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Show HEX the family physician saw the nurse cleaning a nursing bottle with common lead shot he told her not to use it, as there was danger of lead poisoning. There is china shot made for the purpose. pur-pose. It Is white as snow and so hard as to be practically indestructible. After Aft-er using it for cleaning a bottle turn It Into a small gravy strainer and the 6hot will not roll away and get lost F Pv,r there is a time when r mj jfllj demand is made upon the llfr-J physical strength of a woman It is when business occupies her during the day and In the evening her social diversions. Such women should give at least half an hour each day to completed relaxation. Late in the afternoon is the best time, anywhere any-where from half-past 4 to 7. One of the best methods of resting Is to take a hot bath and then get inio bed, quite js if it were bedtime. If one is only able to pass ten minutes In bed, this treatment will b I onderfully helpful. Is continually reading how good barley water is for various vari-ous conditions, especially bowel troubles in young children, chil-dren, but many people do not know how to make it. The following recipe is given by a physician: Take a full teaspoonful of barley flour and make it into a thin paste with cold water, etir into a pint boiling water, and add a pinch of salt ; boil it twenty minutes, and then add sufficient boiling water to make a full pint. If it is not perfectly perfect-ly smooth strain it through a tea ijC strainer. HEN sewing long seams use wire i m PaPc'" clips to fasten the edges mam of the cloth together and no haatinc will be neeessarv Turn up a hem the desired deplh and place the fasteners at the bottom edge to hold it in place. In making a buttonhole but-tonhole in serge the material often frays badly at. the cut edges. To avoid this make a mark to show the exact size and position of the buttonhole by means of a tacking thread. Then stitch around this tacking thread with tho machine. Now you are ready to cut the hole between the stitching and to work the buttonhole over the machine ma-chine stitching. When boys' blouses are bought ready-made, it is a good plan to cut off the narrow hem, and sew on a narrow belt that ju t flts around the waiat. Finish with button and buttonhole. It mvm much time putting in string. WHITE corduroy Is a favorite material ma-terial for children's coats, and mothers are often anxious to know how to keep these tiny garments clean. Washing is tho best process, the secret lying in the fact tlppa that the garment should be allowed to soak until the dust is out of it and should never bo rubbed or ironed. Make a warm, not hot, solution of soapsuds, to which, if necessary, a small dash of ammonia may be added. Put the corduroy coat in, allow it to suak for an hour or more; then take it loosely in the hands and dip it in and out sufficiently to take out the dirt; then rinse with lukewarm water. Don't wring 11 out, simply press out what water you can with your hands, and then hang the coat up and allow it to drip until dry. If it doesn't look smooth it can be lightly pressed on the wrong side with an iron that is not too hot. TT ORRY Injures beyond repair cer-tain cer-tain cells of the brain. The tfliJI brain being the nutritive center cen-ter of the body, tho other organs or-gans become gradually Injured, and when some diseases of these organs or a combination of them arise, death finally ensues. Thus worry kills. It creeps upon trjo brain in the form of a single constant idea. As il ruppi i, of Water over a period of years will wear a groove in the stone, so does worry gradually, imperceptibly, and no less Burely destroy the brain cells that lead Ml the rest of the commanding offi cers of mental power, health and motion. mo-tion. Worry, to make the theory still stronger, is an irritant at certain points, which produces little harm if It come at intervals or irregularly. Occasional Oc-casional worriraent the brain can cope With, but the iteration and tho reiteration reitera-tion of one Idea of a disquieting sort the cells of the brain are not proof against. It Is as if the skull were laid bare and the surface of the brain struck lightly with a hammer every few seconds with mechanical precision, preci-sion, with never a sign of a stop or the failure of a stroke. Just in this way does the annoying Idea, the maddening mad-dening thought strike or fall upon certain cer-tain nerve cells. Never ceasing It diminishes the vitality of the delicate organisms that are so minute that they can only be seen under the microscope 0 |