Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 17, Number 35, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 19 February 1887 — Page 6

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WOMAN AND HOME

HANDSOME WOMEN OF THE SOUTH DURING THE WAR.

••'Ttte Training of Children—Women With* oat Ta»t«y—The Blatter of Itom—Working Women—Baby's Cradle—Kindness.

Dirt—Suggestions Worthy of Mention.

"The southern confederacy turned oat a liost of handsome women," said an old soldier to a reporter. "Yes sir! You talk nowadays •about handsome women, but you ought to have seen them during the war. Gen. John Morgan married the prettiest girl in Tennesne, and, if I am not greatly mistaken, she is yet living, and still beautiful. She v/as a Mi« Ready. Her father lived at Murfreesboro, and was a prominent lawyer of that section forty years ago. Miss Ready \fras a Confederate—an out-and-outer. She loved John Morgan because be was a daring, brillfamt, and bravo man and so she married him.

One year later he was killed, and I heard that the tragedy broke her heart. Sho was a marVBlou.sly beautiful woman—that sort of beauty which cannot le reproduced in a photograph, and can only be suggested in an oil painting. Mr. Morgan had a flno figure and eyes which could melt or annihilate you, just as her emotions dictated. Tennessee has turned out thousands of pretty women, but few have ever equaled in statuesque beauty the handsome widow of Gen. John Morgan. "Then there was the wife of Gen. J. E. B. Stuart. She was a Miss Flora Cooke, daughter of Col. Philip St. George Cooke, of the Second dragoons. The wedding took place, I thinlc, at Fort Riley NOT. 14, 1855, and it was one of the swellest affairs of the army of that day. Stuart was then only 22 years of age, and had just been appointed regimental quartermaster and commissary at Fort Leavenworth, while his father-in-law was commandant of the Fort Riley poet. The western country boasted few handsomer girls than Flora Cooke and fewer finer looking matrons than Mrs. Stuart. I hear she is now a teacher in a young ladies' seminary in Virginia, and that her daughter, Miss Virginia Pelham Stuart, has fallen heir to much of her mothor®* beauty. "I never met Mrs. Beauregard, but friends tell mo sho had all the brilliant qualities of a pure French woman and all the languorous beauty of the south. She was tall and graceful, and elegant in her speech and manners. She had sparkling black eyes, a wealth of coal black hair, and in all respects was a highly accomplished woman. I don't think CJen. Beauregard has ever entirely recovered team the shock of her death. I met him last year oil his visit to St. Louis, and ho spoke of fln wifo with affectionate tenderness. Hers was a type of beauty seldom seen outside of Louisiana, and I fancy she must have made a •very jwpular impression in the wide circle of •ociety in which she and her husband moved. "I cannot say that any of the ladies of Gen. Lee's household were particularly beautiful. They were all flno looking—even to Mrs. Lee, who was an invalid throughout the war. Miss Mary Lee. the gonernl'B second daughter, is now about 35 years old, a plain, unpretentious woman, having groat forco of character, and that gentle dignity which all tho Lee's posaeesed. Miss Mildred Loo, the oldest daughter, travels a groat deal, I hear, nitd is seldom seen in this country, but sho sonic, imcs visits her brother, Gen. G. \V, C. Loo, .t Lexington, Vo. Both Miss Mildred and Miss Mary are great favorites with tho people of Virginia, not merely on their father's account but because of the quiet charity and sympathy which have always characterized,

"Tho second wifo of Jefferson Davis was a splendid appearing woman in her youth, and I have no doubt sho is yet fine looking. She was a Miss Varina Howell, and I think sho was liorn in Georgia, though her father's family lived many yeai-s in Now Orleans. Sho is of Welsh descent, but had more marks of beauty than is generally accorded to'women who have immediately descended fron Wales. I remember when Mr. Davis visited this city about thirteen years ago, he was accompanied by one of his sons, thon a grown young man. I was casually introduced to tho latter, and when I said to him: 'How much you resemble your mother, sir,' ho grasped my hand again and said with sudden earnestness, 'Thank you. You don't know how tired I am of having people toll me how much I resemble Zarhary Taylor.' Tho point of the joko is, as you probably know, that Mr. Davis had no children by his first wifo—tho daughter of Gen. Taylor—and a great many people had airod their ignorance by greeting Mr. Davis' sou as the grandson of tho old Mexican hero." —St. liouis Republican.

He form in Dress.

The model costumes sent to the Health exhibition in London were tho worst knock down arguments against reform dress of any kind—the designs being of such infinite ugliness that even reformers refused to fit themselves out in the hybrid attire, between that of a touftvo and a vivandiere, with tags and fringes in the worst possible taste, and costing a little moro than a Red fern gown of neat fashion. No woman born could make such a guy of herself, oven for tho palm of martyrdom. Still, she might wear union and undergarments, divided skirt, knitted petticoats, cork sokxl boots, woolen "Jaeger" corset and gored dress hung from the shoulders forever, and yet bo heard makiug inquiries when tho martyrdom was to begin. Short of getting herself up like a subscription ehromo, in blue cutaway, yellow silk skirt and red continuations, there is no comfortable dress a woman may not wear, even into the presence of her majesty, provided she knows bow to carry herself' The days of miracles and of martyrdom are past, and thcro is no uso in gettting up martyrdom dresses, for tho reformers wont wear them —Now York Mail and Express.

DUh Washing Abolished.

Mr. Joel Benton frequently affords the world practical as well as poetic ideas. Amon ho most recent included in tho former catqjoiy is ono which may in the near future seriously interfere with the pnwperity of china glass nzwi crockery manufacturers. He suggests that nearly all the dishes be mads of paper, so that they can be used for firewood after every meal. This would certainly be a very effective remedy for one of the most monotonous household duties. Ladies who prefer to do their own work rather than have the troubloand responsibility of keeping hired help, woukl find in such a change of fashion a most welcome relief. Paper is now used so largely tint it would be easy to popularise it in this way.

A Commendable Industry.

Among tho* many women and girb who manage to earn a livelihood by attentively following at fashion^ heel*, some have started a commendable industry, and that is the making of false birds out of barnyard plumes, moltings and old feathers, which are often pat together and colored with a skill and taste that ought to satisfy any one. It is to be hoped that the mock flatterer* will seH as otsU as their martyred prototypes.—Chicago Tribune. _________

The Training of Children*

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when they have to punish a child the fault which they strive to correct would have had no existence bat for them. It is not merely of faults due to bad training that I am speak* lag, nor even solely of faults directly inherited. Doubtless many a parent lays on stripes following strictly the precepts of that scarcely successful child trainer, Solomon, where, "if jnstice were done, stripes should fall upon him (or her, for women as well as men offend by being unjustly severe). Doubtless also it happens repeatedly that a parent corrects severely in a child tho very faults and foibles in wnich the child precisely repeats the parent.

But apart from either case, the parent, whether father or mother, should remember that for faults which are neither due to defective training nor to direct inheritance, but have been inherited indirectly from grandparents and great-grandparents, they yet are in such degree responsible that at least they should limit punishment to what is strictly necessary for correction. You may see in a child perhaps tho violence or the sullen temper, or the perversity, or tho want of veracity, as the case may be, which characterizes not either of tho parents themselves, but may be recognized in this nncle or that aunt, or may be traceable to some grandiiarent or great-graudparent

Yet the parent has no right to be angry with the child for this defect, merely because it has thus skipped a generation or so. You will see a mother perchance inheriting a fortunate nature, a placid, equable, self controlling temper, from one parent, while her children manifest wild and wayward dispositions inherited through her from her other parent. Or in divers other ways some atavistic peculiarity of temper or disposition may manifest itself. In such cases, or even when a peculiarity Is presented of which no known record exists as having characterized either the father's or the mother's family, I take it that the parents are bound to show no less consideration than where their own faults ore strongly thrown in their children, for it has been through them, though not from them, that the unhappy peculiarity of character has been derived.—Richard A. Proctor in GlobeDemocrat.

The Value of Kindness.

No doubt it is difficult to find the work we like, but then the work we like is seldom the best for us. Those who prefer any work to no work need never be idle. The "spinster's sweet arts'* are unselfishness, good temper, tact and taste. Live for others. You have no idoa of the value of kindness. Pleasure is very reflective, and if you give it you feel it, and pleasure which you give by a little kindness of manner returns to you with compound interest.

It is related in the life of a celebrated mathematician, William Hutton, that a respectable looking countrywoman called upon him one day, anxious to speak with him. She told him, with an air of secrecy, that her husband behaved unkindly to her, and sought other company, frequently passing his evenings from homo, which made her feel extremely unhappy and knowing Mr. Hutton to be a wise man she thought he might be able to tell how sho could manage to cure her husband. The case was a common one, and he thonght he could prescribe for it with out losing his reputation as a conjurer. "The remedy is a simple ono," said he, "but 1 have never known it to fail. Always treat your husband with a smile." The woman expressod her thanks, dropped a courtesy, and went away. A few months afterward she waited on Mr. Hutton with a couple of flno fowls, which she begged him to accept. She told him, while a tear of joy and gratitude glistened in her eye, that .she followed his advice, and her husband was cured. He no longer sought tho company of others, but treated her with constant love and kindness. —Cassell's Magazine. Si

Dirt on the Mind.

"Recollections of My Mother," by Susan T. Lesley, gives an interesting picture of life ir Northampton fifty years ago. The mother was Mrs. Lyman, famous for her hospitality and her devotion to reading. Here is a suggestive bit for housekeepers: One day a friend camo in who had just visited Mrs. who was one of the exquisite housekeeper She began to tell my mother about the perfect condition of that house from garret to cellar, and rang the changes on the brightness of tho brasses, the admirable shine of the glass and silver, the entire absence of dust on every carpet My mother stood it just as long as sho could, though fidgeting uneasily in her chair. Then she exclaimed: "I think Mrs. is tho dirtiest person I ever saw in my life!" "Oh, Mrs. Lyman, what can you mean!" cried the friend. "What I say is true," raid my mother, bringing down her hand with much force on the table. "From the rising of tho sun to the going down of the same that woman's mind is on dirt. Sho thinks dirt, sees dirt, is fighting dirt, the livelong day. Now I would rather see more of it on tho carpet and less of it on her mind."— Boston Record.

A Wonder Ball*

What is called a "wonder ball" is stated by tho Household Magazine to be a newly im ported fancy from Germany. The friends of the recipient of the ball each purchase a certain modicum of bright wool of various colors. Then one makes a small present or writes a short note of good wishes and winds her portion of yarn upon it The successive gifts are then inclosed in layer after layer of the wool until the ball is finished, and all the gifts are included in the package one at a time, each interwoven with its concealing web of threads. Now comes the charm. The receiver is requested to knit from that ball or to crotchet any articlo sho may choose to fix upon, and not by any chance to unwind tho yarn except as the work progresses. It is like undoing along Christmas stocking with presents in it down to the very toe. And see what a stimulus to industry 1 Curiosity will grow stronger as each gift appears, and the work is pretty certain to be swift and soon completed.—Exchange.

A Selfish Husband.

I know a man who boasts that he never got up a night in his life for one of his six children. His wife, a pale, worn out little slip of a creature, looks as though sho hadn't bad a whole night's rest since the first child was born I doubt if she ha& This man says be goes off and sleeps in a room by himself when the "young ones" are troublesome. Women with similar husbands have my sympathy.— Zraas Dane in Good Housekeeping.

Novel Mean Cards.

Tbe menu cards at a recent supper party in San Francisco wen made from the bark of the California redwood, the edges being ornamented with silver and gold. In tbe corner of each was grouped a duster of pine burrs tied with a silver cord. Tbe fkvors of tto ladies were clusters of gilded pine cooes, inlaid in a setting of deep green pine needle" —Chicago Times.

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Taste.

What Is tas*»\ anyway It is said to bs "the iaatubntoii ready appreciation of the fitness ef thiucs." To cm* of os who observe it la others, perhaps regretting the want of it tn ourselves, it seems to be an hwHnti We «svy these fortunate fsw who are always

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clothes look as if they had simply blossomed out of their inner consciences as arose blossoms out of its calyx. Some women always dress their hair becomingly and look their best Others always make mistakes, and some Are, even if handsome, apt to bo bcautitul flights, whose clothes seem to have been hurled at them by a tornado. Ono poor young husband, who had -married a beauty with no taste, said of his wife: "I feel as if I had married a hurricane."

Some women, morally good and true, have a sort of moral want of taste, and wear too bright colors, too many glass beads, too much hair, a combination of showy fashions and poor materials, which, taken as a whole, gives a good dresser tho same sort of anguish to look at as a discordant note in the orchestra affects a musical ear. There are persons, otherwise agreeable, in whom we recognize this wapt of taste as running through the mind, or across it, a sort of intellectual barsinister, forcing us to believe that their conclusions are not legitimate. People who say innocently things which shock you or, as Punch puts it, "Things one would rather not have said," not necessarily bad things, but awkward things, who put all the diners-out on tenterhooks at a fashionable dinner, such people, we say, have either no taste or bad taste.

It should be the province of woman to put tho world at its ease. That is what sho is here for. She is accused sometimes of having done quite the reverse, and to have been even early in its history somewhat of an agitating element stirring up Adam's broth, to the detriment of its clearness, but be that as it may, man has always expected her to wear the fine clothes, to make his world ornamental, cheerful, luxurious and restful (he relaxes into a barbarian without her), and she is to bo as agreeable as her wits will permit that is her mission. Ho does not wish her high plumes to come between him and tho play, however.—Mrs. John Sherwood in Now York World.

No Use for a Cradle.

I live in New Jersey and go to New York every day to attend to business. Some time ago I was requested to purchase a cradle for our baby. Ought a baby to have a cradle! This question suggested itself forcibly to my mind, and the answer came in the form of two more questions: What did babies do before cradles were invented? What is the use of a cradle, anyway! I concluded that cradles wore introduced for style, and in reality were instrumental in making slaves of those who rocked them. Thus convinced, I went and bought a good crib and sent ithome. One of my relations was horrified at what I had done, and feared that the poor child would suffer. My wife took a sensible view of the situation, and resolved to try the experiment of putting baby to sleep in a crib. Tbe result was that it went to sleep without rocking, and continues to do so up to the present writing.

We also set our faces against the tossing system so much in vogue. When it is time for bed baby is put into the crib, and nine times out of ten it goes to sleep sweetly almost immediately. The baby is now 16 months old, and has never been sick a day since birth. When it Mis upon the floor no notice is taken and it gets up without help. When it cries without any real cause it is let alono and soon gets over the trouble. I am convinccd that this is the true way to train a child in infancy. Coddling and fussing are injurious in many respects, and prevents children from being healthy, happy natural little animals.—Cor. Herald of Health.

The Blatter of Dress.

Now about this matter of dress. I hate a dandy Or a fop, but if over therd wai a man who liked well laundried linen, neat ties, gloves and good clothes generally, that man is Mr. Zenas Dane, and nothing affords one. greater satisfaction than to see Mrs. Dane arrayed in a handsome black silk with bonnet, gloves, ribbons and wraps of corresponding beauty and elegance. A man who don't like to see his wife well dressed has no business to many, and the man who is miserable unless he and his wife can keep up with the fashions has less business to marry.

Mrs. Dane's best black silk has bc^h turned twice now and its day of beauty and elegance is past I haven't had a new overcoat for five winters and on two occasions I have had to substitute ready made, "store clothes" for the neat tailor made suits I like so well. This sad condition of the family wardrobe results from a fixed resolve we have mndi to always dress within means and not to wear clothes for which we cannot pay. Here, too, we started out in our journey of life together, fully resolved to hove a house of our own as soon as we could. We havo had babies and doctors' bills and all that, but we haven't gone in debt and we've worn our old "duds" very cheerfully and bravely, and we are a very happy pair of young people. This insane desire to outdo all their friends in the matter of dress has been the ruination of many a young couple. An inordinate love of dress makes sad havoc with

poor man's purse—and his

too.—Zenas Dane in Good House-

A Complex Task of Women. I Knew a shrewd woman who, whenever her husband had given her a lecture on nervousness, used to contrive to havo him dress one or two of the children for school on a winter's morning, after a breakfast slightly belated. The good man w..\ !d fall meekly into the trap, not clearly remembering tho vastness of the labor—tho ad justings and the tyings and the buttonings the leggings and the overdrawers and tho arctic shoes the jacket, scarf, coat, gloves, mittens, wnsters title bat or cap or hood, to be pulled and pushed and tied in proper position the complete way in which all these things, besides being put on, have to be mutually made fast by strings and buttons and safety pins, so that the child thus dressed is a model of self comprcsscd packing, and could, like a well packed barrel of china, be sent around tbe world without injury. Calm must be the spirit, high the purpose, of the father who reach® the end of this complex task without a word of impatience, while the wifo whom he calls nervous has long since taken off his hands tho other child assigned to him, and has long sinco with deft hands dressed her, and given one patient, final, all comprehending twitch, and the whole thing is dome. If you doubt whether men are, on the whole, and fn their own way, as nervosa as women, test them with getting the chiklren roady for school, and remember that their mother does it twice a day at least, every day offer lif&— Harper9* Bazar.

Rheumatism of the Keck.

Stiff neck, or rheumatism of tbe muscles of the neck, is usually caused by exposure to currents of cold air, or by wearing damp clothing around the neck. One effective remedy consists in binding tbe neck with cotton batting, and applying a hot flat iron. Tbe patient should lie down so as to have the affected part uppermost Heat two irons and apply one cootinuoasly until relief is obtained.—Herald of Health.

Last year, as criminal statiattei show, twelve young women were siaot for refining often of marriage.

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WHAT SHALL WE WEAR!

ATTRACTIVE, CONVENIENT AND DUARABLE WATERPROOFS.

Fine Enameled Jewelry With and Without Gems—A Stylish Jacket Admirably Adapted for Both Misses and Young

Ladles—Mourning Good*. An especially stylish jacket, and one that may be worn with equal propriety as an independent garment or as one to complete a costume made of the same fabric, is represented in the accompanying cut

FAYETTE JACKET.

The illustration shows a jacket made in heavy cloth of dark blue color. The edges are bound with black silk braid tho fronts are faced with black silk serge, which shows on the re vers the four fancy buttons, linked in pairs and passed through the buttonholes, secure the front at the waist line. The vest is made of the same dark cloth, similarly bound on the edges.

When the Fayette jacket is made of the same fabric as is the dress with which it is designed to be worn, the vest and vest collar should be of velvet of the same color and the fronts faced with velvet, so that when turned back they will show revers entirely of velvet The rolling collar ought also to be of velvet Suit materials should be lined throughout with twilled silk or^farmer's satin, also light cloths if intended for the demi-season. Cheviots and similar goods designed for spring wear will present an attractive garment if made after this model.

The vest must be joined in the side and shoulder seams and the back of tho collar that belongs to it is to be tacked inside tho neck of the jacket The extensions on the side forms are to be lapped over the back pieces.

A jacket made after this pattern, in medium size, will require four yards of goods twentyfour inches wido or two yards forty-eight inches wide, and three-quarters of a yard of serge to face the fronts, or, where silk or velvet is used, an equivalent amount of these fabrics.

Mourning Dress Goods.

There are several very attractive weaves in diagonals and armure goods. A fine quality of armure diagonal has tho oords, or twills, quite prominent, and set about one-eighth of an inch apart, and the space between is filled with the finest powder graiu armure. The goods is of medium weight, but the threads are extremely fine, and the result is a fabric of unusual beauty. A diamond diagonal is also now, and excellent in grade. A fine camels' hair stuff has tiny dots scattered over the surface others have heavy threads of high luster mohair on soft, dull wool grounds. Silk wrap camels' hair is in fairly heavy quality, and shows a very wide diagonal twill, it is one of the most desirable of all of the new black fabrics, and is used for tailor costumes and wraps.

Waterproof Garments.

Every man, woman and child ought to be the possessor of at least one waterproof garment In the selection of theso storm pro tectors. care should be exercised, for there are waterproofs and waterproofs, some worth less, othcr3 only tolerable, while others again am the perfection of garments,

"stormy pstbbl" circular. There is not only wide choics as regards the grades of waterproofs, but in tho matter of convenient and becoming shapes. Tbe cut shows an admirable garment for ladies* and mi—a* wear. This waterproof, which has beat christened "Stormy Petrel," is made in what is known to the trade as fine canton. And comes in black, blue, brown, drab and dark plaid, with an attractive steel gray or silver finiafa coating of rubber. It is not only far more serviceable than tbe many worthless tmftmtiflMi of gossamer waterproof on the market, but it is decidedly pleasing in appearance and devoid of tbe disagreeable odor observed in some waterproofs.

Enameled Jewelry.

With the demand for jewelry of a highly decorative character it naturally follows that in bright rich hoes, gems of brillisnt color and rococo effects, produced by a combination of processes and metals, are in requisition. But while the work in gems and precious is elaborated, effects are far from being obtrusive. In a word, all to jewelry, while rich and oftentimes sbowr in character, is free from load or resold

Fins enamel jewelry, especially with small gems, is largely worn, put inferior work fa tWs direction is at adiseojmt aod this teas rood a place as any to tail of the wondetfal imiaownent fat the enamel work done in this^^Tm association of platfun and gold in Jssdi for both sexes Ji the increase, and fa to to fa chains, fancy vsat

ALL AROUND THE HOUSE.

Vp Stairs, Down Stairs, in Kitchen and in the Lkdj'i Parlor. As regards hanging pictures, no precise rule can be given without knowing all the conditions, but in a general way it is safe to advise that pictures be hung so that the most prominent object, or at least the lower half, will be opposite the eye, where the whole can be easily viewed without lifting or bending the head. In exhibitions where two or three rows of pictures must be hung to have space for all, naturally tho best are hung on this line, and those of less consideration in the rank above or below it

Decorative Novelties.

"Taffata" silk, which shows an open work stripe, is a novelty in curtain draperies. It comes in extremely delicate and soft shades and is fifty inches wide. Another new curtain silk is known by the name "Dupion." This is forty-five inches wide, is light but thick and has a fine lustre.

Charming effects are obtained by upholstering with moquette chintzes. The employment of terra cotta in both inside and outside decoration has very appreciably increased.

Old time gobelin tapestries, as now produced, are by far the most attractive of the goods at present used for covering fine furniture.

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Tinsel is much used in upholstery goods. The wrought iron lamps are possibly the most novel and are brought out in many unique shapes.

A decorative novelty in metal is a standing hat rack of polished brass and oxidised silver, showing a diamond shaped mirror, supported by twisted columns of brass, framed in dead gold and polished and set in the dark silver. Below the mirror, framed in dead gold and polished brass, is a panel of hammered silver in oxidized finish. On either fade of tho mirror are two long curving hat hooks of polished brass, and below, crossing the front, a bold bar of twisted brass. y* «,%

An Attractive Chair.

The present is an excellent time to make convenient articles for the house and grounds. It is really true that many ingenious people almost furnish homes with lounges, chairs, cupboards tables and the like of their own handiwork. The subject of our illustration is a plain suggestion in the way of a hoop pole chair, admirably suited for the veranda or a garden seat, as may be desired. In some respects it is preferable to the ordinay rustic chairs, for one thing being more comfortable.

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HOOP POLK CHAIR.

This chair can be easily made by any one who can command a supply of smooth hickory saplings. The arrangement of the frame is sufficiently shown in tho cut Tho Baplings, where they cross one another, are fastened by nails. The seat is made of small sticks of the same material, the larger portions of the saplings being used for tho legs. A chair of this kind costs nothing but the materials and the labor.

Chicken, Shrimp and Lobster Salad*.N Opinions differ as to the best way to make chicken salad some good authority saying that tho chicken ought to bo cut into dice shaped pieces, and others stating with equal decision that tbe larger tho pieces tho better the fdnd, but all agree that it should bo cut with a knife and not be chopped. The celery, according to a correspondent in Demorest's Monthly, ought to be cut into strips an inch long, in either case. It is the dressing which gives distinction to the salad, and it is a peculiar fact, worthy of thought, that no two persons make the dressing exactly alike, oven when following the same direction?. Mayonnaise dressing, made of the yelks of two raw eggs, stirred with tho best olive oil, added drop by drop, is tbe foundation of tho dressing this is thinned with vinegar, and seasoned with pepper, salt, sugar, mustard, parsley, and, in fact, with any other seasoning within reach of tbe cook, if it be in accordance with her taste but the simpler condiments are pleasing to most people, if the fowl is as finely flavored as it ought to be.

A pretty looking dish can bo mado of shrimp salad. Line somo small china cups with lettuco leaves, and put a large spoonful of tho salad in tho center. If canned shrimps are used, they should be rinsed in cold water and well drained then pour the dressing over them and let them stand a while, arranging the cups tbe last thing before serving, that the lettuce may be perfectly fresh. Lobster naiad may be treated in the same w&y, and is improved if one-third cabbage is used choose for this the crisp cabbage leaves in tbe crater, of the plant

How to Clean Oilcloth.

Oilcloth ought never to be scrubbed with a brush, but after being swept may be cleaned by washing with a soft flannel and lukewarm water or cold tea. On no account use soap or water that is hot, as either would have a bad effect on the paint When the oilcloth is dry, rub it well with a small portion of a mixture of beeswax, softened with a minute quantity of turpentine, using for this purpose a soft furniture polishing brash. The following Is also used to make oilcloth look well Wash them once a month with skim milk and water, equal quantities of each rub them once in three months with boiled linseed oil put on a very little, rub it well in with a rag and polish with apiece of old silk.

Practical Hints.

The following practical hints have been tested and found useful, says Good Housekeeping:

Whiting or •mrru-tni^ in tbe water is preferable to soap for cleaning windows or point Ton can take oat spots from wash goods by rubbing th—p with the yelk of eggs before washing.

The lustre of morooco may be restored by varnfching it with tbe wldts of an egg. Apply with a sponge.

A mote may be removed from the eye, or

the

pain at least alleviated, by potting a grain of flaxseed under the lid. Washing tbe hands twice a day trlfli darn meal, and robbing on a little glycerine at night, will keep them soft and whita

To remove greaae from coat collars and the gkasy look from tha dhows and seams, rob with a doth dipped ia ammonia.

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PHYSIOLOGY AND HYGIENE

Pacts, Theories and Experiences ia Everyday Life. At a recent meeting of the Societe de Biologie, Dr. Laborderie read a paper on skin grafting from the frog to man. The experiment was tried in tho caso of a man whoso feet had been burned by molten -lead. On one of the wounds were put four grafts of" human skin, on the other four grafts from the skin of a frog. All of these, it is report-* ed, took firm hold on the wounds. The frog skin grafts retained their peculiar color a few days, afterward changing to the color of tho human skin. The wounds healed rapidly

Differing Opinions About Lockjaw At a recent meeting of the French burgeons'congress a most interesting discussion on tbe subject of lockjaw called forth a number of differing opinions. According toM. Vaslin, of, Angers, it is a purely nervous^ disease. In ono case, under his own observajk tion, it was duo solely to emotional causes ancT was cured by chloral and morphine. Prof. Balestreri, of Genoa, concurred with M. Vaslin. Professor Thirier, of Brussels, oik the other hand, believed lockjaw to be contagious and of a parasitic nature. M. Maunowry had been unable to learn from veterinarians of a single caso in which the disease* was communicated from ono animal to another. Prof. Verneuil, of Paris, believed firmly in the contagiousness of lockjaw and thinks it can be contracted by man from thohorse. He said that human beings are often attacked with lockjaw when living near animals thus effected, and that it often follow* horse bites. Wounds that have come in contact with earth or straw soiled by horses aro more liable than others to be accompanied by lockjaw, and the disease is frequent among stableboys and liorso dealers. M. Blano thought the disease to be contagious and sometimes communicated through infected water.

Parity of Ice.

The state board of health of New York ha* recently published a report on tho purity of ico from Onoiulnga lake, tho Erio canal at Syracuse and Cnzenovia lake. That from Onondaga lake was regarded as derimentaltohealth. At the time the inspection qf this lake was make there was a margin of from one to four feet Tide of black, putrefying organic matter along tho shores. Tho analyses of the ice from this lake Bhowed that it contained probably from 10 to 12 per cent of the sewage impurities dissolved in tho samequantity of unfrozen water of the lake. This ico also showed the presence of bacteria in great abundance, retarded somewhat in their growth by the ice, but not destroyed by it It is perhaps needless to say that this ico was pronounced totally unfit for any purposest where it is liable to come in contact with food or drink. The ice from the Erio canal was also condemned, while there was not sufficient evidence to warrant a condemnation of that from Cazenovia lako. The report, valuablo for what has already been mentioned, is stilt moro so by reason of the numerous references to instances in which impure ice hasbeen the cause of dysentery and other diseases. It also refutes tho old idea that all icemust of necessity be pure.

Simple ltamodies. -,•

A warm, woolen sliawl pinned closely about the neck and chest and covering tho arms, if put on when tho first sound of a. cough is hoard and supplemented by a warm brick or soapstono at tho feet, is a simplehousehold remedy that has nippod in tho bud many a severe cough and cold. Hot footbaths and hot hand batlio are excellent in relieving congestion and cq ilir.ing the cilrtilation. Mild mustard drnf appliod to the tremities also change 1 circulation. In many cases flannels ••••is from hot soda water are helpful. Roller sometimes found from drinking water as hot as can comfortably be swallowed. It draws the blood to tho stomach, opens the pores and washes out the clogged sewers of the body.

A Hint from Germany.

Friction with pine oil is a favorite cure for rheumatic affections in Germany, and also for bronchial and throat complaints. Tho aromntic, astringent fragrance of tho oil, which is made from reninous portions of the fir trees, has a salutary effect in pulmonary

SOCIAL ETIQUETTE.

Manners and Custom* Practiced In Polite Society. "Nicely, thanks," a phrnso which has come-

into general use by way of reply to the inquiry: "How are you?" or "How is your family?" is, says Tho Bpringfield Union, very truly, the quintessence of vulgarity. Tobegin with, "nicely" in answer to either of these questions is ungrammatical. Tho question docs not call for tho modification of a verb by an adverb, but for a description of a state of a subject by an adjoctivo. A man is not "nicely" when the state of his health isoonoerned he is well or ill. Even if grammatical the word is inappropriate and silly. As for "thanks," instead of "thank you," it is curt, to say the least

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Women of Taste.

Taste is said to be instantaneous, ready appreciation of the fitness of things. To the most of as who may regret tho want of it ourselvee, it seems to be the instinct of tbe fortunate few. Borne women look as if they had simply blossomed out of their inner consciousness into a beautiful toilet others are the creatures of chance, and look as if their clothes had been hurled at them by a tornado,

Some women, and good women, too, have a sort of moral want of taste, and wear too many bright colors, too many glass beads, too much hair and a combination of discordant materials, which causes the heart of a good drawer to ache. This want of taste runs across a character like an intellectual bar sinister, forcing us to believe that their conclusions are anything but legitimate.

Seeond Marriages.

A widow ought not to be accompanied by bridesmaids or wear a veil or orange blossoms at her marriage. She should be attended by her father or some near friend. If married in church a widow wears a colored drees and bonnet It is proper for a widow to remove'' her firet wedding ring on tbe occasion of a second marriage. If married at home tbe widow-bride may wear alight colored dress (not white) and be bonnetless, but she should not indulge in any of the signs of tbe first

Invitations to Dinner, sfe

If yon have any doubt about being able to accept an invitation to

dinner

at tbe time

stated in the invitation, decline at once by ffnHing your regrets, unless it is known to you that tbe dinner is on informal one. A prompt and decided answer enables your hflttm to supply the place with some other guest, thereby preventing a vacant chair at jL tl

Wadding

ftorors.

Wedding favors made of white ribbon and artificial flowers are indispensable in England, but America h« had the good taste to abjure these until Lately. Soch ornaments aro wad for tbe horsed ears and the servant* casta ia this ooantyy. Hsrs ths groom' slwHOHilwcf aatniml flowers.

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