Arizona republican., 1910-07-30
DOMESTIC SCIENCE
HELPFUL MINOR ECONOMIES.
Cutting the Laundry, Removing Stains
 and Using Gas Scientifically.

Imitation and emulation break up homes without number. The woman whose husband has 5000 a year is trying to do the same as the woman whose husband has S5OO0. Of course the result is failure. Don't initiate What the world hungers for is orig inality. We can all be original There's no other me. there's no other you. Be like the flowers. Each goes along in it's own little line of busi- ness and the daisy doesn't try to be rose.-Mildred Manly Caldwell
 Everyone knows the pleasure of re- ceiving kind look. a word of greet ing. a hand held out to help in dis tress, a difficulty solved, a higher hope revealed for this world or the next. By that pain and by that pleasure. let us judge what we should do for others.-Dean Stanley.
 While it is unfortunately true that there are too many women whose constant shibboleth is What will the neighbors say" and who are obsessed with the idea that they must keep up with the ruffles though Hacking the shirt" there is none the less a marked increase in the number who are honestly trying to adjust their living to their income and the limita- tions of their own strength. and this without feeling it in any way be- meath their dignity or a matter about which they have to consult their neighbors.
 Among the wealthy it is only Mrs. Nouveau Riche that plunges indecor- ously into all manner of extrava- = gances; while such women as Mrs. Russell Sage. Miss Helen Gould and Mrs. Carnegie do not consider it un- worthy their efforts to attend per sonally to the management of their households In the middle class it is only Miss Feather Brain and Mrs Light Weight who hesitate to say T can't afford this!" or T think it is better to do without that. while among the poor it is the most ig- norant though not always the foreign born. who think it necessary to spend as fast as earned and that for frivols instead of necessities.
 There was a little symposium the ether day among some of the neigh bors in a suburban town where hell is hard to get, the subject being how to simplify the daily work and stil live we'll The first woman who spoke told of her saving in the laundry 1 bills For breakfast and luncheon she said she used no table cloth; but instead doilies of crash that washed easily and looked well on the fumet oak table. Very often these meals were taken in the garden and ther paper napkins were substituted foI the linen, even as they were for the school lunch box. The common sheets and bath towels were folded carefully as they came from the line pressed for a little under a heavy weight. then put away without iron ing Her own everyday shirt waists and the little girls guimpes were ot | crinkle cloth that needed neither starching nor ironing. while the little ones, girl as we'll as boy, wore romp- CTS most of the day. Tn the little talk that followed a number of laun- dry hints were advanced, as. for in stance:
 Laundry Lines-When dampenine clothes for ironing use water as hoi as the hand can bear and shake il onto the clothes with a clean whlsk broom kapt for that purpose. The clothes can be ironed a very short time after sprinkling with hot water consideration in hot weather. when it is not always wise to sprinkle them over night.
 To smooth flatirons. sprigs of spruce. hemlock or cedar will be found equal to or superior to wax It should be on the end of the iron ing table and the hot iron passed quickly two or three times over the leaves. taking care not to touch any of the gum that may exude.
 Colored wash goods will keep their color if immersed for three hours before washing in a gallon of cold water to which has been added a ts- blespoonful of ordinary turpentine.
 To stiffen mourning wash goods, boil a quart of clean wheat bran iu three gallons of water for an hour Strain through cheesecloth while still warm and wash the black muslin or gingham in it. Use neither soap nor starch and press while damp.