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SAYS Table Talk" The wise woman will
arrange to have nicely prepared meals
served throughout the entire season of
housekeeping. For the sake of the mas
culine members of the family, whose bette
noir is the confusion worse ~confounded'
incident to the time of house-cleaning
only one apartment should be ordered at
a time. and any mistress of "a home
possessing administrative and executive
ability can so arrange that the men of her
FAMILY will appreciate that they have
been entertained with a series of delight
full ~dissolving views picturing the merg-
ing of a wintry interior into that of the
springtime.
housekeeping should invariably begin
with the upper story of the house. First
attack closets, chests and drawers, and
here it is that the emotional woman goes
on "A Little Sentimental Journey
round her home, for, in glancing over
and asserting accumulated odds and ENDS,
and while destroying or filing away Old
letters. fond memories awaken, take her
by the hand and conduct her longingly
thro' bright corridors of some happy past
where the heart, like the world outside,
grows young again.
While closets and other receptacles
are being made as sweet and trim as old
time courtary, hang on a line out-of-
doors all the wooden articles which are to
be replaced therein for the summer. These
should be first well shaken, and then lett
to enjoy a thorough bath in the divine
April sunshine. which will fright away
moths. delighting, as they do, IN dark
ness. verify because their deeds are
evil" All ha-bors for moths should De
efectually cleansed by washing them OUT
with a solution OF borax and water. When
articles of wearing apparel are again in
place it is unnecessary, and not the ex-
qualification of love for ones n~eighoor,
tn n,rehase tar-bails galore wherewisn
to perfume woolens SO vilely and perma-
nentlv that one will run the risk of being
execrated ad nauseam usque in the au-
tumn. For the destruction or prevention
of moths sprinkle clothing, closets, chests
and carpets with quantities OF whoie
cloves, SO that at the approach OF WINTER
when woolens and furs are brought out
once more, they shall diffuse odors ike
Araby the Blest. 1t is well, also, to strew
cloves around the edges of carpets left
upon floors and under the linen coverings
which shroud upholstered furniture.
Wash windows in water in which a
small portion of spirits of ammonia has
been poured. Mating should be renovated
with salt and water. Clean paints with
tepid water and borax. Oil flowers with a
mixture composed of three parts of raw
linseed oil to one part of spirits of tur-
pentine. II
Visions of roses to come, which shall
iIlumine bright summer days, and pro-
vide a profusion of fresh petals for ira
grant pot oourri Jars, and for placing
among table ad bed-iinen and wearing
apparel. should impel one 10 throw 20 the
windows of April all musty, shriveled rose
leaves.
After closets. chests and drawers have
been well-ordered, pictures, walls and
ceilings should be brushed clean. and WIN
dows. floors and woodwork washed. Win
dows should then be closed for a time and
a sulphur candle set to burn for awhile
within each apartment. Adjust all bars
over beds before the inevitable mosquito
wakes sanguinary, for it Is d~iscomforting
in the extreme to arrange netting cano-
pies gracefully on some seventimeS
heated, summer day when the thermom-
eter travels into the tropics.
Stoves should be taken down and made
free from all ashes, then nicely blacken-
ed and polished. In the event of some
April day proving IAN uncertain glory"
it is we'll to prepare at least one stove, or
open fire place for %relighting. A wood fire
should be kindled on such an occasion,
and if hickory or r~esinous pine be burned,
sweet chynic heat will evolve therefrom
a most delightful fragrance perfume as
delightful as that distilled from the f1ow- |
ers of the forest.
During the progress of Aprips house |
cleaning, a solution of concentrated I've,
carbolic acid. or copperas, should be pour
ed down all drains and sinks, and plaster
ed walls and cellar ways should be white
washed.
There are cures without number" re-
marked q woman of large experience, |
rest cures, water cures, rubbing cures,
etc. but the simplest and what I consider
the best of all cures is the air cure. 1t is
a remedy which I have often used in my
family for chronic coughs and digestive
roubles with good effect.
II DO not mean a change of air which
physicians are . SO fond of prescribing,
and which, for people of moderate
means is so difficult to carry out, but a
regular system of inhaling outdoor air at
stated intervals in a certain way. I really
believe there is no better cure, even for
incipient consumption, and it can do no
harm, and is %healthful, even if not cura-
tive.
IF any of my children have a trouble |
some cough, or have no. appetite or seem
run down, I always supplement my
other treatment with the air cure, as I
call it. In good weather it is done out
of doors; in bad, before an open window. |
or, if the patient is delicate, in a room
that has been thoroughly aired. Inhale
very slowly, counting Is with the mouth
slightly open; exhale also very slowly,
counting 15 again. Do this six times, in
fating particularly the upper portion of
the lungs. Then repeat the same way,
Initiating the very lowest portion of the
lungs, which, by the way, young people
very seldom use at all, breathing entirely
above the waistline.
Finally, repeat the breathing exercise
through the nose, with the mouth shut,
initiating the entire length of the lungs.
This latter exercise is particularly go3d
for ~catarrh, as good air is very healing 10
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