The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1885-05-21
LOYAL WOMAN'S WORK
Health HintS----The Household.
Conversation Club.
SPRING HEADACHES.

headache is a part Of their daily experience.
The hands and feet are hot, the lips parched
aud feversh; there is bitter taste in the
mouth in the morning, and life goes III on gem
eral principles. What shall he done? Shall
this course of things go on until long course
of fever develops? Or viii you exercise a little
common sense and so regulate your daily life
as to accommodate yourself to changes of
nature and take on health and strength?
Less meat, more fruits and salads. Fresh
milk, fish and eggs instead of pork and bacon;
farinaceous pudding instead of greasy pies;
lemonade and oranges and bananas and pine
apples instead of doushnuts and cookies and
sweet buildings. Rice, oatmeal, pieplant in
profusion as soon it is III the market, and
prunes before it makes its appearance should
form a large part of the daily food of every
family with sweet white bread and butter and
all the green things growing Cool of the
blood. seidlitz powder every morning before
breakfast or teaSpoOnful OF Rochelle salts IN
a glass of water every light will help to do it
and ward of long train OF ills. Drugs are not
needed; only less heating food and more COIN
mon sense.
If meat must be eaten, let il be sparingly. A
outlet, a small piece of juicy steak, or lamb
chop should be preferred. If fat meat is eaten,
let it first be cut very thin and dipped in bat
ter, fried, and eaten for relish. 1t will SATISFY
the cravings for meat, and be found more whole
some than too much indulgence in iats, which
are always heating and to be avoided in warm
weather.
DIFFICULTIES OF THE ENGLISH.
A friend who has been abroad showed US to-
day note of information written by German
physician at Frankiort-on. the Main, who had
never visited this country and only knew the
English from the books as educated Germans
nearly all do. 1t was in response to an inquiry
as to when the train left for point TO the
south. In reply the physician said: The
quick train leaves at O'Clock Not knowing
the usages of cur language, there 10 him
no difference between the quick train ana the
fast train. This brings US to this clever coliec-
tion of synonyms, prepared by a newspaper
correspondent, indicating why it is that the
foreigners regard the English language as fear
fully and wonderfully made: One OF them,
looking at picture of number of vessels,
said: :" See what flock of ships He was told
that flock OF ships was called feet. aud that
fleet of sheep was called flock. And it
added, for his guidance in mastering the in
tracacies of our language, that flock OF girls
is called bevy, that a bevy of wolves is called
a drove, aud drove of thieves is called gang,
and a gang of angels is called a host, and host
of porpoises Is called a shoa and shoal of
bulialos is called herd, and a herd of children
Is called troop, and troop of pdrtridges is
called pack, and pack OF swaus is called
whiteness, and q whitenesS OF geese is called
gaggle, and gaggle of brant is called "a gang
and gang Of duck is called team, and a team
OF widgeon is called company TOT trip, and
company of teal is called flock, and fork of
snipe is called whisp, and whIsp OF bitterus
and herons is called sege, and sese OF
plovers is called flock, and a flock of larks
is called an exaltation, and an eXalt;itlon of
beauties is called galaxy, aud galaxy of
Tutfians is called a horde, and a horde OF rub
bish is called heap aud heap ot oxen is
called drove, and drove of black guards is
called mob, and mob of whales is called
school, and a school of worshlpers is Ca led a
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called corps, and q corps of sailors is called
crew, and crew of robbers is called q hand
and band of bees is called swarm and a
swarm of people is called crowd.
BOYS AND GIRLS FASHIONS.
Black stockings take precedence of all other
cOlors, and worn with dresses OF amy color.
The effort TO introduce white hose has fallen
fat.
The narrow linen choker is the favorite col
lar for ali but small children. who still Wear
the deep round collar of embroidery or lace.
Boys clothing is as severely plain as ever
Small checks, fine tricots, and invisible pla,as
are the cloths used Tor their suits. Eight years
is the fashionable age for putting off siits.
Ribbed stockings are preferable to any others
for children because they cling to the leg and
do not wrinkle even when hastily put Oh.
Boys under II years of age continue IL wear
the turned-d0wn round linen Collar and the
Windsor tie.
The favorite collar for boys is the straight
linen band with pretty collar button.
Trousers are worn under the kilt by boys OF
five, petticoats being dispensed with after thai
period is reached.
Red boiled oil calico trimmed with embroid-
cry of white on the same material is the iav-
Orite dress for little girls.
Full fronts for girls will be even more fash
ionable than hitherto. ii such a thing be posi-
bic, and viii appear both v,sIs, under jackets,
real or simulated, or as plastrons sci on.
SALT IN FOOD.
The value of salt in iood cannot be under
rated. 1t should be added pienIiiu,iy To all
vegetable as well as animal Iood A pinch of
salt is an Improvement in most ARTICLES o. food
and supplies real want OF the system.
Taken with cur food it aids digestion. Its
chlorine supplies the hydrOchloric acid OF the
gestric juice that helps digest food, aud
soda, which IS an element in the blll.-a fund
which must be added to the soitened food before
1T can be converted into nutriment. A lack of
salt viii soon cause serious physical disorders,
and no healthy person should use less than from
One-fourth to a half an ounce daily. salt excites
the secretion Of saliva and gastric JUICE IL ere
ates want for water, which should be freely
used; and By its attractive favor stimu.a tes an
appetite without which insufficient flourish
ment would be taken
We once knew physician who had each of
his numerous children take HEX oi salt beIcre
beginning their breakfast. HIS theory was
that chilreu who used salt freely were not sub
ject to worms and other arrangements of the
stomach and bowels. Whether there Was any
thing in the theory We do not know, but CT r
tain it is that his children were exempt from
the freaks Of little folks generally aud never
had 20 take the nauseous yermifuge a. d pink
root and SIENNA 10 which other unior,u mates
were doomed.
Editors Chat
fair correspondent should remember that
the past of the verb dTrire is arriued aud not
aTOre
Lizzie z. WEIGH should write to the Webster
Publishing House, New York. for information
concerning Gen Grants book.
Strawberry Point, Iowa, is the address OF
Minnie l.. Davis, instead of Pennsylvania
As usual some of the letters are SO carelessly
written and badly spelled that we can do moth
ing with them. Brace up, boys and girls and
you can soon all write for The TRIBUNE.
Glencora Kephart, Oseeoa Mills Cieirfield
Co, Pa, sends us a very neat copy oi The
Weldon Raid BY Lieut.. Siipllz l24Lh N Y,
which, though interesting 10 the iIth Pa boys
(of whom hcT father was one, a:.d to Mott S
Third Division, Second Corps is too long Tor
THE TRIBUNE. Her father-Siinon Kephart-
would like to hear from Lieut.. Shultz or any
of MS comrades
The Editor cannot insert requests for eorre-
spondets from those who write aud spell badly
Just think bow your friends would be dsap
pointed upon receiving your letters. Perscvere
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