Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-12-27
THE HoUsEHoLD.

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SPLITTING PArKR-ln selecting articles for
scrap book, it sometimes occurs that one wishes
to save the matter that Is on both sides of the
clipping: This may be done by splitting the
paper Place the paper under piece OF glass,
so that 1t will be smooth, after which IL Is
thoroughly soaked with water, when, with
little care, the upper surface of the paper can
be entirely removed The process is as much
matter Of curiosity as uttlity.|Ame,icaR AZ
,tCnlt,aist.
SOME NOTES ABOUT FLOWERS. lined An
got bags are popular for hower-holders. JAG
quimonots are still small and Marechal Neils
lack color. Keep cut flowers In cool places II
you will preserve them fresh. Eulalalie ia
ponica Is the newest and prettieSt dried moss
offered. The spray mounted palm is the newest
design for centeTpiece. LaureStina, the plant
OF our grandmothers is the favorlte with florists.
Natural flowers have driven artificial ones en-
ttrely from the costume. Gilt horseshoes, with
painted straw pouch, are new for flower brackets.
Variegated pertwtnkle is much used for trim
ming the handles of baskets Malmaison roses,
with their faint blush, are now among the
choicest blossoms. Spikes Of tube roses and
long stemmed carnations are used for festoon-
ing choice pfeceS.-tScienttFc Gossip
WASHING FLUID-No women will ever regret
having given this recipe trial. 1t will prevent
foot YES ANDY and many % too Take one
pound Of sal soda, one-half pound unslacked
lime; put them into one gallon of water, boil
twenty minutes, let stand tn cool, pour OF and
put in stone jug. Soak your dirty clothes over
night or until well wet through; wiring out and
rub on plenty Of soap, and to one boiler of
clothes covered with water, add one teacup OF
the fluid. Boil half an hour fast, then wash
through one suds, rinse in two waters and your
clothes will look nicely.-IGsrmanto,cn TSe-
graph.
PAPER AND STRAW UNDER CARPETS.-Inpu putting
down the carpet for the winter do not forget that
layer OF paper should be first spread over the
whole floor. Thick, course and porous paper
Is made for the purpose; 1t Is In continuous
sheet, and may be had at the carpet stores by
made of two sheets OF brown paper with thin
layer Of cotton batting between them. In the
absence of these, newspapers will answer about
as WELL and be much less expensive. Several
layers OF newspaper may be put down, or SIN
gle thickness OF papers, over which Is placed q
thin layer Of straw and other papers over this,
putting in tack here and there to keep all In
place while putting down the carpet. Either o,
these will cover all holes and keep out the cold
air, while the straw will give soft surface to
walk upon and greatly help to save the car
pet-[Ame,icdn Agrtcttlt,t,iSt.
AFGHAN FOR BABY-CARRIAGE-A correspond
ent asks for directions for making an Afghan OF
couvrette for baby carriage, and herewith is
accordingly presented a very pretty and easy
pattern which will serve admirably for this
purpose, or as a cover for child'S cradle 1t Is
worked with SaxOny wool In alternate squares
be chosen to suit individual taste. The stitch
is crochet tricotee, or what Is popularity called
afghan stitch" Make a chain of IA stitches
with white Saxony wool, making 10 loops OF
the blue wool. and continue, working 10 rows;
then take the white again, working thus in al
ternate squares Ia until the required length Is
wool and Is worked In alternate squares In thu
same way. The stripes are joined together by
row OF chain stitch, in either white or blue;
white square must always be next to the blue
ones and vice versa. In the centre OF each
square may be embroidered in blue OF gold silk
any pretty flower or figure the worker likes.
The couvrette is to be finished with q
hinge which is crocheted thus-1st row: With
white wool, sc, Single crocheDis chain, miss
loops, SC on the next loop, repeat from al!
round. I'd row: sc on the 4th loop Of the first
ch., chain, sc on the 4th Of the next 4 Oh.
Of the preceding row; continue all round; this
row is worked with blue wool. Next cut the
strands into the centre of each CHI. of the I'd
row, putting the blue and the white in the al
ternate chains. Saxony wool Is excellent for
these AfghanS as it washes well, especially II
bran is used instead OF soap.-N. Y. Tribune
bedroom HYGIRNH.-As under ordinary cir
! cumstances, one-third of human existence is
passed in sleep, it may be worth while to direct
ture. The period when bed was made as
representative of luxury, when the little Mar
quise received her visitors In bed. ('en r'ueIe, W
hangings which were draped around it. No
| one with any ideas of common sense ought to
| sleep In a curtained bed. Such hangtng3 are
germs Of disease, and they act as human ex-
| tinguishers. What more absurd than to hive
around the sleeper the air which he has
| breathed, which naturally in the process OF res
| aIbon1c acid gas? There are no temptations
| which should induce any one to sleep within
cuitained bed. II a room is cold or drafty, let
| on the bed. Somewhat OF the same positive
rules in regard to having nothing above ones
| be d, holds good as to extending The bed-coyers
ssthetic but it's & clean The ventilation O.
| the bed rrom above and below should be pre-
! cisely the same. There is habit OF parade as
10 1e Mch n GaRfs Whic sad nnr ~ AM a
| couraged. It is not worth while to descant par
| ttcularly on the mattress of bed. American
ingenuity has devised innumerable merchant
! cal appliances which do away with other meth
! DDS. 1t should be remembered, however, that
| curled springs, interlaced wires never prevent
| the Introduction OF vermfn, though patentees
| declare immunity from bugs. AS to coverings
very few persons are aware how prejudiclal Ii
| is to sleep even In cold winters night with
| too much on one. Impercepttble perSptrattol
| always takes place, 1t IS true, but an excess OF
| though 1t may not actually disturb sleep, is
weakening In its effects. People laugh very
Of making a bed comfortable in cold weather.
and such an instrument as warming pan, has
been relegated, with the flint and steel and the
Undertook, among the rubbish of the past.
Still, it has its use, and might even be en-
ployed to-day, or its substitute hOt-water
bottle-in many beds. II is the first shock CT
SeLUDg lQGO q COlQ Deu WHICH OIGeQ Is OF serious
consequence to persons of weak constitution.
People past certain time of life do not react
rapidly. Hours OF good, wholesome sleep are
often curtailed, and In order to get warm and
keep warm, recourse Is had to immense piles OF
coverlets. If however. artificial methods are
used to warm bed the ice is broken, not in q
1gUrat1ve sense at all, and often great benefit
ensues from 1t. The German usage of elder
down cOverletS Is not recommended. Though
warm and light, sit is ins1dlOus in its action"
says leading authority, land in the case of in
val1ds should be watched, for 1t Is apt to throw
the sleeper into violent perspfratfOn." 1t
would seem almost unnecessary to advise the
airing OF BEDS as all good housewives are sup
posed to have it done; still, as it Is something
which depends entirely on servants, 1t is safe
to say that this the most important point Of all
In regard to health is often neglected no one ever
possibly would think of washing his face in the
same water twice, unless there was no more
water, tbut it Is quite as disgusting, and much
worse for health, for person to sleep twice in
a bed which has been fully tmbued with the
eff1uvia of his body. Air and light are the great
purifiers, and the work in a bed-chamber Is
worse than neglected when beds, pillows, COW
erings, and mattresses are not thoroughly
aired.-[M. Y. Times.
NOther-WOrship In India.
+ Mother-worship in some form or other is the
popular worship of India. In the first place,
every living mother Is venerated as kind of
deity by her children. Then almost every vii
lage has its own special guardian Mother,
called Malta or ANNA in the south Of India