Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-02
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Most Of the cements kept on ale will be
found durable If the directions are followed.
fractured pieces In cases where the article
Is not to be used frequently or roughly, can
be mended with white coachmaker's var
nish or wet white lead in the white Of an
egg.
A good cement is made OF Russian ISM
glass dissolved in soft water. Oyster shells
finely pulverized and mixed into thick
paste with the whites Of eggs will produce
a good cement. The stem Of a wine glass
mended with this cement sustained a
weight Of thirty pounds.
A famous cement Is made of two parts Of
| litharge and one part each Of unslacked
lime and fine glass; They are puverized
mixed. and wet up with old drying oil
Women are said to have far less difficulty
with their domestics, and are far more
agreeable in their manner to the maid In
waiting. would you mind?" is the COM
mon preface for request for services, and
THANK you, Mary"
The English servants duties are more
definitely defined, and she is less interfered
with the English mistress that 1t only is
possible to get a thing done when YOU
know how to do it yourself She often does
not know how. She knows the correct re-
business.
English children, Furthermore, are not al
lowed to pervade the entire house Their
occupancy and the consequent disorders are
confined to the nursery or the school room
Granting that disorder and children are
concomitants, 1t seems unfair that they
should be allowed to add to the burden Of
the hardest working member of the house.
hold.
Another advantage which the English
housekeeper has Is that washing Is never
done at home, at least not in the city
houses. They permanently are relieved
from the steam and smell of washday The
general employment of women to do the
washing In their own homes might solve
some of the problems of charitable workers
One Of our difficulties is that women in
America Ignore the social needs OF their
| maids, who need recreation and change
More evenings out, as "a matter Of course
and not as a special grace and more COM
pany allowed in the kitchen might save
| many domestic situation. The servant
perplexity is less with the work than with
its conditions Work may be arduous for
family of two and comparatively easy for a
family Of ten. System and consideration
are important factors.
The Room
For the college freshman should be fur
nished with an eye to simplicity and rest
| fulness. Modest furniture. a few good pic
lures, a plaster cast or two and a little
really interesting bric-a-b rac in the end
will prove more satisfactory than the cost
| Hest chairs and tables and elaborate deco
rations.
| set Of bookshelves Of plain pine, free
| from knots and well finished, can be in
| trusted to the local carpenter. Any number
| OF finishes may be applied. The two upper
| shelves may be Interrupted midway, leav-
| ing square closetlike space at one end to
be closed in with a door. This will be use
| full as place of deposit for edibles or for
| the china and glass incident to spread
| man Is sure to want a Morris chair
| and is sure to enjoy a big splint rocker
which readily lends itself to long legs. There
| is circular wicker chair with arms which
| is sold at all the Indian stores for S. and
| is distinguished and comfortable. Delight
| full lounging chairs. almost like couch Of
the same origin are IS to $40 each. They
| need loose cushions. which are delightful in
| the bright Java cottons.
| The writing table Is a leading item. The
| Harvard table is generously long and wide,
| with drawers on each side, the front curved
| I'm to admit chair, and book shelves built
| in at the back. The Princeton table Is cir
| cular with circle cut out of the top and
| a chair hinged in SO as to form a part of
| the tables circumference. Shelves are
| fitted around the circumference just below
| the top. Columbia names an almost square
| table, cross braced beneath with drawers
| and book racks Bryn Mawr's almost ex-
actly Is like a sewing table with three
| shelves and extensions at either end In the
/ shape Of a quarter circle. The double writ
| ing table, literally equipped with drawers
/ ana alike front and back. Is desirable,