Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-03-17
THE WEARING OF JET


wet in cold water applied at night, with a
flannel one over it. will generally be all
that is required. Whatever you Go. do not
be constantly doping your children. A
childs stomach makes a very poor depos-
itory for drugs.
Eat slowly, and you will never overeat."
is the advice Of a hale and hearty old man
of seventy-five.
1t is not generally known that keeping the
feet warm will OFTEN ward of headaches.
On the same principle, keep the stomach in
good order and you will not be likely TO
have cold feet In fact, you can be pretty
sure that when anything ails you the stom-
ach is the first thing to look after.
There is often great injury done to those
who are i'll by permitting people to visit
them who regular Jobs comforters.
Only the cheerful optimist should ever be
permitted TO stick his head inside a sick
room door.
Some day, perhaps. men and women will
learn that nothing is ever well done in
small household il the master and mistress
are ignorant of the manner in which ii
should be done. 1t is perfectly preposterous
to expect servants to be inspired to do that
in which the mistress is SO lamentabiy lack
ing that she can neither praise nor censure
il. One thing is sure, If you would nave
competent to correct their errors
few DAYS more and furs will be a su-
perfluous article of attire. Then comes the
question of what to do with them so that
the moths will not invade them. one lady
who has never had thing harmed by moths
in her nearly twenty-five years experience
puts her furS and woolenS away in a cedar
chest. a few sizes smaller than 'meetin'
house" This chest she had made purpose
ly, and they cost good deal but they
rever wear out or get out OF style. SO that
II is really a safe investment Before put
ting her things away, she beats and eX-
amnes them carefully to see that no larvae
are deposited in them. Then she sprinkles
them literally with good black pepper of
her own grinding. She used camphor for
a year or two. but found that the pests
would incubate quite rapidly though
they thriyed on camphor. but there IS some
thing about the pepper that destroys the
moths in embryo.
A hair brush should be carefully cleaned
as often as once "A week IL it is put to the
proper use in brushing the hair every day.
Soap is apt to soften the bristles The best
wash is a teaspoonful of borax in a pint of
water or the same amount of soda in a mint
OF water that is about blood heat. Shake
the brush back and forth in this water
ana the dirt and grease will disappear like
magic. Then rinse the crush in warm
water and stand on the bristles to dry.
DO not dry in the sun or near the fire.
In the zeal to educate the Young and
plant rnind too many mothers forget that
without health learning loses its best hene-
hts. There is great danger ia forcing the
mind Of child TO the detrimcnt of The
body. A physician who is authority on
diseases of children says: "A child in fun
vigorous health will acquire more knowl-
edge in six hours daily than i'm twelve
Twelve hours study in a day is too much
by at least five hours for any young PER
SON. Every person under fun adult age
AZ ,l,s IL
more. In order that sleep should be
healthful and refreshing they require AT
least six hours of recreation and active
exercise: anything less than this is incom-
patible with full health and vigor.
In France, whence comes the boast that
its women are the most volatile and charm
ing in the world, over 50luGpn or one
third, of the women are laborers in The
field. American women do thiags better
than that. They make home beautiful fer
the men who own and till the fields.
If there is one injunction more than
another that humankind should heed t. is
that they should keep in a good humor"
1t is not the great calamities that embitter
existence; IL is the petty veXations, the
small jealousies. the little 1isappointments
the minor miseries, that make the heart
heavy and the temper sour Anger is a
pure waste of vitality: ii is always foolish,
and generally disgraceful. No man does
his best except when he is cheerful The
company of good-humored man is a par-
petual feast. A good conscience a sound
stomach. a clean skin, are the clements of
good humor. Get them, and keep them
unless you want your frien Is 10 shun YOU
as though you were a pest
The pots in which tea and coffee are r,ada
should be washed out quite often OF course
they should be scalded out AMI thoroughly
dried after each meal, but something more
than that is necessary. because the fine
settings of the coffee attach themselves
TO the pot and cannot be dislDdged by the
scaldlng process, yet they win ruin the
mayor OF the coffee If left 10 gather long.
Never put soap in coffee or tea not. If
you do you Will drink soap-iavorei beyer-
ages for meal or two aftarWar I'd inst
fill the pot with hot water, throw into II a
tablespoonful of soda and set II battling In
half an hour the pot viii. be sweet and
clean. Do not dry with a CLOTH but set the
pot on the back Of the stove till The SLOW
heat has dried it.
Some housewives whose means ava c,,a,,
ma IL impossible to have a s.na-l;a ,I5sb
TO COOK high-Scented foods, snch as ,,h-
page onions and the like. in, and often so
without dishes that are dearly ikea hv me
family just because il seems ,mnosSit,lo -
get the odors out of the metal They Shopts
try burning: Wash the vessel in stron,r
soda water, dry IL. then lift tho ia - -
stove and turn the vessel over The b;azspg
flre for five or ten minutes 1t will brIrp n,'t
as clean and sweet as can be. OF ours, mis-
applies only 10 iron utensils For lin = VIC
orous securing will generally answer.
If you find that your tins are waarin c,,t
too rapidly you may be pretty sure rba1 tIa
cause OF the little coTrodei spots can 10
lad to improperly drying the vessels t,e-
fore putting them away. lin shn,tid Ia
rinsed with dash of hot water-scaIai,.r,
hot-and dried with a clean Try cloth ,tbo3
put over the heat of the stove for n M
meht before being hung up. 5ternai vigil
a. Tlp in,
A range that is carefully rle,naa ,,,,
every morning and all the ashes and cltnk
ers removed Will consume a ;hirl less co,l
to do a given amount of cook;aa, thar mo
that is only cleaned in a halfway faskinn
Edmund Russell. the new apaslle Of baau-
ty, and with much better claim to thc title
than Oscar Wilde ever had, saws that iat
is wicked" and tired. good women sbouId
never wear it" In other WORKS .a i g
| the opinion that only the woman who MS
beauty Of her own, or the other woman urho
| has diablerie which passes for beaut. sho1iI
wear the cleaning stuff FOR IL will only
mock vanished charms.
The time of year is coming when women
are BEGINNING to select the cattons IA he
made up for summer wear. and ar is ALWAYS
( the case. are puzzled 10 know what colors
a q .ag