The Portland daily press., 1896-08-01
THE HOME,
Her Name is Legion.

hyglenically, nor to care for her children
as all the dictates of modern science de-
mand that they shall BIZ cared for. She
said she hadn't time to air the house in
the mornings, to change the air in tho
living rooma several times during the
day. and to flood the bedrooms again
with fresh air just before retiring. 1t
put her work back for the entire day to
take all the bed clothing apart piece by
piece, and let tue beds lie unmnde by
open windows in the sweet, purifying
breezes for two or three hours. Let the
scientists pirate of the germs that are i'm
prisoned in foul air If they want to.
She, for one, was willing to take the risk
in preference to going to SO much bother.
She said that to wash mating on bed.
room floors once week with salt water
was nonsense, and, moreover, that it was
eztrayagant, because the mating would
wear out souner than if it were left dry
and dusty. She was an economical per-
son.
She said busting the walls was unheard
of in her mothers day, and she guessed
her mother knew more about il it than
tho upstart new woman'' of this day
and age. She said she didn't believe in
airing the kitchen in winter, nor, in
deed, any of the house, because giving
entrance to blasts necessitated extra con-
sumption Of coal
She didn't believe in bathing her child
rem every day-it was q waste of time
and effort-and she thought it probably
wearied them unnecessarily. Once
week was often enough to change under
clothing; it was folly ito think of chang
ing it two Or three times, and a ridicu-
lous proceeding to have it made so SIM
pie that irs laundering wasn't serious
matter. For her part she believe in the
relnements of life. Her mother had al
ways sat at the sewing machine and
stitched tucks and embroideries into the
undorgarments by the hour that hor
girls might be dressed like ladies at
home and abroad She fancied her
mother knew something about the sci
ence of living. The new domestic theo-
ries were an impertinence. She believed
in cleaning house once year. The
weekly unheavals of today made her
groan. She wondered in whose mad
brain that scheme originated.
She believed in allowing children to
eat just what their elders ate, and at
the same hour, as any other plan made
too much trouble and fuss. If her child
rem we're i'll or fra l. it was because they
were destined to BIS SO. Anything in the
way of care she looked on as coddling.
People worried too much over tri6es
Do you know her? Her name is le-
ion.-Catherine Gray, IN Jenness Mil
Ter Monthly.
Family Medicines.
The following advice from the Jenness
Miller Monthly is sound and trustworthy:
or course it never happened in your
house, but you can perhaps recall what q
commotion there was in houses that you
haye been in whsn sonnet hing or other
was wanted in hurry in an emergency
OF Illness or accident, and either was
not in the house, or was somewhere in
il, but where a-sheriff and search war
OOuli hot iittO 1OQAt IL. 1U
saves time and trouble, and assuages
pain if a few simple, safe remedies are
kept on hand.
The farther one is from doctor, drug
gist and supply shops in general, the
more mead of keeping upon the premises
for. If you are going camping, or
tramping, or anywhere away from home.
a small edition of the medicine closet
should go too. A few mustard leaves to
take the place of the messy heavy mus
tard plaster will relieve almost any ache
in any part of the body, by setting up
counter irritation. A bottle Of spirits
of camphor is pharmacy in itself. A
scratch moisJened in the liquid ceases to
smart, and begins to heal. A few drops
on a handkerchief held to the nose will
relievs many a headache. A drop or
TWO in glass of cold water will settle
many an upset stomach, and SO on.
1t is not good for cold sores, fever bis
tiers, or whatever you call those hateful
herpes Of the lips. Wet them In spirits
of Nitro, and see them disappear.
Have Vaseline always.
A bottle of Carron oil ditto.
Instead of having to pull the bureau
drawers to pieces whenever there is a call
for a rag" have all the old handker-
chiefs in a pile by themselves in the
medicine oloset. Some rubber tissue for
retaining moisture in q wet dressing ia
not essential but it is valuable.
A bottle of castor oil is not nice, but
it is useful. Do not keep the remains of
medicines that have been ordered in va
rious illnesses by the family doctor
hey may be poison TO the same person
who previously took them when next he
falls i'll, if conditions have changed.
Throw them out, bottles and all, when
the doctor says the patient is done with
them.
A seidlitz powder taken on rising is
helpful in attacks of biliousness and CON
stipation. But if it does not operate
within very short Jiine it's chances for
doing good will have vanished.
For stinge and bitss q solution I of
oom mon baking soda is good, and 40 is
spirits of camphor.
For bruises, hot water at first, and
then cold water is the best of remedies.
Do not keep the carbolic acid in the
medicine closst. 1t and the corrosive
suhlimate solution. should he kent Nv