1889 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
715 
tools and paper are littered all about; do 
not find fault if they have their companions 
(neighbors’ children) with them every 
evening, even though they rack the carpet 
(if there be one) into holes. If your hoys 
are near at hand, you know where they 
are. You know that they are not at the 
village saloon, laying a foundation for a 
life of dissipation. See that they have 
something to read. Give them some good 
weekly papers, magazines, and any books 
which yo,u can find that will interest them 
and prevent them from reading dime novels 
and stories of the “ Old Sleuth Library” 
and their ilk. Do not insist that their read¬ 
ing matter must he entirely “ goody- 
goody ” or even good ; but select things 
which have a good moral tone and also 
enough excitement to make them interest¬ 
ing. 
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The nights are quite chilly now and 
mother must see that the children are 
warmly covered. Colds contracted now 
are apt to last all the winter through. For 
little children I think it is best to make 
night-drawers and stockings all in one, es¬ 
pecially for the winter. All mothers know 
how hard it is to keep the little ones cov¬ 
ered up warmly during the cold nights, 
and must readily see the advantage of hav¬ 
ing the drawers and stockings combined. 
They may be made either of flannel or can- 
ton-flannel. They are far preferable to 
night-gowns, for the latter are apt to be¬ 
come twisted or caught up, thus allowing 
the little feet to get cold. 
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Keep the children’s bed-rooms well ven¬ 
tilated. A child that has slept in a close, 
stuffy room wakes in the morning feeling 
tired and languid, and is very often fretful 
and cross. This is all wrong. If the air be 
pure and the little one put to bed properly, 
he will greet us with a cheery smile, and 
often before we know that baby is awake 
we hear the patter of the soft, little pink 
feet on the floor, and a voice calling: 
“ Mamma, take baby down !” 
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Mothers, if you can possibly find time, 
help the children with their lessons. They 
will take more interest in them if you do. 
Have the little ones to recite to you ; pro¬ 
nounce the hard words for them, etc. 
Every mother who loves her children wants 
to see them intelligent men and women, 
and if she exerts all her strength to make 
them so, she can have that supreme pleas¬ 
ure. If you are a busy mother who has to 
spend every spare moment with a needle in 
your fingers, you might get one of the older 
children to read aloud to all, you correct¬ 
ing and explaining as she reads. In this 
way you can do your sewing and interest 
and instruct the children at the same time. 
DORA HARVEY VROOMAN. 
SOME SIMPLE REMEDIES USED BY 
THE “RURAL” PEOPLE AND THEIR 
FRIENDS. 
M R. C. paints the outside of the child¬ 
ren’s throats with iodine when they 
complain of soreness. 
When Uncle John suffers from sore 
throat or hoarseness he puts a small quan¬ 
tity of vaseline into his mouth and lets it 
dissolve slowly. This he repeats three or 
four times a day. 
Lizzie V. says that her cough mixture 
consists of two gills of molasses, one of 
vinegar and 20 drops of oil of tar. Mix 
thoroughly. Dose, a tea-spoonful several 
times a day. Shake every time before us¬ 
ing. 
When Mr. C. feels that he has taken 
cold he gives his body a thorough rubbing 
with a crash towel, and then rubs a little 
alcohol on. He firmly believes that he has 
in this way “ staved off ” more than one 
cold. 
Mrs. V. gives the following as their 
family liniment for external use only: 
Equal parts of sweet oil, liquid ammonia 
and alcohol with the addition of a scant 
part of turpentine. Shake before using. 
The sore throat gargle at the “ Rural 
Grounds ” is made by adding 15 drops of re¬ 
fined carbolic acid to a quart of water. Shake 
thyrouylily every time before using. Gar¬ 
gle four or five times a day. In the case of 
one member of the family who suffers from 
a “full” throat—swollen tonsils—a tea- 
spoouful of powdered tannin is put into a 
glass of water and the patient gargles the 
throat with this every two hours. 
Miss B. says that the great remedy at her 
home is lard. It prevents discoloration 
and soreness from bruises, and if well 
rubbed in over muscles that have been 
violently exercised, it will prevent stiffness 
the next day. Her sovereign remedy for 
burns is a paste of baking soda and water. 
Take a wet cloth, cover with the paste and 
bind over the burn. Should ti e paste be¬ 
come dry, wet it from the outside. 
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ABOUT WOMEN. 
T HERE are some people who like to 
take “a dig” at women whenever 
they get a chance. They say that we can¬ 
not do as good work as men, yet when given 
the opportunity we generally come out suc¬ 
cessfully. 
The following, taken from the Detroit 
Free Press, show what some women can do 
when put to the test: 
The Huntsville Democrat was founded in 
1823, and was owned and managed many 
years by J. Withers Clay, a well-known 
Democrat in Alabama. Four years ago Mr. 
Clay was stricken with paralysis. The war 
had left him, as it had left many thousands 
of others, in poverty, and at the time 
that paralysis overtook him he was recov¬ 
ering in a measure from the disasters of 
that conflict. 
Mr. Clay has four daughters. The eldest 
is Mary, and the youngest Miss Elodie, 
Virginia and Susie coming in between. 
The youngest was a clerk in the Post Office. 
The eldest devoted her entire time to tak¬ 
ing care of her father. Mr. Clay had been 
given up by the physicians, who said he 
had only a few days to live. Miss Mary, 
who herself was an invalid, tried massage 
and all the advanced methods of treatment. 
She made a study of the subject and de¬ 
voted herself entirely to her father. The 
result has been that Mr. Clay has partially 
recovered from the effects of the stroke. He 
is able to walk around and to understand 
what is said to him, although he cannot 
write or speak. Yet the gilds manage to 
understand what he desires them to do. It 
is a remarkable fact that when Miss Mary 
began to nurse her father she was herself an 
invalid and a very slim, delicate girl. The 
results of the four years’ care have been that 
she is now robust and in better health than 
she ever was in her life before. The two 
girls, Virginia and Susie, bravely took 
charge of the paper. Miss Virginia had 
some trouble with the employee s at first, 
who thought that they ccnld do as they 
pleased now that a y< urg girl was at the 
head of affairs, but si e speedily brought 
order out of chaos. One re mark that she 
made will illust rate he r energetic qualities. 
One of the employees had said that Susie 
was a printer’s devil, and tl is remark gave 
great offence to Miss Susie. Miss Virginia 
blazed out at the person who made this re¬ 
mark: 
“ You will have to treat Miss Susie with 
respect,” she saiel. “I wart you founder- 
stand that I am the devil in this office, and 
so you can govern yourselves accordingly.” 
She promptly discharged those who were 
rebellious, reorganized the office, did every¬ 
thing from writing the who’e paper some¬ 
times to setting type, »u.d when that was 
done went out as e Hector, and gathered in 
the shekels due. As collector Miss Virginia 
was a great success, and those who met the 
charming young women in Detroit will 
understand the difficulty a man would 
have in refusing to pay a hill that was due. 
She collected debts that no man could have 
collected, and she and her sister have made 
a great success of the Huntsville Democrat. 
Personally Miss Virginia Clay is a hand¬ 
some, tall, and rather slim girl. In conver¬ 
sation she can more than hold her own in 
any company, and all in all she is an excel¬ 
lent example of what the ladies of the new 
South can do when they try. 
Women who have entered th? field of 
journalism generally succeed. A number 
of our daily papers employ women report¬ 
ers and their work invariably gives satis¬ 
faction. Mrs. Frank Leslie is an example 
of what a woman can do when she deter¬ 
mines to succeed and gives her energies to 
her labors. 
Dress, a magazine published in the in¬ 
terest of women’s proper mode of dressing, 
is published by a woman—Mrs. Annie 
Jeuness-Miller. 
The Young Idea, of Boston, is edited 
aud published by a youg woman—Miss 
Charlotte II. Allen. 
The Woman’s Journal, of Boston, is de¬ 
voted to women and their work. Lucy 
Stone and Alice Stone Blackwell are'two 
of its editors. 
Mrs. Benedict, who edits a department 
in the Philadelphia Item, also conducts a 
paper called, Mrs. Benedict’s Fashion 
Journal. 
Miss Mary F. Seymour, who is a teacher 
of stenography and typewriting in New 
York, is publishing The Business Woman’s 
Journal. It is devoted to things which di¬ 
rectly interest the business woman. It is 
a bi-monthly. 
Many more women who are successful in 
newspaper work might be mentioned did 
time and space permit. d. h. v. o. 
C ERISE says that the white of an egg 
is her shoe polish. The effect is good 
without damaging results. 
Mary B. rubs her fine kid shoes with 
vaseline and says it is especially valuable 
for softening the leather after it has been 
wet and has dried. 
A CHANGE. 
T OMATOES sliced rather thick, dipped 
in thin egg batter and then fried, 
are liked as a breakfast dish. 
Cut bananas in two lengthwise and fry 
in a very little butter. Serve hot with beef¬ 
steak for breakfast. 
SWEET TOMATO PICKLES. 
One peck of green tomatoes sliced thin 
without peeling. Mix a small bowl of salt 
with the tomatoes and let stand over-night. 
In the morning heat to boiling two quarts 
of vinegar, a pint of sugar, two table-spoon¬ 
fuls of ground mustard, two small table¬ 
spoonfuls of black pepper, one of allspice 
and one of cloves. Slice thin 10 medium¬ 
sized onions. Drain the liquid from the 
tomatoes. Put tomatoes aud onions into 
the hot vinegar and simmer until the to¬ 
matoes are tender. Put into cans and screw 
on the tops while hot. 
MRS. JOHN A. VOORIIIS. 
A good round steak—it must be from 
the top round and at the thickest part—is 
a most economical cut, and when well 
cooked and served immediately, it will be 
found juicy and of good flavor. 
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