Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-09-01
HOUSEHOLD HINTS
Many Matters of Interest to Every
Good Housewife.
One CAUSE OF HEADACHE
Pay as You Go and Avoid Running
a Bill.
TEACH CHILDREN ORDER

Written Exclusively for The Evening Star.
Not long since I was calling upon friend
who complained Of suffering from terrible
headaches, but could rot divine their cause
as she was in moderately good health. She
SAID that her eyes pain ed her SO that she
could no longer read with any comfort. /
suggested that her glasses might be the
cause. She acted upon the suggestion, and
found that wearing glasses unsuited to her
eyes Was the actual cause of her suffering.
j mention this because am confident that
great many men and women suffer from
headache and sore eyes who would see the
| trouble vanish quickly enough II they would
secure glasses or have those they are wear
ing changed. The eye is a delicate ;nstru-
ment. and 1t does no, take much to hurt it
permar emily.
The best of all rules for successful house.
keeping. and making both ends of the year
meet, is pay as you CO." Beyond all coun-
tries In the world ours is the one in which
| the credit system Is the most abused and
most used. Pass books are the bane and
pest of domestic economy, a perpetual
plague, vexation and swindie. Abused by
| servants at the store and house, disputed
| constantly by housekeepers and dealers
they are temptations to all parties to do
| wrong. But the worst Of 1t is that house
| Keepers are tempted to order what they
| nave not the means to pay for, and when
| the time comes for settlement they are
Strengthened. family can live respectfully
| on q very moderate sum il they take the
cash In hand and buy where they can buy
70 the best advantage Then they will be
| careful first to get only what is necessary
Extra comforts will be had IL they can az
! ford them. But 1t is bad policy to buy on
credit. No wise dealer sells SO cbeaply as
| for cash.
Wall paper samples are deceptive Never
| select from them. They will make your
room look smaller. quite often. though they
/ had not that effect In the sample Select
/ from the roll and have several strung out
/ al once, so that you may get the full eff
feet.
| A short woman thinks she looks very
| much taller for wearing a long aist ted
dress She does in her very short mirror
but she forgets that what she adds above
she cuts on below. and did she look i'm a
/ long pier glass she would sac that by ap-
parently shortening her skirts she loses far
1 more In height than she gains. The shorter
the woman, the shorter should be her waist
and the longer her skirt to give her height.
Long lines from the shoulder to the foot
/ give height, while horizontal lines crossing
the figure shorten it.
AS soon as the babies are old enough to
ask for and get their own toys and plays
! from the box or closet they are old enough
| to be taught to put them away. Make them
| feel ashamed OF leaving their things about
| for mother" to put away. 1t will require a
mine of patience to make them understand
/ that they are as We'll able to pick up to
scatter, and for long time you will find
I them needless and careless. Impose some
( light fine or discipline for breaking over the
rules YOU have made Do not expect to
succeed the first time of telling, or the fifty
Gr-f tk.. h,rs..l ~<l .vr1 R,s.f srf.a
line is the only way to manage children.
Perseverance will conquer In the end. Your
! child will acquire the habit of order and be
| the better equipped for the battle of life.
! Children can be taught to take pride in
keeping their little possessions in order and
| the mistake we make in their education is
/ in not giving sufficient weight to the fact
that constant repetition Is necessary to I'M
! press firmly upon their minds anything We
( wish TO teach, and that habits are formed
by successive daily acts.
| 1t is not really necessary to varnish an
| oil painting, and IL ii Is done IL should not
be until the painting is several months old.
A spirit or copal varnish should be used,
and it should be carefully applied.
To do ornamental frosting. draw one OF
the small glass syringes full of the icing
and arrange it in any design you like. An
other way Is 70 I'LL a cone Of thick white
paper and let the icing run through. but
1t is hot as successful as the other way.
If you want the new paint on your house
to be neat and clean as well as lasting
have It done this autumn, instead of wait
ing till spring. Paint put on in the fan
lasts much better. AMI is not spoiled by
the little gnats that are troublesome in
the early spring.
A weil-bred young lady is always ready
to show attention and Difference to an elder
lady, and II She sees that the lady does
not recognize her, II is her duty to speak
first. because young people grow out Of
the recognition of elderly people very fast
and they are always pleased to receive at
tention from them. Indeed. a young girl
will show her innate kindness of heart by
the little attentions she pays to her elders
more than in any other way, both in gen.
eral society and In the home circle. Cour-
tesy to the aged should be the first rule of
life. and you should shun both men and
women who say that they have mo use for
the aged or for children" Such people
will bear lot of watching.
A grease eradicator is one of the articles
that every housewife likes to have around
Here Is one which is said to have made the
fortune of one man before the secret was
given to the world. Two ounces Of ammo
mia, one ounce of CASTLE soap shavings one
quart of salt water. one teaspoonful OF salt
peter Stew them up and-there you are
as the patent grease cleaner man always
says.
d a
soft sponge makes the best one Imaginable
1t should be moderately fine and perfectly
free from grit Dampen IT. or rather soak
1t in a pan of water, and then wiring II as
dry as possible; never try to use 1t with
much water in II. When you are dusting
free the sponge of the dust quite often by
rinsing thoroughly in the clean water.
When you have finished using wash IL free
of all dust and grit ard hang in the sun TO
dry. If sponge is not cared for IL soon
gets soft and squashy and full of particles
OF grit, and then IT will not be fit for any
thing. Some housekeepers always wash
windows with a sponge. 1t is an excellent
cleaner-if it is kept clean itself-but il will
streak the window glass unless you wash
1t out every few moments
The following is called a mock milk
bath and wouldn't be bad thing to try
II it was not named at all: Make up a
dozen cheese cloth bags about foot
square. Fill them with oatmeal and pure
white CASTLE soap shaved fine-two- thirds
oatmeal and one-third SOAP Put in the
bag teaspoonful of borax and some orris
root or lavender flowers or anything of
that kind that you like perfume Have
about twelve gallons of water for your
bath, and make 1t pretty warm. Use the
bag for a wash rag, and you will come out
of each bath feeling as though you had
the skin Of a baby. OF course one bag