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Show Hints for the M Household fli It Is advisable In most knitted ftfll stockings and more 'especially In '' children's, to make the heel more en- durable than the other part. Any -all one who knows how to knit in an 9M extra thread of cotton or wool, or alb oven silk, can make a thickened Mmx heel in the following manner Ca3t on a few ' stitches, and join in a round. Thc.n knit a round. Join the 19 extra thread, and stretch it over tho , fingers of the left hand. Put the J9 needle into tho llrst stitch and under lfl the stretched thread at tho back. fM Xext knit tho stitch with the first 9 wool, hut do not bring the 'stitch fl thread through to the front. Put 'Mm tho needle Into the next stitch and 9 oer the stretched wool. Knit as ! before. Repeat the last two 9 stitches. Every round Is the same, JMf but each lime you put the needle . - over tlio stretched wool at the be- fwi ginningof. a round choose a diL-' --M- feren tTftitch that is, put It over at ;9 a different wpot each time. Rcmcin- Wt bev to have your extra thread one --fl'j or iavo sizes smaller than the other Wtj wool. Emery paper that, has become wom Sl by constant use can.be restored to JB : Its former roughness by placing it 9 in, a warm oven for few minute 'fig before, required. jH To remove coffee, tea or cocoa fi pj L stains, soak the spots in cold water 1 for half an hour, then squeeze out M ij us much moisturo as possible and fl i; pour boiling water through. ft To clean a smoke blackened cell- S ing make-a fariy thick pasto of fl IC starch and' water, and apply this with a pad of flannel. When dry brush off with a' soft brush, and lift you w.ill find the' result well worth Si5 the trouble. Unexpected Generosity. Hfe . A medical man thought very highly Jl ft of a certain aerated water, and by MfJC his assiduous recommendations pro- SI'S cured for it a .celebrity It justiv de- served. Ho acted solely in (he inter- osts of humanity generally, and ex- pectcd no return. To his surprise, ho ffito received one morntng'an effusive let- ilfhj ter from the proprietors to tho effect -wSf that hla recommendations had done them so much good that they "ven- HSi turcd to send him a hundred" . llis Hero tho page camo to an end. "This fl'Wi will never do." said tho doctor. "It USS, Is very kind, but I could not think of Hlsl accepting anything!" Then ho turned Hl-j the page and found that the sentence ran "of our circulars for dlstrlbu- 9s$ WEDNESDAY, MAY 28, f919. Mfc |