The National tribune., 1906-08-09

iidSf: VI lile III WHICH sugar anu
! just little water has been put, unless
| there is plenty of juice in the fruit. and
| put this on the plate around the bread
You will like 1t. and it is so easily pre-
pared. OF course, you can serve
whipped cream with it, or plain cream.
| and a sweet egg custard made with a
little cornstarch is liked by some: but,
| really, fruits should be served by them
selves, uncooked, to get the best results.
Here's a new thing to coax pennies
out OF pockets, and ought to take rather
better than the birthday" parties:
A measuring" party is given for you:
'Tis something novel, something new.
We young ladies ask all to come,
And each one bring to aid us some:
Two cents for every foot you're tall,
Well measure you on door or wall;
An extra cent for each inch give,
And thereby show how high you live.
With music and song, refreshment and
pleasure,
Wen meet one and all at our party Of
measure"
Here is some common sense.
Miss Laura Drake Gill. Dean OF Bar
nard College. recently made very in
teresting address to the alumni of
Packer Institute, in which she discussed
the present ''criss in family life," and
the economic position Of women gener-
ally.
Women must learn" she asserted
that their economic function Is the ex-
pendHure Of money. When we know
that four-ffths of the income In the
middle classes and nine-tenths in the
lower classes Is spent directly by the
mother, we realize the wisdom that
should be required in the expenditure.
Many women start out morning after
morning to market and shop. The store
keepers know how to make useless
things SO tempting that they buy. and
even the clerks try to manage a wo-
mans purchases. II the women who
spend their hours thus aimlessly would
take part Of this time to think about
their expenditure, they would save time,
money and happiness. They must be
taught that expenditure of money is
their profession. They must make It a
science, not a mania"
Here are some very important things
to remember in making the tub gown"
and, after all, If a woman will exercise
little common sense and iaunder these
things herself the tub dress is the
cheapest in the long run., 1t does not
cost nearly as much as silk to begin
with, and 1t is much prettier when SIM
Piy maui putting SOou idce on IL III
stead of cheap and havingft Well made.
The lace can be transferred to some
other dress when this one Is, worn out,
for good lace wears Indefinitely. Then,
the white dress never fades. and when
clean it is just the daintiest dress that
any woman can wear. Here are the
things to remember:
Don't make 1t too elaborate,
Leave room for shrinkage.
D1air h,pf{ tI,o$ rxysy1
water. .s- aHE s-r
Be careful to use non-rusting hooks
and eyes.
strappings and tucks are better than
ruff1es and shirrings
Finish the skirt with hem, that may
be let down if necessary.
Both cluny and linen lace wash beau
tifully.
Make a trim belt and collar to match.
Have the white chemise.te separate,
that 1t may be washed more frequently
than the entire gown.
Turnover collars and cuffs of en-
broidered batfste look very we'll on plain
linen and cotton frocks.
A woman who ought to know declares
that when she washes delicate flannel.
woolens and ribbons she uses instead of
soap two large potatoes. She peels
and rubs the things with the potato as
grated.
Burns are always painful, and they
will pain till the "heat" Is out of them
/ don't care what you put on them, but
there are several excellent remedies for
healing without scars. For scald from
steam or hot water plaster wet baking
soda over the burn as quickly as posi-
BILE. Cover 1t thick, and bind on tight
with a soft linen rag. Dampen the rag
by pouring water on IT occasionally
Leave on for several hours After six
or eight hours dress the burn with vase
line and bind up.
Remember this in binding up all
abrasions of the skin. whether cuts,
scalds. bruises or anything else that has
cut through so that the blood runs, be
sure that all dirt Is removed before
binding up. Soap and water and anti
septics ought to be used; then there
should be no danger of blood poisoning
l have known three very serious cases
of blood poisoning from the prick of
hatpin. One woman finally died from
1t; another lost the use of her arm, and
another had to have a finger amputat-
ed. Little things. but great results and
sad ones.
1t is usually privileges abused which
get US into trouble. Every woman
should study how to do her work with
the least expenditure of strength and
the maximum of comfort to everybody.
In country homes, where gas and cleo
trlcity are not to be had, resort must be
made to coal oil and gasoline for cook
ing purposes to lessen the heat of work
In the kitchen in the Summer. Now
both these fluids are perfectly safe if
properly handled, and they are both ex-
tremeiy dangerous IN thei hands of ig-
norant, careless or thougitless people
find among my exchanges a lot of
| "Don'ts" from Mr.. H. ID. Davis, the
State Fire Marshal OF Ohio. and they
are so very excellent that am going
to give them to you entire. L indorse
every one of them. and find that good
many apply to coai-oil stoves as well as
gasoline. But IL you follow these
'don'ts" you will never get into trouble
with either coal OIL or gasoline.
Don't fill the stoves reservoir while
the burner is alight Vapor of gasoline,
being heavier than air, Will reach the
fame. and the fash will SO frighten the
filler that more gasoline will be spilled
and the room instantly filled with fame.
Don't fill the can quite full for gaso-
line expands much more than water
when 1t becomes warm, and is likely to
force open a seam in the reservoir.
Don fail to turn the burner shut be-
fore filling the reservoir, for the fluid
leaking through N will ,noka vopar