The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-07-20
The HOUSEHOLD.

that'city was delighted with the way
in which their dimities, organizes and
muslins retained their crispness. The
sun is violently hot, but the air is 30
dry that stiffness in fabrics is perfectly
kept, notwithstanding the heat A
peculiar feature of the heat to strangers
in the city was the ease with which one
got relief from it. A New York woman
found herself waiting for car, one
day during her cOnvention-stay there,
on the plaza In front of the State house.
This is q wide stretch of stone tagging,
unbroken by single tree. The sun
was pitless in it's heat and glare, and
she had neither parasol, fan nor any
other protection against its rays, and
from experience she knew that several
minutes might elapse before her car
appeared. 81 shall have a sunstroke,"
she thought to herself, eff 1 stay here
many seconds" and she looked desper-
ately around for relief. Absolutely
nothing but hag-pole was near by,
it cast narrow shadow, and in her ex-
tremity betook herself to this. 1t is
positive fact that within those few
inches of shade the air was absolutely
cool. A sea of heat was all around her,
here was a tiny island OF perfect COM
fort. So impressed was she with the
circumstances that she commented
later upon it to Denver woman, and
was told that this fact was we'll known.
ga case of sunstroke," she said, sis
unknown here. Our horses are never
overpowered by the heat, because, as
you discovered, it is always possible to
get instant relief. The air is always
cool because we are 30 high and dry,
and any protection from the sun means
instant comfort.
This same dry air is delight to the
Denver housekeeper, as food keeps in
definitely. A New York housekeeper
would not think of buying on Saturday
night, in summer, berries and melons
enough to last three or four days, but
the Denver provider does not hesitate
to do this. Things do not decay in
that air, as they do here, but dry up
slowly and shrink into nothing. To
this condition is probably due the fact
that the place is city without smells.
Its cleanliness is one of the most notice.
able characters to the visiting New
Yorker. There is in all this moral to
the seacoast housekeeper. Dry re-
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kitchen refuse that is carefully drained
and, whenever possible, dried in the
oven, is, even in midsummer, a source
of no annoyance.
In travelling, and particularly for
summer journeys, when dust is more
plentiful, bonnet-bags will be found
very useful. Even on short journeys
to keep hat protected from cinders
and dust for few hours adds much to
its appearance upon arrival. For a
long overland journey such are almost
indispensable. Some women buy very
large-sized sponge. bags, their rubber
Innings having special excellence. For
very large hats, however, it is impossi.
to get one of sufficient size, and bag
of any closely-woven fabric Is equally
useful. Occasionally careful wives
provide these coverings for their hus-
bands hats as we'll, though this seems
unnecessary, as mems head-coverings
can be readily rid of dust. A traveller
was seen recently slipping the jacket of
her travelling suit into long light bag
provided for the purpose, which, when
drawn together at it's mouth by the shirr-
string and hung in sleeping-car Sec
ton, kept the jacket as perfectly as if
it were lying at home on a closet shelf.
This same woman had over her expen-
sive seal and gold-mounted handbag a
handsome cover of black cloth. 1t
fitted neatly with flaps conveniently ar
ranged for the opening of the bag1
When the latter was closed, the cover
strapped down so as to cover it com.
pletely with the exception of the
handle. A large Monogram was EN-.
broidered on the side of the cover in
gold floss.
The Chinese lantern assortment
shown in the best shops this summer is
surprisingly great and very tempting
Their price, too, is remarkably cheap,
as fifteen cents buys one that is hand
some enough to hang alone in q room
as an ornament; and for twenty. five
cents, fifty cents, one dollar, two dol
lars and half and three dollars, Ian
terms of graceful shape, tasteful color
ing, and with handsome trimmings of
gold effects in fringes and tassels and
with other ornamentations may be OBJ
tanned. They are much used to hang
in country houses as hall lanterns, and
one or two at about forty cents apiece
add very appreciably to the looks of
the piazza in summer.
A silk waist that can be compressed
into very small compass, taking up
about the space of baseball, and
which emerges unrumpled and in ex-
cellent condition, is one of the novel
ties of the season that is specially USE
full to travellers.
The domestic-science department of
a woman's club has found class of
boys recruited to be instructed in camp
cooking exceedingly profitable. The
boys are from the families of well-to-do
persons, and become remarkably pro.
ficient in making coffee, broiling steak,
bacon or fish, tossing together corn.
bread, and preparing eggs in various
toothsome ways. The idea is a valua.
BILE one, now that summer camps for
growing lads are popular.
Some Of the most stylish summer
tailor customs worn at Newport this
season for morning drives, beach walks
etc., are made of smooth, fine, Irish
linen, trimmed with rows of white
braid or linen lace insertions and edp.