Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-03

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Is as much necessity in the sick room
and laundry as in the kitchen. 1t will re-
pay the housekeeper to keep two Of these
articles on hand: one for fruit and yegeta-
BILE pressing. the other for various uses.
such as preparing hot congresses and
washing delicate handkerchiefs and laces,
knitted woolens. or any small articles re-
quiring careful handling or which have to
be wrung from hot water. The hands are
saved from the heat and the material
from the wear and tear of the usual meth
DDS. Every one knows some good way to
wiring the compress from the boiling water,
but no way can quite equal the ricer as a
press.
Try placing folded cloth in the ricer, 1t
will hold generous one, then immense In
boiling water till well saturated, a gentle
squeeze will dry the cloth sufficiently for
use.
To wash small wooden articles Or gar
ments. place dry and singly in the ricer
and plunge it into warm suds. and by NOV
ing the handle of the ricer up and down
the water will be pumped through and
through the meshes. Press dry and remove
to a clean suds. repeating The process till
the article is clean Then rinse in warm
water. keeping the article in the ricer Till
the work is completed.
To wash dainty handkerchiefs and laces
use the same process. Then place ricer and
contents in boiling water to scald; suds,
dry enough to iron. Laces should be left
wet and spread on glass or marble to dry
into shape. Care should be taken to pull
the lace into shape. Lace seldom should be
ironed When absolutely necessary to use
the iron press between flannel.
Grained
And vanished limitations Of hardwood are
best cleaned by rubbing well with cloths
wrung out in borax soapsuds, never letting
the water touch them. Afterward they
should be rubbed with flannel barely
moistened with kerosene. If there Is too
much kerosene 1t will dissolve and blur the
colors.
Clean hardwood with flannel wet in tur-
pentine and afterward rub lightly with
boiled inseed oil. Take off spots with fine
sand mixed in oil. Apply it with leather
bring back the polish.
And butter muslin curtains are so generally
used now that the washing of these drap-
cries is apt to become 3 serious expense.
They can. however. be done up most sue
cessfully at home. II we set about it in the
right way. First. the curtains should be
taken down and well shaken to rid them Of
dust, then lay in bath of cold water and
leave them to soak for an hour. In the
meantime dissolve some extract of soap In
q
cool. Wiring the curtains out and place
them in the bath. After pouring away the
dirty water cover them with the soapy
water and squeeze them continually, with
clean; then rinse them in plenty Of fresh
water and wiring as dry as possible, shake
them out well and hang to dry in an open
place A large table will be required for
the purpose, and this should be covered
first with blanket and then with a clean
linen sheet. It is not a difficult matter to
iron the straight curtains, but frilled ones
require more care to make the edge set
the border Of the curtain, taking a small
piece at time
Blue and White
Barred Bingham is a finishing which gives
delightful air Of freshness to q boys bed
room without seeming effeminately dainty.
1t launders finely, and its clear blue and
white gives a pleasing sense OF immacu-
lateness.
Make a spread for the bed with wide ruff
fies around the sides and ends. The win
dow seat can be made with q covering Of
the same, easily removable. and II the seat
be made with lid 80 that the interior can
be used as q catch-all 1t will commend itself
to the boy. Chair and couch cushions
should be covered with rufiied slips Of the
same material.
Cold Air
Affects people In different ways. With
some it seems to chill to the marrow. One
ought to be SO vigorous that all exposure
to the cold would be beneficial. Those peo-
pie suffer from cold most who keep SILVER
ing over furnace fires. Such people should
wrap up warm to protect the body, and
then take a brisk walk In the open air. The
clear. cold air OF winter Is the most health
full OF the year. The snow seals Up the
germs. the poisonous gases decay, and yet
pure. life-glving atmosphere that sur
rounds us. They put on double windows
and other contrivances. and. worst Of all.
sleep In close rooms, heated to summer
temperature.
We all have observed that In winter our
furniture gets creaky. And why? Because
the air Is dry. Dry air absorbs the moist
ure not only from our furniture but from
our bodies. One great trouble with the
modern methods of househeating is that All