The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-07-11
HOUSEHOLD HELPS.

HOUSEHOLD HELPS.
Mothers who fail to teach their chill
dren 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, trust
ing to luck that they will grow out of
! II when they get older. Bad habits are
only confirmed IL let alone. Teach them
| to yield up their chairs to an older per-
son who enters 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 a little favor In a
! public place. Teach your little girl to
| give her hand when introduced to or
meeting people. Furthermore, intro
duce both your boys and girls to your
| guests. 1t Is much pleasanter Tor them
and teaches them early in life that they
are Of some account.
Don't let anybody whe edle you into
using salt or your carpets to help clean
them when you are sweeping. The salt
| particles hide In the threads Of the car
pet and on damp days they dissolve and
become sticky, then they sink into the
CuTptt Iot Iou Will rum
your carpet if you use salt.
You can make nice bath cloth out of
piece of coarse crash toweling. Make
bag eight inches square, and run a
| puckerng 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.
lid rat and mouse bait. You can satur-
| ate the seeds with arsenic solution and
kill them that way or you can bait the
trap with the seeds.
Iron Is a food element absolutely es-
sential to the proper constitution of the
body. 1t is as rigdly demanded by the
plant as by the animal and it is from
plants that we should chiefly receive
our iron supply. Spinach contains more
iron than the yolk of eggs, and the yolk
has more than beef.
A prominent London physician ad-
vises hair-cutting on the theory that the
tube which Is contained in each single
hair Is severed in the process and the
brain 'bleeds." as the BARRIERS say.
thereby opening a safety valve for the
congested Uranium.
The excessive use of salt Is a most
common dietetic error. and yet one
which. curiously, Is seldom referred to by
writer's upon dietetics The conclu-
sion drawn from observations made by
Boussingault, Is that the use of chloride
OF sodium. or common salt, by human
beings Is rather a matter of habit than
of necessity, Nature having probably
exhibited the same wisdom in regard to
h., Ii, ,rll
placed In our food AS with refer
ence to the other salts required by the
system.
Paste for attaching paper to glass
Flour, 2 tablespoonfuls; water. 4 ounces:
potassium bichromate, grains. The
flour must be rubbed to smooth paste
with the water. then placed in a sauce
pan over the fire, and kept stirred until
II boils. Add the bichromate slowly,
stirring all the time; then stand to cool.
The paste must be kept in the dark and
used as soon as possible. Soak the pa
per In it, and attach to the glass, then
place in direct sunlight for day. This
sets uD a chemical change in the BIZ
chromatc. and renders the paste insol-
uble.
Dr. Burns says that manySof the bron-
chial affections, colds in the head, etc,
that sometimes proves fatal to little
babies are often due to improper or
careless bathing. The baby should be
at least a month old before It is plunged
into water. The first bath should be
given with the child between the folds
of blanket. washing one part at a
time and Immediately drying that part.
Where there Is sebaceous or cheese-like
matter adhering to the skin, rub with
vaseline or olive oil and wash with warm
water and a little soap. After the bath
the baby should be lightly powdered.
especially under the arms or wherever
folds of skin come in contact
Great care must be exercised in wash
ing glass ornamented with gold. Use
only CASTLE soap and do not have the
suds strong. Wash one piece at time
and wipe Immediately.
If you have butter that is not entirely
sweet. put ii in a porcelain dish with a
little salt and tiny piece of soda, place
over fire and bring to Il boil. Turn
1t into a stone jar and set ii in a cool
place. The butter will be found per-
fectly sweet and not too salt for cook
ing. The impurities will settle to the
bottom of the jar
When 1t Is possible expose every
closet and food receptacle to the sun and
air several times week.
There Is no better way of cooking
meat which Is tough than by braising.
The mea. should be shut in a closely
covered pot with few pieces of salt
pork laid under it. A mixture of vege-
tables cut into dice should be added: al
so little soup stock and bouquet of
herbs. Then 1t should all be cooked
slowly in the confined steam
When q thickening Is desired for
clear soup try pearl tapioca. Let 1t boil
to clearness, then add to the soup.
Don't throw away stale cake. In an
emergency 1t may be made into good
dessert. Moisten the pieces of cake with
sherry and then pour over them we'll
made custard.
Simmered together, rice, flour and
water make a good cement.
Make your knife cases of flannel,
stitching it into compartments.
Add little gum arabic to boiled
starch, which will give 1t a lustre.
To Restore Velvet Put a hot iron
bottom upward with wet towel folded
in several thicknesses over it and then