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THE HOUSEHOLD-"Supplenlent.

 

 

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<'I.~\I{\ B. SMITH“ l‘.l.l..
Beware of (:a'thiy llJLlllllllI'\>.
And what the earth culls praisc.
They‘re fleeting as the mists of morn
Before the sun's bright rays.
We seek and seek and find them not
But find «are, tears. and sorrow:
We ncjcr despair but still seek on
And think \n- H (ind to-ulorrow.

Some others strive and Work for gold.
Their one desire is wealth:

They labor long and patiently
And barter even health,

But do not reach the wished-for gnu? :
‘I‘wixt it and them lies sorrow,

At which they faint. and faint. and droop.
And think we'll win tomorrow.

Others wish and long for rest.
But 'twill not do to shirk.
Sobeur the trials and the care
For life is full of work.
Each morning brings them much to do.
And evening brings them sorrow,
They labor on. tired. weak and worn,
And think we‘ll rest to-morrow.

There is a happiness that's true.
A praise tharrings for aye;

A crown of gold that never fails
And " t'adeth not away."

I! we will Welcome care and tears.
And smile at deepest sorrow,

Our happiness and praise and wealth
And rest We‘ll find tomorrow.

OUR SLEEPING ROOMS.

 

1 think there is, generally speaking, a
great change in people’s ideas with refer-
ence to our sleeping rooms. 1 judge this
principally from observation of the pub-
lished plans for farm residences which not
infrequently come in my way: from inspec-
tion of newly erected houses; from the fact
that in many instances 1 have known parti-
tion walls to be. taken down, throwing two
small bedrooms into one of good size, and

‘ still further, because I have actually heard

of several cases in real life where sensible
women have abandoned the little seven-by-
nlne room. ani apprOpriated the big, well-
llghted, pleaSant apartment sacred to the
infrequent guest, with all its bravery of
oounterpane and starched Shams, to their
own every day use.

I have so many times expressed my
opinions on the subject of ventilation, es-
pecially of bedrooms, that I feel I need not
reiterate them here. again. I remember
that once, criticising the plan of a house
because the one bedroom on the lower
floor was in size more suited to a linen
closet than its proposed use, and further
had but-one small, narrow window, I was
minded that a “ recess ” oi! the one room

  

of the log house was almost invariably the
family Sleeping room in pioneer days. and
that from those. primitive homes came. the
giants of those days. physically and intcl,
lectually. Yet thelcunning of our urchi-
tects cannot secure such excellent ventila-
tion as “the recess” received through its
rude construction. which gave the air a
thousand tiny inlets through 'chinks and
cracks. quite different from the impervious
mortar coat which uowdays excludes both
cold and air. ‘

Having secured as many of the requisites
of a healthy sleeping apartment as possible
—and these requisites are size, sunshine,
light, windows and fresh air, we may con-
sider how to furnish. I confess my pres
fereuce for a carpeted room, notwithstand-
ing all the arguments against the dust.
moths, etc. and the labor of sweeping. To
set one‘s bare. warm feet on an uncarpetod
floor in the chilly gloom ofa cold winter
morning sends a shiver the whole length of
the spinal marrow. I do not see. either,
that the labor of caring for a painted floor,
and the rugs with which fashion decrees it
must be liberally sprinkled. is less than to
sweep the carpet. lt‘or summer. nothing is
so pretty and neat. and at the same time
so inexpensive. as straw matting. which
comes in pretty patterns. and only needs
wiping with salt and water to keep it clean.
If you can afford aprctty bedroom suite.
you are relieved of a good deal of trouble at
the outset. You can buy very pretty, sub-
stantially made three—piece. suits at from
$17.50 to $35. and upward to any limit sug—
gested by your pocketbook. I Would not
select a very cheap set, because it is apt to
be carelessly finished, and since the pur-
chase will last a long time. it is wisest
economy to buy a good article. See to it
especially that the mirror is a good one.
“straight;” it inclines one to misanthropy
to dress by a glass which cxaggerates the
features like a new tin pan. Better a small
mirror of best French plate thana larger

.one of poorer quality. Those with heavy

beveled edges are sold almost exclusively
now. Marble is no longer an indispensa-
ble requisite to a handsome suite; and the.
white is quite “out;” the pretty colored
stone having entirely replaced it. As the
top of the dressing bureau is almost invari-
ably covered by a Spread of some sort, even
if only an embroidered towel, thc material
matters little.

If one is fortunate enough to live near a
furniture factory and can buy an unfinished
set—by which I mean one ready for but not
yet varnished-rand has a little skill in the

 

use of paints, it is possible to achieve very

 

 

pretty results. either by painting in tWo
colors, or in monotone embellished by floral
desigm Apple and chcrl'y blossoms. wild
rose. dogwood, ivy vine. poppies sugges~~
live. ot' slumber. are all appropriate designs:
on which the artist can cxcrcisr hcr genius.
I! economy must be- studied? buy a pretty
low llt‘llslt‘atl in some light Wood, and use
your ingenuity to devise the other furniture.
[am no gl‘t'ttl bclichr in what has Come to
have a generic. name as " packing-box fur-
niture." because i do not see its economy.
The instructions to dress upa pinc box in pin it
or blue muslin, will tuleton draperies and
ribbons galore read very when you
come to execute them in fact you find tar—
leton and ribbon have an appreciable value
which mounts up to dollars: and oh how
soon the dampness and dust umkes the tar--
ieton look like a rag. and the sun takes the
color out of the ribbon and muslin! When
you‘ve renewed it a couple of times, you
count up the expense and mid you have
spent almost it not quite enough to have
bought something more satisfactory and
substantial. If a temporary substitute is
necessary use for draping some of the cheap
scrims or light cre‘onnes. something you
(an freshen with soap and writer: for the
only ieauty such decorations possess is
their fresh ncatuess and dainty cleanliness.

nicely:

When it comes to bedding, aim to secure
the utmost lightness compatible with warmth .
Wool blankets are perhaps the best adapted
to this purpose. but the finest, lightest and
warmest are so espensive as to be beyond
the reach of those who grew the wool of
which they are mule. Une bitter cold
night last winter I was assigned to the
spare room ot'acosy home tor the night,
When I opened the bed, I was dismayed at
the lightness of the coverings and thought
"I shall certainly “Pt/.6 to do ..th ” There
were two cheese cloth "coniforts.‘ ’ neither
very thick. and a "dozer" across the, foot,
of the bed. But I never slept better in my
life, and woke so refreshed, [fancied be-
cause of the light weight of the bed cover-
ing, which seemed so much lighter than
my own blankets and comfort. That bed
was “ a poem,’ too, so dainty was it.
The creamy comforts were tied with the
palest pink worsted in tufts. with a narrow
edge crocheted arount. them; the "dimer”
in pale blue; there was no sign of a “sham,”
and the round bolster case was fastened.
with a pink satin bow.

The pillows are no longer stood up on
end against the head board, on a. well made
bed of the latest fashion. The pillow, in
fact, is obsolete; style decrees bolsters.
The pillows. if any are used, are laid flat.

   


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and the cover spread over them. and the
bolster—which should not be stull'ed like a
sausage, but lightly, so the head can rest
easily on it—is laid on them. When the
bed is to be used. cover and bolster are
removed. Fashion no longer insists
upon white spreads for the bed: those in
colors are preferred. Lace lined with a
color, a light, dainty cretonne edged with
lace: linen embroidered in colors, silk. lined
and also lace edged, are. all used. In a
room much used for other purposes, a cre-
tonne spread. or one ot'striped scrim with
lining of pink or blue satteen, witha lace
edge, and bolster cover to match, to be
spread over the bed during the day, answers
a very good purpose in keeping the roo.n al-
ways presentable. Of course the spread
is not tucked in, the lace frill being too or-
namental to be thus ill-treated.

One of Que-Q1 Victoria’s jubilee git'ts was
a white satin couvrette. as these spreads
are called. embroidered in gold thread in a
solid design. the center tilled with a crown
and monogram. and the dates 18:57-15:57.
One quite tine. enough for any of our Amer-iv
'can nobility could be made of white Bolton
cloth, embroidered in tiloselle and with a
border of fivlue plush. .

What are called "(‘UVt‘l' towels " are now
conspicuous on towel—racks. They are
very handso nely embroidered or ornament-
ed alfiirs. the design often occupying all
but a small part of the centre: and the
purp‘use of their being is not use, as might
be guessed, but to lay ove: the plainer
towels on the rack, especially those which
have been mussed by use.

For the window draperies in a bedroom
there is nothing, lthink, so pretty as the
lace striped scrim. with an edging of an—
tique lace, which can now be bought at 15
to 18 cents per yard. But do not make the
mistake of starchiug them stifiiy when they
need doing up: half their beauty comes from
the gracel’ul folds in which they fall. The
plain linen scrim may be very prettily em—
bellished by drawing two or three overlap-
ping circles in groups at intervals overit,
and then outlining them in Kunsington
stitch with embroidery silk or marking cot-
ton. lt' silk is used, it ought to be dipped
in boiling water before using. to prevent
the color from “running“ when the cur—
tains are. washed. lirzx'rnix.

-——-—r—-ao~- —-————
SUGGESTIONS,

 

If you will sprlnkle your carpets with
barrel salt before sweeping you will not
have half as much dust, and it will make a
carpet look as bright as though just cleaned.

Have directions been given in the HOUSE-
lIOLD for making daisy tidies‘.’ If so in
what paper will 1 find them‘.‘

A pretty rug is made by taking old silk,
velvet and worsted pieces, cut about two
inches long and one wide. Take a pair of
wooden needles. and brown carpet warp,
or any color you prefer; cast on stitches
enough to make it as wide as you wish and
knit across, then draw one of the rags which
you have cut in every second stitch. Knit

 

theifiown stockings? If so they will find
them much warmer and more durable if
they will knit one and seam one through
the leg and foot and knit a double heel; it
takes a little more time, but they are
enough warmer to pay.

Will Mrs. Fuller or some one who knows
all about house plants, tell me how to
manage or prepare. my plants for the cellar?

losu. AZALIA.

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HOME TALKS.

N0. ['11].

Our dinner to—day will. be baked white
fish, green peas, plain boiled potatoes,
sliced cucumbers, red raspberry pie and
fresh molasses cake. The fish is dressed
ready for a washing, which must be thorough:
if one should be especially particular about
anythingit is preparing fish for cooking,
and in cleansing dishes and pans that have
been used about it. Crumb up one single
loaf of broad: beat one egg light, lump of
butter size of a lemon. sage. salt, pepper.
and a little boiling water turned over slow-
ly; this dressing shouli be considerably
drier than for porltry. ltzib the fish thor-
oughly with salt inside and out, and till
with the dressing; tie the lish by passing a
cord around it in three places instead of
sewing it together, stick bits of butter
around on it, lav some thin slats of wood in
the dripping pan so it will not stick, put in
some. melted butter but no water. Now
bake it one hour and t'orty minutes, that is
allowing twenty minutes to the pound; do
not turn it at all. The drawn butter which
we will serve with it is nude as follows:
Rub a cup of butter and one tablespoonful
of flour smooth. then turn in slowly one
pint of boiling water; do not allow this to
boil, as that n’iakes it‘ oily. then add two
chopped hard boiled eggs.

You will need two teacupt‘uls ot‘ I-lour for
your pie: add one level teaspoonful of
baking powder, a little, salt and one-third of
atcacupt'ul ot' lard; rub this until it is in
little tine granules. then add cold water
slowly until it is in a mass suitable for roll-
ing. Line the .pie tin and sprinkle in one
tablespoont‘ul of flour and half a teacupt‘ul
of sugar. lill with berries, then sprinkle in
the other half ot‘a cup of sugar; wet the
crust around the edge with water, cover the
pie, press the crust together and bake
rather quick. No, it will not leak unless it
boils up; in that case the oven is too hot.
The peas season with sweet cream and
butter.

For supper have some baking powder
biscuit, dried beef, raspberries, pickled
peaches, quince jelly, and jelly roll, which
you can make with a recipe of sponge cake.
and grape jelly. We shall soon haVe musk’
melons. and the. Lawton berries are turningr
red.

You can invite the ladies for the quilting
for Saturday. Those toot quilts we can tie
on our laps. but the rest must be on frames
We will ask ten, for we can luve a real
social time as well as work. We will pre-

For tea, warm biscuits, berries, jelly.
pickles, waffles, cream putts, watermelon
cake and banana cake. We will have a lit
tle help I guess, that day, so we can devot
our time to the company and quilt. I wen
to a quilting once where there were twenty
ladies. We quilted an album quilt for a
friend who was about to move to Kansas
each one pieced a block from one of he
dresses and wrote her name in the center
with indelible, ink. We had alovely time
but after all there was lots of news retailed.
1 tell you there is lots of gossiping, there is
not enough of charity: in our make-up'
lletty. 1 cannot see, why it is that we ex-
pect so much more from others than we can
do ourselves. on, how much we need to
pray "Deliver us from evil!" lcertainly
think that men stick by each other better
than women do: they will hide each other’s
little indiscretions and failures; but let a
woman hear something about her sister
woman and she is just burning with the
desire to tell it to some one else. We judge
too hastily. -

“ What lookslo our dim eyes a stain.

In God's pure light, may only be
A scar, brought from some Well won field
Where we would only faint and yield.”

1 think sometimes that those who profess
to be the nicest and most exemplary in their
behavior, are not one whit better than those
who do not cover up their tracks. It is a
poor rule for "pot to call kettle black.”
Always be careful about expressing your
opinion about others. The great trouble is
we cannot see. ourselves as others see us.
Instead of placing ourselves on the tip—top
of the ladder, we had much better begin at
the bottom round and work up.

We will take a look at the closets to—day,
they need a renovating often, especially as
those black millers are around so. What
pests they arei The gentleman from
the city who tuned the piano says that
they get into the beautiful upholstered tur-
niture, and people are obliged to rip it up
and destroy moths: they got into your cloth
riding habit last winter despite all my pre—
cautions, and ate through each fold, near
the bottom too. There is a Constant war-
fare. with the dust. dirt. mold and moths. A
housewife needs :1 great deal of observation
in a small house as well as in a large one,
in housekeeping has the same details the
world over. last sunnner I spent a week
with a friend, her family consisted of her
self and luisbaml no children. she used a
gasoline stove and her lloors were carpeted
You would naturally suppose she. could
do her work and play two-thirds of the time.
Not so: she has no calculation whatever,
her dishes are never all picked up and
washed. her cupboards look as if some one
pitched the dishes in with a fork, and
her food was poorly cooked and so much
wasted, because she cooked twice as much
each meal as was needed or eaten. The
coti'ee pot was tilled full for us three, and
then set away to be warmed over the next
morning. l)ear me, such wastefulness [
never saw? instead of buying a loaf of
bread she will bake three loaves at a time.

 

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that I should advise you to buy your bread;
you can make hot biscuits, sally lunn, muf-
tins, waffles, various things to fill in with.
It certainly needs more calculation to cook
for a small family than for a large one.
Much food will mold and dry up. Skill in
cooking can be shown in the plainest
dishes, as well as the most elaborate; bread
and butter and potato will taste good it' the
tablecloth is clean. the silver shining and
the table set orderly. It is not so much
what is placed before us as the way it is

served. Perfect cleanliness should be faith-

fully observed about our house and food.
Barns (‘BE'l-Jfi. EVANGEHNE.
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JENNY LIND.

The news of the death of the once world
famous cantatrice which was flashed under
the sea to the land in which she won not a
little of her renown, on the 3d 1nst.. re-
vived old, recollections in the minds of
those who heard her sing in the fifties. and
who are yet apt to say when some songstress
of later days is praised: “ Yes: but you
ought to have heard Jenny Lind.“ She
was the “ Swedish nightingale.“ the " silver
voiced singer.” alone and unapproachable
in the purity and sweetness of her voice.
ller early years were full of study and
honest work; then she sang in most of the
principal European cities. and in 1550
came to this country. under the manage-
ment of l’. 'l‘. Barnum. who, living up to
his belief in the value of advertising,
managed by skillful scheming to till the
country with her name and awakened a
perfect furore in her behalf. Jenny came
to America to make money, and Barnum
knew he could fill her pockets as well as
his own by his shrewd business manage-
ment. for Barnum was the man who dis-
covered the weakness of the American
people and turned it to his own account.
She was about thirty years old when she.
came here. and in the full prime of her
voice. She was not beautiful. either in
face or tigurc, but of pleasing manners and
address, and it is not on record that the
newspapers of the period ever made un-n—
tion of hergowns. But she had a \von-
dert'ul Voice, strmig, sweet. sympathetic, of
very unusual scope. havinga compass ot'two
and a. halt octaves. But it was a voice
which she knew could not last. and it was
her ambition to make money enough in
her heyday to secure the rest of her life in
luxury. She was not particularly liberal,
and had perhaps a little Contempt for those
who spent money so lavishly upon her.
Under Barnum‘s mam gement she sang in
ninety-two concerts: then, believing she
could make more money in other bands
she paid a forfeit of $20,000 to Barnum,
and continued her tour to the western cities,
singing in Detroit in 1852. The price Bar—
num paid Jenny Lind was so large that few
believed it. possible he could recoup himself
for the outlay. But the “great blower"
worked public excitement to the wildest
pitch, and three thousand people attended
the opening sale of tickets for the first con-
cert on the 11th of September. 1850, at
Castle Garden, New York city. Genin,
then a popular hatter, and Dr. Brandeth, of
patent pillfame, had been “approached"

 

by Barnum, made to see the advertising
advantage of havlng their names appear be—
fore the public in connection with .so
notable a personage as Jenny Lind. and an
agent of each attended to secure the choice
of seats. (ienin paid $732.”; for the first
choice. and ascribed considerable of his
success in business to the wide notoriety
thus gained. It is told that when the
news spread that (icnin had paid such an
extravagant figure for the best Seat,- a group
of men in a little interior town began to
examine their hats to ascertain the maker’s
name. One, whose silk hat had long passed
its newness and the zenith of fashion, found
Genin’s name in it, and immediately was
besought to put it up at auction: he did so,
and the battered tile brought seven dollars,
a striking instance of the feeling which is
expreSSed in poetic phrase: “Though not
the. rose. it had been near that flower."

Jenny had not a few of the t’railties of
femininity. She was jealous of her rivals.
and resorted to some ungenerous methods
to keep them in the background. She had
twu acts of the opera of Robert N [Hart/lo.
which Meyerbeer is said to have composed
for her. containing the. part of a rival
soprano. cut out entirely. that there might
be no comparison. This feeling seems to
have outlived her professional career, for,
at one of Lady Burdett—Couts’ parties, when
a gentleman spoke of Christine Nilsson as
“ the Swedish nightingale." a thin, yellow,
wrinkled old woman, leaning upon a stick,
jumped up in a passion. exclaiming, as she
pointed her, skinny finger at him: " You
are wrong, sir: you are grossly wrong: [
am the ”Swedish nightingale.’ l mu Jenny
Lind." She was proud of her place as
“queen of song.” and once. when invited
to sing at one of the Queen’s soirees, re-
fused to do so until a silken cord which
marked the dividing line between the
Qieen and herself, had been removed. She
seenn-d not to be of a particularly lovable
nature: she had few suitors. and her mar-
riage was a rather prosaic one. though
llerr (inlclschniidt had been awaiting her
pleasure fora longtime. When he got
tired and was on the eve of sailing for
tiermany Jenny relented and married him:

their marriage is said to have h3en very:

happy.

After her mirriage she sang little. and
settled down at last in a cosy home near
London. where she, lived very quietly. se e-
ing little of gay society and not receiving
many visits, although she was worth over a
million of dollars, one-quarter of which was
the profits of her two years’ tour in this
country. She had two children, and the
daughter is said to have inherited in a
marked degree the musical voice of her
mother, but with none 01‘ the ambition for
renown which would induce her to devote
the necessary hard study and work essential
to its cultivation.

About seven years ago Madame Hold-
sclnnidt sang in a charity concert at Lon-
don, but it was to a generation that knew
not Jenny Lind. and her appearance was
almost a failure. New singers, new stand~
ards, new styles of music. had eclipsed her
oldfashioned methods; she was “queen of
song ” no longer.

BRUNEFUJJL'.

FARM BREAKFASTS.

l have watched anxiously for the House-
norm each week, hoping to see a list of
breakfasts or dinners from some farmer‘s
table, but i have Seen none. Surely all of
us do not live entirely upon pork and po-
tatoes. \Ve-keep'that much abused meat in
the cellar for emergencies, but we do not
think our bills of fare incomplete without it.

Beatrix contrasts her city breakfasts of
to-day with her country breakfasts of years
ago and find the latter deficient. Time has
wrought changes: people do not live as they
did in years gone by, and it Beatrix could
be spirited to almost any of the country
dining rooms for a breakfast. she would
find as much variety as at home. Th"
t'ar. no one has ventured to give farm bills
of fare. so l—more presumptuous than the
rest pcrhaps-;vrite out a Week’s break—
fasts prepared for two. They are not
elaborate nor are they m anger, but such as
can be cooked in one-half hour from the
time the tire is started.

Sunday: (ii-apes; beefsteak and fried
potatoes; wheat cakes and syrup; ginger
cake and marmalade; chocolate. codee.

Monday: Grapes and pears: beef hash;
French toast: cream cookies and cotfee.

Tuesday: Lindley and lonia grapes:
pork steak; mashed potatoes: cream toast;
ginger cookies and coti'ee.

Wednesday: Grapes and pears; tishballs;
p itatoes: wheat cakes and syrup: cake and
coffee.

Thursday: Grapes; creamed potatoes;
sausage: pork hash; cookies and coffee.

Friday: Grapes and apples; potato cro-
quette: French toast and codtish: tried
cakes and coffee.

Saturday: Apples and pears: beefsteak:
fried potatoes: mashed potatoes; buckwheat
cakes and syrup: cake and coffee.

‘l‘hat dish—oatmeal. cerealine, or hominy
-—S<) essential to breakfast is wanting in my
ibill oi fare. We. are not lovers of those
dishes. so 1 seldom cook them.

l‘sw l‘.\\\. _ E. 1:. S.
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THE PERFECT CONFIDENCE OF
CHILDREN.

 

it seems to me of great importance that
mothers should have the perfect confidence.
3 of their children. When I was a child my
good mother taught me from my earliest
recollections to coniide to her every childish
secret. She led me to believe (and l think
rightly} that it was as wrong to conceal
any act of naughtiness from her as to com»
mit the act itself. And in this way my
inother came to be my confidant. my con-
fessor really. from my earliest childhood.
i The conversation of my playmates l was
sure to repeat to her, and so she soon found
who were :it associates for me. Any
wrong advice given me she could speedily
right: every evil seed sown in my childish
mind she was quick to uproot. l have
thanked God many, many times that my
mother won my confidence in this way. He
only knows the snares l have been saved
from by telling mother everything. She
was naturally cautious and prudent. with
excellent judgment and a long experience in
life: and as I grew up was not slow to
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disposition, and teach me that all were not
honest, as good and truthful as I imagined
them to be, just because they seemed so.
Most children will make a confidant of
some one, and do they find the playmate,
or what we call friend, or neighbor, true to
the trust? But if mother‘is the confidant
will the young lady or gentleman continue
to keep bad company, or to follow bad
habits—Which stare them in the face at al-
most every turn? Ah; who can compare
with a wise and loving mother, as the
adviser and counselor of youth? .

PAW Paw. Al‘illllt \.

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THE LAMPS.

Says Mrs. A. ErWhitaker, in the N. E.
Farmer: Cleaning the lamps is very apt
to be put ofi until the latter part of the day,
as they Seem able to await attention better
than some other things. in many house-
holds the dusk of early evening reminds the
hurrying housewife that her lamps are still
neglected, and she then fills them hastily
and is obliged to light one at once. This is
wrong, because the vapor of the oil about a
freshly filled lamp is liable to explosion. A
lamp should be filled at least two-thirds its
depth, and one which has but a spoonful or
two of oil in it should never be lighted, as
the empty oil space is filled with explosive
vapor. '

Lamps filled to overflowing are very un-
cleanly, soiling everything brought in con-
tact with them; and to most persons, the
odor of kerosene is extremely unpleasant.
A lamp-wick should fit exactly into its
space and should be kept clean. When it
becomes black from the sediment in the
amp, it must be thrown away, or washed
and dried before using again. When
nearly burned away, a wick may be length-
ened by a fold of canton flannel, which,
reaching to the botton of the lamp, will feed
the wick as the oil burns out. It is not best
to put strips of red flannel or yarn into a
lamp, as the inside should be colorless, that
any impurities may be seen. If such appear,
wash the wick, empty and cleanse the oil
reservoir.

A burner sometimes becomes so clogged
that it does not allow perfect combustion of
the oil. In such a case, remove it from the
lamp, place in cold water to which a sliced

’ potato has been added and boil an hour or
t'wo; rub with a dry cloth, when it will be

’ entirely clean and bright as new. To keep
the chimneys shining and clear, nothing is
better than daily washing them in soap and
water and rubbing them clear with a soft
cloth free from lint; old print is good for
this purpose. A small sponge attached to a
stick is convenient for washing lamp
chimneys.

Hanging lamps are best to use where
there are small children to endanger upset-
ting. Common table lamps and small
metal band lamps on a broad saucer-like
base are the most safe to carry about, as it

. is nearly impossible to overturn or break
one.
“MW—-
Cnms'rnas is coming. If you have any-
thing to tell us about Christmas gifts, now
the time to “ speak up.” .

 

ANSXVERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

in this issue, Azalia asks about directions
for making a daisy tidy. ()ne ‘of the pret-
tiest we ever saw under this name, was
made in the following fashion: Cut circles
the size of a silver dollar out of white cot-
ton cloth, to these sew serper tine braid, be-
ginning at the outer edge, and letting the
points overlap, until the circle is covered.
Finish the center with a few French knots
in yellow embroidery silk, and you have a
fair imitation of a daisy. They can be ar-
ranged in any way desired. A pretty fash-
ion is to lay two strips of ribbon in the
form of a cross and fill in the four angles
with squares of nine daisies each.

“What shall I get for astylish and pretty
dress for small parties, such as one would
attend in asmall town?” queries a young
lady much troubled about what to wear.
Getaskirt ot moire or watered silk, to be
made perfectly plain, and baStlue and
drapery of fine cashmere or Henrietta cloth.
using the moire as vest or revers on the
basque, but nowhere else. The moire, 30
inches wide, costs from $1.37 to $1.50 and
$1.75 per yard. Henrietta cloth is a very
stylish material this season, being no
longer reserved for mourning wear as here-
tofore, and comes in all colors. Skirt and
drapery should be ‘of the. same color, and
our corrBSpondent should be best able to
judge what hue will suit her complexion.

“ Please tell us what you have for supper.”
asks a lady who avows herself in search of
a new culinary achievement. »Well, some-
times we have creamed or fried potatoes
with cold tongue, corned beef, or ham.
Sometimes the bill of fare is frizzlei beef~
dried beef chipped fine, put into the Spider
with a piece of butter, and stirred well,
dusted with flour, and a teacupful of cream
turned in, the whole poured over squares of
toasted bre id. Sometimes a dish of ges-
calloped oysters sends its grateful aroma
around the dining-room; or a tender beef-
steak, broiled to a turn and smoking from
the gridiron, with baked potatoes. We all
relish cream toast, and excuse ourselves for
a second help of fishballs by pleading the
absolute necessity of more brain food. But
I am particularly fond of one especial sup-
per dish, baked potatoes and Finnan had-
die, asmoked fish which needs only to be
spread with butter. and browned a bit in
the oven to prepare it for the table. There
is always sauce, baked apples or honey,
cake, with bread and the nicest of butter.

BEATRIX.

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HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

 

 

WnY is hard water better than soft for
the final rinsing of clothes on washday?
Because the lime more perfectly neutralizes
the alkali of the soap.

 

Tun coarse brown paper that comes
round groceries, is handy to use in cleaning
out the greasy kettles and frying-pans. it
is a great absorber of grease. Made into a
wad and used to rub out the grease it saves
the dishcloth and the hands, and helps
make an unpleasant task less disagreeable.

 

“IF you want to use the juice of a lemon

as well as the grated peel, roll it till soft

 

under the hands. Take a coarse, sharp
grater, and begin at one end of the lemon.
rubbing the Spot up and down the graterw
on a small spot, so as not to waste the peel
——about three times: this is usually enough
to take off the yellow skin, which is all that
is good for anything, the white part 'being
tough and bitter.

Tm; feather duster has no legitimate
place in household economy, unless for
brushing dust from objects out of reach by
ordinary methods. The. dust-cloth, which
takes up and permanently removes the dust
from the room is the really ellicient «luster.
SQllll‘t’S of cheesecloth make good dusters.

 

Never: use soap on an oilcloth. it will re-
move grease and dust but it will alsu remow
the paint. .‘Iever use ammonia. either, it
will deaden the lustre. Use clean warm
water, or better yet, milk and water. After
cleaning it with a flannel rag, warm some
linseed oil and apply with a liannel rag to
the cloth, rubbing it well in, but using only
a little of the oil. just enough to give it a
gloss; if too much is used the oilcloth will
be sticky and catch every atom of dust.
Skim milk is a good thing to clean an oil—
cloth, but it must be thoroughly wiped and
dried after its use.

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BEATRIX would be glad if our corres pond«
cuts would name their greatest " kitchen
comfort;” that is the article, utensil or ar-
rangement which seems the most of a bene—
fit and help to them. Hearing a friend say
the other day that her Dover egg-beater
was the greatest blessing she had in her
kitchen, suggested that a mutual inter-
change of opinions might be of value, es-
pecially to young housekeepers.

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ANON answers X. Y. Z.’s inquiry about
her kerosene stove as follows: “ My stove

. is the Dietz. I have never ironed over it;

I presume it would be slower. but it has a
very good sad—iron heater, so called. which

comes down close to the flame.”

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Contributed Recipes.

POVERTY CAKES.-—-Uue pint sour milk; one
teaspoonful soda: small teaspoonful salt:
flour to roll soft. Cut in pieces three inches
long and two inches wide, and divide three or
four times through the centre; fry in hot
lard. They are nice for breakfast or lunch,
with coffee, and are often called coffee cakes.

SUGAR. Snares—One cup each of butter,
sugar and water, one teaspoonful of soda
and one of cnam tartar. Mix stiff and roll
thin. _ '

Bear Loar.-—-One and ahalt‘ pounds of lean
steak, chopped: two eggs; one cup cracker
crumbs, rolled fine: one small teaspoonful

I each of pepper and salt. Mix and mould into

a loaf, place in a buttered pan, straw bits of
butter on top and bake carefully about three-
quarters of an hour. Some like this better
when two pounds of beef and one-quarter
pound of salt pork are used.

FRIED SWEET Po'rA'rons.-—'I‘ake the sweet
potatoes that were left from dinner, pare
them, and slice carefully about one-fourth of
an inch thick. Fry in butter and meat drip-
pings and serve piping hot. B.

Damion.

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