The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-09-09
ALL AROUND THE HOUSE.
At the Table.-Hygiene and Fashion in Our
sleeping ROoms-SOmething for the Chll-
dren to do.

White egg-shell china is again seen on ele-
CANT breakfast tables.
Blue Canton ware, so long favorite is
again used by those who have it in their
china closets.
Glass which is so thin and so we'll annealed
that it will bend under slight pressure is
much better liked for glasses than the elegant
but clumsy cut crystal.
Tray cloths set off the tea table very pref
thy, and are now made in the most elaborate
manner of India silk or finest linen, with
wide lace border and elaborate embroidery
Bohemian glass is used again, and some of
its most artistic specimens are very attract
i've. Amber color is the most decorative
and a set of finger bowls of this attractive
shade made charming effect on a dinner Ia
ble where the furnishings and service were of
the same tint.
The following directions for preserving
may be of use at this season.
Pear.-Core and peel them. boil in water
until nearly tender; skim them out without
breaking. Make a syrup of a pound of sugar
TO pound of fruit Put them into the syrup
and boil until it is clear, then add lem
ons.
Peach.-Pare, stone, and quarter ripe free
stone peaches. Make a syrup of three pounds
of sugar to six of fruit; simmer two hours,
Swimming well.
Plum.-For pound of fruit, take a pound
of sugar. Bring the syrup to a scalding heat !;
put in the fruit and simmer until the syrup
is rich andthick.
oUR SLEEPING ROOMS.
physician of note says: eve hear a
great talk about malaria nowadays, but
there is more malaria to be found in most
modern bedchambers than anywhere else"
Persons who are moderately intelligent on
other topics, appear to have small thought,
or that very perverted, on the subject of
hygiene in their sleeping-rooms, and eS-
pecially those occupied by children. The
ventilation of bedchamber can not be too
carefully attended to; and, as saws Horace
Mann, seeing the atmosphere is forty miles
deep around the globe, it is a useless piece of
economy to breathe it more than once"
Yet nine mothers out of ten carefully
close-all the windows ''for fear of colds and
night air" and leave two or three children
to sleep in a sitting atmosphere, and see no
connection between the colds and throat
troubles they have and the vitiated air she
compels them to breathe night after night
Let the morning ali and sunshine into the
bedrooms as soon as possible after the occu-
pants have arisen; and if there is 10 sun
shine, and 1T is not raining, let in the air.
Do not make up beds too soon after they are
vacated.
Look carefully after the washstand and the
various utensils belonging thereto. The
soap dishes and toothbrush mugs cannot be
kept too scrupulously clean. All Stops and
foul water should be emptied very promptly,
Wash out and sun all pitchers. glasses and
whatever vessels are used in the sleeping
room.
Never allow water or stale bouquets of flow
ers TO stand for days in the spare chamber
after the departure of a guest. Towels that
have been used should be promptly removed
and no soiled clothing allowed TO hang or ac-
cumulate about the room.
Closets opening into a sleeping apartment
often the receptacles of soiled Clothes
shoes, and other articles, and become fruit
full sources Of bad air, particularly where
there are Small children. After such places
the housewife should look with keen eye for
Objectionable articles. and remove them with
an unsurpassing hand.
Even so innocent a piece of furniture as
the bureau may, by carelesSness, become the
recipient of articles which may faint the air
of your bedchamber. Damp and soiled
combs and brushes are not only unsightly
and disgusting but, lying soiled and unaired
from day to day, Will certainly contribute to
evil air and odors, as will also greasy and
highly scented hair ribbons, etc. Never lay
freshly laundried clrthes upon the bed, nor
air the same IN your bedchamber. il possible
to do so elsewhere.
Do not hesitate to light fire on cool morn
ings and evenings, and if so fortunate as TO
have an open fireplace, you possess a grand
means OF comfort and ventilation in the bed
chamber.
Harper's Bazaar says: Now as to stin white
bed covers, pillow slips and shams, false
sheets and Nalehciennes trimmings mono
grammed and ruffied fneries, there Is a
truce. They were 80 slippery, SO trouble
some and so false withal, that the beds that
that have known them shall know them no
more They had always TO be removed
before the sleeper could enter his bed and
| they were the torment of the house-maid.
n npprpp and
! ing which was endless and yet many a
| young housekeeper thought them indispen-
| sible That idea has gone out completely.
The bed now Is made up with its fresh
| linen sheets, its clean blankets, and its Mar
settles quilt, and with square or long pillows,
as the sleeper fancies, bolster in its plain
! linen sheath, then over the whole i thrown
! a light silk covering of some bright color,
over that a spread of lace, Nottingham or
more expensive, such as the furnisher
| pleases. which i easily folded away in the
| evening. Or spreads of Chinese or japanese
embroidery, Turkish, Smyrniote work, or
one of the various sorts OF patchwork or
Decorative Art embroidery now 80 fashion
able. But il is no longer three or four or
/ five pieces of slippery linen to be adjusted
il is one light and easily aired covering. II
the bed is a tester, and the curtains are of
| silk or chintz to match. And in a very
| pretty bedroom the walls should be covered
with the same silk or chintz.
There are many families where the children
| have nothing TO do but play all day long.
The duties which they were intended to per-
form are accomplished by Others. To break
the monotony of all play and (teach the child
to be unselfish) let parents show them how
to make scrap. books of piece of print cot
ton, into which they stitch leaves of old
! newspapers. Then with scissors and little
mucilage they can cut out all the pictures
| large and small, and paste them in neatly.
| When the book is finished they can send il
TO some poor little child who is sick at home
and to whom it will give pleasure for long
time. Such books could be made for hospi
tai distribution with good assortment OF
reading that would otherwise waste. A lady
who has an idiot daughter received such a
book through the mail. 1t was filled with
bright pictures-s0mething OF which the
mother had not thought-and it gave the
poor girl so much pleasure that the grateful
mother exclaimed:
81 wish / knew who sent it. that l might
remember her in my prayers"
France is a star, and the boot of Ger
| man swashbuckler can not crush it, is the