The Portland daily press., 1889-09-30
THE PRESS.
MONDAY MORNING, SEPT. 80.
THE HOME.
FOR AND ABOUT WOMEN.


Boston University has graduated 47s dor
tors ofmedicine, nearly one-half of whom ar
women.
Mrs. Thomas Pelton of Washington, Me-, |
sueh an enthusiastic fsherwoman that, al
though IN her seventy-sixth year, she lande,
NC speckeled trout this season herself
Chicago has attached to Its corps of SAM
tary police five women whose duty II is to in
spect factories and tenements, for the protec
tion Of working women.
Mrs K. ID. n. Southworth, who has written
seventy-nine stories and novels. and earned
over 100000 by her pen, thinks she might
have aided mankind in general far more by
writing some sweet, pathetic ballad.
a certain little woman never travels in
the summer without dozen or more gimlets
in her trunk. This clever person has not
taken out patent as inventor OF the gimlet
for temporary clothes peg" but she might
1T no odds to her il the hotel proprietor
9oes assign her to pegless, closetless room,
Tor Ia twinkle she has all the pegs she
needs BY simply driving these innocent little
instruments into the walls. And the best of
1he gimlet in this new role is 1t cali go any
Where, but If forgotten can be supplied by
any country store.
Miss Ethel NJ. Mackenzie, daughter of Sir
Morrcll Mackenzie, has taken up journalism
db u pTOltSStOu VI u pdotituts DIG UdS DtSuu
by playing the role of correspondent 10
Am rican newspapers.
Women as inspectors of custom in New
York have proved success. Their employ.
ment In the examination OF the baggage and
persons of women passengers Is very appro-
PIRATE, and they have displayed much detec-
tive skill. The names of % candidates for
positions as inspectors have been published
by the Custom House authorities. They
nave nave all passed the civil service examina-
IN the Far West man advertises for a
woman ITO wash, iron and milk one or two
cows" What does he want his cows
washed and ironed forP
Miss Mary K. Alexander of West Phila-
oelphia, Penn, has the best record ever
made by man or woman in examinations be-
lore the Civil Service Commission for certif-
cation to the executive departments for an
polntment. Her percentage is "a out of a
possible 100. which is just two or three points
higher than anybody else's mark.
Ex-Mayor Hewitt had his three daughters
apprentieed to trades, the young ladies Sc
Letting the same chosen by the three daugh-
ters OF the princess Of Wales. The eldest
daughter was taught dressmaking, the sec
ond wood carving and the third book bind
lng, and any Of the three can always make
good living for herself
When girl is ten years old she should be
given household duties to perform according
to her size and strength, for which sum Of
money should be paid her weekly. She needs
a iittle POCKET Cioney and the kno Wedge how
to spend 1t jIidiciously, which can SO well be
gwen Dy ?. mother to her little girl.
horhe Maker" advises us not to say
oouel word when q smooth one will serve
oui purpose as well. Before indulging in
fetort or sly thrust or "crusher"- whatever
the provocation, let each of us ask him or
herself: Would / wish this unsaid IL were
never to behold his living face again?" Com
mon sense ought to have told us by this time
That oil Is better lubricant of household ma
chlnery than vinegar or caustic.
Educate the girls and the boys will soon be
there. SO long as girls are willing to asso-
ciate with tobacco and whisky, with low
boys VIII gravitate to that level But when
the girls demand fewer cigarettes and more
brains, when they ask honor for honor.
purity for purity, when they will have the
steady nerve ana strong muscle of total
abstinence, the boys will soon see light in
their light and begin to climb to a higher
plane.
WE SIT TOO MUCH.
An Albany physician declares that Ameri
cans suffer more generally from Brights
disease and nervous diseases than any other
people, and he says that the reason is that
Americans sit down SO persistently at their
work. He says; Americans are the great
est sitters ever knew. While Englishmen.
Germans and Frenchmen walk and exercise,
an American business man will go to his
ONCE, take his seat in his chair and sit there
all day without giving any relief to the ten
sion Of the back. The result is that the mus
cles surrounding the kidneys become soft
and fiabby. They lose their vitality. The
kidneys themselves soon become weak and
dominated If Americans would exercise
more, IL they would stand at their desks
rather than sit, we would hear less of
brignts disease. l know of a New York
voqs prostratlon, until 1t was recommended
10 nim to have desk at which he could
stand to do his work. Within year he was
one OF the healthiest men you ever saw. His
dyspepsia and kidney trouble had disap-
peared and he had an appetite like payer.
HOW cELLUoID Is MADE.
While everybody has heard of, or seen, or
used celluloid, only few know what it is
composed of, or how tits made. The follow
ing is description of the process carried on
in factory near Paris for the production
OF ceiluloid. roll of papers is slowly un-
wound, and at the same time saturated with
a mixture of five parts of sulphuric acid and
two parts of nitric acid, which falls upon the
paper In fine spray. This changes the
cellulose OF the paper into propylin gun cot
ton. The excess of the acid having been
expelled by pressure. the paper is washed
with plenty OF water until all traces of the
water has been removed, ii Is then reduced
TO a pulp and passes to the bleaching trough.
Most of the water having been got rid of
by means OF strainer, the pulp is mixed
with 20 to 40 per cent. of its weight in cam
phor, and the mixture is thoroughly tritur-
ated under mill stones. The necessary color
lng having been aided in the form of pow
der, second mixing and grinding follows
The tinely-dvided pulp is then spread out
In thin layers on slabs and from twenty to
twenty-five Of these layers are placed in a
hydraulic press separated from one another
by some sheets of thick blotting paper, and
are subjected to pressure of $50 atmos-
pheres, until all traces OF moisture have been
got rid Of. The matter Is then passed be-
tween roller-heated to 140 and 100 degrees
Fahrenheit, whence it issues In the form of
elastic sheets.
TO MAKE A HAPPY HOME.
Learn to govern yourselves, and to be
gentle and patient Guard your tempers,
especially in seasons of i'll health, irritation
and trouble, and soften them by prayer and
a sense of your own shortcomings and
errors. Remember that, valuable as is the
GIT OF speech, silence is often more valuable.
DO not expect too much from others, but
remember that all have an evil nature, whose
development we must expect; and that we
should forbear and forgive, as we often desire
forbearance and forgiveness ourselves.
Never retort sharp or angry word; it is the
second word that makes the quarrel Beware
of the first disagreement. Learn to say kind
and gentle things whenever opportunity
offers. Study the characters of each 9th r.
and sympathize with all in their troubles.
however small. Do not neglect little things,
II they can affect the comfort of Others In
the smallest degree. Avoid moods and pets
and fits of sulkiness Learn to deny Yourself
and prefer others. Beware of meddlers and
talebearers. Never conceive a bad motive il
q good one is conceivable BE gentle and
firm with children. Do not allow YOUR
children to be, away from home at night