The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-02-21
THE HOME.
HOW mo- rREAr A BURN.

tial than in the home. Small catastro-
Plies which may lead to most grlevous
results are frequent. Given a cool heao
and deft touch and all is well, but the
nervous woman or the sswoman VINO
expends her energies by screaming over
slight mishaps may easily bring on are
disaster from slight causes. In case oi
fire it is especially necessary to nave
some one about who is possessed OF a
cool head and is capable of acting
promptly and wisely. The most success
full and ready way in which to put out a
small fire is to smother it it any thlck
wooden article which may be at mana.
Lace curtains and light window
drapery are quite liable to eaten nle eadtna
gas lets. when the latter are unprotected
bv shades. and for that reason gas jet
near a curtain should always have
shade over it, as the slightest gust OF
| wind NAV blow the infammable material
AGAINST the light, when it will instantly
break into a blaze. In such cases the
only thing to do is to tear down the cur
tain without the least delay and smother
II in any wooden materials at hand.
It is useless to specify or multiply in
stances. for each case is an emergency Of
IFS own and brings its own difficulties,
which only GOODNESS and promptness can
solve. Where there has been but a
slight fire there frequently are serious
bnrns on the person, and to the treat
ment of these it is we'll to pay attention,
as prompt action is of the greatest ne
cessity. Where there has been serious
case of burning, the absence OF pain,
often feature of the case, is a bad
omen, as it shows that the nerves have
been seriously shocked. Severe. pain, on
the other side, is not always an indi-
cation of a dangerous case. Where a
burn appears to be serious a physician
should be summoned at once. In the
meantime an external covering which
| shall exclude the air should be used. Wet
| piece of old linen with equal parts OF
| lime water and olive oil, shaken we'll
| together, and apply it to the injured
part, covering it with a layer OF cotton
wadding. Where lime water and oil are
not at hand, layer of dry flour or OF
olive oil alone may be applied.
! An application of equal parts of hot
water and milk with little bicarbonate
| of soda in this is another preparation re-
| commended. If you have nothing else
at hand, use warm water applied on 6
| linen rag and covered with a another rag
or with cotton wadding. The use Of
stimulants to support the strength OF
| person suffering from severe burn Is
essential. In case of burns from alkal
| les, lime or potash, weak. vinegar OF
| diluted acid frequently soothe the suffer
| ing. In case OF burns from strong acid
| like oil of vitriol, carbonate of soda ane
water or lime water should at once bt
applied. or even thick mixture O.
SOAP and water. After this olive oil may
| be used. Ii is good plan to keep lime
water ALWAYS on hand in case of Sigh
| burns, such as are sometimes received II
work about the cook stove.-NeUt Yorl
| Tribune.
BURDETTE ON WOMAN s RIGHTS.
| It is plain that Robert ]. Burdette be
| lieves that women cannot have botl
their rights and their privileges. He
evidently considers the latter the more
desirable. He writes the following il
4 the. Ladies' Home journal:
/ Now, woman can do anything sht
4 tries. even to singing bass in her owl
! quartet of girls, SO that weak man is
/ superhuitv in the choir. She has L
messed her grace-hoops tandem, ant
| made bicycle of them; she rows, sh'
4 fishes, she shoots, insomuch that all men
and it may be that some game, fear he
shooting Goke); she weareth he
brothers hat, and his outing cap; hi
shirt front, his four-in-hand tie. ant
things that are her brothers.
! She is stronger than her mother, ant
and can stand great deal more rest sht
is quite as happy, and far more indie
pendent. She hangs on to the strap in
the street-car when her mother had
seat in the omnibus if every man rode
outside in the rain She gets jostled anG
pushed about in the crowd, when some
/ bare headed man, bowling low used t.
makeway for her grandmother Witt
weary patience she stands in line at thu
ticket office; woe if she presume on tn
privilege of sex to step in ahead OF
| man; she gets hustled back to her place
A HINT TO HoUsEKEEPERs.
s'My husband" said a physicians wifi
not long ago, "chanced to see one day
standing on a shelf outside our kitchen
window, some moulds of jelly cooling
for the nights dinner. They were un
1 covered. as they were out of reach 0
| C1LS anu Ill luli Wow - S1'S SoN-A
watchful eye. But he questioned mi
| about them, and asked if it was GU
usual custom to leave jelly thus unpro
tected. was obliged to reply that, 81
far as knew, it was.
"Then he said: Don't you know tina
when we medical men want to secur
minute organisms for investigation w
expose gelatine to the air .r in place
where we have confined malignan
germs? The gelatine speedily attract
and holds them. Pm afraid your flavor
ed gelatine does the same. Cool the jell,
| if YOU must, but cover it with piece
sheer close muslin, or, better, if yo'
have it, some pieces of glass taken iron
some broken window, pane And w
have always done that since then"
1t is to be feared that kitchen pro
cesses are sources of illness more oftel
Than is imagined. In many city house
the little kitchen annex, where stand
the refrigerator, and where various eat
ables are kept, is directly against
drain and closet. =,
Yet here stand daily uncovered smllk
butter, often custards and puddings ant
| various other ahsOrbentS. The averag