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DETROIT, MAY 18, 1888.

 

 

THE HOUSEHOLD-"Supplement.

 

NEVER MIND THE BEST.

 

Il‘rustfully and hopefully
O tread this path of life,
It may not be all flowers,
Or free from care or strife;
For ‘tis by. blows that iron grows
Of greater strength possessed,
So bear life‘s buffets manfully
And never mind the rest.

Each thing hath its work to do.
It’s mission to fulfill;
The wind that blows, the plant that grows,
The waters never still.
Then need we ask how we are tasked,
‘Tis graven in each breast.
Go do life‘s du ies manfully
And never mind the rest.

Pear no pain or poverty,
Fear no earthly thing,

The poorest man who does his part
Is equal to a king.

A king hath cares, a king hath fears,
Proud heart but anxious breast;

With just like you, his work to do.
Ahi striving like the rest.

Gentle deeds and kindly words
Are never thrown away,

But bring unlooked~for harvest
On some cloudy autumn day.

We are but stewards of the wealth
By all of us possessed;

80 do life‘s duties faithfully
And never mind the rest.

Oh! look up to the heavens by night
And doubt it if you can,

The countless eyes of Providence
Look lovingly on man.

’Tis little good we here can do,
So let us do our best

With thankful hearts and willingly,
And never mind the rest.

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MAKING USE OF TIME.

 

It is axiomatic that we all have the same
portion of time to account for; the day has
no more hours for one of us than for another.
Yet some persons are ever ready to assert
their inability to find time to meet the de-
mands of every day -life upon them, while
others seem to have leisure for not only
home duties but also to take up outside
work and carry it along successfully. The
difference, it is easy to see, is more in the
people than in the quantity of moments,
since that is a fixed condition with both.
Some women—and men as well—work from
sun to sun and accomplish little; others
make every step tell its story toward the ful-
fillment of the day’s duties. Some work
like convicts in prison, of necessity, with
no heart intheir labor; others lighten and
brighten their toil by snatches of song and
the sunshine of happy hearts. I always
like to hear a woman singing about her
work; it is a sign of a contented spirit. One

 

does not break out into song spontaneously
if the heart is full of bad passions. When
1 was ill-tempered and pouting, my father
used often to say, " Sing, little girl, sing!”
I wonder now, looking back, whether those
bits of Scotch ballads he sometimes sang,
and which I thought so quaint and funny,
were not a sort of spiritual safety-valve,
which relieved the pressure on a naturally
impatient temper, and often averted an ex-
plosion over some unusual naughtiness on
our part.

When we are about our work, there is an
undercurrent of thought going on in the
mind at the same time; it is not one bit less
busy than the hands. Much of the house-
keeper’s work is almost mechanical. As
the dishes slip piece by piece through the
dishwater-and-towel process, thought is
elsewhere. We recall what Mrs. -— wore
at the social and how that little apron we
saw at the bazar was trimmed, or the
choice bit of scandal confidentially im-
parted to us. It is only a question of habit,
whether we let the brain waste its energy
on such trivial matters, or by an eifort of
will turn it to the consideration of useful
subjects—the last new book, that interest-
ing magazine article, or the person’s Sun-
day sermon. One can be as slovenly in
ways of thought as in methods of house-
keeping, and it is the control of the mind,
and turning the thoughts into intellectual
channels, that makes some women, who
have no more time nor opportunities than
their neighbors, cultured and well informs d.
It is not only improving the time, but im-
proving the mind as well.

“But,” says some one, “ I have such a
poor memory, I read a thing and then for-
get it. Reading does me no good.” The
remedy rests with you alone. To read any-
thing and never think of it again is like
pouring water into a sieve; to recall it and
think it over is to make it our own. “That
is to assimilate and digest, and let the im-
pulse of what we read or hear go toward in-
creasing our mental growth. Prof. Loisette,
who recently took four or five thousand
dollars out of this city, fruits of his
“system” for aiding and strengthening
the memory, did not make new memories
for his pupils; he only taught them the prop-
er use of their power of recollection, which
like any other mental faculty is strengthen-
ed by intelligent use. And that is all any
system amounts to—the strengthening of
the memory by use. Think how many use-
less items, how much silly gossip, what a
lot of trash-powerless for good and per-
haps a source ‘of evil—we do remember
without an effort, and then let us never say

 

anything about poor memories. There are
many moments we can employ in mental
culture, even though we cannot sit down for
an hour’s daily study of a book, if we only
care for those Odds and ends, those frag‘
ments of time, as we care for the scraps in
our housekeeping.

_ “1 often think I would like to write
something for the HOUSEHOLD, but I never
have time.” Do you know how many
times these words comfort your Editor, in
her endeavor to present you, each week.
a varied, interesting and attractive House.-
HOLnl She hears them, or sees them on the
written page, so many times she some-
times gets discouraged a little. Always
“no time!” seldom aplea of incapacity—
Only that awful iteration, “ no time!"
Think of all the bright sayings, the good
counsel, the wisdom and wit, lost to our
little world for a fancied want of time!
Must we wait for half a day when we can
say we have nothing else to do, and can
bid ourselves sit down, saying “New
write!” No: we must seize the moment’s
inspirationw-write when we have something
to say. But if we have to hunt for a pencil
upstairs and sharpen it with a dull butcher
knife when we find it—and hunt for paper
downstairs, and chase the children out of
the house to be quiet, and when we finally
get things arranged to our liking, remember
we saw a cobweb in the southeast comer of
the outside cellar-way and immediately
feel called upon to pursue the vigilant
spinner to its death—why, of course we’ll
never have time to write. But if we have a
pencil and a scrap of paper on the pantry
shelves by the cook-book, and while our
hands are busy about the dishes or the
dusting, let our minds dwell on the subject
we have chosen, and when our thoughts are
well arranged, take a minute now and
again to put them on paper, first we know
we have an article written; and when we
read it over, putting in a comma here and
a semicolon there, we see it is not “half-

bad,” and send it on its mission with some
pride in our brain—child. And the Editor,
in her sanctum, says, some. “Now that’s
good; it’s plain and practical; there’s no
nonsense about that!" and she “puts a
head on it,” and sundry other calabastic
signs known only to the profession, and
hands it over to “ the boys” to “ set up,”
with an immense amount of satisfaction.
And that's howto find time to write for
the HOUSEHOLD.
BEATRIX.

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Do not forget to “do good and con-
tribute” to theHOUSEHOLD. Letters have
been rather few in number during house-
cleaning time. We hope to have a greatu‘
variety soon.

 


 

THE HOUSEHOLD.

 

A LESSON FOR WIVES.

 

1n the HeathA and Home Library for
April there is a story, “ My Sister-in-Law’s
Daughter,” which illustrates in a very
striking fashion the power and weight of
pre-natal influences upon children. The
story is of a girl who from her earliest
childhood absolutely and determinedly re-
fused to obey her father. Neither bribes
nor punishment however severe, had the
slightest effect upon her, nor was she in the
least moved or influenced by persuasion,
love or entreaty. Her instinct of disobe-
dience was primarily directed to her father
only, but when he attempted to enforce her
mother’s authority the impulse of resistance
was transferred to her also, by the mere
fact that she was thus still opposing her
father. In fact, her father had but to ex-

. press a wish or opinion or purpose, to raise

in this singular daughter a determined im-
pulse in the opposite direction. ‘ This feel-
ing was not hatred, nor dislike,‘nor inten-
tional disrespect; she watched for her
father’s return at night and was uneasy if
he were delayed; nothing could so quickly
rouse her anger and indignation asa word
of criticism, or a hint that he was not the
Wisest and noblest of men; nor did she
scein'torealize her own disobedience and
perversity; it was simply that it seemed an
utter impossibility for her to obey him or
treat‘him with any semblance of filial love
arid respect.

. Her perverse determination not to obey
any direction or even command given her
by. him caused the death of her younger
brother and sister. She was out rowing in
asmall boat with them, rocked it because
she had been especially told not to do so,
the boat upset and she was saved with dif-
ficulty while the others were drowned. She
hastened her mother’s death and finally
came to her own, through this same strange
determination not to yield to paternal
authority.

And here is the mother’s explanation and
confession, which accounts for all. It is
prefaced by an account of her bitter opposi-
tion to her husband’s removal to the west,
a few months after their marriage, a re-
moval accomplished however in spite of her
resistance, because he saw so plainly that
future prosperity depended upon it, and
that she would ultimately—as she did-—
acknowledge his superior wisdom. Then
she says:

“Irealized the fact only which appealed
to my outraged sensibilities—that Tom had
taken me from a home of plenty and the
society of friends, to discomfort, destitu-
tion and loneliness. I sulked in my self-
imposed solitude, my only enjoyment being
the little library we brought with us. 1 did
not stop to think that it was in my power
to lighten his burdens by sympathy and
make his life brighter. I did however have
some vague notion that it was possible for
'me to make his life very disagreeable and
irksome. I had no natural and well-defined
purpose; the simple fact was I felt hateful
and so I acted hateful. '

.v , “ When one’s mental perceptions or
sensibilities take on a morbid condition,

mavery fact that they are morbid incapaci-
totes them from perceiving or realizing

 

their own morbidness; not until they have
resumed their normal condition can they
detect that they have been morbid. So I
had no suspicion then, though I can see
plainly enough now that my mind, from
having bitterly antagonized his on a certain

important point, had taken on a morbid

condition of chronic antagonism, so that
whatever Tom proposed, from the very fact
that he proposed it, at once became intense-
ly distasteful to me. It is a hard thing for
me to say of myself, but the truth is that,
for six months after we came west, I do
not suppose Tom ever made a suggestion of
any kind to me, but 1 at once resolutely set
my mind that I would do nothing of the
sort.

“ This was the condition of my sur-
roundings and the mood of my mind when
little Annette was born. '

“ Now 1 think you will understand what
I meant by saying that the difficulty with
Annette is not that she will not, but that
she can not obey her father. You willun-
derstand that her nature in' this respect re-
ceived an ancestral= bent stronger than her
own will—or her will received an ancestral
bias so powerful and permanent that no
training can ever eradicate or overcome it.
Yet this is too weak and insufficient an ex-
pression; it is not merely a matter of men-
tal bent and bias; from the very genesis
and dawn of being, before either conscious-
ness or will existed, there was woven and
infused into every atom of the vital fabric
of the creature thatsometime was to be, an
inherent antipathy and unconquerable
hostility to ”whatever he might propose or
desire, thus rendering disobedience to him
the primal law and uncontrollable necessity
of her nature. You will understand, in
other words, that upon this one point she is,
to all intents and purposes, the helpless
victim of hereditary insanity, and therefore
not tobe considered and treated as responsi-
ble for her conduct.”

The lesson conveyed in the above is one
which every wife and mother should take to
her own heart. Many a disposition is made
cheerful or discontented, tearful or taciturn,
by the mental state of the mother before
her child’s birth, many a little one punished
for obstinacy or waywardness or ill-temper
inherited from before his birth.

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THE WOMAN QUESTION.

 

The papers, several weeks ago, were
filled with accounts of the proceedings of
the Women’s Council at Washington in
M arch, a council called to review the labor
of the past for women, and plan the direc-
tion of work for the future. Nearly all the
papers and magazines gave women credit
for the results of the past forty years’
agitation of. questions relative to the ad-
vmcement of the sex, for there is no ques-
tion that great progress has been made,
especially in the line of making women self~
supporting. Any woman of the great mid-
dle class which is the leaven of our popula-
tion, can engage in any business she chooses
without exciting any particular comment;
she may lose a little in social caste among
her idle sisters, but if she succeeds this is
regained—since “Nothing- succeeds like
success;” and if her returns are but

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mediocre, at least in the effort she puts
forth she learns to care little for that inde

finable thing she has lost. Woman’s work
in temperance reform, and in the elevation
of popular sentiment in behalf of sobriety,
istoo well known to need comment. She is
mixing in politics, too, and the “United
Labor ” party of this State recently elected
two women delegates-at-large to a political
convention. Whatever we may think of
her political and public aspirations, the
truth remains that every year such innova-

tions seem less and less novel to us, and we
accept them as a little out of the ordinary.
perhaps, but not sufficiently so to cause any
particular or generally unfavorable com-
ment. -

But with these facts fresh in our. minds,
the praises heaped upon the sex for their
independent efforts still echoing in our ears,
and realizing the place accorded their in-
fluence in soCial and religous reform, it
sounds a trifle queer to learn that the con-
ference of one of our largest religious

denominations refused seats to certain duly

elected delegates, not because ‘of incapacity
or any such reason, but simply because they
were women! 11’ we examine the history of
that denomination, we find - its ‘ largest
membership is of women; the strength of
the church lies in its women. , But for their
enthusiasm. their self-sacrifices, their
charities, their whole-souled devotion, the
Methodist church would not now be. as it is,

the largest Protestant denomination in this
country. ‘It has grown through woman’s
christian endeavor,
eminence. The church in many a little
town owes its frail tenure of life to the
courage and determination of the women of
its congregation, who pay half the minis-
ter’s salary, and get up the laborious bazar
and the perennial church social to raise
money for the insurance, the repairs and
running expenses. The denomination itself
might not have existed but for the teachings
of a woman—Susannah Wesley, whose
deep religious character influenced and bent
her sons’ characters in turn, moulding them
into a shape which made Methodism pos-
sible. '

The hot debate over the admission of
women delegates shows the importance
the question attains in the eyes of all in-
terested. The discussion occupied nearly
three days of. the Conference, and was at
last decided, by a close vote, against the
seating of the women delegates. One
hundred and fifty-nine ministers and
seventy-eight lay delegates voted in favor of
the exclusion of women delegates; one
hundred and twenty-two ministers and
seventy-six lay delegates were in favor of
seating them. An amendment was passed
which submits the question of eligibilty to
future general conferences to the annual
conferences, so the question, though settled
for this year, must come up and be fought
over again, probably not once but many
times.

The Equal Sufirage Association at Wash-
ington at once passed a resolution advising
all women belonging to churches whose
pastors voted against the seating of women
delegates. or who uphold the action of the
General Conference, to withdraw from
such membership. This, being rather on

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the lam taliomia order, will probably prove
abortive, yet certainly those devoted
christian women who give themselves so
zealously to “church work,” must be ex-
pected to feel sore and hurt that their
labors must be of the invisible order, and
not deemed worth entitling them to repre-
sentation in the councils of the church they
so faithfully sustain. But they can consule
themselves with the knowledge that it is no
greater injustice than that woman should
be taxed to support a government she has
no voice in choosing, amenable to laws she
had no part in making; and however in-
telligent, well educated or refined, thought
less competent to exercise the right of
suffrage than the foreigner who cannot read
the ballot he deposits, cannot speak the
language of the country, and in intelligence
and education is but one remove from the
beasts of the field. BRUNEFILLE.

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A BOOM FOR A MICHIGAN SISTER.

 

Is it true that if Grover Cleveland is

again nominated and elected to the highest
office in the gift of the people, it will be due
to the influence of his bright, attractive,
beautiful, ambitious wife? The “ first lady
in the land” no doubt possesses these
qualities in a marked degree. and also that
attribute sometimes called the sixth sense—
tact. Withal she has awinning way; shows
.a pretty deference to one, a pleasing atten-
tion to another, a charming bonhommz'e
to a third. She understands the art to a
nicety of making all with whom she comes
in contact pleased with themselves, and of
course pleased with her, and she contrives
very prettily to cast the glamour she in-
vokes around the portly 'presence of her
noble husband. No better illustration of
the beautiful vine attracting attention to
the knotty oak, whose deformities are
hidden, or at least shaded by its beautiful
and graceful drapery, can very well be
found. The vine is all right and performs
its duty well. But what about the oak? Is
the "timber stick” suitable for the strain
imposed? Of course it will support the
graceful vine. How can it help itself 1
The vine is well trained and its clasp is
too firmly fixed to be easily shaken off, and
the oak’s vanity is no doubt too well satis-
fied to wish to forego its fair companion.

I have been wondering what kind 0f
timber the lamented Logan would have
made had he lived. That he would have
been sent to the White House is morally
certain, and the best attributes of the oak
were his. Sturdy, firmly rooted, sound at
the heart, strong of limb and towering in
mind, what wonder that he possessed the
natural qualities to attract and fire. every
true, brave, loyal heart! Of his service to
the nation I do not intend to speak. Let
the swelling cheer at mention of his name,
and the impassioned grief at his death tell
the story of how we loved and honored him.
With his name and fame are inseparably
connected those of his noble wife, the
woman he delighted to honor. ' When
questioned as to what he would do in the
face of a perplexing dilemma, he answered,
“I’d ask Mrs. Logang” thus showing his
consciousness that his wife’s clear mental
vision and womanly intuitions might per-

 

ceive a way where to his intellectual per-
ceptions difficulties insuperable existed.
Would she have been only the suave,
graceful mistress of the social world, the
smiling, attractive queen of fashionable
gatherings? I think her womanly grace
would have pleased and attracted, while
her powers of mind and cultured intellect
would have been a magnet of much greater
force. Let all who honored John A. Logan
remember with deep regard his other self.
without whose loving aid he would never
have made so noble a man.

Who is it that shall fill the place in the
hearts of the loyal people, left vacant by the
death 'of the lamented hero? Michigan
exultingly claims him; points with patriotic
pride to his military record; cheers him as a
loyal soldier; rehearses his triumphs over
poverty by his indomitable perseverance and
industry; and records his simple manliness
of character, his generous use of .the
abundant resources that are at his com-
mand as blessings of his endeavors. He
has been proved and tried—never yet found
wanting.

Moving with stately grace but beneficent
manner at his side is his fair wife, the
peer of any lady in the land. Of a fine
presence and courteous bearing, she is a
favorite in society. Possessed of a highly
gifted mind, matured and broadened by
culture and travel, she is the intellectual
equal of any, fitted to be companion and
counselor of statesmen and scholars as
well as the social leader. She works in
harmony with her husband in his efforts to
help the needy and elevate the downtrodden
and lowly. If he were elected president
would she mix in politics? if so, it would
be for their purification. Would she inter-
fere in the appointing power? If so, it
would be in favor of the best and most de-
serving. Perhaps she would sav a very
efficient word in favor of a brave soldier
who deserved well of the country saved by
his valor, and those dependent on such
would no doubt find a firm friend in her.
In short, while Michigan men go wild over
the “Man of the People,” 1 see no reason
why Michigan women should not boom the
deserving and competent wife.

AWith his talented and accomplished wife
to supplement and complement his labors,
and with his natural abilities trained to
perform high duties, have we not reason to
be proud of Michigan’s candidate, Russell
A. Alger? TECUMSEH.

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FOR THE GIRLS.

 

A pretty stand-spread is made of a square
of plush, edged with a pretty fancy fringe.
A Woodward avenue merchant recently
displaved a line of such spreads, in plush,
with finger-wide borders of tinsel-woven
goods, which sold at $1 and $125, and were
really very pretty and cheap.

A very pretty scarf tidy is made of one
and a quarter yards of cream-colored swiss,
with large dots woven in the goods. Make
narrow hems on the sides and wide ones on
the ends.
tinsel. Finish the ends with cream-colored
lace and tie loosely through the middle with
cream white satin ribbon.

Some very pretty home-made draperies
ornament the'windows of a cottage on one

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of our principal streets. They are of sheer
muslin, with dots as large as a nickel at
wide intervals, are simplv hemmed, with a
ruffle perhaps two and a half inches wide
sewed in, and just full enough to flute
nicely. They are tied back with white
ribbons, and look very dainty against the
inside draperies of tinted Madras. The
cottage itself is so neat and fresh and
clean, both it and its surroundings, that it
does not suffer~bv comparison with the
elegant mansions on both sides. It looks
homelike and cheerful; there is always a
light in the little parlor, always a blossom-
ing plant in the window, while the neigh-
boring houses have closely drawn blind sand
onlyafaint glimmer of light through the
stained glass side-lights of the hall.

Perhaps your bedroom window looks out
upon some unpleasant prospect; the back
yard, or an unsightly building. You can
shut out the view and at the same time
admit light, by getting sufficient dotted
muslin, madras, china silk, mohair linen, or
any light, thin material for sash curtains,
and two or three feet of brass rod, which
you can buy for ten or twelve cents per
foot. Double a deep hem and run a shir for
the rod to pass through, so the hem will
stand up like a rufi‘le, hem the other end,
run in the rod, and insert it in the window
casings. A window overlooked by another
can be curtained in this way so that the
thin goods will shut out prying eyes from
without, while enabling those within to see
out, and have light and air. Such goods as
were named for this purpose are also used
to curtain the lights at the sides and over.
the hall door.

After a long season of linen cuffs and
collars, ruching is returning to favor, used
both in the neck and sleeves of the dress.
It is pretty‘and becoming, more so than the
stiff linen, but unless it is fresh and dainty it
is untidy and makes even the prettiest cos-
tume look passee; and oh howit costs! The
v ry fancy styles are out of favor; folds and
bands, or. else scant pleatings are preferred.

One of the new brooches represents a
row of pins, the paper being represented by
dull gold, the pins by polished. lt is odd,
but a fine tooth comb mounted as an orna-
ment would he “odd” also, and quite as
pretty.

Parasols are very fancy this year.
Changeable silks are seen, and also plaids of
various styles and sizes; The shapes are a
trifle more arched than heretofore; very few
linedmarasols are seen. Handles are long,
and very much carved and ornamented;
some are large enough to knock a man
down, if one had occasion. to wax disor-
derly and get “run in.” There is little to
choose between a sun umbrella and a plain
black parasol; one is a trifle" more dressy
than the other, that’s all. White and-cream
colored parasols seem to have received their
death warrant, though possibly a few may
survive for summer use.

The challis, which have cream white
grounds besprinkled with patterns in colors
and are sold at 18 cents per yard, make
very pretty tea gowns. They are trimmed
with lace and ribbon, and a width of cream

colored surah shirred into the fronts gives
them a very dressy appearance. A width
of the challi can be used instead of the
surah in the interests of economy. '

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SERVANTS.

 

In discussing this much vexed question, I
have wished to pass my opinion, but felt a
little shy of hot water in store. First the
word “ hired ”—“our hired man ” and
“ our hired girl”—sounds harsh to any one’s
feelings, if you have any other name.
Nearly eight years I spent in England as a
servant, being addressed by all connected
with the family by my given. name, and had
the assurance when I left that if I was in
trouble in a foreign land, they would help
me; and I look back with pleasure how, and
say it was the most instructive eight years
ofmy life. 1 knew what my duties were,
and was always treated with kindness and
respect. Whether at home or traveling we
never ate with the family, and we never
wished to, but always fared as well. I
was once told by the son of an American,
“Who are you? nothing but our hired
man!” but that question was settled before
Islept, and this day I am better oif than
father and son combined. I have seen
people who if they could jingle 8100 in their
pockets, ‘ they were greater and of more
importance than my Lord Tom Noddy, and
there are many who would spoil a- good
and faithful servant by their overbearing,
over-working, domineering actions, and
seem to forget tha “our hired help” have
any aches and pains, and that they are
made up of flesh and blood the same as they
are.

Teach your sons and daughters that work
is honorable, and that laziness is degrading;
and treat your hired help as you would wish
to be treated, and there would be but little
trouble, and while they do their duty my
home is their home. The servants of all
work ought to be treated with greater
respect, because they do many things for
us that we hate to do ourselves.

Pamwann. ANTI-OVER.

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HEALTH HINTS.

 

Dr. Hutchinson, in the American Maga-
sine for April, deplores the increased con-
sumption of patent medicines—which he
says are nostrums in the worst sense of the
word—in this country, ascribihg it some-
what to the fact that it is natural for
Americans to try experiments, even upon
themselves. Great harm, he says, is done
thereby. Medicines of all kinds are best
let alone. If a person is sick enough to re-
quire anything more than home nursing and
care in diet, he certainly needs a doctor,
who alone can determine what drugs are to
be taken. .

When we wake in the morning with a
headache, as so many persons do, Dr.
Hutchinson thinks that in a majority of
cases, it is due to wrong posture during
sleep. He says many people rest on the
side, legs drawn up, chin upon the chest-—
rolled up like a chicken in an eggshell. In
this position, the body describes the area:
a circle, with the blood and air vessels con-
stricted by pressure on the inside of the
arc and their calibre sensibly diminished.
A condition of passive congestion is set hp,
compressed lungs expand but partially and
their work is badly done. It takes an hour
or more in the morning with bath and toilet,

smoothly with hay and tied with heavy
cotton twine about six inches apart, putting

the following: “ When fairly in bed, lights
out, and ready for sleep, throw the.head
well back, upon apillow of medium size,
chest forward, arms by the side and legs
extended. Fight it out for a few minutes
and sleep will come—this time without a
headache in it.” Dr. Hutchinson might
have added that sleeping in close, an-
ventilated rooms will also produce a morn-
ing headache, with lassitude and languor.
Dandruff, says the doctor, is a disease of
the skin, which is not easily cured. He
recommends a lotion composed of equal
parts of extract of hamamelis and glycerine,
with one grain of boracic acid to each ounce
of the mixture, to be well rubbed into the
scalp every morning. If this treatment is
not elfectual within a month, a physician
should be consulwd. Brushing the hair ‘to
remove the dandruff scales is better than
the use of the fine comb. The hair will fall
out if the scalp is covered with dandrufl
scales, and there is no help for it till the
disease is cured. Where the “ family comb”
does duty among a half dozen individuals,
it might be well for them to remember that
Dr. Hutchinson says dandruif (pityriasis)
is a contagious disease, easily conveyed
from one person to another by the pro~
miscuous use of comb and brush. Every
person, young or old, should have his or her
own hair brush, comb, tooth and nail
brushes, and the rights of mum at tuum
should be rigidly respected.
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A LADY in a private note to the Editor,
says: “ The HOUSEHOLD has been a source
of profit to me in more ways than one. By
putting into practice some hints given, with
a little of my own brains, in one instance I
saved several dollars. The noble thoughts
and personal experiences found in its pages
are a help to all who read them.”
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WE want some tested recipes forour little
paper, also any “Hints ” which may be of
service to our eaders. Remember that
what may be a well known and tested
practice with you may be new to others,
and of much avail in saving them labor.
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HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

 

Phasrnn of Paris mixed with water
about like paste is good for closingr cracks
in stove ovens, firebricks, old coal scuttles,
water pots and a great many other things.
ALL clothing worn by an invalid, that has
to be washed, should be washed in a solu-
tion of weak ammonia—one pint to a tub of
soft warm water. It removes impurities,
and disinfects besides.

 

IF your new shoe hurts your pet corn, re-
member you can relieve the pressure on the
tender spot by laying a bit of cloth damp-
ened in hot water over the place while the
shoe is on the foot.

 

A CORRESPONDENT of Farm Life made
a hay mattress and found it convenient and
cheap, and better than a straw tick. The
case required 12 yards of ticking and was
“ boxed;” it was then stuffed thickly and

 

to get rid of the headache. He mommends

circles cut from bits of morowo under each

place where the twins was passed through
the tick. Although there are regular mat-
tress needles, in this instance part of arib
from an old umbrella was used, the end
being sharpened.

 

DO not allow any traveling vender to
meddle with your plated ware under pretense
of “ silver plating ” it. The compounds
used by these perapatetic frauds contain no
silver, but are generally only nitrate of
mercury or quicksilver, which gives a bright
silvery surface at the moment, but which
vanishes very soon, the article becoming
black a:d dirty. while its use entirely ruins
plated ware. Plated goods should be sub-
jected to the electro-plating process, in
which a certain per cent of silver in solution
is deposited on the article by the means of
a current of electricity passing through the
bath. Any other process is ephemeral in
its nature, often a positive detriment. En-
trust your goods to your local jeweler or.
dealer; it is better to pay 'a'triflemore: for
honest work and the certainty of areceivihg
it again, than to trust totraveling strangers.

THE Millstone says: Perhaps the real
reason why rolled oats have so largely taken
the place of oatmeal is that few people
cook oatmeal long enough to be palatable,
and rolled oats are so nearly cooked that a
few minutes makes them better eating than
is often made of oatmeal. Fifteen minutes
will do for rolled oats what an hour will do
for oatmeal. 1t is not that people are not
willing to cook oatmeal long enough to
make it palatable—they do not know that
long cooking is required. With rolled oats
it is hardly possible to cook them so short a
time that they will not be good. It is pos-
sible to make oatmeal as good a dish as
rolled oats, but there is no reason why any
one should take the trouble, the latter sell-r
ing for the same price as the former and
being less trouble.

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Useful Recipes.

 

RAISIN Pin—Stem and seed one pound of
raisins, boil them one hour with one cup of
molasses and one quart of water; then add
one tablespoonful flour, same of butter, spice
to suit taste, and bake with two crusts.

 

A GOOD CEMENT.-A most excellent cement
to join broken crockery is plaster of Paris
mixed to a thinuish paste with gum arable in»
solution. It is beautifully white. Mix only
enough for immediate use, as it “ sets " in a
few minutes and cannot be kept.

 

CANDIED PEEL—Put the fresh peel into a
jar of strong brine until you have as much
as you wish to candy. Soak thoroughly, to
freshen, and boil in clear water till a straw
will pierce the peel readily. Cut into strips
or chips, as preferred, and boil-slewly till
transparentin a syrup made of one pound of
granulated sugar to a pint of water, and dry
on plates sprinkled with dry sugar.

 

LEMON PUDDING.—Yolks of four eggs.
whites of two; one cup sugar; one quart
sweet milk; one pint bread crumbs; one tea:-
spoonfu: butter; grated rind Of one lemon_
Soak the bread crumbs in part of the milk

and beat till they are smooth, add the other
ing'redients and bake half an hour. When

done spread jam or jelly over the top, spread

with the whites of two eggs beaten to a still‘
froth with one cup powdered sugar, and re-

 

 

turn to the oven to brown slightly.