The National tribune., 1907-11-28

/ Extraordinary beliefs exist as to the
size of the organs of the human body.
| Many people imagine that their heart
must be about the same size as that OF
an OK, but. as a matter of fact. the
| heart is always the same size as the
closed fist.
| In every eye there is a blind spot. It
/ is at the back of the eyeball. just where
, the optic nerve enters the eye proper.
It may be discovered by drawing a tiny
| star on a sheet of paper and moving
| it in front of the eye till you find the
one position where the star becomes
! invisible.
| Many people are color blind who
| imagine that their eyes are in all re-
| Spects perfect. Candidates are con-
stantly presenting themselves for navi-
CATION certificates in the belief that
| discover that they are totally blind to
| one particular shade. Let those, there
fore, who contemplate a seafaring ca
reer have their eyes tested at the out
set. and if they find them deficient de-
vote their energies to another sphere.
| In cooking potatoes it is useful to
recolect that. after the water has been
| strained off, the pot should have three
or four sharp jerks. to toss the pota-
toes up and down and backward and
| forward.
This has the effect of making them
white and mealy.
| Tea leaves are invaluable as a means
of cleaning varnished paint. When
enough have been laid aside for the
work, they should be put into a basin
of water and left to steep for half an
hour.
The strained tea is used instead OF
water to clean vanished surfaces. The
tannic acid left in tea leaves, after all
| that is wholesome in them has been
extracted, acts quickly upon CRIME and
grease.
Put few drops of ammonia into
the water in which you mean to wash
| flower vases. especially If they are Of
the long-necked, spindling kind.
1t is impossible to get your hand
down to the bottom After rinsing all
the dirt the ammonia will bring up,
put in chopped potato parings, as you
would in washing cut-glass bottles, and
leave the parings in overnight.
They will loosen the dirt effectually.
Next day rinse with more ammonia
water.
1t is untidy to leave the sediment in
the vase, and it will tend to rot the
stems of the next flowers placed in it.
a thing of which few housewives think.
Stains upon a porcelain bath tub,
waShstand, or a sink are caused by
abrading the surface while it is new.
New porcelain is as smooth as win
dow glass. If rubbed with sand soaps.
the surface becomes like ground glass.
from which no cleansing agent can
take the stain. Porcelain should be
cleaned with household ammonia from
the first.
A French ointment to improve the
luster and promote the growth of the
eyebrows and eyelashes is made of 10
grams of red vaseline and 10 eentigramS
of boric acid. Rub this into the brows
and lashes at night. being careful not
to get it into the eyes.
Ask a man which of three women
he admires most, and he will unhesi-
tatingly pick out the one who is trim
est as to boots and bindings; he ad-
mires the well-groomed woman. A
man likes to see a wel1-hanging skirt,
and he does not stop to ask whether
the gown is a plain gingham or costly
silk. What he likes is the look of ex-
treme neatneSS.
ES Wndl pHySiCidn says Ol
that horror known as a pacificator.
which lazy, Indifferent mothers give
their babies:
Il regard it as mischievous and
dangerous invention" he said. The
continuous suction at once increases the
flow of saliva and drains it into the
stomach as fast as it is secreted.
Il am persuaded that the use of the
'pacificator' tends to the formation of
adonoids. I have had several cases
within a month that were, in my opin-
ion, directly referable to this cause
Furthermore, it injuries the shape
of the child's mouth. You and both
know an otherwise beautiful girl who
has been permanently disfgured by
holding the nipple of her nursing bottle
in her mouth day and night.
Until she was four years old never
saw her without nipple, tube and bot
tle Sometimes the bottle was full.
When it was emptied she continued to
go thru the motions of sucking.
'It was disgusting to the sight Her
lips protrude and are puckered up as
if she were holding the nipple between
them.
.'She is Is now, and Qaughing) 1 am
not sure that she is weaned yet For
aught I know she may take the bottle
to bed with her"