Show I I i HINTS FOR FORTHE THE HOME I SMALL POINTS THAT WILL ATLY ADD TO COMFORT M i Requisite for Good Coffee Proper Coffee Proper I Care of Valuable Laces or Delicate Fabrics Fabrics Best Best Way to Preserve Jewelry of Value By EMILY ANDREWS To have good coffee corree the coffee pot should be bo kept scrupulously clean and never never set asido asIde utter after using without washing and ond drying thoroughly An earthen bowl filled fined with quicklime quick lime placed in a closet will absorb moisture and also act as a 0 tant It will serve to keep away rats rots and mica mico as they dislike limo lime Valuable laces or delicate fabrics should not bo laid away in white paper paper pa pa- per as chloride of limo lime is often used In bleaching whito paper which will Injure any article that lies against it any length of time Blue nIue paper willbo will willbo willbo bo found better belter than white Salt SaIt and vinegar Is excellent for cleaning discolored enamelware Cla Cl mols skin should be kept on hand for polishing furniture especially espe espe- daily pieces that are highly veneer veneer- ed cd It will also give luster to mir mir- and plato plate glass after atter washing wash ing them Its value can only be appreciated appreciated ap ap- ap- ap predated by use It can bo be easily cleaned by washing In cold water with plenty of soap and pulling in every direction until dry If rr It Is stretched stretcher vigorously It will be as good as new I liOJa rings and ana other orner pieces 01 or Jewelry set with hard transparent stones can be cleaned with warm water water Water wa wa- ter a n white soap and a little muo am am- monia A soft tooth brush may be used for getting behind the settings and stones but for pearls or turquoise turquoise tur tur- tur- tur or any soft gem the water should be he avoided Polish with a soft chamois and they will be bright and sparkling Velvet or ribbon bows can cnn be made quite Gulte fresh without removing from i hats by heating a curling iron wrapping wrapping wrapping wrap wrap- ping It in a wet cloth and inserting it In the loops opening them as wide Us as the loops demand and holding until un til quite dry To mend kid gloves use a small needle and a tIne floe cotton thread well waxed A thick needle will cut ut the edges of the kid and sewing silk will wear right through Place the tho ripped place over a glove mender and take tak Up tip a 0 stitch on one side and then on the opposite and draw them together Do not place the stitches too closely together mend on the right side fastening the threads well weIl Breathing deeply will stimulate the heart action and the circulation and andIs andis andis is an aid to perfect health Fresh air is the basis of all physical beauty and health and If It more people realized Its value valueS halt half the ills of bu hu hu- hu inanity manity would be bo cured Heavy Russian crash makes ver very attractive portieres It If too narrow overcast the two widths together with the coarsest of carpet thread similar to the Bagdad portieres No hangings can be more effective than this soft toned colorless material and it is Jg especially attractive for libraries or studios Lack of ventilation in a bedroom will often produce sleeplessness Though tho the air should not blow directly di- di on the bed there cannot be too too much of It Turpentine sprayed In the tho haunts S of cockroaches will often disperse them and often quite destroys them If It stockings are washed before OU hn L b J WIll longer I Is especially true of lisle and silk stockings The slight shrinkage brings the threads closer together A few chopped raisins mixed In boiled frosting before spreading on the cake makes a change quite qute paInt paInt- able f An alcohol sponge bath is often otten found refreshing and soothing b by those sleepless on account of the tho heat A tablespoonful of alcohol to 3 s scup cup of cool water is the proportion for such a a. sponge A nervous person will find relief In a hot b bath th Just before retiring Tho The body hould should be immersed for fifteen fit teen minutes In water that is hot without being exhausting |