Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 17, Number 26, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 18 December 1886 — Page 2

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WOMAN A.ND HOME.,

WHAT SHALL WE DO FOR THE OVERNERVOUS CHILD?

Working Women In Waahlngrton—-Sweep-ing and Da»tlnp—Cored of the Art Craze—Kales for the Household—Picture Frame*—Useful Hints.

No part or organ of the body grown so fast or Is so largo in proportion as the nervous system of the child. At birth the brain is already seven times as large in proportion as is that of the adult yet in two years it just doubles its weight, and by the seventh year is almost as heavy as it ever will be. On the other hand, it takes from eight to ten years for the liver, heart, lungs and other orgdns to reach even half the weight they will have when the child is grown up.

It lias b^en thought by some that because children's brains grow so fast a special nerve food, such as cod liver oil, is often needed but, after all, the brain is not a very large part of tho body, and in the seven ycat's during which it gets its growth, it really gains a weight of only two pounds, while the muscles in growing gain sixty pounds, and the bones over twenty-two pounds. Ho the nerves of healthy children get all they need of food on an ordinary diet.

The nervous tissues of the child are jucier, they have moro water than those of an adult, and this makes them more sensitive. The French colonel explained his cowardico by saying that he was only .one third colonel and two-thirds water, so why shouldn't he run? But the child is only one-quarter child and at least threequarters water so, perhaps, he has a physiological excuse for his disinclination to local permanency.

All those higher powers of the nervous system which hold tho body in control are not yet developed in tho child. Tho "gray matter" of the brain, where dwells the mind, is thin and pale and pasty, and the big nervo cells which the modern materialist bows down to and worships, are not yet in good form. Certain "nerve centers" which regulate the beat of the heart, the flow of the blood, the breathing and the digestion are not yet up to their work, and so all those functions are easily dist irbod. Tho child is largely at the mercy of emotions from within and impressions from without.

No wonder, then, that with a brain growing like a mushroom, with a soft and sensitive nervous tissue, with the controlling centers undeveloped, and with the instinct of exuberant vitality which tells him that motion and exclamation are necessary to health, the child is norvous. Nervousness, to a certain degree, is the natural condition of the child.

The same symptoms which characterize "nervousness" solely in children may be the forerunner of some disease, or may be an Indication that there is irritation in some part of the body. It may be "worms," or the teeth may not be coming out as they should, or it may be some irritation of the genital organs. A state of continual nervous irritation Is common to children who have some consumptive or scrofulous taint in their blood.

Of the cau«w that lead to undue nervousness are cited bad feeding, bad air in sleeping and school rooms, eye strain, and the spirit of competition engendered in

Nervous children need not be taken from school necessarily. School discipline is often beneficial, but the jmrents should see that the studies are not overburdensome and that the child's eyesf are not overtaxed. In education children are not hurt by overwork. It is the worry of competition, poor light, late hours, bad air and such accessories that do the harm. Work hurts no one, and a great deal of the talk about educational ovarprwsur* is wretched rubbish.

It is A misfortune if children have to spend tho greater part of the year in the city, since fr«h air and unlimited opportunity to breathe it and exercise in it are the bwt of remedies against nervousness.— Charles L. Dana, M. 1)., in Babyhood.

Working Women In Washington. Washington is a city overcrowded with thorn seeking work, young and old, men and women, all waiting, striving, hoping, many for the same place—a place that only one can fill. I have seen women with little children thus wait. I have now one in my memory—a widow with a child. She had been promised a place long months before. When I saw her, something had occurred to renew her hope. She was bright and hopeful, though personally frail looking, hungry looking, I may truly say. She was poorly clad—the first time I saw her—one of tho bitterest days of winter, with clothing so scant as to make one pity the frail body it covered. Time passed on from week to week she grew more importunate the offorts made for her, earnestly and faithfully, bore no fruit hope seemed to die from her heart, and she grew more weary, hungry, sorrowful looking, and when I saw her last the reminded me of the figure in the "Court of Death" that represents hunger and want

Another I remember, too—a middle aged, unmarried woman—a woman of the best Mood In Kentucky. Were I to give her name, it wooli be recognised as belonging to a family true and devoted, earnest and fsJthful cittaww, and a few short year* ago, prosperous and well-to-do people. In the wreck of the past all that was left her and a widowed mother was a homestead. It was so shorn of the acre* that bad belonged to it that it yielded no support. Having faith in herself and her earnest porpoee support herself and help that ag/d mother, she went to Washington with the strou&w* backing a woman couki hava. Before the meeting of congress, efforts wen made for her. and these w«re repented with seal by warm friends. Finally, after many weeks, a little I place was promfced. She was happy beyond exi reMkm. Month* passed, during which the** effort* were constantly renewed, until finally, after four months, dming which time this brave woman had beeoane almost wild, a pitiful place in Mm printing hurean ww fine her, where she was to bo paid hy the piece,

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But tho main question is: "What shall we do for the overnervous child?" Nervous children ought to be pat upon a special diet and receive unusually carefal discipline. They should be made to eat and sleep, and bo in the open air regularly they should be kept from unhealthful excitements, and especially from any society which excites or worries them. Regularity in eating and sleeping and good common sense in the HolectJon of tho food am tho most remedial things. Some children, it is observed, will not eat vegetables, others will not eat moat. Many of those idiosyncrasies are really only fancies, and can be controlled by tact nnd firmness. It is not wise to allow a child to grow up with the habit of never eating a large class of nutritious foods. If, because tho digestion is really not good, or if, for other reasons, special diet for nervousness is indicated, this should, as a rule, be a soft one. It should consist of milk, fish, eggs, cream, farinaceous dishes, not much meat, little sugar and no pastries or confectionery.

To get to her place of work she had to walk either seventeen or twenty-seven squares, or save a few squares by riding on the street cars, and that cost her to go and come nine and two-third cents per day. When she reached her place of work, np steep flights of steps she climbed amid odors that turned her deathly sick before she fairly got to work. Then, work as best she could, some days her earnings amounted to fifty or sixty cents, and this working from 9 aim. sharp to 4 p.m., for no minute can be lost. Nine o'clock is the hour, and one who is tardy a few times is reprimanded and most likely dismiK^ed. In a few weeks this woman was taken ill and had a serious sickness, but her will was stronger than her health, and hear necessity great, and before fully recovered she went back. After a little while, in a few days, if I remember right, she had to give up, and that was the end of her life as an officeholder.—"Kentucky Woman" in Courier Journal. j.

Sweeping and Dusting a Boom. There is much differenco of opinion among household authorities as to the proper method of sweeping and garnishing a room. Whether windows shall bo opened or closed during the cleansing process is one of the mooted questions. A simple and satisfac tory way is to cover all the articles of furniture with cotton cloths or sheets kept for the purpose. Whatever may be lifted conviently should be taken out of tho room to facilitate matters. With a long-handled feather, duster remove all the dust from walls and pictures, having left a window open from the top so that the dust dislodged by the duster may pass out. If there be a carpet on the floor, sweep it carefully with a straw broom that has been dampened, but which will shed no drops of water. In this way the minimum of dust will be set free in the air.

In corners where the broom will not reach use a damp whisk brush, kept for the purpose. Put all the dust and stuff in a bucket or coal scuttle, that it may be burned as soon as possi ,le. After the room is swept throw open all the windows, and when the dust remaining has settled, carefully remove the covers from the furniturt and shake them out of tho windows. Then cover the articles in the next room to be swept. If the floors are polished, all the rugs should be removed before tho walls are dusted, and the floor should be swept with a hair broom and then wiped with a damp, not wet, cloth. For dusting use a soft cloth, slightly damp, so that it will collect instead of disperse "misplaced matter." Flirting dust from ono object to another may bo dusting, but it is not cleansing. A fine bristle brush should be employed to remove dust from carved wood.

Window sashes ore too often neglected by the average domestic they should be carefully dusted, and a linen cloth should bo employed to rub off the glass, which collects dust as readily as any piece of furniture. In a room where there are draperies these should be dusted before as well as after the sweeping, and they should then be carefully pinned, not tied up some distance from the floor. For lace curtains a rather stiff hair brush will bo found admirable for dislodging any dust that may have collected. It is an unwise practice to sweep all the room in order at a time, and thus avoid the conclusion that must otherwiso bo entailed by weekly thorough sweeping.—New York Commercial Advertiser.

Cared of the Art Craze.

The art craze struck me severely about eight years ago, and I filled my house with everything new that I could find. At the end of five years I found that I had spent enough money to have bought all the handsome bric-a-brac and pictures I needed to make my rooms pleasant and artistic. I had spent over $900, and know many people (of wealth, of course) who spend much more in such nonsense, fancy work, etc., every five years. Three years ago I "reformed." I religiously refrained from buying "new styles" in fancy work and art, and each time laid aside the amount, and six months «igo I counted tho money I had deposited, •ind had enough to buy four handsome engravings, handsomely framed, one choice etching, a fine rug, two pieces of choice rhina, and a small bronze. Tho only fancy work I have done was to make some laundry bags, utilizing some material I had bought a year before my reformation.

Kensington embroidery, lustra painting, plaques, screens, lambrequins, scarfs, etc., cost more thnii peoplo know, unless they "figure it up." Five years ago I had crape, or silk scarfs thrown over easels and pictures, bows of ribbon stuck everyhere, and no end of little nothings, but I never did decorate a rolling pin, nor gild a coal shovel, nor "beribbon" a pitchfork.

Not a picture hangs on my walls that the most fastidious could call "common" or "inartistic." I begin to feel quite proud of my home, and of tho strength that enables me to resist buying ovory new "craze." If women will resolutely set to work and save the money they usually spend in this foolish decoration of their homes, they will bo surprised at the accumulation.

I believe in home and personal adornment. I think it is every woman's duty to herself and her friends to make her surroundings as attractive as possible, and to make herself as pretty and attractive as she can. Some go to the one extreme, and buy nothing to make their rooms cheeful and inviting, satiA3ed with a comfortable bed, a fire and plonty to eat and wear. They think only of saving money that when they are dead goes to others, who use it in the same way, or mayhap squander it uselessly. Other peoplo go to the other extreme, and buy everything they see that strikes tho fancy, as long as their money holds out. Of the two extremes I prefer the one of extravagance, for there is no greater vice than that of penuriousness.—"L. F. H." in Cleveland Leader.

Rales for the Household.

The first thing that I found beat to do when I became an actual housekeeper on my own account, so to say, was to establish a system and a set rules growing out of the requirements of the household. Meals must be at such hours servants must be in and the back doors closed at such hours certain talks must be assigned to certain days— this day to the washing and those days to the ironing, this day to the silver cleaning and congenial work, and that to the cars oC halls and parlors. The next imperative necessity, I need hardly say, was to find a plaoo for everything and to seo that everything was kept in its place: and having utMfd myself at last with a cook who never wastes a particle, whose spotless and orderly closets are a perpetual pleasure, who lores anew recipe, who keeps the nam of the proriskms and a housemaid whoo pride is in dark corners and speckkas windows, housekeeping has become, so far as I am concerned, as much play as it used to be in the eld burial place.

I can hardly state anything else, except that I have made it a practice to let my ser» vants to their work in their own way and at their best convenience, only requiring it to be done, and always trying to respect their idiosyncrasies. For I have fond that if ooe wants a happy home one most endeavor to procure bsypiness in the kitchen as much as anywhere the not merely beoaoss disorder and tmqnSet there will disturb the whole boose, but Wwurt the tamatm of ths fcftobsn have the right to

their happiness, and it is the abeolute duty of the house misUms to see. that they get it as far as it may be in her power to do so. Any exertion made in this wise is sore to yield a hundred fold. In the coarse of my fifty years I have never received what 1 held to be higher compliment than theremark of a person wishing to engage service with me, who said, in this connection, not as an amusing impertinence, but as a matter of course, "I have heard yon well recommended. "—rHarriet fierce Spofford in Pioneer Press.

The Picture Frame of Commerce. Among the incidents of a flitting or of unfurnishing a house, few things leave so disagreeable an impression of dilapidation as the row of framed pictures, large and small, which, taken down from their nails, are laid resting on the ground leaning against one another, their faces ignominiously turnel to the wall. Then we see revealed pretense and shabbiness in little the mean edgings of wood the miserable tacks which keep the thin boarding in its place the meager strip of brown paper pasted round the cheap bending rings the bit of red string the square of loose glass the glue—all making up a sort of "rickety" combination.

Sucli are the picture frames of commeroe —the adornment of every correct house, and which exhibit painfully their makeshift character. They are, indeed, things of shreds and patches every principle of sound construction is violated in their manufacture. The frame proper, too weak to hold the glass and backboard, and being farther weakened by the grooving, is kopt toother at the corners by glue and a tack, while the thin boarding of the back is held in its place by a row of: tacks driven under awkward strokes of the hammer. Finally the engraving is squeezed fast between the glass and the backing, sandwich wise.—Art Journal.

Learn to Do Useful Thing*, "fe Girls who won't learn to do useful things at home because their fathers are rich lose opportunities to fit themselves to meet the exigencies and the accidents of life. It has always been the cust for the princes of Germany to learn trades. The Bourbon princes of France all acquired trades. Some of them were printers, bookbinders, shipwrights, house carpenters, joiners and paintera they did not follow these vocations, but they understood them. Royal and princely ladies in Germany and Europe understand every function of housekeeping and know how to perform it. They can go to the dairy and the stable and milk a cow or handle a horse with dexterity and satisfaction. The Prince of Wales is a,bookbinder, each of his brothers has a trade and his sons are now learning trades according to their tastes. All the ladies of the English royal household are accomplished in practical things—they know how to do useful things, even if they are never called upon to perform them.— Harrisburg Independent.

TERRE HAUTE SATURDAY EVENING MAIL.

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A Dressmaker's Secret.

And here is a secret my dressmaker told me one day. "When the woman—and she is numberless—who is very particular about the fit of her sleeve tries on her dress she takes off her undervest and makes the expert fit tho sleeve to her bare arm just as tight as it can be done, and then, you see, when she puts it on it looks as if her arm had been melted and poured in. The effect is stunning, but how do you suppose it feels? I had a dress of that kind on once just five minutes, and the sensation is something that would have enabled Dante to add another book to the "Inferno." OhL «e area sex of martyrs, and I sometimes Tear that we don't mak& ourselves look so very pretty after all.—Clara Belle in Chicago Herald. ,,

Laundry Secrets.

A spoonful of oxgall to a gall in af water will set the colors of almost any goods soaked in it before washing.

A strong tea of common hay will preserve the colors of French linen. Vinegar in tho rinsing water for pink or green calicoes will brighten them soda answers the same end for both purple and blue.

To bleach cotton cloth take one large spoonful of sal soda and one pound of chloride of lime for thirty yard? dissolve in clean, soft water rinse the cloth thoroughl in cold soft water, that it may not rot. That amount of cloth may be bleached in fourteen to fifteen minutes.—American Analyst.

The Woman Who Never Slanders. Here's to the woman who never slanders, who never retails ill-natured gossip and who does not feel it her duty to straighten out the world around her. These curios are not so scarce as men would have us think. But tennis grounds, winter ball rooms and fashionable tea tables are not their stamping ground. They have to be hunted they are not matrimonial Dianas aiming at pocket rather than heart they mind their own affairs strictly. That's why the male creature seldom hears of them and seldom sees them. They haven't time to purr with the tommies and tabbies of leisure.—San Francisco Report.

What One Woman Can Do". What one woman can do is illustrated by Jennie Collins, who fifteen years ago was a tailoress in Boston, working for her daily bread. Realizing the sorrows of a large class of shop girls who most perforce live in cheap boarding houses and miserable lodgings, she thought out the idea of establishing a place for them where they could meet for social purposes and self help. With the aid of ho* employer, "Boffin's Bower," which has since become famous for the good it works, was established.—Chicago Herald.

Twt«ting Their Months.

I often wonder why it is that so many otherwise good looking women one meets on the street persist in twisting their months in many grotesque shapes. Often this is the only defect to he found in a handsome face. It of course indicate* that the lady is in deep thought, but she may not be aware that she is making herself far from what all women desire. She may be attractive, but die is not pretty.—Pioneer-Press "listener."

Open Air Excreta* for Children. Insure exercise for your children in the open air during an seasons. Inclement weather should not hurt a child if properly dressed far it. Avoid chilling the surface of the body or the contact of damp clothing to the skin. Even during infancy I believe in the inhalation of fresh air, untainted by the gases of furnaces, imperfect sewerage, etc., in which most city bouii abound.—Dr.

Irreparable MUcklaf.

Don't allow jour children to be tickled, if to ever so small a degree, under the chin, round the neck, anywhere. It is rtdnoas to a child's nerves, and thongbtisM yoong mothers, who tickle their babies to bring ant the "lovely unite" do an immense amount of irreparable mischief, and are storing op for their children numerous future Ills.— Mrs. K. CL Hewett in Ladies' Home Journal.

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RETTY PARTY DRESSES AND A LOVE OF A WEDDING GOWN.

Yoong Ladles* Evening Costumes Made Short, to be of Convenient Dancing LfiHth—An Apple Blossom. Girl.

Cream Tinted Bridal Robes. About this time of the year a good many young ladies will be wanting to be married, to have large weddings, "swell" receptions and beautiful toilets. For such, here is a wedding dress that is a perfect dream.

The wedding gown of Mrs. Cleveland made ivory tinted satin for the tune the fashionable material for that purpose. The cream tinted fabrics are both fashionable and beautiful. Cream surah with lace of the same hue is one of the prettiest of costumes, and not so very expensive. Cream satin and gros grain are other suitable fabrics.

Tho illustration shows a wedding gown of combination cream lace and surah. It speaks for itself. ..

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WEDDING GOWN.

The sleeves, overskirt and train are of surah. The underskirt is of surah, covered with lace. Flouncings of lace can be hail deep enough for the entire skirt, so that they will not need to be cut, but can be simply draped around in one piece. Veil of fine silk tulle. Slippers of the silk or satin of the dress, or of satin to match in color.

PARTY DRES8K8.

As suitable to the season we present two graceful evening dresses for young ladies. As a rule, young ladies' party dresses are not made with train. They arc supposed to be fond jfof dancing. They ought to bo, if they |are not, and theii gowns are fasli gioned, accordingly, of dancing length.

Fig. 1 is a drcsf •wiiich makes a gir. look like the appic blossom which blooms in the spring time. The short skirt is kilt plaited all around. It is of pink grograin or faille. Theoverdraping is of pink and white brocade. Tho waist and short puffed sleeves are of the plain goods. A fichu of tho brocade crosses the breast, and bue end is fastened at the waist by a bunch

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Bows of pink or white ribbon. The long gloves reach nearly to the short sleeves.,,. Pink stockings and dancing slippers.

Fig. 2 is another party dress that provef the days are long gone by when high headed dames with sweeping trains walked through minuets as stately as themselves. Ladies are more like livo human beings and less like mummies now.

Fig. 2 shows a young lady's party dress of white chenille dotted tulle. It is very light and cloudlike. Tho skirt is gathered quite full upon a whito satin foundation. Thick gathered frills of the tulle are made and put around the skirt for trimmingThe drapery is very full and loopod with pink roses. White satin waist. One sideof the low corsage is trimmed with a row of pink roses, the other with full folds of the tulle. Sleeves are made of lace ruffles. In this picture and in Fi£. 1 can be seen the fashionable way of doing the hair. It is "tumbled" loosely up high upon the crown of the head, with waving fringes of hair abovo the forehead, and little loose curb around the back of the neck.

EVCttlng Wrap*.

For evening cloaks long garments* are liked with short dresses, covering them completely, while for trained skirt* these elegant wraps have the bade short, leaving the train free, while the fronts are long, reaching to tho foot, and on these fronts the trimming is most elaborate embroidery. Plash of rich and becoming color is the favorite fabric for UMI— cloaks, and the warm lining is of the white Chineee or Thibet lamb with long crinkled fleeoa, tuxurtoosly warm, and of the immaculate whiteness so desirable next the dainty toilet. Chinchilla linings are used httfcle red plush cloaks, and the creamy, fluffy badgersUns are an inner facing in golden hwa plush wraps that are richly wrought with gilt and beads, and edged with a fringe of the same.—Harper's Basar.

FASH1QNLET&

EngttA painters design art dresses for evening war for British damwa, Trained dreaw of colored velvets are worn at receptions.

Opera and ball drsMars not so low in the nk as tbsy were last season.

A Fact Not to be Denied 1 There is nothing so handsome, so appropriate, so, acceptable, so easy to select for Christmas Gifts as elegant jewelry, sach as How shown by E. W. Leeds, the jeweler, on south Fourth street. Drop in there next week and look through his glittering collection of Ladies' Gold Watches, all Kinds of American Watches, in gold and silver cases Fine Clocks, the greatest variety ever shown in this city. Gent's Diamond Scarf Pins, Diamonds in various settings, and everything in the jewelry line, all warranted as represented and at lowest prices.

Watches and Clocks

From the best manufacturers in elegant cases, just the thing for Christmas Gifts at H. F. Schmidt's, opposite the opera house. No old stock on hand.

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