MOTHERS' PAGE.

Oxford Observer, Volume I, Issue 1, 17 August 1889, Page 3

MOTHERS' PAGE.

EDITED BT "MOTHERS' HELP." The Lady Editor would like to be a help; to the mothers and daughters of the dis-; trict, but more especially to the mother's,; and invites them to write to her for anything : they may wish to know. She will endeavor; to give them the best answers to their; questions, and, m return, would be glad to ; receive any :suggestious, good recipes for cookery, needlework, or otherwise, that ; they think will be useful to their friends ; and neighbors. All correspondence to be addressed to "Mother's Help, * Observer"* Office, East Oxford." Mrs Hamilton, m her " Cottagers of Glenburnie," gives three simple rules for the regulation of domestic affairs, which deserve to be remembered, and which would, if carried into practice, be the means of saving time, labor, and patience, and of making every house a "well-ordered" one. They are as follows : — 1. Do everything m its proper time. 2. Keep everything to its proper use. 8. Put everything m its proper place. An ever-dirty hearth, and a grate choked with cinder and ashes, are infaUible evidences of bad housekeeping. If you have a garden do not throw away soapsuds ; both ashes and soapsuds are good manure for bushes and young plants. Woollen clothes should be washed m very hot suds, and not rinsed ; lukewarm water shrinks them. Mildewed linen may be restored by soaping the spots while wet, covering them with fine chalk scraped to powder, and rubbing it well m. Maxims. A blunt knive shows a dull wife. A bad broom leaves a dirty room. A husband's wrath spoils the best broth. A wife's art is displayed m a table well laid. Dinner to a minute, and all ready to begin it. A waiting appetite kindles many a spite.