DETROIT, DEC. THE 1.. 3.888.. HO U SEHOLD-"Suppienuent. THE EVERY—DAY DARLING. , She is neither a beauty nor genius, And no one would cail her wise; in a crowd of other women She would draw no stranger‘s eyes; Even we who love her are puzzlel To say where her p eclousuess lies; She isjust an evrry day darling; In that her pretiziousI'MSS lies. She is sorzy when oz‘oers are sorry So swuetly, one like to be sad; And it people around her are merry. She is almost gladder than g'ad. Her sympathy is the swiftcwt. l1"he truest a heart ever had; She is jusa an every day daring The dearest that hearts ever had. Her hands are so white and lille, It seems; as if it we.c wrung They should even work for a moment, And yet they are quick a .d rtzon; if by dear one. needs helpur; She w 1: work the: whole day long, The precious every day darling. Every day and all day long She is loyal as, knights were loyal. In the days when no knight lied, And for the wake of love or of honor, if it need in: a. true kn'gh' died; .But she dreams llJt She is braver Than the wgmsn by her side. This precious every day darling. who makes sunshine at our side, Ah, envy her, beauty and genius, And women the world calls wise: The utmost of all your triumphs Would be empty in her eyes. To love and be loved in her kingdom ; In this her happiness lies, God bless her, the every day darlingl In this her preciousuess lies. -—-£~’. H. 'IO READERS OF THE HOUSEHOLD. Tim MICHIGAN FARMER and the HOUSE u HOLD will be sent hereafter for one dollar per year. Wherever the FABMER goes the HOUSEHOLD toes also, and both for the extremely low price of one dollar, less than two cents per week. The Editor of the Housnnonn has heard so many kind things said of it, its helpfulness to women, its practical character, its timely hints and suggestions, that she feels encouraged to ask all those who have read the little paper with pleasure and profit the past year, to not only renew their own subscriptions, but to send us the names of one or more new subscribers as an earnest of their good will and interest. It you can do no more, send as per postal card the names and addresses of any of your friends or neighbors whom you think would subscribe, and we will .send them specimen copies. We real that la the cheapest agricultural paper published; and though we area trifle mode-st about ing that. they will not be uslnmed 2: do so, and We ask for 3.113: good word Now. -m.-.—4.w . .,-....- .., AMONG THE BOOKS. There; are a few books which when issued, createasehsation, are on everylnosiy’s lips fora few weeks, and then are forgéllit‘l; fur the next new thing. They are usually books by some comparatively unknown author who has “madeabilfl by giving us that “something new“ {or which an eager public is always on the qw' rive. Such books should be rr: oi while ’bvy are being talked oi. whll comments are fret-b, and attain the dignity of being classed as standard, even among works of b 5514.!!! and six months after they are “out," the very with a mildly interrogative air, as if to say “ Oh yes, i remember; we had such a book once.” makes you feel ashamed of being so far behind the. literary times as to ask for such a decidedly mocldy chestnut. People have almost stopped talking about Amelie Rw‘cs-Chanler‘s “ The Q Gr 1; or the Dead.” indeed, I don’t really see why they should have honored the pro- duction with so much attention in the first instance. Tilt? authoress la- now said to wish she had not written it. a wish which not a few who read it will echo. Besause it is not really a pleasantly conctived story. It is all about the woes of alarge blonds widow withred hair, B :rbara Poultret, who, returning to her Virginia home after an absence of three years, during which period she lost the husband whom she passionately adored, is at first emotionately overcome at revisiting the scenes where she had been so happy with him: and then, meetng Jack Dering, her husband’s cousin, who is re- markably like him in personal appearance, as much so as if they had been twin brothers, in a mouth or so is conscious that a new alteration is mastering her. And then begins the conflict between the Quick andthe Dad; the living love that presses its claims with all the force of passion-born caresses, the loyalty to the dead that would cast out all later afiecaion as una we give a full equivalent “lor value l‘rE—‘ colvedz" the FARMER with its little annex . saying m. one of the best. We can ml: ‘ our friends to say a good word for us. fm;l- : they are “in season.” Fww of them err = superior bookseller who repeats your no .a-t, 7 l Dead in her heart and life, but a morbid tmwntal condition made but feel that her ; deal husband’s voice forbids, his hand ran I strains, amt 4.; 11.7.1 rmuionafe avowal ; is (not with the up Use} "Thur-s is an open ’ grave berween ml Ami yet innit; to 5 the Gaul-‘1}? {no morbid sensitivcnesa she Erniefakm for 'i, since she is not loyal, 1 havingeck mwfzeiged Mr new love is her ; hmrt-i3 not strong enough to make her bullish her lower, Lu when she finally acknowledges {resin-v91, Juno. uln' him I to be: pr'v-Glnfir. There folio“; several strain-d silentlm-s, irrfiudirr; Brian’l ‘ .5 a thorn der snoxvr'rw-Lm clot“; " when 3716 Win.) mural arr; skin sis" ind not since r9- cntr.:rc-.i, and or. E: u: rm .anrrlvurm of the Q . . a for tilt): D ..-.. 'l‘hv-o «33.. r in finer bear“ 1M xiv :r. w:.~:t‘:.er tar-lire; 303.21%} {um i H.215.» in his: cmiiti. r. of r,‘‘l"lv‘: and sim‘lo, Miss the out- (‘1’. ,. *V: 3-:- '- r s {fins-v THE HOUSEHO LD. “,curdling pity,” there is a small. darkey with complexion of a. “dense bitumen hue, and lips of pale. moist pink, like a toad-r stool rained upon." i‘iie heroine is much given to drawing “ragged, uneven breaths,” to “diving” gazes, anti to the uncomfortable habit of spending winter nights on her knees, clad only in nor night- dress, for no conceivable purpose unless to get pneumonia, which however she mar: velously escapes. We may say of "The (link and the Dead” that it is a poor study in morbid psychology. unreal and unhealthy, without a good motive and not even attractively told, and dismiss it to the oblivion into which it is already entering. I find in “ The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” a strong moral teaching, to be easily separated from metaphysics, a book with a purpose shin- ing clear and steadfast. it may be un- philosophical to separate the good and the evil in man’s nature, and materialize them. Yet the lesson we read is how inevitably antagonistic are the two, how good is strengthened by the very act of resistance toevil: how evil waxes a giant, fir-re: and overpowering by indulgenc, that: giving way once to the dominion of evil makes it. easier to do so again and drop a little lower; that resistance strengthens our strength and makes us more secure against lemma: tion. is there one of us who has exn-cised freedom of choice butween right and wrong who has not learned this truth? Every time the Erel, or Edward Hyde, was allowed domination, it req'nred more of the m gic potion—the might of will, the wish and purpo=e to stand firm- to enable t'lu: Gino, represented by Dr. Jekyll, to resume supremacy; and continual surrender to the lower nature at last. deb-seed the higher be- yond the might of principle. Does tot every fallen soul know just these struggles? As in every warfare one victory makes the next easier, suit is in the battles between the good and the bad in us. Wrong—doing comes from the lack of control of the higher faculties over the lower, and when- ever we do wrong We descend to a lower level; the more frequent our descent the more easy it is. To achieve U0bl]'l.j, of character we must struggle noeasingly against our lower prope‘vsities; or rather, the struggle is not one of annihilation, but of submission to and government by our higher and more exalted powers. When “ She,” as arranged for the stage, was played here last winter—with any quantity of rod fin: and green and blue lights—tho hookseliors’ windows were full of ten cent cepies and we all took one. And for myself, [should as soon think of looking for substance in a, soup-bubble as a psychologictl motive in such 3. tissue of impossible absurdities. I incline to the opinion that Hggird’e idea was simply to see what acoilossal, abysmal lie he could construct, which trim its uniqueness would be talked about and—sold. it was Brown- ing. I believe, who on 'being ques- tioned as to the purport of one of those recondile passages which have given him the Herods Herod. We are told of “brown gales,” “ winds bulging with fierce sound,” “dithering winds." “ whlnnering gusts,” reputation of profuudity, said, after some moments of careful scrutiny. “ I have for- got’en whatI had in mind when I wrote that.” One might, with pains, fit a psychological motive to “ She,” but I fancy the author himself would have to confess he never thought of it. His last feat, that of resurrecting “Allan Q uter- main,” whom he had buried decently and provided with a suitable tombstone in England, to figure as the hero of “ Maiwa’s R-‘venge" without a trace of graveyard m'iuld about him. proves aremarkable in- dependence of the methods of ordinary writers. A. Virginia lady brings the grave charge of plagiarism against Mr. Haggard, saying, through the Washington Gazette, that “King Solomon’s Mines,” “She,” and “Allen Qlatermain” can be clearly traced to an old novel written by George Berkeley in the early part of the last cen- tury, of which but few copies are extant, there being but two in the United States. Mr. Haggard will therefore have the op- portunity of exercising his metaphysical powers in displaying this charge, the gravest which can be brought against any writer, especially one who has gathered so abundant. a harvest of glory and shekels as has this one. “Robert Elsinore” is the book we are all talking about now, but one which lies upon my table still unread, its seven hundred closely printed pages clearly indicating that it is not to be got through at asingle sitting, no matter if prolonged past midnight. it is a religious novel; its author, Mrs. H-iii’l- pbrey Ward, is a niece of Mathew Arnold's and grand-daughter of the famous teacher, Arnold of Rugby. t has ha? a great deal of gratuitous advertising from the pulpit and through the press. RN. Lyman Abbott has made it thesubjrct of a sermon, as have scores of other clergymen: indeed, some one has remarked that we have the singular spectacle of. 103,000 clergymen all preach- ing about a book written by one woman. Opinions are as diverse as the creeds of the critics; one says if the believer would pre- serve his faith in its integrity and without opening the door todoubts, he must not dead “l{li}t:'i'i E-unere.“ R‘V. R :bcrt Collyer is on the author’s side, and says the hero’s experience is that which any man, if compelled by the spirit of truth to question a faith he had accepted without question simply because it was taught him, mustpass through. "R l'ivzt El‘illli‘l‘ifi" is aclrrgyman of the English chu~'ci:~i‘or it is of course an E ~-;E'rsh novel—perfect in faith and trust till there comes into his life a third. person, “ an intellectual all-in-all,” bringing new liens, new views, which an settled his life and fianiay led him to re- nounce his ministry and go out. a heavy- hecrted man, to live the truth as he felt it in his soul. 11:: will: was unable to fol- low him in his. new belief; and her grief at their spiritual estrangement Was not the less profound because in all other things they were most truly one. me all i have heard, and from what the critics and the ministers say, it seems plain that people of Liberal views will admire and praise this book, while those whose orthodoxy is un- questioned will condemu it. BE \TRIX. HINTS FOR CHRISTMAS. Even a little gift shows good will on the giver’s part. and in the holiday time of remembrance, it is the f—plrit that dictated the kindly act more than the gift’s own value that should be considered by the re- cipient. Among the lrifles that are accept able as Christmas presents, are work bags, knitting holders, banners, large and small. hand screens, cologne bottle holders, pin- cusbions, shaving cases, handy boards, doylies,pantry cloths, and scarfs for bureaus, buffets, pianos and tables. A pretty chair back is made by weaving a light and dark shade of red or other colored ribbon in and out like the kinder— garten paper mats. ornamenting each in- tersection with a daisy worked in floss in the long lines familiarly known as daisy stitch, that is, a long looped stitch to form each petal. An edge of antique lacs should be put on all sides of the ribbon chair back. Chair covers (or slips) are very pretty made of brown linen and worked with crewels. Work each chair a difierent design; one with poppy leaves, another acorns and oak leaves, a third scarlet ger- aniums, a fourth wild roses, sumach leaves and cones for afifih and the sixth to be worked in tiny detached sprays of single daisies or forget—memoir», either would be very pretty. Very pretty table cover; out be made of acrsamy, loose woven linen worked with an all over design of timers arranged in heart shaped divisions, in filoselles or colored linen (losses. A square of this em- broidery in a single color “my be enclosed by borders in hvrring-bone stitch. A lovely sofa pillow is made of a rich shade of maroon plush and. golden brown satin. Make your cover of plush. Take a band of the satin six inches wide, and our broider it in daisies and ferns in silk, the natural tints. Pace this diag‘mally across the pillow, thus showing only the corners and bottom of the plush. Top and bottom were joined with a plaiting of the satin three inches wide. Three silk pompous are sewed on each corner. A fancy cord may he added where the hand of satin is joined to the plush. Au oblong piece of cross stitch canvas is embroidered wit': stars which are arranged in diagonal rows, and carried out alternately with gold thread and brown filo‘iellc. R ms of back stitches in gold threal unite the stars. Wnen finished and shaped, the em— broidered stripe is inserted into a piece of olive green plush, the seams being covered with gold thread or gold cord twisted in loops. The whole is linezl with olive satin folded in the prepor shape, and edged with a corn! of olive sii‘k. Bows of olive satin ribbon and aloop with button, complete the ornamentation of the sachet, which may be used either for giov—s. haudkerchiefs, or work. Very pretty frames for smell photographs may be made of the moss that is found on the bark of most any forest tree, and in profusion on that of apple trees. Make a still pastebdard foundation, attach the moss with glue, commencing with the lightest shade of moss for the inside edge , of frames and the darkest for the outer THE 1101.} SEHOLL). edge. Now go over the surface _ of the moss with a. brush that has been dipped in thin mucilage, and while yet damp sift over ii. diamond-dust or frosting, which may be obtained at any paint shop. Wiliziescribe some pretty little gifis ‘for . the children next week. Fonss‘r LODGE. MILL MENNTE. w.— EINTS FOR THE HOLIDAYS The grandmother whose feebleness pre- vents her from taking an active part in the domestic life of the house, generally finds employment in her knitting work. There- fore it knitting apron will be a very ac- ceptable present for her. A yard and a. quarter of grey or brown linen or satteen lsreiuired. Turn up one-third the length at one end to form the pocket for the knitting; featherstitch the hem and also the side edges with red floss; at the top make a double shining with an inch wide heading, and run aribbon an inch wide through and draw up; leave the ribbon long enough for strings to tie. An outline pattern may be worked on the pocket, but the apron part is prettiest when left plain. The figure of an old lady in a. rocking' chair, knitting, with the kitten playing with her ball of yarn, is a suitable decoration. The big sister who is fond of crochsting and knits lace in her die moments will appreciate one of these aprons, which, for more delicate work, should be of some white goods—butchers’ linen if intended to be etched, linen scrim if a band of drawn work is to decorate the top of the pocket part. A pair of bed slippers makes an accept- able gift to any one troubled with cold feet. They are very easyto make, being knit as a. plain fl it piece, sewed up like a bag and shaped by fhc feet in wearing. Choose a soft, evenly spun wool, light gray being a very good color, cast on sixty stitches and knit in ribs, two and two stitches, for two and a half or three inches. then a piece four inches wide in plain knitting, purling every alternate row to keeps smooth surface on the right side. then arow of ribbing the depth of the first. Sew the ends of the piece together, and add a rosette of yarn on the front, where the plain and ribbed knitting join. A good knitter can shape these very easily by widrning and narrow- ing at one end on the piece, so 33 to form a VT—i'flztpe at one end for the instep and toe, while the back is straight for the heel. A lunch cloth and napkins make a set which is a very nice gift to a housekeeper. The cloth is smaller than a tablesloth, in fact is madej est. the prep'ir size. for one of the small tables on which refreshments are served at evening enter‘ainments. They can be bought, pretiily fringed, at the stores; but if one prefers to save money and give her work, she can buy the heavy linen sheeting. ravel to form a fringe. put a row of hem-stitching or drawn work above the hem, then outline a border, eithera pretty vine, or some simple conventional design. Clusters of three interlacing circles, which may be drawn with pencil, the top of a tumbler or small cup being used as a pat- tern, are more eflective than one would imagine; these can be warked in two or three colors of cotton, as preferred Add another row of drawn work, and in one. c :rner work one or two initial letters. The napkins have the fringe and drawn Work. and the initials only. Partly hill'pifl receivers may lw (0,1160: the small baskets without cover» which cm be fonnd in a. variety of map-vs. Fill the basket with hair, then kill a oovniiig of scirletchhyr. A mossy E':flkil':g fl'iIVSEF- ing may be made by winding the zrp'iyr four or five times around the ling-er and knitting the bunch of hops with Rich stitch in every alternate row. Fasten the covering neatly to the edges of the bazket. Small children are wearing little silk tippets, which can be easily msde at home. Take surah of any pretty and becoming color, ctr-in bias strips three inches wide, fringe each edge half an inch deep. pleat in quadruple box pleats, and mount on a rib bon band an inch wide. The silk must be very full, to make 21 fl lfif ruehe, which is fastened in front with a. bet? of ribbon. Among the holiday novelties already dis- played in some of our stores, I to k note of the following articles: A pretty blotter consisted of two leaves of blotting paper within a cover of bat seemed to be a coarse graymenlllapipcr. The cover was slightly larger than the leaves within, out in careless, irregular scallops, first. a large then a small one, and the edges gilded, the gild- ing being hraviest along the line of the scallops, and shaded i'ghtly half an inch back, as if the surplus paint on the brush had been carelessly rubbed along it; on the cover was painted two quills, upright and inclining slightly from left to right, and 3'. their base two tiny envelopes were out- lined, [wearing pnetmnrks and painted stamps. A fancy case designed for sheet, so the obliging saleswoman said, was made in this fashion; A :trip of pasteboard two feetlong and a foot wide, was covered with coarse linen canvas. This was measured in three spaces, on each ofwhicli a pocket was arranged. The material was the linen canvss, and each pocket was a. box pleat, luid full enough so that when pulled out there was space for a pair of shoes—if they were not too large, 0: seek pocket, after the pleats. were ar— ranged, was painted a cloitér of dogwood lilossomswit seems to an uziznilhefio in divided as if a. sheep, a goat and ccslt would have been more suggestive it‘ less beautiful—wand the whole was attached to the back under narrow strip»; of leather stitched on with the sewing machine, the strips separating the pockets, the upper edge of which was hemmed. A H 59, with pivisicns to {all over each pocket, was added at the top, and jmned to the founder tion under a strip of leather. A pinenshien t:- han; by the mirror was a satin coverel p'istebusrd circle four: inches in r'liametcr with a. little scone painted on it, soil the pins stuck in in scallops around the edge. A layer of wcd~ drug was between the satin and the paste bond. B m”, ONE of the chance discoveries which fate will occasionally throw in the path of a woman, is that a bit of butter rubbed on the fingers and knife will relieve the task of raisin-seeding of all its sticky discomfort. AN ECONOMY. The puniplrina famous in the iii~tory of is” auru'nnsl --‘..lld “truly winter {last days, 'm'uughout “n Forfliwrn il':]"| sf Hi!‘ countrv, W‘l'G ripe soil in. nlazkr-t, 9~flli l well. know that awry tins Eur-e passed by one of tilO-if‘ golden pyramids, bQ secretly sigh-id for a quarter section oi‘ pumpkin pie “ like iiiother’s.” Bit pumpkin pies with eggs in the twenties and every other element in their construction booming up. up, with “Old Helen’s” wheat, caused ‘me to con-1 sider the cost, for every cook knows that in a first class pumpkin pie the pure pump- kin is—well, it is-whst is it? ’Tlsn’t much anyway. 0:] the torn I never once thought of economiz‘ng in the egg district. If it was apparrnt that I or o‘hers would he a trifli nearer Pirudiw or lgig'lidu'dIB by means of my using two or three d an of eggs per day in my cooking, they were used regard less of market value, and fnlely as water to m the good old pump. For so long as the fruit came into my collar or pantry direct from the original deposit, Bob acting as a non-commissioned middleman, it was used without “counting.” 0'), 3 )b, do yon remember your deli'xquencies in the doing of thi~ particular chore, and how many times i would have to say, “I wish you would bring in the eggs.” “ Do bring in the eggs!” “B-Eig in abs eggsll" To the first you always mismred “Yul," tothc. second “Yes, I will," to the third “ Yes. but why don’t you ask Hi or sun bi'iy besides me. to bring ’em in once in a while?" And then they were sure to ap- pear, a peck at a lime, and if any were too rice in conqunence or your delaying, their perfume was not allowed to Offclltl my olfactories or mske my stomach quake Alas and slack, Bob, all those q'iiet days on the generous, peaceful old form are done with for you and for mt! Alexander Pope. who made a profound study of the ethics of life. concluded that “ Whatever is, is right." A most comfortable sort of belief, since it allows its holder to go shoot the world with scherrful end contented countenance, to carry in his breast a heart thet never bit» terly regrets or repines, and to sleet soundly in all kinds of confusion an: disaster. Butte return ‘o ’he Q'Bilmil’tiii pie. Thinks I to myself, 1’]! dcviN a substitute for eggs. S » I lid-pared my pumpkin all in the uausl “WY. 9’“? “"1““ i “1"” ‘ -‘ 7'“ E“ H“ when; the egrs are stud, i 'r - 51:thin $2,523.. Spmmfti': m" Trains" r-"i “or Mr‘h pig iii/,3: it, with 132*]:er tel n 2-“.in boiling water 1-1! i“: N’lfli .r ‘ 5’? twat-'1‘ «mil 3». was cooked, ,n-E s l‘ i, l; :s woald h; Kip-[v to iniv thoroughly will: the '_i!5‘.pr ingredients, added this to the W-“Y‘v’ire, pet into my pic dishes and baked, mil [ sill my this, that It'll-iv?!" are better. «cl whoa [9,...“ you that in our 3732.1.” family we have ester) four large pumpkins ”Jul, made into pig within four weeks, yin must c include that cornstarch is a goo-ti thing wh in pruiserly added to a pumpkin pie. And further, my neighbors adopt my D‘sn. so the scarcity of the fruit of the festive hen does not curtail the epicurean delights of lovers of that his- toric Yankee invention in these parts. Fm. E. L. NYE. u~ .fiwi'ni - {mun-1e; '< ~, NM iguana-sow» é: 'I‘HE 1:10LTSEPI()LI). THE LUNCH B SKET I won-Jar if! can assist “i‘uii’s W2?" 1 preparing lunch for her little one ‘? i now my lunch basket Contains a dzr'f. rent art of lunch from those of many of my shoolmates. who have perhaps a slice of read, apiece of pie. two pieces of cake, a .ookie or two, and scan of tea or coffee; then, beginning at the wrong. end to eat it the slice of bread is left. Primarily in nine cases out of ten such lunches are put up because parents don’t kiln .v what else to put up, and not because they do not care for the health of the. r: 2111. The first thing in every basket should we t-vo or three slices of good brand van-fl hauler; i say “good” because if it is mt go vi it. hatter not go in, it won’t. be eaten. Asks" the bida’l culls?- the meat or “fill“él, ind j «1 here is whé‘re the valley visuals! (ti-rue in, lust-wad min the pie and CG!"- »2~32';mf. it you have sauce for supper tax-nigh: rasvl: a little for tor-nicrrow’u lunch put is lo a il’u‘lifl set in the bottom of the psi! (l'l? turn 9‘ e basket intnapan rsow, locsn’t sound 30 nice, but it is more pr-r-J'tfcaf). pack rho breed arourd the cup iii-u little ones spill ii. A little j- fly is very rice: or if you have any kind of 71141:. no matter what kind, a slice or in: will {we god to a hungry Chill 14 3'31: limpet: it; gn- lo town (Pym; iv 2:. the rmnlry vi: 1 so). and can get a bi: of chem-r it is wished. Some but in shard htlfsvl tar-a. “ 9, i don‘t Ezkr them, I prefer s c: ; «If cvld zinc or bland pudding. When is": have s sluflv-{l turkey or chicken my sister is fond of 2'; slice. of dressir g. cold, i‘or 2..., lunch. 1 mac knew a. boy who brought can buckwhe ii. grad :lr cakes for his lunch, Which were rye} rather enviourly by the mlwr boys. ’l‘nen don’t forget an apple, or in their swasrin n patch or pear, or a bunch of grapes. Wan such things to villi. with the breed, q 3i“, amen? will be eaten before the pic and cake src reachrtd. Ngw jr-«t a word here snout. eating; Terri: the. cili'dreu " which end to begin an" So many children begin with the pie and cake, and when that is eaten they re “lull" and don’t want the bread and utter. MARY B. Yrsmm. and MM- .. m. FOR CHRISTMAb. it is nearing Christmas and we begin to think what we can make for our friends. We wish to give them some little token so sstobe remembered, but as our pocket— books are getting thin the question rises in our minds, what cam we make? ‘1 will give I few hints about what we have done. I made a lambrequin for the clock shell out green felt; in one corner I etched a pink rose and bud, in the other a letter, the initial or the one to whom I gave it.‘ I caught it up in the center and tied it with a red ribbon. For the bottom I had crocheted some lace out of zephyrs; every scallop was a difierent color. It made quite a pretty lambrequin. To make a bangle board takeapotato-masher and paint the top part of it any color, ours was blue. For the bottom take some satin or silk (you may etch something on it if you choose) and fit it over the large part of the masher; at the beginning of the slim part of it you . l “my pretty "var W0!) 1. will gatherit—hy the way you fringe out [his (’ng of the L‘~'-:.i”. ' I?" you have any prs-fly little piece of lace you may gather that with the satin next to the masher, it finishes it all nicely. Pm. some hooks in me. painted part, either three or four: it makes quite a pretty bangle, but it tips over awful easy. Aprons are always acceptable, so are wristlets. Knit two stitches and seam one, the way we always knit ours. If you can make. paper fliwers make a bouquet. they are pretty on a tree. E L. Nye spoke about [1. Rider H15: zurd's book, “She." Ihave never read it, but have read quite a number of his oi her wriiings. but I do not like them; there is too much " blood and thunder” in them But 1 do jalsi love Miss Alcotl’s writings: there is so much truth in them. My favorites are “Little Women” and " flight C"U~ll"l$" and its sequel. Max was the cmsin I liked best, bu l presume you have all res-i it, so will not {9” of bisdoings. Cit; any one tell me how to make mg? I \i i511 to make smile. but do not know of Viourr. to suit sue. Pn‘F. LAKF. l...“ M, OUR RESTING PLACES. i new: visit-«d K 'll‘lul Gwen cemetery, near 1; 55.1101}, to see the massive vaults for Lilli reception of the dead. I remember one in lung corridor, wi;h flu stone shelws, um? ubuvH another, and some outline lint-d with lead, preserve-=2 from ages, to ages yet tn collie. [have been in a country church yard, and I saw the burial of the poor labor- ing nun, in a plain deal box, perhaps with as much reapent, grief and sorrow as those who lay on. m able slabs in Kensal Green; i ran the old D_.kc of Wellington lying in slate at Wednlinister Abhey, and also the fuller-u}. procession, which was over three miles long, but of all the “pumps and vanities” the most touching of all to me was his groom, riding. and leading the old Duke’s charge-r, with the boots reversed in the stirrups. 1 had often seen the old Duke alive. Hr: was a greatly honored man in his. (in .; but the idea that I was trying to get at is the useless pomp and display after we are dead. Certainly it is a most pleas— ing and beautiful sight to see our grave yards decorated with evergreens, monu- ments and flowers, but that other part seenis to be often carried to an extreme for more display and outward show. It is a tender subj C'Cl, but there is just as tender a feeling in and to those who are cast into the deep blue sea, or are buried out on the wild, open prairie. ANTIOVEB. mewzu. W THE LUNCH PAIL I have wrestled with the problem of the school lunch, and would say to “Bob’s Wife ” that I find my main support in first class bread and butter, so fresh, so sweet and good that pic and cake are seldom con- sidered worth carrying. I. have txken much pains to retain the appetite for this “Slafl of life,” baking every other day, and al- ways putting up the freshest, nicest slices. Sometimes it is graham, for a change, and sometimes receives 7: good layer of sugar, but this only when there is a dearth of other things. i we as “supplements” dried beet. c dd meats or chicken. celery, nice baked apples; boiled eggs: buttermilk choose, when there is a fondness for ii; while oer cusionally a dish of baked beans proves to be “ awful good.” ' I send canned fruit 3 good deal, but like jelly better when Ihave it. I put either into a spice can with tight cover, and pack into the lunch pail or basket, adding a bright tin spoon to save worry and loss of better ware. One little girl in our school is envied because she brings honey, and I intend to buy some soon just. for the lunch pail, as 1 think it worth both money and pains to educate a child's appetite to be satisfied with a lunch which has for its basis good breed and butter A. n. J. THOMAS. -——¢co-n- ...-..__ HOUSEHOLD HINTS. WHEN lit: ‘t‘rys" uuthes’ begin to wear thin, ir is a good. idea to fade some pieces like t em in the sun to use for patches, so the contrast helm-en new and old will not be so apparent. EXCELLENT :wmn and orange exiracls, much better and cheaper than any you buy, . cm be mail: by piring off the yellow peel as thinly a; possible and letting it stand for twentyinu; hours in alcohol. Strain and bottle, (lurking it tightly. THE Tiny: ad mm on .1 rue opt to go through tin- iwels of their hosiery at a rate which is appalling to the one who does till? mending. lie:-l-proteclors are a great saving. They are made of chains-is =kin;or strong linen bound on the edges will answer. I: is shaped to fit over the heel, and is mm in place by s piece of elastic ribbon shout one-hall an inch wide, which crosses the instep. -—-——¢w—» Recipes. farul Useful Grams w02m pin ,flour; one pint milk: one egg; hall’a toaspoonlul salt. Beat the egg until light, add the m‘lk and salt and beat gradually into the flour. Bake twenty min- utes in hot gem pans. The above makes a dozen gems. ”r... CHRISTMAS Popping-Take one and a half pints of line bread crumbs, one pint of chop- ped suet, one and a half pints of currents and stoned raisins mixed, half a cup of citron out thin and fine, one scant cup sugar, half a tea. spoonful of grated nutmeg, five eggs, two even tablespoont‘uls of flour made into a thin butter with milk. Mix in the order given and steam four hours. Serve with sauce. It will keep a long time and can be;steamcd over when it will be as good as new. CHICKEN Cuoounr'rss.——0ne solid pint of finely chopped cold chicken, a dessert spoon~ ful of salt, half teaspoonful pepper, one cup cream or chicken broth, one tablespoouful of flour, four eggs, one pint bread crumbsfithrce tablespoonfuls of butter and one of lemon juice, and if liked one teaspooufuljof onion juice. Heat the cream or stock: mix the flour and butter and stir into the boiling cream; add the chicken and seasoning, boll two minutes, add two ofthe eggs, well beaten, take from the fire immediately and set away to cool. When cold, shape, dip into the other two eggs, well beaten, roll in cracker or bread crumbs and fry in boiling fat, just long' . enough to brown the crumbs.