Mirrors are educational and should be more common in living rooms. They help to correct bad dress, awkwardness, frowns, and other facial defects. Even anger might show itself less frequently, if it could see its own expression. Some one has called mirrors "bright reflections in manners."

When airing a bed, do not throw the clothes over the foot of the bed and leave it to air with the bottom sheet on. Take off every thing from the bed, spread, blankets or comforts and sheets, and thoroughly shake out the latter. When practicable, leave sheets and blankets in the sun and air. Mattresses to be well taken care of, should be thoroughly aired and beaten once a month. Leave them, with the window open, at least an hour every morning. Should be frequently turned.

Have a good number of muslin bags. Use long, full ones for dress-skirts, cloaks, gentlemen's suits, particularly dress-suits, or any garment that should be hung up for some time. Hang the garment on a coat frame, lengthen the hook of the frame with a strong cord, draw the bag up and over the garment and tie in two places, a little ways apart. In this way the garment is protected from dust and moths. A good way for putting away winter garments in summer. For smaller articles, as small furs, plumes and millinery, not in use, or anything that the moths are apt to invade, after careful cleaning place the articles in an appropriate sized box, carefully papered, cover with tissue or other paper, tie the box cover on, and then draw the bag over the box and tie at the end of the box without upsetting it.

A still nicer way is to fit a cloth covering to bandboxes or other shaped boxes, and tie on top. This means a little extra work, but if made of good muslin, such coverings last for years, and are very useful and quickly adjusted. If garments and other articles are clean when put in the bags and boxes no other protection against moths will be needed.

An efficient housekeeper will keep a list of linen, china, glass,
silver, etc., and know when an article needs to be replaced. Nothing about the house should escape her attention.

Do not try to be too saving of table linen. Buy as good a quality as you can afford, the better grades last longer, look better, iron better and keep clean longer. Have a liberal supply of table linen and towels if you have to do without some other things.

It is a good plan to keep a certain number of sheets and pillow cases for each bed. For ordinary purposes about five sheets and four pairs of pillow cases. Keep numbered, and when worn, replace with new.

Sweep and dust to remove the dirt, not to stir it up and settle again.
Do not try to keep house without a light-weight, long-handled ceiling broom.

Equal parts of ammonia and spirits of turpentine will take paint out of clothing, no matter how hard and dry it may be. Saturate the spot two or three times and then wash out in soap suds.

For tired mothers especially, and all others who have laced shoes to keep "tied up," we would give as wide a circulation as possible to a plan to save a world of care, time, and vexation: Take beeswax and rub a little on the lacing, and they will not slip or untie until done by hand. Try it, prove it, and pass it around as much as possible. Also wax the ends of the lacings when the tin is off.

When salt hams or tongues are cooked, they should be instantly put into cold water, as the change from the boiling water they were cooked in to the cold water loosens the skin from the flesh, and it peels off without any trouble.

Articles of food that are damp or juicy should never be left in paper. Paper is simply a compound of rags, glue, lime, and similar substances, with acids and chemicals mixed, and, when damp, is unfit to touch things that are to be eaten.

One gallon water, 1/2 lb. chloride of lime, 10 ozs. washing soda. Pour 2 qts. boiling water on soda. When dissolved, pour into gallon jar with cork. Add 2 qts. cold water to lime, dissolve thoroughly as quickly as possible and add to soda. Cork tightly and let settle for several days before using.
For Use.---Pour one pint of the water through a thick cloth into 3 gallons of warm water. Add clothes to be bleached, stirring till white. Do not let them remain longer than necessary to remove the stains. Rinse in several waters.

To clean black silk, sponge it on both sides with weak ammonia water, then roll it on a roller, and leave until thoroughly dry. It will come out very nicely, and repay the trouble.