St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-06-28

People make mistake when they quit
eating in summer because the appetite
turns from heavy fare. One needs strength
for the demands hot weather makes on vi
tality, and care must be given to supply
light but very nourishlng food.
Childrenss Hair.
The custom of wetting the hair before
combing or brushing is one which ought to
be condemned for various reasons. In the
first place, the nurse who is permitted to
dip the brush in water and then plaster
down the hair with it will never spend the
amount of time required to get it smooth
by the proper use of dry brush. The
child's head will therefore fail to receive
the thorough brushing which healthy
growth of the hair demands. In the next
place, no juvenile hair was ever improved
in appearance by having the curves of
graceful confusion transformed into drip
ping perpendicular lines; and finally the
frequent wetting of the hair is certain to
make it harsh and dry. It is true that some
children have hair of an exceedingly refrac-
tory character, reminding one Of Jerry
Cruncher's boy, ''whose head was garnished
with tenderer spikes" but even in such
cases the frequent use of dry brush will
in time exert modifying influence by stim-
ulating the supply of natural oil. When
the hair is very harsh, the sparing use of
pomade is unobjectionable. The cutting of
children's hair is question largely con-
trolled by the dictates of fashion. The
prevalent idea that it increases the growth
is not founded upon careful observation,
although it is true that when the hair is
short the scalp is more readily kept in good
condition. Something might be said in
praise of long braids in the case of little
girls, and in condemnation of long curls in
the case of little boys--a fashion which
ELECTS the admiration of fond mammas and
the scorn OF ridicule of other small boys.
Notes ON Beautiful Homes.
Cathedral glass is used in hall lanterns.
White egg-shel china has again found
favor.
Basket work tables are pretty for summer
houses.
1t is said that coarse salt is effective as a
means of deodorizing sewer gas.
A corner chair of oak with leather on the
seat is useful piece of hall furnishing.
The darning stitch, though less graceful
than many others, is still used in art en-
broidery.
If you use crystal finger bowls, have a
leaf of rose geranium and bright blossom
in each.
Furniture covers Of linen are embroidered
with crewels; each cover has a different
design.
Cut-glass pitchers are placed at intervals
upon the table to replenish the goblets with
water.
Egyptian and Arabian fancies in the fur
nishing and decorating rooms are the ca
price of the moment.
Finge r-bowls. with glass plates to match,
and bearing the Partisan style of decoration,
are popular.
A pretty bangle-board is made in crescent
shape, covered with Nile-green satin, and
having design of pansies painted upon it.
Stationery grows more and more dainty
each season, and some very quaint devices
are used to head note paper and envel-
opes.
Grape scarfs in the lovely yellow shades
are desirable, and look well on rattan or
willow chairs that have plush cushions of
some deep tone.
Sulphur matches placed in flower pots,
the sulphur ends down, have been found to
destroy the worms which are SO fatal to
house plants.
Some of the jute velour is quite as soft
and silky in appearance as the silk turko-
man curtains, which are considered by
many the perfection of drap cries.
Printed plush continues to be used for
upholstery of odd chairs, and for light gilt
chairs it is specially desirable. 1t also
forms desirable cushions for wicker chairs.
Occasional gilded chairs are again seen
in drawing-rooms. The brocaded silk loose
cushions, fastened to the chair by means OF
satin ribbons, harmonizing in tone, are par
ticularly appropriate with this setting.
The Church and Women.
Rishop Spalding, North American Review.
If Christian society has realized its ideals
concerning women, it has never been with
out their elevating and refining influences.
To the action Of the church in the middle
ages we are indebted for the mOnOgamic
family. which lies at the basis of our civili-
cation. and is the stronghold OF all that is
hest in our social life. Had the popes and
bishops not withstood kings and barOns
when they sought to continue the polyga-
NOUS practices that among the German
barbarians were lawful, mOnogamy would
have persisted among the ruling classes of
Europe; and with the development of pop
ular power, had such development then
been possible, woman would have fallen to
the place that she to-day occupies in Mo-
bametan countries. Indeed the preserva-
tion of. all western Europe from the blight
of Mohametanism is due to the action OF