MARCH 8, 1007
The Commoner.
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terly regard for her happiness when
they are together. (2) When a young
lady has a lady friend as guest, she
should certainly see that the guest is
Included in invitations to places of
amusements, etc., which are extended
to herself, or she should decline them.
For the Seamstress
In making the plaited skirts that are
so fashionable at present, lay the ma
terial on the cutting board length
wise. An ironing board is excellent
for this purpose. Fold the plaits ic
cording to directions from top to bot
tom, fastening them down with small
tacks pushed into the board at inter
vals as they are laid. These will hold
the plaits in position, firm and even,
and they can then be basted with
ease, and the tacks pulled out before
pressing them.
In making up skirts, when thin fab
rics are used over linings of contrast
ing colors, the seams will often show
very prominently. To prevent this,
narrow bias strips of the lining ma
terial are cut and basted along on
both sides of the seam in such a man
ner that the stitching catches the strip
in sewing. Then the seam is pressed
open and the lining strips between the
skirt and seam prevent the seam from
showing. The outer edge of the lining
strips may bo turned out over the edge
of the seam and lightly hemmed down
for a finish. Delineator.
The finish of the waist-line of the
skirt depends on the proportions of
the figure, and also the styles of waist
to be worn with them. For a slender
or medium figure, the regulation
straight waist-band is usually em
ployed; but for stout figures, a skirt
that is worn under a bodice-waist hav
ing a girdle permanently attached, a
very flat finish is desirable, and this is
obtained by discarding the waist
band. A narrow facing or binding
may be used in its place. To adjust
this facing, the upper part of the skirt
is fitted in the regulation manner. t
an inverted box-plait is used, this, is
well as any other plaits on the skirt
should be securely pinned in the cor
rect positions and basted there. Then
the facing (for which a bias strip jf
lining material can be employed) is
btitched to the waist-line of the skirt
end the seam cut away very closely.
Now, rolling the facing over toward
the inside, the seam edge is firmly
basted, then stitched, while the other
edge of the facing is turned in and
hemmed down, stretching the bias
facing at this edge to fit the rounded
shape of the skirt. Delineator for
March.
carry on their feet and bodies the
germs and infection so often present
therein. Individual flies lay, on an
average, about one hundred and twen
ty eggs which in a few hours hatch
into larvae, or maggots, and, ten days
from the time the egg was laid the full
grown adult fly appears. It is stated
by authorities that, contrary to the
popular belief, flies do not grow in
size after transformation from the
maggot stage. The house-fly finds in
the stables and exposed vaults and
out-houses of the country the condi
tions most favorable to its develop
ment. Chloride of lime should be well
sprinkled through the manures, in lib
eral quantities, and all out-houses
used by the family should be thor
oughly screened. Earth closets are
coming into general use where sewer
age cannot be had, but are not yet
regarded as of such importance as
they should be. Of course, Uie house
should have all openings screened with
either wire or cotton netting. Metal,
or wire netting is the most economical,
as, with care it can be made to do ser
vice for several seasons, but cotton
mosquito netting can be purchased
cheaply, and will serve for one season,
at least, or can be renewed when dam
aged. Bought by the piece of sixteen
square yards, the netting should not
cost more than two or three (at most,
five) cents a square yard.
There are several tilings which
should not be allowed to inhabit the
house with the family; among these
are rats, mice, roaches, bed-bugs, fleas
and flies, and there is no valid reason
why any of them should. The Tast
named is by no means the least objectionable.
The House Fly
It will soon be time to seriously con
sider the most successful methods by
which to exclude from our homes the
filthy house fly. Not only because
of the annoyance they create by crawl
ing over one and specking, but because
they are a serious menace to the health
of the family. They have their breed
ing places .in the filthiest matter, and
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Plant Lore
If you have a bright, thrifty window
garden next winter, you must bear it
in mind these spring days, and begin
your preparations in time. If you
wait until next summer, or fall, to be
gin getting your plants ready, you may
have nice plants, but not satisfactory
bloom. Floral magazines are so cheap,
and bring you so many practical in
structions, month after month, that it
.would pay to subscribe for one and
read it.
You can learn many things from the
catalogues that may be had for the
asking; but the floral magazine is
best for cultural directions. Many
tilings may be "slipped," cuttings
made of hard-wood plants, seedlings
started, and old plants divided and the
new plants kept growing thriftilv.
"Something for nothing" is generally
worth just about what it costs; you
must pay some price for everything
worth having. But the price can be
reduced to a minimum by careful at
tention and wise planning, and, in
floriculture, by timely and judicious
planting and good cultivation.
me that an old plant of the Primula
obconica can be separated in the
spring, and each little crown will give
a strong, new plant in due time. It
should have plenty of water with good
drainage; and that means a great deal
more water than you give to your
geranium. It blooms from November
to May, and is a general favorite.
F. M. For the green fly (aphis),
make an infusion ot sulpho-tobacco
soap, and apply with a sprayer. If the
foliage is thick, part it carefully, and
drench every hiding place with the
suds.
L. M. Make cuttings of the sprouts
you will find around the old stalks of
your chrysanthemum plant, and root
them in good soil, in thumb-pots sunk
in the ground, or in sand, or by simply
setting them in the border. If your
old plant is of a choice variety, there
is no reason why you should not have
a fine showing next fall. Give the
plants good care. Seedlings do not
always "come true." Many are worthless.
motors of health the daily or weekly
bath through lack of j facilities for
availing themselves of It. The major
ity of homes have no regular bathroom
iv running water; many have not even
a bath tub, and If they had, they have
no place in which they might use it.
For these, the kitchen range would be
called upon to supply the warm water,
and m nearly all of such homes, the
water must be brought in from out
ride by hand, and carried out by the
same means. In many cases, the
water, for all purposes of the home,
must be carried from a more or less
distant well or spring, and this Is al
ways burdensome, even for household
purposes. In many homes, even where
fuel costs only the work of felling
trees and preparing for firewood, the
only rooms comfortably warmed are
the kitchen and sitting room, or both
in one, and in these, even a towel
bath cannot be taken until the room is
vacated for the night, when, ten
chances to one, the would-be bather
is then too tired or sleepy to care
whether or not the bath is taken.
It would bo a good Investment, in
such cases, to arrange for some meth
od, and if nothing better can be had,
any one who can handle tools at all
skillfully can make a set of frames, put
together with hinges and covered with
denims, heavy muslin, or table oil
cloth, which can be thrown across a
corner of the room, and a tub, or other
vessel be used in the privacy of the
screened corner. A set of pockets,
like the old fashioned hanging "shoe
bag," could be made of oil-cloth and
hung on the wall, in which soap,
sponge, wash-cloth, and other necessi
ties of the bath could be kept. This
screen, when not in use, could be fold
ed, like a "clothes-horse," and set out
of the way. Water for such purposes
might be hauled in a barrel, and the
wash-boiler would be a good substi
tute for the hot-water tank or reser
voir. Once accustomed to oven a
weekly bath, one feels lost without it,
and it should be a "family institution"
as much as the hand-pan and towel.
An Improvised Bathroom
A very large number of people are
deprived of one of the greatest pro-
For a Fine Complexion
Every one who values a fine com
plexion should grow spinach and other
salad vegetables, though the majority
do not. Especially should our girls
and women who love fine complexions
cultivate these beauty-makers. Spin
ach should have been planted last fail,
to have it early in the season, but it
should be sown now for use as soon
as grown, keeping up the sowings at
intervals until September. For a good
complexion, one can do more through
proper diet, fresh air exercise, cleanli
ness of person, and proper ventilation
of sleeping and living rooms than can
ever be accomplished through the use
of oils, butters, solutions, creams,
washes, or powders. The beauty that
comes from within, from a' good,
healthy body and cheerful spirits, is
the kind that will "wash." A good
old fashioned sunbonnet, stout gloves,
and a little exercise every day in the
garden is fine. But If one would
really enjoy the work of weeding, hoe
ing and digging, the flower garden is
the ideal place to do it. I confess
freely that I do not like to "hoe" or
weed" vegetables; that is generally one
of the "man's" undisputed rights, at
our place; but I scarcely note the
flight of time, or know that I have a
back when I work among the flowers.
And every woman or girl should have
a flower garden. The girl who spends
a lew hours every day in the garden
is seldom troubled with "black heads."
Nothing washes the pores out so beau
tifuj'y as a good, healthy perspiration,
followed by a cleansing bath, if noth
ing more than a scrubbing with a
towel. No matter what else the wo
men has in the shape of a garden, she
should have flowering plants, and time
to attend to them, and the glide mon
should arrange to keep the pigs, poul
try and calves outside of them. Many
women starve -for the beautiful things
so easy to have, yet so often denied
her. Food for the soul and spirit is
as essential as food for the body.
Care of the Shoes
Shoes may be kept up to the mark
by rubbing the tops witli a piece of
black cloth dipped In a mixture of
crenm and black ink, and when dry
polishing vigorously with a piece of
old flannel. An old pair of shoes if
treated in this way, and all missing
buttons replaced, will make a good ap
pearance, particularly if, before this is
done, they have been taken to the cob
bier's and the heels straightened and
soles mended. Shoes should be aired
frequently In order to prevent the in
side from becoming sodden with per
spiration from the feet
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