Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-10-09


Now, before the frost comes, is the
time TO gather in some of the woodland
treasures for winter. In the maple zone
the trees are at their best and nothing
is prettier for decoration than the beau
tiful bronze, gold or scarlet leaves. All
one has to do to preserve them is to dip
them in n thin solution of glue water
tablespoonful of liquid glue to a pint
OF waterbury carefully and pack them
smoothly in boxes
Grape leaves, holly branches, the CLOS
sy leaves of the pear are all suitable for
this purpose. and prove invaluable in the
winter when it is hard to find appropri-
ate decorations for the table. Ferns, too,
may be gathered now, enough to last for
several months. Select the brakes or
sword ferns, having thick green fronds,
cut from the roots with shears. lay
smoothly in a box, face down, cover the
top with paraiine paper. tie the cover
down firmly and set the box in the cellar
or iceboX until needed.
The lovely trailing ropes of ground
pine. branches OF bittersweet roots of
cleckerberrics. hemlock twigs and
branches. the satin-lined chestnut burrs,
will each and all bring back visions of
summer in the days when the sun goes
in hiding and the mental thermometer
drops accordingly.
California chatelaines, with their wealth
of flowers to draw upon all the seasons,
have learned to utilize number Of
things for flower holders which the
Eastern women knows nothing Of For
palms and other piazza plants they buy
the Chinese butter tirkins, bound with
straw For "A single spray of roses, the
purple blossom of the artchoke, or two
or three golden chrysanthcmums she has
ready the quaint brown glazed whiskey
jug. which the China boy cook or laun-
dryman has discarded after cmptyng its
contents. These may be had for the
picking UP almost anywhere around the
wash houses, and are the most effective
flower holders for the hall or porch ia
bic. Then there are the bamboo swing
ing vases. that any boy with a knife can
make. ThcS. are simply n section of the
bamboo a half or three-quarter yard in
| length with little openings cut in the
various sections large enough to hold
water and a few vines or blossoms A
cord is then tied about either end, and
the vase suspended from the wall.
One of the greatest delights in Califor-
MIA housekeeping is that every morning
one may have IA great tray of fresh flow
ers to arrange for the day.
lnspid and tasteless apples may be uti-
lizcd by stewing and mixing with stcwed
cranherrics in the proportion of one part
OF cranberrieS to two of apples. Not
quite so much sugar will be required as
Tor the berries alone strain throush
coIahder ana serve with game or meat
ACCORDING 10 'he fanny physician 5
story, very few people know how to
breathe properly. In ordinary breathing
not much more than half the lung it's
sues are used, and in every day life we
manage to get on with this. II there is
any tendency to lung trouble, however
the lungs must be expanded, and deep
breathing is powerful ala to cure. Inc
Individual should stand erect, close the
mouth and gradually fill the lungs by
breathing through the nose. When the
lungs are fun one should hold the breath
a short time, then slowly let it out, Six
deep hreaths should be taken one after
the other, and this deep breathing prac-
ticed three times a day before meals,
one of the advantages of living in "A hill
country is that one is forced to brea tn
deeply All breathing exercises are bet
ter if taken in the open air rather than
in the vitiated atmosphere of close
room. II regular deep breathing is prac-
ticed there will he no need of any ap-
/ paratus for indicating the air as is fire.
uuently recommended to consumptiveS.
The benefit is not from the drug inhaled
but from the regular deep breathing
At nrst leep breathing may cause a
little giddiness in the head or cough.
but this soon masses off. and the treat
ment proves beneficial
| In this connection it must be borne