. Keep well corked. Apply
with an old brush, for it will spoil good
one, and take care not to touch the skin
with it, for it win produce blisters.