| Show HELPS FOR housekeepers to whiten a doorstep mix a small quantity 0 quicklime with halt a pint t wash the step alx st and en paint all over with athla mixture he rain will not wash it on dingy oilcloth may be brightened by 8 beed with clean water with a i little borax dissolved in it alpo u with a flannel cloth that you have alp ped into and then wrung as dry fla E possible oil marks and marks where have rested fhelt heads can be taken from paper on walla by mixing clay with water to the consistency of f cream u on the spot I 1 1 I 1 it rema into the day when it may be easily removed with a penknife or brush the woman who desires to set a table in taste will allow no color to be used about it except in the china and in the lowers fure white china with allt decorations la conal dered the best taste but tints of color are also used at breakfast old blue canton la admired by many persons and la employed at other meals the simple rolled hem done by hand should finish the raw ederea of all table clotha and napkins of damask careful housekeepers era do not use a machine hem on table linen or on sheets r other bedding except possibly on the bed protect ora eo generally used around mattresses under the sheet A tiny pinch ot carbonate of eoda or aalt put into milk aa soon 03 it will help to prevent it irom turning bour linseed tea Is a splendid remedy to grave children in cases of troublesome cougras four two quarts of boiling water on one ounce ot whole ami twelve drama of licorice root sliced add a slice or two of lemon let athla egand in 0 juar covered over far bl or seven hours then strain it and sweeten to taste when it wll be ready tar use to boll cracked oga put a teaspoon 1 alaa rL k L aa ta ful of salt in tha water in which you boll them or wrap each separately in tissue paper this will prevent the contenta ot the shell from boiling out at 5 ten which should be dla from tea which la tho last meal ol 01 the day the most elaborate embroidery and laces are used on the email fancy claths cloths if an ecru taneo be desired in laco powdered saffron in water and allow the lace to lie in it increasing tha strength until the desired tint la obtained to clean a hat rub it with the best way of table la to place the initials ot the in the upper left hand corner just below the edge thess dona in satin in plain english script and in plain printing letters because such letters are easily read and serve their purpose 0 marking the linen without being conspicuous which are not as aa initials anro not often used tho stain 0 an tron la bome toniea to remove from lanon try the spot with u cloth dipped in hot chloride water and athla on with clear water when the dutch ins delvca her hearty morning greeting which la ag oa a tonic she has already cut the bread in thin slices and buttered them for U breakfast and aa her family appears she the eesa with a little net from tho water kettle A shabby black iron bedstead may be improved if the enamel Is not very bad rub it with a soft cloth dipped n oil and polish with a soft duster it it s beyond athla treatment get a tin of black enamel and repaint it it must be remembered that vitiated air la poison by breathing and it children are made 0 o del acate that aliey constantly catch cold and often suffer rom chronic catarrhs A visit to the linen chest of a dutch housewife la alwa yaa it may bo noticeable abat some af pf the enory bablo and bed linen re tied with blue ribbon and others with pink ribbon it so it will be explained that each represents complete seta ona of which la in use this year and the other waiting its turn next year the of the piles will bo as regular as they had been to clean a papered wall proceed thus cut into eight pieces a large loaf of bread two dys old blow the dust off the wall with a pair of bellows rub down with a piece of the brad in halt yard strokes beginning at tha top ot the room until the apper part la cleaned then go round again repeating all ah ha been sone over it grease spots appear put blotting paper over the spots and ciresa with a hot roo |
