Show Exchange BY MARION HARLAND q ca t t t c ct r WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU OR C t I if I COU could ld possE bly mend a treasured white wash washbowL washa a bowL wL somethIng dropped Into It and broke a hole In 20 the centre ot of the bottom about as large as a dollar The s small place pIece broke Into bits and could not be cemented to together seth gether r A friend advised me inc to use pins plas paris and d water but when the w we evapOrates v r Jt the mixture fx will to powder again It If there Is an any other way to mend It I 1 would gladly ac pt It 2 And now jn In regard to Mrs C F Fas as Inquiry how bow to destroy I would say that hot alum water Is the best oost Insect destroyer known Put the alum Into lot hot water and let Jet It boil until it I all ail dissolved then apply the solo soJu with a 0 brush to all cracks cbs clos closets eta ets bedsteads and wherever Insects are found Cound Ants be bedbugs bugs and ro roaches ches are kill killed d by It while there Is 19 no danger of at poisoning A small bag ot of sUlphur kept In a 0 or cupboard will drive away red ants 3 Boll Boil three or four onions In a 3 pint pinto o of water and apply with a soft brush to Silt gilt frames and flies files will wUl keep of ofIn olt 4 To prevent re e n crust or scale l f foyster form W fa In log a teakettle e place a clean oyster shell in It ThIs will attract what would otherwise collect on oa the std and bottom ot of the kettle kette I 1 hope one ot of these hints will help sonic some one GRACE GRACEI I 1 IF ThERE BE BEA A REMEDY FOR such a mIshap I Ido do not know of It Had Iad you preserved the minute trag rag meats ments they could have been riveted to together gather gether by those thOS skilled in mending china and housewives hearts As An It is I can hold out no hope 2 And still the wonder grows that a solitary Insect should continue to tor torment ment the Each member of the helpful sisterhood Is sanguine as to the or of her pet preventive and exterminator Grace would eem to have much reason on her side Alum Is Isa Isa a prime antiseptic and purifier Hints 3 and I are not Err new but ex ax I ANSWER 0 K Y M AND give what I have always found splendid proportions for pie one pie One cup ot of flour one heapIng table tablespoonful spoonful ot of lard and teaspoon teaspoonful ful of salt to an ordinary pie tin H N LI WANT TO WASH A PATE PAIR OF chenille portieres but know how to go about it A frIend of mine cleaned hers in gasoline and they did look a abit abit bit nice so I thought I would not try that but walt wait and ask you Instead 2 Can you tell teU me where to buy loose beads to make a chain such as they are wearing now I thought by buying the tho beads and making It myself I could get geta a nice one a good deal cheaper that way as they are expensive especially a large strand of them MRS M II H HP 1 Full directions for tor washIng chenIlle curtains In gasoline have been given givena a and d more than once In this depart department ment BrIefly they run thus Set a awash awash wash boiler bolleI out o of doors put In one or both portieres cover with gasoline put on the cover and leave thus for six hours Then souse the curtains up and down In the gasoline shaking well that every part may be reached Take them out shake faithfully and pin upon open a line Une to dry in the shade Let the dirt settle to the bottom of boner boiler draw off oa the clear gasoline without disturbing the sediment bottle and use for tor the next time 2 InquIre at t a fancy ney store or at a jewelers I WRITH TO ASK YOU IF YOU think It advIsable to wash feathers in their ticks Please tell me how it is done I have heard beard It can be done nd they come out all at right I ask your advice as you have helped so many manyA A NEW INQUIRER BUT AN OLD READER I AM ASSURED BY THOSE WHO should know that feather beds and pillows are often washed In the ticks and succesSfully Of the method ot of doing thIs I am unfortunately lg Jg The feat seems to roe me hazardous With sublimely calm cabin confidence in tho committee of the whole founded as upon a rock by number numberless ess experiences I 1 pass the th query on ott l 1 CA CAN YOU GIVE ME A GOOD sealing wax for covering glass jars jara 2 My grandmother used to make parsnip wine can you glye me that tha t re recipe recipe cipe I have moved Into the country as I am and wish to put tUt up my own things from my garde arde ardeL c K Ki L i PARTS OF BEE BEESWAX WA and rosin form a compound I have used with success for tor many years I know none better 2 I never heard beard be befOre re of parsnip wine I but somebody many some th tb recipe will be sent In Ili due time Ume Most heartily l r commend the resolution lion tion to do your wn g pickling and preserving Let the ve the benefit of your experiments and aBd your successes 1 WOULD YOU PLEASE ME MB how to take care of a small that thatis Is filled wit with fine clothing to keep koe it amazing Neb fresh and ana to m av ld aay as mothS from living lit in it It Is not near dow and cannot be b wen well aired 2 Also how can I get rid of those awful pests for goOd MRS G A A R B 1 EVERY MONTH TAKE OUT EE and hang ang it In the open alv while you scald the shelves with bet het water to which has bas been added a 8 tea teaspoonful teaspoonful spoonful o of oil of cedar for every gal galIon galIon shelves perfectly dry Ion When the are lay Jar dried orange peel apon a shovel or pen pan and burn bum within the closet In addition to this leave the door open now anti and then 2 See Graces given just now BOW l PLEASE GIVE TH iI MOST AP APproved APproved proved method for th the Buffalo moth that has proved s he dc to carpets 2 How caB ens the colors ef at a carp t be restored that have grown dim not rom from usage nor from excess of light YRS J H B Bk S I 1 TAKE UP THE CARPET SWAB floor and baseboard with gasoline and shut the room up for seine me night If you can Then spread news newspapers newspapers papers over the floor before the carpet Printers Ink Is obnoxious to soothe moths of t every kin kint t 2 SprInkle thickly wit wills common taba salt and sweep twice once with the nap once against It Here Is a good recipe for daRning and freshening carpets ol of an all Put Into a pallone pall one pint orwood of wood nice hot bel the quantIty of ammonia and two gallons of water Use a scrub scrubbing bing brush s Have a clean dry towel wr wras So wipe e Change the waler te repeatedly as It becomes dirty 1 WILL YOU PLEASE TELL you know ot of a salad dressing Which I have s seen n prepared In this way Sweet olive ell eli vinegar prepared sit gar r pepper sauce so Be e ems gs and not to tobe tobe be boiled and sat salt but I do not know the amount of either t 2 wm Will you yoa please give a recipe for fer fora fera a good molasses cake A I 1 ML FIVE S OF oil In a bowl with one teaspoonful e at sugar a half teaspoonful or of salt and a generous pinch o of mu mustard tard Beat to a resin cream put In twenty drops or of r sauce and tree teaspoonfuls of Whip for tor one 2 Watch Vatch re recipe ipe column PUBLISH HOW TO clean a white chip bat with tr trE E F MAKE A E OP OF FLOWERS of sulphur and aDd lemon Juice Into a rather thin paste Cover the hat bat wi whir this using a soft brush to werk It Into the straw and lay in a place to dry Brush Brash oft tile the ct y Repeat should the first t be Or you can h the die hat over burning sulphur IN A ANSWER TO IRS c F SS ES InquirY in regard to the of roaches will lve my once e ok o of all l kinds were er erin tried in Ia vain until I became At last Jast I 1 took every article the and cl shelves ShIL and kettle M boiling water drenched every Inch et woodwork in Ia kitchen and pantry Un Tin Under Tinder der the drop leaf o of the kitchen table were hundreds of the pe pests t Monad Around the shade fixtures were scores and aad ter the three months I bait bad lived Ht he thIs house hous I had bet been n tortured by the knowl knowledge edge that they were In command One week after the first attack I repeated it and for two years never saw a mach madI machI I believe It is the only way although heroic to get rId or Some time ago I noticed ap j from a stenographer In regard f fo Mr har position being belog affected by M was so 90 deaf tast it wae almost Impossible to make Idea bea beaHe beam He tried an eardrum with perfect SIH CESS case In fact he heard so 80 well that our voices had to be carefUlly until he became accustomed to hearing bearing having been deaf deat for tor five Ave years A doctor them for foe JU L tD D NAME OF THIS EARDRUM WILL WILLbe S be sent up upon n r or of stamped and envelope |