DETROIT, FEBRUARY 16, 1886.

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TR UE L0 VE.

 

The re is true love, and yet you may
Have lingering doubts about it;

I’ll tell the truth, and simply say
That life’s a blight withOut it.

There is a love both true and strong,
A love that falters never;

It lives on faith and suffers wrong,
But lives and ‘loves forever.

Such love is found but once on earth-
The heart cannot repel it;

From whence it comes or why its birth
The tongue can never tell it.

This love is mine in spite of all-
This love I fondly cherish;

The earth may sink, the skies may fail
This love will never perish.

It is the love that cannot die ,
But, like the soul, immortal,

And with it cleaves the starry sky
And passes through the portal.

This is the love that comes to stay.—
All other loves are fleeting;

And when they come just turn away—
It is but Cupid cheating.

-—-—-ooo———

LEARNING TO REST.

 

A few weeks since while attending an
evening party my husband found in a
scrap-book an article to which he called
my attention, remarking as he did so,
“Better it if you can.” The article was
entitled “Learning how to rest.” I act
upon the thought his suggestion implied,
not thinking, however to better it, but
simply to endorse its sentiments, and
perhaps give a few hints 1n addition to
those mentioned, as to how one may
learn to rest. The writer said “How
strange that a woman doing her work
alone should take so many unnecessary
steps, and do so much work in the
hardest. most laborious manner, when,
with a little thought and tact. she might
perform the same amount, nay, more
work, with much less weariness of flesh,
and find more time for self culture and
home enjoyment.” Our hostess, every
intelligent and estimable lady whose
house is well ordered in every detail,
said it was very hard for her to learn
how to rest, but she had accomplished
the feat and was proud to say it. She
gets time for reading, makes beautiful
point lace, does other fancy work, and is
a farmer’s wife with two grown up sons
at home.

Avery good way to save work is to
have a crumb-tray to brush (a whisk
broom or wing will answer) the crumbs
from the table after the soiled dishes
have been removed to the dish-pan on a
conveniently near table or sink, where

they can be speedily washed, dried and
replaced upon the table for the next
meal. The caster, salt bottles, sugar
bowl and other necessary articles need
not be removed after every meal, to re-
main in their appointed places for a few
short hours, and then to be trotted back
to the table on weary feet that can
scarcely be persuaded to move, (the
woman’s feet of course.) Some may
say ”This might answer if I only had ‘a
dining room where the table would not
be in the way.” Isay it will answer if
you have a moderately large kitchen.
You need not have the table out full size
unless you wish to. Put down one leaf,
or if an extension table take out one,
pile up the dishes. then cover the table
with something to keep off dust and flies.
Aneat and useful spread for this pur-
pose can be made of two breadths of
cheese cloth the required length, sewed
together, simply hemmed at the ends, or
if you wish it a little more fancy, stitch
a stripe of cretonne across the ends.
This can be easily laundried and will last
a long time.

Another way I try to save steps is to
try to think of all I shall want. for the
day, from down cellar (especially this
time of the year) and bring as much as
possible at one trip. When you are
paring potatoes for breakfast sit still a
little longer and pare enough for all day;
be sure and cover them with water, and
they Will take no harm. Don’t stand at
the ironing table till the last wrinkle is
smoothed out of garments that a half
hour’s wear will fill full of the same kind
of wrinkles. There will be clothes and
flat-irons and people after you and I. my
friend, lie under the daisies. If weary
feet or aching back or head tell you to
sit down while washing a pile of dishes,
kneading a batch of bread or rolling out
pie crust, obey the impulse at once; it is
your own business, you know your own
feelings better than any one else knows
them. Rest all you can. It is an old
saying that “A woman can never take
time to rest, but she must take time to
die.” I think we owe it to our husbands
and children to take care of our health
and to take time for the improvement of
our minds. We shall live just as long,
probably longer, and enjoy our allotted
time on earth better than if plodding
along in the housework, all the time
“tired to death.”

Men may help their wives much in

 

“ learning how to rest.” There are ways

tures would only put on their thinking
caps and find out what they are.

There is one thing a man never gets
through his head. and my private opinion
is he does not much care to; and that is
that a woman never asks him to do any—
thing until she is ready to have it done
immediately; and if he is reading a news-
paper or doing so are equally important
task for himself, he thinks she can wait
until he finishes, before he stirs from his
chair. No matter if she is waiting to fill
the teakettle from a pail of water she has
asked him to get for her, she can wait,
he thinks. Perhaps she has requested
him to get a little dry wood to bake with,
and her bread is ready to put in the oven;
“Just wait a moment.” There are ex—
ceptions to all rules. Show me the ex-
ception in this case, please. Generally,
the way this ends, is that when the man
gets ready to do the little unimportant
act, he finds it has already been done,
and be perhaps gives her the comforting
assurance that had she waited he would
have got around before long, in fact was
“ready now.” I will weary your patience

no longer. MOLLIE Moonsnmn.
OLD MISSION .
“409——

A TALK TO MOTHERS, BY “ONE
OF THE GIRLS.”

 

I wonder if the HOUSEHOLD E iitor
would allow “ one of the girls ” to speak
on the much talked-of question “Spark-
ing Sunday Nights,” or any other night,
for that matter? Of course, being “ one
of the girls” I am not going to enter a
protest against it, but simply give a little
advice to mothers who have trouble with
their daughters.

I should first like to tell the mother,
by way of comfort, that when her
daughter does not conductherself prop-
erly in the presence of young gentle—
men, it is, in ninety-nine cases out of a
hundred. the mother’s fault. She has
done something that she ought not to
have done, or failed to do something
which should not have been neglected;
and when that daughter comes to “years
of discretion ” she will probably blame
her mother for her youthful follies. And
justly, too, for it is commonly the result
of ignorance on the girl’s part—ignorance
of the ways of the world, for which her
mother is responsible. *

I have noticed again and agaih as I go
among young people how little I see of
the parents. It is especially noticeable

 

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is about all that you hear from either
father or mother and soon both with—
draw. leaving the “young folks” to
themselves. If I had young daughters I
should fell pretty badly if I thought that
they could have more fun if I were out
of the room. The parents' absence is
still more noticeable if a young lady has
gentlemen callers. If the parents are in
the room at all, the young people are
usually glad when they leave. And
why? Probably a dozen different per—
sons would make as many different
answers. I will give mine, which is that
they can have a better time by them‘
selves. Well, why can they have a better
time by themselves? Because they feel
less self~restraint. And now let us go
one step further. Why do they feel less
self-restraint? Simply because old peo-
ple so seldom fully sympathize with the
young, and either absorb the conversa-
tion or keep silent, instead of being for
the time, one with them.

I have in my mind’s eye a delightful
picture of an old lady at whose house I
was frequently invited "in school days.”
Her family had grown up and left her,
but her heart was still young as a girl’s,
and nothing seemed to piease her mare
than to have a troop of merry boys and
girls about hr r. You always came away
feeling not only that you had had a “per-
fecrly lovely time,” but that you were
really a little better for the visit, had
more self-respect. We were left for the
most part to entertain ourselves, being
given the freedom to dance, sing, play or
otherwise amuse ourselves. Yet she was
always about somewhere, and her face
was always welcorne, and she was quick
as a girl to enter into the merry-making.
The restraint of her presence was whole—
some and took away nothing from the
pleasure, for she too, was “one of the
girls,” and that brings me to what I
would have the mother’s place in the
home. Any mother who can be among her
girls as was this charming old lady, \will
never have any trouble with her daughter
in regard to her relations with young
men.

I hope I will not have all the mothers
of Michigan down on me for this piece of
advice. I give it freely, and plenty
more can be supplied on application. M

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OUR READING CIRCLE.

 

With the permission of the Editor, and
for the benefit of S. J. B., I would like
to give a little history of our reading
circle:

After reading the HOUSEHOLD of Nov.
10th, we resolved then and there to see if
we couldn’t have a reading circle; and
with a little patience and perseverence,
we soon had the ball rolling, and now
number thirty—two members, with an at-
tendance of over fifty when the weather
is favorable. We organized by drawing
up a constitution, with rules and regula-
tions, electing three officers, president,
vice-president and chairman; the two
first named ladies, (no treasurer was
needed, as we never pass the hat). The
programme is arranged each evening by

the president for the next meeting. The

exercises consist of select readings, reci~ i
tations, dialogues, music and essays; the '
essays are all sent to one member, whom

we honor with the title of Editor, who

copies them and arranges them in the
form of a paper, called the “Saturday
Evening Star,’ as we hold our meetings
weekly on that evening. (some of the
essays I think worthy a place in these
columns,) and read every alternate meet

ing; the last one filled eleven pages of
foolscap. When we began we tried reading
some longstory; started with a book of
travels, but found it too dry, as we could
not read enough in one evening to make
it interesting, and now make each meet-
ing complete in itself, the exercises lasting
two hours. As refreshments we have

apples and nuts, or pop-corn.
A MEMBER.

A LOOK BACKWARD.

Looking over the back numbers of the
HOUSEHOLD to day, I find topics touched
upon which are very dear to me. In one,
dated August 12th, 1884, X. Y. Z., (whose
name, by the way, I do not remember
seeing since) speaks of the government of
children. I think with her that if you do
not begin when they are young it is not
easy to win obedience later. I am not one
who practises corporal punishment; but
think to deprive them off some favorite
pleasure will accomplish more good than
all the whippings. which tend to make
them stubborn. I know this to be the
case from hearing a private talk between
two little girls. First little girl: “Oh,
see! your mother told you not to climb
the fence, and you didn’t mind, and you

 

- tore your dress; you’ll get a whipping."

Second little girl: “. No, my mamma
never whips me, but I suppose she'll say
that now I can’t go to town with her to
morrow,” and two big tears ran down her
cheeks. The other then said: “My
mother would give me a whipping, and I’d
rather have it, because you see she
doesn‘t hurt much and it is soon over.”

Many mothers punish their children
once for some offense, and the next time
let it pass unreproved; then say, “ It is
no use to punish them, they won’t mind
any more for it; let them be.” By all
means be firm; that is the secret of mak-
ing the children mind. Some may think
I must have had a good deal of experi-
ence, but my experience is only eight
months old. I speak of what I see around
me, and from what my feelings were when
I was a child.

In a late number Beatrix mentions
some juvenile papers, of which Harper’s
Young People is one, as safe reading for
the children. Of that paper I have seen
but a specimen number, and have not
much to say about it; but Golden Days,
which I read every week, is, I suppose,
about the same thing. But the stories of
the heroes who leave their homes to seek
their fortunes elsewhere, and, of course,
always succeed, make the little readers
long also to leave their homes and do the
same. A boy I knew, twelve years old,
ran away from home, and was four days

 

 

after found in company with other boys

on Belle Isle, with a knife in a leather
belt, and an old revolver, playing Indian.
I hope to hear very soon on this subject
from Beatrix, or some other member in—
terested in the subjezt, and to know if
they think I am wrong in thinking that
it was from reading that he got the idea.
I don’t agree with Pansy, in her letter
dated Jan. 27th. 1885, advising parents to
pay wages to the oldest daughter for do-
ing the housework, the same as a servant.
Let the work be performed and prompted
by love and not by mercenary motives.
If the father can afford it, she should
have a small allowance for pin money,
but let her take her chances with the rest
of the family to get a new dress when it
can be afforded, and not have all the good
clothes while the others go without, as
such would be the case if she was paid
for her work.

I have read Bonnie Scotland’s letter of
November 2nd Idon’t know how many
times, and think she must be almost a
saint if she practices as she speaks; there
are very few women nowadays who
would go without house conveniences so
as to enable their husbands to get a mod-
ern farm Implement. And there are few
homes also in which the one purse busi—
ness will work with anything like success;
it is always one or the other who gets the
benefit of the larger share.

I have been married three years, and I
am anxious to have something for my lit-
tle girl when she attains her majority,
but I have little hope of seeing my expec—
tations realized. But by dint of much
self~denial and economy, I manage to
save a few quarters each month which I
place in the bank in her name. Many
mothers could do this if they had a mind
to save a little; they would not miss it
much, and there is no knowing what good

it may do at some future time.

PE ARL.
GaEENrrELn.

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INFAN’I‘S’ SHOES.

If M. J. H. will follow these directions,
I do not think she will have any trouble
in getting a pair of shoes knit for her
baby. These are not as fancy as some, '
but have the advantage of being easier to
knit, and will wear better than those
with more open work: _

On one needle cast on fifty-three
stitches; knit across and back four times,
making eight rows; ninth row, knit first
stitch, then knit all the rest by putting
the yarn over and knitting two together;
10th row, knit plain; 11th, 13th, 15th,
17th and 19th rows knit same as 9th row,
12th, 14th, 16th, 18th and 20th rows same
as tenth row. Then knit four times
across and back plain; then one
row same as 9th row; then four times
across and back plain. Now divide on
three needles, having 18 stitches on the
outside neadles and 17 on the center one.
Knit on the center needle only, 23 times
across and back, making 46 rows; 0n the
43d and 45th rows narrow on each end of
the needle; this forms the top of the
foot. Now with the outside needles
pick up 24 stitches along the strip just

 

knit, making 42 on each outside needle;

  

 

 

 

 


 

 

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knit once across all three needles and
back; now each alternate time across
narrow the "last two stitches on the first
needle, in the middle of the second, and
the first two on the third, knitting back
plain. When there are but seven stitches
on the center needle narrow both outside
needles on both ends each alternate time,
until the center needle has but two
stitches; put one of these on each outside
needle, then knit the two needles to—
gether like binding off a stocking heel.
Sew up the back of the shoe; finish the
top with a crochet scallop; run a ribbon
through the lower row of holes, and you
will have a neat and durable pair of shoes.

MRS. L. R.
Waconsn.
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FARMERS’ HOMES.

 

Paper read by Mrs. F. C. Chamberlain, of Dex-
ter, at the Institute of the Webster Farmers‘
Club, J an. 20th.

We will assert what often is admitted,
that the foundation of a nation’s prosper-
ity lies in the prosperity of her agricul-
ture; and that prosperity depends in a
great measure on the intelligence of the
“tillers of the soil;" therefore whatever
means may lead to the {improvement of
the farmer, strengthens the pillars that
support the enlightened nation’s exist—
ence. As one step in this improvement I
wish to say a little about the inner life of
farmers’ homes; of the homes that not
only furnish the bone and sinew of the
country, but the well-balanced intellect
as well.

We feel pride in the long array of
names illustrious in the world’s history
that came from the farm. Look at home,
at the active, successful business men at
our smaller towns. Did not a majority
spend their boyhood days on the farm?
Where would soon be our cities were
they not continually replenished with the
vigor of mind and body that comes from
the rugged toil of our country homes?
As one aid to the happiness and useful-
ness of our homes, I will mention the
proper training of children; though I may
speak plainly, yet let it be in kindness.
I have heard some parents say they could
not punish their child, for fear if it
should die they would always regret the
punishment. But are you n)t wrong
there? Disobedience to reasonable and
just demands never brought happiness,
from the creation down the present time.
An obedient child is much happier than
a disobedient one.

Always take time to correct a child, no
matter if household cares are pressing;
no matter if the men stand impatiently
waiting for dinner, attend to the most
necessary duty first. Correct the child,
then and there. Perhaps you will find
your own anger rising, if so, chastize'
yourself first. I feel sorry when I hear a
mother say. “I will tell your father when
he comes home, and he will punish you,"
for that child is quick enough to see, and
will look for other authority than his
mother’s to control him.

Never be afraid of making the little ones
too happy. It takes but little money.
Their little play-house of rough boards,
or in the shade of a tree, with acorn cups

 

 

for dishes, and Johnny cake for cakes and
Pics; imagination in their little minds
will supply all deficiencies; and then if
you, mother. will put on bonnet and
shawl and make the little folks a visit,
their happiness will be complete, and you
can get acquainted with your own child-
ren; for unnatural as it seems, there are
homes in this free land of ours where
nurses and teachers have more influence,
and understand better the needs of their
charges than the parents themselves; in
fact, are better acquainted.

I know of nothing more pleasant than
a well governed heme. It moves like the
the perfect, well-oiled machine, no harsh
grating, and it wears long. On the other
side, it is sad to contemplate the probable
fate of many of the inmates of disorderly
homes, how they are growing up to fill
our poorhouses, workhouses and prisons.

Another thing I would like to mention
which we sometimes see in farmers’
homes, is the giving the boy a calf or colt.
as the case may be, and then when he has
taken care of it, and petted it as his “very
own.” do not take it from him; do not
rob your own child; do not destroy his
trust in you; do not give him that fearful,
that bitter lesson in dishonesty. Children
have some rights which you should re—
gard, that they may learn in after years
to regard yours.

Our homes need the refining influences
of flowers, house plants and music; in
truth they are becoming almost necessa
ries of life. Take your wife to the city
occasionally to visit her city cousins, and
see if she does not pick up some idea, and
bring to her household some refinement
or improvement of life that we farmers
need, are thirsting for, and are going to
have, too, “bye and bye.”

Let your children have some pets, some-
thing to care for, to love. It will do them
good. Respect their feelings, and do not
needlessly kick puss or cufi the dog.
Strive to have a variety of fruits in your
orchards, an abundance of small fruits in
the garden, so that all can have all they
want, and the neighbors across the way a
dishful, too, occasionally, with the in—
formation that they are welcome to all
the plants they wish. Tell the boys they
may have a nice watermelon patch, if
they will take care of it. That water-
melon patch will have wonderful attrac—
tions in its season; in short, farmers
ought to have an abundance of the best
of everything that the climate and soil
will yield.

Encourage in your children any ten
dency to love of Nature. If they bring
in a handful of cowslip blossoms, give
them a vase, or a teacup, something to
put them in. If your little boy wears
holes in his pockets with the pretty stones
he picks up in the field, don’t discourage
him, but find him aplace to put them,
and patiently mend his pockets.

It is related of the great painter, Ben
jamin West, that when very young, he
was left to rock his little sister; the babe
smiled in her sleep, which so pleased him
that he took paper and drew her likeness.
When his mother entered the room and
saw the drawing, she did not tear it up.

 

nor burn it, nor chide him for wasting
paper, but in pleased surprise, that must
have been very encouraging to the young
artist, exclaimed: “Bless me, Benny has
drawn a likeness of little Sally!”

Among the many good things that we
must have for our homes, are books,
which are so plenty and cheap that the
trouble is to know what to choose. I
think if some one competent to the duty
would recommend a short list for'farmers'
families, it might be of benefit. Among
the newspaper reading§of the farmer polit-
ical reading should not [be left out. I
have heard many farmers Say, “ You can’t
tell much by reading the papers.” I am
afraid they don’t read much, and only
one side at that. I am afraid they don’t
know what our Congressmen are doing,
and they cannot vote for the right, or
their own interest, even. We need more
farmers qualified for our legislative halls.
We can spare some of the lawyers and
mere politicians.

It is necessary to get a liking for study,
for if there is a taste for reading the
books will come. I think if our country
schools taught a more extensive course it
would instill a desire for further study.
Physical geography would sharpen the
appetite for m we knowledge; physiology.
with a chapter on the effects of liquor
and tobacco on the system, might save
some who do not think it does much
harm until they learn by experience. The
writing of compositions should not be
neglected; it can be commenced quite
young. Botany can hardly be left out, so
useful on the farm. such delightful op—
portunities for its study in field and
wood, that it ought to be called the
“farmer’s book;” neither can we throw
aside political economy. Many can go
only to the district school, and it is this
class we wish to get interested in study
and reading. so they may learn at home,
and swell the ranks of that great army of
our wisest and best men and women—the
self—educated. '

But you say that these studies, in addi-
tion to those usually taught. take too
much time. Yes. there is the great
trouble, want of time. Farmers’ families,
from the father down, need more time
for study, for recreation, for sociability.
Iown “Ilove the farmer’s life dearly,”
but also own that I do not take its labor
“ cheerily. ”

In looking over some old papers the
other day, I saw two different statements
by two different women, boasting of the
variety and amount of work accomplished
in one day. Discouraged, I threw down
the papers, and took up another that had
just been brought in the house. On the
first page was an article advising farmers
to take their families to the mountains,
or the seashore, for that rest and change
so much needed. Well, that was more
agreeable; I was not discouraged at that.
It proved, to my mind, at least, that this
much had been gained in the past twenty-
five years, that farmers’ families need rest
and change, and when it is fully realized,
will it not be acted upon? So we trust;

and that in may no longer be said farmers’
wives and daughters are filling our insane
asylums.

  


    

4.

THE HOUSEHOLD,

  

 

It is a problem I have long been trying
to solve, to get the proper balance between
the household labor of the farm and the
needed study and rest. I have not suc-
ceeded to my own satisfaction, and must
admit my defeat. Do not understand me
to counsel a life of lazy ease. It is in—
tended that we work; it is for our good
and happiness. It is noble to labor, but
too much toil is as degrading as too much
ease. To the end that we may find that
happy medium between work and rest»
and thus make our farm homes the one
spot lovely on earth, let us, like the school
boy, “ try, try again.”

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AMUSEMEN'I‘S FOR. 3 YOUNG

PEOPLE.

 

When I read Bon Ami’s protest against
the silly games so much in vogue, I made
a resolve to free my mind on that subject.
At country gatherings, especially among
the younger class who have not yet ar-
rived at the age when they can interest
themselves in conversation, this is car-
ried on to a greater extent than many
know. It seems to be hard to find any-
thing suitable for a large company of
small folks. If possible get them in-
terested in playing charades, and be sure
to have good words selected beforehand
to keep things moving.

An evening can scarcely be spent more
profitably than playing with the history
author cards so much in use now. One
unconsciously learns the most important
dates, and soon finds himself able to call
from memory. 1t affords considerable
amusement too to take a long word, and
in a stated time, say two minutes, see
who can make the most words from it.

I do not mean to uphold the public
rink or dance of today, but the thought
has often occurred to me that if people
who object to dancing and skating,
would compare an evening spent at these
places, with the parties their children are
obliged to attend, they could not help
seelng that they are somewhat in the
wrong. Here, where the young people
wish to skate, they rent the rink for an
evening, and only invite those with
whom they wish to associate.

I would like to tell the girls how to
make a pretty buttonhook or key rest.
Take an even ear of corn, varnish it, and
when dry cover With gilt powder. Screw
in two or three bangle hooks, and finish
with ribbon to hang up by, with bows at
the end: Blue looks the prettiest with
the gilt. GEBTIE.

Paw Paw.
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HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

 

AN exchange recommends bathing the
hands in mustard water after handling
odorous substances to remove the scent
which will cling to them in spite of soap
and water.

 

A CORRESPONDENT of the National
Btookman says that in order to prevent a
wooden bowl from cracking, it should,
while new, be immersed for a couple of
days in a tub of strong brine. Another

- in tin stand in the can after the can is

outside, and rubbing with salt on the in-
side after using it.

 

AN exchange says that to get the full
flavor of dried peaches, we should first
soak them in water for an hour or so, and
then allow them to cook until almost
done, when take off the fire, add a little
sugar and set away until cold. If not
used for a day or two they will be all
the better, as by that time they will have
absorbed all the sugar and be much rich—
er. If for peach puddings, they will be
equally improved treated in this way.
Use the juice of the pudding for sauce.

 

TnosE ladies who have ‘ patience can
convert common pine bracketsfsta‘ifd;
boxes, etc., into very fair imitation of
ebony. The surface must be sandpapered
to perfect smoothness, then take half an
ounce of copperas and eight ounces of
logwood chips. Boil the logwood chips
in one gallon of water for half an hour
and then add the copperas. The mixture
must be applied hot to the wood. Two
or three coats will be required. If the
ebonized wood is to be varnished, a little
black must be added to the varnish, else
it will give it a brown tinge.

WHEN you buy canned goods in tin,
as corn, tomatoes, fruits, etc., see that
the ends of the cans do not bulge out-
ward; this indicates the presence of
deleterious gases. See also that there is
but one small puncture in the end of the
can;when there is more than one it is
pretty good evidence that the can has
been punctured to permit the escape of
gases caused by fermentation, and solder-
ed up again. Never let anything put up

opened;the acid of the contents, under
the oxidization of the air, efiects a
chemical action on the lead with which
most tin is adulterated, which produces a
poisonous salt. This advice has been
given in the Housnrronn heretofore, but as
we learn by "line upon line,” and as the
Honsnnonn audience is largely increased
with the new year, we make no apology
for mentioning the subject again.

 

INFORMATION Warren—Will Beatrix,
or so me of the HOUSEHOLD members, tell
me what preparation to use on a black—
board so the marks will rub off easily?
We wish to make a small one for home
use, and know that common black paint
is not suitable. I heard a friend speak of.
having her’s slated. Will some one please
give directions? Also for a good and
lasting cement for an aquarium. Have
any of the readers of the HOUSEHOLD ever
kept an aquarium for any length of time,
or do they soon get to leaking? A. B.

 

IN selecting nom deplumea correspond—
ents will please avoid those which have
been appropriated by other writers. To
take the “pen name ” of another leads to
confusion of identity, Often to absurd
blunders. The Editor always prefers to
respect the writer’s choice, but where a

Mas. L. R., of Wacousta, wishes to
know what will make paper stick to a
wall which has been ceiled and painted.
Cannot some of our readers enlighten

her?

IF 0. H., of Brooklyn, will re—read
“One of the Girls’ ” letter about the etched
bed-spread, she will find her. question
answered therein. She wishes to know
if “ One of the Girls,” or some of the
other girls can tell her how to do the stitch
known in crochet as tricot. And here is
a “nut to crac ” for our flower—loving
and flower-growing friends: “Last fall
I got a cyclamen from D. M. Ferry, treat-
ed it as nearly as I could as described in
the catalogue, and it has succeeded in
putting out only one leaf, with no sign of
any more. Can some one tell me what to
do with it? Will be thankful for any
help in my trouble, and try in the future
to help others.”

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LEONE, of Big Beaver, says: “ I would
like to state that at last I have had an op-
portunity to make some of E. L. Nye’s
coffee, and we find it delicious. I see in
nearly all the recipes for plum pudding
brandy is mentioned as one of the in-
gredients; but for the benefit of those
whose temperance principles would for-
bid their using it, I would say I have eaten
many a plum pudding, but never with
brandy in, and I think they are good
enough for any one without the brandy,
and much better for both mind and body.
I have found a new use for broken crock'
ery; pounded into small pieces, the hens
eat it eagerly.

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Contributed Recipes.

GINGER SNars.—One cup sugar, one cup of
molasses, one egg. one teaspoonful soda, one
tablespoonful vinegar, one tablespoonful of
ginger, one cup butter. This recipe will make
the best ginger snap I ever saw. FIBEFLY.

anronn.

 

Caesar anrr Cams—One cup thick sour
cream; one cup sugar, one cup raisins, one
egg. scant teaspoonful of soda, a pinch of salt,
spices to taste . Flour enough to make a bat-
ter as for common cake. To the above may
be added half a cup of chopped dried apples,
stewed in half cup molasses; but the cake is
good without.

COOKIES WITHOUT Essa—One and a half
cups sugar, one cup sour cream, piece of but-
ter the size of an egg; teaspooniul soda; season
to taste; ’mix soft and bake quickly.

Rsrer Pisa—Line a deep pie-tin with good
paste; then put in nearly one cupful of nice
sugar; over that place a large cupful of rat-
sins, fill up with sweet cream; put on a top
crust and bake slow; the cream from two pans
of milk will be suflicient for three pies.

LEMON Pm No. 1.—One cup water, one cup
‘sugar, one tablespoonful butter, two table-
spoonfuls flour, yolks of two eggs, juice and
grated rind of one lemon. Bake with one crust.
Beat the whites Of the eggs with six table-
spoonfuls of sugar, spread on top; return to
oven and brown.

LEMON Pm N o. 2.-—Line a pie-plate with
good rich crust; in it put two crackers, rolled

fine; one lemon, peeled and sliced; one cup of
sugar, a few raisins; add a little. water, some
bits of butter, and bake with upper crust.

 

duplicate is sent in must exercise the right

 

lady recommends a coat of paint on the

to substitute the initials of the sender.

MR3. L. R.
Naconsra.