i Iv; ‘ . '- (n/ :/, ¢/ (‘1 flax/A we”, DETROIT, SEPT. 17, 1892. THE HOUSEHOLD-"Supplement. T HE MODEL HUSBAND. Most wives will end their story with. “Ah. well. men are but human." ' I long to tell the secret of A truly 1121pr Woman. Through all the sunshine-lighted years, Lived now in retrospection. My husband's ward brought never tears. Nor caused a and reflection. Whate'er the burdens of the day, Uuflinching. calm and steady. To hear his pert~the larger half-— I always find him ready. House-cleaning season brings no frown, No sarcasm pointed keenh: Through carpets up and tacks head down He makes his way serenely. Our evenings pass in oonwrse sweet, Or quiet contemplation. We never disagr:e except To “keep up conversation.“ And dewy mom of radiant June, Fair moonlight of September, April with bird and brook atune. Stern, pitilese Dccembar— Enuhpaeme to my adoring eyes Some new grace to discover. For he, unchanging through the years, Is still my tender lover. 80 life no ehadowa holds, though we Have reuehel the side that's she ly. My husband? Oh! a dream is he, And I’m a maiden lady. LAB )3. DAY. The first Monday in September has been quite generally set apart as Labor Day, a date upon which Labor, as rep- resented by its organizations, takes a holiday. it is not as yet recognized in this State as a legal holiday, neverthe- less most employers whose men are organized into unions find it expedient to give them the day; some of them re- luctantly, perhaps, making a virtue of necessity knowing the men would take the day anyway. I have heard of but one employer who denied his men liberty to participate in the Labor Day parade; he informed them he would neither give the day or allow them to take it, and that any employe absent from duty that day might call at the oflise for his time —-that is, consider himself discharged. His reason were characteristic—he is an Englishman and believes in absolute monarchy. Given opportunity, what tyrants some men (and women) become! The right to exercise authority over their fellows sets them to thinking—not how they can use their power most wisely and for the best interests of the governed, but rather how best to impress their subordinates by a display of absolutism. Heredity counts for something, [sup— pose. There is an outcronping of the ' old feudal system sometimes, even after all these years since its abolish- ment. How else can we account for a Spectacle I have often witnessed in this city of a rich man living in a hand- some house and owning a lot of miser- able tumble-down tenements within a. stone‘s throw filled with his poorer countrymen ani women who pay him enormous rents and seemingly never ask for repairs—at least they ucVer get them. VVnen he meets his tenants, with affable condescension he responds to their servile greetings; they are so humble in public I‘m sure they must kiss his boots when he honors them by accepting rent for his rookeries in his office. What rich .lessings they in- voke upon hirn when they meet him in the street, and after his patronizing nod, he goes on, a trifle more like a turkey-cock in demeanor than ever, for there’s somebody, after all, who does him rsvcrence. But this is aside from Labor Day. Revenous a'moutons. Labor celebrated its day and displayed its strength by a grand procession this year, with mislc and banners, and floats repre- senting its trades and industries Notable among the latter was a satire on the use of convict cut stone in the Detroit postolfics now building. Men dressed in cmvict suits were humour- ing at a block ofstone, while OVEI' them stood guards, one with a whip in hand with which he occasionally “touched up” a lagging worker, another with a rifle. Occasionally a convict would attempt to abandon his task and jump off the float, when promptly the per- suasive power of the leveled gun would bring him back. This was to exem- plify how convict labor toils. Follow- ing came a float with free men laboring without overseers, showing how the work should be done. Many of the unions represented in the parade wore uniforms of one kinl or another. Street car drivers carried whips ornamented with ribbons; horse- shoers wore purple velvet aprons or- namented with gold fringe with a gold horse shoe embroidered in the centre; metal polishers wore black straw hats, long linen dusters, and} carried Japanese sunshades. The moldcrs attracted much attention be- cause of their uniformly stalwart physique and acidic 'iv, erect carriage. Six thousand men wore in line, yet only a small proportion of Labor’s army in this city was in the ranks. The men were almost withoul exceptiou- neatly and well dZ‘Ee:5e:‘.1‘a;uy. ‘.\'._l,.~' noidiimbt originally given ta» 3) onto health. Some may ' ‘ are all and 1, . . ~- 1, ‘ " .. v. ‘ \ ts oozclste.soaret.1e <..n.e.nvn.1..._. 711.1125 oid. but no’ put 0-." date. C; t. hml early. got up early. live simple, frugal la v5. and 3:11 insult‘ly and long lived. it \Z\’a)l"A. I’Lruor'l‘u. ——”~q.}~- .... . an. A PEST}: Vi“ \Vhy cannot people be more consid1 erate in manner and speech! I have always considered myself, and have always been treated by those who know me, asa person of average in- tellect. And to have such a statement as Mrs. Germain makes hurled at my head (or brains) arouses all my spare stock of wrath. I never play cards, my conscience forbids it. And so I must be classed with those who aren’t smart! Well, perhaps I am lacking, but I prefer to use what brains I possess for some worthier purpose. Will ‘3. L. Nye favor us with her definition of teacher? I have learned by observation that many who have a wonderful knack of controlling and interesting children are very deficient in education, while others well quali- fied in education are worse than use- less in a schoolroom. Which of these would you consider the lesser of two evils? NONA. [Is not Nona herself rather “incon- siderate in speech” when she takes up so sharply and makes a personal appli- cation of a general, half-jesting sen- tence, which like a charge of bird-shot, “ scattered” so widely that one had to get in the way to be hit? Nona makes us think of the Irishman at the fair who was so anxious for “a little un- pleasantness ” that he put a chip on his shoulder and dared any one to knock it ofl.—Eo.] . ‘. r.u_..-‘od~. ._..- c. i 2 g __ ;'.-:<‘J~ _ nmkmyW-W» ._ . _ The Household. COM. MEN TS Long .have I waited to hear the opinion of Theopolus on the " dress’ question and I heaved a profound and deepfelt sigh when I read that he evidently didn‘t approve of " women’s rights ”—-to men’s clothing. Yet methinks he made a very neat argument in favor of the aforesaid " rights” when he described his pre- parations and aspirations Exposition- ward. Wouldn’t any woman in her sober senses attend the Ex position “and see Sebastopol blown to hinders,” yes and inhale the exquisite (2’) aroma from the Rouge, if her only preparation was to have some one “jump her sleeves” for her, and don cowhides and tile? Theopolus asked, “Wouldn’t a man 100k nice parading around. wearing his wife’s bonnet, shoes and other clothes? ” Frankly, Theopolus I’d say no, de- cidedly no! 01 course it might be a matter of economy to wear Mrs. Theopolus’ clothes if she insists upon taking his, but until that day I’d continue to “bear and growl.” Greenie, I‘m with you, and any time you wish your article illustrated from real life I can produce a half dozen iiustraiions, life-size. In this day and age of the world a woman is fortunate if she even possesses an empty purse upon which she may gaze and say, “ It might have been,” for a man and his wife are one, and in most cases he’s the one. I would be much more interested were the HOUSEHOLDERS to air the pocketbook ouestion than the dress question. Get possession of a well- filled pocketbook and then make your skirts long or short as you will, is the advice of HARRIET. ___.__...~—m...~.. A DAY‘S PLEASURING. I am going to tell the HOUSEHOLD of a day’s outing husband, children, grandfather and myself enjoyed the 25th of August. We arose very early; it was raining steadily and the pros- pects for apicnic looked gloomy. About six o’clock the rain ceased, the clouds began to break, the wind changed slightly, and we ventured to start. We drove over twenty miles of pleasant country roads, arriving at North Park, Grand Rapids, about eleven o’clock. It is a beautiful place on the bank of Grand River. ‘ It has a large pavilion with every accommodation, easy swing chairs, rockers, settees on the verandas which extend across both sides and one end, making a delightful place to rest. On the east is a lovely lawn, flowers, fountains, drives and walks, also the dummy railroad with trains from the city every few minutes. The soldiers’ cemetery is there too, the Soldiers’ Home being near. 0.1 the south is the grove with many tables, seats. swings, the merry-go~round and fly-away-and-switch—back which afford much amusement for old and young; on the west the river with its pretty steamer and row-boats. The crowd was mostly Grangers and Sunday school people from Rockford. After dinner we listened to an address from Mrs. Mayo, of Battle Creek. Her subject was “Home.” It was grand, and every word true. After roaming around looking at the bears and coon we went for a ride up the river on the steamer, three miles and back, which We all enjoyed very much. It was then time to start for home, after driving around the Soldiers’ Home, which is quite a sight. Arrived home at ten o’clock tired and sleepy but glad we went. It does one good to meet old friends and get acquainted with new ones. The rain kept many of the more timid at home. but it turned out to be a beautiful day. just right for a picnic. Now i want to say a few words in regard to certain domestic affairs. I believe it is just the way the young wife starts out whether she has access to the. pocketbook or not. Don’t let your husband think for amlnute that he earns all the money. My husband leaves the pocketbook in the drawer: I go and help myself. I am just as capa- ble (and he knows it) oi using money as he is. I am of too independent a disposition to leg for what belongs to me, as well as he. Stand up for your rights, you overworked women! Your husbands will think more of you than they will if you submit to their every whim. Perhaps i would sing a dif- ferent tune if i ha) a mean husband, but as l have the best in this world (my way of tuinkinfli can on‘y tell whatl think l‘d do. I wish our Beatrix would he at the Grand Rapids fzsir so Western readers could see her. i never ex pect to get as far away as Detroit. L. E W. GRANT. PICKLKD PEACE-list. AND PLUMS. Good Housekeeping gives these rules for sweet pickles made of peaches and plums: Take good ripe peaches, pare them. Have your spiced vinegar ready, boiling. and well skimmed. Its proportions are these: One quart of vinegar to three pounds of light brown sugar, in which you put a cheese-cloth bag containing half an ounce each of stick cinnamon and whole cloves, two peppercorns and a piece of ginger root aslarge as your thumb. SsVen pounds of fruit may be cooked in this, not all at once; cook till quite soft, turning a plate over the peaches to keep under, and when done, skim out carefully into a jar; put in the remainder of the fruit, and when all is cooked, turn the boiling vinegar over it in the jar and seal at once. Prick plums with a needle, and to eight pounds of fruit allow three pounds of sugar and a quart of vinegar. Spice with half an ounce each of cloves, cinnamon, allspice and mace, a pinch of mustard seed and five pepper. corns. Boil the vinegar, sugar and spices and while boiling hot, pour over the fruit; let stand three days, pour ofi, boil and return. Do this every three days for six times before you seal them up. For pears, use the little Seckels if you can get them. A quartof vinegar, two and a half pounds of sugar, at table- spoonful each of cinnamon and mace, half as much of cloves, 9. bit of ginger and a pinch of mustard seed. To this put five pounds of fruit and cook ten- der. Skim out the pears into glass jars, boil down the syrup and pour over the fruit and seal. Apples may be pickled by the same rule, allowing seven pounds of fruit. CASES of poisoning by contact with ivy, sumach or dogwood of the poison- ous varieties are not uncommon in summer. An exchange says the severe smarting may be alleviated by washing the poisoned parts with a solution of soda-two tablespoonfuls to a pint of water, then applying cloths wet with extract of hamamelis. Useful Recipes. Toms-o 'l‘ossr.~—Take several nice toma- toes, cook tender, pass through a colander. season with sugar, salt and pepper to taste, a large cupful of cream and a little thicken— ing; brown and butter some slices of stain bread, and place on a. platter in the oven, when they will remain crisp; pour the sauce ov:r them and ssrv « at once. Try this; i: is delicious. TOMATO Pluto—Peel and slice ripe toma- toes, and arrange in a baking dish with thin layers of uncooked rice. Season each layer with salt. butter and cayenne pepper: cover closely and bake in a moderate oven two or three hours. Serve hot, as n veget- able. Cnmai) Tommons.—-5elect very firm to- mutoss,’ peel without scalding, remove the hard stem end, place stem end up in shallow baking pans. and bake in quick oven until barely tender. “way should be firm enough to lift on a fork without breaking, though it is better to use a large spoon in placingin the cans than to strain them. We use new tin cans, leaving them on the outer edge of the stove until sealed. When prepared just right they are delightfully firm and fresh. Another nice way for those who like toma‘ toes in vinegar, is to place the unpeeled fruit in a Mason jar and cover with boiling vinegar—mot £00 strong—seal immediately and exclude the light. GREEN Conn (manna—Allow one egg and two tablespoonfuls of rich milk to each ear of sweet corn. Gash each row of kernels with a sharp knife. cut off the top of each row. and press out the milk with the back of the knife. Mix with the milk and beaten eggs, add salt, and cook in a hot pan with sweet butter in the usual wan—Country Gentleman. '