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A DOMESTIC EPISODE.
“ You’ve ceased to love me, John, I fear;
A great change has come over you;
You do not sit beside me, dear,
And hug me as you used to do.

 

“ You used to praise my eyes, my hair,
And often kissed my lip and brow

When we sat on one rocking chair—
Dear John, why don’t you do so now?

“ You used to call me your delight,
Said you were proud my love to win,
And kept me at the gate at night
Till ma would come and call me in.

“ You called me then your ownest own,
Your popsy pet, you did, you know;
That happy time is past and gone—
Ah, dearest, what has changed you so f”

John laid his paper on his knee,

And heaved a sigh, and said: “ I fear
Whatever changes there may be

You’ve brought about yourself, my dear.

“ This much, at least, you must confess;
Whene’er my visits I would pay,

You did not meet me in the dress
In which you’d been at work all day.

“ Your hair was not in paper curls,
Your slippers ﬂapping on your feet;
You were the prettiest of girls,
With everything about you neat.

" A snow-white collar then you’d wear,
And at your throat a pretty bow,
A ﬂower of some kind in your hair—
Now, darling, what has changed you so?”
.— ——§OO—-—--—-

ODDS AND ENDS.

 

A very pretty tidy came under the
editorial eye the other day, which is
simple in construction and economical in
make-up. It is a “daisy ” tidy, and the
daisies are made of No. 13 rick-rack. A
circle is cut out of bleached cotton, using
a silver dollar as a pattern. On this the
rick-rack is sewed, beginning at the cir—
cumference, and sewing it so the points
overlap. A little practice enables one to
“catch the idea.” A few French knots in
old gold silk form the yellow daisy-like
centre and conceal the end of the
braid. Forty of these are made. Sew 36
of them into four squares of nine each.
Get a yard and a half of any colored
ribbon you prefer—peacock blue is very
pretty—cut it in two, and lay the strips
at right angles to each other; on the place
where they cross, sew the four remain—
ing daisies. The squares of nine are to
be sewed into the right angles formed by
crossing the ribbon, with the ends of the
ribbon extending beyond them; these ends
are to be fringed out, and serve to attach
the tidy on the chair; it is to be put on
diamond-wise, and is particularly pretty
on a patent rocker.

 

A simple and serviceable nightdress for
the baby is circular in form, with but one
seam, up the back, and the tiny shoulder-
seams which ﬁt it. Almost any ingen—
ious woman can cut a pattern for herself
by cutting a half circle. doubling it, cut—
ting off the point for the neck, and cut—
ting out a gore the edges of which, when
united, shall shape the shoulder, and then
cutting armholes. The half-circle is too
full and should be narrowed a little.
Ordinary yard wide cotton will require a
little piecing. These are very easily
washed and ironed, great labor savers.
Edge neck and sleeves with embroidery,
if you choose, but the garment is just as
serviceable without it. A very neat and
pretty ﬁnish for the bottom of an infant’s
robe dress is ﬁve very narrow tucks, a
wider one of one and a half inches, ﬁve
more narrow ones, and a three inch hem.

The paper—ﬂower craze has struck
Detroit, and everybody is snipping tinted
tissue paper. The fancy store windows
are ﬁlled with ﬂoricultural novelties,
some of which are like nothing in heaven
or earth, While others are really pretty.
Roses, poppies and carnations are gener-
ally the most natural. Certainly the
materials are excellent. The ﬁne French
papers come in the most exquisite shades
of coloring, and the centres of poppies
and daisies are to be had for the buying.
The story is told that a lady who had just
been given a paper carnationas a pattern
twisted its stem into the buttonhole of
her dress till she went to her room, and
everybody who entered the dinlng-room
commented on “that lovely carnation.”
When told it was paper it required the
test of handling to convince some
“doubting Thomases ” that she spoke the
truth. Clusters of these ﬂowers are ar-
ranged on fans covered with bits of
fringed paper and used for wall orna-
ments.

I wish some of the nervous, dyspeptic,
semi-invalid women who have been
housed all winter in close, unventilated
rooms, would try the “garden cure ” in—
stead of patent medicine or adoctor. We
have faith cure, mind cure, and various
other kinds of cures, but the garden cure
is best of all. I tried it once, on a doc—
tor’s prescription, if you’ll believe me,
and cheerfully bear witness to its efﬁcacy.
Try it, you weary women, instead of
thinking you must put your little remain—
ing strength into the spring sewing and
cleaning. Use the means by which you
can gain added vitality. There is in

who received new strength whenever he
touched the earth. The story, like all
mythology, has its hidden meaning. The
elixir of life lies in sunshine, fresh air
and earth. Take these medicines, simple
and without cost.’3,'l’hey will do you
good. .Have a little spot of ground pre-
pared, if it is but six feet square, plant
your ﬂower seeds and tend them. The
unusual work, with the lassitude of the
spring weather, will make you feel more
fatigued than if you worked in-doors.
But your outdoor labor is medicine; take
the dose daily till it becomes pleasure.
Be not too ambitious; one hour each day
will keep your little ﬂower bed as trim as
a parterre under a Scotch gardener.
Send for seeds of a few hardy, easily
grown varieties, such as sweet pea,
petunia, phlox Drummondi, ageratum,
aster, balsam, pansy, candytuft, calliopsis
and pinks; these are enough for a start,
and will give you rich returns in ﬂowers,
while the outdoor exercise will bring you
health and vigor.

Perhaps some of the ladies who have
asked for patterns of baby’s slippers, have
never thought that it would be very easy
to knit them exactly like the foot of a
stocking. Cast on stitches enough to ﬁt
the ankle, knit a few rows plain, set the
heel and shape the foot just like a stock-
ing, then crochet a row of shells round
the ankle; and ﬁnish with a cord and
tiny balls to draw it up and keep it in
place.

The Bazar says jackets are to crowd
the small wraps closely for popularity
this spring. Be it as it may, the propor-
tion of short wraps to jackets, seen in
our stores and on the streets, is very
largely in favor of the former. Ultras
fashionables, however, say Detroit is al-
ways about a season behind in the matter
of fashions, owing to the conservatism
of the ladies, which perhaps accounts for
it. Yet the little wraps are much more
dressy than jackets, and afford room for
more effective decoration. They are
trimmed this season largely with worsted
lace, which comes in colors to match
nearly everything, and' 1s cheap, ranging
from 20 to 75 cents, according to width.
It IS pleated on very full, and two rows
used. Anew silk tape trimming, con-
sisting of loops and ends of tape mingled
with strands of crimped silk, is also very
handsome, but more expensive, costing
from $1 40 to $1 75 per yard. The dis—
tinctive feature of the new jackets IS the
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upper part is close ﬁtting, but the lower
is widened suﬂiciently to show the con-
tour of the wrist and lower arm.

BE ATRIX.

——..—.w-——

EARLY WORK IN THE GARDEN.

 

Many of the subscribers to the FARMER
who are sending for seeds, ask for direc-
tions for starting them. Seeds for out-
door planting are either perennial, bien-
nial,,or annual. Perennial seeds should
be sown in autumn if not very early in
spring, as they germinate slowly, but most
surely while the soil is wet and cool; the
plants bloom the second year from plant-
ing, with a few exceptions which bloom
the ﬁrst season and remain in perfection
many years after. But few perennials
require protection through winter, and
that but a slight covering of leaves or
straw.

Biennials blossom the second year after
sowing and then die. but are usually re-
produced by self sown seeds, so that
when once established there is no farther
trouble In retaining them. It is well to
remember the more promptly perennial
seed is sown after ripening, the better,
to save time in starting into growth.

Annuals are either hardy or tender,
and most of our hardy annuals are peren—
nial at the South. Those may be planted
in open ground after the weather is
settled and the soil is warm; or may be
sown in hotbeds, but as they germinate
freely may be sown where they are to
grow. Or, as all but poppies bear trans-
planting, a seed bed may be made for
them, and by the time they are ﬁt for
transplanting the border can be made
mellow and ﬁne for their reception. Our
variable spring weather makes it unsafe
to plant half hardy or tender annuals out
of doors. Many sow seeds in boxes in
the house in ﬁne light rich soil, keep
moderately warm and moist, and give
plenty of air when growth begins. Seed-
lings should always be transplanted as
soon as well up. If the weather is un-
favorable for setting them in the garden,
have a shallow box ready with good soil,
and set them in that, and they will grow

. in better form and strength. If allowed
to stand crowded long after they are up,
they will become drawn and weak.
Nearly every one, I think, sows seed too
thick, which is a “risky” practice, for
if the plants are thick they are slim in
grown and will rarely recover lost vitality .

Although verbenas' are hardy annuals
the seeds are very slow in starting, unless
given heat and constant morsture, which
can be done by covering the soil after
sowing with ﬂannel wet in warm water
until signs of growth appear; then cover
the box with mosquito netting a day or
two, and transplant as soon as rough
leaves are grown. The hotbed (German)
Ihave so often described saves all risk
and trouble, and is a very small expense.
The bed is made the usual way, but the
cover is white cloth instead of glass,
which after being tacked ﬂrmlyzto the
cover frame is saturated with linseed oil
and eggs well beaten together; about two
eggs to a pint of oil. When dry it is

snow white and waterproof. and all that
can be desired for starting plants for an
ordinary garden the last of April or ﬁrst
of May. Of course for plants that are
started early and are kept under cover
until quite or nearly grown, while the
hard frosts and solid earth are yet in
order, glass is necessary; but as we are
not such “ early birds,” we should choose
things suitable to time and conditions
For growing greenhouse bulbs and seeds,
cuttings, etc., this German hotbed is just
right, and when the weather becomes hot
the cover can be replaced with clean cloth
and they do admirably.
MRS. M. A. FULLER.

”—0.“—
THE FARMER’S WIFE; HER LA-
BOR AND RE WARD.

FENTON.

 

Paper read by Mrs. L C. Crittenden at the Farm-
ers’ Institute at Howell, Feb. 27t.h

It was said of old that there was noth-
ing new under the sun. The wise man
must have admitted himself mistaken had
he lived at the present time, for it is a
new thing for the farmer’s wife to assert
her claim to be considered a not unim-
portant factor in the advancement and
prosperity of the commonwealth. For
while the wife of the average farmer oc—
cupies a comparatively humble sphere,
and her life is mainly spent in the dis-
charge of the homely and commonplace
duties incident to her vocation, the re-
sponsibilities of her position are import-
ant, and by no means inferior to any
other. To the ﬁdelity and ability with
which she has performed her part in the
drama of the past, the present bears
abundant witness. Her inﬂuence, like
the silent forces of nature, powerful,
though noiseless, slow, but sure and beneﬁ-
cent, manifests itself in results. His~
tory abounds with accounts of the self—
sacriﬁce and her01sm of the women of
revolutionary times; tells

“ Of fearless Puritan maidens
01’ old Colonial days,
Of wives who prayeo and counseled,
Who knitted. and wove and spun;
Of wise, strong-hearted mothers,
Who bravely wrought,
While heroes fought,
And reared the Coming Man.”

Man reared by those mothers have
made our country famous. Of our presi-
dents and men of renown, “men too
great to be presidents,” men who have
discharged great trusts with wisdom and
integrity, very many have had their birth-
place on the farm; have been trained to
good habits and right principles, by plain,
unassuming farmers’ wives. There is a
great deal said and sung about the “ Dig-
nity of labor,” yet in spite of it all, the
labor of the farm house is thought to be
almost degrading by many, and of little
account by more, classed as “unproduc-
tive;” but how, pray, is the farmer to
raise his'cabbage, corn and beans, with—
out the aid and cooperation of this much
despised and little appreciated domestic
service? .Methinks the hands of Moses
would soon fail and fall, were not Eur.
(her) at hand to uphold at least one of
them. Not long ago the farmer’ s wife was
the chief manufacturer of the country;
her family was clad from sole to crown
with the product of her loom and distaﬁ ;

 

 

bed-furnishing and table napery were all
supplied by her handicraft. Although
this branch of domestic labor is done
away with, and the click of the loom and
whirr of the spinning wheel no longer
heard, the farmer’s wife, who is her own
help, has quite enough to do to supply
the incessant demands on hand and brain,
and too often she demonstrates her
housekeeping abilities at the expense of
her home-making attributes. For while
a reasonable attention to the requirements
of the farmer is necessary to the comfort
and order of the home, the latter is vital
to its happiness and attractiveness to its
members.

Statistics show that the number engaged
in agricultural pursuits about equals that
of all other industries. The farmer’s
wife then presides in the majority of the
homes of our land—for boarding and
lodging houses are not homes; neither
can that name be applied to the dens and
cellars of cities, where so many congre-
gate—and exerts an inﬂuence for good or
evil which reaches to eternity, and
moulds the character of those who exer-
cise acontrolling, or a mighty power, in
the destiny of the nation,—for “ The
strength of the republic lies in the homes
of the people.”

If the farmer is priest of the soil, and
to him belong the ﬁnest wheat and ﬁrst
fruits, the wife is priestess at home, and
to her belongs the best that home can
offer, the esteem, and love, and reverence
of its members. She should have a part
in the very best of their lives, and to
command and deserve this, she ought
never to be outgrown by husband or
children, in general knowledge. She
should excel in real education; not that
which affects the head merely, and glazes
men and women over with accomplish—
ments to shine in society, but which im‘
proves the heart, enlarges the sympathies,
warms the affections, gives reﬁning
and ennobling inﬂuences, and forms ﬁrm,
symmetrical character.

The life of woman on the farm is too
secluded and monotonous. She needs
the culture of travel and association; the
self-reliance and attrition which contact
with minds only can give. To accomplish
this desirable end, some means should be
adopted to bring women together often
for the interchange of ideas; not merely
to discuss the utility of washing butter,
or manufacturing rag carpets, although
these subjects are apropos in time and
place, but for mutual improvement and
helpfulness in carrying forward those
aims and principles which reﬁne society.
For if there was ever a time when it was
requisite that wives and mothers should
actin accordance with the teachings of the
Bible, and attempt to liftlup and purify
and carry our country onward, so that it
shall be in practice what it is in theory—
the great leading Christian nation of the
world—it is now; and the wives and
mothers and daughters of farmers have
as much depending on them in the war-
fare against the gigantic evils of these
times, as our foremothers in the early
conﬂict with material foes.

The farmer’s wife is the conservator of


  

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the home; to her it owes its intelligence,
harmony, and purity; to her economy
and industry, its wealth, comfort and
beauty; her reward is in the prosperity
and happiness of those she loves; and in
the success of these aims and principles
which tend to elevate and Christianize
humanity.

”——
MOTHERS AND DAUGHTERS.
There is much force and truth in the

remarks made by “ One of the Girls ” in a
late issue of the HOUSEHOLD, to the effect
that mothers were many times responsible
for the improper behavior of their daugh-
ters in the company of young men, inas—
much as they had failed to give them in—
struction, or enlighten their experience
by proper counsel or warning.

The mother by sad experience knows
many pitfalls and snares hidden in the
path way youth must travel, and both love
and duty should inspire her to point out
the dangers and provide safeguards for
her child’s inexperienced feet. And it is
only by iteration and re-iteration, line
upon line, precept upon precept, in sea—
son and out of season, that the youthful
mind can be impressed.

On the other hand, it is sadly true that
many girls give very little heed to the
admonitions of the mother, no matter
how wisely or kindly given, and with a
perversrty born of self-conceit, pride
themselves on following their own head-
strong will, careless of the wounded
heart of the mother, and the bitter con-
sequences that too often follow to them—
selves. Happy indeed is the mothér who
is able to hold the conﬁdence and sym-
pathy of her daughter, so that her kind
and loving control may be willingly ac
knowledged, and her counsel sought
through the years when most needed; the
years when self-assertion is awakened
and aggressive, and self—conceit the most
prominent factor, unawed as yet by the
humiliation of defeat, and with all the
boldness of inexperience. How carefully
must we move to save them from the
perils they will not see, and the dangers
they cannot comprehend, and yet not
tighten to a strain that may break the
bonds of control so necessary to preserve!
How much wehave to forbear, how much
to forgive, how much to endure, only the
conscientious mother can realize. While
we are carefully avoiding the Scylla of
governing too much, trying to teach the
unﬂedged mind to try its own pinions,
that it may learn strength and feel re-
sponsibility, we may strike the other side,
the Charybdis of too little control, and
the weak but precious child of our affec-
tions falls wounded and broken at our
feet. How often, too, at such a moment,
when overwhelmed with suffering, 'per-
haps ﬁlled with undeserved sel f-accusings,
come the bitter sneers of self-constituted
judges, rasping the heart-wounds to su—
preme agony, asking, “Why did you do
this?” “Why not do the other?" In the
self-complacence of their arrogant
arraignment, no mistake could
have occurred had they been at the helm.
Mothers, you who have daughters reared
«to true womanhood, settled in happy

 

homes, or armored in matured experience
and solid sense taking up Life’s respon—
sibilities, do not arrogate to yourselves
superior wisdom or judgment, but rever—
ently thank God, who has led you and
yours in the ways of truth and virtue,
and blessed your endeavors for the right.

If your darlings, carefully as you have
instructed and matured them, had been
beset by the same temptations that have
fallen to the lot of some others, they
might not now have been so happy and
blessed. It is only the sorely tried and
tempted, who have triumphed, that are
proved, and even these might have had
an hour of weakness, that, found, would
have caused their fall.

Let us cultivate charity for faults and
sympathy for the unfortunate, even the
sinner, even while we sternly reprobate
the sin; and while we gather our treasures
around us, thank the Giver of all good
gifts that they have been kept and pre'
served from temptation, rather than sit
in merciless judgment on some poor un-
fortunate, who perhaps deserves more our
pity than our censure.

I think, too, that mothers often arraign
themselves and each other for sins of
omission or commission unjustly. If
with the light we have, we each day do
the best we may, we should recognize the
fact that it is all that could be required
of us; and we have no right or cause to
make ourselves unhappy over what might
have been. We should do our duty day
by day, honestly, fearlessly, trustingly;
and whatever the result, know that we
are blameless in the sight of Him who
searcheth the heart, and who will often
bring light out of apparent darkness, and
good out of seeming evil.

There will always be unwise mothers,
and willful, disobedient daughters, but,
happily, we don’t ﬁnd them in the major—
ity, and let us hope their numbers may

grow less. A. L. L.

INGL‘ESIDE
___‘..__

FROM OUR LITTLE INVALID.

Thanks Betty, A. H. J. and Beatrix for
your kind words of sympathy. I have a
beautiful home, and loving parents, so
many kind friends, and much to be thank-
ful for. I read a great deal now; I have
just ﬁnished T. S. Arthur’s “Steps To-
wards Heaven,” and wish all who suﬁer
much pain would read the last article in
the book called the “Angel Pain;” I think
it splendid. Then I have the HOUSEHOLD,
the dear little paper! how I look for it
every Wednesday, and never let it out of
my hands till it is all read over. I think
I have every HOUSEHOLD from the ﬁrst
printed, and would not part with them
for a great deal. I have read Bess’s
conundrum in the HOUSEHOLD of March
23rd, and am waiting to see the answers.

But I have a question that I would like
to have answered about tobacco-chewers.
My papa and brothers do not chew, but
sometimes we have men who do, and ugh!
how ﬁlthy! Now why will men spit in
their own or any other person’s house,
either on the ﬂoor or in the spittoon? I
have seen men throw their quids in the
cuspidor; it is enough to give one the ty-

 

phoid fever to clean after such men.
Would it not be right to make the boys,
instead of the girls, clean the cuspidors?
I think if they had it to do there would
not be so much of the work to be done.
TEMPERANCE.
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KNITTED LACE PATTERNS.

Seeing a request in the HOUSEHOLD for
directions for knitting lace, and having
quite a number of pretty patterns I ven—
ture to send the directions for some of
them:

WOODsIDE.

CLOVER LEAF EDGE.

Use two knitting needles and on one of
them cast on ten stitches. In the direc-
tions k. stands for knit, p. for purl, n. for
narrow, o. for thread thrown over.

First row—Knit plain.

Second row—K two, 0, n. k one, o twice,
n, k three.

Third row—K ﬁve, p one, k two, 0, n,
k one.

Fourth row—K two, 0, n, k seven.

Fifth row—K eight, 0, n, k one.

Sixth row-—K two, 0, n. k one, o twice,
n, o twice, n, k two.

Seventh row—K four, p one, k two, p
one, ktwo, o, n, k one.

Eighth row—K two, 0, n, k nine.

Ninth row—Bind off three, k six, 0, n,
k one.

Repeat from second row.

ENGLISH POINT LACE.

Cast on ﬁfteen stitches.

First row—Slip one, k one, o twice, p
two together, k one, o twice, k two to—'
gether, k three, 0 twice, p two together,
k one, o, k two.

Second row—Slip one, is one, p one, k
one, o twice, p two together, k four, p
one, k one, otwice, p two together, k two.

Third row—Slip one, k one, o twice, p
two together, k two, 0, k two together, k
two, 0 twice, p two together, k two, 0, k

wo.

Fourth row—Slip one, k one, p one p
two, 0 twice, p two together, k three, p
one, k two, 0 twice, p two together, k two.

Fifth row—Slip one, k one, o twice, p
two together, k three, 0, k two together,
k one, o twice, p two together, k three,
0, k two.

Sixth row—Slip one, k one, p one. k
three, 0 twice, p two together, k two, p
one, k three, 0 twice, p two together. k

wo.

Seventh row—Slip one, k one, o twice,
p two together, k four, 0, k two together,
0 twice, p two together. k the rest plain.

Eighth row—Bind off three stitches, k
two. 0 twice, p two together, k one, p one,
k four, 0 twice, p two together, 1:
two.

Repeat from ﬁrst row.

MOLLIE MOONSHINE’S SISTER.
HAMLIN, N. Y.

—-——«o——-
“ WOM AN’S WEAPON ”
AGAIN.

THE

 

We had a good dissertation on sweep—
ing a few weeks ago, from our Editor,
and perhaps this may be like some other
subjects that have been discussed; so
many have written about it that the topic
is worn threadbare. But woman-like I
thought I would have my say, for it is
through this interchanging of thoughts
and ways of doing work, that improve—
ment comes. We are all anxious to learn
the best mtnner of doing work, with the
least possible labor. I thought how nice,
fresh and clean Beatrix’s room must look
after that wiping-up process. But it
makes a lame back and rheumatic limbs

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ache to think of. I save all the tea
grounds, and when sweeping day comes
round, I rinse them in three or four
waters to get all the stains out, and after
dusting and setting outside all the
movable articles, sprinkle the tea leaves
over the carpet, and after having wet the
broom in warm water, sweep them back
and forth lightly, they will collect pretty
much all the dust, and when well swept
oﬂ leave the carpet looking bright and
clean. When I do not have tea grounds
enough I wet newspapers and tear up in
small pieces. We do not all have carpet
sweepers, and I have heard some contend
that the stiff bristles in them, wore the
carpet more than a broom. What do the

ladies say about them? s. A. G.

DBABBOBN .
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BESS’S CONUN DRUM.

Iwant to tell Bess what I think of her
conundrum. I would invite my husband
to sit at the ﬁre with me; if he did not
accept the invitation I would take the
girls to the hall myself; it would be per-
fectly proper to do so. A man so selﬁsh
that he cannot spend a part of his precious
time with his wife and daughters, does
not deserve the name of husband. The
man who dislikes taking his team out
nights is either lazy or thinks more of
his horses than of his wife. It is not only
right but her duty to go; if the neighbors
did not call I would hire some one to take
me. The husband would not sit quiet
many evenings at the ﬁre; he would go
too. I don’t think this world was made
expressly for men. Wives are as much to
blame as the men; if they are told to sit
by the ﬁre, down they sit, and ﬁnd fault
about it. KATE.

BATTLE CREEK.

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LACE PATTERN.

 

As spring is coming I wish to say to the
lovers of ﬂowers, if you never have done
so, invest a few dimes in hybrid perpetual
roses. Mine have very little ,, care, no
protection. and I have blossoms from
June until snow falls.

Will some one kindly send a recipe for
a good hard soap for laundry use. I send
a recipe for Violet, of Okemos , for I be-
lieve young girls should be encouraged
in household work, so few nowadays will
try. I send also a lace pattern for her.

Cast on nine stitches; knit all even
rows plain.

lst row, 1: 3, n, O, n, o, k 1, o, k 1.

3drow, k 2, n, O, n, o, k 3, o, k 1.

5th row, k 1, n, o, n, o, k 5, o, k 1.

7th row, k 3, o, n, o, n, k 1, n, o, 11.

9th row, k 4, o, n, O, n, 3 together, 0, 11.

11th row, k 5, o, n, 3 together, 0, 11.

12th, back plain.
MISS STODDARD.
IxLAY CITY.

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LADIES who furnish patterns for knit-
ted and crocheted lace are requested to
write plainly and carefully, to punctuate
properly, and to write out, either at the
beginning or end of directions, the ab-
breviations used; in this way such direc—
tions will beneﬁt those for whom they
are intended, and the compositor and
proof-reader be spared considerable
trouble.

 

HOUSE HOLD HINTS.

 

Possrers some of our readers may have
canton ﬂannel draperies which have
faded under exposure to the light. The
N. Y. Tribune recommends dipping them
in a dye made from the popular Diamond
Dyes, using it not very strong; and when
the goods is nearly dry brush vigorously
with the nap. This has been tried with
success.

 

MISS PARLOA’s method of clarifying fat
which has been removed from gravies,
soups, etc., is to put it on the stove in an
iron pan and heat it slowly. When
melted set it where it will bubble, and
when all motion ceases, the sediment
will have found the bottom of the pan,
and the fat will be pure and clear, ready
to use for any culinary purpose.

 

TO SAVE stair carpets nail several
thicknesses of old carpet or canvas over
the edge of each stair. It is a good plan
to buy more carpeting than is needed to
cover the stairs and move it each season
so that the whole will wear evenly. If
stair carpets cannot be changed in this
way they will not wear long.

 

A CORRESPONDENT of an exchange tells
how she protected her baby from
draughts on the ﬂoor the past winter. She
had a box made, two feet by three feet,
and just high‘enough to allow baby to
look over the top as she sat on the bottom
Of the box. The lady says: “Fasten
strong cleats on each end, and into these
put good casters. Pad the sides and
cover with pretty calico. Put several
layers of newspapers on the bottom and
cover with carpet. In such a warm box
my little girl spent most of the winter.
Her playthings were within reach. In it
she learned to creep and to stand, 'and
the sides being so soft a bump did not
hurt her. Her little brothers amused her
by rolling It about the ﬂoor. It did not
take up as much room as baby and her
scattered playthings. It deserved the
name the children bestowed upon it—the
palace-car.”

 

HERE is a very simple way to make
slippers for a very young babe: Measure
your baby’s foot; crochet or knit out of
single zephyr a perfect square, a little
longer each way than his foot, double
and sew the two ends together, crochet a
scallop around the top, run a piece of
elastic through the scallops, drawing it
small enough to ﬁt the baby’s ankle, and
put a ribbon bov on the front of the
slipper. The baby’s foot shapes the
slipper, and is kept nice and warm on
cold mornings.”

MISS CORSON says macaroni should
never be touched by water which is not
absolutely boiling; if it seems dusty, wipe
it with a dry towel. Macaroni should be
boiled till a bit can easily be pinched off
with the ﬁngers. The time for cooking
varies from ﬁve to twenty minutes, the
latter time for the large tubes. When
done, it should be drained and thrown
into a large panful of cold water, or

   

 

water poured upon it in a colander till,
the little tubes are free from tne gelatin-
ous coating extracted, by boiling, then
drained again, when it is ready to be
ﬁnished with cheese, tomatoes, etc. ‘

THOSE who can mince meat for summer
use should remember that a thorough
heating is necessary if the meat is to
keep. It will surely ferment unless well
heated and canned when hot. The
various recipes for “mock mince pies”
are quite as good as the genuine mince in-

summer.
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HULDAH PERKINs’ request is granted.
Please let us hear from you more fre-
quently. __«.___

HOUSEeLEANmG,making garden, spring
sewing, all the work of the spring, will
soon claim the attention of our busy
housekeepers. But in the midst of your
duties, do not forget'the HOUSEHOLD. Send
us notes of the improvements and adorn-
ments you have planned; tell us what you
get for agood dinner now when the ap-
petite craves a change from the hearty
food of the winter, anything which will
help and encourage others.

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THE very best thing out for preventing
the juice escaping from pies while baking,
is a tube of writing paper put in the
center of the top crust and allowed to
stand there while baking; the syrup boils
up into the tube while hot, but recedes

when cool to its proper place.

A. F.
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TEERE are many, very many of our
contributors whom the HOUSEHOLD Ed-
itor holds in memory, and would be truly
glad to hear from again. Others who are
interested in the HOUSEHOLD have prom
ised to write, but still delay, despite the
promises won by considerable coaxing.
And these we hope to hear from soon.
Some have said that they could not handle
the topics treated by other writers as well
as they, and so stay away. But we want
variety; not all talk on abstract themes,
not all chat of books or family relation-
ships, but methods of management, criti-
cism of customs, details of economies,
labor-saving ways, and useful recipes,
The thinking housekeeper is always
learning; it is a duty and should be a
pleasure to pass on her discoveries to

others.
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Contributed Recipes.

GINGER COOKIES.—One cup sugar; four
tablespoonfuls melted butter; one teaspoon
ful soda, dissolved in one-fourth cup hot water ,
one teaspoonful ginger. Roll as soft as you
can, and bake.

GINGER COOKIES No. 2.—0ne cup of New
Orleans molasses; half cup lard; one egg; two
table spoonfuls sugar; half cup sour milk; one.
teaspoonful each of soda and ginger; a little
cinnamon and cloves. Roll very soft.

MISS STO DDARD.
IMLAY CiTY.

 

WEEATIMUFFINS.—Mix one pint of milk.
two eggs, three tablespoonfuls yeast, 9. little
salt, with ﬂour enough to make a stiff batter;

 

let it rise four or ﬁve hours, and bake in muﬁ‘m
rings in a hot oven about ten minutes.

 

