The record-union., 1897-02-14

With one cram OF SuIpnurlc etHef, ole
dram of chloroform and two drains OF
alcohol. The gloves are washed in this
preparation. There is the same objec-
ton, however, to this process where
the leather is saturated, that it is apt
to make the gloves stiff and hard. Tai
cum powder may be purchased at any
good druggists shop.
A writer on child study considers that
equally important with the first waking
hours should be the last of the day.
The mother who sits at her little ones
bed as the tired, small frame is settling
into repoSe will almost invariably find
that the mind just before sleep works
with unusual, if brief, clearness; she
will be wise to let this last, strongly
imprinted impression be a soothing one.
A gentle voice, a short, easily cOmpre-
hended tale with no sadness, no trag-
edy, no sharp elements of any sort,
Will send the temporarily keen but fast
succumbing faculties off into slumber-
land under the best and most healthfuI
auspices. Too many mothers leave to
servants these significant moments
of their children's lives, lovely to the
mothers if they will enjoy them, and
priceless to the growing character in
their receptive powers if taken advant-
age of.
A mother who could hear in the next
room every morning her small son of
nine talking to himself as he spelled
out the words and added the figures,
crosswise, up and down, and in every
possible way, of a large calendar which
hung directly in front of his bed, be-
thought herself of furnishing him bet
ter occupation. She took down the cal
endar and up in its place a good print
of Raphaers Madonna della Seggi-
ola; this, with no word to him of the
change. The next morning the little
ones voice was Stilled, but a nOiseIess
peep into the room showed his eyes
glued rapturously to the picture while
about mis- lips the hint of a smile be-
trayed that his absorbing interest was
pleased one. Since then at intervals
his morning picture is changed, not too
frequently, for q child demands reit-
GRAFTON, until the boy has become a
small 'connoisseur in famous paintings,
and his occasional short visits to an
art gallery are a great delight to him
because of his matin studies. The first
ten minutes of a child's day are a most
valuable receptive period. The young
brain is refreshed by sleep, unexcited
by any of the days occupations, eager
for impressions and peculiarly respons-
i've to their influence.
Those who still retain the rather ne
elected but still unexcelled reading
light, the German student lamp. will
do well occasionally to subject it to a
very thorough cleansing. From it's pc
culiar construction it secretes in a
place not easily reached the oil sedi-
ment that heated, gives off an offens-
i've odOr and also affects the light. The
lamp should be slipped from the stand
ard stem, and every part of it sub
merged in boiling soda water The
burner and attachments may be left in
the water on the stove for fifteen min
utes. the other parts needing only the
complete washing.
Now that typewriters are found in
homes almost as commonly as the
writing desk. it is perhaps pertinent to
remind women that the use Of the ma
chine is very hurtful to a piano player
The sharp staccato movements of the
writing machine stiffen the fingers and
tend TO lessen the suppleness necessary
for the piano keys.
New ways for women to earn money
multiply so constantly that one Won
ders if any speciality, however small
may not be turned to commercial ac-
count. One of the last heard of is that
Of providing soup materials. In a
neighboring city a woman who made
such very excellent soups that size was
famed among her friends for them.
tried, when adversely overlook her. to
utilize what she called her "one talent
to enhance her income. She took or
ders for soup stock serving it in Jars
and found some profit in doing so.
| Amateur photography takes on very
easily the professional money earning
| characteristic. Perhaps its newest
manifestation is the visiting photog-
| rapher furnished by some of the
| wOmen's exchanges, who will come to
| the house TO take any picture desired.
| from a wedding cake to the last cosy
| corner arranged. Her most frequent
| models, however, are the children of
the family. taken in all sorts of poses
and against all sorts of backgrounds.
|
An attractive way to serve cold slaw
| is to slice the cabbage fine and pile 1t
| lightly in a circular salad dish; around
| the edge lay, overlapping each other.
whole and wafer-thln slices of unpeeled
cucumber: cut the top from a lemon.
| take out the pulp and fill the shell with
good mayonnaise. standing the lemon
/ in the center of the mold OF cold slaw.
|
A dish Of ice cream made in four
minutes was part Of test examination
of class in sick room cookery recently.
Two tablespoonfuls of cream were put
| in a bowl, sweatened with powdered
sugar. favored with a teaspoonful OF
| clear, strong coffee, and beaten light In
a minute with a cream whisk. The
| cream was then put in a little half
| pint oyster pail, tine cover carefully
| fitted on. This was set in quart pail
the space between filled with shredded
! ice and fine salt. Three minutes turn
ing in this freezing mixture secured a
saucerful of smooth coffee ice cream
for the imaginary waiting invalid.
The plans of the German Housewives
Society, an association recently incor-
porated in this city, are similar though
izations in Germany, where, as is well