Ky» \rV W wimp a”, 4, ,/ s‘~ \.~' z/z o”/I///// ”’//1/ I ///”///r/ I v @7211? J 4 I , a, git. 7 0/17; ' Ali“ M/ \“E. \ ”#1 (A, > ’I —DETROI_T, JUNE :3, 1884. TIHIE' HOUSEEIIOJLDm-éguppiemmentc THE 11) EAL WOJIAN. A woman with a tender, hauhting voice, And brave, sweet eyes in which the sunny flash Wizl sparkle ere Ihel ughtei curve her lips, An ! peep out ~lyly thr-mgh the drooping lash. A woman on whose ha 1 One seems to see a circa-t, woven by the love and tears And laughter sue has won from us whosellves Her presence brightens through the happiest years: The hands—a tr’ck of hers—are oft outstretched. So many cling to them, and strong men rise 'Ihe better from her touch. while chlldresu‘ smiles Will break in laughter as they meet her eyes. as true a woman that were all her art, And brighv, sweet coqnetry. and winning ways. To pass from memory in the lime to come. There still were left enough for grat m praise. I! that hys'anding jn the fiercest glare, As one wnme whole brave life of good And tender deeds she helps our girls to grow More no )le througu her perfect womanhood, W— I! matchless beauty marks thy face, If diamonds sparkle in the eyes, 1! perfect form is thine, and grace. Build not 0': the-e—'h~ y’re trail as lies; In name 0 them. nor in th whole, ls found sweet woman’s richest dower. But Woman, know that in the soul Besides the secret of thy powl r. SAVING. Tobe “saving” is a lesson imprinted upon the minds of the members of farm- ers’ families from an early age. “ You must not waste,” says the mother, as her little one feeds his dinner to the dog. “ You must not waste, " is the admonition the father gives as his son drops the seed corn beside him in the flel l, and all along their lives the saving of mater a1 things is taught and practiced as a virtue. This is very right and commendable, but I want to preach a little sermon about a saving of a different kind, an economy of Itrensth. a husbanding of physical force, of which less is said than of that saving which spares expense. but which I cer. tainly believe to be more essential. Sum- mer brings to people on the farm a vast deal of work; a larger quantity of milk to be made into butter, fruit to gather and put up, the Winter's supplies of pickles and dried vegetables to be made. larger Washings and ironings, hired men to cook for and Wait upon; and always the city friends who ignored their country ac- quaintances all winter are ready for a trip to the "dear delightful country,” by hay~ ing and harvest time, and wear their White ~kirts and white dresses with as little care as if their hostess was not her em: laundress. Beside this added work, the hot weather robs most of us of at least a part of our physical strength, leaving us in a condition aptly expressed in the phrase “ as limp as a rag." Under these conditions I adv se “ saving.” Save your st'ength and your health by every means in your power, Simplify the day's toil by leaving out the non-es~cntials. If you havea hired girl, do not oblige yourself to work as hard as if you had no assistant by bringing out patchwork to qu it, or any such extra task. Rise early. because it is easier to work in the cool of the morning than when the heat is greater, but make up for time stolen from your hours of sleep by an after dinner nap, re- membering that if you choose to take it before y0ur dinner dishes are washed it is nobody's business but your own. Fry a few raw potatoes in the kettle of lard, strain into a jar, tie up tight and set away down cellar; no sensible woman will fry doughnuts for the next three months; it is a greater sin than to eat oysters in a month ‘ without an r.” Condemn the cookic~cutter to solitary confinement on the top—shelf somewhere; it "don't pay” to make those delightful chips when the ther- mometer is among the nineties. A soft gingeruread or a " stirred cake” ‘is more economical, more thing of the kind with coffee for break— last, take a pint of your bread doiigh. add two beaten eggs, two-thirds cup of butter. a cup and ahalf of sugar. htlf a teaspoon- ful each of cinnamon nutmeg and clove-I, and two cup of Zante Currants. Mould inm sm‘tIl hiscuit, let ri~e, and glace with a th ck syrup of sugar an I water. Banish from your tables as much as possible of the hearty, heavy food you have eaten all winter. and use eggs and milk freely. Oatmeal is a dish seldom seen on farmers‘ tables, and most of them hink it a “ kinl of slop,” which is beneath their notice; “not hearty enough." they say, forgetting that the Seclch, into whose diet it largely enters, in thzir n lllVJ ltnl, are m)lels of hardi- n as anl en ILII'JIICJ. Itis really a healthy, hearty f0) 1, espmially when eaten with cream. M my women do not cook it, be- cause they think it needs to be boiled for hours. Tait waieh my linllady sets bc~ fore me every m) ning, is sifted by hand- his into boilin,r water, about half an hour before [appear upon the scene; it cooks about twenty minutes, and then simmers on the back of the stove till wanted. It is the coarsely ground meal, and when it is served it is net the pasty, wholesome, and . far less trouble. If you must have some- 1 salvey mess often sccn, but though thor- oughly cooked, a large proportion of the grains preserve their individuality. It is far more healthy for the little people, with sugar'aud cream, than meat and po- tatoes and the usual cookies and pie. Spare yourself in the matter of washing and ironing. Do not condemn a. garment t0 the tub because it is mussed, pre-s it out with a warm iron, and let it do duty again. A length of Russia crash laid over the tablecloth at the childrens' places, or where the men lean against the table with their soded clothes, saves washing and doing up table 1 non. Make the little calico and gingham slips with— out many furbelowu plainness saves so much on ironing days, and the children will grow just as fast and be just ashand- some. The young lady of the family should either do up her own white skirts. or wear with her every day dresses the neat and pretty colored cotton ones which are so cheap now. if you have not a kerosene stove, get one. It will Save its cost in the mat- ter of ironing alone. It will save you many steps after chips and kindlings, and much bother with ashes. You have a fire instantaneously, and in five minutes after you are done using, the stove is cold. The heat is steady and can be tempered to any degree desired; there is no continual stopping to “put in a stick of wood." And it saves so much heat, and the warming the upper rooms by hot chimneys and stove-pipes, that I find those who have once used one, are never willing to do without. The m n'muui of heat and exert ion is the maximum of excellence n summer house keeping. Do not disdain to share your self when you can. By exper mcnt you will find many things you think you must do, you can, aftcrull. leave undone. Don’t crowd two days‘ work in one; you will Surely Sufier for it. I have washed, baked, ironed and churned in a single day, and am perfectly \VIII ng to agree wi h any one who 0 -ooses to call me “an awful fool' for so overtax'ing n-aturc; I do not think it. was a' all “smart" now, Keep a . omfortahle ch uir in y0ur kitchen and sit down whenever y0u can. I once heard a woman sav «he never sat down to pare apples or potatoes, as if she thereby aSSumed a virtue. She i~ dead now, and anO‘her reigns in her 3 end. Eno-igh must be done in every house hold during w -rm weal her, to thoroughlv tre the "head centue” by nightful of each recurringdar. But it i- her duty. t - herself ns well as her family, Io be as ‘ savnng ’ as passible of her health.strength and Vitality. BEATRIX. TI—IE 'HOUSEHOLD. FAMILY IN FLUE \ CES. I was very much interested in Beatrix’s article " The Other Side." I think we are apt to be very lav1sh with our advice to the girls, on paper at least. and leave the boys to take care of themselves. She says: “ The mother can train her sons to be good husbands just as easily as she can educate her girls in housewifely arts." Doyou not think that a sweeping asser tion? If it is true, why are there not as many good. true husbands as wives? I expect the men would rise in indignation and say " There are," but I do not believe it. In my school-teachingboarding around days, and since, in my married life. [have used my eyes and ears and have observed more than people were aware. When the children are small lthink the mother’s influence is as great over the boys as the girls, but the time comes when the boys go out of the house to work, and associate with their father and hired men, and then the mother loses her influence in a great measure. while the girls still re- main with her and profit by her teaching and example. The daughter sees her mother patient, kind, self-sacrificing, oft- en overworked, but ever thoughtful for those around her, and she is preparing to become a woman, too. She often sees how grudgingly the purse is opened for her mother’s use when she wants a new dress for herself or the girls, and then goes to town as Beatrix pictured the farmer’s wife; her blood boils with indig- nation and she exclaims: “I will never put up with things as mother does, when I Tget married!” She does not think her brothers are profiting by these examples, also other boys are learning nearly the same lessons. There are many things mothers allow in their sons that are within their control, and this ought not to be: but because the father does them she seems to think it right to indulge it in the boys. If fathers were as careful in prerept and example as mothers, we would have better men and consequently happier women. Don’t understand me to say there are no good, kind, manly husbands. There are many, and happy homes, too: but the re. verse is true also, and is it due to the training the boys receive from their moth- er? We never think of laying the blame to the father if the girl proves a disagree- able. wasteful, slatternly woman. OLD SCHOOL TEACHER. Tncnxsan. May 24th. ~QOO'—-——-—‘. CHAT “’I'I‘H THE HOUSEHOLD- ERS. in the family have kept me very busy the past two weeks, so that I have been pre- vented from writing my thanks to the Editor of the Household for sending me the papercontaining E. S. B.’s recipe for bread, whichlhave tried and liked very much. I also tried the quicker method, contributed by “Friend,” I think,and had good bread in that way, but last week there seemed to be no chance to even make ‘ yeast, so I sent down for some compress- e‘d yeast, and that, too, made splendid bread. My flour is better than we had in the winter, so I have better bread with any kindof yeast. I agree with Beatrix that there is as much in the baking as in the making. Only a few days ago we had what would have been a nice loaf of bread spoiled by taking out of the oven a little too soon. Ican say with all the other members, that I appreciate and enjoy the Household. I was glad to hear from El See, I used to read her letters in “ Hearth and Hall,” but I think it nicer to have our paper by itself. Last night, as my son lay on his couch, which had but recently been one of suf- ferlng, he read to me “A Happy Medium,” by F. E. W. The tears came to my eyes, and I wished I could say to her, “Trust our Heavenly Father, when the great day of reckoning shall come, but make glad the hearts of your little ones while you have them with you.” 'I hope her heart will never have occasion to yearn for the little arms around her neck, as mine has done, and even now, though years have passed, I miss the sweet voices that used to say, “ I love you, Mamma,” “Read to me, please, Mamma.” There often comes time in later years for one to read, write and study, too. I have a friend, past fifty, who while her only daughter was away, improving every ad- vantage that weaith could bestow upon her, gave her own time to painting and the studies of the C. L. S. 0., and enjoyed them as much as any person could. I would like to speak of many who have encouraged me in their letters to the Household, but I must not make my let— ter too long. M. lorzu, May 24th. PICTURE FRAMES. The heavy, wide mouldings and the exquisite plush and gold frames which so set off a pretty picture, are coveted by many women whose limited means for- ever stand in the way of the gratification of their desires. The frame of a picture is to the picture itself what beautiful clothing is to a handsome woman. Many who visited the Art Loan will recall the expressions of admiration bestowed upon the artistic frames of the pictures, and some who could not tell a genuine Suiireyer fromatea-store chromo, had yet eyes and words of admiration for the “lovely framesz" indeed often the frames received more glances than the pictures. In almost every home there are some pretty or cherished pictures in battered or antique frames, and no money to spare to -, renew them. If one’s iconoclastic spirit :is strong enough to do away with “re« House-cleaning, company and sickness 3 spect for age,” and give a little time, trouble and money to the work. the last Bazar tells how it is possible to convert some of them into more modern style. as well as freshen their appearance. Some oval portrait frames fell under the fingers of the Bazar correspondent. They were cleaned with a feather duster and a soft cloth. A thin glue was made by dissolving white glue in hot water, to the consiste ncy of ordinarypaste. With a soft flat varnish brush, every part of the frame was washed-with the glue, as hotas it could be put on. Before it had time to cool, grains of rice and coarse hominy were thickly showered on it, and left to dry over night, then the grains that did. not adhere were shaken off. A table- spoonful of pale gold bronze powder was stirred into enough white sizing—bronze powder and size both to be obtained at any artists’ furnishing establishment—to make a liquid about the consistency of syrup. With this the frame‘was care- fully gilded, every little grain being com- pletely covered. The sides and ends of the frames were finished with the gilding, but of course the glue is not needed. The appearance of the frame is similar to the rough gilt frames now so fashion- able. ‘ Another narrow moulding which need- ed renewing, the ingenious woman made new and stylish by the use of a few feet of clothesline! The frame was carefully measured, and a knot tied at the proper place to fill each corner. Small nails held the knots in place at each corner, and glue was also set under the rope out of sight to hold it across the sides without sagging. It was then gilded with the gold powder, “and the effect was sur- prising.” , Some rough pieces of lath were chosen, cut the proper length, fastened at the corners with glue and brads, and these improvised frames were also given a coat of gilding, presentingarough, gilded ap- pearance, which was very taking, and not at all indicative of the homeliness of the material. Such frames, which any in- genious girl can make, are very suitable for the prints, engravings, or card- chromos which are too pretty to throw away, and yet hardly worth the framing. PRINCIPLE IN ECONOMY. Economy and saving must be practiced when there is plenty, and a surplus. We cannot lay up when there is scarcity, be- cause necessity then compels us to use what we have. Also we must be gov- erned by principle. To be extremely saving to-day and very wasteful to-mor- row would not avail. Though principle may lead us to acts which to the casual or indifferent observer appear to disadvan- tage, yet we know it is correct and will direct us right. Again, circumstances make a material difference. Under cer- tain circumstances there is a very dif ferent appearance than under others. Matches are now plenty and cheap, and there is a scarcely a thought only to use them; but if “Tom’s Wife” was mstrict ed to ten matches a month, and Could make them twenty by using or burning both ends, I question whether she would not be careful of them. Or if she were confined to one meal a day, and could get no more, whether she would not ac- cept a second meal of odds and ends if it was healthy, good food. I remember when matches were made so that they could be burned at both ends, bought and sold in very small quantities, and far more expensive than now. Now as the Editor of the Faun has instituted the Household, and devbted it tons for our benefit. instruction and en- {U .‘mnnflhflfi‘ln -THE HOUSEHOLD. 3 joyment, and very generously invited us all to join, suppose we endeavor to make it pleasant and instructive, without al- lusions to each other’s articles, other than we should like ourselves. If there is occasion for reproof, let it be given with candor and sincerity. I can accept reproof when it is given in a friendly manner, but scorn and ridicule I do not like. E. Harv. Times. May 23rd. «o——————- AROUND TOWN. The shop windows are full of beautiful things these early June days, and a walk down Woodward Avenue is an ”exposi- tion” of the art of our manufacturers. ,Merchants vie with each other as to which shall make the most. artistic display in their windows. and the advertised ” bar- gains” tempt us into spending money for things we do not need, just because they are ” so pretty and so cheap.” One mer— chant displays a window full of white muslins, with spots of tambour work, at 30c. a yard, while bright ribbons and trails of lovely flowers laid across them, or hats gracefully garlanded with blos- soms, give hints of. What charming sum- mer dresses they will make. The fashion journals tell us white is to be the princi- pal wear for everybody this year, and the varieties of white goods are nameless and numberless to any one but a dry goods clerk. Printed linen lawns are so much nicer and prettier than before that they are received with great favor; for a rather coarse quality the price is fifteen cents per yard; those at twentyfive cents are quite sheer and fine; while the patterns are handsome whether we choose an out— lined spray of fuchsias on a white ground or the ducal strawberry leaves. These lawns are narrower than cotton lawns, being little more than calico width; Shil ling ginghams are fine and even in quali- ty, and fashionably plaided in all the del- icate shades. Summer silks range from 391} to 75 cents, and come in pin-head checks and fine hair stripes, or in quite small plaids of mixed colors. They make rather pretty looking dresses when fresh. but do not stand wear, and the low price is a snare and a delusion, since it takes yards upon yards of the narrow goods to make a suit. A surab, twenty-four inches wide, at one dollar a yard, gives far better satisfaction at only a slight increase in cost. The milliners’ windows are filled with rare flowers, with plush and satin petals, looking so real that one has to take the second glance to assure herself that they are indeed counterfeit. Detroit ladies have better taste than to wear copies of radishes, carrots or beans upon their hats, but a fashionable milliner here displayed at her opening a Paris hat of champignon —a very delicate shade of brown—which was trimmed with acluster of small mush rooms, and it was a mighty pretty affair, too, although' one could be forgiven for skepticism, not having seen it. Fruits, as cherries, plums, currants and tiny Lady'applcs, tinted to cheat the very birds, are sometimes worn on hats, while the butterflies Which poise in couples or trios on a “real stylish” bonnet outvie the brilliant Cecropi i moth in size and color- ing. The small bonnet is perhaps more worn than any other head-covering, since many ladies can make their own and so have as many as they please. Some of the prettiest have fancy crowns of gold or silver braid or black velvet with gold edge, woven in basket style. These cost from three to five dollars, and require only a full fold of velvet across the front for trim ming, though a fall of gold or silver lace or a spray of fio wers is sometimes added. Velvet st rings—satin-faced velvet ribbon —are worn on all bonnets which are velv vet-trimmed. Wide hats are almost in- variably trimmedwith plumes; the efiort to oust the latter in favor of flowers has failed, so far as hats are concerned. Flowers and feathers are never combined on a hat by a milliner who has any claim to be considered " stylish.” , The housekeeper’s eyes would wander covetously over the fine table napery dis- played in the window of a prominent Woodward Avenue firm recently. Fine white damask with twenty-four inch napkins to match, damask with borders of red, blue and brown, with napkins with borders to suit, and towels of all sizes and qualities really made a fine display. And then the handsome bronze stands for shovel and tongs, the coal beds that look like burnished brass, and the hanging lamps, with rose hued shades, would divide attention with the carpets and rugs, the crimson plush furniture and ebony cabinets displayed next door. And if we stroll down to the Central Market, past the dudes on the Russell House corner and the market building whose three towers so remind us of a breakfast caster, wefind where Detroit buys its dinners. But 8 o’clock of a Saturday evening is the time to see the most people, be most unceremoniously elbowed, and most cavilierly entreated by the busy marketwomen Whose faces resemble nothing so much as their own russet apples, and whose every word “means business.” The long, low, open building, lit by flaring gas jets blown about by the wind, is crowded with all sorts and conditions of men and women. and nowhere else except in the line of a circus procession can so many baby car- riages to the square yard be found. They bar your progress in front and run into you from behind; in dodging one your pet corn is crushed by another, and finally you fall to wondering whether respect. The western side of the market is principally occupied by stands crowded to the topmost. tier with blooming plants, roses, carnations, fuchsias. all the stores of the greenhouse are. here displayed after a fashion which makes you hunt out some spare change, and join the proces' sion that parades with a pot-plant as an emblem. All green vegetables are now in season. We have had lettuce, spinach and radishes till we are tired of them; string beans, asparagus and cucumbers begin to weary us, and we relish gree peas, cauliflowers, tomatoes and free you have any rights ababy is bound to. . _ . . . gtainly die 1t 15 so close here!” This re cabbage, all of which are piled up in great heaps which, with the varying tints of each, are fair to look upon. Straw~ berries elbow Cape Cod CI'FLUlltl‘l'li’B, and oranges, pineapples and bananas make I'tSt year’s russets and Spitzen‘wergs feel old and passes. North and South, sum mer and winter, seem to meet and mingle their products here. ' SOME QUESTIONS TO ANSWER. I would like to ask Mrs. Fuller how she treats a Calla lily through the summer. I think the Household just the thing we need, but was sorry to see any recipes printed in it that called for wine or brandy, if they did come from a scientific cook. We cannot be too careful what we set before our loved ones, and it seems as if there are ways enough of cooking wholesome and nutritious food without the aid of stimulants. I thought the lady took astep in the right direction, when she proposed discussion on the butter question, but have looked in vain for any response. I have tried some of the bread recipes, and think them good. I wish the Editor and all other dwellers in town could be out here this morning, ' to enjoy it; to me this is the queen of all the year. If this does not find the waste basket, I may come again and tell you what we do with cold biscuit, and other bits. I Wlsh some of the members would tell their way of using up the remnants. SOPHIA GRAND BLANC, May 24111. -——-—~¢o¢————_ SCRAPS. INTO the stillness of the “ sleeper " on a certain date that shall be nameless, there came a fresh arrival, husband and wife, talking loudly, questioning the porter, and waking up every drowsy individual in the car. After their berth was pointed out, and the porter had departed, there ensued an ably argued discussion as to the propriety of the husband’s retiring with his boots On! This question settled; there followed a conversation relative to the friends they had just left, the pleas ure they had received from the visit, etc.; then “silence like a poultice came, to heal the blows of sound.” Just as every- body was dozing off again, to the lullaby of rushing wheels, the woman broke out: “ Oh, it is so close here! I’m just smoth- erin". Oh I shall die: Why don’t the rail- roads make these cars so we can get some air? I shall certainly smother to death; Oh I wish we hadn’t taken a sleeper. knew I should smother. Oh I shall cer frain made itself heard above the roar of the train, and filled the quiet of every stop all night long, and in every “cat- nap" caught when exhausted nature could bear no more, there entered “Oh it’s so close here, I’m smotherin’." Now . what right had this woman, by her com~ plaints, uttered as loudly as if she had, beenin the privacy of her own sleeping .. room, to disturb a whole car full of tired ‘ passengers, who had paid a dollar each for the privilege of snatching what repose they might in transit? The car was close, 4 r THE HOUSE‘HOLD. but sleeping cars always are. No words others coul lalterexistingconditions. She banished rleep so effectually that I incline to the opinion that most of the occupants of the car would willingly have purchased silence at the price of her “smotherin’ to death.” “ Ilia docet fubula” that we should remember that others have rights We are bound in common decency to respect. and that by ignoring such rights, we make nuisances of ourselves. Ir arrests for “inhumanity to trees ” were permissible, some tree peddlers of this city would now be serving a term in the House of Correction. For what else than certain death is it to lift trees of three and four years‘ growth from the soil, shake every atom of earth from the roots. pile them in awagon and stand on the market all day, with the sun pouring down upon them, and the wind search- ing out every drop of moisture, and both making dry threads of the tender fibrous spongioles which are the mouths of the plant! Yet that is what tree peddlars in this city have done this spring. Alas for the hopes of those who buy and plant these maltreated trees, expecting them to be crowned with foliage! These trees, if left with earth about their roots, and covered from wind and sun by aheavy oil cloth blanket or canvas, might have a show forliving. A man has a good deal of “ cheek" to demand from fifty cents to a dollar and a half for a tree which is practically “as dead as a door nail.” Last August I noticed on one of the lovely lawns of Woodward Avenue, aman who was digging what seemed to be apost hole about a foot across. Near by lay a hand— some evergreen tree, with its roots up- turned to the sun and wind. When I re- turned, the tree was “set,” filling a vacant place in an ornamental group. Thme weeks later I passed that way, and it was brown with decay. To all intents and purposes the tree was dead when planted. With trees and plants all abort them, people seem so uninformed as to the rules by which they live or die, that one feels that if a little practical knowl~ edge on such simple, at~hand subjects could be taught. instead of so many sense- less ul-Iyt'es, it would be better for every- body. B. ——-—...-——— HOUSEHOLD HINTS. ABECIPE for Washing fluid which will not injure the clothes in the slightest de- gree. while it makes them very white with little rubbing. consists of one pound of Washing soda. uneal‘ourth pound of un. slnkrd lime and one gallon of boiling Wa- ter. Let stand until clear. pour off into a jug. and use ateacupful in each boiler lull of clothes. Tmt: [’0 .ular Science News says it is an error to put I'tlnlp'ltll' among fur- to kevp 01! the moths; it detracts lrotn their color snd makes them much lighter in hue. Wlwnc—wryou see turs that diow streaks of grey or muddy yellow, you may be lure they'have been kept in camphor dur- ing the hut “unlit-r. "Evnnrsosr's Paint Book" says that when a paint brush ii stiff and hard through drying with paint on it. put some turpentine in a shallow dish and set it on , tire. Lettt burn for a minute until hot, then smother the flame and work the pen- cil in the fingers. dippingit frequently in- to hot spirits. Rinse all paint brushes, pencils, etc., in turpentine, crease with a mixture of sweet oil and tallow to prevent them from drying hard, and put away in a box out of the dust. Literary and Art Items. Miss GREATOREX, whose talents as a painter of flowers are fully recognized, has recently completed a study of Urys- an hemums for Mr. L. Prang, as com- panion to the Hollyhocks which he pur- chased afterthe last Water Color Exhibi~ tion. They are specially adtpted for studies for advanced students. THE Continents new form of the liter- ary conundrum with an award of prizes for the successful guessers as to the authorship of several short stories by leading American authors now appearing in this Magazine under the general title of “Too True for Fiction," is said to be exciting considerable interest among such readers as are disposed to try their hand at literary d scrimin ttion, so far as may be judged from the num'ier who are en- tering the competition. The monthly edition for June contains the first three of these stories, which are worth re iding, whether or not the rt-ader attempts to de- cidc whether they were written by Mrs. Stowe,” ” H. H.,” or others of the galaxy of story-writers who contribute to the series. Miss Murrn FULLER, of Fenton, called on us the other day and left a box of beautiful spring flowers as a speci- men of the blossomsgrown in her moth- er’s garden. The box contained tulips, flne trusses of hyacinths, narcissus, dieentra, double buttercups, English cowslips, lilies of the Valley and magnificent pansies. Miss Fuller tells us the seed business has been " liVely” this spring. and that there is hardly a State to which plants and seeds have not been sent. She herself has become interested in the Work, and has associated herself with her mother. Well known to our readers as “ Aaron's Wife,” and they propose to enlarge their busi' trees as rapidly as circumstances warrant. Floriculiure is emphatically work for wo- tnen, and the growing taste for beautify- ing the home with (1 owners and plants and the lavish use made of cut flo Hers on so- cial occasions alford an opportunity for women who hails liking for such Work to build up a business, which if it does not yieldltrge returns, at lea~t afiords a fair profit for their labor. We are indeed pleased to hear of Mrs. Fulmr‘s sticCess, and take pleasure In recommending llH‘lO our llou~enold readers as prompt and re~ liable in business relations. .__._..- LETTERS to the Household have de- creased in numbers for the past two or three weeks. owinr, unlaubtele. to that domestic upheatral we call housecleaning, spring sewing, etc. We hope our cor- respondents will not forget “to do good .11 contribute,” since this department is maintained especially for the women of the FARMER family, and its interest and efficiency depends so largely upon their elforts. Let us hear from you all. ladies. __ -__-..___.__ A LADY inquires the proper manner of addressing communications intended for the “little paper.” Household Depart- ment of the Michigan Farmer, 44 Larned St. West, with City and State, is all that is necessary. Useful Recipes. “AUNT ADDIE.” in the Country Gentleman, gives the following recipe for cream pufls which are particularly delicious for dessert: in half a pint of boiling water stir four ounces of butter and six ounces of flour. When this mixture is cool, add five eggs beaten well, and half a teaspoonful of saleratus. Put into pitty pans and bake in a very hot oven. When co d, pull open the cakes and put the custard between. For the custard, take one pint of boiling milk, one cupful of sugar, three heat: It eggs, half a cupful of flour or cornmtarch St’r these ingredients together, and flavor with vanilla or lemon, or both mixed, and stir them into the boiling milk. PICKLED eggs, which are especially nice for luncheon or p.cnlc extzursiom, are prepared by boiling them hard and removing the B'tells; then lay them carefully into wile-mouthed fruit jars and pour orer them scalding vinegar strongly spiced with whole pepper. ails pics, ginger, mace and anything else desired. Let them stand till col-i, then close up the jars tight. "l‘hey are better if uotused until a. week or scatter putting them up. Srnszusn BROWN Basso—One pint butter- milk. one pint. tiour, one cup molasses, one tea spoonful salei'atus, add a little ginger if you wish. .Vlix Well these ingredients. Grease is two quart basin and pour the mixture. in. Then set. in a strainer, and steam for three hours. [to not let the water stop hot in and do not lift the cover till d me. Then set it the oven a few minutes to brown, and forms crust. RAISXN Pin —“ Lemon-raisin pie " is a nov- elty tor this season of the year, when the store- room shelves show many vacant jars and cans: Cut one lemon in two parts, remove the seed; then chop it fine, skin and all. with one cupf of raisins. Cook in one cuplul of Water slowly on the back part. of the. stove. Add one cup‘ul of sugar. 'I‘uis quantity will make a small pie. Bake with upper and under crust, but makethe upper one thin. 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