Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-05-16
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For the prickly heat rub the little one
of with towel dipped in strong salt and
water. or in soda water. and then sprinkle
the body thickly with talcum powder. Rub
the powder in with the hand, and you will
be pleased with the quick result. For the
teacup and fill with warm water. Rub well
with cloth dipped in the mixture, and
then use talcum powder freely. Salt and
water Is good; SO is soda water.
Mothers who fail to teach their children
politeness are not doing their duty Teach
them to say yes, sir" and mo, SIR"
thank you" and IF you please" Don't
let them eat like little pigs. trusting to
luck that they will grow out Of it when
they get older. Bad habits are only con-
firmed If let alone. Teach them to yield
up their chair to older person who en-
tiers the room. To do the same thing when
one enters the street car or herdic. Teach
little boy to lift his hat as his papa
does-or ought to-when he meets lady
whom he knows, or when he does her
little favor in a public place. Teach your
little girl to give her hand when intro
duced to or meeting people. Furthermore,
Introduce both your boys and girls to your
guests. 1t Is much pleasanter for them
and teaches them early 10 life that they
are of some account.
This is a good season for a housekeeper
to be sensible and drop heavy diet Give
green salads and eggs with a very small
ade or some other fruit drink for lunch
and cut OF the tea and coffee. Above all
things drop pie and pudding from the din
ner bill of fare and give them light gela-
tine desserts with fruit syrIps, or cream,
or give them fruit in the natural state.
Drop the hot breads and serve little
squares of nice crisp toast II they rebel
against bakers bread, any sensible pal
ate will diet along the lines suggested
will soon straighten out cranky appetites,
and 1t will tighten your labors wonder
fully.
Sunfower seed is said to be a splendid
rat and mouse bait. You can saturate the
seeds with arsenic solution and kill hem
that way or you can bait the trap VII \ the
seeds.
Sometimes a cloth dipped in very not
water and laid at the base of the brain
will cure a troublesome headache. If 1t
arises from sour stomach, quarter OF a
teaspoonful of soda in a half a glass OF
water will finish the business. nervous"
headache can only be cured by entire rest
OF the nervous system.
Don't let anybody wheedle you into using
salt on your carpets to help clean them
when you are sweeping. The salty Iar-
ticles hide in the threads Of the carpet and
on damp days they dissolve and become
sticky, then they sink into the carpet and
rot it You will simply ruin your carpet il
you use salt.
You can make a nice bath cloth out OF
piece of coarse crash ;oweling. Make a
bag eight inches square, and run a quicker
Ing string in one end Drop In II all the
bits of toilet soap, and draw the string.
1t makes an elegant wash cloth. and you
are not bothered with soap.
When you send the nurse out with the
baby give her explicit Instructions to not
let the sun shine in the childs face. There
is no doubt in the world that carelessness
in this respect will account Tor the many
weakened children
person should sit facing a glare of light,
yet the nurses in the parks let their little
charges lie looking up at the brassy sky
utterly Obvious to the exquisite torture
it must be to them. Better have a fewer
lace fripperies on the parasol and some
sense in the use of it.