Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-09-04
DOMESTIC SCIENCE IN THE HOUSEHOLD.

While the majority of the "city folk
are beginning to turn their faces
homeward, away from sea and noun
tain and homely farm house. for those
able to remain yet longer in til,
country through September and early
october. there Is yet the "best of ali
the game" The choicest fruits are
ripeninE now--iIiuy melon the gold
ind purple plums, mellow harvest
apple and spicy grape, while luscious
peach and pear turn soft cheeks to the
son. In the woods the scarlet barberry
with thorny fingers seeks entangling
alliances with the passer-by, and the
rich frulted elder-berry speaks to
country children. at least, OF pies ana
cordial The air is fun of the sweet
ness of thu ripcning huckwheat and
pnrnercd grain. The cat-tals in the
meadow are just dry enough to be
gathered and soaked In oil under the
guidance of come careful elder, to he
planted In front of the porch to IL
ulmine the night with their naTing
torcheswhlle the acorn cups and sauc-
ers furnish infinite deligh to small
people on woodland housekeeping in
tent
An along the roadside--the fame
cnlored bitter-sweet winds In and out
among supporting branches.and burst
ing milk-weed pods reveal their gos-
samer treasures. Happy the mother
who can lead her children among
these riches Of the autumHal season,
teaching them. with wide-opened, OBJ
servant eyes to keep record of the
changes by which nature marks the
cbb and How of the great ocean of
sunshine which overspreads the
earth.
Altogether the mustard plaster is
b.nefcent institution in its way it
should never be made So strong or left
long enough to blister the patient. H.
however this should happen. a little
sweet cream, spread on n soft cloth
and laid on the abraided surface, will
be found both soothing and healing.
While statistics, us rule, are the
dryest of reading, a notable exception
is found in the data connected with
the advent and growth of king or
queen baby.
Every mother. especially the one
brand new to that responsible posi-
ton. is bound to lind more of interest
In the tabulated reports of the aver
age age a, which the first tears are
wont to flow. the first teeth peep from
their rosy setting, the first step taken
cutie alone or the first Ineligible
word fall from the pretty lips, than
even the most glowing rept>ts of the
Queens jubilee or the sasest dlssertu
tation on the Eastern Question. To
the young mother, then, these facts
furnished by an Authority on child |
lore. are offered with the certainty OF |
approval. The average weight at |
birth, says this student OF the child, |
is seven pounds, and its weight at the |
end of the first eyar twenty-one |
rounds. The length of babies in |
treases during the first year half an |
inch n month. while the weight in
Creases a quarter pound "a week. The |
average child holds IN his head at
three months sits erect Mt four
months, Is able to creep at eight |
months. walk with aid at eleven. and |
quite alone at fourteen.
4 baby bcgings to initiate sounds at
eight months. A baby never sheds |
tears until it is three or four months
old, as the tear glands do not develop
until then. The hair and eyes change
color with nge. The eyes of new |
torn children are usually blue: but
about the sixth or eighth month they
begins to change the color, growing |
lighter or darker. The hair percepti-
bly, darkens between seven and four
teen. The foutanell usually closes at
fifteen months of age. The age of |
teething varies; but the earlier they
appear the easier. If by the end of n
year none have appeared, the delayed
dentltion signifies poor nutrition. The
twelve months OF age; the anterior
inolars' from twelve TO sixteen: the
CANNES from sixteen to twcnty-four,
and the posterior molars from twenty |
four to thirty. Bottle fed babies are
usually later In this respect. Girl ba-
bles develop In all respects more rap
idly than boy babies.
Three times a day. twenty-one times
a week, and n thousand and eight
times a year, is the table set in nearly
every home in the land; practice
enough one would think for every one
to become perfect in the art Yet, in
some houses, the lesson seems never to
nave been learned: and cloth and |
fishes might have been fired at the
liable for all the order or symmetry
Visible in their arrangement. While
With some people the gentle art of
inning resolves ltself into mere feed
ngs,. with the majority the purity OF
he table linen. the cleanliness of the
class the brightness of the silver. ana Z
general air Of order and daintiness | |
IRE essentials IL good digestion waits
N appetite" To the young house
Ieeper, anxious to do everything the r
iight way, IL she Is only sure which
ne right way may be. the following | 4
yer class of young chatelaines, may
rove Of service: NOTHING" saws I
Mss Parloa, brings on indigestion so
nlekly as being irrltated, annoyed and
isEusted at table; and the housewife |
loulu be responsible for making
nihss cheerful. Make the table as
Ilsht ana dainty as possible There
:, no excuse now for ugly. plain china,
nen you can get dainty things for the
'lhe price. Pick up cups and saucers
ere ana there, and pretty Individual "
lates for desert. Food, to be sure, Ia 4
ecessary for the body; but as We are | s,
OF mere animals. we should have as !,
Ietly things about us as possible. "
= setting the table n thick silence u
oth or cotton-ilannel should he | {,
,l'eu under the tablccloth, to deaden | n
le sound. The table linen should he | /,
hne as the purse allows Poor, VI
rt@y damask never looks we'll. and , "
" not pay; while good table linen all in
uEs loooks well, even II darncd In y,
'uus me table the cloth must be put Il
perfectly true and even. Place the | re
n'er ornament, and put the plates III
~ proper distance apart. Many think an
'pioNlmately near quite sufficient: but | eN
y spaces should be perfectly accur- hi
=. If the eye is not true measure for an
Few times with yardstick, until the
l5 educated. Knives and spoons tn
qua he placed at the right, forks at | su
= lTlt having the handles just reach ~
\, 81" edge OF the table the knife | tn
.n 'ne sharp edge in, and the fork 70