Morning journal and courier., 1894-01-13


 be looked upon ss anti-hygienio and 6 social danger, as that which accumulates In 1t. interior and is seldom disturbed. We have been told that . piano. when not In actual use, should be closed lest tho dust should injurs 1t; the later idea is that 1t should be closed lest the dust should tnjure us.
 All dust, it is said, is infections, and not even daily cleaning and periodical disin- lection can entirely protect rs-a sufh- clently alarming statement.
 But If this be trus we may conclude that the pisno is no more snti.hyilenic than the bookcase, the desk or the sofa, except as 1t offers more remote lurking places for the exssperating and dangerous dust. Liter ally, Ca mans foes are they of his own household" even the tables and curtains and carpets are lesgued against him. not to mention his clothing. the money in his pockets and the nicotine In bis cigar, and the piano Is no whit worse that the rest
 The maligned instrument has found one defender at least, who writes that accord ing to his belief the dust that accumuiates inside 1t seems under ordinary circum- stances to be relatively harmless.
 Is this because 1t Is so seldom set in motionf
 The danger Is in cases where ths piano comes from . room in which there has been person sick with contagious disease, and it then affects those who take to pieces, clean and repair 1t, rather than those who play upon 1t. So says the
 It really seems as If the greatest sourcs of danger had been overlooked, and that Is in cases of scarlet fever. Little ohil- drsn are sometimes allowed to touch the keys by way of amusement with fingers that are in that stage of the disease known as "skinning." Should bit of this skin fall between the keys 1t might remain there to work unknown evil in months or years to come. Why may not some of those mysterious cases of scarlet fever be accounted for in this very wayf
 Apart from this we cannot think that the piano should be looked upon by sanitarians as a social danger. How we should consid- CT them when at eleven o'clock on c sum- mer night one piano in the immediate vi- cinity solemnly discourses Chopin's funeral march, another breaks in with "Msggie Murphy" still another bursts forth with @ rattlipg jig, and fourth begins with the manifest intention of going straight through tho Gospel Hymns." Nos. to IF inclusive, are altogether another matter. consider it ss other than menace to the public pesce, an enemy to repose. and be moved to suggest that 1t be boiled to de- stroy those germs of angling discord.
 EVEN IN ICELAND.
 A most interesting school for women is that at Reykjsvik, in Iceland. It is the outcome of the patriotic love and self sacrifice of Icelandic women. It was founded and is supported through the ex- orffopu of opo upovnan -ho laokrroa fr, Europe on the needs of her native island, and the generosity of other women who brought their heirlooms and poured them into the lap of the founder, that she might sell them and appropriate the proceeds for the use of the school. These heirlooms were quaint and beautiful belts, fligree tubes for holding the tsssel on their caps, snuff horns, and silver embroideries.
 With money raised from the sale of these several women have been sent to Europe to be trained ss teachers, and many more at home have received a better education than otherwise would have been possible omen students are admitted to the medi- cal and theological sem,nsriss for instruc- tion, and to the Latin school for the ex aminations. A diploma from any one of these schools admits them to the University of Copenhagen.
 EASY AND INExPxNsIvE.
 A walk on . clear, cold, sun-bright win- ter's day may be robbed of all It's charm ,or the discomforts of an enforced journey through chilling snow or slush may be az gravated, by the pains that possess those suffering extremities, the feet. In the numb or in the aching stage they are most undesirable comrades on the march. Yet much of this pain may be prevented in the simplest, most inexpensive way possible, through the use of that very valuable, ever ready materisl-psper.
 A paper insole affords an amount of protection hardly to be realized by one who has not tried it. Any sind of stout wrapping pspsr will do, though that used by hardware dealers is perhaps best of all. Place @ shoe upon 1t and with pencil trace the outline of the sole, cutting 1t large enough to cover 1t entirely when slipped inside the shoe The paper adds materially in retaining the natural warmth without in any way obstructing the free circulation of air or moisture. It does not fill up the shoe as most insoles do. and when 1t begins to break may be burned up, and another pstr Cub. " u6u OtcEbuU06 hI0 WOIu h ecCOau pair of paper solss may be placed in them, in keeping the feet at comfortable tenn perature.
 Old felt hats make excellent iusoles. One hat will cut two pairs or more, and they will last indefinitely. Do not thrust them into the rag bag or ash barrel, therefore, when bent or faded and shabby. Their | career of usefulness is not yet at an end | though they go from one extreme to the other they are still reliable assistants. One such pair of soles cut from @ soft French felt, has already done good service for three winters; has been wsrn in house clippers, in shoes and overshoss, in we, weather and dry, and having had careful treatment in the way of brushing, airing and drying seem none the worse for weal to-day. But one can be as lavish as they like in the matter of papsr insoles, whict are as cheap as they are effective. As th' | advertisements of patent medicines ar, wont to conclude, "You have but to gtv, this one trial to be convinced of 1t merits"
 THE DIARY IMPROVED.
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