The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1909-04-30
HOUSEHOLD HINTS
''MOTHER's DAY"

MOTHER S Day.
A pretty custom is gaining ground
in observing Mothers Day" which
is set for the second Sunday in May.
1t was first observed last year, and
its observance will be more wide
spread this year. Those who have
a mother living should visit her, or
if not within visiting distance, write
a letter to her; the letter to be
written so it will reach her on that
day. Those whose mother has pass
ed out can decorate her grave with
flowers, or plant something on the
mound, or, if this can not be done
personally, have it done by some
one living where the body is buried.
This is worthy custom and, while
the mother is living, the patient old
friend will be gladdened by this tri-
butte of affection.
WASHING BLACK GooDs OR DELICATE
CoLoRs
If you do not like your black
goods to look smeary," do not
starch them. Make your -four starch
just as you would for any starching
and have it smooth and thick. Then
to each gallon of water (for the first
suds) add one quart Of the thick,
smooth starch, and in these proper
tons have enough starchy water in
the tub to wash the garment. Use
no soap, but wash the black goods
in this starchy water just as though
it were the ordinary soap suds;
when through the first water, add
to the second tubful one pint of
starch to one gallon of water, wash
ing as usual. When the clothes are
clean. rinse in clear water and hang
to dry wrong side out; dry in the
shade and iron on the wrong side.
For delicate colors, do the same;
but do not use the water in which
black goods are washed for washin g
the colored goods. Garments wash
ed in starch water will not fade or
run" if carefully attended to.
Delicate colors should not be kept
wet any longer than can be avoided.
House CLEANING
It claimed that moths will not
modest woolens that ara we'll wrap
ped in newspapers, but it must be
ascertained that the moths have not
already molested the garment, lay
her eggs in the m eshes. Before put.
ting away woolers, furs, and nair
goods, they must be we'll summed
and we'll beaten. to free them from
possible eggs. If they are then
wrapped in plenty of newspaper,
with no hole or tapping through
which the moth can make it's way
into the material, the article is
reasonably safe f:om is ravages.
Do not throw heavy rugs over the
line for cleaning, and do not shake
small rugs by the sides. If grass
plat can re had, spread the rug on
it and beat with a carpet beaten. A
better arrangement is to lay he rug
on an old bed spring, and beat it,
as the dust wall drop through and
blow away as it falls out.
In hanging heavy material, such
as denims. for screen curtains, in
stead of sewing the breadths to-
gether, use the ball and socket skirt
fasteners. The fasteners are cheap
and the breadths Of curtain are not
so heavy to handle.
When laying the bedding out to
sun, put layer of newspapers un-
der them and thus prevent the
dampness rising from the ground
underneath from penetrating the
bedding. For many things about
house cleaning time, the old news.
papers are second in value only to
the old soft linen 80 much in de-
mand.
Laying the pillows and old soiled
comforts out on grass plat during
a heavy shower, and afterwards
turning them often until dried, is a