The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1892-05-26
Thoughts for Women.


a Ii ost women in taking up the burden
Of housekeeping for the first time lay
down as a law, from which there is no
appeal, that cash system is to be the
rule of the establishment. AS the years
wear on, the law becomes more or less
imperative, according to the tempera-
nsent and circumstances Of the lawma-
ker. II pay cash absolutely" says one
woman. 'sWhen | have the money, my
family lives WELL when hav'nt, we go
without, and bills are unknown"
Undoubtedly the weight of evidence
is ia favor pf the cash system; on the
other hand weekly and monthly bills
enable one to keep track of ones eXpen-
ses, whereas, unless the cash account is
very strictly kept, money slips away in
unnoted and often unneeded ways.
For family living on q moderate in
come a stated salary, paying cash for
everything is the only method to be toll
Grated. The weekly income will surely
be used, and if the bills are not paid
with it they must be a constant annoy
ance 1t is the beginning of a pressure
on the head Of the family that has many
zines led him into devious ways to avoid
For busy women, however, the time con-
stmed in keeping up the cash system is
often of much greater value occupied in
another way. 1t is perhaps significant
OF the broader reach of women in these
days that they no longer permit them
selves to be hampered by details, set
Ting them quickly in their just relations
to Individual circumstances.
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In a London furrier's," says a woman
who has just returned from England, II
saw a curiosity in the shape of a large
| skin of a seal upon which in three dis
tinct divisions was shown the progress
OF the fur from nature to commerce.
One part showed the fur as it is on the
animal in lfe-a long, gray, bristling
sort of fur. The next part revealed the
short, close fur that we are familiar with, |
except that it was a snuff brown color
This, it seems, is obtained by pulling out
the long, whitish hairs these being ex-
ira, the seal possessing a good coat with
out them. Finally, the third portion was
the rich seal brown fur of our ambition.
1t was quite a revelation to me. If | had
been asked to draw the seal at home,
| should have sketched a few icebergs and
numerous sleek animals in short, glossy, |
dark brown skins disporting themselves
! thereon. Now / should draw him mild
| 1xy rs, Ia co 70 hn
coat is concerned.n
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For set of oak book shelves, curtains
in pongee produce very pleasant effect.
Then, like the woman who ordered a set |
Of books bound in sky blue for a blue
room, it is well to put some of the gay |
red books likely to be found in every col
lection through the centre shelves for
the bit of color needed. Some attach |
the curtains top and bottom, using two
rods, claiming that in this way they are
as good a protection as glass. Care
should be taken in such case to see that
the curtains move very easily on the
rings otherwise difficulty will be met
/ in taking ont the books.
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| Home made swieback will be found
/ toothsome coffee bread at breakfast. 1t
is German cake, and is made with one
| half pound of sugar, five eggs and
one pound of flour Knead these well
together till quite stiff, and roll the
dough out flat, about three fingers wide
Brush the mixture over with the white
of an egg, place in a moderate oven, and
bake for half an hour. Then take it out
and cut while hot into thin pieces with
sharp knife. Strew these with sugar
and place them again in the oven until
both sides are light brown color.
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There is a disposition to make the
blouse or shirt worn under Jackets as
prominent as possible, ruffling the fronts
and the big collars and cuffs or trims
ming them with lace or embroidery
Also the blouse is very full and long,
falling we'll below the bit of jacket. A
white pique suit has round jacket,
very short and full white lawn blouse
with ruffied front. The large turnover
collar and cuffs are on the jacket and are
ruffied with the lawn. Another white
lawn blouse is under o square cornered
jacket, with pretty reverse and is ruffled
with blue dot embroidery.
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Rhoda Broughton, who isquite one of
the attractions in Oxford, England du>
ring her long residence there, is equally
sought out in Richmond, her present
home. She is reported to be one of the
least disappointing of authors to meet,
talking in the same crisp way in which
she writes. She has a strong face, youth
ful-lcoking in spite of the iron gray hair,
which she brushes smoothly away from
her low, broad brow. She is frequently
visited by her American readers toward
whom she is specially friendly.
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Corset covers Of jersey webbing, which
button up, are shown, also those which
draw over the head. These are the out
growth of the notion of women to adopt
the jersey vests to this use. Manufac>
turers were quick to seize and developit
The garments are of lighter weight than
I the vests.
Whers Pepsin Comes From.
/ Not a man in a hundred who uses pep
IIsin as an aid to digestion have any idea
where it comes from Or how it is obtains
led It is really prepared from the gas
trio juice found in the stomachs of hogs,
and the ability of the hog to digest any
thing that will pass down his throat is
probably what led to the somewhat pes
culiar idea of concentrating the fluid
which makes digestion so easy in the
porcine race. Hogs that are kept with
out food or w@ter for twentyfour hours
before being slaughtered yield an i'm
mense quantity Of gastric juice and cor
respondi,lulv of peDSin. The fact that