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visiEg enough to let her feel that her
toll Is appreciated and her shortcomings,
If there be any, noted
It does maid good. whether she
be careless or careful, TO feel that
the eyes OF the mistress are keen enough
to discriminate between work well done
and work neglected
Plan for the Extras.
On Monday and Tuesday little extra
work can be done by the waitress II she
Is 10 help the cook either in the actual
laundry work or by taking part OF the
cooks regular duties
Not until Wednesday can she be re-
lied upon TO do anything beyond the
regular busting of the living rooms and
bedrooms. and in many homes the
women Of the household lend a hand
here for washing and ironing days.
But by Wednesday one may ara"
breath again and return to normal
condition of living.
In any general outline IL IS lmPos-
sibIe to dictate how work shall be ap-
portiOned. The mistress OF eacn nome
must decide that for herself, bearlns
Ia mind always that the division should
be made with judgment so as not 10
make work too light one day AT the
cost OF rendering il bUrdensOme al
another time
The biggest tasks Of sweeping and
cleaning the silver should not come too
close together. and there should be an
espe sfaI dispensati0n for winCO~ WASH
ing. IL care and thought are used there
is no reason Why, in ordinary circum-
stances. the house should not be kept
clean all the time. instead OF being suf-
fered 10 grow untid- and dusty, and
then restored to neatncss with one
grand effort
1 have spoken of the work which falls
to the waitress IN the house where two
maids are kept 4 good deal more.
study must be given 20 the duties of
the maid-Of-all-Work
In her case IL is almost essential that
the mistress should assume part of the
work herself. That is. she must dust
her own dressing room. make her own
bed, either habiually, or at least on
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-09-15

Monday and Tuesday, and. If the Wasf
be heavy, take charge of the breakIas
dishes on those DAYS. The early rislns
reeommer ded when there are two serV-
ants employed becomes even more M
pOrtant where there is bit one.
Always IL must be borne IN mind Dy
the mistress who undertakes 10 train
filSld that q systematic habit OF mind IS
the exception rather than the rule.
With the best intentions Ia the world
the average unframed servant does not
understand how u plan her work. and
II devolves upon the mistress TO incul-
cate and practice system, and insist that
Il be followed by her eEplOye. If she
would not have the work at loose ends
ard never done
The laundry work must not be al
lowed 70 dreg over into the latter part
of the week. and 10 avoid this the mis-
tress muss study to simplify the work
on Monday and Tuesday, and by getting
an early start on those days afford the
maid the enCoura cement that comes
from an up-tO-time beginning.
When the laundry period IS over the
same promptnesg must be observed in
other respects. Meals must be on time
as much az possible. Extra work must
not be imposed WHOM there Is already
as much on hand as can be accom-
plished. When tie maid Is wei trained,
liberties may be allowed. but not during
her tine Of drill
First Of all. last OF all and all the
time the mistress must pray for and
practice patience
II is not always easy for a young i'm
pCtuOUs seheeper-aud sometimes
/ they do not lose their impetuOsity with
youth. either-to bear in mind that the
workings OF the unframed mind are
curious and not 70 be fathCUled by the
educated Intellect.
The hOusekeeper might do worse than
lay 10 heart the Injunction written up
If a circus tent where a bard OF incom-
petent performers were going through
their antics. Don't throw stones at the
performers. They are doing their best -
Usually the maid is trying 70 do right.
II you throw stones or sharp words
At her now. she viii lose what little COM
fdence she has.
: Try 10 believe that she is doing her
possible" and that after a while. under
your patient tUtelage IL may develop
into mucn better and more competent
best,
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mysterious Yisitants.

I found on cleaning house this sum-
mer q tiny mite OF q bug upon almost
everything, the backs OF upholstered
furniture, pictures in closets, on clothes
and even under chairs.
AT first ] thought they were bedbugs.
but I am now convinced they are not
a they neither grow larger nor change
tn cir color, which is white.
I have sent my feather bed. which is
in old one, to the renovator, thinking
perhaps, they were bred in that.
Can you tell me what they are and
how to rid my house OF them2
have received many helps from your
corner. and 1 hope some day to send
something that may be Of use to others.
PERPLEXED columbus, Ohio.)
Were the mysterious visitants larger
I should suspect them to be silver
FISH" otherwise silver moths" alias
'.bristletail."
But you call them mites and COM
pare them In size to the young Of The
bedbug.
They may be what is known as book
lice"
If they are, 7 advise you to get some
oil Of cedar, put II into hot water. and
wash. shelves and the backs Of furni-
ture with it.
Use q teaspoonfuI OF oil to a pint OF
water. You may paint the leather backs
Of books with the pure oil and spray
it into crevices and cracks In wardrobe
closets.
The odor is pleasant and it viii drive
away various breeds Of vermin.
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y - THE HOUSEMOTHERS' EXCHANGE ~ =

AM in trouble, and not knowing
how to get out OF it. I should be
greatly pleased If you could show
me the way.
I am beginner in breadmaking, and
as we are very fond of currant and
raisin bread. thought I would try 10
make some.
The first trial was a success. but the
next time 1 made il the batter never
rose, although I was sure I had set il
exactly as / did the first time
The only difference was that I put in
little more sugar. Now. would that
hinder il from rising. And would butter
harm II, as I used milk instead of but
ter? Mrs. D. CNiagaraFalls0
Sugar and butter would have a ten
Cency TO check the rising.
But If. as you say. you put in only a
little sugar, the work should have gone
on favorably, If perhaps a little more
slowly than at the former trial.
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but one way OF doing a thing right.
Sometimes there are several, and re-
suits are tie proof to which you must
look.
Certain principles must still be laid
down. one of them which. TO my old
fashioned mind, seems Indispensable, IS
that Of early rising
7 don't know how late hours for be-
ginning the days work would serve in
a house where the breakfast hour is
between $50 and g.
In my modest establishment we ike
10 have the breakfast dishes out Of the
way by that time
For a breakfast at 7:36 the maid
should rise not later than G. This leaves
her half an hour for dressing. and
brings her downstairs with an hour
before she must serve breakfast for the
family.
Ny own preference is that she should
herself take something 10 eat as soon as
she gets down that she may not begin
her days labor fasting.
Even If she does this she viii have
time before breakfast TO dust the dining
room. lay the table, straighten out the
worst disorder Of the living room, open
II she be a waitress. prepare the butter.
Iced water and the like for the family
breakfast.
In homes where the waitress takes
also the duties Of chambermaid II is
hardly possible for her 10 get away from
her dintng-roOm work long enough 10 go
10 the bedrooms until after the family
is upon the last course Of breakfast
One Task at a Time.
Then she can slip upstairs, open the
windows which the careless occupants
of the chambers may have left closed.
strip the clothing from the beds. turn
back the mattresses and prepare the
rooms for airing.
This done, she may go back to the
dining room in time To remove the
dishes. clear the table. and arrange the
china aud silver in the pantry prepare
tory to washing them
If there be no especial hurry about
the bedroom work she can leave this so
that the fresh air Will have a chance to
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to be aware that at least one-half OF
the family jars that make men uncoIn-
Portable and women miserable arise
from the carelessness Of tho money
spenders in this very respect.
1t is so easy to have things charged"
and never TO think Of the account again
until the first OF the month brings IN a
bill the husband had no reason to anti
cipate. and which the wife had clean
forgotten.
She Is not true 20 her business ohli-
cations as one Of the firm when she
forgets.
She is not honest when she buys on
credit WHIST she does not know that her
husband can paw FOR without inconve-
nience when the bill comes in
lie growls, and what marvel
Tile list suggested by our prudent ma
/ iron is a peacemaker. no less than an
/ economic measure.
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atizing things and keeping each duty in
its place tc make out little lists Of
things to be done, bills TO be paid. and
what IS of equal importance, the cloth
ing that must be bought to ill UP gaps
IN your wardrobe that are imminent il
not actually present.
II is poor mana cement to let under
clothes ana household linen run low be-
fore you begin to replenish the supply.
The list OF bills, etc, should be mads
ont me first OF the month. and every
thing that is bought on credit should
be set down there, so at the end OF the
mon n you are not suddenly overwhelm-
ed by bills for things you had forgot
ten.
This may seem hardly worth while
writing 10 you about. bus If you know
women you perhaps comprehend the sig
nifcancs OF the friendly hint.
Mrs. c. V. II. (ChicagO)
I know women and men well enough
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in the way of stale bread, biscuits, and
cake.
DO you know what Washington pie
is? You must have seen school children
eating It. Most of it is sold TO them
and TO newsbOys. Bread that is real
stale. awfully hard and dry, Is crushed
into fine bread crumbs and mixed over
with molasses and spi-Ss. you know,
and wet uD into dough with hot water
and made into WashingtoR pie
I can hardly think this is what ouT
member wants. Does anybody know Of
another sweet that goes by the name
Of f'WashingtOn pie2'
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do its work Of sweetening while she goes
ahead with the dishes. gets them clean
and back in the closet
Then she may so up TO her bedroom
work and finish that before che at
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Washington Pie.

Can you or any OF the family give me
a recipe for what is sometimes called
Congress- or Washington pie?"
IN return, for the benefit Of those who
must, of necessity, depend upon econom-
zeal household remedies. I would say,
albeit il may seem like forcing the sea-
son, when the feet are frostbitten, rub
them With spirits Of turpentine.
This viii cause a thir blister TO form,
which relieves the intense burning and
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think it probable that you set the
hatter in a cold place. or In a draft. Or
the yeast may nave been in fault.
Good, lively yeast will bring up batch
Of bread that is badly mixed If you viii
give II lime. 1t should surely have pre-
vailed against the little more sugar"
Tell US by what recipe the batter was
mixed and we may help you more intel
lRently. Did you dredge the fruit well
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Utility Of Little Lists.

I am writing this on the supposition
that some houseuOthcr, and we are ex-
pectee to recOllect everything day in
ard day out, may be naturally forget
ful.
And even If you haven't treaeherous
memories, It is Q great help in system
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tempts the sweeping or cleaning, which
in the best regulated house is distributed
through the week. Instead of being
Jumped In one big days cleansing
How the work shall be apportioned to
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the several days is a mater mistress
and maid may unite TO settle If the
maid be sensible and conscientious, it
is safe to leave her 10 dispose the times
for her cleaning as she viii, only super
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FAMILY MEALS FOR A WEEK
LUNCHEON.

LUNCHEON.
Ragout Of lamb and diced vegetables
tieft-oyer), macaroni warmed over, blue
berry tea cake, tea
DINNER.
Lamb soup CfTom stewed lamb stock
baked steak, stuffed squash, succOtash,
fried tomatoes, baked blackberry pud-
ding, coffee.
Wednesday.
BREAKFAST
Fruit, cereal torlato omelet rice
mullins. tea, coffee.
LUNCHEON.
Peppers stuffed with meat Qeft-over}
and baked, corn -four gems, green apple
sauce ana cake. tea.
DINNER
SOupe a Ia bonnie femme smothered
chickens with mus rooms, hominy GRO
quotes. scaloped eaulifower, chocolate
and vanilla blanc mango. coffee.
Thursday.
BREAKFAST.
Fruit, cereal, minced chicken on toast,
whole wheat mullins, tea, coffee.
LUNCHEON.
Broiled liver, caulifiower Qeft over).
buns. hot peach shortc3ke,
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7 have no formula for Washington ME
except one which was given to me years
ogo by bakers daughter, who was a
seamstress in my family She LET me
unconsciously into many secrets of the
trade as we sat together in my sewing
room. and this was one OF the many
You would be surprised hcw little
real waste there Is in the business she
said, complacently. when I remarked
that there must be much dead stock
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DINNER.

DINNER.
Egg soup, roast leg of lamb. beets
saute, lima beans, fried eggplant, baked
pears and cream. coffee
Friday.
BREAKFAsT.
Fruit, cereal, Tom thumb omelets.
with white sauce, fried bread. tea
coffee.
LUNCHEON.
Sealloped oysters, bread and butter.
cucumber salad stuffed with green peas,
cake, tea.
DINNER.
Cream Of beet soup. baked picKerel.
mashed potatoes. baked tomatoes. cot
tage pudding with liquid sauce, coffee.
Saturday.
BREAKFAST.
Fruit. cereal. bacon. soft-boiied eggs
Euckleberry sh0rtcake. tea, coffee.
LUNCHEON.
Minced fish. warmed up in cream
sauce, stewed potatoes, lunch biscuit
ham. tea.
DINNER
Mock turtle soup, baked calfs head,
scalloped sweet potatoes. boiled squash,
green corn. cream peach pie, coffee.
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Sunday.

Sunday.
BREAKFAST.
Fruit, cereal and cream, omelet, corn
mullins, tea, coffee.
LUNCHEON
Beer loaf cucumber, tomato and green
pepper salad. nut sandwiches black
berries and cream, tea
DINNER
Noodle soup, roast ducks. apple sauce.
mashed potatoes, cauiifloRger with cream
sauce, watermelon, coffee.
Monday.
BREAKFAST.
Fruit cereal, bacon, toast, white and
brown; tea, coffee.
LUNCHEON.
Saint Of duck, potato cakes left-
over, bread and butter, cauifhower
salad with French dressing, crackers.
cheese, coffee.
DINNER.
Vegetable soup, stewed lamb garnished
with vegetables, baked macaroni, boiled
sweet potatoes, sliced Bartlett pears
with cream, coffee.
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itching. In a little while it will effect
a perfect cure.
I have found It unfailing.
Also. for a child who is subject TO
bronchitis, mix two, ounces Of glycerine,
one teaspconful Of brandy, and two tea
spoonfuls of nitre. For a child I'VE wears
old. give half a teaspoonful In half a
glass Of water every two hours until
the irritating cough abates
Being one OF the Family, I must be
mindful OF the wastebasket
M. c. ClVissahickon. Pa
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Monday.
Tuesdav.
BREAKFAST

BREAkFAST
Fruit, cereal, smoked finnan haddie.
baked petateess tea coffee.
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Mock turtle soup, baked calf's head
scalloped sweet potatoes. boiled squash,
green corn. cream peach pie coffee.
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Fruit. cereal. bacon. soft-boiied eggs,
Euckleberry sh0rtcake. tea, coffee.
LUNCHEON
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1907-04-10

ed all her intellectual faculles."-P5;
aessor Ellie Metchnikoff In Harper,s
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1907-04-10
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

Beat a boy out of dime and tbe
crime will never outlaw.
Comparison may not be a detraction
out 1t Is certainly half sister.
The truth with unselfish peopIe Ia
tney are liable to brag about 1t.
There Is only one way In this world
10 get your own way-insIst upon It.
Almost any defense would be all
right IL you could make people be-
lieve it.
1t Is just as dangerous to tell some
people secret as it is to fool with
a loaded gun.
When man submits to procession
wedding the other men look at him
the way boys look at a boy whose
mother makes him wear long curls.
The man who has made a failure In
any line of business never has very
good opinion of the man who started
IN the same line at the same time and
made 1t success.-Atchison Globe.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1907-04-10
Trees worth Gro,xina

AS ornamental trees the beeches at
tract attention primarily on account
OF their dignity of form and peculiar
iy "clean" appearance; they give am
pie and spreading shade; the leaves
are remarkably free from the insect
pests, and they can generally be readi-
ly transplanted- They thrive best In a
rich, deep. sandy loan, but will grow
well In any ordinary soil. The trees
attain a height of so to 100 feet. In
the different seasons the beech pre-
sentst totally different pictures. In
summer 1t Is broad dome Of grateful
shade; In winter glory Of dazzling
light gray; In spring 1t floats out Its
soft velvety gold green leaves, and In
autumn 1t is rich and mellow min.
Cling Of subdued yellow browns and
grays.-Garden Magazine.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1907-04-10
Quite Another Thinq,

But the woman patient-ah. there
Is where we get even! Most women
haven't enough to do, and when Won
have a couple Of hours hanging heavy
a tiny pain in the left hand corner of
the center of your ear, let us say. ia a
serious and weIghty proposition. Quick
the doctor-it may be the beginning
of an abscess!
THE doctor comes. CWhy not? The
lady doesn't have to pay for the visit
out of her own purse In most cases.)
No, 1t is not an abscess. but 1t may be.
Another call is therefore necessary.
Then when that excuse is worn out the
doctor discovers that she Is really yery
run down. That's what we saw
nurse, when we can't think of any
thing else. And does the doctor give
her simple tonic or prescribe a diff
ferent mode of life, more activity and
less moping, for instance, and atten-
ton to the ordinary laws of health
which most women know as much
about as a child?
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1907-04-10
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

When you lay an egg don't cackle toe
long. Get busy and lay another.
There never was an air castle that
was built with any consideration of
salary.
Those who never do wrong take a
wonderful satisfaction in the saying.
Murder will out"
Looking for business Is like looking
for four leaf clovers, which somebody
else always finds easily enough.
Men in the penitentiary have Just
enough to eat and think they do not
have enough. Free men have too much
to eat.
When man is locked out of his own
house how he disturbs the neighbors
trying to get in, but how quietly a bur
glar gets in!
When the bald spot at the back of n
mans head shows beneath the rim of
mis- hat somehow it looks as bad as
when woman's skirt slips away from
her belt.-Atchison Globe.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1907-04-10
Wednesday, April 10. 1907
A NEED, JUST LIKE SLEEP.
Is the Instinct of Natural Death Born
In MnnIxindf

The most convincing fact In proof of
the existence In man of an instinct of
natural death seems to me that report
ed by Toxarsky In relation to an old
woman. In the lifetime of Toxarsky |
begged an acquaintance of his to OBJ
tain for me the details Of this most in
teresting case, of which | had found
but an incomplete statement. Tox-
arsky unfortunately could add nothing
to what he had published in his article.
4 believe, however, that | have found
the source from which his instance had
been taken.
In his book upon the physiology of
taste, which had its day of celebrity,
Brillat-Savarin relates the following:
~I had great-aunt, ninety-three year,
old, who was dying Although for some
time confined to her bed, she had re-
tained all her faculties, and her condi-
tion was only betrayed by her loss of
appetite and the weakening of her
voice. She had always shown fond
ness for me, and was near her bed,
affectionately ready to wait on her,
which did not prevent my watching
her with the philosophical eye l have
ever had for the things and events sur
rounding me. Are you there, nephewg'
she asked, In a scarcely audible voice.
Yes, aunt; l am here at your service,
and ! think you would do well to take
a little good old wine Give, mon
ami. One can always swallow liquid
I hastened- Raising her gently, made
her take half glass of my best wine
She frightened for a moment and, look
ing at me with eyes which had once
been very fine, Thank you, she said,
for this last favor. If ever you reach
my age you will find that death be
comes need, just like Sleep
These were her last words. Half an
hour later she had fallen asleep forev
Ivn,. enthusiastically have here an in
ii1tipct OF natural death
ca all ner intellectual facu1tles. Pro
aessor Ellie Metchnlkoff In Harper,s
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1907-04-10

Out of river bed where 1t had tum
Died when its dam was put to flight
some hunters in India fished a tiger
CUB In two days 1t was as tame as q
kitten and grew up the playmate of
the camp terriers. 1t was very fond
of them and the terriers worshiped th
figress. To allay the fears of woman
visitor the tigress was one night chain
ed up. Next morning the animal was
found with man under her. She had
not hurt him. He was thief and, not
knowing Of her existence, had come
within the area which her length OF
chain enabled her to command. She
sprang upon him. lay on him and kept
MIN prisoner until guards came to re-
lease him.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1907-04-10
THEY SUPPORT DOCTORS.
Some Young Physicians Would starve
but For the Fair Sex.

The old doctor at the hospital shook
his head. young Pill Mixer will never
have an Office on the avenue and q
buttons to open his door," he re-
marked. "He doesn't get along with
women well enough"
"Well there are still the male pa
tients left,' retorted the head nurse
dryly.
"Yes; there are still the male pa
tients left-ah-hum," said the doctor.
"But, my dear woman, the money
doesn't come from them. Since you
appear to be interested in the subject
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1907-04-10

The story is told of a lank, disconso.
late looking farmer who one day dur
ing the progress of a political meeting
an Cooper Institute stood on the step.
with the air of one who has been sur
feited with feast of some sort.
DO you know who's talking in there
nowy demanded stranger briskly
pansing for moment beside the dis
consolate farmer, 'or are you just 60
ing inT'
mo, sir. I've just come out" said
the farmer decidedly. Mr. Evarts is
talking in there"
What about?" asked the stranger.
well he didn't say" the farmer
answered, passing knotted hand
across his forehead.