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THE HOUSEHOLD-"Supplement

 

 

“ NOP DEAD BUT SLEKPING.”

 

I know how the earth is shadowed 1
How dz solatc seems your home!
How you long for the~darliug baby,

WLO never again will come!

I know you are daily longing,
For the kiss so warm and em et;
And you stop sometimes and listen
For the sound of his little feet.

The spring with its birds and ﬂowers
Will bring to your heart no joy;
But onlyfa keener yearning
For your one sweet little boy.

I know, for I have wandered
Through just such starless night,

When words of human comfort,
Brought not one ray of light;

When heaven seemed far above me,
And the little grave so deep;
When i forgot that J i sus
Giveth His beloved sleep.

But now, the glad, sweet morning
Of that long, dark night has come;
And I thank God that my darling
Is safe in His bright home.

Bosafe are the little children
Who walk the bright, golden street;
No wrong or sin can lead astray
Their pattering little feet,

Dear friend, though your heart is aching,
Look up through failing tears;

You can have little “ Willie " with you
Through the long eternal years.

Take up your burden of life-work
Though full of sorrow and cares:

Remember that many are weeping
Over little vacant chairs.

We have only to trust in Jesus
Through darkness as well as light.
The path to heaven‘s bright glory
Leads sometimes through darkest night..
A. H.
———«.————

_TEIE PHYSICAL CARE OF CHILDREN.

 

I make no apology for continuing the
above topic, introduced in the HpUSEEOLD
of two weeks ago, because it is one I deem
of great importance. My wish is to call at-
tention to certain matters which, if neglect-
ed in youth, become physicial blemishes or
defects, or at least ungracefui and uncouth
habits at maturity; for the mother who
would give the best education possible to
her children must look after their physical
habits as well as their mental ones.

It seems to be inevitable that children of
both sexes should have their “awkward
age,” a time when they have physically out-
grown their mental development, when they
do not know how to manage their arms or
hands, when their feet are dreadfully in the
way, and they move about in a loose-
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will come to pieces somewhere. it is at
this age that a good many awkward habits
are contracted, which last a lifetime. An
acquaintance of mine confesses with a
laugh that even now her favorite position is
sitting curled up with one foot under her,
and tells how many times she was caught in
this awkward posture till she learned to
limit her indulgence in it to the privacy of
her own room. I never see a round-
shouldered young girl without mentally
blaming her mother for not putting her into
shoulder-braces; nor one who stoops with-
out wondering if “ line upon line and pre-
cept upon precept” could not have over-
come the inclination and made her stand
erect. A girl gets an ungainly way of lift-
ing her shoulders, or of standing one-sided,
throwing one hip down and the other up by
leaning her weight upon one leg. And if
unchecked, not only will one hip be higher
than the other, thus spoiling her ﬁgure, but
in situations where she desires to look her
very best, she will take that ungraceful
position, unconsciously. I attended a con-
cert not long ago whereﬂtwo musicians ap-
peared upon the platform to play a duet for
violin and viola. One stood straight and
erect before his music rack; the other threw
his weightupon one foot and thrust the
other out awkwardly, as they waited while
the accompanist played the opening bars.
Everybody noticed it, and more than one
whispered “ What a pity ——-— is so awk-
ward! his appearance detracts so much from
his ﬁne playing.”

There are tricks of lifting the eyebrows,
twisting the mouth, thrusting the chin or
the head forward, or instead of throwing
the shoulders back to straighten the body,
curving the lower portion of the spine in-
ward, thus throwiug the. stomach forward,
which unconsciously become habits. I
have heard mothers say “Oh, they’ll out-
grow all that,” but though they sometimes
do it is more frequently the case they do
not. I remember hearing a young lady
criticise severely a friend who had the fault
last mentioned above; one of those blunt
speakers whose motto is “ Truth always; no
matter how it hurts,” said, “ But you have
that very habit yourself!” And, speaking
on the subject afterward, she said: “No
one ever told me before, or I would have
broken myself of it long ago.”

The child with defective vision which
takes the form of “cross eye” or “squint
eye” is to be pitied. He will have to bear
manv cruel jests and jesrs from his school—
mates; and if he is permitted to grow up
thus afﬂicted, must suffer the life-long con-
sequences of his parents’ neglect, and is

 

 

justified, Ithiuk, in reproaching them for
their negdgence. Sometimes the trouble
can be overcome by wearing glasses at an
early age, sometimes an operation is nec-
essary, but. all means ought to be tried to
remedy it; it is terrible to allow a child to
grow up under suchadeformity, with the
added defcct of impaired sight.

Near-sightedness is another trouble which
though it cannot be cured by glasses, can be
greatly alleviated by their proper use. A
child afﬂicted with myopia is often blamed
by his parents for his awkward, hesitating
manners, what seems to be his habit of over-
looking things, his inattention, and the
like, when the real trouble is that he can-
not see plainly; it is as if he saw everything
through a mist. He cannot tell what is the
trouble, since he has never had but this
one faulty pair of eyes; he does not realize
the difference between the world as he
dimly sees it and as it appears to others; but
his parents ought to study the reason of his
peculiar action and provide glasses to alle-
viate the difﬁculty. Doctors tell us also
that headaches are often due to imperfect
vision. There may be no pain in the eyes,
yet nevertheless it is found that the use of
the eyes in reading or sewing brings on
headache, sometimes, “ ahorrible sick head‘
ache.” The head is not to be doctored, but
glasses which correct and strengthen the

vision will bring relief.

Going to the other extreme, the founda-
tion of a lifelong trouble with the feet is
often laid in childhood by wearing shoes
which have been been outgrown, or which
are too short or too narrow, or a run-over
pair which bring 011 weak ankles.

The economical mother hates to throw
aside the shoes which are yet good, because
“they hurt,” and the little sufferer is
promised a new pair “next week,” and
“next week” you know, like “tomor-
row,” never comes—it is “ this week”
when it does get here.

Those little calluses which develop into
corns make their unwelcome appearance on
tender toes, or an inﬂammation in the joint
is induced which results ina painful bunion.
And how hard it is to work all day on a
pair of aching feet! I have my doubts
whether it is possible for a person to be a
consistent Christian and have come at one
and the same time. When the tortures of
the Spanish Inquisition failed to shake the
censtancy of the old martyrs, had the
ﬁrmest of them all been obliged to walk ﬁve
miles in a pair of nineteenth-century shoes
a sizetoo small for him, a wouldhare
abjured his faith and . sw by the nine

 


 

2 THE ‘HOUSEHOLD.

 

gods of Rome before he had traveled half
his journey.

Then, as regards those unpleasant habits
which are so disagreeable to others and so
often practiced unthinkingly, such as
cleaning the nails, picking the teeth, scratch-
ing the head, blowing the nose, eating
rapidly and noisily, and the like, in presence
of others—unless these are eradicated in
youth, they are pretty certain to remain bad
habits always. A young girl of my ac-
quaintance, asked why she and her mites
disliked a certain lady so much, replied:
“Oh, it’s not her homeliness nor her never
looking as if she were at home in her
clothes, "l-ﬁtting as they are, half so much
as her ways. She puts her ﬁngers in her
mouth and cleans her teeth with them, then
scratches her head with the same ﬁngers,
then repeats the performance. She stands
with one foot on the round of a chair and
the other three feet away; and walks as if
she were a day laborer going to a job of
ditching. No lady would ever do the things
she does.” That suggests another thing;
how much a graceful, easy walk adds to the
appearance of either man or woman, and
how much a pretty woman or a ﬁne-looking
man lose if they have a slouching, slovenly,
hesitating or jerky gait. But dear me! how
many faults I am discovering in “poor
humanity!” BEATBIX.

 

SPRING IN THE' GARDEN.

 

The surest way for Huldah Perkins to
secure a “clump of peppermint,” is to go
where it grows—and that is not far from
any of our homes in Michigan-and take up
agood bush of it and set it in a place which
if not very wet is never very dry. It is a
fragrant herb, both warm and cool. If
Huld'ah sets her heart on perennials, she
must sow the seed early or they will not
“all come up before another spring. Some
are slow in germinating, and if not up be-
fore a dry spell they may choose to lay over.
1 have read several times recently that
hollyhocks will bloom if sown early the first
season. I always have good strong seedlings
to winter over, so cannot say, but will not
doubt it. Perennial phlox can only be had
by procuring roots, unless the seed is
planted when just ripe, no more; but it is
indispensable, as there is such a variety of
delightfully dissimilar shades and markings.
I presume I have twenty, varying from
pure whiteto red and lavender, etc., and
unless in too dry a situation the ﬂowers last
until late in autumn. I have exhibited
them in collections at fairs late in Septem-
ber. Always get roots of perennials when
convenient; they are more satisfactory, as
there is no delay if set early, and they
start into business ina surprisingly prompt
way, but if you prefer seed to start with,
start early. Many of the hardy annuals,
which are perennial at the south, should be
started early to avoid injury by the hot sun
when small. To those “P’s” named by
A. H. J. should be added every time sweet
peas, which do well for early ﬂowering if

' " sown in the fall, as they defy an amount of
cold that would chill many of our pets.

= Sweet Alyssum is so sweet and endures
all changes cheerfully, blooming more and
more profusely as the; advances; it

 

and sweet miguonette are both indispen-
sable. If you wish' a continual show of
poppies sow the ranunculus-ﬂowered and
the English corn poppy. Great large double
ones with glaucous foliage are more showy
as specimens, but are soon gone. You
must not forget calendulas; and why the
old-fashioned fringed mallow is left out of
gardens by the faithful friends of the old-
fashioned ﬂowers I cannot see; the leaves
are so useful for bouquets, and I have seen
at fairs those who recognized it, seem so
delighted at sight of it. All who love the
delicate bloom and strong rampant vine of
the morning-glory would also like its rela-
tive, Convoleulus minor.

1 like hardy perennials and annuals that
come self-sown about the yard, and spots
where there is a foothold. Some varieties
will when once there manage to remain;
poppies along the stone wall not far from
the house; and sweet rocket, so fragrant
and hardy and as early in bloom as hardy
bulbs, I have anywhere in the back yard
and everywhere there is room, and its

fragrance is so delightful there can be-

none too much of it. The care of every
plant and ﬂower I have named here would
take but little time or strength .in cultiva-
tion. Flower culture is a most encourag-
ing, inspiring employment, and does not
recoil on one in the form of weakness,
lassitude and headache, like smoking and
many ways that those husbands who object
to ﬂowers employ to kill time. It proves a
pleasure toourselves and friends, and is 'an
innocent source of delight to children, con-
ducing to reﬁnement and cheerfulness;
their inﬂuence never degrades, but elevates.
Perhaps I Ought not to hint against tobacco,
as it is enjoyed so much, ' so many nice
men use it, enduring so much discomfort
and sacriﬁcing so much for the sake of its
soothing inﬂuence; and also inﬂicting a vast
amount of annoyance on their friends and
the public generally. That is something I
do not understand, as my husband never
used it or paid a penny over a bar. We
cannot all see alike, as we do not look from
the same direction.

Evangeline’s letters I appreciate highly,
and she should meet with something beside
criticism for all her time and patience spent
in giving us those useful and entertaining
notes. Mns. M. A. FULLER.

anrox.
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ABOUT FLOWERS.

 

I would like to tell the ladies of the
HOUSEHOLD about my plants. I keep a
south bay window full every winter, on a
large wire stand. This winter, notwith-
‘standing we have had so much zero weather
outside, they have grown luxuriantiy, and
many of them have been in blossom most of
the time. Before the winter closed in I
watered them once with water from the
barnyard. . I have had callas, 'gerauiums, a
salvia, eupatorium, two plants of coleus
and candytuft, with blossoms on most of
the winter; and have now a heliotrope in
blossom, and a German ivy, that is trained
to the lambrequin pole, is full of clusters of
pretty yellow feathery ﬂowers. ‘I have also
a' cactus called crab cactus, or fuchsia
cactus, which blossoms every winter, com;
mencing the latter part of Nevember or in

 

December, and is a thing of beauty nearly
two months.’ It is of drooping habit, um-
brella forrh,’ not quite one and a half feet

across the top; and sometimes iiias abun-

dred buds and blossoms. The ﬂower is
triple like three "blossoms, one inside of an-
other, of a beautiful shade of red. It al-
ways has on its gay attire for the holidays.

With a whisk and pan of very warm
water I shower them once a week; twice-
would be better. I have an oiicloth under
the whole, so that it is easily wiped up; fre-

quent showering keeps the red spider at;

bay, the worst pest among plants. I often
put boiling water in the saucers, especially
of the calias. The red spider and aphis, or
green brig, are very partial to the salvia.
For the ﬁrst hold the plant upside down and
shower with pretty warm water, or dip the
plant into it; for the latter use a weak solu-

tion bf carbolic acid, or hellebore, once. The-

mealy bug appeared on my coleus plants,
but with a chicken’s quill a little alcohol
brushed over them put an end to them.

The cactus that I have grows readily
from a leaf, requiring little water and care,

only to keep it from freezing; never has any-

insects. To show its tenacity of life, I will

relate a little experience I had with it last.
summer. 1 set the plant .on the grass on
the south side of the house, as I knew that.
sun and drouth were its natural element for
the summer. Sometime during the sum-e
mer, perhaps when using the lawn mower,

a large branch was broken off, and I dict.

not discover it until I took it up to bring in
before frost. Thinking it might possibly
grow again, I planted it beside the trunk

.of the. plant, and to my surprise it grew and

blossomed like the other branches, as
though nothing had happened to it.
Dasnnoax. . MRS. A. B. GULLBY.

—-.Q.—

A YOUNG LADY’S VIEW.

 

Apropos of the HOUSEHOLD discussion-
that has lately arisen against the possibility
of a Hetty (be she .even an Evangeline’s
Hetty) learning the kitchen art in afew
months, permit me to quote Ella W. Wil—
cox on that particular point. She says: “I
believe that two .months of intelligent and
interested work in the culinary department
will enable any girl of ordinary brightness
to understand the art of cookery sufﬁciently
tominister to the wants ofafamily. Of'
course high art is not acquired in that time,
or the concoction of varied and difﬁcult
dishes; all that requires study and attention
to details, like the perfection of any art.”

The same has always been my potted
secret opinion. When Hetty studies cui-
inary branches let her whole strength of
soul and common sense go to them, as to
any other business, and she need not fear
that her work will thereafter draw] out
after her in a lifetime of inefﬁciency.

Senooncaarr. _ GRACE.

___._...____._.

'lidArasassrrr~ E. SANGs'rnR is the author
of the poem, “Our Own," which contains.
the lines ’ ‘

“ We have careful thought for the stranger,
And smiles for the sometime guest,
But oft for our own
The bitter tone
Though we love our own the best. "

The entire poem was published in the
Hones-norm of February 6th.

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SPRING WRAPS.

 

The jacket undeniably holds the lead in
styles for spring wear. It is of cloth,
never of silk or satin, its beauty depends on
its ﬁt, and it is severely plain or braided,
with revers and military-looking ornaments,
according to taste.. Young ladies choose
them in small checks or very ﬁne stripes,
a lady of thirty generally prefers plain
black, while middle-aged ladies usually
wear mantles or short wraps of some sort.
There are Newmarkets in checks, stripes
and plaids, some of them rather “loud,”
which seem very popular for early spring
wear; these usually have capes, and are
long enough to almost conceal the dress.
A pretty, slender ﬁgure looks very trim and
neat in one of these garments, but woe to
the square-shouldered girl with large hips
who insists on wearing one because they
are so fashionable and so stylish-looking—
on others; she looks like a wooden doll.
The redingote is a new wrap which has
not as yet become common; it is a long,
somewhat loose garment, made of some
light weight cloth in plain colors, green,
blue, red, or brown, with long “angel”
sleeves, and having sometimes a line of
braiding down the fronts and round the
sleeves. A fat woman with a face like a
full moon, who wore one of these cloaks

made up in terra cotta, was a feature in the

landscape on Woodward Avenue recently.
Somehow She was unpleasantiy suggestive
of boiled lobster.

The only new thing in wraps is a cloth
cape with pinked edges, to be worn with'a
tailor-made suit; these capes have ﬁchu
fronts and short backs reaching only to the
waist line, and a strip of cloth of some
contrasting color is added under the pinked
edges to”relieve them. Small capes of black
cashmere, embroidered and trimmed with
lace, are to be worn with any colored dress
'for late spring and summer. These are in

old-fashioned shape, pointed before and be--

hind, and trimmed with a pleated frill'of
lace. Short wraps show no change to note
except in the arrangement of the fronts,
which are often gathered at the neck just be-
low the collar, and again at the ends under
The back is
ﬁtted by the usual three seams, and falls
like a basque on the dress below the waist

wear are merely the foundation on which
is arranged beautiful jet passementeries; it
takes but a small piece of silk or velvet to
make one; but it is easy to put 320 or $30
worth of cut jet ornaments upon it as de-
coration. " .

It istoo early yet to describe new trim—
mings, but ladies who have wraps trimmed
with chenille fringes will be glad to hear
there has been a semi-revival of this style
of fringe. Binne ot as yrt, mate-
rially altered in s the small capote
being the standardW‘The new ones are a
triﬂe larger, and théﬁ trimmings not quite so
high and pointed. Tﬁihbons are to be used
more than. ever for ‘both hats and bonnets;
the new changeable ones are three inches

wide, with heavy plain satin cord edges...

and sell at 45 cents per yard. The new
parasols are of checked and plaid silk, and

Little shoulder wraps for dressy,

 

A black silk.

has irregular plaids of white, an olive green
is plaided with brown and a more decided
green, with a thread of red here and there.
Last year we had moons and suns and
disks on our sunshades, and these are shown
again. But for real solid comfort, wear and

worth, there’s nothing goes ahead of a g sod.

medium-sized silk umbrella, which will do
for rain or shine, and is sensible and ser-
viceable. Don’tthink you can buy it for a
song either. If you get a good Windsor
silk with a gold or oxydized silver handle,
it will pretty nearly “ destroy” a ten dollar
bill. But if you are content with a good
silk and plain handle, you can get an ex-
cellent article for $5 or $6; and if you buy
the handle and are not particular about the
silk, you can get one at even less price.
But the purchase, once made, is giod for
long service, and when the silk wears out,
the frame can be re-covered and be good as
new. Bnarmx.

———...——

ECONOMY.

 

[Rs-ad before the Farmers’ Association of Paw

Paw, March 10th, by Mrs. N. H. Bangs]

The year of our Lord 1888 will long be
remembered as one in which all the changes
on the word economy were rung, as a re-
sult of the failure of the harvests of 1887.
Each and every one is seeking for a solution
of the vexed question, how best to use the
scanty means at her command.

Now I would not have you suppose for
one moment that I am going to tell you of
any new-feund’ rule, by which one dollar can
doduty for ten, but we all have given more
or less thought to this subject, and as a sort
of target or starting point 1 want to give you
a few of the rambling thoughts I have had.

One thing I have often noticed when
funds grow scarce and there is a depletion
of the exchequer—our American word ex-
chequer is the same as the French word
for checker or chess board—when there is a
thinness in the family purse, economy is
the tune sung in the house by the husband;
meanwhile he still holds the purse, and if
there be a deﬁcit it is always that same
old excuse of Adam’s, “the woman Thou
gavest to be with me.” Economy is often
confounded with frugality, and is even made
to cover the sin of‘ parsimony; and we ﬁnd
this, like every other virtue, when carried to
an extreme becomes a vice;'but that this
virtue is espe-ially incumbent upon us this
year, more than any other, I deny. It is al-
ways a duty; it matters not how piethoric
the purse; it is a Gad-given talent for which
we are accountable.

With many at this time frugality may be
a necessity, and includes good husbandry
as well as go'od housewifery. There is such
a reckless waste of strength and health in
our frantic zeal ., to save a hundred dollars,
or even ten, that often judgment and
reason are thrust to one side; with a strong
will and purpose conscience is guided, and
we save the money for a time at least; but
soon the price is counted out to us with
lavish hand, and often too late ‘we learn that
economy is of broad signiﬁcance, and not
to' be conﬁned to the disbursement of dol-
lars and cents." -- Life and health are some-

‘times lost by a disregard of this principle.

I ﬁnd sometimes in' my work about the

 

house and for the family, it is a matter of
economy that things be purchased for use
and convenience just when frugality says
no. Both are stern mandates. and it is
vastly more easy to follow one’s inclination
than to be ruled by good sense. Duty is a
harsh word, yet even this may seem bright
and cheerful when looked at in the sunshine
of honest endeavor. There seems to‘be a
habit extant to view every question from its
monetary side only. I would have the peo-
ple husband all theirresources, even at the
expense of the accumulation of afortune.
As a matter of economy I would lay up for
my children stores of mind and experience.
While I would not undervalue wealth, the
purchasing power of a dollar, if judiciously
and intelligently used in acquiring mental
gain by them, or by me and transmitted to
the family as it cannot help but be, is worth
more to them than the stored-up gold.
When by close study the economies of life
are mastered, there will appear the silver
lining to the clouds, and we will ﬁnd our-
selves standing upon an enduring basis of
prosperity.

——.—...—__.

A HOME-MADE MATTRESS AND A
COLORING RECIPE.

I wish to tell the readers of the HOUSE'
HOLD how I made a mattress for a bed. I
had a number of old quilts which I wished
to make use of in some way; so I purchased
nine yards of ticking and made a tick just
as I would for a straw bed, leaving it open

from one end to the other down the center

on the upper side. ‘ Th‘e'n‘I' turned it wrong

' side out and laid on my old quilts-clean, of

course—cut them the size of the tick; took
the pieces and tacked them together to
make another thickness. I then tacked the
edges of the quilt to the tick sufﬁciently to
hold them in place; then laid on six rolls of
batting; turned the tick right side out,
being very careful not to displace the bat-
ting, lifted it to the extension table and
sewed up the opening down the centre,
then tied it as I would a comfortable, using
a long darning needle and strong twine. I
used four quilts.

I must say that I have enjoyed Evange-
line’s writings very much; though 1 have not
tried to follow her bills of fare I ﬁnd in her
letters many good recipes and many helps.

Some one asked for a recipe for coloring
brown on faded calico for carpet rags. I
send mine, which is as follows: One pound
catechu; two ounces of blue vitriol; two
ounces of bi-chromate of potash. Dissolve
the catechu and vitriol together and boil the
goods in it for half an hour. Dissolve the
potash in another dish, and let the gobds
simmer in it for an hour. Dry; then rinse
in cold water.. AUNT LUCINDA.

RILEY Canvas.

[We think the above recipe would have
been more valuable to the lady ' who asked
for it had Aunt Lucinda remembered to tell
us how much water should be used to dis-
solve the dyes and how many pounds of
rags can be colored in that quantity of dye.
Perhaps she can give us this information

later. Catechu brown is a very good and
pretty color while it is new, but. never
saw goods colored by it which di A t fade

in tre sun and with wean—En.

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A SHORT CALL

 

Is there room amid the HOUSEHOLD for
one more, if so I will call for a few mo-
ments. I have just ﬁnished ironing; I have
the patentsadirous and beg to differ with
L. C.. of Molt, in regard to a holder, for
Ihave used my irons over two years and
never used one yet, as it is not necessary.
Very tender indeed must be the hands that
would require one. Shall I tell you what I
ﬁnd very handy in the kitchen? It is my
iron dishclotb; it is far ahead of a. knife for
cleaning kettles and spiders, if you don’t
believe itbuy one (they are cheap) and see.
I am going to make a carpet in the spring,
think the brown and red carpet as de—
scribed in a late issue would be very pretty,
but have some colors read y.

Ihope many of our housekeepers have
their kitchen ﬂoorspainted; mine is painted
and about half carpeted and it is just no
work at all to mop, for itdon’t require the
scrubbing and elbow grease it used to. and
if you happen to tip over your meat platter
the result will net stare you in the face
every time you enter the kitchen for the
next six months, for it is cleaned off the
painted ﬂoor, oh so easy.

I did enjoy X. Y. Z.’s letter very
much and Beatrix’s too; what good sound
advice to Betty. and I do hope Evangeline
will not forsake us; she must be an expert.

ms 8. M. G. retired? or where is she?
and Daffodilly, please tell us how you get
along in your new home; and others, I can’t
call you all by name. where are you?

s k Poor Henpecked Husband keeps in the

'soburby don’t heavy- Lest same should think

I overestimate my moments I will quietly
~Qwitbdraw. GUENDOLA.

WW\'~1'-" 1" L.

OUR GARDEN.

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Ifwe would be as careful about boys in
regard to morals as we are about girls,
society would be better oif. No pure-mind-
cdgirl should be willing to associate with a
young man of questionable reputation and
character; Wb, may be ever so careful
about brandie'd mince-meat and cake, and
yet omit some weightier matters; such as

' opening -our front door to the dissolute
young man and closing the back door on
his victim. When sympathy is extended
to an crring woman, it usually comes from
the masculine gender.

I believe in taking a long look ahead'and
enjoying each blessing in turn, not expect-
ing too much of any. Hetty should not re-

nounce her tidy habits, nor think the fates

against her if she fails sometimes. Many
ships have «been wrecked on the shores of
Expectation, whose white sails might have

carried them safe to port, had they but been

wisely and carefully guided. I would es-
pecially commend the counsel given Hetty
to keep her affairs to herself; she will ﬁnd
her best friend her worst critic sometimes.
Make Harry carry half the burdens, no
. more, no less.
’ Not long ago we heard an able essay upon
the kitchen yarden read at a farmers’ meet-
ing near us. . one lady said she would like
to have all. who owned a good asparagus bed
, make it manifest rising; only one person

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got up. One man said he had a good bed
but his wife attended to .it. It is .just so
with the kitchen garden; generally if it
amounts to anything the women must at-
tend it. I became ﬁred with zeal to put in
practice the ideas I had on the subject, and
prevailed upon my better half to give me a
little piece of land for garden purposes. He
did so, but it was so hard nothing but an
engine and steam drill could make an im-
pression on it. But the beets grew till they
reached rock-bottom, then turned and grew
backward. Next year we gotlthe land so
rich that the weeds outgrew the vegetables,
and when I tried to pull them, the weeds
came up and Iwent down, to the inﬁnite
amusement of our small boy, who with the
very spirit of mischief shining out of his
eyes would ask if I was hurt. Oh yes, a
garden is a good thing to have; but some-
t hiig more than a woman’s energy and
muscle is needed to make it proﬁtable, or
indeed anything but a waste of weeds.

OAKWOOD. M. C.

[M. C. forgot to give her name, and hence
must not querrel with the Editor for
abrid gin g her manuscript.)

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A WELCOME NEW-COMER.

 

I have many times felt that I ought to
give something in return for, many helps
and words of encouragement I have re-
ceived through the HOUSEHOLD, but have
neglected my duty in leaving it to others
more capable, realizing perhaps too forcibly
my own inability. But I wish to tell the
members of my pleasure on reading Evan-
geline’s. defense. She has said for herself
just what I wished to say for her when I
read the ﬁrst onslaught on Home Talks,
but whegLJe
behoidTit was rusty" from disuse, and I was
compelled to leave our wise and faithful
sister to ﬁght her own battles, which she has
done. and quit the ﬁeld with ﬂying colors.

1 have been my own housekeeper these
many years and have grownup daughters,
and can say I have been proﬁted greatly in'
reading those bills of fare taught Hetty.
I shall preserve them carefully for future
reference.‘

I wish to say to A.' L. L.. if she loses her
dishcloth i will lend her mine; it always
goes into the dishwater clean. but is too
convenient to "have“a‘rouud” to be de-
voted to the exclusive‘tiSe of dish washing.
and is utilized in more ways _' than one.‘ I
join the churns “ All 'hail the dish-cloth.”

I wish to inquire when and by whom
was the C. L. S. G. instituted, the expense
of joining, its requirements, etc.

Also, I wish some one would send a
tested recipe for raised doughnuts.

BARANAc. L. M. M.
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Irwomen would but take pains
their work table, wash bench,
board, etc... at the right height to mg
them to work without bending the back so
painfully, they would ﬁnd their work much
easier. It is'the constrained, unnatural
position that tires. if each member of the.
family has her appointed tasks, she can suit
the conveniences to herself in a measure at
lent.

 

weapon ofsisfensse'

 

A CAUTION.

 

Arecipe for “angeis’ food,” which re-
quires the whites of eleven eggs; one and a
half cups of sugar; one cup of ﬂour; a teas-
poonfui of vanilla; and a teaspoonful of
cream tartar has appeared in several of our
exchanges, and was recently tested by a
friend of mine in this city. The cake came
out of the oven looking “ just beautiful,”
as while almost as snow, ﬁne-grained and
light. But no one could eat it. To the
palate it was unutterably vile; even the spar-
rows and the (logs in the alley, where a part
was thrown out, would not touch it. The
cream tartar had spoiled it, though the
maker reduced the quantity somewhat.
fearing to use as much as the recipe cailed' "
for. People should be careful about pub:
lishing recipes they knew nothing about,
for such an experiment entails loss of
materials and time. This cake was de-
signed for a “ company tea,” and but for
the desire to “ nibble a bit ” which led her
to cut off and taste the end of the loaf, my
friend would have been mortiﬁed by serving
with» her ice-cream a cake of which not one
of her guests could have managed to swal—
low a mouthful without a great effort, and
which would have spoiled the whole enter-

tainment for her. BEA'rnlx.

Contributed Recipes.

 

PORK CAKn.—Oue pound fat pork chopped .

 

ﬁneypour over it one 'pint boiling water:
then take a teacupful of molasses. put into it
one teaspoonful soda. add this to the pork
wth two cups sugar. Inse 'one small bowlfui
raisins, one of dried apples. out ﬁne, soaked
over night and cook down in molasses until
they are clear like preserves. Spice to taste;

[We e the above recipe exactly accord-
ing to “ébpy,” but raise our editorial eye-V
brows luter'rogatively at the omission of eggs.
water Or milk. Seems as if it would make a
rather solid aggregation of sweetness and
richness. How is it, Tab. B.?—-En.]

, MUSTARD Oman—One cup cream; two
.tablespoonfuis sugar: one teaspoonful salt;
two tablespoonfuls mustard. Boil until
thoroughly cooked. This will keep until eaten
up: it never lasts very long. TAB. B.

BAran CREEK.

 

PORK CAKn.—-Haif pound pork (either salt
. or fresh); half pound raisins: two and a half
cups brown sugar; one and a half cups of hot
water; four and a half cups ﬂour; one tea-
spoonful each of soda. sllspice, cinnamon,
and one nutmeg. .Chop the pork very ﬁne.
Tuis quantity will 1111 three long cake tins-
and the cake will keep a long time.

AUNT Lnonvns.
RILEY Cnn'run.

 

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WHA'r is it that walks with its head down-
wards? A nail in a shoe. ‘15:,

 

  
   
  
 

 

Six packets of choice ﬂower s-Tx“

ford. 0., 31 for $1.00. Pansies,W 2"“. :

Verbsnas, novelt es of last u 15c. r
£0 acket. three for 40c. Send ‘ catalogue.
ots of perennials—Phlox, Delphiniums.

Chinese Pmonles. Roses, Day Lilies, Honey-
suckle, Trumpet Vine, White and Persian Lilacs.
12 roots for 81 .85- No vegetable seeds.

,._ . - - MRS. If. A. KILLER, “
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