The record-union., 1896-08-09

| InlS heroic measure To ptISuduc llcl
infant that crying is superfiuous and
unnecessary, but will she, perhaps, see
| the moral in the proceeding? Herbert
! Spencer points the same in his essay
on education, when he advises parents
| 10 follow the methods of nature in their
| correction OF children. A child touches
| a hot stove and his finger is burned.
| He does it again and again his finger
| s burned. Every time he tries 1T the
punishment is ready Probably the
second attempt cures him, and never
/ again while he lives does he volun-
tarily try the temperature of piece
of heated iron on his exposed skin
| It is not the violent spasmOdic pun
| iShment that means correction of
child's faults. Retribution may be
| small and comparatively insignificant if
| it is absolutely sure to follow trans
| gression. 1t is the persistent, relent-
| less and -be-escapedf from char
| acter of the consequences of his de-
meanor that impresses the childish
| mind and finally convinces him. All
of which is with apologies to Mr. Spen-
Ger, who has said it infinitely better in
| his essay, to which all mothers who
have not read it are earnestly referred.
| A family laundress who lives with a
| family that prefer the fragrance of
| Orris root to the delightfully."- fresh and
clean odor of mo smell at ALL, puts
! large piece of orris root, wrapped in a
| little case of linen, into the water in
| which the body linen is boiled each
week. When ironed, the linen is placed
| in drawers sweet with violet powder
in linen or paper sachets.
|
IF I could only find some one to put
| new braids on my dresses at reason
! z BILE price, signs the business woman.
! Why do not some Of the women who
sew for shops at low rates, and others
| looking for some fairly profitable oc-
| cupation, undertake to do just this
| kind of repairing, through some of the
societies for women's work, or inde-
| pendentiy? 1t is simple work and one
not requiring any special knowledge.
Why is it necessary for a woman to
| icin a society in order to dress in a
| healthful way, or to take vow that
she will only wear a dress a certain
number of inches long, and will not
| wear a corset? Many of the corsets
worn are only corsets in name. being
] health waists, so perfectly adapted to
! the figure so soft and flexible that
| they can hardly be injurious in any
way. Many women are already wear
| ing light weight bicycle dresses and
suits that differ only from the ideal
| tailor made gown in being from two
to four inches shorter. They are not
| in any way nOticea HE
| A tea-cloth a yard square is made
| from pale blue linen ornamented by
| Renaissance lace braid in cream white.
| These braids are laid on the stamped
design and sewed down along the
edges. The design itself is a wide band
in conventional figures that extend di-
agonalIy across the cloth in leaves and
flowers. The same design is used in
the corners. Each side the band there
is appliqued a wide band of Torchon
lace in a beautifully open pattern. The
same lace is used as a fril around the
cloth The design would be pretty for
bedroom stand cover if worked on
pale green or canary colored linen.
| Dyed palms are very decorative as
l
very expensive cool living room
in seaside cottage has the walls COW
cred with gray fishnet with the palms
used as a finish.
Young women who embroider their
own handkerchiefs use for the material
a linen cambria, heavy or very sheer,
according to the use of the handker-
chief. a pretty design seen upon one
of these dainty kerchiefs is a lovers
| knot in each corner. In one of them
| the initials are worked in the loops of
the bow. Another design has an out
line Of a butterfly with the initials in
| side the wings. A quickly worked de-
| sign that is effective shows an en-
| broidered spiders web, with letters in
| Old English in the center. Often a
tiny wreath of ones favorite flowers is
done in solid embroidery or a combina-
ton Of outline stitch and solid embroid-
cry The entire first name is worked
in the center
A stone crock or box of tin with a
| cover. preferably the first. is the only
safe place in which to keep cloth that
have been dipped in oil or turpentine
and used for polishing floors or furni-
ture.
\ farmer with a large farm would
| hardly dream at the present day of do
| ing al his harvest work by old fash
| ioned processes without the aid of ma
| chinery; yet many farmers wife with
extra mouths TO feed during the same
! season. prides herself on being an old
fashioned housekeeper; that is. old
| fashioned in the sense that she and her
helpers do everything by hand Yet
for large families there are a number of
! labor and time-saving inventions that
would tighten her tasks If she would on
! iy avail herself of them. The stout
! dishes that she finds it necessary to use
| can be made thoroughly clean with a
| dish-washer; the bread-machine would
mix her large patches of bread with
! less expenditure of muscle than she has
/ learned to use. Remnants of meat or
fresh meat are made ready for hashes
and eroquettes and Hamburg steaks
/ by means Of a meat-chopper. and whip
| ped cream ready for puddings and
/ fruits by the convenient machines for
that purpose.
1 The Florentine and the Mousouetaire
are leading favorites among new
sleeves The latter is wrinlxIed I'D the
entire arm, with triple frills of the
dress material falling over the sleeves
on the shoulders. The F'lorentine model
| is like the feathered sleeve of an Indian