Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 August 1899 — BUBBLES THAT WILL ENDURE. [ARTICLE]

BUBBLES THAT WILL ENDURE.

Those Made by a New Process Will Keep for Several Daye. Nearly all the boys and girls like to blow soap bubbles, but the trouble with these pretty many-colored globes is that they burst so easily. This need not be the case if they are blown with the mixture the recipe for which is given here: Cut Into very thin shavings one-fourth of an ounce of castlle soap; dissolve this in ten ounces of water, which is kept warm (not hot), and when this soap mixture Is cool filter it; put this into a sixteen-ounce bottle (a full pint bottle bolds sixteen ounces), and add glycerin to It until the bottle is full; put the glycerin in, a very little at a time, corking up the bottle and shaking it as hard as you can after every few drops of glycerin. When the bottle has been filled and

thoroughly mixed by shaking as above, directed cork it up and set away where it wilTnot be disturbed for a few days. In a short time the mixture will become muddy-looking, but after a few days a white layer will be found floating on the top, while the rest of it will be clear. This clear part must be drawn out without stirring up the top layer and this can be done by the use of a siphon. A siphon may be made from any piece of small tubing. The tube must first be filled with water and if it is a small tube it may be pinched near the middle and the water will not run out even when the ends hang down. Lower one end of the tube to the bottom of the bottle and let the other end hang down outside. Be very sure that the outside end hangs lower than the bottom of the bottle. If you have managed this right, first the water that was in the tube and then’ the mixture will begin to run out of the tube and will not stop until the bottle is emptied. Let the water run out of the tube first, then as soon as the mixture begins to come out catch it in another l>ottle. As soon as the white layer on the top of the mixture comes down to the bottom of the bottle take the tulie out, as you only want the clear part. Large and beautiful bubbles may be blown with this glycerin mixture and If they are allowed to rest on a bone teething ring or soft woollen cloth they will keep their shape for three or four hours. If a glass shade is placed over the bubble it will keep for three or four days.—Boston Herald.