The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-12-23
LIVE TOPICS ABOUT TOWN.

medical authority attached to the Army
Medical Museum 1T is merely mani
festation of seIf-consciousness in NOR
cure is to be sought in a distraction from
| self. I cured myself by a discovery ct
| such simple character that 1 feel like
commenting it to all sufferers Did you
| ever experience the hypaotic and sopo-
rife influence of bright open-grate fire?
| Try that first. Get into a comfortable
easy chair, and look at the fire with the
mind free from thought so far as possible
The warmth and the light VIII begin to
sooth the nerves in a few minutes, and
then sleep viii come But the difficulty
here arises from the fact that in getting
away to bed one is aroused from this
| pleasant dreamy condition. So tried go
| ing TO bed IN room where could fasten
my gaze on a bright light, shut in so that
only the rays which came IN my direction
were visible. the rest of the room being
| in darkness. This worked nearly as well
| as the open fire. and as soon as l had l. ;
| light fixed SO that I could turn it out
| without getting out of bed when tt.,e
drowsy feeling came, had the insomnia
whipped"
| Washington has number of frst-cIass
restaurants says much travelling citi-
| zen, "and you can get number of dishes
not to be duplicated anywhere in the
world But there is one simple article
which any English hotel or chop house
viii do to perfection and which I have
never had right in a restaurant or hotel
/! in this my native city. And that is good
| plain buttered toast. It is made from any
bread which comes to hand; it is either
| burned, or half toasted. or smells of the
fire, OF is UNDERGONE On one side and over
done on the other. and it never reaches
the table hot Now, Why is it? Ny iudg
ment OF a successful restaurant abroad is
always founded on its ability to furnish
me with good toast and tea. II that sfmnle
order can be well served everything else
viii be well served. Yet in the average
private home of this city there is never
any difficulty in getting tea and toast well
made and well served"
The wife of q weII-known Washing
tonian. man Of coed position and =
come, discharged both her servants n
the fail and. is managing her household
without them.
4 have two daughters - she explained,
''one eleven and the other nine. and d boy
OF fourteen. / have for some time felt
that the only way my children would ever
acquire a knowledge Of homework was TO
disc farza tho ra--v-1rz+c Nd eat 80. , -.
teal school Of housekeeping at home
| TIE children have been in the way in the
kitchen hitherto learned Homework
| because [ had it 70 do. I regard it as
Of equal Importance with any other
branch Of education and superior TO most
branches.
Nov, my little girls arise at :. have
their toilets made in fifteen minutes. put
on big pinafore aprons. and come right
into the kitchen with me aud help get
breakfast Ny son comes down first and
starts the kitchen fire. then sees to the
furnace and gees back 10 finish MS dress
ing. The children set and clear the table,
wash and replace the dishes. and then
make the beds and do the chamber work.
After school they help get dinner and
clean house. I send out the laundry
but the girls do their own darning. mend
ing, and plain sewing. They can now
do ali the simpler h0usework without aid
from me. Within two years they viii De
able 10 design. cut. 1T and make all their
own dresses. I can figure a saving in
household expenses Of over $500 a year
from dispensing with the servants. Ny
husband comes down into the kitchen
/ nearly every evening as proud as Punch
to see his daughters getting dinner
A distinguished diplomatist represent
ing a great power in Washington sat at
recent dinner next Western Senator
who was disposed TO paint the splenders
of Americas institutions with lavish
hand. The dIplomauist stood II with com
mendabIe patience for some time. but
finally took up the conversational ehal-
leHge with a few pertinent remarks.
You are great nation. said he. but
you have disappointed the world in many
respects. Ali other countries freed their
slaves without serious strife; Russia
manumitted twenty million serfs BIZ an
imperial decree. and then took steps TO
see that they all we're secured in pos
session Of their land Yet the United
States nearly destroyed itself with civil
war over the slavery question You have
sneered at other Governments for their
heavy military burdens. though the stand
ing armies abroad have been immense
national schools to change bent-backed
peasants into ..rs5aHding, Intelligent free
men At the same tine you haze saddIed
yourselves with q much greater burden in
a huge pension list which has not begun