The record-union., 1897-07-11

master, morning and afternoon, is the
rule.
+, When peeling onions carry piece of
stefan ordinary darning needle is
large enough-in the mouth. projecting
between the lips, and you will avoid the
smarting, tearmaking sensation which
ordinarily accompanies this operation.
There is something in the steel which
attracts to it the offending volatile oil
rising from the pungent vegetable, Civ
ing the one peeling absolute immunity
from its distressing effects
1t would be a good thing if among
the many training schools for servants
that are talked of or are already exist
ing. there shall be added some for the
training of child nurses. Already in
fants' nurses are trained in some insti-
tutions. the knowledge, however, being
| more of a medical character than for
the general care of a child from his sec
end year on 1t is too painfully true
that in the eyes of both mistresses and
maids the most modest requirements
suffice for the position of child-nurse.
A young girl not out of short dresses
thinks she can begin her training for
service by taking care of a baby or a
little child and mother who wants an
| expert cook. a trained waitress, or
| housemaid will take almost any mex
| perienced person for the nurse, yet
! there is no one that comes into the
| house who should be more carefully
| looked over, physically, mentally, and
| morally. than the one to whose un-
! watched care for hours of every day is
entrusted growing children. The in
! fluence of this person on the future
habits and character Of the child is
often serious. Physicians have found
that physical defects like cross-eye
| or a twitching lip or even simple
mannerism-any or all may be copied
4 by her initiative charges. It is known,
too, by the most careless mother that
habits of neatness or otherwise in a
nurse are quickly initiated, and that
| language and intonation of voice are
faithfully copied. yet with all this
| knowledge, the effort to train nurses
for children out of infancy is as yet
/ scarcely attempted.
What tltose who are fond of chocolate
declare to joe the most delicious cake
! they ever ate is made in this way: Boil
] together three fourths of a cake of
| chocolate. the yolhs of three eggs.
! three-fourths Of a cup OF milk, and
cool Then add CTe-third Of q cup of
milk one and one-h,If cups of flour and
! three-fourths of a tet1spoonful of soda.
| Bake in layers, and prtt together with
! boiled icing, thickly spread, and made
according to the following directions:
| Make a syrup of two cups of granu-
| lated sugar and ten tabIespCOnfuls of
water. Boil to the hair, and pour over
/ two stiffiy beaten whites of eggs. Beat
! till perfectly cold, stirring in one table
spoonful vinegar and finally, one tea
spoonful of vanilla.
There is nothing SO unfortunate for
a child or SO disagreeable to older peo-
pie as the child who is made precocious
/ by being constantly put forward" says
! a careful mother, and yet / am trying
in every way to train my children to be
! entertaining. l have had them commit
! to memory many beautiful poems;
/ they begin to study music when they
are very young and dancing is part
/ of their physical education. Our even
/ ings at home are very pleasant. All
| the children retire early, but frequently
| before they so we have small family en-
| tertainments. The children recite and
| play and sing. With the words of the
| poems try to give the children some
meaning-One beautiful thought at least
! which 1 try to have them keep always
/ in mind when the words are on the lips,
| and there is plenty of light verse that
! they learn, with but little depth, but
charming for rhyme and rhythm. If a
/ <.f+1 60,
! in before our little epteq1 ainment is
hover, il gees on. and the children are not
! self GORGEOUS If they show signs of it.
/. their part of the entertainment is quick
/ " closed. | talk to the children ser-
| ously about this matter for self-con-
/ sciousness mas spelled many lives. 1
endeavor to impress upon them the fact
/ that words CT praise are commonly ex-
| presstons OF courtesy, which need not
/ excite vanity. and that their small ac-
! compishments are only those possessed
or that could be possessed by other
] children ] teach them that II is their
| duty to the world 10 do everything in
! their power 10 give Pleasure Each
one now ie pat cf q lit,le world in
/ which he 81 yes and receives pleas
lre That is -hat I hope each viii he
when he or she nters the outside world.
and ! think he .rGinine ! am giving my
children is proving successful"
Ectragon vinegar hasa delightful aro-
ma as vel as q savory taste 70 COM
mend i . the r>I2:e. Waen bought
imported from France. It is quite ex-
pens. &c but ma s. well be made a.
home with nc trol15o.e whatever Any
one ca II ,.raise' tacagon in any patch
Of gard r--pl II. and. indesd many bota-
nists wi, ecorniza I. growing as a
weed on tl,,ir summer outings spent
near 10 net.-Te's heau a handful of
the leaves should he placed N a kettle,
and a Quart NJ cider viTegar poured
over them. Bring 10 boil and then
bottle. More vinegar may be added
from time to time as the extract is
used until the strength seems leay-
ing it Aprcpos Of the amateur culti-
vation 0f this herb. it may be as well 70
give hint dropped by a florist He
says hat most persons err in bestoWing |
on the plant too much care. and that !
tarag5n : one Of those hardy chill /
dren Of the soil that flourish best on !
little neglect.
The Center of Cur Population.
The center of. population is the cen I
ter OF gravity Of the inhabitants of the |
country If the United States were