1912. Iron Wipers.—Old soft towels, or pieces of old sheets or tablecloths, make excellent iron wipers.
1913. To Clean Looking-Glasses.—First wash the glass all over with lukewarm soap-suds and a sponge. When dry, rub it bright with a buckskin and a little prepared chalk, finely powdered.
1914. Flowers and Shrubs should be excluded from a bed-chamber.
1915. Water of every kind, except rain water, will speedily cover the inside of a tea-kettle with an unpleasant crust; this may easily be guarded against by placing a clean oyster-shell in the tea-kettle, which will always keep it in good order, by attracting the particles of earth or of stone.
1916. Paper Fire-Screens should be coated with transparent varnish; otherwise they will soon become soiled and discolored.