Evening star., 1897-06-12

dren. but there is great danger in that
companionship especially so IL the dog has
been permitted to run at large. Dogs and:
cats carry bacteria On their tongues OF
most unmentionable character. and the
habit that both creatures have of licking
the faces OF those they love is well known.
They carry infection in their fur, also. So
animal playmates for children are not the
best things In the world, all conditions con-'
sidered.
If you have no ice box. a fairly good
way to keep butter is as follows: Put the
butter In a porcelain bowl, and set this
bowl In u soup dish which is filled to brim- :,
ming with cold water. Turn over this so
that 1t will sit on the edge of the soup
plate In the water a large cheap unglazed
flower pot, which has been dipped In water.
Lay over the top of Ii a folded wet cloth.
The constent evaporation of water oozing
through its pores will keep the butter sew
eral degrees cooler than the outside tenn
perature. The flower pot must be kept wet
all the time.
The papers have been full Of the solar.
plexus" knock out, but there are very few
women who know that the way they fiop-
down to rest, after a full meal or a hard
days work, gives them nearly as bad a
knock out in the end. Doubling up as you
lie down interferes with digestion. circula-.
tion and respiration, because of the un-f
natural pressure against the great gang-i
lion Of nerves. the solar plexus. situated,
below the diaphragm and behind he sto-i
mach. This pressure makes you nervous
and cross, and your rest will be without
avail When you want to rest really and
that every part of the backbone seems to
have support, stretch out your limbs. let
your murcles loose and rest without think
Ing. That Is the only way to get perfect.
rest. A well stretched hammock is a boon
to many nervous women, its gentle sway
Ing motion soothing them wonderfully.
Indigestion Is superinduced quite often by
the very bad habit Americans have Of
drinking as they eat. Ice drinks. COM
mon in summer. arrest digestion TIL the
liquid becomes heated to the proper tenn
perature. and disturb the flow of the gas
trio juices. Tea and coffee, thought to he
SO Injurious to weak digestion. lose half,
their terrors when they are taken after
the meal is over. The natural liquid for
the dissolving of food lie the gastric juice,
but 1t is given no chance when liquids like
iced tea, hot coffee or lemonade are sWal-
lowed by the quart.
Buttermilk. internally, or externally ap-
piled, is splendid thing. That for drink
ing should be sweet and not three hours
from the churn Its pleasant acid is agree
able to jaded stomach. and cooling to the
cosmetic. Applied after a days run on a
bicycle, IT will cool the skin and allay ir-
ritatfon. 1t is said to be an excellent anti
dote for tan. The face should be gently
sopped with 1t till the skin is moist and
tender. then fine bit of old linen must
be used to rub the dust and CRIME out Of
lne pores. After that Is done apply and
do not wash of till morning.
A young lady who has face like a lily,
with La France roses on her cheeks, says
that she has perfect digestion but aids her
marvellous complexion by keeping on her
toilet table jar of soft water in which
great big juicy slices of cucumber are
soaking. She washes her face i'm the water.
using a thick slice of cucumber as a wash
cloth, rubbing her face and neck with 1t.
Satisfy is nice IL it is properly cooked,
but 1t is horrible mess as served on
most tables. 1t should be boiled about an
hour, and drained, and cut into inch bits
Then put it back in the pan and pour over
1t enough cream or rich milk to more than
cover. Salt to taste, when the milk has
boiled up once and put in generous lump
of butter, into which has been worked
enough flour to make a nice cream-like
gravy. That is the best way, but il may
be treated as a salad, often boiling and
be served with vinegar and oil, or any
simple salad dressing.
Peaches that are too tough and green to
slice for the table are delicious when
stewed. Peel them carefully and wash free
of the fuzz. Stick a Glove in each one cook
till tender and sweeten almost to a sirup.