The Portland daily press., 1890-07-25

chance for few hours or days at long inter-
walls. But along with the laying aside of
formality, some necessary features of polite
! ness are sometimes sacrificed by relatives
and very close friends The youth who is
careful to salute his lady friends and &C:
quaintances according to the usages of good
society sometimes forgets to pay the same
| respect to his sister, not because he Is want
ing in affectionate regard but because he has
grown so familiar with her that 1t seems
| way.
Yet when he meets her in company he
should, out of consideration for her, be re.
markably polite and attentive. Although
| politeness necessarily follows to a great ex-
tent set forms. it should have its OriginHin
affection for the individual, or in general
way consideration for others. When the
young man begins to behave at home with
less politeness than he exhibits abroad, there
Is much danger that gradually he will loose
that consideration for his immediate relatives
which he should have and exhibit. He may
begin by entering the family room without
formal greeting absorbed in his own thought
or pursuits, he will soon begin to leave his
| sisters and his mother to look for themselves
| in the smaller affairs of life, and gradually
but surely he will cultivate selfish dispos-
tion in home affairs that will make him a
bad or Indifferent son or brother.
1t is a small matter itself whether a young
man finds chair for his sister or mother
when they would be seated, anticipates their
desire for glass of water, cheerfully helps
them to their wraps, and offers them the
thousand little attentions without which and
In MS absence they could get along very well
by their own eXertions, but it is not a small
matter when neglect of such attentions les
sens ser ms consideration for them, develops
affection that should unite the family. Po-
| ilteness In society between aquaintances or
friends is demanded by custom, There is no
need to remind readers that it should be ex-
Of nd hot
! near relatives, even between husband wife,
though of much more Importance in every
way is not so obviously necessary and Is too
| often neglected.
! Gentlemen of what is known as the sold
schooP' We're and are scrupulous in the OBJ
servance of the forms of polite. society to-
ward theirswives and othersfemale relatives !;
! but the later generation seems disposed to
treat relatives with less respect than is ha
Dltually shown to strangers and acquain-
tances. The, tendency should be resisted
strenuously, howeVer.-Baltimore Sun.
HOW TO CLEAN KID GLOVES.
Light kid gloves soil so easily that they
would be very expensive item in the ward
robe if one were unable to clean them. In
all large towns they can be sent to shop.
where they will cleansed for ten cents a
pair. 1t is however, a great convenience to
be able to do such work at home, if in hur-
! ry, or living out of town.
= When plain naphtha or benzine is used the
odor clings to the gloves long time. Here
! is a fluid that will easily clean the gloves,
and when they are exposed to the air for
short time the odor passes away Put into
three-plnt bottle one quart of benzine, one
ounce OF ether, one ounce of chloroform and
half an ounce of white wintergreen. Shake,
and cork tightly.
To clean the gloves. put them on the
hands, and, Wettlng piece of clean white
cloth or a small sponge with the fluid,
sponge the gloves quickly, rubbing quite
hard in the parts most soiled. Take another
clean piece of cloth and rub the gloves till
carefully work the gloves off the hands, and
hang them in the fresh air for half an hour,
All odor will have disappeared by that time.
This fluid gives the gloves lighter color,
but leaves them soft and free from streaks,
II the cleaning and drying have been prop
erly done; and it also removes the odor
| sometimes caused by respiration 1t must
| be remembered that with this fluid, as with
the pure benzine or naphtha, care must be
taken not to be TO near an open fire, lighted
lamp or gas, as the gas which it gives out is
very inf1ammable.
Another method of cleaning kid gloves is
to use naphtha, pouring it into deep saucer.
Put the gloves on the hands, and dip one
hand at time in the saucer, wetting the
glove thoroughly, then rub 1t quickly with a
soft dry CLOTH The rubbing must be done
very quickly, or the glove viii look streaked.
moved with the first dipping and rubbing,
wet a corner of the cloth, and rub the soiled
part till it becomes clean.
In using such volatile articles as naphtha,
benzine, chloIoform and ether the rubbing
should be done very rapidly, that the stain
may be removed before the liquid dries
| Maria Parloa, in the Housewife.
TO SAVE ICE.
The American Analyst says that if ice is
completely enveloped in newspapers, so that
all air is shut out, it will keep longer time
than under other conditions, and that
| pitcher of ice-water laid in newspaper with
the ends of the paper twisted together to ex-
clude the air, will remain all night in any
summer room with scarcely any preceptlble
| melting of the ice. These facts, if such,
should be utilized oftener than they are in
the care of the sick at night In freezing
| ice cream, when the ice is scarce, pack the
freezer only thee-quaIters full of ice and salt,
and finish with newspapers. and the differ
ence in the time of freezing and quality of
the cream is not preceptible from the result
| when the freezer is packed full Of ice. After
removing the dasher 1t Is better to cork up
| papers than to use more ice. The newspaper
| retains the cold already in the ice better
than packing of cracked ice and salt, which
must have crevicesto admit the air.
| COLOR IN ROOMS.
or simple summer draperies, pretty and
| inexpensive, there is an abundance from
which to choose. For Frightening dark
rooms where the wall furnishings are SOM
bre, Florentine draperies come in many ex-
quisite tnts and designs at fifteen cents a
yard One of the prettiest of these is of
chrysanthemums in old pink or pale blue,
with leaves in faint olives. Batiste draperies
are fifty inches wide and cost nineteen cents
per yard. They have designs in steel blue,
bronze and olive or old blue, old red and
olive on a cream ground Still gayer are the
cable curtin stuffs, sort of imitation Mad
ras, at 124 cents yard. There are many
varieties of lace-strped scrim, white or with
c0lOred stripes, at from eight TO sixteen cents
per yard.-New York Herald.
BOILED EGGS.
1t is the common way to boil eggs only
about five minutes and call them hard.
They are then very "hard" for digestion
Boil ten minutes and they are still hard and
soggy Boil twenty minutes and they be-
come light and mealy, and may be easily
, W.Laoheu and seasoned. To boil eggs so that
c cnTS Snali be soft" drop the whole eggs
nite thy INTO boiling water and boil stead
| 1FhiS anu half minutes by the watch.
| !. "a common method though the white
Is haI.eh q the yollz is Scarcely cooked at
al. Az u or method is to Law the eggs in a
| warm nd>l" ,r saucepan and cover with hojE
| ing water Let them remain witbont boji
| In :, put where the water will keen hot for
| ten minutes' ,b0tn yolk ana white will he
cooked soft.-LHallls journal of Hsalth 4'A W