A bachelors cupboard

STAINS hap even in the best regulated bachelor apartments, and nothing causes his lordship so much consternation as to see the Inky fluid trickling over his papers and running In a little rivulet over the carpet or table cover. The handy box should contain a bottle of salts of lemon for just such emergencies as these. Cover the ink spots with this and let remain a few moments, when the stain will disappear. Wash the article with a brush and soap, rinse with clear water and wipe dry. Dry salt may be used, in case salts of lemon are not procurable. Apply at once, and as soon as the salt becomes discolored, brush off and apply fresh, wetting the salt slightly on the second application. Continue until the spot has disappeared. In case the Ink has run on the carpet or rug, apply salt and wet with milk. Let this remain until dry, and then rub off. Repeat the process if any stain remains. To remove any kind of stains from red Ink, tartaric acid Is necessary. For white goods, make the spot damp with clear water and rub the acid Into it. for woolens and colored cottons, dilute the acid and apply it cautiously until the spots have disappeared. How to Cleanse Clothes INDELIBLE One would suppose that stains from Indell- INK ble ink could not be removed, but they are by no means hopeless. A saturated solution of cyanuret of potassium and water will remove such stains. Apply carefully with a camel's hair brush. The cyanuret is a poison and should be handled with care. INKY The toiler over the ledger is often annoyed FINGERS by inky fingers, and if he does not keep in the office lavatory a piece of pumice stone or hand sapolio, he may remove all traces of his trade by simply moistening the head of an ordinary sulphur match and rubbing the ink spots with it. In using pumice stone for removing stains, first rub the stone on soap, then apply. "Expect not at another's hand what you can do hy your own." AIRING A woman who, as the THE BED mother of several sons, has many young men as guests at her large country house, says she can Invariably judge a man from the care he takes of his rodm. A young man who has been well brought up, she says, never falls to turn back his bedclothes upon arising In the morning. If the clothes, sheets and all, are turned back smoothly over the footboard and the pillows placed near the open window in a convenient chair, she decides that the young man's mother instilled into him that good breeding which makes neatness and cleanliness and care Imperative to his comfort and that of his hostess. She further adds Handy Hints on Housekeeping a few remarks on the " fine husband that man is going to make " who remembers the little things, but they would be out of place In a bachelor book. Many there are, however, who never pay attention to such details, but leave the bed rumpled and tumbled as they jump out of it In the morning. The well-bred young man always airs his bed with the same care In which he takes his morning tub, putting the pillows, If possible, where the sunlight may fall upon them. Falling this, the air at least keeps the feathers fluffy and light and the ticking fresh and clean.