The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-02-20

| her children and her home While she
plays bridge whist is for her to say I
| like to feel that l am writing these
plain-spOken articles for the newer and
more hopeful generation of housewives
who intend to face their problem and
! solve it.
| The Window Garden.
| Morning glories can be easily grown
in the house during the winter. Plant
| ed in pots, they will bloom in about
six weeks. Put three or four seeds in
planted late in the winter put tumblers
over them until they get started. Let
them run on a basket reed or piece or
featherbOne and when it is nearly COW
cred bend it over and stick the other
end in the pot and there will be a circle
of blossoms. The vines can be trained
on cords and so delicately outline a
frieze which would be charming in a
breakfast room. Nasturtiums may be
used in the same way and cobea is also
good runner for the house.
LII any OF YOUR house plants get frozen
put them in a cool room and sprinkle
them with cold water. Do not expose
them to strong light. Do all you can
to let them thaw out gradually and you
may save them.
If your house plants are troubled by
slugs scatter SCOT and lime about, says
an authority on the care of plants.
Mix them in equal proportions just be-
fore using or keep them in a tightly
covered vessel. The combination is said
to be more effective than either material
used alone.
Don't bring your bulbs indoors until
the pots are full of roots. Better wait
until after New Years before trying to
force daffodils, tulips, hyacinths or GRO
cuSeS.
Concerning Employment.
A strong, well-written letter of appli-
cation is the key to the situation. The
| engagement usually depends on the in
terview, but the interview, in turn, de-
ponds, on the letter. Your position is
hinged to your application. Unfortu-
nately, most people, and often those of
good education, are poor letter writers.
Still more unfortunate is the fact that
those very persons do not see their own
faults. While many can convincingly
set forth their qualifications in a person
al interview, yet they are failures in ex-
mispelled word looks very awkward to
scholar and while it should be over
looked, it really has an effect upon the
reader. When you send out an appli-
cation, bear in mind that out of the hun
dred of replies your very own may be
narrowed down with three other candi-
dates. Suppose your letter is not as
perfectly written as the other two, you
lose; it better, you gain. 1t doesn't cost
much time, worry or expense to get up
a faultless letter; but it sometimes costs
a useful career in a congenial line of
work to send out the other kind.
-O.-O-
Think About Good Things.
Avoid worry, anger and fear; love
your neighbor and don't talk about your
ailments. 'As man thinks in his heart
so he is" Think of health, long life,
happy hours pleasant friends.
Danish trouble and say Il am going to
overcome" There is power in a deter
mined mind.
Say, Il can and l will'' and mean it
and stick to it. The mind is the archi-
tect of the body. The body is being
constantly rebuilt, atom by atom, and
as you determine so it shall be DONE
G. B.
The Years.
How have l stood the years?
Beating against my fears;
Supping secret tears:
Telling the beads of my losses, one
By one, to Mary's Son.
So have l borne the years.
Julia Nicely Finch, in Times Democrat.
-o.:.O-
Household Notes.
Ink spots may be entirely removed by
treating them with a paste composed of
milk and starch, which must be left on
for a day or two, and then brushed off.
1t may be necessary to repeat the pro-
cess.
To Make Walnut Stain-But five
cents worth each of brown umber and
- oh Of och ~ oil
pint or so of water. If too thick, add
more water according to the shade de-
sired. Apply with a BRUSH.
To Clean Copper.-Mix together two
tablespoonfuls of -four, the same quantity
of salt, and three tablespoonfuls of sand
into thin paste with vinegar. Clean
the copper with this mixture, then rinse
it thoroughly in hot water, and polish
it with a soft cloth or leather Articles
cleaned thus will last bright for some
time.
Silk stockings will look their best if
they are washed in bran water, not
with soap. To each quart of water al
low two heaped tablespoonfuls of bran,
boil for about five minutes, then strain
out the bran.
BILE take half a pound each of soda, pow
dered chalk, and powdered pumice stone,
stir together in small quantity of wa
ter, and then add half a pound of soft
soap. Mix together into a paste and use
as soap with scrubbing brush.
The carpet sweeper will be found more
effectual if pushed in the same direction
as the pile of the carpet, not against it.
Immediately the mangle is finished
with on washing day, unscrew the :rol-
lers, and, if it has been used for wiring
ing. carefully wipe them with dry
cloth. Next put pad of paper or card
board between the rollers at each end,
so that a current of air may pass
through. This is a small thing to do,
but it will prolong the usefulness of the
rollers indefinitely. To keep the turning
apparatus in good repair, never put, too
great strain upon it by forcing thick
or squeaking is sign that little oil
is needed, and the oiling should be done
at once Wooden wedges are sometimes
- 70 coparate fho roller instead of