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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Signal, 1903-10-22, Page 6g. THppenAT. Oct. t"!, 1`103. ' HR SIGNAL : OODERiCH ONTARIO AUSTRALIAN LEGEND HOW THE BOOMERANG TOOK THE PLACE OF POW AND ARROW. !•oosrwege Not the reenlist Properly or (b• Aastrena• *leek rellowa- Trar• of eoetry 4. too made. Tate whlca olv.r 15. Wait• Y.a ih. g.•w• IWg. .f *t. aberlglaal -TY. Mere. The orient of most prlmllivo tools or ae•apuny 111 not, as a rule, dillieult to time., tor' the service trey' render is sio direct and the need fur "their existence Is 6a) wan! let, eVex to uw11 of to -ail y, that their evu lion rs a simple wetter of observation and.. brief nuntul calculatidn. • The hum- , iter, the owl, the axe, and the saw were putentielly invented when first a prehl.turk' men cracked a nue with a stun,' bored a shell with a broken bone,. chipped a lug. with,'. sharp -edged flint, or cut -'a groove in a spear haft with a serrated flake of slate. As with the tools. so also with the' weapons. A pointed stick proved its utility the first time It war hurled at an object, and so led the human 'mind to I'as•oguire the tonus of the spear and the arrow; the hauuner,,whlch cracked' a .nut, naturally suggested the club whore. with heads. could be treuted 113 a shirtier way, While "the desire for - shelter from attack would. in due course, lead to the invention of _the sherd. and the sword would grow out of the crude armory immediately malt came to hand -to -hem,' c'unflacts. But. what was the origin of the *boomerang, , from the fact that It wire found In the hands of the Australian ab- • original when first the white mon landed on, the • shores of tie- great southeast continent, there bus grown a. belief that 11 Is puivIi' mud par- ticularly a weapon of tI*e black fel- low;,and . that It had its origin with hint, an origin so much ubsvur- i•d •by the mists of an unrecorded past as is hie own, for whence the- black fellow came Is a conundrum 'which non' dare to answer. Isut boomeiangs • are *not the. peculiar property of the Australian a rights!: as they were known to an used. by the Egypt - sun in days before the pyramid. ere built, and re still to be •f,iunel ung some otte isolated aburigi- nnaj\trlbex of,Indla.Th. ',peculiar pro- ; 'pertj* of the Aware an b1hick fellow, curiously enough, is not a, pusses - Motto but the: muscae@\of a ''' e.es- score ' It 1s not that he ,osa:esses the boomerang, but that he dew+ not possess the bow lend arroW. In trite he is uluria of all races and tribes' of mull upon, the face of thev earth. not even reelecting 'those o1 the low- est human types, and In epee 01 the fact' that the inhabitants of MI ods within a comparatively ep•ue rg short distance of h41 coast lin a nrnong the finest ands .u)n powerful archers humanity- has o er prudUrPtl. ‘, Throughout the Pacific lands the bow and arrow will every here 11e • found; in •New Hearn it1* • staple weapotn, and at the Prince,u ,Vales' • blonds, just 'ufl the northern • -oast' oI' Australia. the natives shoot a' Ade -foot arrow with now from a bo \•.. that a Muscular white )man can bare- ly drair t0 his elbow, lint on the • mainland of the continent hews and arrows are iinkuow'n, while the war- ners wield the 1.x erang as it was wielded by the teen Allo lived, on the I1e'crotutiea before Thebee or Mem- is slereelu int. Wherefore i* it dif-'i 11 It -tit trace the origin. of• this . ,cur sites• dillicult, that Is, lir n white uuan; 'Elie black fellow . know* whence it 'habit' -arid "'treasure:See tic knowledge in'a legend which k, not altog.•ther without trace of poetry, Whatever tray lea its character as to jreraeity.. •s "Plenty long ago," was the blegin- -aing of the *tory .s\the-writer hears! it. "Plenty -lung ago". the moon was \ beautiful young gingirl! aid " t' sen a .ierrt. re.the.swarrior .1 ane her tribe. The wurrl desiring til.• y ung girl as a wife, f0 the or mho( aboriginal met ted of cuurtship\and sought to pounce Open* her unawares with the kindly . ' ten-' Hon of kuue'king.._Ia•r tie the 1 end . and carrytag her off to his gimyi h (of hut.) But the`VOWg girl•was.u. - J1ns/.1 to hia sten one, and in order' to- protect herself wrapped her- self In a nig of black ' eoseurn skins and only peeped round Hie end of It a little at a 1line• 1est''ter udmir- er should see her and carry' Icer off. 14one-times he did see her, and peen... ed ulei,n her, but ever -wax slur able to dodge behind the elicitor of he black 'possum akin rug and so elm him, for when she vanished behind\ the rug he was confounded 'and could \ only wander about wondering. how she escaped. At last the constant disapleofntment made him grow art- ery end sulkye yet when "next he lied glimpse of her face / •ring round this shelter he sprang fo 'mrd. As war penal, the face vanish. hut' lie, Teeing ulky, shore he wuuii etiy for her no More, and lay duwir t .deep • then and there., Thr young tri, crouching uncle, the cover of her ug, listened for his raging footstep.•to pass on. For a long time she -lis 'ned, but -heard -nothing, and theme being like 1111 gins, more curious til crafty, she roust needs' peep 'round a end of the rug again t0 see Ito t -rhe• Hi- re meant. - tThc wars r, lying a II, naw the A'tearu of the fa , and get erect himself, silent Iv' I. • a sprf With her curiosity unrintiefeel the g 1 {.e -ped further, and the ea (Jur, I .atientaln lits dnghr, leaped wit her. be hal!s caught the edge of her fa -with a mighty sip, but she terrine at the sight 01 inn, flung I,•iself a. -k with so ',Ig- or that a fro gent of hei rue( Arek., oft In the warri • is hands,( T),n did his rage buret al bound., aid . with a yell he flung t1 tiring hie . held down upon the earl . ''hen, tater. ren blend it. Idly t y 'mind it up, and, marveling at Whit It 1.011l1 fie. threw it inns thrill. t °nee It whirled through the air 1 p R'epa'ir the clouds traveling re d end round as the ids* cockatoo Or lei •lore the start'on a long journ ., but Bola11gg further and faster tllnn•cr'n anything thrown by man went fore, until euddeaty it plunged duw'n- ward and sleek hi'-theearth at the feet of the black fellow • who had thrown It. Again be perked It ' up anti twain he threw It, and 'then his cennrad.•m tried It, •brays With the same vault, and at lest the glee, fearing "plenty debbll debhll" wee in It, called a great gathering of the tribes to discuss it. To solve the problem each mast who attended elm corroborrdee set to work to lambkin out en Imitation of the strandlye erhtrling thing, and when they hid as wtceee*.d they laughed at the fears of the Ilirienverere. They del not knew that what they had found was a part' of the moon 1 face, and that He 1Vaa fusing were the remelt of in u 44101'11 AV get Dara to its proper place; nor did they know that the watrrlor, is revenge on the beautiful young girl. wade all the Ilultatlune travel the wine way, .0 that whoa the moon looked down and saw therm all whirlingl'ound and round In the air she Would not know which was the missing part of her face and whfch was nut. op1i, so would toe for- ever dhuitfurewt, in punishment for having rejected the love of her gent adnerer.• Arid in proof of the truth of his tale the black fellow would {point to til.• moon -when not at the full --and ask how else had et lust • part. chi nights when the moon was full tho black fellow yvaa relent. - London (Hlobe. _WHEN WIGS WERE sIG. Tea rte►lose TYet Vase is hale Is P.g- 1•.A e.d rraaee. In King !cher ler ll.'s nein In'Eng- Iuud a phy'sleian or jadgu'n ability was gauged try the she of his wag. Ladles had the hair frizwd and adorned with art iticiale" eartbreak- ers"-end "novo lucks." Later un. la 1lhljatti and Mary's time, youths apd children wore wigs. In those titan. combing the wig in public was con- sider.tl the proper thing. Steele's large black wig cost hiui 40 guineas, but it mus the fashion to have a Metre wig, and )Hurley was no ob- ject. • The Duvnler full bottomed wigs were invented by uud neared alter • French barber who male them to conceal the elevation ie the shoulder of the dauphin. Wig makers when short of material would often resort to foul means to obtain hair, sJme- tivaes Bolding up children and shear- ing oil their locks. Will Atkins. Charles Il.'s guilt doc- tor, Wore a threelulledwig careful- ly irl,id und.'ai'ranged to fail en each cheek, acid for fear of obscuring part of the beauty of his wig be gen- erally weld hatless.' Another man of fume wus Colonel Dalulshoy, whine splendid. wig was a ti,uie in popular sung of the, time. • In the elght.ynth century puisou.'d wigs were used at times for model, our purposes A Duke of holstein, being warned, made the wig maker who offered the wig Ho h1m to wear it on his own head, with the result that the wig .maker suddenly di lir. Samuel Johnson. beteg ne sighted.. was in, the habit of botrlin a Candle close to his head while reading. and In that manner often burned the front of has wpb Ills expense tor wigs must 'have been 'no sutall item. In on" of his letters to Sir Joshua Reynolds, Olivier (Goldsmith mentions having bought a new ribbon. for his wag at l'unt)•rbury, and a Cubits bur- 11er' broke it so that be might, make ale extra expense by supplying the pont with n new oho. 'VA■ AAloo The ree'ent extension of British din wfglstrath'e authority over the Ka- no, Katsina anif Sokoto districts, in 'orthern Nigeria, has attracted t ntion to this prosperous and fertile co ntry. Kano, which his. handfed 'the sand inhpbitunts, •Is the met fup- ed (hut {tort of fca.- It . been celled til .Munchester of the Yi fes the l iau.as, ave been o -Arles. the urn, epi let, led 'then � rot a stony•'\ all 1110 country. The work of weevil* 1s done on hand - Moine Jive •c. hurries of the people.. e. Much of tilmorocco. leather counts been Kano. au thi tau, is 'input - ed and tanned b' wet ktnen at twine. Their caravans . e i•r their greeds across the (ursine( t Aleyandna, •and thence down tilitem shore of the lied Sea ,even t0 ca. The cit; hes in the a tre of a gnat elave-tradee lir mase of the work in the, field* and pruct Ily all the work tel transportation 1. done with the aseistanre• of slaves. ` is said that not less than five hunk 'd men and Women are offered ier d every day in the slave tells of t_ rite.. This traffic, and slavery itself., -will bre' eboliehed at once. The nibney of the country Is ',laves and cowrie shells; the. slaves are the largest/ilk and rhe Shells the small coin. le hen file owner of a rnravpn ,puns short of .proyisaons he I111):14 'nun and prey's for them with' u slave, tukiug.his change In rye shells. Thick walls 131 MINA, thirty feet high,\jnirround the city, which 1. la- 1 41- 1...1 /nib's in c•Ircuuiference. The larga thus enc.used'will accrete modate. n' t only the e1opulation, hut many big 'terms as well, on which grain is raked and rattle pastured. 'Allots the city Is capable of with- rtaodling a long siege. 'Tiro British hate ,•ttenekd their au- thority over the city and the sm- ile nutlet! the mur- 1,1(:!1'1' FANCY WORK. THE REVIVAL OF TATTING AND A NEW DECORATIVE NOTION, Th. tires( Vogue of Late and needle- work 'retrials.. 1. Rees• -Neral. elle. For Tatting -How to no Ill -Aa War litumbreteery Ikdga. 'there never Nae a time when lace was so much In request, and there is a renalesau('t of *owe of the older kinds, s11c11 as netting, crochet mud tatting. The uuly requisite.; for tatting are 0 hone sbuttle, u crochet hook and coarse thread. In choosing the shuttle select our which bus the two halves comtng together at the points so us not to let the thread ek'upe while working, and also mo that It shall not catch lu the work. The two parts should just meet. so that the thread In pu*blug through should -cause a slight click. The two llluetratlous of the hands show the way the thread is pasued round the band end bow the shuttle should be held. Having tilled your shuttle with, thread, take It In your right hand between thumb and flet finger, take the end of the thread with your left and hold In position firmly with thumb and fore finger and pass tate thread outward around the fingers, which should be spread out, and bring It round W the end stud hold both with finger mud thumb firmly, as 1u. Fig. 1; pass the thread over to the left and bring the shuttle down on the right side of the thread bold pretty tent by the spread fingers, carry It under the thread and bring it up on the lett side between the taut thread and the shut- tle thread (which was thrown over front the finger and tbnmbl. Thl.1w111 make a single knot. The -spread fingers must now be re- laxed and the shuttle thread held taut oudan. For leen um the peuplo ar the e•luthinakers of They raise eetton, ft with indigu-or sea i there•is weavrrit., 'But 0rtb- '1.1 I rounding territory became. t rulers refused Io surrend.•4 (teepee of i3 itritieh (diktat Tb• ('•aeb Still /a Payr. 'there is something delightfully re- etoieful and uld'tashioned abe nt driv- ing on a roach. The gentle crawl of the tenni Ie positively delightful af- ti$y long routes of whirring through the -ale len once. friends' 'motors. We .11to and Mets' le *nch a dtstracttng hurry that 1 foresee a tine`wlsen a I -enfant will set in and we shall look mein the s'lunaman who rean up rnilways and telegraphs aid lives 1 tea and Her with far greater newer than we now /«•slues on the vitergctle in.entnrs of mechanical and Ieleetrio. h.,ieurs.--A Countess In London Out- look: THE H5NI)e IN TLTTINQ. to bring the knot into position end so that the thread round the haled 'hall he over the sbuttle thread au.l dilow• the latter to be drawn back null forth through the middle of the knot. 'This so far it only a single knot. Now tet the shuttle thread hang loose on the right side of the thread around band and pan the sbuttle on the left under the thread and bring up on the right. ae In Fig. 2; relax the tlugers, tighten the shuttle thread and carefully draw up close to the other single knot. Now you have a double knot. Bee that the shuttle thread comes through the mid- dle; otherwise when you have got all your knots made•the thread would not draw, and It would therefore be no ase. I remember when a child pkttng, up the stitch, but instead making a g the knots with the thread round the fingers over the thread in the shuttle I kept the thread around the angers too tlglit and made the knot with the shuttle thread over Winstead of vice versa. The consequence was I could make one hole and draw it with the end of 1 the thread, but of course could make •noore. -• %Vh the shuttle 1s passed under the thread round the fingers the fingers need be spread and the thread held 'tight round them. The moment the shuttle comae\\tjp on the other side the fingers must ba relaxed and the shut- tle thread held tight. All the time, Of connote the circle of thread round the hand is held firm by the finger and thumb. The only wa to do it is to try over and over again. sing once mastered this initial dltDcnity, the rest is easy. For n simple tr(nrming'whicb n be used on the edge of tucks or gdin Wata`a and Color. Rause once meld that the way to gauge a wumail'e character was by her choice of color and that nothing ex• pressed character so touch as clothes, and he advised those in doubt as to how beet they might reveal their In - meet melees by tbelr choti'4 of garb, whet garments and what Ginn they must wear. For instancy, 11 • woman had n Ilv.ly expreseloh pale coloring, net lip. and tawny hair and a rounds fall neck *he should place In her h Ir n crimson flower, her dream aboard of red tulle, cut low to show the dan- gling wheelie•sm of her ahonlderi; long, floating mlerve% of tulle which should halt conceal, half reveal her snewy and a belt of r*d moire to en - 21 bit flexible but not tab *lender Wal Hever under any dreum.tanl'ee should a women of such coloring wear blue or Ineffectlre drab. 6.r -- - � ♦` A ala" •.r : r,e*r,•w i'rrWro* wile hu4e green Intelligent onel der., ien •t" ,1.n euht,rt (now that a good road ha* tinny inane lel *dvantagss It AT names the market value of farms. r es the WPand 1.6.,r.1n h",1ees and v Irlrs and mavra in,/, In IrAnPpnl'1a11nn A good road 1* the awn dt progress. LSTLI MASS femme neo. stitc two rows of machine stitching aboOf a quarter Of an Inch apart and the same dletanee from the edge. Then with a contrasting color or the same .color as the goods of Homan floss or heavy mercerised cotton run the thrssads diagonally through every other machine stitch, which should be long' In order to permit the thread to run through easily. -(food Housekeeping. A Very Pretty D t. For raspberry or blackberry padding cut a pound of sponge vette Into rather broad .trips and spread thick on one side with the fruit, sugared 1f neces- sary, or with jaan. Put one Over the other to a log cabin pattern, end rover with a rlcb (audited. Then beat the whites of the eggs ,t1( with as many tabte*pronfhls of sugar, flavor with lemon and heap high over the whole. 111e. Water. In Persia no one thinks of throwing :wiry the water 1n whteh Hee Is root. ed it le need In the preparation of tomato sane., In stewing pnlnei, emit - onto; and other fruits sad for various 'Culinary purposes A Paper for the Farmer's, The Weekly !inn, of Tnr1ntu, le a M1np-•1 thetatlauld lee in every 143rnier'14 4nn1e. It "watt/lee the Intd•s1 and meet mesn:ate irtfennealiun re fading all branch of his Mainers, and disen t- eee l,rihlie (p weenie ally wed feacle.dy faun the et nd{oint of the Ginner. The weekllyy contribution by "A Hy .fonder" 1►'ltnf. tinkle/in /Smith) alone is worth matt( times the price of the (riper. The Rete will be sent from now to let January, !Alli), in c hfrta- tion with The Signal, for Beni. tette merlin. nos And get the Ttili benefit of tide offer. A sample retry � of The Nun will he sent to any scMress for the *sking. , Poet. HOUSEHOLD HINTS. If the water is hilted 5111,13 cleaning window.. they w 115 retain their bril- liancy longer and polish wore quickly. Before pullehlug knives warm the Want by the tire, fur kulvee pullsh much better on a wurw board teats cm a cold nue. During sickness It Is a good plan to dlnpeuae with a counterpane, tieing a sleet Instead. It 1s not only lighter to handle, but 1s more eeslly washed - To restore polish to the surface of Iflarble,make a paste with oxide of tin or putty powder auid water. Nub well lu with a Mete of rag; thea polish with clean rag. \'lueegur should not be kept Ina stoke jar, as the acid may affect the elastin and the vinegar be rendered unwhole- (tome.'Glass jars are the beet vinegar receptacles. Never put down a carpet on a damp door, for this -often the result of hurry and impatience on the part of weary house cleaners -1s a frequent cause of carpet becoming moth eaten. To stop a leak la a gasplpe mix yel- low soap and whiting to a et1ff, flan paste Alit water, then press well into the crack. it will harden and will an - ewer temporarily as well as solder. Dost, Flies wad Pestilence. Sanitary science has wholly elude c'uted the long feminine tight with duet and tiles. Maseullue wit man made light of women's desperate determina- tion to have 110 dust ebuut; but dust, 1t 1s now known, heels bacteria, and bacteria are dieease. Not • pile of neg- lected dust In a house but has In It the possibilities of pestilence The man who blows off dust where a Rowan would wipe it off and then safely dis- pose of the dust Is spreading germs broadcast. Wheu a fly alights on food It may at guy moment plant death there. Often 1t does. Every stable or vault which breeds flies breeds disease. A house, and particularly a kitchen, so screened that Ates are few or none 1s by thaI much safer from disease, and 1t Is a Tight, short illness which does not cost mon than window screen,. Ex- clude dust and flies, and a great mnitb tude of mysterious cases of infection, eapectally among children. will be prevented. Keep a house scrupulously dusted and flyless, and the health of its Wastes to protected from • daily dan- ger. -Philadelphia Press. Winnows Can Vs. Tool.. "A woman is not a naturul bungler With a hammer. She isnot crummy with any kind of tool. Therefore there is no reason 1n the naeure of things why elle should not venture to do some tinker- ing and small carpenterfug In her own house." Taus speaks a broad and lib- eral minded man In the Howe Science \fagaztne. One of the curious things about women has been their disposi- tion whatever then may as non to believe y cert about them, their fattiouaneas in ebarpeuing pencils and driving malls being among the amiable criticisms passed upon them by their male crit- ics. James Ituckhem begs leave to differ from them. IIe believes, on the contra - that icemen can handle any tool .nl ble for use In the house quite as wellthe unpracticed man, often bet- ter. An he urges the American homes wife, espeelally It money Is of any con- sideration tdper, to get g *mall house- hold tool chea't.and go ahead and use it. Keeping tee Young Well Ported. No one will deny either the scarcity or the charm of a beautiful mouth, but among all the aide of beauty one eel- dom finds any Lore pertalnes; to the cultivation of this feature. Maty oth- erwise beautiful women have certats habits and tricks of curving and p !ng the lips that render them for til% time more than plain. Children acquire habits early 1n life of twisting their mouths or of stretching them or stuff- ing' them with various articles that leave their unpleasant traces in after lite. Parents and guardians should strive to correct all grimacing and grin ning propensities. The bidet et snct log the under lip is often contracted it babyhood and sbould be promptly bro- ken. Everyone admitted that MI's, Thont- wm was an excedlrut dieciplluarlan. Silo war a widow with three boys, whom rho had brought up W ubeedi- enee and truthfulness, if not to joy. •'!children, 1 have something to tell you." she anu,auwed eta Ncundesy, on the return of the family (noon church. •'Otr Thursday aRerucala 1 shall Iuarry,D4. 113140, VAN MI year all know and rennet." Thdtete wad a sl run peewee ended by How Iron -ox Tablets Cured a Well -Known Guelph Man of Catarrh of the Stomach. The Guelph Waterproof Cbth- ing Co., Guelph, Ont. December 12, 1902. Through your Iron -ox Tabkts I have received a great blessing. For years I was troubled with my stomach. 1 doctored with several good doctors and they told me I had dyspepsia, but I was sure It was not that which ailed mc. At last I found out it was catarrh of the stomach., and they told me I could not be cured. It got so bad at last that my stomach had ulcers, and I suffered something aw- ful. Being a commercial trav- eler I received a box of your Iron -ox Tablets free last win- ter. I took them right along and I noticed, when away from home and staying at ho- • tels, eating different food, it did not hurt me as ft always did before; so when that box i was empty I bought two more and have since had two more, and I must say my stomach is fully restored to its old-time work. I never, leave home wrl�arawrla th•olisel hey, "M4*her," he asked, "when aro you going Lu tell Ur. Lane 5" -Youth's t-ulupauiuu. For all kidney and bladder trembles try Miller's Kidney and Bladder Pills. For sale by Jas. \vilaon. LEAMINGTON 5u.,IN[SS1.cGE A SiECIAL I'IISIPOSBTION. 11'0 have a .pu.iai prupo*ltluu 11, maim tu one young 1344,. ur wula,t• In each CIW town ter v ntod. In l'auada. It w111 pay )ase i0 11444411'.•. NVrlte far Cuts luaus -ti and full lutunuaduu. 1.1.041.1.,. Prtgelpal. REXALL "Hog- DYES Tear. Dye. will dye Wool. (otter', ins, Jute or Mixed Uuud,l las ease bath -they are the latest and most freemoen tyre h' the world, Tri a p••A•ga. A11 whin at HICK% Dhl.0 STORK. 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Y. M. C. A. Bvaa1No, LONDON. without a box of lets with me, as I to be the best t -ox Tab- ve them for the stomach ever made. I have recommended them tovery great number of people\As I travel from one end the country to the other I am well known. I am a member of the above firm and do the trav- elling for them, and everyone that knows how i suffered with n>.y stomach knows the difference now. I would have written sooner, but waited to make sure it was lasting, and I fed sure it is. I must say it isthe best remedyIhase ever used, and I would nc: be with-\ out it. Hoping your Iron -o* may cure many as it has me, I am yours sincerely, W. F. PAYNE Fifty Tron•ox T*bless, 1n as attractive aluminum pocket case, se cents at drug, Mete, or sent, postpaid, on reeelpt art vice. The Iron -ox Remedy Co., l.la- iteel, Walkerville, Ont. The water reservoir of the Imperial Oxford Range is so designed that it keeps a large volume of water at a high tempera- ture This reservoir attachment of the Imperial Oxford Range is so arrarrged that it comes in close contact with the heat flues and keeps a plentiful supply of hat water ready at hand. The range is also fitted with nil exceedingly powerful water front for use in conneet,oe with a kitchee boiler. If your dealer doesn't handle the Imperial Oxford, snits to\ma for particulars. The `pessimists' Foundry Co.. L.ilmite4 Toronto. Cascada . .Ouseoltlt., Wttont,./ Y•a5o55IP11 e For Ssle by C. J. HARPER, tale ich A Telex Ab..( tr•stag. The Chinese laundryman knows a lite tie Ironing trick worth trying: Instead of heating ills Iron just right for nee he heats It scorcbing bot; then he plunges It into cold water for an Instant, which cools the surface sufficiently to allow him to make several effective passes, the beat meantime gradually returning to the surface. If necessary he repsets this two or three times rill the Iron is of the right temperature to ply Its so cation uulnternuptedly. Tido reaves the frequent changing of Irose. A/'lag SNUB. The dtrecttons for airing beds gives In a domestic training school are wortb noting. Place two chairs with spats to gather near an open window. Fold the counterpane neatly the long way and lay over the tops of the chairs, allow - Ing the middle to sag down to the sesta Fold the blankets next and place Duet the counterpane, allowing a space les tween each for the circulation of air. Proceed in the same way with the art of the bedelothing. Beat up the pillows and place them to air. W Al fa la dr 111 Ito tL tU Tu • 1 of Its g,1, wM teal 1114 act .1 504 •114 T bW tier ►M1I 'still lug hi. for FjV1 [1114 11x.1 - Heil his • r But shot tier•. r' w)I'1 A.. 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