Year: 1873

NeO OTheT VI ouiJ ~, 10 al iliustiatlOii
of Neglige Basket, useful article for a
bedroom as a receptacle for ladies' and chill
dren's night Clothes" Now it seems to me
that the only proper receptacle for night
garment of any kind, after being worn, is a
hook or nail where the sun can shine upon


it, and the breezes can blow over and under
and through and through it, carrying away
whatever matter may have been absorbed
from the body during the night that the
old way of rolling up night dress so tight
ly that it might be used as q formidable
weapon of otfense or defense, and tucking it
under the pillow, or of folding it up and put
ting it away in the dark, out of sight, is un-
clean and unhealthful, and should have long
ago become obsolete.


A good deal is said of the manner and
fashion and ways of caring for " ladies' and
children's" night dresses but where are
the mems? don't they have any, or are they
unmentionable 1t is selfevident that no
person should wear garment during the
night that is worn during the day and if a
lady with scarcely enough exercise to pro-
duce drop of perspiration, needs clean,
well aired garment in which to sleep, how
is it with man who has been hard at work
all day in the dust and heat with the sweat
dripping from every pore? If healthy
active child to whom sleep comes as easily
and naturally as to pig or kitten, needs
a refreshing night dress, how is it with the
man and father who has spent the day in
his pent-up store, office, or counting room,
in exhaustive mental labor, and goes to bed
worn out in mind and body and with every
nerve unstrung?


Though men have power, wisdom, and
ability, though they are strong, helpful and
independent, though they have office and
greatness, sit in legislative halls and become
M. C.'s, they do need and always should
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. GERALDINE GERaANE


That is true. Men do need and should
have night-gowns. Every man does who
knows what's what" and when he does he
does not do as nine-tenths of the women do
who wear them, wear the garment he has
worn all day under his night-gown. How
many women are there who remove the
chemise when they put on the night dress
But the men who do wear night-gowns make
them substitutes for the day shrt-hence
they benefit by the change, whereas the wo-
man suffers by the addition.


HoUsEKEEPuNG.-One of the most prolific
sources of matrimonial difficulties is tho
lack OF knowledge on the part of wives of
the duties of housekeeping. In these days
there are hundred young ladies who can
thrum piano to one who can make good
loaf of bread. Yet hungry husband has
so much OF the animal in his nature that he
cares more for good dinner than be does
so long as his appetite is unappeased-to
listen to the music of the spheres. Heavy
bread has made many heavy hearts, giving
rise to dyspepsia dyspepsia land
its herd of accompanying torments. Girls
who desire that their husbands should be
amiable and kind should learn how to make
light bread. When young man is court
ing, he can live well at home or, if he has
to go distance to pay his addresses, he
can usually obtain good meals at hotel or
eating house; but when he is married and
gets to housekeeping, his wife assumes the
functions of his mother or his landlord, and
it is fortunate for her if she has been edu-
Gated so as to know what a good table is.
Those who are entirely dependent upon
hired cooks make sorry show at house
keeping. The stomach performs very i'm
portant part in the economy of humanity,
and wives who are forgetful Of this fact, COM
NIT serious mistake. Even the lion may
be tanned by keeping him well fed.


SCALDING MrLK-We have practiced
scaldlng our milk, and think we get one
fourth more cream during the the warm
season than without; seldom skim any sour
milk; flies are not found in the cream.
Process: Raise by a moderate heat in pans
the milk till a good thick skim is found on
the surface-carefully remove the pans to a
cool place where abundance of air from win
dows and doors circulates it will be found
that IN twelve to twenty hours the cream
will all be risen. When skinned off it
should be kept in a cool well, or spring,
both before and after churnng till it is well
worked. Good hard butter may be pro
duced through all the warm season.


TO BLEACH CLoTH.-One half pound of
chloride of lime to twenty-five yards of
cloth Put the chloride of lime into an
earthen vessel of any kind, turn enough hot
water on it to dissolve it, then strain through
coarse tow cloth, turn on hot water while
stralning, and rub with wooden spoon or
stick OF wood till the lime is all dissolved,
and there is water enough to cover the
cloth. Let the cloth stand in this water
two hours, then take out and rinse and scald
the cloth thoroughly in clear water. Use
soap in no way, as it spoils the whole pro-
cess of whitening. 1t is better to soak the
cloth over night before using this recipe.


PRESERVED RHUBARB.-Pare half doz-
en- oranges, remove the seeds and white
rind, slice the pulp into stew pan with the
peel cut fine. Add quart of rhubarb cut
fine and one and one-half pounds of sugar,
boil the whole down as for other preserves.


AN EXCELLENT YEAsT.-Boil and mash
four potatoes add one-half cup of sugar,
two-thirds of a cup of salt, one quart of
boiling water, then one pint of cold water
and cup of lively yeast, cover and rise
over night. Keep it in cool place.


To TAKE MILDEw OUT OF LINEN.-Heat
soft soap boiling hot, and spread over the
linen, let it lie in the sun until white. If
the cloth becomes dry before the mildew is
gone sprinkle thoroughly with warm water.


TOMATO PREsERvEs.-Scad and remove
the skin, slice thinly, and stew them in the
best kind of sugar. Boil down as other
preserves. Use three-quarters of pound
of sugar for pound of tomatoes.


JELLY ROLL CAKE Eight eggs, fourteen
ounces of sugar, nine ounces of flour, and
one-half ounce of bi-carbonate of ammonia
Spread very thin and bake in quick oven.


If ladies will try lemon juice on iron rust
stains, it will not fail to take them out
Lay the stains on a warm iron and apply
the lemon juice.


The two best rules for a system of rhet-