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Show ; yMiB flEnSO HE necessary silver for a brldo MM 1b: Four sets of spoons, mM which Includes soup, dessert, tea, and after dinner coffee; butter knives; four sets of forks, ln- ; eluding oyster forks, and two sizes of steel knives with silver handles. If I tho carving Is to bo done on the table, two seta of carvors will bo needed. j Tho newest and prottlcst chest to hold f theso comeB without drawers now, and tho silver Is arranged In piles, with tho two sets of knives spread in tho covor of the box the wholo lined with soft oozo leather. ' llfaSl HOES should be kept well oiled I nftofl ln damP "weather, and If wet EZJ should bo dried slowly, lest thoy warp or shrink. Tho j method of occasionally rubbing over kid shoes with castor oil is adopted by Bomo people. One of the best methods of rendering now boots Impervious to damp 1b that of varnishing the soles. J Three or four coatings should bo ap- r piled in succession, while tho wholo surface of tho leather composing the uppers should bo rubbed over with a i, cut lemon, the latter precaution In suring a good polish at the outset, al-' al-' ways somewhat of a difficulty where I new footgear Is concerned. '-, ia UT more Into your guestroom I than tho furniture, ornaments ELM and plainest necessities. If a note Is to be hastily written L before tho arrival of tho truck with Ub stock of stationery, what could I more pleasantly greet the eye of your guest than a neat desk, furnished thoughtfully with whatever is needed pens, paper, Ink and envelopes, scal- ing wax and stamps? A work basket i 1b always apropos in every well-cared- for room for one's guests, as jiany who would come to tarry with you for a day or two would not provide tnem-selvcs tnem-selvcs with any sewing outfit, The 1 " dropping off of a button or tape, a rip or tear these are accidents of a day. Kind acts and thoughts as manifested k in theso small attentions are as great I a welcome as words. f Ea N making shoo trees from old L II stockings filled with bran, aa j IK3J is tho habit of tho economical, 6 there should be enough of tho log of tho Btocklng loft on to allow y the bran to bo pushed up as tho form r Is being put In. Otherwise, especially i If the shoo is at alUdamp, It will bo I almost Impossible 1o manipulato It Keep a tapo fastened to the scam of the stocking so it can be tied or untied at a moment's notice. When putting the form into the shoe untie this tape, refastening It after pushing the bran down to hold out the shoe. Thoie is but one objection to this kind of shoe tree; mice like It as well as you do and care should bo taken to keep tho shoes out of their way. I crural 0 woman should travel without $wjffi her own toilet equipments. I"l The neatest way to carry them Is to make a bag with a bordered bor-dered towel, lining It with gum tissue. Stitch to tho tissue the numeroub little lit-tle gum tissue pockets for holding washcloth, soap, comb and the like and double-stitch each pocket to the lining Join the tissue and towel with a binding bind-ing and roll the towel to make the packago smaller and tie with a tape string. It should contain tho above-named above-named articles, a small cake of poap, powder, pins, and tho like. Fgj VERY washwoman knowB tho IS 8$ nuisance of hanging out a IE large family's handkerchlefB, collars, Auger-bowl doilies and othor small articles. To pin them to the line takes time and patience. One old colored woman has hit on a plan of drying that saves her many minutes. She had her mistress mako her a long, shallow bag of strong, whito mosquito netting, with a draw-stilng draw-stilng at tho top and tapes sewed at the corners and at intervals of three or four Inches between. When tho smaller articles were ready for hanging hang-ing on the lino they wero laid carefully careful-ly in the bag, the string drawn up bo they would not blow out and tho bag pinned to tho line by tho tapes for the sun and air to filter through the open meshes of the net mN tho country good thick glovos, with stitched backs, long wrlt-cd, wrlt-cd, are the moBt comfortable to wear. White suedo and kindred gloves aro best restored to their prlstino freshness with a mlx-turo mlx-turo of powdered alum and fuller's earth applied with a dry brush, and well rubbed In till tho dirt is removed. Silk gloves can bo cleaned with magnesia mag-nesia placed between two layerB of paper, pa-per, and In a few days, when the powder pow-der la removed, they will look llko now. GIovob should bo laid by in brown paper; whito paper ofton dls-colorB dls-colorB them through tho materials used in making the papor. |