The National tribune., 1909-10-07
By SENORA SARA.

dressing her children hurriedly to al
ways get their little hands thru the
cuffs of their sleeves as their tiny fin
gers were always catching and getting
hurt. She adopted the plan of giving
the child some tiny thing around which
tile fists go readily thru the sleeves.
Particularly is this true Of the baby.
1t is true that tea leaves will help
take the dust out of carpets, but you
must be very careful that these leaves
lare squeezed so dry that they leave no
stain. Just as good plan as to use
itea leaves is to cut paper into small bits,
and these you dip into water and then
squeeze out well and scatter over your
carpet Most of the dust will come up
with the bits of damp paper. Another
good way to clean carpets is to sweep
them carefully and then take per-
fectly clean mop cloth and dip this into
water and squeeze until it is perfectly
dry; then run this over the carpet a
good DEAL as if you were trying to mop
You would be surprised to see how the
dust comes up. If the room is large
one, the mop should be wrung out sew
eral times. The cloth should be wrung
very dry, so that not drop of water
will remain upon the carpet
| A ldQy WHO SeeIHS W hhoN Hhit ShS
is talking about says that if you take
pieces of thick manila paper, iron them
out smooth and then paint them with
prepared paint of any color you like,
you will have something quite as good
as oilcloth to tack behind your sink.
How many know that after all the
Juice is extracted from a lemon the
rind dipped in salt cleanses brass beau
tifully?
To make croquets of soup meat use
two cups of very finely chopped or
ground meat to one cup of thick white
sauce. Season the meat well with
teaspoon or more of onion juice, salt
and pepper, and mix with the sauce
made from one cup of milk, two level
tablespoons of butter and four level
Tablespoons of flour cooked five min
utes and seasoned with a level teaspoon
of salt and a saltspoon of pepper.
Spread on a large plate to cool; then
| take heaping tablespoon of the cooled
mixture and shape into little roll, fiat
ten each end by striking on the board,
then roll in very fine bread crumbs.
Take each roll in broad-bladed knife,
and slip into deep plate in which an
egg is beaten with tablespoon of cold
water. Roll over and over to be sure
that every point is covered, then roll in
fine crumbs until well coated. Fry in
deep, smoking-hot fat. and serve with
a tomato sauce.
| 1t is said that one of the best ways
in the world to clean the burner of
gasoline stove is to fill the cup with
alcohol instead of gasoline, and let il
burn out and then light the burner.
| For one whose hair is falling out
massaging of the scalp is probably just
about the best treatment that can be
given, sometimes using stimulating
tonic, but that should be very seldom.
Before the massage or before using the
tonic treatment the hair should be abb
Isolutely clean. Washing the hair is
very easy process if you only knew it.
If the water is hard, use boraX to soft
en- it, but it would be very much better
| il you could secure soft water some
where for this purpose. Make thick
lather of some good, plain soap like
white CASTLE, and then pick up hand
fuls Of this lather and work it into the
hair close to the scalp until it feels
slippery with the soapy lather. and then
put your head over a basin of lukewarm
water and rub both hair and scalp
thoroly for two or three minutes. Wiring
out the hair and throw out this basin
of water; get a fresh one prepared in
the very same way, and give the hair
second treatment of suds. The water
should only be lukewarm, as hot water
| takes the life and oil out of the hair.
At least three rinsings should be used
for the hair, and the last water in
which the hair is rinsed should be per-
fectly clear. Dry the hair on clean
towels as nearly as possible, and then,
| IL possible, sit in the sun, tossing the
hair back and forth until it is dry.
Don't put brush or comb to the head
until it is absolutely dry. so dry that
| it will ny, and be sure that your
brushes and combs are perfectly clean
before you touch your clean hair with
them. If you are careful to brush your
hair this way it will not break off, and
1t will not snarl.
/ have seen in a number of papers
recently the advertisement of some
idiot, who suggests that when your
teeth grow yellow to rub them with
lemon rind or take some of the pulp
and clean them, which will whiten
them. 1t will indeed. but it will also
ruin the enamel. Never use acid of
any kind on your teeth. and do just as
little at trying to whiten them by arti-
ficial means as possible. If mothers
only knew the pain and suffering they
would save their children by taking
care of their teeth while they are small
we would not be becoming in middle
age race of "gummers." as we may
be called. If the enamel on the teeth
is once broken, the case is almost hope
less. because the tooth Is apt to decay
very rapidly. Simple scrubbing OF the
teeth day in and day out from early
childhood, particularly after eating very
sweet things or very sour things. would
probably make the natural teeth last
thru a natural life. Tooth pastes and
tooth powders should be chosen very
carefully indeed. 1t might be said that
some teeth are naturally of a yellow
tinge and no amount of care will make
them white, but at least they can be
kept clean. Beware of all whitening
powders, for they are nearly all dam
gerous.
One of the things that a housekeeper
should learn is that all green vegeta-
| bles, whether used in the natural state
or cooked, should always be fresh and
crisp. Potatoes should be thoroIv
scrubbed with a brush kept for that
purpose, in warm water, and then put
in pan and cover the potatoes with
cold water and left standing for an
hour before peeling to cook For some
reason or other they are very much
better when freshened up in this way.
Beans and peas, lettuce and all spinach
and all such vegetables are very much
better when crisped before using. For
lettuce and spinach wash thoroly, and
then put in a covered dish in water. and
they will keep crisp for a day or two.
An excess of sweets is among tba