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THE HOUSEHOLD-"Supplement.

 

'True. she may work. and also paint

.subject, in “ further conversation,” and not

THE GIRL OF THE PERU/I).

She's very much misunderstood
And very much maligned.

She leaves the good -‘ oldfashioncd girl "
A long. long way behind.

Kensington patterns queer.
But a more useful girl ne‘er lived
In any former year.

Perhaps she owns a dandy pug—-
But. then. why shouldn‘t she?

'There‘s nothing wrong at all in that.
So far as I can see.

fShe's cultured. but she‘s practical“
Can sing, or play. or cook.

Or cleverly converse with you
About the latest book.

'She rises with the early bird.
Dresses her with care.

And of accustomed household work.
She more than takes her share.

Herself the breakfast table sets.
The dinner oversees.

Prepares the salads or meringues.
And daintiest of teas.

Makes jellies. puddings. bread or cake.
French dishes not a few—

In short, there‘s hardly anything
This blessed girl can't do.

ﬁhe plans the tired seamstress‘ work.
And makes the children‘s frocks:

And. though she doesn‘t like the job.
She darns her father‘s socks.

The little ones all turn to her
In any childish strait:

On her the mother also leans
In trials small and great.

She's just the girl for men to woo.
May you and l. sir. win:

But we must. keep our record clean.
She'll never wink at sin.

‘She is earnest and she‘s merry.
Brilliant. but fond and true:

The most loving. brave and helpful
Girl that you ever knew.

'Truly she is misunderstood
And very much maligned.
She leaves the good '" old-fashioned girl "
A long, long way behind.
—(r'oorl ”arise/.Wpiuq.

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WOMAN LY WOMEN.

 

Through the kind indulgence of our
HOUSEHOLD Editress I will resume this

in “close debate,” although I may widely
diverge from its ﬁrst introduction. It is
gratifying that Mrs. Serena Stew. with her
ﬁrst advent, chose the theme of so vast
importance to man and
as “ Womanly
she belongs to the

womankind
Woman,” yet how
family of
“Stews,” and remains a “Serena.” I Certainly 110t-

compare the expression which acquaints my

the cradle to the grave the destiny of the
race lies in: woman‘s hands, to a large
city. Very many thoroughfares, from as
manydirections. traversea way to its center.
From but one side of its extremities lies an
eminence to be climbed, where the eye may
catch a sweeping view of the mass of build-
ings, high and low, that constitutes its whole.
When looking down upon its many turrets,
roofs and towers, we lose sight of alike its
avenues. streets and alleys. its luxurious
homes. misery and vice, and bear witness
only to its size and grand proportions.
Quite so with my idea; when measuring
woman‘s possibilities in controlling the
destinies of the human race in its vastness
and in its progressive sense—as regarded
by me—its entirety remained unknown to
others, and I wonder that it should provoke
comments. We welcome them. “ The hand
that rocks the cradle rocks the world” has
been sung in song and oft repeated in o’er
true story. Does not character-ever precede
destiny? Neither man nor woman possesses
unlimited power; “God has laid no such
responsibility upon them;” yet both form a
part in the wise economy of the universe
that makes it imperative for them to learn
and obey divine laws, both physical and
moral. The face of the physical world was
formed in its primitive state before man’s
ﬁnger-marks became the index to its subse-
quent improved conditions. Do we not see
how vast such improvements have been,
from forest homes. from Nature’s wild and
uncultivated aspect to the blooming Eden of
to—day. Nature diverges not from native
expressions of force and law; it is left for
manto utilize her gifts, and it is none the
less true of our natures. How imperative to
the niu'seryman. when planting the tree or
shrub to beetime produt‘tive of choice varie—
ties of fruits and ﬂowers. that he selects
those grown from the seed that will not fail
to meet his expectations. When we truly
recognize that human dealings with gener-
ative laws in a great. degree mold and shape
the destinies of the race through ante-natal
impressions and inﬂuences. wisely, will we
not seek to endow our minds with compre-
hensive knowledge such as will tend to
promote the most harmonious conditions?
When plant and shrub have developed in

tial to their success as before.
readers with but a single line of thought time that parents better understood corres-
leading to the main proinptings that gave ponding operative laws governing the birth
birth to thebroad utterance by me, that from and future of their offspring.

age and size, when the need of care and

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culture is 111111 est, is it good Judgment to mg. and to good purpose.
leave them wholly to a natural growth?
The watchful care given

It is high

Children
born of mothers whose understandings have
been awakened to realization of the weighty
impress their minds and being entails upon
them. ere their birth, with a like considera-
tion, and realization from the cradle to the
grave, we ask whose hand controls the
destinies of the racc‘.’ If father. husband
or son ignores an ennobling sense of true
manhood. if they lead children. companions
and friends into the slough of "debasing
inﬂuences”. and “ impure allusions.” then
are they ignorant of life's true responsibili—
ties. Yet are they not the exact results of
birth. education and influences? Do not
misunderstand me, 0 ye Sisters! and imagine
I hold man and woman not responsible for
every act and deed in life; I most assuredly
do. I only ask you to question these things.
“Search and ye shall ﬁnd, knock and it
shall be opened unto you," more than the
clearest intellect or the purest heart has
ever dared to hope, from being silent, meek
and passive esharers in life’s broad ﬁelds ot
whine and reform. 0 Selena! how can you
say “Away with all this gush about trying
to save young men?” I have yet to learn
that man or woman, old or young, have yt t
been saved from wrong without the almost
sacred touch of human will and sympathy.
aided and sustained by the Inﬁnite arm.
While we descend into our city of illus-
tration to traverse some of its many streets
and avenues, and turn in mingled wonder
and query its corners and angles. we
credit A. L. L. with a fair and consider-
ate view respecting the subject of “What
Should She Do." and ot' "Womanly Wo-
men."

MERCY.

)I ETA )lDRA.
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INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION.

 

Some weeks ago Bess asked a question
about manual education, which was brieﬂy
answered in the same issue. but believing
she and perhaps others may be interested
in knowing more of the extent to which in-
dustrial education is being furnished, es—
pecially in the east. I wish to revert to the
theme again.

Emerson, with his trenchant. biting elo-
quence, dropped the seed which in forty
years has blossomed into the goodly plant
of Industrial Education. a plant still grow-
He said: "We
are students of words: we. are shut up in
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last with a memory of words and do not
know a thing. We cannot use our hands,

or our legs, or our arms or our eyes. In a
hundred high schools and colleges this
warfare against common sense goes on.”
When a great truth is told in plain prose, it
challenges public thought, and by dwelling
upon it results follow. Thus it was in this
case; the cry was soon “A practical educa-
tion for a practical age,” and trades-schools
have been springing up all over the country,
despite the opposition of\ those who con-
tended Latin and Greek alone deserved
educational recognition. _Cooper Institute
was a pioneer in the industrial path. and
from this, as from one great central thought,
have spread many modiﬁcations. Some
six or eight years ago, sewing was intro-
duced into the public schools of Philadel-
phia, and now, the lessons begin with the
lowest, and extend through every grade.

The best results have been obtained with
pupils over fourteen years of age, who have
completed an elementary educational course,
and where the object is less an actual ap—
prenticeship, but rather a development of
manual skill and dexterity, an education Of
hmd and eye, a facility in handling tools, a
q‘iickness of observation, in short, the
education of the physicalqualities.

' Drawing, designing, modeling, carpen-
try, brass work, wood carving and machine
shop work for boys; and sewing, cutting
out garments, housework and cooking,
with carpentry, wood carving and model-
ing, for girls, are taught in the Industrial
schools of Philadelphia, and sundry of
these branches in the schools of Boston,
Baltimore, New York, Jersey City,
Brooklyn and many other towns. The
University at Ann Arbor and Agricultural
College at Lansing, have introduced cer-
tain branches, and at a visit the writer paid
the University work rooms it was pleasant
indeed to see the young men in their work-
mtnlike aprons and caps, planing, sawing,
joining, working in metal, and otherwise
gaining ability to use their hands. The
work is regarded more as play; it is a re-
laxation and a pleasure to the students.
The Industrial School of this city gives poor
children, for whose beneﬁt it is especially
‘ designed, instruction in the arts which will
ﬁt themto make good domestic servants;
they are taught to make beds, sweep, dust,
wash dishes, and cook. They have their
miniature outﬁts, little brooms, diminutive
beds, dainty dishes, small rolling pins,
washtubs, and with these they learn every
part of household work that can be thus
taught, also in what order the work should
be done.

The kitchen of the New York Industrial
School for children, contains a large range
as its principal feature. Classes of ﬁfteen
receive ninety minutes’ instruction in the
art of getting up warm meals. Bills of
fare are prepared, and each little cook
mixes, listens, watches results, and ﬁnally
eats the food she has helped prepare. They
are taught, also, the simpler chemical pro—
cesses involved, and given instruction in
marketing and the relative nutritiousness
of food. ,

Now that manual education has been

recognized as an essential element of that
preparation for life work which we call

education, it will undoubtedly take its
proper place as subordinate, but an essen-
tial complement to “book-learning ” which
has too long been considered the only
education. The result will be graduates
with' hands skilled as well as brain tilled,
no longer at a loss what to do with them—
selves on leaving school, nor needing sup—
plementary education to ﬁt them to earn a
living. And it is also to be hoped that this
recognition of the dignity and importance
Of manual education will make it as re—
Spectable to gain one’s livelihood by the
labor of the hands as by the exercise of

the wits. L. C.
DETROIT.
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NOTES ON BACK NUM-
BERS.

 

Some time ago Jannette said she had
been looking and hoping Aunt Lucy would
give a bill of fare for the week, particularly
for farmers, and also made a request that
either Evangeline or Old School Teacher
would give one if Aunt Lucy did not. I
have hoped that Evangeline would reply,
for I give but little attention to bills of
fare. I am one of those healthy, hearty
eaters, who like anything that comes along
(particularly vegetables) if it is cooked, and
not brought to the table rare.
spend a forenoon in the kitchen in hot
weather, to prepare an elaborate dinner. I
try to prepare the dinner, as far as possible,
in the morning while it is cool, and some-
thing that can be ﬁnished with little
trouble. . We believe in doing quite con-
trary to the advice given by some members
of the HOUSEHOLD. ,

My eldest daughter is doing the baking
this year, so I_ will have to give her “ modus
operandi,” but it is one in which I agree.
When we have a cool morning she makes a
rule of fried-cakes and a double rule of
ginger cookies or ginger snaps, a cake, and
if we are in need, bread, a pie for dinner
and a custard or corn starch pie for tea.
Then for a day or two the work is easily
done early in the morning. The fried
cakes we eat ﬁrst as they are better fresh,
but the ginger snaps and cookies grow bet-
ter by keeping. We do not have the “in-
evitable pie” every day for dinner, but vary
with puddings, wholesome but easily made,
among which I will mention rice, steamed,
lemon and occasionally we like an old-
fashioned bread pudding. We do not have
our supper until the men stop work for the
night, so of course we have supper for
working men, not little delicate “nick
necks,” but it is planned beforehand and
easily prepared. I do not live to eat, there-
fore I can not go into ecstasies over any-
thing to tickle the palate; neither did I
ever seea “magniﬁcent pudding,” a “grand
pie or dish of sauce,” as 1 have heard some
women declare.

During the berry season we were given a
dish of berries with sugar and cream for
the dessert at dinner, instead of pie or pud-
ding; and that makes me think, I am going
to have blackberries tomorrow, and if
Beatrix and J annette will make me an
afternoon visit tomorrow, we will give-
themblackberries and ripe pears, and E——-—
has had a baking day to-day, so you see I

 

I dislike to -

am all ready for an afternoon visit, and
will not be satisﬁed with a call.

Yes, Beatrix, I acknowledge that receiv°

ing visitors is pleasanter with my grown-up
daughters to help to entertain and relieve
me of the burden of the work, but visitors
are no more welcome than they were when
my girls were little children. Then, if the
house was not in order and the larder com-

paratively empty, I had some excuse, but I
would receive no pity now if things were
not in order, neither would I deserve any.

In the majority of cases, when we in the-
country make afternoon visits we send
word asking if it will be convenient to re-
ceive company upon such an afternoon, but
of course in such a case we do not expect as
much formality as in case we received a
special invitation; thus you see should “I
take the baby ” and go to spend the after-
noon I would be in little danger of the
mumps or measles. By the way, my children
caught the measles by calling justamoment
at a schoolmate’s, and the lady took a great
deal of caution to send the infected one into
another room. I do not suppose they
would any more than “caught them” had I
been with them and made a visit.

Should I happen to go unexpectedly and
ﬁnd strangers before me I would make a.
call and retire; ditto should I ﬁnd my
“dearest foe,” installed in the .patent
rocker, for I should feel like upsetting
the chair, which would be unladylike; but
for the last I have no fear, as I do not
have a “dearest foe” among the feminine
part of the community; my “dearest foes”
are always of the masculine gender.

But really, I do not wonder Beatrix con-
demned unexpected visits when she had
such a case in mind as was mentioned.
I think such friends are wholly destitute of
politeness or common civility. But many
people are content to ride a “free horse”
even unto death. I thought she intended a
wholesale condemnation of afternoon visits,
and then I begged to differ, as I do enjoy
them, and shall continue the custom as
long as my friends return the compliment.

The suggestion of having an “at home”
day is good, but it has its drawbacks too;
what if I should want to don my linen
(luster and go down to Detroit upon an
excursion and look up the “city hall and
a peanut stand?” I would not want to
forego the pleasure of eating peanuts and
throwing the shells upon the city hall steps,
because that was my “at home” day when 1
am at home.

Did I ever “slip a piece of wedding cake
under my pillow to ensure dreams of the
coming man?” Not that I remember, but I
named the bedposts many times and tried
many other tricks dear to girlish hearts, but
I was always too sleepy to dream; my
dreams of the “ coming man ” were always
waking dreams, as I am inclined to think
most girlish dreams are. If the girls wish a
bit of cake to dream, over, I would not rob
them of the pleasure, but I see no necessity
for taking a slice of ﬁve or eight kinds. No,
I would not be an iconoclast and destroy all
the charming superstitions and time-
honored customs, but I would destroy cus-
toms that we enjoy at others’ emense.

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ing into disuse. It is pleasant among re-
latives; and if one has a few intimate friends
who wish to make a gift for love’s sake it
is all well enough, but let it be a love token
and not given because it is customary.

I think A. H. J. is very sensible if she
practices what she preaches, and I wish
there were many more like her.

OLD SCHOOL TEACHER.

TECUMSEH.

SWEET GRAPE WINE.

 

S. A. G. desiresa recipe for making
wine of grapes, for medicinal uses. The
W. C.» T. U. endorses the following for
that purpose, the recipe being copied from
Mrs. Kirkpatrick’s Cook Book, where it is
duly credited. The directions are as fol-
lows: "Take twenty pounds Of Concord
grapes, add three quarts of water, crushing
the grapes in the water; put them in a
porcelain kettle. Stir well until they boil;
cook for ﬁfteen or twenty minutes, then
strain through a cloth. Add three pounds
of white sugar. When the sugar is dis-
solved, strain again, heat to the'boiling
point. pour into bottles and seal immediate-
ly.” It is best to put the wine up in small
bottles, because after opening it is like any
canned goods and will not keep. Heat the
bottles, use new corks, and cover well with
hot sealing wax.

———OOO——-——

CULTURE OF LILIBS.

 

In answer to a contributor I would say I
have no reliable authority forplanting hardy
bulbs as early as August, and knowing that
the health of a lily bulb may be materially
injured by bruising leaves or stem while yet
unripe, I think it can not well be done.
L. Lancifolo'um is only just readyto bloom,
Sep-
tember or the ﬁrst of October is the best
time, when the drouth is over and the earth
moist and cool, and pleasant to work. Lily
bulbs require deep planting and perfect
drainage, or they will decay. At the time
of blooming, if, as now, the weather is dry,
they should be watered freely. It is a good
plan I think, if one has only one Auratum
bulb to begin with, to plant it in a deep
box of good rich gravelly soil, and keep it
as many do the day lily, for a veranda plant.
Set it in the cellar through winter and re-
turn to the air in the spring. I have an
idea that it would in this way be kept in
steady good humor, and not forget to bloom
after giving such specimens as to be in-
describable by tongue or pen.

I have a friend who has treated a Lanci-
folium rubrum in this manner, as she has
few girden plants, but a conservatory and
two verandas, and her lily is a general de-
light when in bloom. The blooms are
grand, of course, as it has the treatment it
naturally requires, that is, the right amount
of sun and shade, and moisture well regu-
lated; and no freezing and consequent ex—
pansion and contraction of soil, so detri-
mental to bulbs in the ground. Nor does
the drouth affect it at its blooming. I have
given this note toillustrate the requirements
of lilies in general. I will give an offer
soon with prices. I am now enjoying the
bloom ofa ﬁne Agapanthus lily which has

 

been wintered in the cellar and allowed to

remain undisturbed in the pot—and this is
important—receiving a top-dressing of very
rich soil, and liquid fertilizer once in two or
three weeks. It is a native of the Cape of
Good Hope, and its name implies amiable
ﬂower. The leaves are long and ﬂat, like
the amaryllis, the ﬂowers an umbel on the
crown ofa high scape, hence Agapanthus
umbellatus. It may be well known to many
of the HOUSEHOLD readers. I ﬁnd it a
very hardy and satisfactory plant. I have
some ﬁne Hibiscus plants in bloom, with
blossoms as large as an old—fashioned
hollyhock, of a lovely shade of rose: have
others yet to bloom. I have also an Althea,
which has become quite a tree and is now
loaded with buds; it has double ﬂowers. I
mention them because so many think them
too tender for our Michigan climate.

MRS. M. A. FI'I.LEH.
FENTON.

 

 

REVIEW.

 

In looking over the HOl'sEHOLD of July
27th, I was ﬁrst attracted my that sweet
poem OfAlice Gary’s, "My Darlings.” How
many bereaved mothers will read it with
an agony of pain, as they remember their
darlings but will find heart comfort in the
perusal.

Next a contribution from our ever wel-
come sister, A. H. J. It is indeed "up
hill” work to do one’s work, take care of
three babies, an( “enjoy poor health.” I
admire her philosophy, and am sure some—
thing good will repay her for her self-
sacriﬁce and patience. I think 1 should
rather allow my little girls more than two
aprons a week, as a rule, if I ignored the
ironing a MA. H. J., (who credits me with
rinsing dishes in three waters, and ironing
sheets and dish towels on both sides, I be-
lieve), for I think clothes allowed to get
very dirty cost extra in work and wear to
wash them. A sensible mother whom I
know, dresses her bevy of littie girls in
frocks and aprons of dark print or gingham
made very plainly, and they are very neat
with a minimum of labor.

There is a brand of cotton known as
half-bleached, sold at from nine to ten
cents a yard, 36 inches wide, ﬁne and close,
that will last much longerthan the bleached,
and washes easier, that is very nice for
ladies’ and childrens’ underclothing. As
the item of making up is a good deal, this
is worth considering.

Anti-Over in complimenting his former
employers, unconciously pays a high tribute
to his own services, as no servant or hired
man will be treated as he describes unless
he is faithful and capable. It is un-
fortunately true that they are not.always
thus treated even when most worthy. This
problem of hired help has two very opposite
sides, and can only be properly solved by
the opposite parties, jointly. There
are many overbearing, purse—proud em-
ployers; there are also employes who
are unfaithful and dishonest. All who
serve are servants, and the name im-
plies no dishonor. Yet, technically, many
who are hired help object to the term as
implying degradation. But the laborer can
in all cases ennoble the labor by the way
and Spirit in which he carries it out. Yet
custom, necessity, and nature will always

 

establish ranks and classes. and happy is he:~
who will aim to be ﬁrst in his own posi--~
tion, rather than inferior in another..
This does not imply no desire ‘to rise
higher. The very necessity of such a.
nature is to persevere. and his rise- to-
higher place is ever progressing.

I think there is in many cases too much:
sensitiveness felt by some who are hired
help, as to their being so designated. Anti-v
Over speaks of his feelings being hurt by
being spoken of as the “ hired man.” but,
probably his employer had no thought- 01‘
offence, but used that appellation as the
easiest deﬁnition or reply. To have given
his name would convey no definite idea to.
the inquirer, while the epithet used locate1 "
him as living at the place and of its perv
sonality. Few persons working for others--
would care to be introduced to transient
visitors, as no chance of acquaintance would.
result. and their position explains itself.
and self-reSpecting help will always be re-
spected by sensible people. Let those who
are worthy Of respect look the field over,
and I think they will see many whom they
would not like to acknowledge as equals,.
or introduce into their families if they were
employers. While the world stands there
will be fault on both sides. and grasping,
selﬁsh men will do many things that good,
men will condemn, and generous people
will have their generosity abused. As we
cannot make the world over. let us do the
best we can ourselves. that our inﬂuence
may be felt for the right.

Mrs. F. )IcP. inquires for a remedy for
the “carpet bug.” I have had no exper—
ience except with moths, butIhave heard of
carpet bugs. Will some one who knows of ‘
them, describe them when giving a remedy. .
It was my misfortune to buy a lot of moths .
in a set of parlor furniture three years ago.
I think I can give points on their extirpa-r—
tion, but believe it would be cheaper to
sacriﬁce the upholstery at once. than to
save it as I have done. and yet» have a fear
that in the end they may come out ahead. .
Eternal vigilance. constant work, and.
gallons of benzine have apparently van»
quished them, but one feels unsafe, after
all. To apply benzine, put your furniture
or carpets out door, apply to saturation with
a sprinkler. It evaporates quickly; ina few

hours you can put it back safely. Of
course the odor remains for Some time.
INGLESIDL‘. A. L. L.

PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS.

 

 

I have been a reader of the HOUSEHOLD.
ever since it existed, and I think the}
MICHIGAN FARMER is pretty generally
taken in our neighborhood, yet I have al-
ways looked in vain to see this part of the--
FARMER’S vineyard represented in the?
columns of the HOUSEHOLD. I enjoy
reading it very much, and have Often prom—
ised inys :lf that I would try and contribute
something for its pages; but perhaps the.
next issue would contain so nearly what I.

had intended to say that I would let- the op;-

portunity pass.

But I do want to say to E. S. McL.. that I
have tried her " Washing made Easy ” and
give it my hearty approval. The recipe was
published in the Grange Visitor as taken.
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and so easily tried that the next washing

day found me not rubbing on the washboard
.as-usual. I ﬁnd it a great improvement on

the old way, and my clothes are a beautiful,
. clear white. 1 think it will save much wear

also by doing away with the weekly rub-
. bing.

I wanted to tell the lady who had trouble
' with her cake some time ago, to add three
a or four tablespoonfuls of buttermilk and a
little soda to neutralize it, and her cake will
-- surely “stand up." ‘It will not interfere
with the baking powder in the least. i I got
the idea from an experienced cook, and it
has kept me from getting nervous when I
was so anxious to have good luck.
lhope Beatrix will cling to her heresies in

'1‘egard to home—made rugs and patchwork.

Life is all too short to spend a portion of it
» in such an unproﬁtable way, to the neglect
.of the cultivation of the mind.

LUCY MORE.

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THE CARPET BEETLE.

"This destructive insect. concerning which
a New York correspondent made inquiry in
a recent HOUSEHOLD, has appeared in Ad-
rian, and a resident of the city has appealed
to Professor Cook, of the Agricultural Col-
lege, for information as to its habits, and
remedies. Through the Adrian Times
Prof. Cock makes reply as follows:

“‘ The technical name is Ant/menus
.sumpularz’a, and the insect was ﬁrst known
in this country in 1872, though it has long
been known in Europe. It has been found
.an enemy to furs, clothes, animal collections
and even leather and dried plants. The
‘beetle is scarce 3-1:”. of an inch long, and
nearly three-quarters as broad. It is very
pretty, decked as it is with black, whiteand
scarlet colors. The larva or grub is larger
.and quite hairy. Like other beetles of the
same family, the grub is banded by different
shades of brown. The beetles, as stated by
Prof. J. A. Lintner, will be found from 0c”-
tober till spring. The larvae, or grubs, may
be found feeding on carpets and clothing
at any season. Owing to the small size of
the insect, it bids fair to become quite as
serious, if not amore destructive pest than
is the old clothes moth. This insect should
be called the carpet beetle or carpet An-
ﬂrre/Lus.

“ Not having had any opportunity to ex—
periment. I can only give suggestions. I
think carbolic acid. either the liquid or pa-
per dipped in it, would be almost sure to
kill the insects. Pyrethrum should also be
tried. This should be dusted on the ﬂoor
and carpet where the grubs are at work." .

Dr. Lintner, State Entomologist of New
York. thinks the best agent for its destruc-
-:«.:ion is benzine, though he says kerosene is
nearly as good. Whichwer is used should
be poured in the crevices of the floor-join-

, ings, or copiously applied with the feathered
end of a quill or ﬁne bmsh. as also beneath
. the baseboards. Either of these materials
~ will promptly kill all the insects with which
;they come in contact, in the several Stages
-.of egg, larva, pupa and imago. Packing the
crevices beneath the base-boards, and of the
ﬂoor—joinings for eighteen inches from the
walls, with cotton batting or other absorbent
saturated with kerosene oil. will also be of
service. To protect a carpet not infested
gas—tar rooﬁng-paper, cut in strips of perhaps
eighteen inches broad, and laid beneath the
carpet around the sides of the room, is the
best known preventive.

 

HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

A CORRESPONDENT of the Rural New
Yorker says:

“A tin pail, ﬁtted with a very ﬁne wire
gauze lid, and a heavy saturated jacket. set
in a raised, shady window, furnishes a far
better place to keep milk pure and sweet
than nine-tenths of the household refriger-
ators. which usually contain a little of
everything else but sweetness.”

A WELL recommended method of keep-
ing eggs for winter use is to prepare a
pickle by adding one and a half pounds of
salt to a gallon of water, boil twenty min-
utes and add three tablespoonfuls of quick-
lime. When cold, turn over the eggs, pre-
viously packed in a keg or jar. The main
point to be considered is to have the eggs
absolutely fresh when laid down.

LADIES who are enamored of novelties in
patchwork will please take note of the fol-
lowing clipped from the Toronto Globe: “A
new industry has arisen for elderly ladies in
idle circumstances—the construction of
counterpanes out of the backs of old kid
gloves. They are ugly, they are dirty, they
won’t wash. they are of doubtful antecedent
circumstances, but they take a world of in- ‘
genuity and an aeon of time, and therefore
they are popular. Another and more exalted ‘
occupation is painting black satin night-
dress cases, a funereal bedroom adjunct that
has been borrowed-from the stock-in-trade of
the undertaker."

AN exchange says: Many a barrel of pork
is lost by neglecting to see that there is al-
ways a supply of undissolved salt in the
bottom of the barrel or crock. Pork is nice,
if when put to fry a dash of pepper, and a
little sweet cream be dipped on each slice be-
fore turning. It is aISo nice dipped in beat-
en egg and rolled in bread crumbs, previous
to frying. We prefer to always sprinkle a
pinch of’ sugar over pork when put'to fry,
bringing back somewhat the natural sweet-
ness extracted by the freshening process: we
also think it nicer when freshened in skim
milk. When rolled in egg and bread crumbs

_ the slices should be cut very thin.

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A. 1.. L. recommends in this issue a
Special make of cotton as excellent for
ladies’ and children‘s umlerclothing. I wish
all our readers knew how very much
superior to cotton garments made at home
with a great deal of pains and trimming are
the gauze under-vests and drawers which
can be bought so cheaply, nowdays. The
very slight percentage of wool carded with
the yarn is not enough to irritate the most
delicate skin; they are lighter, ﬁt better,
are cooler and more comfortable while ample
protection, are as easy to wash as a pocket-
handkerchie'f; altogether they are a great
boon to women who are sensible enough to
toadopt them, and much more economical
in money and labor. It is a mistake to
believe cotton garments must be worn over
them. Try them once and you will never
be induced to go back to the old-fashioned
chemise, with its extra bulk about the waist
and all its trimming, so much trouble to
make and do up, and so warm in sunnner.
I never really enjoyed life till I discarded
them. With the advent of cooler weather

 

put on heavier ones, and ‘with several sets.
of varying weights, one can be comfortable
in zero weather and tolerably so in the dog—

days. B.
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Mns. J. J. PHILLIPS, of Wisner, Tuscola
County, reports excellent success with hams
sugar-cured by a recipe given in the Housrz~
HOLD at her request. Of the manner in
which she kept them, she says: “We had
twenty—six in all, and as we did not know
how to keep so many, we concluded to put
them in a light brine, and found they kept
excellently. We smoked them in April.
and have just used the last. They were
of just as nice a ﬂavor after being in the
brine as before. As the brine was weak it
would become mouldy after a time; then
we would take them out, wash them and
put them in fresh brine.” If our corres-
pondent has a geod stone or brick smoke-
house, she will ﬁnd the hams can, if well
cured, be left in it with safety, the coolness
and darkness preserving them. A good
way to keep a ham from which one is cutting
is to have a stout paper bag to slip it in;
secure with a string and hang up in the
cellar. Flies cannot touch it. If all the
Hocsizirom) readers are as tired of seeing
ham cut to a shaving and fried till it resem-
bles a basswood chip in ﬂavor and digesti—
bility as the Editor, they would gladly in-
auguerate a new method, by cutting the
slices a third of an inch thick, and then
broiling it over a good clear ﬁre. Or, even if
fried, as customary, it is much better than
when cut so thin and dried out in cooking.

Contributed Recipes.

DEVILED EGGs.——Boil eight or ten eggs hard
When cold out around the white in the center
and take out the yolks; do not break the
whites and they will be cups to ﬁll, and this
is the ﬁlling: I get one pound of veal, wash
it and boil until tender in enough water so it
won‘t burn; let get cold, chop one good head
of celery quite fine, chop veal the same, also
yolks of eggs; put them all in an earthen
dish. Take two good teaspoonfuls of II ado
mustard and enough vinegar to mix the meat,
eggs and celery so that it will pack in the
whites of the eggs in place of yolks. Salt and
pepper to taste. What is left of the ﬁlling is
good chicken salad for tea.

HUCKLEBERRY SWEET Plums—This is to
use in place of preserves or with game or
baked meats. Look over six or eight quarts
of berries, wash and put them in a stone jar:
cover with common molasses, not letting it
come quite to the bottom of the jar. Tie over
the top sonic mosquito netting; keep in cool
piace,and it is well to set a small plate over the
jar, but not one large enough to keep the air
om. In six weeks they will be nice to use. When
we came west fruit was not plentiful, and we
used one sort in many ways.

PRESERVED Graphs—Pulp the grapes, put
one-half of the skins in a dish by themselves.
and the pulps in the dish you preserve in; put
over a slow ﬁre, and as the fruit begins to
cook skim out the seeds: and by the time the
pulp is cooked well the seeds are nearly all
out. Then put in the half of the skins—which
is a plenty. with not quite one pound of sugar
to a pound of the grapes, and cook till the
juice will jolly: then can. I have some left
from last year and it is nice as can be. The seeds
will come to the top, not go to the bottom of
the dish when cooking. S. F.

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