The National tribune., 1883-01-25
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.
Color in Dress - Fashion Notes Cur letter Box.
Cooking Recipes.


To the Editor NATIONAL TRIBUNE:
Woman's work above and below stairs! That
is what interests us mothers, to whom the
Home Department of our NATIONAL TRIBUNE
is a welcome feature.
But, mothers see to it that your work is ar
ranged to be done down stairs as much as DOS
sible. | find That a little iOre-jght in this
matter results IN much more convenience, and
far better health. than that endless trotting up
and down stairs to which some women subject
themselves. Have y place for pieces and
patches, and odd tasks of sewing and Uniting
and them when you have q few moments OF
leisure, you will hot need TO tire your already
too tired feet by hunting in Up-siair chambers
for what is wanted. 4 little timely fore
thought will also save many maternal worries.
For instance, 4 mustard paste over the chest OF
a coughing child viii invariably check the
cough and send the sufferer 20 the land of Nod,
which means rest, TOO, for the weary mother
A gargle of chiorate of potash will quickly re-
lieve u sore throat, and often save u doctors
bill.
The long, cold winters of our West ere trying
to our children. as they are to Us, and every
mother of us ought to see that her child has
plenty of pure air to breathe by day and night
Many of our homes are improperly aired, or
even not aired at all. for many of our good peo-
pie appear to think that the air in their
rooms does not need to he renewed after cold
weather sets in. But believe me- if, on a cold
day it does cool the air in room to lower
the window an inch from the top, it Will
suredly make your families less liable to attacks
of sickness. 1t is better that our rooms be too
cool, than Ovcrhcated. Our Overheated and
badlv-ventilated sch0ol-roons bring headaches
and ill-hcalth to our children. Let Us mothers
do what we can to CountcraCt these things let
us visit the sChGOl-rOOmS and do all that we
may to make healthful and pleasant the places
where our little ones must spend the greater
part of the day.
And again, do not let us read stories to chill
dren under twelve years of age. Let us care
fully select n story, with an eye to the good of
the child, then read it ourselves, and, in some
leisure hour, let us relate it to the little ones,
putting it into language which they can readily
understand. Thus, while we interest the child
of twelve, the one of four years Will also under
stand and enjoy what we are telling, and not
be obliged to sit "Out in the cold wishing
that we were telling rather than reading a story.
How increasingly mother needs to work i'll
order to do her part for her family, only a
mother can know. Hers is the task to store
the minds of her children with pure thoughts;
to shape their lives so that ont i'll the world
they may be worthy of love and honor. Poor,
tired mothers! Grid on your armor, and be
not faint hearted, for If your work be great,
great, also, is your reward
Mrs c. C. LEWIS.
GAINESVILLE, BUTLER CO., IoA.
We hope that this good example Will be fol-
lowed by other mothers, and that similar let
tiers will often find their way into our Letter
Drawer. Good must inevitably come from the
exchange of motherly experiences, and such
letters would, III any event, set our mothers to
thinking about the means which shall insure
to their children the highest and completest
development.
To the Editor NATIONAL TRIBUNE:
/ have lately received the following recipe
for drink for invalids. 1t is highly recon-
mcudcd, and thinking that it may be of value
20 some of your readers, | send it to you:
RacahOut DIES Arabes.-MlX together, by Sift-
ing four times the following named ingredients:
One pound each of finely ground cocOa-pastc,
rice flour and pulvcrized sugar; One-quarter of
a pound each of pulvCrized arrOw-rOOt and
sugar of milk; one vanilla bean pounded fine
III mortar with four Jumps ofloaf-sugar; two
ounces of pulverized salep The salep and
sugar of milk can be bought at any good drug
giSt'S When wanted for use, mix two table
spoonfuls of racahOut smoothly with half cup
fuI of cold water, and add to it one pint of boil
ing milk stirring the mixture constantly until
it has boiled for three minutes. Then use it as
q beverage. This drink is said to be highly
nutritious and replaces tea and coffee when
these are injurious. Racahout is especially
priced by persons suffering from weakened di-
gestion or nervous pTOstratiOn.
1t seems To me that your proposed Letter
Box may be made an admirable medium for
the exchange of hOusewifely greetings. THE
TRIBUNE has its friendly and well-wshing
readers here in our little village by the side of
the sea. 5. T..
BINGHAM, Mass.
Many thanks for your friendly remembrance.
We are especially glad to send out from our
Drawer anything which will relieve the sick
room of any part of its irksomeness or its dis
comforts. We have seen the recipe for racahout