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JTJL.T 28, 1905
The Commoner.
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grow laggard in the work. Yet it is
not done altogether by cosmetics,
though these, in a way, are often
very helpful and their use is to be
commended; healthful living, cheer
ful thought and kindly deeds do far
moro toward making one fair to look
upon. If a woman have good health
and a reasonable self-respect, it give3
color and clearness to her complexion,
graco and carriage to her movements,
and an appearance of youth which
no amount of "making up" with cos
metics can do. A scowling brow, a
discontented air, neglected cleanli
ness, and a disregard for becoming
styles ox4 colors will mar the lovliest
outlines. Much happiness and no in
considerable amount of beauty be
long to age, as well as to youth, and
it is a pity that women do not take a
proper view of life In all its stages,
making the most of all that is given
them. Some of the most charming
women in history never developed
their charms until past the glory of
youth, and the symmetry and beauty
of their characters made full amends
for the loss of youthful charms.
Women have it very much in their
own power to "grow old gracefully,"
and the beauty of a faded face de
pends very much upon how much of
the sweetness of life lives on in the
kindly features, the tender voices and
the touching sympathies. Keeping
the faculties alive through exercise
also adds to a youthful appearance.
and mental activity may be exercised,
long after the physicial seems to fail.
To be youthful in appearance, one
must keep in harness, doing the
world's work as well and as faithfully
and as long as possible.
Midsummer Gardening
To get the best results from your
garden from now on, until frost over
takes it, you must give it some care
during the hot, dry weather of July
and August. The present month, in
most localities, has given us an abun
dance of rain, and plants should now
be in fine condition and" full of present
bloom or promise. Plants are like
children; they must be fed, watered,
washed and cared for, and the garden,
like the children, must be "dressed."
When the spring is dry and warm,
plants send their roots down into the
soil in search of moisture; but if the
season has been wet, the plant spreads
its rootlets out just under the surface,
and if the summer months be hot
and dry, there is danger of the plants
burning out, and suffering irreparable
injury. For this reason care should
be taken to water them according to
their needs. Watering should be done
in the late afternoon or evening, in
order that "the moisture retained dur
ing the night will enable the plants
to withstand the heat of the day.
Do not spray the blossoms if it can
be avoided, as with most plants these,
when water-soaked, turn black and
decay. It is better to turn on a slow
stream and let the water run over the
ground, not wetting the plant at all,
except an occasional spraying to re
move dust from the foliage. Where
there is no hydrant, or force pump, a
good plan is to dig little trenches
about the garden, near the plants, and
pour all wash, and waste water in
these, letting soak into the ground at
will. A still better plan would be to
keep the ground stirred enough to
prevent forming a crust, as the hard
crust prevents even the rain or dew
entering the soil, to the injury of the
plant roots. Mulching with lawn
clippings, or well-decayed manures,
or other fibrous material is a good
thing for the plants. In many in
stances, a judicious application of
fertilizers is necessary; but these, es
pecially the commercial fertilizers,
should be applied with care and prop
er dilution. Stable manures, well
rotted, are much to be preferred, both
on account of cheapness and safety in
its application. It may bo applied in
liquid form with good results.
A Cheap Paint
A recipe given by the SclentiOc
American for a cheap and durablo
paint for the various purposes of the
farm buildings is as follows: Stir
into one gallon of milk about three
pounds of Portland cement, and add
sufficient Venetian red, powder, or
any other colored paint-powder to im
part a good color. The milk will hold
the paint in solution, but the cement,
being very heavy, will sink to the bot
tom, so that it becomes necessary to
keop the mixture well stirred with a
paddle while applying it. This feature
of the need of stirring is the only
drawback to the paint; as its effi
ciency depends upon administering a
good coating of cement, it is not safe
to leave its application to untrust
worthy help. Six hours after apply
ing, this paint will be as immovablo
and unaffected by water as a month
old oil-paint. The party who gives
this recipe claims that ho has heard
of buildings twenty years old painted
in this manner, in which the wood
is well preserved. The effect of such
a coating seems to be to petrify the
surface of the wood. Whole milk is
better than buttermilk or skimmed, as
it contains more oil, and this is the
constituent which sets the cement
It mixed with water instead of milk,
the wash rubs off and -soaks off read
ily. This cement-milk paint flows on
smoothly and easily, almost equal to
genuine oil-paint; is cheap, easily
procurable everywhere and recom
mended. Farm and Fireside.
Protecting the Birds
In Missouri, the game law, which
went into effect Juno 16 last, permits
women to decorate their hats with
birds of only a few specimens. Only
the feathers of domestic birds, such
as chickens, geese, ducks, etc., may
be used. The wild birds allowed to
milliners are restricted to English
sparrows, hawks, horned owls, crows.
Fines of $25 and upwards will be im
posed for violations of the law. Ex.
Many very beautiful things may be
made of the beautiful white feathers
of the domestic fowls, as well as of
some of the colored species, imita
tions of other birds, flowers, and other
ornamentations, colored or white.
And one may use them with a con
science at rest, as they may be had
without committing murder.
AN OLD AND WELL TRIED RBMHDY
!? Wxnbt.o-w'8 SoonnNO 8Tiim for children
:r. S should always bo ti sed for children whllo
rattling, it softens the gums, allays all pain, euros
wma chouo and is the host remedy for diarrhoea.
Twenty-flye cents a bottle.
Fighting the Garden Pests
During the summer months, insect
pests are very apt to "take" the gar
den, if one is not very watchful, doing
lasting injury, if not killing the plants
outright. Aphis, the green louse, and
the larvae of many kinds of moths
and butterflies will be found destroy
ing the foliage and tender shoots of
nearly all kinds of plants. Bugs and
beetles also find satisfactory foraging
grounds on them, and caterpillars of
various kinds clean the foliage en
tirely off of some plants. These must
be fought persistently, or the glory
of our fall gardens will be ruined.
There are many kLids of insecti
cides, and some of them must be
used with extreme care, or the plant,
as well as its enemy, will be killed.
An old and popular insecticide is
finely-powdered tobacco, sweepings" of
factory floors, dusted liberally over
the plants while the dew is on; stems
of tobacco, which any cigar maker
will give you, laid about the roots, Is
said to discourage the depredators;
repeated sprayings with a decoction of
tobacco stems, about the color of good
coffee, is regarded as better than any
of these, if applied to the under as
well as the upper sides of the foliage.
These remedies are best for the soft-
bodied plant lico; but for the bugs,
caterpillars and larvae, it is boat to
watch the foliage, and on the first In
dication of their presenco, as shown
by bitten leaves and budo, look for
the enemy and givo no quarter.
Many of the poisonous insecticides
should bo avoided, bocauso of their
danger to those gathering the flowers.
Keroseno emulsion, if properly mado
and judiciously applied, is tho most
successful remedy, but it not properly
mixed and diluted, may injuro the
plants. Common tar soap, and soveral
other soaps which wo cannot name in
theso papers, dissol-ed In a pail of
hot water and sprinkled on the plants
with a garden syringe or brush
broom, is safe and sure in many
instances. Soveral insect powders
and white hellebore, either in powder
or decoction, may bo safely used, and
aro often very efficacious. In remov
ing tho caterpillars or larvae, if you
aro at all "squeamish" about handling
them, they can bo cut in two with a
pair of scissors without touching with
the fingers.
Raisins as Food
Tho raisin, which is only the grape
dried in tho sun, is no longer con
sidered as purely an article of luxury,
but is said by those who profess to
know, to bo of intrinsic food value,
and contains elements which are
fully as necessary to good health as
fibrino, dextrine, etc. Sugar, which
tho dried grape contains in its na
tural state, has long been recognized
as a genuine food; so much so that
manufactured sugar is no longer re
garded as an article of luxury, but as
a household necessity. This being
so, it would seem that dried grapes,
or raisins, would furnish tho sugar
which tho system needs in its purest
and most concentrated form, for na
ture's labratory surpasses all the
skill of tho chemists, and outdoes ail
tho triumphs of analysis, quantitative
and qualitative. It is acknowledged
that the grape, itself, In its fresh state
Is one of tho finest correctives found
for the human body, and it should be
eaten much more than it is.
ignoring in offoct all tho little rays of
sunshino which intontionnlly or un
intentionally fall about us. We accept
tho little services .as though they were
matters of course, and give no uttcr
anco to tho little praise that would
ho as dew to tho thirsty flower to the
heart of tho one who servos. It Is
"the word wo leave unspokon," fully
as often as the words Wo said that
fills our hearts with remorse when
wo look down upon tho faco of doad
opportunity. Lot us tell our loved
ones that wo love them when they
do their best, let us praine their en
deavors; even though they full, they
aro deserving of praise for the effort
put forth, and tho Bmllo of encourage
ment and tho spoken word will act
like a tonic to strengthen their lag
ging spirits. Do not keep all tho
praises and appreciation shut up in
your heart when by giving expression
to it you may lighten another's load
and send the discouraged on their
way rejoicing. Some day, perhaps,
you may think of It all, and he willing
to givo years of your life for a mo
ment in which to speak the word with
hold, and your heart may break over
tho thought that no moro can voice
of yours reach tho car you disre
garded. Do not bo afraid to praise.
No one ever lost anything by show
ing kindness.
For your own, If you cannot brighten
their lives by giving them material
things, givo them of your spoken
love. Strew the flowers of love in
their pathway now, while they can
enjoy them, for "tho dead know not
anything" even that we love and
sorrow for them.
O, bo kind to the living, for few
there be who do not sorely need tho
word of tenderness and appreciation.
Linens
Every true, womanly woman is a
"dear lover" of nice house linens. In
order to have the best that your purse
will buy, it is necessary to know how
to hem, embroider in outline, do
drawn-work, and set neat stitches.
The needle work will make a very
handsome article of a very plain ma
terial. Bureau and wash-stand covers
should always be washable, and pre
ferably of linen, though cottons are
now made in very lovely weaves and
finish. Asiatic embroidery silks and
the best brands of linen floss and art
thread aro tho material for em
broidery work. Silk and satin for
bed spreads are not so much used as
formerly, because linen and cotton
fabric are equally beautiful in finish
and coloring, and, being more durable,
come from the laundry as nice as
new. In order to know the latest
styles and fabrics, one should send to
a linen house for a catalogue and
sketches of designs, and this may en
able one though living in out-of-the-way
places, to furnish herself with up-to-date
fabrics and finishes.
Speaking the Kind Word
A famous writer once said she "did
not believe in keeping all the flowers
for the funeral," but I am afraid too
many of us do that very thing. We
so often fail to speak the encouraging
word to "our own," or to let them
know how dear they are to us until
their ears are closed to all sound.
We are quick to lay flowers on the
coffin, but how few of us take the
trouble to lift the thorn from the
pathway of the living feet! We stint
them and ourselves of the pleasure
the spoken word might bring us,
CHANGED HUSBAND
Wife Made Wise Change in Food
Change of diet is the only way to
really cure stomach and bowel
trouble.
A woman says:
"My husband had dyspepsia when
we were married and had suffered
from It for several years. It was al
most impossible to find anything ho
could eat without bad results,
"I thought this was largely due to
the use of coffee and persuaded him
to discontinue it. He did so, and be
gan to drink Postum Food Coffee.
The change did him -good from the
beginning, his digestion improved; he
suffered much less from his nervous
ness, and when he added Grape-Nuts
food to his diet he was soon entirely
cured.
"My friend, Mrs. , of
Vicksburg, (my former home), had be
come a nervous wreck also from dys
pepsia. Medicines had no effect, neith
er did travel help her. On my last
visit home, some months ago, I per
suaded her to use Grape-Nuts food.
She was in despair and consented.
She stuck to It until it restored her
health so completely that she is now
the most enthusiastic friend of Grape
Nuts that I ever-knew. She eats it
with cream or dry, just as it comes
from the package keeps it in her
room and eats it whenever she feels
like it.
"I began eating Grape-Nuts food,
myself, when my baby was two months
old, and I don't know what I should
have done without it. My appetite
was gone, I was weak and nervous
and afforded but very little nourish
ment for the child. The Grape-Nuts
fodd, of which I soon grew very fond,
speedily set all this right again, and
the baby grew healthful, rosy and
beautiful as a mother could wish. He
is two years old now and eats Grape
Nuts food himself. I wish every tired
young mother knew of tho good that
Grape Nuts would do her.
Names given by Postum Co., Bat,tlo
Creek, Mich.
There's a reason.
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