DETROIT, SEPT. 21., 1888.

 

THE HOUSEHOLD-"Supplement.

 

 

HOMEL Y COUNSEL.

It isn‘t worth while to fret, dear,
To walk as behind a hearse.

No matter how vexing things may be,
They easily might be worse;

And the time you spend complaining
And groaning about the load

Would better be given to go‘ng on,
And pressing along the road.

I‘ve trodden the hill myself, dear—
‘Tis the tripping tongue can preach,

But though silence is sometimes golden. child,
As oft, there is grace in speech—

And I see, from my higher level.
The less the path than the pace

That wearies the back and dlms the eye
And wrltes the .ines on the face.

There are vexing cares enough. dear,
And to spare, when all is told:

And love must mourn its losses,
And the cheek‘s soft bloom grow old;

But the spell of the craven spirit
Turns blessing into curse.

While the bold heart meets the trouble
That easily might be worse.

80 smile at each disaster

That will presently pass away,

And believe a brig it to-morrow
Will follow the dark to-day.

There‘s nothing gained by fretting;
Gather your strength anew,

And step by step go onward, dear,

Let th‘e skies be gray or blue.

—Harp.r'r‘s Basal:
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A SPOILED BABY.

I have been living in the same house
with a spoiled child for the past three
weeks. I devoutly hope that the kind
Providence which is said to watch over the
destinies of each individual of the race has
no further experience of the kind in store
for me. What do you think of a child not
yet four years old, who rules his father and
mother with a. rod of iron, by virtue of his
cries and kicks and screams when crossed?
Yet that is what this boy did. When he said
come, his obedient servants approached to
do his bidding; when he bade them go, they
went humbly. Anything his mother did
not wish him to do was what Master Claude
wanted to do most, and he invariably con-
quered. “Don’t do it” roused instant op-
position. Neither coaxing or threats were
or the slightest avail toward altering his
disposition to do exactly as he pleased; the
only way he was ever managed into doing
what he had resolved not to do, was through
an intrigue worthy of Talyrand, deceiving
him into thinking he was having his own
way. If I heard him tell his mother ‘5 I
won’t” once I did five hundred times, and
he meant it every time. He never was
known to say “ Yes, mamma.”

The evenings were spent in getting him

 

to sleep, which was what the Zulus call
“ fighting the fight of sit down ” a work of
infinite patience. His mother took him in
her arms and sang lullabies as if he were
four months old instead of four years.- If
he felt himself “ going off” he ordered
"Sing louder,” or insisted on being put
down to play again. When at last the
deSpot slept, everybody must move about
with cat-like tread and speak in whispers—
and we were perfectly willing to do any-
thing to prolong our brief respite from “ the
Chicago terror.” He quarreled with every
child in the neighborhood, and was rescued
from many a battlefield by his watchful
mother; he was a bully but he was brave;
there was plenty of fight in him. His
father had arranged to go to a base-ball
game; Master Claude said, “You s’an’t
go, papa;” you s’all take me to fish.” “ Oh,
let poor papa go to see the game, won’t
Claudie dear?” No, Claudie dear wouldn’t.
The fiat having gone forth, “ Olympus
shock and Jove resumed his soup.” But
papa eluded Master Claude’s vigilant eye,
and made his escape through the alley.
And oh my countrymen, what a howl was
there! He kicked and screamed for half an
hour, then settled into a steady monotonous
cry, that he kept up until his father came
home. And what did he do then? Sobs
and screams were redoubled at first, then
he said: “I kill you, Papa Smith, you go
’way ’nother timel want to fish.” And
Papa Smith only said, “There darling,
papa won’t go ’way and leave his precious
treasure again.”

His mother excused his "crossness” by
saying he was sick. Well, he was. But
it was easy enough to see what made him
sick. He ate caramels for breakfast, marsh
mallows for dinner, and chocolate creams
for supper. “Want my candy” was the
first demand in the morning. “ No darling;
have some of Auntie’s lovely oatmeal first.
some Auntie cooked on purpose for Claudie,
in the pretty blue saucer.” ”Me won’t
nas’sy old oatmeal; can ~'- (1 - - - - y,” and:
the candy was produced. He threw his
saucer at his mother because she refused
him the third help of red raspberries, and
the whole house was roused at midnight to
treat a bad case of cholera morbus, which
had one good effect at least—he was com-
paratively quiet for a couple of days.

Nerved, probably, by the evident disap-
proval of her methods of indulgence, mani-
fested by every person in the house, his
mother “spunked up” sufficiently one day
to contest his intention to make a choice
collection of mud pies after she had dressed
him beautifully preparatory to taking him

    

 

down town with her. The house re-echoed
with his passionate screams. She carried
him, screaming, to the bathroom. closed the
door, and prepared for an adjustment of
the difflzulty. Some sound spanks applied
“where mothers smite their young,” pro-
voked louder screams and cries of “Please
don’t”—the only time during his stay he
was heard to say please to any one—fol-
lowed by “I will, 1 will.” But when his
mother started to go down stairs, expecting
him to obey her, he cried, " Iwon’t, I won’t,
I won’t! inacrescendo scale. Four times
did she spank him soundly, with this same
result, and after the fourth time she took
him down stairs, still screaming “ I won’t,”
still unconquered. She feared to prolong
the fight; the child was white as death and
the mother not less so. He cried for an
hour and a half longer in a nervous, hysteri-
cal fashion, which made everybody feel
they would prefer to hear “the banshee’s
wail.” A couple of hours later, he climbed
into his mother’s arms and putting his
arms around her neck, confessed: “Mamma,
I was a bad boy; 1’s sorry.” And that
broke the poor mother completely down, un-
nerved as she was by the previous conflict,
and she had a nervous spasm.

Well now, it we were not thankful to see
the carriage come to convey this small but
interesting family to the station! Even the
lady whose guest they were was glad to
have them go. She has several mementoes
of the visit which I fancy will keep her
from desiring a repetition—a Pariah
marble statuette which now resembles
the Venus of Milo in that it is arm-
less, a piano out of tune, the fragments of a
handpainted fruit plate, a smear of jam on
a beautiful plush chair. The rest of us
speak of “the Chicago terror” as the
superstitious Scots talked of the wizard
Michel Scott, as if we fear a mention of
him would raise him like an imp of dark-
ness in our midst.

I dare say some mothers with lovable,
obedient children will say this is an exag-
gerated picture. But it is not. Icould tell
as much more with perfect truthfulness.
Enough has been said to emphasize the
point 1 would make, the absolute necessity
of teaching a child obedience while he is in
the cradle, if he is to be controlled after-
ward. Master Claude had by nature a stub-
born will, a determination of character
which would become a blessing or a curse,
according to hi» training and development.
These tra.ts he inherited from a remote an-
cestor, since father and mother were evi—
dently of no particular firmness of char-
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submitted to the little tyrant. I have seen
many unmanageable children in my life,
but I never saw one so thoroughly, so ter-
ribly spoiled as this one. If his parents
have no authority over him at four years.
what will he be at twelve and at twenty?
Indulged in everything, crossed in nothing,
knowing absolutely no restraint, my heart
goes out in pity for this mother, who is so
surely to reap the whirlwind of an ungovern~
able nature. She says, “He’ll know better
when he is older;” I know the utter
absence of any teachings in self-control, the
unbridled license. is ruining him for youth
and manhood. His fits of passion when
thwarted terrify his mother even now, and
she yields the point at the outset for fear of
increasing his anger; he is like a little mad-
man when roused; he threatens “I’ll kill
you,” and bites and scratches like a little
tiger—cat. The policy of surrender is in-
tensifying all his evil propensities.

What will be the consequences in later
years? Can he have respect for the laws of
his country, the great code of justice and
morality, the authority of the law, when all
his life he has been subject to no guidance
or control? It is just such spoiled children,
whose law has been their own wills only,
who fill the criminal wards of our prisons.
They have been educated for the peniten-
tiary. The indulgence is ruining soul and
body; for the physican called says the con-
stant diet of unhealthful food, which his
mother cannot deny him, is surely under-
mining a naturally frail constitution. I
could not but feel that the pain of losing
him by death in infancy might be far less
than the agony his self-will and passion
might bring upon his parents in after life:
but what an unruly little lamb he would be
in the Heavenly pastures!

Now, what can be done with such a child
toward reducing him to subjection? How
can the mistakes of the past be rectified and
this little one be taught obedience and sub-
mission? Is it possible to do it? Is the
error of early training retrievable, or must
he go on and on, getting worse all the time?
If reform is possible, how is it to be brought
about? These are questions which I have
pondered over not a little, and on which I
should very much like to hear the opinions
of mothers. Bnarmx.

“UNDER THE BEAUTIFUL MOON.“
Perhaps it ought not to be a rare exper-
ience, butI do not always feel like saying
as to-night, the world is very fair and
beautiful. I came out from the city to-day,
from amidst its busyecenes and many faces,
and greet again the quiet hills in this
pleasant village. And to-night, under the
light of the stars, with the calm influence of
the night around me, I gather up some of
the happy experiences and recollections of
this place. In the soft light the landscape
has a peculiar charm, and the shadowed
hills, grown dear and familiar to me, look
up with such majesty to the calm sky
where the stars wait. The hills are em-
blems of‘security and rest. Above them
the stars seem to “ watch and wait always,”
but even now as I look into the heavens I
see two shining lights move from their
place and fall down into darkness.
The world is always fair by moonlight.

 

I think we are less familiar with the beauty
of the night than that of the day. We less
often study its phases, less often listen to
its gentle voices. The poet says night is
the time for thought, for, tears, for death,
but I do not recall that he says anything
about its being the time for sleep. That
is very prosaic, but it is very refreshing.

What sweet and curious mementoes and
memories remain to us of our journeys!
Here and there only a look or a sentence, a
goodbye said when the heart gathers up in
the farewell a thousand beautiful gifts of
sincere friendship. Ah! the power of
these remembranees which throng the gal-
leries of the soul, and send thought back
over the vanished years.

Then there are the tiny tokens, just a lit-
tle blossom gathered at the foot of a fall
dashing down one hundred feet or more,
where we clambered down the rocks and
resting under their shadow, skipped peb-
bles across the stream, catching now and
then a quiver of song and the flash of a
wild-bird’s wing above us. We brushed
the petals from the delicate wild flowers
blooming along the woody margin of the
stream, and caught sometimes a breath of
fragrance from some hidden source wafted
down the way. I think I shall never again
gather the terns without recalling some of
the wild and picturesque spots here where I
have seen such a wealth of these fairies of
the woodland. A lake in a rocky basin
over two hundred feet deep; great rocks a
wonder to my eyes, full of story too, I
know; awild, steep, winding path cut out
to the foot of the lake; great white over-
hanging cliifs, with interlocking branches
over the moist paths. Here is treasured all
the beauty wrought in shade; the moss
covered roots, the rocks grown green and
over them the bending fern trailing its
delicate festoons. Such a fernery! great
trailing masses of feathery beauty on the
hillsides, ferns creeping everywhere, care-
less iu their frail beauty, trusting the seclu-
sion of nature in this quiet, weird spot. It
is something grateful to the heart to sit
under the great rocks, to push aside the
clinging branches and follow down the
rocky moss-grown path; to hear only the
rustle of the wild-bird’s wing, only the
gentle stirring of a twig here and there.
Nature is calm and Strong in her beauty.
She inspires the heart with courage and
daring, but though she smiles in her calm,
she cannot satisfy the warm human son].
She bears us no breath of loving lips, she
has no answering voice for our deeper
yearniugs. s. M. G.

JAMESVILLE, N. Y.

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STICK TO THE FARM.

[Atstract of an address before the Farmers‘
Association of Gun Plains and_0tsego, Mich,
by Rev. J. Fletcher, Aug. 18, 18: 8.]

There is a growing distasre, on the part of
the sons and daughters of farmers, for the
occupations of their fathers and mothers.
The trend of our population is toward the
cities and villages. I wish to present a few
reasons in favor of sticking to the farm.

If you are in possession of a good farm
with a perfect title. and without a mortgage,
your capital is always safe; it is something

 

you cannot lose. It is not affected by the
changes and reverses in the business world.
If there is anything sure and reliable in this
world it is a farm in fee-simple. Now if
you leave the farm and go to the city to
engage in trade, as ‘many do, very likely a
first class farmer is spoiled to make a fifth-
rate business‘ man. 1 have seen men sell
good farms, then invest the proceeds in
business, and trust out their capital and
lose it. It is easy to get ridofa good farm
by the pound and by the yard, in the form
of meat, or groceries, or dry goods.

It is in your power as a farmer to increase
your capital year by year. The shrewdest
business man is not always 'able to pre-
serve his; it will sometimes be swept away
in spite of the keenest vigilance. You can
not only preserve but increase yours at your
pleasure. The planting of fruit and shade
trees, the digging of a ditch, the building
of a barn, a bridge, or a school house, im-
proves your property, and increases the
capital invested.

You are sure of a good living. The best
of everything, the fat of the land, is in your
houses; for proof of this, we need look no
farther than the amply supplied tables from
which you have just arisen. I have known
people to leave their farms and go to the
villages to enjoy themselves and to have a
rest from work; very soon they were just.
as tired of having nothing to do. and of
buying poor. thin milk by the pint, carrying
home in a paper sack half a dozen eggs of
questionable age, and on a wooden dish a
pound of butter of such quality as would
not have been tolerated in the old farm
house.

Farming is the oldest of the occupations,
and among the most useful. The farmer is
a producer of wealth, his labor is at the
foundation of all our material interests. It
is the annual products of the farm that give
impulse to business everywhere.

The advantages of Michigan as an agri-
cultural State are not as widely known as
they should be. ‘In some States the num-
ber of farm products that can be success-
fully cultivated is very small. And often
if one thing fails, everything fails. In
Michigan the variity is very large, and if
one thing fails other things will very likely
be unusually abundant. Enumerate in your
own mind the great variety in grains, fruits,
roots and grasses to which the soil and
climate of Michigan are congenial. Then
as a rule crops are good. The reports of the
Department of Agriculture show the cash
value per acre of the farm products of ten
of the leading agr?cultural States of the
Union, and Michigan stands first. The
average value per acre in the ten states is
$11.17. The minimum is in Nebraska,
$7.89. The maximum is in Michigan,
$15.63. Then every farm in Michigan is
reasonably near a good market: schools,
social and postal privileges are within reach
of all.

Farmers, keep clear of heavy debts.
Watch the signs of the times, and have
such products for sale as will command a
good price and a ready market. Be social,
exchange ideas and experiences, and thus
help each other. Look out for sharpers, and
you cannot fail, with industry and economy,
to be prosperous and happy.

  

 

 


 

 

THE HOUSEHOLD.

    

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-ABOUT CANNING CORN AND MAX.
ING BREAD.

 

To the lady who has asked for a recipe to
‘put up corn, I would make answer, the first
method mentioned in the HOUSEHOLD of
August 18th is the only reliable way that I
have ever found and l have tried several.
.1 have also tried the tartaric acid process
.and have known others try the same, but
.would advise “Don’t waste your corn.”
=.By the first method named I have canned
corn for several years, and it is as sweet a: d
nice when opened as when first cut from
the cob. 1 never lost but one or two cans
in all, and that loss was due to the use of
old hard rubbers. I use pint cans and cook
about two hours and a half. Be sure your
rubbers are all right.

As we are likely to have but few potatoes
in most localities again this year, and some
think they cannot have good bread without
them, I will send my method of making
bread without potatoes. Put one Magic
yeast-cake to soak until perfectly dissolved;
then stir about one quart of sponge mod-
erately stiff, add the yeast, set to rise (this
I set about five o’clock in the afternoon).
Then at bed-time add one quart of new
milk; stir briskly into a sponge; cover
closely and set aside until morning. The
first thing in the morning knead into a
mould, cover again, and when light work
into loaves; let rise. This makes five good
sized loaves of the whitest, nicest kind of
bread, and is baked and out of the way
early. OLD HUNDRED.

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ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

 

' M. N. D., of White Lake, wishes to know
howto clean a white brocaded silk neck-
scarl'. We have little doubt such an article
could be cleaned in the same manner as the
white silk neck handkerchiefs, simply by
washing it in a lather made of tepid water
and white castile or ivory soap. Draw the
silk softly through the hands, not rubbing

or wrinkling it; rub no soap on it, use plenty .

of water and rinse in clear warm water,
spread on a towel, lay another over it and
roll up, pressing the water out in this fash'
ion instead of wringing the scarf, transfer to
a dry towel, and when nearly dry press,
under a towel, with a warm iron. We
think this would prove more satisfactory
than an attempt to clean it with gasoline.

N. E. B. asks if a note, to be delivered by
a friend, should be sealed or unsealed when
handed by the writer to the person who is
to deliver it. Unsealed; but the one who
receives it should himself seal it at once, in
presence of the writer. This question, we
think, has been answered in the HOUSEHOLD
before.

“ Is it a slight to be invited to attend a
church wedding, and not receive cards for
the reception which follows?” asks a lady
who details the circumstances attending
such an occurrence at considerable length.
No; there is no slight whatever in such an
invitation. Houses are seldom large enough
to enable cards to be sent inviting all the
friends of both bride and groom to the re-
ception, and society puts an equal value on
invitations to the church. But this lady

complains that some persons received cards

 

for both ceremony and reception. She
should consider her own invitation a com-
pliment, and not cavil if her friends avail
themselves of their undoubted right to dis-
criminate in their invitations in favor of
relatives and closer friends. Never take
offense unless you are sure offense is meant
—even then do not be in a hurry to do so.
Many trifling oversights may occur, at such
times, despite great care; one gains in self-
respect and the esteem of others by not
noticing them. It is silly to get angry and
break off a friendship.

Those who receive cards to a church
wedding should call on the young couple
soon after, and include them in invitations;
the duty is still more obligatory on. those
who were asked to the reception.

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HINTS OF COMING FASHIONS‘.

 

The new woolens for autumn wear are in
solid colors woven in stripes, as for instance
repped stringes alternating with diagonal
stripes, corded stripes with satin finished,
while others are the plain weaves with
borders of stripes or cashmere figures. Hen-
rietta cloth is holding its own as a fashion—
able material, and one who has contem-
plated the purchase of a dress of this goods
need not change her mind as to the desir-
ability of the investment. Rough camel’s
hair and serge are popular, and the soft line
chuddah cloths. Drap d’ alma is revived;
it is a very durable material in the more ex-
pensive qualities; and iadies’ cloth is im-
ported in all the new colors for winter street
wear.

Green promises to be one of the favorite
colors for autumn wear, especially reseda.
which is the green of mignonette, and dark
and bronze shades. Grey will also be much
worn, especially in the new aside, the dull
darkness of oxydized silver. There are
also granite shades which are quiet and
stylish. Red is also to be worn again. in
mahogany shades as well as those much
brighter in color. Dark blue is “out."

Ribbons and plumes are to trim fall hats,
which it is said are to have lower crowns
and wider brims. The trimming is to be
massed upon the top of the hat. however. a
large bow of ribbon being on top of the
crown, with its loops pointing forward.
Black hats are stylish wear with any colored
dress. Ribbons are very fancy, woven in
stripes; the ribbons are solid color, the con-
trast is afforded by the weaver’s art. We
are told the plumes used are to be large
handsome ones laid flat upon the brim of
the new style hat. Whether this will
prove a “taking" fashion remains to be
seen.

 

THE PRESERVE CLOS E I‘.

A correspondent of Good Housekeeping,
who gives us the axiom “ All sweetmeats
keep best in small pots," says:

For all preserves care must be had in
selecting fine-looking fruit and keeping its
shape through the entire process. and also
in making the syrup clear and thick.

Light-colored fruits. as pears, peaches
and apples, may be dropped in cold water
as they are pared, this will keep the color
good, but they must not be left too long or
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of doing a small quantity at a time applies.
Pears have so little flavor of their own that
they are much improved by the addition of
lemon or ginger. The preserved lemon
rind is the best to use, as is also the pre-
served ginger; but fresh lemons or dry
ginger root give a pleasant flavor.

It is not so important to keep peaches a
light color as it is pears. In all preserves
there is danger of. the juice of the fruit
weakening the syrup, so that even after
using a pound of sugar to a pound of fruit,
and having at first a rich syrup, itis well to
let it stand for twenty-four hours uncovered,
and if the syrup is then found thin pour it
off the fruit and scald again to evaporatethe
watery element.

Small fruits, as currants, raspberries and
blackberries. are best made into jam. Some-
times a combination of difierent fruits is
liked. Raspberries are improved by adding
currents or currant juice; currant jam is
very delightful with a little chopped orange
peel cooked with it. Blackberries and black
raspberries are best by themselves. It is
well in making jam to remove some of the
juice while it can be taken clear from the
fruit. This juice may be bottled for use as
budding sauce. The best cherries for pre-
serving are the Morello or other sour cherry
—often called the pie-cherry. They should
be stoned and the sugar added at once. then
boiled till shriveled and transparent, with
the syrup thick. Currant juice is sometimes
put with the cherries. Plums should not be
stoned, but have the skins pricked with a
coarse needle; they will then burst and the
sugar will penetrate them. The best plums
for preserving are the Damson and the green
plums. Quinces are an economical fruit
because so little is wasted. Wash the fruit
thoroughly and wipe with a dry towel, cut
off all soft or badly-discolored parts of the
skin, then pare, saving the parings for jelly.
Throw the quinces into water as you do
them; when all are pared cut them in halves
and take out the seeds, but do not put the
seeds with the skins (though a few will do
no harm). Make a syrup, taking as many
pounds of sugar as you have of fruit, and
barely wetting it with water. When this
has come to a boil put in your fruit and boil
till tender, then place in jars and boil the
syrup lorger. it ought to make a jelly
when cold. The skins should be covered
with the water which the quinces stood in
and boiled till they will mash easily. Any
piece of fruit imperfect in shape may be
thrown in with the skins. Mash all well.
then drain througha jelly bag. Let hang
all night, but do not squee as the bag. Afttr
obtaining the juice proceed as with othir
jellies. Quinces lock well out either in
halves, quarters, or in rings with a hole in
the center where the core was.

Marmalades of peach and quince are made
by paring the fruit and removing stones or
seeds: thx u put, with equal weight of sugar,

to boil. When tender, mash with a wooden
spoon; to make it very nice strain through a
hair Sieve, then boil again till thick.

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THE HOUSEHOLD Editor expects to at-
tend the State Fair at Jackson on Wed-
nesday. Sept. 12th, and will be happy to
meet old acquaintances and make new ones
at the FABMER headquarters, where she
will be found after three o’clock.

    


  
   
   
 
 
 

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A STATUARY ENTERTAINMENT.

 

The bright girls who get up church festi-
vals, charitable bazars and occasionally give
little entertainments of their own, are al-
ways on the gut cine for something new
and unique. Perhaps a “statuary party ”
may be a novelty to some, as it is an ex-
cellent opportunity for ingenuity, and
mythology. romance and history can be
drawn upon at will, while the catalogue of
the Rogers’ groups of statuary will help
out the novice until she can attempt some-
thing original.

There must be first a dark background,
either black, dark blue or green is preferable
to red. Have plenty of lights, and pose some
victim until the right number and the pro-
per position have been ascertained. A
frame is necessary and must be firmly set,
and draperies arranged so that everything
outside it is concealed.

Use the best lily-white the druggist can
give you, and use it liberally; rice flour and
corn starch are unsatisfactory substitutes.
It is not the close eifect you have to study,
but the distant view which your audience
will get. Linen sheets make the best
draperies, which should lie in heavy folds
and masses in preference to confused,
broken lines. Mary Anderson as ”Galatea”
wears a long white robe, starched, and dried
after being run through the wringer, merely
pulling it out of its still? folds, which imitate
marble perfectly. The white underwear,
tight fitting so it will not bag, makes a per-
fect foundation on which to get up the
children as fairies or cupids.

Manage the hair as follows: Make a
sweeping-cap of white muslin, its diameter
the size of the head across the top from ear
to ear, leaving an inch or so beyond for a
frill. When the elastic is in. cover loosely
with cotton batting, tacking it here and
there and piling it up irregularly in places,
When wings and feathers are needed, tissue
paper and wire come in play; often cross
wires must be put on to keep the shape per-
fect. 1f pedestals are needed empty boxes
covered with white muslin supply the want.
A broomstick covered with muslin makes a
good staff.

Cupid should be taken by alittle boy of
four or five, who will need no drapery what-
ever, only a perfect—fitting suit of under-
wear; Springing from his shoulders are tiny
wings of tissue paper. The egg from which
he has almost emerged is shaped from a
nail keg, cut into deep irregular points
around the top, just as a shell would appear
if suddenly opened. Cover and pad it with
wadding until of a perfect shape, and place
it on end among a fluffy mass of wadding,
that represents the marble from which it is
supposed to have been fashioned. Perched
on tot). Dartly in and partly out, in the most
nonchalant manner imaginable, sits the
little bright-faced Cupid.

By far the prettiest manner of presenting
Venus is just arising fromasea—shell. A
board nearly two feet square forms the
the foundation; curve wire in and out to
form the scallops, fastening the ends far
forward on the board with doublepointed
tacks. From each point of the scallops
other wires must be brought down and
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double purpose of security and to represent
the ribs of the shell. Twelve sheets of
paper are required for a small shell, and
nearly double the number for a large one.
Long stitches of white cotton hold the
covering rather loosely around the outside
edge, making more fulness and material

near the base, using the needle and thread .

down each rib so as to distribute the ful-
ness equally. With the hand push out the
paper between the wire ribs soas to form
the curved appearance a shell presents.

A cat was first sketched on paper just like
a silhouette; her back up, the tail cut double
from white muslin, sewed together, and
stuffed with sawdust. Over this founda-
tion was laid and stitched, where needed,
the cotton batting; a long whalebone,
soaked a day or so in water, was then
pliableenough to form into shape for the
tail, which was then wrapped with the bat-
ting until thick enough, and sewed on at
the right inclination.

Nydia, The Gleaner, The Favorite Scholar
and various others suggested by the Rogers’
statuary, famous paintings, or historical
scenes, will suggest themselves; only it is
best not to attempt too much or introduce
too many figures. _ '

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A LITTLE OF ALL' SORTS.

 

A mechanical journal gives the following
hint on how to make a room cool in hot
weather, a hint many inmates of houses
provided with neither inside blinds or out-
side shutters will find to give good results if
tried. Especially is it useful to know this
if a person is ill' in a room exposed to the
sun during the hottest part of the day. The
great cause of heat in a room is, of course,
the glass, which under the sun’s rays will
become too hot to bear pressing with the
fingers. It is shown: that those who can-
not enjoy the luxury of an outside sun-blind
can extemporize a very good substitute by
simply lowering the upper half of the win-
dow-frame, and turning the curtain outside.

This -not only screens the window, but.

creates a strong draught between the panes
and the linen, and thus absolutely makes
the glass cold. it there is any wind, the
blind can be kept steady by drawing in the
cord and tassel, and shutting the lower half
of the window-frame tight down upon it.

A household journal recommends a ham-
mock swung low, 'to avoid danger of falls,
as an excellent hot weather substitute for a
cradle. The babe will sleep more comfort-
ably than in a close cradle, and the gentle
motion which may be given is next to the
bushing in the mother’s arms. It may be
kept in 'motion by attaching a stout cord
with a loop in one end, in which the foot of
the nurse can be inserted, leaving the hands
free. Some mothers like a hammock as a play
place for the baby, preferring the watchful
care necessary to prevent him from falling
out, to the danger of colds from being on
the floor. . .

if you are papering a room and there is

gilt in the pattern, never put alum in the,

paste; it turns the gilt dark. If there is no
metallic groundwork, four or five ounces of
alum in a pailful of paste will hasten drying
and prevent souring. If walls have been
whitewashed, scrape the loose scales off, if

   

 

there are any, and wash the walls with
vinegar before putting on the paper. Be
not unduly prodigal of your paste unless
you are prepared to find your delicate hued
groundwork stained by its “ striking
through.” This is one of the cases where
“ enough is better than a feast.” '

A dainty doublegown or wrapper for the
baby, and at the same time an inexpensive
one, can be made princess in shape, of cheese
cloth and cotton wadding. A layer of wad-
ding should be tacked between two of
cheese cloth, and fastened at intervals of a
few inches by knots of worsted, as in a char-
fortable, the worsted pale blue or pink. The
princess pattern is then laid on and the
wrapper cut out, the seams felled on the
inside and the edges finished by a button-
hole stitch of blue or pink worsted.

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U seful Recipes.

 

PEACH CREAM.—Pare and stone 8. quart of'
very soft peaches. Add one pound of sugar
and mash thoroughly. Add two quarts of
rich cream and freeze.

 

PINEAPPLE SHORTCAKn.—Cut the pineapple
into bits and cover with powdered sugar into
hours before it will be needed. Bake the
shortcake in layers, separate them and fill in
the pineapple, and serve hot with cream and

powdered sugar. It is delicious; quite as

nice as strawberry Shortcake.

 

CHICKEN Cnoounr'rns.—-Cut the meat of a
chicken, or the remnants of Sunday‘s turkey
or chicken dinner from the bones, mince flue.
season with salt and pepper. and if you like.
the juice of one lemon. Let stand an hour.
Make a batter of two eggs to a pint of milk,
a pinch of salt, and flour to make a batter.
Stir the chicken into this and drop by spoon-
fuls into boiling fat. Fry brown, and lay on
paper to absorb the fat.

 

Swnn'r GRAPE Winn—Twenty pounds of
Concord grapes; three quarts water; cook
twenty minutes in a porcelain-lined kettle.
then strain through cloth. Add three pounds
of white sugar, and when it is dissolved strain
again, heat to boiling, illl pint or quart bot
ties full and seal instantly, using new corks
and dipping cork and neck of bottle into hot
sealing wax. This is endorsed by the W. C..
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SPONGE Gama—Three eggs; one cup sugar;
one tablespoonful sweet milk; one cup sifted
flour; one lieaspoonful baking powder; one
teaspoonful lemon extract. Bake in shallow
pans. Frost, and while the frosting is soft
mark oi! into two-inch squares where it is to
be cut, and in the center of each square place
the half of a large nut. This is nice for
“company tea."

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CHOW-CHOW. --'1'wo gallons of green toma-
toes; one large cabbage; one dozen green
peppers; one dozen red peppers; one dozen
0 none; chop each separately and mix thor-
orghly. Put a layer of salt and a layer of
the mixture; put in a bag and let drain over
night. Squeeze dry with the hands in the
morning, put into a dish, cover with cold
vinegar, let stand six hours and squeeze
again. Turn from the bag into a dish and
add one cup mustard seed, three tablespoon-
fuls celery seed, one of mace, three of all-
spioe, a quart of grated horseradish, and mix
well. Take vinegar enough to cover, add a
pound of sugar, boil and pour boiling hot
water over the pickle.