INSIDE THE 
HOUSE 
Timely Suggestions and 
Answers to Correspondents 
Three Good Household Ideas 
VERY satisfactory way to dye all 
sorts of materials is by the use of 
gasoline and oil paint dye. The material 
to be dyed must be washed free from soil 
or grease and thoroughly dried. Use 
either tube paints or that which comes 
in cans. Mix the paint well with the 
gasoline and try a small piece of the goods 
to be dyed. You can then add more paint 
or gasoline as you find it necessary. Place 
the goods in the dye, stir well, so that all 
parts may become saturated, then lift out 
and hang up to dry. The gasoline will 
evaporate, hut the color remains. This is 
a satisfactory way in which to prepare 
rags for carpets or rugs. The rags will 
come out in different shades, but they will 
blend into a pleasant whole when made 
up. Do not use the gasoline in a room 
where there is a fire, or out of doors in 
the sun’s rays. 
Blocks of camphor dispersed in all 
corners of damp rooms in a new house 
will effectually banish damp in a very 
short time, even when fires have proved 
ineffectual. They should be simply laid 
on paper or on the bare shelves of a damp 
room or linen closet. The blocks gradu¬ 
ally decrease in size, and when they finally 
disappear should he replaced until their 
purpose is served. 
Here is an excellent way to clean the 
white window shades so many people use 
in winter time. Take them down from 
their fixtures, fasten taut and firm on a 
table, using pins or small tacks, then rub 
vigorously with a pad of coarse flannel 
dipped in finely powdered starch. As the 
pads grow soiled exchange for clean ones. 
When the curtains look as clean as they 
can he made, cover with another coating 
of the starch, rub in well, roll up and lay 
aside for twenty-four hours. Then rub 
again, and you will find them almost as 
fresh as new. 
Further Marks of the Black and 
White Fad 
T HERE is every indication that the 
craze for black and white as a 
decorative color scheme is far from spent. 
While its manifestations have long since 
set their mark upon women’s clothes and 
such accessories as handbags and chintz 
hats, advance information from the whole¬ 
sale dealers in both hanging and upholstery 
fabrics and in the smaller decorative ob¬ 
jects tends to show that the coming winter 
will see black and white used even more 
extensively. The black and white porch 
lantern shown here is but one type of the 
Each day brings forth something new and striking in 
this most popular scheme of decoration. These black 
and white porch lanterns are in keeping with the 
present vogue. They cost $4.00 
A bird cage to match the furniture makes an attractive 
addition to the summer home. Cleaning may be 
facilitated by detaching the cage from its standard; 
$37.50. 
Typically Japanesque in effect, this gaily colored porch 
lantern might have come straight from the land of 
cherry blossoms, instead of from the little shop where 
it is priced at $4.00 
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