The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-04-02
What Salt win Do.


Sprinkle salt on the fire before broil.
| ing.
Rub flatirons on salt before using
them.
Salt in water cleans willow ware and
mating.
Used as a gargle, salt will cure sore
| throat
Salt and vinegar viii remove stains
from teacups.
Salt thrown on coal fire will revive
it.
Salt and pineapple juice win cure mild
cases OF gastritis.
Soak prints in salt water before wash
| ing, to set the colors
| Salt and soda are excellent for bee
stings and spider bites.
Salt dissolved in alcohol will remove
grease stains from clothing.
1t hardens the gums. makes the teeth
white. and sweetens the breath
Weak and tired eyes are refreshed
| bv bathing with warm sailed water.
Salt put on ink when freshly spilled
ON carpet will help in removing the
| spot.
BY adding little salt to the water
cut flowers may be kept much longer
than usual.
Salt sprinkled in the oven under bak-
ing tins prevents the contents from burn
ing.
Salt scattered on carpets before sweep
ing keeps down the dust and prevents
moths,
Strong salt and water viii revive an
unconscious person quicker than slim
ulant.
A teaspoon OF salt dissolved in cup
of hot water will relieve dyspepsia,
heartburn. and Indigestion.
Salt and water held in the mouth will
stop hemorrhage of the gums after tooth
extraction.
Salt rubbed into the scalp occasional
ly. or added to the water in washing,
prevents the hair from falling out.
Rose cold, hay fever, and like afTec-
tions may be greatly relieved by using
fine dry salt like snuff
A tiny pinch of salt added to the
whites e eggs when beating will make
them froth quicker and the froth will be
sitter.
Salt put into a flannel bag aud heated
in the oven makes a good cure for ear
ache. Tie over the ear with another
piece of flannel.
To keep salt dry in damp weather
mix little. corn starch, teaspoonful
to a cup of salt.
Stout and Thin.
The too thin woman isn't really as
bad as she thinks she is, only she must
Ill k..,.
clothes and she must stop initiating the
dress of other women. To-day in fact,
she is fortunate woman because the
styles-all of them-are just for her.
OF course, she must avoid straight
up and down lines, but this will not be
very hard this season. She can wear
the skirts with full draperies, the far
ing ripple jackets and the baggy kimono
and mandarin blouses. The medici wants
to go bit gingerlv about making
friends with the Japanese collar.
The too thin woman can wear almost
any material 80 ';'-~e II she only avoids
stripes. In colors it is much the same
way. though she is sure to look her best
in a tone which matches or harmonizes
with the color of her eyes.
The dumpy woman might just as well
know the worst about herself at first
If she realizes she is dumpy, and prob
ably dowdy, too, that's her first big
step in the right direction. She cannot
really add one single inch to her stat
ure no matter what clothes she selects,
but she may make herself less dunpy
while she does look exactly like her
self.
She must only wear the costume which
has straight up and down lines. She
must be careful not to divide herself
in the middle. No wide girdles or min
aret TUNES for her. Any dress which
has panel in front or a long sash
drspery or trimming will help to make
her appear taller. She should not Sc
lect light colors that will add to her
breadth, neither should she arrange her
hair in a Psyche knot or a coil at the
nape of her neck. The hioh coiffure for
her and the high hat with outstanding
trimmings, too.
II is fatal for the dumpy woman to
initiate. She must Just make the best
of herself at all times and make her
clothes harmonic with her figure. She
must look not as if she were wearing
borrowed clothes, but clothes that are