The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-06-05
WOMAN AND
HER WORK

OF the newly married Scranton woman,
who, when her bihulous husband pre-
scented 10 her a parlor lamp. resolved
to name it after him because lit had a
good deal of brass about it, was hand
some to look at. was not remarkably
brilliant, required a good deal of at.
t~ention, was sometimes unsteady on its
legs, was liable to explode when half
full. farsd up occasionally, was always
ont at bedtime and could not be kept
from smoking"
The curious assertion is made that only
once has an American woman been
honored by having her picture printed
on any of Uncle Sans official docu-
ments This was in the case Of Martha
Washington, whose portrait adorns the
one dollar bill. Recently. however. a
movement has been instituted among
the national officers Of the Society Of
the Daughters Of the American Revol-
ution to try to secure public recogni-
ton of their first president general, the
late Mrs. Caroline Scott Harrison, wife
OF ex-Presldent Benjamin Harrison.
by placing her portrait upon a new
postage stamp.
A speaker, while once eulogizing
Joseph Jefferson, the actor, made tho
remark hat he would sooner possess
the power to remove dull care than to
be president Of the United States.
doubly afflicted with a wran Cling SEN
ate and two girl babies whereupon
one ready woman editor responded:
Girl babies are ut g premium. Their
sex furnishes only a very small frac.
ton Of the paupers and criminals of
the country and much less than half
the idiots. They are quite as likely as
are their brothers to be carrying off
the honors at the universities and 60
ing into partnership with their fathers
Nn business
Rather the brightest idea Of its kind
that / remember was that which once
originated with q mother VINO wac K
c~aedingly solicitous to train her two
children in the direction Of their own
individual inclinations. The thing
that puzzled her for o time, however,
was how to find out with certainty
what these %inclinations were. What
she did was to give each boy q scrap
hook and get him free among all kinds
OF pictures, with instructions to cut
ont and paste in his book those things
that interested him most. Oae young.
ster took to nothing so readily as to
hugs. butterflies and insects. He is to-
DAY a celebrated scientist. The other
had no eye for anything that did not
pertain to cars and travel. He today ia
the president Of a leading railroad.
At the big banquet given not long
ago in London by prominent English
men to the officers Of the American
cruiser Chicago, in the course of his
reply to q most kindly address by Lord
George Hamilton, Ambassador Bayard
paid the following beautiful tribute TO
woman and homes, for which every
reader of THE TRIBUNE. l dare say, will
proifer him silent thanks: This ban =
Quet is certainly a happy omen. com-
ing as it does upon the birthday of the
gracious lady whose devotion to public
duty and cleHr, beautiful private life
have endeared her not Only to those
living under her benignant sway, but
also to all right-minisd and right
thinking men and women in Amer
lea even as fully as in En-
gland. Well may the British subject
congratulate himself as he contem.
plates with affectionate admiration the
home life of the true mother Of her
country. Turning his eyes across the
Atlantic well may every American,
whatever his party. congratulate him
self that the virtues of graceful and
refined ~womanhood, of innocent and
Ruileless childhood, of lofty integrity
and perfect manhood are clustered
round the hearthstone of the president
Of the United States. No tongue ex-
cept the mother tongue of us all con-
tains the word home 1t 10 from
home and through homo that the asso
Citations and impressions are formed
which make a nation and write its
true history"
HINTS 0 TIL HOUSEHOLD:
When milk is used in tumblers wash
them first in cold water, afterward rinse
in hot wa ter.
A little -four dredged over a cake before
icing it will keep the icing from spreading
and running off.
A small lump Of sugar added to turnips
when cooking will correct the bitterness
which sometimes spoils the vegetable.
Rub patent leather tips of shoes occa.
sionally with sweet oil applied with a bit
of flannel. 1t will keep them looking like
new.
Put stale crackers in o shallow pan and
set IN the oven for a few minutes before
using, They will be as crisp as If freshly
baked.
Bread and cake bowls, or any dishes in
which flour and eggs have been used, are
moro easily cleaned if placed in cold water
after using.
Sick headache can often be- alleviated,
and even cured, by n cup Of strong coffee,
without sugar, to which the juice Of hall
alemon has been added.
Use the asbestos mats under pots and
pans on the stove to prevent burning the
food. They are practically indestructible,
and conduct the heat perfectly.
To cure face pimples eschew very salt,
rich or greasy food, and take a dose OF
magnesia occasionally. Also wash the
face three or four times a day with diluted
cologne water.
Molasses rubbed on grass stains on white
dresses or -undergarments will take out
the stains when the clothing is washed.
Soaking in sweet milk will also remove
grass stains.
Wash pongee in warm suds, aud do not
boil or scnld it; rinse thoroughly in Gey-
rial waters. Take down before quite dry
and roll up without sprinkling; in a half
hour it may be pressed smoothly with a
medium hot ron.-Phitadelphia Record.
In little pamphlet prepared by Physi-
cal Director Weston. of the Scranton