The National tribune., 1906-12-27

he played. The thing was so palatable
that he recommended it to his friends,
and its popularity never waned.
One part of turpentine to three of
linseed oil well shaken together will
make an excellent furniture polish.
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The softest and incest dusting cloth
for piano or any highly-polished fur
niture is an old silk handkerchief.
"Old" is used advisedly, because use
and washing softens silk. The dust
cloth should be washed frequently, for
even the tiniest particle of grit will
scratch the polished wood.
The man or woman who has always
a tale to tell of chow he suffered that
way himself should be kept out of
the patients room. His sympathy will
do harm every time. In the sick cham
Der, if the patient can see company at
all. there should be only bright, CHEEKY
talk, and the creature with "symP-
toms" can talk a man into having any
and every disease on earth in less than
half an hour A sick man should be
led to forget his ills and not to re-
hearse them or compare notes. r.
If you want a bright. hot fire in the
CRATE, range or base burner, Keep the
ashes cleaned up. Ashes absorb enor-
NOUS quantities of heat, and add to
the consumption of coal One bucket
of ''black diamonds will do the work
of two if the CRATES are kept clear of
dead ashes
What to do with waste paper is a
conundrum in many households. but
one of the things mot to do is burn
ing it in the cook stave. quantity
ot it will kill the fire, and it packs
down in most annoying fashion.
There Is danger, too, on a windy day.
of firing the SCOT in the chimney. The
best thing to do is to stuff the waste
paper in a bag kept for the purpose
and on dry day. free from wind, take
it to the alley or some spot in the back
yard and burn it.
One of the cleanest and incest play
things in the world for little child
is sand. In Summer a load of it'll
dumped in clean spot in the back
yard will amuse the little ones for
it, build miniature forts, make gar
dens, with grass for plants, and dig
wells. WASN'T sand is as clean as saw
dust, and a child can play in it in its
white frocks and not soil its clothes.
For winter playing bushel of sand
can be kept just outside the door. A
shallow box of a few inches in depth
and two or three feet square can cas-
lily be made. Spread q lot of news |
papers on the floor set the box in the
middle, fill it with sand and turn the |
loose. Teach them not to get
off the newspapers with it. and they
will play all day in it and not litter the
house half as much as tho they had
cut paper or scattered toys.
The woman who wants to keep from
getting fat should walk a great deal
and walk as tho she meant it. She
should wear a fairly loose corset and
a dress that escapes the ground. Both
arms should be free TO swing, and if !
a weight of a pound or a little more
were carried in each hand it would be
a great help. The movement should
be fairly quick, the stride considerably
longer than most women use and the
arms should swing freely. Hold the
head well up, the stomach in, the
shoulders firm, and stride from the
hip, not from the waist. American
women are said to be the worst walk
ers on earth, excepting the Chinese
women, who do not walk at all.
If vinegar, milk or anything of that
character cruSts on the inside of a bat
lie, don't bother poking rags in it to
clean it. Push back the stove hearth
and dip into the bottle a spoonful or
wo of the fine ashes. Pour in some
water and shake thoroly, and the bot
lie will rinse out as clean as a whistle.
Some housewives keep a can of fine
shot for the same purpose Sand an
swers admirably. but the ashes you
have always with you.
A lady whose house linen is exquis-
itely fine practises an economy that
her wealth makes unnecessary, yet Is
worthy OF emulation When her beau
tiful great big towels begin to get thin
in the middle, she has them cut in half,
he fringe trimmed from the ends, and
hose two ends scanned together, and
he seam neatly felled. The worn ends
are hemmed, and the towels then do
another term of service as second best.
II is a splendidly economical idea. Her
linen sheets are treated in the same
way When they wear thin in the
md the outside selvedse edges "whipt-
stitched" together. The sheets wear
wice as long. Cotton sheeting can be
treated the same way, and the saving
will be quite noticeable.
IF the finger marks on your varnish-
ID hardwood furniture won't come off,
up Il tIDlH ftl htiOrtilt ana iuD tlit
wood vigorously. Afterward rub brisk
Y with soft piece of flannel. You
viii be pleased with the result.
Suppose "he'' brings q guest home
% dinner some time when, in the ex-
gencies of the day. YOU have provided
'or the piece de resistance only a dish
Df "his'' favorite 'hash," which may
be minced beef. chicken or veal. And
suppose the dish that would do nicely
for two looks skimped when three ara
to attack it. What are you going to
do if the market is a mile distanti
Why. any quck-witted housewife can
ell you. She will put three eggs into
boiling water and set them cooking.
Then she will cut five thin slices of
bread and toast Them quite brown. In
pie pan or shallow dish she Will pun
tablespoonful of good butter. a pinch
IF salt and enough boiling water TO
noisten the toast. which she dips in
t quickly. then places on hot platter.
BY that time the eggs are done, 3nd
,old water poured over them. Take
he hash which has been simmering
Dn the stove. and carefully spoon it
)nto the slices Of toast, so that 1t does
not look ragged. Slice up the eggs and :
av them around the edge of the
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