p. 14 | Do You Know That by Mrs. I. H. E.

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Tacoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · May 11, 1916

Do You Know That

By Mrs. I. H. E.

ORDINARY adhesive court-plaster tape may be used with good results in mending dolls and other broken toys?

Celery tops dried in a warm (not hot) oven, and stored in a glass jar, are superior to celery salt for flavoring?

The white of an egg beaten stiff, sweetened, and flavored with strawberry juice, makes an acceptable substitute for whipped cream for strawberry shortcake?

Kerosene oil will remove paint stains from garments? Dampen well, roll up, let stand for half an hour, and then wash with warm suds. The same method will also remove the printing from cloth flour sacks.

Light magnesia will remove tartar from the teeth? The brush should be moistened in warm water, dipped in the magnesia, then applied to the teeth. Magnesia also counteracts the tendency to acid mouth.

The best way to remove cobwebs is with a clean cloth on the end of a pointed stick? Touch the cobwebs lightly, withdraw, and no dark smears will remain to remind you where the webs have been.

The life of your clothes wringer will be lengthened, and its usefulness greatly increased, by a little care each time after using? The top screws should be loosened, the bearings oiled, and the rollers cleaned with kerosene. After using the kerosene on the rollers, they should be washed with warm soapy water, and wiped dry.

Flies multiply with almost unbelievable rapidity in the garbage can? Clean the can with strong, hot lye solution each time it is emptied. Or “after emptying the tin, flush it with carbolic-acid solution, three tablespoonfuls of ninety-five-per-cent carbolic acid to each quart of hot water. This solution destroys the life in egg or maggot form.”

A long-bristled, round-handled paintbrush is invaluable in removing dust from inaccessible corners? In some stores, these brushes may be found with colored bristles. Though somewhat expensive, they last for years, and prove their usefulness anew each dusting day. They are especially convenient in removing dust from dressing tables, bureaus, etc.

Many cases of inflammation of the eyes are traceable to the use of “face powder”? The reason for this is that many of these toilet powders, commonly known as “rice powder,” contain, in addition to the rice powder, other ingredients which irritate the delicate membranes of the eye. “Sixteen samples of so-called rice powders were recently analyzed, and of this number only two consisted entirely of rice; and only six contained any rice at all.”

MRS. I. H. E.