The record-union., 1897-11-14

Immediately. We have moved into the
suburbs for good, and 1 am sure that
you would never think that boy" point
] ing to a healthy-looking youngster
careering along the road on an OLD
bronco, had a nerve in his body"
A woman who owned a good bunch
| of handsome peacock feathers and rose
above the superstition attached to such
ownership, contrived out Of them a
most effective and beautiful fireplace
screen. A narrow tin box, made the
width of the space to be concealed, and
about three inches high, was painted
green and filled with sand. This made
a foundation for the quilts, which were
! thrust into the sand, the shorter ores
in the front row, and the whole array
/ gracefully arranged to initiate the
sweep of the peacock's tail. The same
woman ingeniously utilized the waste
space taken up in a bedroom by mock
fireplace and mantel by fitting into it a
| square sofa. This was made long
enough for the space it occupied, and
with square arms and seat presented an
attractive appearance as well as econ
omy of room. If the fireplace is not
mock one, the sofa should stand a
little free from it, to permit the circu-
1ation of air, and in any event it must
nearly clear the mantel-board, to pre-
vent collision between it and the heads
of those who use it.
| A pretty arrangement for a portrait
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faces of the four members of a family
We're first shown across the length of
an ordinary cabinet photograph card.
This was inserted in the center opening
of large mat, at the four corners of
which individual vignettes Of the. same
| persons were inserted. The whole was
neatly framed in a narrow oak roll and
| was very effective. A party of six
| persons who have been much together
this summer put themselves on photo
graphic record in the same arrange
| ment, the extra two faces showing
above and below the line picture.
| To wash the comfortable blue flannel
| blouse suits that both boys and girls
| use for common wear, it is better that
soap be left out. Grease spots should
first be removed with a thorough
sponging of naphtha; then the gar
ment should be washed in bran water.
| into which a half-teacupful of salt has
| been thrown to hold the color The
| same precautions are needed in the
| further procedure as in the laundering
of f1annels
a pertinent comment on the need for
the ventilation of bedrooms was con-
tained in the advice of a physician the
! other day to a mother who consulted
him in regard to having the tonsils of
her 6-year-old boy removed. His con-
| dition seems very poor from some
| cause" she said, 'and / dread even this
slight operation" The physician point
| ed out that this condition was the di-
rect result of the enlarged tonsils.
You say" he added, ''the child opens
his mouth at night and then breathes
| with difficulty, that he wakens languid
| and without appetite The sole reason
| is that he does not get enough oxygen
| into his system during the night" Many
| persons with normal tonsils are suffer-
| ing under such conditions. Probably
not half of the sleeping rooms in this
great city receive enough air for even
| one occupant. 1t is only the modern
| we'll built houses that have transomS,
| yet it has been shown again and again
that merely to open the windows, with
out creating a moving current of air,
| does not keep the atmosphere pure. Far
| too many hall rooms in city homes are
/ used as bedrooms without means pro-
vided for adequate ventilation If the
| expense of cutting a transom or insert
ing a ventilator is too much. at least
the simple and cheap expedient of a
curtain stretched across the door-open-
ing about twelve or eighteen inches be-
low the top could be managed. This
| device is much better thap nothing,
Some day there will be law against
| building a house without a transom in
every sleeping-room.
A business man thinks there is an
opening for young women as stenogra-
piers to supply occasional service to a
| circle of regular customers. Many men
| need the assistance of a stenographer
and typewriter for only one or two days
a week They would, he thinks. be
| glad to employ some one for this linn
tied and specified time, and that she
!
her week with other similarly limited
patronage. These occasional demands
are now supplied by the typewriting Of
fees at a considerably greater proper
tional expense TO the employers. Ger
tainly there is a field for itinerant stem
ographers among the many busy wom-
EN- of the day. A woman who recent
ly made the experiment of securing a
stenographer for two days in the week
found not the slightest difficulty in se-
curing employment for her for the re-
naming four days among the friends
of her own circle. 1t was significant
that every woman to whom the idea
was broached was delighted with it, and
the arrangement has proved most sat
isfactory. Women nowadays are al
most all of them working busily in
many directions The correspondence
of club officer or one interested in
public work of any sort at once assumes
such proportions that, with the many
other demands upon the time of the
modern mother and housekeeper. 1t is
apt to be neglected or become a serious
burden. Until one has had somebody
to come one day in a week and clear off
ones desk, the relief can hardly be
guessed.
Beautiful drawn-work doilies have in
the center a butterfly made with fancy
stitches on the drawn linen threads.
Look closely when you buy n
cut glass for this trade mark te<i66eV
cut on every piece. 49,