The record-union., 1899-09-24

A dredging box filled with powdered
borax is a great convenience in the
laundry. Many stains sprinkled with
borax and soaked in cold water before
being washed in the usual way are cas-
lily removed. Even fresh tea stains can
thus be done away with; though If al
lowed to remain through washing or
two, they become too obstinate for this
treatment. Cocoa and chocolate stains
after being powdered with the borax
and soaked in cold water will usually
disappear when clear boiling water is
poured over them.
An unusually dainty and fastidious
woman met with on the summer piazza
this season gave delight to her circle in
her assortment of workbags. She was
an expert needlewoman, and never APP
peared without a bit of fancy-work in
her hands This she always kept, with
her materials, in a workbag that was
as much part of her gown as was its
belt or collar White linen ones were
used with her morning gowns of white
cambria and lawn, with dainty confec-
tions of sheerer materials for the mus
lin and batiste afternoon gowns; little
pockets of lace insertion and delicate
ribbons coming on parade with more
elaborate frocks of sheer organdie and
silk Not every woman would care to
take the trouble necessary to provide
such a stock of harmonious work-pock-
cts, but they seemed only natural on
the part of this particular woman, who
practiced harmony in appearance down
to the last detail.
The caution is now timely, that the
first water drawn from faucets that
have been unused for weeks or perhaps
months, is most unsafe to drink. 1t
should be the care of the returning
housekeeper or the person who will
open the closed house for the family
occupancy to see that spigots are
turned on all over the house for twenty
minutes at least, in order that the
water that has been standing in the
pipes may flow away.
To save time is almost as important
as to save clothing A woman who has
mastered both arts suggests a knee
mending process for the stockings of
children that will be useful to many
busy mothers I'm buying the stock
ings for my family of little boys and
girls she says, ''I select those very
long in the leg. When the inevitable
gaping hole appears on the knee I simp-
~ cut the stocking two at that point
and stitch a seam around the knee on
the sewing machine, shortening the
stocking, of course, but eliminating the
hole in a way that makes the result al
most equal to a new stocking. It takes
me three minutes"
The same woman does not discard a
pair Of gloves which she finds on at
tempting to wear are too large for her,
but takes a seam through the palm of
the hand between the opening, where
they fasten, and the outside seam. 1t is
rare, according to her, that a little
gore taken at this point does not give
the glove an excellent fit without doing
any serious injury to it's appearance.
A pretty garden hat that is in evil
dence this season is made from palm
leaf fan. The fan is cut in a slight
oval with a circle taken out of the CEN
ter to accommodate the null crown,
which may be of any delicate color de-
sired, though white is the prettiest. The
crown is shirred in full with band of
the null around it, ending on the fan
brim in large bow. The brim is COW
cred, too, around the face with a shir-
ring of the NULL and long null strings
tie in bow under the chin after the
picturesque manner of garden hats. An
advantage of these fan-made hats is
that they need no wiring and are very
easily put together.
"I have recently realized" says the
mother of one of party of boy camp
ers, that my early instructions to my
son Of what to do in an emergency were
worth something to him. At his camp
this summer, by the side of mountain
lake, one of the boys was seized with
cramps while swimming, and when
rescued was unconscious The boy
knew that something ought to be done,
and done promptly, but nobody knew
just what it was My son, frightened,
but oppressed with the responsibility,
pulled himself together and recalled
that on the cover of his camp valise I
had pasted a picture illustrating, in
several positions, the process of arti-
fetal respiration, with some short
printed directions as to how a drown
ing person may be revived. The valise
was dragged to the shore and propped
against a tree. The directions were
followed, and the attempt made to re-
store the boys lung action. My son
said that the boys were ell very much
frightened, and the work was clumsily
done at first, but after a little they
grew cooler and more. confident, and di-
viding themselves into shifts, they
worked patiently for over an hour,
when they had the satisfaction of re-
storing their drowned companion
to life and consciousness.
AT another boys camp of which /
know, a severe cut which one of the
boys got from a piece of glass while
bathing was stopped in its serious
bleeding by prompt application of a
tourniquet. The boy who applied it