The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1888-05-03
LOYAL W0MBNS WORK
The Household, Conversation Club,
Puzzles, etc.
The Happy Household.
CARE OF THE HANDS.

nails snd flesh with little soap is best Tor cleaning
purposes Always wipe The hands dry after wash
ing and dust them with little oatmeal, for which
purpose always have a little pot OF oatmeal al
hand. Before retiring wash the hands thoroughly
and apply almond paste, after which put on pair
OF gloves. kid preferred.
To make good almond paste. obtain Of sweet and
bitter almonds each two ounces, pound to paste,
and work up with half an ounce of Windsor soap
cut in fine shreds. To TINS add two drains of sper-
maceti aud half an ounce Of oil OF almonds oil OF
bergamot, y drops. Subject TO gentle heat, star
well, and cool in china pots.
A mixture Of honey. lemon juice and eau de
cologne IS exceedingly useful 70 whlten the hands
when disCOlOred by sun, wind or work, and may
be kept mixed for the purpose in small toilet jar
Take a wiueglaEsfui Of each ingredient and mix
vel; then pour into the jar and keep. closely
coTked. This may be applied night or day, ana
tie inside Of the fingers rubbed with psnlce stone
BAKED MACAROEL.
HAPPY HOUSEHOLD: II Mrs NJ. ]. Leach viii try
my recipe for cooking macarOni think II viii
prove satisfactory, because L know il 10 be good
Please try and report. Break the macaroni into
inch lengths put into q saucepan Of boiling water
with little salt, and boil until perfectly tender
but not until split or broken; drain well; butter
pudding dish, into which put alternate layers Of
uacarOu and cheese with bits of butter; finish
with layer Of cheese and a few spooufuls OF milk
o. cream, with little salt. Cover the dish ana
bake half Gn hour; brown nicely, and serve ia the
dish in which it was baked Indianapolis Girl
SOMETHING NEW IN OYSTERS.
An oyster omelet viii be relished by those who
like both oysters and eggs. Beat six eggs very
light and mix them with a half cup OF cream, with
salt and pepper to taste. III the cream be lacking,
milk may be substituted. Put small tablespoon
ful Of butter in hot frying pan, and when il Is
melted pour in the beaten eggs and cream. Before
the eggs firm pat in Is small oysters and when
she omelet is deiieaie brown fold and serve. The
irving pan should be set on moderate IRE, so that
the browning process VIII not be too rapid.
SHELL LACE.
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Repeat from first row.-Estella Hillman, Winnie
bRgo City.
Editors Chat.
indianapolis Girl y must send her true name In
order to be numbered at Roll Cali, and .. Joan of
Arc" f" Iowa Wild Rose" in order to have request
granted.
No; the request cannot be granted. First learn
y
Katy Moody and Mary Green can secure C. c..
badges by sending 81 each to THE NATIONAL
TRIBUNE The badge is of silver, in shape Of a
shield suspended from quill pen, which forms the
bar pin. On the shield is the monogram \. T. c.
C." and The Club motto - Pro patria - for our
country.
Cyrus Wick, Lock Box p, Washington, D. c.,
gave the only correct answer to the question What
IL the plural OF Ro0ae, . tailor's implement.
80 l. !
fn writing either by her own fail name or by that
Of her deceased husbands as Mrs sarah Brown, -
or Mrs John Brown" As a wouau's own sig
nature Is required in all legal papers il j. the edi-
tors opinion that she should always he thus ad-
dressed "a writing although FOR convenience. where
. man has all the individuality Ia the family we
may continue to write Mrs Gen Jones, or Mrs.
Judge Smith"
Sympathy IS tie charm Of the woTad-.hat true
sympathy which finds expression Ia doing, lot in
words alone. We may say that synpatilize
with friends Ia trouble yet u is the who spends
All night long by the bedside Of a sick friend.
smoothing tie pillows and performing many kind
y CfBces who proves himself the true comforter
Elmer GFIzsOu. Pennyi3le, Ind.
Prizes awarded: Bruce Pumphry TO Alma Sunoot
Washington. D. C.. for FIRST answer 10 Old Clock
Puzzle no answers received. Mrs J. IS. Roden-
baugh, Gladstone. n J.. TO Edwin r. Lerch for
FIRST answer 20 The Long Liver" and to Mrs J.
l. Pryor for photograph.
Conversation CIHb.
Rtlca ofEe Cub. Write briefly. o Write only
IN one side II tie paper. B. Write 70 the point l.
Write ON one subject 3 Write your best s.
Send RslsNcrs TO all puzzles for use Of Editor Each
week the names Of those writing the best letters
style, composition, spelling pennIansiiip and gen.
eral merit consldefed-wIll be named at the head
Of thss column or the Honor Roll. First honor
viii include all Of these requirements Second
honor VIII include a deficiency ia some one uoiut
No Others viii be named.
HONOR RoLL-BEsT LETTERS
First Honor-Bruce /. Smith. Newman. III.
Second Aonor--NeiLse Cady, Troy, o.
SEARCHES AND soLvERs.
William =. Johuy. jersey City, \. J. 8; Lucy
Kaiser Rock lsiaiid, Ill :. +. Erwin Holland
Pa 9. Frank Toles Bolivia H. 6: Hattie T.
SOOdseil, Morgan Center VI 7: CAPT VIII
DennyrIiie. ne. 3; Araiine Larson IoveIaud
Iowa; Sadie Elliott. Red Bank n J. 3: Carrie
Fuller. kockpoTt. Bic, 3; Minnie T. Roster, Lyons
Eas8s. r. J., 3; &elia Hampton. Nj Victory %
To- kfH5e j. Noleu Baltimore. Nd 5: Aal,ie EIc.
Cune I-iiisburg Pa, j. Ernest 4. Lincoln Hing
nam. Mss ~; Cena q. Poe. Dixon ILL., g; Mag.
lie Bnibrook. Ocean Grove, n. j.; John r. Nun
Ga. IrDaua, O.. IL Mary Deeicy, SandussZy o. 4
=. a. Gleason. EounisgIile Cal I /: Ida y Avres
MuscaliBe, Iowa; LACE =. Hunlbert Shannon, NJ
= Magde ~. Petty, North Dorset VT 3: IuIt
Norris. ASHORE. Ind, g Frank Wiegand Bunker
4ttil. ili, s. Aetue Cady, Troy, o. y; Nicholas J
1sFslii, 1I.taliots. III g Annie j. Marsh, Saugas
HAS, ~ r. Van Wrinkle. l.. f. NJ TiukItatn
springfield, Mass; May Russell. Rodman, Iowa, 2
l.ieene Cole, Ottawa. Kan. z Rhoda Daniels
birmingham. Mich; Cora Digan Oeonto Fails
We A J. seaman, -. LOuis No. y; l. s
Donovan Ill., J.
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BeSeUiHF Giaf Loyalty 10 The Union IL Gd5if,J 10 "a
q is5egg, equal rights sd lie seUGfo5 or man
Eiifa &c d. 6otlg pledge ClffSeiUeE u sGcreafV guar,
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their great underlying PRINCIPLES ia he coul5ffe
81 lois ~ tsDe. and That Ia al times Of peril "
uni sto'a bg our country and her tag II need BE-
tDtA tfrcs.
Eben p. Miller. Box 263. Peutwater. Mich; Perc,
Williams, BelleiOutaine, Ind. Total TO April n
a.
William Eastman. Whitney Kan: DIN " Ken
he4s reesourg o., Gertrude Filialrean co. Bin
coes . ~ daughter, Co. Il. 10Th Ky Tna fIdgar 10
daughter Of veteran, I6ih Ohio. Katie y Mood
Mary - Green, Eden. Gll.. daughters 7ztH Ohio
ynlia v Williams. Hawk Eve Ncb: Grace a
JoIHson. Box CO. BENTON Harbor Mich soldier
niece Dora Barnet, Cr0okston MINI; Cant
4leaieuT'sy, Hartford Mich, wants the hailiu,
e3En. Eflp. OF some s,gu Of welcome from he & q
Elmer GTissoH, Peunville lad. Percy Williams
BeiielOntalue, IND. Euuice T. Isoveiov Ieiceste,
BIAS: Alfred BOulcs. Dfai.rVilic Iowa SON l0tI
1io1 Grace Russell, ttodinan. Iowa: Elsie Burke
10. Ashland. kan; Mamie T. Briggs Box IN
t5I1y, OAK, soldiers daughter Total 10 April ?;
1873
THE CHILD Is FATHER OF THE NAN,
tErESDs Or TIKI &. G.. Noting tie opinion e.
pressed by several members on tie subject Of III
ping the hat or masking the bow on the street
concluded % give tie following from a book Of eli
atel a. expressive q my own views.
70 touch tile bat OF. better STILL 10 lif i whe
meeting an acquaintance should be taught 10 ever
itltie boy aud soon 10 w-iil be done mechanical N
But in later years, Lhe gentleman must bear 10 Il
d RfaceiiHiy- ar i1fDaElzs tie man who passes
lacy friend or acquaintance without this sIiaE
ceremony lsui = L. always the lady's duty TO max