Democratic Sentinel, Volume 14, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 October 1890 — THE HOUSEHOLD. [ARTICLE]

THE HOUSEHOLD.

Rale* to Keep * Child Hea’thy. Twice, or even three times’a day, in very hot weather, the whole surface of the body should be sponged with water at a teinperatute of 80 degrees F., and after dried with gentle rubbing. The Amount «&»**** <•umeatif

Increased by the addlthm es rock salt «£ concentrated sea-water. Care should betaken to wet the child’s head first, and to see that it is not In a current of air. The following rules being a portion of those recommended by the Obsterical Society of Philadelphia, and published by the Board of Health of that city, aro concise and worthy of quotation: Rule 1. Bathe the child once a day In lukewarm water. If it be feeble, sponge it all over twice a day with lukewarm water and vinegar. Rule 2. Avoid all tight bandaging. Have light flannel as the inner garment, aud the rest of the clothing light and cool, and so loose that the child may have free play for its limbs. At night undress it, sponge it, and put on slip. In the morning remove the slip, bathe the child and dress it In clean clothes. If this cannot be afforded, thoroughly air the day clothing by hanging It up during the night. Use clean diapers, and change them often. Never dry a«soiled one in tho room in which the child is, and never use one for the second time without first washing it. Rulo 3. The child should sleep by Itself In a cot or. cradle. It should be put to bed at regular nours, and be taught to bo to sleep without be nursed in the arms. Without the advice of a physician never givo it any spirits, cordials, carminative soothing syrups, or sleeping drops. Thousands of children die every year from the use of these poisons. If the child frets and does not sleep, It Is either hunger or else 111, It needs a physician. Never quiet it by candy or by cake; they aro common causes of diarrhoea. Rule 4. Give the child plenty of fresh air. In the cool of tho morning and early evening have It out of doors for a little; take It to the shady side of broad streets, to the public squares, to tho park, or make frequent excursions on the river. Whonevor It Booms to suffer from tho heat, let It drink freely of water which has been boiled and cooled by Ice. Keep it out of tho room In which washing or cooking is going on. It is excessive heat that destroys tho lives of young Infants. Rules. Keep your house "sweet and clean, cool ami well aired. In very hot weather let tho windows be open day and night. Do your cooking In tho yard In a shod, In tho garret, or In an upperroom. Whitewash tho walls every spring, and seo that tho collar Is clear of all rubbish. Lot no slops colloct to poison the air. Correct all foul smells by pouring chlorido of lime into the sinks and privies. Make every offort yourself, and urge your neighbors to keep tho gutters of your street or of your court clean. Should an Infant bo attacked with, summer diarrluea tho prompt attention of a physician Is Imperative, and slnco these articles aro Intended to point out the methods of preventing the ills of the “second summer" rather than of curing them, I shall avoid entirely the therapeutical aspect of tho subject.—Ladies* - Home Journal. Hints so Housekeeper*. Use all the scented soap you like at tho bath, but spare your face. To make waterproof writing ink which will not blur if tho writing is exposed to rain: Dissolve two ounces shellac In one pint alcohol (95 per cent.),, filter through chalk, and mix with best lampblack. An original use of glass has boon devised. Various colored pieces In odd sizes aro pierced by throo or four holes on the edge, and caught together by wire until they form a mesh or fretwork large enough for a panel in a transom. Grease may be removed from white marble by applying a mixture of two parts washing soda, one part ground pumlcc-stono and one part chalk, all first finely powdered and mode Into a paste with water; rub well over tho marble, and finally wash off with soap and waterA hint for a pin cushion that is a. sachet as well may bo new to some. It is made square, with each corner of tho Inner covering cut off about throe Inches from the point. Tho outer covering is left square, tho corners tightly tied, and each made into a tiny sachet. Tho powder selected for tho filliug must be that preferred by tho owner.