Show tiie the thriftless wife the the ibe discomfort oftie poor mans home lome la is often orten the thriftless wife wile the above sentence from the deeply interest in ing sketch of cox X 11 has awakened a train of thought that with your permission editors Edi edl tora tong I 1 will transfer to the HERALD the observation of many years has convinced me that two causes operate largely in pro thriftless wives false respectability I 1 and actual ignorance of economy where are these false views obtained many of them in our own kitchen A large proportion of the wives of poor nien men have been servants in tb the e families of the wealthy and medium classes and have passed parsed to the bridal hour utterly unprepared for the stations in which the they y were to be placed they have attached great importance to dress hence their wages were atre expended for external adornment and the economy necessary for the poor mans wife was not learned As we look at the utter wretchedness of many families induced by false views may we not exclaim we are verily guilty respecting our sisters in that we saw the future that awaited d them and failed to give this suitable sui tible ade adl advice vice and instruction let ilet me mention an instance or two that show the beneficial effects of such instruction A bright eyed rosy cheeked checked girl once oace expressed great astonishment at seeing the lady with whom she lived mending a calico dress why mrs M do you mend such old thin things 89 to be sure ido lao dorot you no indeed with a toss of her head you wont find many poor people that would mend the thae like of that the next day mrs al found apiece of chris old dress used for scouring brass though ample materials were provided for tor such purposes the poor girl was miserably destitute of useful garments while every penny pendy of her avva wages was expended for klimsey articles that were showy and fashionable it required many weeks w e aks of patient effort ef dort fort to convince chrissy that she would be more truly respectable by dressing according to her station and means than by bk aping r the wealthy betat length right impressions were received and the work of economy commenced appropriate purchases were made ind and chrissos Chris resources husbanded hus banded with care here are two old calicoes cali coes birs JM rsM M that I 1 cant wear any more what shall I 1 do with them the best bread breadths thi well weil take for a quilted skirt and add make an apron or two beside stor stop chrissy dont thaw that waist away it must be carefully ripped ripped heres a box for the hooks ho and eyes an and the cord can be sewed together to use again P well if that dont beat all and cord is only a penny aroll a roll never mind you must save safe it ten pennies make a dime ten dimes a dollar and with a dollar you you can buy a new dress dressy A bright flash passed over her speaking in face the idea was perfectly novel this waist lining you fotr see is perfectly good od if starched and ironed it still do for a new calico here are some pieces that you opan quilt for holders want them when you get married 11 what a merry laugh only fifteen and how bow her lier black eyes sparkled 16 last st of all here is a r rag ag bag for the oldest pieces 4 when you go t to 1 housekeeping in use keeping you can buy tin pans p an sto to bake balce your bread in from the ton contents tents of the raba ra ragbag magbag ba ap yearb years passe passed d rapidly in due time chrissy narried a widower with two children daring darlng a visit lo 10 mrs M she described her snug home told how nicely she fitted up the little girls geis with their others mothers ili iii old dresses how hgr her husband husban praised her econom economy and good housekeeping ahen rhe n with a sudden burst of or feeling she caught mrs bf s hand band and kiss kissing ing it exclaim ni ed edI edl cli owe jt it all to you ive told mylius mchusband my husband band so soa boa a hondred holdred times I 1 can never thank you enough for giving me rig rio night right alt views of life and teaching me c e cod coo omy il another instance more afore than twenty years have hai e passed since aa ervant girl married and left lefi a home where chere she had hai been taught fruza frugality lity and conformity confor i mity to her station come with me to a neat parlor in her eastern home it eshand is hand diomely domel not extravagantly furnished ld the two young youn ladies go 89 graceful and axed are the daughters of the former servant girl there is no silly blush of shame as their mother refers to days of service and tells of the industry and economy that secured their present ample means ve we own this house have two more up town that are rented and my husband has a good business besides ile lle was a aray dray drayman mari mart when she married him hlila lk l K in cleveland herald PRESSING dressig G SKINS fon FOR rone ronn r SADiL SADDLES rs AND MATS A coi cok correspondent respondent requests us to give him film information formation concerning the method of dressing skins with the hair on it differs but little in principle pia pla from that of tanning them for leather fi in preparing a skins kins for leather they have llave to be deprived of their thir hair either by sweating or liming this tilis process is dispensed with in preparing robe robes 3 tile fresh skins skills if they have to stand for some time before they can b be e treated are first steeped in a brine of common salt then lifted out of the brine and aud laid over arabie arable a or bench with the hairy side clown downward ward all the fleshy parts scraped oft off clean with a knife and aud the ragged edges cut off and trimmed they are now ready for undergoing the preserving operations if they are clean white sheep cheep skins intended for seats saddles or mats they are steeped in a solution of alum for several days from three to six then their lifted out nailed on racks to stretch them to their fullest extent and dried in the air they are now ready read for use tile the strength th of the alum alum solution employed should be at the rate of one pound of alum to every four pounds of skills skins the alum being dissolved jn sufficient quantity to cover tile the skins skills calf dalf dog or other skins skills designed for robes are prepared ina lna in a different manner after having all ail the shy parts removed as heretofore described they are steeped in a bath of oak bar barl or sumac or blackberry wood liquor me aln ain alum alu in solution A peck of ground ba k balk baik is sufficient for tanning twenty pounds of elkins it will vill bequir require e twenty pound of american sumac or the ibe same amount of young blackberry bushes to effect tile the sarti salo object these are boiled in a close vessel about three hours in water to extract the tho their li strength then mixed with sufficient cold water to cover the tha skins in two tivo separate baths or else boiled af at two several times three pounds of dissolved alum are also aiso aso placed in e ach each bath when they arb are ready for flie file he skins these are all placed in one of the baths at tit oile one time and allowed to remain for three days being turned inthe luthe in the interim ever every y succeeding day and then lifted out dripped a and placed in the tile fresh bath where they undergo similar operations during the next three days glays they are again lifted out nailed on racks dried in the open air and are then fit for use skills skins are composed mostly of gelatine gel gei atine atins which is very liable to decompose by exposure to moisture and the atmosphere to preserve them hes hey they are brought into chemical union with some substance or substances so as to form forni all an insoluble compound an acid in oak bark willow sumac and hemlock has lias been used from time immemorial as chemical the agent to form an insoluble compound with the gelatine gela geia tine of the by tile the process called tanning any other chemical sab stance that will produce the tile same effect inay may ba be used for tiie llie lie lle same bame object and hence alum which i is a colorless substance is employed for this purpose for white skins ekins robes of skins require to be more elastic and soft than leather jeather hence they are not submit submitted subrai ted ed to tile tiie tanning processes for such a long iong period young blackberry bushes impart to tile the ekins greater softness than oak or sumac liquors to preserve skia skin robes from the attacks of insects they should be submitted to 9 0 sight smoking in in a smokehouse smoke house bouse aud dud then hung up iu in the v md for fora a few days afterwards Oter wards if I 1 found lound to be a little too hard when dried they should be beaten with pith rods until they thelara ere are quite soft by attending to these directions carefully persons living ill in tile the country may prepare their own skins with no more apparatus than a barrel barrei a table and a kettle hettle scientific american |