Mary van Meter Grice Leads Mothers and Children's Building
The Jamestown exposition showcases a unique Mothers and Children's building directed by Mrs. Mary van Meter Grice of Philadelphia. The facility offers day nursery kindergarten play room and pure food lunch for children with seven attendants and a separate mothers section plus reading rest and assembly rooms. Daily expert talks and state president led observances fill the schedule while Mrs. Grice’s quiet leadership highlights self sacrifice and devoted service.
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National Congress of Mothers
Mary van Meter Grice
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Make Yourself Comfortable at Work and Sewing Nerves
The article urges comfort to prevent nerve storms, advising practical steps for home workers. It recommends ignoring unattainable goals, exercising or singing, and organizing the sewing area with a simple two-board sewing screen to keep tools in place and reduce irritation.
The Ordinary Woman Heroine of Quiet Years
A concise portrait introduces a modest heroine who never left home yet showed steadfast devotion. She never sought fame yet quietly cared for ailing loved ones, nursing them through poverty and years of illness with patience and resolve.
Washing Embroidered Pieces Care Guide
Embroidered textiles should not be washed with regular laundry. Use pure white soap in cool water, rub lightly, rinse in multiple waters, and press between linen cloths. Iron on a thick soft flannel board with a white muslin cover to avoid scorching.
Proper Nurse Care and Patient Comfort
Advice stresses calm leadership for nurses with adequate food and rest. It urges kindness and tenderness to aid recovery, warns against overwhelming patients, and notes open fireplaces aid ventilation. It suggests testing airflow by burning paper in front of a patient room.
How to restore color to mahogany with a home prep
A home method uses alkanet root linseed oil and gum arabic with shellac varnish. Mix alkanet in oil for a week then add gum arabic and varnish, let stand another week, strain. Apply to wood after washing and drying, then polish with wool or chamois.
Sowing Seeds In Open Ground For Late Flowers
Sowing may occur every two to three weeks from early May to mid June for late flower varieties. Use rich crumbly soil with wood ash soot or lime dusted in rows to prevent disease. Cover with thin muslin on stakes to prevent soil baking and keep ground lightly stirred without harming surface roots.
Peel-Left-On Potatoes For Easy Boiling Guide
Wash potatoes thoroughly and remove a narrow ring of skin from top to bottom leaving the sides covered. Boil or steam until cooked then peel the remaining skin easily. This method minimizes waste preserves nourishment and eliminates the paring hassle.
Embroidered Corset Covers From Dotted Swiss Lingerie
A guide to simple yet attractive corset covers using dotted swiss fabric. Learn to create a back opening or front round design with surplice back pieces, satin stitch dots, mercerized cottons, and pale color options. Finish with lace beading, valenciennes lace edging, and ribbon accents for a dainty, affordable lingerie item.
Nature Heals Wounds Best Says Mother's Magazine
Advice warns against useless remedies and overhandling of wounds. For clean cuts keep dressings simple and avoid infection. When pain relief is needed especially for children, a carbolic acid camphor salve mixed with sweet oil is suggested, stored in a corked bottle for ready use.
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Mother's Magazine
Simple Home Remedies From Old Notes
A tiny lip sore should be powdered with toracic acid and kept covered until it heals. A red nose benefits from very hot baths twice daily and thorough drying. Olive oil relieves irritation on skin. Eczema fades with cold weather when treated properly. A corn responds to a vinegar bread poultice, applied overnight until it drops out. After dirty work rub grease into hands, then wash. Mut ton fat helps.
Staining Floors With Potash Solution And Permanganate
A simple method advises brushing a weak glue and water mix onto a dry floor, then applying a solution of two ounces permanganate of potash in half an ounce? gallons of boiling water. If color is light, repeat the coat, dry thoroughly, and finish with beeswax and turpentine polish.
Carefully Chosen Handy Pins Elevate Dress Charm
The piece argues for selecting collar pins and cuff pins with care to enhance color, add individuality, and elevate a dress or hat, noting that well chosen small accessories can greatly surpass their cost in impact.
New Ironing Boards End Feature Speeds Laundress Work
A simple zinc covered end on ironing boards with raised edges guards three sides as an iron stand, reducing the need to lift the iron during long days of laundering. This small improvement endures through the final stretch of hard work.
Tips for improving vinegar and kitchen cleanliness
To improve flat cider vinegar add a level tablespoon of cream of tartar per gallon and let stand three to four weeks. Let cooled water from boiled cabbage or onions drain away to avoid kitchen odor. Remove pan from heat to prevent lumps when stirring gravy.
Sewing Tips and Kids Clothing Materials From Old Guide
The article describes sewing methods for lace insertions with machine baste and edge stitching, cutting and turning edges, and finishing bloomer trousers without knee rubber using a narrow band and lining. It notes bearskin and animal plushes as winter coat materials for children two to four years, highlighting bearskin’s color variety.
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