A PRETTY USE FOR OLD BOOTS.
It is a mistake to throw away old boots as useless, or to waste them on newly-married couples. A most charming effect can be obtained by planting a fern in the heel and hanging the boot from the ceiling in the window. Any kind of fern will do.
No Doubt of it.—Daughter of the House. "Here come Mrs. Massington and her husband." Lady Smart. "Ah, she's strong-minded, of course!" Daughter of the House. "Can you tell that by just looking at her?" Lady Smart. "No—by looking at him!"
TO REMOVE STAINS ON THE CEILING.
The best thing to do is to re-whitewash the whole surface, which is done by lying on one's back on the top of the bookshelves and dabbing away steadily. But if the stain still shows through it is best to spill water systematically on the floor of the room above until you have stained the ceiling uniformly, leaving it a russet brown. After all, why should ceilings be white?
TO REDDEN LOBSTER.