suppose you know that you can cut a splendid sailor collar from a good-sized hanky? Those printed cotton ones sold by men's outfitters are just the thing to add a decorative note to overalls and washing Jumpers.
If your white "Dlouses get stained with perspiration under the arms, soak them for half an hour in cold water to which a little carbonate to soda has been added, before washing. A heaped tea spoonful of the soda to half a gallon of water is about the right proportion.
At night brush the eyebrows with a clean, soft, tooth brush. Apply a little vaseline, stroking and smoothing the hairs in the way they should grow. In_ the morning sprinkle two.or three drops of bay rum on the brush and brush the eyebrows thoroughly. If you use powder be careful to remove all traces of it, For your eyelashes get some castor oil and apply it carefully by means of a*camel's hair brush.
If a cloth is placed over a basin of freshly-made starch there will not be skin on the top, as is the case when it is left to cool uncovered.
When washing knives, cut potato in half and rub them with the side that is cut. This will remove all stains, and will save cleaning them so often.
When there is no shoe polish in the house, lemon-juice makes an excellent substitute. A few drops rubbed briskly on black or brown shoes gives a brilliant polish.
Some people have quite pretty hair, but unfortunately directly, the weather gets a wee bit damp, as
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