The National tribune., 1908-08-13

Why don't you answer your friends
letter at once? 1t will save twice the
value if answered promptly. and take
10 mere time now than il will later on.
Suppose your friend should pass to the
land of silence and shadows, looking
eagerly and hopefully to the last for
the loving answer she expected.
Why don't you exert yourself to make
that promised visit to your invalid
friend? She may be looking for you
day after day, and "hope deferred max
eth the heart sick
Why don't you send off that little gift
you've been planning so long to send2
Mere kind intentions never accomplish
any good, and the neither world is said
to be paved with them.
Why don't you speak the encouraging
words that you have in your thoughts?
I-ailess you express them they are of no
use to others.
why don't you try to share the bur-
dens of that sorrowful one who is strug-
CLING along beside you? Is it because
you are growing selfish?
Why don't you take more pains to be
self-sacrifcing and patient and loving
in the everyday home life? Time is
passing rapidly, and your dear ones will
not be with you always. This very Win
ter may see their graves snow-covered.
Why don't you try to create around
you an atmosphere of helpfulness and
happiness, so that all who come in
touch with you may be made better?
Is not this possible to us all?
preacher said last Sunday night:
mo true woman will gossip. whether it
is over the back fence or in the richest
club parlors. Gossip has caused much
unhappiness. The highest type of Chris
tian woman doesn't gossip. She is above
such meanness, and has far more i'm
portant things to occupy her time"
The Summer cold is nuisance, and
one of which is sometimes hard to get
rid in the usual way. Whenever you
contract a Summer cold, before resort
ing to drugs try this process: If able, go
out in the open 1ir, breathe copiously
and deeply and slowly for about 20
times, repeating the operation every
hodr until cured. If unable to go out,
wrap yourself up in a blanket, even on
the hottest kind of day, and then open
all the doors and windows, and then do
just as directed above. Some persons,
having had a Summer cold for six
weeks, have got rid of it by this process,
and colds newly contracted have also
been cured in this way. Therefore.
everywhere try and cultivate full and
frequent lung imitation by breathing
clear out, clear in and low down; that
is. making all your breathing as when
taking a long breath. This will have a
tendency to throw off the waste ma
terial at the pores and revitalize the
blood, thus inparting mueh-wanted en-
ergy to the system.
To properly dust a room it must be
thoroly done, and that means carefully
done. A feather brush or turkey
wing is excellent for brushing the backs
of pictures, and one of the best wall
busters is clean cotton mop. The
furniture is busted before the chair
board and floor. One of the best dust
ers is a cotton cloth wrung out of tur-
pentine and dried. 1t accumulates all
dust, does not scatter it and brightens
the furniture Wooden cloths are best
for the chairboard and floor. When
using polish, old stocking legs are good
for applying the polish or polishing the
wood. The cheap cotton ones contain
little lint, are soft and serve well for
the purpose. Windows may be busted
with a clean feather brush, tho cheese
cloth is good for polishing them; also
soft tissue paper or crumpled newspa-
pers. If heavy furniture cannot be re-
moved from a room, protect the pieces
with sheets soft whisk broom an
swers splendidly for cleaning unhol-
stored pieces.
1t is the custom of many housewives
to use sand soap for securing and clean
ing almost anything in tin or agate ware
in their kitchen.
This is great mistake, as sand soap
is Injurious to some kinds of Kitchen
ware. A bottle of ammonia and a bot
tie of kerosene are very useful for
cleaning some of the utensils which
will not stand such a strenuous ruo-
bing.
For instance, if you will put few
drops of ammonia in your frying pan
it will work wonders. You can also put
it in the coffee pot occasionally when
you are scalding it.
Galvanized iron and agateware should
be wiped with kerosene, as the sand
soap will in time wear away the enan-
ell. If you burn your agatewarc pan,
put a teaspoonful of borax or washing
soda in the pan with hot water and boil
for Is minutes.
After this the burned substance can
be easily removed. Never, whatever
you do, use sand soap on an enameled
sink.
This is the way to make confection-
er's sugar icing: Put into a bowl the
white of one egg and a half eggshell OF
water Begin stirring in the soft con-
fectioner's sugar with any fiavorins de-
sired, and when of the desired consis-
tency for spreading put on the cake.
Melted chocolate may be added 70 this.
Here is a delicious dish called ''oIiion
cake" Peel five or SIX large onions. cut
in halves and boil 5 minutes. Drain
and chop fine. adding a small lump OF
butter. Beat two eggs and mix with
them four tabiespoonfuls cold mashed
potato, two or three tabiespoonfuls
chopped ham. ABOUT a teaspoonful cara
way seed and one cup of milk. Mix IN
the chopped onion and season to taste
with salt and pepper. Butter large
shallow tin, line with a good short
paste, spread the mixture over it, and
bake in a brisk oven. When cooked
lift out OF the tin. put on hot dish on
paper dolly or folded napkin and
serve hot.
There are several different ways Of
preparing grape fruit salad. For
sweet fruit salad, cut in halves. remove
the seeds and with pointed pair tf
scissors snip the membranes that hold
the center core in place and the pulp