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SPRING CLEANING.

Yes. clean yer house and clean yer shed
I An' clean yer barn in ev‘ry part;
But brush the cobwebs from yer head
DAn' sweep the snowbanks from yer heart.
J es’ we’n spring cleanin‘ comes aroun‘

Bring forth the duster an' the broom.
But rake your fogy notions down ‘

An‘ sweep yer dusty soul of gloom.

Sweep 01’ ideas out with the dust

- An‘ dress yer soul in newer style,

Scrap) from yer min‘ its wornout crust
An" dump it in the rubbish pile.

Sweep out the hates that burn an‘ smart,
Bring in new loves serene an‘ pure,

Aroun' the hearthstone of the heart
Place modern styles of furniture.

Clean out your moral cubby—holes.

Sweep out the dirt. scrape oi the scum;
’Tis cleaning time for healthy souls——

Git up an‘ dust! The spring has come!
Clean out the corners of the brain.

Bear down with scrubbin' brush an' soap,
An’ dump 01‘ Fear into the rain.

An' dust a cozy chair for Hope.

Clear out the brain’s deep rubb'sh hole.
Soak ev’ry cranny great an‘ small.
An' in the front room of the sonl.f
Hang pootier pictures on the wall.
Scrub up the winders of the mind.
Clean up. an' let the Sprin ; begin;
Swing open wide the dusty blind
And let the April sunshine in.

Plant flowers in the soul's front yard.
Set out new shade and blossom trees.
An' let the soil once froze an' hard
Sprout crocnses of new ideas.
Yes. clean yer house an’ clean yer shed,
An’ clean yer barn in ev‘ry part;
But brush the cobwebs from yer head
Aa' sweep the snow-banks from yer heart!
—-Sam Walter .Fosa.

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DON’T BE IN A HURRY.

 

Several newspaper men of this city
who went to Chicago to attend the
opening of the Exposition,have brought
back rather discouraging reports rel-
ative to the condition of buildings and
exhibits. The Chicago papers have
admitted all things were not in the
seemly order expected when President
Cleveland should “press the button”
and start the wheels in motion, but
have insisted that a very short time
would suffice to have everything in
pine. ready for the sight-sears.

mThe newspaper men mentioned say
the buildings are full of boxes contain-
ing exhibits yet to be unpacked and
placed, and that it will he certainly an-
other month befora things will be in
such shape that inspection will be easy
and all that is to be seen finally in posi-
tion. ~ These reports are corroborated by

others who visited the grounds last
week, just before the opening.

In the Women’s Building, which
was formally opened on Monday,
the work of decoration is not complet-
ed. considerable frescoing being yet to
be done, nor are all the exhibits placed.
The roadways on the grounds being
newly made. feel the influence of spring
rains and heavy trafiic, and storms have
washed away some of the hurriedly "con-
structed approaches to the grounds,
which will delay ready transit.

not to be in a hurry to visit the big
show. Give them time, and Chicago
people will “get there.” The manage-
ment has encountered difficulties and.
delays not provided for; “it is the un-
expected that happens.” The marvel
is not that they are not entirely ready,
but that in so gigantic an undertaking
so much has been so rapidly and thor-
oughly executed.

may hope to go and find the great Ex-
position a harmonious whole. And do
not go before the middle of May if you
can arrange otherwise.

We have received so many inquiries
relative to dormitory and other associ-
ations purporting to furnish lodgings,
and concerning those who have adver-
tised in the FARMER, that we say again
that Mrs. A.E.Chadwick, of 991 Clifton
Park Ave.. Chicago, and C. M.Fellows,
of Saline, are known to us to be reput-
able and responsible parties. The only
association of which I h: ve any person-
al knowledge, beyond paper premises,
is the Family Dormitory Association,of
which Mrs. Lucy Hall Fake is secre-
tary. This dormitory is a lodging
place only;no meals are furnished;there
are no kitchens and no fires; the build-
ing is but two stories high,and is with-
in walking distance (five blocks, I be-
lieve) of the Exposition. Up to May 1,
shares entitling the owner to a room for
twenty days were sold at $10; after that
date I believe the intention was to raise
the price. The rooms are furnished
with cot beds. Two may go upon one
certificate and stay ten days. Arrange-
ments must be made in advance for a
stated time; at the date claimed stock-
holders must be on hand to claim their
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Probably June will be as early as one

AWAY AMONG THE BLOSSOMS.

 

All durixg March we heard of the
wonder and beauty of the wild flowers
in the country, and the last of the
month we had the rare p'easure of

spending a day at the home of a friend -

whose father owns a large ranche ad-
joining that of “Lucky Baldwin” and is
one of the pioneers in range culture.
Several friends were invited besides my
sister and myself, and the day previous
we had agreed that all would meet at
the depot to take the early train,if there
was a prospect of a good day. You
have heard of the certainty of Califor-
nia weather, how picnics mav be plan-
ned weeks in advance without fear of
disappointment. This is so—sometimes.
Last April I was filled with the beauty
of that month here, which in the north
is so changeful. Every day was a joy,
a triumph in sun and song. But March
is tricky. We woke on the 26th, the
day appointed for our trip into the
country, and a heavy fog enve10ped the
city. It looked dubious; it was cold
and wet. Still a foggv morning may
before noon turn into a lovely day, and
it may not. We thought of our scatter-
ei company, wondering what each
would think about the promise of a
good day, and wished we had said some-
thing aoout a fog. As the early morn-
ing passed,it was still dim and cold and
gray without. My sister went out in
the hall where she could look towards
the northeast and the west, and came
in asking me if I supposed she could see
the sun from that north window, or if
it was the moon, and to come out and
look. I went out and saw quite well up
in the sky at slightly luminous body
through the cloak of mist, and it seem-
edto me it must be the moon. We
looked at each other and at it in rather
a quizzicai and humiliated tashion,then
tried to think where the sun ought to
be if that was the moon, and vice versa.
On looking longer at the heavenly body
it threw a stronger light into our eyes
than we ever received from the moon,
so we declared it must be the sun. And
it was. We concluded the day was like-
ly to be unfavorable and did not go to
the depot.

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o’clock. While we waited, slowly the
mists dissolved, the brightness grew
and spread splendidly over the world,
and we rode out into the beautiful fields
and groves, and among hills so green
and fair I cannot picture their calm
and loveliness. They suggest the words
of one who sang long ago: “The Lord
is my shepherd, I shall not want; He
maketh me to lie down in green pas-
tures; He leadeth me beside the still
waters.” We leave the train at Chap-
man, the stop being on the Chapman
ranche, the home of our friend. Lead-
ing to the house there is an avenue a
mile in length lined by stately walnut
trees, and seven hundred acres of bear-
ing oranges surrounding. The water
supply is from two fine artesian wells,
and a clear stream flows gently along
the road as we walk. We sat down he-
side it in the sunshine and upon the
soft grass among the orange trees and
ate our lunch.

All along the many rows of trees hung
the laden branches toward the earth,
everywhere green and gold, with bend~
ing blue above and happy water past
our feet. We wandered about the or-
chard,picked all the fruit we could carrv
home, visited the packing-house where
we saw how oranges are graded by ma-
chinery, and lemons cured. Lemons
are picked green when of the desired
size, laid carefully away in trays and
kept in a dark, cold, tight room while
“sweating” as it is called, when they
turn yellow and ripen. About the house
were blooming lilacs and rich roses,
great sycamores spread their branches
for the clinging ivy, happy birds were
singing in the sun-tilled trees. There
were vistas of shady paths. and retreats
delightful to one seeking the com-
munion and peace of nature.

During the afternoon we drove through
the blossom~laden valley. The tower-
ing Sierras were near us,with tints and
shadows and darkening canons; but the
fields of golden poppies were full of
gladness! We drove among them and
gathered handfuls of the sunny flowers,
then the delicate baby blue-eyes, deep
and tender as the eyes of a child, flufiy
cream-cups, primroses, and wild sweet-
peas, and other dainty flowers. We fill-
ed the carriage with our treasures,then
drove on to Baldwin’s ranche. So many
visitors are there daily that a conductor
is employed to show them around. We
were joined by a number of others and
followed our guide. Passing through a
group of large eucalyptus trees, he an-
nounced in an authoritative and dog-
matic tone: “These eucalyptus trees
are thirty years old; they shed , their
bark instead of their leaves.” This fact
so impressed me that I at once wanted
to ask him why they did that, but for-
bore because I felt that he had told all
he knew about them. We passed along
to a bell which he gave a dong, saying
very shortly that it came from Spain,
was two hundred years old and was one-
third silver, one-third copper, and one-

third tin. Then we were conducted over
a few acres of lawn with clear flowing
fountains and many varieties of flow-
ers. A little log cabin, Baldwin’s first
home, is still preserved on the grounds.
The lizards dart among the logs,and the
vines trail around the open doorway.
His present residence is commodious,
but not elegant from without. Our
guide parts with us at the entrance
where several other companies have
just driven up. Such is the penalty a
man must pay for owning fifteen thou-
sand acres of the richest land in Cali-
fornia.

We enjoyed much better our drive
and rambles about our friend’s home.
One does not feel cramped on even one
thousand acres. There was a lake still
as glass. fed by the artesian wells. We
walked along its banks and gathered
pecans fallen from the trees by the path,
and then followed the windings ,of a
lovely brook where the shining cresses
grew and bright pebbles paved its bed.
Like happy children, we played in the
beautiful stream, listened to the sing-
ing waters, and watched the sunshine
chastng shadows all quivering and alive
upon its glowing bosom.

Who would not say of such ahome,
“There let me live and die!” Give us
room to live on God’s beautiful earth!
, Let His tender flowers touch the hunger-
ing heart, His pure waters bathe and
bless the weary head,’ His sweet air
flow through the sluggish blood, His
plenitude and love all the impoverish-
ed soul, and evil would be no more.

Los ANGELES. Cal. HATI‘IE L. HALL.

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AN OPEN DOOR TO FARMERS’
DAUGETE RS.

 

[Paper read by Miss Julia Ball at the Farmers’
Institute at Howell, Feb. 28th, and by request
fife? the Webster Farmers' Club, April 8th.

93.

The subject ass’gned me is, “An Open
Door to Farmers’ Daughters." In this paper
I shall use the word woman instead of the
words farmers’ daughters for two reasons:
one, it is the shorter; the other, there can be
no line drawn between the doors open to
farmers’ daughters and any other daughters.
All institutions of learning, all occupations,
all doors of any kind that are open to wo-
man, are open to the farmers’ daughters as
well as to the millionaires’. the bankers’, the
merchants’, and the lawvers'. You are never
questioned as to the occupation of your
father. unless for statistical purposes; and
among the noted women, you will find more
whose fathers were farmers than of any
other one occupation. -

Did the advancement of woman come all
at once it would revolutionize both the busi-
ness and social world. As it is, it is so rapid
as to deserve the name of a revolution, es-
pecially in industrial lines. This advance-
ment has been so wonderful in the past fifty
years as to be entirely beyond the compre-
hension of even the most diligent student.

Draw a comparison between the present
civilization and the ancient. Then you
were disgraced if you were born a woman,
and a man would thank his stars that he was
born neither a slave nor a woman. The

 

mothers of the Athenian people were slaves;
with them woman was but seldom the sub-

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ject of intellectual cultivation—her home was
at the same time her prison—her duties the
drudgery of the family and the household,
she was neither allowed to direct the tastes
nor to enliven the pleasures of society. Her
value was estimated by her utility. The
Athenian female was beautiful, she was the
model for the sculptor and the painter. but
the face that formed the highest perfection,
of human beauty was seldom lighted by the
fire of cultivated genius, and the fair and
polished brow but rarely exhibited the im~
press of the divinity of thought.

With us woman is at once the bond and--
charm of society. She associates in the
domestic circle as its greatest blessing:while
she provides for its comfort, she secures its
refinement; while she purifies the habits, she
excite the tastes of society, and gives tone
and character to the circle she adorns: “In

, youth our guiding star, in manhood the light

of our homes, in old age the consoler of our
sorrows.” Max O’Rell recently remarked
that he hoped the next time he was born, it-
would be as an American woman. To-day
one need look for no greater honor than to
be "a perfect woman,nobly planned,to warn,
to comfort and command.”

We are living in the first century of wo-
man; a century exuberant with woman’s ad.
vancemenaand a precursor other still great'
or progress, for woman must advance; she
must see for herself; the times demand it.
In spite of all the antagonism that has be en
brought to bear upon woman, she could not
be kept down.

Let us first take a glance at the avenues of
learning now open to woman. Vassar Col-
lege was founded in 1861, it was not opened
for the reception of students until 1865, only
since that lime has man ceased to usurp all
the educational advantages. Vassar College
was the first institution in the history of the-
world designed to give to women the advant-
ages of education formerly enjoyed only by
men. True, we‘had many excellent schools
styled colleges, but Vassar was the pioneer
institution explicitly intended and fairly
equipped for becoming to women what the
colleges are to men.

Smith and Wellesley. both colleges for
women, followed in 1875. In 1885 Bryn.
Mawr (Pennsylvania) College was opened;
the last named claims the character of a uni—-
varsity.

Many of the colleges for men have opened
their doors on equal terms to women. One
of the first was our grand Michigan Univer—
sity. which removed the bolts from its doors-
in January, 1870; the following month the
first lady student, Madalon L. Stockwell,of
Kalamazoo, was admitted to the classical
course. There are many others, Cornell and'
Oberlin being conspicuous among them.
Harvard and Columbia each has its annex.
Yale and Brown removed the barriers to no.
education last fall. The Chicago University,
opened last fall, begins its career with co-
education, nearly one-third of the students
being women. It admits women to its corps
of instructors, Without any discrimination;
the women of the faculty having the same
salary as the men With whom they are as-
sociated.

Europe is following in our foot-steps in the
rapidly increasing interest in the superior
education of women. University examina-
tions are open to women at Cambridge, 01:-
for ‘ and Durham. University College at
London. also University College at Liver.
pool, admit them to most of their courses.
In Scotland, Edinburgh and Glasgow grant.

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year marks an event in the history of that
quaint old college of St. Andrews; it has ex-
isted for five hundred years; it will now live,
as it has abolished the idea of distinction of
sex in intellect. There are also several
colleges exclusively for w0men. Passing on
to the continent evidences of progress are
apparent. In time all must yield.

Besides all these, we have our cooking
schools and schools for trained nurses. In
some of our manual training schools, girls
are admitted where they are taught coo king
and sewing; and in some of them wood-
urving and carpentry; not at the expense of
the usual mental studies, however.

And what does this coming of the college
girl mean? The college girl will be, as col‘
lege bred men have, on the whole. been, a
respected and refining influence. But social-
ly, in the broadest sense, the coming of the
college girl means the coming out of woman-
hood, in a new manner, into the larger life
of the world.

The question is often asked. “What can a
woman do?” Echo sings back in a sweet
refrain. “All she has a mind to.” Public
cyl'nion was somewhat averse to seeing wo-
man occupying so many different positions
of trust and influence. considering it beyond
her sphere; but it has had to submit to the
inevitable. Now woman aspires to all fields
of labor. Idleness has ceased to be fashion-
able. We have no more use for the luxu-
rious American daughter. There is a field
large enough for all to enter and plenty to
do. Yes, truly has it been said all occupa-
tions are open to woman. and she has not
been slow in aVailihg herself of every privi-
lege accorded her, and has met all reforms
more than half way with her determined
energy and unswervingindustry.

To-dsy it is not the sole aim of woman to
marry. That independence which caused
our forefathers to come to this country is
deeply instilled in the natures of all Amer-
ican people; and many girls rather than
marry for a home, will fight the battle oflife
single—handed, and attain for themselves an
independent, useful and happy existence.
For why do we need husbands? For fear of
becoming “old maids?” A thousand times
no. If we need them at all, it is for the pro-
tection they should give us, and the love that
should be ours, and ours only. We should
look well before we leap. yea, look twice be:
fore leaping; for this world is full of saloon
patronizers, and brainless dudes, who, when
fashion dictates that the necessary comple.
ments of a nice young man are a stove-pipe
hat, a black mustache and a pink cravat, the
hat and the cravat are soon forth-coming;
the mustache—well. the less said about the
mustache the better. The kind of husbands
that are needed are sound,industrious, intel.
lectual, enterprising, happy men.

Nearly every newspaper in the country has
a woman connected with it in some capacity.
Take New York city for example, and there
is not a daily paper that does not employ
from one to five women on its regular stair.

Our first daily newspaper, The Pennsyl-
vania Packet.was started by a woman. The
Engineering and Mining Journal has a wo-
man for its business manager. The engraving
and plate department of the Methodist Book
Concern of Cincinr. ati, is under the manage-
ment of Minna Williams. The Ladies’
Home Journal began its career as a modest
little twenty- five cent paper only nine years
ago; at the end of the first year it had twenty.
five thousand subscribers; it now has over
seven hundred fifty thousand; the success of
this paper is due to Mrs. Knapptwho was its

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editor throughout the years during which it
was establishing itself upon a firm basis.
The success of Mrs. Frank Leslie-Wilde is
too familiar to need repetition. Who has
not heard of Middy Morgan, who died last
June? For twenty-three years she was live

stock reporter of the New York Times, and
was always treated with perfect respect by
the rough drovers with whom in her uncon-
ve ntional business she of necessity came in
contact.

As to literature, woman has distinguished
herself, and made remarkable strides.
Among them we find such nimes as George
Eliot, Jean Ingelow, Harriet Beecher Stowe,
Alice and Phoebe Cary. Mrs. Browning,Mr-s.
Hemans, Louisa M. Alcott and hosts of
others. The ruler of Great Britain has an
opportunity of appointing a poet laureateias
the ruler is a queen what would be more fit-
ting than that she name a woman? And
who. regardless of sex, is better fitted to fill
that position than Jean Ingelow?

The noted ladies in our colleges are not
less numerous, and their names are familiar
to all.

Women physicians, lawyers,lecturers. etc.,
are to be found in nearly every town. A
little over forty years ago when Elizabeth
and Emily Blackwell. the first women physi-
cians in this country, went to New York,
they had difficulty in finding a respectable
boarding place in which to receive oflise
patients.

In Cincinnati, there flourishes a Presby-
terian Hospital, Women’s Medical College,
and Free Dispensary all combined, managed
and exclusively controlled by women. Suc-
cessful hospitals .for women and by women
have also been founded in PhiladelphiaNew
York, Boston, Chicago, San Francisco and
Minneapolis. Dr. Mary Jacobi, visiting
physician of St. Mark’s Hospital, New York,
is the first woman admitted professionally
into a man’s hospital. Dr. Sarah Sierman
was elected president of the Massachusetts
Surgical and Gynecological Society at its
annual meeting. All the other ofiicers are
men. The lady physioians,andthey number
several thousand in the United States,receive
incomes about equal to the met; some reach—
ing as high as twenty thousand dollars.

The first woman dentist of the world be—
came dentist to the German royal family;
she was a graduate of the Pennsylvania
Dental College; that is one of the three deut-
al colleges open to women; the others being
the dental colleges of Cincinnati and Ann
Arbor. The dentistry of the Leland Stan—
ford Unlversity is in charge of a woman.and
the resident dentist at Williamsburg School
is also a woman.

The first woman admitted to the bar in
America was Arabella Mansfield. of Iowa,in
1859. Now there are seven women lawyers
practicing before the United States Supreme
Court, and a very large number have been
admitted to general practice.

The founder of the kindergarten in this
country was Miss Haines; its first important
branches at Boston, New York, and St.Louis
were all established by women. Our first
cooking school was opened by the liberality
of Mrs. Hemenway, of Boston. One of the
first to teach nurses was a woman. Wood-
carving has been done to a great extent by
women; the carving of the framework of the
great organ of the Music Hall of New York
being done by wealthy ladies of that city is
a matter of local pride. A singular example
is the introduction of wood-carving among
the nuns of St. Martin’s Convent in Ohio,
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Co. competition for wall paper designs in.
1884, the three prizes were taken by Mrs. '1‘.
M. Wheeler, Misses IdaL. Clark, and Dara.
Wheeler, three women educated in fine arts,
over professional designers of this country
and Europe. The first named is also found-
er of the Decorative Art Society of New
York. Decorative pottery was begun here.
in Cincinnati through the independent efforts
of Miss Louise McLoughlin.

Painting is one of the delights of women,
and some have excelled in the art. Rosa
Bonheur is first in the delineation and por-
trayal of animals. She visited stables,
shambles and fairs studying the structure
and habits of animals under all circum-
stances. Her great picture,The Horse Fair.
she worked upon for eighteen months,
attending the horse market regularly twice
a week during the . whole time. She
has recently completed her latest and largest
work; it has occupied her entire time for
three years, and represents ten horses, life
size. treading out grain.

Sculpture has also received the attention
of women; Harriet Hosmer made herself
tam one by her masterpiece. the colossal
statue of Zenobia in chains.

In music,Jenny Ifind,Patti,N1lsson.Thurs-
by, Kellogg, Cary and many more. when will
their sweet notes be forgotten? Anderson.
Jan auschek, Modjeska, Ristori, Bernhardt
and others be‘ong to the drama.

E mbossing, chasing. repousse, stamping
lea ther.enamellin g,all claim women artisans.

In the type-writing business the women
are in excess of the men, and the world’s
ch ampion for speed is a woman. Miss Mae
Orr is one of the best known women in this
field. She is employed by the Remington
Type-Writer Company; while an excellent
st enographer, she is such an expert on the
machine that she takes dictation directly
upon it as fast as the average person talks;
and even at that high speed her work is ab-
solutely perfect. The first school of type-
w riting and stenography in the city of New
York was established by Mary F. Seymour,
the head of the Mary F.Seymour Publirhing
Co., and publisher of the Woman’s Journal.
Miss Seymour served ascommissicnerof the.
United States Court of Claims during three.
terms.

There is only one regularly employed wot.
man railroad engineer, Miss Ida Hewitt. V
Miss Brooks, near Dunkirk,N.Y., has charge »
of an extensive foundry and locomotive
shop, which turns out a locomotive a day.

Miss Adele Graef is a commercial traveler
for a large wholesale drug house in New
York,and is said to receive the largest salary
on the firm’s list of travelers. A woman in
Brooklyn fills the position of a prescription .
clerk in a large drug store; she keep the
same hours,does the same work and receives .
the same salary as the men clerks.

As postmasters and police matrons women,
are very efiicient.

E di son prefers women machinists for the
delicate details of his electrical inventions.
He says they have more fine sense about
machinery in one minute than most men in
their whole lifetime. He backs up his state—
ment by placing two hundred women on his.
pay roll.

Women are also inventors; .the invention
of the “Ccston signals,” the system of
signaling with colored lights. is a woman’s;
a device for. keeping railroad cars supplied
with fresh air without the usual attendant.
dust and cinders belongs to another womam.

(To be Continued.)

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4.- The Household.

 

 

 

A WORD FOR THE GIRLS.

 

Though I have been for some years
an interested reader of the HOUSEHOLD
I have never before attempted to express
my opinion of “men and things.” It
isn’t of men this time that I wish to
talk but of young girls and their thin gs .

The gist of what I want to say is con-
tained in the two words, don’t sneer, and
what I mean by that is illustrated by
something said to me only yesterday.

A friend who is blessed witha charm-
ing niece now just fourteen, went the
other day to her home to visit. On her
return she said to me, “Edie met at
the train and she had a veil on. The
first thing I said to her when I stepped
off the cars was ‘Ediefioes your mother
know you’ve got that thing on?’ ”

How cruell I felt again the wave of
mortification and hurt pride which has
so often rolled over me at the utterance
of some such Speech. Maybe it was
ridiculous,but what harm did it do any.
body!

Every girl has a period of struggling
with her back hair to make it do up.
But why everlastingly nag and jeer?
Let her fuss a few days and she will de-
cide herself that it is better the old way
because it’s less trouble.

It’s womanly to want to “fix up,” and
most girls of fourteen feel grown up, if
their dresses are only to their shoe-tops
and their hair in braids. Are they not
in their teens? There are lots of worse
things for a girl to busy herself about
than standing before her glass pretend-
ing she is a grown up young lady.

Babies when they are growing, gene-
rally learn some unpleasant tricks. Let
them alone and they are soon forgotten,
“but nag and pester and tease and you'll
have to fight a long time to break them
up.

I have been blessed with a mother
who understands and a friend who with
gentlest tact has never hurt my pride by
"look or word. I have sometimes seen
the shadow of a smile in her eyes at
some "old” speech of mine, but no word
of ridicule has crushed my self-respect
androused all 1h 3. ugliness there is in me.

In my opinion a grieved and wounded
child pride and child heart is far worse
than an unbecoming mode of hair dress-
ing or a veil, which gives pleasure to
its little-glrl-woman wearer.

There is a great difference between

pride and vanity.
ANN Anson.
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EX-GIBL.

INFORMATION ASKED.

 

Several times within the past few
months I have resolved to write to the
HOUSEHOLD, but like the intangible
subjects of the spiritual medium, my
good resolutions have failed to material-
ize. And now for my first, I come for
information. Will Mrs. M. A. Fuller
tell me about the culture of carnations?
Do they grow from the seed, and if so,
will they bloom the first year? Also

 

about sweet peas, the best varieties,etc.

[See third page of FARMER for answer
to last inquiry.—ED.]

Can the readers of the HOUSEHOLD
tell me of any kind of fancy work, such
as crocheting, knitting or needlework,
to be obtained from city peeple who
hire such work done? I have heard of
wealthy ladies in the cities who hire
lace made, and the _like, and of firms
dealing in fancy work. Can any one
give any information on the subject?
Will send a good recipe for ginger
snaps, easy to make and not too rich, as
they take no shortning. QUENE.

[Q zene’s recipe will be found on the
fourth page.]

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WE HAVE THEM!

Detroit was scorned and jeered at and
called an antediluvian town, not yet out
of the woods,while a man from Chicago
pointed at us the finger of contumely,
and said we had not vet cut our eye
teeth,and all because we had no electric
street car line, so the City Fathers and

‘powers that be” lashed themselves to
fury; the poor cadaverous horses were
put aside, and Detroit swelled with
pride. For why? Couldn’t we ride
around with fire flashing from the
wheels and from the wire overhead like
any other town of our size? By and
bye it didn’t seem so funny, and the
cautious ones began to be afraid to ven-
ture out, and some went even so far as
to make their wills, and think of their
“burying money” in the bank with a
sigh of satisfaction. Not a day passes
but an accident happens;half of them do
not get into the papers,only the serious
ones where the ambulance is called or
the coroner, are heard of.

It is not pleasant, to say the least, to
feel a jolt and a crunching, to have the
car stop,after what seems hours of time,
and see the mangled and bloody human
form pulled out from under the wheels,
as has happened twice to us within a
week. One poor country brother was
riding in on his load of hay,some say fast
asleep, but any way oblivious of electrical
devices of any kind. Up came the car
behind with such force that the poor
man was tossed one side of the road and
his hay on the other. He wasn’t very
badly injured; we left him rubbing his
head in a dazed way and wondering
how it happened. Again, I was on the
sidewalk, when alight carriage met the
car, and the wheel of the former was
cut off as easily and deftly as if a knife
had cut into an apple. No one was hurt,
but the air was blue with profanity
from the men on the car and in the car-
riage. An oculist is said to have to
Spoil a hat-full of eyes before he can
operate successfully,and these accidents
must be expected until folks learn to
keep out of the way.

With it all, our hearts will never be
wrung seeing the poor horses stagger-
ing with the dreadful loads and lashed
by the inhuman drivers, and we shall
“get there” about five minutes sooner

   
  

 
 

 

than in the old way. One word of
caution: At the street crossing when you
get 01!, don’t hurriedly step on the
other track until you are sure there
isn’t a car coming from the opposite
direction. Keep your wits handy, if
you don’t want the ambulance to come
tearing up full tilt, or have your hus-
band looking around for his second
wife. SISTER GBACIOUS.

 

MINT SAUCE.

 

I have been a reader of the HOUSE-
HOLD for some time and have felt that
I was like a thief, to enjoy the good
things others wrote and not help the
little paper a bit myself, but I have
been rather afraid of the waste basket
like a good many of the others.

I want to tell you about the mint
sauce we make; and we think it so much
better than what we get at hotels and
public places. Spearmint grows in our
back yard, and we take the little tender
shoots, chap them fine, and season them
with vinegar and a little salt (some
like sugar but we do not). Serve with
fresh meat and gravy; it is just de-
licious and very healthful.

Will some one please give through
the columns of the HOUSEHOLD a recipe
for vinegar pie? I used to be very fond
of it when a child, but have not been
able to get a recipe since I was old
enough to make pies myself.

POLLY.

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A HOUSEHOLD convenience is a stick
with a notch in the end that will lift
picture wires from the hooks without
obliging the worker to step on a chair
or step-ladder to take down each picture.

 

WATER can be used in place of milk
with nearly as good results in most re»
cipes where baking powder is used, but
should never be very cold. Lukewarm
water is best. After the butter and
sugar are creamed add the water, stir-
ing smooth.

 

Contributed Recipes.

 

GINGER Snare—One cup sugar; one cup
molasses. let come to a boil and when cool
add two well beaten eggs; two teaspoonfuls
of soda—dissolved in three tablespoonfuls of
water; two teaspoonfuls of ginger and two
of salt. Qom

 

VANILLA Wanna—One and a half pounds
of butter; same weight of sugar ; three
pounds of flOur and sixteen eggs. Cream
the butter and sugar; add four of the eggs,
dropping them into the creamed butter and
sugar without breaking, then beat all well
together; add four more, beating hard, and
so till all are used, then add the flour gradu-'
ally. and two tablespoonfuls vanilla extract.
Pour the batter in‘o a stout bag (ticking is
good) in which you have inserted a small
funnel, press it through the funnel in small
rings on slightly greased pans. _E ich wafer
requires only a small teaspoonfnl of batter,
as it spreads a good deal. These, if made as

.above. are exactly like the baker's vanilla“

wafers, and though some trouble to make.
will keep along time. B.

 

          

 

 
  

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