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Evening Post, Volume LXIV, Issue 119, 15 November 1902, Page 2 (Supplement)

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due of Di-e-j&es,.— in putting away dicss-os oi thin nu.tei'iiil, ihey shoulll never le lntng nor folded lengthwise. Ji puced iv ti vide dray» er oi- m\nk, , ioid uercM ths skiit; riii.s tar, v. : tendency to counteract, the- tengthwke \\ear oi the &kkt when in use. m putting away di&se;. fxir any length o.f luae, .sbiaelds hhouul bo taken out, and ihe seauia oi' (he bodice sponged lightly with ummunia water on ln'e inside and Iherdiu'hiy dried. xill bilo of ciumpied iace ana soiled ribbons should be taken oii' and &biwi-dteh- freshened. ' ' To Preserve Lacquer.— Lacquered brass nejdd care ii it it, to last and look hico long, it must nc\cr be louciied wiUimi ciamp- clolfi, bu6 in damp father should be UequtMilly- i'uobed with a_ dry duslcr or clitmiojs leather. Damp destroys the lacquer n.oro quickly ivan anything. Painting oidinary brasd ova- -wiili a &olu^ion of shellao yKer cleaning helps to prevent it from "tarnishing. >\V"hen Washing Chamois Ler.lher.— ln cashing anything m.tdo ol chamois t,kins use warm water with a little ammonici m it. Wash by nibbing between the lingers, but d(> not wring the chamois. Piess it between the palms ot the hands 10 take oufc of ' the water, and hang before the'iiie or hoc siln to dry quickly, rubbing and pulling tho article into pio-per-shu2>c every lew in emeu ts to prevent iJie .skins dryidg hard and stiii'. Ji'or a 'fcJore 'llii-or,l.— Common salt 'and water — a lablespcouful ot pure salt to hali-a-iumLlerful bf water — used as a garble is excellent in all cases of lbss of voice and kocn-?eness. Use tluce times a day. ' A dessertspoonful 'of pure' glycerine in -two or tl^i^e tn,blespoonluia of Wxiter will al&o he found a boo thing garfrlc f ' For'Diity Knife-handles. — Half a leincn dipped in salt and rubbed on your ivory knife-lumdles wiill restore tliem to their original whiteness. After doing thia wash the knives at onjc iv warm water. To Clean a Carpet with Soap. — If carpets be very dhly, they will look the boHcr a. id brighter for being v.asked with smp. JJuat ihe carpet to nee il of du&t, ; then nail iv down on the iloor, 'imd'wash it v.'ith a lather made with yollow soap dissolved ir hob -nnxer, with the addiuon of a little soda. Hub the mixture into the carpet with a houae-flanr.el, ' j-nd then rinte wi.fr' clean" water, and rub with a dry cloth.' Only, attack a little piece of the cflrpco at a tuns, and finish bciore going on lo another part. T! alter it is dry Hie colours do not look bright, apply to tliu 'impel a weak solution of alum m Welter. A Ijolior for Fieckle^.— Bichloride bf Mercury, fcix yutirs; liydrochloiiu r.cid (piiie), o;ie fiuid drachm'; water (distiiied), quniter-pint ; mix and ;t<]cl of recilficd s,jjiiro, two fluid ounces ; - eau-de-roKc, t;\o fluid ouaces; and glycerine, one ori'ce.

Because he found it utterly impossible to please everybody with his deci&ions tha Mayor of the little Ficneh town of ' St. Kmilaud has (according to tho Daily Mail) hanged himself with hU .scarf of office