Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-18
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| Rare indeed is that wife and mother
| who is not ever on the alert to see that her
dear ones are well fed warmly, yea, even
| fashionably clothed, that their beds are
comfortable, their rooms dainty and i'm
maculate, and that in every respect their
material welfare compares favorably with
| those about them. q
| But how many are there who in the null
| tiplicity of these temporal anxieties and eff
forts have strength and command OF sell
enough to enable them to give heart COM
! panionship to those whom they hold dear!
| MY wife never gets time to go out with
| me any more" says one man. She Is al
| ways rushed with housekeeping cares, no
matter how much help she has What
| did our mother say about it? asked one
girl of another in talking over some school
| experience where a class had taken up
arms against a certain teacher. "Oh, l
| never talk over school matters with her.
was the answer. She never has time to
| hear particulars, so l don't try
"Wll your mother let you go tonight
after school," one little fellow was asking
| another. "Sha'nt ask her. was the ready
| response. LAS long I'm home to dinner,
| keep my clothes clean and wipe my feet on
| the mat fore l come in, she don't care
| where / am" NO letter yet from dauSh-
| ter?" asks the old mother, shading her eyes
| as she peers out the door to greet father
|
| Mary is such a good housekeeper. l expect
| she is pretty busy with her new house and
| forgets the old folks" Il really meant to
| have written Alice weeks ago speaking
| of an old schoolmate, who after being Ill
| for months had at last been called home,
| but l was so busy l kept putting it off,
| and now it's too late And so it goes.
| By and by the husband, if a weak man,
grows tired of taking his good times alone,
| and finds some other woman who is not too
| busy to give him companionship, even to
| his undoing. The daughter, back from
school. finds common bond of sympathy
with mother. and the rift grows wider. The
active boy, full of life and mischief and
constantly reproved and admonished at
home, soon learns that there are other
places where he is welcomed and made
much of, places of which his mother never
dreamed.
We are all glad when our friends do well,
but do We tell them so? We grieve with
them when sorrow sets its seal upon the
home, and all the day is darkened, and we
mean to write and tell them so, but it is so
easy to let the opportunity get crowded out
and soon it is forgotten. We love our fam
lily and friends, but we feel it is unneces-
sary to express it in words Our little
daughter is pretty, there is no doubt about
it; but it might make her vain to tell her
that, and we say coldly, If you behave as
we'll as you look, you will do very WELL.
Our boys do good work at school, but it
might make them conceited'' to tell them
SO, and the "alabaster box goes unopened.
number of children with tendency to
curvature of the spine is attributed by DR..
Luther H. Gulick, director of physical
training in the New York public schools, to
the constant carrying of heavy books to
and from school.
The trouble usually begins in the seventh
grade when the average number of books
carried home for study is four, with a
weight of five or six pounds. These are
dnariy carried on the left arm by 60 per
cent of both boys and girls. with the result
that the carriage of the, body is bent to one
side, in direct proportion to weight of books
carried
The children most liable to be affected
by this custom are those of weak muscula
ton, the proud, ambitious, nervous girl be-
ing specially susceptible. To counteract
this unfortunate tendency, DR.. Quick ad
vises that children be taught and watched
to see that they carry books on each side
alternately, or else to follow the practice
of European schools where the pupils carry
their books home in modified form of
knapsack the weight of which rests on the
back.
To Prevent the Spread of Diphtheria.-An-
other thing that children need to be warned
about is the exchange of pencils and the
wetting of the latter in the mouth. The
spread of diphtheria in a school has often
been traced to this cause. Pencils may be-
come infected also by being kept in one box,
so that careful teachers in collecting
pens or pencils see to it that each child's
writing material is kept separately in ma
sponges are interdicted altogether.
Bacteria in Modelling Clay.-Still another
scarce suspected source of contagion has
been located in the apparently innocuous
modelling clay used in the manual training
departments of the schools Used pro-
miscuously, this clay is found liable to be-
come infected with germs, which may re-
main in the clay for extended periods in
fecting all the individuals of class To
prevent this tendency the best procedure
1t is claimed, is to destroy all the clay that
remains after a class there is no way
vet devised whereby the clay may be ster-
,lized after using.
Sweets for Chldren.-The old theory that
sugar is deleterious for children is now eX-
ploded the latest dictum of food specialists
being that 1t is food especially adapted to
children, because of their great activity
The amount of sugar to be given and the
form in which 1t is to be supplied are still
questions of much Importance. Until a
child reaches its second year the natural
sugar in the milk supplies all that is neces-
sary, but after that sweets of a wholesome
nature eaten at regular meals are consid-
cred beneficial. Most people still agree that
sugar should not be used with the break
fast mush or porriGge or wheat or oatmeal
but is better furnished in simple puddings
custardS, cookies, loaf sugar or home made
candy. Sweet fruits, such as figs and dates
are exceedingly wholesome and should be
freely furnished
Date Bread.-An excellent breakfast bread
Tor children or their elders is made in this
,'oS' II Silouiu uOt ne CUT however, the
day it is baked. Separate the dates. put
INTO pan and cover with lukewarm water.
wash thoroughly one by one drain. then
cut IN two with a slit down one side with
a sharp knife and remove the pit, keeping
the dates as whole as possible. Rinse a
second time in warm water and set aside
10 dry. Scald three cups of milk add ore
teaspoonfui of salt and a half cup of mo-
Idsses and cool to lukewarm. Add half a
yeast cake that has been dissolved in two
tablespoonfuls of lukeWarm water beat
well. then sift in enough flour to make a
good drop batter. Beat thoroughly, then
cover and set in warm place free from
oraughts until light. When light and bub-
ply on top, add four cups of the prepared
oates and enough whole wheat flour 10
make soft dough. Turn out on a Toured
BOARD, and knead until smooth and veIyety
10 the touch. Return to the bread howl
cover, and again let rise until light. Then
form INTO loaves-sma1l ones are prefer
aple-put into pans and set aside once mora
tc get light and bake in a moderate oven
a little hotter at the start than for white
bread. '0
Graham Gems with Dates-These are spa-
cIally nice for breakfast, delicious and
wholesome. Beat the yo1k of one egg with
a salt spoonful of salt. Next add one cum
1ui OF milk one-half cup of boiled rice. a
cup and half of whoewheat or graham
meal, ana scant tablespoonful of melted
butter and beat vigorously, add a quarter