Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-23
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| mood and magnifying them in moments of
annoyance
their employers If the heads of the house
are courteous or brusque 80 the serv-
ants likely to be.
Please" either expressed or implied in
the tone of voice, frequently should preface
an order. and thank you" acknowledges
its execution If it is some personal service
ana to wish them a pleasant good morning
| has a distinct educational. value Servants
should be required to ask for any special
service courteously, not demand it. and
their reasonable requests should be granted
Iron Rust
May be removed i. by hydrochloric acid
Wash well in some disnfecting soap and
warm water. spread stained portion over
bowl containing one quart Of water and one
| teaspoon borax. Apply acid, drop by drop.
| until stain brightens, then dip stain at once
into the water. If not removed use same
| method until stain disappears. Care should
| be taken to use either borax or ammonia
| in rinsing water.
Lemon juice ard salt also will remove
| iron rust. Sprinkle stain with salt and
| moisten with lemon Juice: lay in the sun
| This method Is slower and less likely to af-
| feet material. Either method will extract
| color.
Kerosene may be removed by the use Of
fulier's earth. Cover the stain with thick
| layer of hot fuller's earth and let 1t remain
| twenty-four hours; then brush off.
Lampblack is removed by wetting with
| Kerosene and washing with some good soap
| and warm water
| Machine oil may be removed by washing
| in cold water and soap. by rubbing the
stain with turpentine.
! Meat juice stains simply need to be washed
| in cold water, followed with soap.
| Medicine can be removed by soaking In al
| cohol
MfIdew Is removed easily by lemon juice
| and plenty Of sunshine. Put on lemon juice
| and let stand in Invest sunshine. Another
method is to use paste compound or sort
| soap; tablespoonful powdered starch, juice
| of one lemon salt. Cover the spot with the
| paste and allow 1t to stand forty eight
| hours. second application may be neces-
| sary.
Milk or cream can be removed readily by
washing first in cold water. followed by
| thorough soaping.
| Mucus is removed by soaking in ammonia
| water and then washing in cold water and
| soap
| Paint stains are removed by the use of
| benzine or turpentne. Rub we'll with the
| benzine and turpentine. For delicate col
ors chloroform in naphtha is best.
| Scorch marks may be removed by hanging
| in sunlight. This Is most effective for only
| slight scorch.
Precipitation discolorations are taken out
| by either soap solution and sunshine or by
| Jarelle water. Place in sunshine after wash
| ing with soap suds Jarelle water is eX-
| celent for white goods.
! Stove polish. if washed while frosh in
| cold water and soap, may easily be re-
| moved.
Fifteen Years Ago
|
| living in cities were envied by those who
must perforce remain in the country, and
the latter were more or less pitied by the
city people. The attitude today entirely is
! changed. The majority of men and women
| forced to live in the city the greater part
| of the year have as an aim in life "a place
| in the country" large or small To own q
| house In the city and board in the country
| for a few weeks in the summer Is no longer
the aim of the average woman. Rather Is it
to take an apartment in town for few
| months in the winter and have a country
| home for the rest of the year.
distinct change Of sentiment has taken
| place in this instance of the way in which
the income is spent for home. The change
| came as the result OF an advance along
| 81 Dossible The effect of rapid transit
| spreading q network Of suburban steam and
| electric lines over whole sections OF the
| country was to make hundreds OF new
places available for homes because they
| could be reached easily. The perfecting OF
the cold storage system made the question
of food an easy one to solve. The telephone
banished the sense OF isolation and bury
ing oneself in the country" an impossfbility.
Then an intelligent following Of a new sem
timent at once recognized as change for
| the better in the living Of life. has brought
such contentment into the lives of men that
no one fears q return to the old way OF lv
ing. In following prevailing sentiment"
| women need knowledge. independence and
mower to choose the best. for IL they do their
| contentment in their possession cannot fail
! to result
Fashion is the word applied to many of
the prevailing sentiments which are sup
posed to be without reason and which I'M
dergo frequent change merely for the sake
| of change. If thing Is foolish, bad, use
less, a passing fad. fashion Is responsible.
But ia shion has held much that Is good, and
not infrequently is a means Of advancement.
| Herbert Spencer defined 1t as "a form of
social regulations analogous to constitutional
government as form of political regula-
tion," and in our own country, where con-
stitutional government Is believed in, fash
ion, as a social regulation has almost equal
| force.
There have been many sensible fashions in
dress for women. The short skirt instead
of train which fashion decreed should be
| allowed to drag in the dust and dirt of the
streets, and heavy walking boots instead of
paper-soled French kid shoes, have been
brought better health. freer outdoor life.
and. we believe. mora confentmapt