The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1908-02-27
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Please suggest the best way 10 III =
sealed house OF bed bugs. -Mrs L
B W.
am at a loss ss to know what snR-
gest on to offer. have friend who
tried many things and the only thing
that had a good and lasting effect was
to burn sulphur candles. You can
gel tae little square ones now Mt any
drug sture, put up by the Red Cross
pe ol t.. four in a box for a quarter.
and il YOU want TO have IL done yeiy
effectively burn every one OF the tour
candles and III wal rant y, u will hate
40 uure bed bugs Wetting cloth
in gasoline and wipipg the wood work
With II hiss been used successfully 10y
some leople, but | am personally
very much afraid Of gasoline, having
known too many serious accidents
from Its use, but II one 10 careful to
have no fire In the house at the time
and leave the doors and windows open
for an hour or so | think 1t might be-
done with safety.
want to get up a leap year p rty
and wonder If you will give me any
hints on the subiectf-Lucy NJ. 5.
Except that | am told that the fun
of leap year party lies In the lever
sal Of the conditions which govern
other social functions so far as the
relative positions Of the sexes are con-
cerned, that the women court the
men. asking them to dance and to go
into the supper room with them, that
the gills pay the compliments and
make proposals, escort the masculine
re eseiers to their respective homes and
ssk permission to call, etc.. know
nought OF the conduct of these func-
tons. have heard OF awkard
scrapes resulting from--as one girl
told me- carrying leap year frolio
little too far" We're you to ask
what advise you to do when the
question comes up, to give or to at
tend such an affair or to let 1t alone,
l should counsel you to choose other
forms of diversion. Prudence is not,
of necessity, prudery. Reverence your
sex too truly to lend a hand In trav-
esty of lite defenses and privileges. -
Sally Lea.
IL worthy of mention you might
suggest this to your readers some
time: Corn starch mixed with table
salt when filing salt cellars will pre-
vent the salt from hardening In the
cellar. Another: Turpentine freely
applied with cloth will remove
grease spots from carpets.-A sub
soriber.
Now that grippe has found its way
into so many homes, am going to
give my readers few suggestions
that will perhaps aid them In curing
the disease.
Take hot foot bath with pinch
Of mustard and borax in the water {;
drink a cupful OF hot water with a
quarter teaspoonful red pepper In 1t |;
put hot water bottle in the bed
about half an hour before getting 10
aud you will soon be In good per-
spiration, which will help you great
deal. Live on liquid nourishment for
a few days, have SOUPS, broth, juice
of oranges for change, then try a
scrambled egg on toast with hot milk
over Ii. What the patient needs most
in grippe 10 food that will keep the
system up, while the disease is pull
ing 1t down. Before the patient Is
ready to sleep at night try sponging
off with alcohol, especially when there
Ia evidence of fever. This will cool
the body and stimulate the pores. and
Ia veiy effectual towards putting q
person to sleep. These hints we're
given to me by an old family physic-
Ian who has known me since child.
hood and | am going to 'pass them
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