Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 August 1902 — WOMANS REALM [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

WOMANS REALM

MORAL SUPPORT AT HOME. I have over and over again seen Instances of breakdown in young people, which by Judicious management, moral and physical, on the part of the mother, could have been averted. I know of no circumstances which so deeply affect the nervous health and the happiness, present and future, of the child as, the intimate domestic relations with the parent. It seems possible for most children to bear a great deal of disappointment otitslde of the domestic life when they feel sure of moral support at home. We hear so much of young girls not being understood In their homes that we are apt to make light of and call it a foolish whim, and often without Injustice; but, on the other hand, it Is equally true that fretfulness, obstinacy, capriciousness, unwise ambitions and fitfulness are often rather the outcome of disordered nervous systems than the manifestations of badly balanced character. Now It Is that the mother often fails to understand exactly how to treat the child, and is too likely to make mistakes, which frequently come perilously near being sad and irrevocable ones. It is essential that she learn to discriminate between what is really perverseness on the one hand and the result of upset nerves on the other; for, while the former requires moral correction, the latter demands a different care. The physical, as well as the moral conditions needs attention. — John H. W. Rhein, M. D., in Harper’s Bazar. She Loves Work. Miss Lydia Weld, a girl of athletic form, muscles hard as iron, a face glowing with richest health, who has the distinction of being the only woman blacksmith In America, is now pursuing her fourth year in naval architecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and has outclassed many of her masculine associates. She is of wealthy parentage and is studying the vocation for pure love of the work. She will finish the many courses of Boston’s famous school for engineers In another year and has been offered a position in the big Cramp shipbuilding concern at Philadelphia as naval constructor. If she accepts, the United States will be the first country to have a woman actively engaged in this profession. Miss Weld Is 25 years old. During the hot summer months she worked in the blacksmith shops daily from 9 until 4. She has became as expert a machinist as blacksmith and forger, making all kinds of machinists’ tools, dies, milling cutters, etc.

Egg Gruel.—Beat up the whites of three eggs to a stiff froth and stir them into a cupful of fresh barley gruel; allow it to stand on the fire a few minutes without boiling, then add any flavoring desired. Turn into a mold; serve with cold cream. Apple Sauce.—Cut, peel and quarter the apples. Cook in a granite kettle with enough water to prevent burning. Cook till very tender, then add sugar to taste. If preferred tifey may be cooked longer, and worked through a fine sieve or colander. Stewed Tomatoes. —Dip the tomatoes Into boiling water. Remove the skins and cut into quarters. Stew in a granite kettle one hour. Season with pepper, salt and butter. If desired, they may be sweetened with a little sugar and thickened with cracker dust. Bluefish Salad. —Three cups of flaked bluefish, one-half teaspoouful salt, onefourth teaspoonful white pepper, onefourth cup olive oil, one tablespoonful vinegar. Flake the bluefish neatly and marinate for an hour with a French dressing made from the oil, vinegar and seasonings. Arrange on a nest of lettuce and serve with a mayonnaise garnished with chopped olives. Thia Strikes Home. No one who Is not doing li all the time knows the amount of physical labor and the many steps required to get even a comparatively simple dinner. That Is to say nothing about clearing up after It, which is another matter. Then to get a dinner and try to sit down to it with guests doubles the labor, It Is much easier for the maid who serves It, clears up things as she goes along, and then quietly eats her dinner later and does not mix with her efforts to have everything properly served an attempt to say the right thing at the right moment to each of her guests. It has been said and recorded as a strange fact that the great cooks are always men, and cooking is supposed to be particularly in woman’s sphere. One very good reason for this failure In women to reach the highest places Is that the great cook adds to his other abilities that of strength, and It Is an essential requirement. The best cordon bleu without it cannot equal him. Wear Your Dress Suit. It is always more courteous In a man to pay a young lady you have Invited to go to the theater the compliment of wearing your dress suit, for she will undoubtedly take the trouble to wear a rkther smarter gown than her ordinary street costume, says the New

York Herald. There arc a great many reasons why it may not be possible for you to wear a dress suit. You may not have time, or you may not be in the habit of wearing one, but if you are In the habit of wearing one It certainly would seem very strange to choose this opportunity for not wearing It, and undoubtedly the young lady would be very much pleased If you did so.

At the last session of the Maryland legislature a law was passed making women eligible to admission to the bar. Miss Etta H. Maddox has successfully passed an examination and has become the first woman lawyer In the State of Maryland. Ping-pong has become quite the fashionable game in Turkey, where it is played with the greatest enthusiasm by ladies. The khedivah, mother to the khedive of Egypt, has a ping-pong table In her magnificent new palace on the Bosporus and her ladies play every day. One great advantage that they have fe a number of in attendance, who save theni the trouble of picking up their balls. Quite a number of titled ladies have forsaken the luxuries of their home life to devote themselves to charitable works In nunneries. Two sisters of the Duke of Norfolk, Lady Frances Bertie, Lady Edith Denbigh and many others are thuajlvlng out their principles. It report is to be believed, no less a person than Queen Margherita of Italy Is contemplating the taking of the veil. Rumor is also busy with the name of the ex-Queen Natalie of Servia, who is described as a likely candidate for the religious life.

To Clean Brass Trays. • Brass trays are kept in order by simply washing them In boiling hot soda soapsuds and then lathering them well, a little soap being used if they are very dirty. One way of cleaning them is to sift fine brickdust till It is very fine powder. Take up a good portion of this on half a lemou (previously used in lemonade or sherbet making) and rub the tray well over with this, carefully going over any stains till removed, and then rinsing and letting it dry. Treated in this manner trays keep clean and an admirable color for a long time. Metal polish and such things spoil the color, giving it a yellow tinge quite different from the golden brass it looks when cleaned with lemon juice and fine brickdust Remedies for "Wrinkles. One of the best preventives for wrinkles is to learn facial repose. Keep the body so well nourished that the face will share in the general well being, giving evidence to this by Its plumpness and lack of angularity. Then It is Important to keep the teeth in good condition, so that there will be no sagging In of the cheeks where teeth are missing. Massage for the face is like exercise for the rest of the body, and If used for the purpose of toning up the muscles It Is beneficial. The general direction of the strokes on the face should be upward and outward in order to lift up and strengthen the falling muscles.—Ladles’ Home Journal. Mole Salve. Five drops croton oil. One dram tartar emetic. One-half ounce drachylon plaster. Spread the plaster the exact aize of the mole and keep It on till the mole runs, then take It off and allow the place to heal. Salicylic acid, moistened with alcohol or glycerin, bound on a mole for a half hour, Is recommended. About three applications are necessary. Short Sninceationa. When a lock works stiffly, fill the barrel of the key with oil and put It into the lock. The effect will generally be excellent. Renovate brass chandeliers which have become dirty and discolored by washing them with water in which onions have been boiled. If a chimney catches fire, throw a hanldful of sulphur Into the grate. As the sulphurous fumes ascend the fire In the chimney will die out. • Before attempting to turn out a jelly place the mold for a few seconds in hot water. You will then be able to turn out the jelly without the fear of breaking it. To set the color of print dresses, soak them In very hot brine, let them remain until the water Is cold and then wring out and wash in the usual manner. When cleaning wall paper, use a dough made of flour mixed with water containing a little washing soda. The soda will not Injure the paper and the work will be done more quickly. Many people think It a waste of time to Iron stockings, but If they once find out the difference between darning Ironed and unironed stockings they will speedily change tnelr ideas. Rusty fire Irons should be rubbed well with sweet oil, left wet for two or three days and then rubbed with unslaked lime. This will remove the rust, j»nd then the Irons may be polished as iuhisL