Middletown transcript., 1908-05-16
USEFUL THINGS TO KNOW


and the machine belt becomes loose, do
not stop to remove it in order to tighten
it. Simply put drop of machine oil on
it, turn the wheel few seconds, and pro-
ceed with tightened belt.
If bedsteads are washed with paraffin
no insect will come near, and the parafiin
also gives a beautiful polish.
Kid shoes can be kept soft and free
from cracks by rubbing them once week
with pure glycerine or castor oil.
If feather pillows have an unpleasant
odor give them thorough drying before
clear fire.
In the country good thick gloves, with
stitched backs, long wristed, are the most
comfortable wear. White suede and kin
| dred gloves are best restored to their
pristine freshness with mixture of pow
dered alum and fuller's earth applied
with dry brush, and we'll rubbed in till
the dirt is removed. Silk gloves can be
cleaned with magnesia placed between
two layers of paper, and in few days,
when the powder is removed, they will
look like new. Gloves should be laid in
brown paper white paper often discolors
them through the materials used in max
ing the paper.
An excellent homemade emollient for
the hands is that of glycerine jelly, scented
either with orris root, so as to give iE a
violet perfume, or with few drops OF
altar of roses.
| Where the hands are concerned, oat-
meal powder should invariably be added
to the water in which they are washed,
while diluted glycerine in some form or
another should be rubbed in after the
skin has been well dried.
Sweet almond oil is we'll known as
cure for brittle nails. In case, however,
when the nails do not grow naturally in
good shape, their form can be much
improved by first rendering them pliable
by holding them in little of the oil for
few minutes, after which gently moulding
with the fingers, and attention at the base
of the nail with manicure stick should
result in a noticeable improvement in
their shape.
A cut lemon, kept on the washstand is
always useful for cleansing the inger-tips,
and is much better for the nails than q
brush. The lemon should be rubbed
over the fingers. the juice at the same
time softening the skin at the tips.
There is no more common and persis-
tent neglect than that which the great
majority of men and women give to the
feet they walk upon. No other part of
the body suffers so much abuse and dis.
tortion with perhaps the exception of
the waists of grown women. The feet
are susceptible to all sorts of deformities
and the subject of all sorts of neglect.
Many people do not bathe them sufti-
GENTLY often, do not change their stock
ings with sufficient frequency, and do
not care for them in other ways as they
should. The soldier who cares for his
feet is the one who holds out on the
march, and many foreign armies have
doctors who see that the men care for
their feet. The dead skin which hardens
and produces callous spots needs to be
removed twice day if the feet perspire
freely. To rub the feet with alcohol
refreshes them wonderfully, and nothing
is as good for them as a vigorous alcohol
rub after they haye been wet or chilled.
/ A rub with cocoa butter is q fine thing
for the feet at all times. Get cake OF
this and give them a five minute rub at
least once q week after the daily bath,
and you will save yourself many groan.
1--WE should wear rubbsrs whenever we
need them, and take them off as soon as
we can. The feet must be kept warm
and dry. A famous physician is reported
as saying that his income would dwindle
} to half if women kept their feet warm.
And it may be added that woman's
} chance of being comfortable soul and
jolly person to have around would be
improved considerably if she would wear
the right kind Of shoes, care for them
and her feet properly, and try to have
every body else do the same.
/ Heavy tan gloves, which are almost
everyone's greatest comfort, can be kept
| in good condition by taking damp rag
and rubbing it over the surface. This
removes the dirt and restores the original
color.
Yellow shoes, which no girl considers
herself in the fastest style without, can
be cleaned by putting few dops Of tur-
pentine on wooden rag and rubbing
them evenly all over, When dry, polish
with soft brush, aud they will look like
, new.
Burning oil is spread by water. To
extinguish it throw down -four, sand or
earth. The idea is to prevent the oil
, spreading.
, Starch should be mixed with soapy
water, for thus the linen will have a
more glossy appearance and be less likely
to stick to the iron.
CIotheslines and pegs will last much
, longer if they are boiled for ten minutes
when new. 1t is good plan to repeat
, the boiling occasionally.
1t is not generally known, but to pre-.
vent cakes from burning, place a little
bran atthe bottom OF the tins. This will
save lot of grumbling and vexation.
. Badly stained decanters and flower
, vases may be cleaned with little diluted
hydrochloric acid. After using the acid
be sure to rinse very thoroughly with
clear water.
Equal parts of turpentine and ammonia
will take paint out of clothing, even il
hard and dry. Saturate the spot as often
as necessary and wash off with warm,
soapy water.
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