Evening star., 1896-08-22
H 0 U S EHOLD HINT S

There is the gravest danger for old or
young in drinking Ice water in blistering
| weather, or in drinking too much water
| whether 1t be iced or not. If a child wants
| drink OF water 1t is going to have 1t or
howl so If you could fix up some Kind of
an acid drink that would Quench thirst
| you might possibly save yourself the
| trouble Of caring for a sick child later on.
| Weak, cold tea, slightly sweetened with
| sugar, and acid with a slice or two of
lemon, kept in pitcher in the ice box, is
| u good thirst quencher and is easily pre-
lared. A little tartaric acid may be used
| in place Of lemon in the tea, using a little
| sugar. Acid phosphates are excellent also
| The idea Is to use but little in large
| quantity of water, and the child can drink
freely and not hurt itself Very soon the
| acid causes one TO require less water.
For insomnia you might try pounded ice
| III the hot water bag and use 1t for a pill
| lew. Rather startling idea, but it really
| does help some people.
The first thing woman ought to do when
| she designs giving her first dinner after
| marriage is to instruct her husband how
to serve. She should tell him that he is
| not TO heap the plates with potatoes and
| tomatoes, beans, roast, gravy, dressing and
lot OF other things, as the average man
| spoonful of each dish, or better still,
reat helping of the meat, gravy and pota-
| toes, and then give the guest the option Of
| taking the others on his plate. 1t is well to
! have small dishes in which to serve juicy
| or Sravied vegetables if possible, but often
| 1t isn't So So it is better to let the guest
| 40 his own mixing. The plate should not
| be so filled as to give no opportunity of
cutting ones meat without showing things
| off en- the tablecloth. Then it sickens one
| on d hot dag, for instance, to have such a
| pile of stuff TO wade through or leave on
| ones plate. s. II
Sensible mothers teach their daughters
from the time they are able to toddle to
| pick up and put away things, their toys
or the clothes they have Just taken off
the bits of work that litter the floor. When
| the girls are Older they are taught to
sweep and TO dust. Then put to clearing
up the table, and washing dishes. Little
! by little they learn, naturally and with
out urging, TO De helpful and seIf-reliant
1t does NOT In the least Interfere with their
| rational enjoyment of childhood and youth
Yet lays the foundation fer useful, helpful
| happy womanhood
When fairly exhausted with heat, go to
the faucet and let the water run for mo-
ment, then hold your wrists under the
stream for five minutes. the water run
| nirg on the inside of them close to the
| palm, where the pulse is supposed to be-
1t will cool you surprisingly. A cloth wet
| In ice water and bound round your wrists
I
| duce delicious sensation of coolness.
Give the little baby drink of water
two or three times day this hot weather.
Feed ice cold, slowly, from a teaspoon.
Don't forget the faxseed when you are
starting on your summer trip 1t is in
| valuable for any foreign substance that
| gets in the eye.
Clover-blossom pillows are dainty con-
ceptions for hammock or porch pillows.
Pick the heads and let them dry in open
| paper sacks, then fill the pillow tick with
| them till it is ready to burst. Cover with
| brightly fiowered chintz.
Don't fool with "freckle' lotions.
Freckles come of iron in the blood, which
the sun brings out. You might as well try
| to plane knot out of a log.
Mothers. are you quite sure of the COM
pany your girls keep? Are the young men
| they like best boys of good family and cor
rect habits? Are they boys of moral stam-
ina with ambitions to be somebody, honest
| and honorable? Or do they swagger and
smoke and swear, use slang and profane
| language? Are they smart Alecs," or
quiet and courteous? You will probably
save yourselves a good deal of heartache
| and your girls much sorrow and trouble if
| quite early, and gently but firmly refuse to
let them mingle with any but the best.
| The mother who has not tried it can't
| imagine how much comfort a picture scrap
| book is to a restless child. Save all the in
teresting pictures from the newspapers and
] collect all the cards you can. Never let a
bright, colored pictured be lost. Take
coarse, unbleached muslin for the leaves.
making double page about the size of The
Star. folded once. Hem the edges all
| around. Put the pictures on with flour
paste, and iron them dry. They will not
| come off then. Put the folded leaves to-
gether, half-dozen in a bunch, and then
| with a long, strong darning needle and
| atr hor
i and through. The child can scarcely wear
II out, and If you select your pictures care
fully it will become quite an educator.
makes dainty book but not useful one,
| as it soon becomes soiled.
| Don't let young baby, one under six
| months. or even older, stand on its feet If
! it is not strong, because 1t works injury to
the spine any ten{ls to make the child bow
legged. YOU can, correct a tendency to be
bowlegged by Smoothing and pressing
babys legs half d dozen times day. Press
the bow in by massage, and by holding the
| the ankle and bending 1t back. Be easy but
firm in the matter, and the child will not
notice it. You ~ Wlll save your bowlegged
| you will but do this
The small housekeeper who has but her
| self and husband to cook for has no idea
| how much sweeter and nicer corn cakes
| will taste made OF freshly ground or grated
corn. 1t Is not difficult process at this
season Of the year. Use a large crater,
and select nice sound ears of corn that are
| well hardened. Sift the meal lightly, and
use as you would old. well-bolted meal It
Is much richer.
Ammonia IL very nice cleaner, when
| things are greasy, or very much soiled, but
remember the fumes are very bad for the
eyes, destroy the sense of smell il long in
dulged in, and that copious use Of it will
| simply ruin the hands, It is true of nearly
all cleaning fluids, however, and to save
your hands, you should carefully rinse
them, and then rub we'll with some simple
lotion to counteract the effect Of the aka
| line substance.
A fine soft old silk handkerchief is the
very incest thing to dust the plano with,
Make pretty little silk bag to keep it in,
and hang close to the piano, where you can
| use it at will.