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Measure the windows where the curtains are to hang and dry them in just the shape and size wanted. The net or lace stretches readily when it is wet, and hence it is wise to measâ€" To prepare the gum arabic starch, put an ounce of the gum in a quart fruit jar and then cover it with a cupâ€" ful of cold water. Stand in a jar in a saucepan of water over the fire and bring to the boiling point. Stand the Jar on a folded cloth so that it will not touch the bottom of the saucepan. When the gum is dissolved, strain it through a piece if cheesecloth _ into another bottle. Cool it and add half a gill of pure grain alcoliol. Cover tightly until needed. f A little borax can be added to starch to make it stay in the ne lace more firmly. be ed That place is your own home. Of course, if you have more money than time, a reliable cleaner is best. But if you want to save money and if you have been complaining about the H. C. L., just try your hand at curtain cleaning to effect a real economy. Time is needed to make home curâ€" tain cleaning a success. Pins are also neededâ€"and many of them,. Clean the curtains in pure soapsuds and then rinse them ~gently in clear, lukeâ€" warm water. Dry them. Then starch them. Then starch them in starch colored to give them their original tone and thee pin them out to dry. If the curtains were originally pure white, blue the starch rather deeply. This will give the curtains a blueâ€" white look that they had when fresh. If they are cream colored, use tea in the starch to get the right tone, and if they are deep ecru, use coffee to give the desired color. Dry curtains on sheets stretched} out on a carpet that is tacked downâ€" if you possess such a thing. If not, | stretch the sheets out on a heavy rug‘ and pin them into place. Then pin the I curtains with innumerable pins to the sheets. If you have an unused mattress in a sunny room, spread a sheet over it and pin the curtains to that. Then be sure to air the mattress thoroughlâ€" ly so that any dampness from the curtains will dry tnoroughly. The best way to wash curtains is to shake them as nearly free from dust as possibleâ€"and soak them in a tub half full of tepid water in which half a pound of pure soap has been disâ€" solved. In the morning, squeeze them fairly dry and place them in a tub half full of very hot water to which! a talbespoonful of borax and enough suds are added. When they seem clean, after splash ing them about in this water, rinse them thoroughly, untii there is no trace of suds or dirt. Then squeeze them gently dry. Let them dry thorâ€" oughly on the grass or hang them over a line to dry. Then starch them.| Gum arabic is sometimes used for for starching curtains of net or lace,| and it gives a dressing that ordinary. starch does not give. For nure white| urtains, perhayj Probably, if the curtains at your windows have been up since early autumn,â€"they are just about ready for a thorough cleaning; and if they are, you are probably looking about â€" to find the most econimical place for having them cleaned. HOW ABOUT THE WINDOW CUrRâ€" TAINS ; Here are a few of the women who will figure MHer Royal Highness the Duchess of Devonshire wWEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1917 um MAINLY FOR WOMEN T Di« re. For pure white ordinary si’arch is c is slightly ‘colorâ€" be added to the n arabic starch, gum in a quart in which half has been disâ€" squeeze them r deeply. a blueâ€" en fresh.l se tea in ie, and ifl e to give of the su must tak a week, a between | 1 uo nesulgwork some of the â€" time. After you have taken vour sunshiny position let the hair hang loose and part it straight from the imiddle of the front to the middle of the back. Brush the locks apart vigorously from this part and !â€"t the sunshine pour upon your hair for a while in this position, piace t Sit Winere tie sun will _ directly on the top and sides of y kead witkout shing in your eyes. you wish you can sit so that â€"y head throws a shadow in front of ; £o it will be quite possible to rea do neadlework some of the tin After you have taken vour sunsh position let the hair hang loose . part it straight from the middle the front to the middle of the ba Brush the locks apart vigorou rernaps it 18 costs nothing t ignorant of its to avail thems curative and ties Porhans t a week, and each shal between an hour : Choose a bright clear place to sit where th 'part or the Ume wWITM] were placed so that yo | portunity of availing this tonic, and suppose sured that this great ~r nothingâ€"that it was as air you breathe, Of cou wettn: tion of bathin: dry an that w shire 1 n CT1I the (0; air you breathe,. C be delighted and the day you made ner day in your y Perhaps it is ju too, vo Bran water is made by boiling _ a quart of bran in seven quarts of water for an hour and then straining it through cheesecloth and â€" adding cold water to make it lukewarm. Use soap jelly with the bran water. To make the soap jelly, place shaved soap in a saucepan and â€"add boiling water to dissolve it. Rinse cretonne, after washing it quickly, in salt water to help set the colors. insiin osalt It is a good idea to use a gentle Cretonne can be washed and ironed so that it looks practically like new. To do this, use bran water for the washing. When the cretonne has partly dried in the snade, iron it on the wrong side until completely dry. When the curtains have dried in shape, press them on the wrong side if they seem rough or uneven in surâ€" face. ure the exact space it is to fill wheni dried. You can make it dry just about as you wish it. | mefit to t omen who 1 Bs rson FOR YOUR HATR uppo t rig! tro SoO 2l M (€) W YOI UA ct the su n combin O ilt OL course, can ‘arch the hair d thrive in th ilq ‘be withere re it exposed after having ater. would really lo D the at the opening of the Canadian House of Commons next week, is, of cour se, a new and welcome face among them.. and to t 108( yQu were t. your v uld really avail your: treatment â€" for hair : t least two sun shamp each shanipoo should t: hour and two hot ight clear day and find where the sun will tm« omé LE O W n ul ‘hat most folks ar. blessings and so elves of its wond strenzthening â€" vre re di du Inshnine i8 i ation with ir in bathin U n re 1€ cannot LTOQ n it dis r_ We because ost foli 10n m rest ret mn1e IOr in the u_ had vourse D 1t culdn‘t you? use sunshin ana a to the SUNXSHINE 0O 11 CO V U of rative cost eap as the you would ula â€"count very a ban nd so slow 1( Ou n con 1p n Ives n pei1cve ictuall y corld rot _ that ppose, home 1X th 6 ful O iÂ¥ massage movement some of ‘he tine, so as to keep the hair roots in a healthy condition,. later divide the , 4 tX V p+ 366 #L1 We strongly advise that you consider your present and future wants be quickly snapped up, and cannot again be duplicated at anywhere near E VERYONE posted in presentâ€"day values should revel in the many wonderful bargains to be found on all the pages of our Semiâ€"Annual Sale Catalogue. A splendid assortment of suitable goods, selected m specially for our Mail Order customers, are offered at prices having so much real value that many will be disappointed whO":’do not immediately secure some of these extraordinary offerings. Prices are soaring UVpward every day on almost all commodities. Our buyers, anticipating a great advance, bought very heavily before the raise in prices, and we are now giving you the advantage of their good judgment in ofleril;g these goods at prices thot would be spiendid values ordi'narily, but are now really: wonderful bargains.. REMEMBER THIS SALE ENDS FEB. 20th SAVE AS YOU hy ‘HE INDEPENDE®N NS WONDER BOOK OF BARGAINS cNT. C ! _ When covering jelly cups with parâ€" ,aflin try pouring the paraffin out of ‘ an old tea pot or coffee pot. end Medicine may be given to a baby by means of a rubber nipple. Let the baby take it as if it were on a bottle, then pour the medicine into the open The ham bone which has been trim med to a finish will do very well to flavor a pot of boiled cabbage. Every house should have its chim neys cleaned every fall. Always open doors and windows of the ‘dining room, if possible, before breakfast, so as to give the room a thorough airing. / Eggs may not be more than a week old and yet be stale. All foodstuffs eaten raw should washed before being served. When you cream butter for a cake, a little cold make the creaming easier hair by parting from ear to car and Drushing part down the back and the other part over the face. During tie course of the shampoo it should b«: parted in as many ways as possible, so that the sun will fall on every hair, Although it is not injurioug to the hair to dry it in sunlight after the regular shampoo these biâ€"weekly shampoos sho\u-ld, of cbfiu'rse.flfiev given without the use of water. NO ALUM I TORONTO «T. EATON C cream butter and sugar a l_ittle cold water will be ut raa en ue en en a e e A Bana n na Bana n na oo pa nane as The farmer in the delt Is doing very well; Shoes are twenty per, And oh, the price of fur! Heigh! ho! and Jerryâ€"o! Shoes are twenty per. Cotton, steel and wool, The Bear and the Buli Sing "Heigh! ho! and Jerryâ€"o! Cotton, steel and wool!‘" What are we going to do? No more Irish stew, Heigh! ho! and Jerryâ€"o! No more Irish stew. Poultry, pork and steak, Bread and rolls and cake; Heigh! ho! and Jerryâ€"o! The prices make you quake Spaghetti‘s hanging high, Even beans are shy, Heigh! ho! and Jerryâ€"o! Even beans are shy. Eggs are on the climb, One for a dime; Heigh! ho! and Jerryâ€"o! Eggs are on the climp. The farmer in the dell Is doing very,. well, He sings "Ho and Jerryâ€"o The H. C. of I Psn ana na e n e e naa q rana nane nane ns nenanane is THE FARMER IN THE DELL Main Street Footwear Weather Sloppy # LIMITED CANADA JNO. C. FARRELL . and buy now. â€" Many lines will these exceptional bargain prices. ORDER EARLY WHEN THE VARIETY IS BEST sloppy, slushy weather We have a large and complete stock of all sizes of Rubbers, Rubber Boots and Overshoes, in all the styles, for "Pa," "Ma" and the "Kiddies." SHOE STORE, CGRIVSBY Next door to the Post Office PHONE â€"Residenceâ€" 313 R 3 Storeâ€"313 R 2 Just the thing for wet Heigh! The H Hale Cheap Rubbers are not worth what they cost, buy the best, it pays. ; Tribune Rubber Footwear that we sell only the best in Bear in Mind â€" JB U L ts ho! and eJrryâ€"o! C..of L.1 McBride, in The New York Grimsby