Omaha daily bee., 1893-07-23


women TO he totally lacking in nerves, |
may he a triile skeptical but upon my
word don't thiuk half OF them need
nerve tonic any more than they need
two tonguesl
III you want to make your everlasting
fortune, why invent a new nerve tonic.
They all 60 with a rush. We have one
patron, a good, strong woman, whose
only nerve trouble is that she thinks
she has nerve trouble. She has tried
every remedy we have in stock. He~
system ought by this time, to be per-
fectly callous to any new compound, but
| have just sold her bottle OF the pres
ent fashionable nerve soother. She has
a pillow Of dried poppy flowers, another
OF hops, another OF balsam, and so on
and on.
To-day, for the first time, l sold her
box Of powder She says it will last her
three years. She doesn't believe in
choking up the pores of the skin with
all sorts OF rubbish" '"
"Quite right"
"Yes, but she'll choke her entire in
ternal arrangement with any sort of de-
coction which bears the magica! inscrip-
tion, Nerve Tonic. Women are cer-
tainly queer creatures"
And the young clerk sighed as he put
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There is one great need Of humanity,
particularly of feminine humanity,
that is at last receiving well-deserved,
although tardy, recognition and consid
GRAFTON. Much is now said and written
about the great need of rest and relaxa-
tion of the mind. The tremendous,
rushing strain of the life of today calls
imperatively for an offset to the tension
of daily existence as a necessary
sequence of overexertion, and therefore
we have rest cures" massage treat
ments, quiet retreats" and host of
other new remedies for overwrought
bodies and brains, that were never
dreamed of twenty years ago. The
disciples of Delsarte believe in rest
morally and mentally. as we'll as phys
ically-and it is sign of the times that
the curious combination of his philo-
sophical and sentimental calisthenics is
received with 50 much favor and prac-
ticed so universally.
"Do you remember old DR.. L--?"
asked a woman of society the other day.
He believed in what is now called
rest cure years and years ago. re-
member very well a formula he gave me
when | was first married, which was
practically the same thing that every
Olle duNOcdIeS NOWADAYS. w neneNef
woman feels tired, he used to say or
discouraged or depressed, or out of
sorts generally, she should lie down and
be absolutely quiet for fifteen minutes.
| The eyes should be closed and the mind
| should be made a blank as far as pos
sible. No pillow should be used, her
head reclining on q level with her
shoulders. She should not even think
of the time, but have some one call her
at the expiration of the time. This
treatment he used to say, repeated
twice day has a wonderful effect on
nervous women"
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Do you know how to wash dishes? Not
merely so that you get them off the
kitchen table into the china closet, but
becomes almost pleasure. This is the
way to accomplish that result:
AS soon as the cooking is done fill all
the cooking utensils with water and
leave them to soak. When the meal is
ended scrape all the plates clean-not
with a knife, for that scratches and
nicks--but with soft piece of leftover
bread. Put the plates in one pile, the
saucers in another, the cups, emptied of
their DRAWINGS, together, and the glass
and silver together.
IldNc d DDNl VI WdUtT COOL enough
allow your hand to remain in it a few
minutes without scalding, but hot, and
wash the glasses with soap in that. Dry
them as fast as they are washed. If you
let them stand upon a tray the air dries
them and does it in streaks where the
water is trichling down. Have q soft,
clean, lintless cloth for this purpose.
Then wash the silver: the water should
be very hot for this. Ii there are any
crevices, clean them with brush kept
for the purpose. Dry on clean towel
and polish with silver powder.
Next wash your cups and saucers-one
at a time. Use mop with handle, and
don't, in this day and generation, be
without one of those wire kitchen con-
veniences known as a soap shaker. Wipe
each cup and saucer before putting it
out of your hand, o. it will dry partially
and streakily, and be rough to the touch.
After the cups and saucers, wash the
plates in the same way. Then clean the
tins, and then the pots and pans.
To clean knives, rub with a soft flannel
dipped in powdered bath-brick, or in
wood ashes. Never let the ivory handles
be dipped in hot water.
Tins may be kept in u state of dazzling
brightness by being rubbed with sifted
wood ashes or with whitening.
Copper utensils should be secured with
brick dust and flannel.
The dish cloths and nops should be
washed, scalded and dried after each
using. The towels should never be
thrown aside in damp lump, but should
be hung to dry, and then dropped into
the kitchen hamper against washing
day.
The dishpan should be thoroughly
washed with soap and water, secured
and rinsed with scalding water, dried
and hung on its own hook. Then the
sink should be secured and rinsed with
scalding water, in which common soda
has been dissolved. b..
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The American sojourners at Nice last
winter had their eyes gladdened by red
white and blue capes. These were worn
by the highest representatives Of fashion
at outdoor celebrations of all sorts. The
idea is French and its inspiration the
French tricolor. But there is nc
American who does not entertain q
prior claim to this trinity of tints by at
least a half score of years.
These capes have been introduced into
this country. They are of fine. smooth,
faced cloth. In whatever the order ol
tints, the red or the blue being first, ac
cording to the complexion and hair, the