Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 January 1917 — CLASSIFIED ADS BRING $ TO USERS Welcome Good Fortune [ARTICLE]

CLASSIFIED ADS BRING $ TO USERS

Welcome Good Fortune

Are you afraid to sit down when you would make the thirteenth at the table? Well, then, you very likely are afraid to pick up a pin when the point is toward you, or to see the moon thru glass or over your left shoulder. Maybe you don’t go under" a ladder with--oht-spitting, and if you break a mirror you doubtless watch for grandpa to die. Gives you a sort of thrill —oh, of course you don’t believe in anything so foolish—but it does give, you a sort of a. thrill to have an umbrella opened in the house; ~ -F Then, whenever you say, “I haven’t nad a touch of hay fever this summer,’, you hasten to rap on wood. Mentioning your good fortune wouldn’t give you hay fever —but not for worlds would you let the remark go without rapping. If you smash a dish you are worried until you’ve smashed two more. There's no end'to the little superstitions that pester you, half without your own knowledge, every day.' Would you begin an undertaking on Thursday or Friday? Would you .get married .on. the thirteenth yof the month? a

Believe in all these omens if yon wish. Take fiendish delight in wondering who is to die next when any one o* a number of “death signs” occur. Take pains to pick a quarrel with your best friend because she went found the other side of a tree when you were out walking- Do all of these things and as many more as will make you contented —but don’t fall into the habit of believing that good things are not going to last. Life is sometimes a hard problem. In fact, for we may as well be honest about it, life is about always a hard problem. And yet, life Is likely to be much better than we give it credit tdt being. We don’t give it half a chance. Any good fortune- gets discouraged when the welcome it receives is: ‘ Well, come in if you like, but I know VOU won't stay more tliau a minute and then bad luck will be knocking at the door.” It is a very poor habit to get into— this looking for a joker jn each piece of happiness that is given you. A better way—indeed, the best way—is to live in the present. Easy enough to preach, but dismally hard io practice. We clutch the present nervously, with a backward glance at the past and one hand trying to ward oft the future. In some things, naturally, we must look ahead. But why do this more than is necessiary? The .future, with whatever it holds of good or ill, is -coming toward us relentlessly. No amount of worrying or of pleasant anticipation will hurry or delay it. Bring your children up to be happy. Don’t let them be any more superstitious than you can help. But, at any rate, avoid one horrible, haunting belief that good things can’t last. The good things are the' only eternal things of the world. T

Table Salt Coarse salt and bits of newspaper nut in the bottle and shaken up with a little water should..clean your bottle. Salt is good for so many things about .the house that I will give you a list of some of them, hoping you may at some time find them a help. Rinsing the mouth with a little salt and cold water will keep the teeth in good condition. Put damp salt on burns. It kills the pain. Dry salt and a brush will take dust off of velvet, plush and heavy embroidery that cannot be washed. In making fruit pies, should they boll over, sprinkle salt in ©ven and they will riot smell. Add a pinch of salt to starch. It will keep the irons from sticking. A little salt under the tongue will stop nose .bleeding. Salt on fingers when cleaning fowls, meat or fish will prevent slipping. Salt thrown on coal fire when broiling steak will prevent blaring from the dripping fat. ... ' Salt-as “ST gargle will cure sorenME of the throat. Salt in solution inhaled cures cold in the head. Salt water is good to clean willow- - ware and matting. , Salt in the oven under baking tins will prevent scorching on the bottom. Salt, puts out a tire in the chimney. Salt and vinegar will remove stains from discolored teacups. Salt and soda are excellent tor bee stings and spider bites. . Salt thrown on soot which has fallon op carpet will prevent stain. Salt put on ink when freshly spilled on carpet will help in removing spot. Salt in whitewash makes it stick. Salt thrown on a coal fire when it is low win revive IL „ Salt used in sweeping carpats keeps out moths. • ' sKrA ‘ r - ...? ~i * ■.. I'7 !