Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-16
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Suggestions deemed worth printing on
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Here are the successful contributors
this week:
Keep Out the Cold.
10 you have chilling draft coming all
the time under your kitchen. or some
other door, that keeps your feet cold and
the room from being comfortable? TO
remedy this. cut a strip of old carpet
about six or eight inches wide and as
long as the door is wide; then roll 1t once
around a small stick, such the stick
used in the window shade. even an
old broom handle. and tack firmly on.
otto the floor
along the crack through which the cold
air comes, and tack the hangover part OF
the carpet along on the door so that the
weight of the stick will keep the carpet
pressed firmly TO the floor. The stick
also prevents the door from getting jam
med when opening or closing with
lot of cold air kept out. your heating plant
has far better chance ito make 1t
warmer for your with no extra outlay
of fuel. Once tried YOU will be sur
prised at the large amount of cold air
this arrangement will keep out; then. too.
If the carpet be of a harmonious color and
in pretty fair condition it really orna-
ments the bottom of the door and is far
preferable to having an old sack there
W. T.
For the Porch.
Sweep the porch every morning. then
dust it by putting a rag over the broom
that has been saturated with the follow
ing preparation: Equal parts of turpen-
tine, vinegar and crude oil. Mix tur-
pentine and vinegar first. then add crude
oil; if not done it will curdle. My porch
is washed up once every three or four
weeks in the summer and only once or
twice in the winter
Dust the stair steps with the same
preparation, putting the buster over
wooden meat skewer to get in corners.
II cant be beat for hardwood floors.
MRS. K. S. b.
To Clean White Ornaments.
II is generally believed that white
marble busts, statuettes, vases or other
ornaments are injured by cleaning with
water. If the work is done in the fol-
lowing way it will be found to be en-
tirely satisfactory:
Scrub each piece thoroughly with
hand brush using soap and a cleaning
powder; rinse well and dry with a soft
cloth. While the surface is still quite
damp sift talcum powder thickly over
every inch of it and let remain TO dry.
When dry the excess t2lcum may be
blown or brushed off. and what remains
gives the surface exactly the dull, soft
finish SO desirable. MISS 6. 7.
For the Sickroom.
The bedclothes often feel very heavy
when person has been i'll for a long
time. In my own family great relief
was afforded by taking two barrel
hoops, cutting out about a third of
their circumference and connecting
them in the middle of the top by a
barrel stave. The whole was then
wrapped with old muslin. This frame
laid across the invalid's body and
the bedclothes rested upon it. thus re-
lieving the patient of all weight.
NJ. H. T