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Show 'home hints worth remember ING. For a shabby umbrella take a cup of warm, strong tea and two tablespoon! table-spoon! of sugar Open the umbrella f-nd sponso well with the liquid The tea revives the colr and the sugar stiffens the fabric If a teaspoon ol purp glycerin a added to ver four pounds of jam 1 quarter of an hour before the boiiinc is completed it wUI remove the dull appearance and make the jam bea1! tifully transparent and firm To clean a mackintosh take a fren potato, cut it In half and rub the soiled parts with the cut end After-Ward After-Ward rub with a damp flannel and hang It In the air for a while, This will not damage the mackintosh, and cleans it beautifully. To renovate wall paper rcmce loose dust with a soft brush Then nib with thick slices of stale bread, working from the coiling downward in circular sweeps To clean ceilings, proceed as above directed for wall paper, but omit the preliminary brushing, which is liable to cause streakine? To clean ink ptalned floor boards, apply strong hydrlochloric acid (spirit of salt 1 to the stains, and wish all acid awaj with clean water Pol greasy floor boards, apply a mixture of fuller's earth and pearl ash, h?lf a pound of each to p quart of hot water, and leave on for twentj four hours Then scour with silver sand and water Never scrub linoleum with a brush Wash with tepid wnter and a dash of soap powder Rinse With clean water. When dry rub with furniture polish To renovate China matting, shake to remove dust Rub over with warm salt and water and wipe dr with a cloth This prevents the matting turning turn-ing yellow. To restore painted woodwork, clean with weak, soapy warm water and fuller's ful-ler's earth Wash off with clean, warm water To removp grease stains from carpets, car-pets, add half a pint of ox gall to a pail of water Rub this in with a soft brush, and with clean tepid water wash off the lather which forms |