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  3. FROM PARIS

    A little note from Paris: "At Worth's, Paquin's, and all the big designers, everywhere In fact, women go in,and out all day long, dressed with an ...

    Article : 181 words
  4. LAUNDRY HINTS

    Woollen articles look best and shrink least if not rinsed. Wash in two lots of soapy water, add a little blue to the last water, put through the wringer ...

    Article : 113 words
  5. FOR THE KNITTER

    Use either one ball of white knitting silk or 2-ply superfine white fingering, 4 fine knitting needles, and 1 yard 1 inch wide pale blue silk ribbon. ...

    Article : 693 words
  6. HOME-MADE FURNITURE POLISN

    Shred one and a half ounces of beeswax and half an ounce of Castile soap, and place in a bottle. Add half a pint of turpentine, cork and shake for ...

    Article : 62 words
  7. WASHING SKIN RUG

    Remove the lining, dissolve some soda in hot water, wash the skin, using plenty of soap, rinse in cold water, and hang up in a strong current of ...

    Article : 49 words
  8. TO WASH LEATHER GLOVES

    Rub any grease marks with powdered magnesia. Place the gloves on the hands, rub them well with a sponge moistened in lukewarm soapsuds. ...

    Article : 73 words
  9. STARCHING CURTAIN

    When the starch has been mixed and blued, stir in two heaping tablespconfuls of flour. Pull the curtains out lengthways from time to time ...

    Article : 48 words
  10. CARE OF LAMPS

    Keep the lamps perfectly clean by washing and boiling the burners occasionally. The wick should be trimmed by turning up and brushing off ...

    Article : 77 words
  11. PASTE FOR PAPERHANGING

    Mix 2[?]1b. of flour into a thin paste with cold water, and when quite smooth pour one gallon of boiling water over gradually, stirring all the ...

    Article : 53 words
  12. BLACKENING BROWN BOOTS WITH POTATOES

    Brush the boots so as to remove all adhering dust. Cut up a large potato and rub thoroughly into the leather so as to moisten it with the juice. When ...

    Article : 48 words
  13. CLEANING COPPER OR BRASS

    If copper or brass is very dirty, put some fine salt on a plate, dip into it a cut lemon, and rub on the metal. The strone acid-will remove the worst ...

    Article : 38 words
  14. A CLOGGED SINK

    If the kitchen sink gets clogged pour a little paraffin down. Leave for about an hour. then pour down plenty of boiling water to which has been added ...

    Article : 37 words
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  16. EGG HINT

    When boiling eggs wet the shells thoroughly with cold water before placing them in the boiling water, and they will not crack. ...

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  17. A DIRTY WHITE FUR

    Mix together equal parts of very dry flour and calcined magnesia. Rub well into the fur and then shake vigorously. J. member ot a family well known in Weet Australia. She was married in ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 101 words
  18. HANDY HINTS

    The smaller the cake you are baking the quicker should be the oven. Save all used matches. Put them in a box kept for the purpose; they ...

    Article : 150 words
  19. ORANGES AS A BEAUTIHER

    The season is approaching. when oranges are the most plentiful of fruits (says the Adelaide ".Observer"), and few women know the value of oranges ...

    Article : 240 words
  20. A YOUNG WAR WORKER.

    Miss Maisie Caldwell, of 13 Prospect- place, West Perth. In the space of two years and a half she knitted 45 pairs of socks, 14 pairs of mittens, 4 skull ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 57 words
  21. SPIDER-WED FROCKS

    Shops (says the London "Daily Mail") are already showing cotton materials with which women may add to the gaiety of the decorations that will ...

    Article : 193 words
  22. TO WASH WOOLLEN STOCKINGS

    First shred some yellow soap into a small saucepan, cover it with cold water, and let all boil slowly on the stove till a jelly. Take some tepid ...

    Article : 78 words
  23. TO HAKE LIME WATER

    Put 2 tablespoonfuls of pure slaked lime into a large jug or preserving jar and add 1 quart of cold boiled water. Allow to stand for 12 hours, shaking ...

    Article : 74 words
  24. PEAR AND APPLE JELLY

    Wash the fruit well, cut [?] quar- ters, add a few cloves, cover with cold water, and boil until very soft. Use equal quantities of pears arra apples. ...

    Article : 62 words
  25. PRYING HINT

    It is far more economical to fry in.deep fat. The fat should completely cover whatever is being fried, and very little will be wasted, provided there ls ...

    Article : 39 words
  26. CLEANING AN ENAMELLED BATH

    Dry the bath thoroughly. moisten a cloth in turpentine, dip it in salt, and scour the interior of the bath. Rinse with plenty of warm water. ...

    Article : 37 words
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