The record-union., 1897-11-28

The German manufacturers are pre-
pared to furnish the means for regu-
lar surf bath for household use. Inc
FWellenbadschauker' is somewhat SIM
liar to an old-fashioned cradle with
top. But the rockers are missing, anu
the rocking, which causes the arunclal
waves, is not from side to side, put
1engthwise. The bottom of the wave
bathtub rounds up to form the cover,
and the victim, sitting we'll up in the
head, rocks backward and forward the
water splashing in sufficiently natur-
al manner, it would seem, With the
motion, to cause a lifelike case of sea-
sickness.
The theater-hat question, as related
to churches, is likely to be seriously
considered if the autumn fashion lasts
through the winter. A young woman
came into a church pew last Sunday
wearing one of these enormous cart
wheel hats, and when she had taken her
seat, those directly behind for five or
six pews back lost all view of the
preacher The accommodations of the
pew in which she was seated were also
reduced from five to four persons by
the presence of her enormous head-gear.
The two other occupants who sat on
either side of her had to edge away
to give her room for the turning of her
head with its stupendous adornment.
These hats are a nuisance in the the
ter, even when they are removed.
They are too large TO be held in the
lap, and New York women are strange
ly reluctant to leave head-coverings
in the dressing rooms of the theater.
The only thing to do with them for con-
venfence to their wearers is to leave
them at home, except for promenade
or driving.
An excellent way to cleanse and
brighten glass is to wash it in salt wa
ter, with a rinsing in alcohol, followed
by a brisk rubbing with a soft cloth
Soups are of two general kinds, nu
tritive. for a regular food, ana thin,
for appetizers at the commencement of
a dinner. Were we to serve a first
class highly nutritive soup as a dinner
course we would hear a great howl
from our patrons, as they would kill
the appetite instead of stimulating it
TO further endeavors. A soup can be
made so potent that one bowl Of it will
satisfy the appetite of the greatest
gourmand for six hours at least. This
kind of a soup has great economic
value to those of slender means and
large families, as in them you have
the combined ingredients of a whole
dinner. excepting the sweets. In the
case of the thin soups, sometimes call
ed clear soups, we have only a modi-
cum of nutriment a little flavor to tell
of the good things to come, and the hot
ose-+1t in ba Cfn n
to action.
The caution uttered by c. F. Wingate,
sanitary expert, against indiscriminate
drinking from wayside wells by bicy-
clists or other travellers. Is one that wo-
men will do well to heed. Mr.. Win
gate affirms his positive knowledge of
several cases of typhoid fever traced to
this cause. He points out the fact that
a well may be considered healthful by
those who habitually drink from it, and
may in fact be so as far as they are
concerned, and yet be dangerous to
stranger who takes only a slight
draught.
The fashionable motif of the moment
in designs for clasps, belts, watch
chains and various other articles Of
AS a rule the actual leaf is held under
crystal; but. the genuine talisman not
being always at hand unsentimental
artisans have simulated it without hes
itancy. Whether this reproduced en-
blern wifi weave the same spell of good
fortune as belongs to the actual leaf,
repeated four times on the same stalk,
or not, remains TO be seen.
The pretty idea, borrowed from an
ancient custom of simple minded peas
antry, is that of gathering sheaves of
wheat at harvest time, keeping them
until Christmas, and then binding them
10 the family f1ag-pole or some conven-
fent tree, so that the winter birds may
have their share OF the holiday plenty.
DR.. Mary Putnam Jacoby read a pa
Der at the Mothers Congress in New
York recently of vital interest to the
many mothers present. She said in
part:
"The sympathetic care Of ones own
children is q product OF the present
century. AS was natural and proper.
st has begun with the nursery and in
fancy, but I must admit that as yet
1t has not extended much further. The
care of infancy is directed toward
keeping the child alive, but the care
of adolescence is intended TO show the
youth how to live, and this is often 50
much more difficult that on one pretext
or another it is neglected. Many things
are needed for success in life. Physical
health and vigor, a reserve store of
vital energy adequate not only to pc
riods of sheltered prosperity, but to the
moments of storm and stress. of strain
and exposure to the times which try
souls and which few escape during the
perilous journey from the cradle to
the grave.
Even more important, for they serve
In the stead of physical health, are the
moral qualities of courage. fortitude,
energy, justice. These suffice to dignity
and lead to a good end simple and even
ignorant lives. But you do not mean
that your child shall be ignorant. Such
measure of success as is dreamed Of
by every mother who dreams at all
presupposes sure judgment, quick in
sight flexible aptability-qualities
partly the gift of nature, but which
may be greatly developed by training.
1T presupposes that the youth shall
have had access TO the rich storehouses
nf the accumulated wisdom of the
world. shall not have been thrust forth
naked, like Ishmael into the desert,