The household (of the Detroit free press)

Cast on fifty or sixty stitches on medium sized knitting needles, using two, and No. 12 knitting cotton. Put needle in first stitch, thread over twice and knit the stitch. Continue so all the way across, knitting back ; knit first stitch, dropping the next, which is the loop, and so continue across ; then commence as before, by putting needle in stitch, thread over twice, and knitting. It can be finished by crocheting a large scallop around. They are very nice, and wear well too. WASHING MADE EASY. Monday is the washing day of all good housekeepers. On this day get dinner as easily as possible, not a picked-up one, but one that can be cooked with little trouble and that does not occupy much room on the stove. Have baked potatoes, a roast of meat, boiled rice, stewed corn or tomatoes, and for dessert, baked apples and cream, pie, or something easily prepared. When changing the bed clothes Saturday morning — do not wait until Monday to change them, but have the beds fresh and clean for Sunday — sort them, separating the fine from the coarse and the dirty ones from those less dirty. Soak them over night in warm water, with plenty of good washing soap. The next morning wash them from the water (with a little hot poured in) into another of very hot water. If two can work at this it will be a much shorter method. Rub these out and put into a third tub ; pour hot water on these to scald them. Then wring them into a tub of clear blued water — an indigo bag is better than all the patent bluing — and the clothes will be beautifully clean and white. Of course it will not be necessary to have four tubs ; two will be enough, and if you have a good wringer, it will not take long to do out quite a large washing. There is a great difference in wringers, and each time they are used, they should be dried carefully and a drop of oil put on the cogs or wheels; Then if the clothes are taken down at night and sprinkled well, they will iron easily. The best sprinkler is a wisp broom, kept for this purpose only. This sprinkles effectually and evenly, without a pool of water in one place and none in others. Here is another way to wash clothes with a small outlay of strength : Sort them, fine in one tub, coarse in another, pour soft water enough over them (perfectly cold) to saturate, without surplus. Take one cup of sal soda, and half a bar of soap shaved into two gallons of water ; boil until both ingredients are dissolved. Take one and a half gallons of the fluid and pour over the first tub, hot ; let it stand for about twenty minutes, you can then wash them clean with your hands. Rinse in plenty of water three times, having the last two blued a little ; pour the suds from the first tub over the coarse clothes, add the rest of your fluid hot and let them stand while rinsing and hanging out the fine things. Don't use any scalding water and your clothes will be dazzlingly white. Scalding water gives a grey tint. For the calicoes use borax in place of the soda. ERADICATING FRUIT STAINS.