RENEWING LINOLEUM

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 111, 3 February 1908, Page 3

RENEWING LINOLEUM

■ Though linoleum' is: about'.tho best-wearing and most economical - floor covering you can get-yet it will'not last for ever. ,' It.can be helped in tho - wearing.' by rubbing with beeswax and, turpehtine, and-by..-severely refraining -from going for. it, however dirty its condition,, with soda, soap,' and scrubbing brush, as the manner of somo.is.; Even the bosfc ''inlaid'' makos will Jiot stand thistr'eatmont.: But when your cloth,; oven after legitimato wear, begins to show signs of going you may do-something for it-by painting it all over- with- somo ordinary of- -which it is likely you will need two coats; then when these aro,thoroughly:dry,, paint with a coat .of varnish, and you will find the.linoleum will take. a . new lease.oflife, and go through .much,wear. Of, course this must be done before tho-linoleum itself has worn, when merely tho pattern has gono. ' Oilcloth or linoleum -is tho best floor covering for all ..rooms and passages, except those that are damp. It.should never be used on a dariip floor, else by keeping . ift. tho damp,'. because, it is not, pOrous, it will .tend to. rot tho boards .undorneath as well as the covering itself. A cocoanut matting covering is,.the best for damp floors, as tlio-air gping'freely through it dries up, the dampness; :but even this must be turned frequently,' and, if; need : be, taken up and dried thoroughly'now and.again; -Old milk is an excellent thing-for: washing oilcloth, after which dry.'it thoroughly and polish up with tho beeswax.and. '.turpentine; mixture, which is a very, useful -compound for : many household purposes. • ,

Silver slippers and'Tose petals are taking the place of rico at , all fashionablo weddings. -It-is.a change.for tho better. The silver. slippers—to replace. the old boots— are about half an inch long: silver'paper cut in; tho shape of dainty ; slippers. Tho rose petals —to replace' ■ the tho real thing; thousands of petals stripped by hand from hundreds of pink roses; In great, bowls the silvor slippers and the pink petals.' aro heaped in the hall, and, when tho brido and groom omerge, instead , of. being cannonaded with coarse,. Rico . and, dirty old .boots, a sunset cloud, as it-wore, envelops them, an odorous pink and, silver cloud; of roso petals arid littlo shining slippors. • Power, wealth, position, ease, : and luxury are' apparently dispensed with a good deal of caprice, but nobody over heard'that a character was got by chance. Tho gifts of fortune aro often taken away as rapidly as they cai'no, but everyono knows that strength of mind and personal'nobility aro possessions which survive the external cir-. cumstances of life. -

It is given as a safe and certain rule that j n "posing" for a photograph no pronounced style of dress should ever be adopted. It not only 'dates the photograph, but looks nothing less than grotesque when out of fashion. A display of jewellery is also to be avoided, . ,