Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-11-10

| ready Tor Ehem TO uOn Nleii tHey peSohi
to M Ike dough cakes, and bob for apples,
| and scramble round in dark rooms with
''talloN dips"
! Rose IS fond of dress, and objects to TAX
ing off ner tidy school frock soon as she
| gets home, even though she wants to r3mp
| with the dogs and her cats, or work among
| her fiowts-s She usually succeeds in max
| ing a megs of herself if. she keeps dressed
| up" however so l had some big aprons
| n ade for her. They are cut on the princess
plan, quite high in the neck, as long as her
| frocks, and fasten in the back, almost to
the bottom, so that they will not fly about
in her way. They are sleeveless. l find
such aprons are quite a convenience, and
Rose likes thrm immensely. They are not
iEartistic if made of soft colored Bingham
or print, and trimmed with embroidery or
lTufiies and easily Numbered. Through
Somebody's oversight all OF the half dozen
were soiled and were in the wash Tuesday.
Jude cross bear. She said
her ''Vasinate had dun took, an was hurtin'
powerful bald and she was going to put
off the ironing until after them chillun'
had their party, and that was one of the
things That upset Rose If there is one
thing more than another that she detests
it is to be called a child" OF course she
resented the term. and pool, suffering Jude,
To whom Rose is really the apple of her
eye, said some cross things, and when
appeared on the scene Rose had just COM
manded Jude to iron her aprons and have
them ready for her to inspect as soon as
she returned from school.
Deed, honey blossom" 1 heard Jude
say, KANT iron 10 aperns dis yer day.
Long of yer fnnichy cakes an taller
Can'irs, an punkin' lanterns, Jude's got her
hans plum full, she mas. Yen jiSt ha' ter
git erlonG 'thout them aperns, fer my arms
wore me plum ter a fragile, an l are feel
in mighty no count.
\ Rose With Thorns.
Rose flew into ii passion, and for about
five minutes there was a lack of harmony
in that kitchen. / managed to heal the diff
ferences however, anu had my repentant
Rose sincerely sorry for her hasty words
and hot temper, while Jude was protesting
Undying affection for her honey rose and
her purpose to iron those aprons at once.
To that l UbjeC ted. l felt that Rose had
made an unreasonable well an ILL
tempered demand, when she knew that Jude
Was suffering, ard Ii seemed to me that she
ought to be made responsible for it in some
way. She was troubled for a moment and
then she SAID brightly:
Jude, L was a hateful briar rose just now
and stuck you with my thornS, and l must
be punished I'll iron those aprons myself,
and I'll do them satin smooth you, for
I'll have Sara show me howl
You have heard of teachers who kept
pupils after school for trivial offenses,
thus furnishing themselves two-fold in losing
an hour of precious time, while saving the
pupil from probable duties at home? Well.
| felt something as such a teacher must
feel when Rose announced her method of
punishment. ] had day full of duties,
planned with regard to the season, and
Roses punishment meant penance for me.
AS / had been the cause of its infiiction.
however, l could not decline to help her
work ii out.
I'm be at home by o'clock" she said, as
she turned to leave the kitchen. Have a
-
dear. and I'll be very good next time
''But who is to sprinkle the aprons and get
things in shape for ironing?" l asked her.
They amt got no starch in 'em, nuther,'
announced Jude Il laid out TO do that this
yer mornin', long of de damp takin' the
starch outen everything L hangs out yist-
dy."
Can't Jude began Rose, but / speedily
informed her that Jude couldn't. That she
must do it all herself; SO with long sigh of
regret that she, would miss her regular
morning walk with Dick and the dogs she
went to fish out the aprons and take her
first lesson in "starchng." l was really
pleased to find that she knew more about
the process than Dorothy, through having
been 50 much more under foot all her life.
as Jude puts it. Then, too, l think that Rose
takes more naturally to domestic pursuits
than most girls, certainly more to the cult
nary department than Dorothy. Some girls
are born with talent for domestic life, and
some detest it from the start. but l think
that 1t is part of womanS duty to know
how to order her own household from a
practical, and not theoretical, standpoint
Art of SprinkIing Clothes.
Now about ironing. My first introduction
to laundry work was when l had to stand
on a stool to reach the basin on the table,
in which l dabbled out my doll rags, and
when dry. ironed them with the little fiat
that l found in the toe of my stocking one
Christmas. The maid of all work was pa
tent with me, and many Of the things that
l used to see her do came back to ME III
after years, when l had to act as the light
ming change artist in my own house, and do
all my own work. Then, too, more than
ever in my life before thanked the lucky
star that sent me to a sensible mother.
One day, when performing the laundry
act on the linen of my doll family, l burned
my hand from the steam on the dripping
wet petticoat, and the maid said:
Law, child, you can't iron things nice If
| you have them too wet; you must sprinkle
| them just right, and have your irons just
| hot enough not to scorch, and then every
| thing will go smooth whistle
Rather indefinite directions, and yet they
| helped me, when the time came to need to
| use them. There is a great deal In sprin-
king clothes properly. The white clothes,
| and light colOred ones, such as will not
| run" should be dampened over night, II
| you wish to iron early in the morning.
| Some practice folding down the clothes d.
/ reCtly from the line, before tney nave got
! quite dry. l don't like that plan like to
| have my linen hang in the sun and bleach
! dry I sprinkle all the plain unstarched
| clothes first, and fold them smoothly in the
| bottom of the ba sket, putting all the sheets
| together. the pillow slips in another pile
| towels by themselves, handkerchefs ali
| folded in a bunch. and so on. To sprinkle
| "just right" is an art, and 1t has to be
! learned by practice. Take basin of warm
water warm, because it seems to dampen
better, and Is much less liable to give you
| cold from having your hand so constantly
! in icy water. Lift handful of water high
| above the clothes, and firt 1t in fine spray
| over the linen. The Chinese, fill their
| mouths with water and spew 1t over the
| clothes There are machines for dampening,
but they are not practicable with household
! linen. Better have the clothes q little dry
| than too wet, for wet clothes cool the irons,
| are apt to smudge In ironing and are sure
| to wrinkle unless dried with the iron, which
| is tedious process Garments that are not
| starched should have but little water Fold
the starched clothes on the top Of the
basket
| As to StRrching.
| That Is simply a fad of mine to get the
| starched things. which are the most trou-
| blesome to iron, out Of the way while / am
| fresh and Iecs lfahla IN he fretted ~ the