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Show SOME USES FOR SODA. Material Practically Indispensable for the Housewife. A weak solution of soda will revive tho color,. In a dusty carpet. Keep flowers fresh by putting a pinch of soda in tho water. Add a little soda to tho water when boiling-out enamel saucepans and It will help to cleanse them. A spoonful of soda added to water In which dishcloths aro washed will keep them a good color and sweeten sweet-en them. One largo teaspoonful of sal soda will bleach a kettleful of clothes. Hair brushes need a weekly cleansing; for this purpose add ono tablespoonful of soda to a quart of hot water, dip the bristles not the back Into this and shako well, until perfectly clean; rinse and stand on edgo to dry. When tho waste pipe is clogged with grease, pour down a gallon of boiling" water In which has been dissolved a cupful of soda. Repeat this until all tho Impurities aro removed. In cooking cook-ing goosebcrn'es add a pinch of soda, size of a pea to each quart of fruit and less sugar will be required to sweeten It. Add a teaspoonful of soda to the water In which you wash silver. Before Be-fore using glass fruit jars the second time wash with soda water and rinse In order to sweeten them. Dampen soda and apply when bitten by any poisonous Insect. Tho Housekeeper. o |