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Roods; anything strong onough to romovo 
tho rust removos tho oolor also. 
Oxalic acid is good al.so for ink stains 
that have dried. AMiile the ink is still 
moist, milk is the best. Keep washing 
with milk until all the ink is ont of the 
article, when it should be waslnol with 
soap and water. This has the advantage 
of being .last as good for colored gar¬ 
ments as white ones. 
IcKline is best removed with ammonia. 
Since iodine is so much used as a house- 
Indd germicide for wounds. ui)sets with it 
.•ire likely to occur, and !is it makes a 
very ugly stain it is Avell to know the 
remedy. 
Orass stains are best removed with al- 
ctdlol. 
For mililew try tlu' lemon juice and salt 
mixture, and bleach. If this does not re¬ 
move them, use .lavelle water. While the 
latter is (piite common, for the beuelit <»f 
those who do not know the formula 1 will 
give it: ()ne-half pound washing soda, 
one-half iiint calcium hy])ochlorite, one 
pil’d boiling water, one quart cold water. 
Jiisvdve the soda in the boiling water in 
a graniti' jian. Disstdve the cah-ium hyi»o- 
chlorite in tin- cold water and let it set¬ 
tle. I’oui' th<“ ch'ai' liquid into the so<la ; 
aftej- this has settled, iiour otT into bot¬ 
tle. cork, and keep in dark place. 'I'liis 
makes a ll.o per cent solution, and befort' 
it is used it should be diluted with equal 
(piantities of wati'r. If articles soak in 
it for any length .of time, dilute to a two 
]ier cent solution. Wash goods thorough¬ 
ly after using this solution, ami lastly 
rin.se in ammonia water. 
.Mas. CII.VKI.KS .IOI[.\STO.\. 
Winter House Plants 
Have you ever gone inside from the bit¬ 
ter cold in .lanuary into a warm, sun- 
.shinj' hom(‘ and f(dt an added glow of 
warmth at seeing a gay blo(tm of tlowei-s 
in the window, or a lacy green fern in the 
sunV .‘•'oiiK' way we feel that we have 
thrust Winter's cold blast a little fartlu'r 
from tis if we can keep ji touch of Sum¬ 
mer on our window sill. Not, every home 
can keep it warm enough to <-oax the 
frail plants along, but at last I feel T 
have found a perpetual jdant that nothing 
but ii severe frec'/.e can effect. Some call it 
wamlering .lew. some tin* ‘‘roving sailor.” 
J like the latter name the best, and it 
gives a hint iis to its cai'e. Water, water, 
jilenty of it, ami you will have great long 
sitrays of gri'en. 
.\fter our 1,'ist home was built the car- 
])enterK left an immense litter of shav¬ 
ings, shingb-s and odd )tiece.s of all kinds 
of linishing wood. We sorted out the dif¬ 
ferent kinds ; some were only suitable for 
our evening blaze in the lirenlace. while 
others were mad<‘ into useful racks for 
odd corners in the home, hut om' article 
J am specially iiroml of, my ferm'ry. My 
husband si>ent a few evenings in his 
woi'kshon. and after the smell of_ jiaint 
had vanished he I'.'tme to me saying he 
was ready for my helji. 
The box was about 10 inches wide and 
,'h) long. It stood about .’U) inches high, 
and was finished in ivory eiuimel. We 
tilled it with go<id rich earth, and through 
the center I put four geraniums th;it had 
been cuttings in the Spring. I had had 
them out of doors Jill Summer and by 
nipping the center out when they were 
about 10 inches high imluced a sturdy 
branching growth. Some were beginning 
to form buds. Around the e<lge I stuck 
in jiieces of ‘‘roving sailor.’’ and as a till 
in between the jilants I sowed some giiijie- 
fruit siteds. llow I wish you <-ouhl have 
seen that box in November! The ger¬ 
aniums were in bloom, the roving sailor 
a lacy, drooping vine over the sides, :iml 
against, the ivory color of tin* box, ;i de¬ 
lightful contrast. 
Trade.scjintia bicolor, as the seed cat¬ 
alogue calls it, has a silver sheen; two 
silver stripes on a dark green surface, 
while tht“ under side* is almost a ros<>. 
This varitdy I have the most success 
growing inside awjiy from the light. .lust 
now I have a big gray jar of it sitting 
on my hearthstom.* acro.ss the room from 
Jiny light, and the silvery shine trom its 
lojives gives ji c<)ol touch in my darkemsl 
room this hot day. ’I'he kind I grow in 
my fernery is the ])lain green. Along 
the stem the lejives grow in itairs Jibout 
every inch, and at these juncture.s iiew 
brjinches or roots will form. Now, if you 
start with only ji few pieces, or even <)ne. 
do not be discouragi’d. When It is six oi' 
»‘ight inches long be brave and brejik off 
half of it, and stick this broken end into 
the earth about an inch, or just beyond 
a joint. Soon you will have two splen¬ 
did brjinches instejid of one, jind so on, 
I might iilmost say of it ad infinitum, for 
you may continue to do thi.s until your 
pots and boxes dro<q) with it, and you 
may gjither grejit luindfuls to s’tart the 
neighhors. Surely you nui.v w(dl .say of it 
’tis more bh'ssed to give tlum receive, l<)r 
the more you break off :ind give to yc'ur 
friends the more your own plants thicken 
jind hranch out Jind the loveli(*r they be¬ 
come. And, too, they will grow in wjiter, 
or if you cjire to start their roots that 
way you may. 
M’hen you start your box don’t feel you 
must use geraniums, but go out to your 
flower garden and look at your Summer 
•blossoms. Calendula, or |)ot-marigold, 
makes a wonderful little house idant. Jind 
their velvet gold will seem like sunshine 
on a rainy day. For a hanging basket 
take u]) a jilant of your verbenas; mixed 
in with roving sailor for ji baekeround 
you have a swecd-scented vine all Winter. 
My hanging basket is an old brass kettle 
that belonged to my great-grandmother, 
RURAL NEW-YORKER 
and after many tedious hours of rubbing 
it shines like gold. You proluibly CJin't 
Jill have JI hra.ss kettle, but do hud some¬ 
thing to hang up. .\u old pail juiinted in 
ivory will he ji joy to ,vou when the rov¬ 
ing sailor climbs over its sides. 
.MYK.V nUU.N'.S KOUKU.S. 
Some Work and Some Play 
I liJive been mixing in a bit of pleasure 
with the lull'd work, Jind 1 find it nuikes 
for efliciiMicy in mori' ways tluin one. We 
stJiy-at-homes get in a rut. We think if 
.w(' release the rein;, of pu.sh and drive ji 
single day. the whole universe will topple 
over. Perhaps I should not judge others 
by myself, but I think we housewives iire 
jiretty much the same. Somi*- jiroblems 
are hejivier and some lighter, but each in 
her own mech.inicjil way thinks her own 
the hejiviest of all. I was called on to 
jissist in the selling of the Ked Cross 
(piilt. 'i’here was a singing <-onvenlion 
jit Oak Hill, business and pliuisure <-om- 
bined. We wrote out .‘>(K) tii-kets to sidl 
jit 1(1 cents each. We mixed the numhers 
thoroughly, tieil 2o in ji bunch, juid girls 
dressed in their Red Cross uniforms <lis- 
posed of the tickets. A distintere.sted jier- 
son wrote ji number between oue^ jind .'lOO. 
scjiled Jind fjisti'iied to quilt. Wlnui tick¬ 
ets were Jill .sold, the iierson hohling the 
number corresponding to one on quilt re¬ 
ceived it. We hoped that someone would 
get it who would allow it to be sold again 
for the lied Cross, hut the lucky one kejit 
it. However, we rejilized .$:!() on (piilt. 
Jind the sjime jimoiiut on ice cream and 
lemoiuub' 
1 did not get a chanci' to hejir the sing¬ 
ing, being so busy, but they sjiid it wjis 
fine, and one met so nuiny friends that 
when 1 lejinu'd of another convention in 
(Jreen County I was rejidy to go. It was 
rpiite a distance, but .some friends offered 
Embroidery Designs 
PesiKiis (if eiiitileins for emtiroi(I(“ring 
shield's, sleev(‘ Idjis iiud eollju-s, sailor 
lilonses, l’et(;r Tlioiniison and Itiissiaii suits. 
This pattern consists of live eintilenis, 
giving Iwo patterns of each. Tin; eliev- 
rons wllli tlie aneliors and tin: elievroiis 
wltliont an* designeil to lie worked In 
solid einliroidery in one or two colors, 
nsnall.v red or Idne with wliim. Tlie stars 
are designed to la* worked solid in colors 
or willi gold or silvi'r tliread. ’I'lie eagles 
an* to 1)0 worked in out lino stiteli. All 
enild(*in.s an* to In* ln*avily padded' to give 
rais(*d elTt*et. I’ri'.s* of transfer, U) cents. 
UK* a vacant seat in their surn'y. and I 
went. The road led us by the foothills of 
till miuintaiiis, and how 1 did wish for 
time tn climb to the top and look my fill, 
.‘•'omc day I hope to go. Crops looked 
tim*; plenty of apjtle fruit, but no sugar 
to work them uii. The roads W(*n‘ dry 
and Ciirs iiutde u.s ejtt the du.st, but wi* 
did not mind little things like that. And 
wliat a crowd there was! Ice cream. )em- 
onadt*. boiled ham, etc., to sell, and r'ghi 
lu're I wish to state a most serious and 
solemn thought. Where does all that !(•(* 
cn*am sweetening come fnan? I couldn't 
get any sugar to nuike any jam or jelly. 
I htivi' mad(* thr(*(* trips for the ptiriiosi*. 
'I'he first tim** then* wore no c(*rtificates, 
the iK'xt tinn* no one to fill them ont, and 
the last time no sugar, so my berries wen* 
thrown iiwjiy. Hard luck when one has 
to go so far jifter them, and he «*aten up 
with chiggers, too. Hut perhaps <*very- 
thiug will he adjuKtf*d just right some 
lime. We Iiad ji nice tiim*, if wc did not 
h.-ne jiiiy ('hihorjite iliiim'r; just .some 
fried luim. (*ggs, jiie, hread Jiiid i)ickl(*s. 
Jipples. etc. 'J'hc singing was good, (*ach 
class doing its b<*st, Jirid Jill cheering 11i(*m 
with their hands jind feet, too. .Miiny 
faces were sad, nuiny eyes swimming in 
tears, jind everyone giving the oth(*r their 
most kindly greetings, hecaiise sorrow 
maki's tin* whole world Jikin. 'I’o l■(*lJlx 
and forget the hardshijis is fndpful. Some 
of us find forgetfulness in hanl work, hiii 
some Jire aiready paying the pemilty in .i 
nervous b’-eakdown, so my advici', Icjirncd 
from (*x))(*ri(*nce, is to slow up a hit, mix 
ji litth* iilcji'Uire in with the work, 'riu* 
world will go on just the same. >\iiyw,'i.\ . 
if otii* di-op< out for good the gjip is soon 
l•lo•;(*d. Mils. I). u. I'. 
Ii' thou art master, be sometimes blind ; 
if a .servJint, .sometimes deaf.— Fuller. 
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