Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-09-11

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across the bottom of each: Ammonia,
witch hazel, camphor, glycerine, cologne.
A loop of elastic cord on one flap attaches
itself to button on the opposite one when
they are folded over the bottles, and the
other ends are also folded and tied as in the
usual travelling dressing case.
Cooking by electricity is being demon
strated in England, and is surely one of the
probabilities of the near future. Fancy,
too, the convenience of doing big family
ironing with single electric "fat" that
knows no variation or cessation of heat,
which is an innovation not only promised
but shown. 1t looks as if the millennium
of the housekeeper lies in the storage bat
tery.
A good rule for embroiderers to remember
in designing center cloths for the table is
that they should follow its shape, square,
oblong or round, as is the table.
Black corduroy is announced az among
the coming cloths for autumn tailor-made
wear A winter of fringes is also pre-
dicted.
A good floor stain which IL pertinent
with the above paragraph is raw sienna
ground in oil mixed with raw llnseed oil
and turpentine, in the proportion of three
parts oil to one part turpentine; add very
little bronze green color ground in OIL The
mixture should be rather thin, and after
being thoroughly stirred allowed to stand
over night Have the floor swept and
wiped clean with a damp cloth If the
cracks are unusually wide they should be
plugged with putty, aud this it is folly to
attempt ones SELF Any general utility
know OF, is equal to this work. A line of
paint should be put over the cracks before
the putty is put on, as that holds it. The
stain should be rubbed in with wooden
cloth, keeping a clean cloth to wipe off
surplus stain. One coat or rubbing may
not be sufficient, and second can be ap-
piled. When we'll dried in, after day or
t@o apply coat of varnish, which protects
the wood, and the smooth surface is readily
wiped free of dust
Transition times are always more or less
critical The good OF summer outing is
often seriously neutralized by the methods
of working back to the winter routine. In
particular should care be exercised in tine
case of delicate persons and children. To
start child off to school the morning after
he reaches home from six weeks of roaming
the open country with no thought of books
or lessons, is almost cruel If he must be-
gin the first day of the term see that the
home coming is accomplished few days
earlier, giving the boy or girl a chance to
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take up by degrees the routine of home life
again. If he handles even after beginning
school do not chide him for it. An editor
said recently: '.It is understood in the |
Office that a man is of not much account for |
q week after his return from his vacation"
Give a child more than a week to get started |
and look for the good of his outing all |
winter.
A word of caution to the boys mother |
may not be aniss Whether she has spent |
her summer at home or in some country re-
treat the languid days of July and August |
have seen a relaxation of her usual mode of |
life. There is certain vitality in the first |
cool weather to which the system readily |
responds, but it is folly to tax this sudden |
ouoyancy too severely. A touch of crisp |
ness in the mornings makes the ambitidSs |
nouse-mother think of winter clothes and |
for the cozy winter home and |
she is apt to spring at her mountain of |
work all at once, exhausting her energy and |
,apidly decimating her stock of reserve |
strength secured through the idleness of the
Take things slowly, my sister,
md you will take them longer.
The long gold opera chains of slender
trand are coming into favor again, direct
'eaction from the no chain of the pinned on
watch, at present SO much in evidence.
With cholera knocking at our gates,
mothers will be more than usually mindful
# the children's diet The plethora OF
ruit in September and October brings with
t the danger of over-indulgence, and the
necessity above all that it shall be in fresh
md ripe state before it is eaten at all.
some authorities recommend no raw fruit
n cholera times because of the possibility
n this way of introducing the dreaded
,acillus into the system. It has been
that the cholera germ effects
IN entrance through the alimentary canal,
md 1t is also accepted that the germ is de-
:royed by high temperature, so that the
Use of boiled water and cooked food, pro-
7ided the vessels in which it is cooked are
lean, and all handling of food watched for
he same condition practically secures an
from the disease. It is not alone
he house mothers duty to watch these
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