The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-09-21
FOR AND ABOUT WOMEN.
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO MAID
AND MATRON. E5

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MATTERS OF INTEREST TO MAID
AND MATRON.
Time and Trouble Necessary to Keep
Hands md Finger Nails Clean
Moved to a Deed of Charity-Wis-
dom OF the Wife. ~.
how can keep my hands white?"
laments the busy wife and mother. Il
have dishes to wash, sweeping to do,
ana certain amount of cookery falls
to my lot. must resign myself to
Delns satisfied with keeping my hands
clean and try not to care if they arc
ugly" Here, according to Harper's
Bazar, she makes pretty mistake.
She may have her hands pretty as well
as clean. but, like every thing else worth
having in this world, it will be at the
cost or little time and trouble. in
the tlrst place, she should wear gloves
as much as possible. Not tight ones
mat Will impede the freedom of her
movements and hinder her about her
work, but loose old pair. Let her
put IN claim for those that have been
cast aside by the men of the house,
and, cutting off the tips of the fingers,
wear them when she is sweeping, dust
ing, cooking and washing dishes There
IS no reason why she should plunge her
whole hand into dishpan in search of
stray spoon. when she can recover
II oy the aid Of a mop and soap-shaker.
Inc gloves will save her hands from
purns, from dust, from CRIME. When
she washes them she should use only
the pest soap and have a little almond
meal or bran in the water. She should
dry them carefully, and anoint' them
Hgntly with such mixture as glycerine
ana roseWater or glycerine and bay
rum IN equal parts. If her skin will
not bear glycerine she may use frosti1la
OF some similar preparation, or she may
apply. cold cream in very small Quanti-
ties, rubbing it well into the skin After
this the hands should be rinsed in soft
water and dried gently and thoroughly
should the water be hard little borax
will soften it. Lemon juice or lemon
juice and salt will be found excellent
Tor removing stains from the fingers
and should always be at hand to be
resorted to when soap and water fail.
"A little care bestowed upon the hands
ut night will increase their softness and
Whlteness. They should be washed
clean with bran and water, all stains
removed and the nails trimmed and
cleaned. Some good unguent, like cold
cream or some one of the others sug-
gested above, should then be applied,
and If the hands are very red and
rough a pair of loose gloves may be
slipped on and worn all night.
Moved to n Deed of Charity.
While Mrs. VIM. X. Vanderbilt was
speeding along one Of the Central Park
drives in New York recently she saw
sight which induced her to stop her
carriage. An old woman sat on a bench
and a park policeman was shaking her
arm, while a little girl stood by crying.
Mrs. Vanderbilt had her coachman pull
up and learned upon investigation that
the old woman was ill., That drink had
nothing to do with the case seemed
clear. The invalid was promptly lifted
into the carriage, the little girl got in,
too, and off the party went to a hos
pltal. The case was the common one
of a Woodworking woman with an Or
phan grandchild-" 1.-THE veriest rot you
read about in circulating library nov
els" to use the expression of maya
zinist in a late essay. Well the old
woman is now living better than she
ever did in her life, probably, and the
little girl has not the same cause to
weep she had a month ago, the pair
being cared for out of Mrs. ''Wjllie's''
purse.
This incident Well illustrates Mrs,
Vanderbilt's character, says a writer
in the Pittsburg Dispatch. Impulsive,
kindly, generous, she is not like many
of her relatives. Nor does she affect
the elaboration so characteristic of the
Vanderbilts. 1t is comparatively easy
for any one, especially women who
come upon a legitimate errand, to inter.
view her. The great difficulty is that
once a charitable act Of hers like this
becomes known she is besieged by
hosts of applicants, worthy and unwor,
thy, not 1.-THE of whose needs she
could attend to, however willing. All
the Vanderbilts, by the way, are giving
great sums for benevolent purposes just
now.