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The Commoner.
JAN. 23, 1903.
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hardy plants, of which I may tell you
in another paper. These plantB are
not expensive, and, once started, mul
tiply themseLves rapidly.
Th "Housework Girl."
Although all may not be rose-colored
in the life of the housework girl,
evon with good wagas and extra priv
ileges, is it more so in other employ
ments? The housework girl has her
hoard and room rent in addition to
her wages, and she can indulge in as
mucii or as little laundering as she
pleasps, free of extra expense. The
sewing girl, typewriter, office or 'fac
tory girl, -and even the bookkeeper,
may pay almost and sometimes quite,
all she earns for the essentials Which
the housework girl hardly considers a
part of her ' wages," while,; to offset
their free evenings, she has the cus
tomary half-day off' to h'erself, and as
many evenings' out asa reasonable,
'modest girl cares to spend away from
home; and not the least of her ad
vantages is the security of her posi
tion; if her work be even fairly sat
isfactorily done, she has no fear of
dismissal, while the girls in shops,
offices, stores, or factories are con
stantly mindful that a mistake, a fall
ing off in their zeal to do well, or bet
ter than another might, will lead to
their instant dismissal, and that a
score or more of other girls are ready
"to take their place.
Every employment is crowded, ex
cept housework; yet girls and wo-i
men, disdaining to work at it,- rush
away to, such unhealthy places as -to-
bacco factories, , whore, according -to;
statistics recently, gathered 72 out of,'
100 girls fell sick within six months
after beginnings the work, from ab-.
sorption of nicotine through the pores
of the skin. Why those who do accept
housework do so only on condition of
its being within, the limits of., a city,
is not explained, by any balance of,
ease or healthfulness in favor of city
housework, as the basement kitchen
and attic bedroom, leave three or four
flights of stairs to be traveled up and
down, which surely is harder work
than is offered in fairly comfortable
farm homes.
If it were only the young and com
pany loving who choose the city sur
roundings, it would not appear so
IT PAYS
To KnoTV-,Fncts About Coffee
strange; but when sedate, middle-aged
"help" present the same objections to
country service, the charitable-minded
or. kind-hearted individual feels like
giving attention to somo other sub
ject than the wrongs of the working
women.
' When man tikes properly selected
food and drink Nature will most-al-ways
assert herself and rebuild the
structure property. ,
"From iny earliest remembrance I
was a confirmed coffee drinker," writes
a gentleman from Marshallville, Ga.K
"taking two cups at .nearly every,
meal. While afc! college I became very
' nervous, dyspeptic, irritable and unfit
. for study and attributed, it largely
to coffee, but did not stop its .use.
"When I wasmarried I found my.
wife was troubled the same way, arid
we decided to tfv'Pdstum Food Coffee.
My wife -made the Postum according
to directions and we found "it superb.'
We used it exclusively for the morn
ing beverage, and the taste, of ordi
nary coffee became distasteful to both
of us. v
w hnvo found a distinct gain in
health. Any amount of Postum does
not cause a feeling of either dyspepsia
or nervousness, while .the Teturn to
coffee even for one meal has disas
trous effects upon my nerves. 'My
dyspepsia has entirely left .me, anC
both my wife and self are well an
Btrong and feel that it is all due to.
the Postum." Name given by Posturar
Co., Battle Creek, Mich.
It is easy to replace coffee with Pps
tum which haIjyhen properly made,
a rich flavor anft ,the. color of ,ffpAp3
with none of it;.Jnjurious af tjer-,-,
fects.
Color In the Home.
Even at this early date, visions of
the inevitable spriug house-cleaning
begin to disturb the calm of the
thrifty house-wife who believes in
planning ahead to save the hurry and
worry ,of this most unpleasant homo
duty. There will be rooms to reno
vate" with fresh paper, if not paint and
varnish, and an authority on such
matters tias given us somo ideas of
color scheme, which we copy for your
benefit.
TLe entrance hall should always bo
cheerful and inviting, but never so
cheerful as to be heating or blinding.
This bars out the brilliant shades of
red in any large, unrelieved quanti
ties. It bars out cold blues, greens,
grays, but leaves a wealth of yellows
and subdued reds. Creamy yellow,
buff, pale fawn, pale salmon, light
tones of Indian red, some pale sliades
of olive green, are all good. Yellow or
buff walls should have wood-work in
chocolate or olive brown. Pale sal
mon walls match well with dark
bronze green wood-work.
The parlor walls should be covered
either with a plain paper, or with
one the design of which is so small
and subdued, and so deftly worked
into the background as to be practical
ly invisible, except in strong lights.
No walls where pictures are to be
hung should have pronounced designs.
The parlor being popularly supposed
to. be devoted to the more frivolous
side of life, should be cheerfully and
daintily, rather than cosily colored.
Pale lemon, or apricot yellow will4
suit rooms which' do not receive a
great amount of sunshine; a yellow
paper makes a sunshine in itself. In
all walls, care should be taken not to
havo too heavy a frieze. 0 i
The dining room should, of course,
be cheerful, cosy and warm. If the
amount of sunlight received through
the windows will permit the ever
useful yellow to be dispensed with,
soft, olive green or old blue, or deep
old pink may be used instead. These
colors convey a slightly richer im
pression and are admirable in a room
more or less devoted to the display
of glittering glass, silver and china.
Bed-rooms must not bo dark, and
must not be hot-looking. Neither
must their walls boast distinct pat
terns which strike the eye like so
many blows; they should b in half
tints and dim patterns; an excellent
effect is produced where a paper, half
glazed andjvlf dull is used; the "cre
tonne" papers are not good, even when
they are pretty, for they give the eye
no rest from the prevailing cretonne
effect of most bed-room furnishings.
more from tho appearance of a wo
man than 'soiled or wrinkled heck
wear, and any girl or woman can
clean or freshen her ribbons or ties
when she once learns how it should
bo done. Delicate laces can be cleaned
by washing and rinsing in alcohol; tho
best way to dry the pieces is to pull
them into perfect shapo and baste
thorn carefully to a 'cloth drawn
smoothly over a board. White laces
may be given a creamy hue by adding
a little strained coffee to the rinsing
water. A nice way to havo fresli
ribbons is to color the faded ribbon
rich dark shades of red, green and pur
ple with diamond dye forsilk and if
the are carefully ironed they will be
as crisp and dainty as when new.
LovQly. pilars may bo fashioned at
Bmall expenditure from odd pieces of
lace, velvet or satin and any woman
who id clover with the needle can
make up these little accessories and
the. wise girl has learned that dain
tiness counts for more than expen
sive clothes. Ex.
In Fitting: up the House.
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, Gray, one does not need to be told,
is a gloomy color; blue, which is a
sister to gray, is an "intellectual" and
slightly chilly shade. Violets arc
somber. Yellows drink in the sun
light and are cheerful; reds are also
cheerful, with a tendency, like other
cheerful things, to become boisterous
ly loud, and to provoke headache.
Greens generally inipress the observer
with the same sense of chilliness
which the blues impart; some of
them, however, of the so-called aes
thetic shades, are r.estfui, and, when
they borrow a little brown, are not
altogether lacking iu warmth. Grass
green and emerald-green are admira
ble shades, for grass and gems, but in
fabrics they affect the eye too much as
a flash of forked lightning does; they
are too vivid to be restful and too
pronounced to harmonize, with any
other color.
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Dainty Accessories.
ft is the small things of dress that
contribute the most to a woman's good
appearance, and the woman who would
always be well dressed must under
stand the value of accessories. Every
fastidious Woman loves dainty things
s,uch as cambric handkerchiefs, pret
ty 'ribbons, 'fine laces and nice gloves,
anj, the less money one has to spend,
the more important it is to select ar
ticles "of "the best quality. If gloves
are repaired the moment they begin
to rip, they 'will repay their wearer by
a long lease of service; kid gloves are
easily cleaned washing and rins
ing in gasolineUUs best to wash a.nd
dry them on,,th'o, hands. Such pretty,
neckware can, be,made up at such rea
sonable pric'eX.that At seems wiser to,
design dainty Jrifles for the neck .than
to enter into .wmtuicated trimming, pfr
I the waist itself. Nothing detracts
Query Box.
Margaret Hoffman. The cause of
your cream .foaming is that it is too
cold. Let it set in a warm placo at
least twenty-four hours before turn
ing it into the churn. Cream should
never be allowed to freeze. If you
have no thermometer, test its tem
perature by dipping a very clean fin
ger into It; it should feel neither
warm nor cold to the finger. Experi
ence will teach you to determine its
temperature by that of the jar it is in.
Nemo. The, word "accessory" ac
cented, accordYng to Web3ter, on the
.first syllable, on account Of the deriva
tives, wnlch require a seconuary -Accent
on , the third syllable; but .the
natural accent is on the second syl
lable, and it is thus generally pro
nounced. The meaning is, in the sense
in which ytu use it, "aiding in certain
acts, or effects, in a secondary man-
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In a Restaurant.
A physician puts the query: "Have you nevei
noticed In any large rcr.tauraut nt lunch or din
ner t'tne the large number of lienTly, vigorous
old men at the tablet-; mm whose ages run from
69 to 80 year; mnny of them- bald and all per
hauH pray but none of them feeble or t cuile?"
X'ethnps the sj rctaclc la ro common as to have
escaped your observation or comment, but never
theless it is an objtct lcrson which means some
thing.
Ifyctt will notice what time hearty old fel
lows arc eating you will observe that they ate
not munching bran crai kern nor gingerly pick
ing their May through a menu card ofuevrfao
glcd health foods; on the contrary thcyBccmto
prefer 0 juicj roost of beef, a properly turncdloiii
of mutton, and cven.lhe deadly broiled lobster
isnot altogether ignored.
The point of all this is that a vigorous old age
depends upon good digestion and plenty of
wholesome focdand not upon dieting end an
endeavor to live upon bran cracker.
There is a certain class f food cranks who
seem to believe that meat, coffee and many other
good thlngnarc rank pb'cons,lut these cadavrr
ouh, silky looking individualKlire ft walklngcon
detunaticii of their own theories
The matter in a nutshell is that if the ttomach
secrets the natural digestive juices in rafue'ent
quantity any wholesome food will be ptoraplly
digested' if the slomocb docs not do to, and ccr
ta 11 foods cause distress one or two of Stuart's
Dyspephju Tablets alter each meal will remove
all diflicully because they supply just what each
wcakftomaoh lacks, pepsin, hydrochloric 'add,
diastase and mix.
Stuart's Dysj cpaia Tablets do not act upon the
bowels and, in fact, are not st ictly n med cine
an they act almost cntirciy ui on the food eaten,
digesting it thoroughly and thus gives a much
nrcded rest and giving an appetite for the next
meal.
Of people "who travel nfnr out of ten se
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets, knowing- them to be
Ficrfctly nafe to uc it any time, and also having
ound out by experience that they arc a nde
guard Against indigcutim in any form, aud eat
ing as. they have to, at all hours and n I kinds of
food, the traveling public for years have pinned
their faith to Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablet).
All dtuggiKts sell thctu also cents for full-sized
packaged and any dnn gint fnroi Elaine to Cali
lornia, if his op. lion were naked, will say that
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets is the most popular
nud successful remedy for any riomach trouble
nice biscuit dough, and brown nicely
in the oven.
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Mrs. Miller. The reason, your gravy
"curdles" is that you let it boil too
much. After talcing up your meat,
leave in the skillet only the amount of
grease necessary for the amount of
gravy -you wish to make; into this stir
one. heaping tablespoonful of flour
until it browns; then stir into this two,
teacupfuls of rich sweet milk; let come
to a boil,, stirring steadily for one
minute, then pour into your dish and
serve.
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Salena. Scraps of cold roast mutton
make an excellent dish for the chil
dren's dinner, prepared in this way:
Trim off nearly all the fat, cut the
lean meat into small pieces and put
them into a baking dish; if you have,
gravy or .stopk pour that over them;
put in a little butter, and season with
pepper and salt; cov-.r the tnp with a
Did you over fecc a fat person who
was not joljy? Laughter is the best'
medicine in tho world. Laugh when
ever you can, and at everything you
can. You may laugh at youraelf, and
with yourself. There is a certain phy
siological effect of laughing; it starts
up the circulation by dilating the ar
teries, and hastens tho blood current
all over tho body. Increased flow of
the blood current always stimulates
the mental activity, and thus nour
ishes the mind. The celjs of the body ,
become built up anew by the .increase
of blood-flow, and the body thus beV
comes plump. , The lungs arc exer
cised by laughter, and their capacity
becomes greater to take In more oxy
gen; oxygen b the food of all the tis
sues of the body. , So, if you wish to
i-nprove ,your general health and be
come plurnp, just "laugh anc(tgrow
fat" Selected. "' ' ,
An eminent bacteriologist says that
many coloring matters used in food
are found to bo decidedly pernicious to
health. His conclusions are that but
ter color is capable of producing se
vere disturbances of tho nervous sys
tem, ending even in death. While one
or two doses may not be harmful, the
continued use Is likely to produce dis
eases of the kidneys, bladder, and even
the lungs.
It was reported from Berlin On'
January 14 by the Associated press
that tho German government has sent
a note to the United States relative to
the report that Germany is seeking to
acquire Colombia's interests in tho
Panama Canal company, affirmlnc
that the report is utterly false and,
it is understood, expressing the opin
ion that Germany's commerce would
be benefited by the construction of the
canal by the United States.
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