.' The Commoner. JUNE 15, 1906 11 1 household, directing others in the housekeeping duties, buying, selling, caring for children, keeping things in order or providing against waste. While still in the home, they should be taugh'c the inner economies, and what is necessary to keep the house hold machinery well oiled and in good shape. They should be taught to spend money cheerfully, but care fully, and how to get for its expendi ture its true value. They should know how to entertain their friends in a manner suitable .to their means, with out either undue lavishness or nig gardly lack. Let them have a knowl edge of business, and every woman who has money, either inherited or earned, should know how to keep and care for it, and manage it, just as a man should. Children's Rights There is one among the children's rights" that is very often not respect ed by their elders. It is 'cheir right to be treated, with civility and polite ness. They are taught pr have been and oiight to be to be respectful to their parents and teachers and all older people, but the opposite obliga tion is not often enough insisted upon and practiced. If there bo more in older persons to call forth respect (which we doubt), there is also with them, or should be, more capacity for showing respect, more knowledge, judgment and practice in cour tesy. Children are quick to fol low examples, and to do as they see others do is but natural with the children. The pattern, much to be re gretted, is too often but a poor one. Not only are parents remiss in recog nizing and granting this' right of chil dren, but teachers in our schools have yet to learn- much of what they owe to. their pupils. In many instances these 'teachers, who are paid to look after the deportment of the children intrusted to their care, are grossly discourteous, both as to words and manners, and many of them are in no sense fit to .have charge of the little ones to whose impressionable minds they show forth the very rudest man ners -and most discourteous langu- KNOWS NOW Doctor Was Fooled by His Own Case for a Time age. They would not dare to talk to the parents aud guardians as they do to the children. Many parents who are careful of the manners and speech of their little ones at home are at a loss to understand where their carefully guarded children learn such rudeness of speech and such brusqueness of manner as they some times display. This is but another reason why parenta and guardians should visit the schools and familiarize themselves, with the companionship to which they subject these tender charges, and as to the fitness or un fitness of the teacher for the trust and reliance placed in his or her hands. Teachers are no more fault less than are the pupils they are sup posed to train properly, and, being seldom 'visited by the parents, they are on their best behaviour when "visitors" do appear, and thus the child is more often than not unjustly blamed for offensive manners and speech when they are only "following copy." spoonful of cloves, ground fine. ' Cook until it reaches the consistency of jam. Keep in glass jars and uoo with meats the same as catsup or jellies. It is better to get the spices whole, especially cinnamon,, and grind for one's self, as this is the only way it can be had unadulterated. Old-fashioned Virginia Picklod Cher ries -Put the Morella cherries in stone jars wUh their stchis on; scald In a kettle some vinegar- sweetened and flavored to taste with allspice, mace, cloves, and cinnamon; pour this over the cherries and let Btand over night, and the next morning pour off and scald again. After repeating this process nine times, the pickle is ready for use. This is one of the old-time recipes, much liked. Frosted Cherries Dip the cherries with the stems on and, if possible, the green leaves in the beaten white of an egg first, then In white sugar. Keep on ice, and serve for lunch in a glass bowl garnished with green leaves. incites, me to more earnest work in their behalf. The flowers of the lav ender plant are the part usod. These should bo gathered in their early stage and dried In the shade. Our grandmothers ofton gathered tho leaves as well, but tho flowers aro best. Sumarn. This is the recipe, I think: Take one quart of boiling water and put Into it as much epsom. salts as the water will take up while boil ing; let cool, and bottle tight for use. Keep handy, and when accident by scalding or burning occurs, saturato cloths in the solution and lay on tho burn. Do not remove the cloth, nor let got dry, but pour on tho solution as it dries. Keep thhi up for a few hours, and, unless tho burn is a deep one, a speedy cure will be effected. Lime and sweet oil in emulsion is a standard article. It's easy to understand how ordi nary people get fooled by coffee when doctors themselves sometimes forget the facts. A physician speaks of his own ex perience: "I had used coffee for years and really did not exactly believe it was injuring me4 although I had palpita tion of the heart every day. " "Finally one day a severe and al most fatal attack of heart trouble frightened me and I gave up both tea 'and coffee, using Postum instead and since that time I have had absolutely no ' heart palpitation except on one or two occasions when I tried a small . quantity of coffee which caused severe irritation and proved to me I must let it alone. "When we began using Postum it seemed weak that was because we did not make it according to direc tions but now we put a little bit of butter in the pot when boiling and allow the Postum to boil full 15 min utes, which gives it tho proper rich flavor and the deep brown color. "I have advised a great many of my friends and patients to leave off coffee and drink Postum, in fact I daily give this advice." Name given by Postum Co., JBattle Creek, Mich. Many thousands of physicians use Postum in place of tea and coffee in their own homes and prescribe it to patients. "There's a reason." A remarkable little ibook ."The Road to .Wellville," can he-found in pkgs. For the Hands This is the season when the farm sister, and many others, spends much time in working ahout the garden, and the hands more or less show the result. Cold water and coarse soap will ruin any- hands, but one must try to get rid of the dirt that works into the pores of the skin. This can be done very effectually by rubbing into the skin a 'liberal coating of either vaseline or clean lard when one comes indoors, and letting it re main on them for a half hour or more, rubbing each finger and joint down ward from the palm. Then put into a basin of warm water a bit of borax the size of a large pea, wet the hands and soap well, rubbing in with the soap a little corn' meal, and rubbing it in well before washing off the soap. Rinse in two waters, then dry by rub bing in dry corn meal.' After the hands are dry, rub in a very little cold cream, or a little diluted glycer ine. Massage the hands thoroughly with this, "then rinse in cold water, drying with a soft, warm towel. For cleansing the nails, a soft nail brush should be used, and the cuticle should be carefully pushed away from the "base of the nail with a soft, blunt stick. Or the thumb nail of the other hand may be used pushing, not scraping. Do not use cheap or scent ed soaps, and laundry soap should be left for the wash tub. Remember that every washing with soap removes the natural oil, which should be re stored by rubbing into the skin a little olive oil, almond oil or a plain cold cream. The Refrigerator A trap for the careless housewife at this season is the refrigerator. It is always a menace In thoughtless or careless hands, because of the habit too often formed of keeping food too long, and the danger increases with the hot, humid, sultry weather of the summer. Once a week, at least, everything should be taken out; make a strong suds of boiling water, soda and ammonia, and go over every inch of the inside surface. Have a pan of clear, hot water, with a few drops of some odorless but powerful disinfectant, and go over the whole with this; see that the drain has a cloth-pushed up through it, using a long wooden skewer; then scald with clear, hot water, dry thoroughly, and set a saucer of crushed charcoal on the shelf. Charcoal is a perfect ab sorbent, and a refrigerator can be kept sweet if these few precautions are taken. Never set anything hot in the refrigerator, nor leave anything decayed, or soured in it. Always wash off the ice. Requested Recipes Fruit Punch Boil two cupfuls of sugar "and one of water to a syrup, and add one eunful each of straw- 1 berry and pineapple juice, and half a cupful each of lemon and orange juice and juice of sweet cherries. Let stand twenty minutes and strain and chill; sweeten or weaken to taste and serve ice cold. If the juices of pre served fruits have been used, it will need weakening, with water or ice. Fruit Punch Cover one-fourth box of gelatine with one-fourth cupful of cold water; let stand one-half hour and dissolve over hot water. Make a syrup of two cupfuls of sugar and one cupful of water; take from ttie fire, add the gelatine and one cupful each of water, strawberry juice and either preserved peaches, cherries, or pineapple, the juice of one orange and one lemon. Turn at once into a freezer, but do not turn the freezer until the punch begins to freeze. Let stand to ripen before serving. Spiced Cherries Three cupfuls of stoned cherries, one cupful of vinegar sweetened to jtaste, one tablespoonful of -powdered cinnamon, one dessert spoonful of ground ginger, one tea- Query Box (Our thanks are due to several friends who have kindly sent us brief sketches of the life and works of Mrs. Elizabeth Aker Allen, whose beauti ful poem, "Little Feet," we gave re cently, and several other friends have asked that we publish her poem, "Rock Me to Sleep, Mother," which we shall be glad to do in an early issue of the paper.) Emma S. Wash your plants which are troubled with the aphis or green fly with a strong suds made of pure soap; let stand a few minutes and then rinse the plant well with clear water. Annie L. The best way to clean a lamp chimney is to wipe it out the usual way with a soft cloth dipped in methylated spirits. This cleans it better than washing, with less danger of breakage. Mrs. L. One of our friends recom mends a strip of clean, white cotton cloth, wet and tightly drawn around both edges of the pie, and pasted to gether at the ends with flour, for pre venting the "running over" of her pies. Young Hostess If soup must be served, it may be hot, if the cold will not be acceptable; but iced bouillon is very delicious. It should be made the day before and allowed to jelly, then serve in broken bits in a glass or china cup set In cracked ice. Bouil lon should be highly seasoned to be good when served in this way. E. I. Many thanks , for your kind words. The expressed good will of our reaiers is quite inspirational, and Test Your Strength You may be "out of a job" and weakly wait-' ing for a new one at the same old thing, wasting your life and energies, when by a simple test of your mental muscles you might show yourself a giant in earning power. Make a better than merely " good salary' Be your own boss in making it. Take your own time to do it. 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