Show dont have small rugs near the head or front of the stairs where pe people ople might slip on them before wall papering or white washing cover dark spots on walls with a coat of shellac to toughen glassware and lamp chimneys place them in cold water add a little salt and boil for ten minutes then cool slowly A leftover scrap of linoleum makes a good filler for the desk blotter it gives a good surface on which to write and also wears well r 0 A teaspoon of castor oil or two tablespoons of olive oil placed about the roots of your ferns every three months will promote the growth 0 for those stubborn mud stains so common in in spring try this method of removal let it dry then brush as much off as possible wash as usual and if the stain p persists sponge the spot with lemon juice rub on salt and place in the sunshine then wash as usual |