Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 55, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 March 1912 — FOR THE HOUSE MISTRESS [ARTICLE]

FOR THE HOUSE MISTRESS

Suggestions That Will Provo of Practical Value In Conduct of Establishment After the rugs or carpets are cleaned and laid on the floor the colors often look dingy. A solution made of bits of soap dissolved in a gallon of warm rainwater and a tablespoonful of ammonia added, if applied a little at the time with a good Scrubbing brush, will brighten the colors wonderfully. Only the top of the carpet gets wet and in 12 hours the room Is ready for use. Housekeepers who only have a weekly allowance for household expenses sometimes find it a drain on their purses to buy fruit to preserve for winter use. If they will count the cost of each can or jar of fruit preserves and jot it down in a notebook, then as each bottle is used through the winter put the price of it In money in a small boi kept for the purpose, when summer time comes money for the winter’s preserves will be in readiness. A certain portion of wall space In the hallway of a house where every member’ of the family passed by many times a day was reserved for changes in decoration. There was first hung a map of the United States, then a poster of some new public building, an Inexpensive print of some famous painting and a poster of special interest, etc. This proved to he a neverending source of Interest throughout the year.