Show HINTS FOR HOilES Too Much SoapClothes Washlnc When to fill a Lamp Thoughtful people wish to know if we arc really better than our ancestors One positive fact is ascertained are certainly cer-tainly cleaner It is difficult to say that anybody can be too clean but it is easy to understand that a man can clean himself in the wrong way Dr JL Ricketts has discovered dis-covered a skin affection almost peculiar to women who wash and powder too frequently frequent-ly There is redness with scaliness and considerable burning Exposure to draughts increases the symptoms At times there is pain causing loss of sleep The zeal of some American ladies in the practice of tho virtue which is next to godliness god-liness is marvelous One is said to have confessed to having applied a wellknown cosmetic powder thirteen times in twelve hours each time after the face had been thoroughly washed with a yet more famous soap Dr Rickotts prefers good pure olive oil from the south of France applied two or three times a day with some soft silk or linen fabric to the blandest soap We feel no surprise at the above information informa-tion as to the evil effects of too much soap There is such a thing as using too mucn water especially if cold or Very hot Abont Washln Clothes There is no gain in soaking the clothes at all unless they aro very badly soiled Sort them carefully putting the fine clothes by themselves and gathering the flannels and colored things apart Wash the fine things first Take one piece at a time dip It in the warm water soap the soiled part and lay the piece in the bottom of the tubBy tub-By the old rule the clothes were to be boiled after being submitted to this process There is a new soap however manufactured manufac-tured by Frank Siddalls which obviates the necessity of boiling clothes When this is used the clothes are allowed to soak after i soaping for about twenty minutes then lightly rubbed and rinsed There is none I of the troublo of managing a boiler and no need for keeping up a roaring fire all day After rinsing the clothes pass them through the bluing water and then starch the fine pieces If you use FranK Siddalls soap put a bit of it into the bluing water and a bit into the starch Boil the starch at least half an hour before using An hour is better bet-ter In washing flannels use warm water suds and do not rub the flannels on tho board I I Rinse them in water of the same temperature tempera-ture as the suds and iron them while a little damp Sunshine as a Disinfectant Half the zymotic disease in the world is I the result of damp dark and their progeny mould decay and dirt Any physician will testify to that The following quotation from a paper read recently before the American Public Health association by its president Frederick Fred-erick Montizambert MD FRCS DC L of Quebec ought to be read by every housekeeper in this country Everyone can doa little if only to make one home or one room bright more cleanly and more wholesome Sunlight pure air and thorough cleanliness are natural enemies ene-mies to disease germs The experiments of Ivoch Ransome and others prove that the living germs of consumption when exposed ex-posed to the sunlight lose their vitality in a few hours or even in a few minutes if the layer in which they are exposed be thin enough and that even ordinary daylight if it lasts long enough will have a similar effect There is no sounder philosophy than the old saying that there is more health in a sunbeam than in drugs more life in pure air than in a physicians skill When to Fill a Lamp I In spite of the many accidents that have I happened some people still persist in filling a lighted lamp Even those who arc not guilty of this crowning act of folly think nothing of filling a lamp after dark by the light of a candle There is always risk in doing this for the gas from the oil is very volatile and might easily catch fire from the flame of the candle Some lamps have a trick of smoking soon after lighting and need to be watchou I There is nothing more unpleasant than the unmistakable odor of kerosene smoke unless un-less it may be the annoyance of finding ones household goods coated with a deposit of lamp black One more hint Never turn down a lamp allowing it just to glimmer It is meant to i burn with the flame at full height and < 1 when allowed to smoulder in this way it j will either smoke or smell possibly both and most certainly heat rapidly and become be-come a distinct source of danger The Repottin of Plants Now is a good time to repot many varieties varie-ties from which flowers aro expected through the spring season Wait until you notice a tendency to moke new growth Then shift If old plants they may not requirejarger potssImply fresh soil or atop a-top dressing of fresh earth If you do not care to repot wholly dig out as much of the old soil as you can conveniently without with-out disturbing the roots and put rich compost com-post in its place This is easier than to wholly repot the plant and generally answers ans-wers as well if care is taken to have the soil rich Do not disturb a plant while it is dormant If the plants are young or comparatively so and a large development ot top is desired it is well to give a size or two larger pot A Bit About Baskets general mistake is made about baskets most people supposing that the white willow wil-low basket is the best It looks best but it is by no means the strongest The white I willow slips are cut in the fall and kept green all winter by packing toeir stubs in vet sand or water and when spring comes the bark peels off with a twist of the hand I The buff baskets on the contrary are made from dried willow slips which have been steamed and then peeled Wnile not so handsome they aro much stronger and will wear far longer than the white i |