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Show VF'U HEN an insect enters the ear fMM I' tIown nQ nea( being wlth-nSsiJ wlth-nSsiJ out any pillow or cushion and the ear concerned being directed di-rected upward. Have tho aperture filled with slightly warmed water or oil until the liquid flows over. As a rule the Insect will be floated out of tho ear passage. The vatcr or oil should not be hot, rgT ORSERADISH Is a tonic in Bg j case of a nervous headache and gives a good appetite. Dandelion greens were much sought for- by our grandmothers as a good blood puriflor in the spring. Radishes will lift gases that cause all sorts of stomach trouble. They should be eaten on an empty stomach with a pinch of salt, but no vinegar. FEW Tonka beans, broken in jM3 halves, put into the drawers Sesni and wardrobo whero underwear, under-wear, tablo and bed linen, gloves, handkerchiefs, etc., are kept will impart to these articles a most delicate odor which will bo extremely extreme-ly agreeable. Jewel boxes and other receptacles may also bo scented with them. They are easily obtained of druggists. FTI ABY'S ' bibs are prettily era-5 era-5 $"1 broidered in the cross-stitch -1 with coarse embroidery cotton. cot-ton. The designs used aro pictures of animals, beads and other things that appeal to tho infant mind and, as the cross-stitch Is ono of the ' easiest methods of embroidery, baby's belongings can always bo decolated in this way gnjjTj OR a cut the prompt use el j peroxide of hydrogen is ad-llsPJ ad-llsPJ visible. It is antiseptic and cleansing and should always be on hand for an emergency. It is valuable also to destroy germs In drinking water. If you are In doubt as to the water supply and do not caro to boil what you drink add a tablespoonful to every gallon of water and you may drink in safety. Ifrmj EVER use too hot. an iron on Cnfj table linen, which is con-LaJ con-LaJ 1 stantly In the wash. Among the peasants of Iroland and Franco, fine table linen is just smoothed with an Iron which is merely mere-ly warm. The laundress goes patiently patient-ly over and over and over tho surface sur-face until the figures stand out as if fresh from the loom. We havo not so much patience here, but wo can avoid tho hot iron. gj5 T Is a mistake to fill a hot-wa- fg ter bag too full, as tho weight Etwaj of it annoys tho patient. It should never be more than half full and tho excess of air should be pressed out with, the hands before adjusting tho cap. It is well to have several sizes of bags, as the large ones aro exceedingly qnnoying when they must be used over the eyes or on tho forehead. BN sewing butons on the everyday every-day clothes of children it will save the mother troublo to Btay each button in the first place with a small piece of the material or with a stout piece of muslin if the garment Is not an outer one. Cut little squares just about the size of tho button, put on the Inside of the spot where the button but-ton is to go, take the stitches through it and then hem down tho edges all around so they will not fray. gJ5 RETTY and Inexpensive rugs IS mad Vor brooms lEJ and country bedrooms from worn-out percale dresae? Tho rags should be cut and not torn" so the thread will not ravel You would cut three-quarters of an inch wide and sew together just as for an old fashioned rag carpet. Crochet a chain of several make in this way a centre ' thenkS? around and around, throwing ., thread (which is the rS) ovS? wUr putting the needle thrSk IS ehata! i D Put in two stitches to keep It from i u drawing up like a polcte, put your .i j Q needle through the back of the stitch tSfcTva'i and finish with an edge like an old- f tWi fashioned tidy. ' A combination of blue and pink makes a most attractive rug. g B5g3 0 embroider stem stitch, sew a on the machine, using rather GEe3 a short stitch along the ,.?t stamped stem or scroll lines .. fj2i being careful to follow exactly and -v,, puttlug paper underneath thin mate- - -7cl rial; then thread a needle with tho - tji embroidery cotton or silk of tho de- . sired weight and pass the needle and 4t thread, eye first, under each stitch, ' go keeping on the upper side of the ma-ferial. ma-ferial. A perfect raised cord is tho result, and in far less time than when s. embroidering it in the usual way. ; j 'gfwij HEADACHE is ono of the 0,1 SrM most tormenting ailments Gassi that ever visited humanity and thero are hundreds of different reasons for it. Men have headache, but women are the head- J. A acho race. Headaches are warnings, "f'tf-Shopping "f'tf-Shopping headaches, nervous head- W aches and several other kinds of f different sizes, widths, heights and ages warn ono of some physical derangement, usually of stomach disorder. A headache is a firo alarm, or any of those things that give a warning. It has been learned that headaches have nothing whatever what-ever to do with the brain, since the brain keeps actively at work under I many distressing spells of headache. . Sf the trouble is duo to the anaemic P state of the blood, which does not I properly feed the nerves of the head. J |
