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—DETROI_T, JUNE :3, 1884.

 

 

TIHIE' HOUSEEIIOJLDm-éguppiemmentc

 

THE 11) EAL WOJIAN.

 

A woman with a tender, hauhting voice,
And brave, sweet eyes in which the sunny ﬂash
Wizl sparkle ere Ihel ughtei curve her lips,
An ! peep out ~lyly thr-mgh the drooping lash.
A woman on whose ha 1 One seems to see
a circa-t, woven by the love and tears
And laughter sue has won from us whosellves
Her presence brightens through the happiest
years:
The hands—a tr’ck of hers—are oft outstretched.
So many cling to them, and strong men rise
'Ihe better from her touch. while chlldresu‘
smiles
Will break in laughter as they meet her eyes.
as true a woman that were all her art,
And brighv, sweet coqnetry. and winning ways.
To pass from memory in the lime to come.
There still were left enough for grat m praise.
I! that hys'anding jn the ﬁercest glare,
As one wnme whole brave life of good
And tender deeds she helps our girls to grow
More no )le througu her perfect womanhood,
W—
I! matchless beauty marks thy face,
If diamonds sparkle in the eyes,
1! perfect form is thine, and grace.
Build not 0': the-e—'h~ y’re trail as lies;
In name 0 them. nor in th whole,
ls found sweet woman’s richest dower.
But Woman, know that in the soul
Besides the secret of thy powl r.

 

SAVING.

 

Tobe “saving” is a lesson imprinted
upon the minds of the members of farm-
ers’ families from an early age. “ You
must not waste,” says the mother, as her
little one feeds his dinner to the dog.
“ You must not waste, " is the admonition
the father gives as his son drops the seed
corn beside him in the ﬂel l, and all along
their lives the saving of mater a1 things
is taught and practiced as a virtue. This
is very right and commendable, but I
want to preach a little sermon about a
saving of a different kind, an economy of
Itrensth. a husbanding of physical force,
of which less is said than of that saving
which spares expense. but which I cer.
tainly believe to be more essential. Sum-
mer brings to people on the farm a vast
deal of work; a larger quantity of milk to
be made into butter, fruit to gather and
put up, the Winter's supplies of pickles
and dried vegetables to be made. larger
Washings and ironings, hired men to cook
for and Wait upon; and always the city
friends who ignored their country ac-
quaintances all winter are ready for a trip
to the "dear delightful country,” by hay~
ing and harvest time, and wear their
White ~kirts and white dresses with as
little care as if their hostess was not her
em: laundress. Beside this added work,

 

the hot weather robs most of us of at least
a part of our physical strength, leaving
us in a condition aptly expressed in the
phrase “ as limp as a rag." Under these
conditions I adv se “ saving.” Save your
st'ength and your health by every means
in your power, Simplify the day's toil by
leaving out the non-es~cntials. If you
havea hired girl, do not oblige yourself
to work as hard as if you had no assistant
by bringing out patchwork to qu it, or
any such extra task. Rise early. because
it is easier to work in the cool of the
morning than when the heat is greater,
but make up for time stolen from your
hours of sleep by an after dinner nap, re-
membering that if you choose to take it
before y0ur dinner dishes are washed it
is nobody's business but your own. Fry
a few raw potatoes in the kettle of lard,
strain into a jar, tie up tight and set away
down cellar; no sensible woman will fry
doughnuts for the next three months; it
is a greater sin than to eat oysters in a
month ‘ without an r.” Condemn the
cookic~cutter to solitary conﬁnement on
the top—shelf somewhere; it "don't pay” to
make those delightful chips when the ther-
mometer is among the nineties. A soft
gingeruread or a " stirred cake” ‘is more
economical, more

thing of the kind with coffee for break—
last, take a pint of your bread doiigh. add
two beaten eggs, two-thirds cup of butter.
a cup and ahalf of sugar. htlf a teaspoon-
ful each of cinnamon nutmeg and clove-I,
and two cup of Zante Currants. Mould
inm sm‘tIl hiscuit, let ri~e, and glace with
a th ck syrup of sugar an I water.

Banish from your tables as much as
possible of the hearty, heavy food
you have eaten all winter. and use
eggs and milk freely. Oatmeal is a dish
seldom seen on farmers‘ tables, and most
of them hink it a “ kinl of slop,” which
is beneath their notice; “not hearty
enough." they say, forgetting that the
Seclch, into whose diet it largely enters,
in thzir n lllVJ ltnl, are m)lels of hardi-
n as anl en ILII'JIICJ. Itis really a healthy,
hearty f0) 1, espmially when eaten with
cream. M my women do not cook it, be-
cause they think it needs to be boiled for
hours. Tait waieh my linllady sets bc~
fore me every m) ning, is sifted by hand-
his into boilin,r water, about half an
hour before [appear upon the scene; it
cooks about twenty minutes, and then
simmers on the back of the stove till
wanted. It is the coarsely ground meal,
and when it is served it is net the pasty,

wholesome, and .
far less trouble. If you must have some- 1

 

salvey mess often sccn, but though thor-
oughly cooked, a large proportion of the
grains preserve their individuality. It is
far more healthy for the little people,
with sugar'aud cream, than meat and po-
tatoes and the usual cookies and pie.

Spare yourself in the matter of washing
and ironing. Do not condemn a. garment
t0 the tub because it is mussed, pre-s it
out with a warm iron, and let it do duty
again. A length of Russia crash laid
over the tablecloth at the childrens'
places, or where the men lean against the
table with their soded clothes, saves
washing and doing up table 1 non. Make
the little calico and gingham slips with—
out many furbelowu plainness saves so
much on ironing days, and the children
will grow just as fast and be just ashand-
some. The young lady of the family
should either do up her own white skirts.
or wear with her every day dresses the
neat and pretty colored cotton ones
which are so cheap now.

if you have not a kerosene stove, get
one. It will Save its cost in the mat-
ter of ironing alone. It will save you
many steps after chips and kindlings,
and much bother with ashes. You have
a ﬁre instantaneously, and in ﬁve minutes
after you are done using, the stove is
cold. The heat is steady and can be
tempered to any degree desired; there is
no continual stopping to “put in a stick
of wood." And it saves so much heat,
and the warming the upper rooms by hot
chimneys and stove-pipes, that I ﬁnd
those who have once used one, are never
willing to do without.

The m n'muui of heat and exert ion is the
maximum of excellence n summer house
keeping. Do not disdain to share your
self when you can. By exper mcnt you
will ﬁnd many things you think you must
do, you can, aftcrull. leave undone. Don’t
crowd two days‘ work in one; you will
Surely Suﬁer for it. I have washed,
baked, ironed and churned in a single
day, and am perfectly \VIII ng to agree
wi h any one who 0 -ooses to call me “an
awful fool' for so overtax'ing n-aturc; I do
not think it. was a' all “smart" now,
Keep a . omfortahle ch uir in y0ur kitchen
and sit down whenever y0u can. I once
heard a woman sav «he never sat down to
pare apples or potatoes, as if she thereby
aSSumed a virtue. She i~ dead now, and
anO‘her reigns in her 3 end.

Eno-igh must be done in every house
hold during w -rm weal her, to thoroughlv
tre the "head centue” by nightful of
each recurringdar. But it i- her duty.
t - herself ns well as her family, Io be as

‘ savnng ’ as passible of her health.strength
and Vitality. BEATRIX.


TI—IE 'HOUSEHOLD.

 

 

FAMILY IN FLUE \ CES.

I was very much interested in Beatrix’s
article " The Other Side." I think we are
apt to be very lav1sh with our advice to
the girls, on paper at least. and leave the
boys to take care of themselves. She
says: “ The mother can train her sons to
be good husbands just as easily as she can
educate her girls in housewifely arts."
Doyou not think that a sweeping asser
tion? If it is true, why are there not as
many good. true husbands as wives? I
expect the men would rise in indignation
and say " There are," but I do not believe
it. In my school-teachingboarding around
days, and since, in my married life. [have
used my eyes and ears and have observed
more than people were aware.

When the children are small lthink the
mother’s inﬂuence is as great over the
boys as the girls, but the time comes when
the boys go out of the house to work, and
associate with their father and hired men,
and then the mother loses her inﬂuence in
a great measure. while the girls still re-
main with her and proﬁt by her teaching
and example. The daughter sees her
mother patient, kind, self-sacriﬁcing, oft-
en overworked, but ever thoughtful for
those around her, and she is preparing to
become a woman, too. She often sees
how grudgingly the purse is opened for
her mother’s use when she wants a new
dress for herself or the girls, and then
goes to town as Beatrix pictured the
farmer’s wife; her blood boils with indig-
nation and she exclaims: “I will never
put up with things as mother does, when
I Tget married!” She does not think her
brothers are proﬁting by these examples,
also other boys are learning nearly the
same lessons.

There are many things mothers allow
in their sons that are within their control,
and this ought not to be: but because the
father does them she seems to think it
right to indulge it in the boys. If fathers
were as careful in prerept and example as
mothers, we would have better men and
consequently happier women.

Don’t understand me to say there are no
good, kind, manly husbands. There are
many, and happy homes, too: but the re.
verse is true also, and is it due to the
training the boys receive from their moth-
er? We never think of laying the blame
to the father if the girl proves a disagree-
able. wasteful, slatternly woman.

OLD SCHOOL TEACHER.

Tncnxsan. May 24th.

~QOO'—-——-—‘.
CHAT “’I'I‘H THE HOUSEHOLD-
ERS.

in the family have kept me very busy the
past two weeks, so that I have been pre-
vented from writing my thanks to the
Editor of the Household for sending me
the papercontaining E. S. B.’s recipe for
bread, whichlhave tried and liked very
much. I also tried the quicker method,
contributed by “Friend,” I think,and had
good bread in that way, but last week

there seemed to be no chance to even make ‘

yeast, so I sent down for some compress-
e‘d yeast, and that, too, made splendid

 

 

 

 

bread. My ﬂour is better than we had in
the winter, so I have better bread with
any kindof yeast. I agree with Beatrix
that there is as much in the baking as in
the making. Only a few days ago we had
what would have been a nice loaf of bread
spoiled by taking out of the oven a little
too soon. Ican say with all the other
members, that I appreciate and enjoy the
Household. I was glad to hear from El
See, I used to read her letters in “ Hearth
and Hall,” but I think it nicer to have our
paper by itself.

Last night, as my son lay on his couch,
which had but recently been one of suf-
ferlng, he read to me “A Happy Medium,”
by F. E. W. The tears came to my
eyes, and I wished I could say to her,
“Trust our Heavenly Father, when the
great day of reckoning shall come, but
make glad the hearts of your little ones
while you have them with you.” 'I hope
her heart will never have occasion to yearn
for the little arms around her neck, as
mine has done, and even now, though
years have passed, I miss the sweet voices
that used to say, “ I love you, Mamma,”
“Read to me, please, Mamma.” There
often comes time in later years for one to
read, write and study, too. I have a
friend, past ﬁfty, who while her only
daughter was away, improving every ad-
vantage that weaith could bestow upon
her, gave her own time to painting and
the studies of the C. L. S. 0., and enjoyed
them as much as any person could. I
would like to speak of many who have
encouraged me in their letters to the
Household, but I must not make my let—

ter too long. M.
lorzu, May 24th.

PICTURE FRAMES.

The heavy, wide mouldings and the
exquisite plush and gold frames which so
set off a pretty picture, are coveted by
many women whose limited means for-
ever stand in the way of the gratiﬁcation
of their desires. The frame of a picture
is to the picture itself what beautiful
clothing is to a handsome woman. Many
who visited the Art Loan will recall the
expressions of admiration bestowed upon
the artistic frames of the pictures, and
some who could not tell a genuine
Suiireyer fromatea-store chromo, had yet
eyes and words of admiration for the
“lovely framesz" indeed often the frames
received more glances than the pictures.
In almost every home there are some
pretty or cherished pictures in battered or
antique frames, and no money to spare to

-, renew them. If one’s iconoclastic spirit
:is strong enough to do away with “re«
House-cleaning, company and sickness 3

spect for age,” and give a little time,
trouble and money to the work. the last
Bazar tells how it is possible to convert
some of them into more modern style. as
well as freshen their appearance.

Some oval portrait frames fell under
the ﬁngers of the Bazar correspondent.
They were cleaned with a feather duster
and a soft cloth. A thin glue was made
by dissolving white glue in hot water, to
the consiste ncy of ordinarypaste. With a
soft ﬂat varnish brush, every part of the
frame was washed-with the glue, as hotas

 

it could be put on. Before it had time to
cool, grains of rice and coarse hominy
were thickly showered on it, and left to
dry over night, then the grains that did.
not adhere were shaken off. A table-
spoonful of pale gold bronze powder was
stirred into enough white sizing—bronze
powder and size both to be obtained at
any artists’ furnishing establishment—to
make a liquid about the consistency of
syrup. With this the frame‘was care-
fully gilded, every little grain being com-
pletely covered. The sides and ends of
the frames were ﬁnished with the gilding,
but of course the glue is not needed.
The appearance of the frame is similar
to the rough gilt frames now so fashion-
able. ‘

Another narrow moulding which need-
ed renewing, the ingenious woman made
new and stylish by the use of a few feet of
clothesline! The frame was carefully
measured, and a knot tied at the proper
place to ﬁll each corner. Small nails held
the knots in place at each corner, and
glue was also set under the rope out of
sight to hold it across the sides without
sagging. It was then gilded with the
gold powder, “and the effect was sur-
prising.”

, Some rough pieces of lath were chosen,
cut the proper length, fastened at the
corners with glue and brads, and these
improvised frames were also given a coat
of gilding, presentingarough, gilded ap-
pearance, which was very taking, and not
at all indicative of the homeliness of the
material. Such frames, which any in-
genious girl can make, are very suitable
for the prints, engravings, or card-
chromos which are too pretty to throw
away, and yet hardly worth the framing.

PRINCIPLE IN ECONOMY.

Economy and saving must be practiced
when there is plenty, and a surplus. We
cannot lay up when there is scarcity, be-
cause necessity then compels us to use
what we have. Also we must be gov-
erned by principle. To be extremely
saving to-day and very wasteful to-mor-
row would not avail. Though principle
may lead us to acts which to the casual or
indifferent observer appear to disadvan-
tage, yet we know it is correct and will
direct us right. Again, circumstances
make a material difference. Under cer-
tain circumstances there is a very dif
ferent appearance than under others.

Matches are now plenty and cheap, and
there is a scarcely a thought only to use
them; but if “Tom’s Wife” was mstrict
ed to ten matches a month, and Could
make them twenty by using or burning
both ends, I question whether she would
not be careful of them. Or if she were
conﬁned to one meal a day, and could
get no more, whether she would not ac-
cept a second meal of odds and ends if it
was healthy, good food. I remember
when matches were made so that they
could be burned at both ends, bought and
sold in very small quantities, and far
more expensive than now.

Now as the Editor of the Faun has
instituted the Household, and devbted it
tons for our beneﬁt. instruction and en-

 


 
 

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joyment, and very generously invited us
all to join, suppose we endeavor to make
it pleasant and instructive, without al-
lusions to each other’s articles, other
than we should like ourselves. If
there is occasion for reproof, let it be
given with candor and sincerity. I can
accept reproof when it is given in a
friendly manner, but scorn and ridicule I
do not like. E. Harv.
Times. May 23rd.

 

«o——————-

AROUND TOWN.

 

The shop windows are full of beautiful
things these early June days, and a walk
down Woodward Avenue is an ”exposi-
tion” of the art of our manufacturers.
,Merchants vie with each other as to which
shall make the most. artistic display in
their windows. and the advertised ” bar-
gains” tempt us into spending money for
things we do not need, just because they
are ” so pretty and so cheap.” One mer—
chant displays a window full of white
muslins, with spots of tambour work, at
30c. a yard, while bright ribbons and
trails of lovely ﬂowers laid across them,
or hats gracefully garlanded with blos-
soms, give hints of. What charming sum-
mer dresses they will make. The fashion
journals tell us white is to be the princi-
pal wear for everybody this year, and the
varieties of white goods are nameless and
numberless to any one but a dry goods
clerk. Printed linen lawns are so much
nicer and prettier than before that they
are received with great favor; for a rather
coarse quality the price is ﬁfteen cents
per yard; those at twentyﬁve cents are
quite sheer and ﬁne; while the patterns
are handsome whether we choose an out—
lined spray of fuchsias on a white ground
or the ducal strawberry leaves. These
lawns are narrower than cotton lawns,
being little more than calico width; Shil
ling ginghams are ﬁne and even in quali-
ty, and fashionably plaided in all the del-
icate shades. Summer silks range from
391} to 75 cents, and come in pin-head
checks and ﬁne hair stripes, or in quite
small plaids of mixed colors. They make
rather pretty looking dresses when fresh.
but do not stand wear, and the low price
is a snare and a delusion, since it takes
yards upon yards of the narrow goods to
make a suit. A surab, twenty-four inches
wide, at one dollar a yard, gives far better
satisfaction at only a slight increase in
cost.

The milliners’ windows are ﬁlled with
rare ﬂowers, with plush and satin petals,
looking so real that one has to take the
second glance to assure herself that they
are indeed counterfeit. Detroit ladies
have better taste than to wear copies of
radishes, carrots or beans upon their hats,
but a fashionable milliner here displayed
at her opening a Paris hat of champignon
—a very delicate shade of brown—which
was trimmed with acluster of small mush
rooms, and it was a mighty pretty affair,
too, although' one could be forgiven for
skepticism, not having seen it. Fruits,
as cherries, plums, currants and tiny
Lady'applcs, tinted to cheat the very birds,
are sometimes worn on hats, while the

butterﬂies Which poise in couples or trios
on a “real stylish” bonnet outvie the
brilliant Cecropi i moth in size and color-
ing. The small bonnet is perhaps more
worn than any other head-covering, since
many ladies can make their own and
so have as many as they please.
Some of the prettiest have fancy
crowns of gold or silver braid or
black velvet with gold edge, woven
in basket style. These cost from three
to ﬁve dollars, and require only a full
fold of velvet across the front for trim
ming, though a fall of gold or silver lace
or a spray of ﬁo wers is sometimes added.
Velvet st rings—satin-faced velvet ribbon
—are worn on all bonnets which are velv
vet-trimmed. Wide hats are almost in-
variably trimmedwith plumes; the eﬁort
to oust the latter in favor of ﬂowers has
failed, so far as hats are concerned.
Flowers and feathers are never combined
on a hat by a milliner who has any claim
to be considered " stylish.” ,

The housekeeper’s eyes would wander
covetously over the ﬁne table napery dis-
played in the window of a prominent
Woodward Avenue ﬁrm recently. Fine
white damask with twenty-four inch
napkins to match, damask with borders of
red, blue and brown, with napkins with
borders to suit, and towels of all sizes and
qualities really made a ﬁne display. And
then the handsome bronze stands for
shovel and tongs, the coal beds that look
like burnished brass, and the hanging
lamps, with rose hued shades, would
divide attention with the carpets and rugs,
the crimson plush furniture and ebony
cabinets displayed next door.

And if we stroll down to the Central
Market, past the dudes on the Russell
House corner and the market building
whose three towers so remind us of a
breakfast caster, weﬁnd where Detroit
buys its dinners. But 8 o’clock of a
Saturday evening is the time to see the
most people, be most unceremoniously
elbowed, and most cavilierly entreated by
the busy marketwomen Whose faces
resemble nothing so much as their own
russet apples, and whose every word
“means business.” The long, low, open
building, lit by ﬂaring gas jets blown
about by the wind, is crowded with all
sorts and conditions of men and women.
and nowhere else except in the line of a
circus procession can so many baby car-
riages to the square yard be found. They
bar your progress in front and run into
you from behind; in dodging one your
pet corn is crushed by another, and
ﬁnally you fall to wondering whether

respect. The western side of the market
is principally occupied by stands crowded
to the topmost. tier with blooming plants,
roses, carnations, fuchsias. all the stores
of the greenhouse are. here displayed
after a fashion which makes you hunt out
some spare change, and join the proces'
sion that parades with a pot-plant as an
emblem. All green vegetables are now in
season. We have had lettuce, spinach
and radishes till we are tired of them;
string beans, asparagus and cucumbers

begin to weary us, and we relish gree
peas, cauliﬂowers, tomatoes and free

 

you have any rights ababy is bound to. . _ . . .
gtainly die 1t 15 so close here!” This re

 

   

cabbage, all of which are piled up in
great heaps which, with the varying tints
of each, are fair to look upon. Straw~
berries elbow Cape Cod CI'FLUlltl‘l'li’B, and
oranges, pineapples and bananas make
I'tSt year’s russets and Spitzen‘wergs feel
old and passes. North and South, sum
mer and winter, seem to meet and mingle

their products here. '

 

SOME QUESTIONS TO ANSWER.

 

I would like to ask Mrs. Fuller how she
treats a Calla lily through the summer. I
think the Household just the thing we
need, but was sorry to see any recipes
printed in it that called for wine or
brandy, if they did come from a scientiﬁc
cook. We cannot be too careful what we
set before our loved ones, and it seems as
if there are ways enough of cooking
wholesome and nutritious food without
the aid of stimulants. I thought the
lady took astep in the right direction,
when she proposed discussion on the
butter question, but have looked in vain
for any response. I have tried some of
the bread recipes, and think them good.
I wish the Editor and all other dwellers
in town could be out here this morning, '
to enjoy it; to me this is the queen of all
the year. If this does not ﬁnd the waste
basket, I may come again and tell you
what we do with cold biscuit, and other
bits. I Wlsh some of the members would
tell their way of using up the remnants.

SOPHIA
GRAND BLANC, May 24111.

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SCRAPS.

 

INTO the stillness of the “ sleeper " on a
certain date that shall be nameless, there
came a fresh arrival, husband and wife,
talking loudly, questioning the porter,
and waking up every drowsy individual
in the car. After their berth was pointed
out, and the porter had departed, there
ensued an ably argued discussion as to
the propriety of the husband’s retiring
with his boots On! This question settled;
there followed a conversation relative to
the friends they had just left, the pleas
ure they had received from the visit, etc.;
then “silence like a poultice came, to
heal the blows of sound.” Just as every-
body was dozing off again, to the lullaby
of rushing wheels, the woman broke out:
“ Oh, it is so close here! I’m just smoth-
erin". Oh I shall die: Why don’t the rail-
roads make these cars so we can get some
air? I shall certainly smother to death;
Oh I wish we hadn’t taken a sleeper.
knew I should smother. Oh I shall cer

frain made itself heard above the roar of
the train, and ﬁlled the quiet of every
stop all night long, and in every “cat-
nap" caught when exhausted nature
could bear no more, there entered “Oh
it’s so close here, I’m smotherin’." Now .
what right had this woman, by her com~
plaints, uttered as loudly as if she had,
beenin the privacy of her own sleeping ..
room, to disturb a whole car full of tired ‘
passengers, who had paid a dollar each
for the privilege of snatching what repose
they might in transit? The car was close,

  

 


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but sleeping cars always are. No words
others coul lalterexistingconditions. She
banished rleep so effectually that I incline
to the opinion that most of the occupants
of the car would willingly have purchased
silence at the price of her “smotherin’ to
death.” “ Ilia docet fubula” that we
should remember that others have rights
We are bound in common decency to
respect. and that by ignoring such rights,
we make nuisances of ourselves.

Ir arrests for “inhumanity to trees ”
were permissible, some tree peddlers of
this city would now be serving a term in
the House of Correction. For what else
than certain death is it to lift trees of
three and four years‘ growth from the soil,
shake every atom of earth from the roots.
pile them in awagon and stand on the
market all day, with the sun pouring
down upon them, and the wind search-
ing out every drop of moisture, and both
making dry threads of the tender ﬁbrous
spongioles which are the mouths of the
plant! Yet that is what tree peddlars in
this city have done this spring. Alas for
the hopes of those who buy and plant
these maltreated trees, expecting them to
be crowned with foliage! These trees, if
left with earth about their roots, and
covered from wind and sun by aheavy
oil cloth blanket or canvas, might have a
show forliving. A man has a good deal
of “ cheek" to demand from ﬁfty cents to
a dollar and a half for a tree which is
practically “as dead as a door nail.” Last
August I noticed on one of the lovely
lawns of Woodward Avenue, aman who
was digging what seemed to be apost hole
about a foot across. Near by lay a hand—
some evergreen tree, with its roots up-
turned to the sun and wind. When I re-
turned, the tree was “set,” ﬁlling a
vacant place in an ornamental group.
Thme weeks later I passed that way, and
it was brown with decay. To all intents
and purposes the tree was dead when
planted. With trees and plants all abort
them, people seem so uninformed as to
the rules by which they live or die, that
one feels that if a little practical knowl~
edge on such simple, at~hand subjects

could be taught. instead of so many sense-
less ul-Iyt'es, it would be better for every-
body. B.

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HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

 

ABECIPE for Washing ﬂuid which will
not injure the clothes in the slightest de-
gree. while it makes them very white with
little rubbing. consists of one pound of
Washing soda. uneal‘ourth pound of un.
slnkrd lime and one gallon of boiling Wa-
ter. Let stand until clear. pour off into a
jug. and use ateacupful in each boiler lull
of clothes.

 

Tmt: [’0 .ular Science News says it is an
error to put I'tlnlp'ltll' among fur- to kevp
01! the moths; it detracts lrotn their color
snd makes them much lighter in hue.
Wlwnc—wryou see turs that diow streaks
of grey or muddy yellow, you may be
lure they'have been kept in camphor dur-
ing the hut “unlit-r.

 

"Evnnrsosr's Paint Book" says that

  

when a paint brush ii stiff and hard
through drying with paint on it. put some
turpentine in a shallow dish and set it on

, tire. Lettt burn for a minute until hot,

then smother the ﬂame and work the pen-
cil in the ﬁngers. dippingit frequently in-
to hot spirits. Rinse all paint brushes,
pencils, etc., in turpentine, crease with a
mixture of sweet oil and tallow to prevent
them from drying hard, and put away
in a box out of the dust.

 

Literary and Art Items.

Miss GREATOREX, whose talents as a
painter of ﬂowers are fully recognized,
has recently completed a study of Urys-
an hemums for Mr. L. Prang, as com-
panion to the Hollyhocks which he pur-
chased afterthe last Water Color Exhibi~
tion. They are specially adtpted for
studies for advanced students.

THE Continents new form of the liter-
ary conundrum with an award of prizes
for the successful guessers as to the
authorship of several short stories by
leading American authors now appearing
in this Magazine under the general title
of “Too True for Fiction," is said to be
exciting considerable interest among such
readers as are disposed to try their hand
at literary d scrimin ttion, so far as may
be judged from the num'ier who are en-
tering the competition. The monthly
edition for June contains the ﬁrst three of
these stories, which are worth re iding,
whether or not the rt-ader attempts to de-
cidc whether they were written by Mrs.
Stowe,” ” H. H.,” or others of the galaxy
of story-writers who contribute to the
series.

 

Miss Murrn FULLER, of Fenton, called
on us the other day and left a box
of beautiful spring ﬂowers as a speci-
men of the blossomsgrown in her moth-
er’s garden. The box contained tulips, ﬂne
trusses of hyacinths, narcissus, dieentra,
double buttercups, English cowslips, lilies
of the Valley and magniﬁcent pansies.
Miss Fuller tells us the seed business has
been " liVely” this spring. and that there
is hardly a State to which plants and
seeds have not been sent. She herself has
become interested in the Work, and has
associated herself with her mother. Well
known to our readers as “ Aaron's Wife,”
and they propose to enlarge their busi'
trees as rapidly as circumstances warrant.
Floriculiure is emphatically work for wo-
tnen, and the growing taste for beautify-
ing the home with (1 owners and plants and
the lavish use made of cut ﬂo Hers on so-
cial occasions alford an opportunity for
women who hails liking for such Work to
build up a business, which if it does not
yieldltrge returns, at lea~t aﬁords a fair
proﬁt for their labor. We are indeed
pleased to hear of Mrs. Fulmr‘s sticCess,
and take pleasure In recommending llH‘lO
our llou~enold readers as prompt and re~
liable in business relations.

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LETTERS to the Household have de-
creased in numbers for the past two or

 

three weeks. owinr, unlaubtele. to that

 

domestic upheatral we call housecleaning,

 

 

spring sewing, etc. We hope our cor-
respondents will not forget “to do good
.11 contribute,” since this department
is maintained especially for the women
of the FARMER family, and its interest
and efﬁciency depends so largely upon
their elforts. Let us hear from you all.
ladies.
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A LADY inquires the proper manner of
addressing communications intended for
the “little paper.” Household Depart-
ment of the Michigan Farmer, 44 Larned
St. West, with City and State, is all that is
necessary.

 

Useful Recipes.

 

“AUNT ADDIE.” in the Country Gentleman,
gives the following recipe for cream puﬂs
which are particularly delicious for dessert:
in half a pint of boiling water stir four ounces
of butter and six ounces of ﬂour. When this
mixture is cool, add ﬁve eggs beaten well, and
half a teaspoonful of saleratus. Put into
pitty pans and bake in a very hot oven. When
co d, pull open the cakes and put the custard
between. For the custard, take one pint of
boiling milk, one cupful of sugar, three heat: It
eggs, half a cupful of ﬂour or cornmtarch St’r
these ingredients together, and ﬂavor with
vanilla or lemon, or both mixed, and stir them
into the boiling milk.

 

PICKLED eggs, which are especially nice for
luncheon or p.cnlc extzursiom, are prepared by
boiling them hard and removing the B'tells;
then lay them carefully into wile-mouthed
fruit jars and pour orer them scalding vinegar
strongly spiced with whole pepper. ails pics,
ginger, mace and anything else desired. Let
them stand till col-i, then close up the jars
tight. "l‘hey are better if uotused until a. week
or scatter putting them up.

 

Srnszusn BROWN Basso—One pint butter-
milk. one pint. tiour, one cup molasses, one tea
spoonful salei'atus, add a little ginger if you
wish. .Vlix Well these ingredients. Grease is
two quart basin and pour the mixture. in.
Then set. in a strainer, and steam for three
hours. [to not let the water stop hot in and
do not lift the cover till d me. Then set it the
oven a few minutes to brown, and forms crust.

RAISXN Pin —“ Lemon-raisin pie " is a nov-
elty tor this season of the year, when the store-
room shelves show many vacant jars and cans:
Cut one lemon in two parts, remove the seed;
then chop it ﬁne, skin and all. with one cupf
of raisins. Cook in one cuplul of Water slowly
on the back part. of the. stove. Add one cup‘ul
of sugar. 'I‘uis quantity will make a small pie.
Bake with upper and under crust, but makethe
upper one thin.

 

 

 

THE BEST THING KNOW

FOR

Washing and Bleaching

In Hard or soft. Hot or Cold Water.

SAVES LABOR, TIME and SOAP AMAZ-
INGLY, nn- gives an vernal satisfaction. Na
family, rich or poor, should be Without it.

Sold b all G-oesrs. uEWABE of imitation
well designed to mislead. PI-IARLINE is the
OALY SAFE intuit-saving compound. up
we bears the above symbol. and name at

JAMES PYLE. NEW YORK.

 

