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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-04-11
NURSERY NOTES.

The best place for a baby is its crib.
Play, and plenty of it. is necessary to
The healthful existence of a child.
Coeoanut oil is effective for rubbing
on the chest. back and limbs of the
baby after its evening sponging.
Culinary utensils used in the prepare
ton of an infants food should be the
baby's own. They should never be
pressed into service in any other direc-
ton.
\ young mother may learn many
things by carefully watching what the
trained nurse does for the baby before
the catastrophe" of her leaving ar
rives.
The nursery is the childs own do
main, his castle, and in it he should be
Lord Paramount. If he choose to shout
and riot and romp, let him. His lungs
and muscles need developing, and his
nerves require strengthening.
The baby should never be forced TO
sit with back and head unsupported.
When in his mothers arms, the correct
position IS easily secured. Nhen old
enough to sit in small chair or car
rage, pillows should always be placed
about him.
If there is a certain, fixed place where
soft. medicated cotton, bandages of diff
ferent widths, absorbent gauze and
bottle of some antiseptic solution may
always be found, it will prevent the
frantic rushing about when such arti-
clcs are needed and save to the little
sufferer many throbs of pain.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-04-11

If you have an atomizer, half fill it
with 40 per cent solution of for
maldehyde. Stand the books upright
on the end wide open. with the leaves
separated as much as possible, and
spray thoroughly with formaldehyde.
If the binding is very delicate and
likely to be injured by the moisture,
procure a tight tin box large enough
to hold the book and saucer filled with
formaldehyde. Stand the book upright
as described and close the box, leaving
it for an hour at least. 1t is said that
one cubic centimeter of formaldehyde
thoroughly disinfect any book in ff-
teen minutes.-Ladies' Home Journal.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-04-11
THE DAISY PATTERN

very effective. The accompanying illus
trations show two designs The first is
called the Daisy" pattern and the sec
one the IS"
Cut the brass end of a firm corset
lace and by twisting cotton around the
lace bind to prevent raveling. Make a
coil three strands deep and overland
on the wrong side. Form seven loops,
each one being twisted once around the
coil. and sew them to it. Cut off the
cord and bind the end neatly under.
Make a plait of four strands of the
cord long enough to go around this
daisy form and attach it to the outer
loops Of the daisy. Seven more daisies
sewed around the plat complete the
dolly Other mats of the same pattern
may be made in the same way on a
larger scale.
For the IS" mats make a coil four
strands deep. and by reversing the di-
rection of the coil make second as
close as possible to the first. This
makes the IS from which any num-
Der of designs may he invented.
The seven little circles in the center
of the small IS dolly are made of
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-04-11
Servants In Paris.

There is much criticism from foreign
sources as to American treatment of
domesticS. Frenchwomen say that
Americans spoil their servants. They
are careless as to money. too good ma
tured and lavish with holidays, and
the French servant who returns from
service in the United States is regard
ed as one that is spoiled. In France.
or, rather, in Paris where the highest
wages are paid for general housework,
the girls get IS, 50 or, at most, so Il
month, and they are allowed but one
afternoon a month out. Then too, they
do great deal of work never asked OF
a girl in this country-brushing clothes,
household mending, doing of errands
and the daily marketing. On the other
hand, they do no family washing. All
bread, cakes and desserts are got out
side of the house, as well as many en-
trees, meat and fowls. and it is even
possible to buy cooked vegetables. SO
that really there is much less work in
the kitchen. Then, too, with hardwood
floors and rugs there is less, or at least
lighter, work in caring for the apart
ments, which offsets the household
mending, shoe backing and marketing
The last, however, is not a hardship,
for this contributes the girls daily out.
ing.-Argonaut
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-04-11

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about the coal works INFO Vacant
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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-04-11
A PAPER BALLOON.
One That Makes Its own Gas and
That VIII Rise In the Air.

That VIII Rise IN the AIT.
All boys and many girls who have
the spirit for adventure have often
longed TO take trip with the man in
the balloon and go away up in the sky
where they can look down upon the
people below, who as he rises. keep
growing smaller and smaller until they
are mere specks on the earth and final
ly fade out of sight altogether.
Many, many strange sights are often
seen from the balloon as it rises up in
TO the heavens, for from that high
point men can look down as they cross
the deep lakes and rivers and see the
bottom as plainly as if there were only
two or three feet of water, when real
ly the lake is probably fifty or sixty
feet deep.
Now, this real big balloon is never
safe for the young folks to ride in. for
their presence of mind would probably
leave them when they reached even
the tops of the church spires, and then
they would either cry TO return to the
earth or huddle down in the bottom Of
the basket. afraid to even look over
the side. Yet | am going to tell you
how each one of you little folks can
make a balloon all of your own.
and. while it will not be large enough
to ride in, YOU may send up in it toy
people, who will not hurt themselves
if they do fall
This is not to be trick or sleight
of hand performance, but merely a
plain, matter of fact amusement for
those liking such play, and this is the
way it is made:
First you get large piece of tissue
paper; tie light string around each of
the corners firmly: then get a small
pasteboard box and tie to the strings,
about eight or ten inches below the
ends of the tissue paper. When this is
done, get an old sponge or a piece of
soft wooden rag wet it thoroughly in
either spirits of turpentine or alcohol
set fire to the rag or sponge and give
your little balloon a sudden shove up
ward and see it rise like a feather in
the air until the rag or sponge is en-
tirely burned up; then down again it
will come to within a few feet of
where it was sent up.-E. A. Emmons
in New York Herald.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-04-11
Broaden YOU Mind.

You can make up for the lack of a
college education by the books you
read, says Margaret White in the
American Queen. Reading should form
considerable element in a young wo-
mans recreation. for not only is it
pleasure while one is at it, but there is
nothing that will educate one so quick
ly. one or two hours day is none
too much to spend with substantial lit
erature-essays, history. poetry. polit-
1cal economy or historical romance
and the reading habit once formed is
q JOY forever. Possessing it, one need
never know a lonesome. lonely hour.
Ones books become ones friends, and
from the hour or two spent in read
ing one unconsciously acquires a studi-
GUS disposition.
Reading an essay. for instance, you
come across a name or a word that is
either entirely unfamiliar or is re-
membered dimly. The name or word
perhaps appears frequently. and you
naturally wish to read understanding
~. viour only course to acquire your
end is to spend a few moments with
the encyclopedia or the dictionary. In
that few moments the searcher is GER
tainly richer in knowledge by more
than the information she started out
to find. Such reading cannot help but
be educational. and self search for
information is dozen times more ben
eficia than knowledge sought and
gained without personal effort.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-04-11
Worl.inu Women.

A lively controversy has been going
on as TO the propriety of women earn
ing their own liyings. The question al
ways seems hardly worth arguing
about As Il matter of fact, the large
ma iority of women are earning their
livings already. The drones of the hui
man hive Gn this case females are
confined to a comparatively small class
the aristocracy and the upper middle
class-and even in their ranks there
has been a notable inclination of late
years to come out into the labor mar
ket and compete for a living. Ladies
of high birth and breeding set up shop,
turn photographer. miniature painter,
doctor. nurse and what not; the daugh-
tiers Of professional men turn actress,
fiddler, journalist, secretary, typewrit-
er or agent for this. that and t'other
Nobody is ashamed to work today.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-04-11
women who Laugh.

The women who laugh usually have
good digestion. admiring husbands and
children and enjoy wonderful social
popularity OF course the laugh must
be timely. TOR woman wanting in
sympathy is most unlovable. But it Is
generally true that blithe sense of hui
NOR comedies with quick sympathy
with grief Kate Matherson says: The
women of the future viii laugh and be
all the better for il Girls have never
been allowed to cultivate a humorous
sense as they grew up until within
quite recent years. when intelligence Is
gaining such victories in the nursery.
Boisterous conduct or loud laughter
had always been reproved in little girls,
while in Il boy such eXuberance was re-
garded as a natural and healthy sex
attribute. This is one of the reasons
that the humorous sense which in chill
dren is usually evidenced in a love OF
frolic was killed in the feminine nature.
To laugh was rude. That constituted
the law for the woman child in whose
brain cells miSchicvouS fun was begin
ming TO Bubble. The result of all that
is that few women know how to laugh.
The laugh of the child is repressed. and
IT develops into the giggle of the girl.
Shcn the gisgle is criticised. and many
women continue in their efforts to be
polite 10 surgle and gasp into their
handkerchiefs until the end of the
chapter"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-04-11

Left over yolks of eggs, if put at
once into tumbler of cold water, will
keep fresh and soft for several days.
If dropped into a cup and covered, the
yolks would be unfit for use the sec
ond day. The left over whites of eggs
may be made into macaroons, kisses
or used for meringues. The whites Of
two eggs with a quarter of pound of
sugar and the same quantity of al
mond paste will make two dozen maca-
rooms. Where hard boiled yOlks are
wanted, it is much better to break the
eggs, separate carefully the yolks from
the whites and drop the yolks into wa
ter that is boiling hot; cook slowly for
twenty minutes. In this way you save
the whites for another purpose. Whites
that are boiled with the yolkS are val
useless, and the dish has cost double
Ladies' Home Journal.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-04-11
Gentleness with Children.

Be ever gentle with the children God
has given you. Watch over them con-
stantly. Reprove them earnestly, but
not in anger. In the forcible language
of Scripture, BE not bitter against
them" Eyes, they are good boys" l
once heard a kind father say. 81 talk
to them very much, but do not like to
beat my children. The world will beat
them"
1t was a beautiful thought, though
not elegantly expressed. Yes, there is
not one child in the circle round the
table, healthful and happy as they look
now, On whose head, if long enough
spared, the storm will not beat.
Adversely may wither them, sickness
may fade, cold world may frown on
them, but amid all let memory carry
them back to a home where the law Of
kindness reigned, where the mothers
reproving eye was moistened with a
tear and the father frowned "more in
sorrow than in anger"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-04-11
A SNAIL - Dolly.

three SIS" and one circle. The second
size is made OF six "Ss" and a circle.
Any number of SIS" that will make
pretty. symmetrical arrangement can
be used with very good effect.
The four strand plating in the 80
mats is made little more complicated
by the joining of the tworows of plaits.
fake the outer strand of the inner cir
Gle and the two inner strands of the
outer circle and plait them in three
strand plat between the two circles.
This forms the small squares that ap-
pear between the plaits.
If the mats are to be used over white
linen, they will look better in their nat
ural color. but if they are to be placed
on a polished table they will be richer
in effect if dippeSin strong coffee.-La-
dies Home Journal.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-04-11
The Little Girls Hair.

The tasteful arrangement of the lit
tie girls hair will improve her appear
ance as much as pretty dress or hat.
The hair is now allowed to grow in
stead of cutting it off to make it thick
er, and the baby face is framed with
soft, clinging tresses, just as nature in
tended it should be. The style of ar
ranging the hair changes from time to
time, just as it does for their mammas,
and as much care is needed to choose
styles that are becoming to them. The
very little girls have the hair parted in
the middle. drawn back and curled.
One curl on each side of the face is
tied with narrow ribbon of any color
you prefer Older children have their
hair braided in one or two braids and
the ends tied with ribbons. 1t is best
to change the arrangement of the hair
frequently. If it has been parted a
few weeks comb it back in pompadour
fashion awhile. This will prevent the
part from becoming too wide.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-04-11
Stained Articles.

All stain should be removed before
the articles are put in the washtub.
Pour boiling water through fruit stains.
When obstinate, soak in a solution Of
oXalic acid. Wash vaseline stains in al
cohol, paint in turpentine or alcohol,
varnish in alcohol, grass or other green
vegetable stains in alcohol, kerosene or
molasses; for stains from blood meat
juice use white of egg in cold water;
in the case of milk, cream, sugar or
strip stains soak in cold water and
wash in soap and cold water; tar, wheel
grease or machine oil stains should be
rubbed with lard and allowed to stand
a few minutes, then they should be
washed with soap and cold water; tea,
coffee or cocoa stains should be re-
moved with boiling water; if obstinate,
with weak solution of oxalic acid.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-04-11
Spelling n Child.

When the mother is capable and pos
sesses ordinary Judgment she should
be supreme in the home. Grandmoth-
ers and aunts should never openly in
terfere with her rule, however they
may seek to counsel her when the child
is not by Grandmothers and aunts
are often to blame when the house is
scourged by that intolerable nuisance
a spoiled child.
1t is very easy to spoil child. The
sweetest one can be transformed into
the most hateful by lack of firmness
and self control on the part of the
mother.
Have you never seen mother refuse
to give child something it desired,
then. when the little one began to cry
and tease first try persuasion, then
threats and wind up by eXclaimng an
grily, "Well, take it; anything for
peace?" 1t is peace very dearly pur'
chased. The child realizes that the
mothers will is weak and her mind not
to be depended on. He is strengthened
in his determination to have his own
way. and the seed of future willfulneSS
ana waywardness is sown.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-04-11
Evening Fun,

An amusing little game for a child's
party is "scissored animals" Plain
white paper, scissors and pencils are
the implements, and the little guests
are allowed Il few minutes in which
TO cut out any animal they may choose
from the paper and add eyes, ears and
other necessary decorations with the
pencil.
But one trial is allowed, and there
must be no preliminary sketching. The
animal must be scissored right out Of
the paper.
Fortunately. however, each one is
privileged to write the name of the an
imal represented. The result is usually
the greatest show on earth.
Prizes may be offered, but it is not
wise to give a BOBBY prize. There is
such an embarrassment of riches in
this direction that choice is too difficult.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-04-11
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

A candle may be made to fit into any
tandlestick by dipping it into very hot
water.
Soap and candles are best when
bought some time before they are used,
as they both improve with age.
A rug that is getting old should have
backing of stout canvas sewed TO it.
This will help to strengthen it and will
prevent its curling.
Kerosene stains can be removed with
fuller's earth Cover the stain with a
thick layer of hot fullers earth and let
it remain for twenty-four hours, then
brush Off
\ cotton flannel "silence cloth" not
only makes the tablecloth look infinite
ly handsomer, but preserves the var
nished surface from the stains from
hot dishes.
To clean mating wash it with salt
and water, but no soap. Rub the way
of the straw, but not across it, and
wipe dry. The salt in the water pre-
vents it from turning yellow.
For washing floors that have been
shellacked an experienced housewife
recommends using clear warm water
TO which has been added kerosene oil
in the proportion of a tablespoonful to
pail of water.
\ short lamp wick may be lengthen-
ed, so as to last little longer, by pin
ming a strip of calico or flannel to it.
The material is Indifferent, as all that
is required is something to connect it
with the oil.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-04-11
A Contrast.

Papa, who is that gentleman over
there on the porch?"
Don't you remember him, my child?
BE is the gentleman we met in the
restaurant today who chatted SO pleas
antly with us while he waited about
twenty-five minutes for his lunch"
HE doesn't seem very pleasant now,
papa"
"Oh, no. He's at home now. See
him tearing the newspaper into shreds
and trying to throw his hat through
the door. He is very angry because
it has taken his wife little over four
minutes to get his supper ready In
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-04-11
The Duty of American Women

What we want to do hereafter is to
place ourselves socially and morally
and mannerly on par with the posi-
ton our men occupy in finance and
science; to strive to be leaders as adj
mirable wives, mothers and women, as
our men are leaders in the world Of
achievement to compel the old world
to acknowledge that we possess the
very highest qualities Of noble woman
hood, just as it has been compelled to
acknowledge the forceful and efficient
mentality of our men in the great pro-
gressive movements of the hour.-Ella
Wheeler Wilcox in Woman's Home
Companion.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-04-11

1t was a little stone that slew Go
Hath; it was common basket that
saved the life of great apostle; it was
! spiders web spun across the opening
of the cave in which the great Scottish
patriot was hid that made the soldiers
not think of searching for him there.
There were only two small fishes, but
from them Jesus fed the multitudes, so
that it says, Likewise Of the fishes as
much as they would" - Detroit Free
Press,
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-04-11
Uses For Paper.

The thrifty French people turn paper
to a large variety of uses after making
it tough and hard.
Now. to make paper tough and hard
all you have TO do is get unsized paper,
plunge it into solution of chloride Of
zinc Ia very inexpensive liquid and
dry it.
You can then use it for covering
floors. selling boots, covering whip
handles and for making buttons, combs
and other such articles. 1t roofs a
house admirably.
This paper can be colored and as a
floor covering wears forever. Try it in
your kitchen.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-04-11
ROLLING UP HILL.

wider at the higher than at the lower
end. Then place the double cone at
the bottom of the incline, and it will
roll to the top. Although ut first sight
the trick suggests a disturbance of the
natural law of gravitation. it is only
an adaptation of that well known prin-
correspondingly depressed, and the
center of gravity is equally lowered.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-04-11
Busters.

Put away the feather duster What's
the use of sweeping if you are going to
throw the dust back on the floor? Get
a yard of eesecloth-common quilt
lining will answer-hem it and then
you have buster that is of some use.
With it you can wipe up the dirt and
shake it out of doors. But don't de-
pend on one buster; make two or three,
so that they can be put in wash and
you can have a clean one occasionally.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-04-11

To clean linoleum take equal parts of
cottonseed oil and sharp vinegar and
rub well with a flannel rag. If the
linoleum is very dirty, first wash it
with soap and water or water to which
a little turpentine has been added.
Washing soda should not be used on
linoleum because it readily attacks oil
and paint, of which this floor covering
is chiefly made.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-04-11
A Good Trick.

With some lycopodium powder the
surface of a large or small vessel Of
water. You may then challenge any
one to drop a piece of money into the
water and declare that you will get it
with the hand without wetting your
skin. The lycopodium adheres to the
hand and prevents its contact with the
water. A little shake of your hand
after the feat is over will dislodge the
powder.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-04-11
Gems That Blaze Their Why.

Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt has an ex-
quisite tiara of diamonds made OF
large diamond fleurs-de-lis, connected
by arched spans of solitaires. Between
the emblems of France next her hair
large diamonds are arranged in de-
sign somewhat resembling trefoil
and carrying out the lines Of the larger
ornaments
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-04-11

A curious trick may be performed
by means of two conical bodies and a
couple of walking sticks. Take two
lamp shades and fasten the edges to-
gether. Then make an inclined plane
by means of two walking sticks in the
manner shown in our illustration. Let
the space between the two sticks be
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-04-11
Not Good Enough,

Mr.. Nucomer-I found china collar
button in the hash this morning, and
Landlady-Nora, bring a gold plated
button for Mr.. Nucomer. Remember
he is on the second floor.-San Francis
CO Chronicle.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-04-11

&C. WfG~
MRS. ELLEN w. PALMER.
Her Work For the Breaker Boys of
Pennsylvania Coat Mines.


The modest effort of Il woman, Mrs.
Ellen W. Palmer of WilkeSbarre, who
several years ago started Il movement
to improve the mental and moral CON
ditions of the breaker boys of the Penn
sylvania coal mines, has come to SPLEEN
did fruition in the Boys Industrial As
ISOLATION Home In Wilkesbarre
The building is of brick, with stone
trimmings, and has a very imposing APP
pearance. 1t is fifty feet front by sew
enty feet deep and four stories high,
with basement. 1t was erected mt 4
cost of $4,000, which was raised by
subscriptions.
Mrs. Palmer inausurated the work.
On the 9th of March, 1891, she sue
ceeded in getting nearly 100 slate pick
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-04-11
For the Dining Room.

For the dining room art serge or lin
en- plush makes exceedingly effective
curtains. The material is hung straight
from the pole without any attempt at
draping or tying back and is edged
with ball fringe of the same color.