THE CLOTHES-BRUSH

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8212, 16 August 1906, Page 3

THE CLOTHES-BRUSH

' The brushing ofdusty clothes in ttie liviug-roouiß of the household is, says the "Lancet," opposed to cleanly sentiment, apart altogether from the evil to health which, as the bacteriology of d"st distinotly indicates, might easily be caused by the " process. The imagination does not j require to be stretched veiy far to j realise that the olotbes-brusli might j be easily responsible for the disse- j minaton of disease. Dust is rarely. | if ever, free from micro-organisms, and amongst them pathogenic entities have been recognised. The clothes-brush is a vigorous dust producing agent, and since its application is indispensible it should be used in a manner as far as possible consistent with hygienic require ments. Clothes, of course, must be brushed juat aa carpets must be beaten, but both processes create a nuisance which js different not in kind but only lu deg-ee. Just, therefore, as there are grounds reserved for th« beating of uarpets, remote, as they should bo, from human habitation, so also ought there to be in a household conducted on hygienic lines a special room relegated to the brushiug of clothes. Jdnthußiastio sanitary reformers would,no doubt, suggest that provision o.ight also be made for trapping the dust by some such simple ' measure aa suspending a damp sheet across the room. The daily clothes have largo capacity for dust which may contain the seeds of a common ■cold or even of blood poisoning, and the suggestion tuat the clothesbrush should be handled with some •care can hardly bo regarded as ohimeiical. J»JN THIS UP IN THE KITCHEN. Here is a cookery time table which should be invaluable to a cook: Vegetables. String beans: One and a half to two hours. Cauliflower: Fifteen to twenty minutes. Cabbage (new): Tnirty to fortyjflve minutes. Carrots: Thirty to sixty minutes Onions: Thirty-five to forty five ■minutes Peas: Fifteen to twenty minutes. Potatoes (boiled): Twenty to thirty minutes. Turnips: Ttiirty-five to fifty minutes. Cake 3 and Pastry. Sponge bake: Sixty [to seventyfive minutes. Plain cake: An hour and a half £o two hours. Ginger bread: Twenty to thirty minutes. Tapioca or rice pudding: One hoar. IVHY CHILDREN SOMETIMES APPEAR TO BE,4'JBAD." A large amount of 00-callel •naughtiness among children may be :accounted for upon grounds which -quite exclude the desirability* of punishment for its correction, says -a writer in the Loudon "Lancet." It may be due to'the fact that the child has had insufficient sleep or is overtired after a long day's exoitement. Children may be restless or restive as the direct reSult of baing undertired; they may have been confined at home for the whole day long owing to the inclemenoy of the weather, and as a oonsequence the only apparent outlet for their restrained physical energy is found by annoyihg those who have charge of them. There are also some cases in which an incipient physical or mental disorder may manifest itself by symp toms which very Btrongly resemble wilful perversity unless the possibility of the onset of an illness is borne in mind. It is notorious that ill-timed punishment in these cases at {[times has preoipitated a severe attack. Stuttering and shyness are also likely to be aggravated by being noticed. A deaf child i 9 often inattentive and has been occasionally Glassed among'the mentally defective. It has been said that many children are punished for the faults of their teachers; this is undoubtedly true when such faults exhibit themselves continually close atmosphere in the schoolroom or a prolonged strained and cramped attitude of the pupil's body while he is seated at work. Frequent periods of Jexeroise in the open air are essential in order to arouse the circulation and to stimulate the mind, if a mischievous disposition is to be combated. WHY CABBY WEPT. A cabman once drove a lady and her little girl from Eusfcon to Charing Cross. On' the way a particle of dust) tered the eye of the driver, causing him considerable annoyance. On arriving at their destination the lady gave the just the bare fare, and then, this the first opportunity the oabman had, he took out his handkorohief and attempted to extract the cause of bis pain. The little girl, perceiving this, spoke a few words to her mother, and tben ran back to the Jehu, saying: "Please, cabby, mother says you are not to cry; here is another sixpence." WHEN MELBA BLUSHED. Mme. Melba went into the showrooms of one of the best-known piano making firms of Paris, a firm which had done homage to her greatness fcy at one time and another presenting her with two instruments, and aßked to see some pianos with a view to purchasing one. "What name, please?" said the local manager. "Mme. Melba," "Do you live here?" "No. Don't you know my name?" "Never heard it." "Perhaps you know that gentleman" (pointing to a photograph of Kubelik). "Ob, yes. He is a great artist." Ketreat of Madame Melba.