The National tribune., 1909-06-17
By SENoRA SARA.

and leave marks from the rollers. BY
| taking out the bottom drawers one may
clean the floors perfectly.
When leaving the cottage by the salt
water (until the next season., smear all
| iron, tin or brassware with kerosene
oil, and they will not rust. The stove
is a more difficult proposition, but kero-
sene helps here, too.
Vaseline has been known to restore
falling head of hair when all other
means have failed. Its use must be
understood, however, or more harm
than good is done.
| VaseIine on the long hair is mem
ace. 1t catches dust, destroys gloss and
| is generally insanitary; vaseline rubbed
| into the scalp, so that not a drop of
grease can be found on the hair, is the
| best sort of tonic to root follicleS.
Divide the hair into strands dip the
fingers into the grease and rub along
the line of division. Rub until the fin
gers are dry and the scalp in glow.
Some women do not trust to their finger
tips to apply vaseline, but put on the
grease from machine oil can, rubbing
it in well later.
Should the hair suffer from this
grease, let it remain on over one night
and wash thoroly the next day with hot
water and CASTLE soap. Rinse 1t well.
If you buy postage stamps in the old
way, they probably drive you almost to
| nervous prostration these sticky days
Draw the gummed side across your
hair, and thereafter they may be car
ried in any quantity during the hottest
weather, and the gummed surface,
while being in perfect condition to at
tach to paper, will never stick to the
other stamps, either on the colored side
or the side with the mucilage on. Many
stamps are wasted from the heat of the
body when carried in pockets, and this
is an unfailing precaution.
A good sirup is made by taking fruit
skins, such as apples, pears and
peaches; cover the skins with water,
and boil until tender, then strain thru
lcheesecloth bag, and take two cups of
sugar to every three cups of juice, boil
pour into stone crock. When cold will
be thick sirup, and can be used any
time. Can be served with hot cakes of
| any kind.
One way suggested to exterminate
ants is as follows: Soak sponge in
solution of sugar and water, and put it
on a plate in the room infested with
the insects. Very soon it will be filled
| with ants, and may be plunged into
boiling water to get rid of them, and
used again In the same manner. An
other plan is equal parts Of powdered
alum and borax. Mix the alum and
borax and sprinkle the powder freely
around the shelves and cracks infested
with the ants, even around the edges
of doors and on the floors If necessary.
The powder is clean and harmless, and
the ants will disappear in few days.
There are various rules for making
marmalade, but here is one Of the cas-
lest. Allow for one dozen oranges, SIX
lemons and eight pounds of sugar. With
q very sharp knife slice thin the oranges
and lemons, unpeeled. and put in
preserving kettle or stone jar. Cover
with three quarts Of cold water and
soak overnight.
The next morning cook in the same
water for three hours, keeping at
gentle simmer, then add the sugar,
which should have been heated in the
oven, and cook for about one hour
longer. This may look too thin, but
will thicken as it cools. Turn into
glasses and cover, when cold, with par
affin.
To make whole wheat bread scald
cup of milk; take from the fire and add
a heaping teaspoonful salt, a level tea
spoonful sugar and tablespoonful
shortening. Add a cupful cold water
to the scalded milk, and when the mix
ture is lukewarm add one-half yeast
| cake that has been dissolved in one
half cup lukewarm water. Beat In
enough whole wheat flour to make
rather thin batter, beat well. cover and
set aside until light. Then stir in as
much more whole wheat flour as you
can beat in with spoon. 1t must be
stiff. Beat well. turn into creased tins.
let rise until light, then bake an hour
in moderate oven.