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Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-03-13

" hat is cure for gossip Culture Tbara
great deal OF gossip that has no malig-
my IN u. Good natured people talk abort
.,ieir heiShbors because, AID only because
ohey nave nothing else to talk about. As I
WIFE, there come to me pictures of differen,
young Iadies. l have seen them at home
nave met them at the library: coming to and
from the bookstore with fresh volume in
.heir hands. They are full of what tbov
nave seen and read They are brimmino
WIN questions. One topic of conversation Is
dropped only to give place to another in
"hich they are interested. They are inter
eseeo IN art; love to talk about q water color
she1ch, or a new piece Of music Just Iearned
Aieer delightful hour with such women
one ieeis simulated and refreshed, and dur
ing .he whole evening or hour as it NAV be-
ioo a neighbors garment was soiled by On
much as a touch. They had sometime 10
talk about. They knew something and were
ANXIOUS to know more They had no TENN
tation 10 gossip, because the doings of their
neighbors formed a subject very much less
Interesting than those which grew ont of
their knowledge and their culture There
are helghborhoods in which it RACES like an
epldemlc Churches are split in pieces by IT,
nelghbors are made enemies by it for life
Inc cure is not so difficult. We have apri
cultural papers, religious, scientific, political
papers, devoted to every interest, great and
small. Surely if reading is a cure certainly
a help there is food for all tastes in this di-
rection. With the mind and brain bank-
rupt Tor the want of something to busy cre's
self with-about these spring up the tempta-
ton to gossip; and there is such thing as It
becoming chronic-practically incurable.
Let the young, those just starting in life, be-
ware of it.-Mrs. A. E. Henton in Courier |
Journal
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-03-13

All soft cheeses SHOULD be eaten with the
fork.
In using the spoon be careful not to put it
too far into the mouth.
Salt cellars are now placed at each plate
and it is not improper to take salt with tile
knife
To make kissing sound when eating soup
shows very bad breeding.
Do not overload the fork. To pack meat
and vegetables on the fork as though it were
beast of burden has been pointed out as a
common American vulgarity, born of our
hurried ways of eating at hotels and restau-
rants.
Pears and apples should be pared, cut into
quarters and then picked up with the fingers
Oranges should be peeled and cut or sepa
rated, as one chooses
Grapes should be eaten from behind the
halt closed hand, the stones and skin falling
into the fingers unobserved and thence to the
plate.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-03-13

Acup OF powdered borax on your wash
sanl Will do wonders in the way of soften.
,ls 'he skin If you have been working in
we garden Or doing anything about the house
Nurh mas tended to make your hands rough,
"leh you wash them dip your fingers in the
Nla1 ana rub your hands well with it. Tho
s a's. and best thing also for washing th.
u aan moderately strong solution of borax
~ ~ wafer Pure water should be used imme-
ualeiy after washing with the borax and
water '--'
our iady readers who have not used borax
~ been losing great help and comfort
u-e TESTED none will be wit bout it OH the
" 4'' 9oie 1t removes stains and dirt from
,us hands better than soap, and at the same
os1.. o'.eiis and smooths tho skin. 1t is ex-
i.i t'uN ior washing laces, and will without
n!u! cleanse brushes and combs in a few
a.t.1 IL extracts dirt from articles of
nrIn a'e texture without rubbing, it being
s sas necessary to put them to soak in a solu.
n -. W oofax over night, and to rinse them
var .h. morning. Two tablespoonfuls of pull
Mr Lsa DoFax dissolved in a quart of water,
s sSuiGn add enough water to cover a pair
plso aan Will cleanse them beautifully. 1t
Es NJ aves great labor in washing paint -
'Al' ''nnal of Health
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-03-13

Early In life | was taught by good
mother that it was a sin to waste anythln'.
that could be made use of, and later on
have had much occasion to be thankful 1of
the lesson so early learned. Some time aSJ
was vi i.'.,,r the house of lady wh'
was py no means wealthy. AT dlnner the
center of the table was graced by large
roast of beef, and after all had dined judge
of my surprise when the lady opened up her
stove, and, lifting the platter from the taoie'
scraped roast, gravy and all INTO the nFe'
completely filling the stove. could not lot
bear AN exclamation of astonlshment, puu
the lady coolly answered, 1--WE never eat coia
meat at our house, and cold roast Is OF no
account, anyway" And yet this womans
husband was only an ordinary worklnglnan'
who earned his bread by the sweat Oh MS
brow. and the consumed roast contained
meat enough, if properly prepared, Tor three
mr. four breakfasts for small family. 10
d,v that woman is a widow entirely de
ncndent upon her friends and Il small
monthly fund received from oeiieNo'e,i,
society. and sometimes wonder II 1t "ouiu
not have been better had she learned carrier
in life that cold roasts make better Ioou IMAM
fuel | trust there are not many Oh this
class. but there are still far too many "ho'
through n false and mistaken pride, turn up
their noses and hold in supreme coilteiiip' a.,
ao,ade over dishes" ss ti'"y term theni anu
never send anything to the table secoii''
tIme.-Cor, Detroit Free Press
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-03-13
A Very Handsome xvo

- " 'he most enticing women ever met
a.iu II Is quite fancy of mine to meet and
study enticing women-was sherwood Ron
ner, Otherwise known in private life as
Katherine Mcdowell. She was a woman
oull1 on the pattern 'magnifque." Tall we'll
rounded out in figure, with the gait and man.
ner ol an empress. She wore this reformed
"s.u,ie' ana was adorable in it. She made
a study OF the matter, and adapted it to her
sell ana TO the prevailing fashions. There
no r. .lu gowny arrangements at the back
nor kitchen aprony arrangements at the
front. She simply discarded corsets skirts
aiu waists. She wore combination gar
~, nient very like Mrs Millers affair, and over
thls her dress This, very often in black lace
' with long trained skirt, followed the lines Of
i hsl nsure perfectly, though easily. She
looked equally well whether She walked ,.cdo
or sat down. But as have said before. I saw
again. MIS-. Mcdowell was a very handsome
woman.-Cor. New York Graphic.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-03-13
ALL AROUND THE HOUSE.
Dainty Table FurnishinSs-An Ottoman
That Can be Made by an Amateur.

Dainty Table FurnishinSs-An Ottoman
That Can be Made by an Amateur.
new idea in napkin rings is to make them
of two pieces of cardboard, each an inch and
a half wide, and one piece two inches long
and the other three inches. Cover with plush
or velvet and line with light silk. When the
pieces are sewed together, they form a half
circle with bar across. Finish the edges
with cord and monogram may be worked
on the longest piece Others are made of
three pieces of cardboard all inch and Il half
wide and each two inches long.
Mrs. c. S. Fox who tells how to make the
above, in Good Housekeeping, suggests also
small red surah silk napkins as very hand
some to lay on silver cake trays. These are
finished with deep fringe aad drawn work
border made in small squares and worked
with heavy red silk in spider web pattern.
A pretty fish napkin Is described as made
of piece of fine birds eye linen, twenty
seven inches square. From each corner cut
a piece that will measure eight inches one
way and six and half the other. This will
leave a piece shaped like an open envelope.
On the two longest flaps have stamped pat
tern of fish-three small ones and quite
large one on one flap and six small ones on
the other. Work them first in, outline with
salmon colored floss fill in the fins and tails and
all lines of shading i'll chain stitch with white
floss. The lines representing water should be
done in outline with pale blue floss. Fringe
it all around an inch deep and hemstitch the
fringe before drawing all the threads. Fold
the two flaps over first and then the embroi-
dered ones, to just meet each other. The
pattern is very handsome worked entirely in
white floss.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-03-13
The Hotels of LOndnn.

In London there are number of strictly
hrst class hotels, like the Metropoe and the
Victoria, for example; but they are patron
Ized almost exclusively by Americans Eng
l1shmen prefer the very small hotels, almost
like our boarding houses, except that meals
are served i'll the rooms. have stopped at
several of these-at Cfnridge's and at Ed
wards'-the famous resorts of royalty, and ]
have always been annoyed by the obtrusive
and overwhelming character of the attend
ance. You arrive, and the doors are thrown
open with a grand flourish, the servants greet
you with Oriental reverence; one of them
brings you the inevitable jug" of hot water.
and you proceed to wash your hands, Per-
haps in the course of that operation you pass
into another room for an instant, and, on
your return, with your hands still covered
with soap, you find that the jug, water and
all, have mysteriously disappeared, and you
are obliged to begin over again Indeed, l
have found this unceasing service very dis
agreeable,-Ars. Frank Leslie's Letter.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-03-13
A NJ, st Remarkable Fossil

Professor FL. G. Seeley exhibited the most
remarkable fossil which has ever been found
to the biologists This fossil showed the
development of the young of plesiosaurus.
Until this fossil had been found and for
warded to him he had sought throughout the
collections of Europe for evidence on that
development, but without success No Incl
dent in the history of fossilization was more
singular than that which this specimen dis
played. The fossil was a series of mumnies
Of minute plesiosaurs, less than five inches in
length, which had the substance of their flesh
perfectly preserved aud their bones preserved
within the flesh. The remains showed differ
ent conditions of development. This was the
only case that had ever occurred of tue NM
eraliZatien of the muscular substance and the
preservation of the external form of these
animals; and SO perfect was the preservation
that the circle of the eye was preserved, and
the constituent bones could be distinguished
Pail Mall Gazette.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-03-13
A Pretty Dinner Table.

Some persons have great liking for the
largr, round dining table on account of its
social character, but it is not so easily deco
rated as tables of other shapes. Quite novel
effect, however, was produced not long ago
on one of these tables The candles, shades
and tint of the room were made as pink as
possible. At each lady's place a basket OF
fern grass, gracefully formed to fall from the
sides, was filled w.th pink rose buds and a
sprinkling of maiden hair ferns. These has
kets were attached to the lower ring of T.
gas shade, such as has been above described,
by means of pink and satin ribbons tw
inches wide, which were tied TO the handle
of the baskets and hooked to the ring of til.
shade.-Detroit Free Press.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-03-13

IA
ne ii4dies OF the house all wore t.e,,e, e.
than herself, and whispers ,or,5 H. uiesses
ana o. 70 ~ called upon her rather late
my evening, and as she was about ya,;,.,,s,
s..o seie Tor me TO come to her room ~. M,
s' was on aud she stood before ,na !. ,,;,,.
VI true elegance. Her CORSET wac hIas.1,
saeii handsomely embroidered her MIDI.
"sii vi United silk, lace trimmed Whit -.
a. We're line and immaculate. onJ ~,
os'eiy beautiful. Said l: @Your oo,,,,,
ouEt never denote so much elegance nn5a.
IT, How is it that You CHANCE tbo 81 49,
ta,ies IN this wayP She replied AZ eas
Diooeht up to always wear good underclo,l,
iiig' ana l really care more for II than g.
INC dresses. Since my husbands deat,
cannot afford both, and accept cbean dross,s
iasher than cheap underwear. Roth 80
'nese women were extremists. and Httla
sooo judgment would make either of g.,
appear BETTER Every woman of refinement
VIII see that her undercloth;po, hoe.a IN
1ueer ATTIRE 1t is badge of true gentilitv
run as hne as the circumstances will nor.
ii,io' good hose, nice skirts, perfectly ftt;nc,
gloves, clean collars and handkerchief ara -
n'uch value in determining the moral ana
mental status of lady. Gnu
AN Ihls may be an education. The nroe,res,
Vi lne decorative art in fine underweo, l.
somewhat amusing to obser yant ind;y;a,,.,.
aiiu 'he moral question involved in the t,im'
.iin5 u a suit OF ladies' underclothes has No
snlaii mnuence in frontier villages and conn.
''y oisorlcts-Cor. Brooklyn Eag Q.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-03-13
PHYSIOLOGY AND HYGIENE.


DPeH Ly 60 anu nervous Tension.
DIR. L. H. Hoskins claims that typhoid
fever and diptheria are more common on
farms and In villages than in cities, and pro
ceeds to tell why: Prominent nmong primary
causes Of these diseases on farms are classcd
the contamination of wells, the cesspool and
vault, the slop hole, imperfect drainage, o,
none at all, and wet, foul cellars Ty,,boid
fever, says DR.. Hoslzins, has its origin often
est In well contamination, while diphtheria is
pre-eninently sink spout and Stop hole dis
ease. Damp, unventilated locations are til.
fayorite haunts of consumption
The causes enumerated suggest tbs pre-
yentives. Let the water consumed l.. the
family come from wells SO situated and pro
tected that til. J cannot be polluted by the
contents OF vault, falmyard or ces-pool.
The slop hole has no excuse for existing at
all. Do away with it, and furnish free drains
that will carry off the water far enough
from the dwelling to insure safety. II pipes
or drains are without safety traps see that
these are provided. In damp, unventiIated
locations, in addition to securing perfect eel
lar drainage, it is advised to remove all trees
that interfere with the free access Of the sun
and air to the dwelling house.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-03-13

vo,, w MI, a. you VIII In our city to-day and
d,,,,,a -, .al ,lnu women earning their way ana
rs,,h s .us'f work well They are our stenop.
cjsrl,s ypewritefs, copyists, cashiers.
raan a :, n,,a workers in many ways. Every
a., ac'uter who can employ them does So
NJ y a'e IN the postoffice, pension office and
u uaa government departments, and Won,
H. M, DC surprised to find them scattered
Ja nIi y. the city hall when there comes q
10y, III ~ wh,ch candidates can he elected nm.
a' h;t ana right here it may be said AZ
.. lnle 70 candidates, that one good LOOKING
,,l. y young lady would influence more
VOC votes IN Detroit than any five young men
80 - can name. II situation for her de-
peiideu on any certain candidates election
M ~oaia De pretty certain to get there =
NJ quad in Detroit Free Press.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-03-13
WOMAN AND HOME.
). o,ei s PREFER FACTORY WORK
TO KITCHEN LABOR.

of Feminine Refinement-TabIe
,roprieties -children'- ciothins--cure
c.ssip-Uses of Isorax-A Hand
80 woman-Hints and Helps.
.,rtributor to The Atlantic Monthly,
- with feminine hand, deplores the
Nii1, .tat house servants are to-day receiving
~ .srb wages as they received during tho
re .,nes when calicoes and muslins, boots
w. honnets, cost SO much more than they
SUI and concludes that the reason for
" ~ - tbat the hiring of such servants is en-
hn = IN the hands of women. The purpose
nie9 contribution is to show that women
Oh w. no business qualifications. Men, it
hpo hove reduced the wages of their en-
a'', and women might do the same.
puy ~. Il what we beg to doubt The en-
L. pisen to girls by men--factory
pO ., and work in stores-has destinations
III homework never can possess. The
WI y, :, the factory work. a certain number
w. ..o,,s and then is free to do as she pleases;
" VI lid who works in the kitchen is at no
Wv mistress of her own actions. If she
'i.s ont in the evening she is warned by her
s,,oyer who takes a sort OF maternal III
mp in her If she entertains moro COM
~ ~ than the mistress approves there is a
ri RI The girl in the factory sees before
w. the possibility of an improved condition
ND an increase of wages; she may even be-
a anrns forewoman in time. The girl in the
,on, Knows there is no betterment for her
however long and faithfully she may work.
The factory girl boards and entertains her
,Lords in the parlor; the kitchen girl exists
ID entertains, under restriction, in the base
msnt.
What is true of the factory girl is true, to
rraater extent of the store girl, and, more
aver her daily associations and her contact
With shoppers of the opposite sex give her
many advantages in matrimonial way,
rbch ia considerable matter. Now add to
tbs the fact that most girls would rather
york fer men, who do not assume to put
o,rentaI restraints on them, than for women,
rbo do; and add to this the fact that the
.hop girl, by general consent, holds her head
aEttle higher than the kitchen girl; and add
to this the fact in the shop the girl has the
companionship of other girls, while in the
Kitchen she works alone all day-these seem
saieient reasons for the assertion that it is
the opeuing of new and more attractive fields
Of work for girls, and not the lack of bust
mss qualifications in women, that has sus-
tanned the wages of house servants, for if
those wages were reduced there would be all
the more reason for girls to seek work else
where than in the acknowledging News.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-03-13

Professor Vaughn, who has spent much
time in investigating in regard to tyrotoxi.
con, the poisonous substance sometimes
found III ice cream, regards it as identical
with dinzoberezol, substance known for
maiE years and first prepared from aniliue
oy German chemist. He finds that tvro-
toxlcon Is caused by peculiar fermentation
or the cream before it Is frozen, and can be
separated from the cream by treatment with
soda and ether, which dissolve the poison.
which is entirely destroyed by boiling the
ice cream mixture before it is frozen. II is
not property of milk or its products in
natural state, but the result of a mixture Of
other ingredients Herewith.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-03-13
SOCIAL ETIQUETTE.
planners and Customs Practiced in
Polite Society.

Manners and Customs Practiced in
Polite Society.
Unless there is to be a large number OF
guests, verbal invitations are preferable To
written ones for lawn party, as being more
i'll keeping with the informally of the enter
tainment. If notes must be sent, Demorest
advises that they should at least be easv in
tone. Couch the requests for your friends
society III plain, direct terms. The following
Will serve as a model:
25 SUMMER AVE- GREENFIELD, N. Y.
DEAR Mrs. Brown:
MAY l have the pleasure of seeing you at
little garden party at my house, on next Tuesday
afternoon, at four O'Clock?
Cordially Tor sincerely yours
Sept. Z. 81. M r. C,nAv
Never sign a note Miss or Mrs. ANYTHING
Let the name stand by itself The invita-.
lions should be issued couple of days be-
fore the party, that those asked may make
their arrangements 20 be present and not he
forced to refuse because of conflicting en-
gaGementS.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-03-13
The PrOprieties at the Table.


Women, from some affected notion Of re-
fnement, don't eat-they feed. In their
teens, when they ought to eat naturally and
hungrily, they pick at table and reinforce by
nihbling in furtive way between times.
Very few would own to eating half pound
Of fet at dinner, but fewer still would leave
much of pound of Webers candies if it
came in their way. When they are married
and the first heir comes they drop that fool
khncss, Nature being too strong for them,
and eat they must But it is in violation of
their code of refinement still, and so they eat
like gluttons and lose their figures, have pink
cabbage compilations and eyes like picked
olives They look gross and are socially
Titeful and jealous, largely from Indigestion
Byron must have seen young married society
women dine when he made his profession
that be could not bear to see a woman eat
and it is not to be wondered at Their way
Of chewing has something swinelike in it.
You needn't laugh-just watch the next
thick corsaSed matron you see at lunch and
observe the chopping movement of the Jaws.
Ii had daughter | would set q swing
glass on the table before her every meal till
she learned to eat properly-to grind her
food quietly like human being, not chop it,
as stout maiden ladies and fat young women
always do. 1t is certain to give vulgar set
to the lips in time. I es aped being hidden
to Wmdsor-they tell me it is awfully slow
dining there, but the way her majesty alb
serbs nutrition is remarkable. She doesn't
encourage conversation, not wishing to be
diverted from the business i'll hand, and goes
IL Al.
government OF three kingdoms calls for sup
pFt She never allows any one of her
ally to speak of symptoms of ill health
AMI opposed the princcsses' studying physi-
oogy as she considered the talk of
a0aiachs and disestions as unladylike and
mProper-New York Mail and Express
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-03-13

When one cannot procure rose petals or
sweet herbs for making a potpourri, the fol-
lowing mixture will answer nicely in their
place, though it is chiefly used for pertaining
drawers, chests of linen, etc: Bruise to
gether four ounces of orris root and sweet
Gag; add three ounces sandal wood, one ounce
cedar, one ounce each of gum benzoin,
styrax and nutmeg, powdered: half a dram
essence of lemon, one dram millefeurs,
twenty drops oil of lavender, ten grains of
musk and ten drops altar If roses, and tie up
in silk or flannel bags.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-03-13
Open Eyes and Nervous Tension.

We are told to keep our eyes open. but IL is
often well to keep them shut One of the
chief causes of nervous disease is the straininp
OF the eyes and the constant tension of the
mind. When stretched out in the barher,s
chair do not try to read a newspaper. but
close your eyelids under the soothing undula.
lions OF the brush or the dreamy sensation of
the shampoo. In a railway carriage, instead
OF staring out your sockets at the handsome
or over brook. fold yoir arms, bow your
head and listen to the whir of the wheels In
the concert room, in place of constantly SUR.
veying the audience or watching the singer.
shut your eyes at times and let the music sinl,
INTO your soul and rest your tired nerves.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-03-13
The Dog show q Failure.

"What are our boys coming too" is ques-
ton that many parent has asked and tho
proclivity the urchins show for the present
sporting craze is something startling. While
talking with an attendant at the bench show
last week, lad, perhaps years old, APP
nroached hin with: Say, mister, where's de
bulldog that killed seven odder dogs in
6chtP' On being informed that the dogs on
exhibition were selected for their fine breed
inc and not for their fighting qualities the
Iitfla fellow turned on his heel and said to his
companion: Come on, Tom, this amt no
good, no how" And they were brlghtfaced,
well dressed boys, too.-Pioneer Press.