| Show BLOWING BUBBLES f adv d A solution from which jhc thc results can be x next to white castile the mottled castile gives the best results says thomas VV chittenden in st nicholas the soap being obtained a friendly druggist must carefully weigh out sixty grains for exactness in proportions ia needful for each ounce of water that is ono according to the weight of the old cs and when tho weighing is done and alie obliging druggist thanked for kindness the rest is plain lingA sai bottle with a sound cork Is tho next requirement it must bo largo enough to hold three or four times the quantity of solution you wish to make do not prepare too much at one time two ounces of soap solution will be a pool quantity and lor tins a six or echt bunco bottle will bo about tha right thing the bottle must bo well cleaned and then rinsed out with soft water which by abo way should be used for all tho operations all being ready the soap is cut into fragments small enough to enter the bottle measure an ounce of water for each of soap this can be done with a teaspoon eight spoonfuls making an ounce having poured tho water and put the soap into the bottle we have now to await perfect solution which will happen in the course of two or three hours it the bottle be put in a moderately warm place then add glycerine to the soap solution the quantity varying with our ambitions ambit ioni I 1 have found that one halt the volume ol 01 solution rives excellent results that is to say to each ounce of water add one half ounce of glycerine measuring the quantities instead of weighing them ia both cases abo bottle is now to be tightly corked and well shaken then set aside for two or three hours more and well shaken again these alternate periods 0 rest and agitation should continue for a whole day finally lot the bottle stand undisturbed and tightly corked for twenty four hours t bubbles ot great size and beauty may bo blown with this solution V |
