To prevent the shine which so often comes from pressing, use a woolen cloth under the pressing cloth.

To Remove Spots

Here are some simple remedies for removing spots of various sorts:

Paint - If the paint is fresh, turpentine, alcohol or naphtha will probably take out the stain. If the stain is old and dry, try chloroform. Put the portion of fabric to be cleaned over several thicknesses of clean cloth before trying to clean it.

Grease - Use French chalk for grease spots. Apply it thickly and let it stand for several days. If this is not effective sponge the material first on one side, then on the other, with spirits of wine. Then press over a piece of thick linen.

Candle Wax - Put a sheet of blotting paper under the spot and another over it. Heat with flat iron and the wax will be removed by the blotting paper.

Milk - White soap and warm water should be used to take out milk stains. It should be used immediately.

Ink - There are various good ink eradicators on the market, and it is well to have a bottle of one of these on hand. Another method is to dip the ink-stained article into milk. The milk should not be allowed to dry on, but if it does not remove the ink within a short time it should be washed out and a fresh application of milk made.

Tea Stains - Clear warm water should be used to remove tea stains.

Coffee - Pour boiling water through the coffee stains as quickly after the coffee is spilled as possible. This is a never-failing remedy if the spots are fresh. Otherwise it may be necessary to repeat it several times.

Rain Spots - When cloth that has not been sponged is spotted from the rain, spread a damp cloth over the wrong side of the material and iron it dry.

Ice Cream - Anything on which ice cream has been spilled should be sponged in chloroform. Use several thicknesses of clean white blotting paper under the spotted article.

Gasoline Spots - Sometimes gasoline leaves a ring on cloth in which it has been used to remove a stain. This ring can be removed by holding the ringed cloth over steam. Sometimes this method does not remove the ring. The only thing to do in that case is to dip the whole of the garment on which the ring appears into gasoline.

Grass Spots - As soon as grass stains are detected on summer frocks cover them with molasses or with lard and the stains will disappear.

To Cut Thin Silk

By placing thin silk between two pieces of tissue paper, you will find that you can cut it as straight as though it were heavy cloth; there will be no annoying puckering.

Renovating A Bed Hammock

My bed hammock was stained and faded so that it was unfit to grace my porch another year. As I could not make it look worse by experimenting, I determined to make an attempt at renovation. I bought a can of walnut oil stain and mixed it with three times its volume of turpentine. This I applied to the canvas with a large brush, keeping the liquid well stirred and the brush moving rapidly until both sides of the canvas were covered. The experiment was a complete success, the color being that of a new brown khaki cloth. Be sure not to use the hammock until it is thoroughly dry. The same plan might be followed with all kinds of canvas porch chairs.

Dustless Dust Cloths

Buy black cheese cloth; cut into yard lengths. (Hem if you have time.) Wet the cloths thoroughly in coal oil, wring and hang out to dry. These may be renewed after each laundering. - C. S.

How To Tell Fresh Eggs

If an egg is "strictly fresh" it will, when placed in a pan of water, lie on its side on the bottom. If stale it will stand on end, and if very old will rise to the surface. When just a few days old the egg will begin to tilt a trifle, and as it ages more and more the angle at which it tilts will increase. - Mrs. Hammond.

Dustless Carpet Sweeper

Take a piece of cloth one inch wide and twelve inches long, saturate with kerosene oil, place one in each dust box of your carpet sweeper, and you will have no dust.

A Useful Mirror For Skirts

A mirror attached to the inside of the closet door near the floor will be found useful in dressing or dressmaking. The glass measures about eight by fourteen inches and rests on two curtain rod hooks screwed into the door about four inches from the bottom. The upper edge of the glass can be securely fastened by a tack. Much depends upon the angle at which the mirror reflects - the longer the hooks the better results when the glass is in place.

Use a white new blotter under a spot when cleaning with gasoline and it will not leave a ring. Remove the blotter before gasoline evaporates. Gasoline will also take out grass stains.

All bake dishes should be placed in a pan of hot water, then set in oven to bake.

Always use sharp cheese for seasoning, as it will dissolve and not curdle. - M. L. S.

How To Corn Beef

One quart water; 1/2 pound brown sugar; 1 pint salt; lump of saltpetre size of a 10-cent piece. Boil and skim. Put beef in for 10 days or two weeks. - C. E. S.

Canned Corn

Ten cups of corn; 3/4 cup of salt; 1 cup of sugar; 2 cups water. Boil 20 minutes and can. Five dozen ears make about seven cans. - J. Daymude.