Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-09-18
Women as School ofacers.

VIC SAcNSISQ III TINS COlullll
Women as School oficers.
The Chicago Legal Ne,cs has the follow
ing excellent testimony in favor of women
as school officers "When Judge Brad
well, in 1878, introduced in the Legislature
of this State the bill which is now law,
making women eligible to all school oificesf
the opponents of the measure claimed,
passed, it would be dead letter, as women
would not consent to take office and if
they did. they would only show that they
were Inefficient; and that II woman was
once elected to responsible school office
she would never be reelected. The bill
became a law, and the very first year
fourteen women were elected County SUI
perintendents of Schools; and the Hon.
Newton Bateman, State Superintendent,
gave it as his opinion that the average aoll-
ity of the women that were elected was
higher than that of the men. Every year
since the passage OF the bill Illinois has had
quite number of women superintendent,
all of whom have proved faithful, efficient
officers, and not defaulter has been
found among them; and this is
more than can be said of all
their brother Superintendents. A number
of these women Superintendent have,
from time to time, been re elected. Among
them we will mention Mrs. West, of Gales
burg, who is one of the most capable Su-
perintendents in the State and Mrs. Mary
L. Carpenter, who was elected at the first
election under the law, and has been re-
elected at every election since. She has
Just entered upon her seventh year as SUI
perintendent of the public schools of VIM
nebago county, one of the best counties in
the State. During the six years Mrs. Car
peuter has held the office she has examined
1929 applicants for teachers certificates,
granted l.267 applications, and refused to
grant certificates to 562 applicants. The
number rejected shows that Mrs. Carpen-
ter can say no, as well as yes, when her
official duty requires it. We hear nothing
but golden opinions expressed of Mrs.
Carpenter and her ability. 1t is very evil
dent she must have given entire satisfac-
ton, or she would not have been reelected
the number of times she has"
Receipts.
CEMENT FOR IRON AND SToNB.-A mix
ture of litharge and glycerine hardens
rapidly, and is said to make an excellent
and durable cement for iron or stone work.
1. is not affected by exposure.
To TAKE MARKING INK OUT oFLINEs.
SUM, applied with camels hair brush.
After the marking ink disappears the linen
should be we'll washed in cold water.
To REMOVE GREAsE.-Grease on a car
pet, il not OF too long standing, can be
readily disposed of by washing the spot
with hot soap-suds and borax-half an
ounce of borax to gallon of water. Use
clean cloth to wash it with, rinse in warm
water and wipe dry.
REMOVING HARD PUTTY.-Hsrd putty,
it is said, can be removed from a window
sash with great readiness by simply apply
ing a piece of heated metal, such as a SOL
dering iron or other similar instrument.
When heated-but not red hottie iron
is to be passed slowly over the putty, which
is thereby rendered so soft as to be easily
parted from the wood.
CABBAGE TEST PAPER.-A useful test
the leaves of red cabbage in one pint of
water for some time, and then straining
the blue liquor through muslin. Evapor-
ate to about half its bulk place layers of
white blotting paper in the liquid, and
then hang them mp to dry. Acids change
the blue color of the paper to red, and
alkales turn it green. This is very good
substitute for htmus paper.
To PRESERVE AND RENovATE Runner
INSTRUMENTS 1t is well known that many
articles and instruments made of rubber
are apt to become dry with time, and to
crack, grow brittle, and lose all elasticity.
According to Russian journal, this may
be prevented by the use of a simple mix
ture of one part aqua ammonia with two
parts of water, in which the articles should
be immersed for length of time varying
from few minutes to one half or one
hour, until they resume their former elias
ITCHY, smoothness and softness.
On MARKS on WALL PAPER. Oil marks
on wall paper, or the marks where incon-
siderate people rest their heads, are a sore
grief to good housekeepers, but they can
be removed without much trouble. Take
pipe. clay or fuller's earth, and make it into
paste, about as thick as rich cream, with
cold water; lay it on the satin gently,
without rubbingi it in leave it on all night.
1t will be dry by morning, when it can be
brushed off, and unless an old stain, the
grease spots will have disappeared. If old,
renew the application.
To TAKE Our INK FRoM WooLENs.-
If ink is spilled on carpet or WOODEN arti-
Gle it should be attended to at once while
still wet, if possible, and then is easily re-
moved. Take clean blotting paper or cot
ton batting and gently sop up all the ink
that has not soaked in. Then pour little
sweet milk on the spot and soak it up from
the carpet with fresh cotton batting. 1t
will need to be renewed two or three times,
fresh milk and cotton being used each
time. and the spot will disappear. Then
wash the spot with clean soap-suds and
rub dry with clean cloth. If the ink has
been allowed to dry in, the milk must re-
main longer and be repeated many times.
To MAKE COURT PLASTER ISM
glass in a little warm water for "a hours
then evaporate nearly all the water by gen.
tie heat dissolve the residue in little di-
luted alcohol, and strain the whole through
a piece of open linen. The strained mass
should be stiff jelly when cold. Now
stretch piece of silk or sarsenet on a
wooden frame, and fix it tight with tacks
or pack thread. Melt the jelly ard apply it
to the silk thinly and evenly with badger
hair brush. A second coating must be ap-
piled when the first has dried When both
are dry, apply over the whole surface two
or three coatings of the balsam of Peru.
Plaster thus made is very pliable, and
never breaks.
To CLEAN MARBLE Marble, soiled
from ordinary use, can be nicely cleaned in
the following manner: Pulverize q little
bluestone, and mix with four ounces of
whiting add to these four ounces of soft
soap and one ounce of soda dissolved in a
very little water. Boil this preparation
over slow fire fifteen minutes, stirring all
the time. Lay it on the marble while hot,
with clean brush. Let it remain half an
hour; then wash off in clean suds, wipe
dry and polish by quick rubbing. Marble
which has become soiled from smoke may
be cleaned as follows: Moisten powdered
quicklime with strong solution of wash
ing soda in hot water brush this over the
stone and let it dry. Brush off, wash with
plenty of water, and polish with little
tripoh.
HINTS FOR PRESERVING FRUITS A
useful hint to cooks was given at a recent
sanitary convention in Grand Rapids,
Mich. 1t was pointed out that by adding
sugar to sour fruits, during the cooking
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