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SEPTEMBER I, 107
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the position of the child when at
study, the hours of recreation, the
temperature of the room, cleanliness
and .freedom from smells or foulness
of the grounds, purity of the water,
and many other matters are subject
to the gravest consideration. But
the country schools are not. so well
cared for. Too often members of
the school board, though fathers
themselves, are indifferent, or
thoughtless, and, so there is no flag
rAnt complaint, things are allowed
to jogalong, unhindered. The moth
ers seem to have little time to look
after such things, and if they did,
they do not seem to have the power
to right the wrongs.
Do you know the conditions to
which you consign the boys and
girls? If not, don't you think it
your duty to find them out hy a per
sonal inspection? Do you know any
thing about the teacher you hire,
except what the certificate showed
you? More than book learning
.should be required of a teacher, but
in many cases, not even this is strict
ly insisted upon. Do look into the
matter, dear fathers ' and mothers.
Visit the schools, and realize your
responsibility.
"Motor Education"
Parents are beginning to look to
the schools, both public and private
for the training of the muscular pow
ers of the child especially of the
hands, along mechanical lines. This
education is beginning at" last to be
recdgnized as of more importance
than the cramming of the brain with
a mass of facts that will have no real
place in the after life of the child.
Real training of the hand, to enable
it to perform its share of the world's
work, is coming slowly to the front
as an integral part of elementary ed
ucation, and in the higher schools,
classes are being instructed, while
trades schools are by no means few,
in which the different trades are
taught by practical work, as well as
competent instruction. It began with
manual training schools, a sort of
school apprenticeship for boys of
high school age, and this brought
with it a glimmering consciousness
that the hand and brain should bo
educated together; that the child
hand should be shaped and trained
along with the mnturing brain. Tills
was further emphasized through the
limiting of the number of apprentices
allowed by the trades unions, and
the problem of fitting the boy to
earn his living forced the question
upon the fathers.
While motor training is now ac
knowledged to be an essential ele-
ment in the education of the boy, it
Jias not been so fully recognized in
the case of the girl, though this, too,
is coming to the front. It is well
known that the chief obstacle to suc
cess of women in nearly all trades,
and especially in house work, is the
inefficiency of their hands. To bo
the real mistress of the home, one
must know how to perform all the
different parts or the work herself,
as well as to direct the work for
another. This efficiency 'does not
"come by nature," but by training
and guiding; and, as the home Is now
conducted, this training must be
given in the various schools espe
cially devoted to this work. There
are all kinds of schools, reasonable
in price, where the girl can be
trained in any chosen line of work in
classes, under competent teachers.
places and remove the laces. Spread
one-half at a time on the washboard
or other clean surface, and with a
small, stiff brush and hot suds scrub
until clean, being careful not to pull
it out of shape. Several changes of
water will bo required, and it should
bo rinsed through sovcral clean,
clear waters, using the brush and
having the water hot. Do not wring
the corset, but take up as much wa
ter as possible by patting with soft,
clean towels; straighten the ma
terial, and spread out in the suri
.on a clean cloth, turning frequently
until dry. Replace the stays and
Use new laces and if the work has
been carefully done, the corset will
tbc as good as ever.
, Pickles
Many of our housewives must fill
the fruit jars with vegetables, or lot
thnm en fimntv. this RrviHnii. Small
melons, melon rinds, cucumbers and j liked by some.
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rfkc things mako excellent sweet
pickles, as well as preserves, and. for
sweet pickles, arc proparcd thc'samo
as fruits. The fruits ought ! bo
ripe, but solid, and the melons liot
too green. Use seven pounds of
fruit to one pint of vinegar add our
pounds of sugar; use about an ounce
of cloves to seven pounds of "fruit,
sticking the oloves about In tho
pieces, but a whole clove is not need
ed in ovory piece broken parts will
do. Mako a syrup of tho vinegar and
sugar, and boil tho fruit Jn it until
tender; but it should not break to
pieces. Just beforo taking it up, add
two ounces of cinnamon to ovory
seven pounds of fruit; this is usuuliy
all that is used for peaches or plums;
but for pears and apples and somo
kinds of melons, one large sliced
lemon and two ounces of gingor to
ovory seven pounds of fruit add to
the flavor. An ounce of mace is
FEET OUT
She Had Curious Habits
When a person has to keep the feet
out from under cover during the cold
est nights in winter because of the
heat and prickly sensation, it is time
that coffee, which causes the trouble,
be left off.
There is no end to the nervous
conditions that coffee will produce.
It shows in one way in one person
and in another way in another. In
, this case the lady lived in South Da
kota. She says:
"I have had to lie awake half the
night with my feet and limbs out
of the bed on the coldest nights, and
felt afraid to sleep for fear of catch
ing cold. I had been troubled for
years with twitching and jerking of
the lower limbs, and for most of the
time I have been unable to go to
church or to lectures because of that
awful feeling that I must keep on
the move.
"When it was brought to my atten-,
tion that coffee caused so many ner
vous diseases, I concluded to drop
coffee and take Postum Food Coffee
to see if my trouble was caused by
coffee drinking.
"I only drank one cup of coffee for
breakfast but that was enough to do
the business for me. When I quit
it my troubles disappeared in an al
most miraculous way. Now I have
no more of the jerking and twitching
and can sleep with any amount of
bedding over me and sleep all night,
in sojmd, peaceful rest.
"Postum Food Coffee is absolutely
worth its weight in gold to me."
"There's a Reason." Read, the little
health -classic, "The .Road to Well
ville," in pkgs. ,
Getting Up- in the Morning
It is all right to allow the child
plenty of sleep; but no child should
be allowed to lie in bed until break
fast is so nearly ready that there
must be a hurried dressing and no
exercise in order to take his or her
place at the breakfast table with the
rest of the ' family. If the regular
breakfast 1s very early, because of
the fact that the adult members of
the family must get away to their
work or business betimes, the child
should be aroused regularly at a
fixed hour, with plenty of time to
dress without haste and exercise its
limbs before going to the table for
its own breakfast, and it should not
be so pressed for time that it must
either gorge itself hurriedly, or go
without, in order not to be late to
school. Children are better for get
ting up reasonably early and taking
part in the duties of the morning,
thus by exercise creating an appetite,
without which it will hardly eat a
suitable breakfast to enable it to go
through the school work of the day.
For very young children, the case is
different; it is of the child of school
age that we speak.
If possible, the child should take
a nap in the after part of the day,
and with tho children too young for
school, this should be insisted upon;
but the school child should be sent
early io bed, and habituated to go
to sleep early, and then it will be
ready for the duties of the day at an
early hour. The child should be
taught, when quite young, to, wash
and dry Its own hands and comb its
hair. This is very easily done, if
begun in time, as children are large
ly creatures of habit. If there are
more than one child in tha family,
the one should be taught to wait up
on the other, without distinction as
to age, as even a "very young child
can button another's apron, and the
like, and thus save the mother much
annoyance when hurriedly getting up
the meals. But by all means, teach
them to wait upon themselves when
ever possible. It is too often the
mother's fault if they do not. En
courage them to be self-reliant, and
to use their own reasoning powers
and solve their own difficulties so
far as possible, and this is more often
possible than It is given credit for.
Washing Corsets
Washing' co.rsets in the ordinary
way is sure -to pull them roii of
shape. Iiere is a way thpit Is' Recom
mended: . Slip the stays out of their
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arts Fashions tor txeaders
The Commoner
of
No. 197G Ladles' Tucked Shirt Waist.
ThlH shirt waist with pllsse frilllngs
on the. front box-plait and on tho cuffH
1h a very popular style. This example
made in the natural color of Shantung
gives an exact portrayal of the regu
lation style. Seven sizes 32 to 4 1
InchcB, hUHt measure. .
No. 2029 Girls' Jumper Dross, with
Plaited Skirt and a Separate Gulmpe.
This dress with the pretty bertha ar
rangement is made of blue ehallls
polka-dotted with green, and trimmed
with a serpentine braid that combines
these two colors. Four sizes C to 12
years.
No. 20n:j Infants' Circular Cloak,
with or without Cape. A baby's cloak
is so easy and simple a garment to
make, that It Invites the efforts of tho
mother at home. Tho cape may be
omitted, but It is such a pretty feature
that Us use is advised. The pattern
Is in ono size.
No. 2027-MIsses' Soven Gored Illpple
Skirt. This model has an exquisite
"set," flaring stylishly towards the
bottom. The trimming of bands is ap
plied with wide intervals. These bands
aro stitched In a tailor style, and the
whole Is pressed very flatly. Three
sizes 13 to 17 years.
No. 2012 ladles' Jumper Waist, with
a Separate Gulmpe having Thrce-quiir-nv
T.entrth Sleeves. Nothing prettier
has been Invented this season than this
beautiful square-nocked overwalst
which fastens at the back, and gives
an opportunity for the display of a
pretty gulmpe. Six sIzes32 to 42
Inches, bust measure.
No. 2044 ladles' Five-piece Circular
Skirt. This stylish skirt Is made with
a slight train. In broadcloth, voile,
Venetian cloth, or serge, it would be a
practical model for wearing with a
shirt waist, or for wearing in the after
noons at home. Seven sizes 22 to 31
inches, waist measure.
No. 2020 Ladles' Double Breasted
Yoke Shirt Waist. Strictly practical,
but very becoming Is this pretty waist
developed in Scotch or French flannel,
but silk might also be used If pre
ferred with braid or galon trimming
the yoke. Six sizes 32 to 42 inches,
bust measure.
No. 2042 ladles' Mother Hubbard
Apron, with High Neck or Low Neck,
and Long Sloeves or Oversleeve. For
household work or for the artist this
all-cover apron Is the greatest boon.
The materials used are plaid or plain
gingham, striped seersucker, linen, per
cale, denim, chambray and satlne. Four
sizes 32, 36, 40 and 41 inches, U8t
measure.
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