The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-11-01
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is part OF the duties Of i professional
nurse in which every household to
excel. There are mani emergencies IN
which the prompt use of mustard might
break Up a cold and prevent a serious
illness. but often it is 50 carelessly made
and applied that its efficacy is destroyed
The mustard leaves ef Che drug store are
convenient. but no better than a home
made plaster, which can be prepared at
2 moments notice, IL a stock of old cotton
and linen always be KEEP on hand.
A mustard plaster means boiling water
poured over powdered English mustard
until a rather, thick paste is formed. In
many cases the mustard Is mixed one
third of its quantity of -four, and for an
infant the proportions should be half ana
half. pss t~'s
Spread the mustard paste hin and hot
on a thick piece of cotton, and cover
with a thin piece Of old linen. Lay a
piece of oiled silk or rubber over the out
side of the plaster, after applying 1t, to
keep the heat and prevent the dafnpness
OF it penetrating the clothing. The mo-
ment the irritation becomes sufficient, sor
when the time the doctor has ordered the
application has elapsed. remove the plas-
ter and cover the irritated skin With cot
ton wadding, to keep the cold air from
striking in.
A faxseed p~oultice, often ordered by
physicians for various purposes, IS made
BIZ pouring boiling water over fiaxseea,
and stewing the mixture until II Is d
thick paste.
Spread il about half an inch thick on
a heavy cotton cloth, and cover II Win
thin old linen. rubbing the surface OF tne
linen with sweet oil to prevent the pour
tfce sticking. Renew the poultiee as olten
as ii grows cold, as long as the patient
remains awake: Do not disturb a sleeper
10 do this unfess ordered by a physician.
A Observation-Disclosures poultice, sometimes
ordered. means stale bread crumbs stew
ed II, milk until a soft, thick paste is
formed. Apply it like the haxseed poul-
tiee.
When a slippery elm poultice is ordered,
nour boiling water over powdered slippery
elm until it can be stirred to a thick
paste. Spread it as directed above. Add
q little powdered charcoal, If needed.
Always remember that all poultices
must be applied very hot and frequently
changed to be of any value. They lose
mower when they become cold. A fresh
one should be made for each application.
These directions are given for the bene-
Mt of young, inexpertenced housekeepers
who are sometimes called upon to do a
nurses duties, With no idea of the sim
pie art Of the poultices and pIasters.
$50
What a charming society We snail
have if the day ever comes when every
home-maker feels herself able to enter
tain without a burdensome degree OF Wor-
nv. work, trouble and expense writes
Ella Morris Kretschmar in the November
"Woman's Home Companion" IN enter
tanning. as in everything else, practice
results in facility and ease; when at first
is a trying domestic ordeal by repetition
becomes a pleasure, a relaxation. The
chief point under consideration, however,
does not concern the effort involved, the
outlay of money, nor even the form OF
entertainment given. but the spirit anl-
mating host and hostess. II our egelsm,
our vanity, exceeds our graciousness, our
generous impulses and love OF kind, we
shall never gather our FRIENDS about US
unless as an opportunity Of display The
man of wealth who receives his friends
in such spirit is bur a pauper in capacity
for happiness and enjoyment-nature's
law OF cOmReHSdtfOH& cFCl ooJtStAao NN
experiences to a nicely. It is not too
much to say that every family able to
keep house is also able to entertain
friends. and so doing VIII be the happier
for it, even if trying little economies are
enfasled thereby As to this matter
of expense, we can make it what we will.
The inexperienced host or hostess is al
most sure to exaggerate every expense
item in making a calculation for enterta-
tanning. This comes from reckoning from
the caterers standpoint.
..The hostess who invites all her lady
friends to an afternoon tea or reception
for the first time is quite sure to be sorry
that she has not done it before, when she
comes to cast up her accounts. At this
delightful f-unction-grown delightful
since women have enlarged their mental
horizons-it is out of taste to serve any
thing that would impair the appetite for
the evening meal. A picture table with
its flowers, crystal, bits of fine china,
corrections and pretty girls in pretty
gowns serving tea, coffee and chocolate
with added dainty sandwiches. little light
cakes that are half corrections, an ice
or cream. served from the kitchen-form
the effective whole; certainly not expens-
i've. yet af-sufficient. Some flowers here
and there through the house are OF course
desirable; a trim maid for the door and
one or more for the cloakroom a neces-
sity. Such an affair may be made very
elaborate and involve much outlay, or
very simple and the expense almost tri-
fling If everything is prepared at home.
Engraved invitations make a considerable
expense, but the hostess visiting card,
with date, hour and any other special in
formation, written by herself, will answer
as wen and be in equally good taste"
The mistress of a house who employs
two maids, a cook and a chambermaid4l
who is also expected to wait on table
may find the Following suggestions useful
in training the latter for her duties:
The chambermaid,s earliest work in the
morning is to air the hall, reception room
and dining room, then to close the win
dows; except in SUMNER and to set the
breakfast table. She serves the fruit. the
oatmeal, or Whatever cereal Is used, and
then, after each one at table has been
helped to the substantial articles of food,
the maid is at liberty to- attend to her
upstairs duties. rs,
She must open the windows in the bed
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