'Aritiz, b; 1007
The Commoner.
color Is too deep, add more gasoline
until the desired shade is reached.
Then put all the lace into it, until
thoroughly wet, take out and shake
gently and dry in the open air. When
thoroughly dry, expose it to extreme
heat Tor a few minutes, taking care
that, it is not near the fire of' blaze so
long as there is any hint of gasoline
about it, or it may ignite. A bath
in very hot sunshine will answer, and
the heat -will remove all odor of gaso
line. Flowers and straw may be
1 mtcd by the same method. -Any. work
done with gasoline must bo done as
fai away from flame or fire as possi
ble. Gasoline is one of the best dry
cleaners, but its use about the least
bit of fire Is' very dangerous.
-
Checked ribbon, of any harmonious
colors, makes a neat and attractive
trimming for shirt waists if run in the
beading, or other suitable insertion.
For the Laundry
An unlined woolen waist should be
washed in warm (not hot) suds made
w tlitho best laundry soap, to which
has been added a cupful of gasoline,
and the washing and rinsing should
be done as rapidly as possible. Both
suds and rinsing water should be of
the same temperature.
- a white woolen waist should be
washed and rinsed in cold suds, and
hung up to dry. The woolen waist
should be pulled into shape several
tunes during the drying process, so it
will have as few wi'inkles as possible,
and should be pressed on the wrong
side, lengthwise of the goods, to pre
serve the shape; it should be pressed
. with an iron only moderately hot, un
til perfectly smooth and dry.
. .Delicate colored cashmeres, and
other woolen goods that require 'pare
ful handling, may be cleaned by wash
ing in warm water to which a table
. spponful of beef-gall has been added
to set' the color, and a little of the gall
should be used in the rinse water. But
the garment should be thoroughly
brushed, and all spots, removed before
they are put into the suds.
Partly worn skirts and out of style
shirtwaists may be ripped apart and
colored according to directions with
some good wool dye, which comes in
ten-eont packages, and then may be
made over into very stylish and ser
viceable garments with very little cost
for the renovation.
For laundering delicate laces and
muslins, allow a tablespoonful of pow
dered borax to two gallons of warm
water, with soap enough to make a
strong suds. The curtains may bo
soaked overnight in this preparation.
In the morning, add hot water enough
to warm the solution, and squeeze
every part between the hands without
rubbing; put them in fresh suds, after
squeezing out of the first, and repeat:
if the water still looks dark, put them
through another. Drain, and squeeze,
and put them into the boiler with
enough water (cold) to cover them, let
boil up oncev take them out into a tub
of clean, cold water, slightly blue.
From tills water squeeze out and dry
out of doors, on frames, if possible;
i not, pinned smoothly on the line by
v.ifi long edge, pulling into shape as
they dry.
9
ging for incumbents of. the right kind'
ii. a. G.ir you write to the secre
tary of agriculture, Washington, D. G.V
and request that the Monthly List Of
Publications bo sent to you regularly,
you can, each month, select such as
appeals to you, ordoi-ing whatever you
Want The instructions for getting the
free publications will be found on the
Monthly List, ami, unless the numbers
are out of print, you can have all you
want.
"Invalid." Why do you allow yoiW-
solf to claim such a title? Get out of
the habit of "not feeling well." Don't
let any one know you are "feeling
poorly." Don't you know "sickness Is
sin," and something to be ashamed df?
Fight against it, and insist that you
are well. Try this formula awhile,
and report results. It won't cost you
anything except an expenditure of
will-power, and the results will be
worth the fee. The. physician's sym
pathetic listening to your woes, and
his cheerful assurance that you will
improve right away, do more for you
than the drugs. Doctor yourself.
be the consistency of woll-boaten put
i.v. rress tne paste IITto the Cracks,
a little at a time, with a blunt-hladod
Instrument, until the cracks are well
filled, then sifiooth down even with the
woodwork, making it as solid as pos
sible by hard pressing. As It dries,
the paste will harden, ami vvljen dry
can be painted over the same as the
wood.
A FRIENDLY GROCER
Dropped a Valuable Hint About
Coffee.
"For about eight years," writes a
Michigan woman, "I suffered from
nervousness part-of the time down in
bed with nervous prostration.
"Sometimes I would get numb and
it would be almost impossible for me
to speak for a spell. At others, I
would have severe bilious attacks,
and my heart would flutter painfully
when I would walk fast or sweep.
"I have taken enough medicine to
start a small drug store, without any
benefit. One evening our grocer was
asking Husband how I was and lie
urged that I quit coffee and use Pos
tum, so he brought home a package
and I made it according to directions
and we were both delighted with it.
"So we quit coffee altogether' and
used only Postum. I began to get bet
ter in a month's time and look like an
other person, the color came back to
my cheeks, I began to sleep well, my
appetite was, good and I commenced
to take on flesh and become interested
in everything about the house.
"Finally I was, able to do all my
own work without the least sign of
my old trouble. I am so thankful foi:
the little book, 4The Road to Well
ville.' It has done me so much good.
I haven't taken medicine of any kind
for six months and don't need any.
"A friend of ours who did not like
Postum as she made it, liked mine,
and when she learned to boil it long
enough, her's was as good as mine. It's
easy if you follow directions." Name
given by Postum Company, Battle
Creek, Mich. Read the little book,
"The Road to Wollville," -In pkgs.
"There's a reason."
Query Box
Mrs. J. B. I cannot answer ques
tions about care of poultry. Write to
some poultry, or farm paper.
M. B. You can get a very good
grade of typewriter paper for .$1 per
ream of 5500 sheets. The "wove" fin
ish is good.
T. M. Get a pound of copperas,
winch will cost but a few cents, dis
solve in boiling water and pour, boil
ing hot, down the drain, in order to
remove the grease.
S.'S. Set a saucer with charcoal in
it on one of the shelves of the refrig
erator, after giving it a thorough
washjng out with boiling water. No
soap is needed. This will remove the
musty smell.
Mary. Place a sponge in a saucer
of very hot water to which a teaspoon
f ul of oil of lavender has been added,
and this will give out a refreshing
odor throughout the room.'
Mrs. J. M. M. I am afraid I can
not help you. Gasoline might do the
work, but would certainly remove the
stamping. Rubbing with dry flour or
corn-meal might help. You might try
it on a very small section.
Mrs. C. B. I do not recall such a
formula just now, but will keep your
lequest in mind. Ask your drutrtrfst
about the wood alcohol. The filling for
floor-cracks will be found in another
column.
Mrs. Hattie M. You can get a good
preparation for cleaning wall-paper of
the merchant who sells you the paper.
There are several good kinds on the
market at small cost. Unless the pa
per is really worth cleaning, going
over the whole surface would be hard
ly worth while, as the process of
(loaning "by an amateur always
"shows" streaks.
Ambition. One of the vorv hof
means of enlarging your vocabulary is
a constant study of the dictionary.
Try tq define to yourself or to another
every word you use or hear, and If
you cannot do this, go to the diction
ary. Cultivate the habit of close ob
servation, and try, with tongue or pen,
to describe everything as clearly and
as briefly as possible, anything that
attracts your attention.
Eva G. You cannot get work from
magazines until you have proven
your worth. Submit your own writ
ing to the publishers and allow them
to decide. Study the line of work
wanted, and, if your work is accepted,
month after month until your "name
becomes familiar in the office, you
may apply for a position such as "cor
respondent," or department editor,
with some hope of acceDtanen. v.-m
must prove your fitness for such work
by the worth of your contributions.
Such positions are by no means beg-
Bleaching Fluids
One of the best washing fluids, cost
ing but a trifle for a large quantity,
is made as follows: One pound of .al
soda and one-half pound of fresh, nil
slacked lime, five quarts of soft watc
One-fifth pound of borax is added by
some, who contend that it bleaches
nicer. Boil all together a short time,
in a copper, brass or porcelain kettle,
stirring until thoroughly dissolved; let
settle, and pour off the clear fluid into
a stone jug, or glass jars, corking, and
labelling. To use, soak the wiifc
tJothes over night in clear water; in
the morning, wring out and soap all
soiled places, wristbands, collars, etc.;
fill the boiler as for boiling clothes,
and when scalding hot, put into the
witter one common cupful of the fluid,
stirrinir well, then nut in the white
clothes, and boil half an hour; take
out into clear hot water, and rub light
ly through one suds; rinse well, put
through the bluing water, and hanir
out. For each additional boiler of
clothes, half a cupful of the fluid may
be added, using the same water, but
adding any that is necessary for the
boiling. The same suds should be used
throughout the wash. If a washing
machine is used, follow the same di
rections as for hand-washing, only the
water can be used boiling hot when
washing through suds. This does not
rot the clothing, and brightens, rather
than fades, colored clothes: but the
work must be done quicklj-, and the
clothes not allowed to He in the suds.
This is an old recipe; has been tried
by thousands of housewives, and al
ways found satisfactory. After pour
ing off the first water from the set
tlings, another gallon of water may
be poured over the sediments left in
the kettle, and brought to a boil,
poured off into another jug,' and used
for scouring up floors, etc. The soda
sells for two or three cents a pound,
and the lime, if the can of chloride of
lime be used, will cost ten cents. The
borax will cost twelve or fifteen cents
a pound. As the white clothing, when
brought out of the winter retirement,
will be found to be rather yellow, this
washing fluid will be found especially
useful during the spring cleaning days.
Filling for Cracks in the Floors
Answering Mrs. C. B. To fill the
cracks in the floor, or woodwork, make
a paste of flour and water, as you
would for the laundry one pound of
flour to three quarts of water, adding
a teaspoonful of powdered alum. See
that all lumps are beaten out. or stmin
the paste through a coarse-meshed
cloth a flour sieve will do. Shrewd into
the paste while it is still quite hot,
soft newspapers, by cutting fine with
the scissors. Let tills stand and soak
stirring often, until the mass is tlior
onghly incorporated, when it should
The best way to prepare prunes for
the table is, to take nice, fresh prunes
and soak over night. Then put them
in an earthenware crock with a very
little fresh water and set the crock in
the oven and let cook very slowly for
a long time. If liked sweeter thaii Hie
prunes would otherwise be, add sugar
when put Into the oven. Lemon juice
may bo added if liked. Prunes .are
exceedingly good fruit for the stom
ach, and if carefully prepared, Have
an excellent flavor.
It Is said that "Nature seems out of
tune when Faster comes in March."
Uit, as it happened to fall on the last
day of the month, this year, wo can
almost believe it was in Aprilor in
tended to be. New flower-bonnets,
and light spring suits and costumes
may seem like "forcing the season,"
but it is ail right, so it is Faster.
Are You
Deformed
or Crippled?
Read What Mr. Bleakncy lias to Say About
the Cure of His Son.
To those who arc directly Interested In crip
pled or deformed children or young adults, the
following should appeal.
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worn?: : :i-m&
' "mini mmn'liiii'ii I'flTiii m' ."m.- ' '" '':''M
Houston, Texas, March 10, 1037.
L. C. McLain Sanitarium,
St. Louii, Mo, '
Gentlemen: The boy has no trouble whatever. He
uses an ordinary hoe and our cloteit friends together
with the doctor that first treated the foot are unable at a
glance to detect which was the crippled foot. The doctor
in question examined the foot and pronounced the treat
ment at remarkable, considering the time same had been
treated, says that he has every movement of the ankle
and says it is a sure cure. He was somewhat prejudiced
when the matter was first mentioned, viz: to tending
him there. We had the baby's picture taken last week
and am mailing von one n( them in iUu mu Uni W..
foot looks at this stage of the game. The foot hanging
down as shown in the photo was the crooked foot and
vou will note hnw ttrainht it ! Ynnr intiituilm. HI
always have a warm spot in our hearts. The kindness
shown my wife and baby while there will never be for
gotten and rest assured that we are giving the institution
the highest praises to any and all interested. You can
refer to us at any time. Wife and baby are in excellent
health and both send the warmest greetings.
Yours truly,
,rt ,. W. J. BLEAKNEY.
2010 Washington Ave.
What we have done for this child and hun
dreds of other crippled and afflicted people, we
can do for you If given the opportunity.
Write us freely and at once regarding any
case of spinal deformity, crooked feet, Infantile
paralysis, crippled or deformed Joints or limbs
and we will be pleased to advise you. Our book,
Deformities and Paralysis" with references,
is Free for the asking. The L. O. McLain
Orthopedic Sanitarium, 310i Pine Street, St.
Louis, Mo.
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