Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 137, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 June 1918 — For The Housewife. [ARTICLE]

For The Housewife.

Keep the stove shut up when not in use. The house should be flooded with fresh air twice a day. Keep a paint bruslu in turpentine to keep it soft between usings. / Aluminum should never be cleaned with strong soap or scouring powder. “ When you wash a child’s tam-a-shanter hat, dry it pver a dinner plate and it will not shrink. A white kitchen is not only cheerful, but it makes dirt so apparent that it has nd chance to Ude. To prevent damp and rust attacking the wires of a piano, tack a small bag of unslaked lime inside the instrument just underneath the cover. This will absorb all the moisture. Here is a clever way to perfume handkerchiefs and underwear: Supply your washwoman with a good-sited piece of orris root which she is to throw into the water In which your linen is boiled. When it comes back to you it will be delightfully perfumed Slip your handkerchiefs between the folds of a sachet filled with violet powder, as violet combines deliciously with orris.