The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-04-17
FOR WOMEN AND HOME.

A sun bath is of more value than
much warming by the fire.
To cure a sting of a bee or wasp, NIX
common earth with water and apply at
once.
| Bent whalebones. the genuine aru-
Gle, are Strengthened by soaking them
in boiling water for few moments ana
then ironing them straight.
! Neuralgia may very often be speed
I lily relieved by applying cloth satu-
rated with essence of peppermint TO the
seat of pain and leaving it there.
Soft soap. made from half a pound
/ of hard soap and two quarts of boiling
water, is more economical for laundry
purposes than ordinary soap.
| A good deodorizer is made by apply
| ing hot poker to a lump of camphor
gum in a saucer. The strong fumes
| will clear the atmosphere of a room in
few moments.
| One teasDoonful of ammonia in a
cupful of water will clean gold or sill
yer jeweIry. a few drops on the under
side of a diamond will clean it immedi-
ately, making it very brilliant.
| Delicate colors can be set by soaking
| in cuDful of common salt to every
| two quarts of water. A tablespoonful
of turpentine in a pailful of lukewarm
water VIII set cOlOTS dS we'll
Leather boots that have been soaked
in water or dried hard may be softened
by rubbing them plentifully with coal
oil If the leather is very dirty wash
it with hot soapsuds first.
To renovate velvet, free it from dust
by laying it face down and whipping it
smartly: then brush with a soft hair
brush; dampen on the wrong side with
borax water, and hang, pile inward in
the sun to dry.
To prevent buff and gray linens from
fading or growing streaky in the pro-
cess of laundering, add a tablespoonful
of black pepper to the first water in
which they are washed and then laun-
der in the usual way.
Great care should be taken to dry
towels thoroughly before putting them
away. If placed in the linen presses
without being thoroughly aired, while
still damp, a mold is likely to form upon
them, which, it is said, produces skin
diseases.
An insect in the ear may be destroyed
by pouring a teaspoonful of warm olive
oil or camphorated oil into the ear and
keeping it there for some time, holding
the head in a position to retain the oil,
which will afterward come away with
the dead insect.
A good scheme for freshening the ap
pearance of white silk parasols, or any
silk that will stand water, is to wet
them thoroughly all over, open them
and let them remain so until dry. All
wrinkles are done away with. and in
stead of mussy, half-worn looking ar
ticle, one has an apparently new par
asol.
The straw hat of last season may be
cleaned by scrubbing it with a brush
and pure CASTLE soap and water. If it
look yellow after this scrubbing, rub it
with lemon juice to bleach it. Then
press the brim straight with a hot iron.
A new hat band will complete the re-
juvenation, until the hat looks like new.
To make chocolate carame1s. put in
saucepan half d cupful each of mo-
lasses, of white sugar and of brown
sugar. a cupful of grated chocolate and
a cupful of cream or milk. Stir the
mixture constantly over the fire until it
reaches the hard-boil stage. Then add
a teaspoonful of vanilla and turn the
mass upon a buttered tin, making the
paste an inch thick. Mark into squares
and cut before it is quite cold.