The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-05-17
THE HON z.
FOR AND ABOUT WOMEN.

Grace Church, New York The idea was
suggested to her next door neighbor, the
late Mrs. Helen Nitsch, better known as
Catherine Owen" the writer on cookery,
who gave her the plum-pudding receipt.
Mrs Taylor now has as much business as
she can attend to, and all without the neces-
| sity of leaving her home.
Miss Eliza Porter, young lady OF Boone
County, W. Va, owns saw and grist mill
on Camp Creek. which she conducts herself,
and she is laying the foundations Of for
tune.
Dr. S. Weir Mitchell, the famous Philadel-
phia physician, is said to have lately received
a curious present from a young lady whom
he had rescued from nervous inValidism. II
was a cord Of white oak. chopped down and
sawed up by her own hands, and sent as cir
cumstantial evidence Of the health she had
gained by following his directions to live an
Open-air life In the woods.
Mrs. Whittemore, who has written some
practical suggestions in the Woman's Jour-
nal about ways Of earning money, says: "A
woman can often take boarders in a country
home; but don't do 1t unless you are good
manager, very amiaDle, a good cook, and
| have untold patience; for bOarders, no mat
ter what they came from, expect 70 find al
these qualities and more in the landlady with
| accommodations for only few"
Some wise real estate agents In Chicago
| have engaged women as assistants, whose
duty 1t is to show houses. A busy man, who
wants to purchase home, has his wife to
| suit first Of ALL 1t Is generally she who Sc
lects the house and goes around to look at
| those that are for sale. The assistant Is sent
with her. She knows what women like In
the way of closets, store-rooms, laundries,
pantries, ETC., and she shows those off with
feminine skill.
Sloppy, half work is one OF the greatest
evils those who are trying to secure pecuni-
airy independence for women have to contend
against Girls, when you start to learn an
occupation, learn everything there Is to be
known about 1t. Then do your work In the
best way that 1t can be done. Be satisfied
with nothing less than this. Stick to 1t faith
fully, day In and day out. Then you will
never be turned out OF your place because
you are of no service to your employer.
THE VALUE OF ETIQUETTE.
The foolish girl who laughs at etiquette.
and says she will not be bound by its rules,
is the one you may be certain who does not
| possess the virtue Of consideration and who
makes friends only to lose them. The laws
| Of etiquette are the best and kindest In the
world, for they were arranged by hundreds
| of wise heads during hundreds Of years to
make life run more smoothly and to make
/ each person more comfortable.
You are In sorrow because some one dear
| to you has died. Some friend who Is loving,
| but injudicions, calls and wants 70 insist
| upon seeing you. You know that the sym
pathy she offers viii only reopen the old
wounds; you cannot bear to be rude to her,
| but Madame Etiquette steps In, announces
that you must not see visitors because you
are in mourning, aud so you are not harass-
ed your friends feelings are not hurt. and 1t
is the law of good society that has protected
| you.
You have been to a large party where the
| house was decorated with many flowers you
remember as you left the supper room that
| it looked a scene Of confusion, and you won
| dered when 1t would ever return to its nor
NAL condition. 1t Is demanded that you
| shall make a call and tell your hostess Of
| Of the pleasure she has given you. Again,
| etiquette respects comfort and claims that
| your call must be made within two weeks Of
| the day after the dance; so that by this rule
| the household has time to return to its usual
| state before there Is an influx Of visitors.
You have just told Dick that you will be
| his wife; and the one thing you dread Is the
| cycling and staring to which you will have
TO submit because.in the small Village In
which you live the kindly thought Of the
dignified lady, Madame Etiquette, Is either
| forgotten or not appreciated. Now, be wise
| and take some married friend into your con-
/ hdenee let her give tea or a luncheon, and
| invite your girl friends, and at 1t she will
say, putting her arm around you, 81 want
you to wish Lillian all the happiness posi-
bic, because In very short time she Is going
the story is told at once, and all the little
| embarrassments, the inuendoes and the em-
barrassing wonderment are done away with.
Sol, Sorrow OF shame because Of some s one
| cheeks redden because Of the conduct OF
| some one near and dear to you And you
wonder what the world will say to you.
My poor girl, the welLtrained world says
nothing; your friends come to see you. you
receive your invitations, and nobody makes
you feel conscious Of what has happened.
This is not hard-heartedness; 1t Is c0nsidera-
ton. To utterly ignore disgrace for which
the innocent suffer Is the kinde5t lesson that
Madame Etiquette has ever taught.
To shrug your shoulders at what etiquette
demands Is simply to announce yourself
very ignorant, for her laws, properly OBJ
consideration for the young, consolation for
| the suffering and congratulation for the
| happy.-Ladies Home Journal
THE USE OF BoRAx.
| Sprinkle places infested by ants with DO
rax and you will soon be rid Of them.
Blankets and furs put away well sprinkled
with borax and done up air-tight will never
be troubled with moths.
A little borax put In the water before
washing red or red-bordered tablecloths and
napkins will prevent their fading.
Ringworms will yield to borax treatment.
Apply strong solution Of borax three times
day also dust on the fine dry powder very
otter.
Silver spoons and forks in daily use may
be kept bright by leaving them in strong bo-
rax several hours. The water should Do
boiling when they are put in.
Put a teaspoonful Of borax in your rinslng
| water. 1t Will whiten the clothes and also
| remove the yellow cast on garments that
have been laid aside for two or three years.
One Of the best things to cleanse the scalp
| thoroughly Is to dissolve one-half teaspoon
| full Of borax in quart Of water and apply 1t,
rubbing 1t In well. Rinse thoroughly in
| clear water.
For washing fine, nice flannels nothing
will cause them to look 50 nice as borax in
| the water, a teaspoonful Of borax to pail Of
water being the right proportion. Always
wash Daby's little flannel skirts shirts, etc,
| In this.
Always wash baby's mouth and gums
| every morning with water in which you have
| put pinch of borax. 1t keeps the mouth
fresh and sweet and prevents that uncom-
| Portable affection sore mouth, with which
so many poor babies are troubled when their
mouths are not kept perfectly clean.
BoraX water Is excellent for sponging eth
| er silk or wool goods that are not soiled
| enough to need washing In washing CASH
mere or wool goods put little bOrax in the
| water. This will cleanse them much more
| easily and better, without injury TO the col
ors. Do not rub them on board, but use
| the hands. and throw on line without
wringing. Press them on the wrong side
| and they will look almost like uew.-GOod
| Housekeeping.
KEEP YOUNG.
| If men and women did not always have IL
flung in :heir faces that they were no longer
young. it is possible they might never grow
old, since feeling young keeps a person
young, in spite Of an accumulation of years.
There are philosophers who assert tfat IL
mankind did not believe in age 1t would know
none. We are all acquainted with men and
/ women in the seventies and sixties who
/ never seem old to us. Why? Because they
| do not lose interest in the things that maids
them charming In their youth, nor settled
| down (which Is an old-fasht0ned term t0r
/ being grumpy and disagreeable, and taking
/ no part in pleasure). The higher up In so
eiety-higher Intellectually less tale wa
| nave about age Their minds, not bodies
are gauged, and man is only old In the often
| siye sense when he is uninteresting aud dis
agreeable. -
VACATIONS MISUSED.
The Lancet declares that many sudden
deaths are caused each year by the misuse Of
the vacation season, and also affirms that tbs
experience Of most city physicians shows
that overstrain is often followed by prolongi
| ed illness. We know wise lawyer who
never did anything on the first day OF his va