Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1883-01-27
FARMERS COLUMN.
For and About Women.

Seventeen is too young for girl to marry.
Your lover ought to be willing to test his
and your love by at least one years trial.
You may both change your minds before
| twelvemonth has expired 1t is better to
know whether you really love each other or
not before marriage than to make the dis
| covery that you do not after the knot is tied.
A few matters are necessary in furnishing
| a home, such as Renaissance washtubs, a
| Queen Ann rolling pin, an aesthetic barrel
| of flour, medieval scrubbing- Brush etc,
| in procuring which you may consult your
| own taste and the plethoricness ofyOur hus-
| bands pocket book.
You can wear any kind of black hat or
bonnet in second mourning, if it is not
| trimmed with lace or beads. A black wing
| or breast feather is apprcpriate; black ostrich
feathers are allowable. 1t will be altogether
proper and in good taste to wear such dress
as YOU describe. Moire or watered silks are
considered correct for trimmings or for the
entire dress or wrap in second or light
| mourning, but there must be no lace.
When asked to dance, lady need only
bow in accepting the invitation, if the gen
tleman has been Just introduced. There IS
no necessity to return thanks either before
or after the dance; your partner will thank
YOU. 1t is 'bad form" for a lady to thanks
gentleman who invites her to dance, ride,
drive, row, or walk with him. 1t is always
presumed that he is the obliged party aud
tuat she graciously confers favor.
To clean musty feathers proceed as fol.
lows: Turn them into barrel, and cover
them with hot water; leave them to soak for
an hour covered with blanket to keep in
the heat; in the meantime make pailful of
strong soap. sudg; pour off the water from the
feathers and put on fresh boiling water; add
it to the soap and a teacupfui of ammonia;
stir well for half an hour until the feathers
are we'll washed; then drain off the dirty
water and repeat; drain and spread the
feathers to dry upon sheet Ill an airy room.
Flowers and birds are favorite decorations
of reception and drawing rooms. One lady
received on New Years day in the midst of
a blooming garden of flowers and vines. In
aHtioue and modern jars, vases ard old pots
in baskets on stands were arranged plants
and on each was secured brilliant hum
ming bird or some small, bright plumed
tropical bird, while cages containing singing
birds were placed through the room to add
music to beauty and fragrance.
An old physiological truth, but one which
will bear repeating as long as it is disre-
garded, is the necessity OF fresh air IN bed
chambers. French hospitals contract for
complete renewal of the air of room every
hour, while the English assert that double
that amount or over four thousand feet OF
air every hour is required. Yet how many
insist upon sleeping in unventilated rooms,
refusing to open window for fear of TAX
ing cold" preferring instead, to sow the
seeds of some terrible disease by inhaling
close, impure air.
Chronic Inflammation of the eyelids and
eyes is benefited by the application of alum
poultices on going to bed at night. Beat
teaspoonful of powdered alum into a paste
with the whites of two eggs. Envelop the
paste after it has stiffened in a fold of old
fine linen lawn or cambria, and apply to the
inf ,med lid. The Inflammation is gener-
ally subdued in two or three applications,
if proper attention is paid to the health at
the same time