The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-05-24
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ABOUT VISITING.

ABOUT VISITING,
There are two classes Of persons who
should visit only their nearest and dearest,
or the very good. The nearest and dearest
may put up with their failings and necessi-
ties through natural affection, the very good
by means Of acquired grace. These two
classes are chronic cyclists and chronic dys-
pepties.
Chronic cyclists as a class include all who
make even a days visit unannouneed. all
who are late at breakfast and habitually i'm
punctual In keeping engagements, all who
ruthlessly impose their whims and freaks on
a strange household, all who expect to be
amused from morning until night, and all
who cannot accommodate their conversation
to the prevailing tone Of the house.
In the first place, no visit must be made I'M
expectedly. .Only.the conventional call has
that privilege, for this leaves the one we call
on free to excuse herself II she so desires
And by way of parenthesls it may be said
that nothing is so silly and childish as to
take offense because lady sends word that
she is engaged when we call 1t Is obviously
impossible for her always to be on duty.
So with the longer visit We have not the
right TO assume that any hostess Is always
prepared to receive us, or 10 receive any
guests. General invitations are often given.
Let them become particular before you ac-
cept. When a specific invitation Is sent,
answer as promptly as possible. ANY un-
necessary delay In accepting or declining
keeps the person who Is seeking to be kind
in awkward suspense. When you have set
day and hour for your arrival, let no trivial
circumstance change your plans; and when
the unavoidable happens, telegraph or write
at once the cause OF your delay. Never
make the mistake Of appearing sooner than
you are expected.
There is often remissness In forwarding
luggage. Be prepared to manage without II
for one night A small handbag will make
that possible. Pray do not make your limo
cent hosts uncomfortable because your trunk
is not on hand. The chances are very great.
ly in favor Of its turning up in good condi-
ton the next day. AT any rate, your enter
tanners are not to blame, and the Interest In
the whereabouts Of the missing piece Of bag
gage as subject OF conversation Is soon OK
hausted.
In all things conform to the rule Of the
house. II you are visiting in the country do
not keep people up long after nine o'clock.
Retire TO your room and read, II their hours
are too early to permit you to sleep. III you
are from the country and visiting In the city,
do not tramp about the house and pervade It
sadly IN The way and Il cam DO YOU NO pe De
manent harm 10 lie In bed a little longer, or
at least stay In your room.
The hours between breakfast and noon are
always busy ones for the mistress Of house.
The most agreeable visitors efface them
selves during the morning, saying frankly
81 know you are occupied this morning.
Please do not think Of me at ALL / shall en-
Joy reading or writing or walking" All the
fresher and more eager to give you pleas
ant afternoon will your hostess. be II you
fak If v0nrcalf hafOro Iunah
This gives her the leisure to provide for her
children's wants and to order her house
hold. And, By the way, il you are annoyed
or nervous when children laugh and talk, do
not visit where they live. Their natural
spirits in their own home cannot be re-
pressed during your stay, and you will find
that their parents, by curious peryersity,
ART f6nder Of them than OF you. But II your
own children accompany you, see to II that
they do not disturb other people 1t Is al
conventional visit, and hardly ever a sue
eessful one. Any idea Of rest or recreation
for the mother, under such circumstances, Is
a fallacious one. She will go home worn to
the bone.-Country Gentleman.
WINDOW WASHING.
Always dust the windows thoroughly, both
inside and outside, before beginning to wash
them. Use small dry paint brushes to get
into the creyiees aud corners when busting
Wash the inside Of the window first, and 1t
will be much easier to detect any defect
when doing the outside. Take as much clear
water as desired, but have 1t as warm as can
be conveniently used, without parboiling
the hands, and add to 1t enough hot house
hold ammonia to soften it. With a soft cloth
sSss usng ws s pane s, q
with cloth on 1t TO go Into the corners. Use
old cotton to dry with, and dry each pane
Immediately after washing. Where the
water Is quite hot, II the glass Is not wiped
Immediately. it will dry so that 1t will have
to be rewashed ere wiping.
Where the ammonia Is not convenient, use
clear water, and never, on any account use
soap Of any kind, II you want your glass to
be clear. After washing In clear water, q
nice polish may be obtained by rubbing the
glass with tissue paper, but where ammonia
is used the latter gives a nice gloss without
any extra work. Baking soda on q damp
cloth is said to be nice to give the windows
good polish. Cleaning windows with a cloth
wet In kerosene Is recommended by some for
the same purpose.
TO BEAT AN EGG.
Any child knows how to beat an egg, which
is true so far as that any one DO the dint Of
patience and fork can beat an egg to a
froth, but one person will take fifteen min
ntes and have 1t less light than another In
five. The one will beat fast, carrying the
fork back and forth, but entangling very
little air; the other will lift the egg. as 1t
were, with each beat aud throw II over the
fork. This is the proper way and does the
work In half the time. Acquire the habit of
beating eggs or anything else, from the elbow,
not using the whole arm the fatigue will be
much lessened. The use Of egg heaters has
made egg-beating for cakes, such a fOrmid-
able task In our mothers days, very light
one in ours, but for beating just one egg q
fork. even now, Is often most convenient.
Even with beatei, however, the best re-
suits are obtained by observing certain rules.
In hot weather leave the eggs In ice water or
on Ice for some time before using. 1t Is not
good plan, however, to keep all your eggs
on ice, because they then become so
thoroughly chilled that In boiling them you
cannot estimate the time required, and
should they become frosted they are inferior
for all purposes. In beating the whites Of
eggs tiny pinch CT salt VIII tend to facill-
tate the work.-Good Housekeeping.
ECONOMY OF STRENGTH.
No woman need expect to have her hair
looking beautiful who goes to bed without
taking it down and giving 1t It's night dress
ing. A woman who has wonderfully beauti-
full hair says 81 take out all the pins, brush
my hair well, and then plat 1t carefully but
loosely, so that in the morning it Is not In a
snarl. | usually try to brush it ten minutes,
but when l can get somebody else to do II
for me the sensation Is so delicious that l
almost wish they could keep on for ever.
OF course, sit down to brush II, because
standing taxes the strength too much. | am
one of the people who believe In learning
the easiest way TO do everything, for really
the same ends may be gained with less ex-
ertion. The foolish woman is the one who
rushes about her room in dressing, PAGES the
floor while buttoning her gloves, stands
while she is arranging her hair, and the re-
suit Of her folly shows iteelf in her wearines
when the time for recreation arrives"
Think over all this, you nervous woman.
Try to recognise the wastefulness Of mis-
applied endeavor, and, while you strive In
every legitimate way to make yourselves
look as pretty as possible, save your strength
for something for which 1t will absolutely be
required.
EATING BETWEEN MEALS.
A young child should have a piece of
bread and butter between meals if 1t wants
it. Some Spartan mothers think that eating
at irregular intervals Injuries the digestion
Regular habits are important to a child's
welfare, and this among them; but even
older persons sometimes fell faint and hun
CRY when the food that they have eaten at
one meal is Of nature that digests more
quickly than usual, and so does not satisfy
them until the next. WlV should not chill