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DETROIT, FEB. 22 1890..

 

 

THE HOUSEHOLD-"Supplement.

 

 

For the Household.
MEMORY BELLS.

 

BY ALICE SABIA CALDWELL.

' Night is falling; softly quietly,
Come its shimmering shadows down,
Falling ﬂakes from heaven are thickly
Whitening all the distant town.
Through the stillness, borne on faintly
Through the air, I hear a sound
As of bells, so softly, quaintly,
Rnng in ever-changing round.

Faintly through the silence breaking,
Listening—the bells ring low;

Memories in my heart awaiting
Of the days of long ago.

Days which out of Old Time's treasure—
Priceless gifts he gave to me;

Days of youth, and hope, and pleasures,
Sparkling gems from Life’s deep sea.

' Now the b 11s sound louder, nearer;
Plainer memory brings to view
Scenes and faces gone. yet dearer
With each season’s chang’ng hue.
And a. wave of recollection,
Bitter. hard as death to bear,
Comes, as in my deep reﬂection,
Clangs each bell note through the air.

And the bells, with myriad changes,
Clash together; yet afraid
Every separate echo ranges
Through the chambers of my heart.
.And the night, so swift descending,
Brings no more the hush of peace;
. And the bells, with sound unending
Echo. Will they ever cease?

——....—__

MAKING A BEGINNING.

 

We are already making up next sum-
“aner’s gingham and satteen dresses, in the
faith that though we have had no winter, at
least“ seed-time and harvest shall not fail.”
Ginghams are no longer seen in plaids,
stripes and checks only, but come in
ﬂowered designs, strewn on a satin-striped
groundwork. There are also lace-like
- stripes alternating with plain ones; and a
great many very dainty and delicate plaids
are seen, especially those in three colors.
The new designs have borders, and are so
wide the width forms the length of the
skirt. The border is a plaid, or of gradu-
ated stripes.

They are made up with straight skirts,
full waists pointed back and front, and
with large sleeves, or mutton-leg sleeves
made not too full. White embroidered
muslins are used for yokes, for jackets,
cuffs and collars. Ribbons will be freely
used, and must match—not the ground
color, but the prevailing color of the pat-
tern on it, and are two and a half inches
wide. Ribbons are folded and sewed in
he under arm seams, and brought for-

 

ward to deﬁne the edge of the pointed
basque. Plaid ginghams will be cut bias
throughout; and probably you will think
something naughty when you try to laun-
dry them. Belted waists are liked for
these dresses; turn-down cellars and deep
cuffs of embroidery are employed for
trimming. The straight edges of two
pieces of cmbrordery are sewed together
and are set on the front of the bodice as a
girdle.

India silks are said to be the coming
material for summer dresses. They are
beautiful, so soft, ﬁne and clinging, but
they are narrow, cost a dollar a yard, and
you can use yards and yards of them in a
dress. And very likely your dearest friend,
who always takes the privilege of saying
“ just What she thinks,” will tell you your
dress doesn’t “look ” its cost, and your
dearest foe will exclaim "What alovely
antigen you have on!” They are made up
with slightly draped skirts, waists without
darts, the fullness at the waist lines being
laid in small forward turning pleats (as is
the case with thin, light weight summer
wool goods), a full sleeve; velvet ribbons
are used for trimming.

The new models for spring wool dresses
show the same straight lines as to skirts,
the same absence of draperies, and the
elaborate basques which we have been fami-
liar with this winter. The front of the
skirt may be slightly draped, the slightest
of breaks in its plainness, and the back has
a fold or two caught up to relieve the
plainness. Borders seem as popular as
ever. They are of braiding on adarker
shade of the color of the costume. Bodices
are a triﬂe longer on the hip than before,
are pointed in front and cut in blocks be-
hind. A simple yet stylish wool dress,
best modeled in cloth or ﬂannel, has a skirt
of straight breadths, three and one-eighth
yards wide, hung over a foundation skirt
with a pleating around the bottom. The
edge of the straight skirt is pinked in
deep vandykes and set over this pleating.
Two scant rufﬂes similarly pinked are set
above, and headed with three rows of
moire ribbon. A black moire sash is
worn about the waist, arranged in Empire
folds in front on a foundation, with long
ends behind. A pleated silk guimpe and
sleeve puffs are the ornaments of the
corsage; the guimpe is square and outlined
with two rows of ribbon.

The shoulder capes of Persian lamb and
Astrachan which have been worn so much
this mild winter, protect the throat and

, shoulders, but leave the lower half of the

 

 

arms exposed. Ladies obviate the dangers
of thus chilling themselves by lining the
sleeves of their street dress with Chamois.
A muff and deep cuffs of fur are needed
to complete this outﬁt.

.__._..._._

ABOUT TABLE ETIQUETI‘E.

 

Excuse me, Bess, but I can’t for the life
of me see why farmers should not practice
as good table manners as any one. Now I
believe in the free and daily use of the
napkin, but no one, Beatrix not excepted,
expects us to provide napkins for threshers.
There is reason in all things. And when
I read that part about the threshers I
asked my husband if it made any differ-
ence in the manner of his eating as to what
he had been doing, whether he eats any
differently now he is a farmer from What
he used when he was clerking (he was a
salesman in a store before he married the
schoolma’am), if he was conscious of doing
any differently at the table when he has
been threshing and is in “dusty clothes,
tired and hungry ” from any other times.
He instantly said No, he didn’t see why
that should make any difference; the only
difference threshing made with him was to
increase the quantity he ate, though good-
ness knows—however, let that pass.

I don’t see why the use of napkin and
fork should necessitate the calling in of the
chickens. Perhaps I’m a little stupid, but
I think I missed the point there. Weren’t
you just a little unkind, Bess, about re~
fusing to eat dinner with Beatrix for fear
of being watched?

And S. M. was quite too bad. There is
no law compelling one to eat with a fork,
use a napkin, keep his elbows off the table,
etc., but it is vastly nicer to do these things.
Even if we do not care to practice them at
home I am sure it is a thousand times
nicer to know What is expected of you in
society, than to ﬁnd yourself out in com-
pany sometimes, not knowing what to do,
furtively watching your next neighbor to
see What he does. Now I am not an ex-
tremist in this thing. I probably do a
hundred things that the ultra-fashionable
would object to. For instance, I use
colored table linen every day and like it
too, believing that Ican do many things
more to my advantage than washing so
many white tablecloths every week. I
think very probably there is such a thing as
overstraining one’s self in this particular,
but I am occasionally invited out and I am
sure I am thankful for anything which
will help me to know how to conduct

 


THE HOUSEHOLD.

myself. And as Beatrix says, she doesn’t
set the fashions in eating; she is only stating
correctly customs prevalent in good society,
and in so doing assumes no responsibility.
A little later in the season when she tells
us how to make our spring dresses so as to
be in the fashion, I venture we will not
grumble, but seize upon every item Wit]
avidity. But it does not follow that we
will use every suggestion. We will prob.
ably use what we want and let the rest
go. It seems to me we can do the same
with the instructions regarding our eating;
and let us always try and remember she is
working for our interest and the good of
the paper. EUI'HEMIA.

————“———

GOVERNING THE CHILDREN.

Yes, here is one mother who realizes the
responsibility resting on her through her
children. I have two; one a boy of six
years and a little girl aged two and a half.
I have come to the conclusion that if you
do not want an ill-tempered. sulky child
you must spare the rod. If your children
cannot love and respect you enough to
obey you, force is not going to do any
good for the time being. Kindness can
accomplish more than anything, even
with animals. I once heard a gentleman
say when he was a boy he was disobedient
in school (an older sister was the teacher).
She made bitter complaints of his conduct
to the father, who sent for him to come to
his room. The father reasoned with the
child, telling him of the trials of the
teacher, until the child was ready to break
down with weeping, and thoughts like
these were running through his mind—he
would beg his sister’s pardon and would
try and do better; Then his father got a
strap and began to lay the blows on him.
As blow after blow descended on his
shoulders, he turned and said: “Father,
if I was a man I would kill you." The
father had carried it too far; it seems to
me if the child was penitent there was no
necessity of the whipping.

Ithink children are noticed too much.
Ifthey are out with you in company we
can not expect them to sit down and act
like grown up folks. Sometimes I think I
would not care if they were somewhat un-
governable, if they only grow up good
men and women. Keep the conﬁdence of
your children, so if in trouble they are not
afraid to come to you. If my children
have any calamity befall them, or they
break, lose, or do any mischief and I ask
about it, they do not deny. I make very
light of it. I wish some one would write
a book on governing children, or more let-
ters in the HOUSEHOLD; I would peruse
them, and get all the information I could,
while the children would be tearing things
upside down.

I never knew an association of ladies to
prosper, they have not the business facul-
ties of laying down rules and laws. I
know of a Ladies’ Library Association
where some pay their dues, others scarcely
ever, still I do not think many were ever
refused books; they were so polite they
could not say no.

At the end of last year, when our sub-

 

scription for the MICHIGAN FARMER was
about to expire, my husband thought we
better not renew it, as we were now taking
ﬁve papers. I gently but ﬁrmly told him

I could not give up the HOUSEHOLD.
Fnusnme RI‘TH.

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KNITTED SHAWLS IN SILK OR
WOOL.

I send two very pretty shawl patterns, to
be knitted of silk or ﬁne Shetland ﬂoss.
They will be equally pretty made of ice
wool. Cast on any number of stitches
divisible by 21. 1st row—-N arrow, knit 3,
narrow, knit 1, over, k 1, n, k 3, n, k 1,
o, k 1, O, k 2. 2nd row and all even rows
all seamed. 3rd row—N, k 1, n, k 1, o,
k3,o,k1,n,k1, n,k 1, O, k 3,0, k2.
5th row—Slip 1, n, pass slipped stitch over,
k 1, o, k 5, O, k 1, slip 1, 11, pass slipped
stitch over, k 1, o, k 5, O, k 2. 7th row——
K2, O,k1, o,k1, n, k3, 11, k1, O,k 1, O,
k 1, n, k 3, 11. 9th row—K 2, O, k 3, O,
k1,n,k 1, n,k1, O,k3,o,kl,n,k1,n.
11th row—K 2, o, k 5, o, k 1, slip 1, 11,
passed slipped stitch over, k 1, o, k 5 0,
k 1, slip 1, n, pass slipped stitch over.
12th row—~All seamed. Repeat from ﬁrst
row. Make the shawl as large as desired,
then ﬁnish with a handsome tied fringe.
This is to be tied just as the fringe on
towels is tied.

For the other pattern, cast on any num-
ber of stitches divisible by 18. 1st row—
Seam 1, slip 1, k 1, pass slipped stitch over,
k 3, o, n, 0, k 3, o, slip 1, k 1, pass slipped
stitch over, 0, k 3 n; repeat. 2nd, 4th,
6th and 8th rows seamed. 3rd row—Seam
1, slip 1, k 1, pass slipped stitch over, k 2,
O, k 2, o, k 1, slip 1, 11, pass slipped stitch
over, k 1, o, k 2, O, k 2, 11; repeat. 15th
row—Seam 1, slip 1, k 1, pass slipped
stitch over, k 1, o, k 3, O, k 1, slip 1, 11,
pass slipped stitch over, k 1, O, k 3, O, k 1,
n; repeat. 7th row—Seam 1, slip 1, k 1,
pass slipped stitch over, 0, k 2, n, O, k 1, o,
slip 1, n, pass slipped stitch over, 0, k 1, O,
slip 1, k 1, pass slipped stitch over, k 2, o,
11; repeat. Tied fringe is a very Dretty
ﬁnish for this shawl also; although any
pretty knitted edge can be used if desired.

In making these shawls it is easier to
have the stitches divided equally upon
three needles and knit with the fourth, as
there is less danger of dropping stitches
than if all were upon one needle; besides, it
would be impossible to get stitches enough
upon one needle to have the shawl as large
as it should be. In passing from one
needle to the next draw the thread tightly
as possible, and the work will be all right.
Perhaps some of our critics who object to
painting, etc. may like these directions.

Fonss'r LODGE. MILL MINNIE.

—-—-—OOO—-——-

SAYS a correspondent of Good Housekeep-

ing: An old straw hat that has turned
yellow may be bleached by the use of am-
monia and soap. Make a strong suds of
hot water and put into it as much am-
monia as you can use comfortably. Rub
the straw vigorously with this, using a
stiﬁf brush, rinse and put in the sun until
it is perfectly dry. Remember it will hold
the shape in which it dries.

 

BIRCH BARK PICTURE FRAMES.

I am indebted to a newspaper item for
the directions, which I give from memory,
of a photograph frame made of birch bark.
If they should be of any help to G. F. O.
or any other reader of the HOUSEHOLD, I,
shall be very glad. A pine board was.
used as the foundation; I should prefer:
heavy pasteboard, as the pine splits so
easily; it should be several inches larger.
than the picture to be framed. I have
usually made frames six and a fourth and
eight inches, but they may be smaller..
The size Of the Opening depends upon the
style of photograph to be framed. The»
upper left hand corner may be cut Off. If
pine is used, the edges should all bebeveled
and sandpapered smooth. A piece of
bark is then cut as large as the foundation,
leaving all four corners so that one will
curl over. A decoration of berries, cones 4
or ferns in India ink may be added if
liked. A piece of pasteboard nearly as
large as the fro Jt is pasted at the bottom
and the two sides; a piece of heavy paper '
pasted down over this as is done by the
best framers now, will add to the “looks
of the thing.” I think a pretty frame for
an engraving might be made in the same
way; get your glass out and then frame it
yourself. A screen for photographs might
be made if the bark would not split.

I am quite sure I should like the pretty
birch bark stationary, but thought if G. F.
0. had much bark she might like several .
ways Of using it.

JEANNE ALLISON.

——-——m-—-—-—-

THE NEW ARGONAUTS.

I heartily thank those persons who so .
readily responded to my request for quo—
tations from Josh Billings. And now I
will tell you what they were for. In the
neighborhoood and vicinity of the town of
N— there are a number of young mar-
ried farmers, s ) for mental and social im-
provement they formed a society called the .
Argonauts. They meet the ﬁrst Thursday
of every month, the place to be determined
by each lady member drawing from some
receptacle containing slips Of paper on
which is written the names of each month
of the year a slip, and the name of the
month upon the slips determines the time -
for each to have the club. Upon the
absence or failure of any member to per.
form the part assigned by the committee »
on programme, they are subject to a ﬁne -
of ﬁve cents (and I will say right here they
have quite a number of nickels in their
treasury). The Officers are the same as in
any other society; they have a constitution
and by-laws which are strictly adhered to.
The programme opens with roll call, and .
each member answers to his or her name
with a quotation; and if any particular
author is desired it is so stated in the pro-
gramme prepared by the committee. After
roll call a short literary programme is in-
dulged in, including a debate on some

leading topic of the day, after which a ,
light repast furnished by the hostess is
partaken Of, then they resort to games or '-
visiting until such a time as they see ﬁt to -
separate. A FRAUD.’ _

 


 

 

 

  

THE HOUSEHOLD.

8?

 

GLIMPSES OF A JOURNEY IN THE
WEST.

 

[Paper read by Miss Ida Kenny at the January
meeting of the Webster Farmers’ Club.]

I take for my paper a subject of which
my mind is full—which Still furnishes me
with an unlimited amount of pleasure as I
live over again and again my journey to,
and my life in Southern California. It is
with glimpses of it that I hope to enter-
tain you for a few minutes.

The scene en route were somewhat
familiar to me, until reaching Kansas City.

This city is built on bluffs; the depot
where we arrived Friday morning, DCC. 7,
1888, was down in a valley, and on either
side we looked up to see the streets of the
city. '

From Kansas City we went over the Santa
Fe route to the Atlantic in Paciﬁc Junction,
and from there over the Atlantic & Paciﬁc
road. Through Kansas the scenery was
pleasing—by the river much of the way,
past limestone bluffs, like natural walls
laid up with mason work, through ﬁne
farming lands, and past thriving-looking
villages. In the evening out upon the
open prairie a little twinkling light in the
distance marked the spot where some
pioneer had located, to reclaim one little
spot of that vast plain, many miles from a
station and miles from a neighbor. I could
not help a. feeling of pity for the isolated
lives of the women of the household. The
road ran for many miles by the side of the
Arkansas river; it was swift and deep, not
a clear stream, at times of a reddish color
for the soil that it ran through. As we
left Kansas and entered Colorado the
country was desertlike and barren. There
were many hills capped with rocks. The
time was spent Watching for prairie dogs;
it took sharp eyes to ﬁnd the light brown

little fellows before they vanished beneath
the surface. Here the yucca plant
ﬂourished and tumble weeds were rolled
along by the wind, single or in great balls
of many collected together.
It was up grade all theway from Kansas
City. which is 765 feet above sea level.
Topeka is 900 feet; at La Junta we were
up 4,061 tTeet; from there to Trinidad it
required hard work by two engines to pull
the train. Trinidad is 7,622 feet, the
highest elevation on the road; and there,
instead of scaling the peak of the mountain
the road went through a tunnel; before we
came to it the lamps were lighted, so we
were not in midnight darkness. Then we
ran a down grade so rapidly that I felt the
hair on my head rising and half expected
to be dashed to pieces in the rocky canon
below. Trinidad is beautifully situated
on the mountains. These mountains are
rightly named “ The Rockies,” such heaps
of stone in wild confusion, and then again
some so symmetrically laid one might fancy
it was a city, or the well preserved ruins
of one, with high steep walls of red, gray,
brown and black rocks, and towers and
domes. The afternoon sun on the distant
peaks made them glittering white, bringing
to mind ivory palaces, or the ancient
temple of white and gold. At La Junta
We were in sight of Pike’s Peak. At this

station I became conscious that I was in a
country where the Spaniards or Mexicans
had made as many settlements as the
Americans, for instead of pronouncing the
town as it was spelled, La Junta, in Spanish
words, theJhas the sound of H. Of some
towns in California I had to learn the
pronounciation; among them were San
Juan, San Jacinto, San Jacquin, San Jose,
Cajon, Mojave and others. Before leaving
Colorado a spring by the way tempted
many of the excursionists out with their
cups to get a drink of the coldest, purest
water. At another place specimen hunters
were out with their hammers to get pieces
of a petriﬁed tree which lay by the road-
side. Those who were awake that night
as we climbed the hills in New Mexico
saw beautiful snow covered peaks. As
we passed near the Los Vegas Hot Springs,
ﬂeeting glimpses of them seen by moon-
light, made them seem strange and weird
as well as lovely.

We saw many Indians through New
Mexico and Arizona. The ﬁrst one I saw
coming towards the train with long strides,
he was thick and short and wrapped in a
blanket. I thought, is this the creature
that is called the “noble red man,” if so he
is misnamed, for I did not see one that
answered to that description. West of
Albuquerque we passed through some
villages of the Pueblo Indians, dwellings
built of stone upon the rock; some enter
their dwellings by aladder. In Arizona
at places where the train stopped for water
or coal it would soon be surrounded by
Indians. Most of them came wrapped in
woolen blankets, some with feathers in their
hair and war paint on their faces. One
young brave was dressed in a white man’s
clothes—a blue wamus and overalls, a
black felt hat above his long black hair
and the costume made picturesque by a
red sash; he strutted around with his hands
in his pockets in sullen dignity. We heard
that he was a bridegroom; the bride was a
merry squaw running about and laughing
a good deal. An artist among the excur-
sionists endeavored to photograph some of
the groups, but as soon as the camera was
pointed toward them they ran screaming
and laughing to the other side of the
station, he tried for a long time but the re-
sult was the same; he ﬁnally changed his
coat and hat but they knew him the mo-
ment he appeared. At Hackberry I visited
some Indian huts built by the squaws; posts
set in the ground and covered with coarse
grass and skins and pieces of blankets. The
younger members of the tribe were not
well clad, some of the poor little ones felt
the biting cold upon naked shoulders and
bare feet.

I saw the Colorado river by moonlight,
a swift, deep muddy stream, and where
we crossed very broad. Not far from it
were the Needles, several straight spire-
likc rocks.

The desert was left behind with its barren
unattractivcness, itssands and sage bushes,
cactus and Spanish daggers; the valley
called Yucca, where the cactus grows in
the shape of trees thirty or forty feet high,

 

looking like an old apple orchard; and
down the western slope of the mountains

 

 

in California into the beautiful Santa. Ana ~
valley and the land of summer, Dec. 11th.
A springtime freshness pervaded every-
thing. The sun was warm and bright, the
foothills were green; the valley in many
places being prepared for spring crops, the
gardens freshly worked, and those wonderw
ful groves loaded with oranges. The
ﬂowers at this season were in their glory
Callas in profusion; tea roses so large and‘
sweet; the Marchal Niel roses, great golden'
beauties; the White La March trained over
porches; one I saw twenty-three feet in-
length, with a trunk of twenty-two inches,
only nine years old. Herc were fuchsias-
which grow into trees. In March and
April there are wild ﬂowers upon the
plains and foothills; for miles and miles-
there was a mass of the bright bloom—4-
primroses, daisies, asters, poppies, pinks
baby blue eyes, morning-glories and sun-'
ﬂowers. The pcrfume was sweet and.
abundant. One poet calls the perfume the .
soul of the ﬂower. The mustard in bloom,
with its sweet and spicy yellow blossom,
is a pretty sight, but the farmers consider
it a nuisance; it is an innocent looking
weed at ﬁrst, but in a few months it grows.
into a tree with wide spreading branches;
seven or eight or even ten feet high. The
birds light in its branches and it hardly
sw.ays beneath them the stalk is so strong.
Later the leaves fall off, leaving the bare
stalks. There is a story of a whole army
being put to ﬂight by one man rattling
around among the dry mustard stalks.
There is a beautiful description of this
plant in Ramona, by Helen Hunt J ackson,
her description of Soathern California is
very true, though her story of the Indian
sheep shearers seem almost too Californian.
I am sure there are no Alessandros now.
that can shear a sheep in one minute- The
ﬂocks of sheep on the Macs. plains that we
always passed on our way to the sea were
quite a sight; there were thousands in a
ﬂock, watched by shepherds and dogs; all
ﬁne looking sheep, and having excellent .
pasture on the burr clover, alfalfa and
wild oats. There are corrals where they
are driven at night, and a hut or long box
upon sticks where the shepherd sleeps. An'
inclosure of any kind for stock is called a
corral. Farms are called ranches and -
farmers are ranchmen. Twenty-ﬁve cents.
is always spoken of as “ two bits.” Among
people who come from the Southern States;
nothing is carried, everything is packed“,
they pack a pail of water, always in a
bucket—no matter what kind of a pail it.
is, it is a bucket.

Some cities that I visited while there
were Anhiem, settled by the Germans, sur-
rounded by its vineyards and its dark
looking wineries and breweries; Santa
Ana, a city of growing proportion, from it»
astreet railway runsto Tustin, alittle town: ,
a bower of ﬂowers, beautiful drives shaded
with the pepper, English walnut, cyprus,
eucalyptus and other trees. Another street '
car runs over one of the prettiest drives of .
six miles from Santa Ana to Orange, a.)
place of extensive orange, lemon and lime
orchards. I visited several towns in the
San Bernardino valley. This is much.

 

higher than the Sant «

  


 

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nearly surrounded

r«thirty'miles across. and
by mountains, which rise steeply from the
On the north and east in the Coast
San Antonio’s peak on the
north; on the cast are three high mountains,

"plains.
ZR ruge with

'Graybitck, Sztn Bernardino and San
AJaeinto; on the south are Tcmescal and
Santa Ana ridges. In this valley is River—
side, one of the most beautiful towns I was
ever in. It is a trmperance town. Leading
into this place from the south is a double
drive twelve miles long, called Magnolia.
Avenue; there are magnolia trees at regu-
lar intervals, with pepper trees and some
palms. Oranges from this valley are con-
sidered the ﬁnrsi in the State. Above and
overlooking the “loo valley is the city of
:San Bernardino; and six miles above it are
the Arrow Ilv {it-I Hot Springs. This place
is quite a resort f or invalids, the mud
baths are quite caieiiarated.
The city of Los Angeles, sixteen miles
from the sea, is a beautiful place, abound-
ing in ﬂowers and ornamental trees, with
the tropical looking palms and acacias.

'The orange orchards near Los Angelcs

were the ﬁrst that I saw. One poet des-

icribes them and the snow capped moun-

tains ten mil: 5 above them:
“ In re tful. in der. soft repose
swart mature 50ft =5 drraming lies,
Afar the sluun-rring eean glows,
Above, th si-oivy hi ights disclose
'l‘i eir eli (Sling banners in the skies;
'So‘t wt to: ir e\e'l:i tint; feet
in geen an 1 gold with incense sweet
Queen of tilt: b tam Hesperian lands,
in rmal s iex eor lovelier far
Than In it‘s vain g iztering pageants are
' 'l he g'acious chug» p oudly stands,
How mi‘i t e purple shadows sleep
-<Dn every - loud-icosad, Solemn steep;
Sweet fairy vale.”

‘MW-

:5. PROVERB OF SOLOMON‘S.

That proverb of Solomon’s, “ Spare the
mod and spoil the child,” has been quoted
Tier ages in justification of bodily punish-
:;tor in He training of children.
,No matter lmw gxierzd the heart of the
little culprit, we must chastise the tender
ﬂesh to be sure our leniency does not
How many gentle,
"loving natures have been hardened to in
diii'a'ence, how many tempers that might
have bren guided by affection have been
into rebellious stubborn-
in Christian families

—-ment as a f..

“spoil the child.”

“ disciplined ”
ness by castigaiion,
since Solomon’s day, none can say.

I recently read
’by a. learned foreign

COMMENTS.

On a long journey west I spent a few
days in a city of some ﬁve thousand in-
habitants, most of them from the east.
Therc'were many business men who had
at one time early in life been on farms. In
helping the wife of one of them set the
table, she gave me a steel fork and said,
“ Put that at husband’s place; he will not

eat with a silver fork nor will his younger
I can hardly get them to use a.
napkin.” They lived in a new house, quite

brother.

well furnished, but thought silver forks
were useless—eating with their knives.

Why? Well, because their father did when
on the farm. What would you call that?

1 say aselﬁsh wish to do as they pleased

not as those around them do.

And this

not like it, but not force her to work for
her support by doing housework.

This is my ﬁrst attempt but if I am
welcome, next time I will give you some

of my tried recipes for different things.
CLINTON. MISS UNDERSTAND.

[Let us have the recipes, by all means.—
E11]

WE have had a letter from MeGintyl-
Whether he is the original hero of the
McGint y adventures, who went to the bot-
tom of the sea and who

“ * * must. be very wet
For they hav.n‘t found him yet,”

nobody knows, but all the same he is quite
level headed, and this is what he says: “ I
fail to see any good results from the
’ practice of showing up people’s eccentrici-
ties. We may pick others to pieces and

W

 

 

an extract irom a treatise
linguist, in which he
asserted that grave injustice has been done

same reason will hold good concerning
country schools and. teachers. They will
tell you that a certain young woman lives
near school and will board at home; they
can get her for so much less, and not have
to take her home Saturday nights. And
how’s this? A rich farmer who comes in
town every Saturday for his mail, charged
the teacher twenty-ﬁve cents to bring her to
the same town. And they paid her three
dollars a week and board around. I think
neither school nor table manners will
ﬂourish till such men will be subject to im-
provement by those who can tell them
how—and the “how” is the key to all
things we wish to learn. The determina-
tion to do as they like and not like others
is at the root of this matter, nine times out

of ten. 5. F.
ANN Anson.

 

_——-——*”“

D OMESTIC HELP.

 

Our Queen B., as A. L. L. has appro-
priately called her, for she truly is the
queen of a humming hive, has invited us
all to contribute to our little paper. I
have often felt inclined to say a word, and
as I was looking over one of the old HOUSE-
HOLDS I saw an article on help in the
household; and in behalf of the girls who
do know how to keep house, I wish to say
that [think the principal reason why there
are so few girls who like to do housework,

show up the weaknesses in their charac-
ters, but it is not safe-we don’t know
when the same thing may happen to us.
Don’t place any one as a target at which to
aim illogical conclusions, for you certainly
cannot indulge in the practice without

wounding some one, and though time may

heal the wound it will leave an unsightly
sear. ’Tis too much like ﬁring arrows in
the dark, we know not where they may
fall, and often the shaft aimed at another
may harm us more than any one else.
Don’t forget that if you have wealth God
gave you what you have, and if you are
learned that some one instructed you.
And again, don’t forget that though your
neighbor diﬁer from you she may be just
as honest in her convictions as you, and that
this is afree country, where freedom of
opinion has ever been tolerated. Therefore
he tolerant, be rational, and above all be
good natured.”

_..___...__._.—
WE have seen it noted, somewhere, that
birch bark can be pierced with a ﬁne
needle without danger of splitting it if the
point of the needle is drawn across a bit of
beeswax every few stitches.
_____...__.—-

MRS. H. B. A asks how to keep dried
beef from mildewing after it is ready to
put away. She also says: “ To fasten on
doorsknobs, or lamps in the stands, ﬁll the

 

lies with the mother, not the girl. The
ﬁrst thing a girl is taught to do is to wash
dishes, then she is drilled in washing dishes
and nothing else until it becomes drudgery.
Let the girl try the baking while you do
up the breakfast dishes. Give her some

'the wisdom of “the wisest man” by mis-
‘translaiion. The Hebrew word which has
“been rendered “rod ” in the proverb alluded
to, really means training, guidance, direc—
tion, not the application of the peach
.sprout. I am glad even such tardy justice
3' has been done the wise man, but it saddens
, me to think how many beatings and stripes
an imperfect knowledge of his language
has occasioned. BEATRIK.
”M6...—

Mrs. E. C. wants “more light” on the
"Christmas Rose question. When to plant
and what, cuttings, plants, or bulbs,

spring summer or autumn, are questions

:4

. she wishes Tilt-s. Fuller or some other ﬂower

good recipes so she will know just what to
do and not guess at every thing.
I know from experience that nothing
discourages a girl so much as guessing
how to do the baking. Don’t limit her
baking to one thing, but let her try every—
thing that you make. Begin early if you
wish to make a good housekeeper of your
daughter. -

“lovely” cake and enjoys doing it too.
When she gets tired of baking let her try

I know a girl under ten who can make

something else until she has learned to do
all kinds of work. If she then enjoys
housework let her go to the neighbors
where the work is not hard or the mistress
But I would insist that she

cavity with boiling alum and they will

never come apart.”
M

0 301111 Recipes.

Cnnnev AND CREAM.—-Wash and scrape two

heads of celery and cut into two-inch pieces.

Cook in boiling salted water ﬁve minutes and
then drain. Melt one tablespoanful of butter,

add halt tablespoonful ﬂour and the celery:
then pour on slowly half cupt’ui of white
stock or hot water and cook twenty minutes.
Add half cupful of cream and the beaten yolk
of one 639*. half teaspoon 'ul salt. and one
saitspoonful pepper, and cook long enough
for the ear to thicken. Those who are fond
of cooked celery will like this.

ROYAL FRUIT Canny—Five cups ﬂour: live
eggs: one and a. half cups brown sugar; one
and a. half cups butter: two pounds cur-rants:
two pounds raisins: half pound citron: one
cup molasses: a small teaspoontul soda:
half elp sweet milk; one tablespoontul each
of cinnamon. cloves and allspice: one whole
nutmeg. Bake two hours. This cake will
keep a. year. and it kept properly will be het‘
ter at the end or that time. Wrap it in a.

 

“ bossy ”

 

,grower would answer, because she will not

be _happy until she owns a Christmas Rose

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should learn how to do the work if she does

cloth and put it in a stone jar.

 
     

 
 

 
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  
  
  
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
  
 
  
   

 
   

