The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-10-07
THE HOME,
THE GIRLS ALLOWANCE.

THE GIRLS ALLOWANCE
"Every self-respeoting woman, be she
maid or wife. has a natural and intense
dislike to ask her father or husband for
every penny she needs,'' says Edward
Box, in the Ladies' Home Journal.
"Nor is the feeling lessened by the fact
that the money can be had for the asking
and is always given unerudgingly. 1t Is
the asking which women dislike. They
Justly recoil from it, and men ought to
understand it better than they do. 1t
should be said that the husband who re-
fuses to give his wife regular allowance
is rapidly becoming the exception. But
there are still too many fathers who with
hold an allowance from their daughters.
If it be true that the average girl has no
idea of the value of money, how will she
ever gain better knowledge of its worth
unless she is given the opportunity? Our
girls must be. educated in money matters,
ano there is no surer method than by
giving them money of their own to
spend; regular weekly or monthly al
lowance given them to cover certain reg
at the start a girl will spend foolishly
To meet this inevitable experience the
amount OF the allowance should be &C.
cordingly regulated. After while, how
ever, when she gets accustomed to the
handling of money, she will learn its
value better and be more judicious in
spending it. 10 give girl an allowance
is not privilege, but her right. To with
hold it is to her a serious wing, and
likewise is an injustice to the man whom
she may marry and whose money she
will be intrusted with to spend wisely.
She should have experience before she
reaches that point, and that experience
can only come to her from her father in
an allowance of her own while she is his
daughter in his home"
LAUNDERING LACE AND LINEN.
A teacher of lace making says that
or doileys are to be Numbered they should
be washed with white soap of fine quail.
ty, rinsed well, and sometimes drop of
blueing added to the water. Have ready
some water in which little rice has been
boiled and which has been strained; use
this for starch water and it will make
the linen appear like new, without hay
ing the paper-like stiffness of common
starch. Put the embroidery face down
ON several thicknesses of cloth, lay cloth
over and iron until dry, lifting it occa.
sionally to pick or pull into shape. If
any portion becomes dry before it is
smooth lay wet cloth over it and press
until dry, and this will remove all
wrinkles. or roughness.
Embroidered linen when soiled may
also be made to look as good as new if
the following precautions are used: Make
suds of warm water and and good white
soap. Do not on any account use a COM
mon yellow soap, as it would run the
colors. Rinse the articles in clear, warm
water, place face downwards on two or
y, hfolry ~ aon ov1 Srny -
thoroughly dry.
HOW TO CHECK BLEEDING.
1t frequently happens that an accident
takes place when medical help cannot be
summoned Immediately, and if one
knows what to do life may be saved, or
at least the loss of much blood.
One may tell by the way the blood
flows whether or not an artery has been
sevefed. If there is a steady flow only
vein has been cut; if the blood comes in
spurts with the beating of the heart, then
more serious case is at hand-an artery
has been severed. In a case of this kind
prompt treatment should be used.
If the wound Is on an arm or leg, the
suppressing of the flow of blood is not so
difficult, as tight bandage may easily
be placed here; put the bandage or cloth,
at hand between the wound and the
heart; that is, If the wound is below the
knee, tie the bandage tight above the
wound toward the knee, then insert
stick between the wound and the band
age. and twist the bandage tight until
noticeable check of the flowing blood has
been produced.
If the wound happens to be in place
where such device may not be resorted
to, then press about the wound the fin
gers until you touch place which seems
to check ths flow of blood, then keep up
this pressure until help can be secured,
and the severed artery tied.
For superficial wounds that bleed in
more places than one. or in one place
steadily, lint and cold water will. be
found helpful; if the wound is bruised
and lacerated, then drip ice water into it
and apply lint We once stopped the
bleeding of serious wound with nothing
but common flour; this was applied
for a good while. At first the
bleeding WAS so rapid that it soaked the
flour up faster than we could apply it,
but a persistent application of the same
was finally successful, and as it was the
only thing at hand, and seven miles from
a doctor, it was worth-well, I'll not try
to say how much.
Presence of mind is the neg t best thing
to absence of body in time of any emer-
gency, and it is not we'll to allow ones
self to faint at the sight of blood, or to be-
appalled, at the sight of pale face. Act
at once, and perhaps you may save life
quite as truly as though you rescued
drowning man or stopped a runaway
horse Corr. of Wisconsin Agrioulturist.
STEWED KIDNEYS.
Slit the kidneys into halves and trim
off all the sinews and fat inside. Cut
tn en- into small pieces; put in a stewpan
and cover with cold water: stand over q
moderate fire and bring almost to boiling
point. Drain this off, cover again with
cold water and heat again. Do this three
times. Put tablespoonful of butter in
to frying pan and stir until nice
brown; then add one tablespoonful of
flour and half a pint of stock or boiling
water. Stir constantly with wooden
spoon until it boils. Add one tablespoon
full of Worcestershire sauce, ons table.
spoonful of mushroom ketohup, a tea
spoonful of kitchen bouquet, salt and