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The Washington times., 1906-03-25
New Markings for Linen
II LENTY Of individuality is got into
the marking OF linens these days
II mora l.

n LENTN OF individuality Is got into
the marking OF linens these days.
It's TO more just what is the
fashion, but what is the fashion accord
ing to the individual who is buying
the linen and ordering the marking
AS a rule. tablecloths are embroid-
cred upon one side. almost at the
edge of the table. But some women pre-
fer the initials done in the very center
of the cloth. and upon the prettfest
cloths OF all the initials are often re-
peated upon the opposite side as we'll
Cloths are even marked at one end or
In one corner. like a napkin. but the
place more often chosen for marking
than any other is at one side
As with the place of marking. the siyle
of marking varies. Just now. more
trousseaus (which. by the way have a
lot to do with setting the styles in lin
ens) are being marked with three sepa-
rate initials than with monograms. and
the letters are more often the straight
block letters than script, or German
block. or the japanese styles. These ini-
tials vary in height from two and a half
10 four inches. according 10 the taste
or whim-of the woman they're for.
Napkins are still marked in tie cor
ners nine times out OF ten. an oc-
cssional-but very occa casionaI-bride
having this done in the cent7r: the
sizes varying from an inch TO an inch
and half in height.
The Washington times., 1906-03-25
Old Time Soap Making.

We'll. the barrelful o. slfted wood
ashes stood in that. particular ane Q %
the kitchen chimney year in aid year
out. OF course. the old ashes were OK
changed for new after each Soapmaking
and. after a day or two of rainy
weather. cover was laid over the TOP Of
the barrel 10 prevent too violent leach
inS- But IL always looked like the
same barrel. And the lye must he
strong enough to bear up an egg. o. u
Wouldn't make good soap. When lust
the right quantity OF Iye-clear as we'll
as strong was added to exactly the
right quantity of sOaDfat-Saved up for
weeks and tried out clean and light
coloTed--then boiled gently. the wise old
nanny stirring it as carefully as II
II were cUstard she was afraid might
cruddle-lastIy turned out thick and
SLAB into wet tubs-the biggest on the
plantauon-ah, what soap II was, Some
times. when a large proportion OF the
fa- vas lard drained from e,ied ha;s, and
mutton tallow. the soap was almost
white Once nv mother had soma .sco.,..
ed with rosewateT and essence Of berga-
mot. and run into small molds: and we
used It for toilet soap when II was well
seasoned One OF my wedding presents
was box of homemade soap twenty
years old -
The Washington times., 1906-03-25
Uses for Bags

IN ONT throw away salt and -four
bags when you have used or
H. emptied from them the contents.
Wash them out and tuck them in the
drawer you consecrate to the thousand
and one cloths needed for daily house
hold tasks.
For dustcloths. or for poiisning glass
and siIver-for all sorts of uses where a
soft cloth Is needed-they are as good
as cloths especially bought and made
TIP for the work. and much less trouble
to prepare.
An occasional thrifty housewife finds
more important uses for them, one wo-
man. whose pennies are so scarce as 10
seem very few and far between indeed
even using the larger sizes to make lit
tie rough-and-ready shirt waists for her
two riotous boys. Being new stuff. II
wears we'll
But the saving of them fo. cloths
and rags appeals 10 most OF US who
have the house purse to manage. and
who know the immense drain that little
things make.
The Washington times., 1906-03-25

BY the way. the shelf is OF glass and
easily kept clean. The towel roller Is
of the same material. never rusting OF
mildeWing what is hung upon it. ] am
rather proud Of my bathroom OUTFIT
When / can join prettiness and utility.
/ make IL a point OF conscience TO do So
returning 20 my saponaceous Jelly.
II s;Yes forth gOOdly smell. sOftens
ana Whitens the hands, washes mat
unSs and scrubs carpets. and is beyond
praise in cleaning bathroom and kitchen
utensils. particularly nickel or silver.
Now that porcelain is so common in
kitchen and bathroom. the housewife
should learn the simplest method of
Keeping them free from discoioration
and stains. or for getting rid of these
blemishes when they appear
The Washington times., 1906-03-25
Soap Mellowed by Age.

The older the better responded Mrs
Sterling. You know that soap was
among the preserved domestic commo-
dities found in Pompeii. Hard as stone
but lathering freely when wet, In
humble imitation of your notable fore
mothers. I buy soap by the box six
months in advance of using it. cut il
into squares and spread them upon the
attic floor 10 ripen. 1t is mellowed bv
age. losing csustic properties and civ
Ing on. by evaporation. the volatile ana
useless elements of turpentine. More
over. In hardening, it lends itself IN
economic principles. Bridget-Thekla
would do violence 10 tradition and
established usage, II she did not let the
square of soap lie In the bottom of the
dishpan or washtub while she IS rub-
bins the clothes OF sousinG. swabbing
and 'drepching the breakfast. lunch
con. and dinner things When in
draining off the dishwater. she finds q
dab of saponaceous jelly in the bottom
Of the vessel. she dumps 81 into the
sink. Green-that is. new-soap is an
extravaganza the thrifty carefully
avoid. II for no other reason. the wo-
man who does her own work should
hands-making them sore, coarse, and
red. old soap is bland. There's a
moral in the fact. If we will look for
t.
But your homemade soap? You do
not have teaching barrel and chin
1ey angle?" Mrs. White checked the
tendency TO moralize.
Our blessed exemplar has weak
ness for tracing moral and spiritual
analogies based upon physical types
Sometimes We are more than willing to
lend our charmed ears to what smacks
slightly Of mysticism TO prosaic folk.
To-day We are in practical mood
You began by saying 'Apropos OF
borax." pursued the last speaker.
Thank you. dear child, for rounding
No my wits when they are disposed to
wander too far afie1d-'
No other woman who has been for so
long petted and courted and consulted
has so little vanity. she smiled in
The Washington times., 1906-03-25

ouiSent'y upon the much younger per-
son Who had done the rounding up
My plan Is simple. save all JiIe
scraps OF soap from kitchen and bath
room and wash basins in bedrooms
and Keep tin can To put them in
"hen nearly full ] add enough borax
10 make a jelly-lilIe substance, pouring
boiling water over IT,
Unless the bits are very minute. 1
shdNe them fine with a sharp knife
They Jelly more easily. If they remain
hard' set the tin in boiling water for
haif an hour. Next strain and squeeze
the warm jelly into an earthenware
crock through cheesecloth- ] cover 1t
TO Keep out the dust and set upon the
bathroom shelf along with the porax
cans.
The Washington times., 1906-03-25
.HE obiect ID q two-nart rnattressl

he oDlecL OF a tWO-part mattress
is TO provide for the wear being
evenly distributed. so that there
IS no uncomfortable depression
upon one side or end such as is caused
by allowing the mattress 10 stay for
days at a time in the same position. II
you have one OF two parts. turn the
square over or around each DAY. letting
the smaller section be placed al the
head for a while. then changed TO the
foot and turned a. religiously as the
other part
II your mattress is an I'm one piece
turn Il over each day. and pull 70 around
every two or three days. so that il is
not always the same side or top or bot
tom which Is receiving the brunt OF the
wear
Handles Of strong tape or. better stiIl.
OF the binding OF the seams. help with
the daily turning. and add TO he last
ing qualities as well-pUlling al the sides
OF a mattress 10 get a firm hold may
result in strained ticking and in bind
ing dragged away from The seams II
is not steady pull that hurts. but the
false strain caused Is taking hold of
surface which doesn't yield handhOld.
Dust OuI the tufts every little while
with Il fairly stiff bTuSh-dust collects
in them almost miraculousiy.
Watch for the working loose OF tufts
nothing so tends 10 get "A mattress out
OF shape and order aS letting so trifiing
thing this go on unheeded II il is
persistently neglected nothing but max
ing over the mattresses Will repair the
damage
Cut new tufts out Of old kid gloves.
as heavy ones as YOU have using an old
tuft FOR a pattern Or make the sort
more often used nowadays OF twine
looped and knotted into rosette form.
W hCheVer you use sew them in place
with strong twine threaded into a long
upholSterers needle. and knot the ends
securely. or course. 3 rOSette is set
upon each side Of the stitch
Mend rip or tear as soon as il becomes
apparent-with mattresses the old say
ing OF "A stitch IN time is even more
sure 10 save ninc' than with otEe-
forms Of meadinS. a place that haa
caught on loose wire from the springs
and torn into a jagged hole should have
a bill OF the ticking laid under. and the
The Washington times., 1906-03-25
Cost of the Table for Two Persons. /"

ONoN "a -AN AdHAC AOA L WI CASOAc-
She who conducts this department
says Il await eagerly the verdict OF
the constituency dt large. Here In far
of Florida / count as one OF that con
StltueuCy. buying a beiated paper every
week ] cannot understand how Il r
c. gets her luncheonS. The break
fast and dinners might be easily man
aged. Perhaps the brother gets lunch
ready About the cost OF living-T have
lived in Minneapolis long enough 10
know that in summer and fali vege-
tables are TidiCulOUsly cheap. so cheap
that / put tomatoes up for winter use
\ cousin-a most worthy woman, and
a notable bOusekeeper-was for years
matron OF a club which vas run By the
students OF a small college in Niscon-
sin She did all she could 10 cheaper
living, but wanted the students 10 have
an abundance Of good wholesome food
She has often told me that they never
had more than S105 left to furnish the
actual food. or > cents a meal. She said
There S no mistake. When our wages
and tbs other expenses are counted out
that i all there is left - They lived
ter, milk vegetables and fruit sauce
OF some kind always for tea Some
times new girls begged for fresh fruit
instead OF pies and pudding at the noon
dinner Ny cousin used TO say. We
cannot manage that ar our present
prices Otherwise they lived Well
( am sending my say on cheap living.
but know people could not i've on
cents meal comfortably IN every mar
ket In far Dakota we lived on s. a
week We we're a family of four per
sonS-One man and one 2 child-and
where l am now. IN Florida. I feel Sflrs
they do not spend that much week
We have milk and fruit in abundance
There are four Of us, ali able 10 eat
c. \. II. Pincnas, FiAe :
The Washington times., 1906-03-25
Her Talk Runs Upon
Soaps
NO. VI.

IS A PRoPos OF borax" = Mrs.
~ Sterling spoke in a liveiier
lone than that in which she
had descanted upon Bath
rooms and Their Dangers use an
unpatented brand OF homemade soap in
the finer parts of housecleaning and
like none other so well. Perhaps. the
honorable member from Virginia has
heard her grandmother talk OF the ex-
"elient soap made upon the plantations
IN the very old times"
Ny grandmother forsooth." in in
dignant protest. LAS n I hadn't seen
The old-fashioned 'aunties' make {. times
without number in my mothers own
kitchen, There are stiH hOusekeepers
down South who insisI that no patent
iHe IL equal TO that which used 70 drip,
drip, drip, for weeks togct '1er from the
ash barrel. set upon a frame Of sticks
'ror 2 big tub in an angie of he kitchen
chimney. Chimneys were Llilt CT The
outside = the house eher. There - an
~rchiteci rral fad for doing II again now.
They call Il Colonial
The Washington times., 1906-03-25

" PRlNCi- warmth brings activity 10
the poultry yard as naturally as
it brings blossoms TO the flower
borders. The communication
which stands at tie head OF our Ex-
change today is eminentIy practical and
as eminently timely:
Business of Raising Chickens.
The last season has been a record
breaker for the sale of poultry supplies.
nearly all OF which with the results
(viz, young chicSs), are now offered for
sale at % per cent of value This con
Vinces me that ninety nine out OF every
hundred attempts are failures. for want
of knowledge of the business. Nearly
ali OF the poultry literature is made up
OF personal experiences which, imi-
tated under different conditions, result
in a failure
II in your estimation my efforts are
worthy OF publication. 1 viii promise
in ten days my suggestions on location,
and TO continue, taking up points sep
arately connected with poultry as a
business.
Answer 10 e E D. $ inquiry-'wny
incubator chicks cannot free themselves
from the egg shells?'
1t is not the high temperature. but
lack OF moisture in the incubator Write
TO the maker of your incubator. if you
have no book of Instructions The va
rious incubators differ in practical man.
ner of applying moisture. Incubators
should be run in a moist cellar from
June to November. The above is one
OF the many very difficult, perplexing,
and discouraging conditions in e-e pouI-
try business. in which very few persons
are successful
There is more fascination than profit
in poultry keeping for those who know
but little about it The work seems TO
be light. Fowls are supposed TO be
easily managed, and the general idea
is that there is nothing 10 do but scat
ter some corn upon the ground two or
three times a day. gather the eggs and
The Washington times., 1906-03-25

torn part hemmed down strongly TO the
improVised patch. And TX that loose
wire as soon as Il makes its presence
known
Cases OF strong muslin white or Un-
ble3ched- are OF great service IN keep
ing a mattress clean. They are made
like great bag. either IN tive pieC-~
tallowins. OF course. for the blocked
edges or with a strip set between up
The Washington times., 1906-03-25

Per and lower cover. following the shape
Of the mattress. although slightly larger.
and buttOrhOleS- and are slipped of 10
De washed
Proper care or mattresses has another
result besides that OF increased comfort
and that is in adding To the life OF the
mattTeSs-aJ least in its present incar-
nation
The Washington times., 1906-03-25

passing through smoke and dust laden
air
Fun directiOls for the use ef water
glass tSilicate OF pOtashb in preserving
eggs were published lately
The Washington times., 1906-03-25
To Make Vinegar without F1uit.

Noting inquiries for methods OF max
ing vinegar. ! send two which might be
Of service where fruit Is uEattainable.
One pint OF strained honey. two gallons
of rain water. Keep warm three weeks
One pint of sheIled corn. one pint OF
molasses- two gallons OF rain water
Keep warm about three weeks
May I ask you to repeat the propor-
tiOns and method Of preserving eggs
with water glass; NJ A
The Washington times., 1906-03-25

The vinegar must. Of course. he
strained from the sheiled corn AZ the
end of three weeks. And We assume that
the rainwater is boiled and strained TO
free II from impurities collected in
The Washington times., 1906-03-25
The HOusemOtherS Exchange

n PRING- warmth brings activity 10
the poultry yard as naturally as
il brings blossoms TO the flower
borders. The communication
which stands az f-Te head % o,rr Ky
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his shining raven ones.
The score was two to nothin' IL our favor
going into the ninth inning, and the way Sid
ney Sinister was working it looked like an easy
thousand we were to win.
In the ninth he lets two men on bases. And
then the Biffhurst pitcher is up to bat.
Crack The pitcher hits the first ball pitched;
the runners dig for third and second Sluggltt
Corners whoops for JOY, for it's only little
drbble to the pitchers box and the ball barely
rolls to where the ambidextrous wonder IS
standing He leans over, hesitates, puts out
one hand an then another
Pick it upi' chorus the perspirlng thou
sands, as the pitcher digs in his spikes to run
out what had seemed a sure ending to the game.
A look of horror, pain, and perpexity comes
over Sidney's features. He bends down, he
jabs his left hand out, then his right, toward
that little grass-stained pellet in the dirt.
What-what day IS it," he screams to
Long Arm Leary.
Pick 1t up!' yells Leary. What's that
got to do with it !"
Home Homel" yells Dwarf Duffy, stamp
ing on the plate
Sidney gets down on his knees, puts out his
left hand again, then his right. The audience
must be insane, or they wouldn't shrek so.
The first runner dashes across the plate.
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season in an season out, pitchin' right handed
one day an left-handed the next"
TN try YOU" says Sure Eye. And those
words right then an there put an effectual
extinguisher on Strike Out Sawyer's name an
fame.
Desmond Dexter pitched that day, and
won his game handily. The story of the re-
markable freak began to travel around the
bleachers, and l was forgotten, left in a corner,
snubbed, unnoticed THE Sluggitt Corners
Slogan came out in an extra announcing the
signing of duplex distributor of dazzling
drops" and said the same man, only different,
would pitch the next day.
slept with Desmond Dexter that night. /
had to take all the newcomers as room mates,
because | was the last man on the team. He
went to bed back-haired, handsome, an blue
eyed, and kidded me, sore at heart that ! was,
on the change coming in him that d let him
whip them over like sovereign southpaw, as
The Slogan had announced, on the morrow.
I was awake most of the night, pangs of
jealousy keepin' sleep from me- About mid
night Desmond shivered, sat up, looked around
wild like he didn't know where he was, an lay
down But l could see in the pale moonlight
that his hair wasn't black any more.
Sure enough, in the morning he was red
haired, green-eved, an left-handed, just as
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sent out the news to all the big cities, and the
managers of the New Yorks, the BoStons, the
Philadelphias, the Reds, the Chicagos. and
Clevelands, and st. Louises all packed grips an
hustled for Sluggitt Corners on the first train
Desmond Dexter an Sidney Sinister got their
pictures printed side by side in the papers.
with the explanation under it that this man
at twelve o clock each night give little shiver
an changed into somebody else for twenty
four hours.
Big doctors came an looked at Desmond,
and waited over an looked at Sidney the next
dav an shook their heads.
The game the next day was with the Biff-
hurst nine which was leading in the Big Stick
League race They had team of tremendous
htters, and so confident were they that they d
beat the duplex marvel, the Jekyll an Hyde
o the diamond, that they sent an advance
man up with a thousand dollars to bet on the
game. 1t was covered in ten minutes in
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to the park with Dwarf Duffy an nearly beat
his fingers off working out my jealousy.
| found that Dwarf Duffy felt the way ! did,
but from different reason.
Pm agin' all these here marvels," says
Dwarf They go fine for week, but they
amt good as steady diet You mark my
words, this here ble-back-action wonder IS
no exception"
Well, after seem Sidney Sinister pitch left
handed that afternoon and win his game in
romp, all Sluggitt Corners went crazy. They
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TN Sluggitt Corners l soon became the white
i haired boy with the shrleklng thousands
who watched me cut down the heavy hitters
on the opposing teams. l got cigars, theater
tickets, new hats, and new gloves, and was on
the top wave of my popularity: when the Dr.
Jekyll and Mr. Hyde of baseball butted in.
This was exactly how he introduced him
self to old Sure Eve simmons, our manager,
one morning in June:
Behold the Jekyll an Hyde of baseball!
Gaze on the changeable MARVEL To-day I'm
the greatest Highlander that ever whipped
over a barrel-hoop baffier. To-morrer I'm
the left handed wonder o the universe.
"W'ot dye mean" says Sure Eye, getting
interested Can you pitch right and left
handed? Let's see YOU do it.
That's the funny thing about it, says
the newcomer, an by what freak o nature
it come about l dun no. But | can't pitch
left-handed now-not till to-morrer. To-day
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we did nothing in our hall we lost
Sidney's story, when he came to, that
he'd forgot whether he was Desmond Dexter
OF Sidney Sinister. and didn't know whether
to throw the BAN @sss& or left-handed. But
he'd spoiled his ezka8F The big league mana
gers withdrew their -, and when | found a
big bunch o money III his grip that night, with
his name Cor names) writ on it in the hand
writing of the Biffhurst manager Sure Eye
fared The Duplex Wonder was released, and
came back to my own again
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day is it," yells Sidney,
hopping up and down.
Terrible Terry is coming
in with the tying run.
Long Arm Leary, Chica-
60 Glenn, an Chopemout
Clancy leave their places
and dash for the pitchers
box. Terry flashes across
the pan, and the game is
tied up.
Sidney Sinister utters
a howl of despair. throws
himself down on top of the
ball an lies there scream
ing: " What day is it?
What day is it,"
By the time they had
him turned over and had
got the ball, the pitcher
had made the plate. AS
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he d said. felt his arms,
an the way the muscles
had changed in EN- made
me have a ghostly feeling.
| gave his hair a yank, but
it was all right. An his
green eyes weren' t a bit
greener than mine were
with jealousy when | seen
the awe-struck Counte-
nances on the rest o the
ball nine as we went to
breakfast.
! didn't get a cigar all
day, but the graft came
to Desmond Tor Sidney
Sinister, as he put his name
down on the battin order
that afternoon) in bunch
es. crowded the angry
feelir's in my heart under
a bip sweater. audwent out