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Show aaniiaia in i m ii ssi i sssw msssb j Some Useful 1 . Household Hints ? Tho odor ot printer's Ink and cc- fdnr Is not nt nil agreeable to moths. 1 An ordinary trunk lined with clean newspapers, undor 'which a number of small pieces of wood from cigar , , o af ave boeu laid, makes almost , ! && . safe a storage plnco for clothing "( y K A very convenient article to havo ' Sj in a house Is a Bmooth, strong stick ?'" "jout forty Inches long, with a deep V. notch In one end. With this pictures $ may lo "fed by the wires from their, hooks, cleaned and replaced, thus ' I" snvlng tho climbing up and down on "1 ' f; . a stcpladdor, which is so tiresome to ' ' v a woman. Li." ' s - &, , W you havo a, poncllcd letter which 1 . ji-'. ' ou want to keop a long while, lay ' Cj; It in a shallow dish and covor it with i ' sklmmod milk. Whon tho paper la uA , , thoroughly soaked through let tho s . '..,., milk drain4 off and dry paper very t ','. gradually. This makes tho writing ;'. " 5ft ast B0 tnht cannot bo easily rub- ' " ' Icd out. , , . -l 'A i i . i ."" I Saucepans that havo been burnt should never bo filled with soda wa-, wa-, tcr for although this removes tho , burnt portion, It also makes tho sauce" "p"an llablo to burn again the next tlmo ,1 It Is use J. So, Instead of doing this ' fill it with sjilt water and then bring 1 it slowly to tho boll. Tho burnt A pnrtlcles will thon come off without . any difficulty. l i Tomnto Julco is said to be success- j ! ful in many cases In removing Ink- j r stains from whltomatorlals, such ns ' indkcrchlcfs, musltn, frills, etc. If 1 must, however, bo done as soon na posslblo after tho mishap has occur- ' red. 'A clean pleco ot blotting paper v should be. laid under the stain and a 'J Mps,'' slice of raw, rlpo tomato rubbed over ,i 'MJfijL tho surfaco, fresh pieces of blotting paper being substituted until the Ink spot has vanished. Teacups, no matter how carefully they aro washed and dried, sometimes got dark stains at the bottom. These tiro caused by the action ot tho tannin tan-nin in tho tea. Salt, slightly moistened, moisten-ed, will remove theso stains, but in tho caso of very fine china It is wiser to uso powdered whitening Instead, as salt might scratch tho china. - |
