What’s in Mrs. Hale’s Receipts for the Million 1857? Receipt 1941- To Purify Stagnant Water –One part of chalk and two of alum will speedily purify stagnant water, and four parts of animal carbon and one of alum are sufficient to purify a thousands parts of muddy river water. Visiting Mission Houses Museum again, I [...]
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Water of Life
Posted in Hawaii nei, tagged 19th century foodways, filtering water, historical places in Honolulu, Honolulu maritime, Mrs. Hale's Receipts for the Million, researching history on September 11, 2009 | 1 Comment »
ABC’s and Writing
Posted in Hawaii nei, tagged 19th century Hawaii, Early Hawaii, early schools, folkways, Hawaii Writers Conference, Hawaiian ABCs, historical essays, history, Mrs. Hale's Receipts for the Million, Pacific NW schools, researching history, teaching children to write, writing, writing about history, writing on recycled paper on September 4, 2009 | 1 Comment »
What’s in Mrs.Hale’s receipts for the Million 1857? If you have children who are learning to write, buy coarse white paper by the quantity, and keep it locked up, ready to be made into writing-books. It does not cost half so much as it does to buy them at the stationer’s. Mrs. Hale understood the [...]
Paradise Found
Posted in Hawaii nei, tagged historical fiction, Iolani Palace, Mrs. Hale's Receipts for the Million, researching history, Waikiki, writing, Writing Hawaii in 19th century on August 28, 2009 | 2 Comments »
What’s in Mrs. Hale’s Receipts for the Million 1857? To extract grease from clothes scrape off all the grease that you can with a knife; then lay over the spot a thick brown paper and press it with a warm iron. The only grease I’ve had to contend with the last twenty four hours was [...]
Walking History and the Relief of Feet
Posted in Hawaii nei, tagged care of feet, Early Hawaii, historical fiction, historical places in Honolulu, Honolulu maritime, Mission Houses, Mrs. Hale's Receipts for the Million, researching history, stockings, wearing the right shoes, writing on August 22, 2009 | 2 Comments »
What’s in Mrs. Hale’s Receipts for the Million 1857? 957. The Feet– Should be washed in cold water very morning, and wiped very dry. Stockings, if too small, cripple the feet as surely as small shoes. Always be careful to get the foot room enough, and you will be rarely trouble with corns. I’ve been [...]
