HOUSEHOLD. 



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telephone lines, and that is, dotft buy 

 where you can buy cheapest. Buy 

 quality! It is cheaper in the long run. 

 You all know it — you buy pedigreed 

 proven herd-bulls or stallions, seed- 

 wheat or corn, apple trees or potatoes. 

 So don't buy fence wire from a local 

 dealer because it is a few cents cheap- 

 er, than the regular double galvanized 

 telephone wire specially made for that 

 purpose. Insist upon proper lightning 

 arresters mounted on non-combustible 

 bases, and the 'best telephone instru- 

 ment you can buy. And remember 

 that there are made in Canada just as 

 good telephones as there are made 

 anywhere else in the world. 



HOW TO TAKS care OF AN 

 ORGAN. 



A reed organ is susceptible to heat, 

 cold, and especially dampness. A little 

 common sense will suggest that the in- 

 strument is made principally of -wood; 

 extreme heat causes wood to contract 

 or shrink while exposure to dampness 

 will cause it to swell, in which case 

 the working parts or the action will 

 be liable to stick. -An organ should 

 not be made a receptacle for odds and 

 ends, something likely to fall into it 

 and make trouble. It should be kept 

 clean, and dust may be kept out of the 

 interior by covering with a cloth dur- 

 ing the process of sweeping. An or- 

 gan, unlike a piano, does not require 

 tuning, but possibly the reeds may re- 

 quire cleaning. Do not attempt this 

 yourself, unless you know how; 

 neither is it well to trust it to the first 

 man who comes along saying he is a 

 "repair man." The better plan Is to 

 describe your trouble in a letter to 

 the maker, and ask his advice ; o lot of 

 trouble is avoided in this way. 



HOW TO TAKE CARE OF A PIANO. 



A piano must be kept under proper 

 conditions, otherwise it will get out 

 of order. Many times lack of know- 

 ledge or care causes trouble for which 

 the maker is often unjustly blamed. 

 Dampness and excessive dryness are 

 two great enemies, yet both can be 

 avoided, if a little care be exercised. 

 The careful house-keeper would not 

 think of allowing a cold draft to blow 

 through an open window on tender 

 houseplants, yet some never think, of 

 its harming the piano; on a damp day 

 too, the breeze laden with moisture 



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