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Show HOW TO HAVE IRONS IN CONDITION FOR IRONING Much of one's bucccss In ironing depends on the condition of the iron. For ordinary household use sizes from 4 to 6 are perhaps most useful, and then one wants a couple of polishers, pol-ishers, and a small Iron is handy for getting up into small gathers. All Irons should be kept in a dry place, they should not be allowed to cool on the heating stove, and should not be put right on to a fire to heat, as this spoils the smooth surface. Rubbing on brown paper sprinkled with bathbrlck Is a good way to clean Irons before using. If they should get rusty, a little paraffin and emery powder will put them right To begin with, one should' have a good ironing blanket and sheet, skirt and sleeve boards. Lace and cm-broidery cm-broidery should be well pressed on the wrong side over a thick pad of felt. Articles such as calico, linens, prints, chintzes, etc., are ironed on the right side to give them a finish DISINFECT THE MOUTHPIECE Many a woman housed by a cold amuses herself and attends to necessary neces-sary business over the telephone But when all the rest of the family come down with like colds, fUie wonders how they caught it, because she has "not kissed anybody." Nobody thinks of tho mouthpiece of the telephone, and yet where is there a more convenient harbor than that for germs breathed into it Irom throat and nose? The average household does not even think of dusting out the transmitter trans-mitter and it is cleaned only upon the occasional visits of the repair man from the telephone companj. As a matter of fact, It should be washed out frequently with a disinfectant Even the earpiece Is benefited by an occasional "wipe," a3 it rests against the hair and ear of everybody every-body in the house, to say nothing of visiting workmen who want to call up headquarters. oo |