Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-17
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in pale green or white. Choose long-stem-
med flowers, and bunch them loosely and in
dropping style.
In this day of artistic achievement the
most expensive wares are reproduced in
such close imitation that even the sickle,
for the genuine often requires the aid of an
expert to detect the difference. Pretty con-
ceits are found in the creamy belleck ware
Of American manufacture. In Florentine
ware, the dainty Majolica, Dutch pottery
and the inexpensive bisque. A loose bunch
grasses, would look sadly out of place in
cut glass, but wholly at home in a quaint
little bisque bowl of rustic design.
In choosing inexpensive glassware the
lighter shapes and thinner ware, like the
delicately engraved vases. are in better
taste than heavy limitations of cut glass.
To Clean
Incandescent mantles, first remove the
globe, then lift off the remaining parts and
place on a table. Take off the chimney,
then with hatpin put half way through
the cord at the top Of the mantle. lift off
carefully and place each end of the pin
on the sides of a tumbler, the mantle
hanging down between them. Then pour
carefully over the mantle little methylated
spirits Remove the film and with a soft
brush clean the mantle. Then apply a
lighted match to burn the spirits off mantle
(as when new. Clean the chimney with
a little of the spirits left in tumbler, then
the globe.
Replace both and you will have a beauti-
full, clear light and your mantle will last
at least few months longer. Be careful
not to put lighted match near the spirits
Air
Your dresses well and they never will seem
stuffy Clothes never should be shut up in
a wardrobe Immediately after they have
been worn. Let the bodice of a dress hang
over the back Of a chair for at least half
an hour before putting it away. The oldest
clothes can be kept fresh and odorless If
they are treated in this way.
Children should be taught to turn their
stockings inside out and to hang them over
the back of chair on going to bed. All
body linen should be hung over the back
freely through it. The neat little packs of
clothes, folded up and put one on top of
the other, which our grandmothers de-
lighted in. were extremely unhygienic.
In Baking
Pies with an upper crust, by pinning piece
of white cloth about one and one-half
inches wide, wet in cold water, around the
pie after 1t is ready for the oven, you will
prevent the juice from running out. Bend
the pin over and water the edge of the
plate and fasten the cloth tightly around
the pie.
Leather Goods
Never should be kept in place that is ex-
tremely dry, as the heat will cause the
leather to crack; nor in damp places that
will make it moldy.
To freshen travelling bags and book covers
which have become shabby and spotted rub
them with the well-beaten white of an egg
Ice for the Sick Room.
Tie a square of coarse white flannel over
a pitcher, leaving a cup-shaped depression
of the flannel in the pitcher. Place broken
ice in the flannel and cover it tightly with
thicker flannel. The ice will then keep all
night and the water may be poured of as
wanted.
A Good Liniment-
Is made by putting equal parts of tincture
of iodine and spirits of ammonia together
and letting them remain SO for twenty-four
hours before using, shaking occasionally.
1t will then be clear as water and will
neither blister nor stain when used.
White Paint.
The best way to clean white paint is to
take soft flannel cloth, dip 1t In warm
water, wiring out and then dip in a saucer
Of clean bran. The friction of the bran
will remove any stain without injuring the
paint.
When Washing
Sateen. or any cotton material with a satin
finish. use a little borax in the last rinsing
water. The material then will have gloss
when ironed.
New Irons
Should be heated gradually the first time.
1fter they are Injured to heat they will not
become rough so easily.
To Keep Suet-
Pick out all the threads. chop fine, put in
glass Jars and cover with molasses. Suet
treated In this manner will keep for months