The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1920-07-09
At HOME
A Department for IndustToas
HouseaUives
Taking Work Out Of Housework

Taking Work Out Of Housework
If a vote were taken among all the
households of America, it is a sure
guess that the result would be a
general dislike of washing dishes. Not
only on the part of the women, but
also the men, who are occasionally
called to do Kitchen police" Now
comes the electric dish, washer, which
saves the hands, does the whole
days or yesterdays dishes in jiffy
The water used may be so hot that
the dishes will dry by evaporation.
and SO save wiping. Glasses and sill
verware must be wiped dry. Dishes
washed once a day in machine O:
this kind (which will dispose of a
load of rs dishes all family of four
would use in day-in one load by
working 80 seconds at cost of less
less than tenth of cent for power)
may be said to have been painlessly
disposed of. Almost she pays you for
letting her do the work, this electric
dish washer. Dish washing was never
like this in the good old days" Of
which we hear SO much. 1t costs You
$50 to $3.50 to get started, but ooh,
man, think of the finish.
To Pierce Leather
To put hole in a leather belt,
heat a hat pin until it is red hot. A
hole then may be pierced through the
strap with it, without difficulty.
Lamps Can be Made by the Home
Worker
All the world loves lover, and at
present it seems equally true that
all the world loves a lamp.
Lamps of all descriptions and lamps
of all materials. Did you ever see
SO many? Like everything else they
cost big round dollars and you long
for them, but hesitate, because you
feel you need these round dollars TO
other things.
With a little work and little in
genuity it is surprising the number
of lamps we can make of the things
you have in hand.
The base of the lamp is a necessary
adjunct. In most cases the base costs
more than the rest of the lamp.
Now. if you have any of those
Chinese vases that were popular a
decade ago we can bring them down
from the attic, and, with the aid of an
electrician, convert them into most
beautiful lamps. Or, again, if you are
the happy possessor of an old fash
Toned stone pickle jar, remove the
pickles, clean the jar and you will
have the nucleus for a most artistic
and worthwhile lamp. These jars are
made of gray or tan pottery. All that
is necessary is to decide on a colol
scheme. For example. if you wish a
duly blue jar, use a daub fPrussian
blue oil paint, one of lighter blue, /?
purple and a burnt orange. Place
these daubs at irregular intervals over
the jar and then with your fingers
blend the colors.
Rub them all over the jar. You see
this requires no talent except the kind
tom Sawyer possessed when he
painted Aunt Polly's fence.
Such a jar when finished has sure
ly much charm. 1t will be a lovely
dull blue, resembling the real Chinese
pottery vases. Do not make the mis-
take of putting on the color with a
brush; if you do you will when fin.
ished have merely painted jar, very
mediocre, indeed.
Such jar when fitted with what
are called plug tops" is quite mex.
pensive. You can make the shade of
either silk or parchment. The blank
shade and plug top are attached. A
blank shade, you knew, is merely a
frame for a shade.
A ginger jar also makes most at
tractive lamp for small room. The
ginger Jar is at its beAt with rose
colored chimney or sill1 shade.