Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-06-30
PROTECT BABY'S EYES RROMSUEGLARE
The Appearance Of Old Age and
the Tendency to Fatness.
COOL OFF HEATED ROOMS

| ones OF the family will try to make things
pleasant for her, until she feels better. and
the quivering nerves have gained their
usual tension. All flesh 10 grass, we are
toid, ana flesh, like grass. willis and crisps
IL the atmospheric conditions are unkind;
no one Is able to account for these curious
phases Of human nature, but Il IL certain
that both men and women have their good
and bad days. and wives and husbands
/ should have sense enough to overlook the
little petulances and unkind speeches made
by each other when one 10 suffering from
an attack of nerves. One Of the best rules
In the world for husband and wife to fol-
low is to steadily refrain from both getting
angry at once. OF course this sounds para
doxical. but IL the strongest one will when
controversy comes. as come It Will In the
lives OF the best conditioned people in the
world, refrain from angry words until the
passion or fretfulness Of the other has SUBJ
sided. there will never be any serious rows
in that family and no divorce case.
Don't coax children TO eat hearty" food
If a child really wants potatoes and gravy
it will ask for them: and IL il does not you
! can be pretty sure that its appetite il not
equal to so strong q diet. Childhoods ways
OF eating are past understanding. hut be-
yond watching that no deleterious things
are eaten IL is not necessary to be alarmed n
your child declines bread and butter for an
apple. The apple is really the best for IT,
II it wants fruit. and prefers II TO anything
/ else. see that IL has fresh fruit and plenty
OF it.
If you have a sinking sensation Of the
stomach on rising take the juice OF one
lemon in a glass Of fresh water, well sweet
ened. before dressing yourself 1t viii gen.
orally act a tonic and brighten you I'd
in a n To
relieve heartburn also.
Praise your wife sometimes. She works
hard enough as a general thing with small
compensation and less cheer than any
other member of the family. You like to be
told that you can do your particular kind
Of work better than anybody else can
why should you withhold the same nerited
praise from the woman who makes and
keeps your home bright for you?
Give your birds a bit of something fresh
and green every day. Cabbage. lettuce.
plsntain leaf or something Of that nature
Is quite as essential TO their well being a.
green things are to you. Never hang your
bird in draught or in a strong breeze.
1t is never a good plan to work in the
kitchen or about the house In a good dress.
but sometimes. especially where a woman
is her own maid OF all work. she has 20 do
this or entertain callers in her kitchen
is not always just the thing that one would
wish to have on when guests Of importance
happen in A kitchen apron, properly made.
will be found TO be OF great service The
cheap lawns make good ones, or, IL you Ike
anything as heavy, calico viii answer.
Make them UP exactly as you do the long
sleeved aprons for your children. only they
need not be long 20 - back. Make
them to come to the % -Som OF your dress
in front. and to but;c= or thirds of the
way down the back: the s-esSes should be
long and full. gathered INTO band at the
wrist, SO as to button over the dress sleeve.
Fit the apron over your dresses, and shape
it at the waist so that IL will not get In
your way. Sip 1t on over your dress. It
can easily be thrown OF.
When you send your baby out for an air.
ing be sure that the nurse knows enough
to shade its tender eyes from the sun. Ir-
repsrable injury can be done a child's eyes
in a very short time by wheeling IL toward
the sun. with the full glare striking IL In
the face. The hot sun is also apt TO make
child Ill IL il is not sheltered from the d.
rect rays.
You ought to have dress forms to hang
all your dress waists on, 10 keep them in
shape; but II you cannot AFFORD them. hunt
up the wooden hoops on of -four barrels
and cut them in three pieces and use them.
You en- hang them UP by a string tied In
the middle. Hang the waist on the hoop
and button it up: it viii keep its shape
much better.
Don't put soiled rags away 10 faint the
closet. and often the whole house Rag
are regular disease breeders. anyhow. wasf
every rag. white or colored. and put them
in clean bag; then you will be sure to
have them in good shape when you get
ready to use them. Some women make
soied rags up in their rag carpets; GER
tainly a reprehensible habit.
Weak nerves are the inseparable CON-
panion Of inactivity. Scholastic education
exercises the mind, snd gymnastics tile
body, but the sedentary diversion alone will
let the body decay. The only diversion that
will brighten the eye, I'LL the lungs with air
and strengthen the muscles is vigorous
physical exercise taken necessarily, as
precautionary diversion. Men and women
who spend long hours at the desk. or who
bend over the sewing machine and counter,
viii age rapidly after twenty-five. unless
they manage to get some kind OF exercise
that will shake UP the whole system every
day. Inactivity OF the body will produce
one of two undesirable conditions-too
much flesh or not enough. IL is bad
Almost to be thin as TO be too stout; ane
both can be avoided by proper attention
TO diet and exercise. unless the fat proves
TO be disease. as IL often is
A splendid whitewash TO use out DOORS
known as government whitewash. and one
which is warranted TO last for years. 10
made as follows: Stake half bushel OF
steam In. Strain IL through a wire sieve
to get the Jumps out. and add a peck OF
good salt. previously dissolved In hot water.
Grind TO powder three pounds OF rice and
boil II TO a smooth paste: soak TIL IL IL
soft one pound OF clean glue. and put these
ingredients. with one pound Of POWERED
Spanish whiting. in the lime, and put the
mass in a small kettle which should be set
inside another kettle filled with water
and hung over the fire. Stir into the lime
five gallons Of clean water. and stir the
mixture ill IL is all Of one consistency.
then cover and let stand for a day or two.
Apply with a white-wash brush. 1t viii
take one pint Of the stuff to square yard
of surface.
When YOU build YOUR own house don't
make the rooms too small just for the sake
of having a lot of them. small room
is so easily 'cluttered" up. Have the liv-
ing rooms On the sunny side. and plan TO
have the family sleeping rooms on the same
side of the mousse Let the occasional
guest sleep in the shade, IL that is neces-
sary: he can rtand II for a night or two
much better than you can sor a lifetime.
II YOU want 10 cool your rooms of prop
erly open the windows at Top and bottom.
That gives the heated AR which lies along
the ceiling a chs nee TO escape. and creates
a draft.