The National tribune., 1907-01-03
to blacken. Chamois bags are best for

If you want to keep the dust from
sitting in on your pictures, get strong
MANILA paper and paste over the backs.
Sometimes when a baby is very fret
full and nothing seems to quiet it you
can lessen its walls by scratching its
back A baby is a good deal like lit
tie pig or a puppy, and they love to
be scratched. Loosen the baby's skirt
bands and with the welI-warmed hand
gently rub its back, and finally its whole
body. This works like charm in most
instances. Wher a baby has collie don't
jolt and jar it. Imagine how you would
feel if you had the stomachache, and
some great giant pranced you around
in the air or over the knee.
For delicate women who are exhaust
ed with the slightest exertion an al
cohol sponge bath is an excellent stim-
ulant.
A new thing in household economy
is sewing machine rug. Tt should be
made of crash or something of that
nature and about six feet square. A
worn sheet might be colored some neu-
trail shade, and thus utilized. Set the
machine near the middle of the rug;
then you can keep all your snippings
and threads on the rug and in the
evening pick it up and shake off the
litter without having to sweep and dust
the whole room.
If your street gown shows signs of
wear at the bottom or has shortened,
as some wooden gowns will do, get some
Hercules braid and put a band smooth
ly around the foot of the gown, letting
it come below the material so as to
lengthen the skirt. Hold it little full
when putting it on, SO that it will not
draw. 1t is quite fashionable, and GER
tainIy is economical. If you like, you
car Iengthen the skirt with something
anf set the braid over that, but the
other answers quite as we'll, and it is
less trouble.
Never boil the water out of which
you make coffee or tea. / do not know
the hygiene of the suggestion; I only
know the fact that water boiled long
before using in that way makes a fiat
tasting drink. 1t seems to take the life
out of 1t.
If you have only the white glass
lamps and want to possess the pretty
red ones or blue. try this: Empty the
oil from the bowl and poke q square
piece of red flannel down in it. Smooth
it up against the inside with your finger
and the aid of stick till you have
covered the whole inside. Trim off the
points that stick out of the mouth. pour
the oil back and screw on the top.
The effect will be very pretty, and you
can have them any color you desire
For a shade get some of the pretty
crepe paper to match the bowl and put
1t over the white shade, tying with a
ribbon and bow at the top. Let the
paper swing free at the bottom and be
little longer than the shade.
Mothers of small men and women
are put 20 their wits ends to devise
some method of teaching the children
to pick up and take care of their toys
and small belongings It is quite i'm
possible to teach children to take care
of things unless they have some place
to put them. You know you get care
less and toss your clothes about in dis
order unless you have good closets or
their equivalent, and children are i'm
perfect patterns of grown ups" A
big fiat wicker hamper is one of the
incest things fog child's toys, because
it is light, and can be dragged by a two
year-old. If you have no closet, the
floor of which and perhaps shelf can
be utilized for the children's toys and
other traps, get hamper. If you
cannot afford that, take a goOd-siZed
pine box that will do for a seat under
window, for instance. Put rollers or
castors on 1t, put hinges on the top for
lid, cushion and cover it and have it
understood that when play is over into
that box every single plaything must
go.
An authority that cannot be ques-
toned says that when sending cheese to
the table you should always lay 1t on a
fresh napkin.
For chamber windows long curtains
of cream cheesecloth are pretty and in
expensive. A wide hem along the front
edge and at the bottom Is all that is
necessary though, IL you care to go to
the expense, narrow wash lace makes
a neat finish. These curtains will last
indefinitely and launder beautifully. IT
can be done at home, and Is so much
less trouble than the Nottingham lace
curtains, which have to be sent to the
cleaners unless you have infinite pa
tience.
Don't try to keep white petticoats on
your little girl. Soft red flannel should
form the underskirt, and you can en-
brnider that or crochet a silk or zephyr
edge on it and make It very pretty. If
A second skirt is necessary, get fine
black satine and feather stitch 1t with
two or three rows of bright-colored
WASH SILK on can nave tnTGe rows
each of different shade, If you like
There is nothing much more uncom-
Portable than the feeling that ones
shoes are too large, and yet shoes that
seemed to fit at first often stretch till
they are uncomfortably large. To rem
edy this. cut insoles from an old felt
hat. Any old hat will do-cxcept a stiff
one, of course. Have the insoles just
wide enough to cover the sole of the
shoe inside. They will fill UP the shoe
lust about enough. and often protect
| the stocking from wearing out on the
rough threads in the sole. They will
protect your feet from dampness, too
Take them out and air them each night
This felt sole is better than those you
buy, because not SO thick, and If aired
will not absorb unpleasant Odors.
If your child has habit of sleeping
with its mouth open in order to breathe,
attend to the matter at once. before
that most lOath5ome of all diseases,
chronic catarrh, sets in. ANY child that
breathes thru its mouth habitually Ger
tainly has something the matter with
its nasal organs, and early treatment
will probably correct it, but 1t will take
patience and unwearied application to
accomplish it.
Steel that is badly rusted may be
coats Of Kerosene Apply and let stand
I for four taga L.