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DETROIT, OCT. 81, 1891.

 

 

. THE. HOUSEHOLD-r-Supplement.

 

 

CHANGES.

 

Whom first we love. you know. we seldom wed.
Time rules as all. And life indeed. is not

The thing we. planned it out ere hope was dead.
And then. we women cannot choose our lot.

Much must be borne which it is hard to bear;
Much given away which it were sweet to keep.
God help us all who need. indeed. his care:
And yet I know the Shepherd loves his sheep.

21v little boy begins to babble now

Upon my knees his earliest infant prayer.
He has his father's eager eyes. I know;

And they say. too, his mother's sunny hair.

But when he sleeps and smiles upon my knee,
And I can feel his light breath come and go,

I think of one—Heaven help and pity me—-

l Who loved me, and whom I loved. long ago.

Who might have been—ah. what I dare not think!
We all are changed. God judges for the best.
God help us do our duty, and not shrink,
And trust in heaven humbly for the rest.

But blame as women not. if some appear
Too cold at times and some too gay and light.
Some griefs gnaw deep. Some woes are hard to

bear.
Who knows the past? and who fijudge us
right?

Ah, were we judged by what we might have been
And not by what we are. too apt to fall!

My little child—he sleeps and smiles between
These thoughts and me. In heaven we shall

know all.
—0u‘m Meredith.

__——...—————

I have alittle sister
' Just twelve and a few days.
She not ashamed to tell her age.
"I‘m in my teens“ she says.
And proud as any peacock
Is this little maid. l ween.
For 0! she longs to see the day
When she‘ll be seventeen.

This girlie has a grandma
0f eighty-five or so.

Who tries to pose as ninety.
You’d not believe her, though.

She. too. is proud. as it appears.
013 adding to her sum of years.

This grandma has ten daughters.
And sons a couple more.

The eldest just turned thirty,
The youngest twenty-four.

Don’t say "There must be some mistake."
I've tried my best not one to make.

 

FOR GIRLS IN BUSINESS OFFICES.

 

I want to talk this time with the girls
who are fitting themselves for the
world‘s work and looking forward to
the time when they will be able to be
“ independent" and support themselves.
Girls who study with a. definite pur-
pose in view while they are learning
the work they mean to do are apt to be
in earnest and generally succeed: those
who take up a business simply because

 

others do so, to get away from home
and hence have more freedom, or to
earn a little money for finery “don’t
count,” except, unfortunately, as they
serve to keep down the wages of the
competent and belittle the efficiency of
the capable ones by their incompe-
tence. It is not always one can find
the work she wants to do, or is es-
pecially fitted for by education or
natural talent, at first. Even when one
is competent, and knows she can do
better than those who get the situa-
tions she covets, sometimes the oppor-
tunities seem to go by her with winged
feet. Then is the time for patience and
hope. And instead of getting discourag—
ed and out of humor with a world too
blind to recogniie your superior merit,
just take a little stronger grip and
while you wait and look for the opening,
perfect yourself in what you mean to do.
Study, and improve.

Do not begin until you are competent
to perform the work you undertake.
Your employer did not agree to teach
you your business, nor pay you while
you learn it. If you wish to earn his
respect and make your situation per-
manent, you must be capable. A great
many girls get a smattering of steno-
graphy and learn how to make mistakes
on a typewriter, and think themselves
competent for office work. I once heard
a young business man telling his ex-
perience with that class of help. True,
his was “an infant industry” as yet
and he did not require the services of
an expert; he could pay $5 per week
for five hours’ daily labor and expected
his stenographer to be able to take let-
ters from dictation and copy them out
on the typewriter. His experiences
with the girls who could not spell, or
formulate an ordinary one-page busi-
ness letter correctly were 'amusing.
“ Cinsinnatta,” “ mashenry,” “ Febu-
rary ” were a few of the errors which
he found in the first letter handed in

. for signature by one girl, whose term of

service in his employ began and ended
in one day. Generally, the trouble
was that the girls could not spell and
write grammatically correct letters.

.Now these are fatal failings in this

branch of woman's work. No firm
wishes to send its correspondents badly
spelled and ungrammatical letters, be-
cause such invariably create prejudice;
whereas a well arranged. business-like

 

letter, clearly and concisely written.
makes a good impression.

When you get the coveted situation
strive to fill it worthily. No matter if
the salary is small, you’ll never get a
rise unless you prove you’re worth it.
So do your best. Be punctual. Don’t
come dawdling in ten or fifteen minutes
after office hours. Then remember
your employer has engaged your time
and thought for his business, and.
banish your own affairs from your mind
as completely as possible. Don’t lei
him feel your interest- in his work is
centred on your envelope Saturday
night, but be ready to do everything he
requires cheerfully and promptly.
Never let him see yen yawn, look at
the clock or consult your watch. Even
if you are longing to get away, don");
let him know it.

Do what he requires as he tells you
to do it. Even though you think your
way much the best, he pays your
salary for doing his work his way.
Don’t argue or discuss; simply obey.
Be discreet about asking questions; al-
ways think twice and make sure it is
absolutely necessary to ask; but never
fail to ask if you are in doubt on any
important point. Mind your own basis
ness and never ask a question not con~
nected with your work. A great
many girls fail here; they think they
show interest when they ask questions
that do not conCern them. Interest is-
best manifested by doing what you
have to do in your most capable man-
ner. Never speak of your employer’s
affairs, or what you see or hear or learn
in his office, to outsiders; it is disloyal.
Silence is a point of honor. And don’t
talk of your personal or family matters;
your private affairs are nothing what.
ever to your employer, any more than
his to you. In short, the sooner you
realize that as an individual you are
absolutely of no account to your em~
ployer and that he regards you simply
as an employe, hired to do so much
work for so many dollars, the sooner
your relations as employe will be based
on a sure, safe, and permanent founda‘
tion.

Be pleasant and courteous but never
familiar with all whom you rest in the
office. Hedge yourself about with a
quiet reserve; it will command respect.
Never chatter in business hours; don’t
encourage calls from your friends or

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carry on conversations by telephone
with them. And never allow yourself
tobe even the least little bit in the
world “flirtatious.” There are too
many risks, in several senses of the
term. Don’t criticise your employer’s
appearance, dress, manners or conver—
sation, or discuss him in any way, with
others, either in or out of office: he’ll
hear of it, sure, and it will harm you.
Dress quietly and neatly, and try to be
as inconspicuous as possible.

Tears are out of place in an office.
Die, but don't cry. Most men can
stand anything but a crying woman.
You may gain your point at the moment,
But it is at the expense of a certain
quality in your employer‘s regard. Nor
is it well to ape mannish ways or
phrases, or indulge in “chaff.” A
certain newspaper woman makes herself
disliked among her co-workers because
she is so evidently anxious to be one of
them, and expresses opinions freely and
sometimes coarsely on all subjects.
Modest womanhood is as admirable in
business as anywhere, and is not in-
compatible with the best work.

Don’t set out to reform the office.
The western motto, “ Treat every one
well and keep your mouth shut" is a
good one to follow. You will probably
encounteragood many things you are
not accustomed to. You must not expect
drawing-room manners in a business
office. Men will talk to you with their
latson and their hands in their pockets;
they will speak peremptorily, perhaps
find fault; you will hear some emphatic
language, though most business men
will refrain from profanity inalady's
presence, and though you don’t like it,
it is wisest to be apparently deaf. I
know many women who think it a
duty to express their opinions on men’s
su’ees at all times, in season and out,
wilt not agree with me in this but I
believe my advice is best. An over-
neaious woman was once so grieved be-
cause her employer, under great ex-
citement, allowed an oath to escape in
her presence that next day she laid
OM' of those little leaflets published by
some concern or other, entitled “On
the Sin of Swearing,” on his desk. It
caught his eye at once. “Who put
this thing here?” he inquired
angrily. She answered meekly, “I
did, sir! I ————" Turning to the
cashier he ordered: “ Mr. B—, make out
Miss C—~‘s check to Saturday night.
Madam, I can dispense with your ser-
vices; you may leave at once. Now!”
$eadded, as she hesitated. She had
gained nothing and lost all; and to a
person who came to inquire respecting
Miss C—’s ability he saidgruffly she
was “a good ’nough worker, but a --—
crank,” and that recommend failed to
secure the new situation.

I would not sneeze or strangle over
«cigar smoke, or remark incidentally
that no gentleman will smoke in the

presence of ladies; etc., because most
men have an affection for cigars which

 

    

overbalances their deference for the
prejudices of an employe. If a man
will not stop smoking for his wife’s or
sweethearts asking (and he will not)
he certainly will not because his office
girl elevates her nose.

My advice to a girl going into busi-
ness would be to claim absolutely noth-
ing because of being a woman. There
is not one man in fifty who will not treat
her with more deference and courtesy
than his male employes because she is
a woman, and it is best to be satisfied
with that. Ask and expect no favors
or concessions and you'll get more than
if you claimed them. Tact will help
you see where and how you can
strengthen yourself in your employer‘s
confidence, and help you over the awk-
ward positions that come in every busi-
ness woman‘s life: and faithful and
efficient service will make you neces-
sary and your position sure. Your
personal conduct and character will
gauge the esteem of your associates.

BEATRl‘X.

——-———...—__.._.

INFORMATION WANTED.

 

Dear HOUSEHOLD folks, my courage
just gave clean out this afternoon. I
have felt pretty well and kept up
bravely all summer. Every morning I
faced a big day’s work, but I kept say-
ing “When the cherries are canned,”
“when the harvest is done,” “when
this visiting is over," “when vacation
is past and the children are at school
again," “when the peaches and pears
are put up” there surely will come a
day without washing, ironing or baking,
when I can mend, perhaps make a new
garment, write leisurely the letters I
owe, and tell the HOUSEHOLD some
of my experiences. I have thought
over many columns in my mind, but
never found the proper time to put
them on paper. But the unexpected
continually happens and this Saturday
afternoon it all came over me how very
like a horse upon a tread-wheel my
summer's life had been—always ap-
proaching the top, never there; al-
ways nearing the day for quiet sewing,
rest, reading and writing, but never
reaching it. So when I found that
another week was closing very like all
the rest, the mending basket piled up
like a haystack, the house far from
being as tidy as I like, the bread that I
had stayed from a social meeting to
bake, sulkily refusing to rise, I just
gave up and went on to the bed for a
good cry, but even that pleasure (‘5') was
denied me, for a neighbor came in
with the mail and there was no one
but me to receive it and say “Thank
you.” In the big bundle was a letter
saying that a guest was on the way and
might even then be at the door, but I
must look at the HOUSEHOLD. Some-
body’s spicy letter about how hard
women work had my hearty approval,
but what can be done where the acres

 

are few and there is no bank account;

when help cannot be found and there
is little monev to pay if it could?

A hasty glance over Evangeline’s
“Whatever is, is Right,” did me a
world of good. Isuppos‘e I have be-
lieved it all before, but in this hour
“when life’s shadows fell all darkly ’.
on my way I needed to have some one
hold up the light. Ifound new courage
and went about supper quite hopefully;
even the bread lifted itself in the pan,
and ran over in the oven enough to
show that it was not so sour as it
seemed. (It was salt-rising and scalded
too much in the sponge.)

I must make haste to ask my question
before the clock strikes eleven. My
nine year old daughter wants to know
all about that strange picture of a man
in the first part of Jayue's and many
other almanacs. “Now, ma. tell me
just what it all means; that lion there,
now; what is that for? And those
fishes! Say, ma; Ibelieve they mean
something about the different parts of
the man‘s body—and say, now ma, over
in the calendar they use the same
things, there are five fishes all in a
row. It’s adirty picture anyway, but
now tell us just what it means? ” And
so the child teased on while I put her
off with the excuse that the explana-
tion was too long. Now will Evange-
line, A. H. J., or Beatrix tell how to
explain this matter to a nine year old
child? She is sure to ask me again and
what can I tell her?

‘1.

TROUBLE FOR EL. SEE.

AU NT ELIZABETH ,

 

 

I had always liked El. See till she
gave that parting shot at, Northern
Michigan after leaving Bay View. I
have lived for nearly twenty years
within fourteen miles of Bay View and
have not starved yet. I should get
“real mad” at her if I didn’t know so
well that I have the best of the argu-
ment; but when I look out and see the
broad acres of grass and crops, and
know the cellar is full of good things to
eat for this winter, I only laugh com—
fortably when I think of her mistake.
It is true we have had one of the worst
seasons we have ever known here, but
we have still enough to eat and some to
spare. Now El. See, I know you must
be convinced, so will let you go.

I must say I agree with Beatrix when
she says “The end does not always
justify the means.” Ithink it comes
far from it in a great many cases.

I think Mac “ hit the nail” when she
said it depends more on the individual
than the occupation whether one is
happy or not. I say a farmer’s life can be
just as happy as any other if we only
make it so.

BOYNE. A NORTHERN FARMERINE.

 

DILL A. TORY wishes some one
to tell how to make milkweed pom-

 

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The Household. 8

 

THE END AND THE MEANS.

 

Will you allow Grandpa a little space
in your department to defend himself
against the implied charge in the
HOUSEHOLD of the 17th that he ad-
vocates measures that would have a
tendency to corrupt morals? I am
aware of the hazards one runs in en-
tering into a controversy with an
editor, especially with one of an op-
posite sex, but, relying on the liberal
spirit accorded to all contributors to
the HOUSEHOLD on such a variety of
topics as have appeared from time to
time, I again step into theaarena, and
contend, as in my former article, the
end does justify the means, where the
end is a laudable one, and the means of
Divine origin and appointment; which,
begging pardon, I think should have
been in justice alluded to in the criti-
cism. In proof of my position, I cited a
number of instances in the Bible where
patriarchs, apostles, and I might have
added prophets resorted to untruths to
save their lives; the end sought being
of so much consequence as to justify
the means, all recorded in the sacred
word of God; and this with no wish or
desire to bring ridicule or contempt on
Holy Writ. for which no one has more
reverence or respect than myself.

True, the Lord declared on Mount
Sinai “ Thou shalt not steal.” He also
declares in Luke, 16th chapter, verse
9th.

"Make to yourselves friends of the
mammon of unrighteousness, that when
ye fail they may receive you into ever-
lasting habitations.” And in let Kings
22d, 23d, it is declared, the Lord had
put a lying spirit into the mouths of
feur hundred prophets for a good pur-
pose.

I trust no harm nor ill feeling will
arise from this little controversy, but
some good in setting the readers of the
HOUSEHOLD to thinking, which we all
have much need to do, and of “ search-
ing the Scriptures," which are “ profit-
able unto all,” is the sincere wish of

Mnsxneox. (erANDPA.

I wish to say to Grandpa that I sin-
cerely hope I am “too much of an
editor ” to take ofi'ense or feel pique or
ill-will toward any person who differs
from my views. Iemphatically object to
being regarded as the autocrat of the
HOUSEHOLD, or to having its readers
infer that there must be no dissent
from my opinions because I exercise a
supervisory right over the little paper.
An editor often finds it necessary to
refuse articles which are outside the
field or beyond the scope of his paper;
the editorial adaptability lies in power
to discern and courage to live up to this
principle. But to refuse publication
simply because an article does not agree
with the editor’s views on the subject
would be deserved death to any news-
paper. I can say truly‘ that I have
never refused an article which came

 

within the field of the HOUSEHOLD be-
cause of a personal feeling or opinion;
I hope I never shall. And articles
criticising my opinions have always
been. given space—in the interest of
fair play if for no other reason.

A controversy on a question of ab-
stract rights has really no place in a
paper like our-s. Hence, to Grandpa’s
rejoinder, which is simply an iteration
Of his former position, I have only this
to say: Who shall decide “when the
end is laudable and the means of Divine
origin and appointment?” Did you
ever know a man who had argued him—
self into believing any doctrine very
strongly who was not positively certain
that he possessed, in large measure,
the Divine favor? All the bitter re-
lig ious persecutions the world has ever
known have been prosecuted in the be-
lief that it was pleasing to the Almighty
to have those who refused to believe in
Him, according to the interpretation of
the persecutors, put to death. If every
man is to be his own judge as to how
far what he wishes to do will justify
him in using those means which appear
commendable to him to attain it, I
fear we should have a curious condition
of public and private morals. More-
over. I do not believe that the lessons
of Old Testament Scriptures, which are
largely historical records, are in-
tended for our emulation. Not a few of
them conflict with, in fact directly op-
pose, the commandments which were
given for our guidance: and even the
most devout Bible student would be far
from advising all Old Testament teach-
ings to be practiced in nineteenth cen-
tury times. BEATRIX.

—.-..__

BUTTONS WANTED.

I have read that there is, or is to be,
a pearl button factory started in De-
troit. Now Beatrix, please ji'esolve
yourself into a committee of the whole
and if you can find the ear of that
manufacturer, pour into it the story of
our need. Beg of him to make the one
button every mother new lacks. A
cheap. plain, strong, flat pearl button,
the size of a pants button, with four
holes in it, to sew on children’s under-
waists and our own underclothing.
NeedI say why? The porcelain but-
ton is thick, clumsy and breaks often
in the wringer. A button with two
holes takes hold of too little cloth and
tears off easily. A brass pants button
does admirably, but no mother wants
them on her little girl’s waists. ()ne
fastidious mother uses black pants but-
tous on her little boy’s white waists be-
cause no other will do the business, but
even the boy don’t like the looks of it.
There is a white bone pant’s button,

but it breaks easily.
AUNT BESSIE.

 

There is a pearl button factory in this
city, which has been enlarged since
the McKinley bill cut off impertations of
buttons made by Austrian convict labor.

 

We will reach the manufacturer’s car if
we have to borrow a trumpet to do so.
and “ we’ll see ” if that long felt want
cannot be filled. There are a number
of uses for such buttons; they would be
as desirable on women’s underwear as
on children’s.
._.._..._____

C ERISTMAS PRESEN I‘S.

 

Mittens that are nice to wear under
woolen mittens when driving in cold
weather may be made of Chamois. Cut
apattern of the right size; lay it on
chamois skin and cut out with sharp
scissors. Sew the parts together with
waxed linen thread, making a seam
like a glove. Pink the wrists. They
are non very expensive, and the pieces
can be utilized in making penwipers,
spectacle and stamp cases.

The young girls who want- to make
presents and have not much money to
spend or much skill in workmanship
may undertake a bath towel. Get four
balls of NO. 8 white knitting cotton and
two wooden knitting needles about as
large as a slate-pencil. Cast on eighty-
five stitches and knit garter stitch till
the towel is seven-eighths of a yard
long. To make the fringe, wind some
of the cotton round a book. out it off
and draw two of the pieces into each
stitch, knotting them in place. Knitted
wash clothes are made in the same
way, about a foot square; then a border
Of scallops crocheted around the edge.

Harper's Bazar gives directions for a
gift that will be appreciated by ahouse-
keeper: “A set of doilies containing
allusions to the months, both in text
and flowers, will be a charming res
membrance for an artistic friend when
the gift season comes, as come it will,
long before we are ready for it, if we
long ago began our preparations. The
little linen doilies with hem-stitched
edges can be bought so cheaply that it
is not worth while to make them. Draw
upon each one of the set a flower ap-
propriate to a certain month, and write
a motto to be worked in outline stitch
with black silk. A pretty sentiment for
one, ‘September waves her golden
rod.‘ On one side of the doily is a
beautifully worked spray of golden rod
done with yellow silk in French knots.
On another one the flowers are roses,
the motto, ‘Sweetest roses welcome
June.’ Some other sentiments which
may be accompanied by suggestive
flowers are: ‘The violet hides from
March’s rough caress.‘ ‘Our vine~
wreathed king, October.’ ‘Poppies
bloom in the field in fair July.’ ‘ Hips-
and haws in bleak November.’ ‘Sep—
tember’s child, the meadow-bell.’ ‘The
stately foxglove, August’s love.‘ ‘The
satin holly of December.’ ‘The gra-
cious pine not even J anuary’s blast can
strip.’ ‘ The lichen soft is February’s
wintry smile.‘ ‘Fruition’s promise
comes in May.‘ ‘ November’s frost lays
bare the nuts.’ ‘Anemone, sweet
April’s lady.’ In working the quota—
tions emphasis is given to the name of
the month by working it in a color,
while the remainder of the lettering is
done with black." .

   

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The Household.

 

TRY TO BE TEOUGETFUL.

 

We all have pets of some kind; are we
as thoughtful for their comfort as pos-
sible? There is the canary bird. Yes-
terday his cage was hung where there
was acold wind, and not long ago he
was in the full glare of the hot sun,
and his drinking water has gone un-
changed for two days. And the dog!
His wrongs would fill pages. Cold,
hunger. kicks, and sometimes even his
tail cut off. One dog I know, his tail
being cut off, was so grieved and
ashamed that he hid away in the dark
corner of the cellar for three days. And
horses too! Can you stand unmoved
and see them lashed because the heavy
load is stuck in the mud, and their ut-
most efiorts cannot stir it? Yesterday I
saw a whole family out for apleasuring,
and there were eight grown people in
the wagon and three children, with one
poor horse to draw that load. Kind-
ness to animals must be taught to chil-
dren, for naturally they are cruel or
thoughtless. One small boy I know
could not be made to feel that his dog
could suffer. His good mother gave
him one lesson that started his feelings
in the right direction. She heard a
distressed yelping and found that
Frankie had dug a deep hole and put
the dog in, covering him almost en-
tirely with dirt, just his nose sticking
out. She didn’t stop to scold, but made
the boy take the dog out and dig a
deeper hole, and then she dropped the
now crying young one in, standing him
upright; then she shoveled in the dirt
until it reached his chin, patting it
down hard all around his neck, and she
kept that boy in that hole for an hour,
and then he was very ready to promise
to be more kind to Fido in future.

DETROIT. SISI‘EB GRAClOUS.

 

ABOUT BAGS.

 

Dill. A. Tory asks for a chapter on
bags, of all kinds, in time for holiday
presents. The Editor draws upon her
own limited stock of information for
the following and hopes our corres-
pondents will respond to the call for
“more light.”

Bags for use upon the street are al-
most invariably of black silk or satin.
They are smaller than they were at first
and not so obtrusive, being more for
use than ornament. Seven or eight
inches is considered an ample width
and they are twelve or fourteen inches
deep, a couple of inches being turned
over at the top to meet the lining.
Drawing strings are put in, of course,
and the lining should be firmly fastened
to the bottom of the bag, to facilitate
reaching its contents. The ornamen-
tation is now usually a drop fringe or
row of passementerie pendants. Few
painted, embroidered or decorated bags
are carried on the street, bags for busi-
ness being perfectly plain except for
the trimming across the bottom. A

was of lustreless black silk, its only
ornament a row of little acorn-like
pendants across the bottom. It was
serviceable, and suitable. Another I
have seen had an A-shaped piece on
each side, the bottom of the A’s being
sewed together to make the bottom of
the bag. These pieces were composed
of brass rings which had been covered
with silk crochet work and sewed
together. Crocheted silk wheels are
sometimes used in the same way and a
silk fringe tied in across the bottom.
This crochet is done in black silk.

For party bags, more elaborate styles
are in vogue. A party bag, to hold
slippers, fan. powder puff, etc., is some-
times made of the dress material if it
be suitable, and in two divisions. A
piece a little shorter than the length of
the bag is securely sewed in the side
scams and fastened across the bottom,
forming the interior of the bag into
two pockets, one for the slippers, the
other for the fan, etc. Larger bags are
sometimes made to hold the wraps, and
the owner's initials embroidered on the
outside. The objection is that wraps
are usually stuffed in them so hurriedly
that they come out looking as if they
had been in the “ beggar’s press.”

Matinee bags are very handsome af-
fairs in black and gold open work: they
are finished with a tassel at the bot-
tom and with cord instead of ribbon
drawing-strings. They are much
smaller, only designed to hold the
handkerchief, bonbonniere and coin
purse. Fan bags are made of a yard of
handsome ribbon four inches wide
folded to make a bag half a yard long.
Sew‘the sides together very neatly.
Any kind of ornamentation can be em-
ployed. Turn down the top lir inches,
and run a casing for the drawstrings,
for which you need a yard of silk cord
or narrow ribbon. Moire ribbon makes
very handsome fan bags.

 

THE YOSEM [TE VALLEY.

 

A. L. L., who has reached the Ultima
Thule of her journey in the west, writes
the Birmingham Eccentric the following
account of the wonderful valley of the
Yosemite: The extent of the valley is
eight miles long, by a varying width
from one-half mile to one and one-half.
The walls are nearly vertical, rising to
an average height of 4,000 feet, sculp-
tured by time and the elements into a
multitudinous variety of form and color.
It is all granite, even the soil of the
floor is disintegrated stone. " El
Capitan,” the most prominent form,
stands frowning on the left as you de-
scend, and “Cathedral Rocks” guard
the right. I will give you a few of the
prominent names of the rocks as sug-
gested by their forms: North and South
Domes, the Three Brothers, the Three
Graces, Cathedral Spires, Sentinel
Rock and Dome, Glacier Point, Clouds’
Rest, Royal Arches and others. The

 

neat bag carried by a lady in mourning

lines from the floor of the valley is that-
of variegated marble, white, black and
shadings of grey, with a dash here and
there of color; the veining being in
blotches, lines and broken circles; the
whole effect being wondrously beauti-
ful and sublime. The floor of the valley'
is nearly level, heavily wooded in spots,

with reaches of open plains. Great

rocks are scattered here and there,.
hurled from the heights above ages ago.

A little sheet of water called Mirror
Lake reflects the beauties of the scene-
around. Bridal Vail Falls comes in

cascades of spray over the rocks, and
Yosemite Falls in three leaps comes

down from a height of 2,600 feet. Other

falls are the Nevada, the Vernal, the

Cascade, but all are shorn of their

grandeur at this dry season. Owing to

many points of interest being only ac—

cessible by horse trails, we did not see

them and our visit was accordingly

shortened.

The outward trip exceeded the entry
in excitement and interest, as so much of
it was down hill. The road which had
been climbed with such wearied effort.
was all changed. Put on the brakes,
crack the whip, away we go, swaying,
jolting, winding in and swinging out,
around those sharp curves. The moun-
tains dance upward to your dizzy gaze.
Hold hard; you bound from side to side,
you dash forward, are jerked backward,
bound upward, sit down with energy,
and repeat: but oh! the exhilaration, ex-
citement, the inspiration of the mad race 2’
On reaching VVawona on the down-
ward trip, we go on a side issue to visit-
the “Big Trees” of the Mariposa grove.
Itisadrive of eighteen miles in the
round- trip. It is no use to describe
these giants, and figures give no , de-
finite idea. Some measure 100 feet in
circumference and are 300 feet high.
We saw specimens of bark three feet
thick. The foliage shows a species of

cedar: the color of the wood is red.
We drove the coach and four horses
through the trunk of aliving tree, it
having been burned to a hollow, a little
cutting made a large enough aperture.
A hollow trunk 180 feet high is called ,
the Telescope. Thirty people can read
the stars at once. We saw about 200
trees. It is said there are 4,000 scat-
tered through the grove. A fallen
tree without bark took a fifteen foot
ladder to mount its butt. It was a day
to be remembered, but staging through
this mountain region is very fatiguing,
and it was with a feeling of relief we
found it at an end.

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Contributed Recipes.

 

HICKORY Nor Cum—One and a half cups
of sugar; one-half cup of butter; whites of
four eggs: three—fourths ofacup of sweet
milk; two cups of flour; one teaspoonful of
baking powder. Bake in three layers. Fill-
ing: One cup of sugar, boiled until it
throws a hair; stir into the whites of two eggs
beaten stiff, stir until smooth; one pound of
hickory-nut meats or English walnuts, or
one-half pound of blanched and chopped
almonds. Lay the whole meats on the top
and sides of the cake; flavor with almonds.

 

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