The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1909-12-23
TO KEEP IN MIND
VARIOUS SMALL THINGS THAT
ARE LABOR LIFTS.
Use Long.Necked Bottle to Water
Plants-Artistic Dining Room
Observation-Disclosures VIII
Remove Any Spot.

II Is often difficult to keep plants in
the windows watered properly without
making white spots on the window
sill. If one will keep the pots stand
ing in small saucers and water them
with a long neclled bottle, the trouble
will be obviated A bottle of this de.
scription takes up less room than the
little watering pots with the long
spouts.
Candles or lamps give the most ef.
iective and artistic dining room illu-
mination. They should be not higher
than the head of the tallest guest. If
this be not sufficient, light may come
from a low, shaded center chandelier
or from the sides of the room, but
, never from the ceiling, high over the
heads OF the diners.
Several mothers have made satisfac.
tory house slippers out of black, peb-
bled oilcloth, such as can be bought
in any large dry goods store. They
line them with either single faced Ell
| derdown or else a good quality of fan
nelette. They are damp proof and
AipAoElton anu Ndll ut WI II luoiht lAD-
ber boots.
There are few spots that will not
disappear when saturated with the
following: Equal parts of chloroform
or ether and household ammonia In
the proportion of a teaspoonful to a
pint of the mixture. It should be kept
tightly corked, as 1t is highly volatile.
1t Injuries nothing and will take out
all kinds Of smears and spots.
When ii is not convenient to take
locks apart in the event of keys being
lost, stolen or missing, when you wish
to fit new key take lighted match
or candle and smoke the new key In
the fame, introduce 1t carefully into
the keyhole, press IL firmly against the
opposing wards of the lock, withdraw
1t and the indentations in the smoked
part of the key will show you exactly
where TO file.
To wash a white sweater so It will
be clean and soft and without any
shrinking, proceed as follows:
Prepare a warm suds with white
soap and tablespoonful of ammonia
Be sure that the suds are strong will
soap. Prepare three rinse waters ant
in all of these but the last have the
same amount of ammonia. Wash tn,
sweater through all of these and 81
quickly that at no time does 1t percep
tibly change it's temperature. Squeez,
it well with the hands, but do no
wiring hard Hang out to dry at once
Do not set hot bread down fiat, bu
tilt 1t on one side against something
so that the air can circulate freely ol
all sides. If possible set in a draft
When thoroughly cold place in a til
bread box and the crust will be sof
and tender.
An Englishman who lives all alon
has devised a way of keeping fruit il
what he called its pristine freshness
He fills a heated jar with freshl
washed fruit, pours in boiling waite
to within one inch of the top of tn
jar. Over this he pours melted lamt
mutton fat or beef dripping, enoug
to fill the jar. Next day he add
enough more to make up for an
shrinkage. This hermetically seal
the contents for any length of time
and whenever they are to be used tn
fat comes off in cakes and can b
clarified and used again or added {
the soap can. The fruit he finds i
perfect condition and the juice yer
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