The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-12-10
BILL NYE ON DOMESTIC ECONOMY.
His Experience with Wall Papering and
Turkish Baths for Home Tee.


those comforts and even Injuries for which
We would otherwise pay great price.
For instance, | economical once in tho mat
ter Of paper hanging, deciding that woul,
save the paper hangers bill and put thu
money into preferred trotting stock.
50 read a recipe in a household hint
which went on to state how one should max,
aud apply paste to wall paper, how to begin
boss to apply the paper and all that Thl
paste vas made by uniting -four, water anC
glue IN such way a. 10 secure the paper q
the wall and Set leave it smooth, according
% the recipe First the walls had 10 b,
sized. however
/ took a tape measure and sized the wtl-
Next began 10 prepare the paste and cooA
some ia a large milk pan IL looked very Re-
pulsive indeed, but II booked 50 much better
than IT smelei that did not mind. Then
put about five cents worth OF IL on one roll
Of paper, aud got up on a chair 10 begin. Ny
idea was to apply it to the wall mostly. but
the chair tipped, and 50 papercd the piano
and my wife on the way down. My wife
gasped for breath hut soon tore a hole
through the paper 50 she could breathe, and
then she laughed at me. That s. the reason
took another end Of the paper and re-
paperei her face | cannot bear o. have am
one laugh at ne when | am myself unhappy
It was good paste, II you merely desired 20
ds1gure piano or a wife. but otherwise ~
would not stioE at all j did not like IT,. /
was mad about it. But my wife seemed quite
stuck on it, She hasn't got it all out II her
hair yet
Then man dropped in to SCI he about
some money that bad hoped 70 pay him that
morning. and ne said the paste needed more
glue. ana a quart Of mOiasses. put IN some
more glue. and the last drop Of m0lasses SIC
had in the house II made mass which looked
like unbaked ginger snaps. and smellad "a
imagine the deiuge did at los tide.
| next proceeded % paper the room. s1cl-
times the paper would adhere. and then II
would refrain from adLeTing. Wen ! got
around the room had gained ground SD fast
at the top. and lost time al the bottom OF the
wall, so much, that had 70 pat ia wedge
Of paper t~O feet vide al the bottom ami
tapering to point at the top. Ia order %
cover the space This gave the room tue air
Of one that had been toyed with rs al impa-
tient cyclone.
went to bed very weary, and abradei in
places. had paste ia ny pockets ana
bronze Up my nose Ia the night | could
hear the paper crack. Just as l would get
almost TO sleep, it would pop. That was be-
cause the paper was contracting and trying
70 bring the dimensions Of the room down
to fit IT,
In the morning the room had shrunken So
that the carpet did not TT, ana the paper
hung in large m5lasses covered welts Oh the
walls il looked real grotesque / got
paper hanger 10 come and look at il. Hc
did So
And what would YOU advise me 10 DO
with it, sir. l asked with d degree OF
difference which had never before shown
70 paper hanger
We'll ! can hardly say at first It is a
very bad case You see the glue and stuff
have made the paper and wrinkles So hard
now, that il would cost d great deal o. blast
u oft DO yon own the house,
Yes. ST That Is. / have pail one half
the purchase price ami tnele ls "a mortgage
TOR The balance
ION We'll then you are all riclt said
the paper hanger, w.th a CLEAN Oi hope in
e
So dii.
Then had 90 economic again, - J. ncSt
resorted 10 the home method OF administer
ing the Turkish bath. You can get Turk
ish bath n that way at a cost OF four and
onehalf 10 five cents, which Is fuily a. good
Is one which will cost you dollar or more
In some places
read iI n ii paper Ny wife said she
would help m- 80 she read the directions,
AMI got uut the alcohol lamp There are
Two method. VI Administering tire low price
Turkish bath ~ home. one consists Ia plac-
ing tie person 10 be treated iu cane seat
chair, ANA then putting pan Of hot water
beneath this chair Ever and anon hot
stone OF O hot Aal iron i. put into the water
by means Of tOugs and thus the water is kept
boiling tue steam fising IN thick masses
about the person IN the chair who is care
fully concealed ia a large blanket Every
time a hot hGt.r0n or stone is dropped in til
pan it sDatters the boiling water up the bare
limbs OF the person who IS being operated
upon AMI ID YOU are living ia the same
alin hin, YOU viii hear him wreck
iug L.- chaa.r, beyond tie grave by stating
thin4- thhi are really wrong.
The otuel method and the one / adopted IS
better than this You apply the heat by
mean OF spirit laTap, and 10 one, TO lock
at little l. cent spirit lamp, would believe
that il had 50 much heat Ia ID till Ic has lad
one under him as lie sits IL a wicker chair.
A wicker chair does not interfere wlth the
lamp 1t all, or cut OF the heat, ard one is So
swathed ia blankets and rubber oyercoats
that be can't help himself
Ny wife got me seated that way. and then
applied the torch. Did the reader ever get
out Of bath and sit down on q wire brush az
order 10 put on his shoes, and feel a sort Of
startled thrill peryading his whole being
Veil, that is good enough as far Is it goes,
but il does not really count when sou have
been through the Home Treatment Turkish
bath
After my wife had NE arranged, sue went
into another room 70 read II new book ~
ehich she was greatly interested While
she was thus storing her mind with informa-
ton. she thought she smellei something
burning She went around all over the
house trying to find out what il was Fl
nally she found out
Ii was her husband / called 70 her, Of
course, but she wanted me II wait until she
bad found out what was on fire | tried 70
tell her 70 come and search ny neignbor-
hood, but presume did not make myself
because was excited, aud the
fuH and bloom of my calves were being
singed off in a way that may seem funny 10
others, but not to one who has il to pass
through
II bored me quite deal Once the wicker
seat Of the chair caught ire.
oh heavens, cried, with a sudden paug
II horror, IAN to be thus devoured by the
lire hendi And is there 10 one II helps Help
Help. Help
! also made use Of other expressions, but
they did not add ~ the sense OF the above
perspired very much, indeed, and 50 the
bath was, IN measure, q success, but, Oh,
what doth it profit man 10 gain bath If .
be lose his own sOuIf-Elu NVt ia Once a /