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OUTSIDE GARMENTS

Bonnets, cloaks, hats, shawls, scarfs, and the like, will last clean and fresh much longer if the dust is carefully removed from them by brushing and shaking after returning from a ride or walk. NEW ROPE may be made pliable by boiling it in water for a couple of hours. Its strength is not diminished, but its stiffness is gone. It must hang in a warm room until thoroughly dried, and must not be allowed to kink.

RAZOR STRAPS-are kept in order by applying a few drops of sweet-oil. After using a strap, the razor takes a keen edge by passing it over the palm of the warm hand; dipping it in warm water also makes it cut more keenly.

MICA WINDOWS in stoves (often wrongly called "isinglass"), when smoked, are readily cleaned by taking out and thoroughly washing with vinegar a little diluted. If the black does not come off at once, let it soak a little. hows, ARRANGE FLAT-IRONS on the stove in two rows, "heel and toe," or so that when ready for a hot flat you can take the next one in order without loss of time in trying or "sissing" them, being sure of getting the one that has been heated the longest.