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Show 1 !i Don't Hang Mirrors in Sunlight-To Put Garmente Through 11 ' ' Wringe? Properly-Wheat Bran for Washmg Chmtz- I f I ' ' Don'ts for the Sick Room Book Shelf for Porch . j I J To Launder Chiffon Home-Made Yeast J j j . Recipe for Peach Shortcake. H! I ' THE WOES OF MRS. II . NEWLYWED I ulll I "Do you know what causes mirrors I ml' ' i to become dull and blurred looking. Hi ' I ' asked Mrs. Newlywed. "I seem to FN B have this trouble with every one of HE ' my mlrrora after il bas buns iH IS i some time." Hill U ' "Don't hang mirrors where the sun $ 0 , . shines upon them. The light and ! j I heat cause a chemical separation of lll'iiH ' the quicksilver on the back, ' explain- ! ed Mrs. Neighbor. Wa l Feed garments into the wringer i'llik i wItn tue DUttons at the bottom, says ifflft ' ! Cook. It is impossible for them to IfrtJl ' catch as cloth is always rolling over Hib ' them, whereas, with the buttons on illl l ! ! t0P tnev tip up awav from the bot" m ' j torn roller and catch In the top roller. 8 I Never wash real lace as it is very ''I .bad for it and sometimes ruins it, a ' i but clean it as follows: Place the i lace between layers of tissue paper, 113 , i veil sprinkled with powdered mag-Is mag-Is ( ' nesia, and place it between the leaves Pirn of a 'book, keeping a heavy weight Irlu on t0D the book for three or four sir ' daySr Then shake the powder out jjljjjl j I and?, the lace is perfectly clean and sir i la washing chintz and other similar SIiHIk prints wheat bran will be found more UU satisfactory than soap. Tie a quart J ml ' of bran in a sizable piece of cheese- ijljj cloth, and use this for rubbing on the i I jjj ; j 'material as you would soap. Do not I ' IM j use too hot water and rinse and blue i Ijf jl j as usual. IP ) . Nurse thinks the following are very j Hi ; necessary "donts" for the sick room- I PI ' Don,t evor crV In the room. Don't j b Keep asking the patient how she ! l .feels. Don't let her know that her lEp j illness is an added expense. Don't walk on tiptoo. If not necessary. Bo considerate, pleasant, offhana, but don't fuss. Don't forget to see that she has interesting bit of news from the outside world each day. Don't let everybody crowd Into the room at once, or stand In tho doorway door-way with long faces. Debar depressing (relatives fwho mean well but are lacking in tact. Ubo force If necessary to keep them out Avoid all friction Irom any source. Never, under tho most trying circumstances, allow tho patient to feel for one moment that sho Is a trouble and hindrance. PORCH BOOK SHELF. During tho Summer days, when the family lives pretty much on the verandas, ver-andas, books, papers and magazines are apt to accumulate on the porch tablo, chairs and rail, and even In the wldo canvas hammock where they ore tossed when the readers are called off. It is generally mother who goes about gathering up the scattered literature and returning it to Its place Indoors. One woman, after several seasons of such "picking up," conceived tho idea of a broad swinging book-shelf hung by chains from the porch ceiling ceil-ing in a sheltered, convenient spot. Just below the shelf was a reading bench, comfortably cushioned; and the rule was established that all periodicals peri-odicals brought from the house were to be put on this shelf Instead of being be-ing thrown down on the piazza wherever wher-ever the reader chanced to be sitting. sit-ting. The scheme worked so well that the following year she had a corner cupboard fdr odds and ends, built at one end of the porch, lined with tar paper, and furnished with an easily latched door. LAUNDERING FILMY MATERIALS. Chiffon veils may be washed in tepid soap and water and pressed while slightly damp. Voiles and similar sim-ilar materila8 frequently need no pressing, or the pressing may be done with a piece of muslin between the voile and tho hot iron. HOME MADE YEAST. Put a cupful of hops Into a cheesecloth cheese-cloth bag and drop it into a quart of cold water. Set over a fire and bring to a boil. Let It boll a half hour. Meanwhile boll and wash six potatoes of medium size. Work into them a tablespoonful of sugar, one of lard and the same of flour. When you have a smooth paste pour upon it gradually, working it in as you pour, the boiling hop tea. Squeeze the bag hard to get out every drop. Let the mixture cool. Add a yeast cake, dissolved in warm water. Boat hard and when cold bottle or pour into jars. Set in a moderately warm place, leaving the bottles or jars open to work. Set them In a wide pan to have what bubbles from the tops. In six hours in summer and eight in winter the yeast will be light and foamy and cease to work. Cork tightly tight-ly and keep in a cool place, but not where It will freeze. It will be cream colored and taste not unlike good ale. PEACH SHORTCAKE. Sift into one and one-half cups of flour one and one-half cups of corn starch, one level toaspoonful baking powder and half a teaspoonful of salt. Rub Into this with the tips of the fingers one-third of a cu pof butter and moisten with milk enough to mtiko a soft dough- Dlvido the dough , Tn hafvls and spread over the bot- , tSm of two tins. When done butter tho cakes, sift over each powdered aucar and put botwoon sllcod sugar reaches Top with whipped cream. ' The poaches should bo proparcd a couplo of hours boforo. |