Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-03-31
HOUSEHOLD CHAT
Some Timely Advice to Busy
Housewives.
THE CARE OF CHILDREn
Many things to Do and Some Not
to Do.
IN THE HOME CIRCLES
IN THE HOME CIRCLES
Exclusively for The Evening Sta.

"fitten extensively for The Evening Sta,
Women who put their furs away with
camphor next to them should not wall II
men lhey take the skins" out next fail
ind That the color is much lighter
ean Wnen they put the furs away. Cam
f0- wiz make furs lighter every time
"hen you go to clean house and find that
80. 80 eaiiiot paper the walls anew. though
they need It badly, Won Shouts ,rv r,,bh,ns
them with flannel cloth that has been
busted with fine oatmeal So,,,o.,,-,., 90,
cen work wonders with hrsaa r.La .n,cr
slices Of rather fresh bread and rub the
walls with II as you would with a cloth.
lou can remove very had spots with it
sometimes. One woman has cleaned her
walls with flannel cloth dipped IN raso-
iihe. she rubbed the paper gently with the
nioistened cloth, and was careful not 10
10 on tne glazing. II you try that be care
~, :" nave no fire In the room. and no
lighted gas or lamp.
s,I pomt pay out money for medicines this
SPRING Out buy fruit Eat hair a dozen
Inc tbem 1 nay, ana three lemons. sandwich
enc enein with such other fruit as Won can
hnd- 1t viii be a pleasant tonic.
~, sO9 want your child to grow I'D
II wb 90 Toward tell people. right before
hlre the child to recite some doegarel or
permit II TO make pert replies 10 onesfions
asked II This recipe IL strictly Followed
ME viii seafs VIII make child that peo-
PIC WIN snuh as they would the smallpox
very good rule to observe IN the snter-
tanning OF guests is to not weary them boz
too much attention
To renovate old feathers nut n. ~. x,,,,
on tne grass In the rain and let Il get good
ana Wet Then let IL dry in the sun hut
keep working II every little while 20 that
the heat. Do not leave the bed IN tba sun
a moment after the feathers have dr,ed
well. for the heat draws the Of, on, 90 ths
ieathers and VIII make them smell strong.
The curse of the world 4. over - ,,n..-
eaung. One-third of us eat too much the
other two-thirds eat too little Those who
can help II won't. Those who would like to
~. Adam and Eve are responsible for n
for the first quarrel OF the original pair
was over something to eat
II you are suspicious OF your drain nina
drop lump of copperas in Il and Lat ~
slowly melt away. 1t will disinaect Il thor
oughly.
m.
but IL is the fault Of the mothers who will
have about the house little knicl-knacs that
the small children can get hold Of and spoil
The wiser plan, In a house where there Il
no nursery where the children can be kept
is TO put away, until the child In old enough
to understand their value, all the little me-
mentoes that look very pretty, but are not
worth the peace Of mind Of the whole family,
nor the extra strength Of the mother that is
required TO keep them from restless little
hands. THE don't touch Il ROOM is the
name that three-year-old has given TO the
parlor in her home. in this city. She has
been punished so often for touching things
that make the room look like a curiosity
shop that she can't be induced to enter It
She says it will 'all break,'
It must be admitted that Holmes is a very
good student OF human nature. You can
almost hear this truism talk: when a
young female wears a fiat circular side curl
summed on each temple when she walks
with a male, not arm in arm, but his arm
against the back OF hers, and when she
says 'yes% with the note of Interrogation,
You are generally safe in asking her what
wages she gets and who the Teller was
You saw her with"
What are your girls reading7 r. indeed,
they read at all. One Of the surest ways to
poison the young mind is found in impure
and in sentimental. wishawashy novels.
Muscle and nerve and intellect do not de-
velop and grow strong when fed upon such
matter. 1t cannot be called literature. Il
is often found that the reason that young
girls grow morbid, sentimental and self
conscious is because Of the unhealthy mind
FOOD that neglected. mothers permit them 70
feed upon.
Rang up your brooms If you want them
70 last just as long again. A broom that
STANDS brush down on the floor will gradu-
any warp the straws. Turned up on the
mar nanoie ana leaned AGAINST the wall they
economical way to bore a hole through the
END OF the handle and hang them Up.
Well-ventilated bed rooms prevent morn
.ns neadacnes and the consequent lassi-
'U1e VI "hhen so many complain on rising.
~ the stove pipe seems to be stopped I'd
TSt a pee. or zinc on the glowing Goals.
snnt Ta et , ION the burning zinc carries the
SCOT on Tx" chemical decomposition.
Al the matinee the other day a lady was
taken with desire 20 sneeze right in the
mos. agonl sing situation OF the play. when
sneeze wDuld have been almost a crime
consequently she got up and fed to the cor
rloor, iron. whence came the sound OF
smothered sneezing, as II TO the slow music
tnat was also greeting the sfn-betrayed
woman on the stage A desire TO sneeze can
be stopped on the instant by pressing the
upper lip very hard with the finger. 1t Is q
remedy that never fails.
Never eat when very tired. It is better TO
refrain, to go hungry. in fact, than to gulp
down lot OF food when your stomach Is
too tired to assimilate what you eat. An
other equally good precaution is to rest for
ten or fifteen minutes. anyhow, or longer,
IL possible, after eating. Instinct teaches
animals to do this and good sense ought to
teach people to do the same. but II doesn't
1t is a pity that women will do unneces-
sary work because their mothers and grand
mothers did It before them. They should
remember that their grandmothers and their
mothers did not have as much TO 90 as the
women of the present day do. Despite the
modern conveniences that seem to make
work lighter, the social and public duties
that have been added TO the burden that
women must bear have added to their labors
tenfold.
Our own Mrs. Partington was as wise
in her way and as unique as Mrs. Mala-
prop. "Ah, many a fair home" she says,
has been desiccated by poor cooking. and
a mans table has been the rock ahead on
which his happiness has split. A hard
rock too sometimes with bread and pastry
YOU could throw through stone wall and
not hurt it. II mans pious as Belize
bub, his stomach can't stand everything.
SNS' $3.50
Variety is the spice OF life. and the house
&vife ought to remember IL. 1t stands 10
reason that no man wants to sit down 10
fried steak and fried potatoes for three
hundred and sixty-five mornings In the
wear, with half hundred suppers OF the
same dishes, even II they are gotten up in
anpetizing style. which they are not, IL he
pets them that often, for a good cook would
have sense enough to vary her menu A
ran grows to hate eating at home when
he knows to a grain OF pepper what he Will