The record-union., 1897-02-28

a good deal might be said about the
proper care of clothes; it is not enough
to have a good wardrobe, 1t must be
we'll looked after, if 1T is to do credit
to the maker or the wearer. Many per-
sons have not the suitable means for
the best care of clothing; boarding
houses and flats are apt to afford insult
ficient accommodation for even mod
est wardrobe, and the woman who lives
in these taxes her ingenuity to find
places to put away gowns and hats. 1t
takes time to carefully arrange things
when places are SO few that every move
requires several other moves to get the
right article or to replace it when nee
essary. The long wooden boxes with
hinged covers, to be used as couches
when closed, are a great convenience
for keeping dress skirts in, and the
deep pasteboard boxes ARE useful for
delicate waists. The hangers in the
closet may then be given UP to those
garments in ordinary wear.
Many careful students of social
economics believe that the servant
training question is going to be solved
by the increasing extension of outside
service. AS long ago as the Columbian
Ex position-and in these busy days
three years and a half make up
gOCdly period of time-it was the Opin-
ion of those who studied the nratter
that the fewer resident servants in an
esta blis4manlt the less friction. For the
average household ONE maid rs better
than two, two are preferable to three,
and so on. The additional service is
ROW more ela'sily secured, with inc-eas-
ed independence of employer and en-
ployed.
A suggestion made by Miss Parloa in
one of her lectures relates TO the spill
ing of alcohol on highly polished wood,
an accident which may readily accom-
pamy the use of the chatting dish or the
curling torgs at a dressing table. In
1iha case of the former, as the salad oil
is apt TO be within quick reach, 1t is to
be at once applied. In the other case
the alcohol may be wiped up Whiae the
oil is being brought, taking care not
b spread the spot; afterward apply
paraffine oil and turpentine mixed in
equal proportions to restore the finish.
The first and quick application of oil is
to arrest the action of the alcohol
which eats Through the veneer with
great rapidbty.
The desfra bility of having one's be-
1ongings marked, particularly such a
leavable belonging as an umbrella, has
bean Illustrated recently in England.
Two women at two different times and
at different places bought umbrellas
which were exactly alike. There would
se
not Datronized THE same grocer. One of
th5m in doing her mornings marketing
left her umbrella at the grocer's, and
returning found the other woman
claiming it as am article she had lost
some time before. The owner would
not give it up. and the feeling engen-
dered was not pleasant.
This does not equal the peculiar ex-
perience OF a Chicago girl. She was
attending a reception in St. Louis, and
upon leaving found a shabby sealskin
coat in place of her own elegant gar
ment. Hostess and guest were both
in despair but nothing could be done,
and of course there could be no repara-
ton.
Later the Chicago girl consulted her
furiers to see if there might be a
way Of identifying the garment If it
should be discovered. Not casually
said the furrier, but if the lining
should be opened the name of our firm
with your name and the date of making
would be found inside" That was a
suggestion. How about the substitut-
ed garment? II was ripped open. and
on the inside was found the name-of
the lady in whose house the exchange
had been made.
THE subject Of saying thank you
on the ears is interesting me now,"
saws a woman, but not in its connec
ton with women. L find that they sell
dom omit the courtesy If an opportun-
ity is given them. and when they un-
derstand that a man is giving them a
seat and not about to leave the car.
1t is the men whom / find remiss. l
have frequently moved In the cars to
allow a man TO sit beside the woman
he was cscorting. and l have frequently
had my seat accepted without a word
of thanks | have seen men give up
their seats under the same circum
stances. and it was accepted as a mat
ter of course. 1t is annoying to move
in a car If it is only to slide along a
short distance. and I find that II is so
little appreciated I have almost come
to the conclusion never to do It in the
future
At a recent dinner in Saratoga cele-
brating the assembling of a large fam
fv connection, one of the guests read
from an old letter, dated 1145, the
story of the brewing of the first tea
that came to Nantucket. The writer
was an ancestress of the family gath
cred around the board and the tea had
been presented to her by relative just
returned from China. No directions
accompanying 1t. its preparation be-
came a matter of conjecture. a con-
clave of neighbors finally decided the
process. which was as follows: Aunt
Content hung the bright five-gallon
beIl-rnetal kettle on the crane, and put
ting a two-ouart bowlful of tea in II.
with plenty OF water, swung ii over the
tire" two other aunts staying at hand
ITO keep it boiling" Later some other
member of the family feared the pro-
portions were not right and added an
other bowlful of tea leaves. There is
strong probability that had this awful
decoction been drunk the Saratoga
family would have missed several an
cestors, but happily before the tea was
ready, according to these Puritan
cooks. the donor of the precious herb
arrived, and another brew was at once