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and ceiling is one that will not peed 

 off or crack and that can be easily 

 •washed or very cheaply and readily 

 renewed. For walls a good paint 

 gives general satisfaction. For the 

 ceiling the most satisfactory finish is 

 a coat of whitewash or one of the 

 good commercial substitutes for It, 

 which should bo renewed annually or 

 biennially. Such finish used on walls 

 can ibe easily renewed. 



Wall paper, unless varnished, is 

 very easily loosened by the steam 

 from kettles. A wall covering resem« 

 bling oilcloth is somewhat more ex- 

 pensive, but it is more durable, and 

 has a smooth washable surface. A 

 damp cloth on a broom or a large 

 sponge in a mop holder will serve, 

 with an occasional washing, to keep 

 this or a painted surface clean. Tiles 

 and vitrified brick, well glazed and 

 matched, afford an excellent wall 

 surface, but they are costly. Metal 

 tiles are cheaper and nearly as satis- 

 factory. 



HOW TO MIX PAINT FOR' TINTS. 



Red and black makes brown; lake 

 and white makes rose; white and 

 brown makes chestnut; white, blue 

 and lake makes purple; blue and lead 

 color makes pearl; white and carmine 

 makes pink; indigo and laminblack 

 makes silver gray; white and lamp- 

 black makes lead color; black and 

 Vnetian red makes chocolate; white 

 and green makes bright green; purine 

 and white makes French white; light 

 green and black makes dark green; 

 white and green makes pea green; 

 white and emerald green makes bril- 

 liant green; red and yellow make* 

 orange; white and yellow makes straw 

 color; white, blue and black makes 

 pearl grey; white, lake and vermillion 

 makes flesh color; umber, white and 

 Venetian red makes drab; white, yel- 

 low and Venetian red makes cream; 

 yellow, white and a little Venetion 

 red makes buff; red, blue and black 

 makes olive. 



LAUNDRY. 



1 qt. warm water. 



1 can of G-illett's lye (10c. size). 

 1-2 cup household ammonia. 



4 teaspoonfuls borax. 



2 tomato tins of grease 



Mix water, lye, ammonia and borax 

 together. When dissolved, stir In the 



grease (melted and warm — not too 

 hot), and keep stirring until the 

 thickness of thick cream. Pour into 

 a large baking tin and make into 

 squares before too hard to cut. 



A Good Washing Fluid. 



1 lb. of sal soda. 



1-2 lb. unslaked lime. 



1 gallon of water. 



Boil twenty minutes; let stand till 

 cool; then drain off and put In a 

 small jug or jar. To one boilerful of 

 clothes, which have been soaked and 

 soaped, add a teacup of washing 

 fluid. The clothes must be well cov- 

 ered with water before adding the 

 fluid, and must boil about half an 

 hour. Wash in suds and rinse. This 

 receipt is an invaluable saver of 

 time. 



Soap Jelly for Washing Flannels. 



Save the small pieces of laundry, 

 toilet and bath soap until you have a 

 teacup full. Put them Into a quart 

 of hot water with a tablespoonful of 

 kerosene. Let simmer until dis- 

 solved. Make warm suds with this 

 soap jelly. Set your flannels In the 

 usual way. They will come out clean 

 and soft. 



White Clothes That Have Turned 

 Ytllow. 



Can be beautifully bleached by 

 soaking in buttermilk. If necessary, 

 you can leave them In buttermilk 

 twenty-four hours. 



Your Iron vrill not stick If you do 

 one of two things:— 



(1) Add 1 tablespoonful of salt to 

 1-2 gallon of starch; or 



(2) 1 tablespoonful of keroeene 

 oil put into the cold starch. 



These give a pretty gloss. 



Colored Cottons. 

 Put a small quantity of Maypole 

 Soap Into the rinsing water, and your 

 cotton gowns will always look fresh 

 and new. 



Black and Navy Blue Linens. 



Wash and peel two potatoes. Grate 



them Into soft tepid water. Add 1 



teaspoonful of ammonia. Wash 



goods in this and rinse In cold bine- 



