The white of an egg applied to a burn excludes the air and pre vents inflammation.
Spring-Cleaning Hint.—Marble or white stone can be easily cleaned with the following preparation. Take 6 oz. of washing-soda, 3 oz. of precipitated whitening, and 3 oz. of powered pumice stone. Crush all together well, mix with boiling Water until a creamlike substance results, and apply to the marble or stone with a brush, Allow to dry on, and then wash off with plenty of warm water. Finally polish with a chamois leather.
If a fire has to be left unwatched for several hours, put a handful of salt on the top of the coals. This will prevent the coal burning away too quickly.
To remove mildew from linen make a paste of one tea-spoonful each of soft soap and powdered starch, two teaspoonfuls of table salt, and enough lemon-juice to mix. Spread the paste on the mildewed spots, and expose to the fresh air for a short time. Them wash the linen.
Have you ever used a brush instead of a duster for freeing furniture from accumulations of dust It gets into the crevices of carved woodwork where a duster cannot reach.
Are coloured linings for men really coming? Yesterday 1 saw a man in a very well cut suit of quite sober brown suiting with a lining of figured silk to the coat—dull brown with smeared orange in it. Nobody noticed it much, and it may only have been a freak or it may mark a new fashion.
One of those things we should not do for ourselves even in these days of self-help is to powder our own charcoal, should we choose that remedy for discoloured teeth. Get a responsible chemist to powder it for you, as it should be extremely fine or the delicate enamel of the teeth will be scratched and taken off in no time. The constant use of prepared chalk sometimes causes a yellow tinge on teeth. It should be left off at intervals, and the powdered charcoal and a good wash applied.
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