Show HEBALD HOUSEHOLD t I t I A Number of Original Contributions Contribu-tions by Well Known Writers k I PRETTY ROUEMADE LEMON JAB Shirley Dares Atlvlce to Housokeepara t Convenient Combinations Useful t Iliuts and Suggestions The woman whose purso strings are not of the longest but whp enjoys a breath of fragrance in her own particular snuggery I has resorted to the use of sliced lemon which by tho by is a particularly awakening awaken-ing and refresmng odonzer Upon the toilet table stands a tiny jar within which several slices of the goldenrimmed fruit 1 repose thus disusing throughout the apartment the most pungent and fascinating fascinat-ing of perfumes I I j I r t t l I I I I i i J x I t I I j t X tiJ r Y4 b i i rue UUI I E LEUON JAIl I 1 I I In fact gofthued specimens In china of all shaDes ant size offer this novelty perfume I per-fume a home out it remains for a bright young woman to eclipse these everyday affairs by a piece of her own handiwork biz sections were cut from lemon tinted celluloid alike in shape and size These when Juced together as shown in the picture pic-ture formed the sides The lower ends bf the sections wore turned under and attacked at-tacked with a few stitches to a pasteboard bottom covered with yellow silk The 1 elichtly curled tops of the celluloid sections gave a tuliplike tinish to the receptacle A I small glass bowl placed ml tun this fetching fetch-ing trifle was the resting place for the lemon This toilet dainty does double duty as ascent a-scent and complexion aid for when maaam bathes her face knowing that lemon Juice has the effect of whitening the skin she i squeezes a few drops into the water aud she also uses abit of the fruit for keeping her nails pearly white It is needless to SItY that lemon jars will have an extended run since they act in economical fashion both as perfumer and a beautifier DoKorar MAJJDOX hhirlcy Da eu Advice X Y Z Kindly tell me of an effective a disinfectant for drains that will neither aI I corrode pipes or stain bowls Concentrated Concen-trated lye and copperas both stain the I bowls and chloride of lime being un soluble settles in the pipes Plumbers say that perfect plumbing needs no disinfectIng disinfect-Ing which is possibly true But so long as an honest plumber is as rare as he is now BO long Trill our sanitary needs include a perfect disinfectant Answer When plumbers discover ama terial for pipes which will not become coated with slime from water or sewage then disinfection will become unnecessary but not till then The best plumbing known requires regular flushing and cleansing and the best plumbers instruct their clients to use disinfectants weekly at least All the powerful and really useful disinfectants corrode moral and stain crockery more or less Copperas is the best for household use one pound dissolved in twelve quarts of boiling water and used hot being more effeclivethan cold TTfce valve should be open vhcn it is poured down closets BO that it need not settle In the pan which should be washed daily with a long handled dish mop kept for the purpose and scalding scald-ing strong suds when it will need no further fur-ther disinfection A large funnel should be set in the pipe of stationary washbowls which by the way are until for human hab Stations and unknown in the best modern houses With the funnel the pipes can be flushed with copperas without staining the bowls Concentrated lye is only useful in the interests of plumbers as it will cat out I the pipes in a very short time if faithfully applied No grease or greasy water should ever be allowed in a sink Lye or soap enough to change the grease should be added ad-ded before tho water is poured away when I Hushing the pipe daily with boiling water I will keen it clean A quart of copperas water poured in a closet daily with a teaspoonful tea-spoonful of germicide will keep it in safe and acceptable condition provided the closet is ventilated An unventilated closet or bath without a window or skylight opening open-ing to the outer air is a dangerous Inde cenej cenF A ItuTbe top of my thumb and forefinger get calloused from my work Can you tell me what tp do to prevent it1 If the writer said what the nature of her work was it would be possible to give some hints to benegt her On such vague information it can onlybo said that soaking the finger tips in warm oil with a little wax melted in it each evening will give a softer moro enduring skin Heat half a cap of salad oil or almond oil costing 5 or 10 cents and when hot shave a half ounce of pure yellow was into it stirring welL Remelt this each evening before going to bed wash tho hands clean and hold the linger tips in the liquid as hot as can be borne for three minutes Let the wax dry on them and wear a finger and thumb stall cut from an old kid glove by night if not by day The sewers of boot buttons suffer severely from the wearing of the thumbs by their constant work I have heard of their losing the whole thumb nail repeatedly from the inflammation excited Using the hot oil and wax from tho first would give a stout yielding skin less apt to callous As most cheap washes are mere preparations prepara-tions of corrosive sublimate in dangerous proportions and the creams are lard and potash or almond oil and white lead or aside of zinc it Is safest to let them entirely entire-ly alone Sound and safe preparations for the complexion I prefer to keep to thorn and find them entirely satisfactorywhen one doesnt forget use them The desultory desul-tory way in which many women care for theIr complexions yields poor results It requires care to keep perfectly clean hands and women cant expect to erase wrinkles callousness and black spots by occasionally dabbing their faces with some advertised water under a high sounding name A little care given every morning with a pure cosmetic will give lasting results but the treatment must be as regular as combing comb-ing the hair SHIHLET DARE Convenient Combinations Every mother knows the annoyance of an untidy nurserv and nearly every mother has realized how difficult Is the task of teaching the little folk to respect law and order so that although the two combinations I am now to describe belong among convenient rather than dainty nursery appointments I think they will be welcomed The window seat is in fact a seat and a box for toys in one and when deftly arranged ar-ranged it becomes besides a serviceable object a decorative one as well To make it have a long pine box fitted to the nursery window see to It that the height is just what it should be to mako a comfortable scat for the children have the top attached with hinges and finally proceed pro-ceed upholster Cut a strip of ordinary blue denim twice the length of the combined com-bined sides and ends of the box and wide enough to turn both the edges Pleat the strips in reversible pleats and through the top and bottom of each drive a brassheaded tack Then with manilla rope of ordinary alto arrange a aeries of triangles as the drawing shows and make the rope tight snd fast with a strong ornamental nail driven through each apex and lastly hang a tassel of untwisted ropo from each of the upper angles Stuff a cover for the top with excelsior or I of hair till you have made a cushion both I thick and soft then cover it neatly with figured art denim or with plain and finish I the edge with a straight band of rope Line the inside of tho box neatly with some simple strong manilla paper by pasting it smoothly over all the sides and the box will be complete You have now in one a strong comfortable window seat from which the little ones can look oat on the world and a roomy storing place for the toys The decorative stool like the window seat is a box as well It is circular in shape and when closed a most convenient I movable stool while in its capacious Inner self can be stored an entire outfit of boots and shoes I Iiy t r I t I I I r ODI I i t I 1 f II f THE WJM50W SEAT Purchase from any dealer of Oriental goods Japanese rush seat then have then the-n nrcst carpenter make you a box exactly af T the model of those made for cheese of such a size that the seat shall exactly fit the cover Give directions that the lid be sufficiently large to admit of upholstering tbe side Let the box be as deep as an ordinary ottoman is high Have castors secured fast to the bottom Then proceed to make on this plain pine foundation an object of real beauty Measure the box and purchase as much of the artistic figured Chijimi cloth or Japanese cotton crepe as will be needed to make a puff round the entire circumference circumfer-ence Pleat in small reversiole pleats and tack each fast top and bottom then with manilla rope about tbe size of a clothes i + I f 1 il II I qllil f + f I i i II I 1 1 I I li l I TEE DECOBVTIVE SHOE BOX line make a plait of four strands and use as a finish for tho bottom edge Bore small holes through the cover pass twine through them from the under side and tie the rush seat firmly in its place then with brass tacks fasten a plait of rope round the edge Lastly line the box throughout with some appropriate paper and when the paste is quite dry you will find yourself possessed of a convenient I addition to the childrens room and the little ones of as pretty a stool as any nursery nurs-ery can need CLARE BUNCE A Pretty Balad fo r Game An extremely pretty saladrto sertfe with cold gameis made of a fow tablespooofus each of cold boiled turnips carrots cauliflower cauli-flower and green peas These should be cut into small pieces with a fancy cutter drained dry and iced Arrange them from a center like raysred white greenand I put a delicate green lettuce heart In the middle Use the plain reach dressing to i which add a teaspoonful of powdered parsley i pars-ley and one of cheivil also chopped to powder and a teaspoonful of tarragon vinegar Put this dressing over the salad leaving out the lettuce and set in the icebox ice-box a couple of hours When ready to I serve put the lettuce heart in the center and serve very cold In mixing the French dressing mix in the proportion of one tablespoonfuli of vinegar vin-egar to three of oil EMMA L MCLAGAV |