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sieve, allowing the liquid' to fall into
another vessel containing an additional
pint of cold water, let serttle and pour
off the water and bottle for' use. Softly
rub the soiled fabric or garment with
a sponge dipped i'n the potato water,
after which rinse it in clean water,
drying and pressing carefully.
Many handsome damask linen table
cloths are ruined bycareless washing.
Prepare a suds of soft rain" water and
add to it a tablespoonful of powdered
borax; wash through this quickly with
the hands, rubbing lightly. If em
broidered, wash through two waters.
Rinse in clear, lukewarm water, then
in slightly blue water (this for white
linen; colored linen must not be dipped
in blueing water) to which a little
boiled starch has been added, and dry
in the shade. For colored table linen,
the washing must be done quickly, and
the cloth hung at once to dry. Borax
will set the color in red damask, and
whiten the white kind.
For black or colored sateen, in water
enough to wash a dress boil three
.quarts of common bran (such as we
feed to stock, and which can be pro
cured at any feed store), for lialf an
hour, stirring so it will not burn;
strain through m thin cloth, and, with
out soap, wash the waist, dress, or
other garment in the water, as you
would in soap suds, and when clean,
rinse through clear water and hang to
dry. When "just right for ironing,"
bring it in, fold down to dampen even
lv and iron dry. You will be pleased
with the result.
Qviory Box
Housewife. Spanish whiting mois
tened with lemon juice will clean
ivory.
g,'t b itching scalp is sometimes
caused by stomach trouble. Bathe in
very hot water.
Hostes3. If the vegetables are served
with the meat, not more than two
kinds should accompany a course.
Jessie. To prevent curdling of tinc
ture of benzoin, add to the water drop
by drop, stirring.
"A Reader," Daily application of
lunar caustic, just touching tho wart,
but not the cuticle around it, will kill
the wart.
Jay. To remove the' incrustation
from the inside of your teakettle, fill
it with water to which add a quite
large piece of sal soda, and let the
water boil for an hour, at the end of
which time the lime deposit should be
removed.
Carlotta. To use benzoin, add two
drachms of the tincture of benzoin to
eight ounces of rosewater, a drop at a
time, stirring, to prevent it curdling.
When it is well blended, shake well
and add a drachm of glycerine. Not
good for constant .use on a dry skin.
Thomas L. To remove tho grime
from your hands, rub well into the
skin at night a quantity of lard, using
it as you would soap, to soften the
skin; then wash in hot suds made with
soft water and good soap, and scrub
with cornmeal until clean. Rinse in
clean, warm water, then in cold, and
dry; then rub a little sweet oil or al
mond oil on them and wear gloves in
bed.
L. Y. To use the lime for chilblains,
take a lump of lime as big as your fist;
put in a vessel and sprinkle as much
water on it as it will absorb, and leave
it to dissolve. Then pour hot water
enough on it to cover the feet well, and
let the feet soak in this. The slacking
lime will heat the water, and if it gets
too hot, cool it; but use as hot as can
be borne. Do not expose the feet to
the cold at once after using it. Best
to use at night.
Ella Brown. Leave the benzoin out
entirely for a while. Benzoin always
dries and wrinkles the skin if used
too freely. Soften the skin with cloths
wrung from hot water, and then apply
a good skin food, massaging it for
fifteen minutes. Some good formulas
given recently. Apply the treatment at
night only.
as a stay and holds tho weight of tho
shawl, while the loosely mado shells
glvo it a fluffy look. If the single
stitches are not drawn tightly, the
weight of the shawl pulls down tho
shells also, and it becomes stringy. For
a medium sized shawl, six to eight
Bkeins of the floss will be required. Tho
cost will be about. 12 cents a skein.
Jlen's Lung Balsam
will positively breakup deep, racking
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Pretty Shawls
There are few women -who do not
love to work with dainty wool, silk,
linen or cotton flosses and threads,
and with a suitable sized crochet hook
or knitting needles, handled with easily
acquired skill, there is no end to the
beautiful creations her deft fingers may
turn out. Many of these creations are
not only beautiful, but comfortable and
useful, and greatly to be desired.
Among them are the shawls, long,
round, or square in shape, made of va
rious degrees . of daintiness and
warmth, and for the making of these,
Shetland floss or wool, either singly
or in combination with other materials
is-very popular. They may be knitted
or crocheted, and the stitches are not
intricate or the pattern tedious. Some
of the prettiest are made in simple
"garter" stitch, by a tasteful combi
nation of color or finish.
In many of these shawls, especially
those from the "store," there is a
stririginess which is anything but love
ly, but if the article is hand-made,
this is usually due to careless knit
ting, or the "pulling" of insecurely fas
tened stitches. To make the work more
satisfactory, one thread of mercerized
cotton or silk should be used with one
thread of the Shetland floss, the cot
ton giving firmness to the floss and
serving thus to preserve the shape. A
nrettv combination, if color is desired,
is to use with cream white Shetland
floss a thread of colored cotton or
silk; straw, pink, pale blue, or any
desirable color. The floss wil4l take
on the color of the cotton, and the
effect will be lovely.
A shawl, circular in shape and va
riously called "opera," "umbrella" and
"shell," is made of crocheted shells,
very fluffy and dainty, by careful work.
In crocheting this shawl it is necessary
to make the shells as loosely as possi
ble and to draw the single crochet
stitch which divides them as tight as
possible. The single tight stitch acts
For tho Sewing Room
The following rules for fitting will
bo found reliable: After properly cut
ting and basting, see that the bodice is
setting well down in the back to the
waist line. Next, pin the front lines
together from the neck to the waist;
at the latter place, do not let out if
too tight, a3 by so doing you imme
diately alter the set of the darts and
give a broad, straight effect which is
very ugly. Make the required enlarge
ment at the under-arm seam, throw
ing the front of bodice more forward.
Make any required fitting at the waist
before touching the upper part, unless
the bodice is a little short-waisted, in
which case, by lowering the shoulders
a little this may be rectified in this
wise; open the shoulder seama and pin
them temporarily together, fitting them
properly after fitting the wast. If too
long-walsted, pin a tuck all around
the waistline in the lining and stitch
it along each piece when they are all
separated. If there is more fullness
than is needed just in front of the arm
hole, an interlining of fine French can
vas (the best kind of padding) will
make it set quite smoothly; or, take
up a small dart from the armhole edge,
tapering It off to nothing at about the
center (or below the top) of the back
dart.
All seam3 should be pressed open
and flat, and a snip is made where the
curve at the waist-line needs loosening.
The best-fitted waist may bespoiled by
finishing the edges badly. They should
be bound with binding ribbon held
loosely and run on. The ribbon makes a
neater finish than the edges turned in
and overcast, and lies flatter. The
bone3 should always be "sprung" that
is, they should be a little longer than
the space into which they are to go,
and caught top and bottom before sew
ing is begun on them, and then fas
tened down. They will give a smooth
ness around the lower part of a gar
ment that is never seen where bones
are held loosely. Household.
One of the hardest things for the
average woman to do is to keep the
blouse and skirt from parting company
in the back. Many settle the matter
by drawing down the blouse tightly and
securing it to the skirt band with a
safety pin, and for a time, this works
well; but after a few wearings the
back of the blouse will be found hope
lessly torn out. A better way is to
stitch a plain little band a fold of
cloth will do, at the waist-line of the
blouse, making in this a couple of
holes at the back to be fastened to a
couple of buttons sewn on the inside of
the skirt-band. This arangement must
be made for each blouse and skirt,
and should be the same in all, so that
one can be worn with another. An
other way is to use hooks on the skirt
band and eyes on the shirt waist band.
The hooks should be strong enough to
bear the weight of the skirt.
The skirts of girls of twelve to
fourteen years, if the girls are well
grown, should be down to the shoe
tops; for a girl of average height, or
small, the skirt should not be quite so
long.
STiawl or notched collars and deep,
turned-back cuffs of white linen are
made separate from the dress and
basted on the inside edge to the lining,
and are turned back over the coat col
lar and cuffs. Any girl who knows how
WHAT SULPHUR DOES
For the Human Body in Health and
Disease
The mention of sulphur will recall to
many of us the early days when our
mothers gave us our daily dose of sul
phur and molasses every spring and
fall.
It was tho nniversal spring and fall
"blood purifier," tonic and cure-all,
and mind you, this old-fashioned rem
edy was not without .merit.
The idea was good, but the remedy
was crude and unpalatable, and a
large quantity had to be taken to get
any effect.
Nowadays wo get all the beneficial
effects of sulphur in a palatable, con
centrated form, so that a single grain
Is far more effective than a tablespoon
ful of the crude sulphur.
In recent years, research and experi
ment have proven that the best sul
phur for medicinal use is that obtained
from Calcium vvJalcium Sulphide) and
sold in drug stores under the name
of S'tuart's Calcium Wafers. They aro
small chocolate coated pellets and con
tain the active medicinal principle ot
sulphur in a highly concentrated, ef
fective form.
Few people are aware of the value o
this form of sulphur in restoring and
maintaining bodily vigor and health;,
sulphur acts directly in the liver, and
excretory organs and purifies and en
riches the blood by the prompt elimi
nation of waste material.
Our grandmothers knew this when
they dosed us with sulphur and molas
ses every spring and fall, but the cru
dity and Impurity of ordinary flowera
of sulphur were often worse than the
disease, and can not compare with tho
modern concentrated preparations oj
sulphur, of which Stuart's Calcium
Wafers is undoubtedly the best and
most widely used.
They are the natural antidote for
liver and kidney troubles and cure con
stipation and purify the blood fn a
way that often surprises patient and
physician alike.
Dr. R. M. Wilkins while experiment
ing with sulphur remedies soon found
that the sulphur from Calcium was su
perior to any other form. He says:
"For liver, kidney and blood troubles,
especially when resulting from consti
pation or malaria, I have been sur
prised at the results obtained from
Stuart's Calcium Wafers. In patients
suffering from boils and pimples and
even deep-seated carbuncles, I have
repeatedly seen them dry up and dis
appear in four or five days, leaving tho
skin clear and smooth. Although Stu
art's Calcium Wafers is a proprietary
articleand sold by druggists, and for
that reason tabooed by magy physi
cians, yet I know of nothing so safo
and reliable for constipation, liver and
kidney troubles and especially in all
forms of skin disease as this remedy.''
At any rate people who are tired of
pills, catharfics and so-called blood
"purifiers," will find in Stuart's Cal
cium Wafers, a far safer, more palat
able and effective prepartion.
to sew can make these for herself, at
very little expense; they should have a
muslin lining to help keep them in
shape when washed and starched. Sim
ple girdles of various widths are easily
made by shirring bias, or even straight
silk or other material, nine to twelve
inches wide, in flat gathers or clusters
of tiny tucks, and boning them to keep
the shape. These may be fastened in
visibly with hooks and eye3 in front.
There is no end to the pretty acces
sories that may bo fashioned inexpen
sively by the skillful needle worker.
AN OLD AND WELL TRIED BEMJEDY.
Xbs. Wikblow'3 soothing Stkup for chlldrea
teeth I as should Always bo used for children wbUo
teethlntr. It cofteni tho sums, allays allpln,cure
wind chollc and Is tho best remedy for dlarrhcea.
Twenty-five cents a bottle.
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