1906 A Bachelor's Cupboard

A BACHELOR'S CUPBOARD How a Man May Valet Himself over night. This not only removes the creak, but makes them im- pervious to water. When a leather belt has been exposed to the wet during a hard, rainy ride, or a tramp through the wet underbrush on a hunting trip, it will become hard and easily cracked. Rub It well with kerosene or another Put the oil on a rag and draw the belt rapidly through it a few times, then w^ipe dry with another Tallow, lard, or even vaseline are good sub- stitutes. The white canvas or leather shoes so much worn now in summer are easily cleansed, either with pipe-clay well rubbed in and allowed to dry, or with boxes of specially prepared paste that comes for the purpose. As most bootblacks now make a specialty of cleansing white shoes, the average man will find it cheaper in the end to patronize this '' skilled labor " than to do his own shoes. some melted lard and stand the shoes In it oil. cloth.

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