Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 177, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 July 1916 — For the Housewife. [ARTICLE]

For the Housewife.

Breadboards and other wooden utensils may be kept white and stainless by scrubbing with soap and lukewarm water, to which may be added a little common soda or household ammonia. To clean white ostrich feathers make a solution of four ounces of white soap (cut small) and four quarts of rather hot water. Beat thir, into a lather with a paddle or clean large spoon. Dip the feather in this and rub it gently but well for five or six'minutes. Then wash in clear water as hot as the hands can bear, and shake until dry. A clever idea for storing away hats, furs, blouses, etc., was evolved by a woman who lived in a tiny apartment. She had a wide shelf erected across one end of her bedroom, about a foot and a half below the ceiling. Then she bought six or seven hat boxes and covered them with wall paper in a rose design that harmonized with the rose color of her room. These formed a kind of frieze acros's one wall, and without detracting from the general appearance made a little storerpom easily accessible. On the outside of her cupboard door was kept a list showing just what was in box No. 1, box No. 2, etc.