Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 31, Number 352, 27 January 1907 — Page 13

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i To Clean Discolored Glass. " Glass that apears amoky may bo cleaned by applying dilute nitric acid, when snap, turpentine, alcohol or scouring with whltlnff would mak no impression on It. Water of ammonia la alao effective. When the red spider la at work the only remedy for flowera la water, applied twice a day with a syringe or force pump throwing a fine apray. The water ahould reacb very portion of the plant, and particularly the underside of the leaf, where the spider la hidden. Properties of Benzine. It Is a colorless liquid and very volatile, for this reason the bottles in which It Is kept must be tightly corked to prevent evaporation. It dissolves gutta perch a, wax and fatty substance, and consequently Is largely used for removing certain atalns and dirt from clothing. To Kemove Putty from Glass. Dip a small brush in nitric or muriatic rid, and with it paint over the dry putty that adheres to the broken glasses and frames of the windows. After an hour's Interval the . putty will have become so soft aa to be easily removed. Toughening Lamp Chimneys. To prevent lamp chimneys from cracking, put them Into a kettle of cotd water and gradually heat It until It boil: then let It gradually cool off and the chimneys will riot crack by the ordinary variations of the flame. Wash for Teeth and Gums. CarbollO acid, td drops: spirit of wine, 3 drachma: distilled water, ounces. A rather mall, soft brush Is best for this lotion. It weetens the breath, hardens the gums and preserves the teeth. To Remove Knife Stains. The best way to clean a stained steel knlfebtade is to cut a sound potato in two, dip one of the pieces In brick dust and rub CARE OP PURS. The season Is now at hand when furs are a part of the out-of-door toilets of most women, and wise is she among her sisters who gives a few moments of each day to the care of those she possesses. Never put your furs away damp. When you come in on a stormy day, shake every possible snowflake and raindrop from both muff and boa, and spread them in a safe place to dry. Then before putting them into the closet brush the fur the wrong way with a good stiff clothes brush. You will find the reward for your "diligence in the renewed flufflness and softness of its appearance. Careful women keep white furs or very light colored ones in pasteboard boxes, between layers of tissue paper. These delicate furs may be cleaned with lump magnesia. If the collars on the darker furs are greasy at the back of the neck, clean them with a piece of cotton batting wet with gasoline. And. women, don't toss your handsome furs in a heap on the top shelf of a dark closet and expect to find them in a wearable condition at the end of the first winter. Eternal vig. llance is the price a woman must pay If she expects to be well dressed. PAPER FLAGS FOR DECORATIONS. The prettiest flags for decorating church fair booths may be made of crinkled paper, and are only a matter of a few minutes' work. Cut the paper, not Into a stiff oblong, but with undulating edges, as though the flag were flapping in a breeze, and paste one end of it to a handle of wood. For these handles an ordinary wooden box, provided the boards are fairly thin, may be split .up without much trouble.

the blade In It. , The fine brick dust commonly used for knife cleaning should be used.

A good way to mend a round hole In a silk or woolen dress, and where otherwise only a patch could remedy matters. Is the following: The frayed portions around the tear should be carefully smoothed and a piece of the material moistened with very thin mucilage, placed under the hole. A heavy weight should then be pat Upon It until dry. when it Is only possible to discover the mended place by careful observation. To keep the hair nice, brush It before going to bed at night, as well as when dressing In the daytime, with a soft brush. The best brushes are those with abort bristles. Disentangle the hair from the extreme end. If you begin to comb from the roots of the ends, you will . break the hair. Injure It growth and give It an uncared for look. It la well sometimes to change the way of dressing the hair for a day or two. It makes the hair grow thin If It is always done In exactly the same manner, and la always twisted In the same direction. The hair should not be Washed too frequently, aa water has an Injurious effect on It. At night It Is best banging loose. - If you wish to stick anything and have no glue in the house, try the following recipe: Take a small piece of cold potato which has been boiled, and rub It up and down on a piece of paper with your fingers for about Ave minutes. It will become trie light consistency, and stick as well as the strongest glue. , Twenty-four hours before shampooing saturate the scalp with warm olive ell. Careful grooming every night with a brush will encourage the hair to be good.

VELVETEEN IN CHILDREN'S FROCKS.

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VEVLETEENS, together with corduroys, are much favored fabrics for children's frocks. The Russian Peasant frock is a well liked design, modified into a graceful shape by the use of a prettily pleated shoulder effect, and with a belt made of vari -colored silks interwoven like Hercules braid. Guimpes of delicate lawn, mull or silk are permissible for wear with these velevteen frocks.

HANDIWORK OF QtfEEKS. An exhibition has been op-ned at Brussels consisting entirely of the handiwork of queens. There are several landscapes painted by Queen Amelia of Portugal. The queen of Romania, "Carmen Sylva," xhiblts a great number of miniature statuettes carved in ivory. There are busts of Bourget, Loti, Ibsen . Masterlinck and various other literary celebrities. The queen of Holland is represented by a series of cartoons illustrating the stories in the "Arabian Nights," in the designing of which she has whlled away her leisure. The young queen of Spain has a number of bird and flower pictures in water color. The queen of Italy, who has a passion for the sea, sends several Mediterranean scenes which are remarkable for their brilliant coloring. To Clean Coat Collars. , Apply turpentine to the soiled places, letting the t fluid dry, and applying more several times, then gently scrape off the loosened .dirt. Then sponge with a clean cloth and turpentine, or better still alcohol or chloroform and wipe dry. A fresher and smoother looking surface Is obtained when alcohol or chloroform la used, as these two subatancea evaporate more quickly than does turpentine.

WHAT BECOMES OF PINS

An old gentleman in the north of London has been making a series of interesting experiments with a view to finding a solution to the question often asked: "What becomes of the countless myriads of pins, etc., that are anually lost?" As he expected, he finds that It Is the distlnegrating effects of the air which resolve even these Intractable little instruments Into their elements. He put some lunrdeds of brass and steel pins, n.-edles, hairpins, etc., in a quiet corner of his garden, where they would be subject to all the destructive agencies of dampness, earth, wind, etc., secure from the predatory hands and disturbing feet of inquisitive Intruders. The results are curious. Ordinary hairpins were the first (taking 154 days, on an average) to oxidize Into SPICED CRAXBSRRIES Bell together H pounds of brown sugar, t cap c viaegar, t tablespoons each of ground allspice and cinnamon and 1 tablespoon of ground cloves. To this syrup add pounds Of cranberries and simmer slowly for 2 hours. Keep In a stone Jar cloaely oovered. STEWED FIGS Wash the figs Well with a brush, soak In cold water to cover till plump, then cook gently till tender. Let the water boil nearly all away then strain It and use as a syrup with the fruit: serve with whipped cream. A little lemon Juice may be added to syrup If too sweet. CANTOS SHERBET tae the Chinese preserved ginger that Cornea in stone Jars. A 25-cent Jar of the ginger (chopped fine), add 1 Quart cold water, 1 cup sugar and Cook 15 minutes. Strain and cool, add Juice of t lemons, and 3 oranges. When partly frozen add white of 1 egg and finish f reeling. STtrfFBD EGOS Si hard cooked eggs, J egg, 1 tabteepoon eold water, S soda crackers relied fine, salt and pepper, 3 teaspoons Royal aalad dressing, teaspoon Worcestershire sauce, 12 email wooden skewer. Cook 45 minutes, cool thoroughly, cut egga Into halves lengthwise, remove yolks, keeping halves of each egg In pairs, Put yolks through rtcer or sieve, add salad dressing, Worcestershire sauce, salt and pepper te taste. Mix into smooth paste, flit halves of eggs level, put haivea together, fasten through ends with skewers. Roll Id egg and water, then in crvmbs and fry tn deep fat to a goldea brown; remove skewers. ORANGE AND COCOAWCT CREAM FILLING One egg beaten well; add 1 cup of whipped cream: half cup ef confectionA ROSE LUNCHEON. Pink Is always a satisfactory color, both to hostess and guests, and a "rose" luncheon is the prettiest affair imaginable. The table may be left bare, with individual doilies, or a lace cloth over pink used. A plain white damask cover, with pink, rosebuds In holders of glass or silver, and for the most stunning centerpiece suspend a square basket filled with pink roses and maidenhair fern, with pink satin ribbons or tulle streamers from the overhead light to within about six Inches of the table. The place cards are pink rose cut from water color paper and painted. Cut them out in rose forms and write

a brownish rust ferrous oxide which was scattered by the wind as it was formed, and not a trace of a single one could be detected; at the end of seven months. Common bright pins took as long as eighteen months before their combustion was complete, but brass ones had been entirely turned into green verdigris long before that. At the end of fifteen months an ordinary penholder had had its nib entirely rusted away, but the wooden stick was still almost unaltered. It is probable that the paint on it had somewhat of a preservative effect. Some used wax vestas were almost gone, with the exception of the cotton wick. In less . than eighty days from the time they were deposited, but the sulphur heads of some unlit ones were as perfect as ever.

ore sugar, 1 ewp shredded cocoanut aad grated rind ef half aad the Juice of t orange. Tvt between and on top of ywor cake and sprinkle more cocoanut over the whole. , , , . ' . , BAKED EGGS No. 1 Take 1 plat of cream or cream and milk mixed), heat to the boiling point; then put into a buttered shallow baking dish. Break ( fresh eggs Into it. Sprinkle with salt and pepper, and bake In a hot oven 29 minutes. ,,. No. 2 Beat whites of eggs to a stiff froth with a pinch of Salt. Put It on a buttered platter, making a little nest for each of the 6 yolks. Bake in a hot oven 19 minutes. , . -No. 3 Butter a platter and sprinkle thickly with fine bread crumbs. Break aa many eggs into it as you need. Sait and pepper each. Cover them with bread crumbs and bita of butter, and bake till eggs are set. TO PRESERVE SWEET CORN Cut the corn from the cob, scrape the cobs thoroughly, as best of it lies there, spread half an inch thick upon bright tins, put in a warm oven to dry, which will dry Quickly; when cnld put into paper bags and it Is ready for use. Soak over night before ABOUT CAKE When I take my cakes from the oven I have a soft pillow ready, with two clean dish wipers spread on top of it. and I let the cake fall out of the tin on to it. then quickly flop it back on to the bottom of the tin. The soft pillow and -wipers give the cake a chance to ink ia without any pressure, where if you take a cake out on to something that won't give as the cake cornea en to it it ia liable to settle aad net be light. half of a rhyme, either original or from "Mother Goose," on it- In the drawing room hand the guest a slip of paper containing the other half. In this way the seats at table are found. The nut holders and ice cream or ice, cases are made of pink paper In rose shapes. The cases for the cream standing on three wires twisted together and covered with green paper to make legs; these are very dainty. As girls sometimes talk personalities and tell things best untold, a huge American beauty rose was suspended over the dining room In token of the fact that such was the ancient custom i in , Greece. . the rose being the emblem of secrec; hence our of t-used term, subrosa,

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IS BEAUTY If this gift of the gods were offered them, it is certain that most women would eagerly accept It, ; without stopping for a moment to ask, "But is its possession likely to benefit me?" Yet, according to a certain very lovely young actress, a pretty girl's stage careerls often imperiled by her very attractiveness. A pretty actress runs a risk of being hindered in her profession by too much admiration. Off the stage she requires to study hard, and when she is actually playing she needs to give her whole attention to her part. -It is not easy for her to study seriously when social distractions are many, and the difficulty of losing herself In the character she Is playing must be Immense when she knows that some dozen men In the boxes are watching her with the greatest admiration, and that each of them would gladly marry her. The truth is that an attractive appearance is a great advantage to a hard-working, clever girl, but directly a girl relies on her beauty to make

EVENING FROCK OF TTJUJITC.

A PRETTY midwinter evening frock is this of tulline with lace applique, which illustrates one of the best adaptations of the Empire mode. The model illustrated Is made of cream-white tulline, an inexpensive, durable, moisture-proof net, mounted over pale green sedo silk, and trimmed with green taffeta silk facie--. A Dlrectoire sash of black mallnette and a cape effect of lace falling from the shoulders well over the hip line, are Jthe features of this charming costume.

DESIRABLE? her a succeaa It li a hindrance totr. Good looks can never take the place of brains and hard work, aad the girl who thinks they will do so 4 either on the stage or off it Is almost certainly foredoomed to fail-. ure. : A HOVEL BOG COLLAC There is a trifle for which the shops charge $1 which you can make with velvet baby ribbon and two dozen attractive beads. It ls n dog collar formed of strips of the ribbon held together by "slides," also of the ribbon. Use five or six lanetba of the ribbon, set a quarter of an inch apart, and make five of the slides by doubling the ribbon over aad sewing together. Ton can sll in a tiny featherboaev though this la sot necessary. Sew a bead at tsSk intersection and fasten In the bank with two slides booked together aad covered with a small ribbon reeette. Amethyst ribbon is attractive aad makes a lovely collar over a white waist.