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  2. Family Notices

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    Family Notices : 309 words
  3. HOME-MADE FIRELIGHTERS.

    To make good firelighters take resin, any quantity, and melt it, putting in for each pound used two or three ounces of tallow, and when all is hot, stir in fine sawdust to ...

    Article : 114 words
  4. FOR CLEANING PURPOSES.

    Sand is excellent for cleaning knives, scrubbing and scouring saucepans etc. It is a soap and polish saver, helping in the cleaning of kitchen tables, etc., and will ...

    Article : 43 words
  5. TO SWEEP OILCLOTH.

    When oilcloth is polished, sweep over with a broom on which a rag has been pinned, and the dust will be easily removed from the floor. Oilcloth treated in this way ...

    Article : 56 words
  6. A USEFUL SHIRT-BLOUSE.

    The practical blouse in the illustration is made of cream Jan silk or crepe de chine, both of which fabrics wash and get-up beautifully. The long roll collar is very smart, and ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 116 words
  7. Advertising

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    Advertising : 368 words
  8. TO PRESERVE OILCLOTH.

    Oilcloth can be preserved by putting two ounces of glue into a pint of water and standing it in a warm oven until it melts. The oilcloth should be cleaned and allowed ...

    Article : 73 words
  9. FOR THE CLOTHES-LINE.

    When hanging clothes on the line, a difficulty is often found in pegging heavy articles up, such as blankets and quilts, but if instead of placing the pegs on the top ...

    Article : 84 words
  10. A WINTER COAT.

    What a comfort a big soft coal, is on these cold and blowy winter days—such a comfort that most of us have grown to look upon such a coat as a necessity rather than a ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 296 words
  11. LADIES' COLUMN. A LITTLE CRYSTAL OF THOUGHT FOR EVERY DAY IN THE WEEK.

    If looking back a few short years Makes Christmas time seem sad, Look back some nineteen hundred years. And Christ shall make thee glad. ...

    Article : 239 words
  12. HOME AND FASHION. A LETTER TO MOTHERS AND DAUGHTERS

    A becoming and chic design for a coatfrock is always acceptable, and our artist has here given as a very simple example, easy to make and very useful. The model in question ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 125 words
  13. HOW DO YOU BREATHE[?]

    Few people breathe properly, a well known doctor says, and this is especially the case with persons of sedentary occupation—particularly clerks. Such people should rise ...

    Article : 115 words
  14. INSTEAD OF A SCRUBBING BRUSH.

    For cleaning white kitchen tables, or similar wooden articles, a big, coarse loofa, is an admirable substitute for a scrubbing brush. Have a dredger filled ...

    Article : 252 words
  15. USEFUL HOME IDEAS.

    The water in which potatoes have been boiled is excellent for sponging the soiled parts of silk. Salt arid vinegar are useful for cleaning ...

    Article : 286 words
  16. SICK PEOPLE NEED CHEERING.

    "There are some people," said a hospital nurse, "who should never be allowed to visit the sick. They take with them a depressing influence, and undo all the good ...

    Article : 168 words
  17. SOME USEFUL RECIPES.

    Spiced Mutton.—Cut one pound of cold mutton into dice, dust with flour mixed with half a teaspoonful of mixed spice, salt, and pepper. [?]hop fine one large onion and brown ...

    Article : 489 words
  18. TO AVOID COLD FEET.

    Few people who suffer from cold feet, and consequent sleeplessness, realise that very often the remedy is even more simple than having recourse to an extra blanket or a hot ...

    Article : 147 words
  19. Advertising

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    Advertising : 136 words
  20. TO KEEP MOTHS AWAY.

    The best preventive of moths is camphor. Garments which are stored from one winter season to the next must be perfectly clean and dry. Brush and shake all articles and ...

    Article : 62 words
  21. NEW VEILS.

    Never were veils a more important item in the fashionable wardrobe than they are at the present time. Last week I saw some very pretty, purple veils, which were intended for ...

    Article : 262 words
  22. CUPE FOR BLACKHEADS.

    Plack[?]ds can be easily cured at home. Begin by removing all the superfluous greasiness from the face. For this you ought to wash it well in very hot water, ...

    Article : 232 words
  23. GREASE ON BOARDS.

    To remove grease marks from boards, dissolve a small quantity of fuller's earth in hot water to make it the consistency of paste. When cold, thickly cover the greasy ...

    Article : 57 words
  24. BRASS POLISH.

    Nothing brightens a home more than some brass about—old candlesticks or brass cooking vessels, kettle, fireirons, etc. A good and very cheap polish can be made by ...

    Article : 78 words
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