Norwich bulletin., 1914-09-26
A BATCH OF HELPFUL SUGGES.
 TONS

grurnbling at your lot in life, just | stop and think how much better off
 you are than some others of whom you know. Take the case of a young | girl who left the parental roof for
 some youth who parted his hair in | the middle and sang silly songs until he got her to thinking she was in
 love with him, even though she was
 still young enough to be in the school
 room at her books. Finally she ran | away with him and they came to | Restitution and grew tired of each
 other. You know the old saying,
 Love flies out of the window when 1 poverty comes in at the door, and
 now she looks back at the old home
 and sighs: "Oh, why was I not con | tented l want to urge all girls to | be contented in the home and with | nome life. Try to make everything
 who have done so much for you. Re- | member the long nights of weary watching they have been through, | nights when the little spark of life
 within you seemed to have nearly de- | parted; they never gave up but watched and worked and prayed trust | ing that God would spare their dar- | ling; and you can repay them for all their love and care in no better way
 than by being happy and contented
 in their home, making later days their best ones and giving them the glad feeling that their life-work has not been in vain. Be kind. be contented!
 Life is not too long at most, and many
 an unhappy hour is brought on by | disappointed mind. "A contented book says, so be satisfied, make life | pleasant, count your blessings and
 so be not only happy yourself, but make all around you so.
 Before bid you goodnight I have l a few suggestions to offer and will also send few tested recipes: | Delicious Clear Coffee may be made without the use of an egg; put the | ground or pulverized coffee in a small | salt sack which has been previously washed thoroughly and place it in the coffee pot with the usual amount of water, the sack holds grounds and the coffee may be drained to the last drop | and have no dregs.
 For Testing Heat of Your Oven- Put in piece of white paper, if it burns at once the oven is too hot for any baking; if it turns dark yellow the temperature is right for ordinary | cake; light yellow shows the proper heat for sponge cake, biscuits. etc, and light brown indicates that the
 oven is right for pastry. The expe- rienced cook does not, of course, need this guide. but it was a great help to | me as a beginner and I trust it will be to others For Sunburned Hands try a good | cream that has some camphor in it.
 This not only soothes but whitens them at the same time. If Your Stockings Wear Out at the heels just fit piece of velvet in the back of your shoes catching it in place with a few stitches; you will
 be surprised how many holes are saved.
 One sister asked How to Clean g
 Maokintosh or Raincoat. The follow ing is a good way:
 Dip the garment in gold water and spread it fat on table and proceed to scrub iG all over with gcrubbing brush and yellow soap; when the dirt is removed rinse the coat in several waters until free from soapsuds, and hang in tho air CT iI an airy room to dry not nsar a fire. Tio not wiring the garner but let # 7rip.
 lf you ha~e calendar which seems too pretty to throw away, remove the date Pad and 'ee 6 piece or sand paper cn inctaed. r. $ i. good plan to have q match sacratciler ia every room to save the walls and woodwork from carelees hands
 Save the er4s of l.irth6ay CT Christ mas candles and put them in a cloth to rub your irons on.
 For "Run Around" on the finger try a saive made of crushed English resin and tallow melted and beaten together.
 To Make Bedroom Carpet of wall paper, first cut in strips requite length and sew together a sufficient number of breadths of cheap cotton cloth to cover the floor: stretch smooth ans tack around the edges; then paper the cloth carpet as you would walls or cealings, using a paper with car pet effect. stripes or figures. as pre- ferred putting a border around the edge if liked (the paste may have gum arabic mixed with iD although any good paste such as is used by paper hangers will do. Put on smoothly, rubbing out all the wrinkles and air bubbles: when dry give a coat of good furniture varnish and when this is dry another coat of the same. Of course, such a carpet could not be expected to stand the wear and tear of a kitchen floor for any length of time, but it is well adapted to a bed- room; 1t can be washed the same as an oilcloth; and by giving it a coat of varnish every six months or year, it will last.
 Finding the Cane Seat of my din- ing room chairs seemed all giving away at once, I was at my wits end to know what to do until a friend suggested a way to fix them without paying almost as much as @ new
 
 a pattern of the chair-seat, allowing enough extra for tacking on all around. Cut an old tapestry carpet Cor heavy canvas of the same texture) the size and shape required and task this wrong side up securely to the edge of the chair around the cane. using ordinary fiat. headed tacks of good length; drive the tacks quite close together so they will be sure to hold; ;give the seat two or three coats of paint, dark green or brown preferred each to dry thoroughly; then give two coats of shellac: finish the edge of the seat with a strip of leath- cite or imitation leather, matching the paint in color, with the raw edges of the strip folded under; tack this on with brass headed tacks such as up- holsterers use and you will surely be as much pleased as surprised to see how nice the chairs will look and how durable the seats will be.
 Frame Pictures with Plaster of Paris-Cut your picture out around the edge very carefully and place it face downward in a saucer, plate or other dish of any desired size or shape; mix the plaster with water to the proper consistency, about like thick cream. so it will harden yet will not crumble, as 1t is apt to do if too much plaster Is used. and pour the mixture over the picture to a