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THE EVERY—DAY DARLING.
, She is neither a beauty nor genius,

And no one would cail her wise;
in a crowd of other women

She would draw no stranger‘s eyes;
Even we who love her are puzzlel

To say where her p eclousuess lies;
She isjust an evrry day darling;

In that her pretiziousI'MSS lies.

She is sorzy when oz‘oers are sorry
So swuetly, one like to be sad;
And it people around her are merry.
She is almost gladder than g'ad.
Her sympathy is the swiftcwt.
l1"he truest a heart ever had;
She is jusa an every day daring
The dearest that hearts ever had.

Her hands are so white and lille,
It seems; as if it we.c wrung
They should even work for a moment,
And yet they are quick a .d rtzon;
if by dear one. needs helpur;
She w 1: work the: whole day long,
The precious every day darling.
Every day and all day long

She is loyal as, knights were loyal.
In the days when no knight lied,
And for the wake of love or of honor,
if it need in: a. true kn'gh' died;

.But she dreams llJt She is braver
Than the wgmsn by her side.

This precious every day darling.
who makes sunshine at our side,

Ah, envy her, beauty and genius,
And women the world calls wise:
The utmost of all your triumphs
Would be empty in her eyes.
To love and be loved in her kingdom ;
In this her happiness lies,
God bless her, the every day darlingl
In this her preciousuess lies.
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'IO READERS OF THE HOUSEHOLD.

Tim MICHIGAN FARMER and the HOUSE u
HOLD will be sent hereafter for one dollar
per year. Wherever the FABMER goes the
HOUSEHOLD toes also, and both for the
extremely low price of one dollar, less than
two cents per week. The Editor of the
Housnnonn has heard so many kind things
said of it, its helpfulness to women, its
practical character, its timely hints and
suggestions, that she feels encouraged to
ask all those who have read the little paper
with pleasure and proﬁt the past year, to
not only renew their own subscriptions, but
to send us the names of one or more new
subscribers as an earnest of their good will
and interest. It you can do no more, send
as per postal card the names and addresses
of any of your friends or neighbors whom
you think would subscribe, and we will
.send them specimen copies. We real that

     

 

la the cheapest agricultural paper published;
and though we area triﬂe mode-st about

ing that. they will not be uslnmed 2: do so,
and We ask for 3.113: good word Now.

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AMONG THE BOOKS.

 

There; are a few books which when issued,
createasehsation, are on everylnosiy’s lips
fora few weeks, and then are forgéllit‘l; fur
the next new thing. They are usually books
by some comparatively unknown author
who has “madeabilﬂ by giving us that
“something new“ {or which an eager
public is always on the qw' rive. Such
books should be rr: oi while ’bvy are being
talked oi. whll comments are fret-b, and

attain the dignity of being classed as
standard, even among works of b 5514.!!! and
six months after they are “out," the very

with a mildly interrogative air, as if to say
“ Oh yes, i remember; we had such a book
once.” makes you feel ashamed of being so
far behind the. literary times as to ask for
such a decidedly mocldy chestnut.

People have almost stopped talking
about Amelie Rw‘cs-Chanler‘s “ The Q Gr 1;
or the Dead.” indeed, I don’t really see
why they should have honored the pro-
duction with so much attention in the ﬁrst
instance. Tilt? authoress la- now said to
wish she had not written it. a wish which
not a few who read it will echo. Besause
it is not really a pleasantly conctived story.
It is all about the woes of alarge blonds
widow withred hair, B :rbara Poultret, who,
returning to her Virginia home after an
absence of three years, during which period
she lost the husband whom she passionately
adored, is at ﬁrst emotionately overcome at
revisiting the scenes where she had been so
happy with him: and then, meetng Jack
Dering, her husband’s cousin, who is re-
markably like him in personal appearance,
as much so as if they had been twin
brothers, in a mouth or so is conscious that
a new alteration is mastering her. And
then begins the conﬂict between the Quick
andthe Dad; the living love that presses
its claims with all the force of passion-born
caresses, the loyalty to the dead that
would cast out all later aﬁecaion as una

we give a full equivalent “lor value l‘rE—‘
colvedz" the FARMER with its little annex .

saying m. one of the best. We can ml: ‘
our friends to say a good word for us. fm;l- :

they are “in season.” Fww of them err =

superior bookseller who repeats your no .a-t, 7

l Dead in her heart and life, but a morbid
tmwntal condition made but feel that her
; deal husband’s voice forbids, his hand ran
I strains, amt 4.; 11.7.1 rmuionafe avowal
; is (not with the up Use} "Thur-s is an open
’ grave berween ml Ami yet innit; to
5 the Gaul-‘1}? {no morbid sensitivcnesa she
Erniefakm for 'i, since she is not loyal,
1 havingeck mwfzeiged Mr new love is her
; hmrt-i3 not strong enough to make her
bullish her lower, Lu when she ﬁnally
acknowledges {resin-v91, Juno. uln' him
I to be: pr'v-Glnﬁr. There folio“; several
strain-d silentlm-s, irrﬁudirr; Brian’l

‘ .5 a thorn
der snoxvr'rw-Lm clot“; " when 3716 Win.)
mural arr; skin sis" ind not since r9-
cntr.:rc-.i, and or. E: u: rm .anrrlvurm of the

Q . . a for tilt): D ..-..

'l‘hv-o «33.. r in ﬁner bear“ 1M xiv :r. w:.~:t‘:.er

tar-lire; 303.21%} {um i H.215.»

in his: cmiiti. r. of r,‘<?»~::~:nce- llrl‘ tau:-

’ band. Silii liver: ital, ‘34 cmmhms of her
o‘_I-.v.'-:’_:lg vlui .grlziv-ll by EL, Hostile: in. his
prssent Hit. 33 a patio-«d will: it
wouwi pain hid: it" sins married again,
i Wiltrillri‘ he l still able to love oer ii the
bid, *enricr earthy wry aim turd im-rvn.
Add on all the-e. qz‘clm “bio ﬁnger of
G We silerwe 12w."

Underlined-5y it is true that s WJ-u‘rau
might do all uni. loci ..'—.i th rt Barbara. did
and felt—ii she were like Barbara. lIor
ardent, atlas. mute, emotional nature is»
gmanded alive ion, yet v.x.cillated and re-
. plated throng.» a morbid mental condition
brought. on by ownmu :h weeding on the
questions outlined ab we. Br. the world is
not the better for the attempt to put into
words the wretci'leiuess ol’ bereavv .r m,
what the soul any; l‘.‘ itself in it), orwionats
rebellion and prrlfonudeat dept»; of trial,
its wild. blind outcries against Girl’s pro-
vidence. A woman like B when wouldﬁ 2d
two ways before her. a second marriage, or
absolute retirement from the world, with the
capacity of being inﬁnitely miserable in
either. The third path, in which life is
taken up and lived to whatever of good pur-
pose may come to it, would be intolerable
to such emotional creatures, who can
writho under real or fancied remorse, but
are utterly inadequate {to the. calm patience
of endurance.

0.18 does not lay down a book like this,
feeling the better for its perusal. Some of
the dialogue is insuﬁferany silly and pur—
pweless; and in ortain parts we are re-
‘ minded that a newspaper critic said Miss

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“,curdling pity,” there is a small. darkey
with complexion of a. “dense bitumen hue,
and lips of pale. moist pink, like a toad-r
stool rained upon." i‘iie heroine is much
given to drawing “ragged, uneven
breaths,” to “diving” gazes, anti to the
uncomfortable habit of spending winter
nights on her knees, clad only in nor night-
dress, for no conceivable purpose unless to
get pneumonia, which however she mar:
velously escapes.

We may say of "The (link and the
Dead” that it is a poor study in morbid
psychology. unreal and unhealthy, without
a good motive and not even attractively
told, and dismiss it to the oblivion into
which it is already entering.

I ﬁnd in “ The Strange Case of Dr.
Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” a strong moral
teaching, to be easily separated from
metaphysics, a book with a purpose shin-
ing clear and steadfast. it may be un-
philosophical to separate the good and the
evil in man’s nature, and materialize them.
Yet the lesson we read is how inevitably
antagonistic are the two, how good is
strengthened by the very act of resistance
toevil: how evil waxes a giant, fir-re: and
overpowering by indulgenc, that: giving
way once to the dominion of evil makes it.
easier to do so again and drop a little lower;
that resistance strengthens our strength
and makes us more secure against lemma:
tion. is there one of us who has exn-cised
freedom of choice butween right and wrong
who has not learned this truth? Every
time the Erel, or Edward Hyde, was allowed
domination, it req'nred more of the m gic
potion—the might of will, the wish and
purpo=e to stand ﬁrm- to enable t'lu: Gino,
represented by Dr. Jekyll, to resume
supremacy; and continual surrender to the
lower nature at last. deb-seed the higher be-
yond the might of principle. Does tot
every fallen soul know just these struggles?
As in every warfare one victory makes the
next easier, suit is in the battles between
the good and the bad in us. Wrong—doing
comes from the lack of control of the
higher faculties over the lower, and when-
ever we do wrong We descend to a lower
level; the more frequent our descent the
more easy it is. To achieve U0bl]'l.j, of
character we must struggle noeasingly
against our lower prope‘vsities; or rather,
the struggle is not one of annihilation, but
of submission to and government by our
higher and more exalted powers.

When “ She,” as arranged for the stage,
was played here last winter—with any
quantity of rod ﬁn: and green and blue
lights—tho hookseliors’ windows were full
of ten cent cepies and we all took one.
And for myself, [should as soon think of
looking for substance in a, soup-bubble as a
psychologictl motive in such 3. tissue of
impossible absurdities. I incline to the
opinion that Hggird’e idea was simply to
see what acoilossal, abysmal lie he could
construct, which trim its uniqueness would
be talked about and—sold. it was Brown-
ing. I believe, who on 'being ques-
tioned as to the purport of one of those
recondile passages which have given him the
Herods Herod. We are told of “brown

gales,” “ winds bulging with ﬁerce sound,”
“dithering winds." “ whlnnering gusts,”

reputation of profuudity, said, after some
moments of careful scrutiny. “ I have for-
got’en whatI had in mind when I wrote
that.” One might, with pains, ﬁt a
psychological motive to “ She,” but I
fancy the author himself would have to
confess he never thought of it. His last
feat, that of resurrecting “Allan Q uter-
main,” whom he had buried decently and
provided with a suitable tombstone in
England, to ﬁgure as the hero of “ Maiwa’s
R-‘venge" without a trace of graveyard
m'iuld about him. proves aremarkable in-
dependence of the methods of ordinary
writers. A. Virginia lady brings the grave
charge of plagiarism against Mr. Haggard,
saying, through the Washington Gazette,
that “King Solomon’s Mines,” “She,”
and “Allen Qlatermain” can be clearly
traced to an old novel written by George
Berkeley in the early part of the last cen-
tury, of which but few copies are extant,
there being but two in the United States.
Mr. Haggard will therefore have the op-
portunity of exercising his metaphysical
powers in displaying this charge, the
gravest which can be brought against any
writer, especially one who has gathered so
abundant. a harvest of glory and shekels as
has this one.

“Robert Elsinore” is the book we are all
talking about now, but one which lies upon
my table still unread, its seven hundred
closely printed pages clearly indicating that
it is not to be got through at asingle sitting,
no matter if prolonged past midnight. it is
a religious novel; its author, Mrs. H-iii’l-
pbrey Ward, is a niece of Mathew Arnold's
and grand-daughter of the famous teacher,
Arnold of Rugby. t has ha? a great deal
of gratuitous advertising from the pulpit
and through the press. RN. Lyman Abbott
has made it thesubjrct of a sermon, as have
scores of other clergymen: indeed, some
one has remarked that we have the singular
spectacle of. 103,000 clergymen all preach-
ing about a book written by one woman.
Opinions are as diverse as the creeds of the
critics; one says if the believer would pre-
serve his faith in its integrity and without
opening the door todoubts, he must not
dead “l{li}t:'i'i E-unere.“ R‘V. R :bcrt
Collyer is on the author’s side, and says
the hero’s experience is that which any
man, if compelled by the spirit of truth to
question a faith he had accepted without
question simply because it was taught him,
mustpass through. "R l'ivzt El‘illli‘l‘iﬁ" is
aclrrgyman of the English chu~'ci:~i‘or it
is of course an E ~-;E'rsh novel—perfect in
faith and trust till there comes into his life
a third. person, “ an intellectual all-in-all,”
bringing new liens, new views, which an
settled his life and ﬁaniay led him to re-
nounce his ministry and go out. a heavy-
hecrted man, to live the truth as he felt it
in his soul. 11:: will: was unable to fol-
low him in his. new belief; and her grief at
their spiritual estrangement Was not the
less profound because in all other things
they were most truly one. me all i have
heard, and from what the critics and the
ministers say, it seems plain that people of
Liberal views will admire and praise this
book, while those whose orthodoxy is un-
questioned will condemu it.

 

BE \TRIX.

    

HINTS FOR CHRISTMAS.

Even a little gift shows good will on the
giver’s part. and in the holiday time of
remembrance, it is the f—plrit that dictated
the kindly act more than the gift’s own
value that should be considered by the re-
cipient. Among the lriﬂes that are accept
able as Christmas presents, are work bags,
knitting holders, banners, large and small.
hand screens, cologne bottle holders, pin-
cusbions, shaving cases, handy boards,
doylies,pantry cloths, and scarfs for bureaus,
buffets, pianos and tables.

A pretty chair back is made by weaving
a light and dark shade of red or other
colored ribbon in and out like the kinder—
garten paper mats. ornamenting each in-
tersection with a daisy worked in ﬂoss in
the long lines familiarly known as daisy
stitch, that is, a long looped stitch to form
each petal. An edge of antique lacs should
be put on all sides of the ribbon chair back.

Chair covers (or slips) are very pretty
made of brown linen and worked with
crewels. Work each chair a diﬁerent
design; one with poppy leaves, another
acorns and oak leaves, a third scarlet ger-
aniums, a fourth wild roses, sumach leaves
and cones for aﬁfih and the sixth to be
worked in tiny detached sprays of single
daisies or forget—memoir», either would be
very pretty.

Very pretty table cover; out be made of
acrsamy, loose woven linen worked with
an all over design of timers arranged in
heart shaped divisions, in ﬁloselles or
colored linen (losses. A square of this em-
broidery in a single color “my be enclosed
by borders in hvrring-bone stitch.

A lovely sofa pillow is made of a rich
shade of maroon plush and. golden brown
satin. Make your cover of plush. Take a
band of the satin six inches wide, and our
broider it in daisies and ferns in silk, the
natural tints. Pace this diag‘mally across
the pillow, thus showing only the corners
and bottom of the plush. Top and bottom
were joined with a plaiting of the satin
three inches wide. Three silk pompous
are sewed on each corner. A fancy cord
may he added where the hand of satin is
joined to the plush.

Au oblong piece of cross stitch canvas is
embroidered wit': stars which are arranged
in diagonal rows, and carried out alternately
with gold thread and brown ﬁlo‘iellc. R ms
of back stitches in gold threal unite the
stars. Wnen ﬁnished and shaped, the em—
broidered stripe is inserted into a piece of
olive green plush, the seams being covered
with gold thread or gold cord twisted in
loops. The whole is linezl with olive satin
folded in the prepor shape, and edged with
a corn! of olive sii‘k. Bows of olive satin
ribbon and aloop with button, complete
the ornamentation of the sachet, which may
be used either for giov—s. haudkerchiefs, or
work.

Very pretty frames for smell photographs
may be made of the moss that is found on
the bark of most any forest tree, and in
profusion on that of apple trees. Make a
still pastebdard foundation, attach the
moss with glue, commencing with the
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THE 1101.} SEHOLL).

 

edge. Now go over the surface _ of the

moss with a. brush that has been dipped in

thin mucilage, and while yet damp sift over

ii. diamond-dust or frosting, which may be

obtained at any paint shop.

Wiliziescribe some pretty little gifis ‘for

. the children next week.
Fonss‘r LODGE. MILL MENNTE.

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EINTS FOR THE HOLIDAYS

 

The grandmother whose feebleness pre-
vents her from taking an active part in the
domestic life of the house, generally ﬁnds
employment in her knitting work. There-
fore it knitting apron will be a very ac-
ceptable present for her. A yard and a.
quarter of grey or brown linen or satteen
lsreiuired. Turn up one-third the length
at one end to form the pocket for the
knitting; featherstitch the hem and also the
side edges with red ﬂoss; at the top make a
double shining with an inch wide heading,
and run aribbon an inch wide through and
draw up; leave the ribbon long enough for
strings to tie. An outline pattern may be
worked on the pocket, but the apron part is
prettiest when left plain. The ﬁgure of an
old lady in a. rocking' chair, knitting, with
the kitten playing with her ball of yarn, is a
suitable decoration. The big sister who is
fond of crochsting and knits lace in her
die moments will appreciate one of these
aprons, which, for more delicate work,
should be of some white goods—butchers’
linen if intended to be etched, linen scrim
if a band of drawn work is to decorate the
top of the pocket part.

A pair of bed slippers makes an accept-
able gift to any one troubled with cold feet.
They are very easyto make, being knit as
a. plain fl it piece, sewed up like a bag and
shaped by fhc feet in wearing. Choose a
soft, evenly spun wool, light gray being a
very good color, cast on sixty stitches and
knit in ribs, two and two stitches, for two
and a half or three inches. then a piece four
inches wide in plain knitting, purling every
alternate row to keeps smooth surface on
the right side. then arow of ribbing the
depth of the ﬁrst. Sew the ends of the
piece together, and add a rosette of yarn
on the front, where the plain and ribbed
knitting join. A good knitter can shape
these very easily by widrning and narrow-
ing at one end on the piece, so 33 to form a
VT—i'flztpe at one end for the instep and toe,
while the back is straight for the heel.

A lunch cloth and napkins make a set
which is a very nice gift to a housekeeper.
The cloth is smaller than a tablesloth, in
fact is madej est. the prep'ir size. for one of
the small tables on which refreshments are
served at evening enter‘ainments. They
can be bought, pretiily fringed, at the
stores; but if one prefers to save money and
give her work, she can buy the heavy linen
sheeting. ravel to form a fringe. put a row
of hem-stitching or drawn work above the
hem, then outline a border, eithera pretty
vine, or some simple conventional design.
Clusters of three interlacing circles, which
may be drawn with pencil, the top of a
tumbler or small cup being used as a pat-
tern, are more eﬂective than one would
imagine; these can be warked in two or

three colors of cotton, as preferred Add

 

another row of drawn work, and in one.
c :rner work one or two initial letters. The
napkins have the fringe and drawn Work.
and the initials only.

Partly hill'piﬂ receivers may lw (0,1160:
the small baskets without cover» which
cm be fonnd in a. variety of map-vs. Fill
the basket with hair, then kill a oovniiig
of scirletchhyr. A mossy E':flkil':g fl'iIVSEF-
ing may be made by winding the zrp'iyr
four or ﬁve times around the ling-er and
knitting the bunch of hops with Rich
stitch in every alternate row. Fasten the
covering neatly to the edges of the bazket.

Small children are wearing little silk
tippets, which can be easily msde at home.
Take surah of any pretty and becoming
color, ctr-in bias strips three inches wide,
fringe each edge half an inch deep. pleat in
quadruple box pleats, and mount on a rib
bon band an inch wide. The silk must be
very full, to make 21 ﬂ lﬁf ruehe, which is
fastened in front with a. bet? of ribbon.

Among the holiday novelties already dis-
played in some of our stores, I to k note of
the following articles: A pretty blotter
consisted of two leaves of blotting paper
within a cover of bat seemed to be a
coarse graymenlllapipcr. The cover was
slightly larger than the leaves within, out in
careless, irregular scallops, first. a large then
a small one, and the edges gilded, the gild-
ing being hraviest along the line of the
scallops, and shaded i'ghtly half an inch
back, as if the surplus paint on the brush
had been carelessly rubbed along it; on the
cover was painted two quills, upright and
inclining slightly from left to right, and
3'. their base two tiny envelopes were out-
lined, [wearing pnetmnrks and painted
stamps.

A fancy case designed for sheet, so the
obliging saleswoman said, was made in this
fashion; A :trip of pasteboard two feetlong
and a foot wide, was covered with coarse linen
canvas. This was measured in three spaces,
on each ofwhicli a pocket was arranged. The
material was the linen canvss, and each
pocket was a. box pleat, luid full enough so
that when pulled out there was space for a
pair of shoes—if they were not too large,
0: seek pocket, after the pleats. were ar—
ranged, was painted a cloitér of dogwood
lilossomswit seems to an uziznilhefio in
divided as if a. sheep, a goat and ccslt
would have been more suggestive it‘ less
beautiful—wand the whole was attached to
the back under narrow strip»; of leather
stitched on with the sewing machine, the
strips separating the pockets, the upper
edge of which was hemmed. A H 59, with
pivisicns to {all over each pocket, was
added at the top, and jmned to the founder
tion under a strip of leather.

A pinenshien t:- han; by the mirror was
a satin coverel p'istebusrd circle four:
inches in r'liametcr with a. little scone
painted on it, soil the pins stuck in in
scallops around the edge. A layer of wcd~
drug was between the satin and the paste
bond. B

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ONE of the chance discoveries which fate
will occasionally throw in the path of a
woman, is that a bit of butter rubbed on the
ﬁngers and knife will relieve the task of
raisin-seeding of all its sticky discomfort.

 

AN ECONOMY.

The puniplrina famous in the iii~tory of
is” auru'nnsl --‘..lld “truly winter {last days,
'm'uughout “n Forfliwrn il':]"| sf Hi!‘ countrv,
W‘l'G ripe soil in. nlazkr-t, 9~flli l well. know
that awry tins Eur-e passed by one of
tilO-if‘ golden pyramids, bQ secretly sigh-id
for a quarter section oi‘ pumpkin pie “ like
iiiother’s.” Bit pumpkin pies with eggs in
the twenties and every other element in
their construction booming up. up, with
“Old Helen’s” wheat, caused ‘me to con-1
sider the cost, for every cook knows that
in a ﬁrst class pumpkin pie the pure pump-
kin is—well, it is-whst is it? ’Tlsn’t
much anyway.

0:] the torn I never once thought of
economiz‘ng in the egg district. If it was
apparrnt that I or o‘hers would he a triﬂi
nearer Pirudiw or lgig'lidu'dIB by means
of my using two or three d an of eggs per
day in my cooking, they were used regard
less of market value, and fnlely as water
to m the good old pump. For so long as
the fruit came into my collar or pantry
direct from the original deposit, Bob acting
as a non-commissioned middleman, it was
used without “counting.” 0'), 3 )b, do yon
remember your deli'xquencies in the doing
of thi~ particular chore, and how many
times i would have to say, “I wish you
would bring in the eggs.” “ Do bring in the
eggs!” “B-Eig in abs eggsll" To the
ﬁrst you always mismred “Yul," tothc.
second “Yes, I will," to the third “ Yes.
but why don’t you ask Hi or sun bi'iy
besides me. to bring ’em in once in a
while?" And then they were sure to ap-
pear, a peck at a lime, and if any were too
rice in conqunence or your delaying, their
perfume was not allowed to Offclltl my
olfactories or mske my stomach quake
Alas and slack, Bob, all those q'iiet days
on the generous, peaceful old form are done
with for you and for mt! Alexander Pope.
who made a profound study of the ethics of
life. concluded that “ Whatever is, is right."
A most comfortable sort of belief, since it
allows its holder to go shoot the world with
scherrful end contented countenance, to
carry in his breast a heart thet never bit»
terly regrets or repines, and to sleet
soundly in all kinds of confusion an:
disaster.

Butte return ‘o ’he Q'Bilmil’tiii pie. Thinks
I to myself, 1’]! dcviN a substitute for eggs.
S » I lid-pared my pumpkin all in the uausl
“WY. 9’“? “"1““ i “1"” ‘ -‘ 7'“ E“ H“ when;
the egrs are stud, i 'r - 51:thin $2,523..
Spmmfti': m" Trains" r-"i “or Mr‘h pig iii/,3: it,
with 132*]:er tel n 2-“.in boiling
water 1-1! i“: N’lfli .r ‘ 5’? twat-'1‘ «mil 3». was
cooked, ,n-E s l‘ i, l; :s woald h; Kip-[v to
iniv thoroughly will: the '_i!5‘.pr ingredients,
added this to the W-“Y‘v’ire, pet into my pic
dishes and baked, mil [ sill my this, that
It'll-iv?!" are better. «cl whoa [9,...“ you
that in our 3732.1.” family we have ester)
four large pumpkins ”Jul, made into pig
within four weeks, yin must c include that
cornstarch is a goo-ti thing wh in pruiserly
added to a pumpkin pie. And further, my
neighbors adopt my D‘sn. so the scarcity of
the fruit of the festive hen does not curtail
the epicurean delights of lovers of that his-
toric Yankee invention in these parts.

Fm. E. L. NYE.

  
   
  
    
      
   
  
   
  
   
   
  
   
 
   
  
   
   
    
    
 
    
    
   
 
   
 
   
   
  
    
 
    
 
   
   
     
  
    
   

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THE LUNCH B SKET

 

I won-Jar if! can assist “i‘uii’s W2?"
1 preparing lunch for her little one ‘? i
now my lunch basket Contains a dzr'f. rent
art of lunch from those of many of my
shoolmates. who have perhaps a slice of
read, apiece of pie. two pieces of cake, a
.ookie or two, and scan of tea or coffee;
then, beginning at the wrong. end to eat it
the slice of bread is left. Primarily in
nine cases out of ten such lunches are put
up because parents don’t kiln .v what else to
put up, and not because they do not care
for the health of the. r: 2111. The ﬁrst thing
in every basket should we t-vo or three
slices of good brand van-fl hauler; i say “good”

because if it is mt go vi it. hatter not go in,
it won’t. be eaten. Asks" the bida’l culls?-
the meat or “ﬁll“él, ind j «1 here is whé‘re

the valley visuals! (ti-rue in, lust-wad min
the pie and CG!"- »2~32';mf. it you have
sauce for supper tax-nigh: rasvl: a little for
tor-nicrrow’u lunch put is lo a il’u‘liﬂ set in
the bottom of the psi! (l'l? turn 9‘ e basket
intnapan rsow, locsn’t sound 30 nice,
but it is more pr-r-J'tfcaf). pack rho breed
arourd the cup iii-u little ones
spill ii. A little j- fly is very rice: or if you
have any kind of 71141:. no matter what
kind, a slice or in: will {we god to a
hungry Chill 14 3'31: limpet: it; gn- lo town
(Pym; iv 2:. the rmnlry vi: 1 so). and can
get a bi: of chem-r it is wished. Some
but in shard htlfsvl tar-a. “ 9, i don‘t Ezkr
them, I prefer s c: ; «If cvld zinc or bland
pudding. When is": have s sluﬂv-{l turkey
or chicken my sister is fond of 2'; slice. of
dressir g. cold, i‘or 2..., lunch. 1 mac knew
a. boy who brought can buckwhe ii. grad :lr
cakes for his lunch, Which were rye} rather
enviourly by the mlwr boys. ’l‘nen don’t
forget an apple, or in their swasrin n patch
or pear, or a bunch of grapes. Wan such
things to villi. with the breed, q 3i“, amen?
will be eaten before the pic and cake src
reachrtd. Ngw jr-«t a word here snout.
eating; Terri: the. cili'dreu " which end to
begin an" So many children begin with the
pie and cake, and when that is eaten they
re “lull" and don’t want the bread and
utter. MARY B.
Yrsmm.

and

MM- .. m.

FOR CHRISTMAb.

 

it is nearing Christmas and we begin to
think what we can make for our friends.
We wish to give them some little token so
sstobe remembered, but as our pocket—
books are getting thin the question rises in
our minds, what cam we make? ‘1 will give
I few hints about what we have done. I
made a lambrequin for the clock shell out
green felt; in one corner I etched a pink
rose and bud, in the other a letter, the
initial or the one to whom I gave it.‘ I
caught it up in the center and tied it with
a red ribbon. For the bottom I had
crocheted some lace out of zephyrs; every
scallop was a diﬁerent color. It made quite
a pretty lambrequin. To make a bangle
board takeapotato-masher and paint the
top part of it any color, ours was blue. For
the bottom take some satin or silk (you
may etch something on it if you choose)
and ﬁt it over the large part of the masher;
at the beginning of the slim part of it you

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will gatherit—hy the way you fringe out
[his (’ng of the L‘~'-:.i”. ' I?" you have any
prs-fly little piece of lace you may gather
that with the satin next to the masher, it
ﬁnishes it all nicely. Pm. some hooks in
me. painted part, either three or four: it
makes quite a pretty bangle, but it tips over
awful easy.

Aprons are always acceptable, so are
wristlets. Knit two stitches and seam one,
the way we always knit ours. If you can
make. paper ﬂiwers make a bouquet. they
are pretty on a tree.

E L. Nye spoke about [1. Rider H15:
zurd's book, “She." Ihave never read
it, but have read quite a number of his
oi her wriiings. but I do not like them; there
is too much " blood and thunder” in them
But 1 do jalsi love Miss Alcotl’s
writings: there is so much truth in them.
My favorites are “Little Women” and
" ﬂight C"U~ll"l$" and its sequel. Max was
the cmsin I liked best, bu l presume you
have all res-i it, so will not {9” of bisdoings.

Cit; any one tell me how to make mg?
I \i i511 to make smile. but do not know of
Viourr.

to suit sue.

Pn‘F. LAKF.

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OUR RESTING PLACES.

i new: visit-«d K 'll‘lul Gwen cemetery,
near 1; 55.1101}, to see the massive vaults for
Lilli reception of the dead. I remember one
in lung corridor, wi;h ﬂu stone shelws,
um? ubuvH another, and some outline lint-d
with lead, preserve-=2 from ages, to ages yet
tn collie. [have been in a country church
yard, and I saw the burial of the poor labor-
ing nun, in a plain deal box, perhaps with
as much reapent, grief and sorrow as those
who lay on. m able slabs in Kensal Green;
i ran the old D_.kc of Wellington lying in
slate at Wednlinister Abhey, and also the
fuller-u}. procession, which was over three
miles long, but of all the “pumps and
vanities” the most touching of all to me
was his groom, riding. and leading the old
Duke’s charge-r, with the boots reversed in
the stirrups. 1 had often seen the old Duke
alive. Hr: was a greatly honored man in
his. (in .; but the idea that I was trying to
get at is the useless pomp and display after
we are dead. Certainly it is a most pleas—
ing and beautiful sight to see our grave
yards decorated with evergreens, monu-
ments and ﬂowers, but that other part
seenis to be often carried to an extreme for
more display and outward show. It is a
tender subj C'Cl, but there is just as tender a
feeling in and to those who are cast into
the deep blue sea, or are buried out on the
wild, open prairie. ANTIOVEB.

mewzu.
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THE LUNCH PAIL

I have wrestled with the problem of the
school lunch, and would say to “Bob’s
Wife ” that I ﬁnd my main support in ﬁrst
class bread and butter, so fresh, so sweet
and good that pic and cake are seldom con-
sidered worth carrying. I. have txken much
pains to retain the appetite for this “Slaﬂ
of life,” baking every other day, and al-
ways putting up the freshest, nicest slices.
Sometimes it is graham, for a change, and
sometimes receives 7: good layer of sugar,

 

but this only when there is a dearth of other
things. i we as “supplements” dried beet.
c dd meats or chicken. celery, nice baked
apples; boiled eggs: buttermilk choose,
when there is a fondness for ii; while oer
cusionally a dish of baked beans proves to
be “ awful good.” '

I send canned fruit 3 good deal, but like
jelly better when Ihave it. I put either into
a spice can with tight cover, and pack into
the lunch pail or basket, adding a bright
tin spoon to save worry and loss of better
ware. One little girl in our school is envied
because she brings honey, and I intend to
buy some soon just. for the lunch pail, as 1
think it worth both money and pains to
educate a child's appetite to be satisﬁed
with a lunch which has for its basis good

 

breed and butter A. n. J.
THOMAS.
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HOUSEHOLD HINTS.
WHEN lit: ‘t‘rys" uuthes’ begin to wear

thin, ir is a good. idea to fade some pieces
like t em in the sun to use for patches, so
the contrast helm-en new and old will not
be so apparent.

EXCELLENT :wmn and orange exiracls,
much better and cheaper than any you buy,

. cm be mail: by piring off the yellow peel

as thinly a; possible and letting it stand for
twentyinu; hours in alcohol. Strain and
bottle, (lurking it tightly.

 

THE Tiny: ad mm on .1 rue opt to
go through tin- iwels of their hosiery at a
rate which is appalling to the one who does
till? mending. lie:-l-proteclors are a
great saving. They are made of chains-is
=kin;or strong linen bound on the edges
will answer. I: is shaped to ﬁt over the
heel, and is mm in place by s piece of
elastic ribbon shout one-hall an inch wide,
which crosses the instep.

-—-——¢w—»
Recipes.

farul

 

Useful

Grams w02m pin ,ﬂour; one pint milk: one
egg; hall’a toaspoonlul salt. Beat the egg
until light, add the m‘lk and salt and beat
gradually into the ﬂour. Bake twenty min-
utes in hot gem pans. The above makes a
dozen gems.

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CHRISTMAS Popping-Take one and a half
pints of line bread crumbs, one pint of chop-
ped suet, one and a half pints of currents and
stoned raisins mixed, half a cup of citron out
thin and ﬁne, one scant cup sugar, half a tea.
spoonful of grated nutmeg, ﬁve eggs, two
even tablespoont‘uls of ﬂour made into a thin
butter with milk. Mix in the order given and
steam four hours. Serve with sauce. It will
keep a long time and can be;steamcd over
when it will be as good as new.

CHICKEN Cuoounr'rss.——0ne solid pint of
ﬁnely chopped cold chicken, a dessert spoon~
ful of salt, half teaspoonful pepper, one cup
cream or chicken broth, one tablespoouful of
ﬂour, four eggs, one pint bread crumbsﬁthrce
tablespoonfuls of butter and one of lemon
juice, and if liked one teaspooufuljof onion
juice. Heat the cream or stock: mix the
ﬂour and butter and stir into the boiling
cream; add the chicken and seasoning, boll
two minutes, add two ofthe eggs, well beaten,
take from the ﬁre immediately and set away
to cool. When cold, shape, dip into the other
two eggs, well beaten, roll in cracker or bread
crumbs and fry in boiling fat, just long'

. enough to brown the crumbs.

 

 

