Judge — April 30, 1910 — page 5: what you’re looking at

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JUD FOR MOVING DAY AND (es O GUARD against moths, place all edible cloth- ing in a barrel, and after soaking the g: ments well with kerosene, take them out into a ten-acre lot and apply a match. No garment thus treated has ever been known to be at- tacked by moths subsequently. If your husband is in a complaining mood and follows you about the house making dis- agreeable remarks on the general inconven- ience of everything in sight, throw a pint measure full of red pepper on top of the kitchen range or into the furnace, at the same time, when his back is turned, mixing some shredded jute or granulated worsted with his pipe tobacco, It will not be long before he will depart for his club and leave * itst Aid 10 the Upside Doway you in peace. If your mansion is finished with painted wainscotings and THE DOCTOR. moldings, stuins may be removed from these by taking a well- sharpened jackplane and running it over the spotted surfaces a half adozen times. This is better than removing the wood- work and attempting to remove the spots with a saw or cold chisel. An excellent flail for the beating of carpets, rugs, or por- tiéres that have been exposed to large accumulations of dust can we made economically by taking an old umbrella stick or parasol handle and fastening a well-filled hot-water bag to one end of it by means of a stout piece of clothesline. Care must be taken to remove all pins and needles frora the carpets thus beaten before pounding, lest the hot-water bag be punctured, An effective method of keeping flies from specking your windows is to cover the panes of glass with a thick coating of photographer’s paste, and before this dries apply to the surface a sufficient number of pages cut from the Sunday newspapers GE HOUSECLEANING TIME. Jenkins, P.D.Q.) d portions. by Wilbertore to cover all expos If you exercise some discrimina- tion in the selection of these pages and take them from the illustrated sections, your windows can be made to havea highly decorative appearar.ce. The only wholly efficacious way to avoid the annoyances of housecleaning caused by the stupidity ofservants yet discovered is to discharge all your household employés on the night before your housecleaning begins, and do all the work yourself, This has the added advantage that it is economical, unless the departing helpers are of a vengeful nature and respond to your notice to quit by heaving a few bricks at your parlor mirror. In storing furs or other objects likely to be attacked by moths, sprinkle pepper—red, black, or white—in their folds be- fore packing. This has the effect of causing the moths to sneeze their heads off, thereby rendering them entirely innocuous. To ascertain whether or not the tops of tall bookcases or Wish apologies to Fildes. wardrobes or other lofty pieces of furniture, which cannot be completely inspected by the eye, are free from dust, put on a pair of white kid gloves and run your hand over the surfaces in question. If the glove remains unsoiled, you may make up your m that all is well; but if it is covered with black streaks, of a dull, dusty brown or sooty black in color, it is a sign that the dustbrush may be used thereon with good effect. To protect your piano against damp in closing your house for the winter, turn it upside down and lay it upon a heavy mattress, with an eiderdown quilt over what we may call, in the absence of a musical dictionary to give us the proper term its tummy, placing a heavy pair of your husband’s cast-off trousers on its legs, and a felt slipper on each of the pedals. This will keep the instrument from losing its tone, even if its appearance does not strike you as either dignified or suggestive of sobriety. comicbooks.com