Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 241, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 October 1910 — THINGS TO KNOW. [ARTICLE]

THINGS TO KNOW.

A large pinch of salt put in the tank of a coal oil lamp will cause the lamp to give a better light. L To wash off a price mark that Bticks to china or bric-a-biac try a little lemon and salt mixed together. „ -A Pinch of soda In oabUi ie, w hen boiling, will mitigate the odor and make the vegetable more digestible. If flour sacks are to be washed, turn them wrong side out and put in cold water. Wash and rinse in cold water. The use of hot water for this purpose will make the flour sticky and hard to wash out. Clean your gas range on top with kerosene. It Is better than soap. Treat the range in which coal is burned in like manner, applying the oil when the stove is cold. Those who early looked askance at the bright cerise, purple, catuwba green and other bright colored linen suits are now buying them wunout the 'slightest hesitation. Those who haven’t time to embroider work with soutache braid, and those who want to save stu. more ume and yet have a pretty trimming use the net,bands already embroidered with soutache. For children’s wear the new checked material with wide satin stripes of plain color is a favorite. Thy material is plaited so only the plain color shows except when with a movement of the body the plaits fall apart. Run your fingers along the line ol your jaw bone. Is the flesh any thickea at one joint than another, that is, has it begun in places to fall "over the edge?” Then you need to massage until you have pushed backward and upward every bit of it to the line is clean-cut distinct.