The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1907-04-04

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Specification from the fact that a Scotci
gardener who laid out the grounds a
Versailles for Louis XIV was much an
nOyed by the courtierS walking over hi
| newly-made paths, and at length ha'
labels placed to indicate where the,
might pass. At first these labels wer
not attended to, but hint from higl
quarters that in future the walks of TIL
courtiers must be within 'etiquets,' O
| labels. was promptly attended to. II
keep within the etiquetS became th'
correct thing. The meaning of tbs
| phrase was afterward widened, and il
now universally understood"
TO make baby Shoes the material t
be employed is chamois leather Gu
the shoes in the shape of a tiny sock
Sew them up with the seams on the
inside and then turn them SO that an,
edges may be on the outside Do no
make an opening in the front. but rath
er let the top be wide enough to admi
the little foot and ankle easily. Now
crochet ScallOp with bright wool oil
silk around the edge and cut few lit
tie Sits just under it at a distance OF
about half an inch from each other
Run ribbon thru these. the same color
as the scaIlop, and, drawing it enough
to keep the little shoe firm. tie a bow
in front. These make nice house shoes
for little folks.
All who are engaged in physical labor
should have an abundance of highly
heterogeneous foods, and can vary their
diet by combinations of all healthful
dishes that are obtainable. Underdone
beef and weil-cooked mutton are the
meats they need. Pork should be eaten
only by those who have constitutions Of
iron, who work hard in the open air.
ana never know what an ache or a
pain is There is not a disease that
human flesh is heir to which pork may
not cause, nor pain it may not pro-
duce. A well-known New York physi-
clan. referring to pork. has said: 1T is
the parent of dyspepsia. neuralgia.
headache. sleeplessness. biliousness. con-
stipation. hypochondria and every 9TH
er physical ILL., If it must be eaten be
sure that it is thoroly cooked. The red
and dark meats are more stimulating
and more readily assimilated than white
meats. owing to property called os-
mazome contained in the iibrine. 1t is
that principle which gives to meat soups
their aroma and taste. and the darker
the meat the more osmaZome is pres
ent. 1t is almost absent from veal and
flesh of poultry.
The afternoon is the longer half Of
the working day. To eat heavy meal
at noon. without being able to nap an
hour is the mistake that too many We
men make. Men don't count. Nature
fitted them with strong systems and a
quick digestive apparatus. Ii foods like
pastry. meats. fresh bread and pickles,
that take from three to FIVE and a half
hours to digest. are eaten. the stomach
levieS On the vital forces and the brain
and muscles get sleepy and stupid. With
a piece of -well-done toast and half a
pint Of cocoa, chocolate or hot milk a
woman can keep up her strength and
keep her wits sharpened TIL dinner
time. Another excellent lunch is a
bowl of bread and milk Toasted bread
is half digested: SO is crust Hence their
wholesomeness.
The general tendency with drawing
rooms is to make them more habitable
and TO provide plenty of comfortable
chairs and cosey corners and fireside
seats. Less bric-a-brac is used, and
that which is seen is either of fine and
beautiful quality or has some other
raison d'etre than simply to clutter the
place. The advantage of recesses in a
room is now so widely recognized that
where the architect has failed to pro-
vide them they are cunningiy contriyed
by means of screens or an upright piano
turned out at right angles with the wall
TO shut in corner. The cold and
sparsely furnished hall is q thing of the
past, and richly designed papers, heavy
portieres and Eastern rugs and many
pictures are employed 10 give vivid color
and a homeiike aspect to the smallest
passage. In dining rooms the tendency
is toward lighter decorative effects than
the somber ones lying in vogue on ac-I
count Of the gloomy basement dining
room SO prevalent In city houses.
The ancient prejudice against night
air is dying out. People generally are
coming to believe that since il is the
only kind to be had for 10 or u out
OF the "a, il is wise TO make the best
Of it and not try TO use over again that
which has been doing duty for hours
before. People for the most part sleep
with their windows open. but the i'm
preston seems to prevail that the small
er the opening the better From two
to four inches at the top seems to be the
favorite expanse, and on q damp Might
this is promptly closed.
The wider the opening is the better
for the sleeper. a room flooded with
resi- air during the night, even tho II
be trifie cold in consequence, is much |
10 be preferred to a room into which
the fresh air has been allowed only tol
liter Extra bed clothes are the solu-
ion of the difficulty about temperature.
and paper screen. costing a dollar orr
less. Will protect the sleeper from a |
direct draft. The woman whose lungs
are allowed to fill themselves syith fresh |
air when they are in their least restrict !
ed and comprest state is the woman1
who is going to laugh headaches tot
scorn and forget the meaning of iass- |
tude.
Damp air, of course. is not so pleas.
ant a thing to fill the room and ones
lungs with, but damp air. fresh from
out oil doors, Is certainly TO be pre-
ierred TO ancient. much breathed, in
door air. The window should be onened
as much as on other nights. unless there
is danger of the rain beating in The
protection against taking cold must
take the form of extra bedding a screen
and. if one is susceptible TO dampness.
some sort of a modernized night cap.
Even damp night air is robbed of many
OF It's terrors by such simple precau-
tons.
The benefits that result from wide
open bedroom windows are many TheI
lungs have breathed what they should
breathe all night. The blood receiyesi
its proper amount of oxygen and is pre-
pared To do its work better. The morn
ing finds the sleeper brisk, alert and
hungry And all these. things pnaap