Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-15
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Idch6Ls the trimming on the SLEEVES IS OF
black lace
Household.
Theorizing has TO bear share of ridi-
Guile, but people continue to theofize
partly because it is pleasant occupa-
ton, easier than practice, and partly be-
cause il does not come to all the Oppor-
tunity to put theory into practice. Hence
the proverb, Bachelors wives and old
maids children are perfection. -
Granted, then bachelors and old maids
get the cream, for with ideal wives and
children, failure in marriage is an i'm
possibility.
The question that asserts itself is,
could not creatures of flesh and blood
particularly children, more nearly APP
proach the pinnicle where the ideals sit
in the blissful state Of perfectness?
In proper degree it is right that child
hood be not defrauded of its privileges,
that home and its recollections should
remain ever dear; but there certainly is
discipline that enters into early life that
makes it sweeter, and fits for the future
in a way that cannot be attained if this
training is omitted, a thought that par
ents and guardians would do we'll TO pom
that no amount OF sarcasm can remove.
There is no doubt children OF to-day
are just as lovabla as those who peep out
at us from Joshua Reynolds bewItching
portraits, but possibly we derange them
somewhat, as they grow. Home should
be made more attractive to them than
any other spot on earth. We should re-
member that they have a sort OF exuber-
auce which Akkst and will find vent some
where ~ YTzming'' children does not,
of necessity Il3han stern lack of inter-
est nSa5eiE I5fas5eets, troubles ana amuse-
meritss ySts y ss9does mean something;
and wkEE ftlis Interest in them seems to
have disaSout nEreat part, the system
of moral suasion has apparently gone out
of fashion too. Let children do as they
please for the first ten years of their
lives, so long as they fail to annoy you,
and what can you expect of them after
ward?
sefWe send our girls to gymnasiuns, to
make them straight, because we have al
1owed them to grow up limp and crooked.
Our boys must take dancing lessons, to
acquire graceful and easy manners
because we have allowed them
to acquire other manners at
home. Children have an inalienable
right to ronp in the proper time and
place; but no child is any happier for be1s
ing sullenly allowed to turn the WhoIS
house topsy- turvy As children ar@z
drought up to-day, in many cases, 5
is scarcely surprising, that, as they grow
older, they become more thoughtless and
less kind and gentle than the youths and
maidens of fifty years ago. We should
be slow to blame the young folks, how
yubap 10 burden Of fbo fao1f lies
with ourselves.
HINTS FOR THE SICK ROOM.
At q season when there is apt to be
more sickness than at others, few SEN
sible selections from ''Home Topics
may not only add to the comfort OF an
invalid but actually assist the physician
in his efforts to restore lost health to the
patient, as every wise doctor knows that
he is largely at the mercy of nurses, as q
few hours of carelessness are sufficient 20
undo his best work.
A large, sunny room should be selected
for the invalid; if without a carpet so
much the better. Sunshine as disin-
fectant is worth bushels of chloride of
lime.
The bed linen should be changed at
least once in three days; the blankets
cnce week, those that have been re-
moved being hung in the open air for a
few hours, then thoroughly aired i'll q
warm room.
The room should be kept thoroughly
ventilated and at temperature not lower
than So dogs. nor higher than 20
dogs. IL the patient is kept warm air
may be freely admitted without the least
danger.
The carpet of a sick room should be
lightly brushed once a day with a wetted
broom. The furniture and woodwork
should be wiped with damp cloth. Dry
busters and feather brushes are worse
than useless.
The cross sheet should invariably be
kept free from crumbs and wrinkles, as
these are frequent cause of bed shores.
the least redress shows on the
patent body the skin must be at once
bathed with alcohol, thoroughly dried
and busted with powdered oxide of zinc.
a sheet folded once lengthwise, laid
across the bed, with the upper edge just
the pillows and the ends tightly
tucked under the mattresses, will be
found to add greatly to the patients
comfort. It Goes not wrinkle like sin
gle sheet, and crumbs may be readily
brushed off it.
The nurse Is dress should invariably be
neat, tasteful and pretty. Slippers or
boots OF felt should be worn. To be con-
tinually smoothing the bed, Fostering the
patient with sympathy and saying dozen
times an hour, How do you feel now?'
Is enough to drive sick man wild.
Meals for invalids should look as
as possible. The tray should |
be covered with the whitest napkin, and |
the silver, glass and china should shine |
with cleanliness The patient should not |
be disguised by display of too much |
food, and should not be consulted be- |
Forehand as TO what he viii eat or drink. |
In bathing tile invalid never uncover !
TOO large q surface at once. Pin blan- |
ket round the shoulders, fastening it be- |
hind, and remove the night dress under |
hat. Put the hand under the blanket |
md sponge the skin, a small portion a a |
lime. A woman 5 hair should be coinbed |
very day If she is able to bear the /
fatigue. II it has become tangled lit I
lie sweet oil Will loosen il.
Household troubles should be kept far I
rom the sick room Above all, an in5s3
7alid or an apparent conyalescent should
De saved from his friends. One garrulz
lus acquaintance may in half an host 4
lRdo the good of week of tender ntSrsf
az. In long illnesses a small bed tnEJle |