New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-08-02

by shellackng occasionally floors can be Kept LOOKING
very well and as sheac dries within an hour TINS Is
an easy method. But inasmuch shellac Is very eN
pensve 1t Is also costly method. little linseed OIL
mixed with water and rubbed on once week brghtens
wooden floor and keeps 1t in tolernble condition.
But after all said and DONE there is nothing so Gooo
as wax
There are very few people who appreciate properly
the hygienic powers Of sunlight. II is true OF people
as 1t Is true Of plants thar they cannot thrive Win.
ont abundance of sunlight, well as abundance oil
fresh air The necessity for sunlight is so we'll recog
hed that In all the recent lectures TO nurses OF te
SICK they are ordered TO admit the sunshine freely
10 the sick room In all cases. except where the strong
light Is specially prohibited by the physician NOT
long ago sunbaths were freely recommended for Ger
tain diseases and this treatment has since proved
exceedingly valuable. The Orientas. who have gar
dens on the tops Of their houses appreciate the value
OF sunlight tonic and health gver. The cases
OF persons who suffer from actual sunstoke are much
fewer than Of those who suffer unto death from
vitlated air and want Of sunshine The mass OF
cases reported sunstroke in The cities the re-
suit OF prostratlon from heat. and occur in close
rooms within doors as frequently as outdoors. In
most such cases the deerorated condition Of the sys
TEN OF the individual. caused by confinement in
rooms insuicenty aired and lighted, is at the bottom
OF the trouble.
1t is especially necessary that children should have
an abundance OF freedom to romp outdoors in the
sunshine, so that they will acquire abundance OF
red blood, and with It strength and nfc Pale, sallow
compilations show a watery condition Of The blood
that can only be remedled by an abundance Of out
door exercise. In winter II IS always best to give
little child its exercise In the middle Of the day but
as the season changes the time for exercise changes
In summer the best time is usually early in the
morning before 10 O'clock and after In the
afternoon. In the morning q rubber sheet II the
md c do hnn,1h 10 In
over the grass and blanket spread over this, and
the little taken out OF his carriage and allowed
to frolc about in the mild morning sun. The baby
will gain marvellousy from such exercise, and II
will be all the better of II IL is kept under the
trees to take Its midday nap instead of being taken
into the house, Where is there such health as that
found among the sturdy peasant children of Germany
who are allowed roam about in the sunshine innocent
of cap or hat till their very hair beaches lint white
and their cheeks turn rosy red No room in any
house Is fit for living or sleeping room which
has not windows through which Sunshine and air
cen be freely admitted. The family rooms of house
should be built on the south and east sides, to
receive the heath-givng effects Of the morning sun,
which chases away malaria and miasmlc vaporS
than all the drugs in the world can.
Many nice cakes may be made OF scraps Of puff paste.
Chantilly cakes are formed Of little rounds Of paste
daintily Drowned In the oven with strawberry pre-
serve and heaped with spoonful OF whipped cream.
These circles of paste should be about two Inches In
diameter and should be priced before they are baked
to prevent their rising unevenly.
"Harry the Eighths shoestrings' are dainty cakes
made of puff PASTE We owe the rule to the skin OF