El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-09-29

: is no necessity Of washing the rolling
pin and bread board
They conduce to cleanliness. max
ing NJ unnecessary TO handle the
cough. None of the latter has to be
scraped from the pin OF board.
with careful use, the covers VIII
STAY clean a long time When neces-
sary TO wash them, IL should be done
with cool water and small scrubbinE
brush Then they may be ironed.
But the flour should BE- thoroughly
washed out OF them before they are
Thev viii last for years and will
save much in cost Of material But
care must be taken not 10 spill any
liquid on them, and, after being used.
they should he folded or rolled and
laid away in a clean bag or box.
The eScrubbinE Chariot"
Another new woman's invention.
recommended by the section OF home
It is described as "one Of the cleveresr
little labor savers.
Tt is a comfortable padded frame on
rollers. which enables the housewife
in VipinE the floors, TO roll herself
about and do her scrubbing with ease
ana comfort
An ordinary soap box. topless. cut
down to a height of five inches and
with one side knocked out. Will serve
the purpose. Mounted on four rollers
and padded inside with hurlap TO
kneel upon. it furnishes a ready means
OF loconotion iucideutsI to the scrub
bling On one side Of IL should be
screwed a little dish for soap. and
On the other a little rack for the
scrubbinE brush
Home Made shower Bath.
Another romans idea is the nome
made shower bath" Which IS likely
TO be especially valuable in a home
where there are many children
Take two gallon tin bucket punch
a hole in the bottom and solder in
two inches lonc- Attach to the pipe
four foot length Of rubber hose
with a sprayer from garden wat
ering pot on the end
Tie TO the handle OF the bucket
piece Of rope, and run the latter
through staple driven into a wall
at a suitable height thus making
pulley BY which the bucket can be
raised or lowered 10 meet the con-
venience of the person using the
shower. Drive a hook below the
staple. so that the rope can be fast
a good sized tin tub placed beneath
the bucket will serve for the child
or other person 10 stand in To cut
Off the water, clothes pin pinched
onto the rubber tube viii do.
Combination Tray Wagon.
Now for a more ambitious Woman's
i1vention-the china closet. serving
able. and roller tray wagon. all I'm
lne." EXPENSIVE Not 50 very. ANY
reasonably smart woman can make
the contrivance for SLO5-
To begin with she should take q
Try goods box with bottom dimeu-
siOns OF. say 80 by Is inches-it ought
10 be about that biE-and cut IL down
10 a height Of only five inches. This /
gives her a tray. which she can mount f.
IN four legs from an old and worn /
2ut table.
Beneath the tray should be fitted a 4
shallow drawer This Is the only real E
difficulty. II il not everybody that I
an make a neatly fitting drawer; but f.
, good hard try viii almost surely I
olive the problem
oilers are attached to the four legs,
he thing IS done The tray on top
s the serving compartment al
Ording space for dishes enough for
meal for six persOns-screW hooks
round the sides Onside) doing duty
or the hanging Of cups
The drawer beneath Is divided by
half inch strip into two cOmpart-
1ents. one for linen and the other
or silver The compartment for silver
nay be lined with blue outing fan
lei. which is cheaper than felt and
erves the purpose equally vel
The drawer should have a knob on
9th sides, SO as 10 be pulled out
ither way. Spools cut in half viii
Z old rubber tired wheels from a
ly wagon or a discarded baby coach
lay be used in place OF rollers They
re better. because the tray, mounted
n them. moves nOiselessly-
Soiled dishes. transferred from the ]