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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (July 28, 1916)
THE BEE: OMAHA, FRIDAY, JULY 28, 1916. Health Hints -:- Fashions -:- Woman's Work -?- Household Topics Keeping Feet in Condition Few tyrannical slave owners eve treated their minions worse than most people treat their feet, the will ing servants who carry them every where, run all their errands and bear the entire burden of their avoirdu pois. Just consider for a moment the ; Ill-treatment meted out to the unfor tunate toes. Once the straight, pretty pink toes of the baby, they are crushed by the drawing vanity of tweet sixteen to the high heeled shoes with pointed toes that push the big toe forward and produce that permanent disfigurement, an enlarged joint, which periodically inflames and sometimes develops into an un sightly bunion. As time goes on the toes are com pressed into distortions by the in sane practice of squeezing a No. 5 foot into a No. 4 shoe, or a No. 6 into a No. 5, until the foot becomes, in stead of a thing of beauty, positively repulsive to behold uncovered, with ' twisted, overlapping toes, malformed nails, knoblike joints, a plethora of corns and callousities. Yet we ex claim in horror at the deformed feet of the Chinese woman of rank. One can ' imagine the eastern lady bejug equally horrified at the feet of some American women were they exposed to her gaze. What hours of misery are represented by. these maltreated extremities I Pain in the feet is aggravated by the weight of the body and by the pressure of the unyielding footwear upon the in flamed surface, and this kind of pain has the effect of causing the most HOTRLS3 AND RESORTS. VliJ v. THE PLAZA NEW YORK World's Famous Hot! Oppoaita Central Park i. at Wth Street dots t All Thsatfta and . . . Shops ' . SUMMER GARDEN and Outdoor Tome At' Cool and Refreshing, Place to Dim WtUt or Imnttlm Tt-dt$ FRED STEMT. Maufiag Dinetor ROOMS WITH BATH UJO UP FaTTELPUXTLAN A ThcDiatlncttv Boston nous SCHOOLS AJTP CQU.KT.CT. CENTRAL COLLEGE For Womn, Luli-fton, An Aecndftat Junto 0 Mt W MUSI i PHI Mo. r lflkVimimMi tmnit. Tm twttio, with ir Htm ariranUM. CattOoa adVlew Book etnt ON and 71 A4m7i.i.itliAio. .w.oo., tt SHU St., LaalasMa, mm. rFlNLAYE"c,."C )Jifc and ladieae Am. Iwm atf, Me. Jwr Only oboe, of the kind la the weat Klso soaPUie!, MM, HtO. tf WlflBMr- TWO Md ttUM BWM.UU. fit Hid tWO-yftr rate. Der and Blglit mm. mi. fcreU any tine. 1 ettaer phone, at wtiM fr tafcmauoa, fa iOQ CFO CREDIT VS. CHARGE ACCOUNTS A credit account with tht HOUSE OP L0FT1S U worth iuit tight timee u much m a eharie account with the most liberal and largest department store. A department store charge account U dua on the 10th. or at the moat the lath of the month following the purchase. A I.OFT1S CREDIT ACCOUNT la dlatrlbut ed over ifht montha In email amounta weekly or monthly, aa suite your con venience. Your credit la good with Hi. Come in and use it. 1 17 a o i i Una, 14k 114 told Lottls "Pt fMtiM" Can OBOuntlos ' "w SI Wwk. 441 Scarf Pla, faney oval daala-n, olid (Old, 1 fin. dia. NalBoaHs'..94aw : SI Moata, Opm DaUr till I a. av Saturday till SiSO GaU or vrita lor tlliutratad Cataloa No. SOS. Phono Dooclaa 1444 and our aalaanuui will aaU. . rO"1?!! TRI MTttMl intense feeling of fatigue and depres sion of spirits. Mothers are undoubtedly responsi ble for a great deal of this unneces sary suffering by not seeing that their growing girls are properly shod. Not for a moment would one advo cate ugly wide-toed boots which would arouse the derision of school fellows. Almost alt bootmakers keep footwear which is straight on the in ner sides. Physical exercises and dancing strengthen and improve the shape of the feet. For the woman whose feet are al ready disfigured the services of an expert in pedicure are indispensable to cure and keep away corns. Women of gouty constitutions are very liable to corns and should be careful to re duce the amount of acidity in the system by careful diet and by doses of some harmless saline corrective. One of the most painful of foot troubles is a soft corn between the toes. This may cause, if long neglect ed, excruciating pain, and even in flammation and suppuration, and is in many cases practically incurable, though a clever chiropodist's treat ment at regular intervals will mini mize the discomfort To keen the feet in a healthy con dition they should be washed every night in warm water with a mild anti septic soap. Gouty people experience great relief from foot troubles by soaking the feet twice a week in hot water with washing soda added, which bath is also helpful in the case of hard corns. Any hard skin should be gently rubbed down with pumice stone, and the nails cut squarely across with sharp scissors. Ingrowing toe nails should be treated without delay by a chiropo dist, as if neglected a painful surgical operation becomes necessary. - The small, but extremely painful abscess which forms under a neglected corn, and which occasionally leads to a loss of a toe, can quickly be relieved by a small incision by a surgeon, if the chiropodist hesitates to resort to this drastic method. The soda baths already mentioned will relieve the swellingof the feet in spring and summer. For tired and painful feet, immersion in a basinful of hot water with a teaspoonful of ammonia acts like a charm. The irri tation and swelling of chilblains should be checked in the early stages by the soda footbath and vigorous friction with a suitable liniment. Those liable to chilblains are gen erally thin and of anaemic habits and should take cod liver oil tnrougnout the winter, include plenty of fats and oils in their diets, do physical culture exercises, take a brisk walk every day and never put their feet to the fire. Excessive perspiration snouiu oe treated with a daily bath, to which some antiseotic should be added, a little salt rubbed into the feet while wet. and a special deodorant toot powder dusted into the stockings, WHICH snouia oe cnangea every ajr, and at least two pairs- of shoes or boots should be in use, worn on alter nate days. , Indeed, if a different pair of boots can be kept for each day's wear in the week it is better, as not only does this allow the boot to retain its shape and afford more support to instep and ankle, but it also prevents the foot from splaying and becoming dis torted through constant pressure in a boot which has stretched out of its proper and original shape. The Swift Foe of the Rat i in. ., a. i-T 1 .,0nr.&-Sr11). K.ia'lMla1ll!1l0irt-t'''lainSIIa1llatr' . Jf "! IsiawriTtn i .-. f I ss I THE WEASEL RESTING. i A' "VMll ll DoYou Know That Co. mBM.ofa.j.t.ii-jk1 Irnm raisin ft in practically all of the countries of southern Europe and western Asia? It was possible in the thirteenth century to buy a dozen eggs or a hen for 6 cents; eight pounds of Um.t a, rahhir fnr ft rrnts: a dozen pigeons or a goose for 18 cents? l ite DlacK apes 01 uuinca uavc iuiik .111 . 1..:- mA iheir tnr la iiad fnr muffs and' capes? During the last few years l.us.uuu sums nave nccu shipped to Paris. How to Judge i Wenin by Her Hiir ; There sure always the well-known end semi-humorous methods, inch as saying brunettes are quick-tempered or blondes ere keener in their mental activity. But there is real common sense In lust noticing whether the hair is well kept to judge woman's neatness, or in looKtng at ner styie of arranging her hair, to decide whether or not she haa good taste. If vou are one of the few who try to make the most of your hair, remem ber that it is not advisable to wash the hair with any cleanser made for all purposes, but always use some good preparation made expressly for shampooing. You can enjoy the very best by getting some cantnrox irom your druggist and dissolving a tea sooonful in a cud of hot water, when your shampoo is all ready. After its use the hair dries rapidly with uni- xvim CUIUS, iauuiuit. ffAvm vai au.u dirt are dissolved and entirely dis appear. Your hair will be so fluffy that It will look much heavier than it is. Ita lustre and softness will also delurht you. while the stimulated scalp gains the health which insures hair growth. Advertisement, By GARRETT P. SERVISS. A rat with a weasel on his track is, (I imagine, a very unhappy animal. His chances could hardly be worse unless his pursuer happened to be that red-eyed cousin of the weasel called a ferret. And yet a rat is a courageous fighter. Get him in a cor ner and he will fight a man or a dog. But he will not stay in a corner to fight if a weasel is after vhim. The fierce, swift, sinuous move ments of his slender enemy confuse him and take the fight out of him. It is like a swordsman fighting with a streak of lightning. And the light ning becomes zig-zag when it is a ferret instead - of a weasel that makes the attack. Both the weasel and the ferret be long to the family of polecats, and one of their other slender cousins is the stoat, who, when he wears a white coat, with a black tip on his tail, is dignified with the name of ermine, whose fur kings were once so proud of adorning themselves with that they forbade common people, including those more stilted common people called nobles, ever to put it on. All of these creatures are born rat catchers, but the weasel and the fer ret excel their relatives in bloodthirst iness, rapidity and cunning. When I was a boy I had a great fear of wea sels, because of the stories that I heard of their ferocity, swiftness, abil- masters. ity to go tnrougn tne narrowest open-. full-grown iuj$, aim uaisii ui apiuigiiiB upirii uivti prey and instantly driving their sharp teeth into the arteries of its neck. The stories were true enough in substance, only weasels were not so numerous nor so fond of chasing lit tle boys as I had been led to suppose. The nearest I ever got to a weasel was in taxing up, wim raincr iremu-, hort ine fur brown on the top lous fingers, from a hen s nest some d jd .ni white underneath. If fresh egg shells, which, 1 was told, i,:. t,,hiiaiinn ii far north, he some- had been sucked by a marauding timt, turn, wnjte j winter, in im weasel. .. . itation of the ermine, but he has not Yet the weasel, for all the terror the invaluable black tip on his tail, that he , inspires, is one of the hand-iand ne is smaller than the ermine. He will chase his prey anywhere into a hole, up a tree, through any kind of a labyrinth, and across a stream of water, for he is a perfect swimmer. Only the ferret exceeds him in these exercises. The ferret is a professional, the weasel an amateur, almost as good as a pro fessional. I have read one pleasing somest of the smaller four-footed ani mals. And if you can keep him away from the hen's nest and the chicken yards, he is one of the most useful allies of man, on account of the cease less war that he wages on rats, mice, moles and other vermin. The weasel has even been called elegant" on account of his shape. He has the graceful "stream-lines" with which automobile manufacturers have coaxed so many extra dollars out of people's pockets, and his move ments are an eye-lesson tor aancing male weasel is about ten or eleven inches long, in cluding a short tail; the female is somewhat shorter. He has a small head, little round ears, a long, flexible neck, short limbs, five-toed feet, beautifully curved claws, sham, white teeth and a finelv arched back. He has THE LITTLE HARVEST MOUSE thing about the weasel--the female. It is said that a mother weasel will fight for her children t against -any possible odds, and will die on the spot rather than desert them. Shoes and Summer Comfort By WOODS HUTCHINSON, M. D. A straw hat and a Palm Beach suit are a great relief from the sum mer heat, but they will avail you little if your nerves are constantly kept on the rack by the pinching tor ture of tight and ill-fitting shoes. A shoe may be white and cool and beau tiful to the eye and yet be an instru ment of torture to the toes. This is particularly true in summer, partly because our feet swell and perspire with the heat and partly because they look so horribly big and clumsy in white or light shades, if we wear our "real" size I As some shrewd observer of human nature remarked, "Some girls are born with big feet, others wear white shoes." While a shoe should be foot-shaped, it should not be foot-sized, but a little bigger all around. Shoe-room is like money in the bank the only way to have enough is to have a little too much. The reason for this extra lee way in our shoes is that they are not to stand in, but to walk in, and the foot in walking expands in both direc tions by the "giving" of the springy arches on which it is built. The back-ward-and-forward arch, from the heel to the toes, being the longest, natu rally expands the most, and the cross arch not so much. Hence comes the practical rule that you must allow about three-quarters of an inch extra in the length of your shoes and half an inch in the breadth above the actual size of your foot. This looks like a disadvantage from the point of view of keeping down the anoarent size, but as a matter of fact it is not, because the increase being greatest in the direction of length, it is quite possible. to judiciously exag gerate this a little, ana oy maxing inc toe an inch longer and the ball of the foot only a third or a half an inch wider, to really create an illusion of greater slenderness and shapeliness of the foot. " . - Fortunately intelligent shoemen are coming to recognize this, and when a customer comes in and asks for a No. 8, which would be a blister fif, they take a good look at his foot and tell him that his is rather an unusual ly graceful shape, which requires a special last that they happen to have Bring Out Your Hidden Beauty in stock and then bring him a nar row ninel - Get the shQe that feels a comfor table fit when sitting down and then ask for one-half a size longer and a breadth narrower, that is to say an "eight C" shoe fits you like a glove; ask for an "eight and a half B" or Collecting Memories By BEATRICE FAIRFAX. No man is a faiture if he can learn from hit own mistakes. No woman hat missed her chance in life if she can accept her own blunders quietly and calmly and profit by them. 1 In old age one gazes back across the panorama of life and sees strug gle that was not rewarded, blunder ing that was bitterly expiated, suffer ing that scarred and a series of human experiences good and evil, which, perhaps, had one life to live over, one would manage very differ ently. But, after all, each of us ia what we are because of what we have ex perienced. We stand each year as the sum total of all the striving and fail ure or effort and success which have filled our days up to the point when we reckon our own worth. What we experience matters far less than what interpretation we make of it. , , -- With idle and bitter regret I have very little sympathy or patience. Re morse is a waste of perfectly good energy and I object to waste. Suppose all through one day you conduct yourself very badly. Suppose you say stupid and awkward things and are conscious that you are mak ing a very bad impression thereby? Suppose you are mentally and phys ically "all thumbs?" Suppose opportunity comes and you make nothing of it. What good will it do you to lie awake at night, toss and tumble feverishly on' your bed regretting all you have done and : : T 1 -t-CC ...I.. ; L . Maltless ( Alcoholfree A Brannev Beverage On Tap and In Botties imagining how differently you might have done it?, What possible avail can it be for you to reproach your self for your blundering and grieve over each ill advised move you have made that day? All of that will only wear you out and bring you weary and worn to the duties of the next day. The wav to acceDt your blunders Ret, ath that sollod. dl.oolond. faded or' is in this spirit: "Welt, I made a pret aed compliiion I. on. fair to took soon. ' tv bad fizzle of things today. I did ;.! wax will araduallr, tanur 0-, .ii .t. r .l,THn' hava and I neglected every opportunity that came my way. However, perhaps, that's just as well, for now that I understand my own unreadiness and lack of judgment in today's proceed ings, I shan't need to go through them sgain. I've simply learned what not to do and what to seize upon and try to do. So this day wasn't wasted at alt." After all, life is an endless going to school. One keeps having tasks set and doing them well or ill and learning through failure as well as through success. even a "nine B," and you will con sider nine your lucky number all the rest of your life. The square-toed shoe is not only not foot-shape and unnecessary, but is actually a disad vantage because the broad outer angle gets in the way in the toeing-in move ment of fast walking. . Remember, corns are not a neces sary affliction, but mean solely badly fitting shoes, nine times out of ten, too tight I A small point, but an important one for comfort is to always have if ?iossible at least two pairs of shoes or everyday wear, so that you can change shoes every day. The shoes will wear longer and keep their shape better, and what is much more im portant, your feet will do the same, because the linings do not get cracked and worn and irritating from keeping in a sweat-soaked and soiled condi tion constantly, but have a whole day to ventilate and dry out and "sweet en" in after each day they are worn. It also helps greatly to have a simple and inexpensive form of shorftree or last, to put into the shoes at night and when not in use, as next after tightness, most of our minor fpot troubles come from cracks or puck-erings-up of the linings, or turning up of the toes and warping of the soles of our shoes. Girl Workers Who Win Ouf By JANE M'LEAN. Some people call it great fun to. sit all day behind the cage of he cash ier's desk and take in money. Some people would never dream of calling it an effort to be pleasant, and would scoff at the idea of it being just as hard work as anything else. Often enough you have heard girls remark, "Oh, it's easy enough for her: all she has to do is to sit all day on a chair and hand out change." Yes, but the truth of the thing ia it isn't so easy. Helen'could tell you alt about it if you wanted to know. She is a cashier. She sits all day behind the wire of the cashier's desk and smiles and hands but change, and she knows how hard it is and how difficult it is to smile when one feels like weeping. Helen's day runs something like this: In the morning she arrives in time to ma'ce change for the early customers. She eats her own break fast hurriedly, and a good breakfast it is. too, "while the manager takes her place, and then she slips in behind the brass cage and begins her day. She ljkes the work well enough. It would not be hard if people would regard it as a business instead, of a recreation. But from the early morn ing she often has to deal with people who see only the blond braids wound about her trim little head, the red mouth and the soft eyes. Men think that with a face like hers she naturally wants admiration and attention, and while her capable little hands count out quarters and dimes they feast their eyes on her prettiness and ask her when she will be free, and if she doesn't want to go to the ! movies some night soon. Helen invariably straightens up and whips out some spirited reply, which generally takes effect. Mr. Trask, the manager, usually keeps his eyes on the desk pretty sharply, and the men who stop for more than a pleasant word are generally noticed very quickly. But when these incidents are stealthily repeated again and again throughout the day, Helen sighs wearily and wonders if there is not something else she could get to do. One morning a rather pale-looking young fellow stopped by the booth and after he had received his change, looked teeringly at Helen and said: "How'd you like to see a show to night? Here's a couple of seats, meet me at the box office at 8 o'clock." Helen had not slept well and her head ached a little. It took only those few words to make Rer blind with rage, and she seized the tickets quickly arid tore them into pieces. The man stared and Mr. Trask hurried over to the desk. He was a hard man and Helen knew that she would probably lose her position; things couldn't possibly be any worse than they were anyway, so she raised her head high and looked bitterly at the youth who was still standing at the desk. "Mr. Trask, this man was annoying me," she said a little tremulously. I'm sorry to make a fuss, but I couldn't help it." . - Mr. Trask turned upon the man angrily and to Helen's surprise or dered him out of the place. Every onewas staring and Helen covered her face with her hands. But what was that Mr. Trask was saying? "And I want it understood that Miss Graham is one of my chief help ers, and not a decoration in this place, the next time I find any one annoying her, I shall make an example of him That's all right, Miss Graham," turn ing to the girl kindly, " I want you to feel that you can call on me in a case like this; you're a good worker and I don't want to lose you for any fool ishness of this kind, not by a long shot." And Helen threw him a little smile of gratitude as ' she stealthily wiped her eyes and settled back jn her feat (The next article in this series will be called' "The News Girl.) Womanly Vie for Waste Time BY ADA PATTERSON. Mereollied wax will reduallr. cently ab- orb the devitalised aurface akin, revealing the youthfully freah, white and beautiful akin underneath. Uiod by refined women who prefer eomplextona of true naturalneaa. Mereollaed wax in one ounoe package, with direction for uae, la told by all druggiete. Advertisement, . Omaha Beyer age Company 6002 to 6016 South 30th St. Phone South 1267. SOUTH SIDE STATION. OMAHA, NEB. Uateima. eaMotSaeatayslk I so; Best Home Treatment -for AH Hairy Growth. (The Modern Beauty.) -: Every woman should have a email package of delatone handy, for its timely use will keep the skin free from beauty-marring hairy growths. To remove hair or fun, make a thick paste with some of the powdered delatone and water. Apply to hairy surface and after 2 or 8 minutes rub off, wash the skin and it will be free from hair or blemish. To avoid disappointment, be sore yon get real delatone. Advertisement. Dainty Sandwiches By CONSTANCE CLARKE. Sandwich fillings, just a little unlike those usually known, are warmly wel comed by the woman who entertains very much, and some novel and de lightful recipes are here offered, es pecially to this type -of hostess. Tongue and Mushrom Mince cold boiled tongue fine, add half the amount of chopped mushrooms, a lit tle cayenne pepper and grated lemon peel, spread this mixture oetween thin slices of bread and butter. Onion SandwichesPeel and slice some large Spanish onions, cover them with water, add some salt and let them stand tor about one hour. Drain and chop, place a lettuce leaf on the bread, then the onion, another let tuce leaf and a second piece of bread. Cheese Sandwiches Blend together the yolks of one hard boiled egg with one teaspoonful of melted butter until smooth, then add to this half a tea spoonful each of salt, pepper and mus tard, blending each well with the mix ture before adding the others. Then grate one-quarter of a pound of Amer ican cheese and sprinkle this over all, mixing it in well. Stir in one ta blespoonful of vinegar and spread this mixture between thin slices of white or brown bread. (Tomorrow Ice Coffee in Glasses.) There is no longer need, nor ex cuse, for any "woman to fold her hands and sigh, "What shall I do to be amused?" There is a great deal to be, done that will be far more ab sorbing than any mere amusement. To this Miss Mary Wood points the way. Miss Wood is the chairman of the Social Service committee of the Civic Federation and in that capacity she has at her own expense, and for the public good, visited most of the jails and hospitals in her state. She says other women should perform like service, and gratis, for the public good. "For selfish reasons alone women should visit the institutions in their community," said Miss Wood, a tall, fair-haired woman with much of the charm of manner of her native south. "For selfish reasons alone, every woman should show this interest in local public institutions. Few know that $100,000,000 are paid every year for taxes in the state in which I live, $10,000,000 of that in one city alone. We have a right, and I should think everyone would want to know, where those taxes go, how they are used. Part of them are used for the main tenance of public institutions and ev ery householder has a right, and should have a wish, to know in what manner they are conducted. An- hon est, conscientious official will be glad to have the interest and co-operation of the women of his town. The dis honest ones will be held in check and the fear of outraged public sentiment planted in their hearts. The institu tions are open to the public. ,1 would suggest that before making the visit you familiarize yourself with the rules at least so far as visiting days and hours are concerned. A housewife can readily understand how visitors at. all or any hours will disarrange and derange the best ordered home, and an institution is a home on a vaster scale. "But there is a broader, better rea son for visiting the institutions than the mere purpose of watching the out lay of taxes. It is the claim of hu- . manity upon every individual. It was. an event that happened in a large in stitution that challenged my attention to set my conscience to work three years ago. An old man who had been paralyzed was boiled to death in a bath by careless or vicious attendants. I read of this occurrence and took an interest in the investigation that fol lowed. It was found that the work of bathing the helpless paralytic was given to three "trusties" who were tired of their task. 'We'll show him,' they said one day and turned scalding water into the bath tub. The poor old man died within an hour. "This seems so inhuman as to be ' incredible. Yet it happened. The superintendent was exonerated be cause he said he had so many inmates in his charge he could not personally supervise all the work. Two of the murderers were sent to jail, and nearly " everybody forgot the incident. For tunately such incidents are probably rare, yet there should be none. A keen personal interest in, and frequent visits to, an institution would create an atmosphere that would prevent such brutality. Business and profes sional men seldom find time for such visits. Some women can find a great deal, and their moral suooort will be lot great assistance to a good official. Most of these otticials are overworked -and they would welcome the calls, co operation and tactful suggestions of thoughtful women. "In my tour of the institutions I learned that at one reformatory they never washed the bed linen, but used it until it was impossible to use it longer, then burned it. Think of thai waste and of the filth that condition suggests. Don't you suppose that if the women: of that town had been occasional visitors to that place nc such horror or-uncleanliness could have existed? "My visits to public reformatories disclosed a fact that should encourage all women to work for their sex. Thai is that contrary to the usual idea thai the women ot that town had been one of the great agencies for' uplifting humanity" proves by its records that 80 . per cent, four-fifths, of these women are reclaimed. "Another discovery that is wortr thoughtful consideration, is that of the class of women, 30 per cent, more than a third, are mentally defective. In them is a lack of the moral atnmina that everv woman needs. They are moral irresponsibles. This f- ,j I opens a wiae iieiu oi conjecture bhu study as to how to prevent the com ing into the world of a large per centage of the unfit, or, having ar revived, a proper care of it. "Nearly all of the remainder ol these unfortunates have reached that nearly hopeless state, because of economical conditions. Girls fall into evil always because ,they cannot earn ; a living wage. Knowing this at first hand, for seeing-, is believing, the thoughtful woman will return from a visit to such an institution convinced that something must be done, and considering what it should be. "The intelligence; of women has been increased three-fourths by par ticipation in women's clubs. Study of public institutions will stimulate thought and humanity to an incalcul able decree, and the results will be welcome and amazing. . .. ( "It's the most dreadful thing in the world to be bored," said a woman in a lace gown. Lest she telephone, call upon, or otherwise pester some busy women with her plaints, I pass on this counsel of a useful woman. Which following, no woman will tv, useless. .- -. ,''-". - i. Household Helps If eggs you wft abbut to boil are cracked, add a little vinegar to the water, and they can be boiled as sat isfactorily as undamaged ones. Don't throw bones that have been boiled for soup into the dustbin. Put them at the back of the fire, bank up with well-damped small coal, and they . will burn for hours. Ink stains can be removed without iniuring the most delicately colored material. Mix some mustard into a thick paste and spread over the stain. After twenty-four hours sponge thor oughly with cold water, and no trace of the ink remains. V 4