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Foe “Domestic Keys.”
BOUDOIR AND KITCHEN HELPS.
There are so many keys to domestic
life, that it were a herculean task to at
tempt to fit the different lechs separately
—while good “home keeping” seems to
solve the problem collectively, I will give
my experience in the use of vaiious house,
kitchen and toilet suggestions which may
be of service to some of the readers of that
excellent journal, “Woman s Work.”
Thorough and frequent bathing of the
entire body is the healthiest and best
means of keeping the complexion pure and
■clean.
Bathe the lips occasionally with a little
alum water, followed by a little camphor
ice or glycerine. This process will make
the lips red and firm.
To prevent that shine to the skin with
'which so many are annoyed, especially in
"warm weather, use a little camphor in the
water when bathing the face.
To strengthen the hair, dissolve one-half
•ounce of borax and one ounce of camphor
in two quarts of water. Wash the hair
with this twice a week; brush vigorously,
and clip the ends occasionally.
When the hands are stained, use salt
and lemon juice; this will take off the
stain, and render the hands soft and white.
A good remedy for sunourn is a wash
made of 12 ounces of elder flower water, 6
drachms each of soda and pulverized borax.
This will make the skin very soft and
clear.
When the face is pale, bathe it in tepid
water, rubbing briskly with a Turkish
towel. Then apply every day the follow
ing preparation : —Four ounces rose water,
two ounces glycerine, one ounce diluted
liquid ammonia. Rub it well into the
skin for about three minutes, and then
wipe it with a soft towel. If any irrita
tion is felt, add a litTe more glycerine to
the preparation.
Quite as efficacious, though hardly with
as beautiful results, will be found the little
helps below:
The merit of a salad is that it should be
cool, crisp and fresh.
Dredge a little flour over the top of a
cake to keep the icing from running off.
Fine emery paper and sweet oil are ex
cellent for polishing steel grates.
To clean an oil-cloth,wipe first with wa
ter and soap, the r i put on a coating of
sweet milk, and the cloth will be as bright
as new.
i.o clean black cashmere, wash in hoi
suds, in which a little borax has been
placed. Rinse in b’uing water-very blue—
and iron while damp. If carefully done
the material will look as well as new.
To stiffen ginghams, muslins and cali
coes, drop a piece of alum the size of a
hickorynut into the st a’ch. The alum is
dissolved, then stirred into the starch. The
fabrics, so treated will retain their beauty
of coloring ior a long time.
Have a blanket, wrapper and soft slip
pers convenient in case of night sickness.
Never wash The cooking
■water dissolves everything necessary.
Soups are so nutritious and palatable,
‘that it is a pity they are not more gener
ally used.
Half a gill of spirits of wine, or a gill of
’brandy, added to a pint of water, makes a
-wash that is useful in allaying the pain of
•extensive bruises.
Use peanut oil in small night lamps. It
imparts no odor, though turned down be
low the point of combustion.
Save the fine coals that collect under the
oven. They are excellent for scouring tin
and all kitchen utensils.
Stoves and ranges should be kept free
from soot in all compartments. A clogged
hot air passage will prevent any oven from
baking.
E. A. K.
For “Domestic Keys.’’
THE KEY TO DOMESTIC HAP
PINESS.
is much talk nowadays about
ZjjX the “rights” and “mission” of wo-
V<man. Without entering into the
T merits of the subject I would say
that there is a key that would unlock the
door to domestic happ ness quicker than
the grandest lecturer, doctor or lawyer
that ever moved a multitude. If the
women, from the highest to the lowest
were systematically educated to wield
properly the great power they indubitably
possess— a power which can be made to
move the secret springs of action and the
machinery of business —then they would
have little occasion to complain of the
want of influence. And were they so
trained to enter actively and energeti
cally into domestic employment and af
fairs, that none could deem it a pursuit
unworthy of them, they would find ample
scope for the exercise of their faculties,
and the acquisition of means to live.
Young ladies are made to shine in society;
would it not be well if they were also sed
ulously taught by a system of training to
perform the homely duties which make
home the abode of comfort? To make a
home comfortable, it is necessary to start
with sound principles, and to keep con
stantly in mind the ends for which a
home is established. A home should
yield rest, refreshment and inspiration to
the members of the family, should be the
place in which each member gathers re
newed courage. It follows, then, that
those parts of the house which most affect
she daily health and happiness of the
household should be equipped first and
most thoroughly. Wouldn’t a well fur
nished and well managed kitchen, which
shall daily send forth three savory mealu—
and from which the spirit of strife shall
not arise, filling the whole house like a
miasma—be of more importance in a
comfortable house than any other dozen
things combined.
How can this be accomplished without
ahead? I mean a presiding intellect to
plan, contrive, direct and guide. It
would not detract from the charm or
dignity of a well bred lady to be familiar
with the routine of domestic duties, weil
acquainted with the minutiae of house
hold economy, and competent to direct,
or if need be, teach her servants —aye,
even, to do things in ease of necessity.
On the other hand, will it not enhance ad
miration and strengthen regard, to see
that she possesses these acquirements, and
is willing to exercise them to promote the
comfort of others? Who can tell in this
changeful life, that they may not at
someper.od be thrown into circumstances
where the mere fine lady would be utterly
helpless, or where intellectual refinement
and distinguished position may prove
less available than industry, ingenuity or
common sense? Men are free to come
and go as they list; they have so much
freedom of action, that it is good policy, if
nothing else, to make home attractive as
well as comfortable; notwithstanding
the disgust of aesthetic maidens, the fact
remains that a man is very seriously af
fected through his digestion. Few peo
ple realize the importance of good house
keeping, except those who are sufferers
from the want of it. There are to be
found dirty homes, disordered homes, and
homes where the inmates have no pride or
tact in housekeeping. No woman should
be allowed to marry, especially a man of
limited means, unless she has some of the
requisites of a good housekeeper ; for as it
is the business of man to provide the
means of living comfortably, so it is the
province of woman to dispose judiciously
of those means, and maintain order and
harmony in all things. How can a home
be built up with a wife who is an idle and
indifferent helper?
Good housekeeping gives character to
the home, a good home gives character to
the family, and a family gives character
to society and the state. The mother who
allows a daughter to grow up in igno
rance of good housekeeping is in no small
degree responsible for the miseries of the
human race. There would be less sin,
crime and outcast in the world if the
homes were better, and usually the home
is what the homekeeper makes it. There
are mothers in these days who wilfully
palm off idle and useless daughters upon
the public. A lazy girl makes a lazy
woman, just as sure as a crooked sapling
makes a crooked tree. Who ever saw a
girl grow up in idleness, that did not
make a shiftless, careless woman? Those
who constitute the best women of the
community, those who are our freest, most
use'.ul wives and mothers, were taught to
be industrious. There are schools sup
ported by the public tax and bounty, the
tendency of whose tuition is to educate
boys and girls away from practical life.
“Highly educated in uselessness” is the
condition of many a youth who receives
a diploma from the schools.
The American people have recently
waked up to the importance of manual
training for boys. Ful yas much is there
need for some practical education for
girls. Austria gives us a suggestion.
In Vienna, girls are kept to their books till
fifteen, after which they go through a
year or two of training in kitchen and
pantry; thus they become independent of
cooks and servants, even if they have no
occasion to be.
Once more then, I would beg “my house
wife” to study her duties towards her
WOMAN’S WORK.
daughters. The more attention is turned
to the branch of learning known as house
keeping, the more will its importance be
recognized, and the higher place will it as
sume in the list of useful arts ; and a de
gree of respect being accorded to those
who excel, more will be found ready to en
gage in it as a profession. What an im
provement would be made by such a result
in our social and domestic life!
A woman has a personal work and duty,
relating to her own home, and a public
work and duty, which is also the expansion
of that. The woman’s work in her own
home is to secure its order, comfort and
loveliness. The woman’s duty, as a mem
ber of the commonwealth, is to assist in
the ordering, in the comforting, and in
the beautiful adornment of the state
What the woman is to be within her
gates, as tne center of order, the balm of
distress,.and the mirror of beauty, that
she is to be also without her gates where
order is more difficult, distress more im
minent, and loveliness more rare.—
Ruskin.
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BEAUTY IS BUT SKIN DEEP
Will Your Face Bear Close Inspection?
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form all that anyone could ask, yet you are not pretty when your face is covered with Freckles
end Pimples, or disgusting “Flesh Worms” and Black Heads. There is no good reason why your
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When You Came Into The World
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