There should be a cupboard in each house containing simple remedies for wounds, burns, and cuts, and simple drugs for immediate need; also some lint, linen bandage material, and a pair of sharp scissors with blunt points. This cupboard should, however, be placed beyond the reach of little children.
The little wooden rollers round which unmounted photographs are sent out are valuable for preservation of face-veils. When these are taken off, they should at once be rolled round one of these smooth rollers in order to preserve the shape.
If you wish to keep the feathers of any bird that has been shot, be sure and cut off the ends of each quill before you use it, as that contains matter which decomposes.
[A GAME OF MEMORY.]
“Let me teach you another game,” said Aunt Louie, “and it shall be a game of memory.”
“I hope it is not a dreadful game of forfeits,” cried Carrie.
“Well, for a lapse of memory you forfeit your seat and descend to a lowly one on the floor.”
“Just this amendment I must plead: mothers must be exempted from penalties,” said I, “and may remain in their easy-chairs.”