Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-07-07

come out IN the magazines. a very
practical plan is that of a newspaper
writer who wanted fresh air and towr
facilities besides, and proposed to COM
bine the two by taking top rooms dowr
by the Battery, where the sea breeze
from the harbor makes 1t always pleas
ant, where one don't get the smells OF
the streets and has a marine view, viii
city markets and restaurants ito 1Tf
from, the libraries within fifteen r1slA,
utes by the elevated road, concerts on
cool evenings when one wants to go, and
the picturesque comfort of a studio beIhe
where if is most needed. Breakf4sts u
those quarters Is a thing to crave invita-
ton to, the windows full of FLOWERS
freshly sprinkled, the cool fsattings.
Japanese bamboo portieres and
furniture in the spirit of freshness, en-
cravings, music and books, a round ta5
BILE, big saucers of berries, mblers ,sef
red drinks and cups of fragrant osAse
Pirssell's rolls, Italian bread ana gra-
ham rolls for those who know how to
feed their brains, fresh fish fried brown
in oil, crosses, iced tomatoes, delicate
potatoes and wheat nothing
extraordinary, but everything
THE BEST OF IT'S KIND,
and served as at ffrstrate clubs, which
you know you don't always get in the
country, neither do you have cushions
cased in hemstitched linen, cool and in
viting TO the touch, nor shady awnings
with the entire window taken out by spe-
cial permit of the house agent, letting a
food of sea air sweep through the rooms
ON the hottest days.
The rest of this letter might be very
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keep comfortable in warm weather
which not one person IN five thousand
knows. The first principal of GOODNESS
and purity Of breath is to keep the air
stirring and admit as much as possible
The next is to Danish furniture, excepf
what is needful, and all carpets and
hangings. One goes into houses that are
stuffy with heavy portieres and two sets
of curtains at each window. Even lace
obstructs the free air wanted on 4et
day, and should be hung so as to sweep
entirely aside from the windows. Swing
easements which leave the whole window
frame open are positive luxury, even if
one must have bars or screens of OPEN
work to keep people from falling out. 9f
them. Each outside door should havesa
transome over it, kept open night and
day, the roof having skylight well
open. This insures a flow of .sssifI
through the house which robs July sa12sts
dread, and with due care of kitchen
and dining room, will abolish flies. Why
is it that in all the great houses and
Newport cottages we never see the mis-
cry of a screen or a fly either? With
premises and kitchens kept in order flies
cannot find enough to live on, and they
hate a current of air. Carpets and tlksss.
conan curtains and all upholstery
unwhOlesome IN warm days wen 1itl8
weather report smacks of humiditz a5sd
the air of rooms so furnished issdepFRss
ing. Straw mating, wood f10fs Qgeor-
tlcine are the only wear f9f Skinner /
They save work, and the house seems
and is degrees cooler for mem. Very
warm days, let the garden hose play on
the outside of the windows or
pour water between the upper
and lower sash to run down the
outside of the lower panes, and
the cooling Of the room will be remark
able. This was taught me by lone
woman in lodgings who cooled her hot
city room afternoons in this way. 1t is
useful thing to know in case of sickness,
for many life goes out when its frail
forces crave only a little comfort and re-
lief to live through. The cruelest sight
in this world to me is the people killed
by their own friends who don It know
how to make them comfortable. For
want of some fresh fruit or sustaining
cereals and eatable meats, or want of
cool baths aud airy rooms, their ill-nour-
ished strength sinks, under half fed days
and sleepless nights. One has to bury a
household to learn the signs when
strength nears the losing point, not quite
fatally, but that its few remaining years
are WEAKNESS and struggle with final
breaking down.
,s>eS,ANswERs TO CORRESPONDENTS. q
"fKi4ljan wants wash to darken ser
restore the hair to its color. Try bla8k
tea very strong, bay rum and rosemary
tincture, IN equal parts, applied Haily
and well brushed into the roots of the
hair, part of the process people us
ually neglect. This is near the season for
making the walnut hair dye in propottiops
of four ounces of green walnut Sh6l1s to
eight ounces of claret, in which they are
stepped, after being bruised with I4al-s
let. They are not boiled, but are lefksip
the cIaret for days. "A preparation whlehE
darkens the hair is announce of
pyrQgallic acid in six ounces Of warm wa
ter. Two tablespoons of liquid answer
to an ounce, nearly enough for use.
Those who want to color brown hair a
Titan shade may send to one of the large
New York drug houses for henna, which
the Circassian ladies use to dye their
tresses an orange red Very singular
shades OF hair are now admired. A col
lection of frizzes at a very fashionable
lately showed locks of a bril-
liant cherry tinge, by comparison, Grim
son. The smoke of burnt camphor col
lected and made into q paste with
cologne is an oriental pigment for dark
ening the eyelashes.
To remove a mole take a scrap of di-
achylon plaster and apply on 1t a pinch
Of tartar emetic and drop of croton oil,
heating them into the plaster. Then ap-
ply bit large enough to cover the mole,
no more, when it will raise tester that
destroys the blemish, 1t NAV leave
scar, and you had better get doctor to
tell you just how to proceed with the
plaster. Constant Reader will take
notice.
Laura can take charcoal out of the
stove, pound it fine and sift it through
muslin several times till it is fine as nour,
out it IS so much trouble people prefer
to buy this powdered charcoal at % cents
l bottle or the tablets at Is cents n box