Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-06-20
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
Home Notes.

FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
Home Notes.
The New York Commercial Adver-
tiser remarks that sit sc is again fashiona-
BILE for ladies to comb their hair back
from their foreheads and show they
have brains. 2
I5s There are several kinds Of paste made
for sharpening razors; the sharpest is
made Of the finest emery powder,
parts, mixed with spermaceti, 1 part,
and rubbed on the strop. a finer one
IS levigated oxide Of tin, ounce; pow
dered oxalic acid, 4 ounce, and powder
ed gum, 20 grains, made into q paste
with water and spread on the strop; the
strop is moistened occasionally with
warm water; the finest is made Of jewel
ers' rough black lead, and tallow in
equal parts, we'll mixed. Is
Fashion kills more women than toll
or sorrow. 1 Obedience to fashion is a
greater transgression Of the laws Of a
woman's nature, a greater injury to her
physical and mental constitutions than
poverty and neglect. The slave woman
at her tasks will live and grow old and
see two or three generations of her mis-
tresses fade and pass away; the washer
woman with scarce ray of hope TIC
cheer her in her tod, will live to see her
fashionable sisters die all around her;
the kitchen maid is hearty and strong
when her lady has to be nursed like a
sick baby.
A good glue is made of two parts gum
tragacanth, one part gum arabic, and a
drop or two of carbolic acid to keep ii
from souring OF getting musty.
To make paste for papering walls add
to quart of -four q teaspoonful of soda
and a tablespoonful of salt: mix it
smooth with warm water, then add boil
ing water till it is the consistency OF
thick cream; keep it on the stove only
long enough to boil, set aside till near
ly cold then strain through a colander,
adding hot water if too thick. Use the
paste cold. It can be made the day be-
fore just as well.
Kerosene lamp burners which have
become gummed up can be cleansed by
boiling them half an hour in kettle
containing quart of water and pint
of wood ashes.
A Silk handkerchief can be so ar
ranged as to make one Of the daintiest
woorkbags for holding crochet or knit
ting. One Of pale blue OF pink brocade
is prettiest for the purpose. Lay the
handkerchief out flat, turn over to the
inside a small portion Of each corner,
and hem each down with silk to match.
About two inches from the edge, all the
way round, sew, as casting, a ribbon
half an inch wide, and through this run
drawing strings Of narrower ribbon. the
same color. Trim the edge all round
with fine lace two or three inches
vide. The work is placed in the mid
die Of the bag, and the strings drawn,
to gather the bag, thus making the lace
ruffle at the top. It will be found much
more convenient than any other bag,
and remarkably pretty.
| Rose Coloring or Blush togeth-
er quarter OF an ounce each of powdered
alum and cream of tartar, one ounce OF
powdered cochineal, four ounces of loaf
sugar, and small quarter of a teaspoon
full of soda. Boil about ten minutes in
a pint of pure, soft water; when quite
cold bottle for use. T his is used fol
coloring cake, jellies and ice-cream.
The latest fashions for dressing chill.
dren's hair are as follows: Ringlets are
Always pretty for babies. Little boys
have cvrls in the back and bangs in
front. Little girls have their hair cui
short into crop, but it is not so much
favored as long waved hair gracefully
falling down the back. with q colored
ribbon to keep it in place. Young la lies
wear their hair high and twisted Oh TOP
of the head, though the Grecian knot is
still worn On the street. Bangs are moi
worn as they were early in winter, Side
puffEs are very becoming to elderly ladies
whose hair nlingles with gray. Gen
| Glomen COuGWuo W pafG lueI Hall III tue
middle, while only the dude effects the
! side lock.
The true way to elevate woman is tc
put into her hands the instruments Of
self support; to make her a fit COM
panion in the world Of business and let
ters as she now is in domesticity; tc
pare down the hide of man, to- cut off
two thirds of his s'rights," to pull out
the bung Of his barrel Of conceit, and
let him understand that she who was
given to him as a companion was not Ill.
tended to be slave. When American
women understand that there is moth
ing degrading in work, when the seed
of ambition is planted in the breasts Of
school girls, when children are taught
to regard life as field Of labor, one
great step will have been taken toward
the plane on which albright thinking
men desire to see their mothers sex.
! Parna Notes.
If you have supply of poultry drop