The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-06-13
y NEWS OF WOMEN FOR WOMEN AND THE HOME y
HogU TO Make
the Home More
Attractive

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In every household, especially in coun-
try homes. where doctors and drug
stores are far away, there should be a
well-supplied and well-kept medicine
closet. This should be locked or high
up out of reach of children.
Have everything labeled and plainly |
marked, with the average dose written
on 1t. Have drugs marked For ex-
ternal use," If used for that purpose |
only. 1t is through carelessness and
lack of plain marking that many cases
of poisoning have occurred.
1t is the custom now, however, for
all poisonous drugs to be put In blue
bottles, SO as to help prevent mistakes
of this kind. Labels all prepared to
be stuck, with mucilage on the back,
can be procured at drug stores or sta
toners, and are very convenient for
remarking medicine bottles If they
need it.
1t is a good plan to go through your
medicine chest once or twice a year
and empty out old prescriptions, as
they become stagnant md worthless
after several months-that Is, some do
and they undergo changes from
standing.
Keep a few empty clean bottles in
your medicine closet and clean corks,
also. keep some soft clean linen cloths
for cut fingers, etc. Have q few ban
dages of different widths, a spoon and
a medicine glass (like a small wine
glass, only it is marked off in eight
teaspoons, making oneAounee).
You should keep on hand in your
medicine closet some staple drugs,
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ders of one grain each: ~quinine, one
grain; brandy, codeine (for PAIN,
one-quarter grain; castor oil, epson
salts, rochelle salts, carron oil, for
burns; alcohol, for external use, espe-
cially for colds in the chest and
bronchial colds: mustard leaves, So
called, which come as an already pre-
pared mustard paste for external use.
Have your medicine closet beyond
the reach of small children, as fatal
accidents have occurred from chill
dren having access to the medicine
closet. 1t belongs to good housekeep-
ing and to the complete home-maker
to ave a medicine closet up to the
usual demands OF ordinary circum-
stances. If you do not need the medi-
cines, so much the better.
When I say closet, I do not mean,
of course, the usual large closet built
In all the modern bedrooms. ] allude
more to a wall cabinet Oh shelves in
closed in containing doors. These are
provided and built in all modern
houses, generally, In the bathroom,
but in country houses, especially in
old-fashioned houses, where there are
none, one could easily be made by a
carpenter.
How to clean matting-First of all,
beat 1t well to remove all dust. Take
it out of doors, choosing a fine day for
the operation, and wash it with bran
water, or else with water to which a
little salt has been added. Soap has
a tendency to turn mating yellow, and
should never be used. Rinse with cold
water. Rub as dry as possible with a
clean cloth, and hang upon a line to
complete the drying process.
In the Modern scheme of house deco
ration and architecture generally the
colonial styles play the most important
part, and In the majority Of cases,
either in the country or even in the
newer apartment houses which are now
being put up all over the cities, this
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ployed. For this, reason the effects of
draperies and hangings must be a lit
tie more carefully studied in order to
correspond with the design of the room
and house, and the white woodwork,
which is one of the most striking fea-
lures, is also to be considered.
Colonial wallpaper is being revived,
and will be used a great deal for "a
covering in bedrooms.
The general effect of this room is
usually very light, as the Wallpapers
which go with the colonial period and
lave been recently revived in many OF
the old patterns are of a distinctly pale
color, such as light gray, pale buff and
in many cases almost pure white. Most
of these rooms which one sees are
rather elaborate in design and detail,
and the hangings should be of brocade
or some material closely correspond
ing, which is very expensive and not
always possible for the average house
keeper to obtain.
In choosing window draperies and
portieres for the furnishing of an in
expensive apartment or house, it is well
to remember that the most expensive
stuffs and materials are not always as
satisfactory as the lesser priced ones.
For the average housekeeper who
wishes to Obtain an artistic. and suit
able effect in her house, without going
to too much expense in the matter of
draperies, there are many excellent de-
signs In all the various materials which
can be combined with good results, If
a little care and attention are paid to
their selection,
Spots in light dresses may generally
be removed by laying on them a paste
made of fuller's earth and eau de
cologne. Let it dry, and then brush 1t
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