The Washington times., 1894-03-19
Hard TineS HintS.

A good many women who like the fresh
looking gloves find 1t hard to make one pair
go through season. Kid gloves should
always be selected with great care. Very good
almost half price il the buyer is careful to
select a soft and pliable kid, because at these
mark-downs it is reasonable to suppose that
such cut in prices means all sorts and con-
ditions of gloves in odd sizes, or, perhaps, a
| little out of date as to style. A good servicea-
BILE color for all occasions, such rs sociables,
, concerts, shopping and calls is one of the
! shades of brown, or black the best of all.
| Black kid gloves can be worn with any dress
| on any occasion and not be out Of style; but
when doing such general utility service they
will wear of on the inside OF the fingers, even
before thev rip or wear through at the ends.
Then IS the time to apply to your vaseline
! bottle for help.
Put on your gloves, one hand at time,
and take "A bit on your ungloved flngertips
! ond rub the vaseline in thoroughly for two
| or three applications ON the frayed finger
etds. and they will brighten up. looking al
most as good as new. 1t will do no harm to
rub one coat Of vaseline all over the hand. 1t
softens up the kid, which may have hardened
a little from perspiration.
Gloves which are well taken care of last
twice as long us those which are pulled or
anyway and flung round where the children
can get them and try them on or play ball
with them. Always pull gloves out straight
when you take them off, and then put them
away carefully in any little box where they
will not get tumbled about. Many careful
little woman gets along beautifully on two
pairs OF kid gloves year and one pair OF
silk mitts. Mitts look neat. and they are a
. sny vi nj 1rlp hot
and do not cost nearly as much ut first Very
good ones can be bought as low as 80 cents u
pair.
A good many people this past season have
had to learn many useful though hard. les
sons in economy. There is that little woman
who has six children. She has felt the pinch
and had to learn several things. She will be
q better and stronger woman all her days for
the lessons, too, although she is not thinking
of that now, even if she realizes it ut ALL
Her husband built II new house about two
years ago. and incurred some debt for it, as
he then felt justified in doing, as he received
a good salary. But these hours came on.
His salary was greatly reduced by the busi-
ness firm employing him. He was lucky in
not being discharged, rs some others were.
When he took counsel over the situation with
his wife no found they would either have to
sell their house at once or live on $50
month. all that would be left.
after the monthly house payment was made.
The house could not be sold without great
sicrihce. and the little wife said:
Il will do the housework myself. with the
help of Harry and Ethel when they are out of
school; and since the girl must go, l will
economize in the work of the house, even if l
do throw some OF the traditional ways OF
good-o!d-fashioned housekeeping overi For
instance / will begin reform at the big end OF
hp hpt h.a
only every other week, and will reduce the
ironing too."
you can never get on with all the children
at that rate. demonstrated her husband. But |
she replied brayely.
.'You shall see!'
Her oldest girl is fifteen. her boy thirteen. |
the other four children all younger She !
took the two oldest into her confidence, and |
her boy said:
Mamma Il will do the chamber work." and |
the girl:
Mamma, you must leave all the dishes |
piled up in the kitchen sink for me to wash
when come home from school"
That still left the marketing. sewing, care
OF the house. little ones TO care for, and iron
ing for one little woman 10 do.
This is the way she did. or didn't do. the
ironing. All the clothes were thoroughly
dried: then all the night dresses and under !
garments neatly stretched out and folded as
as possible ana put into piles.
while one hot iron pressed out the whole
pile, when they came out looking almost as
good as though they had been through
mangle in the laundry. Johns shirt. collars.
and cuffs had to be ironed, and also the little
dresses and aprons of the children. Sheets
were folded and the upper hem only
pressed, the rest ironed US folded.
while the pillow-cases were ironed
on one side only. As all garments worn dur
hn .laN~
clothes-nlghtgowns were made to do duty
for ali but the baby. the two weeks between
washes. The Oldest girl soon was able to
IRON the pocket handkerchiefs and napkins.
A colored cloth was used for the table and
every two weeks changed. When put out to
Try it was pulled perfectly straight and
smooth and consequently only needed a little
pressing. So this little woman simpl!aed the
,ound of her daily duties and found time even
% read little OF an evening In the daily
paper OF her choice.
When a woman wills she is bound to have J
Ter way. This woman-she is no stranger
o me-was tired of looking at what she
ermeI ''old white walls They did not
ook so very bad to any one else; but she had
passion for freshness and neatness in her
lone. and early last winter she made up her
mind that the sitting room was to be papered
his spring. if she had to do it herself. She
lid her own work when she was we'll though
'ou would never suspect from her appearance
lie ever did any drudgery. The truth is. she |
lid it so nicely and regularly her household
Ilways seemed to be in order. herself
and she did not have the sharp
ongue that smart" wives are often so
lniustly accused of having. The only thing |
he didn't do was the washing and ironing; ,
md last fall she said to herself:
There are only four of US, and it will not
iurt me bit to do the ironing for few
months, and if do l shall Just save thz. ,
money from week to week and paper my sit ,
ing room in the spring.
She was as good as her word. She has IS
n hand, and the paperhanger is coming next
yeek,
Variety is the spice of life. Variety and l
pice both characterize THE TIMES.