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Show HINTS FOR THE HOUSEWIFE. When the weather is cold enough to make ice, reduce the Ice bill by setting set-ting pails 'of water out to freeze. The housekeeper can give the family fam-ily extremely plain meals, but she should, once in a while, provide an unexpected dainty to prevent their becoming tired of tho plain diet. When washing delicate laces do not use starch; if a little stiffening is needed, dissolve two lumps of sugar in a basin of water. This will givo all the stiffening that is needed. A few drops of camphor on the toothbrush will give the mouth a fresh, clean feeling, and it will harden hard-en the gums and prevent anything like cold sores or affections of the tongue. Sheets of tinfoil placed under dollies upon which glass pitchers or vases containing water are set will prevent the water from soaking through and marking the polished tables. |