Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 113, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 May 1912 — Gathered Smiles [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Gathered Smiles

HOUSEHOLD HINTS. If cockroaches reappear after you have once exterminated them, send a package of insect powder to your next door neighbor. In case of fire in your house, retain your presence of mind and let your fire insurance policy be the first thing you carry out. There are preparations that will kill the odor of tobacco smoke in your parlors, but as a rule, they smell worse than the tobacco smoke. , Never give a house party when painters and decorators are at work in the house. The only sure way to keep the children from hearing you swear Is to cut out the swearing entirely. - Never build a spite fence. It doesn’t deaden the sound of your neighbor's piano In the slightest degree.