The Placer herald., 1874-07-11
HOUSE AND FARM.

THE Duty OF A WOMAN TO BE LADY
Wildness is a thing which girls cannot afford.
Delicacy is thing which cannot be lost and
found No art can restore to the grape its
bloom. Familiarity without love, without
confidence, without regard, is destructive to
all that makes woman exalting and en-
noJliag.
The world is wide these things are SMALL
They may be nothing, but they are all.
Nothing? 1t is the first duty of wo-
man to be il lady. Good breeding is good
sense. Bad manners in woman is immor-
ality. Awkwardness may he ineradcable
Blshfulness is constitutional. Ignorance Of
etiquette is the result of circumstances. All
can he condoued, and do not Danish man or
woman from The amenities of their kind
But selt-possessed, unshrinkipg and aggress-
i've coarseness of demeanor may be reckon
ed II States Prison offense, and certainly
merits that mild form of restraint called
imprisonment for life. 1t is shame for
women TO be lecured on their manners
Women are the umpires Of society. 1t is
tley to whom all mooed points should be
referred. 10 be lady is more than to be
a prince. A lady is always in her right in
alirnably worthy Of respect. To "a lady,
princes and peasants alike bow. Do not be
restrained Do not have impulses that
need restraint Do not wish to dance with
the prince unsought. Be such thrt you can
confer honor. Garry yourself so loflily
that men shall look up to you for reward
not at YOU Tor rebuke. The natural senti-
ment of man toward woman is reverence.
He loses large means of grace when he is
Obliged TO account her being to be trained
into propricty. A mans ideal is not
wounded when a woman fails in worldly
wisdom; hut it in grace, III tact, in sentiment,
in de,acy, in kindness, she should be found
wanting, lie receives an inward hurt
HYGuNIc HiNTs-It is possible that the
stature of all persons may be increased if
The conditions Of health are enforced during
iuf,ncv and childhood, and until the aye OF
puberty s reached Exercise in the open
air, aud rhc kinds of food which the carbon
ate and phosphales, which are found in milk
and III tie husks of grain, are highly con-
du.ive to osseous Development
But few people attach due importance to
the use OF the kind of diet which contains
tie elements that contribute to the formation
OF hone.
The constituents Of boue are carbonate
and phosphate OF lime, and one-tird the
weight of the bone organic matter, therefore
we should free y use oatmeal, Graham -four
beans, etc. In some localities the water is
impreguated with lime, owing to the under
stratum of limestone that eX SITS there, and
it contains mineral properties sufficient, if
used tot domestic purposes, 20 Increase the
development of bone and muscle. Children
should have all The milk they can drink. II
it is first diluted with water, hot or cold, the
proportion should be one Tablespoonful OF
water. or piece of ice in "A pint of milk
sometimes milk dsagrees with the stomach
and forms cuds. This tendency is en-
trely obvated hy the adm'xture of water
Children are more often fed too little than
too much; too often their food is not sufii.
ciently strong or nutritious. Cakes and
candies should never be given children until
they have first eaten of wholesome food
they should have all they want of every
kind of f,rinnccous food, and should also be
allowed the judicious use of all other kinds
else s0ine part Of the system may be de-
prived of some important element of nutri-
ton. They should not be permitted 10 re-
main long on the wet, damp ground, al
though their feet nay be protecte1 with
overshocs There are many days during
the year when it is better for them to play
on the porches that are most exposed to the
sun. Dwelling houses should have porches
on all sides so that children can have "a
preference on which TO play, according to the
weather. If they are sick, give them no
food or medicines except fruits, canned OF
Otherwise and air as pure rs that which is
unconfned, though they should not be ex-
posed in a current of air. If there is a fe-
yer, lemonade should he drank freely, and
iced k if it is des red. Whalev article
of food the appetite has longing for may
be iudicously given. Very fortunate are
those children who live in healthful localities
and have all the milk they can drink from
healthy COWS that are properly fed; and the,
are certain to enjoy robust health, and de-
velop strong osseous frames if they exercise
freely in the open air and sleep early and as
long they wish to, especially if assisted
by the under .traum of limestone found il
some localities. Even if there is a preds-
position TO hereditary disease, these health
tul influences will prove great preventives.
Although the importance of food cannot be
overeslimated yet heat and light are three
fold more important. More nutrment is
furnished hy the atmosphere than is found
in any kind of food. 1t must be pure, o,
we are deprived of The vital means of life
and sustenmcc and the solar rays bring to
our br ,ins and bodies the very essence OF
life -Heuld Of Health.
INexPENs We HAPPINESS. The most per-
feet home | ever saw WAS Il home INTO the
sweet essence # whose fires went no cost,
things A thousand dollars served for a
years living for father, mother and three
children But the mother WAS the creator
Of il.n Lnn.. L-r r.l tor, ,uitL tie cLild REL