The Portland daily press., 1892-03-18
THE HOME.
CARE IN LITTLE THINGS.

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arranged things that penalty follows
disobedience, whether moral OF physical.
A child is allowed to go to school in
bad weather with its feet not duly pro-
tected, and to sit with wet and chilled
feet through the session. 1t is not to be
looked on as of God that such a child
either sickens and dies, or grows up to
become lifelong invalid.
A growing girl, when the weather
threatens rain, is permitted to hasten off
to school without waterproof OF UNI
brella, at the risk of having to sit
through the session with wet dress
about her ankles. Every mother should
not only see to it that her child is proper
Iy protected against exposure, but
should carefully train her to look out
for herself in this respect.
The special need of sleep by growing
children is not sufficiently appreciated.
Such special need is involved in the very
fact OF growth; but the growing period
is also the period of school life, with its
worry and fret, its mental pressure and
1nultitudinous excitements.
sleep are necessary, because much of the
sleep is not profound. The brain is like
the ocean. tossing after the storm is over.
There is nothing like sleep to restore a
tired brain, and nothing like the lack OF
it to expose it to harm. A child should
be allowed to waken of itself; it is sure
to do so when it has had sleep enough.
To this end it should always retire early.
Another thing important TO be looked
after, especially in the case Of growing
school girls, is the matter OF food. For
boys and the younger girls, open-air
sports may generally be trusted to insure
self-regulating appetites; but girls after
the ages of II or 13, from less active out
door life, insufficient sleep, and from the
pressure of their studies, are apt to have
little or no appetite in the morning.
The growth and the special develop
ment Of the young girl involve a special
demand for food. Moreover, the brain
is not only growing, but is being special
1y worked, and must be correspondingly
nourished, if it is to retain its vigor
The girl must not be allowed to go off to
the exhausting work OF the day with a
stomach half or wholly empty. Harm is
sure to come of it particularly to the
brain.
The resulting fretfulness is a sure sign
that the brain is being affected Espe- |
cially must she not be allowed to depend
upon the stimulus Of coffee. The conse-
quences will inevitably be disastrous.
The mother should insist on her eating,
and, if possible, should provide food |
that will provoke the appetite-say, a
piece of broiled steak.-Youth's Com |
panion.
WASHING FLANNELs.
How to wash hannels so that they will |
not shrink is something about which |
there is no end of discussion, says the |
New York Ledger. Many housekeepers
entertain decided opinions ON this sub
ject, and are very tenacious of ther,, but
they seem to rest for the most part on |
usage and not On any basis of service or |
any given principle.
Wool fabric has little barbs like this |
bSEA. Of course, they are very small |
and delicate, but they crowd upon each |
other and crawl and mat in the most GU |
rious way.
If dozen samples of flannel are washed |
in precisely the same way, there may be
almost as many results as there are |
pieces. Much depends upon the quality /
of the wool and the condition of the ami
NAL from which it was taken. AS no
one can be expected to know about this,
it follows that to do things in as nearly |
the common-sense way as possible is the
only safe way, and then take certain
amount of risk.
Unquestionab1y, the best process is to
use quite hot suds. This dissolves and
removes certain particles OF perspiration
upon which cold water will have no
effect. AS sudden changes of tempera-
ture are supposed to add to the chances
of shrinkage, it is well to rinse immedi-
ately in water of about the same tenn
perature, and little soap should be put
in this also. As wringing Injuries the
flannel, they should be very gently |
pressed to remove the first suds, and |
then, after rinsing, be pinned out on
lines without any wringing or pressing
whatever Flannels should never be
ironed, especially if damp. Take bit
Of wet flannel and hold one edge of it
over the steam of boiling tea-kettle.
1t will shrivel up like leather. So hot
irons on damp woolens will draw and
crisp them until they are hopelessly
bands, facings or other silk or muslin
parts, but fold and smooth the garments
and, place a heavy weight over them.
The feel of them is much more com
Portable when worn without pressing,
and they will last as long again.
PEACH BROWN BETTY.
Stew pound of evaporated peaches
until tender; place layer Of these in the
bottom of a pudding dish, sprinkle
with sugar, and strew thickly
with fine bread crumbs; scatter little
cinnamon over; then put another layer
of peaches, more sugar, crumbs and
spice and so continue until the dish is
full. Just before adding the last dish,
which should be of crumbs, pour in as
much of the liquor in which the peaches
were stewed as the dish will hold with
out floating the contents. After the
top layer Of crumbs is in place, dot it
with bits Of butter; bake it covered for
half an hour in moderate oven then
uncover and brown. Serve with hard
sauce.
LEMON WASHINGTON PIE.
One cup of sugar, one7half cup of but
ter, two eggs, one-half cup of milk, two
cups of -four, two teaspoonfuls (heaping)