The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-29
PEOPLE AND THINGS

The term "ptomaine poison is in
| everybodys mouth. but few know what it
Tsahy Is. II develops. says What to
Eat. through the action of acid on tin.
| That is why every can of meat or vege-
| tables or fruits should be turned out into
an earthen bowl or crock immediat ely
upon opening the tin can and that Is why
mayonnaiSe should never be put into tin
receptacies. Only recently several women
were made seriously i'll by eating salad at
a reception. Investigation showed that
the mayonnaise. In which was consider
able lemon juice. had been allowed to
stand ali day I'm tin pail. According to
the physicians. enough poison was gem
Grated to kill forty men. and had the
women eaten the mayonnaise from the
bottom OF the pail 1t would have been IA
tai to them.
All good citizens will join White Rib
boners In condemning the kind OF whisky
the pure food commissioner OF Pennsyl-
vania Most of the cheap whisky sold
In Pennsylvania. he says; lis manu-
India pepper. the latter element giving
| the deadly dose the desired snap. Nine
| ty-five per cent Of the samples far ex-
amined have shown the presence OF wood
/ alcohol In poisonous quantities along with
| the pepper. No wonder that our asylums
are fun.
Breakfast is said to be an entirely mod
| ern invention. About hundred years ago
/ this meal consisted OF a draught of ale
Il or cup OF tea or chocolate. TWO meals
! a day used to be the rule-dinner rang
| ing from a. M in the fifteenth century
| to moor, iii the seventeenth and supper
| from o'clock to Z. Bread and a few
relishes. such radShes, We're added to
| the morning meal I'm the eighteenth cen-
fury, and when cold meat and fish APP
peared about a hundred years ago they
were thought a great innovation.
Modern science has made havoc with
many ancient beliefs and now bids fair to
clear the reputation of that unfortunate
and much maligned woman, the first
mother of mankind Eve is accused OF
having brought sin into the world by eat
ing an apple, but in the light Of modern
dietetic science this is obviously impos-
sible. for the eating of apples has now
been discovered TO be productive of every
virtue. Eat apples. and you will be both
| happy and good This is the latest die
tum of the dietitians.
The woman of ffty-how difficult she is
to find in society these days, when by
facial massage. hair treatment, rouge and
girlish gowns the semblance of youth is
chung TO after the goddess herself has long
since fled. lone who knows" declares that
instead OF being forced forever into the
background by acknowledging herself to
be elderly. woman and inexperienced girl
in influence and attractiveness. so why
should she ape the latter's bread and but
ter charms?''
A simple expedient for overcoming the
vous children is to cover the bath with a
sheet and then lower the little one into the
bath. sheet and all. AS he does not see
the bath he does not realize what it is.
and. coming gradually into the pleasantly
warm water. he rather enjoys ii, as a rule.
In very short time this precaution will
be found unnecessary, even with the most
nervous of babies.
Detroit has a woman as clerk of the
United States district court, the only in
stance OF the kind known. Miss Carrie
Dawson. the new appointee, began her
career as acting clerk for her father, the
late Darius j. Dawson. She was then
promoted to be deputy clerk of the court.
and after years apprenticeship in this
position has been advanced to q full
clerkship.
produced in from twenty to forty
eight hours time in winter by planting
the seeds. which have been previously.
soaked for twenty-four hours in strong
one-third OF Slaked lime and moiStened
with warm water.
Glass jars are now much used by pro-
gresSive hoUsekeepers for spices. cereals
and other such supplies. They have OBJ
viOuS advantages over opaque Teceptacles.
and II IS an easy matter to collect them
by buying goods that are put up in glass.
1t is said that oil paintings that have
by rubbing them with raw potatoes, cut
In halves. and afterward wiping with a
damp sponge and drying with soft rag.
Soapbark jelly is the best all around
cleansing agent that woman can keep
on hand. 1t may be prepared by putting
a handful of soapbark In a quart OF boil
ing Swater and letting 1t cool.