The National tribune., 1907-06-20
By SENORA SARA.

| Don't try to coax him away from all
| his bachelor friends. A man needs
mems companionship or he will grow
narrow.
Try and interest yourself in his ia
vorite pursuit. If he loves baseball go
to the game with him, even though it
| bore you to death.
| Don't meet him at night with list
of woes as hong as your arm. Tell htm
| the pleasant happenings of the day
not the unpleasant ones.
| You and your husband are partners
in the happy home business.
| One of the best and most econonli-
cal of the various fluids for removing
spots from fast-colred fabrics is given
below. 1t is said to have originated in
the English navy and is in general Gse
among both soldiers and sailors. cut
four ounces of CASTLE soap into a
quart of soft water and heat it until
the soap is melted. Remove from the
fire and ada two quarts of cold soft
water. When the liquid is quite cold
pour into it four ounces of ammonia,
two of alcohol and two of ether. Bottle
and cork tightly. When it is desired
to remove grease spots or generally
renovate a garment shake the liquid
| well, apply with a sponge or cloth and
rinse with clear water. When fast
colored dress goods are to be washed
add a cupful of the fluid to a pailful
of soft water. soak the garments in this
water for few minutes, wash them out
and rinse thoroughly.
The most obstinate of all defilements
to remove from fabrics is mildew,
which is a fungous growth. In fact. il
it has been allowed to become firmly
established and is very dark, nothing
that is now known will entirely destroy
| the evidences of its presence without
also in hiring tho Iildeyy that
is light of hue. however, may be faded
away by boiling. summing and wearing
| the garment frequently The fungus
| thrives only in warm, humid weather
and is generally caused by allowing
| textiles to remain in a damp or wet
state for some time. 1t should be care
fully watched for at such time, and
at the first signs of its approach the
garments should be laid in the sun.
which VII destroy the germs. For linen
| dOileyS try mixing soft soap with pow
dered starch, half as much salt ard
the juice of lemon. applying with a
brush. Let it lie on the grass day and
night until the stain is gone.
| Strong soap-bubb1es, for use at q
childrens soap-bubble party may be
made of a solution prepared as fol-
lows: In a pint bottle partly filled
with hot water place an ounce and
half of white CASTLE soap finely shay
| ed. Shake the bottle until the soap
dissolveS. adding a little more hot
water if necessary; after this put in
| half cupful of gycerine. Shake thor-
oughly, let the mixture settle and
drain off the water; the preparation is
then ready for use. Common clay
| pipes are provided, one for each play
er. their stems being decorated with
pretty bows of ribbon. There are sew
eral methods of playing a game of
sOap-bubbles, the most difficult Of
which requires each player to blow a
bubble between the goal-posts in order
to make one point. 1t is usually decid-
| ed before beginning that there shall be
| ten trials, each player taking a chance
| until ten rounds of the party have been
made. When player sends bubble
between the posts he is accorded an
other trial and so continues until he
misses. A legitimate bubble shall colt
stitute a fair trial, but those which 90
not attain a size suitable to be thrown
from the pipe are not counted. These
rules may. of course, be altered to suit
the company, some players considering
an attempt at blowing a trial. The
player who scores the largest number
of points is the victor. Prizes are US
ually offered in this game.
Long continued rubbing with sore
soothing oil will tend to improve the
appearance of a scar.
A person troubled with pimples
should never sleep in any garment
worn during the day. An under-vest
should be provided for night wear.
and that used during the day should
be we'll aired during the night. Bath
ing. exercise and food should be ar
tended to with intelligence and regu-
,arity. The use of coarse brown, bread
and of much cereal food is highly benc-
fetal to the complexion, but pork, flour
gravies and sauces, strong cheese ard
all lard Or underdone pastry should bs
carefully avoided.
To remove mud stains from black
silks or woolens. let the fabric become
perfectly dry, then rub the spot with
flannel that has been dipped in gin or
hot coffee to which little ammonia
has been added.
To prepare egg sandwiches, cook
the eggs for twenty-five minutes and
allow them to become cold. Chop the
whites until they are as fine as meal.
Mash the yOlks with melted butter in
the proportion of teaspoonful to each
yolk, and salt and pepper them to taste
while mixing them thoroughly with
the whites. Sometimes half teaspoon-
full of lemon juice to each egg is add
ed. 1 neat sandwiches are desired,
shave the crust from a loaf of bread
! baked the preceding day and cut off
one slice; spread the cut part of tee
loaf evenly and thnly with butter and
then with the egg mixture, cut an
other slice and press the two together.
Pile the sandwiches symmetricaliy
upon napkin spread upon a plate
and fold the corners of the napkin
over them to prevent drying.
Bath-brick, pumice-stone or fine
sifted red sand is best for polishing
tins and the securing cloth should first
be dampened with soapsuds, or, better
still, with water containing ammonia
or kerosene. Many hausekeepers have
fixed seasons or dates for Furnishing
their tinware, but since German pol-
terry and enameled and other wares
have largely superseded tins in the
kitchen, it is as easy to clean such
utensils day by day as they are used.
little box of pumice-stone, or of sand
that has been put through a fine sieve,
should be kept in readiness for use on
spotted or generally dingy metallic
surfaces.
You can restore your willow chairs
to their original color by washing them
with a solution of chlorine. The cane
bottomed chairs may be cleansed by
Iscrubbing thoroughly with stiff brush
dipped in warm water to which salt or