Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 17, Number 33, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 5 February 1887 — Page 6

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WOMAN AND HOME.

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TAXING THE FAULTS AND 1NDULGENCES OF THE FAMILY. 7s Baby** Health—'Thought* on Women.

Oool Meat—Nervous Prostration—Punishing Children—For Teacher*—Feminine View—Note* and Paragraphs.

The saving of a few pennies here and there fn the household expenses will in time give results such a? no housekeeper who has not tried the plan would believe. An excellent little mother of a large family uptown keeps a little bank on the sitting room mantel into which is dropped a penny each time a slang -word is used, a dish brqjien, a hat or coat flung carelessly on a chair, or any other rule of the house disobeyed. In this way a neat little sum of perhaps a dollar is collected each month, and this is always used to buy something to beautify their modest littlo apartment. Last month it was a low crimson globo for the parlor lamp, and the month before materials for a handsome sofa cushion, made by the oldest daughter.

A younger housekeeper has found away that is not altogether new, that gives her many pretty articles each year. Every evening her better half must confess how much he has spent on cigars or tobacco, and deposit a similar amount in a pretty little box. If sbe indulges in candy she bands back from the box the amount she has spent on the sweets. For the first four months of her married life she only made about 15 cents a day now she collects from 40 to 50 cents regularly, and as she only eats a pound of 60cent candy a week her gains are considerable. Last month they were over $14. Even 10 cents each day would in a year amount to the neat sum of $36.50, and it seems only fair that the •wife should be allowed the same amount for personal luxuries, especially when sho does not use it in health destroying tobacco.

There are any number of ways, in which taxes, very light of course, may be levied on the members of the home to the advantago of all. Every time the head of the house is late for supper tax one penny, every time the mistress forgets to sew on buttons, when the want has be#n brought to her knowledge, she must also forfeit a penny. Finding fault with the coffee, being cross to the children, changing servant girls or washwomen oftener than once a month, bringing company home to dinner without tho knowledge and permission of the mistress, sleeping until after church tinio on Sundays, forgetting errands «inl all such light but trying sins should bo paid for and tho money used for the advantage of the family. Two or three good magazines, pictures, books and even a piano might lo purchased with such a fund.—New York Journal.

Hints for Raby's Health.

'Au ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure' is an old and time honored saw, but it is one parents would do well to remember In these days of croup, measles and diphtheria," said a prominent physician recently to a reporter. "One of tho first safeguards against disease is pure air and exercise. Nothing increases tho activity of the lungs liko bodily exercise, and in order that it may be beneficial to tho wholo system it should bo carried on in the open air. Some of them are too young to leave tho liursory, ind it is here that their little lives are very o. 'on imperiled by ignorant mothers and nurses. Gas and parafllno lamps should never lo used in the nursery. In almost every room where gas is burned a plant will droop and die. Children are liko plants they require above all things pure air, light and sunshine—not gaslight, but daylight, sunlight, and as much of it as possible. Tho nursery in my house is the largest and sunniest room under tho roof. In it there are no heavy hangings to hold the dust and obscuro tho light, nor are there any gas pipes. Gas is injurious in many ways. Its light is too strong for a babe's eyes it absorbs all tho pure air in tho room leforo the child i'.nil got a chance to inflate its little lungs with oxygen its heat is enervating, and there is always the danger of leakages. These leakages may be so small as to be imperceptible. but quite largo enough to bo pernicious to health.

Purity of water, however, is almost as essential as purity of atmosphere. This can be had by boiling all the water necossary for tho nursery beforo it is used. Such treatment removes all impurities and destroys their effect Another good thing to remember is the necessity that exists for fat in some form as an element of children's diet. I have seen fathers and mothers, to whom the cost of the article was nothing, deny their children sufficient butter to make their broad palatable. This is wrong. Butter should never be spared. Any parent who denies their children this commodity deserves to pay tho doctor, and to pay him well. too. Children who are given enough butter and other fats rarely suffer from necrosed joints and scrofulous glands, to say nothing of marasmus tabes, mceentcrico, hydrocephalus and consumption. Besides tho ounce of prevention matter, parents would do well to bear in mind that other old saw, which advises us not to be penny wise and pound foolish.—Now York Mail and Express.

A Woman's Thought* on Women.

I have been sitting by the fire knitting and thinking, trying to plan out something for the future, until in sheer weariness I stop and come to the conclusion that too much thinking is not good for a woman. They say she jumps at conclusions and gains the same result that man arrives at by laborious offort 1 feel sure I was nearer right on tho subject an hour ago than I am now, after trying to see all sides of it, and losing my courage over its dangers. I call to mind Mary Lyon, the founder of Mount Holyoke Female seminary, and htn rule of action which she taught her pupils "Walk straight in tho path of duty, satisfied to see one step at a time, and trust that light will come for the next step and the assured them from her own experience that light always came. Mary Lyon's nature was a strong, rugged one, of the true New England type, and her brave spirit did not shrink if the light disclosed sharp rocks for her feet instead of tender grass but sbe reached her goal of great usefulness to other women, ami gave them a health and strength has been, and will be, handed down to many generations. Her rule presupposes a strong faith in overruling spiritual agencies* and also a firm adherence to duty, whether pleasant or painfuL Will it apply to the present generation and help us, for instance, in rearing a large family of children upon a limited income I Will it decide the question of what oar young men a&d maidens shall do when they come to the fork in the trad where they must choose for themselves? Will it decide for us, when our work for them seams done for the present! They are gone from us, and y*t we are not quite ready to curl up in the chimney corner and rest—Lucy Hok brook in Herald of Health.

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The tsrrora of nervous prostration—that calamity which mens anew foe, hat is realty ody anew name for an oU aw haunt me® almost equally with womea. If men bold o«t longer again* it* approaches, which is doubtful, theysoocamb almost bayii—ly, awl need iMfvtetMrt IkMVlWiMitf

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physique, who, having for year or two undertaken to combine too many anxieties— for instance, a bread earning occupation and the study of a profession—have taken to their bed in utter helplessness and frequent tears, and remained there for years. "More pangs and fears wars or women have" were their penalty tor an over taxation of the nervous system. The fact that, as the life insurance companies tell us, women on the whole outlive men, seems to indicate that their nerves, if more sensitive than those of men, are more elastic, and offer a better resistance to the wear and tear of events for we must remember that it is hot the great thing* of life which prove exhausting, but the gmnll ones, because these call out leas in the way of resources to meet them, just as people fa if a cold more readily after a warm bath than after a cold one, for want of a reaction. "You cannot seriously maintain," said a clover woman once to me, "that any cares of political or business life can be so wearing, on tho whole, as the task of cooking a dinner." Then she proceeded to explain how the cook, beforo every dinner, had to deal with a dozen different articles of food, no two of which hnri to be prepared in the same manner, or manipulated with the same touch, or exposed to the same degree and kind of heat, or cooked for the same length of time that the cook had constantly to be going from one to the other, and keeping all in mind and that, to bring them all out in readiness at tho appointed time, neither underdone or overdone, neither slackbaked nor burned, neither too cold nor too hot—that this was an achievement worthy of demigods and heroes. And I was quite inclined, at length, to be convinced certainly it was much easier for me to own myself convinced than it would have been to cook the dinner.—T. W. Higginson in Harper's Bazar.

Women in Musle.^—

Much has been written lately regarding the reason why there are no great female composers. There can be no doubt that, in other arts besides music, women have achieved but little that .can lay claim to immortal fame Perhaps the principal reason of this is that their affections are too exclusively personal A girl will assiduously practice on the piano as long as that will assist her in fascinating her suitors. But how many women outside the ranks of teachers continue their practico after marriage from the impersonal love of music itself Needless to say they have no time for every hour devoted to emotional refreshment strengthens the nerves for two hours of extra labor.

No doubt there is something comic in the ardent affection with which a professor hugs his pet theory regarding the Greek nativo, or tho origin of honey in flowers, and in the ferocity with which ho will defend it against his friends, if they happen to oppose it But such complete devotion to abstract theories is absolutely necessary to the discovery of original ideas and, as women are rarely able or willing to emerge from the haunts of personal emotion, this explains why they have achieved greatness in hardly any art but novel writing, which is

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personal emotions. Among great performers, on the other hand, there are as many talented women as men, if not more. But it is a curious fact that even the best lady pianists seldom learn to improvise in an interesting manner. A malicious bachelor has suggested that if, in teaching harmony, the chords were made personal by calling them "Charlie" and "William" instead of "tonic" and "dominant," women would soon learn to improvise charmingly.—American Musician.

If whipping is found to make Arthur an angel for several hours or days, the chances are that when Lilly comes upon the scene the efficacy of whipping will be so well established in the parents' mind that she will get acer tain amount of whipping to no good, and that the failure of the punishment will bo ascribed to stubbornness, which calls only for a double dose.

Perhaps tho following plan, which I adopted experimentally some time ago, may commend itself to some parents, even though I have no wonderful results to offer. Iu an old account book I have a few pages devoted to my children in the part devoted to each child I note tho offense under tho proper date, the punishment adopted, or punishments if the first has not proved sufficient, and the results. For instance, on such a day I find that Lilly, aged 4, got at tho shoe blacking bottle, soiled her own hands and the baby's frock. Punishment: No cake at luncheon. Tears, but no expression of remorse. Twelve days after, according to the ledger, Lilly tried the polish bottlo again this time she was compelled to wash her own hands until tho last vestige of blacking had disappeared. It took her half an hour, and there is no record of a repetition of the offense.—Philip

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Self-Respect and Courtesy.

The potency of a gracious manner was shown notably a few years ago by an incident which occurred in one of our large cities. A young girl who had been a seamstress married the son of .a wealthy and influential family. Her husband brought her home while his mother and sisters, with a large number of guests, were at their country seat It was resolved before the bride arrived that she "should be taught to know her place that she must bo taught to realise that, although In the family, she was not of it

The house was filled with experienced women of society, skilled in every method of administering snubs, from the stinging sarcasm to the smile of icy civility. The little woman who was their intended victim had neither birth, fortune, experience,

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was an armor of proof," said a spectator. "If they insulted or snubbed her, she was apparently unconscious of it, and turned to them with the same gracious, cordial She conquered. The dullest woman among her enemies at last understood that the poor little girl was better bred than

8toeking Frame*.

I have used for many years a little device which has prevented shrinking in my children's stockings, and may be of use to other mothers. Draw the shape of your child*j stocking on a piece of paper then have this shape cat from a half inch board, planed and nicety rounded and smoothed off at the edgw. Bore a bole in the top and put in a loop of string. Stretch the children's washed stockings, while wet, over this form, and hang by the loop in some wars place to dry. Several stockists can ba dried on one form, over each other, but of course the drying fc slower. I have two forms mads for each rise of stocking. Models of a similar Miw fn bft ia**l for drying children^* woolen nteihirts. ha*» known those already shrank brought tack nearly to their original rise fa this way. These models should to assrety the shape of the body, since toreiag Asm tato the riseies would be apt te tsar Ifce

could have separate models for them.—Babyhood. Don't Overwork the Boys.

Farmers are sometimes very inconsiderate in the treatment of their sons. Without meaning any harm they impose labor upon boys which should be the work of men. No*1' the physical energies of a growing boy have already an important work allotted to them, that of building up a strong, healthy organisation. The vital force cannot be exerted in making muscles and bone, and at the same tima be expended in a hard day's work in the cornfield. We have seen many instances of boys being stunted and dwarfed because they were overworked by an unconscious father. When work is crowding in the fields there is a strong temptation to utilize every muscle, to provide means fen* the growing hogs at the expense of his own growing boy. This is all wrong. A farmer would not for an instant think of harnessing his 6-monthsold colt and hitching him to a plow, and why should not the growing boy have the same thoughtful consideration? Don't overwork the boys. They are all tho material we have to make men of.—Atlanta Constitution.

Rules for Success,

My advice to women is possibly worthless and without merit But this is it: If there is anything you want to do, do it, or do the next best thing.

Do not expect that when misfortune comes to you that the whole world is going to drop its shovel and come and ask you "what you would like." If you think the world owes you a living, go ahead and make it It's there.

If you area worki ngwo man of greater or less degree, don't wear tho fact on a placard like a leper. The world does not like it.

If you have a shadow of a roof tree to fly to, fly there and stay beneath it And abovo all, bring up your girls, if God is good enough to give you such, to think the same.—Fannie B. Merrill in New York Graphic.

How to Know Good Meat.

Dr. Letheby lays down the following simple rules for tho guidance of those in search of good meat:

It is neither of a pale pink nor of a deep purple tint It has a marked appearance from tne ramification of little veins of fat among the muscles.

It should be firm and elastic to the touch. Bad meat is wet, sodden and flabby, with the fat looking like jelly or wet parchment

It should have little or no odor, and the odor should not be disagreeable. Diseased meat lias a sickly, .cadaverous smell, irtid sometimes a smell of physic. This is discovcrablo if the meat is chopped and drenched with warm water.

It should not shrink or waste much in cooking.—Herald of Health.

i&?h' The Feminine Point of View.

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Punishing Children Sensibly.

If parents were as sure of tlieir children as the farmer is of his cabbages, there ought to te no doubt on this point, because the experience of the parent ought to indicate at once tho proper treatment for the mental disorder, assuming that all wickedness is a mental dis order. But, as a matter of fact, how often do we punish on scientific principles.

"I notice," said a lady friend tho other day, "that some fool man has invented a collapsing hat for ladies to wear to public entertainments. Ho might have saved himself his pains. Women wear high hats simply because they are the fashion. Beauty or ugliness, comfort or convenience has nothing to do with the question. Tho collapsing hat is not fasbionablo, and that settles it I don't know whero our fashions come from or who sets them, but I know we don't American women havo nothing to do but blindly follow, and I tell you now, in all seriousness, that all tho talk in newspapers and tho indignation of. the public has not done a particle of good. The high hats will go when the fashion changes and not a day before."—Philadelphia Call. •"•I

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Lack of Privacy in Our Homes.

A correspondent writes to The Boston Transcript calling attention to the fact that in this country window shades are frequently left up after the lamps are lit "How very odd," he says, "this would seem to an Englishman! The moment a lamp is lighted in an Englishman's house, in town or country, down goes the curtain. An American has seemingly none of that nice sense of privacy that the Englishman owns. He can sit in the bosom of his family, eat, drink, be merry, dandle bis child upon his knee, poke his fire, read his paper, all uncurtained to the outside world."

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A Rangoon English journal recently, in discussing the education of European gu ls in the far east, made a strong plea i'or the teaching of cooking and housekeeping in the schools. It declared that the general disinclination to marry among young men in jo civil service who are living on a fixed salary was attributable largely to tho fact that the young women were unable to do any housework, or oven to direct properly the servants of a household.—Harper's Bazar.

The Effect Onr Clothes Have. p.

Mrs. A. D. T. Whitney, in a practical talk to voung women at Boston, gave anew turn to the definition of tho word "becoming." iWmiH of garments becoming the person, she said, "we become liko our clothes if we put on a hat that is a little exaggerated in style, wo give our beads a toss to correspond with it the Quakers have calm, placid faces harmonising with their clothing."

Imitation Gronml Glass.

A very good imitation of ground glass is produced by dissolving three tablespoonfuls of Epsom salts in a pint of warm water, and applying it to the glass with a common paint brush. This answers admirably when a sort of screen is wanted. The solution must be applied to the side of the glass which is not exposed to the weather. —Atlanta Constitution. .:W

Bervant* and Slave.

"How many servants do you keepf asked an old friend Of Marion Borland's husband, when they bad been married about six months. "Throe—and one slave," was the prompt rejoinder. "The slave is my wife."—New York Graphic,

For Teachers and Parent*.

If in instructing a child you are vexed with it for want of adroitness try, if you have never tried before, to writs with your left lanii, «od remember that a child is all left h»nd—Chicago Living Qiurch.

Car* of Flat Iron*.

Irons that have been occe red hot never retain the heat so well afterwards, and will always be rough. Be careful not to put them on the stove boon before they are} needed, and after using them always stead them on cod. ileaalag taaeepaae

All the labor of scraping sanwipaw la which oatmeal or mush has been bailed mcy ba saved by allowing the nsnpan to stand ou ths tab!* for five min&tea Mom tfea

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TEKRE HAUTE SATURDAY EVENING MATL.

WHAT SHALL WE WEAR?

APRONS DESIGNED FOR ORNAMENT AS WELL AS FOR USE.

Fashions in Walking Boots and Shoes for the Houbo-Favorite Styles In Gold and Gem Set Bracelets—Skating Costumes for Young Eadles.

Bracelets are favorite adornments at the present time. These ornaments are by no means confined to what is known as a popular patronage, but are fashionable among the creme de la creme, both at home and abroad. A desirablo stylo of bracelet is shown in our cut This consists of graduated links of polished gold until the top of the ornament is reached, when the links are richly chased and set with small gems.

GRADUATED LINK BRACELET.

Very attractive, too, are bracelets that simulate a narrow ribbon tied on top in a double bow knot. A bracelet deserving of mention, not only because of its novelty, but its grace and beauty, is a graduated lace chain bracelet Gems are much set in what are termed knife edge bracelets.

Styles in Shoe*.

Walking boots are frequently made witli cloth uppers, finished off with patent leather. The buttoned boot continues to represent the popular one, although laced boots are permissible. A walking boot, which is finding high favor just now, is of glove kid, with patent leather foxing and medium heels. Equally fashionable are the boots made with pebbled goat uppers and patent leather finish. Ladies have learned the importance of walking in boots with low heels, and these prevail to a large extent on shoes made for outdoor wear.

High shoes for house wear aro, however, still largely made with the high curved French heel or modifications of this uncomfortable style so are low shoes and slippers for evening wear.

Bronze shoes made in open work leather over colored silk and fastened either with bows or buckles are worn with visiting toilets.

For negligee wear are furnished a wonderful assortment in way of colored silk mules and French kid shoes. Numbered with comforts for bed room and sick room are felt shoes and slippers, which are noiseless, warm and durable. At night tiiese shoes have no equal, for they can be changed to leather shoes without danger of taking cold, being made of pure wool.

A Charming Skating Costume.

A skating costume admirably adapted to misses and young ladies is of dark green cloth trimmed with gray astrachan. The foundation skirt is bordered with a four-inch band of plush. The cloth skirt above this is scant in front but fuller at the sides and back, and has a six-inch band of the nstrachnn at the foot. Tho long draperies, pointed in front and square at the back aro bordered with the astrachan. The jaunty jacket has also bands of astrachan set about the neck and upon the fronts and lower edges, and a double row of buttons and tailor finished pockets complete the stylish effect A turban-shaped cap of the cloth, with facing of astrachan and fur pompons as trimmings, and a cloth muff with astrachan ends and ornamented with ribbon bows, should be worn with this costume.

Novelties in Trimmings.

A revival of tinsel is threatened. Recent advices from the French capital aro to tho effect that tho display of gold, silver and bead embroidery upon evening and other dressy toilets is fairly dazzling. Open embroidery executed in silk upon cashmere is used by French dressmakers as a trimming for winter dresses. Some designs extend to almost the entire depth of the skirt, but as these are mounted on a substantial underskirt of silk they aro not so inappropriate to tho season as would soem at first thought Folds or plaitingB of Brussels net, with tiny dots or point* of gilt, are used in the neck and sleeves of dark dresses.

A narrow ribbon known as "cornet" is used in profusion on dresses of tulle.

Two Dainty Aprons.

In the making of pretty aprons, designed as much for ornament as for use, individual taste in material and trimming, width and length is allowed wide scope. The skirt should reach below the knee, and bo wide enough to cover the dress front well the bib may extend to the bust, but not too high, or it will appear ungraceful.

LADIES' APR0K8.

Numbered with attractive patterns dieplayed by Demorest are tbe two given in tbe cat One consists of etamine or scrim, trimmed with velvet bands and a girdle of contrasting oolor and cross stitch embroidery done in harmonising tints. The other is of straight breadths of pongee laid in box plaits, and tbe intervening space* ornamented with horizontal rows of narrow velvet ribbon. The bib is w«A to correspond with the skirt, and the belt is of velvet, finished with a velvet how on the right side.

Hint* Worthy Consideration. Artistic dress is always mors beautiful than merely fashionable dress.

It is because French women pay great attention to the minor details of the toOet, they are considered the best dressed women in tbe world.

A bit of white abort the neck has besu called the hisignla of ladyhood. While a woman may ba able to wear different colors, thane is usually one that becomes her best and when this has been decided upon, nothing wiD be gainsd by rliar ga.

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PHYSIOLOGY AND HYGIENE. ALL AROUND THE HOUSE.

Facts, Theories and Experiences In Every Day life.

Dr. Arthur V. Meigs, in a paper read before tho Philadelphia County Medical socicty. takes the ground that scarlet fever Is very much less contagious than is commonly supposed much less, iu fact than either measles or whooping cough. In proof of his opinions he cites the fact that whilo it is a usual thing for measles and whooping cough to affect all tho children of a household, scarlet fever, as a rule, limits its attacks to one or two, even though there may bo others who havo never had the disease, and are therefore presumably susceptible.

It is just possible, suggests another authority, in considering the above, that if parents took the same precautions regarding measles and whooping cough as they do with scarlet fever, Dr. Moig's opinions would be erroneous. Generally speaking, when measles or whooping cough appear, parents permit their children to expose themselves on the ground that thev must have these diseases some time while scarlet fever, being especially dreaded, inallected children are isolated from the affected ones. Neither measles or whooping cough aro trivial diseases, and the sooner parents and guardians realize the fact the better it will be.

How to Liive to Old Age. 7--

In order to live to a good old age, says fir. H. C. Wood, of Philadelphia, the several vital organs must be approximately equal in strength. A man of ordinary physique, claims the authority quoted in Popular Science Monthly, who possesses this fortunate balance of power, will in all probability outlive an athlete whose development has been unequal. Excessive strength in one part is, in fact, a source of danger. An over developed muscular system invites dissolution, because it is a constant strain upon the less powerful organs, and finally wears them outV Death, in the majority of cases, is the resul'. of local weakness. It often happens that a vital organ has been endowed with an original longevity less than that of the rest of the organism, and its failure to act brings death to other portions of tho system, which in themselves possessed the capabilities of long life.

The fact of having succeeded in life, with the satisfaction and comfort it brings, contributes to the prolongation of existence, while failure, with its resultant regrets, tends to shorten it In old age the organs possess less elasticity to meet and overcome such strains as can be invited with impunity in youth. Hence tho old should be spared the strains. It is also desirable that, as their years advance, they should make their personal habits tho subject of careful study, and, with the help of some wise counselor, regulate their daily life in accordance with the changed conditions of their animal economy. This is particularly the caso with reference to diet.

Preserving Ice in the Sick Kooin. A convenient and efficient method of keeping ico in small quantity*in a sick room for a considerable time is as follows: Cut a piece of flannel about nine inches square, and secure it by a ligature around the mouth of ^n ordinary tumbler, so as to loavo a cup shajed depression of flannel within tho tumbler to about half its depth. In the flannel cup so constructed pieces of ice,may bo preserved many hours, all the longer if a piece of flannel from four to flvo inches square be used as a loose cover to the ice cups. Cheap flannel, with comparatively open meshes,is preferable, as tho water easily drains through it, and the ice is thus kept quito dry. When good flannel with close texture is employed, a small hole must be made in tho bottom of the flannel cup, otherwise it holds tho water and facilitates tho melting of tho ice.

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Fish as a Food for Invalid*.

Dr. J. 8. Nairne, of tho Glasgow Samaritan hospital, has recorded several instances in his practice in which tho use of fish, boiled or fried, as food by patients, even when considerably advanced in convalescence, was followed by ovil consequencos and he had begun to believe that, under any circumstances of debility, fish was a dangerous diet, and forbade its use. Furthor observation taught him that the fault was not iu the fish itself, but in the method of cooking it and that when steamed, instead of being boiled or fried, it was much ino. easily digestible and perfectly harmless.

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Manners and Social U«agc» J^racticed in Polite Society.'

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When you invite a friend to family dinner do not attempt too much. It is really more elegant to have tho dinner appear as if it were an every day affair than to impress the guest by an ostentatious variety that it is quite an ospecial event to ask a friend to diimer. Many Americans are deterred from entertaining, because they think they cannot havo company without a vulgar abundance, which is, of course, as expensive and troublesome as it is coarse and unrefined.

JFor reasonable people there is no dinner more satisfactory than one consisting first of soup, then a fish garnished with boiled potatoes, followed by a roast also garnished with one vegetable perhaps an entree, always a salad, some cheese and a dessert This, well cooked and neatly and quietly served, is a good enough dinner for any one and is within the power of a hostess of moderate means to give. Never attempt a new dish with company—ono that you are not entirely certain will prove in every way acceptable. v.

Brides and Weddings

Quiet weddings, cither in church or at the house, are very much preferred by some families. For a quiet wedding the bride dresses in a traveling drees and bonnet very often, ready to depart on tbe wedding journey.

As to the wedding tour, it is no longer considered obligatory, nor is the seclusion of a honeymoon demanded.

If tbe newly married pair begin housekeeping directly, they generally issue a few "at home" cards and thereby open an easy door for future hospitalities. The young couple are not expected, however, to be immediately responsible in the matter of entertainments. The announcement of a day on which the bride will receive her friends is almost indispensable. Tbe refreshments ou these occasions should not exceed tea And cake, or, at the most, tea, chocolate and cake, which may on a table at one end of the room, or may be by a waiter. Bouillon on a cold day is also in order, and is perhaps one of the most serviceable of all simple refreshments.

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bride ought to be very attentive and conciliatory to all her husband's friends. They will naturally fed more or leas cariosity and interest from the time the engagement is announced, and it is in the wont poariMs taste for her to show indifference to them.

ravors at Christenings.

At a cbristening party all the favors savor of the mxraery—cradles of flowers, powder boxes, little socks filled with sugar instead of little feet, baby hoods aad other garments. Of conns the baptiemal dieh aad sflrsr cap are ewQy imitated ia favon.

BeDhaats full of ehoioa confectionery aad ttgenwtth chocolate imld*, pisass tbecUlaa 4o favon ia fona ci M|pt

Upstairs, Downstairs, in Kitchen and la the Lady'* Parlor.

The early part of the day is the time for eating fruit The adage, "Gold at morning,, silver at noon and lead at night," has a. scientific basis. The natural acidity of fruit acting upon the empty stomach is a "chol--gogne" for tho torpid liver of which most. Americans are the victims. It often occurs, that persons with active brains find it impossible to eat uncooked fruit, and for this class, is advised fruit stewed or baked and moderately sweetened.

Good housekeepers very properly class apples first in value. There is no more healthful breakfast dish than baked apples, as a. valuable property underneath the skin is, in* this l'orin of serving the fruit, retained. Following the apple comes the orange, then a', the berries of the temperate zone. That fruit is best which has grown in full sunlight

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Fairy Lamps.

The fairy lamps introduced during that present season have gained great popularity. These lamps are mounted in clear, cut crystal^ pearl glass, ivory finished glass, and in various fancy patterns. They are small cups, holding candles, about two inches in diameter and nearly two inches long. One candle will: burn all night Tho cup is set in a saucer of fancy glass and covered with a dome shaped, shade having an opening in the top. Theselamps are specially adapted for nurseries or for invalids' l-ooms, the light being quite sufficient, to enablo one to go about and without glare,, smoke or danger. They are inexpensive in most of the patterns. Others aro of cut orflue fancy glass and are of course more costly..

Sometimes these fairy lights ore used on the dinner table, one being placed between, two plates. There is just now something of a rage in the fashionable world for individual lights, of one kind or another, on tho dinner table. For this purpose como miniaturo lamps with fancy bowls and colored shades. Then there aro tiny candlesticks of silver, brass, copper, or wrought iron, one of which, is placcd at each guest's plate. A j-Meauty and Utility in One Article.

When beauty aiid utility are blonded in onearticle that article is worthy of respectful consideration, and especially if it represents, as in our' sketch, a subject of universal intero t. Tho tea kettle, in one form or anoth er, sings on everybody's hearth, and is just now the object on which our/ workers in metals are spending much^T taste and ingenuity. Tho "5 o'clock teas," which have cpme to M'bo a recognized social institution in our larger cities, a a tlieso artistic productions in silverf and less precious metals. Tho cut represents a recent production in bra^s. that has been nl.o largely copied in copper and wrought iron--all fashionable metals at tho present time. This is only one of many fanciful designs in which the teapot finds its way into the house beautiful.

FIVE O'CLOCK TEA KETTLE.

Economical Furnishing.

The following suggoRl imis aro made with a view of assisting in the omfortable furnishing of a small homo at a nodernto cost Body Brussels carpet, which we well, is very suitable for the parlor or rooms that do not require to be swept every duy. Tho prevailing price is from $1 to $1.25 fcynrd, but bargain may often be met with in remnants of rolls which havo been marked down.

A more economical floor covering is tapestry at seventy-five cents a yard, this, too, is. more easily swept and cleaned. For txxl rooms, in place of carpets, may be substituted! good matting at twenty-fivo cents a yard.. This, with rugs laid down in front of the bcdl and bureau, will answer very well.

A handsome cabinet In which to placo bric-a-brac will bo found a pleasing addition to» one's parlor. An inexpensive and at thesametime attractive one may be made, says TheDecorator, of ordinary pine. When theframe is made give it a coating of enameli paint, then varnish with clear varnish. Beforo the latter is dry, place on tho panels small pressed ferns, tastefully arranged. When dry, paint the ferns very carefully with gold paint The result will resemble a Japanese cabinet to a limited cxtcht.

Medium priced, serviceable upholstery goods are shown in great variety. Probably tho most popular of any ono 6tylo is the goods known to tho trade as "petit poiuk" It is firm, durable, in an excellent assortment of colors, and is among ths most desirable of all middlo grade upholste fabrics for regular service. Some of the finer qualities resemble tapestry when seen at a little distance, and as tbe demand for them increases, more pains is taken to bring them out in choice designs and artistic combinations of oolor.

Whero strictest economy rules, very pretty effects can bo gained by covering furniture with sorno of the cretonnes. At twenty-fivo cents a yard ono can buy cretonne in artistic colorings, and designs that cleverly simulate expensive tajjestry fabrics.

.» An Attractive Pudding.

A pudding which presents an attractive appearance, in addition to famishing an appetizing dessert, may be made by using pink gelatine with tbe following recipe: Make a boiled custard with tbe yelk of four eggs, a pint of milk and sugar to taste. Soak a third of a box of gelatine in a little cold water, then pour over it three-fourths of a cup of boiling water. When the custard is cold add to it the gelatine and the whites of four eggs, beaten stiff. Flavor with vanilla, stir together and pour into a mold. It will settlo into three layers, making an attractive pudding of delicate flavor. It is equally good when ordinary gelatine is used. *T

Fine Glaa* and Silverware.

The tendency is to aa association of fina glassware and silver. Lemonada ewers, claret jugs and water pitchers of glass, with an applied decoration in silver, are instances at h«nd A beautiful example is a crystal pitcher of antique shape overlaid with silver open work representing wild roses and their foliage. This piece, in point of fact, is a silver pitcher, if you please, with a glass lining. Very pretty, too, are Bohemian glass salad dishes and bowls set in silver standards and edged around tbe brim with silver.

A Warm Bath.

For ninety-nine persons out of every hundred tbe best time for a warm bath is at night immediately before retiring. Tbe rotating of the system in a warm bath opena tbe body for cold, and not a fsw serioos rasuits are brought about by undue aftn- tbe bath. An axoeas of bathing, evsc ID summer, is BMTS or less debilitating aad femCorsougM to ba avoided by persona