Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-06-20
WOMAN AND HOME.
HOUSEHOLD HINTS FOR NURSERY,
KITCHEN AND pRAWlNG-RooM.

HOUSEHOLD HINTS FOR NURSERY
KITCHEN AND DRANlNG-RooM.
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Flowers may be kept very fresh oveI
night IL they are excluded from the air. IL
do this, wet them thoroughly, put in q
damp box and cover with wet cotton, o.
wet Newspaper, then place in cool spot
Before beginning to iron sprinkle thu
table plentifully with water and lay on thu
ironing blanket This will hold it firmly In
place and prevent all wrinkling and show
ing about Never try to iron with q
blanket having wrinkles or buncheA
To keep ice in the sick room, cut piec<
of flannel about nine inches square, and %
cure it by hgature about the mouth Of an
ordinary tumbler 30 as to leave the cup
shape depression of flannel within the tum.
bier to about half its depth In the flannel
cup so formed pieces Of ice may be pre-
served many hours, all the longer II q
piece Of flannel from four to five inches
square be used as . loose cover to the ice
cup. Cheap flannel with comparatively
open meshes Is preferable, as the water
easily drains through it and the ice Is kept
quite dry.
The use Of filters must increase The
British send filters everywhere with their
troops, and prevent most Of the typhoid
fever which comes from bad water. A
good filter may be made as follows: Take
a stone jar holding six or eight gallons, put
in broken bits Of charcoal, over this, four
or five inches deep Of clean, fine sand Now
take a flower pot with a hole in the BOTTOM
in which n sponge Is placed and let the
water be strained through this into the jar,
where it will work its way through the sand
and coal and may be drawn out through q
faucet Such filter will last well and may
be renewed
1t may not be known to some housewives
that il -four is kept in a closet with onions
and cabbages it will absorb unpleasant
odors from them; you may not notice this
until the -four Is cooked, but then you will
A large chocolate and cocoanut cake was
prepared for tea party not long since. It
was not tasted until it was passed at tea
time, when the mistress observed q strong
onion favor, which, though an excellent one
in its proper place, was here q thing OF evil
1t YVES discovered afterward that q basket
containing onions had been left for two days
in the storeroom with the -four, and every
thing, even the bread baked from this flour,
had the onion flavor.
A roomy lounge in bed chamber is o
great convenience. 1t affords an opportu-
nifty for an afternoon nap without disar
ranging the well-made bed, and many q
careworn woman would lie down for few
minutes upon a lounge in her bedroom who
would not think of resting in the day time
upon the bed A long, broad pine box,
with wooden castors attached, makes an ad-
mirable lounge frame, or a narrow cot bed
stead could he cut down to be of suitable
height for a lounge frame. This should be
supplied with good mattress, or q cover
ing Of chintz or cretonne could be drawn
drawn over it, with frill falling nearly to
the floor. From one to three square pillows,
similarly covered, would perfect this lounge;
which could serve readily for bed in time
o. need
Umbrellas will last far longer il, when
wet, they are placed handle downward to
dry. The moisture falls from the edges of
the frame, and the fabric dries uniformly.
II stood handle upward which is commonly
the case the top of the umbrella holds tho
moisture, cling to the lining underneath the
ring, and therefore takes a long time to dry,
thus injuring the silk or other fabric with
which it is covered This is the prime cause
of this part of the umbrella wearing out
sooner than the other part Umbrella cases,
too, are responsible for the rapid wear of
the silk. The constant friction causes the
tiny holes that appear SO provokingly early.
When not in use leave the umbrella loosa
When wet never leave it open to dry, as
the tense condition thus produced makes
the silk stiff, and then it soon will crack
Cleveland Leader
Women Who Count the Change.
we have q cashier now who is the
shrewdest woman l ever knew. She sits up
there where the cash balls roll in, evidently
kept busy making change But that young
woman knows all that is going ON at every
counter in this large store. She catches
shop-lifter reports irregularities among
clerks, and detects every little device in
vented by the statesmen to beat us or our
customers. She is not a spy. The crooked
ness she reports among the clerks would af-
feet her department il allowed to pass She
often calls me up and points out some mis-
takes In the cash checks, saying, for in
stance: "That has occurred five times this
week. Mr.. NJ is very careless So you
- SAN N~'eS ~ e>NSo HAAAAA Va $3.50 sA sAAs
takes IN making out his checks, but under
stand her and apply the proper remedy.
"A cashier place Is a hard one She ats
up there, generally alone; the air near the
ceiling OF crowded store is not wholesome.
She must he quick to make change, and the
knowledge that every cent lost comes out OF
her SO per week naturally tends to make
her nervous. She must watch for mutt
iafeu, puncneu, ana piugged COINS, ana 10Y
counterfeit pieces ana pad Oils Inc
checks accompanying the cash are invar1-
ably written IN haSte' are oiten hleSioie,
ana II sne does not read the hgures correctly
she Is liable 70 send BACK TOO nuch cnange
but you asa me DO women emoezzie
Never have ! known q single case never
navo heard Oh one can not say tnst OF
men lhere are women snophtters, cheats
commence SWIMMERS, quacAs' ana even gam
oiers, Out woman VINO Is made cashier IN
an ESTABLISHMENT always one VINO Il
known, one VINO mas earneu lne Posa'ion "
peing COCA saes"oitiail "onon sI0
lever placed IN tositions Oh trust as men
obtain trusty places without much inquiry
into their fitness A womnn's reputation Is
the very first thing AN employer looks into,
and the greater the trust he intends to con-
fide the more scrupulously he inquiries. 1t
should lie SO In employing men, but it is an
innate feeling that makes men easily put
confidence in men. New York Ear.
10 This Cur High Civilization?
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