Hair brushes and clothes brushes need constant care to keep them in proper condition. Comb the loose hair and dust from them every time they are used. Once a week is not too often to clean the brushes in daily use. Pour in the wash basin some tepid water and add ammonia to make strong. Hold the brush in this a few moments, taking care not to let the water go above the bristles' top, then take a whisk broom and brush the bristles out as if dusting them. The ammonia cuts the dirt and grease, and makes a brush like new after such treatment. Dry in the sun or in the open air, if possible. If not, lay on a paper over the radiator. It should be first wiped dry with a clean cloth. Combs may be cleaned in the same way. To clean sponges, squeeze the juice of a lemon into the sponge and thoroughly work it into the fiber. Then rinse in warm water. This makes it sweet and clean as new. Horn combs, by the way, should not be cleaned in water, which causes them to split. One may buy for fifteen or twenty cents at almost any drug store small stiff brushes which come for the purpose of cleaning combs.

TO SCOUR COPPER

Nowadays, with the prevailing craze for collecting copper and brass, most houses contain at least a few pieces, and they require special care if they be kept bright. To scour copper take two tablespoonfuls of bath brick dust and one tablespoonful of baking soda and mix thoroughly. Dampen a cloth in gasolene or coal oil, dip in the mixture and polish with that. Afterward polish with chamois skin. One young bachelor who boasts a fine collection of copper bought most of it from Russian Jews, and some pieces were almost hopeless at first. But this treatment and a little patience made them shine like new.