Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-03-03
POINTERSFORW0MEN
Many Little Things That Will
Bring Comfort to Housekeepers.
ADVICE WORTH LISTENING 10
How to Keep in Good Health and
Be Happy.
FOR BIG AND LITTLE FOLKS


Written Exclusively for The Evening Star.
One of the few times in life when a wo-
man wants TO be a man is on a rainy Cay.
me diseonsolate manner in which a wo-
man wet skirts flap about her heels makes
II matter OF doubt whether a woman SO
handicapped can become and remain q
Chrlstan Besides, wet skirts and damp
hose, rain ruins Shoes and a woman natur-
ally hates hard, stiff shoe. Here is a
mixture that repels moisture and softens
the leather wonderfully. Put il on before
the water has a chance at them But, n
that is not possible. rub it on afterwards
rake one ounce of beeswax, one ounce of
turpentine. one-quarter Of an ounce Of Bur-
gundy pitch, and melt it over a slow heat
with pint of OIL BE cautious about the
heating, as turpentine is infiammable This
makes a good softener for harness, too.
How do you go to Sleep" was the aues-
ton pumped at a woman who complained
to her doctor of insomnia. IN tell YOU"
he T@nt on, you do your hair in curl pa
pers, wear starched lighthouses, lie on
your back and sleep without a pillow. You
care not turn on your side, because the
curl papers would hurt your head and some
idiot has told you that TO lie on your cheek
will bring wrinkles. You sleep without a
pillow, because some other idiot has told
you that it will make you round shouldered.
hou sleep on your back, because you've
eot an IDEA that IL will make YOU straighter
Ialk like that is rot. Throw away your
curl papers. moderately heated iron viii
not hurt your hair. Wear soft cambria or
muslin gowns without starch to scratch
you. Use moderate-sized pillow and when
you get into bed, do like a child spread
yourself out fiat, take any posture that Is
comfortable, let your muscles relax and for
scious."
A handy thing for a housekeeper 70 have
about is a long stick with a notch In the
END, with which to lift picture wires from
their hooks.
A torpid liver is as contrary as the crea-
ture who possesses il. One seems to be the
appansge of the other. Simple remedies are
better than medicines. unless the case is of
long standing and is serious. Sometimes
| a pint OF water, not ice cold, however,
taken Immediately on rising, is beneficial
take, and sometimes is all that is neces-
sary. A diet of vegetables and fruits and
| abstinence from the usual sweets is an ex-
cellent corrective. Exercise of a vigorous
| character is a necessity.
Here is liniment which a practical
woman says she could not keep house With
out Take a large funnel and pack Il with
half an ounce of alkanet root and two
| ounces Of pulverized capsicum; mix well q
quart of turpentine and a quart of kero-
sene and pour into the funnel letting it
drain through into the bottle. This process
extracts the substance of the capsicum and
takes on a beautiful red from the alkanet.
Add to this one ounce of peppermint. four
ounces of gum camphor and q few drops
Of oil of peppergrass. 1t makes a strong.
clear, fragrant hniment, which is efiica-
cious and harmless to the skin:
A woman of sense said recently when
speaking of the education she had given her
! remarkably bright daughter: 1T is q great
mistake to make young girl devote all her
time ana attention to fashionable accom-
plishments, much less to fashionable ntera-
tu-e. II you would qualify her for CONVEX
sation you must give her something TO
talk about-give her an education that VIII
put her in touch with this actual world and
its Transporting events Urge her TO read the
newspapers and become familiar with the
present character and improvements of the
race. History is, of course Of some i'm
portance, but the past world is dead, and
we have nothing to do with IL. Our
thoughts and our concerns should be for the
present world: TO know what IL is and what
will improve its condition. Let her have an
intelligent opinion and be able to sustain
an intelligent conversation concerning the
mental. moral, political and religious inn
provement of the times"
When. after long continued application. the
eyes begin to feel as though grains OF sand
Were under the lids, You should Immediately
cease work. Rubbing will not help matters.
The trouble is simply tiny blisters under
the lid, and the longer you use your eyes
after you feel the grounds" the worse for
you. The blisters generally go away with a
few hours rest. but il you aggravate them
by pe-sisting in using your eyes the trouble
may become chronic.
Children are always wanting a piece"
the comcal straight cut expression that
children use when they are hungry and
want something TO eat. Children are like
pigs. They grow rapidly and they need q
plenty of feeding. They should not. how
ever, be filled up with cookies. doughnuts.
pie, or bread spread with preserves. Bread
and butter or bread and milk is about the
healthiest diet they can have, but one care
full mother who believes that children re-
quire stronger food than sweets makes
sandwiches for them. She takes every little
scrap of meat, mutton, pork. beef and lamb
and chops il fine as possible. IL a fried
boiled egg is left from breakfast she chops
that with the meat She seasons IL with
salt and pepper, and moistens IL with a lit
tie salad dressing. When the children ask
for a piece" she takes two slices of bread
cut almost to a wafer thinness. spreads one
with butter. and a laye- of the minced
meat. puts the other slice over IL, and sends
the kidlets off rejoicing. This same kind OF
meat with minced celery added. makes a de-
licious sandwich for lunch and picnics. or
for supper. BE sure to slice the bread thin
and have ii flesh.
The poor little woman who gets tired
enough TO drop before the days work Is a
quarter begun will often save a doctors bill
| If she viii drop, sure enough. on a comfort
able couch TO- five minutes or even ten, and
| just rest This medicine taken three times
day consumes only half an hour and is q
splendid nerve tonic. Just try it.
A man who at seventy is sound mentally
and physically and enjoys life hugely says
that he has kept himself so by never over
eating. He says the human race eats too
much. He has made il rule of his life TO
get up from the table feeling as though he
could eat another meal. Yet he denies him
self nothing that comes upon the table
| He simply does not gorge himself because
| the thing tastes good and he likes il. The
vitality consumed in digesting unnecessary
food could be put TO a better use and the
| task that lovers OF eating set their livers
and kidneys TO do would astonish them n
| they were not so hopelessly ignorant of
| the first law of common sense.
| To make patent leather bright rub with q
| cloth dipped i'm milk and polish with cha
mois skin. Patent leather boots should be
kept i'm a warm room and always warmed
before putting on. III they get wet dry
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