The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1890-10-18

I'm point OF years you doubted mo
Not very long ago,
I'm still Just half as old as you
At least my friends say sop
American Girls.
A paper on the subject OF American
girls, by Mrs. John Sherwood, has
some excellent things in it. Mrs.She
woods reminds her young readers that
what English people find fault with in
their demeanor is an absence Of re-
serve" an "air OF success" which is
a characteristic of many. This is
quite true in the main; self-assertion
and self-assuredness in any shape Is
always unpleasant, and perhaps one
does see it exhibited a little more by
young folks who have not had itrigid-
ly repi'essed by parents and guardians,
as form Of nl-breeding--but for my
own part can only say that many Of
the American girls who have been pre-
sented to me have had asgentle, defer
entail manners, and as soft voices also,
as any English mother could desire
for her children. This may not be q
common experience, but 1t is certainly
mine. II all young gentlewomen,
whether English or American, could
only believe how much 1t adds to any
charms they possess to be polite, at
tentive and deferential, and how en-
tirely it spoils a pretty face to find its
owner arrogant and opinionative-
(even II in the right. which is quite
possibly the case)-surely they would
be on their guard in this respect.
Brusquerie is always disagreeable; and
q certain set-you-right air with which
very many boys and girls in their
teens deliver their opinions in the
present day when freed from society
restraint is in the highest degree I'M
becoming, but the coming generation
needs to learn the truth just as much
on this side the Atlantic as on the
other. In one respect. / may add,
young Americans OF the fair sex have
decided advantage, as n rule, over
young EnglishwOmen. They take part
fh general conversation. They do
not either sit mutely by, looking rs II
all that were required OF them were to
pose their graceful heads and fold
their taper fngers-they show an in
telligent interest, and here and there
insert an apt remark. Often. too, it
Is very lively remark. One OF the
commonest observations in London So
ciety at the present moment is: Amer
lean girls are SO amusing" English
girls might be little more amusing
without detriment to themselves. and
sometimes with infinite comfort to
THAR WARY antartainers
Home Matters.
Cut piece from the top OF old kid
shoes and insert 1t inside the ironing
holder you are going to make.
Washing floors and shelves with
strong pepper tea. or hot alum or
borax water. will destroy ants and
reaches.
Add two tablespoonfuls OF kerosene
to the pail of water with which you
wash grained or other vanished fur
niture.
II SCOT be dropped upon the carpet
throw upon 1t an equal quantity OF
salt and sweep all up together There
will be scarcely trace Of SCOT left.
Toast is more easily digested than
plain bread IL the toast Is eaten soon
after it is made. Toast that has
grown cold is not SO easily digestible
as bread.
A frying pan should never touch
water. Scour them out with salt the
moment they are done with and wipe
clean with cloth. A washed ONE
let pan makes poor omelet.
Keep clasp knife and knife with
different handle from those in COM
mon use for the sole purpose OF peel
ing onions, and so avoid the flavor and
odor OF them where it is neither ex-
.pected nor desired.
Horseradish Is much more irritating
than spice, and II used in excess may
induce very disagreeable feeling OF
the stomach, lasting for several days
or perhaps causing illness.
For baked bananas simply peel of
one section OF the skin, place the BAN
ana in baking pan skin side down,
dust them with graduated sugar and
bake them for about thirty minutes.
or until the banana Is thoroughly
cooked.
To mend glass, procure from the
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druggist five cents worth OF acetic
acid and add enough gelatine to thick
en- It. Apply 1t TO the edges and press
them together. It IL invaluable. We
mended q fnger-bowl. which is now in
daily use and has not come apart.
Alderman test for watered milk con-
sists in dipping well-poliShed knit
ting needle into deep vessel Of milk
and then Immediately Withdrawing II
In an upward manner. II the milk
IL pure a drop Of the fluid will hang to
the needle, but the addition Of even q
small proportion OF water will prevent
the adhesion Of the drop.
The Quesn OF spain.
"The queen OF Spain has no legs. !"