The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-05

FEMININE TOPICS

schino cherry 1t takes a little time,
but the same quantity of fruit serves
more people, and the serving is more
dainty.
Jordan & Son wish me to say that
their facilities for tense grinding are
the equal of any optical shop in New
England. It is this modern machinery
which helps them to produce the exact
thing your eyes should have You viii
be as interested in seeing it work as
i was.s i#
When the leaves and blossoms of II
your eyclamen plant begin to wither,
| do not pluck them off, but let them
remain until the stems are entirely
| dried up; then they can be removed
| without injury to the plant. Otherwise
/ the succulent stems "bleed'' and the L
plant will very soon die.
Robbins & Cowles have about a doz-
, en- vacuum sweepers and cleaners of |
| different makes which they are going |
| to mark at rock bottom prices in order
to close out the line. 1t is splendid
opportunity to get one of these conven
| fences and they will not stay there
long at the prices that have been put
on them.
A magnet will attract a hook and
} eve which is liable to rust while it re-
jects the non liable ones, so mag
/ net is a handy tool for the sewing bas
ket.
! During the extreme cold weather
many found it necessary to close some
3 of the rooms in the house in order to
keep comfortable. One of those little
sheet iron heaters from the Emerson
: Furniture Store with a little wood to
r burn would have warmed these rooms
f easily. They are easy to set up and
t take down and cost little.
College girls have discovered that or
binary lime drops are delicious sub
e stitute for lemon in their afternoon tea,
: besides being much more convenient to
$ use.
r Speaking of the cold weather re-
P minds us that hot water bottle is al
d most a necessity on a cold winter night
d as we'll as being a good friend in time
e of sickness and pain. The Brattleboro
e Drug Store can fit you out with one
o of the best bottles made and guaran-
lie tee its service.
A red bandana handkerchief makes
the finest kind of dust cloth for ma
y hoganv or highly finished furniture
h as it will not leave lint that shows.
st How about your curling iron? Do
III YOU have to heat it over a gas jet or s
kerosene lamps An electric curler vii
do away with all that bother. Turl
&c the current on and the curl. is made
* See those at Miner s Electrical Store
es In mixing bread it is sometimes puz
en- cling to tell just when the milk or wa
sc ter is cool enough for the yeast to b
%, added. IF you can hold your finger i
K it while counting 10 it is not too hot.
to The February sale of Vaughan
NJ Burnett is certainly giving all of u
s. a chance to pick up some bargain:
Such attractions as they are shown
he at reduced prices are bound to disap
x pear rapidly. They will be fine TO
N many occasions of gift giving althoug
p the day may be several months aheat
k The small wire paper clips that ar
gh used for holding papers together, Wi
1t be found useful in the sewing room t
save basting.
IN A fash light is one of the preventative
r.. of disastrous fires. They do away wit
ne lighting matches, carrying candles an
Use taking kerosene lamps into closets an
y dark corners. The Brattleboro Chin
o1 n Store has good line of them wit
al plenty of new batteries for them. The
~; ~ belong in every household equipment.
be
of Here is hint for the business gil
;s which is new to the writer, though
3ar NAV be well known elsewhere: Whe
half a dozen or more carbon copies a
to be made, fold a strip of paper over Il
top of the alternating carbon and pap
spp sheets while inserting in the machin
This will keep the whole number ev'
IA until adjusted in the machine, and it
"a then removed.
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fits. OK - n