DETROIT, NOV. 30, 1889.

 

THE HOUSEHOLD-"Supplement.

 

THE IDEAL HUSBAND.

 

You‘ve a neat little wife at home. John.
As sweet as you wish to see;
As faithful and gentle hearted,
As fond as wife can be;
A genuine home-lo ving woman,
Not caring for fuss or show;
" She‘s dearer to you than life, John;
Then kiss her, and tell her so.

Your dinners are promptly served, John,
As likewise your breakfast and tea;
Your wardrobe is always in order,

‘ With buttons where buttons should be.
Her house is a cozy nest, John,
A heaven of rest below;
You think she‘s a rare little treasure—
Then kiss her and tell her so.

' She's a good wife and true to you, John,
Let fortune be foul or fair;
Of whatever comes to you, John,
She cheerfully bears her share;
You feel she‘s abrave, true helper,
And perhaps far more than you know,
’Twill lighten her ead of the load, John,
To kiss her, and tell her so.

' There’s a cross-road somewhere in life, John,

Where a hand on a guiding stone

Will signal one “ over the river,”
..And the other must go on alone.

Should she reach the last milestone first, John,
“’Twill be your comfort amid your woe,

To know that while loving her here, John,
‘You kissed her,’ and told her so.

-—Woman‘s Magazine.

 

AIDS TO CONVERSATION.

 

I find so many of my own grievances so
plainly portrayed by J annette, that I really
feel that after a long absence I should like
a word again with the HOUSEHOLD. Now
a trip to Detroit is one of the anticipations
of my life, and with scarcely one in that
great city to know my face, I naturally
think of the kind invitation of Beatrix.
But at each thought of it comes a shrink-
ing back at the newness of the position,
and I come to the conclusion that I am
like one of these little figures which are
compressed into a tight box, which sud-
denly spring out when the box is opened,
and when out are incapable of action, and
seem dazed. In my imagination I was
cautiously approaching the door when
from it emerged one of those “ faultlessly
attired ladies of such great capabilities.”
She is alady and doesn’t mean to do it, but
I feel her summing up of my entire self in
“ How she looks; from the country! ” and
with a pitying look of condescension and
perfection of movement she glides on like
one of the pieces in a kaleidoscope. But I

stand, and the last twenty years of my life
show the walls Time has built around
me. The foot much of the time upon the

 

cradle rocker does not give leisure to study
street costumes; health which allows but
an annual or biennial trip or an attendance
at a wedding or at church doesn’t keep one
on the alert for the latest novelties in dress;
developed babyhood calls for nursery
jingles instead of new magazines, boys’
kites and balls and dolls’ dresses instead of
fancy work; dishwater, dusting and darn-
ing and not kid gloves for the hands, with
a stern necessity over all which bars out
everything but actual necessities; each
day’s work unfinished and crowding into
the next, keeping the mind in constant
tension to do the things most essential and
to leave undone that which could best be
spared; and so it is that here in the last of
the light of 1889 I wake up to the fact
that there is outside my box a whole army
of women possessing the field who were
unheard of thirty years 'ago. The noise
of their movement and of their victories
has entered our seclusion; our lives have
been energized by their strong words; our
intellects have been quickened, our hearts
warmed and our sorrows assuaged by their
sympathies carried by the press, but this
has been all within us; and never until we
step upon the great thoroughfares of life
do we know the power of the fashion
delineator and the difierence between un~
assuming home life and the conventionall-
ties of the outside world. But as I was not
standing in reach ,of Beatrix’s door, but
mechanically doing my work I mused on.
I questioned again why I should hesitate
to knock, for so often the feeling of near
friendship comes to me as I read her help-
ful words for us. From her broader sphere
the currents of thought often flow into and
fill the little channels we make in our cir-
cumscribed lives, so that soul yearns for
soul. But as a good neighbor of mine
says, “ So long as we are tabernacled in
this fieshly tenement, our minds will not be
free from its influences.” I am compelled

to feel that the great mogul Fashion will

hinder the flow of speech or wit mightily,

unless he is carefully consulted. So know-

ing my inability to conform to such de-

crees I discover myself embarrassed and

without words even before entering the

presence of one in whom I feel perfect

confidence, and in many ways sympathy.

In plain words, are_we to become a

nation with caste, governed by dress? My

imagination gives no clue as to what may

have been the nature of the call of the rep-

resentative woman I fanced I met, but we

meet her everywhere and if you have never

 

felt her power strive for one month to lift

up the lives of the laboring classes. What
keeps from church, from college, from
visiting, from lectures, from society, our
bread-winning population? Provide the
opportunity and wait the replies. “ Noth-
ing suitable to wear.” “The expense of
clothes.” But if I talk so much I am
sureI shall never be welcome in the edi-
torial rooms. This is a good wide topic
and I hope to hear from many more. I
touch but upon one thought.

MRS. SERENA STEW .
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A GOOD THING SAID.

Under the plea for conversational points,
M. E. H. solicits “ a number of the Housm-
HOLD readers to say one or two good things
each.” Now that is an excellent plan, but
not an encouraging one, and lest the
severity of the condition imposed may de-
feat the project, a few simple suggestions
are submitted, that something better may
follow.

The best conversationalists are not those
who can say the most in the finest language,
on the greatest number of subjects. Good
speakers may possess the ability, but it is
not required of fine conversationalists.
Nor would they listen so adroitly as to
throw all the talking over to the other
party, which might simply be a polite
method of flinging an opponent. Rather
would they adapt themselves to any sub
ject at hand, with such tart as to put their
listeners quite at ease, and challenge a
mutual interchange of thought and ex-
pression,

When itlis desirable to make conversa-
tion avoid direct questions, and proffer a
suggestion which shall elicit something
besides an affirmative or a negative for a
reply. The comment made in answer will
often furnish a one which may be pleasant-
ly followed in some defined line of thought
or feeling. This requires attention to im-
mediate surroundings and present occur-
rences and presupposes some general in-
formation. Some simple pleasantry,

spoken with such enforced enthusiasm as
implies an intent in the answer, will im-
part to your talk the charming quality of
vivacity and beget communicativeness in
your hearer. To this end you must mani-
fest some interest in the person addressed.
Nor need this be an afiectation, for the very

effort made to interest another reacts at
once to interest yourself. It is like putting
your features in the attitude of a smile to
be pleasing to others; you cannot do it
without feeling pleasanter yourself in con-

 

sequence. AGNES LEE.
Gum) Rsrrns.

  

 


 

CHRISTMAS.

 

A pretty lamp mat seen in one of our
fancy stores was a large circle of old gold
plush, stretched over a pasteboard founda-
tion and finished with silesia on the bot-
tom. A smaller circle was drawn just
about the size of the standard of the usual
parlor lamp. The space outside this was
covered with a network of crystal beads
strung in diamonds and converging or
growing smaller as they approached the
centre. In each diamond were long stitches
of embroidery silk radiating like a fan
from the outer point of the diamond, seven
or nine being in the outer and larger row
of diamonds, and decreasing in number
in the diamonds nearer the centre. The
colors of the silk were shaded from a dark
orange brown to a pure chromo yellow
from the outside to the centre of the mat.
It was very pretty, and would cost but
little.

Select three perfect “cat-tails” with
stems a foot long and arrange them as an
easel to hold a photograph. Touch the tips
of the brown tops with a little gold paint,
and tie a bit of gold colored ribbon where
the three stalks are crossed.

A serviceable yet dressy apron may be
made of seven~eighths of a yard of satteen,
plain, and of some dark color, though an
oxblood red is very bright and pretty.
Turn over enough of the goods at the top
to form a shir with a standing heading two
inches wide. Cover a bit of canvas with
the satteen for a band to encircle the waist,
and fasten at the side under a ribbon how.
if you have a strip of wide black lace', lay
it plain or full it a little across the bottom
of the apron; or put narrow velvet ribbon
across in diamonds or a Greek key pattern.
Squares of plain velvet set corner to
comer across the bottom are also pretty,
the edges held down by brier stitching or
by invisible stitches. This is nice for a
school girl or for a saleswoman in astore.

Just a common, every day red-painted
Shaker rocker can be converted into a bit
furniture one need not be ashamed to have
in the parlor. Scrape oif the red paint—
and this is the “ horrid ” part of the task—
and sandpaper the wood. Paint with
cream or ivory paint, getting the specially
mixed paint which comes in cans. Be sure
to choose a very light cream if you order by
sample card or your paint will be too yel-
low. When dry gild the tops of the posts
and put a few lines here and there where
taste suggests. Make a cushion to fit the
seat of coarse cotton and stuff it very full
of curled hair, the harder it is the better;
cover this with old gold or blue plush; you
can buy plush for 69 cents a yard which is
quite nice. Make for the back a thin
cushion to be covered with the plush,
shaping it like a segment of a circle, with
the point at one upper corner of the chair
back, one straight line extending along the
back horizontally to the opposite corner,
and then sleping down across the back.
Put a ribbon rosette or bow at the point.
It is “awfully pretty.”

Mount some of the pretty lithographs
which are so common nowdays, as banners

 

for the sitting room or bedrooms. Two
strips of wood, an inch wide and an inch
longer at each end than the picture is
wide, round or flat, are to be covered with
plush in the color most harmonious to the
tone of the picture. Attach one of these
strips top and bottom and add a loop of
ribbon to hang it up by.

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A CHAPTER ON BAGS.

A scrap bag is made of dark olive green
macramc twine No. 12, and cherry-colored
satin ribbon one and ahalf inches in width.
The ribbon is inserted vertically in long
chains designed for it between the shell
rows, and is out long enough to put! it
slightly in the spaces. Make a chain of 74
stitches and join in the first stitch of chain.
1st round: Work four chain to take the
place of a treble; one treble in the next
stitch; one chain, two trebles in same
stitch (these form the first shell); miss
three, two trebles, one chain, two trebles
all in the next stitch (second shell); miss
three, two trebles, one chain, two trebles
in the next; * seven chain, miss nine,
two trebles, one chain, two trebles
in the next stitch; miss three, shell;
repeat from' * around and join with
double crochet in the third of the
fourth chain which begins the round.
2d round: * shell, (that is two trebles,
one chain, two trebles) under the one chain
of shell of last round, repeat shell under
the one chain of each of the next two
shells; seven chains, repeat from *; there are
three shells between the long chains. 3d
row: Shell on shell same as in second row;
repeat shell twice; * three chain, one double
crochet under the two previous long chains;
three chains, shell on shell; one shell on
each of the next two shells, repeat from *
around. On every fourth rowthree of these
long chains are joined together by making
three chains, one double crochet under the
two previous chains followed by three
chains. 4th round: Shell on shell; one
shell on each of the next two shells; seven
chains; repeat around. 5th round like 4th.
Repeat the pattern from 2d round until
you have 23 rounds of shells in all and six
groups of the long chains, which will make
the bag 12 inches in length. Now knot a
heavy fringe of five threads 18 inches long
before they are doubled around the bottom
of the bag into every shell and under the
three chains on each side of the double
crochet under the chain groups. Then form
the bottom of the bag by tying the fringe
together into a large tassel under a bow of
cherry-colored ribbon. Work eight scallops
around the top of the bag thus: Eight
long trebles in first shell; miss one shell; *
eight long trebles in the next shell; miss
eleven stitches of the foundation chain;
eight trebles in next shell; miss one shell;
repeat from * around. 2d row: Three
trebles on first treble of preceding round; *
one double crochet on next treble, three
trebles on the next; repeat from * twice; one
double crochet under the shell; repeat all
around except that the last double crochet
of every alternate scallop is made under
the long chains. For the handle make a

 

THE. HOUSEHOLD.

chain of eight stitches and join. Work up»
three chains, one treble in the same stitch:-
as in joining; three chain, turn; one treble;
on treble. Work back and forth in this

way until you have made a strip of 28-
inches in length; turn and work a scallop

all around thus: Five trebles under the

three chains; one double crochet under the -~
next three chains; repeat all around. On

both ends of handle work ten trebles in~

stead of five trebles. Sew on the strap or ‘
handle on the outside of the bag just be-

low the scallops. Line the bag with dark .
green silesia and hem in a wire at the top

to keep it in proper shape.

A duster bag made of a common
Japanese fan is pretty. The fan can be
covered or not, as you like best, With.’
cretonne, velvet or any other material.
One I admire is covered with bronze-green
sateen, with pocket of the same with
cretonne figures appliqued. The pocket is
to be out just half of the top part of the~
fan, only much wider. Turn the top down-
so as to form a heading of about one inch, .
then make three shirts across, running
through each a small rubber cord, or stout.
thread may be used for the cording if pre-
ferred. Full the bottom of the pocket
what is necessary, at the very top of the
fan, or what will be the bottom when sus-
pended by the handle. Fasten neatly in--
place, then bind with ribbon all around the .
fan to the handle, which should be gilded.
Tie a bow of ribbon around the handle-
close to the fan part, with a loop to hang.
up by. For the duster cut a square of"
cheesecloth, turn a broad hem and feather-
stitch it with floss to match ribbon bow
and binding. .

A pretty broom case may be made of a.
fan in the same manner, by putting a strap
of ribbon diagonally across the fan, under
which the brush is slipped.

Another duster bag may be‘ made of "
pongee, 28 inches long and nine inches
wide. Cut colored velvet crescents, also-
maple leaves, and sew them on in groups
and simply, and finish the edges and vein
the leaves with tinsel. Turn the upper
end of pongee away to a point and line the
whole with ecru silesia. Turn the bottom-
up eight inches, and sew each side care-
fully; this forms the bag. Now turn the
upper end over eight inchesfrom the point; ,
pass it through a brass portiere ring and
secure it. Finish with five small plush.
balls at the bottom of the bag, and one at"
the point. .

A bag to hold soiled collars and cuffs or '
small articles for the wash can be made in .
this way: Cut two pieces of pasteboard
(part of paper boxes will answer) nine
inches in diameter. Cover one side of each
of these with cretonne. Put the two to-
gether right side out and overhand to-
gether. Cut a piece of the cretonne 40-
inches long and 14 wide. Make a two
inch hem on one of the long sides, and two
lines of stitching half an inch apart, just'
above} the bottom of the hem. This is
to run the drawing strings through. Sew
the two ends together. Then turn on the ~
wrong side and gather the unhemmed side.
Divide it in halves and quarters, and pin
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Then overhand it strongly. For strings
use ribbon or tape to match the cretonne.

A variety of bags of different material
and sizes can be made after the same idea.

For a snow shoe brush broom case, buy
at any fancy goods store a medium sized
Canadian toy snow shoe. Cover a piece
of cardboard five inches wide by eight
inches long with plush, and then line. Sew
this firmly to the net of the shoe on each
side of the largest part. This holds the
brush. Tie a ribbon bow matching the
plush on the stick just above the net and
sew a small brass ring at. the back to sus-
pend it. Also tie a ribbon around the
handle of the brush broom.

A fan bag is a pretty novelty. They are
made of two shades of ribbon. The out-
side color is nine inches in width, and the
shade that serves as lining about half an
inch wider. To make one take twolengths
of ribbon a yard and a half long; the out-
side shade of terra cotta, the lining cream
color, for instance. Sew them together
lengthwise; on one side the edges will come
together and on the other the cream color
will show a half inch beyond the terra
cotta. Next place the ends together and
sew the sides. Turn down the top suf-
ficiently for a heading and use very nar-
row ribbon for draw-strings. Such bags
are very useful for parties or the theatre;
and there isless danger of breaking the fan.

A very pretty way of decorating work-
bags, shoe-bags, tidies and other articles
is to apply sprays, or rather clusters of
flat-petaled flowers cut from cloth. The
whole flower is cut in one piece; they are
then placed on the foundation, what-
ever that may be, and sewed down by a
very small stitch between the petals and at
the point of each petal. The centers are
filled in with French knots in yellow silk;
stalks are worked in cording-stitch with
brown silk, and leaves in long stitch with
three shades of green silk.

Fonns'r Lnnen. MILL MIN NIE.

 

THE CHILDREN .

 

I often wonder what our grandmothers
would say if they could wake up and see
the kind of children who inhabit the earth
to-day. The country children of their
day wore thick warm flannel clothes that
were spun and woven in the home, or at
least in the neighborhood, and of as pretty
colors as their ingenuity and skill could
contrive. Now the child who has not a
bright colored plush, or a silk or a cash-
mere, or all of them perhaps, is the excep-
tion not the rule. Then the mother, once
a year, made a new suit for each member
of the family; these were used for the best,
and those which they had been wearing as
such were put on every day. Now she

' sews all the year round, every moment that

can be spared from other more pressing
duties, and often has a seamstress in
the house for a few weeks, and also buys
many things ready made. The children
then were told, “ Children should be seen,
not heard ;” now they are taught to be seen
and heard also; then, they should speak
when spoken to, now they do the most
of the talking. Then the easiest chair

must be left for the oldest person; now, if
there is a vacant rocking‘chair with a
cushion, that is the chair they will take
possession of, no matter how many people
are present who will never see their fiftieth
birthday again. Then children were
taught to say “Will you please pass the
brea ,” or “Will you please give‘me a
piece of pie?” Now it is mostly, “I want
a piece of bread;” “ Give me some more
pic.” Then if they were asked, “Would
you like a piece of cake ” or an apple, or
an orange; the reply would be, “ Yes
ma’am, if you please;” now it is “ Y‘e-s.”
Then the older people took the lead, the
children walked in the rear; now the
young take the lead and the parents fol-
low.

A few days ago a young lady fourteen
or fifteen years old and her mother-walkEd
into a room where I chanced to be, the
daughter taking, and the mother willingly
yielding the precedence, not only in en-
tering the room but in the conversation.
The mother’s face was a pleasing sight,
it was radiant with the effulgence which
reflected on her from her daughter. This
same young lady precedes her mother into
the store, and walks up to the counter and
asks for what they wish to look at.

'" I see that little miss on the other side of

the table, with her eyes snapping; she says,
“I’d like to know what harm there is in
that?” None at all, my little miss, she
knows “so much more than her mother,
and the mbther knows it also; so ofb‘a‘ffié‘e
she would prefer to bea little retiring. The
young lady knows her mother has never
been in the habit of going out anywhere
only to sell her butter and eggs, therefore
how could she know what the needs
of a young lady are? Of course the young
lady does not remember how many years
her mother had lived before she was born;
if she ever thinks about it, she is sure her
mother could never have been pretty and
gay like herself; she must always have been
plain and old-fashioned. But the young
lady has been to school in town a few
terms and been around with the girls, so
why should she not know morejabout the
world than her mother?

If mothers will be foolish enough to
sacrifice their own comfort and their self—
respect, and the respect of their children,
who is to blame? Any woman who ignores
good clothes, that her daughter may dress
richly, and therefore drops out of society,

is neglecting the best good of her children:
There is no standing still here; we are
going forward or backward; we are climb-
ing higher or slipping downwards, even
if so slow as to be imperceptible. ft re-
quires an effort and perhaps a struggle to
gain a little advance, but “It pays,” “it
pays.”

There are two or three other mothers I
wish to show you; it’s not at all likely
there are any such among the readers of
this paper, but I chance to meet one of
them now and then. One of these mothers
has a little daughter who is brought for-
ward on all possible occasions to show off

 

herf'smartness;nand'she is a smart li:tle
thing, but oh—the brass! The moth er

is not only doing herself great injury, but.

does not see it that way; to her it looks like ,
the promise of great thin gs in the future; .
so her face is illumined. Another mother”
has a little boy of whom she is very proud;-
so he is brought forward to show ofi his "
accomplishments, which makes her face -
shine, but oh dear—that’s all! Another"
mother was lamenting to me her children’s“
bashfulness; they could not get up the'
courage to speak their little pieces. My-
reply to her was, “ Do not let that trouble“
you for an instant, for it is such a pleasure-
to see a modest, bashful child; they are very
rare now-days, even in the country.”

But to go back to those smart children:
The query arises in my mind, what will'
those wonderful children develop into by
the time they reach mature age? They-
are not impressed with the reverence due'
their parents or teachers, and in many cases
no respect.

Really, there is no use of Polly’s giving-
any advice on this subject, parents and
children would both cry “ sour grapes.” ‘
And as long as every one is satisfied that
that theirs is the smartest and the cutest,
and will look up into your face with their '
eyes shining and asking in their own
language , “ Did you ever see the beat? " I‘
must admit, I never did. POLLY.

 

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FROM ONE OF Tm GIRLS.

I entirely agree with Beatrix “that a.»
gentleman is a man of refinement, of good“
manners and good breeding.” It is true'
that often a man of good manners may be“
a rascal at heart, and it is also true that a
man with good manners may be a gentle-=
man in every sense of the word. Webster'-
deflnes gentleman “ as one of gentle and"
refined manners; a well bred man.” If are
man be well bred will he ever forget to;
lift his hat to a lady? No, his hand will’
move to his head without any thought of "
his, just as his foot moves forward for a.
next step. If I see a man on the street"
meet a lady and he does not lift his hat, he ,,
is instantly set down in my opinion as not
a gentleman. Beatrix also said something“
about the average farmer’s boys not being '
as polite as the city ones, and complaining,
because the girls did not admire them 80‘
much. I am a farmer’s girl and know
that to be true. If the farmer boys would‘
cultivate their manners I think they would"
not complain about the girls admiring
city boys more. I am very much interest-
ed in the letters about the “Art of Con."
versation.”

I too with A. L. L. can enjoy gossip ifit
does not touch upon scandal. I despise
scandal, and would hate to tell what I‘
thought of aperson if they began to say
that “ they said such and such ” persons
were doing things that were disgraceful to a;
neighborhood, or began telling the trouble
of a family which that family wanted kept"
to themselves.

If you chance to be introduced to a per:
son at a picnic or any out of door sports
I do not think it out of the wayto exchangr
a few words about the weather, and iron

 

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- very-easily lead the conversation to some-
thing you have read about scenery and if

. your-- companion be a sociable one you will
snot; lack for topics. But often we meet
(persons who are very hard to get acquaint.
~-cd with and .who will answer in monosyl-
lables. I have yet to learn how to carry on
~..conversation with such people. It is be-
yond. me. If any one can will they please

' tell for the benefit of the poor unfortunates
"like myself, who cannot do all the talking.

N ow about Christmas. Crocheted or

knitted lace is always acceptable. I have
not missed a Christmas for several years
without giving enough lace for a skirt to
tome one. Hemstitched handkerchiefs
makea nice present, but if you have not
'time it will not pay, for you can buy hand-
kerchiefs that will last as long and not cost
any more if you count your time anything.
link a pair of mittens for one of your
friends, and you will be liked better and
':_thought of oftener than if you had made
asome'fancy article that will lie around in
2 the way and then be consigned to the rag
bag.

Will some one tell me of a nice way to
'use zephyrs? I have quite a number of
small balls of bright colored yarns that I
would like to crochet up in something.

JESSIE .
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OUR SEWING MACHINE.

So many inquiries have been made about
the sewing-machine furnished by the
‘FARMER, and so many persons seem to
fear it cannot be a good machine and sold
at. such reduction from agents’ prices, that

"few words of explanation appear called for.

' The agents of other machines have claimed
these were old machines repaired and sold

: as new; that they are worthless after a few
months; that the castings are so soft they

~ can be whittled and soon wear out, etc.
The facts arethese:

Every machine we deliver is bran new;
I. and is sent directly to the purchaser from
the factory. The manufacturers sell us the
xmachines at the same price charged retail
dealers, and the difference between their
prices and ours represents the profits of the
“middleman,” which the purchaser pays,
if he deals with the agents. It is policy on
the part of agents to decry the merits of the
FARMER machine, since every one we sell
is so much trade and profit taken from
their business.

'As for the charge that the machines can
'be whittled to pieces, etc. , it is arrant
nonsense, easily demonstrated.

As to durability, we have been sending
them out for about eight years. An ac-
quaintance of mine who bought one of the
first—the low arm Singer, is still using it.
It has been in constant use for at least seven

years, without one cent being expended
for repairs, the only expense being a paper
of needles; and it has done a great deal of
heavy work. The new “ Michigan ” is the
best machine we have ever sent out, and is
in every respect equal, at $21, with a
year’s subscription to the FARMER included,
to the machine agents retail at $50. The
- difierence is what you save by buying
» without the intervention of agents.
.Many hesitate because of the low price,

 

believing a cheap machine cannot be a good
one. They have so long been accustomed
to exorbitant prices that they have no faith
in the merits of a low priced article. The
expiration of patents has greatly reduced
prices from first hands, but agents have
made no corresponding reductions, whereas
the FARMER does reduce prices. The re pu-
tation the FARMER has always maintained
for honorable dealings with its subscribers
is a guarantee against its offering worthless
wares to its patrons. To do so would
injure it far beyond the value of the ma-
chines. We sell them on their merits, and
if on trial they are not as we represent
them, we refund the money promptly on
return of the machine to us, and the pur-
chaser is at liberty to pay $45 or $50 to an
agent. We have distributed hundreds of
the machines throughout the State since
we began to handle them, and are happy
to say the complaints and returned ma-
chines have been few and far between.
BEATRIX.

"—_-+O‘———
THE SABBATH.

 

I wish to assure Aunt Philena of my
sympathy with her in her sentiments on the
observance of the Sabbath. I wish there
were more like her who would stand up
for the Bible and the Sabbath day. We
have too much of this happy-go-easy style
these days. Earthly pleasures too often
take the place of Sabbath consecration.
When I was a boy my sainted mother
taught me to reverence the Lord’s day.
Sunday pleasure was a thing out of the
question; but we boys would be gathered
around mother’s knee and taught out of
that blessed Book the way of eternal
life. She has gone to her reward, but her
works do follow her and her memory is
sweet. No pleasure rides on the Sabbath
day for me. '

Excuse me, ladies; I came in rather
abruptly and did not even dofl? my hat.

BOLT. COUSIN JIM.

 

CHAT.

Speech is silver, silence is gold, still it
wont buy. “Me and myself” have con-
sulted over many HOUSEHOLD articles and
as I can not voice the thoughts, suppose I
pen a few, with fear least my attempt at
sociability only helps pile your “ fire bas-
ket;” still, like Darius Green and his flying
machine, it will cause a flutter.

Poor deceived Outis, did you ever study
life’s book of economy? Please do turn
the page where a sickly woman does not
require as many shoes as a healthy one;
besides one’s head serves her in many
places as well and better. than her heels.
A kind provider gives womankind some
resource, and many a frail woman saves
her husband’s purse as much as those who
turn the fanning mill and feed pigs. Outis’s
claim to martyrdom on his wife’s account
is undoubtedly a dream, furnished before
the flickering fire in his bachelor den, and
simply echoes the raven’s croak. The heart’s
blood he mentions presumedly comes from
a lacerated finger while struggling to sew
on a button.

I agree with Aunt Philena, that God
meant something when he gave the com-

 

mandment, “ Remember the Sabbath day
to keep it holy.” As beautiful as I know
Belle Isle to be, I doubt much it’s being a
good place to meet God on his own day.

I believe in a realistic Heaven, but I we?
tell if I have got to sit ten thousand years,
and have twenty thousand angels waiting
on me. How the poor brain must labor to
find so many wants! I wonder if it will take
so much time for my. lame neck and sick
head to be well. What is Heaven if not
present rest and joy at the opening of the
portals after our weary waiting here? Why
need waiters where there is no sickness or
pain; why cannot every one wait on them-
selves and save confusion? Guess I better
send a recipe for pickling onions to end off
with. HUB.

I have been waiting for some other
Chautauquan to reply to Emerald, but as
no one has I think I will, for I do not want
her to think she is the only one in our
HOUSEHOLD family. I too have just be-
gun the third year’s reading. I enjoy the
readings very much, especially since the
organization of a local circle, which we all
find a great benefit.

Mrs. E. has my sympathy, for I never
had so much trouble with fruit before, and
I find it very'trying to lose the work as
well as the fruit. I read carefully all of
the directions given her and hope for better
success next year.

I think, with Aunt Philena, it is time
every mother at least taught the children
by example as well as precept that Sunday
excursions and pleasure trips are a viola.
tion of the law she quotes and which we
all teach the children, “ Remember the
Sabbath day to keep it holy.” Boats and
trains will not run if no one is ready to
go, so evidently every one who goes is re-
sponsible. We cannot be too careful of
our example, for it is the greatest power
we hold. NELLE.

Nonann.

 

Useful Recipes.

CRANBERRY DUMPLINGs.-—Sift together one
quart flour and two and a half teaspoonfuls
baking powder: mix to a soft dough with
sweet milk: roll out and spread with one
quart cranberry sauce, fold over, place in a
pudding-bag and steam one hour. Serve with
a sweet sauce.

 

APPLE TAPIOCA.—Pare and core enough
apples to cover the bottom of a pudding dish;
put a little sugar and lemon peel on them,
and bake till tender, putting in a little water
if needed; soak one-half pint tapioca in one
quart lukewarm water and a little salt over
night; pour over the apples and bake one
hour; eat cold, with cream and sugar.

 

APPLE Snonr CAKE—Make a crust, as for
baking powder biscuit; butter 9. pie tin, take
a piece of the dough sufiicient to press out-
with the hands to half an inch in thickness
and the size of the tin; place in the tin, and
spread the top with butter; mould out another
similar piece and lay on the top of this, and
bake. Prepare tart apples, as for sauce, add-
ing a piece of butter the size of a hickory nut.
When the crust is done, carefully divide the
layers, spread with butter, and put the hot:
apple-sauce between. Sarve with sugar and
cream, or other sauce as preferred.

 

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