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THE GAINESVILLE NEWS, WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER
ALL OVER THE HOUSE.
The Refreshing and Invig ating Salt
Bath at Homer
If you cannot have the ocean, be
content with the bathtub.
Try a warm salt bath at home,
say after you have come from a
Jong, hot shopping expedition or
from traveling in the train or any
time when } r ou feel the need of
freshening up a bit. Away from
the seashore a very simple substi
tute for sea water is a cup of rock
' salt' dissolved in warm water and
added to the bath. When the salt
irritates the skin, take a warm bath
and sponge off with a mixture of
violet or lavender water and alcohol,
about half and, half, and rub brisk
ly with a friction towel. Such a
method prevents the exhaustion and
) dangers, of cold which follow a warm
bath.
/ Sea salt is sold in the shops.
It comes in bags of about ten
pounds, which cost ten cents each. •
Boxes of perfumed bath salt hold
ing about two and a half pounds
each are 15 cents. This can be used
in cold, tepid or warm water. It is
perfumed with lavender and, it is
said, will impart a fragrant odor
to the water w r hieh is retained after
using.
Among the tonic qualities as
cribed to it are “that it strengthens
the nerves, renews vitality, purifies
the blood and renders the skin
smooth and transparent/’ *
A-more expensive perfumed bath
gait comes put up in bottles at 25
cents. This is said to combine the
tonic properties of sea salt with the
odor of woodland violets. Two or
three tablespoonfuls of the salt dre
Sprinkled in the bath. When the
salt dissolves, the bath will have
much of the invigorating properties
- of a salt water plunge. A few grains
of the salt thrown into the basin
impart a delightful fragrance.
MOUNTAIN CUMBERS' CLUBS.
Boston has a mountain climbing
club, the Appalachian, which num
bers about 1,200 members/ This
dub exists not only for the love of
climbing and adventure, although
its members have made many nota
ble climbs, but it is concerned with
other and more serious aims. In
the construction of roads and trails
and other, work of development of
mountain playgrounds it has taken
a leading part. It has mapped un
known mountain regions. In the
movements for the preservation of
our forests, says Everybody’s Maga
zine, it has aided greatly, and in
the development of art in landscape
photography it has had great influ
ence. .
In Denver is the Rocky Mountain
club, in San Francisco the Sierra
club, of which John Muir, the great
nature lover, is the president, and
in the northwest are the Mazamas,
with headquarters at Portland. This
club has a very select membership,
rfince it enforces the condition that
a candidate shall have climbed a
snow clad mountain at least 10,000
feet in height.
The "Biscuit” Quilt.
“Biscuit” quilts are hardly new,
but they seem to have come into fa
vor again and are treated as the
most recent revival of the silk patch-
work quilt. To make one cut pieces
of muslin for lining three inches
square and silk patches four inches
square. Make a loose “biscuit” of
cotton batting; attach it to the mus
lin and fasten the sill^ patch over
this, making a small plait at each
side. The result is a puffed square.
The “biscuits” are sewed closely to
gether, so that none of the muslin
shows, and it is well to join them in
sections about two feet square for
convenience in handling. By ar
ranging the colors carefully in these
Squares and then joining them with
regard for harmony a good effect is
secured. When all the sections are
joined, the quilt must be lined and
hound. Sofa pillows are made of
this “biscuit” design.
A Plano Cover.
Covers of oriental weave come for
the backs of upright pianos, but
they are by no means inexpensive.
An experimenting housekeeper who
wished but could not afford one of
these bought as a substitute and at
, much less cost one Japanese por
tiere. This was too long and too
narrow, but a piece taken from the
bottom was fitted at the side, and a
second piece was added at the top
to go over the lid of the piano. A
pattern in shades of gold in a striped
effect was chosen, which lent itself
readily to the piecing scheme, and
the new cover is extremely effective.
A Novel Tea Table.
A curious tea cabinet has lately,
been invented by a designer which
contains two deep drawers in which
the tea things could be stored away
when not in use. Two mottoes are
inlaid in wood at either side—
“There’s many a slip ’twixt the cup
and the lip” and “You can’t eat
your cake and have it.” A bachelor
host would find this table useful for
keeping teacups in, but a h-ostess
would probably utilize the drawers
for biscuits and cakes.
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Witty Zangwllf.
Israel Zangwill has been one of
the sprightliest witnesses in the
Truth libel case in London. Asked
whether bis paper, Ariel, was still
m existence, he replied: “No. It
was too good to live. I can’t, how
ever, say that it is dead, for its jokes
•till appear.” , _
A Snubbed Cub Reporter.
Professor Richard Lynch Gar
ner’s return from Africa, where he
has been for the third time to study
the language and habits of the mon
key tribes, calls to mind a little in
cident in which he unknowingly fig
ured. The professor had just re
turned from a previous trip and
upon reaching the United States
went at once to Chicago, where he
is connected with the Chicago uni
versity. The daily papers were anx
ious to get interviews with him in
regard to his study of the language
of monkeys. The city editor of the
Chicago News sent a young reporter,
on the assignment and had forgot
ten about him in the work of the
day when the enthusiastic young
man rushed into the office and ex
claimed:
“Well, I’ve seen Garner, the man
who says he can understand mon
keys.”
“Then,” replied the editor, “1
suppose you had no difficulty in
making yourself understood.”
Up Against It.
Stanley, the office boy, made his
appearance in the art department
the other day wearing a Christian
Endeavor button in the lapel of his
coat.
“I’m glad to see you have decided
to lead a moral and upright life in
the future,” remarked the cartoon
ist, fixing his gaze on the emblem.
“Aw, baf ’em out!” replied Stan
ley. “Dis is collateral fer a loan.
See ? An’ I’m up against it at dat.
I lends a feller 80 cents, an’ I says,
‘Gimme somethin’ fer security.’
Well, he flashes dis here pin on me,
an’, like an easy mark, I takes it.
Dere ain’t no moral an’ upright life
about dis here deal.”
“Well, the button is worth 80
cents, isn’t it?” asked the cartoon
ist. ,
.. "Nawj” replied Stanley in dis*
gust. “I t’ought it was when I took
it, but I found out since youse kin
buy ’em fer a quarter.”—Philadel
phia Record.
Her Shrimp Salad.
A very young and very inexperi
enced matron, a well known society
woman of New York, recently un
dertook to assume the entire man
agement, even to the smallest de
tail, of her household affairs, and
her directions to the servants are
conveyed to them in writing. A
few days ago, wishing to have some
dainty dish for luncheon, she
thought a nice shrimp salad would
be the thing and accordingly wrote
her instructions to the'cook to pre
pare the salad and for the purpose
to order freftn the marketman “one
small shrimp.” The story leaked
out, and it will be many days before
she will be able to look into the
eyes of any of her friends without
seeing the small shrimp twinkling
therein.—New York Times.
An Insult Guide.
A German has just compiled a
handy little book of insults. The
work contains 2,500 invectives,
which are classed under the head
ings of insults for men, insults for
women, insults for either sex, in
sults for children and collective in
sults for syndicates, groups and
corporations.
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