. Home and health; a household manual containing two thousand recipes and helpful suggestions on the building and care of the home in harmony with sanitory laws .. . e head before takinga full bath. 6. At the close of a warm or a hot bath, turn on thecold water, cooling the bath gradually, thus closing thepores and lessening the liability of taking cold. Thismethod of cooling is better than a cold shower, pouring,or a plunge, as it does not cause such a sudden shock. A GOOD BATH POWDER A delightful bath powder, and one that will relieveexcessive perspiration, is made by the following recipe:Po
. Home and health; a household manual containing two thousand recipes and helpful suggestions on the building and care of the home in harmony with sanitory laws .. . e head before takinga full bath. 6. At the close of a warm or a hot bath, turn on thecold water, cooling the bath gradually, thus closing thepores and lessening the liability of taking cold. Thismethod of cooling is better than a cold shower, pouring,or a plunge, as it does not cause such a sudden shock. A GOOD BATH POWDER A delightful bath powder, and one that will relieveexcessive perspiration, is made by the following recipe:Powdered starch, eight ounces; powdered orris-root, twoounces; camphor, one dram. Reduce to a powder, andput in small cheese-cloth bags. A BECIPE FOR A DAY Take a little dash of water cold. And a little leaven of a little bit of morning gold. Dissolved in the morning to your meal some merriment. And a thought for kith and then, as your prime ingredient, A plenty of work thrown spice it all with the essence of love. And a little whiff of play;Let the wise old Book, and a glance above. Complete the well-made day. —Amos R. Wells. OPEN THE DOOR Open the door, let in the sun;He hath a smile for every one;He hath made of the rain-drops gold and gems,—He may change our tears to diadems,—Open the door. Come out in the sunshine. 0 gather its wealth !Theres joy in the sunshine, and beauty, and stay in the shadow? Why weep in the gloom?Come out in the sunshine, and let your soul bloom. The sun is Gods greatest agent for giving life andhealth and beauty. He paints the skies, the leaves, andthe flowers, and under his genial rays all nature and shrubs grown on the shady side of the houseare weak and sickly. They soon wither and die in adarkened room. Vegetables often sprout in a cellar, buttheir white, sickly-looking shoots will run many feettow^ard a crack or knot-hole, and the first tint of greenis taken on when they reach the
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