New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-05-10
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Snonsh subs antia fool. This is undoubtedly true yet
Is this an exclusively feminine faiiingl The amount
Of delusive pie consumed at any gentleman's lunch
counter is said. is always far In Of beef.
Women eat ioecNam. and though ice-cream IL not so
good cup of hot cream and milk. it is far more
nourishng than the average greasy pie ser~ed at mems
luncheons. clever English writer has far as
TO say that the general inferorty Of woman's work
10 mans is merely question OF beef and beerS; but
close investigation Of the average diet Of and
women will not bear out any such conclusion. The
woman may substitute tea for beer, but she
loses nothing In diet by this. The young lady who
could make meal of lark's wing and boiled
Chestnut has no modern hnitator among sensible
girls Women have generally found out that sight
seeing end shopping hard work. and that 1t re-
quires substantial food 10 keep their strength up The
quantities of beefstesks ordered at ladies' uptown res
taurants all testify to this Boullon IS also FASH
ionablc uDcheons but it shou be remembered that TINS
is simply stimulating, containing little or no n0urlsh
ment. glass Of hot milk better than either not
cream and milk is food and drink. Icecream IS not
TO be despsed. II is both refreshing and nourshng'
OF good quality 1t IS then composed largely Of pure
cream. There Is no nourishment in sweet pastry or
candied sweets Of any kind; but women are seldom
large pie-eaters They consume toe much candy how
ever. 40 odd moments.
1t is curious to note Tire sudden lu in wedding fes-
uvfties after the 1st of May. "The bridal Of May,
says the old proverb SIs the bridal Of DEATH Anti
guardians trace this superstition hack to ancient Rome
where during this month the Lupercaa, or festivals
In honor Of the dead were held. As soon as June Is
ushered in the marriage bells begin to ring merrily
again. This calls to mind the fashion Of the wedding
ring The plain band Of gold which is now chosen
for wedding ring has been in use for
long time, there seems to be little chance
Of there ever being any innovation introduced in
this matter When properly made wedding ring
Is rounded on the inside well as the outside, 50
that very heavy ring may be worn without any dis
comfort as 1t viii merely touch the finger In one
place. The wearing down Of the ring Win tme Is
also considerably lessened by this means. custom
has been recently introduced which may be traced
back to ancient italy, of the bride presenting the BRIDE
groom with an iron steel ring wrought with letters
OF cabastic meaning with inlays of gold and silver
and sometimes set with precious stone cut en-
carbochons The sentence written in Arabic char
ecters May God protect the wearer" is frequently
seen on these yings MoonstOnes, or more often star
sapphiree, which shield the wearer from evn are set
In these rings SO are weird red ana green AleAan-
srites
si. re proper time Just before housekeeping to
have heaters cleaned, chtmneys swept and ranges put
in order This work is very often deferred till the
aut11rnn and the dust and debris which will sometimes
collect In the best-kcpt heater and registers sits
through the house all summer, leaving thin layer
d dust everything that is exceedingly disagree
able. 1t is always best TO have a man come TO do
watch over HIM to that he does it properly. All
the registers OF the house should be taken out and the
pipes conveying the heat brushed out with long
handled brooms. In all wellregulated families the
busting out of the register is part OF the weekly
sweeping and registers the floor should be lifted
put every sweeping day and busted and washed
This prevents dust and rubbish collecting in such
place, unbappty it will if these precautions are
neglected. Where the registers have been regularly
cared for there win be great upheava Of dust at
the yearly cleaning, when the pipes are brushed ont
An parts OF the furnace box and smoke pipes Of the
heater must also be swept free from SCOT when 1t Is
cleaned To find out whether this has been properly done
strike the smokepipe after IL il replaced with an
iron poker and If 1T gives dull, tluddDg sound there
Is sti1 SCOT in the pipe; n the pipe IS clean ho4-
low, ringing sound will follow the blow. Test every
Joint Of tins smokeppe, as furnace cleaners often 40
one joint and leave the rest undone. Examine the
heater thoroughly 10 that it is properly cleaned
and do not allow the man 70 go swuy till 1t Is done TO
your liking.
The chimney connected with range requires thor
eueh sweeping AZ least once n Eve years, with tre
heater once IN eight to insure perfect draft This
IL done by men with long scrapers and brushes All
vents from the chimney into living rooms should be
scaled up dnring the process, or everything will be
covered with the fne impalpable dust Of SCOT Chin
neys often in use for dozens Of without clean
ing but they cannot be expected to draw when choked
up with accumulation on their walls.
The nsAe Of a range, including the Hues, ought
10 b. cleaned by the kitchen maid regularly
month. Do not employ man to do this work, as it
is something that should not be neglected for five
six months as IL generally Is. II done month,
the SCOT in the oven fucs being raked out into news
paper held as to prevent the cloud Of dust flying
out into the there is no hardship in this work
II the stove is kept chan, the ashes regularly taken
out with care into covered ash PAIL there will be
no tPpuble in the kitchen with the dust Of the stove
which is the source Of the dingy look Of 50 many
kitchens.
Children have the oldest ideas concerning the mean
fngs OF the words they employ constantly, and small
vocabulary with their doflntions would doubtless be
extremely funny little girl had old colored
woman as nurse, whose vernacnlsr, well her
nursery government, were both somewhat forcble
The chld In the habit Of saying her prayers with
her mother every evening, always closing with the
wei-known little hymn beginning
Jesus, tender shepherd hear u.s."
hnd In which the line
"Thou hast clothed me, warmed me- fed me-
One night after having said the for sew
eral months without comment, the little girl
suddenly stopped with warmed me, means we'll
whipped, doesn't 2" and then went on composedy
with the rest of the little II curious idea Of
compassion the chlld however, seemed to think IL
quite compatible with the rest Of the mercies vouch
safed.
Face massage as q means Of driving away WRINKLES
end improving the complexion is exciting general inter
est The skin made supple by this process and after
some treatment wrinkles lessened and If they
not Of too long standing totally disappear The methods
Of the face masseuse simple and easily be
learned. English masseuses make business of teaching
the process 10 ladies who desire to learn The masseusc
begins her work by washing the face gently In tepid
water with fine sponge wen soaped with a delicate
white SOAP sold specially for this purpose. After this
warmer lather is used and warmer, till the water
Is as hot il be borne. The face being thor
oughy ceansed and heated, a soft emolEent cream
which is especially soothing to the skin is rubbed in.
THE face is carefully treated by the all
lines being rubbed in the opposite direction and gen.
Ole friction maintained on Che skin II this work Is