The National tribune., 1906-12-13
TIE FAMILY.
By SONORA SARA.

Eat slowly. and you will never over
eat is the advice of a hale and hearty
old man of rs.
= 1t is not generally known that keep
ing the feet warm will often ward OH
headaches On the same principle, keep
the stomach in good order, and You
will not be likely to have cold feet. in
fact YOU can be pretty sure that whcn
ANYTHING ails You the stomach Is the
first thing TO look after.
There is often great injury done to
those who are i'll by permitting people
to visit them who are regular Jobs
Comfcrters. Only the cheerful optimist
should ever be permitted to stick his
head inside a sick room door.
Some day, perhaps, men and women
will learn that nothing is ever well done
i'm A small household If the master and
mistress are ignorant of the manner in
which 1t should be done. 1t is per-
fectiy prepostcrous to expect servants
to be inspired TO do that in which the
mistress Is so lamentably lacking that
she can neither praise nor censure IT.
One thing IS sure. if you would naV"
" li-traines: ants ,2u '-lusi %our-
s, ii Le competent TO correct their er-
rcrs.
4 hairbrush should be carefully
cleaned as often as once a week if il is
put to the proper use in brushing the
hair every day. Soap is apt to soften
the bristles The best wash is a tea
Spoonful of boraX in pint of water or
: the same amount of soda in a pint of
water that is about blood heat. Shake
the brush back and forth in this water
and the dirt and grease will disappear
like magic. Then rinse the brush in
warm water and stand on the bristlcs
t" dry Do not dry in the sun or near
the fire.
In the zeal to educate the young and
plant mind too many mothers forget
that without health learning loses its
best benefits There is great danger IN
forcing the mind OF child to the detri-
ment of the body. physician vino isl
authority on diseases of children sIyS:
~ child in full vigorous health will ac-
quire more knowledge in six hours daily
than in 12. Twelve hours study in al
day - too much by at least five hpur,
for any young person. Every 2eTs' II
under full adult age needs eight hours
sleep, and tome need more. In ord, r
that sleep should be healthfu' and re-
freshng they require at least six hours
of recreation and active EXERCISE: any
full health and vigor.
In France. whence comes I'll" Do1stI
that its women are the mos. voiatilet
and charming in the world, OVER 1000 |
600. or one-third of the women, arel
1aborers in the field. American ":Hm-n
do things better than that. Thcs niakel
home beautiful for the meE who OWN
and TIL the fields.
If there is one injunction more than
another that humankind Should heed. !
Il is that they should keep i'll 4 good |
hunfor." 1t is not the great calami.ics! I!
that embitter existence; it Is the petty
vexations.- the small iealousies. tiia hltis |
GiSa Doiptments, the minor ~ fSerics.
that make the heart heavy and ;hei
tenipsresour Anger is q ,ure waste uf
vitality: it is always foolish, and :sener-
ally disgracefu1. No man does his best
EXCEPT when he is cheerful. '!'he com. |
pany OF q good-iiunored man is per !
petuarfeast. A good conscience. a sound
stomach.,a clean skin. are the elements
of good humor..- Get them, epd keep
them. unless you want your friends 10
sflun YOU as though you were pest.
The pots in which tea and coff... are
made should be washed oat uaitc at IN. (
OF course, they should be scaidec "r.
and thoroly dried after each meal, butt
something morn than that is necessary
because the fine settings of the coffee
attach themselves to the pot and cannot
be dislodged BY the scalding process. |
yet they will ruin the flavor of the cof- |
fee if left to gather long. Never put
soap in a coffee or tea pot. If you dol
You will drink soap-fiavored beverages
for a meal or two afterward. Just fill
the pot with hot water, throw into it a |
tablespoonful of soda and set 1t boiling.
In half an hour the pot will be sweet
and clean. Do not dry with Il cloth, |
but set the pot on the back of the stovct
till the slow heat has dried il.
Some housewives whose means are
small find il impossible to have sep |
arata dish to cook high-scented foods. !
such as cabbage. onions and the like. in
and often go without dishes that are |
dearly liked by the family just because
Il seems impossible to get the odorsi
out Of the metal. They should tryi
burning. Wash the vessel in strong |
soda water. dry it. then lift the lid of
the stove and turn the vessel over theI
blazing fire for five or 10 minutes. I'll
will burn out as clean and sweet as can
be. OF course, this applies only to iron
utensils For tin a vigorous securing |
will generally answer.
Ii YOU ma that Your tins are Tearingl
ont too rapidly. you may be pretty suret
that the cause of the little corroded |
spots can be laid to improperly drying
the vessels before putting them away.
Tin should be rinscd with Il dash OF hot
water--scalding hot-and dried with al
clean dry cloth, then put over the heati
of the stove for moment before being
hung up. Eternal vigilance is the price
of clean tilware.
A range that Is carefully cleaned out
every informing and all the ashes and
clinkers removed will consume a third
less coal to do a given amount of cook
ing than one that is only cleaned in al
halfway fashion.
Edmund Russell, the new apostle of
beanty. and with much better claim to
the title than oscar Wilde ever hal,
says that jet is wicked and tired,
good women should never wear it." Inl
other words, he is of the opinion that
only the woman who has beauty of her
own. or the other woman who has
diabierie which passes for beauty should
wear the cleaning stuff, for it will only
mock vanished charms.
Never sit facing a window to work AT
anything if you can help il, and if you
must sit that way shade your eyes and
let the light fail directly upon your
work. The very best light is that which
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