Middletown transcript., 1909-06-05

The easiest way to clean carved picture
frames is to use a email paint brush.
Silver may be cleaned and frightened
by letting it stand half an hour in sour
milk.
Dresses with colored pattern on them
should never be hung in the sun to dry.
In washing, remember that closely
woven goods require less starch than
others.
The best fluid to use in washing mus
lin dresses of delicate color is rice water.
sponges are great germ collectors. They
should be scalded out thoroughly every
little while.
When splinter has been driven into
the hand it can be extracted by steam.
Fill wide.mouthed bottle nearly full
OF hot water, place the injured part over
the mouth OF the bottle. and press it
slightly. The action thus produced will
draw the flesh down and in a-minute or
two the steam will extract the splinter,
also the Inflammation.
A delicious favor is added to the mara
scbino cherries used in or as a decoration
for fruit or other salad by stufing them
with pecan meats chopped rather course.
Tooth brushes may be washed in a
strong solution Of salt and water.
One careful housekeeper always keeps
lump of charcoal in the drawer with
her fiat silver. She finds that the char.
coal, absorbing any chance moisture, is
factor in keeping the silver bright.
After cleaning ivory expose it to the
sun. This assists in bleaching it.
Dried lemon peel sprinkled over Goals
will destroy any disagreeable about the
house. =
To soften old paint brushes put them
in can of coal oil. When soft they can
be washed in warm suds.
For a good crop OF hair, avoid strong
soaps, alkalies such as soda and ammonia,
hair tonics Of which you are not sure, and
too much hot water. These all dry up
natural oil and make the hair harsh, dry
and given.
Depend on regular brushing OF the hair
rather than on tories. Ten minutes
stiff brushing twice day will do wonders
for thinning hair.
Keep the hair absolutely clean. This
may be assisted by dry shampoo if a
wet one cannot be given frequently.
For dry shampoo, powder the hair
and scalp well and brush until every par
ticle of powder is gone.
Hair should be always thoroughly dried,
as the mingling of water with natural oil
causes fermentation, which means dand
ruff and falling locks.
Give the hair plenty Of light and air,
but do not expose it to the hot rays of
the sun for long at q time. It bleaches
the hair and often blisters the scalp, dry
ing up the natural oil.
So long as the scalp moves freely over
tue skull there is hope for the bald head.
Be particular not to use the brushes
and combs OF another, aud see that you
do not use your own when in an unsani.
tary condition. One reason OF the BALI
ness Of men is due to their carelessness
this respect.
Do MT burn your hair, twist it in
tortuous knots, strain it back from Il
temples, or wear it always in the Sd
coil.
Here sis a way to clean white ls
waist that is equal to any dry cleaning
process and one that requires an outla
OF only few cents. instead of the dollars
usually required to make a soiled lace
waist again presentable. This is nothirg
more formidable than simple cake p
magnesia. Rub the magnesia thoroughly
over the garment in question, paying ek-
ira attention to the more soiled PLACES
roll it IN cloth and fay it away for ssY-
eral days; then shake it lightly to dis |
lodge any of the chalky substance that
may cling to it, and you will behold s.
metamorphosed waist that will delight
your eyes with its freshness.
Grease aud dirt may also be removed |
from silk and wooden chothes by the use
Of magnesia. Sclape a quantity upon
the spot. cover with. brown paper and
place hot fat-iron over il. The heat OF
the iron acts npon the magresia in the
same way that it 90 g upon French chalk,
which used to be employed for the same
purpose; and. VIXEN the iron aud the
paper are removed and the nnagnesia
brushed eff The offending spot will have
disappeared.
The best way to keep your azalea is to
take It out Of the pot and rlant it in
shady part Of your yard until autumn.
then take ii up, pnt it IN a larger pot, and
keep is IN The cellar for the winter III
the spring bring ii up from the cellar and
keepi in a warm room, watering it freely.
II must, Of course, be watered every day
during tie summer.
A simple way 70 separate eggs is to
break them gently into q email tunnel.
The whites viii pass through and The
yolka remain.
Furniture washed with CASTLE soap and
tspid waser and rubbed With q pieee Of
old silk will look Ike new,