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Popular Science Monthly 



The Left-handed Woman's Home 

 Appliances 



A FRIEND who is left-handed says 

 it is foolish, when she must do her 

 own housework for a lifetime, to put 

 up with the little annoyances that 

 come from using tools and arrangements 

 standardized for normal, right-handed 

 housekeepers. 



The left-handed woman should have her 

 kitchen arranged for her own convenience 



She has her scissors sharpened the 

 reverse of the usual way. The drain- 

 board in her kitchen is at the left, 

 instead of at the right of the sink. The 

 shelf of her range she had transferred 

 to the left. If she used a cabinet gas- 

 range, with high ovens at the side of the 

 open cooking-burners she would choose 

 a stove with ovens at the left. In 

 hanging up small tools near the place 

 where they are to be used, she locates 

 them at the left, rather than at the right 

 side of the table or counter. The usual 

 location of the spout or lip upon sauce- 

 pans or skillets serves a left-handed 

 cook well, for they are wrong for the 

 average woman. — A. G. Vestal. 



How to Make Artificial Marble 



A COM POSITION closely resembling 

 marble can be made from marble- 

 dust and magnesite. Thoroughly mix 

 equal parts of these ingredients while 

 dry. Make a watery solution of magne- 

 sium chloride, strong enough to float an 

 egg. Add the magnesite and marble- 

 dust mixture to the magnesium chloride 

 solution, until a thick, creamy com- 

 position is obtained. Pour this into 

 molds of glass. The glass should be 

 washed, polished, and rubbed with a 

 cloth soaked in paraffin oil. The oil 



gives the appearance of polished marble, 

 when the composition is hard. Twenty- 

 four hours are required for hardening. 



If a mottled or veined effect is desired, 

 add dry mineral colors to a small 

 amount of the mixture, and, with a 

 spoon, deposit it in several spots. When 

 the mixture is poured into the molds, 

 which should be from a height of 2 ins., 

 the colored spots will blend with the 

 white mass, forming beautiful veins and 

 flecks. If holes are desired, rods of 

 wood, dipped in melted paraffin, are 

 placed in the molds. 



This composition is especially good 

 for electrical switchboards. Clock-cases, 

 table-tops and statuary can also be 

 made from it. Fine sand, or even 

 sawdust, may be substituted for marble- 

 dust. For each pint of dampened saw- 

 dust, it will be necessary to use a pound 

 of magnesite. — A. H. Waychoff. 



Convenient Stairway 



IN a new house having three rooms and 

 hall on the lower floor one compact 

 stairway serves the purpose of two. A 

 hinged door at the bottom of the kitchen 

 branch and a sliding door at the front 

 hall face of the small landing give 

 privacy to either section of the stairway. 

 Warm air is prevented from rising when 

 bedrooms upstairs are being aired. Also 

 the noises downstairs do not disturb 

 anyone who may be asleep or ill up- 

 stairs. Another feature is the hinging 

 of the second step from the bottom of 

 the kitchen branch making, beneath it 

 and the third step, a storage space for 

 cooking utensils and dish-drainer, since 

 there is no pantry. This arrangement is 

 a great space-saver. 



Much valuable space can be saved by this 

 kind of stairway 



