Evening journal., 1911-10-13
HOUSEHOLD NOTES
BY mauds E. cIIIsy.

Cut a red cross from paper and
paste It on the emergency drawyer In
the bathroom. This win make It
easy for any one to find the desired
articles in a hurry. Soft linen, steril-
iZed bandages, and the various
A1gemedies for barns and wounds should
sfil-De Kept there.
The morning light on the sleeping
porch is very trying where there are
no awnings nor curtains. To avoid
discomfort a piece of black China
silk, 10 inches square, may be kent
under the pillow and placed over tho
eyes as soon as one is awakened by
the glare.
When, after much service, a broom
becomes shorter on one side than the
other, and the ends of the straws as
sharp as needles, dip in hot water.
and trim II down quite evenly with
the shears. The result will be a
broom as serviceable as when new.
To prevent a baby from rolling of
a bed spread a large cotton quilt OF
piece of denim between the springs
and the mattress, letting It hang over
the sides to a depth Of 20 inches or
more; sew strong tapes firmly TO each
corner Of the quilt OF cloth, turn up
ward and then tie securely to the bed
posts.
A substitute for a cheval glass may
be provided in a little house by fast
oning an ordinary looldng-glass TO the
inside of a closet door where there .
a good light. so that the lower edge
of the glass shall be almost level with
tho bottom OF the door In this mirror
one may see very we'll how a skirt
hangs
Old stair carpet should not be vast
cd. for it will make good pads 10 go
under the new stair covering. First
shake the carpet and then cut away
the bad parts; divide the remainder
into short lengths, double them, and
tack them at the edge OF each step,
where the thread comes, before lay
ing the new carpet.
A gate between two rooms has
proved a blessing I'm one house Il
is fastened in the doorway. between
the nursery and mothers room. {"
There are times when the mother
likes TO watch the children without
being right among them. Often sew
ing or writing may be dona more
easily with the gate between the
mother and the little ones.
II will be found almost impossible
to drive thin steel nails into hard
wood. for the moment you hit them
hard enough to puncture the wood
they bend over on themselves. Many
people employ the use of a small gim-
let TO bore the hole destined to hold
the nail, and few people know that II
yellowsoap is rubbed on the nail II
can be driven in the hardest wood
with ease.
Taking Tuesday as washday is ad-
vised where women do all their own
work and have little children 10 care
for as we'll Reserve Monday for
clearing up the house, looking over
the soiled clothes and mending any
that require Il. When the washing
Is done on Tuesday, Sunday evening
will not be spoiled with worrying
about putting the clothes TO soak
Try it and see
When the hammock is to be pul
away for the winter, do not wad q
up and sling It into the attic. Shak,
II well. roll it carefully, and wraI
IN newspapers. II IL has become fades
with use. bath in the dye pot afte
other fall dyeing has been done. vii
give it a new lease Of life. Goo
care through the winter is as essentia
to the preservation OF the hammocl
as It is to that OF clothes.
Keeping the porch clean is often
serious problem for the dweller in a.
apartment house People living belo'
may complain hen water runs dow
on their porch. especially when the
are unprepared for it, One way L
avoid trouble is to do the washini
on a rainy day Thow a pail Of no
water on the boards and sweep hard
rhe people below viii never know