Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-12-21
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tFrom The AmeTfcdR Agricltlturist.l
COLD EEET-I do not regret that less hand
knitting is done now than formerly, but hope
We shall not give mp warm wooden stockings for
winter until We can replace them with some
. ming bet, better: s, Merino, or the common
thin, but some of us supplement them with an
additional pair OF cotton stockings, wearing the
cotton or the wooden pair next the feet, as midi
yidusls prefer. Cold feet are often caused, at
least in part, by too tight elastics bands at
the tops Of the stockings, or by tight shoes or
shoes tight in the ankles. These interfere with
the circulation OF the blood, and there cannot
be comfortable degree or warmth without
good circulation and aeratioB OF the blood. MY
last lesson in this matter came from baby's ex-
perience last September. Suddenly she con.
tracted habit of having cold feet, and when
i warmed them the skin seemed hard and in
active, suggesting the need Of bath, when
bath did not seem necessary except for the
feet. At length it occurred to me that her
"ankle- ties had been too loose, and just before
We came home from our visit young lady
cousin had set the buttons back farther, to
make the little slippers stay on better. Ever
since that change the slipper-straps had been
too tight around her ankles, especially after
put on wooden stockings. L changed the buttons
again, and her feet no longer got cold, except
in eonsequen nee OF the actual rigors of the
climate. Some well-informed persons object
to Congress CATERS, the elastics are usually so
nIm and close about the ankle. Only very
loose carriers are allowable, and these may not
be necessary when the stockings are worn
over under-drawers. Carriers in the shape of
most sensible for women as well as children.
Many women are obliged to work in kitchens
where the floors in winter are always cold. 1t
helps matters 70 have carpet down, but the
kitchen carpet is Objectionable on the score OF
cleanliness, where there are many children.
few large thick rugs are better. These can be
shaken often, and will afford the kitchen occu-
pants warm places to stand or sit at their work.
There are some very cold days when the mer-
curry sinks from ten to thirty degrees below
zero, lin Minnesota,) and then L wear nv arc
tic overshoes all day, and the children also
keep on overshoes. The floors of our houses
ere many degrees colder than the air about our
heads.
One thing too little thought of in this con-
Rection as absolutely essential to healthy
warmth of body. That Is pure air. Men who
work in the open air some every day have q
great advantage over housekeepers. Their
blood gets oxygenated, ands0 purified Gas far as
such degree of air can do it) and prepared to
warm and nourish the body, OF which the blood
Is the constant up builder. Everybody, male
and female, old and young, ought to get out of
doors some every day and breathe freely with
the mouth closed. The air of sleeping rooms
and other living rooms should be purified each
day
Keep bricks or soapstones in the oven, to be
wrapped up and put under your feet when you
are obliged to sit for some time at a distance
from the fire, especially II you are writing or
studying.
HIGH SEATS AT TABLE FOR Bx-BABrss.-
There are nice large high-chairs, a little lower
than regular baby high chairs to be found at
some furniture stores, but many parents neg
lect TO procure them when baby No. 1 Is de-
throIed by baby No. q But no child OF six or
seven Is large enough to sit comfortably and
gracefully at table in a chair made to suit
a grown person, especially If not allowed to put
Its feet upon the chair-rung. Its feet do not
touch the floor, and are apt TO swing about In
way 10 fret nervous people. and in a way that
certainly is not graceful. And its elbows are
not high enough to give it easy command Of its
plate and knife and fork. So, in reaching table
manners, look first for the comfortable seating
OF your children. A cheap piano-stool does
very well for an intermediate seat between
high-chair and common dining-chair. ANY
man with tools can make one on a rainy day,
II IT seems too much to purchase a second high
chair.
friend of ours purchased a high, yellow
office stool for dollar. This was sawed off, to
suit the needs OF a child OF six, above the lower
IuDgs. A second very comfortable and useful
seat was made OF the part sawed OFF, by putting
square board atop, and cushioning 1t with
gay wooden patchwork.