New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-12-06

II you wish 10 provide endless amusement for
and idle children during the rainy and stormy days
Of the long winter months, let them make scrap
out of colored pictures. Not only will 1t In
occupation and interest during its construction,
but il will be valuable acquisition for the nursery,
afording constant entertainment for dawning inte-
gence To make this desirable article you will first
purchase rather low clothes horse. and cutting OF
one panel leave only three to be covered Then wet
some unbleached muslin, after sewing the breadths
together and nail IL both Sides top and bottom, OF
the rods laying it very smooth. In drying it will
shrink somewhat, and thus stretch taut and smooth
After it is quite dry you must size It, just the
paperhangers prepare wall before hanging the paper
this is done by making paste of -four, and adding
two and onehaf ounces of gum arabic which has been
dissolved in hot water Make the paste sufficiently
thin TO allow Of applying it with brush to the CLOTH
Paint both sides. allow them to dry, and then give
| them another coat. Your screen is now ready for
the pictures. 1t is good plan to keep one side for
the black and white prints, and the other for colored
pictures.
Let the children collect together every scrap Of
coored pictures they can obtain-nothng amiss
old picture books, bygone Christmas supplements to
the pictorial papers-pretty ugly, they all to
make interesting tumble. Keep all your col
ored prints in drawer and the black and white
in another. 1t may take month or two to finish the
screen, do work fast keep it for rainy days
when there is nothing else to do. and it will prove
TO be quite godsend in the way Of nursery amuser
ment. In pasting the pictures remember that the
edges should all overlap, to cover the entire
panel. Cut them out, mingllng figures, bits Of land
scape, flowers, animals anything and everything all
mixed together If you have large figures il is we'll
to place them on first and then I'LL In around them
Keep small things, such Christmas cards ETC., for
borders out all the edges that the pictures
merge together. 1t is astonishing how harmonious
such homogeneous collection may be made, and what
SOfn no
to tell The black and white side of the may
be treated in the way and when all is complete
varsh both sides and finish the edges with any pretty
binding you choose. Red leather looks well adds
to the gay effect Of the 1t may be put on
with small ssheaded nails. Children tire OF
these When baby begins to take notice. II
is one OF the first things he turns TO- pointing this
and that familiar object with the greatest pleasure.
The little invalid too, finds langud enjoyment in
tracing out familiar objects he Hes In bed. More
over, OF all kinds most useful In nursery
in keeping out draughts from open doors, etc.
"A mother who speaks from experience takes Issue
with recent writer in The Tribune how to take
BATH" in that the latter advises soft towel to dry
the face. "There is nothing like coarse towel and
friction for an Outandout good cosmetic" says this
mother in Israel " II never roughens the skin
the contrary IL makes ii smooth soft and beauti-
fully fresh. With my children have always had wash
cloths OF flannel with which the whole face is well
rubbed and afterward dried with a coarse towel with
plenty of friction, and they take with perfect equanim
iy this rather heroic This rather vigorous
method II begun by novice, may at first the
complexion to appear bl0tched and perhaps little
rough but this win speedily disappear and the skin will
become accustomed TO the treatment and will gain per-
ceptlbly in color and freshness"
A curious prejudice that some people have is against
soap as an application for the face; this is great
fallacy Good soap is a great beautfer, and great
preventive OF the uncomely looking "blackheads'
which are such Disagreement and so hard to get
rid of The real cause OF these unpleasant little
snecks is not as a rule, any thing more serious than
This some people have much larger skin pores than
oters and the dust collects settles and finally forms
hard black little substance which probably would never
have had chance Of developing If the skin was thor
oucbly washed with soap twice day and rubbed
vigorouslv with coarse towel Do not be afraid OF
red nose the redness will fade quickly away and
leave trace.
The average American woman, II has been repeatedly
said suffers from nervous exhaustion caused by tho
hurried spasmodic way In which she does her WORK
She lacks the cool systematic method Of her English
sister and the phlegmatc temperament OF uie German
woman She easily magnfes the molehills in her
landscape into mountains Nervous work is seldom
good work In such efforts the proverb more haste.
less speed,S readily veri6es itself. Por those who
must necessarily be under undue mental and physical
strain a day OF absolute rest from thought work
is the very best medicine. II tired worker can
make up her mind 10 take a day 10 remain In bed.
positively thrusting aside all devoting herself
solely 10 the recuperaton of her system she
can do double the amount Of work the day follow
,n, and "A will he Infinitely better work. such o