For a Cut
Sift powdered resin on the wound, wrap with a soft, clean cloth, and wet occasionally with water.—Miss Anna Paisley, New Orleans.
To Cleanse Sponges
Wash in a solution of a teaspoonful of ammonia to two quarts of water, and afterwards in a solution of one part of muriatic acid to twenty-five of water. Sponges should be thoroughly rinsed, aired, and dried after every using. Unless they are kept very clean it is not well to use them. A piece of rough towel or tablecloth hemmed at the edges is much better. Another way to clean sponges is to steep them in buttermilk for some hours, then squeeze out and wash in cold water. Lemon juice is also good.
HEROISM AT HOME.
A PRIZE FOR THE BEST TRUE STORY
Every month the Department will publish a little story of heroism in the home—not any one act of heroism, but the tale of how someone lived heroically, lived self-sacrifice in everyday life. It must be true and must be about somebody you know or have known or know definitely about. It must not have over 500 words. The shorter, the better. Whoever sends in the best story each month will not only have it printed but will receive a year’s free subscription to Watson’s Magazine sent to any name you choose. Tell your story simply and plainly.
Please state whether the names and places mentioned in your story are real or fictitious. The Department does not print real names in these stories. Please do not send in stories about someone rescuing another from drowning or anything like that—we don’t want stories of single acts of heroism but of lives bravely and unselfishly lived out.