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THE SPRING FARM.

By Mrs. Mary J. Holmes.

Author of " Tempest and Sunshine," " Lena

Jiivers," etc., etc.

Copyright, 1887, by Daniel Holmks. (All rights re-sesvedj.

CHAPTER V.

MISS. RAYNOR.

About a mile from Laurel Hill, a little villagein

Richland, was an emiuence, or plateau, from the

top of which one could see for miles the rich, well

cultivated farms in which the town abounded,

the wooded hills and the deep gorges all slanting

down to a common centre, the pretty little lake,

lying as In the bottom of a basin, with its clear

waters sparkling in the sunshine. And here, just

on the top of the plateau, where the view was the

finest, an eccentric old bachelor, Paul Raynor,

had a few years before our story opens, built him

self a home after his owu pecnllar ideas of archi

tecture, but which, when finished and furnished,

was a most delightful place, especially in the

summer wheu the flowers and shrubs, of which

there was a great profusion, were iu blossom, and

the wide lawn in front of the house was like a

piece of velvet. Here for two years Paul Raynor

had lived quite en prince, and then, sickening

with what be knew to be a fatal disease, be hud

sent for bis Invalid sister Grace, who came and

stayed witli him to the last, finding after he was•lead that all his lirr^"tjw. b" ' been loft to hes,

witli a request that sns 'voulW make tho CV*' s,

as the pluee was caned, ter uanie lor a portioO of

the time at least. And so, though city bred and !

city born, Grace had staid on for nearly a year,

leading a lonely life, for she knew but few of her

neigliuorB, while her crippled condition prevented

her from mingling at all iu the society she was

so well fitted to adorn. As the reader will have

guessed Grace Raynor was the girl, .or rather

woman, for she w is over thirty now, to whom

Max Gordon had devoted the years of his early

manhood, in the vain hope that sometime she

would be cured and become his wife. A few days

before the one appointed for her bridal she had

been thrown from her horse and had injured her

spine so badly that for months she suffered such

agony that her beautiful hair turned white; then

the paiuceasedsuddenly, but left her no power to

move her lower limbs, and she had never walked

since and never would. But through all the long

years Max had clung to her with a devotion born

first of his intense love for her and later of his

sense of honor which would make him loyal to

her even to the grave. Kuowing how domestic

he was in his tastes and how happy he "would be

with wife and children Grace had insisted that

he should leave her and seek some other love.

But his answer was always the same. "No,

Grace, I am bound to you just as strongly as if

the clergyman had made us one, and will marry

you any day you will say the word. Your lame

ness is nothing so long as your soul is left un

touched, and your face, too," he would some

times add, kissing fondly the lovely face which,

with each year, seemed to grow lovlier, and from

which the snowy hair did not in the least de

tract.But Grace knew better than to inflict herself

upon him, and held fast to her resolve, even

while her whole being went out to him with an

intense longing for his constant love and com

panionship. Especially was this the case at the

Cedars, where she found herself very lonely, not

withstanding the beauty of the place and its sit-

her fearful pain. And now when at last he came

and put bis arms around her and took her face

between his hands and looked fondly into it as he

questioned her of her health she felt that he was

unchanged, and thanked her Father for it. He

was delighted with ever thing, and sat by her uu

til after lunch, which was served on the piazza,

and asked her of her life there and the people in

the neighborhood and finally if she knew of a

Capt. Ailing.

"Capt. Ailing," she replied; "Why, yes. He

lives on a farm about two miles from here and

we buy our honey from him. A very respecta- 1

ble man,I think,although I have no acquaintance

with the family. Why do you ask?"

"Oh, nothing; only there was a girl on the

train with me who told me she was his niece,"

"If he asks me again, shall I refuse?" she said

to herself on the Septembermorniug when Maude

Graham was alighting from the dusty stage at

Oak Corners, two miles away, and the carriage

she had sent for Max was only an hour behind.

How pretty she was iu the dainty white dress,

with a shawl of scarlet wool wrapped around her.

as she sat in her wheel chair on the broad piazza,

which commanded a view of the distant lake and

the green hills beyond. Not fresh and bright and

glowing as Maude, who was like an opening rose

with the early dew upon it, but more like a pale

water lily just beginning to droop, though very

sweet and lovely still. There was a faint tinge

of color in her cheek as she leaned her head

against the cushions oi her chair and wondered

ifshe should fiud Max the same ardent lover as

ever, ready to take her to his arms at any cost, or

had he, during the past year, seen some other face

fairer and younger than her own.

"I shall know in a moment if he Is changed

ever so little," she thought, and although she

did notmcau to be selfish, and would at any mo

ment have giveu him up and made no sign, there

was a throb of pain iu her heart as she tried to

think what Hie would be without Max to love

her. "I should die," 6lie whispered, "and, please

God, I shall die before many years and leave my

bov free."

He was her boy still, just as young and hand-

BOme as be had been thirteen years ago, when he

lifted her so tenderly from the grouud and she

felt his tears upon her forehead as she writhed In

for her and helped her to grapes, and after din

ner wheeled her for an hour on the broad plateau,

stooping over her once and caressing her white

hair, which he told her was very becoming, and

saying no more of the girl seen In church that

morning. The Alllngs had been late and the rec

tor was reading the first lesson when they came

in, father and mother and two healthy buxom

girls, followed by Maude, who, in ber black dress,

looked taller and slimmer than he had thought

her In the car, and prettier, too, with the bril

liant color on her cheeks and the sparkle in the

eyes which met bis with such glad surprise in them

that he fet something stir in his heart different

from anything he had felt since he and Grace

were young. The Aliings occupied a pew in front

of him and on the side, so that he eould look at

Max answered indifferently, with a vigorous puff

at his cigar, which Grace always insisted he

should smoke In her presence. "She was very

pretty anil very young. I should like to see her

again," he added, more to himself than to Grace,

who, without knowing why, felt suddenly as if a

cloud had crept across her sky.

Jealousy had no part in Grace's nature, nor

was she jealous of this young, pretty girl whom

Max would like to see again, and to prove

that she was not she asked many questions about

her and said she would try ana find out who she

was, and that she presumed she had come to at

tend the weddiug of Capt. Alling's daughter,

who was soon to be married. This seemed very

probable and no more was said of Maude until

the afternoon of the day following, which was

Sunday. Then, after Max returned from church

and they were seated at dinner he said abruptly,

"I saw her again."

"Saw whom?" Grace asked, and he replied,

"My little girl of the train. She was atchureh

with her uncle's family. A rather ordinary lot I

thought them, but she looked as swee t as a June

pink. You know they are my favorite flowers."

"Yes," Grace answered slowly, while again a

breath of cold air seemed to blow over her and

make her draw herj shawl more closely around

her.

But Max did Dot suspect It, and pared a peach

and study Maude's face, which he did far more

than he listened to the sermon. And she knew

he was looking at her, too, and always blushed

when she met his earnest gaze. As they were

leaving the church he managed to get near her,

and said, "I hope you are quite well after your

long journey, Miss .""Graham,'' she answerd Involuntarily, but so

low that he only caught the first syllable and

thought that she said Grey.

She was Miss Grey, then, and with this bit of

Information lie was obliged to be content. Twice

during the week he rode past the Ailing house,

hoping to 6ee the eyes which had flashed so bright

ly upon him on the porch of the church, and nev

er dreamingof the hot tears of homesickness they

were weeping in the log school house of the Bush

district, where poor Maude was so desolate and

lonely. If he had, he might, perhaps, have gone

there and tried to comfort her. so great was he

interested In her, and so much was she in his

mind.He staid at the Cedars several days and then

finding it a little tiresome said good- bye to Grace

and went hi3 way again, leaving with her a vague

consciousness that something had come between

them; a shadow no larger than a man's hand, it

is true, but still a shadow, and as she watched

him goiug down the walk she whispered sadly,

"Max Is slipping from me."

CHAPTER VI.

THE SCHOOL MISTRESS

The setting sun of a raw January afternoon was

shining into the dingy school room where Maude

sat by the iron rusted box stove, with her feet on

the hearth, reading a note which had been brought

to her just before the close of school by a man

who had been to the Post Office in the Tillage at

the foot of tbe Lake. It was nearly four mouths

since she first crossed the threshold of the log

school bouse, taking In at a glance tbe whole

dreariness of her surroundings and feeling for

the moment that she could not endure It. But

she was somewhat accustomed to It now, and not

half so much afraid of the tall girls and boys, her

scholars, as she had been at first, while the latter

were wholly devoted to her and not a little proud

of their"young school ma'am," as they called her.

Every body was kind to ber, and she Had not

found "boarding round" so very dread I nl after all

forthe fatted calf was always killed for her. and

tbe best dishes brought out, while It was seldom

that she was called upon to share ber sleeping

room with more than one member of the family.

And still there was ever present with her a long

ing for ber mother and for Johnnie and a life

morecongenial to her tastes. Dreaming was out

of the question now, and tbe book which was to

make her famous and buy back the old home

seemed very far in the future. Just bow large

a portion of her thoughts was given to Max Gor

don it was difficult to say. She bad felt a thrill

of joy when she saw hint in church, ami a

proud, loo, it may be, of bis notice of her,

minutely her cousins had questioned her with

was. A relative most likely of Miss Raynor,

whose pew he sat, they concluded, and they t

their cousin of the lady at the Cedars, Grace Ray

nor, who could not walk a step, but was wheeled

in a chair, sometimes by a maid and sometimes

by a man. The lady par excellence of the neigh

borhood she seemed to be, and Maude found her

self greatly Interested In her and in everything

pertaining to her. Twice she had been through

the grounds, which were opcu to the public, and

bad seen Grace both times In the distance, once

sitting in her chair upon the piazza, and once

being wheeled !n the woods by her man servant

Tom. Bnt beyond this she bad not advanced,

and nothing could be farther from her thoughts

thau the idea that 6he would ever be anything to

the lady of the Cedars. Max Gordon's letter nud

beeu forwarded to her from Merrivale, but had

created no suspicion in her mind that be and

her friend of the train were one. She had

thought it a little strange that be should have

been in Cauandaigua the very day tbatshe arrived

there, and wished" she might have seen blm„ but

the truth never dawned upon her until sometime

in December, when her mother wrote to her that

be had called to see them, expressing much re-

wet at Maude's absence, and when told where

she was and when she went, exclaiming with en

ergy, as he sprang to his feet, "Why, madam,

your daughter was with me in the train.—a little

blue eyeu, brown haired girl in black, who said

she was Capt. Alling's niece."

"He seemed greatly excited," Mrs. Graham

wrote, "and regretted that he did not know who

you were. He got an idea somehow that your

name was Grey, and said he received your letter

with you asleep beside him. He is a splendid

looking man, with the pleasantest eyes and the

kindest voice I ever heard or saw."

"Ye-cs," Maude said slowly, as she recalled

tbe voice which bad spoken so kindly to ber and

tho eyes which had looked so pleasastly into her

own. "And that was Max Gordon 1 He was go

ing to the Cedars, and Miss Rayuor is the girl for

whom he has lived single all these years. Oh-h !"

She was conscious of a vague regret that her

?trangerfrlend,wasthebetrothedhusbandofGrace

Raynor, who, at that very time, was thinking of

her and fighting down a feeling as near to jeal

ously as it was possible for ber to harbor. In the

same mail with Maude's letter from her mother

there had come to the Cedars one from Max, who

said that he had discovered who was his compag-

non da voyage."She is teaching somewhere In your town," he

wrote, "and I judge Is not very happy there.

Can't you do something for her, Grace? It has

occurred to me that to have a girl like her about

you would do you a great deal of good. We are

both getting on in years, and need something

young to keep us from growing old, and you

might make her your companion. She Is very

prettv, with a soft cultivated voice, and must be

a good reader. Think of it, and If you decide to

do it, inquire for her at Capt Alling's. Her name

is Maude Graham. "Yours lovingly,"Max." •

This was Max'6 letter, which Grace read as she

sat in her cozy sitting room with every luxury

around her which money could buy, from the hot

house roses on the stand beside her to the costly

rug on which her chair was standing iu the ruddy

glow of the cheerful grate tire. And as she read

it she felt again the cold breath which had swept

over her when Max was telling her of the young

girl who had Interested him so much. And in a

way Grace, too, had Interested herself. In I ~

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aud through her maid bad ascertained who she

was and that she was teaching in the southern

part of the town. And there her interest had

ceased. Bat It revived again on the receipt of

Max's letter and she said, "1 must see this girl

tirst and know what she is like. A woman can

judge a woman better than a man, but I wish Max

bad not said what he did about our growiug

old. Am I greatly changed, 1 wonder?"

Shecould manage her chair herself in the house,

and wheeling it before a long mirror, she leaned

eagerly forward and examined l he face reflected

there. A pale, sweet face, framed iu masses of

suow white hair, which rather added to Its

youthful appearance than detracted from it, al

though she did not think so. She had been so

proud of her golden hair, and the bitterest tears

she had ever shed bad been for the change in it.

"It's my hair," she whispered sadly,—"hair

which belongs to a woman of sixty, rather than

thirty-three, and there Is a tired look about my

eves and moutb. Yes, I am growing old, oh,

Max ," and the slender fingers were pressed

over the be.iutifill blue eyes, where the tears came

so fast;—"Yes, I'll see the girl," she said, "aud

If I like her face, I'll take her to please him."

She knew there was to be an illumination on

Christmas Eve in the church on Laurel Hill aud

that Maude Graham was to siug a Christmas au-

tbem alone.

I'll go, aud hear, and see," she decided, and

when the evening came Gmce was there In the

Raynorpew listening while MaudeGraham sang,

her brlgnt face glowing with excitement aud her

full, rich voice rising Higher and higher, clearer

and clearer, until It filled the church as it had

never been rilled before, aud thrilled every nerve

of the womau watching her so intently .

"Yes, she is pretty and good, too; I cannot be

deceived in that face," she said to herself, and

when, after the services were over and Maude

came up the aisle past the pew where she was sit

ting, she put out her hand and said, "Come here,

my dear, aud let me thank you lor the pleasure

you have given me. You have a wondurl ul voice

and sometime you mustcome and sing to me. I

am Miss Raynor, and you are MaudeGraham."

This w is their introduction to each other, and

that ulght Maude dreamed of the lovely face which

had smiled upon her, and the voice, the saddest

and sweetest she had ever heard, wbicu had spok

en so kindly to her.

Two weeks afterwards Grace's note was brought

to her and she read ltwith her teetupon the stove

hearth and the low January sun shining in upou

her.

Miss Raynor wanted her for a companion and

friend, to read aud sing to and soothe her in the

hours of languor and depression, which were

many.

"Iamlonely," she wrote, "and, as you know,

wholly incapacitated from mingling with the

world, and I want some onewith me different

from my maid. Will you come to me, Miss Gra

ham) I will try to make youhappy,If money is any

object I will give you twice as much as you are

now receiving, whatever that may be. Think of

it aud let meTiuow vour decision soon.

"Yours very truly,

"Grace Raynor."

"Oh," Maude cried. "Eight dollars a week and

a home at the Cedars, instead of four dollar a

week and boarding around. Of course I will eo,

though not till mv present eucraEement expires.This will not be until sometime in March," and

she began to wonder if she could endure it so loug

and, now that the pressure was lifting, how she

had ever born it at all.

But whatevermay be the nature of our surround

ings time passes quickly, and leaves behind a

sense of nearly as much pleasure as pain, and

when at last the closing day of school came, it

was with genuine feelings of regret that Maude

said good-bye to the pupils she had learned to

love and the patrons who had been so kind to

her.

(To be Continued.)

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fFOR THE Ladies' Hums .1 or una I,.

ALL THE YEAR ROUND IN THE HOME.

BY CHRISTINE TERHUNE HERRICK.

WINTER EVENINGS.

With the first of January comes the settling

down in earnest to fie Winter's duties. Up to

Christmas, there has been a certain vague unrest,

owing to the near approach of the holidays, with

their countless diversions. There have been pres

ents to make, and festivities to arrange, and the

thought of the firi and recreation ahead lias had an

effect upon even thesteadiest heads. This feeling,

that their elders have in a slight measure, Is in

tensified with the children. With all, there is a

decided sensation of flatness when the New Year

has been fairly rung in. The long weeks that

must Intervene between this and Easter stretch

out before one like an arid plain. It is no wonder

if the transition from the holiday gayety and ex

citement to the hum-drum work-a-day world,

both the younger ones and the "grown-ups,"

shouldmanifestthe reaction in depression audoc-

casional crossness.

The best remedy for these complaints may be

found in that panacea for most mental Ills and

not a few physical ones—steady and systematic

work. The prescription may seem severe at theoutlet, but it seldom fails to accomplish a cure.

Tuere is n itbiug like a regularhabit of employ

ment for miking the dayB fly swiftly and cheer

fully, and it is the only thing that never palls

upon one. Pleasures become stale and even weari

some after a while, but a strong interest in any

occupation will generally insure continued good

spirits to a well manor woman. It goes without

saying that recreations must be iuterpersed here

:ind there. But If theold proverb holds good that

"All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy,"

the c mtrary is equally true.

Children, however, cannot be expected to take

this view of the matt r. To them, amusement

appears the chief end aud aim of existence and a

"good time" is their supreme desire. They have

to be trained in the habits of system and to learn

that pleasure is all the srreater when it Is the ex

ception and not the rule of life. That they may

leiim this more qulcklv, the parents should share

ill their occupations, feeling aud showing a vivid

Interest in everything that concerns their child

ren's home and school duties. The best educated

men and women arc those whose home influence

has supplemented what is taught in school, in

stead of counteracting it. The responsibilities

of parents arcnot shifted when they have put their

boysand girls In the charge of experienced teach

ers and supplied all the necessary manuals of

study. The nomeihing that is still lacking can

only he found in the ready home sympathy that

must await the child in all its worries and joys.

The hard lesson becomes easier by the aid of a

few helpful v.ords from the father or mother, and

the incentive to diligence is higher when the

child knows that improvement brings pleasure,

and negligence, pain to the home circle.

In those happy households whose members

may spend the evenings together, the family slt-

tiug room should always be bright and cheery.

One or two lamps with strong light should be

provided, and two or three tables for study and

work. Each one should have his own chair

or corner. If the lessons can be learned

earlier in the day, so much the better, but If not,

a "silent study Hour" should be observed, as it

is in the large boarding schools. The father and

mother should be ready tooffera low voiced ex

planation of a knotty point, or an occasional help

over the hard placcs ln the paths of the little stu

dents. This mnst be done with judgment, not

giving the scholar so much aid that be is not

obliged to use his own wits, and yet making the

oltcn luvolved phraseology of text hooks clearer

to the puzzled childish brain. Too many lessons

are acquired by rote, parrot like, the words con

veying uo real meaning to the learner. Even the

dryest tasks may be made interesting by a few

words of comment here and there that will

breathe life into the dr , facts.

The study time over, there maybe a pleasant

hour of reading aloud. There is no better way

than this of making children familiar with good

literature. The trashy, sensational stuff that is

sown broadcast over the land does a mighty

work in corrupting cot only the moral instincts

but also the literary tastes of the youth of the

present day. Parents should always Insist that

their children read uo book i except those the fa

ther or mother has personally examined and

found desirable. There is plenty of good and In

teresting literature published every vcar that,

children mav read with profit and delight. Such

works aathoseof Elbridge S. Brooks, or "Histor

ic Boys " and "Historic Girls;" as Edward

Everett Hale's "Family Flights;" as the Bod ley

books; as the stories from Virgil ; Irom Herodo

tus aud from Homer; as Hawthorne'6 "Wonder

Book"and "Tanglewood Tales;" as MissYouge's

Young Folks Histories, and dozens of others

give instruction in mythology, history and travel

iusuch aclianning manner that the child gains

information without being aware of it. Nor need

they be limited to what are known as children's

books. With a little skill in selection most of

Dickens' masterpieces may be read aloud to

them. They can hear near! v all of "David Cop-

perfleld," "Old Curiosity Shop," "The Tale of

Two Cities," "Great Expectations," "Pickwick-

Papers," and the Christmas Books;" parts ol

"Dombey and Son," "Our Mutual Friend,"

"Nicholas Nickleby," aud many of his shorter

sketches; Hawthorne's "Twice Told Tales,"Irv-

iug's stories. Cooper's "LeatherstockingScrles,"

scenes fruin Shakespereand hits from many Eng

lish and American poets. The Iliad, the Odyssey,

and the Encid read aloud by someone who un

derstands how to skip judiciously will impart a

knowledge of the classic epics atid a taste for

them. The elder children may take their turn in

the reading and thus gain practice in that most

rare and delightful accomplishment.

The Angers need not be idle while the reading

is in progress. The sewing and mending will be

doue more readily fortbe p.easant accompaniment

that, tends to divert the miud from the tedlous-

uess of the bandijrork. The old fashlo.n of Instructing girls In every variety of mcudiug, from

laving a patch by the t bread to durningstockln£s,

arid teaching them how to make thelrbwn under

clothing hasof late fallen sadly lutodisuse.Theplea

urged that girls have so much more studying to

do now than was formerly required of them can

hardly bold good while the same 6chool girls find

abundant leisure for parties, theatre-going and

fancy work. Each girl should be expected to do

all her own mending and lend a hand in aiding

her mother with the household sewing. The child

may rebel against it at first, but sbc will be grate

ful for the training and skill in her after life.The

ability to darn linen anil stockings, to patch gar

ments neatly, to hem, fell and overcast, to cut

aud make her own underclothing and even to al

ter her owndresses will not fail to be of real val

ue when the girl is a woman with a home of her

own. Tho cheapness o f ready made garments in

large city shops will prove of little use to her if

her lot should be cast in the far West or South or

even iu remote country tow ns in the East. And

with all the alleged advantages of ready made

clothing, the fact remains that good materia],

made up at home,costs le.-s in the beginning and

wears better in the end than auy shop work.

There are uo raw edges, skimped seams aud

botched hems on these.

While boys are usually exempted from a share

in what is known as "woman's work," there is

no reason why they should not be taught a little

use of feminine implements. One need not go bo

far as to teach them to knit stockings, in the Ger

man fashion, but it would be a blessing to many

a man if he possessed enough facility with a nee

dle to enable him to sew on a button without per

forating his thumb adozen times in the courseof

the operation, to repair a rip that would otherwise

grow with as'oundingrapiditv.orto mend a sock

in some other 6tyle than by tying a string around

the liole and pounding the lump thus made flat

enough to allow of the stocking being worn.

Apart from this, boys often have some occupa

tion such as drawing or wood carving that will

keep their fingers out of mischief. This is the

time for cutting marked extracts from papers,

pasting scrap books or mourning postage stamps

dried leaves and flowers, or photographs. There

is almost always something that can be found to

do, if it is nothing more than winding yarn or

worsted.

Every evening need not he passed in this man

ner. The variety of a little music, ol a few games

in which all can join, of charades gotten up on

the spur of the moment, of a candy pull, of im

promptu little suppers of apples, nuts and pop

corn, will break up the monotony that is always

to be avoided. By studying such ways and means,

the long Winter evenings may be made delight

ful and the home fireside rendered so attractive

that neither boys nor girls will feel tempted to

leave it in search of less wholesome pleasures.

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CONCERNING SOME PITFALLS IN THEWAY OF HOME LIFE IN AMERICA.

The principle obstacles in the way of home life,

will be found, upon investigation, to be placed

there in cities, from among people in the middle

rank in lilc, and—I shame to say it—by women.

We will therefore first consider the race traits

belonging to this class and condition. The Mid

dle Class in America, more even than in any

other country, is the one which forms national

characteristics and upon which the welfare and

safety of the State principally depend. It is a

significant aud ugly fact, that among the girls of

this order, the stiougestfeellcg against "binding

themselves down" to house aud home-keeping

exists. In the upper walks of life there is a tacit

understanding of the requirements of station, or

an enforced regard for the rules regulating en

tertainments aud hospitality, which pushes the

newly-wedded pair, perforce, into a house of

their own. Among the lowerrauks, povertydoes

the same kiudly work of "ranging" its married

sons and daughters in the rooms of its tenement

bouses, no matter how small or how straightened

the beginning may be. But the middle class is

free from both species of pressure.

Let us see bow this happens. According to the

traditions of custom, while the youug man has

been provided with a trade or profession, the

young woman must be bred in idleness. No

definite or useful employment of time has been

marked out for her; and a system which would

be considered suicidal if applied to the sons of a

family is pursued almost universally in regard to

the daughters. Even if this same want of appli

cation aud waste of time is to be found In other

parts of the world, it is much more glaring aud

dangerous here, since, according to our rules of

society, leisure is not hedged about with equal

watcluulness and care. The youug girl of the

old world Is surrounded by precautions. She

docs not leave the school-room, or the safe seclu

sion of the home, except under the guidance of

mother orgoveruess, until a reasonable maturity

has tempered inexperience with sense. Up to

that lime, she has been fostered in regular habits

both of mind and body. Our pretty delicate

young creature is allowed to mix, from the be

ginning, the dissipation of danciug parties,

theatres, aud fashionable calls, with the rigor of

mental discipline, until her frail frame begius to

show the wear and tear of nervous excitement.

Upon her early emancipation Irom school, mat

ters become even worse. Tlieu begin the loug,

idle, days; the purposeless promenades through

streets always more than sufficiently full of

temptation for the unoccupied miud; the silly

faucy work which makes pretence of occupation

for listless hands; the poor, showy accomplish

ment, poorly acquired and badly practiced ; and

the light reading of foolish stories. This last is

sometimes a greater evil than the reading of

a vicious book would be; for while the latter

mlghtsting into autagonisin some latent senseof

modesty and rightniindedness, the former in

sidiously breaks down every barrier of pure taste

aud leaves the » ay open for wickedness to enter

unchallenged. In tblsway, another fundamental

principle of healthy social life is violated ; which

declares that every advantage shared by the in

dividual shall be paid for in honesty and honor

by some return iu kind.This pernicious idleness Is the hot-bed which

recruits the racks of "anxious and aimless"

young women, who look forward to matrimony

as their only hope of continuing the indolence

they have growu to love, and who are ready to

enter upon what should be the holiest covenant,

withjno higher thought than the mercenary de

sire for a fixed position and income. No cravlug

for love, or companionship, or intimate friend

ship; no fond conception of unselfish devotion,

which shall shareln struggle and victory, softens

their hardened hearts, ft is all a matter of specu

lation or foresight. Even the sweet confidences

which Sliuuid make the days of courtship happy,

are changed to ungenerous plans and bartering*

which shall still further pander to self-indulgence.

Asarulc, thcyoungmiu lslikeclay in the bandsof

the potter. Instinct leads him to desire the

founding of a home and of family ties; but so

many motives of interest, of economy, aud of

ease[ are placed before him that he wavers and

compromises. The boarding-house, or the hotel

shall be the refuge for the first few years; the

uest-buildlng shall commence later on. It is the

old story of Adam and Eve. The woman tempts

him and he doth eat the bitter fruit of the tree of

knowledge.Alas I he little dreams that he can never enter

paradise, after having once left It. The first

fatal mistake was in placing the idea of happiness

outside the home circle in the beginning, and

making the paltry pleasures of unearned leisure

preferable to the honorable, care-won joys of the

fireside. From that time the wrong direction has

been taken. The self-denial which should help

to make home lovely and life nobler, the pure

liappiuei-s of bearing and rearing children, are

thrust into the background as unpleasant and

unpopular things, to be hated, to be dreaded, aud

to be keptawayaslongaspossible. If by chance,

V>me unwelcome little li e shall have meanwhile

struggled iutoexistence, inspiteof well-laid plan

and wise forecasting of events, it is received with

resentment, with ill-will, or at best with poorly-

dirguiscd annoyance. Tho tender heart and

loving arms which God has intended 6hall be the

first cradle of the infant, are wanting; and

though, later on, love and pride break through

the unnatural barriers imposed upou them, the

cloud never entirely lifts tram the child's inner

consciousness. Before even it was born into the

joys and fears of this mortal world, while yet iu

that state of intimate relationship which exists

between mother and offspring, it has felt the in

fluence of her w ant of sympathy and spirit of

rebellion; and this distortion of Its moral nature

has prepared It, In turn, for the same abominable

weakness of moral sense in the future.

Mary Elizabeth Blake.

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[ For The IjAdies' jiomb Journal.]

MARY J. HOLMES.

America's Moat Popular Woinuii Novelist.Her Winning Personality, Charming Homeand Iiife as a literary Worker, Devoted Wife

and Social Favorite.

Mary J. Holmes Is the author of some twenty-

six widely read, distinctively American and phe

nomenally popular novels. From the time when

"Tempest and Sunshfne," '"The English Or

phans" and "Lena Rivers" appeared, she has

been an Indefatigable worker, and has sent forth

the numerous stories which are so well known,

with a rapidity of production only perhaps

equalled by Sir Walter Scott, who threw off one

book a year until the novelswhich fill along shelf

were comDleted, andhe oeaaedfrom sheerfatitrue.

Mrs. Holmes' stories are of a domestic character,

and whila not so intense as if more highly sea

soned with sensationalism, are of a liealtliy moral

tone, and, as their history proves, of abiding in

terest to the reading public. Au estimate and

comparison from the statistics of a wholesale

book store which supplies the trade for all the up

per half of the Mississippi valley, shows that next

to E. P. Roe's works, Mrs. Holmes' novels are the

most popular of any American author. It is a

tact that more than one million copies of her

books have been sold, and that their popularity

shows no sign of waning. As testimony to this,

her publisher has recently brought out a paper

edition of "Tempest and Sunshine," of fifty

thousand copies, which is already sold and is to

be followed with similar enormous reproductions

of "The Euglish Orphans," aud "Lena Rivers."

Old Dr. Johuson once said: "What pleases

many, and pieaseslon" must possessscmie merit."

The question of Mrs. Holmes' right to an almost

unrival ed place among the writers of fiction was

long ago settled.

Mrs. Hoi mes' maiden name was Mary J. Hawes.

Like Mrs. Stowe, Rose Terry Cooke aud others of

our authors who have been particularly success

ful in deliueating home li e, Mrs. Holmes was of

New England birth and extraction. She was

horn at Brookfield, Massachusetts, aud was the

daughter of Preston Hawes.

Her father was a man of intellect and a pro

found thinker.

The Rev. Dr. Joel Hawes, one of the most

celebrated of New England divines, was her

father's older brother, aud Mrs. Holmes seems to

have largely partaken of the intellectual force;

faith in human nature and almost psychological

insight into the moving springs and desires of

the human heart, which were a family character

istic, and made her uncle's preaching so potent,

searching aud fruitful.

From her mother, she inherited the romance,

poetry, and love of the beautiful which round out

and adorn her character.

She is described a* a precocious and sensitive

child, more fond of her own companionship and

dreaming out the pictures and fancies that came

into her active mind, thau of associating witli

other children. Her imaglBation, the creative

faculty, was alive almost in infancy, aud at her

earliest remembrance her little brain was buzz

ing with the germs of what have since become

tier mental offspring. She went to school at three

years of age, and studied grammar at six! Imag

ine it, ye kindergarten-seeking mothers, who

would save your darlings from any abstract

mental effort I

But she had a head for mathematics as well as

letters, and although her slate was often written

close with the rhymes which would pop into her

volatile little he^d, she became so capable iu all

the common branches, that at the age of thirteen

she was installed as the youthful teacher of a

district school a few miles from home. Here she

had a varied experience as the little "school-

marm" with the big blue eyes and the golden

hair, at whom the older boys looked first with

contempt, aud later, with still more embar.issing

admiration and devotiou, aud the victim of the

now-many-years-otjsclete custom of "boarding

around."

She was possessed with an Inspiration to write,

and saw her first article in print at the age of

fifteen.

She was married when quite young to Mr.

Daniel Holmes, a young lawyer of Richmond,

New York. The uuiou, happily still unbroken,

has proveu an Ideal marriage. In the combined

affection and respect for each other, and the

mutual helpfulness and intellectual compaulou-

ship they enjoy, it reminds one forcibly of the

married life of Mr. and Mrs. Browning, Mr. and

Mrs. Holmes lived for a short time at Versailles,

and then removed their household gods to Brock-

port, now a flourishing manufacturing town of

51100 inhabitants, near Rochester.

Their home, called "The Brown Cottage," is au

unique, home-like, and in every way attractive

house, with unexpected juts, surprising balco

nies, cosy nooks, aud bright bay wiudowslookiug

out upon the lawus and letting a flood of sun

shine into the pleasant rooms.

The rooms are as far as possible from the con

ventional arrangement and delightful vistas open

away here and there, tempting the visitor to ac

cept the hospitality which invites perfect freedom

iu explorations. The attractive hall welcomes

tho visitor, the drawing-rooms, half shut away by

handsome portieres, disclose warmth and richness

ol color; the diulug-roum op. us into a conser

vatory with its wealth of leafage aud bright flow

ers, and everywhere are rare pictures, delicate

mosaics, pieces of statuary and rare china. These

are souvenirs lrom jouriieys in foreign lauds,

winters iu the south and summers in all sorts of

delightful resorts, for Mr. and Mrs. Holmes arc

great travelers. The library is aptly furnished

and very inviting lor a book-worm or art-lover.

In the upper hall, among unique furniture and

bric-a-brac are also some well-Bllcd book-cases;

and opening out of It, the pleasautest room iu

the house, is Mrs. Holmes' writing-room. She is

very regular iu her h.ibits, spending the morning

from uiue until twelve o'clock at her desk. She

is never so happy as whi n weaving her stories,

because, as she Ingenuously remarks, the men

and women iu her brain-world, never thwart her.

They always do as she wishes. She writes fluently,

in a large baud, which makes her manuscript look

like a legal document.

She is a communicant of the Episcopal church,

and willingly labors iu the cause of morality and

religion. She has charge of the childrens' Sun

day school, which, under her direction, is a most

attractive place. She Iras no children of her own,

! but is very fond of young people, especially girls,

\ often giving them parlor tal ks upon art and other

subjects connected with her foreign travels.

So she lives, gracefully combining domestic,

literary and social duties; by her systematic in

dustry finding time (slightly paiaphrasiug

Shakespeare's words), to

"Keep house and ply her books, welcome her

friends,

Visit her countrvmen."

Personally, Mrs. Holmes is a most winning,

even fascinating, woman. She is tall, with a

slight figure, which yet escapes thiuness, and her

movements are very gracelul. Her large blue

eyes shine forth intelligence and sympathy, her

h'air is abundant and of a dark brown color, aud

her voice in speaking is rich and full, quite Eng

lish iu tone and Inflection, aud in charming con

trast to the harsh feminine voice which is au

American characteristic much to be deprecated.

Mrs. Holmes has au avcrsiou to personal n -

toriety to a degree which few authors feel. She

lias a shrinking lrom the public discussion of her

private affairs, and the attention which the men-

tiou of her name calls forth which is as rare as it

is admirable aud truly womanly.

She has never permitted the newspaper noto

riety which so often in the case of writers runs

ahead of their honest reputation.

A few facts in Mrs. Holmes' literary history

will, I am sure, be of iuterest to the readers of

this sketch which the exigencies ofspace reduce

to a mere outliuc.

"Tempest and Sunshine" was written in 1854.

Good novels, and especially good American nov

els, were scarcer then than now. It was only

three years since Mrs. Stowe's great work, "Un

cle Tom's Cabiu" had sprung forth, armed with

the right and impelled with its imprisoned fire of

inspiration, and awakened a universal iulerestiu

southern life. Mrs. Holmes' storv of the livesof

the two beautiful daughters of a Kentucky plan

ter, with Its thrilling action and life-like pictures

of a slave-holder's home was eagerly welcomed,

aud in au lucredibly short time was in the hands

of delighted readers all over the country. In Its

conception, characterizations and denouments,

"Tempest and Sunshine" is olten pronouueed

the most artistic of any of Mrs. Holmes' w orks.

Certain it is that, the browu and blonde lashes

of all the Impressionable girls of thirty years ago

were wet with tears of sympathy for poor, dark-

browed Julia, whose tempe8tuousspiritall events

seemed to conspire to arouse in unlovely pas

sions, ami the childish delicacy and purity of

"Sunshine" who, however, woji less sympathy

from the readers, because she seemed to have ail

the blessings of life. That it wonderfully main

tains Its hold upon popular favor the facts before

given attest.

One year later came forth the story of "The

Euglish Orphans," like t,.e first novel, published

by D. Appleton & Co. It was warmly praised by

the critics, and received from the North American

Review, (than which there was then no higher

literary authority), the following notice: "We

have not seeu Mrs. Holmes' previous novel, but

with this we are charmed. * * The pathetic

element which runs through a large portion of

the story is highly wrought, yet stops short of

mawkishness, and would coustraiu even reluc

tant sympathy as far as it goes. The comic veiu

is worked with equal success aud equal modera

tion. The characterization is exquisite, especially

as far as itcoucerns rural and village life, of

which there are some pictures that deserve to be

hungup iu perpetual memory of types of hu

manity fast becoming extinct through the agency

of steam and telegraph. » * * Moreover, the

story tuus gracefully constructed and written,

involves without parading, and inculcates with

out obtruding, not only pure Christian morality

iu general, but with especial point and power the

depeudeuce of true success on character and of

true respectability on merit, and the absurdity

of the plutocratic notious which In some quarters

arc beginning to deform American society."

In 1856 was published another story called

"Homestead on The Hillside," which found a

ready market, for the author of two successful

novels now received the grateful assurance that

her work bad touched the hearts of the reading

public and found the appreciation which is such

a rich reward and inspiration.

Iu 1S57 appeared "Lena Rivers," the third

popular success achieved by the author In four

years, and the name became a household word

wherever a story of domestic life, pure lovely

heroines honorable and tender-hearted heroes

and the final justification of the right, could ob

tain a hearing.

Each epoch has its vintage with a bouquet so

delicate as not generally to bear transportation

lrom one decade to another, but many of the

rapidly growing army of dissenters from the

spindling intellectuality and the dull dead level

of polished frivolity and cynical iguobility of the

modern school of fiction, will continue to believe

that the novel fulfills its highest mission, when

without any obtrusive moralend in view, it still

strengthens faith in the heroic possibilities of

human nature, and paints flesh and blood men

and women, whoflnd that meauncssdoes not pay

and goodness will be rewarded, even if It is done

in the aesthetically condemned melodramatic

way. While a story with a rampant purpose Is

confessedly an inartistic production, mere

amusement, a pleasing invention to kill time, is

uot a high aim for a novel. Mrs. Holmes, while

avoiding Cnaryhdls, has cleverly steered clear of

Scylla, aud has re-embodied in her stories much

of the beauty of ideal home life which Is uowhere

realized asin New England, aud the fast anchor

age and enforced seclusion ol couutry life.

For more than twenty years Mrs. Holmes'

bix>ks were published bv G. W. Carleton, with

whom and his wife she had au intimate triein!-

ship. That she has made a great financial suc

cess of her work, goes without saying. For

many years all of her stories appeared first iu

the Neie York Weekly, to which, (until the death

of the editors) she was bound by contract. For

several of them she has received as high as six

thousand dollars, relainiug the copyright, Mr.

Carleton afterwards bringing them out iu book

form, to meet with an enormous sale.

Where all are so popular it would be invidious

to make comparisons, but with the ones mcn-

tlonet', "Queenie Hetherton," dedicated to her

frieiio Mrs. Julie P. Smltli, of Hartiord, Connec

ticut, (a successful author now deceased) ;

"Mildred," inscribed to Mrs. G. W. Carleton,

"her of the starry eyes aud nut brown hair;"

"Rose Mather," which was a Btory of the war,

breathing patriotism and pity on every page, and

"Hugh Worthiugton," a story of Kjiitucky life

which comes up to the war, are pfrbape most

general favorites. The new story, "Gretchen,"

proves very taking, as might be confidently ex

pected of anything from her pen. Mr. aud Mrs.

Holmes contemplate spending another year

abroad, starting in the spring, when they will

travel during the summer in Norway and Sweden,

and live the following winter iu Egypt. The

Carleton's arc now sojourningon the Continent,

where Mr. aud Mrs. Holmes expect to join them

during the season.

Those who are following with eager Interest

the story, "Spring Farm," now running in The

Ladies' Home Jouknal will, I hope, find their

enthusiasm augmented, and their respect and

admiration increased, if it were possible, by this

sketch of the author.

Flobine Thayer McCkat.

h on the ladies' Home journal.]

OLD-FASHIONED MANSERS AND NEW.

BY KATE UPSON CLARK.

As the pendulum swings back and forth, so

fluctuate our manuers and customs. Very likely

the present era of what may be called informality,

may be succeeded by one of ultra conventionali

ty. Still, to some of us, that Is not a disagreea

ble prospect. It seems to those who happen to be

subjected, just now to the 6way of the "society

girl," that almost any manners would be better

than those which are now in vogue.

Mrs. Whitney says in one of her stories, that

since the sewing-machine aud other "labor-sav

ing' ' contrivances have been invented, there is

really no saving of labor at all; that we are now

"whizzed to death with work," instead of being,

as in the old times, quietly and peaceably tired

out.It seems as though all our modes of living had

kept pace with the machines. Certainly, the

'noisy, undignified and offensive manners of

some supposably well-taught young womeu now

adays bear to the old-fashioned ways a similar

correspondence.

A half-century ago, the chief branches taught

young girls In the better chtss of boarding-schools

were manners, and, as they were called, the ac

complishments. We have all heard our mothers

and grandmothers tell of the change that took

place In girls who staid a year or two at such a

place. From being (what the girls, according to

these stories, always were, then ) shy and unform

ed young damsels, they came home self-pos

sessed, deliberate aud well-poised women. Cer-

taluly, they made grauu old dames, in their de

clining years, as we all know. We cannot help

wondering what kind of old ladies the "highty-

tighty" girls whom we are rearing nowadays will

make.Not that these girls are worse than their grand

mothers. It is not that. They are very likely

every whit as good-hearted, and there Is no doubt

that they are just as bright, and that they know

more about solid geometry and German Gram

mar; but their talk issoloudand slangy; their

feet are stretched out so far in company; they

yawn so freely and throw their arms about so wild

ly,—why are they pot more reposeful, and quiet,

more dignified !

We suspect that these manners may possibly

be the result of what is really a creditable desire.

The girls are becoming . so learned nowadays,

what with the universities and literary societies,

which are springing up everywhere, that they

have, possibly, a feeling that in order to seem

"jolly" and truly "feminine," they must dissem

ble alittle bit, and not scare the young men with

too strong au appearance of erudition and lofty

attainments. Their parents seem to uphold them

in this dissembling, if 6o It be, for thereis no in

dication that any great efforts are made on the

partof the elders to check the aggressive exuber

ance which characterizes the manners of their

young lady daughters.

When Evangeline had passed, it was said to be

"like the ceasing of exquisite music." When

one of our modern young ladies passes, with her

reeded cress, her spiral bustle, her clattery little

hlgh-hceled shoes, her bangles and bugles rat-

tliug, it is like the passiugof—shall we say Hi—

a circus procession. All of the old, charming

ideas of woman that we have had given us by the

poets,—and they are not such bud ideas,—vanish

at the souud. Can't women walk any more with

out toppling and tilting! Must they have noisy,

rattling clothes ou i Are these things to match

the fashionable manner, which, as we hme 6aid,

is noisy and "smart," and entirely lacking In

what usedto be called "refinement" aud "deli

cacy/"We do not ask for what Mrs. Browning calls

a nature in our girls "tamed aud grown domestic

like a baru-door fowl." No, let them be full of

spirits; aud let them learn, and wax proficient

in all that goes to make brains fine and hands

skillful; but with it all, we beg them to retain

enough of the old-fashioned womanliness to sit

quietly in company, especially iu strange com

pany; to learn to keep their bauds and feet still:

to understand that slang is not necessarily wit;

and to move about, enter a room or step into a

carriage with ease, moderation and dignity. If

you must bo dashing, dear girls, "dash" In your

bwu apartment. The' reposeof manner" which

you very likely sneer at as a relic of the days of

the sentimental heroine and the blue worsted

dog, is really a lovely thing in woman ; and, more

than all that. It typifies a mind aud heart which

are most truly attractive. You see, when the

trumpets blow for Alaric as well as Charlema

gne, It is difficult to distinguish between them;

and surely you would wish at all times toso com

port yourself that no one could regard you for

an instant with suspicion.It is said that now the class of women whom

good girls would care least to resemble are thequietest and best-behave.' in public. We beg that

tlie positions be reversed."Association with women," says Ottllle In her

diary, "i« the clement of good manners," but

Geethe wrote this some years ago. He would

hardly be able to say it afterspcndlng au hour in

watching almost any of the "well-bred" girls of

to-day.—•

WIVES' WAGES.

Some members of Sorosls have been arguing

that wives should receive regular wages for their

household labors aud responsibilities. Undoubt

edly the fair creatures richly deserve compensa

tion of the most generous sort. Nothiug can be

too good lor tliem. But we foresee boundless

possibilities of disagreement aud difficulty in any

schemeto adjust their remuneration on the colu,

hard, uuseutimental basis which is accepted iu

the ordinary business world. No laws laid dowm

by Adam Smith or John Stuart Mill would work

satislactorily in such matters as these. The

harsh, unsympathetic theories aud precepts of

political economy would be out of place here,

and the inexorable logic of the pitiless law of

supply aud demand must be rejected at once.

Couluyou expect the ardent young lover, who

burusto lay the whole world at the feel of the

incomparable object of his adoration, to calcu

late calmly the condition of the wife market,

and to try to balance the Inimitable treasury of

graces aud virtues which his Chloe possesses,

against the common currency of cold cash!

But it he were compelled to do it, if the system

whi^h Huds favor iu the eyes of some thoughts

less and giddy members of Sorosls should be

come the common law of society, think what

wou.d he the consequences to the unhappy young

men I Of course prospective mothers-in-lawwon ul conduct the negotiations, andln the flush

aud ardor of youthful passion the Impetuous Ro-

meos would be eug. rto concede everything. The

consequence would be that the rr le of wages for

the bride would be established on such a scale

that the bridegroom wouldspeedllybccome bank-

, rupt, aud iu penury aud disgrace would be

Lobilged to look lor the rest of his days for sup-

' port at the hands of the rapidly enriched partner

of his sorrows, who having earned her wealth by

her owu exertions would naturally look with

scorn i.ud contempt on the wretched being who

was uuable to emerge triumphantly from a brief

struggle between capital andlubor.

Even if there were uomothcr-lu law In the ease,

and the young lady'sexactlous at the outset of

married life were uot extravagant, in too many

homes bickerings would surely arise. After a

year or twothe husband would come home from

his day's duties with the latest quotation of wives'

wages", aud insist that he was paying more than

his income or the state of the market justified.

Resentment on the wife's part would inevitably

lullow, and the difference of opiulou might ulti

mately result in a strike or lock-out. It certain

ly would be difficult to find a satisfactory board

of arbitration to settle the dispute without viol

ence, for in a matter which touches so intimatelyhomes, hearths and pockets, neither party to the

controversy would he willing toaecept a decis

ion by outsiders. Wives' trade uuions would

spring up all over the land. Concerted attempts

to raise the scale of wages would set households

in an uproar all over the Uulon, and nurseries

and reception-rooms would be deserted by Sister

hoods of Locomotive Housekeepers, who would

go to and frostirriug up strife and dissension in

hitherto peaceful families. Dlrelul would be the

conclaves of discontented matrons aud woe and

anguish would fill the land. Marriage would go

out of fashion lu a generation or two and Soro

sls woTOTTTTUss away, consumed by the flames of

public indignat ion and wrath. This now happy

and flourishing Republic would be divided Into

two great hostile camps, one of trembling bache

lors shrinking from the hated bonds of wedlock,

and the other of fierce-eyed spinsters, resolute

to enchain the melancholy victims. Soon deso

lation would cover the earth as a garment.—New

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THE LADIES' HOME JOURNAL.

THE CHILDREN'S PAGE.

Nine little girls nil in a row I Evidently "having a (rood time" over something. What is it, do you suppose? Can you guess, children? We

we know Just what Is the matter with them. They are so pleased at the Idea of a "Children's Corner," that they are tairly "Jumping for Joy."can. ""e know Just what is the matter with them. Tiiey are so pieasea at tne mea oSo will you, when you see how we try to please the little ones from month to month

I For tho LADIES' HOHK JOURNAL.]

DUCE DAWSON'S BELT.

A Story for Girls.

BT AUGUSTA dc BOBSA.

Duce Dawson lost her belt.

That of itself was not such an importaut affair ;

the belt was merely an ordinary wide moroceo

one, and Duce had" lost many a one before, but

when it was the cause of her losing a dellgbtfui

visit, the matter really assumed a certain degre*

of importance.This was the way of It: A letter from Aunt

Roland had been received, and naturally bad

caused great excitement in the Dawsou family,

for Aunt Roland was their Great Mogul: She

was a widow, rich, childless, and lived in Boston,

three most important facts. She was on her way

South, and had written to her brother, Mr. Daw-

sou, that she should make tbem a little visit as

she passed through their city and perhaps ask

his permission to take with her on her trip, and

possibly "borrow for a year or more," one

of his daughters, the youngest she recollected

was her namesake, Ducelina, and she hoped she j ungraceful folds along the floor, the lace at ber

elded upon tbe bat and costume Duce should

wear when they went to the hotel to call, and she

knew Mrs. Bruce would exclaim at the likeness

Duce bore to berat that age, a bit of flattery that

always pleased her.To her surprise, however, Mrs. Bruce waived

ceremony and was ushered into Auut Roland's

sitting-room one mornlDg without waiting for a

formal "first call."

After warm greetings and final arrangements

for the journey, Mrs. Bruce exclaimed, 'And

now, my dear, let me see your pretty protege)"

With not a little fear lest her darling should

not be prepared to be presented thus unccrimo-

niously, Aunt Roland sent word for her two

nieces to come to her room.

They appeared directly; Annette exquisitely

neat and dainty In a pretty garnet morning dress

that fitted her fine figure to perfection. Her dark

hair smoothly rolled off her brow, and In her

hand a strip of embroidery. Altogether a pretty

picture of neatness and industry.

Behind her lounged Duce. Poor Duce ! She

had been reading on the bed ; there was a thou

sand wrinkles in her blue cashmere morning

robe; unbelted, the skirt hint; and trailed In

should like her for a protege,

This proposition, as well as the Invitation,

made a decided sensation. "Times" were very

"hard" in the Dawson family; the two elder

boys were off at college, and It took the greater

part of Mr. Dawson's income to keep them there,

and Bud bread and butter, to say nothing o:

bounets aud dresses for his two girls and wire at

home. Therefore, when Auut Roland hinted at

adopting one of the girls "for a year or mere"

the proposition received a warm welcome.

Mrs. Dawson cooked up from the letter, and

gazed admiringly at Duce's pretty face and

figure, aud thought with a grateful sigh that ber

girl really deserved to have all the pretty adorn

ments that would naturally follow Aunt Roland's

adoption. There was only one thing to be feared !

Ouce was a most careless anil untidy girl,Nut If it had be: i An="tte, Mr--. B^lnA i>»<\

itesignated, Mrs. Dawsou would have had no

qualms, for she, like her mother, was the very

personification of order and neatness, but Duce !

"At any rate," thought Mrs. Dawson, "Duce Is

very pretty, and Aunt Roland Is such a warm

admirer of beauty perhaps she will he blind to all

but her loveliness."Todoher justice, Mrs. Dawson had endeavored

to "bring up" both her daughters to habits of

methodical neatness, but Duce was Incorrigible.

Her things "never stayed put, like Annette's,"

6he would excuse herself in declaring, when ber

Mamma lifted her eyebrows and scolded Duce for

the whirlwind state of chaos her bureau drawers

and wardrobe were usually in.

"How can you expect to have pretty, fresh

ribbous and laces and skirts, Duce," she had ex

claimed that very morning In despair; "vou never

seem to think of smoothing out, or folding up, or

shaking, auythiug you take off. Aunt. Roland

will be shocked to find vou a sioveuly, careless

young lady, and depend upon it, she will not

desire such a companion for she Is fastidious to a

fault herself."Duce shrugged her plump shoulders, pulled her

twisted overskirt around straight, and thrust a

pin tnrough ber tangled curls, aud laughed out

irood-uaturedly.

"Ob, Mammadoar, please don't scold any more;

l'mgolugto turn over a uew leaf and blossom

Into such a prim little Quaker lady, that Aunt

Roland will fall in love with me at once."

Poor Duce! she did try; but, oh dearl it was

so much easier to just toss hat and gloves down

on to a chair, or over on to the piano, when she

came in from a walk; or jump out of a little flut

ter of lace and ruffles and leave them lying a

white pile on the floor all night. And everyone

knows, feathers and fringes aud ribbons and

ruffles, will not look pretty and fresh, very long,

if cured for in that manner..

Aunt Roland arrived in due season and "took"

to her niece Ducelina at once.

"She looks as you did at her age," said Mr.

Dawsou to his sister when he saw the admiration

In Mi s. Roland'B eyes.

"Yes, I believe she does, thank you," replied

Mrs. Roland, with a smile.

For a few days Duce was very particular and

nice in her toilettte, but before long she forgot

her new-made resolution, and a soiled collar,

rumpled overskirt, or frowsy head would cause

Aunt Roland to look quite shocked. She noticed,

too, that Annette was always watching her sister,

and putting a pin In here, or pulling a string off

there, and at last Auut Roland began to feel

qualms over the feasibility of selecting Duce as

her companion for the trip South—oras a protege

either.

Annette was always exquisitely neat In her dress

aud so orderly and methodical iu her ways—but

then Duce had such a sweet, coaxing way, one

could forgive her everything, and besides she was

so very pretty—audeveryone said looked bo "like

ber Aunt Roland 1" Mrs. Roland was quite torn

in her miud as to which of the gli Is she should

invite to accompany her, when a little thing de

ckled the matter.

One of her Boston friends, a >Jrs. Bruce, was to

join herju Philadelphia, and with a party of six,

start for the South. She was in daily expectancy-

of a note announcing her friend's arrival at the

Continental Hotel, aud Aunt Roland felt a secret

delight In anticipating the pride" and pleasure

with which she should Introduce Duce to h'er

friend as her pet and protege. She had even de-

throat was torn, her hair was onegolden, tangled

mass of bangs and braids, and her lips and checks

were daubed with chocolate caramels. She was

not an attractive picture.Aunt Roland bit her lip, but presented the

girls to her friend, who she felt was severely

criticizing Duce—as she borsclf would have done

lu her place.

Duce blushed, painfully conscious of her dis

grace; she had not understood there was a

stranger In her aunt's room. Thoroughly

ashamed, however, of her slovenly appearance,

she glanced down at her dress aud said In a dep

recatory tone, as she lifted the trailing folds of

her in ussy gown:

''I lost my belt, auntie."Mrs. Bruce chatted awhile with both girls, but

Duce was qniet and dull. She felt that she wasu'vler a clo'id. When Mrs ^ruoe bode go*->d-morning to her friend down stairs ••> the door,

she said:"The other one has the prettiest face Ducelina,

but I don't wonder that you have chosen the ex

quisitely neat and pretty-spoken little girl as your

companion aud protege. I envy you her company.

It's too bad, though, that she hasn't the beautiful

face of her slovenly sister; but of course you

never could put up with the companionship of a

slattern."Mrs. Roland did not correct her friend's mis

take. She corrected her oimi, and that day invi

ted Annette to be her companion lu her trip

South, and her protege for a year, adding severely,

"Perhaps at the end of that time, Duce may so far

have corrected or outgrown her untidy habits as to

warrant my inviting her to visit me. without my

having any fears of feeling ashamed of her care

less appearance."It utmost broke Duce's heart, but she could not

help feeling she deserved the reproof.

"It was all because 1 lost my belt, and looked

solaukyand horrid beside Annette's trim figure,"

she cried, v-ben her mother told her what Auut

Roland bad said.It served as a good lesson, however, for In the

year of her sister's absence she so assiduously

cultivated habits of order aud neatness, that

when Aunt Rolaud brought Annette home slit

discovered the change at ouce, and was so pleased,

she kept her word and took Duce back to Boston

with her, aud says she shall keep her uutil some

oue interferes.Duce is very well contented to make her home

with a kind, indulgent aunt. She talks some

times of her old, careless habits, and says she

hopes all the girls who hear her story, will profit

by the lesson she learned when she "lost her belt."

[Fob The Ladies' Home Journal]

MISS CYNTHY'8 VALENTINES.

•BT KATHARINE B. FOOT.

This was greeted with applause.

"Here's the jelly—don't tip it," said Kitty,

"and here's the verse that goes with It."

"Here's some fruit of the currant vine

Made into jelly—'tis better than wine,

And the boys and the girls are all sorry,

And make apolojorry,

And all will De your valentine

And hope the sun will ever shine."

"I never heard of "

"I know what you're going to say," said Kitty.

"I bad to make a word to go with sorry—I

couldn't find one. And I was bound to say we

were sorry, 'cause we are."

"Now there's only oue more basket—the flow

ers—and here's their verse,

•'Here's some flowers

To smell in the hours,

When you're alone,

When dead are these flowers,

There'll be summer showers,

And more in the garden be grown."

"That's sweet," said May Lewis.

"Now we're all reads," said Kitty, "and we've

got to be as still as mice. Hold Benny's nose so

Be can't bari^-^it's a mercy roosters don't crow

at night and the cat don't mew loud enough to

be heard. Now come, let's start."

"Oh, hold on," said Tom, "£ve got a basket."

So up he darted and in a minute down he came

with It. "What's in It I" they all asked.

"Look at that verse," said Tom wisely; "here,

I'll read it,—'Pickles from Tom Nichols.'"

"High old verse, that," said Bill Lewis. "Is It

pickles, though, honest?"

"You see," said Tom, "If it Isn't a pickle when

Miss Cynthy opens it I'll—well, I'll give In beat

en out"

Kitty made a sudden hurrv to open the door

and turn her face aside, and they all started.

Tom had Benny, Sam had the cat, Bill the chick

ens, aud the girls took the jelly, the flowers, and

Bill's valentine.

"I thought Ned Reed was coming," said Sam

to Tom as they started.

"Oh, he's got the colly bobbles In his right

leg," said Tom.

"Why Tom Nichols," said Kitty, "he's got a

sore throat—there's nothing the matter with his

lee."

"Hear her," said Tom, nudging Sam as they

started at last with subdued chuckles. It was a

particularly dark corner just around tbe corner

of Miss Cynthy's house. There was, as Kitty

bad said, a hall window there, where Miss Cvntby

always kept a lamp on a shelf; because Front

street was so dark, she said, and just bevond tbe

window tbe darkness seemed very dark by com

parison.

The children huddled together just there, and

Tom, who was first to leave Benny, crept care

fully up on the piazza, tied Benny's chain to the

door bell, and then gave It a violent pull, which

gave a wild clanging plainly heard outside, and

ran as fast as he could to a post of observation

across the street, where from behind the trunk of

a great elm be peeped out.

Presently the door opened cautiously, and Miss

Cynthy appeared, or rather her head did, looking

down at the sill, in search of the objectionable

valentine she felt she was sure to And.

Benny gave ashort, glad bark, for he decidedly

objected to being left alone, and jumped up

against tbe door. First Miss Cynthy started back

and then she said, "Why Benny Banks, what are

you doing here!"

Tl'^n she not*e«d *hnt he was tied, rudeaine

quite out and took the chain off, aud then she

said, "Why, vou'vegot a letter on—have you got

;l vaieiit he :" aud she led him iu and shut tbe

door. In a second all the children—Tom too-

pressed closely up to the window. They saw her

read the valentine, and then really and actually

take Kenny right np in her arms and hue him,

and then she went off down to the sitilng-room,

leading and calling him, where she passed out of

sight from the window.

"Now the kitten, quick," said Kitty. Tom left

that and he put the basket np on the door-sill,

and when Miss Cynthy opened it, which she did

very quickly.—almost too quickly—the busket

rolled to her feet. She read that verse too, by

the window, and tried to open tbe cover, but it

was tied on, and she carried the basket off.

The chickens were left next, and Bill had hard

work to get off lu time,—indeed sbe whs so quick

that he threw himself oS face down iu tbe snow

under the edge of the piazza in tbe deep shadow,

where Miss Cynthy couldn't see him, even when

she stepped fairly out of the door and looked

about.She looked surprised and delighted when she

read the verse, aud peeped into the basket, for

that cover was fastened with a hasp, and then she

sat down on the stairs, as if to wait and be sure

and catch the next ring.

"Oh dearl" 6aid Kitty, "I hope she isn't going

to stay there."Tbanks to Mrs. Nichols she didu't, for Kitty

heard her mother call her. "Miss Cynthy, come

iu here, please."When she was safely In the room again tbe

flowers were left, and after that the jelly, and

last of all Bill's valentine.For each Miss Cynthy had a broad smile of

welcome,—but Kitty was sure she had tears in

ber eyes, when she lifted the beautiful pot of

hyacinths out of the basket and took off the

paper that covered them.Bill's valentine sbe didn't open in the ball.

"I'm so sorry, girls," whispered Kitty. "I

wanted to see what sbe would do."

"Now," said Tom in a whisper, "for my grand

surprise—I'll leave that myself. I hope to pa

tience she'll open It In tbe ball."

"I guess somebody will be surprised," thought

Kitty laughing softly to herself. Well, it wan a

"Round the corner! Come In, everyone of

you," she called, and the others came shyly out

of tbe darkness and came up the steps. "Come

right straight In," said Miss Cynthy hospitably,

"Iwant to 6ee you all and thank you," and as

they trooped in and She shut the door she said,

looking at her basket, "and here's another pres

ent, 'Pickles from Tom Nichols.' I declare—

come right In here In the sitting room and we'll

all have some."

"Oh," groaned Tom to himself, "ain't I In for

it, just," while Sam gave him a poke in the back,

which added to bis anguish of spirit, because,

being on good behavior,—Indeed the very centre

of attention—he couldn't kick him back.

So into the sitting-room tbey all went, and

Miss Cynthy got a pair of scissors aud cut the j

strings.

Tom shut his eyes In his desperation ;—what

would his mother say! He wished himself a

thousand miles off. The next second he wished

himself ten thousand miles away, for Miss Cyn

thy Instead of the expected shriek said, "Oh, vou

dear boy 1" and she caught him by the shoulders

and gave bim a resounding kiss—two of 'em—

one on each cheek, before Tom had time to wink.

He fairly staggered, then he opened bis eyes

and stared. There were no wires. MissCynthy

was lifting a package which looked like a box of

candy out of the basket, and a piece of paper,

and she read aloud,

"Pickles from Tom Nichols,

Turn to candy mighty handy.

With good will our faces shine.

Take me for your valentine."

"I guess I will," said Miss Cynthy enthusias

tically, aud she looked as if she meditated an

other kiss. Tom got behind Sam Lyon very

suddenly.

"That's a lesson to me," said Miss Cynthy, "a

real lesson—I remember when I called Tom 'a

pickle of a boy,' and he's gone and given good

for evil in a lovely way, and I shan't iorget It."

Mrs. Nichols looked proud and pleased, Tom

sheepish, Kitty elated, and the other children,

Sam especially, rather mystified.

Suddenly Tom spoke. "MissCynthy," hesald,

"I'm awful glad you like the candy, and I'm

flad you've got it-but it wasn't me gave it toyou.

t wasn't my surprise at all—It's a great deal

nicer than my surprise—mine," he faltered a

little, "mine, wasn'ta good surprise at all, It was

a joke—you musu't praise me—I meant to plague

you," aud Torn fairly drew hie hand across Ills

eyes."

"Tom," said his mother, crossing over to him

and putting her hand on his shoulder, "that's

spoken like a man. Never mind, 'all's well that

ends well.'" Tom looked at Kitty, and she

smiled and shook her Lead.

"Well," said Miss Cynthy, "I like you better

than I ever did before, Tom,—you needn't mind

telling me any more,—It's all right, I was a cross

old thing—and you ain't a pickle at alMshake

hands on It," and she gave him her hand. As

Tom took it and shook it, he vowed he'd never

again play or try to play a practical joke, and he

almoKt kept his promise to himself.

Miss Cynthy's ccstacies really couldn't be de

scribed. Sbe couldn't decide which of the val

entines waB the nicest, and she said the "poetry

Is just splendid." Bill's valentine was a lovely

paper dove balanced on a green sprig and tremb

ling and quivering with every breath of air, aud

the card with It said, "One good turn deservesanother," aud Btil said, "Mother found out, Miss

Ci utby, and I'm ever so thankful to you."

Miss" Cyuthv patted bim on the shoulder. "I'm

glad I thought of it," sbe said.

After some of Miss Cynthy's famous ginger

bread bad been handed round and finished to a

crumb, they all said "Good-night" and left her

with her new pels. The cat would spit at Benny

who wanted to be friendly, so they bad to be shut

up separately, the cat in the kitchen and Benny

iu the sitting-room. The chickens were let

out In the wood-shed, and at once went to sleep

on the wood-pile, and Miss Cynthy went to bed

happy. "So different from last year," she said

to herself us she blew out the light. All the chil

dren went home happy and glad, Tom said as

soon as the others had left them and they were

safely In their own house. "Now, Kit, I know

vou're at the bottom of all this—how did you do

It?""Easy enough. When CoU6ln Ben was here

last summer he gave me an old skeleton key be

had and that opened tne door; and I wasn't

going to have Miss Cynthy's valentines spoiled,

aud so I put in the candy Aunt Margie sent me

from New York last week. It was so lucky I

hadn't eaten it," she 6aid reflectively, and then

she told Tom the whole story that we already

kuow.

Tom drew a long breath. "And you were be

hind the trunks the whole time' Well, I'll never

ay again "girls can't keep -secrets."

"I'm glad yc

'grand surprise."Miss Cynthy by that time was quite sure that

the children were keeping a watch upon her to

prevent her from catching them. So she on her

side began to plan. Taking a shawl which she

tied over her head, she very softly opened a Bide

door on the piazza which ran round two sides of

the bouse. Fortunately it opened without a

sound, and she shut it softly after her, and stole

to the corner of the house, where in the deep

shadow sbe waited and listened. Presently she

heard a sound, and craning her neck round tbe

corner, sbe saw a boy juBt about to put something

down on the door-step. Miss Cynthy was lithe

and active and strong, and in a second sbe had

Tom by the arm in such a tight grasp he couldn't

wrench himself away, and Miss Cynthy said,

"Now you're caught," and opened tbe front

door. The light shone out and Miss Cynthy said,

"Well, Tom Nichols, is It you who have been

giving me all these things?"

Tom was so utterly astonished that he could

only gasp, "Yes'm, some of 'em—the others are

lound the corner.""It was mean of him," be said afterwards,

"but he couldn't face the music all alone."

. ou thought of such a pleasant plan,

Kitty, "laid "Mrs. Nichols, and I'm glad that I

have a boy manly enough to do and say what you

did to-night, Tom."

That was all, but It was quite enough for both

Kitty and Tom. As for Miss Cynthy, the chil

dren of the neighborhood came by slow but sure

degrees to wonder how tbey ever had tbougbt

Miss Cynthy cross, and on the night before the

"dreadful Fourth" Miss Cynthia slept In peace,

for the boys decided unanimously that up on

Dowd's hill would be a much better place to fire

cauuon than on anybody's corner.

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JANUARY, 1888.THE LADIES' HOME JOURNAL.

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INFANTILIS CONVULSIONS.

BT CHAS. N. COX, M. D., BROOKLYN.

Nature:—Every mother stands in dread of

Convulsions, and every uervoiiB symptom evinced

by the child, whether it be twitch of a muscle or

turning ol the eye is watched with greatest

anxiety.

Almost everyone has seen a child with a con

vulsion, or spasm as it is sometimes culled, at

some period or other, and its outward manifes

tations are so well known as scarcely to need de

scription here. A convulsion is characterized by

spasmodic movements, varying considerably in

severitv and extent; and as to the parts of the

body affected. They may be slight and confined

' to a few muscles, as to those of the face, hands

or feet. Convulsions of this degree are often

called ''inward convulsious." These spasmodic

movements may even be confined to one side of

the body; or more or less general. The severest

forms are generally accompanied or followed by

partial or complete loss of consciousness.

All of these various forms are but different

degrees of the same affection, varying with the

intensity of the cause or the nervous suscepti

bility 01 the little patient

Mortality:—Considering the vast number of

childreu who have convulsions at some time or

other, the numberof deaths which occur directly

from this cause, Is not great, and I think the

milder forms are not usually fraught with so

rhuch danger a? the anxious parents and friends

fear. Nevertheless they are not without danger,

and the more iutense forms are very often lol-

lowed by death, or serious after-effects upon the

nervous system.Causes:—The causes of convulsions are pre

disposing and exciting. Predisposition depends

upon heredity, temperament, nervous suscepti

bility and general condition of the child. The

Immediate or exciting cause is some irritation,

which may rest in the brain or spinal-cord or

some part of the body. A brain or spinal irrita

tion is obviously the most serious. It comes

strictly withiu the proviuce of the physician, and

will not be further discussed here.

As to an Irritation in other parts of the body,

it may be in the gum when a tooth is trying to

force its way through that structure; it may be

In the stomach or intestine when these organs

are struggling with the pulp of an orange, a

green apple, or some equally indigestible mate

rial; a pin-scratch which has irritated a nerve-

filament In the sKiu may be the source of irri

tation. In fine there is no part of the little body

which may not be the seat of irritation, causing

a convulsion.

Prevention :—The general health of the child

should be kept at as high a stundard as possible

to lessen the tendency to convulsions. It should

be kept out-of-doors most of the time iu pleasant

weather.

Everything tending to increase the nervous

susceptibility of the little one should be guarded

against. The vicious habit of frightening chil

dren into obedience which many nurses—and, I

am sorry to say, some parents—have, should be

absolutely interdicted. The nursing baby should,

if possible, have nothing but breast-milk. The

child which has been weaned should only be al

lowed the mostnutrltiousdlet, consisting mainly

of cow'b milk until two or three years old. It

should be remembered that a child is not capable

of digesting starchy food much before It is two

years of age. Two articles—bread and potatoes

—which are given too much to young children,

consist, for the most part, of starch. If the baby

suffers too much or too loug in cutting a tooth, a

.physician should be* sent for that lie may relieve

the pain; for, usidSf rora the unnecessary suffer

ing the little patient might otherwise undergo,

there may be danger of the irritation being suffi

cient lo cause convulsions.

Do not be led astray by the foolish prejudice

some people have against lancing the gum. When

this little operation is done in a proper manner

by the physiciau, it is never productive of harm.

Moreover it is unattended with pain. Indeed, I

have again and again, upon lancing the gum, seen

the little sufferer who had been crying for hours

before with pain, stop immediately and soon fall

into a geutle 6leep to recuperate the powers

which had been so heavily drawn upon by the

torturing tooth.Worms do not always seem to harm the child,

but they are intruders, and if they are beiug

passed,"especiallv if the child seems not well, the

physiciau should be consulted that they may be

gotten rid of.Treatment:—If a child falls into a convulsion

the Unit thing to be done Is to see that it does not

Injure its tongue by biting it. This may be pre

vented by gently Inserting asmall, fiat pine stick

between the teeth. The next thing is to induce

relaxation by placing the patient iu a hot-bath—

98 to 100 degrees Fahrenheit—the water to cover

the entire bodv except the head. Alio* this bath

to last 15 or 2<3 minutes and then wrap the child

iu a blanket, not stopping to use the towel.

The hot-bath w ill oft-times stop the convulsion

without further treatment. Buteven though the

danger seem over, it is generally better that a

doctor see the child, for this may be only a tem

porary lull. Some serious irritation may exist

which his skill will detect and enable him to re

move, which, if left alone, might soon cause

irreparable mischief.

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TALKS WITH THE DOCTOR.

Breaths.

Yes, breaths I DoD't turn away your face—I

know all about it,—yours "w a little heavy at

times &c. Ac."

1 have been noticing some things on this sub

ject for years, and I really believe that out of

every dozen women and misses in this country,

eleven and seven eights have breaths which arc

"off,"—perhaps just the least bit heavy, and per

haps the regular "knock you down" brand, but

at alt events not sweet.

Did youever notice a cow's breath! Why 1 re

member when I was a small lad in aprons, kneel

ing in front of "the Han ford heifer" one evening

in the milking yard (what a lov«ly old place that

was, and sucn a smooth close grass carpet there

beside the stone wall under the old "strawberry

apple tree,") watching to seewhat she was chew

ing so solemnly, when she lazily closed her eyes

a moment and breathed out a long full cyclone

(perhaps it was a sigh, but it really would have

started a wind mill) and I caught it full in the

face.

Why I remember it just as if it happened only

yesterday instead of fifty—yes as I was saying,

that breath jiTst smelled of new sweet milk,—I

have been reminded of it many times since by

smelling a baby's breath—now If you never had

the felicity of sitting in the grass before some

melancholy-faced, but sweet-breathed old cow,

you certainly have experienced that almost as

full pleasure of holding in your arms a soft, chub

by, clean, sweet baby boy. And don't vou know

how he kissed you right on the mouth } bow be

puffed his breath into your very nostrils! Hadit

been a young lady who was kissing you, she would

have reld her breath a moment, lest you should

discover the very thing about her, that you were

endeavoring to conceal from her about yourself.

But baby!—Bless your soul, what does he care.

With a breath as sweet as my herein-before-men

tioned (that's the way a lawyer would put It)

"Hanford heifer," he lets his breath go "where

It listetb, and you catcb the peifume thereof,

and you hug the little fellow closer, and think

Oh 1 that I had such a breath." Now I have tbe

assurance to assert that you can have such a

breath! "Just as sweet as a baby's." There Is

probably no good reason why your breath

should'nt be sweet unless you have some organic

or chronic disease, say consumption or catarrh or

bronchitis or a cancer, etc., etc.

Don't think for a moment it is all the matter

of the mouth and teeth,—why,—I'll tell you my

experience of last Sabbath evening—the incident

which led me to write this letter—and you will

understand better what I mean.

Well you seel weut to church—somethingquite

unusual of late, for we bare been having such a

siege of Typhoid and Malarial fevers thi< Summer

in our neighborhood,— (and that reminds me I

want to write a letter to you about Malaria as

soon as I get time—It is such a cursed fashiona

ble ailment and yet it is real too—)

Well, as I wassayingl wentto church last Sab

bath evening,—I found 1 could get away for an

hour, and besides it was a missionary meeting

and there was to be a noted D. D. lromtbe city

and they would pass the hat twice and all that

sort of thing you know, and so I went. Of course

the church was full, and of course the first hymn

was "From Greenland's ley Mountains,' and of

course the folks just shouted—why I think I

caught myself even, making a sort of sound, but

right in the pew behind me was a voice "that was

a voice. ' ' How that girl did sing—not an Intru

sive, over-prominent voice yon know, but such a

sweet, full, natural, bird-like song> and yet so

strong anrlsympathetlc that it seemed to tempt

all the other voices in the vicinity to join in with

it The owner of the voice stood in the pew be

hind meandjustat my leftband. I was real cu

rious to turn arounda moment justtoseewho it

was, although I was almostsure it was thatyoung

woman from Philadelphia who has been visiting

Nate Hawkin's girls for a week or so. Well the

next verse came "Whatthough the spicy breezes

Blow soft o'er Ceylons' Isle,"

and visions of tropical scenes,—warm, perfume-

laden balmy air,—half-naked lazy negroes,—ham

mocks,—fruits,—cigarettes, and all that, were

meandering through my brain, and I was wonder

ing w hether I should put Five Dollars in the bat,

or save it for my long contemplated Winter visit

to Florida, when Shades of Lubln ! a waft of warm

breath caressed my left nostril that made me long

to stop living for a while—or at least to stop

smelling. Onions! No. Ouions would have

been a dream of delight in comparison, and

Limburger (that accomodating old cheese which

one can find in a dark cellar without a light) a

regular nosegay.

No, Dear friends, that breath was reeking with

odors from a dim pair of lungs, a dirty liver, an

entire outfit of dirty, neglected, uncared for in

ternal organs aud reminded me of nothing but a

super-aunuatedchim, aud thatabomlnableDreath

was the identical vehicle which carried that glor

ious voice, for I turned at once to discover the

cess-pool whence such noxious gasses emanated.

She had just opened her mouth to let out the

words "Aud only man is vile" (I agreed with her

so far as the breath is concerned) and I was sur

prised to see a set of white, strong regular teeth,

a pair of red lips, and in fact a fresh, inviting

clean lookiue mouth I The face was fair to look

at—a little sallow perhaps, and a litt le dark under

the eyes, but almost as iresh as the average, but

On my ! that breath 1

Now this is only one instance and I give it be

cause as I said, it started me on a train ef thought

which led to my writing this letter, but just think

for a moment, over your friends and acquain

tances, (commence with your self and your own

family) how many are there who have good, sweet

healthy, unobjectionable breaths! And then try

to believe mewhenl saythata bad breath is near

ly always the result of carelessness and culpable

neglect of the body— the inside of the body, and

you may have a breath like a baby if you wish.

Did it ever striKe you, that the internal organs

of the body needed care and attention just as

much as those which are exposed to view! Would

you think of letting your hands and feet, and

limbs, and face go for even forty-eight hours un

washed! Don't you know how you labor with

your arm-pits! and bow it does mortify you to

have anv odor of perspiration about your person !

Just here let me digress a little to give some ad

vice to any who are troubled with the "perspira

tion smell." I know some women In my prac

tice who have been tremendously annoyed by

this cause, aud no wonder, for It is disgusting es

pecially iu warm weather—no amount of soap

audwater Beems to help the matter, but should

any of my readers have experienced the same an

noyance, let me advise a remedy which I have

never known to fail. Instead of Boap,— (or In

addition to soitp), use Soap-bark—the same stuff

you use for cleaning silk etc.

Get ground Soap-bark(not powdered but coarse

Sound) put one pound in a quart of water and

11 down toa pint, then strain and bottle the

liquid for use. When bathing add two tablspoons-

fulof this liquid to about half a pint of water and

sponge the arm-pile etc well. It will make a fine

lather, remove every trace of odor, and is perfect

ly harmless.

Now to return to this breath business. I take

it for granted that you will keep your mouth and

teeth clean—even should your teeth be somewhat

decayed, keep them cleau, use a good big soft

brush, and ordinarily cold water. Of course not

cold or uncomfortably cold, but just so that

you can rinse out your mouth well without mak

ing your teeth "tingle." Castile soap Is the best

dentifrice i know of, and then about twice a

week use a tooth powder made of Powered Borax

1 oz, Precipitated Chalk 2 ozs, (don't let tbe

druggist give you Prepared chalk, it is 'often

used, but always contains little pieces o f grit)

Powdered Castile Soan 1 oz. I wouldn't put any

Wlntergreen or other flavor In, as the Borax will

leave toe mouth dellciously sweet Any good

druggist will put this up for you for say fifteen

cents for the four ounces. Use a wooden tooth

pick at least after every meal,—neverlet any little

particles of food remain between the teeth or in

the cavities of the teeth and gums. Now we

have tbe mcuth all right and we proceed to the

"lower regions."

Did you ever notice what a "knack" the air has

of picking up odors and carrying tbem along!

A June breeze comes to you loaded with the

scent of that tree load of apple-blossoms which It

passed "en route."

(To be continued.)

Editor L. H. Journal :—I wish I might impressupon the mothers, who turn their eyes to this

delightful Corner, the importance of having the

children do whatls best to be done, even though

the children themselves do not understand the

reason why it Is best

I am not agrandmother, by any means; neith

er am I tbe mother of a large family, but! do

own one small boy ; an d the lessons I have learned,

(and am still learning) about "men and things"

since became, would fill volumes almoBt without

number.

Sometimes he wishes to go out to play when he

bas a slight cold, and does not understand why

mother should say No.

"Tbe sun is shining, the yard is almost dry;

and, mother," he says, "I will puton my thick

sack aud my rubbers, and I know I shall not catch

any more cold." But mother, looking beyond

the present, sees a possibility of damp feet and

sore throat, so still say s "No, my boy, I want you

to stay in until the coldis better."

Do not let the children tease you Into yielding,

becanse afterwards you will be sure to sav, or

think, "I am 6orryIdid it"

Sometimes afterl have refused him something,

he has come to me with bis chubby checks all

stained with tears which have fallen in profusion,

and said, "Weill I guess mothers do know the

best and I am glad you kept me In, because I

might get tbe diphtheria then I would have to

stay in lor weeks and weeks, and I guess that

would be the worst"

It does me good, lean tell you; ai>d nays well

for all the hardship of refusing.

I have lived long enough to know that the child

ren like us very much better, even when they

grow away from the years and tbe stature of

childhood, if we have them do the things which

best, whether it pleases them or not.

7 have lived to bless tbe day,

I always did not have my way.

With this original, dreadful rhyme

I'll stop my pencil for this time.

Madame Isabel.

Ed. L. H. J. :—While perusing Mrs. Herrick's

experiences with nurse girls, I could not fail to

thlnkthat poverty, after all brought itsown com

pensation; fon most of the "Mothers Corner"

mothers,— (yes I dare.say ten to oni of them—)

are obliged from necessity, if not from choice, to

care for their own little ones; Hence they have

no fear of a lurking brandy, or laudanum bottle.

In a recent article on tbe care of children by

an eminent Western practitioner, I read the start

ling statement that city babies did not die be

cause of city air as people supposed : but because

of city care, or the lack of care, rather, which they

received, at the hands of their hired nurses. Mrs.

Herrick's experience corroborates his theory.

Who can for a moment expect a peevish babe to

getfrom an hireling just what Its little suffering

oody needs, only a mothers loving intuition can

give this. And this subtile recondite knowledge,

is, perchance, a sixth sense which God vouch

safes because of the babe.

Certain it Is that mothers of known poor judge

merit iu other matters possess this gift In a great

degree, and from their large experience they can

best instruct others.

The exact modus operandi of performing a task

can best be given by the one performing It. If

my babe were sick, and suffering, from whom

should I seek aid! From grandma B who has

"raised her ten children," earingherself 'or them,

or from Mrs.. G who has always kept nurs

es, and has such delicate children! Then dear

Journal sisters may we thank the Lord that the

hired girl question is our only bete noir. Aye I

let us rejoice with joy unspeakable that we are

too poor to keep nurses for our darlings.

Jack's Wifb.

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Terms Used in Knitting.

K—Knit plain. P—Purl, or as It Is sometimes called,learn K or K 2.tog—Narrow, by knitting 2 together.>ver—Throw the thread over the needle before Insert-ng In the next stitch. This makes a loop which 1?ilwavs to bo considered a stitch, In the succeeding•ows or rounds. Tw—Twist stitch. Insert the need en the back of the stitch to be knitted, andknltas usual,n—SUP a stitch from the left hand to the right handleedle wltboutknlttlnglt. 81 and B-Sllp and blnd-illnone stitch, knit the next; pass the slipped one overt. eractly as In binding off a piece of work at the end.• Indicates a repetition, and Is used merely to savewords "81 1, k 1. p 1, repeat from * 3 tlmes"--wou d beMulTalent to saying si f, k 1, p I.-sl I, k 1, p 1,-sl 1, a 1.

Ex Tog means together.

Terms in Crochet.

Ch-Chnln: a straight series of loops, each drawnwith the hook through the preceding one. 81 st—Slipstitch- put hook through the work, thread oyer thehook draw It through the stitch on the hook. 8 c—Single Crochet; having a stitch on the needle (orhook) put the needle through the work, draw thethread through the work, and the stitch on tho needle.De-double croch t; havlngtho stitch on the needle,nut the needle through the work, and draw a stitchthrough, making two on the needle. Take up thethread again, and draw it through both these stitches.W11 or Tr-Treble Crochet; having a stitch on theneedle tnkeupthe thread as If for a stitch, put theneed e through the work, and draw the thread through,mskln- three on 'he needle. Take up the thread anddraw t hrough two. then taAe up the thread and draw It£ro«£ theiwo remaining. 8 t c-Short Treb e Cr-i-chetnike treble, except that when thrwhree stitches:SS on the needle. Instead of drawing the threadthrough two stitches twice, it Is drawn through al 1 threeit once. L to-Long Treb e Crochet; like treble, ex-oeottnat the thread Is thrown twice over the needleSeiore inserting the latter In the work. The stitchesire worked off two at a time, as In treble. Extra LongStitch-Twine the cotton three times round the needle,work as the treble stitch, bringing the cotton throughtwo loops four times. P-or plcot; made by workingthree ohnin. and one single crochet in tlrst stitch of the

Antique Lace.

Make a chain of 21 stitches.

1st row—1 d c in seventh stitch of chaiu, ch 2,

1 d c in tenth, cli 2, 1 d cin thirteenth, ch 2, 1 dc

iu sixteenth, ch 2, group of 4 d c in last four

stitches of chain ; turn.

2d row—Ch 3, 3 d c in top of last d c of group,

cb 2, 4 d c under cb 2, catching 1 st, d c in -it h d

c of group, cli 2, 1 d c iu top of d c, cb 2, 1 d c iu

top of d c, cb 2, 1 d c, cb 2, 1 d c at end of row ;

turn.3d row—Chain 5, 1 d c in top of d c, ch 2, 1 dc,

ch 2, group of 4 d c, catching 4th d c iu 4tb d c of

previous group, cb 4, t c iu cli 2, ch 4, group of

4 d c between last two d c of group; turn.

4tb row—Chain 3, 3 d c in top of last d c of

group, cb 6, sc iu 5, 6, 7 stitches of t c, ch 6,

group of 4d c, catching 1st d c In last d c of

group, making 2 d c under ch 2, catching 4th dc

In top oi d c, ch 2, 1 d c in top of d c, cb 2, 1 d c

in 3d stitch oi chain Ave at end of row; turn.

Shell Pattern for Mittens.

Cast, up 14 stitches on two needles, and 21 ou

the third.1st row—Purl 2, k 1, over, k 1, over, k 1, over,

k 1, over, k 1, p 2, etc.

2d row—P 2, k 2, u 2, etc.3d row—P 2, s 1, k 1, (blud the slipped 1 over

the k 1), k 5, n, p2, etc.4bb row—P 2, slip 1, k 1, bind the slipped 1 over

the k 1, k 3, u, purl 2, etc.This makes a good-sized mitten In line yarn.

The inside oi bund can be knit plain or seamed.

I knit pl.iu. Four rows of shells and 3 of purl

for the buck of bund. Mus. J. Chidbey.

ok, Medina Co., Quo.

Will some oue tell me how to clean gentle

men's silk neckties I E. M. H.

Can any sister give directions for cockle-shell

•titcb in crochet? P. J. M.

"Subscriber" would like directions for crochet

ing a three-cornered shawl.

If "Mrs. P. H." will send her address and a

two-cent stamp to me, 1 will send her a nice pat

tern for bib, that we use and like very much.

Miss Susie "Haddex.

Rice Creek, Calhoun Co., Mich.

"I S. :"—Directions for "crochet shoulder

cape" were given in January numer of Journal,

1887. Perhaps you would only need ten points

in your cape, ornine might be large enough ;run

ribbon between the points. M.

Zouave Jacket.

I Engraved expressly for The Ladles' Home Journal.]

5th row—Chain 5, group of 4 d c, catching as

in previous groups, ch 8, 5 s c in 6tb, 7th, 8tli,

9th, 10th stitches of ch 0, ch 8, group of 4 d c in

lasteroup; turn.6th row—81 st bock 3 stitches, ch 3, 3 d c undej-

cb 8, ch 6, 8 s c in 8th, 9th, 10th stitches of ch 8,

ch 6, group of 4 d c under cb 8, ch 2, 1 d c in top

of d c, ch 2, 1 d c in 3d st of ch 5, at end of row ;

turn.7th row—Chain 5, 1 d c in top of d c, ch 2, 1 d

c in top of d c, ch 2. group of 4 d c under ch 4, 1

I I c in center s c of last row, ch 4, group of 4 u c

under ch 6; turn.8th row—SI st back 3 stifc lies, cb 3, 3 d cuuder

ch 4, cb 2, group of 4 d c under cb 4, ch 2, 1 d c

In top d c of group, cb 2, 1 d c, ch 2, 1 d c, cb 2,

I d c in 3d stitch of ch 5, at end of row; turn.

9th row—Chain 5, 1 d c in top of d c, ch 2, 1 d

c in d c, ch 2, 1 d c in d c. ch 2, 1 d c in d c, ch 2,

group of 4 d c in ch 2. This completes one star,

or spider. Commence for second star from

second row.D. C, put thread over the hook once.

T. C, thread over the hook twice. J. J. P

Sweet A'iolets.

A very pretty, easily made flower, Is our clue

Violet—a small group making a very pretty

Christmas token for mamma or sister. One sheet

of purp.ish-blue paper costing 5 cents, will make

dozens. The flower Is composed of five petals,

has a bunched-up appearance; it can be nicely

Imitated Iu all but the fragrauce. Should any

little sister desire to try this, and the Daisy

mention! d in September Journal, 1 will make a

Violet and Daisy, cut paper patterns of both, and

send correct shade of paper to practice with, if

they will send me address and ten cents. Have

any of you tried to cam the Tissue Paper Outfit

offered by the L. H. J. as a premium? I am sure

oue hour's work amoug the neighbors will secure

it. Try it. You will be delighted with It.

G. R. P.

Box 1200, New Brunswick, N. J.

more. Divide the stitches Id half, place one half

against the other, bind them off together, thus

forming the sole of the shoe. Iu dividing them,

care must be taken that the widcucd part be at

oue end of the needles. I have improved on this

by making a sole of Brussels caipet, lined with

flannel, nud bound with dress braid. They are

invaluable lor walkiug on Ice, aud very warm for

ridiug. E. R. F.

Woodbury, N. J.

Old Fashioned Shell Tidy.

Cast ou 74 stitcbes; seam back the first row.

2d row—Kuit 2, narrow 4 times, thread over

aud knit 1 until you have kuit 7 slitcbes and put

thread over 8 times. Instead of knitting the 8th

stitch, commence narrowiug, aud narrow 8 times,

then thread over and kuit 1 as belore, aud con

tinue until you get across. If you have done it

right, you will have four to narrow at last, and 2

stitches to knit plain, like the first edge. Then

scam back, kuit across plain seam back again,

making 3 times across, between each row of nar

rowing aud makiug stitches. Trim with edging,

or Iriuge. Mrs. E. 8. W.

Box 1157, Greenfield, Mass.

Match Receiver.

,ber Number

Oneanda-half or two skeins of Germantown

yarn,—according to 6ize—two boue knittingneedles. Cast up 40 stitches, knit plain garter from 3d rowstitch, (back and forth) a strip that will measure D C—Put thread over before '''^m

twice round the bust; sew tue ends together; \ the work, over draw through 2 stitches, over,

after it is doubled up and sewed at the eud, 6cw | draw it through I.

Narrow Crochet Edge in Novem'Corrected.

Chain of 9; turn.1st row—2 d e in 6th st of ch, ch 2. 2 d c in

same; this makes a shell, 1 d c In last st of ch.

2d row—Ch 3, shell In shell, ch 6, fasten with

slip st In loop made by turning at end of row.

3d row—12 s c under ch 6, shell in shell, 1 d c

at end of row.4th row—Ch 3, shell in shell, ch 6, fasten In the

little sp^co Ivtween shell nnd scallop, turn, make

6 s e under eh 6, ch 6, turn and fasten in middle

of scallop in 3d row; turn.5th row—Make 12 s c under ch 6. then finish

the half scallop with 6 s c, shell in shell, 1 d c at

end of row.6tb row—Ch 3, shell In shell, ch 6, fasten in

space between shell aud scallop, turn; repeat

hook In

Pansy Lace.

(Origiual).

Wind the thread ten times round a lead pencil,

slip off, and, without breaking, fill with 25 single

crochets; fasten together with a slip st, chain 5,

make 24 double crochets, with 2 ch between each

of them, (or 1 double crochet in top of every

other single crochet, with 2 ch between). Make

three of these rings, join them as in sample.

Make as manv of these "three rings" as required

for length oflace, and joiu the top ones together

all along in a row. Then begin at the last endof

the piece, ch 6, aud fasten iu topof every double

Spool cotton No. 10 : fine steel crochet hook.

Make a chain of 8 stitcbes; join.

1st row—Ch 3, 13 d c iu the ring, join in ch 3.

2d row—Ch 4, 1 d c in t p of first d c *ch 2, 1 d

c iu top of next d c; repeat from star until vou

have 13 holes, ch 2, fasten in secoud stitch of ch

4; tliis gives vou 14 holes.

3d row—Ch 2, 1 d c in first bole. *ch 3, 2 d c In

next hole, cb 3, 2 d c iu next bole; repeat Irom

star through the row, ch 3, and join iu ch 2 at be

ginning of row.

4th row—Ch 3, 8 d c In first hole, ch 1, 3 d c In

same bole; this makes a shell; make a shell in

each hole; you will have 14, Join in top of ch Sat

beginning of row. Repeat the 4th row 15 times,

aud you will have 16 rows of shells.

17th row—Work 10 d c In each shell, catch with

s c between the shells.

18th row—Work 1 sc In top of each d c. Run

a ribbon one-half an inch wide iu and out between

two rows of shells lengthwise, pass it across the

bottom, and up the other side between two rows

of shells to match. Tie a bow and suspend it by

tbe ribbon ; run a ribbon in and out below the

row of scallops at the top, and tie a bow with

very short ends. It gives a pretty finish. Set a

small glass tumbler in to bold the matches. If

you wish to make one oi silk, you ueed have only

10 shells round, therefore you will need but 9 d c

iu the rinir, instead of 18. M. F. K.

D. C.—Thread over before making the st.

Handsome Scrap Bag.

[Engraved Expressly for the Ladies' Home Jouwial.l

up the middle of one side, leaving an opening at

either end of the side, a quarter of tbe length of

the side, for armholes; crochet a scallop all

round it, also round the armholes; turn back at

the neck for a narrow collar; fasten in front

with a ribbon bow. This is merely to protect the

shoulders, and comfortable to wear under a

jacket. M. F. K.

Chamois Skin Shaving Case.

Materials: 2 pieces of pasteboard 6evcn and

one-half inches in diameter, cut round; sheet

wadding; o le-qu irter of a yard of Surah silk;

three-quarters of a yard of ribbon for bow ; two-

dozen bells, third "aud fourth sizes. Paint or

embroider one piece of the skin; cover the

rounds with a thin piece of tbe sheet wool, then

cover over with tbe chamois, drawn tight as you

would cover a pin ball. Line with the silk, finish

each piece and joiu at the top; sew a ring to hang

it up. and put the !>ow ou tbe embroidered side.

Sew the bells all round the front piece, (easy so

tbey will swing) a large one, then a small, and

so on. Fill with white tissue paper fastened in

by sewing a very narrow piece of ribbon (a half

yard) on the inside of the back piece, and t; '

it .u. Perfume it if you wish.

Crochet Macreme Waste Basket.

Make a chain of 6 stitches, Join, work seven

rows of 4 c, wideuiug occasionally to have the

round lay fiat, then work nine rows of single

crochet, then put 2 d c iu a st, ch 2. and 2 d c'in

same st, (this makes a shell) skip 3 stitches,

make a shell, skip 3 stitches, make a shell, ch 8,

skip 8 stitches; repeat from star seven times,

which finishes the row; work 16 rows more like

the last, stiffen same as cornucopia given in

November number of Journal. I formed mine

over a large milk can. One can shape them to

suit her fancy; put ribbon In and out the open

spaces, and a large bow on the front; a bunch of

cones, glided and bronzed, looks pretty on the

front; cover a round of pasteboard with felt, and

put it in the bottom Tor a lining.Single crochet:—Insert the hook through the

work, put thread over and draw it through, then

put thread over and draw it through the 2 stitcbes

on book.Double crochet:—Put thread over the hook

before putting it throuch the work, then thread

over, draw it through two stitches, thread over,

draw it through two. M. F. K.

[Engraved expressly for The Ladles' Home Journal.)

crochet round both top and bottom edge. Then

go round again with 8 ch caught iu the middle of

every 6 cb in the preceding row, with a purl of 4

ch between. Now the bottom edge Is finished.

Go across the top of the piece with 8 double cro

chet la top of every 8 ch In the last round. Turn

and couie back with ch 2, aud fasten with a slip

st in top of every third double crochet in the

preceding row. Turn again, put 1 double cro

chet In every 2 ch in the preceding row, with 2

ch between. M. S.

Spiral Hair Chain.

Take 16 Btrands, (25 hairs in each) using the

figures 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, place the figure 2 op

posite 1, aud 4 opposite 8; put 6 opposite 5, be

tween 4 and 2; put 7 half way between 1 and 4,

and 8 between 3 and 2; then place the strands

across the table, over the numbers, and com

mence braiding by taking figure 1 in the left

hand, figure 2 in the right, bring 1 round to 2, and

2 to 1 ; then 3 to 4, and 4 to 3; then 5 to 6, and 6

to 5; then 7 to 8, and 8 to 7. Commence at one

as before, push the braid together, boil it, and

dry. This will give a very pretty chain, and

cannot fail to give satisfaction., A. V. W.

Austin, Texas.

Baby's Crochet Bib.

[n answer to "Mrs. P. H.'s" request, I send a

pattern which has been used, and admired by

everyone who see6 them.The material can be of Finlayson, Bonsfield

& Co.'s real Scotch linen thread, No. 25, or

Morse & Kaley's knitting cotton, No. 14, with

spool cotton, No. 10. for the border. Makes

chain of 7 st and work back and forth in d c in

the back loop of stitch, increasing by crocheting

three stitcbes iu the middle stitch of each row.

Thi6 will have a ribbed effect and twice across

makes one ridge. Make 31 ridges.On 10 stitcbes, at each end, make 16 ridges, to

form the sleeve, ami fasten upon the bib, 4}$'

inches from the ends. Carry the poiut between

eacli sleeve over the front of bib, hrst crocheting

a border all around bibaud sleeveB. For border:

1st row—1 tr, 1 ch; repeat.2d row—2 tr, 2 ch. 2 tr all on 1 tr ; miss 1 tr,

and on next tr make a shell like first.

3d row—Shell (2 tr, 2 ch, 2 tr) under2ch of2d

row.4th row—1 d c under 2 ch, 6 tr under next 2ch ;

repeat.5th row—3 ch, 1 d c between each tr. Finish

off with bows ol ribbon on each sleeve and on the

point in front, and tie behind with ribbons s»ton

half an inch below the sleeve line. If any fur

ther information is desired address

Hattie Willard Wetmore.

Medium sized crochet hook and a ball of No. 10

knitting cotton. Ca6t a chain of 8. using 1 to

"turn" with, crochet the other 2 with Afghatst.

Widen at end of every row (that is, every other

row in Afghan st) till tbere are 25 or 26 sts; then

keep these straight along for 33 rows, theu nar

row, matching the widened end, narrowiug down

to 1 st. Make four of these pieces. Theu take

red worsted, and crochet iu single st all around

each piece, then a row of white yarn with thread

over, a row of red in single Bt, then lulsb with a

row of red with thread over, and a ch of 2 be

tween. Tliis makes 4 rows around each piece.

Work Initials or name iu one of tbe strips, and a

vine in the others with red wool. Fasten these

pieces together, bag fashion, sew on cords and

tassels to bang by, and cords and tassels at the

points where tlie pieces are joined. Anna.

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[Fob The Ladies' Home Journal. J

INTERIOK DECORATION.

BT A. K. RAMSEY.

A favorite filling stitch is the French knot,

which is also used in regular embroidery in ways

where no other would 6uflice; as, ior instance,

in working the heart of wild roses, daisy centres,

the heads of stameus and pistils, or the black

berry and strawberry among fruits. The thread

is brought through to the sunace of the material

and held as if for a plain scallop stitch, then be

tween the point whence it Issued and the )K>int

where the thumb holds it, the strand is twisted

twice around the needle—so as to make a little

spiral. This must be done close to the design,

else the knot will hang too loose. The needle

point is next Inserted nearly, but not exactly, at

the place where the thread first came to the sur

face ; the thread passing down through the little

spiral, draws it into a compact hard knot, lying

close to the surface. For simple ornamental

tilling It is often wise to double the strand of silk,

or crewel, and not twist the thread around the

needle but once;

where a grainy-look

ing surface is needed

this method has deci

ded advantages, and

for beginners it is

also a quick way of

learning how to make

the knots firm and

even, and how to

leave the connecting

thread neither too

long nor too short.

Allied to tne French

knot is the old-fash

ioned 'bullion stitch,'

now so seldom used except in church embroid

eries. A long stitch is taken across the stuff,

(the length of the one needed in "bullion") the

needle passing underneath and coming te the

surface again in exactly the same place from

whicli the stitch started. The thread is twisted

around the needle ten or twelve times—just as

in the knot—the number of spirals being deter

mined by the length of the stitch first taken.

The needle Is drawn through the little roll ol

twists—this .being held firm and steady by the

thumb of the left Hand,— the point is inserted at

the other end of the But stitch, the long Hue of

twiBts being drawn to lie firmly on the material.

The stitches are worked as close together as pos

sible, and, if nicely doue, present an even suriace

01 fine ridges.

The buttonhole stitch taught in a former arti

cle has two varieties which are largely used in

covering a background, where cither the material

will not admit of darning, or, none of the darn

ing stitches give sufficient color to throw forward

the design. In the first of these, called "box

stitch" a row of ordiuary buttonhole is worked

across the material (of course, avoiding the de

sign) the thread being left rather loose. Below

it a second row is worked, but so arranged that

the vertical line of each Btitch in this row shall

start directly above the centre oi the horizontal

line of the stitch in the upper row—this pulls the

horizontal line down a vcrv little hut it serves to

make the work the six-sided box design, which it

becomes when this process is repeated again and

again, as in the illustration.

The second variation, called "brick stitch,"

changes the hexagons Into oblongs, or "bricks,"

by making the horizontal part of the stitch al

most twice as long as the vertical part, and draw

ing it too tight to allow it to sag, as in the box

stitch.

These make the last in the series of filling

stitches, aud next month's article can take up the

interesting subject of the vari- /'■

ous Persian and

Cretan stitches,

which defy the

efforts of all be

ginners to imi

tate or even un

ravel until their

simple secret is

louud out.

From Christ

mas to Lent is,

in most towns

and cities, the

season for social

gatherings of all

uescriptions. Of

late years the entertainments, in the average

home, have been becoming more frequent, and

more simple in character—we having copied, in

a distorted sort of a way, the Alternoon Tea of

our English cousins, and the eutertaimcnt of a

luncheon, a diuner, or at most a small supper

party is fast taking the place of the elaborate af-

lairsonce considered necessary if one "enter

tained" at all But, in proportion as the ceremony

and extent of these hospitalities have decreased,

the daintiness aud care lor table ornamentations

has increased, and this condition has extended

into the daily life as well, where the table and its

decorations, down to its commonest article, is

the thought of every woman of taste, the theme

of many volumes, the work sometimes of genuiue

artists. Who needs, uow-n-days, the suggestion

that a table-clotli should n«ver be laid over bare

boards, cut should always have a thick soft cloth

underneath it? This undercloth may be of heavy

woolen cloth or of the double-faced canton flannel

now so generally used for the purpose. The

woolen cloth is expeusive, but it is softer and

more pliable than the canton flannel, and if noth

ing else cau he afforded, it is possible to have an

old blanket thoroughly washed out aud sent to

the dyer's to be dipped a bright red. The red

ucdercloths) impart a warm, lovely glow to the

linen above it, but many housekeepers prefer the

white ones, slnco they are more readily washed,

and leave no stain on.' the upper cloth, if, by ac-

cldcut, a cup or glass is upset during a meal.

For dinner, the cloth is, de rigeur, plain white,

with no ornamentation but its own damask pat

tern and Its own quality— which Is the finest the

purse cau afford. The dinner napkins mutchthe

cloth in plaiuuess and any one who has ever used

the generous seven-eighth napkin will ever, wil

ling, return to the tiny squares which are some

times offered you.

For luncheon, the cloth may befringed, with a

border, in colors, either worked or woven round

it. Sometimes the whole cloth is embroidered

with a rambling design, with isolated figures;

but generally, the border is sufficient. Lunch

napkins may be small—though the large ones are

always preferable—and may be embroideredeven

When the cloth is plain. One of the prettiest

/((((((IKKHli

ways to decorate eit her cloth or napkin, is toout

line the design iu winch the damask pattern is

woven, by working around it iu outline stitch,

with filo-floss of two or more contrasting colors;

this is especially suited to a running design, hut

care must be taken to choose a pattern not too

Intricate for that makes the work almost impos

sible; on the other hand the Isolated figure is not

improved by such treatment. The tiuger-bowl

doyley is now a matter ot course and though it

is of no earthly use, except to multiply the small

cares of the housekeeper, yet it is one ol the del

icate touches which add much to the dainty ap

pearance of the dessert-table, and it looks as If

the doyley had come to stay.

It is usually made of fine sheer linen—the finer

the better, some workers preferring linen cam

bric—cut into a square of eight inches to a side,

aud cither hemmed, or fringed, to the aeptb oi

an inch all around.

Any amount, and almost any kind, of embroid

ery is used on the doylies—sometimes they arc

worked all over, sometimes with only a border,

and oftcuer still with a single bunch of fruit or a

spray of flowers; they are generally done in out

line "stitch, but often have the design regularly

filled with the genuine crewel stitch. Some of

them are masses of drawn work, while others

again have drawn work above the fringe only, or

around, and in, the deep hem—in lactone hardly

sees two sets o) doylies alike. Among the finest

shown are those of Bolting cloth, with an Inch

wide hem; on the centre part Is worked, in white

Blo-floss. a spray of flowers which seems to have

been carelessly thrown on the material, so care

lessly, indeed, that the blossoms and leaves run

out over the hem. The work is of course in half

solid outline, at least, though the full embroidery

is best, and, when finished, the thin doyley is laid

over a square of pink China silk (exactly the size

of the finished doyley) which has been previously

fringed to the depth of an inch on every edge.

Many ladies make their doylies of China, or

Suran silk, using many colors in the one s«t, but

taking care to have them all of the most delicate

shades. The silk doylies are embroidered too,

and quite as elaborately as those of linen, but the

gorgeous creations are not as artistically correct

as the plainer work, since they are too elaborate

for the purpose they were Intended to fill, and

merely suggest display.

One of the newest ornaments for the table is

the epergue cloth

—simply an em

broidered linen

some eighteen

inches square—

to be laid iu the

centre of the

table, under tbe

epergiie, or, if no

epergne is used,

under a vase of

Bowers . Here

the embroiderer

and the colorist

may revel iu

their work, for

no design Is too

elaborate , n o

color too rich

for this trifle,

whose purpose

it is to make a bright and glowlug centre to tbe

festive bourd—the design must be big, the color

mutt be gorgeous.

One of tbe loveliest of these cloths is stamped

with a pattern of interlacing orange sprays—

leaves and ripe fruit—iu a flat conventional de

sign. The leaves are worked iu half solid 6utline

with dark green filo-floss, the fruit with orange

color in chain stitch, starting iu the centre and

worked round and round to the outer edge, which

is strongly marked by a row of rope stitch in a

darker shade. The desigu Alls the linen almost

entirely, but wherever the background is exposed

It is tilled in with "box stitch," in pale sea green.

The epergne cloth is hemmed, or fringed, on each

side and may be_ further decorated by several

rows of drawn work. Sometimes mottoes are

seen meandering in and out among the designs,

such as

"The Ho6t Loves Best

A Cheerful Guest,"

or, "Go, Gather Ye Roses While Ye May;" but

these mottoes are not often prettily lettered and

therefore they destroy the artistic value of a

design.

For the tea-table a waiter, for the urn, cups and

other paraphernalia for tea-drinking, is no longer

used, and in its place is an oblong of fine liuen

37x20 inches. Unlike the epergne cloth, the tea-

cloth admits of but little decoration, and this

little is done in outline stitch with French work

ing cottons of red or blue; It is generally suffi

cient to" work a decorative border or perhaps a

spray of flowers across each end of the cloth, and

it is to be hoped that no one will use the design

of tea cups arranged as a border, with teapots

scattered, here and there, iu their midst. In the

similar cloths used under the meat dish the same

warning may be given in regard to the carving

knives and forks, which arc worked as if lying

around the edge. It is worth while to make these

cloths pretty, *and nothing short of a pretty,

graceful design, daintily worked, will do this—

knives and forks and cups do not admit of much

grace when treated conventionally for the em

broiderer.

In all this work on linen the fineness ot the

material must be insisted upon. Itis not enough

to go into a shop and buy some article already

stamped, but the .

worker should ill] IAnd for herself a >~ .1.1 JL-1A

flue, even linen,

and having cut

it to the required

size, by drawing

the threads to T

Beeure straight I

edges , should *-hem, • or fringe

it as desired—using, in either case, a small dainty

hemstitch to fasten the hem down, or, to over

cast the head of the fringe. II drawn work is to

be put on it should be done now, and, after all

this, the work is taken to be stamped in a desigu

the worker has herself chosen, and which she

embroiders Bmoothly and delicately. Then, and

only then, will she have a really lovely piece of

table decoration, and no one who has ever seen

such will care much for the articles which remind

onv of the work of some artists who are said to

"p:ilnt by the yard."

The silk used should be filo-floss— the imported

article made bv Pcarsall and marked Eastern Dye

is the very best in the market. It can be relied

on to wash if carefully handled, and has the ad

vantage of being spuu in longeven strands which

are easily separated into several threads but

which do not get rough in working as does filo

selle.

A new linen thread Is the Harris "silken flax."

It eomes iu all colors and has a bcautiiul silken

lustre. It is said to stand washing beautilully,

but it is almost loo new an article to have been

thoroughly tested. This, like tbe Pearsall's silk,

is imported, aud noneof the American imitat ions

cau equal them in beauty and durability. They

cost more but they are economical in the end,

since they so amply repay the labor which must,

in all cases, be bestowed upon hand work.

[Fob The Ladies' Home Journal.]

WRITING LETTERS.

How few people in this world are prompt In

their correspondence I How nearly universal, in

this matter, is procrastination,—with all its re

sultant disappointment and vexation; some

times even continued until a feeling of shame

determines the delinquent not to write atalll

It may profit us to consider a little in detail

the reasons of this too common failing; for per

haps it is due to causes which a lit tie thought

aud resolution may euable us to remove.

That one cause is in some cases lack of time Is

undoubtedly true; though not nearly sooiteu as

itis offered in excuse. For theoldsayiug"wbere's

a will there's a way" is as true of tluding time

to write as it is ol sundry aud various other du

ties, and many people waste more than the re

quisite time by their neglect of "odd momenta."

The real reason Is more often a curiously pre

valent dislike of this particular kind of work—iu

many persons a positive dread,—not often form

ulated" into words, but none the less real. In the

hope of overcoming this feillng let us trace its

origin and nature.

With some persons it is largely due to imper

fect education or lack of practice iu the several

kinds ot knowledge useful In writing: Iu the

meaning and proper use of words: grammar, or

correct construction ; rhetoric, or excellence of

style; and in the perplexities of Euglish orthogra

phy;—much less ollen in the mere art of lortuiug

the written letters. Except the last two, all these

kinds of knowledge are required iu conversation,

us well is in writing. In all, the study of good

text books aud ol correct' authors, conjoined

with practice, Is the best guide.

But often a more serious trouble than that of

coin position lies in the subject matter; the dif

ficulty is not so much how to write as what to

say.

Note that this difficulty should never arise in

business letters—iu which may be included such

social communications as invitations, accept

ances aud the like; lor in these the writer has a

specific subject, and, after due rcfiectiou there

on, has only to express as clearly and concisely

as possible, the facts, instructions or inquiries

which the occasion demands. It is therefore gen

erally in reference to letters of friendship that

people complain of not knowing what to say But

these same worthy people find no such dearth of

subjects when tuey can talk orally—face to face

—with their friends;—why then can they not al

most as easily write!

In most cases the cause is a false estimate of

propriety in letter writing,—the idea that In

writing one must mention only matters of great

er dignity or importance than in conversation.

But except remarks—ill-natured or otherwise—

about the sins or shortcomings of other folk,

which generally one should avoid whether writ-

or talking, aud except further matter^ for which

there is not time or which are too long or com

plicated for correspondence, anything about

which we should talk we may properly put into

our letters. And in fact, ai a rule, just in pro

portion as one's letters resemble tVe writer, and

seem almost to recall the very tones of his voice,

they are the more prized by the friends to whose

kindly indulgent consideration they are submit

ted. Therefore, as between friends, the first rule

tor fluent and pleasant writing is to write Just what

we should probably say, beginning with what

ever seems to us most interesting or important.

When, however, oue is not writing the first let

ter of a series but answering something pre v luusly

received, the rule just given may well be modi

fied by the excellent plan of replying first to all

matters in the letter received which need or invite attention, before introducing anything new.

It ought not to be necessary to add that tbe

best way of doing this—perhaps the only proper

way—is to spread open beside one's own paper

the letter to be auswered and then treat its sever

al topics in the order either of their occurrence

or logical sequence. But, evident as are the pro

priety and convenience of this method, clearly

many people need to have ltcalled to their notice;

lor how ot ten ou reading a letter do we look in

vain for even a reference to some ono or more

matters which we had mentioned aud thought of

much interest,—andhow often does this neghct,

aunoylngand wholly unnecessary, extend even

to cases where we had asked direct questions 1

Except, therefore, communications which have

certaluly nothing calling for response, preserve

each letter received, and, when time permits be

ginning a reply, open the letter so kept and treat

in turn each matter requiring or inviting com

ment; then add whatever else your fancy and

judgemeut suggest as appropriate.

Whether the Tetter when auswered should or

should not be preserved thereafter is one of tbe

hardest problems which arise to perplex us "in

this naughty world." and one about which the

f.resent instructor does not claim to offer any

ight. But letters which are to be preserved may

for greatest convenience be folded to a uniform

size aud marked at the top edge or corner in red

iuk with their writers' initials and the dates, also

if preferred, with two or threo words suggesting

their most important topics, and then filed away

with ribbons or rubber bauds.

The propriety of writing won Is bo often sug

gested by our friends, In postscripts and other

wise, that it needs not to be urged here. But

there ts another good counsel not often given,

with which our exhortations may properly be

ended. Take enough trouble to learn the time

of collection from the nearest post box, or tbe

other usual means of reaching the central office,

aud when a letter is finished do notunueccssarily

lose time in getting it into the mail. Inattention

to these details may cause a letter not to leave

its place of origin until Monday which by a little

care might have started the preceding Saturday.

Hills.

HOW TO CURL, OSTRICH PLUMES.

We have been asked many times for a method

of "home-curling" of ostrich feathers. We give

below one whicli was recently published in the

Yankee Blade:

Have ready some corn cobs and common salt,

and let tbe fire in tbe cook stove burn down un

til you have a good bed of coals; lay the cobs on

und sprinkle them with saltand shake the feat he]

in the smoke. Add cobs ami salt from time t<

time, ami be sure to shake the plume well, turning

every part in the smoke. The harder you shaM

the feather the better it will look. Be carefuj

to bold it farenough from the fire to keep it Iron

burning. The livelier the coals without blast

the better. I have tried to make this plain, j

thought my plumes completely spoiled till 1

tried this "method. 1 saw a milliner wash •

white plume once and re-curl it this way, and 1

looked as uice as new. She washed it in sudfl

and rinsed it in clear water, and Bhook it rigor

ously until about dry, and then shook it ovel

the smoke.

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Philadelphia, January, 1888.

Subscriptions must begin with the number currenthen subscription was received. We donotdate back,yen upon the most urgent request.

With the December number all subscriptions

eut iu upon our advertisement for 4 mouths tri-

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orone year. Please be sure to state when send

ng, whether your subscription is a renewal or

lot and thus save yourselves and us much trou-

ile at the end of another year.

When complaining of non-receipt of paper,

ilease state whether you are a yearly, a sis

nonths, or a trial subscriber. This will avoid the

lccesstty of our writing to you, to ask the ques-

ion, and we will be enabled to turn to the prop-

irbook at once, for reference, thus saving much

line and trouble on both sides.

How to talk well, and improve your grammar,

is clearly set forth in '-Ease In Conversation, or

Hints to the TJngrammatieal," written by Mrs.

Emma C. Hewitt, and published by the Curtis

Pub., Co., Phila. The price has been reduced to

35 cents. It is a most useful bookto any woman

desiring self improvement. Tells you how to

talk well iuSociety, howto acquire ease and cor

rect expression, and points out hundreds of Sn-

suspected' errors in everyday English.

It amazes us to sec reputable journals accept

ing advertisements which they must t«o» to be

fraudulent. It is their busituss to know whether

or not their subscribers are likely to be swindled

by their advertisers. They do know it, but they

can not resist the few dollars such advertising

brings In. If they do not know It, such editors

are not fit to conduct public Journals. It's eith

er knavery or luck of brains; there is posi

tively no excuse for them. Certain concerns in

Mass., and Conn., are advertising stamping out

fits at ridlcuously low prices. These outfits are

found to be utterly worthless. The complaints

that, come to us, tempt us to expose half a

dozen of these concerns. One iu particular, in

Conn,, advertising Itself as a "manufacturing

company," gives us more trouble than all the

reBt put together. The proprietors were notlong

ago arrested for using the mails for fraudulent

purposes, and fined J250 In the U. 8. Court at

Hartford, in addition to fines of $350 and costs

each, paid in a Boston Court. And yet In the

face of all this a big "woman-trap" may be found

Iu a half dozen reputable periodicals, thepropi ie-

tors of said Journals hiding themselves behind

a printed slip which bids their subscribers be

wary.Think ofitl the double dealingof It I for It cer

tainly amounts to no less, to induce a man to ad

vertise in one's columns, and then bid the ve y

people from whom he might hope for good re

sults, to be cautious about answering the adver

tisers.

We have our usual little sermon to preach this

month, but fromthe volume of letters lying be

fore us which might serve as texts, we shall se

lect only two or three.

Here is one lady who says, "I have discovered

that my papers have been going to some one else

and Bhe refuses to give them up."

Another, "No one pretends in this town to re

ceive a paper he subscribes for, for the mail car

riers refuse positively to deliver them. We all

go to the general office to get them. Every one

is complaining."

Another says, "Please tell me how you mail

your papers to this town. The postmaster says

it comes straight along, a few everyday. I feel

sure that it does not start that way from yourof-

flce." Thank you, madame, for your faith iu us.

It does not indeed.

But the crowning is a letter running thiR wise :

"1 received the card enclosed saying I refused

the papers. I have refused some papers, think

ing they were advertisements, I suppose the

'Journal' is one of them. My wife has been

complaing for several months of the non-arrlva!

of the paper. Please send her duplicates of the

five back numbers. / don't mean to tell her how

she lost them." How Is that for assurance, and

not one cent of money enclosed to pay for the

dupllcatets which he had refused.

We hope Bhe will find out how she has lost the

papers sometime, tin ugh we never told her.

As to the list of "not founds" who are soon dis

covered upou receipt of complaint, they are too

numerous to mention.

•500 IN CASH

Is offered for the largest number of six months

subscribers up to April 1st, 188S—every yearly

subscription to count as two six months sub

scriptions. $450 is offered for the second largest

list; $400 for the third largest; $350 and $300 for

the fourth and fifth largest Hats respectively,

and so on for the twenty largest lists. For full

particulars see the December number.

Now let our club raisers go to work In earnest,

and we shall soon have that million sub

scription list we have planned for. With increas

ing circulation we promise great Improvements.

We are planning an entire new dress of type, a

finer quality of paper, to enable us to use a much

finer grade of wood cutting, and to increase the

number of illustrations; engaging the very best

artists to be had In this country, and perfecting

plans for new departments, and series of arti

cles by the best known and most popular writers

in America.

OVER HALF A MILLION.

grown insensibly to ignore the difference In years

existing between them, thinking only of the

pleasure the friendship gives.

All this has done much to engender firmness

and steadiness of purpose in the young, while at

the same time It has brightened and made beau

tiful, the lives of those older, and has certainly-

been greatly to the advantage of all.

NOTICE TO CANADA SUBSCRIBERS.

We are obliged to make a discrimination in

regard to our Canada subscribers, when sending

premiums. Below is appened a list of the only

articles which we can send by mall. All other

premiums must go by express, and pass through

the custom-bouse at the expense of the receiver.

Rug-Maker, butter-knlie, sugaivshell, outfits,

tissue paper outfits, lace plus, color boxes, books.

A WEDDING OUTFIT.

We have printed 525,000 copies of the Sep

tember Ladies' Home Journal, 510,000 copies

each of the October and November Issues, and

700,000 copies of the December issue. 300,000

more copies of the December number will be

printed later on, to supply new subscriptions as

they may come in dating the next four or five

months ; also to supply newsdealers, and orders

for single copies in answer to our advertisements.

Every copy of the above-named September, Oc

tober and November issues has been mailed to a

bonajide paid-in-advance subscriber.

NOTICE TO TRIAL SUBSCRIBERS.

Owing to the immense demand, in answer to

our 4 mouths trial offer, we are entirely out of

September, October, and November issnes. We

shall therefore be obliged to give our later

subscribers on this offer, December, January,

February, and March.

NOTICE OF OVAL.

The publisher of the Ladies' Home Journal

has leased the new six-story building (with the

exception of the ground floor) at No. 435 Arch

street, Philadelphia, to accommodate the demand

for increased space in which to comfortably trans

act the greatly increased business of the Jour

nal.

For the past year, we have been obliged to

crowd an enormous business into a space entirely

Inadequate, for the reason that we could not find

just the building we needed, la a desirable lo

cality. We not only lacked store-room, but we

were obliged to run night bands, for want of

room to put on a proper force In the daytime.

With five floors (135 feet in length) we shall

have ample room In which to handle our half

million editions each month with comfort and

dispatch. The first floor is handsomely fitted up

in black walnut partitions, ana counters with

glass tops aniAra68 fittings, something after the

usual style adopted by banking Institutions, and

coutalns the general counting room, private of

fice of the proprietor, premium department, and

engravers rooms. The second floor is occupied

by the associate editor, and a force of sixty or

more clerks, who have chargcof the subscription

books. The entire third floor is given up to the

mailing department. The fourth floor is used

by the compositors and the accessories of a print

ing room; while the fifth floor will give us our

much-needed store-room. The building is en

tirely new, and modern in all conveniences, is

fitted up for our express purpose, and presents a

handsome and striking front of pressed brick,

with terra cotta trimmings and heavy cornices.

"a cordial I

One of our large cash prizes, given April 1st,

would enable any young lady to provide herself

with a first-class wedding outfit. It could be

easily earned within the next three months and

is well worth working for. If vou fail to secure

$500, there Is still a chance lor $450, $400, $350,

$300, and so on.

NOTICE TO PHILADELPHIA SUBSCRIB

ERS.

A discrimination in the rates of postage to city

subscribers, is made between weekly andmonthly

periodicals, to the great disadvantage of the

latter, for, while the weeklies can be mailed to

city subscribers for one cent per pound, month

lies cannot be mailed to city subscribers for less

than one ceut for each two ounces, except where

the subscribers go to the post-office for their mall.

This regulation REFERS OXL Ftosubserlbers

in the particular city in which the periodicals are

published. As the Journal In its present form,

weighs over two ounces, we, being located in

PHILADELPHIA are, therefore, obliged to

ask our Philadelphia subscribers twenty-four

cents extra, for postage, unless the paper is ad

dressed at the post-office to be called for, or to

any post-office box. REMEMBER, this refers

to Philadelphia subscribers ALONE, and to those

in no OTHER city.

PRIZE WINNERS.

To all our readers we extend

to call upon us In our new home.

I invitation

"OLD MAIDS."

Mr. Fink, in his late work on "Love," demon

strates, among other things, that the heroine of

the popular novel is no longer as young as she

once was.

Life, in fiction, with all Its exaggeration, is

but the exponent of the times after all. There

must be a certain amount of realism In it, in or

der that it may pay. Therefore, if society itself,

were not undergoing a change, we would not

find this same change In works which deal only

with fictitious characters.

It is gradually being conceded that a woman's

life is not lived out by the time she is twenty-

five. It is dawning upon the youthful mind,

that a woman may live to be thirty or even forty,

and still have the fire of romance burning In her

heart; and the school miss of sixteen more rare

ly sucars, when her aunt thirty-five dares to

think of marriage.

This change is due to pressure brought to bear

in two different directions: first—the re-Incor

poration into geneial use, of the good old-fash

ioned word "woman." There are no longer, as

there were fifteen or twenty years ago, "old

young girls ;" women, young and old are women.

A girl of eighteen is a girl, our. she is likewise a

young woman iu general estimation ; a woman

of twenty-five is the same.

But the most Important factor of the whole

matter—the one which really supercedes the in

troduction of the word woman as a primary

cause (the latter being in agreatmeasure the or

igin of the former) \b fashion. Not that it has

grown to bo "the fashion" to do thus or so, but

that fashion, as evinced iu dress, has done much

to produce this much-to-bc-desired result

There is no longer a distinct Hue between the

dress of the woman of twenty and that of the

woman of thirty; the dress of the woman of

sixty, without being "kittenish, "iu any degree,

may, with propriety, conform Iu a great measure

to that of the woman of twenty-five.

It has thuB grown Impossible for men and

women to decide at a first glance with any cer

tainty, upou the age of the woman whom they

are studying for their next novel. In truth, age

has gradually been forgotten in facts. The the

ory that to certain years alone, belongs romance,

has given place to the fact that It is to be found

lit all ages.

Likewise have the old and the young woman,

In the September, 1887 number of the Ladies'

Home Journal, we advertised the Journal for

the balance of the year, on receipt of only teu

cents, and offered six cash prizes for the largest

lists of trial subscriptions. $200 lu cash waB the

first prize, $150 the second, $100 the third, $75

the fourth, $50 the fifth, and $25 the sixth. The

following is a corrected list of the prize winners:

1st, Miss Agnes R. Pattou, Phila., Pa., 1231.

2d, Wm. L. Ripley, W. Medway, Mass., 1095.

3d, Victor Coffin, Charlotletowu, P.

E. L, Can.,

4th, S. T. Fairbanks, Weston Ohio,

5th, Mary H. Valentine, 136 Essex St;,

Bangor, Me.,

0th, Mrs. L. M. Jones, Blunt, Dak.,

Now who will secure the $500 cash prize for the

largest list of six months subscribers at 25 cents

each, up to April 1st, 1888? Probably very much

smaller clubs than the above will win our April

prizes.

965.

S03.

858.

095.

We are sorry to disappolntour readers by omitt

ing to publish this month, the continuation of

"Our New Minister," by Josiah Allen's Wife.

The author has been very Bick and unable to at

tend to any literary work. We hope, both for

the sake of the readers and that of the writer her

self, that she will soon be sufficiently restored to

health to resume her literary duties, and give us

her articles, in uninterrupted succession.

CORRESPENDENCE.

"Miss Jennie Phillips" :—Address, Ehrlch

Bros,. 8tb. Ave., and 24th. St., N. Y.

"Mrs. O. C. Aldrich" :—UBe Naptha for

cleaning your kid gloves. "Electro Silicon" for

your brass lamps.

"A New Subscriber. Perrio, N. M.":—

March 28, 1867, came on Tuesday, and April 26,

1860, also on Tuesday.

"Mrs. 8. J. Dodoe, Wheaton, Md.":—Con

sult our advertising columns for knitting and

embroidery silks.

2d. We don't know where you can get waste

cloth.

Please inform me where I can get a book of In

structions on wax work; also ou zephyr flowers.

Will "Bell Patterson" inform me in making a

bairchain wbetheror not she runs acord through

It! Sadie.

B. C. :—If you do not understand making

crazy shells, I will work a sample and mall to

you, on receipt of ten eents. M. F. K.

20 Linden St., South Boston, Mass.

"Ed. Ladies' Home Journal":—Mrs. A. R.

Calver can get "Waterproof Fibre Cloth," suit

able for hot-beds, cold-frames, pits, etc., by

sending to "0 8. Waterproofing Fibre Co., 56

South St., New York. They will send samples

upon application. Mrs. T. M. Paschal.

Castroville, Tex.

Blackstone, Mass., July 16, 1887.

Editor Ladies' Home Journal:—Please tell

me bow to clean paint brushes from the paint,

also how to keep paints moist, after being mixed I

They dry in twenty-four hours after they are

mixed, and I have to throw them away.

Your youthful reader, "M. L. B.

[Clean your paint brushes with turpentine.

Having done this, dip them iu gun oil aud brin<r

them to a good point. This Insures their keeping

a good shape much longer. You can immerse

your pallette in water, to keep your paints moist

—Ed. Jour.]

"Mrs. J. E. " Afton, N. Y. The hang

ings of Peacock-blue may be lined with a warm,

light, cafe au lait brown—which will accord well

with the rooms as described. The rich yellow

browns now so much in vogue would answer,

provided the browns already present were on

this tone. The lining may be of sateen In cotton

or wool. The edges should be finished by a heavy

cord of either blueorbrown and thecurtain hung

by rings over a brass or wooden pole over the

doors.

The square of felt may be stamped in a geo-

metical orflowcr, design and then worked in out

line stitch in silks or crewels of various harmon

izing colors, red, pale green, light blue, golden-

brown, yellow and pale pink. Do not be afraid

of having too much of the same color lu the

room. A. R. R.

Please tell me in your Journal, how to var

nish a cheap chromol 1 have mastic varnish,

but know not how to proceed.

Where can I procure samples of polished Ash

and Cherry such asareused in making furniture?

What shall I rub rose-wood with to restore the

polish without injury ?

Answers to these queries will be gratefully

welcome to a Southern Admibeh.

"J. E. M. "gives the following experience In

peanut raising:—

"I shelled the nuts, aud planted them two inch

es deep, two leet apart in the row s, aud the rows

four feet apart- it was the first day of May, the

soil was good rich soil aud slightly sandy", they

were plauted near the corn field and wereculti-

eated the same time as the corn, three times,

they were hoed twice. In October they were

turned up with a pitch fork and let lay in the

sun three days; theu I picked seven bushels of

nice nuts. We have raised a good m.my everv

year, unless the squirrels dig up the seed just af

ter they are planted.

"Editor Home Journal:"—Under the head

of "Correspondence" iu this mouth's Journal, I

see that "H. L." wants to know how to prevent

black ants irom getting Into her pantry.

I do not know how to prevent them from go

ing where they wantto go, but I do know what

will make them waut to stay away and if the tri

al of it gives her as much satisiactiou as it has

given me, I shall be very glad to have her aud

every one else, know about It.

Take asmall dish, a saucer or sauce platcwlll

do, and put luto it a small tablespooniul of su

gar, stir iutoit as much Tartar Emetic as will He

easily on a ten cent piece, just a good sized pow

der. Moisten slightly aud set the dish wheic It

will be convenient for the ants to find it. They do

not care to come hack for more. Mrs. L. W. S.

Editor Ladies' Home Journal:—In the June

number of your paper, which came into my

bands, I read an article on the "Kindergarten,"

which seemed to be the beginning of a series, and

which seemed to me, in Its directness, minute

ness, and the profound insight It showed luto

Froebel's system, as well as spirit, one of the

most useful things I had seen ; aud tbnueh I Was

not told the name of the author, I divined It,

having seeu her in her own kindergarten; and I

want to see the subsequent numbers. I also

showed It to a lady of Brookllne, Mass., who said

she should Immediately subscribe for yourpaper,

and I suppose she has done so ere this. The su

periority of this article to even the best I have

seen elsewhere iu the newspapers, consists in its

plain, practical character, showing what 1s to be

done. I think if the whole series continues lu

the strain of this one, it will be called for aB a

volume. Elizabeth A. Peabodt.

Jamaica Plain, Mass.

"Editor Ladies' Home Journal:"—Trem

bling though I am as 1 remember the myraids of

letters that must of necessity fall iuto your waste

paper basket, still I feel impelled to add my tes

timony to the merits of your valuable paper.

It wasealled to my attention by a neighbor

and after once subscribing for it feel that we

cannot do without it. My children read it, and

my husband reads it, and all unite iu sounding

ItB praises. We enjoy especially the short sketch

es and portraits of the various noted writers and

think it a happy thought. Everybody is interest

ed in all that pert ains to the private life of these

famous personages.

I wIbIi to tell the housekeepers my method of

cleaning oil-cloth. I have a square under my

sitting-room stove, that I am using for the third

year and It has never been washed. It is worn

some, but looks very nice yet. I take an old

Turkish towel and a broom, and rub the cloth

briskly, this removes all the dirt and dust that

sticks to it, and itlooks as bright as new. I rub

the zinc the same way. Thi6 saves labor and the

oil-cloth wears longer. Try it sisters.

Eotpt.

"Ladies' Home Journal" :—Here are a few

hluts on Home decoration which may be of value

to your readers.

To make a lovely white and gold chair with

plush trimmings, take an old fashioned rocker

with rush or cane bottom and straight hack.

Cover with a coat of white lead and a good clear

varulsh, mixed. When thoroughly dry, take a

bowl and stir one half part plaster of parls and

oue half whiting together with water until thin

as syrup. With a large clear bristle brush go

thoroughly and rapidly over the entire chair.

When dry'this will have the appearance of white

enamel.The cauc portion of the chair must now be

treated to an application of brilliant gold paint.

The contrast is very pretty. The chair maybe

farther decorated by a cushion of blue or terri-

cottaplush.

To make a chair of antique appearance for Hall

orlibrary, secure an arm chair of substantial ap

pearance, with astralghtback if possible. Cover

with coat of the followlug composition. One

part of Lampblack, and one oi Burnt Sienna

mixed thoroughly with equal parts of varn isn and

turpentine. When thoroughly dry cover flat

wood work ou the back with Llncrusta Walton

glued on. Should the chair he straight back take

out the connecting slats and insert a board of the

proper size. After it is thoroughly secured by

nails or glue, apply a panel of Llncrusta Walton,

leaving a width of three inches all around. Ap

ply panel or 6quare of same design to seat. Now

for tne decoration. A ter painting the Llncrus

ta Walton like the chair, take brouze powder and

liquidize it by mixing with equal parts of Bal

sam of llr and turpentine. With the bronze go

over the raised portion of the Linerusta Walton,

let It dry, then varnish the whole chair with fur

niture varnish. This will trive an antique appear

ance to the combination. Ii desirable, the Lln

crusta Walton can be farther secured to the chair

with brass headed tacks. Which will addtothe

ornamentation.A decorative article has very recently been put

on the market, it is Jewel Stains applied to glass.

Willie recently In Chicago I purchased a box, and

now my Staiued glass windows are the admira

tion of all my neighbors. Jewel Staiu Is put up

lu bottles, arid packedsecurcly iu a box of cotton.

A circular of instruction accompanies each box.

This new material for home decoration is manu

factured lu Hastings, Nebraska, aud is sold in a

boxorslnele bottle. Ithluk the readers of the

"Home Journal" will welcome Jewel "Stain" as

being one of the most interesting as well as gratifying or home persults.

If the reader* like I will tell them how to make

an elegant home made side board aud some other

articles ef furniture, at some future time.

Iris.

THE LADIES' HOME JOURNAL

THEPRACnCAL

HOME COOKING.

Original Recipes, Contributed by Journal

Sisters.

Apple Sauce.— (by request) Pare,core and cut

up two quarts or less of apples and add cold wa

ter enough to not quite cover tbem. When boiled

soft enough to mash with a wooden spoon, add

sugar to suit the taste, grated nntmeg may be

added or a little lemon juice, as you may prefer

for flavoring.

Lemon or Vanilla Ice Cream.—(By request)

One quart of cream, one pint of milk, one and a

half cups of sugar, flavor with large table Bpoon-

ful essence of lemon or vanilla. Beat the cream

to a froth, stir in the milk and sugar thoroughly,

flavor, freeze and pack lor two hours.

Mrs. Liucoln in her "Boston Cook book" tells

us that in preparing ice cream, it is very essen

tial to use the rlgut proportion of coarse rock

sail, to have the Ice finely crushed, and to beat

the mitxure thoroughly duriug the freezing.

The melted ice and salt should surrouud the can,

and should be drawn oil only as it floats the ice.

Use oue part salt to three or four parts ice. Put

in a layer of ice three Inches deep solidly packed,

then a measure of salt, alternately until the freez

er is full. When the cream U thoroughly cold

pour it into the can. Turn slowly at first and af

ter ten minutes more rapidly, till you can turn

uo longer. It usually takes about half an hour.

Remove the beater, scrape off the cream, and beat

and pack the cream closely In the can. Put a

rork into the opening In the cover, and lay the

cross-piece over to keep the can down in the ice.

Cover with a piece of old carpeting wet In the

salt and water.

PHILADELPHIA ICE CREAM.

2 quarts of cream ; If thick add

1 pint milk.

2 cups sugar

2table8poonfuls vanilla.

Scald the cream; melt the sugar in it, and fla

vor when cool. Freeze as above. The cream

should be very sweet and highly flavored, as both

sweetness and flavor are lessened by freezing.

To make it lighter and more delicate, whip the

cream until you have a quart of froth, and r.dd

the froth after the cream is partly frozen. Many

prefer to add the whites of eggs, beaten till foamy,

but not stiff. Use two, three or four eggs to each

quart of cream.

Orange Marmalade.—Take six oranges three

lemons 3 qts of water and six pounds of white

sugar; cut the rind of the fruit into quarters

peel it off, then cut it into dne chips as thin as

possible and divide the pulps Into small bits, re

moving carefully the seed which may be steeped

In part of the water that is to be used for the

marmalade; put the chips and pulp into a crock

and pour three quarts of boiling water over them

and stand over night, after which pour the

whole into a preserving kettle and boll until the

chips are tender, then add Bix pounds of sugar

slowly and boll the marmalade until it jellies;

this is delicious, I make double this quantity

every spring when the fruit is cheap. A.L.O.P.

Dear Slsters.—Here is a recipe for makiug

elderberry-wlue. Measure the berries and bruise

them, to every gallon adding one quartof boiling

water, let the mixture stand twenty four hours,

or longer, stirring occasionally. Then strain off

the liquor into a cask, to every gallon of liquor

adding 2 pounds of sugar, first dissolving the su

gar in hot water, or at least partially dissolving

it. Let it be until it Is through working, then

bung up, or bottle it. A half gallon of good whls-

kev to ten gallonsof the wine is an improvement.

Blackberry wine is made the same way, only

the whiskey is left out

Hoping this may be a help to some of the read

ers, lam Yours respectfully,

Constant Reader.

German Potato Salad.—Boll potatoes with

the skins on. When they are cool enough to

handle, pare them and slico very thin, sliceing

an onion with the potatoes; salt, pepper, and

vinegar to taste. Before serving, heat a little

meat f ryings In a skillet, pour the vinegar on it

and let it get hot; then pour it over the potatoes

and serve.

A Vert Good Wat To Use Up Cold Meats.—

Take cold beef, veal, chicken or any other meat,

the more variety the better. Hash It fine and

mix with two eggs, two crackers rolled fine, a lit

tle grated onion, mtlted butter, pepper and salt,

to taste, form in cakes and fry in butter or nice

drippings. Grated onion is nicer for hash than

chopped.

Breakfast Omelet.—Three eggs beaten very

light with one tableBpoonlul of flour, add 1 cup

ot milk, and turn iuto a well buttered cold spider.

Set on the stove where it will have an even steady

heat, but not to burn, and let it cook—perhaps

half an hour—or until the egg sets, which can be

told by trying with a knife as the custard be

comes firm, scutter the seasoniug salt, pepper,

a little chopped parsley, ham, or any seasoniug

you prefer, then Blip the knife rouud the edges

and turn one half the Omelet over the other, put

on a hot plate and serve at once.

Brows Bread.—1 cup molasses

1 teaspoouiul soda

beaten in the molasses,

2 eups grabam flour

3 cup3 yellow Indian meal,

4 cups sweet milk.

Steam 4 hours.This lsuot "Boston Brown bread, but 1 think It

is very nice. I read all the recipes In the Jour

nal with great pleasure, and try many of them

with good success. J. T. P.

Cream Batter Puddiso.—>^pt. sour cream

yi pt. sweet milk

pt. flour, 3 eggs, % teaspoonful soda, a little

salt, beat the whites and yolks separately, and

add whites last. Bake in a moderately hot oven

and to be eaten with butter and sugar or cream

and sugar.

Orange Cake.—5 eggs

3 cups sugar

% cup butter

1 cup sweet milk

4 cups flour

juice and a little grated rind ol oue orange.

Break the yolks of eggs In a large bowl, add

the sugar and butter and orange juice, and beat

with the hand until light and creamy, then add

milk, the whites of eggs which have been beaten

to stiff froth, and the flour into which has been

Bitted 1 teaspoonful soda and 2 of cream tartar.

Bake in 4 deep jelly cake pans.

Icing For Orange Cakb.— 1 cup granula

ted sugar,

1 white of egg

juice of one orange.

Putihe sugar on the Btove \njust enough water

to moisten It, (if you put on too much the icing

will be thin and run), let this boil till clear and

will spin a thread, have the white of egg beaten

and have some oue drip the sugar whileyou beat,

aud continue beating until it is thick and white,

then stir in orange juice, if It thins it too much,

beat in pulverized sutrar till thick enough.

This makes a very large and delicious cak

Chocolate Cake.—2 cups sugar

1 cup milk

J£ cup butter

4 eggs

3teaspoonfuls baking powder,

sifted into 3 cups flour.

Mix according to directions for Orange Cake.

Prepare icing as fororangu cake, insteud of us

ing orange juice, scrape down a quarter cake of

chocolate, put on the Btove until melted, then beat

into white Icing and you have a nice chocolate

cake. I also send a

Chocolate Caramel Cake.—1 cup suga

cup butter,

cup sweet milk,

2 eggs, 3 cups flour,

1 teaspoonlul soda dissolved in hot water, tuen

put on the stove one cup of milk and a half cup of

chocolate, stir till dissolved, then stir into it 1

cud sugar and the yolk of one erg which have

been beateu light, boll all together and wheu

cool flavor with vanilla. While this isoooling beat

up theflrst part of cake in the ordinary way, add

the cbocolote custard and bake in four jelly pans

Ice with white icing giveu for orange cake.

This is the most delicious chocolate cake one

can Imagine, but a little "harder to hit" than the

other one. Given In answer to "Charleston."

Let me know how you like them.

M. V. Shannon.

Editor Ladies' Home Journal:—In response

to "Charleston's" request for chocolate cake, I

send the following recipe :

1 lb pulverized sugar

% cup butter

1 cup sweet milk

whites of s eggs

3 cups flour

1 teaspoonful soda •

2 teaspoonfuls cream of tartar, mix soda and

cream of tartar in flour

After mixing add 4 tables poonfuls grated choc

olate to one third the batter. Can be baked In

three layers and iced, putting chocolate layer in

the middle, or made into a nice marble cake by

alternatlng putting spoonfuls of the dark and

light batter in large pan.

Perhaps some of your readers would like an

easy recipe for making blBcuits.

1 qt. sifted flour

2 heaplngtablespoonful s Royal baking powder

1 teaspoonful salt.

Mix powder and salt thoroughly in flour, then,

handling as little as possible, make Into a soft

dough with one pint rich sweet cream. Roll

about three fourths of an inch in thickness, bake

inaAofoven about ten minutes. I have used

this recipe for years and never failed In having

delicious biscuits. This recipe makes twenty bis

cuits. Jean Craig.

Editor Ladies' Home Journal:—Seeing In

the Journal a request for the recipe for making

Marsh Mallows, I will send it.

Dissolve 1 lb. clean gum Arabic in I qt. of wa

ter; strain, add 1 lb. granulated sugar, and place

over the fire stirring continually until the sugar

is dissolved, and the mixture has become the con

sistency of honey. .Next add gradually the whites

of 8 eggs well beaten, stirring the mixture all

the time until It loses its stickiness aud does not

adhere to the Sugars when touched. The mass

may now be pourad into long, shallow, tin pans,

dusted with starch, and when cool divided into

small squares. These squares may be covered

with a coating of chocolate, which makes them

verv nice.

To prepare the chocolate %ofacake of Baker's

sweetened chocolate, shave off fine and put it

into a bowl, 6et In bdlling water, to melt. As

soon as the chocolate Is sufflcieutly melted dip

the marsh mallows iuto the chocolate, giving

each square a coating of brown, using a fork in

handling them. If desired the marsh mallow

paste may be flavored with vanilla, or the paste

may be dlvidedinto two equal parts one half fla

vored vanilla and coated with chocolate and the

other flavored with lemon. E. D. B.

[For the ladies' Home journals

COOKING CLUBS AND CLASSICS.

BT CHRISTINE TERHUNE HERRICK.

"How are cooking clubs organized, and what ,

book or books are best to use iu a cooking class?

Please reply through columns of Ladies' Home

Journal." Mrs. T. M. Kell.

The interest that has been taken of late years

in housewifery and especially in the culiuary art

has made cooking clubs aud classes very popular.

The cooking club, as it is generally known, con

sists of a certain number of women who band

themselves together to study and practice cook

ery. The members of such an association may

be" young girls or married women, anil it is some

times even composed of children. Their usual

custom is to meet at a stated period and prepare

a lunch or supper^each one taking charge of some

particular dish. When the repast is cooked, the

table is spread and the club devours the fruit of

their hands. Or, they prepare the viands at h ome

and bring them to the house of one of the mem

bers where they all feast together.

These bodies may be rendered the means of a

great deal of pleasant social intercourse. One

such organization to which the writer formerly

had the houor of belonging was known as "The

Salad Club" and bore for Its motto the quota

tion from Shakesphere, "My salad datB, when I

was green in judgment." The members met

once a fortnight, and did Dot pretend to confine

themselves to the making of salads, but their

"prentice hands tbey tried on" croquettes, rolls,

chops, chickens, oysters, blancmanges. Jellies,

cakes, creams and sweet dishes iuuumerable.

Once in a while young men were Invited to par

take of these delicacies and the meetings

were always delightful. Another Cooking Club,

more ambitious, engaged au old country farm

house for two or three weeks one Summer, and

provided with chaperones and cook books did all

their own work, that of the kitchen Included.

The chief fault in most of these clubs, so far

as practical benefit Is concerned, lies in the fact

that they devote their attentions rather too ex

clusively to fanevcookery, lusteadoi tothe'plain,

every-day food tbat every one should know how

to prepare to be well versed In housewifery. Most

cooking clubs give very little real instruction in

the proper methods of cooking steaks, roasts and

stews, soups and vegetables, or ordinary pud

dings and plain desserts.

Cooking classes are managed on a different

plan. For them skilled teachers must be pro

cured. These usually deliver a series of demon

stration lectures, in which they not only give di

rections for the cooking of various dishes, but

also carry out their own precepts iu the sight of

the audience.

The pupils buy tickets for the course and at

tend the lectures armed with notebooks and pen

cils, with which to take down the words of wis

dom as they flow irom the lips of the instructress.

A regular bill of fare is announced for each les

son and the fees are not heavy. Sucbawell known

cordon bleu as Miss Parloa chargesonly fifty cents

a lecture to each student.

Both clubs and classes may be so conducted as

to confer subs'tautial good upon their members,

if practically managed. The best guides, are

standard cook-books, that contain clear straight

forward directions. There are many of these.

Among the number may be mentioned Mrs.

Rorer's "Philadelphia Cook Book," Marion Har-

land's "Common Sense Series," Mrs. Lincoln's

"Boston Cook Book," and Thomas J. Murray's

dainty little volumes, "The Book of Entrees,"

"Breaklast Dainties," "Puddings and Dainty

Desserts," "Fifty Soups" and "Fifty Salads."

The "Universal Cook Book," recently Issued,

also contains many excellent recipes. Any or all

of these books may be procured by sending the

money and order for them to any large book

store.

(For The Ladies' Home Journal.)

ABOUT OUK KITCHENS.

Among the thousand andone things required to

make home neat, tasteful aud baopy, Is a well

proportioned and arranged kitchen,

Some are so large and "sahara-like" that one Is

bewildered and lost in the "wilderness," called a

kitchen, where everything Is loBtand nothing can

be found : where the spider weaves his tiny home,

and the rats and mice forage unmolested; where

the servants, imagining their sins will not find

them out, construct great piles of clothing, brush

es aud brooms, to be put away when "I have

time." In others one cannot but feel "cribbed,

cramped, and confined," just to step Inside.

Nothing so disconcerts and discourages the new

wife as to be introduced into the "hovels"

called kitchens

Long dark kitchens are often found in city-

houses. These are to be disliked, owing to their

murky, dismal, and discouraging aspect. But

likes and dlslikesare usually controlled In build

ing by master builders, who too often arbitrarily

assure those who employ them, tbat a stairwav

cannot rise by easy ascent, with broad platforms

for resting places, or that a closet cannot be

made where one wants It; and although oue dors

not believe a word of it, yet being ignorant of

their art you cannot gainsay their statements.

Husband, when you build your hou6e,allow your

wife the privilege of planning the kitchen. A

long table closely fitted to the sink that no water

can drip between, Is much needed. It is better

to have It fastened permanently to the wall and

made as wide as the sink, thus forming a sort of

shel f on which to clean vegetables, dress meats,

poultry etc., by having it close to the Bink you

will be near cold and hotwater, and so save many

steps, leaving no excuse for not having things

properly cleaned aud attended to. By carelul

washing and cleaning It is very convenient to put

dishes on wheu washing and drying them. Then

when all are cleaned aud washed properly, they

can be placed In the receptacle with fewer steps

and consequently in a better condition. Under

this shelf or table, two drawers are needed, with

several compartmeuts—one for polishing materi

al, whiting, chamois-skins and all articles re

quired iu cleaning metal ware. While the sec

ond may be used for Btove polish, and all tbe nec

essary dishes used In keeping the stoves iu order.

A board over the sink, and extending from

thence the whole length of the room, aud between

two and three feet In width is much more eervlc-

able, and far neater than plastering or paper.

Nicely painted and grained, (oak color, we think

the best for kitchens) it is not easily defaced and

can be washed aud cleaned with ease. On the

upper portion of this board, hooks and galva

nized nails must be driven on which to hang the

basting spoons, ladles, skewers, cooking forks,

and spoons, chopping knives, cake turners, gravy

strainer, but dishcloths—never! A friend sug

gests tbat a shelf above this board, would often

be convenient but the great temptation it would

prove, to throw many things upon it, "just for a

moment," would tar over balance all good derived

from it.This table should be carried from the sink up

to the next wall, aud as uear the first wiudow or

the adjoining side as possible. There cannot be

too much light upon the sink or sink-table. In

the corner where this table and the board, above

mentioned, a case of small drawers set iu the

wall for salt, pepper and spices is very desirable.

This also saves many steps, being convenient to

tbe work for which such articles are used, aud

therefore more likely to insure neatness and

guard against loss or waste.This table and the drawers should be on the left

hand side of the range if the water back is placed

on that side. On the other side ot the range we

need to have nailed acleat, about live Inches wide,

and two and a half feet from the floor, supplied

with stroug nailBor hooks on which to haug hold

ers, pokers, tongB, fire shovel, &c If there is

space on tbat side, a closet large enough to hold

all the iron or tin-ware used in cooking—pots,

kettles, pans &c—is Importaut. In this closet

cleats are also needed, with hooks and nails on

which to hang frying pans, waffle-irons, etc.

Above these cleats a broad, smooth shelf is also I

needed, as being useful for smoothing irons, aud

starch kettles, unless one Is so fortunate as to

have a laundry separate from the kitchen.At the top and bottom of all doors to such clos I

ets there should be a narrow, sliding panel lor a

ventilator, to oe kept always open, excepting

when sweeping or building the fire, thus securing

a free circulation ol air, that the contents of the

closet may always be kept free from rust or

mould.

The kitchen should have plenty ofllglit and ven-t tT.it ion at all times, a transom is a very handy

thing tor all kitchens. However, the best mode

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This gives but au imperfect idea of the most

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The cook likes au open "dresser" to display her

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sweeping. If possible have good sliding doors.

Adooron hinges is alwavs swinging, girls will

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JANUARY, 1888.THE LADIES' HOME JOURNAL.

[For the I.adiiw Home jofrnai..

FESTIVAL FASHIONS.

Stately Styles In Fur. For The Season OfSnow Storms. Toilettes For Mid-Winter Entertainments, Opera, Concerts, Receptions,Balls And Parties. Beautiful Materials For

Ijovely Evening Gowns. Novel Conceits InDress Ornamentation, And Charming Deco

rative Fancies.

BY MRS. JAS. H. LAMBERT.

The most decidedly elegant and expensive

wraps, presented for tlie glorious season of ice

and snow, aretbose of fur; not the harsh, heavy

fur of days of vore, but in the skins of baby ani-* -■ . ...,!..mals, so carefullycured, and exquisitely dressed,

that they are fine, so: t, and pliable as the richest

plush, hence, it is no longer necessary for the

garment of lurtobe cut iu the old lime regula

tion straight sacque form, lor the modern pre-

pured skins can be shaped to tit the figure, as

easily as other rich materials, and the only rea

son that the finest furs are not used as draperies,

is because of their high cost.Superb long cloaks, and elegant redlngotcsure

made of tuny seal skin, and these garments with

no trimming save the buttonsare valued at $500,

and $700, while the same garments finished with

a band of the finest sea otter cost at least $1000.

Exceedingly graceful visitcs and manteletsare

made of fur, in the same styles as those of plush

and other fabrics, and the mantles of fur have

the characteristic long fronts, and short back,

now to be noticed in all the new models. The

sleeves vary in shape; some mantles have the

comfortable allng sleeve, others have a shorter

and smaller sleeve, but the most elegant sleeve 1b

long and pointed, reaching to the edge of the

cloak skirt.Numbers of small mantles arc made In snblc,

sealskin, mluk, astrakan, beaver, blue aad black

fox, and also iu less costly furs than these.

Tight fitting jackets in seal-skin are popular, but

others equally stylish and reallv more comforta

ble, are the jackets with loose fronts, either sin

gle or double breasted, and tight fitting at the

back.Seal-skin mantelets, with pointed ends,trimmed

with beaver, and pelerine sleeves open nearly to

the shoulder in front, and alsotrimmed with bea

ver, are amongst the newest and most stylish

vetements of fur.Deep collars of fur, round or pointed at the

back, withlong narrow mantelet ends in front, or

finished off with boas, are novel and convenient

as they can be worn with any mantle.

Another fancy is to have the cape cut in the

shape of ahaliitskirt, with cords and gimp serv

ing for epaulettes, the cords being carried across

the frontand allowed to fall In a double chain.

The muff is generally of the same fur as the

mantle, however, many ladies like best to have a

muff made of velvet, plush or the dress material,

trimmed with fur. The novelty is a small muff,

with a carefully concealed pocket-book section,

or a purse.

FUR AND FEATHER TRIMMINGS.

Fur is certainly the most fashionable trim

ming for costumes, mantles and even robes aud

■tea-gowns. Chinchilla aud beaver, arc reserved

for bandsomo mantles, aud for dresses, which

have wide bands of fur round the edge and up

the sides of the skirt, and fur ornaments on the

corsage.A kind of fur fringe, with macarons and pen-

dauts, all made of fur, proves quite a novel and

effectivetrimmtngfor mantles, aud cloth redin-

gotes, made with bell-shaped sleeves and full

skirts open In front, are bordered and edged with

bands of fur in some cases, but the most stylish

vetementsare finished with ornaments made es

pecially toharmonlze with thegarments.

Among the specimen garments presented il

lustrative of various adaptations of lur, may be

noticed ablue velvet operacloak, lined through

out with ermine, and a saphire blue velvet gown

with trimmings of the darkest sable, while a love

ly tea-gown in a neutral shade, Is exquisitely

garnished with bandsof grebe.Velutina In white orcream color, forms a most

dainty evening dress, which Is beautifully

trimmed with chinchilla fur, creating effective,

soft andpleasing contrast. Another fur-trimmed

robe is in moire shot with green and coral fin

ished with broad bands of beaver.

The newest trimming for wedding gowns Is a

broad fringeformed of ostrich tips, some of which

turn downwards, and others are placed in a hor

izontal position. This method of decoration is

wonderfully effective upon Priestley's new silk

warp Henriettaln cream, but decidedly the most

unique and beautiful gown made this season is

of the silk warp Henrietta trimmed lavishly with

Impian feathers, the metallic greens, browns,

bluca, and gold showing brilliantly upon the

dainty background of this high art material.

Another feather trimmed specimen is a long

cloak of ruby velvet, Intended for carriage or

evening wear. The s'.eeve pieces of this wrap

are covered with French knots In black silk,

creating a frise appearance, while the back and

fronts are trimmed with the black braid guipure

now so fashionable. This cloak has all its edges

bordered with bands of black ostrich feather-

flues, which trim beautifully.A charming opera set, consisting of mantle

and capote, has just been completed for one of

our society ladies. The mantle Ib made of pink

tinged lawn colored plush, lined with silk in

rather a lighter shade of the same color, and

trimmed with bands of beaver. This wrap Is

adorned with epaulettes of gold passementerie,

forming long bretelles poiutcd at the back. The

cunningly set sleeves nre gathered in tothe wrists,

and the whole cloak Is most becoming.The little bonnet accompanying this mantle is

entirely novel iu shape and make up. It is of

Slush of the same pinkish fawn tone, richly em-

ellished with gold embroidery. The sides of

the bounet are lolUed back, so as to form a close-

tittiugcoil, a few folds of China crepe foim a

border in lront of creamy pinkish fawn color,

while at the side is a large cluster of spray feath

ers in various shades of subdued beaver brown.

For information thanks are due Sharpless

Brothers, Philadelphia, and C. C. Shayue, New

York.

ODD COLORS AND NEW MATERIALS.

The newest and really the most Uncommon

hues are those termed the feather and furcofors,

which are illustrated in plain thick silks, surahs,

and soft woolen goids, Henrietta aud Nun's

veiling, plush, veiVct and velutiua. Some oi

these delicate shades are known as blue fox, gol

den beaver, king-Usher blue, grebe,—a pale grey

flecked with silver—ibis pink, colibri red,like the

breast featbersof aru by throated humming bird,

aud bird of paradise" feather yellow, with a

smoke pearl dove grey.Green Issaid to be one of the most popular

I colors, but like heliotrope, green must be iu cer

tain shades to be becoming, the very light, aud

very dark tones being really the safest for bru-

uette or blonde. Amoug the new greens is

Ocean, an indefinite, dull blue green, etincella,

a stllllighter shade,, aud undine is auothergreeu

tone.Plush is unusually popular this winter, and as

Itcouies iu many of the light colors, It is used

tocotnbine with other fabrics, the plush form

ing the flatdecorative portions, panels, piastrous,

vests, collars, and parements. Seal brown aud

seal plush, are alike iu shading, but the seal

plush of the best grade is often mistaken for the

real seal fur, while seal brown plush Is more

silky in appearance.The materials with the velvet pire, are said to

be more enduring than plush, the sun ace threads

being shorter, they do not getso deeply pressed

down as those with the louger nap oi plush.

Velutlna, the new velvet pile fabric, has been

brought out In black, aud all the rich day aud

eveulug colors, Including the beaver browns,

with a beautiful bronze, aud any quantity of new

and antique blues, also Sultan, ruby and cardi

nal.

Velutina although but lately introduced has

already been included iu the list of standard fab

rics, to do service In lieu of the more frail silk

velvet, which Velutiua so closely resembles,

wheu a fabric is required to form costumes and

dresses, that are to be subjected to harsh usage.

Besides being handsome, aud spend id wearing,

Velutina has the ineritof costing less thau auy

of the reliable materials used this winter for

dresses or for fancy work.Justhereit may be well to hint that while our

models o I costumes and dresses are the produc

thuis of thu most noted artists in Europe and

America, such as Rcdfern, Worth, and Pingat, it

is by no means uecessary forour patrons to make

the garments iu the materials spoken of, which

are generally high class andbigh priced, for exam

ple, an imported dress in navy blue Lyons silk

velvet, for a Miss of fifteen, cost $75.. This cos

tume was made with plain full skirt, falling in

folds at the back, and a short aproa. in front, the

basque had full plastron front, and curled leaf

back skirt. Velutina was found in the Very

same shade, ten yards cost $15, and a good art

istic neat sewing dressmaker reproduced to vel

vet suit and furnished the lining* lor $10. The

neck and sleeves were edged with narrow white

plcot edged ribbon, ending in rosettes, hence,

the entire cost of a lovely costume was only

$25.One of the prettiest wedding gowns worn this

season was made after adrcssof Sicilienne gar

nished with orange blossoms, that cost $150 to

import. The copy robe was of cream Bilk-warp

Henrietta—varnished board brand, at $2.00 a

yard—witli its draperies fringed with sprays of

orange buds and blossoms, knotted into thegoods.

The entire cost of this dress, makiug and trim

ming included, was less than $50.8tTll another of our described models inexpen

sive faille Francaise, with plush embossed fabric

for combination, was prettily duplicated in a

cheaper faille Francaise at $lT25 a yard, and the

$1.00 a yard stamped brocade, which the lady

rendered most effective by outlining the lloral de

signs with embroidery silks, and gold and silver

tinsel threads, creating beautiful result by add

ing In the flower centers a few steel cut crystal,

and Incandescent beads. This dresswas made at

home, and the cost of all materials was $30.

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EXQUISITE EVENING GOWNS.

For elegant evening robes a most beautiful

fabric Is a heavy silk, with cream ground, coy-

ered with boquets ofsmall flowers, worked lu

metallic threaus, of tne natural but subdued tone

of the flowers, with tasselsof tine metal beads de

pending all over. In daylight the tones are soil

and dainty, but it is wheu worn beneath the gas

or electric lights, that its glimmering brightness

is realized.Clinging, soft materials are largely in demand

for eveuiug wear, because they drape more artis

tically thau the heavier fabrics, and the beauty

aud style of a dress now depends much upon

the drapery. As an example, a dress with illk

foundation shows cream crepe dc Chitic lalllng

carelessly, but always gracclully about the

skirt, while the bodice is crossed "from the left

shoulder by a breadth of the stu£t,which seemed

to lose itself iu the side folds. The sleeves are

formed of a series of puffs tothe elbow. Such a

dress is simple, becoming, aud comparatively in

expensive.One of the so-called aesthetic dresses for au ev

ening party is made of white Indian muslin

striped vriib lace insertions, and a gold braid

threaded down each insertion. Over this a Greek

bodice and tuuic edged all round with lace lu-

ertion, threaded wlthgold braid, are worn, be

ing secured at waist line by a gold band.Gold c I asps are on the shoulder, gold bracelets

above aud below elbow, aud a gold dog collar

round neck, add to the effect of the dress, and

the hair of the wearer is to be arranged a la

Diana, with a gold cbain colled twice arouud

the head.A handsome black dress for evening wear is

made of point d' esprit, with the edge of the

skirt embroidered rouud, and festooned instead

of being hemmed. Under this Is a skirt of black

satin edged all round with a deep flouuee of the

same tulie alsoembroideredaud festooned round

the edge. A full bodice has satin bows on one

shoulder, aud satin sash sound the waist, which

sash slightly loop3 up the akirtououeside.

This dress made in black tulle, or any plain

black material, and trimmed withstars aud cres

cents of silver will be beautiful for "Night" to

wear to a fancy dresa ball. Ifmadein colorsor

cream it la lovely foraoeiables, oraiiy evcuiiigeu-

tei tatuments. An exquisiteconcert toilette shows

a tunic of pale blue silk poplin with loose panels,

edged round with large pearls, and opening over

askirt formed of white lace flouuees. Under bod

ice of white lace, woru beneath a swiss bodice of

the blue poplin.One of Worth's church dresses is of silver-grey

moire, over a skirt of silver-grey satin pe-

kin; the wrap to wear with thisdress isa Main-

teuon scarf mantilla of moire .velvet bordered

with grey feathers.An exquisite theatre dress of pansy faille Fran

chise just iroin Paris, is open iu front to show a

tablicr of ivory satin which is morvellously and

exquisitely embroidered with fine beads. The

long-waisted Anne of Austria corsage opens in

the same way over a bead embroidered ivory

plastron.Entirely new is an elegant dinner or reception

The Old Fashioned Santa Glaus

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Onh

toilette in which tbe upper garment consists of

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{Concluded on opposite page^)

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JANUARY, 1888.11

THE LADIES' HOME JOURNAL.

Festival Fashions.

{Concludedfrom opposite page.) •

The waist coat is al6o of puffed tulle, on the left

Bide is a large bouquet of roses aud maiden-hair

fern, worn at the waist, as brides wear their bri

dal bouquet.The newest stockings to wear with tea gowns

are blueshotwith red, lnopeu-workstiipes,6taud-

iag up in relief, running up the foot to the ankle

and then crossing the leg horizontally. These

stockings also come in other color combinations.

The novelties in Jersey underwear are delic ate,

warm, light Inwefght, and as elastic as the most

refined modern conscience. What more can a

fashionable woman ask for? For Information

thanks are due John Wanamaker, Lewis 8. Cox,

and Straw-bridge & Clothier, Philadelphia, Pa.

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To create, to merit, and to retain the confidence

of our readers has been our aim from the day of

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That wo have succeeded in carrying out our

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unheard-of circulation of The Ladies' Home

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and tbe thousands of letters asking for infor

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eay, our correspondence Is notcoufiued to out-of-

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from city friends asking where they shall go to

find certain lines of goods desired, or mentioned

in our fashion articles.Quite anumberof Pbilada. housekeepers who

appear to be of the good old stay-at-home kind,

which we greatlv admire, but do not care to emu

late, have asked about articles of table ware,

which questions can hardly be answered in tbe

brief space granted, therefore we respectfully

suggest a visit to John Wanumaker's store, where

one side of the immense building presents a per

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other articles In china, in high art pottery, curi

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the most delicate creations for the table, aud for

beautifying the home. Considerable space is

given to tbe odd and practical articles in glass,

and a most tempting display of beautiful articles

of silverware, merits and attracts attention. La

dies whocannot visit this house and wish to know

the prices of needed articles in glass, china and

silverware, can write for catalogue of such arti

cles to Mr. Clark, head of China department, at

John Wanamaker's, Philadelphia, Pa.In other of our city stores great preparations

have been made for the festival season. Lewis S.

Cox of 1220 Chestnut street, has just issued a

price list of new Box Elastic Robes, suitable and

elegant presents lor ladies. He has also opened

a large assortment of handsome wraps, costumes,

jerseys, and jersey underwear, In most desirable

qualities at reasonable prices.Tbe lightest, the easiest, the most graceful,

and the most stylish skirt supporters, arc the

Health Braided Wire Torsion Spring Bustles,

made by Weston & Wells, of Philadelpfila. These

bustles- have been generally accepted by fashion- 1

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these very uecessary dress accessories, which are

now sold at greatly reduced prices. The new

price-list of bustles, braided wire dress formsand

rolls for tbe hair, can be procured by writing to

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Pa. Be sure and mention you were directed to

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The Ladies' Home Journal.The dally sales of special bargains at Sharpless

Brothers will continue until after the holidays.

Out-of-town buyers will find the suggestive price

list of articles suitable for Christmas and New

Year's presents, valuable aid in making their se

lections. This list will be sent free upon appli

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Eighth streets, Philadelphia, Pa. Remember

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12 JANUAftV, 1666.THE LADIES' HOME JOURNAL.

[For The Ladies' Home Jocthnai,]

TALKS ABOUT FLOWERS.

BY EBEN E. HEXFORD.

Some Good Old-Fashioned Flowers.

I am glnd to see the growing Interest in old-

fashioned flowers. Glad because it shows a ten

dency to discard the much-prai6cd but little-

meritorious sorts lately grown because they were

"new," or "fori'ign, 11 and a return to old favor

ites, and it indicates ao advance in taste, and

shows that many of our amateur flower-jrowers

are Inclined to cultivate whatever is worth culti

vating without regard to its antecedents. Time

was,—and not so verv long ago,—when to sav

that a flower was "old-fashioned" was to banish

it from most gardens. I have never had much

patience with those who claimed to he lovers of

beauty and could see nothing beautiful in a

flower that did not come from other lands, or was

not something that ''everybody could not have."

Beauty is everybody's property, andnoone ought

to try to make it exclusive. If 1 have a hue flower,

I want others who love flowers to have one like

it, and enjoy it with me. If my neighbor does

not want it simply because I have it, I suspect

that he docs not care for it as a flower, aud I

cannot help feeling that he cares more for being

"in the fashion" than he does for beautiful thing6

Because of the beauty there is In them. With

him, to be in fashion is to have something other

brown when seen in the sunshine, and their tex

ture is such as to make the name of velvet very

appropriate. By all means have some Marigolds.

One of my first memories goes back to the

Sweet Peas that grew year after year in the gar

den by the house where I was boru. In those

days you would find these flowers in every garden.

But for a time they were lost sight of almost

wholly. I remember of writiugahout them some

years ago, aud I said: "Some time there will come

a reaction among those who grow flowers, similar

to that which sets so many wild over old china

and bric-a-brac geuerally,aud then the Marigolds

aud Larkspurs, the Gillyflowers and Sweet Peas

of old times will regaiu the popularity which

ought never to have been lost, aud you will find

them lu the gardens from which they have b»en

banished, and Angelica will say, as she does to

day, over a Queen Auue cabinet or an old carved

chair, 'How lovely 1 I never knew tue, were so

fine. They are ever so much nicer than modern

ones, areu'ttbey !', audshewillgather Pinks aud

Hollyhocks to put in the cracked chiua pitcher

that has becu hunted out from its loug repose in

the attic where grandmother consigned it to ob

livion, as she supposed, when its day of useful

ness seemed over. Speed the day wbea grand

mother's flowers shall be as highly prized as her

discarded china." Aud what 1 wrote then Is a

prophecy which is being fulfilled. And those old

flowers are "coming to the front" again, and—it

is well.

Sweet Peas should have a corner to themselves

to be most effective. A coruerin which they can

he sown as early in.thc spring as possible. Api il

is not too early for t hem. Frost does not injure

them. They must beput at leastflveinchesdeep,

in onlur to let them send their roots down well,

below the dry upper soil, and they should be

sowed quite thickly. As soon as they begin to

show an inclination to climb, give them some

brush to cling to, if it happens to be at hand, or

easily procurable. It doesn't matter if it hasn't

a very attractive appearance when first stuck in

the rows. The Sweet Peas will see that it is cov

ered by midsummer, and nothing else suits them

quite so well as a support, as brush. They will

cling to it as if they had an especial liking lor it,

—as I think they have,—and do better with it for

a trellis than they will on a fancy one of painted

wood and wire You willhave a hedge of beauty

when the butterfly blossoms come. And so sweet !

MARIGOLD.

people do not have, and in proportion as a flower

becomes common, his ad.niralion for it grows

less. Tnisis all wrong, and indicates a luck of

love forflowerslorthemselves. If real merit had

been the standard by which flowers were Judged,

for some years back, many kinds which grew in

our grandmothers' gardens would have never

been thrust into obscurity, but would have held

their own with any of the new ones, as they are

fully able to do, when they are judged according

to the standard of beauty.

Among the old flowers which rejoice in a res

toration to popular favor, the Marigold stands

well towards the head of the list.

The fashionable "craze" for vivid yellows has

had something to do with this, for many like to

have the same colors in their garden that they

have in their clothing. But this flower has

enough merit aside from this coincidence ot

color, to make It deserving of a place in any gar-

deu. I have always admired a rich yellow, aud

have written a good deal about the fine effects

to be obtained by its use in the garden, or iu bo-

quets. It tones up all other colors, and bright

ens them, as sunshine does a shadowed room. It

is sunshine materialized, and whoever would

produce strikingcombin itiousof color, and bring

out each one most forcibly, must use yellow in

order to accomplish this result. I am forciblv

imuressed with this fact, by visitiug my conser

vatory, and taking note of a group of Chrysan

themums in one comer of it. Most of ths vari

eties placed there are of the inaroou aud dull

crimson sorts. The effect is much the same as

that produced by a cloudy day. I put a pot o

yellow ones among the darker colors, andlo,—a

miracle 1 The group becomes glorified. The one

thing lacking has been supplied. The rich beauty

of the dark colors is enhanced, and brought out

vividly by the contrast, and no other color could

do this so Well as yellow. White would have

helpe.l to lighten the heavy effect of too much

dark color, but it would not have had that sug

gestion of warmth and brightness which was

Deeded.

Wherever a brave show of Intense yellow Is re

quired, then, I would advise the use of Marigolds.

They arc easily grown, comparatively hardy,

bloom during the entire season very profusely,

and by a selection of varieties you can combine

several shades of this color in a manner to pro

duce a very pleasing effect. The "velvet" sorts

are exceedingly rich in color, being a deep gold-

I Iu all the garden you can flud nothing sweeter.

Ifyouwaut flowers for the vases iu the parlor

you can always get a supply, after June, aud up

to the coming of Irost, lrom the Sweet Peas. In

using them for boquels I prefer, always, to keep

them »y themselves. They require a tall and

slender vase, aud the steins should be cut long

enough to let the flowers stand up well above the

top of the vase, and droopabout to suit thelrowu

wayward, but always artistic, fancies. They

know how to arrange themselves graceTully, anil

it is always best to give them the cuauceto do it.

The prettiest ones, to me, are the pale rose

colored ones. But all are pretty.

And another good old flower is the Morning

Glory. Talk of your Moon Flowers, with their

pallid beauty. They never had half the charm

about them that the purple and blue and pink

and white Morning Glories have, on a summer

day, when the carlv sun coaxes the fragile petals

to unclose be. ore the dew has dried on them. It

has always been a fancy of mine that all Morning

Glories were white, ouceupon a time, but a rain

bow got tangled among them in some mysterious

lashlou, and sonieof them caughtits vivid colors,

and have held them fast ever siuce. 1 never see

them without thinking of that line of Tennysou's

about

"The horns of elfland, faintly blowing."

If, as the poets tell us,—and it seems to me

they ought to know, if anybody,—the fairies play

midnight music on flower trumpets, these must

be the flowers they choose for their sweetest

"concourse of sweet sounds."

Planted by a perch, or beneath a window, they

soon >wver a large space with luxuriant growth,

reaching up to a height of ten or twelve feet, if

strings are given them toclimb on. If you want

a screen, or someting tocoveran unsightly fence,

or an old stump, vou can select nothing better

than this flower. For cutting it Is worthless, be

cause It Is of such delicate and fragile texture

that a slight touch Injures it, and it soon wilts

and withers if taken from the parent vine. To

be enjoyed to the utmost, it should be planted

close to the house.—about the porch and veranda,

and the windows of the rooms mo-t used, where

the beautiful flowers can look in with theirchcery

good-morning to you, at the very peep of day.

I always feel safe in advising the amateur flor

ist to try his skill, or lackof it, perhaps, on the

Abutilon. We have no flower of easier cultiva

tion. I do not except the Geranium, in making

this statement. It will grow uudcr most unfav

orable circumstances, but of course I do not ad

vise any one to Belect it 6ffoH.sc it will aland abuxe,

for I want everyone who tries to grow a flower to

give it as good care as possible, even if it will do

comparatively well without it. 1 advise it be

cause I know that it will give pleasure, and that

caring for It will help the amateui to learu many

things which will be of benefit to him in culti

vating other and more exacting plants, which he

could not grow well at first. 8ome experience

with the more robuBt flowers will enable one to

take iu hand some of the more delicate sorts,

with good show of success, but without some

previous experience in floriculture, lie would not

be likely to do much with them. One must work

his way along gradually in floriculture, and he

should begin with such kinds as do not require

such care as he is not able to give at first. By

selecting the sturdy sorts, aud studying them, he

gains by degrees the knowledge requisite to a

successful cultivation of ail other kinds.

The abutilon is always a pretty plaut. Its fo

liage is attractive enough, in Itself, to make it an

ornament to auy window. Large, abundant,

bright lu color, and easily kept clean, it gives a

cheerful look to the room. No insect attacks it

If other plants arc at band. Itsefdom becomes

sickly. And niue months out of tho twelve it

will be in bloom. Its flowers are a'ways bell-

shaped, pendulous, aud borne on loug, "slender

stems which throwtbeinoutwcllfromthe leaves.

There are mauy varieties, in several colors.

Some arc orange veined with crimson. Others

are pure white. Tboclear yellowsare very pretty,

aud one of the*dark purplish maroon sorts should

be iucludcd in all large collections. But the

prettiest of all, to mc, is JtotaeJIorum. It is a

rich shade of pink, veined with darker color. It

is a most profuse bloomer, and makes a very at

tractive shrub, if given proper training. In order

to make any Abutilon compact and bushy, it is

necessary that a good deal of pinching should be

done while the plant Is small and voting. Nip

out the top when you want it to branch, and

when other shoots start, nip them off, aud keep

up this treatment until you have as many

branches started as you think will be needed to

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straight stem to the height of two or three feet,and then begin the pinching-in process. Allow

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many branches there as you think necessary to

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you have, the more flowering surface there will

be. It will grow in any good soil. I generally

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that is given Geraniums, and from their vigorous

and healthy appearance thev arc well suited with

it.

If I were asked to name three of the best vari

eties of this popular flower, the list would be this :

Rosaeflorum, pink.

Snowstorm, pure white.

Laura Powell, soft lemon yellow.

ANSWERS TO Ql'EKIES.

"Occident" wants to know how to grow Ma-

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THE LADIES' HOME JOURNAL.

[For the Ladies' Home jocttNAL.]

UPON ETIQUETTE AND GOOD

MANNERS.

BI MRS. S. O. JOHNSON.

ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS.

1st. When a visitor rises to take leave, the

hostess should also rise, and say, "Good morn

ing, or good evening. 1 am always happy to see

you." And the visitor can say, "Tliauk you, I

hope you will tome to see me soon." One cannot

give exact directions of "what shall be said and

! done" as it depends upon the intimacy that ex

ists between the parties. Your good sense will

direct you what to say.2d. Address your letter to the editor of the

paper, and at the head of the sheet, write in full

thedepartmcutat which you desire youruuestious

to be received and answered. Giveyourfull name,

and direct to what name or initial you desire the

answer to be given.Inquisitor :-lst. The correct way to help a lady

mount a horse, is to have the lady stand beside

thesaddlewtth her right hand on the pommel,

and her left hand on tue geutlemau's rigut shoul

der. She theu puts her Telt foot into his hand,

and with his assistance springs upon the horse.

To dismouut, the lady puts her left hand upon

the gentleman's right shoulder, takes her loot

out of the stirrup; aud he puts his hands under

her arms, and lilts her down.2d. Stand at the left hand of the lady, and

give your right hand to assist her into the car

riage. To assist a lady to step out of a carriage,

offer your right hand for her support.

3d. When passing your plate to be helped a

second time, at table, lay the knife aud fork at

the left hand side.4th. If you are a guest atthe table you should

not fold up your napkin, but leave it beside your

Pl5th. Messrs Harper's Brothers publish a book

upon "Decorum and Good Manners," by Mrs. E.

W. Sherwood, that is highly recommeuded.

Mrs. R. F.lst. We have not published such an ar

ticle as you allude to, in "The Ladies' Home

Journal.2d. White or buff table cloths, bordered with

colors, and Daplvins to match are used for the

breakfast table. White double damask for the

dinner table, with napkins to match, and red, or

colored plaid table cloths, with or without fringe

for supper. For breakfast and tea, tray cloths

are employed to protectthe tablecloth, aud mats

are used a"t evcrv meal.Nettie. 1st. When children of the age of thir

teen meet on the street, there need be no strict

etiquette concerning whether the boy or the girl

speaks first.2nd. If a girl of that age wishes to send a boy

a birthday gift, there is no rule of etiquette to

prevent her doing so, but she should consult her

mother's wishes in the matter, aud be guided by

them. A book, some handkerchiefs with his ini

tials embroidered on them, a whisk broom case,

or any thing of her own work, applicable to a

boy's needs would be approDriate.8d. A skating bag is made of heavy drilling,

or awning cloth and cut the length of the skates

with plenty of margin to turn in, and run in a

casing for a drawing string. Consult The Work

Table Dep't for directions for crocheting an af-

ghan.Also the Fashion Dep't formaking wash dress

es. Simple skirts with a deep hem, and three or

five tucks above it, and ayoke waist with gathered

fronts and hack, aud a wide belt, is a neat style

for cotton dresses. To mingle check ami plain

cloth, mak« the lower skirt of plain goods,and the

collar, cuffs and vest, and the over skirt, waist

and sleeves of the checked material.

"Mabelle Marsley":—It is impossible to ans

wer questions under two months, if they are sent

the last days of the month. Thus, your questions

were written Julv 80th. when the AugustiNo.of the

Ladies' Home Journal was already Issued and

the September No. ready for the press, so they

could not be answered in Sept. No.A gentleman should carry his hat In his hand

when he enters a lady's parlor,aud the lady should

not offer to take it from him any more than

he should offer to take her fan, or handkerchief.

If he wears a top coat, she should ask him to lay

it aside, and let hiin throw it over a chair, or place

it upon the piano, and if he likes, put his hat upon

1L If she prefers shi) can say, "won't you put

your coat Into the next room?" Thatis if she ob

jects to its remaining in the parlor, as you state

you do."N. J. L. K.";—1st. When paying ceremo

nious visits you should give your card to the ser

vant, who opens the door, to carry to her mistress,

and she will afterwards place it in the card bas

ket, which is usually kept upon a small table in

the front hall.2d. When a lady has set apart a special day of

the week Hi-ou which to receive the visits ot her

friends, itis not customary tooffer refreshments.

3d. The Chicago ttre occurred upon the 9th.

of October, 1871."Retta" :—1st. It does not matter upon which

side of her escort a lady sits at table. The gen

tleman will draw out a chair for the lady, if a

waiter is not in attendance to do it, aud take the

next seat himself.2d. In passing through a crowd or in any place

where there is only room for one per»ou to pass

the gentleman will precede the lady."C. A. C.":—Better wait awhile before you

write for the return of your letters, something

uniorseen may have occurred."M. L. B.":—lu talking to your friends about

your married daughters, unless there is great in

timacy betweeu you, give ibein their married ti

tle i e whatever their husbacds' names may be.

"A New Subscriber" :—1st. Iuvltatlous to

a wedding In a church, and the receptiou at the

house are not answered nowadays. If you ac

cept you leave your card on a plate placed fur the

purpose at the eutranee of the house. If you

decline, you call within a week, aud also leave a

C*2d! A lady can attend a wedding alone, if she

has uo escort.4th. When wedding cards arc received you

6hould call on the reception day, or if you live

at another town, you should send your card In

an envelope upon a reception day. Or if you

prefer you can let the Invitation remain unac

knowledged until your wedding comes to pass,

then send your cards to the parties. We do not

answer questions in this Dep't, through the mail.

"Miss C. Nlldt" :—It may not be Improper for a

young worn m to correspond with her gentlemen

friends, but it is unwise. Unless she is engaged

to marry a young man, a young womau should

be very careful what she writes to him; aud it Is

far better not to write at all, but if the parties

•re very wellknow to each other perhaps uo harm

may arise from the correspondence.'T)alBy 3." :—1st. No gentleman would claim

a good night kiss from a young lady whom he es

corts home. And if he should take offence at be

ing refused, so much the better for the young

lady.2d. A gentleman asks a lady to dance In these

words, "Alap I have the pleasure ot the next

waltz for quadrilie) I" If he desires to escort her

home, he should say; "May I be your escort to

night?" or "May I have the pleasure of walking

home with you I" The young lady will of course

receive such invitations courteously, and if 6he

likes, accepts them with thanks, or if she has a

prior invitation she can say, "Thank you, but I

amengagedfor thlsdauce, or "Thank you, Mr.—

has offered to be my escort this evening."

8d. The lady will stand within the door until

the carriage is announced.4lh, If the lady does not desire to be assisted

to or from a carriage she need not be. but It iB

the usual custom for the geutleman to offer his

arm, and forthc lady to accept it.

"A. B.":—1st. Ii) leaving a house where you

have been paying a visit, you should shake hands

with all the ladies if they offer their hands. And

if one, who is a guest, is to leave town before

yon call again, you should express your regrets

at her departure, In cordial terms, ^nd the lady

will probably offer herhand in bidding you adieu.

2d. Eitherexuression, "goodnight," or "go„d

evening," is correct.3d. when calling on ladiesin other towns, wait

for them to offer to shake hands, both in enterng

and leaving the room. It is a woman's preroga

tive to shake hands with gentlemen or not, as she

pleases.4th. A gentleman should leave a visltingcard

when be calls upon a lady, either by handing it

to the servant who opens the door or by placing

it upon a plate in the hull left there for that pur

pose. He should also enclose his card with any

Christmas offering that he may Bend to lady

friends. When Introduced to gentleman, and be

coming friendly with them he can offer to ex

change cards.5th. In retiring from a large party It Is suffi

cient to bow politely when expressing the pleas

ure you have received. Aud if the hostess or

host offer the hand, shake it cordially, but not too

roughly.6 tli. In walking with a lady in a large city If

the gentleman keeps on the outside, it is a pro

tection to her against the crowd, but in small

townslt matterslittle on which side he walks.

"M. G. G.":—It Is Impossible to answer ques

tions In this department the ensuing month, as

the Journal is alw ays printed a month or six

weeks in advauce. Will refer you to previous ar

ticles printed u|>on "Wedding Etiquette," which

gave full details.1st. The bridesmaids congratulate the bride

and groom after the parents.2d- 1 1 is not necessary for the bridesmaids to

dress in trained skirts because the bride's dress

is cut en train.3d. If the bridesmaids' dresses arc white, they

should wear white slippers and gloves. If

pluk, blue, or yellow, the slippers and gloves

should match the dress. <»- .4th. The first bridesmaid and "best man" cu

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HINTS ON MONEY MAKING.

BT ELLA HODMAN CHURCH.

First, she wondered if she dared to do it, and

next she wondered if itcould be carried through.

She had read of an lgnoraut little colored girl

who, in order to help a sIck mistress, went

around begging bits of silk and ribbon, and then

hired women capable of making thi-m up into at

tractive forms, but whose orders were few and

far between, to do the work for her.They were glad, poor things ! to do it for very

little, and they did it well; the articles were tak

ing, and the fancy stores pud f.ur prices for them.

Little Miss Africa had certainly displayed an ad

mirable bead for business: now how could her

impecunious white sister utilize this ideal

She turned and twisted it in all possible direc

tions,—saying once or twice, "I've got it.'" when

she had not got it at all,—until finally It arranged

Itself satisfactorily. Why had not she thought

sooner of that visit to P , and the charming

state of destitution Into which that respectable

town was plunged in the way of entjrtaluineutst

There was much substantial wealth in P- ,

a great deal ot comfort, and not a little old fogy-

Ism. Tucked down among tho hills, aud rather

off from the great centres, it was a charming,

picturesque, and eminently healthful place of

residence ; the inhabitants lived to be fabulously

old, and this was probably, in some measure,

owinglotUeirneverbeiugexcited. They seldom

went from home, yet tho doings ol the great

world came to thein through the medium of pa

pers and magazines; aud this made them capa

ble ol appreciating beauty and pleasantness wnen

it was brought to them.P was really virgin soil; almost the only

dissipation being an occasional "Fair," where

commonplace articles that every oae made were

offered for sate, audcaka so well known that it

did not need to be labelled with the doner's name.

Every one in P went to these Fairs, because

there was uothing else to go to; and a respecta

ble sum of money was usually raised for the

'cause,' whatever it might happen to be. A

Drinking Fountain was the latest 'fad —not so

much, perhaps, in the way of offcrlug refresh

ment to man and beast, as to be a sort of poem

in stone at the upper end of the town, draped

with vines and blooming plants and suggesting

the old English custom of Well-dressing at Wit-

tuuttde.All these thoughts flashed through Medora's

brain with great rapidity; and she promptly de

cided to make an attack upon P through

this vulnerable point, the Drinking Fountain.

She sat down at her desk, and seizing her strong

est weapon, wrote au eight-page letter to her

friend atP——, In which sho set forth the ad

vantages of her scheme— to herself,—promised

ten per cent of the profits to the Drinking Foun

tain—aud claimed Mrs. F—-'b co-operation and

substantial aid.On the first reading of this epistle, the recip

ient was vastly amused at 'Meflora's latest.' For

that impecunious person had been struggling

with original ideas for a somewhat lengthy peri

od of time—the result of these contests having

thus far proved the reverse of cxhllaratory ; yet

she always came so gallantly to tho field again, inthat shining armor of buoyant hopefulness, that

her friends and well-wishers, although prepared

forthe worst, could notqulto subdue a faintex-

pectatiou that adverse fate might bo vanquished

in some oue of these endless encounters. The

present scheme had more to recommend It, more

balance as it were, than Medora's usual flights;

and Mrs. F , after some reflection, took it in

hand with great earnestness.The originator of the plan for charming money

outof the poekets ot the unsuspecting inhabi

tants of P seemed to have unfolded a pair

of wings, which oore her here and there and every

where at once. Sho found herself in odd places

sometimes, and made mental rjotes 'or future

reference; and thedensestupidlty of workers in

receiving ideas that were at all oue of the beaten

track simply amazed her. In return, they looked

upon her somewhatosa bundleof explosive ideas

that wero more startling than pleasant. They

were willing, however, to take her money, and to

execute her work without understanding it.

Mrs. F was a leader society atP ,

and she usually persuaded society to fall iu with

her plans. Like a wise woman, she began pres

ent operations with tho young lady clement, -

which almost invariably has things its own way ;

and to this portion oi the community, the idea

otan entertainment was wonderfully alluring.

There were so few entertainments in P that

a novel species of Bazaar seemed a perfect wind

fall. It was to be held, tooon the first day, or

rather night, ot December, just the time

when people begintothinkseriouslyof Curisttnas

presents; and tho Season itself would be repre

sented In such an uuusual way, with other de

lights too numerous to mention, that it almost

took their breath, away to think ol it. But all

were bound over to secrecy, and the secret was

wonderfully well kept.The matrons and older people were pleased be

cause they were not asked to do any work for this

very original affair,and the compounding of those

venerable cakesand antique delicacies was an item

not to be desired; considering this, it was real

ly liberal to promise ten percent of the profits for

the Drinking Fountain. But housekeeping P

generously offered its spoons and china to grace

the festal board that would be spread for every

one'seutertainmeut ;andil graciously approved of

charging twenty-live cents for a ticket of admis

sion.No one seemed quite to know what it was all

about, nor what would evcutually become of the

other ninety cents on the dollar; but Mrs. F

eloquently described thecntertainmcutasa 'coin-

■ postte' affair, and said that it was on the plan of

a Women?I Exchange 'with variations.' As few

of her hearers knew what a Woman's Exchange

was, they received this statement with an air of

being qu ite at home in the matter, and Mrs. F

was not called upon for any further eulighten-

ment.Shc volunteered the fact,however,that many

the articles for sale would be the work of reduced

ladles with gifted needles, and brushes; aud that

the refreshments would be 60methiugqultediller-

ent from those usually seen In P —.Medora, too, who was favorably remembered,

would be there to help with the entertainment

which she had suggested herself, and many of

whose friends were contributing articles lor the

sale, as they needed the money which it was

hoped to realize. Among these friends, whom

our financier had much on her mind, were one or

two arti9ts of admirable powers but little origi

nality, who faithfully carried out her designs,—

and the results were particularly effective.On the whole, P approved, and looked

forward to the eventful evening of December the

first with pleased expectancy; while 'the Hall,'

where all extra doings of a secular character

went on, was thoroughly renovated aud adorned.

The Committee sat with closed doors', and care

fully wrapped aud boxed goods that were con

stantly arriving yielded nothing to the closest

outside scrutiny. Wild stories were spread, but

no truth leaked out; aud the bewildering surprise

of the opening that took place at the appointed

time was not weakened by previous expectation.

By seven o'clock, an eager mob had gathered

around the door; and as December chose to ap

pear, thatscason, iu a guise ill-befitting her age,—

having wrapped herself around witu a solt, Lazy

atmosphere better suited to September, summer,

—blue skies, aud geutly running brooks, with a

corouent of 6tiU green willow-leaves, smiling and

simpering like Juue herself—an original incarna

tion of W inter that greeted them soon after en

tering, roused the wildest enthusiasm.

There are people who are good for nothing but

to look pietty, yet they do this so admirably that

they seem to have furnished their excuse for be

ing; and the golden-haired, blue-eyed damsel,

who had beeti selected 17 Medora's artistic eye to

represent Winter belonged to this class. She

looked too ilkeonc of Tennyson's dreamy maid

ens out of his Idyls and her canton-flannel robe

might have becu 'white samite,' cut square in

the neck with a bordering of silver braid around

the square. After being introduced iuto it, she

was dabbled over with mucilage and peppered

with glass and mica. This gave hera very frosty

appcaraucc, which her necklace of filagree silver

did not dispel. Her flowing hair was ornamented

with glass beads tied ouat Intervals for snow-

crystals ; and her cap of steel-blue velvet had sil

ver stars dotted over it.

WlNTKR'smanner wasfreezing,—the result of

careful training, as In private life, she was rather

given to a chronic giggle ; and she dispensed Ice

cream and frosted cake without tho slightest ap

proach to a thaw. Many people took more of

these commodities than was good for tnem, prin

cipally to have the opportunity of gaziugunre-

proved at Winter,—whose cash-box grew heav

ier aud heavier. But the sunshine of prosperity ]

did not melt her iu the least; aud although her

role was a silent one, she carried it out admira

bly.

There were other attractions as the spectator

advanced; and at the opposite end of the long

apartment, a model of the Drinking Fountain

that was to be, looked wonderfully natural in

paste-board and brown muslin, with vines, plants,

etc., to deepen the illusion. But besides being a

Driuking Fountain, itwasalso a Lemonade Well,

—with a little Kate Greeuaway boy aud girl on

either side to dispeuse the popular beverage.

Every one seemed resolved to do all the eating

and drinking that presented Itself ; and coppers

and nickels poured so steadily into the well as to

threaten the necessity of calling for an extra bar

rel ortwo of lemonade.

The wares displayed down the length of the

room were handsome, cheap and in exquisite

taste ; everything being arranged artistically, and

setoff against a suitable background. Some few

cravings of human nature, and especially female

nature, which are seldom gratified, had been ful

ly catered to; and among these a weakness for

shoe-bags, and various conveniences, was promi

nently recoguized. With the wretched little clos

ets that prevailed nt P , these and other re

ceptacles forthe disposition of small belongings

were an actual necessity ; and the eageruess with

which they were appropriated was a flattering

tribute to Medora's discernment. They were not

only useful, however, butabsolutcly pretty, rich-

looking cretonnes being used in their manufac

ture, and the prevailing color perfectly matched

in worsted braid for binding.

Some handsome ottomans were made of boxes

with hinged lids, affording an admirable recepta

cle for magazines and papers, or pieces of Work,

—according to the character of the room iu which

they were used ; and the brass-headed nails with

which they were finished gave them quite an ele

gant appearance. A few wall-cabinets wero much

admired aud quickly purchased—being the work

of ayouug German who did it weir and very

cheaply. Small tables, too, that proved very pop

ular, were turned out by the same skillful bauds.

Truly had the affair been called 'composite.'

and somebody said that it was like a very small

Centennial. There was a Japanese Department,

which encroached on its Chinese, Indian, and

other Oriental neighbors, with a broadness which

rose superior to uutlonal lines; and this was pre

sided over by Mr. Yo Wing, a young Chiuese gen

tleman of great promise, whoran away from home

at a tender age, and was now striving to raise

the wherewithal to run back again. The same

good taste In the selection of articles prevailed

here as elsewhere; and while there "vas nothing

extravagant In price, everything was good of its

kind. The most popular feature was some very

questionable Turkish candy; deftly made on a

certain oil-stove In a certain third-story back

room, and compounded of honey, sugar, rose-

water, and fragmentary almonds. But, like the

wonderful remedies of a medicinal character,

'children cried for it,'—while their elders were

not above coufessine a predilection for this for

eign sweetmeat. So, Mr. Yo Wing smiled con

tinuously, aud distributed endless packages of

'deliirht' to old aud young.

A Targe table was given up entirely to child

ren's toys, books, games, etc; aud these bad all

been selected by a 'master miud,' and bought at

the lowest wholesale prices. The Lilliputians

fairly swarmed in P ; and it was said that

on bright days, the side-walks presented au

unbroken line of baby-carriages. Mindful,

therefore, of this important element, Medoracol-

locteda solid phalanx of temptations which no

parent with half a heart could resist, and stromcd

slender purses with a variety of cheap but

fascinating noise produces, aud active dolls and

animals that only required to be seen to be ap

preciated.A small adjacent table, like an annex, was con

stantly surrounded by an amused and admiriug

crowd : for here were displayed dolls' garments

of every description, in grown-up fashion, with a

regular 'opening' of Paris millinery. This table

had been entirely supplied by a partial invalid,

whose wouderfully skillful fingers fashioned the

small garmentssobeautifully forall sortsof dolls,

that scarcely a child iu the place who could get

to the Bazaar atall, went away without carrying

one of them with her.There was also an apron table; and this was

pronounced 'perfectly bewitching.' One of the

prettiest girls, left, after the snow-maiden had

becnselected, was attired in one of the prettiest

aprons prominently marked 'For Sale,'—and this

apron was a poem. It waft made of cream-white

surah, and painted with Wild Roses, that wreath

ed themselves in and out with beautiful prodi

gality. A practical lady 'didn't believe it would

wash,'—which raised a perfect shout, aud seemed

on a par with doubting if the wearer would accom

plish much with the scrubbiug-brush. The price

was ten dollars; aud in a very short time, the

magic word, 'Sold' replaced the announcement

'For Sale.'Many of the aprons were very original in de

sign aud extremely pretty in effect; some were

painted, some were outlined in embroidery silk,

some were cheaply and daintily put together of

muslin, lace, and ribbons. Numerous were the

work-aprons, with their turned-up receptacles

for implements and materials; and numerous

were the candidates for aprons of every degree.

These dress-preservers were fashionable as well

as useful; and then, as people said, 'they made

such nice presents.'

A central point of attraction was a circular-

shaped counter, on which were displayed rucli-

ing of every degree aud denomination, laces,

silk bandkcrchlels, and all kinds of ornamental

'finishings,' perfumery, toilet arteiles, etc.

Quantities of these things were sold ; and as,

contrary to the usual custom, gentlemen's Bmall-

artieh'8al80 were provided,—not forgetting fine

handkerchiefs, sleeve-buttons, etc., the lair

sales-womau was kept busy.

A good selection of books for old and young,

with a view to the Holidays, with photograjih

Albums, and etchings and lithographs in simple

frames, received a lull share of attention: and a

chubby-lookiug boy had been furnished with a

pairofgreengogglesand apretcrnaturally solemn

expression, and stationed under a stuffed owl, to

dispense these wares in an appropriate manuer.

The whole thing seemed a sort ot Joke on a gi

gantic scale, and people were put lntoa good hu

mor by these devices for their amusement.

A portion of the long hall was partially cur

tained off for a refreshment room ; and to and

from this most attractive retreat flowed asteady

stream of hungry and satisfied humanity. There

were few homes in P where the last meal,

whether called 'tea' or 'supper,' wasserved, that

evening; aud full justice was accordingly done

to the excellent viands provided. The first act

of those who passed the canton-flannel portals

was to stare hard at the artistic table decora

tions; and the next, to join In the game of 'Puss-

in-thc-corner' for a seat.The central ornament, which every one pro

nounced 'beautiful,' was a round sugar-box cov

ered with brown muslin, and then massed with

trailing vines of Ivy and Tradcscantha; outof

this rose a solid mass of pink and white Chrysan

themums, pink, white, and green, being the pre

vailing colors of the table. The pink and white

Chrysanthemums were two pots of growing

plants lent for the occasion by Mrs. F , ana

their natural blossoms were so skillfully supple

mented with artificial ones, that the addition was

not suspected. To carry out the character of De

cember, frosting was used lavishly, and mica and

pounded glass glittered wherever they were not

likely to come In contact with the viands. Ice

cream and jellies were made pink and green with

raspberry Jam and spinach; and the layer-cakes

were beautiful In the three colors.Several delightful dishes were presented at

this feast which had never been seen in P

before; and thcRe secured a ready sale forthe

small receipt-book provided at twenty-five cents.

Tho coffee was like nectar, and this was made by

a peculiar process,—that was, at the same time,

economical.People stayed until a late hour, and over two-

thirds of the articles displayed were s, 'd. As

those not expressly manufactured to order, had

been taken conditionally, on a very liberal com

mission, they were easily returned; aud very few

things could be called an actual loss. When

everything was accounted for, andevery bill paid

—including ten per cent for the Drinking Foun

tain—Medora found herself in possession of the

comfortable sum of $230.43. She had also the

pleasure of knowing that she had. given work to

those who needed it, aud that the fragments of

the refreshment-table hud furnished unwonted

feasts where comfort, setting aside luxury, was

very much of a stranger. She thought that, cn

the whole, her scheme bad paid.

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[Fob the la diics' Homi Journal].

THK KINDEKGAKTEN.

BY ANNA W. BAKNAKD.

(Copyright, 1887, by Anna W. Barnard. All rights re

served).

Except during the hours uf sleep, the bands of

very young children are in coustaut motion ; to

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members is therefore, contrary to nature. In all

kindergarten exercises the hands are used and

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Every object brought to notice is made a meaus

of Improvement. In constantly comparing ob

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ing when buildiug with his cubes, yet hour by

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true, who shall say that Trutli and Right will not

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equal number and weight of parts, and in the

number of points and angles. The contrast be

tween the twogifts is in the form of their parts.

The surfaces of the cubes are equal, of the ob

longs, unequal; the surfaces of the cubes arc

square, of the oblongs, oblong. The edges of

the cubes are of equal length, of the oblongs of

unequal length. A small cube compared with

an oblong, is half as long, twice as thick, and the

same in width. One rube and one oblong,

though unlike in form arc equal in solid con

tents. Two cubes united by any two of their

sides, and two oblougsunited hytheirloug, wide

sides, are the same in form, and equal in solid

contents ; but two oblongs united by their short,

narrow sides, or by their long, narrow sides, are

unlike iu form andequal In sol id contents totwo

united cubes. The oblong, like the cube, has

eight corners, 6ix sides, aud twelve edges, but

Its edges are of three different lengths, and Itssides are of three different sizes. Its sides are

symmetrically arranged iu pairs; viz., two long,

wide, or upper aud lower sides,—two long, nar

row, or right and left sides, and two short, nar

row, or front and back sides; the sides of each

pair being equal and opposite to each other.

The third aud fourthgifts arealikeln material,

bulk, weight, and number of parts, sides, edges,

points ana angles, and are both used to give

Ideas of divisibility. While the third gift eau be

divided into halves in all of its dimensions, the

fourth elft can be divided into halves in only-

two of its dimensions, butthehalvesof both gifts

may be divided into fourths, aud the fourths

into eighths. The fourth gift is divided once

vertically, and three times horizontally into

eight equal parts or eighths.As the children play with the whole cube, they

soon find out that though of the same size and

number of parts as the third gift, these parts are

very different in lorm. Separatingthecubciuto

halves, fourths aud eighths, they find out that

each one of the latter is an oblong. They learn

that the part is smaller than the whole, and the

whole larger than the part. On account of the

oblong form of the parts, the fourth gift gives

greater variety in bulldingthan was possible with

the third, aud hence is preferred by the children,

who are taught by itsuse to notice differences in

the length, breadth and height of objects. They

love to measure and count the oblongs, or

"bricks," as they call them, and chat together

merrily about their material, color, form, size,

weight, and uumber of sides, edges and corners,

' and compare and contrast them with the small

cubes of the third gift. They find out that

though unlike in form, the solid contents of the

small cube and the brick are equal. They meas

ure the two together and find that the brick is

twice as long, naif as thick, aud of the samel

width as the cube. They learn which are the

two largest, and which the two smallest sides of

the brick, and that there is yet another pair of

sides larger than the smallest, and smaller than

the largest. The fourth gilt leads to a more

thorough knowledge of form and number, be

cause t lie whole appears as a cube, and the parts

SS planes.Iu the same order as before, the boxes are dis

tributed, and removed from the cubes. When

the gift as a whole has been compared with the

preceding one, it is placed so that the children

can see on the top side of it a vertical cut, which

they call an -'up to down" cut. Looking at the

front side of the cube they see three horizontal

cuts, or as they say, three cuts from ' right to

left, and front to hack," aud one cut from "up

to down." By experiment they fiud that this

may "stand," "sit" or "lie" in relation to the

position of another brick. The terms "stand,"■sit" and "lie" are used by the kiudergartner In

all directed work with this gilt.The children learn the law of equilibrium by

balancing a brick with its largest side on the

smallest side of another brick. They are di

rected to let the bricks "stand," (or touch the

table by their short, narrow sides,) a short dis

tance apart, in rows from right to left, aud at a

given signal each child pushes the brick at his

right or left hand against the one nearest to it,

when all the bricks go down simultaneously,

giving a pretty examplo of continuous motion,

and while the little ones are in bighglee over the

effect of "justone little touch," the lookers-on

are led to thiukhow easily human action for good

or ill is propagated, for 60closelv are we bound

together, that no one of us can lower our stand

ard of action, without affecting directly or Indi

rectly our neighbors, neither can we aspire alter

goodness and truth without in a degree lifting

others up with us. The best way to help each

other is "to be inwardly good and true."From the building of simple forms with the

third gift, the children proceed to build with the

fourth more difficult ones, bridges, houses,

monuments, etc. A time is recalled when after

having built by direction several of the latter,

the children were askedto build something with

out direction, the only condition required being

that all the eight blocks w ere to be used in each

representation. Every child made the attempt.

Some of the designs were very creditable, iu one

instance a small grave was represented, w ith a

cross at the bead. One boy said he had seen

"George Washington's monument, which wa6

very high," and gravely stated that it was so

named because "Washington had jumped from

the top of it, end killed himself I" It was diffi

cult to banish the notion from his mind owing to

thestroug impression earlier received. In the

conversation accompanying the work, a great

variety of opinion was offered, and many origin

al ideas were expressed which would have doue

credit to more mature speakers. In seeking to

impressuponthe children the true use and meun

iugof monuments, the second gift, (sphere, cube

and cylinder) was brought into requisition and

translormed into a model of Froebel's monu

ment. On alludingto his favorite motto, "Come

let us live with our children I" Inscribed on the

cube which forms the base of the monument,

bright-eyed Nellie, who was deeply impressed

with the words, kept repeating with strong em

phasis, "Oh, I want ymi to say thai again, Miss

B. I want you to say that again!" Itisremark-

able that the simplest facts told the children

about Froebel have power to awaken interest

when everything else falls, and no one having

heard that childish conversation, could ever

again think monuments necessary to preserve the

memory of the dead, but would realize t hat if the

life be good and true as was Froebel's, it must

be remembered. "Who needs a monument to

keep him in memory, does not deserve one."

The children ask, "Who made the bricks?"

and a conversation goes on In which all join, as

to the differeut kinds of woods, where wood

comes from, how these bricks are made, and what

other things are made of wood. Information

may al60 be given in regard to real bricks, how

they are made, and for what used, and when clay

day- conies, it is afresh delight to make bricks

out of clay, which may either be dried in brick

form, or developed into other objects and baked

or burned.Forms of life, knowledge and beauty are made

in much greater number aud variety with this

gift than with the third, and for this reason it Is

a greater favorite with the children. In building

forms of life it is necessary to start upon a firm

foundation, just as when wc build a real house

we must not "build upon the sand," hut must

have a solid basis, aud carefully lay the stones

one upou another to preserve the proper balance.1 ,„„!,„ f„r„,„,l

Every soul Is conscious of its own divine right

of Recognition, but to how lew is it accorded!

How many walk the earth to-day uucounseled,

unfriended and alone ! Wc are meant to be

helpers aud ministers unto one another; instead

of this, do we not often hinder?

The result of a true kindergarten training in

childor adult, isa spiritof helpl ulucss and kindly-

thought for others. Each member of the minia

ture society early learns toreTrain from actsthat

will make others unhappy. "In all his work, and

all his play," he grows accustomed to act on the

principle that it is better to give up his own

wishes than by gaining them to Interfere with

the rights of others. If he sees a little com

panlou in trouble, the thought uppermost in his

mind is. to do something to comfort him. When

engaged in this blessed ministry, expressions

come and goon these young and tender faces

akin toangelie. There is nothing more touching

than to sec the watchful care over the younger

children by the older ones. Many a heart of

rock has been smitten till It sent its crystal drops

to eyes that beheld this heavenly sight.

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THE LADIES' HOME JOURNAL.

[For i ho Ladies' Home Journal.]

STEPMOTHERS—FBOM THE STEP-MOTH

ERS' STANDPOINT.

The office of stepmothers, as well as their char

acter, being manifestly much misunderstood,

and the class at all times subject to unjust asper

sion, duty to my order Impels mu to seek a hear

ing in its defence.

Individual attacks may safely be left to rest

upou iudividual merits, when the deserving

sometimes obtain reluctant justice from honest

and careful observers, but even those same just

persons are apt to sit In severe judgment upou

stepmothers generally, admitting those who

have commanded their approbation to be out

"the exceptions that prove the rule." I hold

that the imputation is unjust. The wrong doing

of the minority attracting most attention has

given a false character to the order with which

they are identified, while the well doing of the

majority passes unnoted. The same principle is

Involved In the parable of "The Prodigal Son,"

who has forages been a bold feature in scriptu

ral teaching while the son who remained at home

attending to his legitimate business is entirely

lost sight of.

The truth Is that the mischievous little word

step is largely responsible for the injustice that Is

visited upon us; it runs like a discordant note

through all that transpires in the household

where It has obtained. Like a two-edged sword it

cuts both ways, and operates quite as much to

the injury of one party as to tnat of the other.

It is ap instrument which the spirit of evil uses

most effectually through the agency of outsiders,

to workout his" purposes in the destruction of

Homes, which in their per ectiou are symbols of

Heaven.

1 must admit that there are many stepmothers

seemingly unworthy of defence," but circum

stances are so often responsible when the blame

rests on the iudividual, and there Is so much in

every case that does not appear at all, that even

for them 1 would beg more consideration before

they are uttterly condemned.

There Is ofteu little or no encouragement to

do right, and in many cases the best efforts in

that direction are thwarted by tljpse who are

most ready to convict the stepmother.

It is a palpable fact that all mothers are not

kind or faithful to their trust, while motherhood

stands for all that is beautiful and good, yet even

those who strive to do a mother's part, without

the aid oi natural incentives, are powerless to

win for their class the recognition of any merit.

Very few women marry, or arc expected to

marry, from humane or missionary motives and

those who marry widowers with children may be

supposed to be much the same as others. The

man she marries is naturally at that period tht

object of her chief interest and the prevailing

thought is, or should be, how to make the rest of

his life happy. If his home includes children, or

any other members for whose welfare he is re

sponsible, a true wife is ready to share the re

sponsibility and to aid him in doing his duty.

Farther than that when called to the unenviable

office she rarely feels impelled to any special con

secration of herself. But an All Wise Creator

has so constituted us that our hearts follow our

works, and therefore if we strive to do good to

any one, some degree of affection for that person

is quite sure to follow. In this direction is found

the only reward vouchsafed to the conscientious

stepmother.

Whether the stepmother comes Into her new

sphere a stranger or otherwise, the relationship

Is a new one, and if there should have chanced to

have been previous attachment between her and

the children she Is expected to mother, it will

nevertheless need to be adjusted upou a new

basis. If this could be done at once with the

father's help, in a wise and kindly spirit, without

reference to outside opinions or interference, the

way would be opened for the stepmother to do

her duty and lu so doing to win also the affec

tions of those for whom she is expected to do as

nearly as possible what a mother would.

Instead, however, of any such a just and com

mon sense provision at the outset, the father and

the stepmother with mutual confidence, that

without being misplaced, Is without knowledge

of the power of circumstances to warp their best

intentions, enter upou the new life with as little

apprehension as if there were no children In the

case.

Owing partly to unjust public sentiment and

still more to a feeling of resentment on the part

of the departed wife's friends and relations who

persist in viewing the stepmother as an usurper

of the rights of one who has been removed by a

decree that will in time summon each one of us,

and who lias left to some one her unfinished

work, she meets a grudging welcome if any. Is

it fair that any one who attempts to gather up

the ends and do the work as best 6he can, should

be met with suspicion or resentment at the out

set? Yet this is the natural inheritance of the step

mother; uotonly are the children's minds pois

oned with a sickly sentimcntof aloyalty to their

own mother that demands at lea6t the withholding

of their affections from any one occupying the

place she ouce filled, but they are also taught to

suspect the stepmother of a purpose to supplant

them in their father's affections. In view of

these, and the many other obstacles to be over

come, the wouderisthat any woman attains to a

respectable standard of excellence to the voca

tion. The stepmother Is clearly human and has

like other wives to learn her way to real wife

hood: the husband is as yet a problem to be

solved a» well as his children. It belongs with

human frailty to be selfi6h In our love, and who

can wholly condemn the stepmother "If to her

lot this female error falls?" So constituted, she

overcomes much inner willingness to try toenter

into his feelings sympathetically with regard to

his children. They mayor may not be lovable

children; because they are, by common consent,

classed among the martyrs it does not follow

that they are saints, uur that they are such as the

stepmother could love under other conditions

It may, however, be assumed that they are much

the 6ame as other children, making some allow

ance for the unrestrained period which usually

ante-dates the new era, and for the prejudicial

influence so o:ten exerted at such times, by

those who have views in regard to the father not

consistent witli his final selection.

When it is the stepmother's good fortune to

find the children up to the common standard In

good qualities, ana free from prejudice, if she

has any reasonable qualifications for the work

she has undertaken, there is a fair chance to

do herself credit, and to gain the respect and af

fections of ,fcer stepchildren.

It is not possible, however, to force even ourown affections, they will not go where there is

nothing to rest upon. This is where the born

mothei has the advantage; there is an instinct

independent of deserts that is not vouchsafed

to the best willed stepmother, and moreover the

mother recognizes in her children traits inherited

from herselfwhich, although ugly, she may have

succeeded in overcoming, and therefore hopes

for like happy results in her child's case, or else

the fellow feeling may make her see it lu less re-

pellant light.

The stepmother is dealing with a naturecast in

a different mould from her owu, and can not be

expected to understand its propensity to good or

evil as the mother may; sue lias to grope her

way at every point ; and alas ! how often, uuaided

by the only one who might possibly better under

stand the children, if so minded.

This brings me to a point w hich I desire to

make as strong as I can, because I believe it to

be at the bottom of most of the incompatibility

of the step relationship. The responsibility lies

at the door ol the father, who in ninety-nine

cases out of a hundred shirks It; not, I believe,

from indifference to the welfare of either wife or

children, but from sheer cowardice or Indolence.

In the first place he seeks his help meet with more

regard to personal qualification than to fitness

for the duties he expects her to assume, and he

often seeks such help when his home would be

better without any foreign element. I hold that

a man deserving of the name, who has had one

good and faithful wife, and who leaves him

children that are llkaly to be able to continue to

make his home at all what she would have

wished, owes it to her and tht devotion which

may have cost her life, to bear the bereavement

as best he can ; and rather to devote himself to

making his home what it should be, assisting the

daughters, if there are auy, to carry out their

mother's plans, than to seek solace for himself

first and trust to Providence in behalf of his

family.

Doubtless he takes some pains to persuade him

self that he is seeking the childrens' good, and

indeed such may sometimes be the case, but,

alas, we are such self deceivers, and so It oftener

happens that if the children are the better for the

stepmother, it is more due to an overruling

Provideuce than the father's painstaking.

He is miserable and lonely, and very likely

finds domestic matters too troublesome, there

fore turns toa woman for comfort and help. I

am not disposed to blame him for this, if he has

honestly tried to get along without sucn help ; it

is olteu the best aud possibly the only thing he

can do.

Having taken this step so important to him

self his family and lastly, but not leastly, to his

new wife, he seems to think lie has accomplished

"The whole duty of man," he is therefore to fold

his hands and find everything moving along of

its own volition as smoothly as If nature had

shaped it all and assumes that the elements be

has thus rudely thrown together must needs

harmonize. Thus is the stepmother, who finds

herself a stranger to her surroundings, left to

adapt herself to the situation, which we all know

to bo full of pitfalls and thorns, with no help or

support beyond the assurance of her husband's

confiding affection. That is of course a good

thing, and all Important, to stand upon, but her

head, hands and feet all require his help. He

forgets that she is to be his help meet—and as

sumes thatshe is to do without help, all that he

found impossible to do by himself w ith his fath

erly affection and authority to sustain him.

Sometimes this course may be better than if

he were to attempt to shape things aud make a

botch of it, but his eyeB and ears should be open

to see, without complaint for any one, when It is

wise to use his Influence or authority to prevent

Injustice or unpleasantness. "The wisdom of

the serpent and harmlessness of the dove" are re

quired to bring and keep domestic matters in

shape during this period of re-adjustment. A

word fitly spoken, to encourage or restrain, to

indicate the right or to guard against mistakes,

if it emenates from the one whose author!tv and

good will all parties recognize, accomplishes

more than months of patient toil on the part of

the hampered stepmother; yet notwithstanding

the husband andfathcr Is vested with full auth

ority and holds unquestioned the hearts of all

parties, and is also hedged by the sympathy of

friends and relations, lie usually occupies liter

ally a position of armed neutrality. With all the

requisite weapons in hand he holds himself aloof

during the struggle, uuless compelled to inter

fere. Alas, it is then too late to avoid wounds

that leave their scars as loug as life lasts. No

matter how thoroughly such wounds may be

healed there will ever remaiu a clouded memory

of painful experiences that might so easily have

been avoided If the husband knew and did his

duty.

It is fair to suppose that the average step

mother has sufficient regard for her husband and

for publlcoplnion to say nothing of self respect,

to wish to do her duty to the children ; and when

there are little helpless ones who appeal to the

mother Instinct, rarely wanting lu women of

every* class, she will, uuless absolutely bad

hearted, adopt them heartily. There is in such

cases nothing impossible to overcome, aud any

oncwitli a faculty for getting along with children

may become as nearly as possible a real mother

to them, and If other'children follow, she Is even

more likely to do so; when the true mother feel

ing is once 6tirred it iuclines one to be tender

towards all babyhood aud especially to the

motherless. Another feature in the case is, that

if the stepchildren are small, the step between

them aud those that arrive later is not so palpa

ble and may be lost sight of by outsiders whose

alertness to discover deficiencies are ever keen.

If they forget it the childreu may never know of

its existence. In such cases the father Is justifi

able in leaviDg the stepmother to work out her

owu salvai ion, only taking care that she need not

unnecessarily sacrifice herself. If ever a man is

called upon to provide liberally according to his

means, it is when the young or inexperienced

stepmother is striving to do a mother's part by

his cnildren. The wish to dress and keep them

nicely is an outward and visible expression of an

inward grace—that deserves encouragement—

and she should not need to deprive bet self, as she

too often does, to accomplish it.

If there is a natural defect that is strictly mas

culine, it is the assumption of autocracy in

money matters, and when there is interwoven

with it a thread of meanness it is first observed

in the disposition to require the wife to ask for

everything 6he needs, and becomes more offen

sively apparent when he quest ons her needs or

her judgment. These things are sufficient to

wreck the matrimonial craft when it holds only

the one broed, but when that is doubled and the

wife has at any rate to call to her aid all the

christian graces in the calendar, this indignity

ought to be spared her. A man has no right to

expect to lessen his expenses by adding to his

family, and if he can trust his home treasures to

his wife, he ought to be able to trust herwlth the

means to take proper care of them. Money Is an

important factor in domestic affairs, and often

the cause for unpleasantness associated with the

step relation, therefore it is unwise to treat It

with as little consideration as people affect to do

in entering upou martial relationship.

There is altogether toomuchtakeuforgranted.

When the man gives no other assurance than

that embraced in the marriage ceremony, that he

is able to, and will properly, provide for Ids wife

and the children she may give him, and when the

ordinary conditions become complicated, as they

doifastepmother is brought in, presumably with

the same rights that fell to the first wife, the

necessity for asettlement of money affairs, in

disputably just, to all concerned, is so manifest

that the laws of every country, pcrmittlugsecoud

marriages, should demand it in order to protect

the wife and such children as there areor may be.

The wife is often the object of jealousy and

distrust, because of disputable interests, which

only the husband has the power to place beyond

dispute. If it is his intention to be just," the

time to prove it as at the outset; if he does not

regard justice let him then proclaim it, so that

the stepmother may be spared from shouldering

his sins of omission or commission, as the case

may be.

Sentiment and finances should each occupy

their own sphere in the domestic arena, if do

mestic felicity would be secured' And when

there are evidently separate interests, as in the

case of stepmother and stepchildren, it is unwise

to Ignore the fact, or to disregard it on the sup

position that it will draw lines that do not already

exist; on the coutrary the lines being already

there, proper division of iuterests Is the surest

way to avoid rocks. I shall ever maintain that

it requires only "a fair field and no favor" for

stepmothers to make a creditable record ; given

these, In time the stigma resting upon us as a

class will yield itself to common sense and com

mon justice. Hannah Steiger.

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JANUARY 18&8,THE LADIES' HOME JOURNAL.

[For The laihes' homeHOW TO DRESS WELL ON A SMALLa ALLOWANCE.

It 18 a fortuuate tliiug for man; women that in

orderto dress well, it is not necessary to be rich.

Taste, comblued with a skillful use of the uee-

dle is of more aecouut thaD a heavy purse. "Not

every woman cau dress well with cveu reckless

expenditure, but a clever woman cau dress well

with intelligent economy and an artistic taste.

Those who are obliged to economize ought not

to purchase goods of a small retail dea]er.

In buying at country stores, one gets iabout forty cents worth ot goods for each dollar I

expended. While in buying of large dealers you

get your money's worth. The difference isnotsu

great on muslins, calicoes, and standard articles,

out on fiuo dress materials and all the class of

§odus that come under the head of notions, the

lfference isgrcat. Silk ruching that I am obliged

to pay seventy cents for here, I get for thii ty cents

in New York. A hair brush that I can get in

Chicago for ninety cents would cost me oue dol

lar sixty cents at our retail store in the village,

an all wool cashmere that I bought in Chicago

for Ave dollars sixty cents would have cost me fif

teen dollars here in the country.Shopping by mail is oue of the blessings of the

age tcrwomen who wish to dress well on a small

Income. Early in the season send to your near

est large city for an illustrated catalogue and

price list. With this open before you take a pen

cil and make a note of what you"want and what

you can afford. Just at this point it will be nec

essary to do a great deal of haid thinking. If

you have but ten dollars to expend, its outlay

will require as much again planning and con

triving as though you had twenty.Consider the place where you will wear your

dress oftenest, whether to church, visiting or at

home. If you can afford only cashmeredo not buy

acheap velvet in trying to ape a wealthier neigh

bor. It is much hettef to pitch yourscale of dress

low and have everything correspond, than to

strain aftera rich dress and 6poil the effect by

being obliged to wear something incongruous

and inferior with it.Having thought of all these things your next

step ts to send for Bamples from which you can

select exactly what you want.We cannot too strongly recommend you to get

the best materials you can procure the money to

buy. Not necessarily the highest priced goods

In the market, but the beBt of the kind which

you decide to get. It is better to purchase an all-

wool cashmere than a cheap silk. It is even bet

ter to have a French gingham than a cotton al

paca. It may be that you think you cannot af

ford a cashmere or flarinalat a dollar a yard, butioru a casuuiui^ .... — _ . ,decide to get you a couple of cheap dresses at

twenty-five cents per yard instead!Let us see if it will pay! In the first place

your cheap goods Is only a little more than half

as wide, therefore you will have to buy more

yards ; and every dress has to be lined and made,and It costsas much for lining and making an in •

ferior dress as it does one of the best quality.

The all-wool garment is worth more than half a

dozen cotton mixtures. It will wear longer, look

better and cost less than the two inferior dresses.

An all-wool cashmire is a good investment,

silk alpaca is also desirable as it will wear as

long, have a rich look and does not catch the

dust like cashmere. For summer church wear

silk grenadine cannot be surpassed and It is ex

ceedingly genteel. If, fcowever, a lady can have

but one "best dress" and wants a material that

will never be oat or taste nor out of season let her

buy a good dark silk. It makes a suitable church

dress, a suitable visiting dress and If properly re

lieved by lace and gems it makes a most appro

priate dress for an evening party.Do not spend much on trimmings. If you

have to decide between the quality of goods and

whether you shall have trimmings Ictthetrim-

mlngsgo. Use the dress material for trimming.

Always have rather more yards than you need for

a dress as it Is useful in making over.

Having obtained your goods, next procure a

good pattern. Butterick's areamongthe most re-

Hable.Two ladies, whose bustmeasurcisthesaine

can save money by buying patterns together; for

Instance one can send for a nice basque pattern

and the other for a Dolman, and exchange.

It a woman with one of Butterick's patterns

cannot cut and make a stylish costume she must

be very deficient in skill iudeed.

It has been well said that "the first step in the

direction of economy in dress must be taken with

needle, thread, tape measure and scissors in

hand." She who caunot cut and make her own

clothes wlllrequiro almost as much again money

for her wardrobe as the clever maiden who has

talent in her fingers.It is an incalculable benefit to be able to do

thines one'sself. If women would ouly develop

the talent and skill which He in their own I'm

S;ers we would notsee them paying three dollars

or a fichu that could be made at home for one

third that sum. We would not see them paying

extravagant prices for slippers simply because

they have pretty rosettes when they could make

rosettes for plainer slippers with their own deft

fingers. It is iudispenslble that a woman should

know how to make pretty neck wear; no one

thing makes more difference with the effect of a

costume than how the neck is dressed. As a mat

ter of economy however, linen collars should be

worn for every day, for shopping and travelling.

Ruching should only be worn for best and should

be of the best. Rich and delicate lace that will

do up, will last longer than a ruche.

A woman who can trim her owuuats and bon

nets will be able to save a great deal and may

have really elegant headgear if she avoids buying

cheap flowers and tinsel ornaments. Ostrich

plumes and tips and French flowers are true ec

onomy. Tawdry deceratious would barely get

through one season while a good plume with care

will last five years. Ifyou can have but one hat

It should match your handsomest costume for

church or visiting. A black hat can be worn

with any costume.A French writer says, "well 6hod and well

gloved is well dressed.'' And yet there are wom

en "who will go without a new pair of shoes that

they do need, to buy a ribbon which they do not

need," but a lady would not wear shabby shoes

for the sake of some needless ornament.

Gloves should be fitted to the hand and be of

excellent quality. A fifty cent glove Is a bad bar

gain, a rip in the glove should be mended as soon

as possible after it is discovered.

In order to dress with the utmost economy it

is best toselect standard print and gingham for

morning wear all the year round especially if one

has household duties to perform. Do not imagr„

Ine that by so doing you may not be well and be

comjngly dressed. A calico dress may be very

pretty if it ts, as it o'ught always to be, becom

ing in color ami graceful in outline. In that case

it is in better taste than a badly chosen, ill-fitting

silk.1 have In mind at this moment, a dark-haired,

dclicate-complexioued girl In a gray gingham

work dress. It is trimmed with navy blue; she

wears a cardinal bow at her throat. I have seen

the same girl in C06tly attire for church or call,

but I never saw her looking prettier than in this

inexpensive dress about her daily work. Thought

aud taste are required to make any dress charm

ing.It is advisable to buy one handsome and dura

ble garnieut each year instead of trying to get a

silk dres6 and velvet cloak at once. If you must

take some inferior quality in order to get both,

| take ouly one and wait tor the other. In a short

time you will have acquired an elegant wordrobe

w.hich a little additional outlay will suffice to keep

in order and you will soon establish the reputa

tion of bciug a woman of taste.Nothing so entirely takes away one's reputa

tion for being well dressed as torn, soiled or shabby apparel; finger tips of gloves ripped, buttons

i ff of shoes, a torn flounce, fastened up with pins,

are evidences of slovenliness of which no lady

would be gnilty. The time spent in keeping gar

ments in perfect order is well bestowed. It gives

the wearer a comfortable feeling of self-respect

aud makes the clothes last twice as long.In trying to dress well on a small allowance

there is nothing of more importance than to keep

in good condition every article of the wardrobe.

To do otherwise Is both shiftless and extravagant.

Often a dress which is good except for a soiled

front breadth and worn out elbows, is considered

past wearing and anew cheap dress is bought.

While a thorough renovating would have made

the old dress, which was of good material, more

lady-like than the shoddy new one.It is so seldom that women earn money that

they do not count their time as worth anything.

When they succeed in making a nicedreBS out of

an old oue they look upon their achievement as

clear gain. It is well to take sufflcent time to

make the dress over iuto as pretty acostume as

possible.Mrs. Beecher says: "If one understands how

to renovate aud re-model, there Is lar more genu

ine pleasure in using thatknowledge to coustruct

new out of old than can possibly be gained while

shoppiugon the most extravagant scale."Into so many homes comes "the necessity of

making ti little stretch agreat ways," that it may

be well to suggest the really appreciable amount

which may be saved on linings and facings, by

washing and starching old linings or other cotton

goods which maybe found in the house. Buttons

also which have served on oue dress may do for

the new oue if they were celected in the first place

for their durability and good quality. It is ec

onomy to buy a really good Bet of buttona.even if

a little higher priced, because they can be used

again and again. In this as in every thing else

'"buying cheaply to-day means spending to-mor

row."Patching and darning are of more importance

to a young woman of meagre means than paint

ing on velvet or embroidering. Aud yet how

many understandthe accomplishment who do not

understand the useful art. If cloth is mended in

the following manner It will scarely show that it

has been patched at all. Make the edges perfect

ly even and hold the two parts lengthwise on the

front finger of the left hand. Put the needle,

pointed from you through half the thickness of

the edge of one piece of cloth, then point it to

wards you and pass it iu a similar way through

the edge of the other piece. Draw the stitches

closely togetherwlthout bringing one edge over

theotner. Continue in this way taking a stitch

on alternate sides until done. Then damp and

press on the wrongside with a hot iron.A good rule about mending is to attend to ev

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portance that I return to it again.Ladies with limited incomes will find It to their

advantage to buy goods out of season. For in-

stanae buy over shoes, winter gloves, and heavy

goods iu the spring. You get agreat discount.

Many articles, as embroidery, stockings, hand

kerchiefs, muslin etc., can be bought cheaper by

the quantity, if you Bave but five cents on each

of a dozeu pairs of stockings, or only three cents

on each yard of muslin or embroidery it appears

but a trifle, yet this looking out for trifles, makes

the difference between thrift and unthrift

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JANUARY, 1888. 19THE LADIES' HOME JOURNAL.

Special Premium Qffers of a few Splendid ^ardjf Plants.

IT IS A SOURCE of great gratification to the managers of the Ladies' Home Journal to see the constantly growing list of subscriber, and we mean to put forth every

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ROSE BARONESS ROTHSCHILD."

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ROSE GENERAL JACOUEMINOT."

Well known, indeed, is the grand old "General Jack," the finest crimson rose ever

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ROSE 'PAUL NEYRON."

A giant among roses—if not the largest, it has but few equals in size of flower ; yet its

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of fine texture. The color is deep, rich rose—a shade darker than Magna Charta. It is of

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plant is of vigorous and rapid growth, upright and hardy, with good foliage, and the rose is

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ROSE "MAGNA CHARTA."

Our intention is to give in this premium list the best of each tint or color in the rose.

This grand rose, named in com

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successful rose growers. It is of

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a deeper pink, suffused with car

mine, than Baroness Rothschild ;

has the grand June rose fragrance,

always admired, and the plant is

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These hardy roses will live out

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the earth for a foot around the

plants is also a good protection ;

evergreen boughs strewed around

the plants will also be beneficial.

All protection should be removed

"MAGNA CHARTA " K05B. Ul Spring, t

MOSS ROSES.

Who does not love the Moss Roses, with their lovely buds and handsome open flowers ?

No other roses are at once so

beautiful and hardy—none so

permanent in character and pa

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sometimes bloom again later in

the summer. Out of the many

varieties, we have selected three

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red, pink, or white, and will

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ROSE "MAD.

PLANTIER."

This white rose is a gem for

its profusion of bloom, vigor ot

growth and thorough hardiness.

It is very largely planted in cem

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for that purpose. Its pure white

flowers are of large size, full

form, rather flat ; they fairly

cover the plant in the spring,

and the bush is a lovely sight

when in bloom. The growth is

free, and the rose forms a splen

did hedge if well trained, or it Jmoss rose.

is very suitable for massing. Al

though this rose was grown in France in 1835, it has never yet been superseded.

ROSE, 4 PRINCE CAMILLE DE ROHAN."

" It looks as if the petals were cut from velvet," said a lady on seeing this exquisite 1

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are of fine form, medium in size, and delightfully fragrant. The plant, while not robust in

growth, is free in bloom, and will delight every possessor.

ROSE MAD. CHARLES WOOD."

A rose to grow enthusiastic over for its many good qualities. It is of magnificent.forn

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color prominent in so many red and deep pink roses. The plant is of strong and free habit,

and when we say that it is the freest bloomer among the Hybrid Perpetual Roses, we add

its crowning merit.

JJROSE 1 BALTIMORE BELLE.

A hardy climbing rose of great beauty and merit. The flowers, which are of perfect

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making the plant a complete wreath of lovely creamy blush blossoms. The buds are very

pretty and of fine form, and are charming when cut or used in floral work. The plant is of

rapid climbing habit, with clean and neat foliage.

AMPELOPSIS VEITCHII.'I

This grand climber, a first cousin to the well known "Virginia Creeper," was intro

duced from Japan some years ago, but

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known. It is a plant which grows in I

estimation upon acquaintance, and!

when it his attained strength always!

excites the greatest admiration of its ■

loveliness. It is thoroughly hardy, W

and clings tenaciously to any surface bgj

not so smooth as window glass—brick, H

stone, wood or iron, plain, painted or

whitewashed, will all alike be em- feft;

braced firmly by its beautiful tendrils. jj|

When fairly started it is of rapid and g

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the vine is that the leaves are of

nearly even size, and of the richest tM

deep green, changing in autumn to j

gorgeous scarlet tints.

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20 JANUARY, 1888.THE LADIES' HOME JOURNAL.

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SCRIBRLADOU

,ER'S LETTERS TO GUSTAVUS,PHUS AND JULIA, HIS WIFE.

SECOND SERIES. NO. V.

BY MBS. EMMA C. HEWITT.

When I was at your house last, Julia, I was

seriously alarmed about your health; you looked

so worn out, I said to myself, "That woman is

going to have a spell of sickness." I didn't say-

so to you, of course, because it is not my way to

tell people "how dreadful they look," for two

reasons: first, if they dou't like it, It Is unpleas

ant—second, if they do like it, and really "enj

poor health," then I dou't believe Inencouragiug

any such morbid propensities.

But as I was saying, while I thought you were

going to have a spell of sickness, I discovered that

you really were only going to halt a party. If

ever a woman looked more utterly wretched in

enjoying herself, I have never seen that woman.

What do you give parties for, anyway, Julia?

There now I I rather fancied you'd lay that to

Uustavus. "Well, Gustavus is fond of company,"

Is he? No doubt. But he wasn't fond of that

"party." He told me he hated such affairs. For

his part, he never could see the sense of collect

ing a lot of people around you, for many of whom

you cared nothing. And then you went to a lot

of trouble and expense, and It didn't pay any

way. "Mark my words, Cousin Scribbler," said

he, "Julia will have a spell of sickness." I

shouldn't wonder myself, if you had both the

party and the sickness. Now answer me again,

what do you give parties for, anyway, since it Is

proved that neither Gustavus nor yourself gets

any enjoyment out of them. Because you "must

return numberless little hospitalities, and It's

easier to lump them In this way and have It all

over with, at once." Well I that certainly is a

hospitable spirit! I hope your guests all under

stand that they are being "lumped;" being killed

off at "one fell swoop" as it were I

Why don't you have them more often and In

less numbers, and put a little more cheerfulness

iuto the operation, and get a little enjoymeutfor

yourselves out of itl "How?" Well, I'll tell

you. But first let me ask you a question. When

you give oneof these grand affairs of yours, don't

you ask a number of people to whom you are in

debted in no way, either by ties of kin, friend

ship or hospitality? "Yes, but when one gives a

large affair one must ask everyone." Ah! I

thought so! Consequently, forthesakeof some

thing, which you first called "Gustavus" I be

lieve, and afterwards "social duty," you kill

yourself getting up an entertainment for a quan

tity of people, to whom you really owe no social

duty at all, and whom you neither like nor ad

mire. Well! welll Consistency thou art a

jewel Indeed. What would I do? No! I

wouldn't neglect my social duties, but I'd man

age to have a good time entertaining my friends,

and it should not be an expensive business either.

I'd set apart one evening in the week and I'd

give my friends to understand that 1 was "at

home" on that evening, and glad to see them.

I'd have some simple thing prepared, like cake

and coffee; aud I know if you tried It two or

three times,you'd Dud that you had established a

social institution that would be of great benefit

to young housekeepers who desire "to entertain"

ve but little means to do It on. Why, one

;lne, from the way some people deport

, that the only way to enjoy ODesclf

\be miserable. Yes, you are right.

1 do like nice things, but I don't think "a good

time" depends upon the quantity one eats, al

ways. You "like the Idea?" Sodol. I've tried

it and speak whereof I know.

"But that's the way Gustavus talks, too," you

say, "and then he goes and brings some man

home to supper wheu I'm not prepared for him.

Aud he don't like it because / don't like the man

coming unexpectedly." Welll of course that is

unpleasant, aud 1 don't suppose, if Gustavus or

any other man should live to be a hundred, that

he'd ever see just why It vexes the soul of a

housekeeper with limited means, to have unex

pected company.

Now, take my word for it, you can soon sys

tematize even that. Gustavus is not an utterly

unreasonable creature. Give him one night In

the week to bring one or two friends, if he wants

to, and give him to understand that his friends

are welcome on that night, without any previous

notification from him. He may not bring them,

but he has the liberty of doing so. "But then

suppose he don't, then there's a lot of cooking

for nothing." Ah I there's where you make the

mistake. Now if 7wa6 doing it I wouldn't have

"a lot of cooking." Yes, I would have enough,

and more than enough, but I'd arrange it so that

the kind of thing I had could either be left over

raw, for the next day's consumption, (if not all

wanted) or could be cooked alter it was found to

be necessary. "What, for instance?" Lots of

things—chups, omelet, a second steak. O, there

are quantities of things if you only put your

mind to It. Depend upon it Julia, if you spent

as much time and mouey aud thought, "lu trying

to make "a good time," as you have in making

yourself miserable, it would be much better spent,

and the result would be much more satisfactory.

Your Cousin Scribbler.

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