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Conducted by
'Helen Wts Wtfp
off Lho allottod term
At Fourscore
Cull her not old, all hough lho flight
of yon re
Has measured
of Wo! tl, , ..
Call Iior not old, slnco neithor doubts
nor fears
Havo quonched her hope through
. out tho long, long strife.
Thoy aro not old, though days of
youth havo lied,
"Who quaff tho brimming cup of
peace and oyi
Thoy aro not old
don springs
Find drafts which still refresh
never cloy!
who from life's hid-
but
i'or
though flying
what aro years,
no'or so fast?
A year's a day If full of gladsomo
zest I
JJtifc who shall measure time, when
hones aro past?
A dav's a year if sorrow is the
j. uw nuwiub ul iiuiiiuLiiiii j uuni
the
is
ltors
Who finds delight in deeds of kind
ness wrought;
No ago can dim tho lustre of her
crown
Whoso days with loving ministry
aro fraught.
Peaco to her, then! a calm, unruf
fled peace!
; Until her pilgrimage at last is
o'er!
Until tho Father's summons calls her
homo
To greet tho dear companions gone
before!
. F. E. Snow in tho Outlook.
much about the negative sido of
business as she does, about the
tivo. It is well to know .when
have dono enough.
Do not bo in too big a hurry to get
tho work underway. Let the weather
get fairly well settled before the
general turning inside out is in
augurated; but there are many things
that should bo undertaken now, and
tho early doing of which will greatly
simplify the wider work that must
come later. Get tho glide mon to go
through the cellar, cleaning out all
tag-ends of tho winter vegetables,
otc. and sortine over such as are
still on hand. Sweep the ceilings
and walls, and get everything ready
for the whitewash brush, and don't
be afraid to use the lime freely in
all possible parts of tho "storage"
room. Then, too, there aro many bits
of mending, in tho way of broken
hinges. sagKine: doors, -useless fasten
ings, broken or loosened- furniture',
and things calling. foir more skill with
pools, ,.than- tho average woman pos
aussuB, mm uiuse too snouiu nave uie
attention of the husband. Wherever
there is a garret, closet, store
room, or storage boxes or barrels,
there is work for the short days that
precede house-cleaning. There is
sure to be a store of old papers or
magazines which needs overhauling
and sorting out of the ' good from
tho useless, and a day spent among
them, sorting,, clipping and pasting
into scrap books, will not be wasted.
There will be many demands for' old,
waste paper when the house-cleaning
really begins.
mark drawn the length of the tuck.
By this means, the tuck can befolded
on the mark, true to tho pattern.
VOLUME- 6, NUMBER 7
air loaded with dust and foul gases;
another is the nicotine-laden atmos
phere of father's pipes and cigars.
Improper clothing, too much or too'
little; not suited to the changes of
temperature to which it Is subjected.
Sleeping under the bed clothes, when
compelled to sleep with parents and
forced to inhale air reeking with foul
excretions from the skin anil lungs
of two adults, are some of the causes
which should be remedied." ,
Forward, March!
"About these days," look for the
appearance of the house-cleaning
microbes, for with the rising of the
March winds, the creature invariably
comes to very active life. To add
to our discomfort, thoro will appear
in print n surfeit of more or less (gen
erally less) practicable advico con
corning how things are to bo done;
much of this advico will bear the un
mistakable ear marks of the "mas
toids" hand, and tho well-seasoned
nousowlle will readily see that tho
traced tho lines was never
tho ink of oxnerience.
tho editor who "accepts"
tho articles is a man nnd
only knowledge of tho
tho fact that, in his
For the Seamstress
pen which
dipped in
Generally,
or selects
brother whoso
work lies in
homo at least, it is a time of domestic
upneaval, displacement and disorder
which somehow gives him tho singu
lar feeling of not being at home In
his own housean alien, misfit, or
nondescript who really don't know
"where he is at."
House-cleaning time Is not so very
Pleasant, oven to tho housewife, but
iu is ono oi tne inevitables of which
wo must make tho best wo can. A
favored few, especially in tho city, can
call in tho compressed air ma
chine, or nut the ioh Inrn tim
hands of the professionals; but the
majority of us must go at it in tho
good old way, in a regular hand-to-hand
contest with the whole year's
list of damages. There aro a great
many "don'ts" to be insisted upon,
and tho wise woman must know as
AN OLD AND WttLT, THIRD UKMICDY
Mils. Winsmhv'b Soothing Svnupfor chlldr
teth nB nhould always bo used for children while
toot .In. It softens tho gums, allays all pain, cUr" s
vLfS Hm,'8th bst remedy forWrha.
ffwenty-flTocontsa bottle
When cutting a bias ruffle, the work
may be dono more satisfactory by
cutting a bias strip of tile goods four
times tho width desired for the ruf
fle; then, place the cut edges to
gether carefully and baste with rather
long stitches, then run a hot flatiron
over the fold: cut tin e-nnriR in tho
fold, and double, baste and press
each half, and then cut as before.
This will give you four strips, even
edged and the right width for the
ruffle.
I sv
uur uest dressmakers condemn the
practice of fitting the bodice on the
person wrong side out, for two rea
sons: First, the body fitted is
seldom equally developed on both
sides, and what will fit one side, on
being turned right side out will not
fit the. other; thus, the waist will
fit badly when finished. A second
reason is that the seams take up a
certain amount of room, and after a
bodice is fitted with the seams out
side, tho finished waist will fit a
trifle too snug.
In marking perforations with chalk,
it is well to remember that the chalk
marks aro but temporary, and must
uo ut unco replaced with what is
umieu tailor's tacks.
uiu murus nro mnfio fintmi, tm.
thicknesses of cloth and each side is
marked exactly alike. Thread a
iiueiuQ witn a long .end of basting
thread and use it double. Run the
noodlo tlirougli the perforation, catch-
off , , 0IitUe Cl0Ul' and Cllt
of tho thread, leaving about f pur
inches in the cloth. Make a knot in
both ends of these lengths. Treat
every perforation in thk? way, and
uvn11, ,(1ne' Vey sently aerate the
ihnPiIeiC08,, f Cloth ana ct the
thread in the center. This leaves a
Piece of thread to mark each per?ora-
i.vv . " LllCKS ro to be
siraignt-euge" may
j luuso uireaus and
Stimulants and Tonics
A writer in Good Housekeeping
says: "In regard to coffee, It is a
difficult question as to whether it is
harmful or not. For some people, es
pecially those who lead an active
life, a cup of coffee In the morning
does no harm; for others, especially
those of sedentary habit, the daily
cup of coffee is a constant and harm
ful stimulant to the nerves. When a
person begins to depend upon coffee
to brace him up and get him properly
started for the morning, he may be
fairly sure that coffee Is really harm
ing him by false stimulation. Be
tween breakfast and luncheon a
glass of milk, or a cup of beef tea
or broth, and a cracker, should be
taken." An excellent tonic is a cup
of hot chocolate, or a cup of some
one of the malted milk preparations.
Something of this kind is not only
stimulant, but a tonic as well. Cocoa,
from which the over-abundant oil has
been extracted, is better than choco
late. A cup of very hot milk, or of
equal parts of milk and water, sipped
leisurely, is strengthening without un
due stimulation. When one feels ex
hausted beyond another thought, with
the head hot and aching, to wring a
towel out of very cold water and
wrap it about the head is of very
great service to some persons, clear
ing the brain and relieving the nerves.
One of the very finest stimulants as
well as an extraordinary effective
tonic, is to get out into the fresh
air, and walk about, with deep breathing.
a
Breathing Through "the Nose
"The nose is an organ with two
important functions," says Dr. Kate
Lindsay, in the Housekeeper, "it ex
ercises the sense of smell, and acts
as an air passage and an air strainer.
Infectious disorders of the respiratory
organs are usually caused by disease
germs in the infected dust in the air
inhaled. The air passages of the
nose are provided with a special air-
miering apparatus, which is so per
fect in action when the nose is free
and the glands and mucus surfaces
normal, that no germ can escape
alive beyond the other opening. The
nasal passage walls are covered witlr
cells from which project minute
hair-like bodies; the nasal glands
and mucus cells secrete a disinfecting
fluid when healthy, and this mucus
flows outward in tiny streams and
washes the little, hair-like projections
free from all foul matter, as well as
killing all air-borne disease germs.
Not only is the air filtered, but it is
heated to a proper temperature for
entering the bronchial tubes and
lungs. The nasal air passage serves
tO nrotefit til ft Vnanlvn m.
By this means, from infection and from irritation due
lu ureaunng air of too low a temper
ature. As most cases df mouth
breathing begin in infancy from re
peated attacks of catarrh, tho result
of taking cold, or some disorder of
digestion, mothers should appreciate
the need of attending at once to a
case of cold in the head of a nursing
ntl' inften Hlis t0I)I)lnS UP thl
nose in a nursing infant leads to ab
solute starvation, the baby being un
able to nurse when its nose is stopped
up, because it cannot close its mouth
without ceasing to breathe.
n-ilV2 prefdisP0SinS causes of infantile
nasal catarrh are, first, improper
washing and dressing of the baby
Another is tho inhalation of Impure
Skim-Milk
Answering a correspondent, tho
following is gathered from the Year
Book of the agricultural department,
Washington, D. C;
(1) "Filled" cheese is made of
skim-milk by adding some cheap fat,
usually of animal, but sometimes of
vegetable, origin to replace the origi
nal fat taken, from the milk. It is a
cheap imitation of whole-milk cheese.
(2) The casein (curd) of skim-milk
is converted, by a complex chemical
treatment, into a form so hard as to
be a good substitute for ivory, bone,
celluloid or rubber. Billiard balls,
backs of brushes, combs, checks, but
tons, knife handles, and the like, are
made of it. In color, It is nearly
white, with a yellowish tinge, but
may be variously colored.
(3) A skim-milk product, called
faracurd, is -used by bakers and con
fectioners as a fair substitute for
eggs. It is preferably in the form of
a thick paste, but may he dried and
pulverized.
(4) Sugar of milk is made from
whey, and generally from whey ob
tained from cheese factories. Its
manufacture calls for expensive ma
chinery and the use of chemicals.
The sugar is of various grades. The
purest milk sucar Is in thn form of
large, clear crystals,, formed on sticks,
or in "cobs," resembling rock candy
on a string. It is mainly used- in the
preparation of drugs, and .medicines
and special foods for infants and in
valids. (5) Bakers have long known the
value of skim-milk in bread-making,
but it is not generally used for this
purpose, from the fact that it is very
difficult to get In sufficient quantities.
The use of skim-milk in place of
water for bread-making gives a loaf
which is more moist, and will retain
its moisture longer than that made
with water; it gives a closer grain,
improves the eating quality, and the
sugar in the milk caramels in baking
and browns the crust; it also calls
for less flour to the equal sizod loaf.
The milk should be added to tho
dough, not to the sponge.
made, a
be laid along
pencil or chalk
Food Supplies in Old Times
One of our readers writes for
recipes for foods to take the place of
meats, stating that "all tho hogs died
of cholera, and beef was not to B&
had." He adds, as a reason for the
scarcity of money, that "cattle only
brings 2 cents per pound, after a long
drive to the railroad town for a mar
ket." And I cannot help wondering
why, with such conditions existing,
"beef is not to be had." In the long
ago, when the farm was my home, wo
lived from our collars and "meat
houses," rather than from the village
stores. There was never a dearth of
beef; one or more young animal was
kept fattening on most of the farms,
and we always had plenty of coined
and dried beef; nearly all tho time,
even in. the summer months, fresh
meat could be had, as, when one
neighbor slaughtered an animal, any
one whooshed might buy such part
as ho wanted; or, oftener, the carcass
BETTER THAN SPANKING
FpnnlUntf does not euro children of horl wnttlnir.
If It did thoro would bo few ohlldron t at 3d &
M, Snmmors. Box 118. Notro Dnmo, Ind will shud
horhomotreatinonttoany mothor. 8 o nflkB no'
SIS,"?' nWr v0r t?i,ftV1L?rour chUdron trouhle
you In this way. Don't blamo tho child U'h
clmncoB uro It can't liolp It cuua'
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