Use for old Newspaper.

Tuapeka Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1904, 11 June 1892, Page 1 (Supplement)

Use for old Newspaper.

There are few homoa aowadays into

which a daily and ona wttkly paper, at the least, do not enter, and many homes where each member of the family has his or her favorite publication. Where the family is a large one there is always an accumulation of this kind in the home to try the patience of the housewife, for there are few things will give a roam Buoh a general air of disorder as newspapers soattered about, and where many are coming into the house it is nest to impossible to keep them in place all the time. To be sure, they can be placed in a rack, or piled together, but it will take a g.ood=sized rack to hold them, and it will need to be cleared out very often, and the superfluous ones placed somewhere elee. The weekly or monthly publications are easily cared for, but the dailies aro the housewife's bugbear, for they accumulate so fast that they need continual watohing and thinning out to keep them in any kind of order. Some women use these for lighting the fire, and keep the rack clear in that way, but it is not advisable to use them thus unless short of kindling, for they may be put to a much better use. There are numerous ways of using up odd newspapers so that they may be of more use than lighting the fires. Clean out the rsck each day if many papers come into the house, but sometimes once a week is often enough where few papers are used. Place the superfluous papers in a pile, tie them together and put aside for use when wanted. Put the largest sized papers and those printed on heavy paper in one pile, and the small sizes and chose of soft paper in another. Pat both aside, yet have Ihem in some convenient plaoo so they mey be found easily when' wanted for use, also ithat they may be ad-Jed to eaoh clearing out. lie the string that holds tbera together in a loop knot, co it can bo undone when adding to its contents.

Ths large, heavy papera are excallent for laying under carpets, many preferring them to the patent carpet lining. The latter, unless come preventive is put undoy the carpet, will, in close -vreather, breed moths, but with the newspaper there is little danger irom tla39 peats, as the printers' ink is very 9bnoxiou3 to them, and they much prefer keeping at nome distance away. We have U3ed both papers and lining under carpets, 3^ our experience enables us to prefer the papera for general upe. These heavy large papers are nice for cutting out patterns, more sspecially of childien's elements. If one paper is not large enough in itself for an sxtra sizad pattern, fasten two together, using flour paste, put aside, and when dry aat out the pattern wanted. Mucilage can be used for this purpose, but is not as good as tha p&&o3, &s it does not leave the jointure as smooth. Many homa dressmakers use these p -spars clfccgethsr for their jutting. For closei shelvss and to lay in the bottom of br;r£aa drawers they are excellent, and when packing a trunk always begin by laying one cf these heavy papers at the bottom on the inside.

Tho soft papr.rs can be used more genesally, as everyday they may figure in some part of the housework. After scouring the tins thoroughly, they can ba made to look very nice by rubbing biL-kly wita soft newspaper, which gives a polish that nothing elsa will. Lamp chimneys after being washed and dried may be rubbed with newspaper foe the final gloae. Muiy women wash their lamp chimneys but very seldom, keeping them looking nice by breathing into them and wiping with soft newspaper. After steel knives have been cleaned, they can ba given an added gloss by robbing hard with newspaper. For sweeping earpsts there are few things will take up the dust as thoroughly as dampened nswspaper. First wet the paper thoroughly, then squeeze out as much of tha water as ponsible. Pick the damp paper into small bita and scatter over the carpet tc bs swept. Taese particles of paper, when sweeping, will collect the dust and prevent ib flying about the room. A soft piece of newspaper ia just the thing for rubbing over the top cf the range after oookag, burning the paper when through with t. Personß suffering from bronchial affeo?bns ara much benefited by wearing a layer si newspaper across the ohest when going ibi'oad in severe weather. Many who are oabituallj annoyed with cold feet during the Winter sldm to Eufi^r very little, even in ths aol'jsst days, vhen the feat are encased in newspaper. To bo sure, tha shoes will need to be hrge enonjh to admit o! the paper being v<rappad around the stockinged lab, or the treatment will not ba ciSaaciuua. Newspaper is not to be recommended in polishing mirrors or fine window t;lass, aa it is apt to EC^atch the surface. When filling a lamp and by accident it overflows, wipe off the superfluous oil with a piece of newspaper, burn the piper and there will not ba any danger of fire from keeping lamp cloths around.

These are come of the usea to which old newspapers can be applied, and tho housewife who adopts them \dll find other usea suggested that will help her in her daily round of labour.