Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-07-03
H 0 US EHOLD HINTS

swadde its lttle soft legs UP in pinning
| blankets. but leave those legs loose, SO
| they can kick about and grow strong and
| healthy. 1t is crime to put so many
clothes on baby. People of mature years
| fret with the weight of clothing they must
carry about, and 1t is not fair TO load little
helpless children down with them.
1t may seem old fashioned and, according
to the present day etiquette, it is decidedly
so. but 1t certainly does sound nicer to
hear children say yes, SIR" and mo, sir"
than to hear them say plain yes and
no when asked a question or requested
to do some little thing, and it Is absolutely
refreshing to find among the spndle-legged
little 1mps who wear knee breeches and car
ry watches now and then one who lifts his
cap when spoken to on the street by a
lady. After all. few more dear old Tur-
comfortable existence.
Life in it's completest sense is worth
studying worth considering how to get the
very best out of it and suffer the least
Our children should be taught from their
infancy to make the most of their advan-
tages. that they may get all the good out
OF life and avoid all unnecessary pain The
old hymn said. 1T is not all of life to live
nor all of death to die" and there was much
homely philosophy in it. Just to live for
sell alone Is sordid and selfish and grows
to sin at last. To seek death to avoid the
consequences of this selfish sin is not I'M
common and the death is but typical of the
life. Lead your little ones gently but FIRM
ly along the right path from the start, and
you will have nothing to regret in after
years.
Don't neglect the little woolen waist
bands for the children when you go away
for the summer. When the evening gets d
little cool and you let the children play
outdoors, slip the waistband and there
will not be SO much danger of taking cold.
little cashmere sack, unined, If you
please is also a nice thing to carry along
little country trips, in case the weather
should suddenly turn cool.
Some children suffer dreadfully with
hives, and it is always dangerous to drive
them in by applying things the outside,
as they denote mpurity of the blood that
ought to be brought out instead of driven
In. While you are giving 1t some mild blood
medicine you can ease the dreadful itching
OF the hives by baths of salt water or by
applying damp soda directly to the bumps.
Both are good remedies for mosquito bites
and will DO valiant service in Kidding one of
chiggers Coal oil will still the troublesome
mites, even after they have got to digging.
II you are In chigger grass for any length
OF time do not wait for the torments to get
in their work. but dampen cloth with The
ccal oil and rub yourself off Just as soon as
you get home In an hour you can take a
bath IN salt water and feel reasonably safe
from the pests.
How to keep cool, though roasting, that
Is what want to know" said a lady at the
soda counter of well-known drug store.
one DAY last week. AT the same time she
was eating n glass of ice cream soda After
that she ordered glass of chocolate soda,
and when some friends came in she ac-
copied an invitation to sit down and take
dish Of ice cream. The only wonder is
that she did not have sunstroke before the
day was over with that load to carry
round. Temperance in eating and drinking
cleanliness. absolute freedom from Ill tenn
will
for people who suffer from the heat.
Enough work to keep one from thinking
OF the hot weather Is also beneficial. Tenn
perance in eating and drinking Is more
than all the rest put together however.
You can't expect heat to lower, as long
as you are feeding the flames with COM
bustibles. Sweets, fat or starchy stuff all
feed the heat of the body Fruits, sour
things. lemons, lines and melons are all
cooling. The woman who drinks sour
lemonade instead of tea or coffee, who
eats fruit instead of cake and pastry. pud-
dings and custards and ice cream, and
who eats broiled steak instead Of highly
seasoned rCasts or bit of delicately broil-
ed fish rather than half {, spring chicken
will find that she feels much more comfort
able when she gets up from the table than
she would If she had eaten four course
dinner. The habit of drinking beer ale.
or any KIND of wine, Is questionable at all
times. but in summer all are to be avoided
by the woman who wants to lose her flesh
instead OF putting on more. and who de-
sires to cease perspiring profusely. All
the drinks mentioned bring out the per-
SEPARATION. and that is one of the most dis
agreeable Of all the summer Ills. Battle at
least twice a day In warm water. Water
that is warmer than the atmosphere will
make you feel much cooler on leaving 1t.
Do not wash the face except a night. A
vigorous rubbing with damp towel is
quite sufficient during the day, and will
not leave he face burning busting with
talcum powder will help to cool it.
If overtaken with unaccountable thirst
fix a pitcher of unSweetened lemonade.
Two lemons to a quart of water. Roll the
lemon and then extract the juice. Never
| cut the peel into the water. Put In the
water, and set in the ice box to cool. 1t
| will be fot nd to Quench thirst better than
| anything else, and will not get cold enough
| to do injury, though you drink the whole
quart.
| Don't keep the range heated up all day
| just for the sake of having hot roast for
| dinner at 5. Procure your roast the night
| before and make ready for the oven as
| soon 1t is hot in the morning Roast
| till 1t Is rarely done, and lift to the platter
| Make a nice brown gravy, and put away in
| the Ice box in a bowl. Just before din ner,
| slice your roast daintily as you please,
| arrange these evenly IN the stew pan, and
| pour over them the heated gravy Set
| the meat. and you will find very little diff
| ference between a roast served that way
and one that has been cooking for two
| hours You can cook peas and beans till
| they are soft, and set away unSeasoned in
| the ice box and for dinner all that is
| necessary is 20 heat them. season with
| salt, pepper and make a milk gravy and
| they just toothsome as though you
| had been roasting yourself for hour
| with them over the afternoon fire.