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THE

HOUSEHOLD-"Supplement.

 

 

ONE DA Y.
The ﬁre to kindle, the table to set,
The coffee to make, the breakfast to get.
The dishes to wash, the ﬂoor to sweep,
A watchful eye on the children to keep,
And -there's the baby crying!

The baby to wash and dress and feed,

The cows and pigs attention need;

The beds to make. the cheese to turn,

The chickens to feed, the milk to churn,
And—th ere’s the baby crying!

The baby to quiet, the table to set,
The meat to roast, the dinner to get,
The dishes to wash, the pies to bake,
The ironing then my time will take,
And-there‘s the baby crying!

The baby to rock and put to bed.
The little chickens again to be fed;
The cows to milk, the table to set,
The kettle to boil, the supper to get.
And—there‘s the baby crying!

The baby to soothe ere supper i eat.
The dishes to wash, the room to make neat;
Then down to the basket of mending I sit,
Attention divided 'tween baby and it,

For there‘s the baby crying!

God grant me strenglh and patience to hear
The every day round of household care;
To govern my kingdom in love and peace,
Until my rule with death shall cease.

And I at rest am lying.

 

CHILDREN'S CLOTHES.

 

Ginghams promise to be the favorite
everyday wear for little girls from three
to seven years of age. They are worn
over guimpes of white nainsook and do
not differ very materially from these de-
scribed last spring. They are out half-
low in the neck, round or square, and
without sleeves, the neck and armholes
being ﬁnished with a friil of embroidery
about two inches wide, or a frill of the
gingham with its edge buttonholed in
scallops. A sash of white nainsook to
match the guimpe is worn around the waist ;
it is three-elghths wide and laid in folds in
front and tied at the back in loops and
ends. A more elaborate dress has a round
waist laid in half inch box pleats, the
half-low square neck having a space of
two inches left plain as straps on the
shoulders. The neck is trimmed all round
with turned over revers, buttonboled in
inch squares. The skirt is of three full
breadths, edged with the embroidered
squares and a ruﬂie falling below them.
The guimpe has very full sleeves, and is
tucked or feather-stitched. White dresses

have belts of white beading through which
ribbons are drawn, and a row of beading
inserted above the hem. (This beading is

bars in parallel lines, and is used like in-

sertion.) Dark ginghams are trimmed

with white lecules braid, put on in rows
ending in points on which three small pearl
buttons are set. Best frocks are of the
cheap washing silks, ﬁgured, with sash of
a plain color which harmonizes. The
skirts have two narrow ruﬂies round the
bottom; and the gulmpe is of ﬁnest naln-
sook with puffs and insertion.

Older girls will wear “ shirt suits,”
which have a skirt and sleeveless jacket of
cashmere or other wool goods, and a shirt-
waist of wash silk. This shirt waist has a
shallow pointed yoke stitched on smoothly,
the stripes meeting in V’s at the back, and
the front points ending in a line from the
top of the shoulder seams, leaving all the
fullness between gathered just below the
neck. The sleeves are full, and gathered
to deep cuffs; there is a drawing string at
the waist, the edges below being slipped
under the skirt. The plain straight skirt
is gathered to a stiffened belt covered with
moire ribbon, two inches wide, with loops
and ends at the back. This makes a pretty
house dress; for street wear is added a
sleeveless jacket of skirt material, like the
“blazers ” of last year, which is edged
with a very narrow passementerie, or a
silk cord. The wash silk is best liked in
stripes. Tennis and outing ﬂannel will be
made in these short suits, with laced
corselets, and blazer cut longer than last
season’s patterns.

Plaid and striped ginghams will be cut
bias throughout. Waists will be high and
plain on the shoulders and gathered to a
belt; others will have fullness gathered on
thick cords drawn across from armhole to
armhole. Other waists are shirred at the
armhoies and the fullness drawn into ruf-
ﬂes down the front. Skirts are plain and
straight, cut to the tops of the high shor s.

Eighteen-months old boys are permittid
to leave yoke slips to their sisters. ard
wear suits with waist and skirt in one, the
fulness laid in three box pleatsin frontard
back, with coat sleeves and awide belt
that crosses the back only. The pleats
pleats are held as low as the hips, then left
loose. Gingham, cheviot and chambery
suits for the two and three year olds have
high round waists which are as wide at
the waist as at the shoulders; the skirt, of
two breadths, is gathered or pleated to the
corded edge of the waist; there are coat

a V which is ﬁlled with a shirt-like front of

white nainsook having a box pleat down

the centre and ﬁne tucks each side. Along

the V space is a revers which begins at the

wait in a point and widens to the shoulders,

forming a sailor collar at the back; this is

edged with narrow white embroidery.

The four year olds are advanced to the

dignity of jackets, kilts and shirt waists.

The kilt has three breadths of thirty-inch

goods with a broad box pleat in front and

four side pleats on each side meeting in the
back; these pleats are stitched twice across
the top and have an inside belt with but-
tonholes in it. The cambric shirt waist
comes two inches below the waist, is laid
in ﬁve inch-wide box pleats front and back;
and has a cambric belt with buttons to meet
the buttonholes in the silt; cuiis and round
collar of the doubled cambric, the shirt
collar being worn outside the jacket, which
buttons only at the throat and is sloped
away with square corners, and a wide back
out in four square tabs. It is edged all
round with inch wide braid. There are
little trousers-like the suit worn under the
kilt, which must conceal them. The
fashionable colors for these suits are drab,
tan and light ecru, though none are as ser-
viceable as the long popular navy blue.

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DICTIONARY STUDY.

 

Everybody, nowadays, is interested in
what many term “these new pronuncia-
tions ” when, by consulting the dictionary,
they ﬁnd that they are not new at all.
Realizing this, I some months since com-
menced a consecutive study of the Una-
bridged, and have found it a most in
teresting pastime, more bewitchir- g than
any story, leading one on and on, because
there is no real “stopping place.” I ﬁnd
myself unwilling to put it aside and
always eager to begin again, so what I
commenced as work I have continued as
pleasure. When Mrs. Partington told of
reading the dictionary as an ordinary
book, she complained that she “couldn't
get the run of the story ” and therein lies
its chief charm as a study. No matter
where we stop there are no broken threads
of romance to gather up when next we
begin, and tor that reason it is the most
convenient kind of “ catch up ” work, for
even if but one column is gone through at
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2 THE HOUSEHOLD.

 

every time. and as one of Noyes’ improved
was among my Christmas gifts I have
learned to appreciate it at its full value.
My pencil and paper marks my “place”
in the book and every; word that I would
ﬁnd in ordinary or Chautauqua reading is
written out with its proper marks of accent,
unless I had been accustomed to the proper
pronunciation, for writing any thing usually
ﬁxes it in my mind. In some letters I
found but few words and in others the
number was surprisingly large. The
most common error is in accentin g the
wrong syllable, and I believe many well
read people would ﬁnd something to sur-
prise them if they made a thorough study
of that valuable book. Many words that I
did not suppose were dictionary words are
found therein, and if one also takes time to
read the deﬁnitions, the knowledge gained
is without limit.

After all this one will still make many
blunders in ordinary speech, partly from
old habits and partly because one small
head cannot carry all that is contained in
that large book; but very much of what
one learns will be retained and every word

' isa help toward the perfection which we

must make our loity aim, although never
expecting to attain thereto.

Much credit is due to the C. L. S. C. for
the more general diffusion of such knowl-
edge, and when one is called upon to act
as critic it is quite necessary to understand
the pronunciations, as there is then no op-
portunity for ”posting up.” The good
work extends indeﬁnitely beyond the mem-
bership of the Circles and proves that the
wcrld is moving on, and of this kind itcan
hardly be said tha “ much learning has
made us mad ” but rather that the more we
study the more we realize our ignorance.

Ronso. EL. SEE.

OVERLOOKING FAULTS .

 

In a recent letter from a friend, I ﬁnd
these words: “I wish my life were so
pure and good that I might help somebody,
by it, to see my Saviour better.” She
then asks, “ Did you read a certain article
in the Sunday School Times, on ‘ Overlook-
mg as ahelp toiight seeingt’” “In it,”
she says, “ the editor tells us ‘ that in order
to see the beauty of any landscape, we
must wisely overlook many unlovely pools,
heaps, and so forth; and that to see the
character of a friend in its perfection, we
must also overlook many faults,’ and
quotes Shakespeare’s Cassius as saying
‘You love me not.’ And Whtn Brutus
answers, ‘I do not like your faults,’ the
forceful suggestion of Cassius is, ‘ A
friendly eye could never see such faults.’
Happy are they who have friends with
this happy faculty of ‘overlooking ’ fully
developed.”

And I thought as I read, how true this
idea is, applied to almost everything. The
wise teacher does not notice every little act
of mischief her pupils do. The mother
who has the best success in training her
children, does not have a “don’t” for
every little thing a child may do, even if
she feels there are many things about him

this would liketo have different.

': 'And is“ not true too often that we let a

few faults in a person blind us to his or
her many good qualities. Is it right? Is
it doing as we would be done by? If we
hold a grain of sand near enough to the
eye, it will hide even the sun itself from
our view.

There is no person so perfect, but that if
one wishes to ﬁnd, and looks for defects,
his search will be rewarded. Let us who
are readers of the HOUSEHOLD resolve to
look over and beyond the faults and im-
perfections of our friends, and we will
surely ﬁnd much that isgcod in them.

I want to thank Beatrix and A. H. J.
for their articles in the HOUSEHOLD of
February 14th. All who are mothers of
young girls, or who havethe care of them,
cannot but feel the force of what Beatrix
writes. With A. H. J., Inke‘ to believe
“ that the years which take away so much
will leave us more;” and that the peace
“ which passeth all understanding,” and
which usually comes only to those who
have suffered, is worth more to us than
even youth and all its prospects.

HOMER. HARRIET.

STRIPE FOR A CARPET.

 

I have before me a number of HOUSE-
HOLDS of recent date, and on picking up
the ﬁrst one I see a letter from one who
describes herself as living in a log house,
and an invalid most of the time, yet com-
fortable and happy; and who observes
truly, that happiness lies not on the ex-
terior. In speaking of the little paper she
says " Husband says women are never sat-
isﬁed.” No, like Gentleman John, “We
ne’er see well what we’re standing on.”

Huldah Perkins should have attended
our Cobweb Social; they do say the face of
a ghost appeared at the window for an in
stant.

I hope Brue will not be as long in telling
us what she is going to do as Bruno was
in getting married, but I think her quite
right in stepping down and out on that
occasion.

I am sure Mrs. Fuller diagnomd the case
of my wax vine correctly, as in following
out her directions Ifound the dirt cold and
sodden clear through, caused no doubt by
too much water and leaving the window
open after the nights became cool. I had
two roots, one that ran up over the arch on
a rustic plant stand, four long vines went
the way of all living; the other, the larger
one of the two, is doing well, thanks to
Mrs. Fuller. ‘

I think our Editor had the best of it on
the subject of dress reform, as well as on
the question of woman’s rights. Woman
gaining the ballot box to the neglect of the
babies—heaven forbid!

I am glad to see Evangeline once more,
but where is Grandpa?

I am making rag carpet (rags now gone
to the weaver) and found a great help by
drawing off a plan for a stripe from a car-
pet that I admired very mueb. I cannot
make it just the same, but used it for a
guide; and as some Housnrronnnn may
like something of the kind I will send it.
It is a side stripe; the warp is a dark

 

brown, bought ready colored. Plain

 

stripe, brown, ﬁve inches wide; black,
ﬁve threads; red, nine threads, shaded;
green, six threads, shaded; dark calico,
six; orange, three; blue checked shitting,
three; indigo blue, four; lighter calico,
six. This makes a dark, handsome carpet.

If Constant Reader will dye carpet rags
turkey red with Perfection Dyes, strictly
following directions, I will wager my best
pair of shoes the color will last as long as
the carpet. In dyeing rags I know by ex-
perience that we are apt to try to dye too
much, for the amount of dye used, thereby
proving ourselves penny wise and pound
foolish. .

Is there any way that horns may be
polished at home, as I would like to polish
our old cow’s horns? Brass.

'—-———...-—_—

PHYSIOLOGY AND HYGIENE FOR
CHILDREN.

 

I am strongly of the opinion that among
the important things a child should be
taught are some of the simple truths of
physiology and hygiene. Of 'course this
knowledge can be but crude, yet it does-
nOt lessen its importance. Every child
should know the harm of eating much
candy and cake, of wet feet, of straining
the eyes, and the beneﬁt of cleanliness, of
regularity, of pure air, etc. The many
“ whys ” and “ hows” should be answered
to the child’s entire satisfaction, and al-
ways truthfully, lest later information
excite distrust, and what could be more
disastrous to the child's good?

At an early age the intelligent and in-
quisitive child will ask many questions
that are often avoided by saying “God‘
made all things.” Why stop here? Would
it not be well to refer to some plant, and
explain how it is that God makes things--
new things—plants and animals? This is
much better than to have an answer come.
from some ignorant and careless person.

Do not send a child too school to soon; it.
checks its development and wastes its-
energies. Up to the age of seveh or eight
years, the mother is the only right and
natural teacher, the only person ﬁtted to
direct the observation of her child, and ex-
plain the many problems that may arise in
its mind. Let me suggest that if physiolo-
gy is not a compulsory study in your
school, it maybe well to supply it, in some-
way, at home. There are several treatises
adapted to the young reader, but perhaps
an equally good way is to read some re-
liable work and give it second-hand with
simple explanations.

It is inﬁnitely important that every child!
have a fair knowledge of this subject be—
fore the marked growing period takes
place. No more can we expect to be
Christians without perusing our Bibles and
obeying the precepts there given, than we-
can expect our children to be healthy and
happy without knowing the natural laws-
that govern their own bodies. “Nature
is kind,” therefore let us obey her laws;
obey because nature’s laws are God’s laws,
and our well being always consists in
bringing ourselves in harmony with these

laws wherever found.
' AN OBSERVER.

 

 


 

 

 

THE HOUSEHOLD. 3

 

WHO HAS BEEN PRODUCTIVE OF
THE MOST PROFIT ON THE FARM
-MAN OR WOMAN?

 

[Address delivered by Mr. Chas. Baker at the
Graed Blane Farmers’ Club]

The settling of this question is a very
important matter and requires an abler
tongue than mine. It is a question which
has been troubling the world since the
beginning of time and comes down to us
undecided. I think it is well for us as
farmers that it is now brought forward;
and let us enter fully into the discussion

‘ which is to follow the reading of this paper

and once for all settle the point in question,
at least as far as this Club is concerned. It
is come to be considered Very polite, very
gallant, and quite the proper thing, if any-
thing of merit is accomplished on the farm
to say that a woman had a hand in it.
Why if a farmer makes a good horse trade
or happens to market the hogs at a lucky
time people will look very wise and say
“Well! he has a smart woman for his
wife; he can’t help but get along,” But
it is time we called ahalt, time to call a
spade a spade, and to speak the truth on
this question. Sir, it was a woman who
caused the downfall of the ﬁrst man, and
when they were driven from the garden
she immediately began to raise Gain in the
world; and sir, she has been raising cain
ever since. Look over the record of the
great crimes of the past. Women have
been the cause of ninety-nine out of every
one hundred of them. Are the women of
today any better than our grandmothers
were? Sir! I deny that women bring any
proﬁt to the farm, but as a rule, mind I
say as a rule and every rule has its except
tions, of course my wife is an exception
(I couldn’t coax her to stay at home to-
night), they are an immense item in the
expense account. It costs this nation
$8,000,000 annually for cosmetics alone, to
say nothing about bad hair, false teeth
and various other curious, costly, unmen-
tionable articles that enter into the struc-
ture of that being so fearfully and won
derfully made, called woman.

What does the modern woman do to
bring prosperity to the farm? She some-
times cooks the dinner, itis true, but if
you happen to be going to the Centre, or
are otherwise in a hurry, you are sure to
have to wait for that. Our grandmothers
used to make butter and cheese, but now
butter is made at the creamery and cheese

at the factory. Our grandmothers used-

their spare time in spinning and weaving
or making clothing for their families. But
now if a man needs a pair of overalls or a
new shirt he must buy it readymade or go
without; while the average woman spends
her time playing the piano, doing fancy
work, or discussing the hired girl question
with the neighbors. And she never thinks
of doing the washing or cleaning the house
without calling in the man to help. Just

. look over the splendid farms in our town-

ship which are owned and operated by men

I who have lived “in single blessedness ” all

their lives! See the well fenced, well
drained and well tilled ﬁelds, the ample
buildings, ﬁne stock, everything in apple-

 

pie order! Why it looks as though they
held the mortgages that their unfortunate
married brother farmers are obliged to
carry because of this terrible expense.
The cause of nearly all the failures among
farmers may be traced to the extravagance
of women, for when a woman makes up
her mind to have anything, well! you must
get it, that’s all.

“ Where is the man who has the power and skill
To stem the torrent of a woman’s will?
For if she will, she will, you may depend ou‘t,
And if she won‘t she won‘t, so there’s an end

on’t,
And when a lady's in the case
You know all other things give place.”

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HOW TO ENTERTAIN EASILY.

 

I feel quite an interest in the subject un-
der discussion—if discussion it can be
called where the discussing is all on one
side—and hope I may be allowed to come
to the defense of what some of you are
pleased to call “free entertainment.” We
are, or should be, sociable beings, being de—
pendent in such great measure on each
other.

If we, members of the HOUSEHOLD
band, could meet together and make each
others’ acquaintance, I am sure that any
one of us would be, not only willing, but
glad to welcome and entertain at least two
or three of the number. \Vhat is more
natural\ when people meet together from
different parts of the country to talk over
common interests, and to receive encour-
agement and instruction, than that the
strangers should be entertained, not
with “ continual feasting,” but with a
warm welcome, pleasant conversation and
something to eat and drink? "

D. E.'s experience was certainly exas-
perating, and—pardon me, I almost wanted
to say inexcusable—but is it not excep-
tional? Have had a little experience my-
self, and very pleasant it has been, almost
without an exception. We enjoy getting
acquainted with the people Whose interests,
for the time at least, are the same as our
own, even though it does make hard work.
But let me confess to D. E. that I am not.
and will not be so self-sacriﬁcing as to give
up the pleasure of the meetings myself that
I may prepare elaborate meals, but make
my preparations, and have every thing in
readiness for a meal that can be served
soon after reaching home, then go and en
joy myself with the rest. If the table is
is set for dinner, cold meat, sauce, pickles
and whatever you have baked, ready for
the table, potatoes pared and cut in small
pieces, or if there is no time to cook them,
there are nice ways of warming potatoes,
especially if one has plenty of cream-you
may have a dinner good enough for any-
body, almost ready. Aiter the meal is
ever take a clean tablecloth, shut your eyes
and spread it over the table, victuals and
all, and forget all about them until the
next session is over (after the ﬁrst two or
three times your conscience will not trouble
you much).

I think any one who attends a' conven-
tion for the sake of the convention will be
just as well pleased with such a dinner, and
would even prefer a nice little cold lunch,
to the thought that the hostess had been

 

deprived of the privilege of attending the
the meetings; and it would certainly be a '
wholesome experience for those who go
merely to “have a good time.” I see no
reason why those two girls should have
been allowed to upset D. E.’s arrange-
ments to such a degree, or why they should
not have been reminded that their hostess
would like to attend the convention, and
been requested to be ready at a certain
hour for breakfast. 5. J. B.
BURTON.

 

WOMAN IN PUBLIC LIFE.

“Can a woman successfully combine
home and public life?” Under these con-
ditions, Evangeline, I should say “ No3”
but have you not overdrawn the picture ‘a
little? I do not know of many farmers’
wives who have the privilege of working
with so many different organizations. Then
if all you say were true, where there is one
woman you would ﬁnd twenty men.
Why should not man begin to care for his
offspring and attend to the many little
cares while his wife is enj tying life and
improving her mind; as well as for her to
care for the farm and run the domestic ma-
chinery while her husband is attending the
midnight club, the many sessions of the
the Legislature, coming home singing
“Mary had a little lamb” with a rollitk-
in g step and very red eyes? If there are
women who neglect their household duties
in a measure to attend those uplifting, in-
spiring annual and semi annual conventions
led by gcdly women, I will show you
women who are better ﬁtted to cope with
their several duties. If it were wrong for
women to enter public work, certainly
they would not have been successful; but
success has crowned their efforts, and to-
day the destiny of this nation rests with
the women of this land. Men have too
long carried the scepter, until this nation
is one mass of corruption, boiling and
seething in its madness. There may be
examples of extreme cases, but I think not
many. A mother‘s heart calls after her
children and the home and in so many of
our many societies it tries to place that
thought uppermost in the minds of the
mothers, “Look after our girls,” “‘Look
after our boys.”

Surely this is an age of progress, when
women can come to the front, occupying
positions of honor and trust. Ladies, not
in fashions, but in those circles where in-
tellect and purity of heart are called into
requisition and will not children born of
such mothers in the next generation be-
come better citizens, better husbands and
wives through woman’s entering public
life? Srnanonn

WE are g'ad to welcome Bess again; she
has been long absent, but perhaps that new
carpet accounts for it. She sends us
samples of cotton dyed red, green and yel-
low with Perfection Dyes. They are hand‘
some colors, especially the green, the
brightest we have ever seen. Impaled
upon a pin, the samples ﬂutter in the
editorial window, ”to see it‘ they will
‘turn.”’

 


  
  
 

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
   
  
  
  
  
  
 
  
 
  
  
  
 
 
   
 
  
   
   
   
  
   
   
  
   
  
  
   
   
   
  
    
  
  
  
   
   
  
   
   
   
   
  
  
  
   
  
   
  
  
  
  
  
  
   
   
  
 
  
  
  
  
  
   
  
  

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GEN. SHERMAN’S FUNERAL.

 

After many days of clouds and rain the
8.1!) shone out and the temperature favored,
so that the funeral precession of General
Sherman which took place in this city last
Saturday as it was designed, marched into
history as a conspicuous and impressive
demonstration of respect for an honored
citizen being carried to his last resting
place. It was a strictly military funeral
under the direction of the Regular Army,
only a few civilians of the public service
besides the members of the Grand Army
forming any part of the procession. A few
gray-bearded veterans, companions of the
dead soldier, were regarded with great in-
terest. They were old men, and by this
we know that in a very few years we shall
have but a bare remnant of the great army
that preserved the Union.

The high and the low, the rich and the
poor, the honest man and the thief, the
soldier and the citizen alike turned their
attention to burying, or seeing buried, the
sturdy old warrior who “fought to win.”

Long before the arrival of the funeral
train the public buildings were draped in
the usual samples of cheap black calico,
ﬂags hung at half mast and hundreds of
men in military garb thronged the streets.
Veterans and sons of veterans—lads whose
fathers were never even drafted or heard a
gun of the rebellion, but who called them
selves sons of veterans, ﬂaunted their coat
tails round in the liveliest manner. At 11
a. m. all establishments were closed and
the employes permitted to “see the pro-
cession,” providing they could get a place
higher than anybody else. The streets
were lined on either side by crowds of
people. I don’t know that the feet of
either man or beast were muffled, but as
the procession passed along Grand Avenue
the tread of the slow moving troops on
horse and on foot was almost noiseless,
and to many it was no doubt the most im-
pressive event of their lifetime.

I was one of the disappointed throng;
not being legally entitled to a seat in the
fork of a tree with the small boy, and being
too modest to mount the fence or wall of a
private residence and not strong enough to
knock anybody off the church steps, I
therefore stood with the plebeian herd on
astreet corner alongside the irrepressible,
unimpressible vender of peanuts, popcorn
and oranges. As the caisson passed with
the coﬂin enveloped in ﬂags, and everybody
of good sense tried to feel solemn, this
beast roared out, “ Here’s your nice sweet
Florida oranges, six for a dime, twenty
cents a dozen.” Negroes and white men
and boys rushed back and forth as though
they were going to a dog ﬁght, almost
every one pufﬁng a cigarette. Oh, yes, the

“ American Hog ” was out. There were a
thousand of them. One said to another
while we waited, “ We’ve got plenty of
time, Colonel, to go and get a drink."
Pappas and mammas carried their infants
on their shoulders. A few brought the
child in its carriage that it might enjoy an
upset. An old lady stood near me With
tears in her eyes, explaining what she could
see as one who might have been familiar

with military pageants in stormy times.
Perhaps she had buried one of her own
with military honors. A very old man
in a suit of blue wearing aG. A. R badge,
hurried along the street sobbiJg. Ant t‘ier
carried a young child and he too wept
aloud. One woman exclaimed, " Why
they haven't played ‘ Marching Through
Georgia’ yeti” Another said, “ Why, they
play such slow music! ” When it was
over we all fought each other for room in
the street cars, and I went home with a
bad cold and a fresh hatred of men and
women who act like ﬁends when they
have a chance. There is a moral in this
event and these incidents, but I shall not
dig it out.

“ So when a great man dies,
For years beyond our ken,
The light he leaves behind him lies
Upon the paths of men."

DAE‘FODILLY.

W

PIES.

Why so many pies? They are not cos-
mopolitan, but more strictly speaking,
purely American. While I would not
care for the puddings as much as the
European people, and could stand afair
share of the many good pies of our northern
homes, yet I crave the fruits of sunny
lands. So o‘ten our young housekeepers
think they must take the dish of fresh
berries and sacriﬁce to this pampered idol
“ Pie," when the berries would have been
so delicious and refreshing, so much
healthier without the melted sugar, the
melted lard, and the sodden ﬂour. Too
many nowadays, even though they have
fruits after dinner, must sandwich in this
high pressure test on the delicate digestive
machinery, before they apply nature’s
health giving fruits.

But for the benefit of “ Jeb:" As this
is the dearth of the year, but the days of
fresh eggs and sweet new milk, therefore
we have custard pie: Four eggs; one quart
of milk; two spoonfuls of sugar; abit of
Silt and nutmeg, for a square tin as we
used to say; these thin round plate modern
custard pics are n g.

Cherry pie made with one cup of dried
cherries; one cup of sugar; one of sweet
cream, with or without upper crust, is very
nice. Prunes can be thoroughly cooked,
put through the colander and made wi h
fancy top, the same with cranberry, and
called tart pies. But in these early spring
days try an

Orange pudding: Peel and slice two
oranges, cover with a small cup of sugar;
boil three cups of sweet milk, three table-
spoonfuls of corn starch or ﬂour, the yolks
of two eggs, stir the oranges well ani pour
the cream over them, then beat the whites
of the eggs with a little sugar, spread over
the whole and set in the oven to brown
slightly; serve cold.

Rice pudding: One-half cup of washed
rice, a little salt, teaspoonful of butter,
small half cup of raisins—whole; small
half cup of sugar, some grated nutmeg, put
in a two quart basin of new milk; bake,
stirring occasionally until the consistency
of sweet cream; serve cold.

Mustard is very good made in this wise:

Sr. Lours.

 

 

One-third cup of best mustard; pour on

   

boiling water until it thickens, then add
tablesp )onful of sugar; teaspoonful of
black pepper; teaspoonful of salt and vine-
gar to make it the consistency desired.
There is nothing so clean and simple to
exterminate bed-bugs as common salt, wet
with water to spread around like paste.
Lay the slats of the bedstead in it, till the
crevices and cracks in the ﬂoor; it is so
harmless use freely. I think if Mrs.
Thomas Carlyle had known this that many
sleepless nights and much nervous solici‘
tude over “ bugs ” would been spared her
and would have saved sokind a lady many
hours of toll and wretchedness.
Davrsnune. GRANDMA.

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RESTORING GRAY HAIR.

 

A correspondent inquires what she can
do to restore her hair, which is gray—al-
most white, she says, and has hitherto been
soft and wavy but is becoming harsh
and straight, though given the same care.
and treatment as before. Possibly the
undesirable change in the hair comes
from a disease of the scalp, or some de-
rangement of the system, through which
the little bulbs from which the hair grows
are imperfectly nurtured, and for which a
physician should be consulted. A very
little vaseline rubbed into the roots of the
hair once in two or three weeks—not
enough to make the hair greasy, is good to
promote growth and strengthen the hair,
and with liberal brushing makes it soft and
glossy. Sage tea is recommended as a
wash for the hair, in the way of cleansing
the scalp and making the hair soft. The
use of either must be patiently continued
for some months before noticeable results
are obtained.

THE Ladies’ Home Journal seems to keep
up its reputation as a useful and entertain-
ing magazine for the home. It is, as its
name implies, a “ home journal,” but it
also helps us by teaching us how to behave
when away from home.

 

THE thh's Companion is continually
surprising its subscribers by its handsome
double numbers. The double issue for
March 5th has a very interesting article by
Hon. James G. Blaine, and the first chapter
of Miss Bellamy’s new serial, “ The Hey-
good Tea Service.”

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Contributed Recipes.

 

ORANGE Pm —The juice and grated rind of
one orange: half cup cracker crumbs: two
eggs; half pint water; one-third cup sugar.

CLARENDON. C. A. T.

 

CREAM Prn wrrrr Ounces —Cut the or.
anges in thin slices and sprinkle sugar over
them: let them stand two or three hours.
Serve on (rdinary fruit plates. The pic is
made with a bottom crust only. and that not
thick but light and flaky. Take ore oriree-
cnpful of sweet cream and milk. more it
nr eded; half cup sugar; one tablespoonful of

ﬂour; one egg; ﬂavor to suit the taste; bake
until you are sure the crust is brown and
hard. so that it will not absorb the custard.
Frost it requtreo.

Onassis Prn --Fonr eggs; two tablespoon-
fua butter: malt p~nt cream and milk: one
cup sugar; juice or two oranges and grated
rind of one. Save the wh to of one egg for
frosting if desired. MABIHA.

 

Bounce-ran.

 

 

 

