with flannel and dry with clean soft cheesecloth
or flannel.
6. Before whitewashing the cellar mix 2
ounces of carbolic acid in each bucket of slaked
lime. This is an admirable disinfectant.
7. Marble tiles in the vestibule can be kept
nice by rubbing with fine pumice stone. When
dry, wash in clear water, then rub carefully a
little linseed oil over the black squares. Polish
with flannel.
8. For the blue blur on mahogany wipe the
surface with fresh cold water. Dry instantly
and rub hard with cheesecloth moistened in a
little oil polish. Give a final polish with dry
cheesecloth.
9. An inch wide strip of wood nailed to two
transverse strips makes a convenient rack for
lids to pots and pans that accumulate in the
closet. The cross strips should be just long-
enough to catch the handle firmly.
10. The life of a broom is prolonged if it is
hung. An attachment can be bought for ten
cents, with a catch for the broom and a hook
beneath for the dust pan and brush.
11. Keep the ironing board neatly behind the
laundry door by means of a doubled rope long
enough to encircle the board and fasten in a loop
on a hook placed at a convenient height on the
door jam.
12. A small bottle of pure alcohol kept on the
bathroom shelf will be in constant use to remove
spots on clothing. Grease spots should first be
ironed under heavy brown paper, then covered
with magnesia or French chalk.
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Cleaning Gloves at Home
Kid gloves, suede and glazed, may be cleaned
at home as well as by the professional if one
takes pains. Immerse the gloves in pure gasoline,
then put them on the hands or a wooden form
and rub with white castile or Ivory soap, just as
if washing the hands. Rub the seams with a
piece of flannel. Repeat in several gasolines,
then rinse in pure gasoline, rub with a fresh flan-
nel, pull into shape and hang in the sun to dry.
After the gasoline has evaporated the gloves
may be hung near the heat to remove the odor
quickly. Never use gasoline near a flame, as it
is highly explosive.
Chamois or doe skin gloves should be washed
in luke warm soap suds of any good white soap,
rinsed in soapy water, pulled lightly into shape
and hung in the sun, fingers down, to dry. When
dry, rub slightly to soften the skin. Never use
hot water or any unsoaped water even for rins-
ing.
For the Home Nurse
1. Equal parts of linseed oil and lime water
are excellent for burns. For slight ones use bak-
ing soda covered by a wet cloth.
2. Swallowing a raw egg will often carry
down a fish bone that has lodged in the throat,
and a bad strangling fit may be helped by swal-
lowing immediately the unbeaten white of egg.
3. Application of pure turpentine is a heroic
but effectual disinfectant of open cuts or sores.
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4. Gargling the throat with ice water will
often help bad hiccoughs.
5. Du8t a sickroom with a damp cloth or one
of the prepared dusters and sweep with a wet
cloth over broom. The flying particles of dust
are bad for the patient.
6. Have a different shaped bottle for all
poisons — medicine or disinfectants. An oc-
tagonal bottle is easily distinguished even in
the dark. A small bell tied around the neck of
an ordinary shaped poison bottle is a safeguard.
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with flannel and dry with clean soft cheesecloth or flannel.
6. Before whitewashing the cellar mix 2 ounces of carbolic acid in each bucket of slaked lime. This is an admirable disinfectant.
7. Marble tiles in the vestibule can be kept nice by rubbing with fine pumice stone. When dry, wash in clear water, then rub carefully a little linseed oil over the black squares. Polish with flannel.
8. For the blue bloom on mahogany wipe the surface with fresh cold water. Dry instantly and rub hard with cheesecloth moistened in a little oil polish. Give a final polish with dry cheesecloth.
9. An inch wide strip of wood nailed to two transverse strips makes a convenient rack for lids to pots and pans that accumulate in the closet. The cross strips should be just longenough to catch the handle firmly.
10. The life of a broom is prolonged if it is hung. An attachment can be bought for ten cents, with a catch for the broom and a hook beneath for the dust pan and brush.
11. Keep the ironing board neatly behind the laundry door by means of a doubled rope long enough to encircle the board and fasten in a loop on a hook placed at a convenient height on the door jam.
12. A small bottle of pure alcohol kept on the bathroom shelf will be in constant use to remove spots on clothing. Grease spots should first be ironed under heavy brown paper, then covered with magnesia or French chalk.
Cleaning Gloves at Home
Kid gloves, suede and glazed, may be cleaned at home as well as by the professional if one takes pains. Immerse the gloves in pure gasoline, then put them on the hands or a wooden form and rub with white castile or Ivory soap, just as if washing the hands. Rub the seams with a piece of flannel. Repeat in several gasolines, then rinse in pure gasoline, rub with a fresh flannel, pull into shape and hang in the sun to dry.
After the gasoline has evaporated the gloves may be hung near the heat to remove the odor quickly. Never use gasoline near a flame, as it is highly explosive.
Chamois or doe skin gloves should be washed in luke warm soap suds of any good white soap, rinsed in soapy water, pulled lightly into shape and hung in the sun, fingers down, to dry. When dry, rub slightly to soften the skin. Never use hot water or any unsoaped water even for rinsing.
For the Home Nurse
1. Equal parts of linseed oil and lime water are excellent for burns. For slight ones use baking soda covered by a wet cloth.
2. Swallowing a raw egg will often carry down a fish bone that has lodged in the throat, and a bad strangling fit may be helped by swallowing immediately the unbeaten white of egg.
3. Application of pure turpentine is a heroic but effectual disinfectant of open cuts or sores.
4. Gargling the throat with ice water will often help bad hiccoughs.
5. Dust a sickroom with a damp cloth or one of the prepared dusters and sweep with a wet cloth over broom. The flying particles of dust are bad for the patient.
6. Have a different shaped bottle for all poisons — medicine or disinfectants. An octagonal bottle is easily distinguished even in the dark. A small bell tied around the neck of an ordinary shaped poison bottle is a safeguard.