Show fe it is said that a teaspoonful of salt and one of pulverized soap added to every two cupfuls of starch will give a fine glaze to the starched clothes when pressing dark linen frocks it Is just as well to cover the board for the time with a piece of dark material and thus avoid pressing white lint into the material the most convenient and cheapest of all disinfectants disinfect ants to use in the cellar is quicklime it may be placed in dishes in bins or cupboards or scattered loose in dark damp corners save all tissue paper whether torn or not it is useful for cleaning mirrors plate glass and table glassware spoons can be cleaned with dry tissue paper papi er that hasteen has been dipped in whiting rhubarb is sometimes stewed with raisins or with prunes one house cifes favorite way of making this dish is to add to a quart of stewed and sweetened rhubarb half a pound of stewed but unsweetened prunes boil a moment or two and cool serve cold among the latest novelties for finger bowls at a childrens party are 4 japanese water flowers these should be thrown in the water as the bowls are placed in front of the guests the bits bita of painted wood of any apparent form or shape gradually unfold and expand into flowers or other quaint nonce conceits its |