Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-05-26
Have Day at Home and Carefully
Observe 1t.
CLEAN CLOTHES AND BEBY'S HEALTH
A Remedy for the Ardent Kisses Of
the Sun.
SOME ARTISTIC IDEAS

| A pretty catch ALL for ones bedroom can
be made OF palm leaf fan. Get one of the
large size. and select for a cover for IL such
shade OF crepe paper as will harmoniss with
the furnishings OF your room Cover the
fan smoothly with IL, gluing the tapped over
edges to the back Of the fan, and fastening
piece cut just TO Mt the fan over that by
Cumming slightly at the edses- For the
pocket take long piece Of null or SIN and
eather IL top and bottom. leaving a RUNE OF
itself. and fasten to the front SIDE Of the
fan with small bows at the four points,
where the gathering string ends Let the
handle OF the fan set out at right ANGLES
from the pocket which should Be only
little over half as deep as the ian itssaf
Hang to the wall by ribbonA
When you are ironing. don't pih the
freshly froned garments on the clothes
horse to dry by slow degrees. Spread them
out SO that they will dry rapidly. and they
Will not be wrinkled II collars and cuffs
are very slow 20 dry under the iron, put
them in the hot sun. or close 70 the stove.
they will then be as stir again as they
would be il you ironed all the starch out Of
II em trying to dry them
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Every woman who pretends to Be IN So
ciety even in the smallest way should have
a day at home. 1t is perfectly exazpsratins
Tor busy woman to start out to make
calls. and find about half the women she
wants to see 'out" II you have q day. and
name IL on your card. then be at home on
that day. Your friends are privileged TO
come on any day. but they cannot complain.
II they visit you and fnd you are not IN. n
they do not come on your regular Day.
Never eat alone IL you can help it One OF
the best aids 70 digestion is pleasant COM
pany and cheerful converse ton Men who eat
alone great deal get into the habit Of bolt
ing their food and rapid eating ~ one OF
the sure road: to dyspepsia
/ know a mother who is going to ruin the
health OF her baby in her excessive care for
Its clean clothes. The poor little thing
never gets TO creep over the floor after the
| Dancing sunbeaIns or to kick its dimpled
legs In the air In a vain endeavor 10 catch
its ten pink toes. Not a bit OF IL; IL Is fed
at certain hour-which is all right-but
afterward 1t is placed In its crib. where its
long dresses. starched till they crack are
Strengthened out as smooth as pillow
slips. and there IL lies with its
legs pinioned down by heavy skirts.
It's muscles growing fabby from IN
action. and its blood sluggish. IL perchance.
IL Is permitted TO sit Up. IL lie tied into a
high chair. and its long skirts drag down
On It's poor little toes I'LL one would think
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with a healthy child is to have il clean
| twice day. When IL goes to bed at night
and when IL dresses fresh about the middle
OF me day. The healthiest babies in the
| world get dressed in the morning for all
day. Just as soon as the child begins 70
| Kick ana wants to get at its feet, il ought
| 70 be put in short clothes and put on the
| moor, 10 work out its own salvation Its
muscles were given it TO use, and IL Will put
! them TO the test II you will give IL q chance.
Inc mother who thinks more OF her baby's
clothes than she does Of its health is quite
likely 10 have the clothes left on her hands
eternaIly clean. and il serves her right TOO.
Never send your visiting card with re-
gres or acceptance Of an invitation writ
ten on IT. 1t is only in business life that
one may be curt; In polite society, there Is
| always time for elegant leisure and you
should employ some of 1t in responding 10
the ea'iliues onered you by your friends
Women who go into public places saturat-
| 60 with perfumes always remind one OF the
drug store Good toilet waters and colognes
are permissible. but the heavy doors AFFECT
cd by some make them a nuisance 70 the
public
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You could keep your sleeping rooms much
sweeter II you would be In less haste 70
get your beds made in the morning before
you leave the room. The emsnations from
the pores OF the skin at night have no
egress except into the bed Nothing and
/ consequently IL is feverish and foul smell
ing by morning. This does not apply 10
uncieanly persons any more than TO those
who are excessively neat, and an extremely
nervous person viii give on more odors
than one who is more phlegmatic. When
You rise. throw the bed clothes back over
the foot OF the bed, and let them air for
an hour anyhow; II possible. draw the bed
10 the window and let the sun pour In on
II TIL You get ready TO make Il up. Pull
the windows down and up, so that there
will be q good draft OF air.
The prettiest toilet sets can be made out
/ OF dotted Swiss. IL launders so beautifully
and is so little trouble Make the pin
cushions and other Innings OF some bright
| colored Saline. and then cut the Swiss COW
! erings TO ut. making a wide. full RUNE 20
go all around the scarf. over the nice fat
plncushion, and the mats. A very neat
finish is made OF narrow lace, such a can
be bought for cents a yard The Swiss
can be fastened to the Innings by safety
pins. so that they Will not be in evidence.
and the effect is mach prettisr than the
dead white linen ina. is sold In sets
II the baby is broken out with heat and
is very restless. put a teaspoonful Of bak-
can bear your hand in. and wiring q soft
cloth out Of IL and rub the child all over
with 1t; il may take a second and even q
third application. but IL nearly always al
quite hot; just hot water applied In an al
most scalding temperature win sometimes
answer.
The housewife who has any care for her
dishes will not put them in the warming
oven to fry and .sizzle full of the juices OF
the foods placed there to keep warm
Have a certain set OF dishes for that par
ticular purpose and let me say TO you
that the common yellow ware il the very
best When you wish TO keep food hot
put IL in one OF these dishes. and when
you get ready to serve the food put your
table dishes in a dlshpan and pour boiling
water over them After they have been
standing a moment lift them out and dry;
you will find them just as hot as though
they had been soaking in the oven for an
hour. and no injury can be done 10 the
most delicate ware thus treated
II you buy a lot OF postage stamps in
summer rub the gummed sides well on the
hair before you put them In your pocket
book and they will not be so liable TO stick
together.
II you have two children, one robust and
strong and the other delicate and slckly,
never let them sleep together. The stronger
child will draw from the strength Of the
more delicate and the effect would be dis
astrous Neither should a young child
sleep with one who is very much older.
In fact II is now accepted theory that
double bedsteads are a menace TO good
health II occupied by two persons.