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DETROIT, NOVEMBER 30, 1888.

THE HOUSEHOLD-"Supplement.

 
VI VA T REX.

 
There‘s a tyrant who rules with a scepter of

might,

His subjects are legion, and black, brown or

white,

From equator to pole they acknowledge his

right,
And are steadfast and loyal and true.
llis mandates are honored in feverish haste.
And deference paid to each whim of his taste.
His speech is with inﬁnite eloquence graced,
And yet he says nothing but “ goo.”

How long has he reigned? Since the world was
begun,
And his reign will endure till its glories are done.
There‘s nothing so wonderful under the sun
As this king who has nothing to do
But to eat and to sleep and be always on hand
To enslave a new subject or give a command
Which they ﬂy to obey, for they all understand.
Although he says nothing but “goo.” '

Ah, velvety despot. how silken your chains!
How cherished your bondage o‘er all earthly
gains;
How sweeter your voice than celestial strains,
As you lie in your cradle and coo.
No monarch e‘er reigned with a sway so complete
Whose subjects so abjectly kneeled at his feet,
Whose rule was so dear and whose thralldom so
sweet
As this one who says nothing but “ goo.“
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FOR THE HOLIDAYS.

 
The newest and prettiest covers lhave
seen for the two perfume bottles and pin-
cushion which constitute a “toilet set” are
made of paper. Take a sheet of the ﬁnest
French tissue paper, which is almost like
thin silk in texture, by the centre and
draw it through the hands till it is creased
in ﬁne crape—like folds. Cut innumerable
half circles out of this, crimp them in the
hand and arrange them overlapping each
other, on a satin foundation which has been
secru'ely sewed on the bottles; the half
circles are pinched togethera little, till they
resemble large rose leaves in shape, and are
then fastened in an upright position to the
satin by stitches or a little gum arable. The
effect is as if the handsome cut glass stop-
pers of the bottles rose from a mass of rich
dark red rose petals. A full puff of plush
to match ﬁnishes the base and conceals
the bottom of the bottles. The cushion is
covered with satin, a plush puff surrounds
it, and the top is covered in the same way
as the bottles, the half-circles being ar-
ranged in such a manner as to make the
top somewhat round in shape, and allow
one corner to be covered with a full bow of
picot-edged ribbon, from which the leaves
seem to radiate.

A very pretty pincushion, made after the
style described in last week’s HOUSEHOLD,

The three bags are of old gold satin, about
four inches broad by six in height, the tops
fringed and tied with ribbons of the same
color. Each bag was hand-painted in a
design of delicate wild ﬂowers, and several
loops of old gold ribbon were set in where
the three bags were united at the top.

Cover 3. thin board eighteen inches square
with plush of any color preferred, though
cardinal or dark blue are best. Screw
loops to the back to hang it up diamond-
wise on the wall. On it fasten a. little
holly-wood bracket, or a cheaper one
gilded, with a little vase or other ornament
upon it. Or arrange a cluster of autumn
leaves or thistle pompous on it, under a.
bow of ribbon.

For an elderly lady, or an invalid, a pil-
low ﬁlled with pine needles—the foliage of
the balsam ﬁr being thought most aromatic—
is a suitable gift. Make a drilling case
for the needles, then a slip of corn or gray
linen, embroidered with a suitable motto,
as “Give me of thy balm, 0h fir-tree.” A
hop pillow, for feverish, rest-less heads, can
be made in the same fashion, with the
design a graceful cluster of leaves and
hops.

A cradle quilt is a nice gift for the small
person who is too young to appreciate it,
but whose mother will be grateful for the
attention. The materials are two yards of
cheese cloth, double, and place a layer of
wool between. Baste the edges together.
To tack it together, take a needleful of
worsted, double, and beginningunderneath,
make six long loops for the daisy, then sew
a bit of yellow worsted for the centre of the
daisy. These daisies may be set in
diamonds or squares, over the quilt, and the
edge ﬁnished with a cord to match the
daisies, oraborder of shells crocheted on

it. These little quilts are light and warm,

without heaviness.

Leggings for an infant are knitted as

follows; they are intended to come up well
around the body: Use medium sized bone
or wooden needles, and Germantown yarn.

Cast on thirty stitches on each of three

needles, and join like a stocking. Knit a

piece four or ﬁve inches deep, then separate

the stitches in half for the legs, and knit

separately. When near the ankle, take off
the stitches on to smaller needles, and

complete the knitting with these.

A wall pocket of new design seen at one of

the bazars would be suitable as a gift fora

gentleman, or as “the booby prize” at a

progressive euchre party. The edge of a

palm-leaf fan was cut off, and the fan

 
Was on exhibition at one of our fancy stores.

gilded. Five playing cards—the seven and

pocket. Above the pocket, on the gilded
surface, was the legend “ Such a hand!” in
fancy letters, and as it' to answer the ques-
tion “What’s trumps?” the jack of
diamonds was pasted cornerwise above.

It was “cute,” and provoked many a
laugh. B.

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GIRLS IN THE KITCHEN.

 
I would not advise Honor Glint to spend
many more months of precious time think-
ing on the subject of teaching girls house-
work unless she makes sure she will arrive
at a diﬂerent conclusion, in some respects
than she admits in a recent number of the
HOUSEHOLD.

If I were seeking an occupation which
would pay the best in dollars and cents, I
am not sure I should accept housework as
such, though a thorough knowledge of the
art is found indiSpcnsable to most women,
and those who can and will perform the
labor the best will always command higher
wages than the " slouch.” (lirls are apt to
set their mark high, and that is commend-
able it' they do not get it out of sight of their
talent. They expect to make teaching or
some other worthy profession a life work; it‘
they will stick to it, all right, but in nine
cases out of ten the ﬁrst good offer of mar-
riage they receive they accept, then good—by
to former resolutions. If they are lucky
enough then to live without doing any
housework they surely should know when
others perform the work for them properly.
I cannot believe that it takes all the years
of a girl’s life from the time she is tall
enough to wash dishes until old enough to
have a house of her own (and that is a ques-
tionable age) to learn enough of housework
to make the domestic machinery run some—
thing after the manner of clockwork. A
girl’s education is not ﬁnished (as if one’s
education is ever ﬁnished!) until she studies
and practices domestic economy. So it ap-
pears to me to be the bestlor one of the best
branches of education to “fallback upon.”

I have yet to see the case where honest
labor degrades the person who performs it,
but on the other hand we frequently sec peo~
ple degrade labor. We sometimes see girls
who work in the kitchen more reﬁned than
the lady (‘2) of the establishment. I; very
well acquainted with a girl who quilﬁoften
lends me a hand in hurrying times, who
makes housework her business and who
commits many a poem to memory while
mopping the ﬂoor or washing dishes; she
mixes the poetry and prose of life, and 1
never knew of the dishwater degrading the

 
eight spots being chosen—formed the

    
poems. Girls who are afraid of coming in


THE HOUSEHOLD.

 
contact with housework for fear of reducing
their character or reputation are usuallycon—
tent to sit in the parlor and let their mothers
do the work. There seems to be in the his-
tory of most girls two or three distinct peo
riods. One is when they are waiting for a
mission, another a silly or sentimental one,
and one a very smart one. They usually
succumb to each for a short time, afterward
rally, and ﬁnally come out the wiser and bet-
ter for their experiences,‘ and make useful
women. SUSAN NIPPEn.
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HOUSEWORK FOR GIRLS AGAIN

 
I have long been an interested reader of
the HOUSEHOLD, and have often thought
I should like to help a little, when our
editor has made a plea for “more copy;”
but have never been “inspired particular-
ly” until today, when reading Honor
Glint on “ Housework for Girls.”

To her and all others who are of the
opinion that housework “is not a paying
occupation,” “is not far from degrading,”
and gives “the least show for mental cul-
ture and recreation” I would say, contrast
the following cases from the lives of two
of my own friends.

One has had a good education, taught
school some; but is now clerking in a store,
at ﬁve dollars a week. She pays three dol-
lars and a half for her board and ﬁfty
cents for washing and ironing, and has
one dollar left at the end of the week. She
works from seven o’clock in the morning,
until seven or eight at night, Saturday
nights until ten; is so “dead tired” she
can’t read or sew, consequently has to hire
her sewing done. Lots of times she has
for mental culture and recreation, and
that’s paying business too; but then it
isn’t degrading.

Now the other, thrown on her own re-
sources when young,
education, had nothing but dressmaking
or housework to choose from. She sensibly
chose the latter.

She does the kitchen work in a large
family, at three dollars a week, manages
her work so that she is rarely in the
kitchen after the dinner dishes are done.
Time is given her to do her own sewing,
her evenings are her own, and she ﬁnds
time to read the daily papers, many good
books, and at odd moments crochets and
makes rick-rack. _

She makes visits when she wishes, but
of course keeps within bounds, dresses
well at all times, and 1am sure no oné‘ﬁo
knows her would feel that she is degraded,
in the least.

After helping a sister in school and
dressing herself, I warrant she has saved
more than the ﬁrst has left, after paying
for board and washing, and surely she
will be fully as capable of making a good
homekeeper, when she has one of her own.
If housework is degrading to the girls, it
cannot be very elevating to those of us
who are obliged to do our own, and some-
body must do it.

11 Mrs. Whitney’s story, “The Other
Girls,” might only be realized in life, it
seems to me there would be many homes
much better ordered, and lots of girls hap-
pier and better protected than now.

and with limited .

THE HOUSEW ORK QUESTION.

 
I want to ask Aunt Polly if the “dear lady
friends” she refers to were doing house-
work as a regular business, or trade, as
that was my meaning, and I think quite
clearly expressed. Superintending the
baking of pastry or doing light housekeep-
ing for one’s self, may not interfere ma-
terially with recreation or mental culture;
but to read, write or study for improve-
ment while engaged from “ early morn
’till dewy eve” in all the domestic cares
and toil expected from paid help—the
same work that is generally conceded to
be the ruin of health and minds of so
many married women at the present time—
I think would prove a discouraging task.
Perhaps one might create a poem while
dressing vegetables or denuding a chicken
for dinner, or lay out a neat little plot for a
story while blacking the stove or scrubbing
the kitchen ﬂoor, but a few years at such
tasks would be likely to quench poetic ﬁres
and obliterate all taste for romancing. As
to the respectability of this sort of work
there is no question about it; it certainly
does not elevate one if followed as a busi-
ness; at least I possess no proofs of it.
Therefore one must degenerate if mind
and body are constantly employed in work
that is mainly coarse and disagreeable, and
that is the part which devolves upon hired
help.

It is natural for us all to have ambitious
aspirations to do something in which we,
may progress, and gain if not distinction at
least proﬁciency in our undertaking, and
command suitable esteem for our capabili-
ties. Housework holds out no ﬂattering pros-
pects of the kind, and is a treadmill life
deprived of culture, health and enjoyment,
and worse at the end than at the begin-
ning. Marriage does not necessarily place
every one, as Aunt Polly suggests, “in
a dependent position” as is proved by the
many sick, maimed, indolent and dissolute
husbands who are supported by faithful
industrious wives, not to mention the help-
less children whose mothers shoulder the
duties of both parents. Now, which is the
more remunerative and agreeable employ-
ment for one so placed, millinery, dress-
making, teaching, painting, or any of the
hundreds of useful trades or professions
that only require health and energy to
excel in, or—housework? And which the
more pleasant and proﬁtable for a woman

who has not yet any one to “lean on?”

HONOR GLINT.

DETROIT.
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SOME OPINIONS.

 
It is a dark, rainy day, dreary and cheer-
less, a forerunner of the winter to come,
and areminder that the summer is past;
thus the years roll around, seasons change,
friends depart, and each year ﬁnds us
“ one year nearer home.”

To some the coming winter will be
hailed with joy and gladness; bright ﬁres
will sparkle and glow, shedding their
genial warmth to all around them, while
others, the, poor homeless ones, will shiver
and dread the approaching cold. However,
it is not my intention to write a discourse
on the weather, but to say a few words to

interested in the discussion concerning
“ whistling girls,” not that I ever was one,
for “if I would nature said I never could.”
But I have in mind a merry, light-hearted
girl whose cheery whistle can be heard
“ morning, noon and eve,” and she doesn’t
wear her hair short, or think herself strong-
minded either. Now don’t think I ad-
vocate girls whistling; I think it all de-
pends on the “how and when and where,”
whether it is unladylike or not;'but I do
think girls ought to learn housework, and
not to consider it degrading. I think many
get a false impression from the fact so
much is said in regard to slighting house-
work, so as to ﬁnd time to “improve the.
mind.” I think that with careful arrange-
ment, bearing in mind the old adage, “ Let
all things be done decently and in order,”
the work may be properly executed and
time found for rest and mental culture.
The great trouble is so few avail themselves
of their opportunities, but when they have
a few leisure moments they are spent in
gossip or reading some silly worthless
trash with which the country is ﬂooded, to
the detriment of other and more educating
books and papers, thereby creating a taste
for such “mind food,” which if indulged
in will prove a hindrance rather than a
help to anything of a more elevating
nature. I think that a girl or woman who
understands housework from the greater
to the most minute detail, is rather to be
respected than otherwise, and instead of
being “degraded” by her knowledge is
far ahead of one who thinks it beneath her
dignity to understand matters so com-
monplace. AUNT BECKY.

WACOUSTA.
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POWER AND INFLUENCE OF
WOMEN.

 
This little paper is mostly devoted to the
interests of women, still it will do a man no
injury to read it, and read it closely too.
Perhaps I may be “a day after the fair,”
but the womanly woman question will
never wear out in principle. In ﬁnding
fault, it is generally said, a woman is harder
on her own sex than the man, and again
that it is nobody’s business but our own,
if we are not just so. Evangeline writes
well. It is somebody’s business, because of
the inﬂuence it spreads around us. A
year ago I spent an evening in askating
rink. There were young girls and boys by
the score, from the age of ten to ﬁfteen,
school children who were ﬂying on skates,
in ﬁne clothes and in all their glory, from
seven to ten o’clock and after. A resident
told me it was just so every evening the
rink was open. In the ﬁrst place, it is an
injury to the children; next it costs money
to buy skates and clothing to suit, and still
worse. the inﬂuence of those who are able
is leading on the playmates of those who
are not able, and the poor father and
mother hate to deny them pleasures. Per-
haps many will live to curse the day that
their parents showed them so much kind-
ness. ,

A woman has her alloted station to
ﬁll. I think it was Mae who said she hated
housework. It is well that a farmer knows-
some trrde, if he is not obliged to work at

 
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there is a world of honor.

saloon and makes his head swim by dis-
order, careless indiiference, unkindness to
his help and company, and a hundred little
things she can do, and yet not seem un—
kind. Yes, a woman can act mean and a
man cannot help himself, only to break up
his home, and destroy all that we live for;
and there is much truth in the spoon and

shovel story. ANTI-O VE R.
PLAINWELL.
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THE CHAUTAUQUA ASSEMBLY.

 
N0. II.

 
As we pass up Vincent Avenue, the main
avenue of Chautauqua, we see handsome cot-
tages on every side. At our right, but hid-
den by the foliage, is Normal Hall, a large
handsome building, with the interior ﬁnish~
ed in chapel style. Soon we come to the
meat market with stands, general store,
drug store, postoﬁice and general ofﬁce of the
Chautauqua Circle where, if you please, we
will step in and join the class of ’90.

The classes of ’86, ’87, ’88, ’89 and ’90
have united in .a plan of erecting a union
building for the ﬁve classes, to cost about
$5,000, on four lots furnished gratis by the
Assembly. It is intended that the building
shall have ﬁve rooms below, with an audi-
ence room and library on the second ﬂoor,
and it will be used as a rallying place for all
members of the ﬁve classes, each one having
its own headquarters, decorated with class

colors, and the grounds ornamented with
various class ﬂowers.

Several professors of colleges and minis-~
ters of the gospel helped to form the class
of ’90 and add to its dignity, among them
Prof. Barnard, of New York, for nine years
assistant editor of The Century. So popu-
lar did the class become at Chautauqua that
two young ladies, members of another class,
ﬂed to the woods and buried their badges;
returning they enrolled themselves among
the ’90’s and proudly wore the colors of
their favorite class. At last reports the
buried badges had not sprouted.

The motto of the class is “ Redeeming the
Time;” the class ﬂower, the tuberose; the
name, Pierian, from Pierus, a mountain in
Thessaly with deep-ﬂowing springs, sacred
to the muses. Pope says:

“Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring.”

And now, as we have paid our ﬁfty cents
.annual fee and ﬁled our application for
membership in this class,we will turn to the
left and wend our way to the Amphitheatre
and Hall of Philosophy, the chief places of
attraction for all Chautauqua. We ﬁrst pass
the School of Languages, and as the win-
dows are all open and we see teacher and

them speak in unknown tongues, it is very
hard to pass, but as we are not gifted with
.omnipresence, and there are at least three
places where we would like to be at the
same time. we suppress our longing for a
knowledge of the languages and pass on.
Soon we reach the Children’s Temple and
Newton Temple, the latter a very ﬁne mu-

nature has seemed to plan the household
duties to the woman, and to her who is the
best girl, the best wife and housekeeper
There is many
a woman who drives her husband to the

  
Among the many curiosities there are a tear
bottle, and a piece from one of the largest
cedar trees of Lebanon. The limb of the
tree from which this was taken was broken
from the main tree by a storm, and ﬁnally
secured by Dr. J essup and sent to America.
It was conveyed to the sea by the Maronites
with great pomp.

Soon we reach the Amphitheatre, a colos-
sal framework, it can hardly be called a
building. It seems that a natural hollow
basin was found. This was seated, and a
board perhaps a foot in width placed on the
ground in front of each seat, then a roof
was placed over this, supported by 48 huge
wooden pillars heavily braced. This roof is
perhaps twenty feet from the ground as you
enter, so the whole Amphitheatre is open
except at the rear, where the platform, gal-
lery and organ are placed. The aisles, 12
in number, are of the hard packed ground
and are quite descending. If, perchance,
all the upper seats are taken and you are
obliged to descend to the ﬂoor, to a novice
at descending an inclined plane, or to one
possessed of a lame back, this is quite a
feat; but one is willing to test their power of
muscle that'the powers of the mind may be
strengthened and that they may enjoy the
literary feast which awaits them there. The
Amphitheatre will hold 6,000 or 8,000 people
and the sight of this wave on wave of hu-
man faces, all created in the image of God,
yet each possessed of its own distinct indi-
viduality, is very touching.

The Chautauqua salute, the blooming of the
white lilies, as Dr. Vincent calls it, is a
most beautiful sight, as one might well
imagine the waving of 6,000 or 8,000 white
ha ndkerchiefs might be. This is not often

given and seldom unless called for by Dr-
Vincent.

‘ On Recognition Day, blue and red pro-
grammes had been distributed through the
vast audience. Dr. Carlisle, President of
Woﬁord College, S. 0., one of the newly
elected Counselors, was to speak, and be-
fore he appeared upon the platform Dr. Vin-
cent requested that these might be used as a
triple salute to him. When he appeared the
immense audience seemed a sea of red,
white and blue in motion. On another oc-
casion pink, blue and yellow programmes
were used as a salute, The scene beggared
discription. It was so different from any-
thing else ever seen, it made me think
Aladdin with his “wonderful lamp” was
around.

But we must hasten on, as we are anx-
ious to enter St. Paul’s grove and obtain
a view of the white hall in the grove, or the
Hall of Philosophy, which is built in imita-
tion of the Grecian temple of learning, the
Parthenon. This is a roof supported by
twenty-four Corinthian pillars. The pillars,
cornice and ceiling above are pure white
and present a beautiful appearance. Ex-
cept for the roof above you, you are in the
open air, in full view of the lake, in the
midst of dense green foliage, and a bene-
diction of peace and blessing ﬁlls the place.
No one who has ever been at Chautauqua
will ever forget the song so often sung here:

“ Day is dying in the West,

Heaven is touching earth with rest."
Dr. Vincent conducts the services of the

 
scum built in honor of Bishop Newton.

always held here, and are of a highly spirit-
ual nature, and one feels like saying with
the poet:

‘-’ My soul would sit and sing herself away
To everlasting bliss."

Among the many attractions at Chautau-
qua were the Schubert Quartet, the cham-
pion male quartet of the west, and the Rock
band, which consists of two brothers and
two sisters of the Till family from England.
They played the Fairy bells, selecting many
English airs, giving also an imitation of the
Westminster chimes. They sang a few so-
los and quartets and performed upon a va-
riety of musical instruments, among them
the ocarina, an instrument modeled after
one recently discovered in Pompeii, the
xylophone, the streich zither, musical
glasses, etc. They exhibited, for the ﬁrst
time in America, the rock harmonicon, a mu-
sical instrument which their father spent
eleven years in perfecting. It is composed
of sixty rocks dug from the Skiddaw Hills,
in the north of England. Some of the
rocks were ﬁve feet in length. The whole
number were placed upon a long table and
were arranged similarto the keys of a piano,
the larger rocks answering to the natural
keys and the smaller ones to the black
keys. The two brothers and one sister
drew from this instrument with large wood-
en hammers, the most exquisite music. In
the construction of the harmonicon the dif-
ferent tones are formed by chipping from
the center and edge of the rock to raise or
lower the tone. Mas. W. K. SEXTON.’
(To be Continued.)

 
FOR CHRISTMAS.

 
I saw a very pretty photograph holder re-
cently which I will try to describe for the
beneﬁt of the “Householders.” It was of
bronze green plush lined with pink satin.
The beauty was in its simplicity, the ex-
quisite combination of colors, and the ele-
gance of the material. Take a piece of
plush about eighteen inches long and three
inches wider than a cabinet photograph is
long. Cut the satin of the same size, seam
together and then turn, carefully blind-
stitching the part that was left open to en-
able you to turn it. Then take two rows of
ribbon about sixteen inches long and fasten
about two inches from the top and bottom.
Fold the case together (the long way) and
fasten the ribbon with fancy silk stitches
just as far from the outer edges as from the
middle, allowing room between the fasten-
ings for a few photographs to slip in easily.
Finish with a pink bow on the upper cor-
ner. When done it is folded like a book.
These making mittens for Christmas
should remember that the proper thing in
that line now is the Jersey mitten—that is,
knit one and seam one throughout the en-
tire hand and the thumb. They ﬁt beauti~
fully to the hand and are very pretty.
Among the nicest books for the young

, that I have seen this year are the “ Stories

of the Nations.” Boys and girls in their
“teens,” as well as the older members of
the family, will enjoy them. It is history in
a very attractive form. Among the maga-
zines fer children which I have never seen
mentioned in the HOUSEHOLD is Our Little
Man and Women. The magazine is very

 
Camp Fire and Vesper Services, which are

    
nice for young children, and the price (81)

  
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puts it in the reach of many who could not
afford Wide Awake or St. Nicholas.

Don’t spend much on toys or candies for
the children. A child is just as happy with
a few playthings as with a house full. If
you give candy make it at home, saving ex-
pense and making much pleasure to the little
ones thereby. And here is a new recipe
with which we have good success: To a cup
‘ of sugar add a fourth as much water, ‘boil
eight minutes, remove from the stove ‘and
beat until it is nearly cold; make into balls
with the ﬁngers and press half an English
walnut on the top of each. It is very easily
made and there is none of the trouble about
telling when it is done, as with most can-
dies. M.

 
How anxiously we looked for the last
two weeks, thinking that all the HOUSE-
HOLD writers would certainly tell us what
to do for Christmas.

I will tell you how to make a wall fan:
Cut a piece of pasteboard in an oval form;
cover neatly with light blue silesia. Cut
some tissue paper into strips about four
inches wide; slash this crosswise, nearly
in two, that is, leaving an uncut border
about one-half inch wide. Now crinkle
this fringe over a knife. Cover the entire
fan with these strips, beginning at the out-
side, so that the fringe of one strip covers
the plain border by which the outer strip
was pasted on. It is much prettier if you
put three or four rows of light blue fringed
paper around the outer edge, then three or
four rows of yellow, then of white. Now
make a bunch of tissue paper roses, with
green leaves. Fasten this in the centre.
Of course your oval pasteboard needs a
handle, or it would hardly be recognized as
a fan. ’Twill be a thing of beauty; and a
joy for several years.

If you have a ﬂat basket ﬁll it with paper
roses and hang on the door knob or wall.

Make a comfort of pink cheese cloth, tie
with white with ayellow centre, to represent
daisies. That will be a joy forever. I saw
such an one, and really ’twas the most re-
freshing thing I ever saw on afarmer’s
spare bed. Can some one give directions
for landscape painting?

I wonder whether if we should write
quite often, every one of us, Beatrix would
scold? Let us each write every week. Of
course much would go into the waste basket,

but what matter? WILD ROSE.
BRIER CREEK.
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GOOD WORDS FOR THE HOUSE-

HOLD.

 
I smiled when reading Old School Teach-
er’s remarks in regard to what we are to do
and not to do. Our HOUSEHOLD is like a
hotel table; look over the bill of fare and
take what will do you the most good. I
think there has not been a number of this
ltttle paper that has not given either my
daughter or myself something that was just
what we wanted.

About the stove blacking, if you have a
wood stove in the sitting room it will burn
brown and need to be blacked if it is to
look nice. I bought a long-handled shoe
brush and wet the small side, put on the

Some paper on the handle will keep the
hands clean.
As for the Christmas things, we all
want something nice, and money wont hold
out at such times. I have found it a good
plan to begin in September, and none too
much time then. If this has not been
mentioned it is handy: One yard of the
narrow cream colored toweling that is
marked at! in squares in either blue or red;
turn one end up half the length of the
towel and it will make the pocket. I
took some worsted the color of the bars,
and just took a long stitch each way across
every other square, then stitched through
the middle; then at the top turn over each
side and that will make it pointed; work the
blocks in the same way, and ﬁnish with a
loop to hang it by, and a nice ribbon bow
to give a ﬁnish. When done I took some
hoopskirt wire and covered to stitch on the
back; as I found it pulled down when full.
We use it for dirty cuffs and collars, and
ﬁne handkerchiefs. This is much prettier
than one would think from a description.

Ioften think of the remark of one of the
HOUSEHOLD members who said some time
ago, that if one could only write out at
once the nice things that com in one’s
mind; but after you have been getting
dinner and something for tea, the bright
thought is gone, and with it the courage to
say your say; and you think some one else
will do the writing. When Madame
Beatrix calls for help I think 1 will try and
say some little thing, but instead I only add
a foot or two to that endless pavement that
we all help to build. s. F.

Amt ARBOR.

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A GAME FOR THE CHILDREN.

 
1 want to thank each one who wrote for
the HOUSEHOLD of the 9th inst.; as I
ﬁnished each letter I thought, “I am glad I
could read that,” and I think in every one
I found some word Of encouragement or
help.

I am especially interested in anything
about children, and any way to interest
them. I often keep my children interested
by playing “ Comeshecome” with them,
and perhaps it may help some one else if I
tell how we play it. I commence by saying
“Comeshecome” and some one asks,
“What letter do you come by?” then 1 tell
the ﬁrst letter of some article in the room,
as T for table, being careful to select some-
thing they all know the name of. Then
they guess what it is; and the one who
names it ﬁrst gives the next letter. Where
there are a number of children together, they
get quite excited over it sometimes, and the
older ones will keep interested too.

What are you going to make for your
children for Christmas, and how are you
going to give your presents? A collar and
cuff box is avery acceptable present for a
gentleman. One I made had for its foun
dation a ﬁve pound starch box and acuff
box. 1 cut the sides from the cover and
fastened it to the box by pasting a piece of
cloth over the edge of each for a hinge,
then covered the outside with fancy brown
paper and the inside with red, then the cuff
box was cut off so the bottom was only two

paper and glued ﬁrmly in the center of the
large box. With a scrap picture on the top
and a loop of ribbon to lift up the cover,
it was quite pretty and very useful. Of
course one could be made that would be
much nicer by covering each side of the
box with satin, as has been described for
glove boxes.
Will some one please tell me how to
decorate the fungus that we ﬁnd in the
woods; please give all the particulars. .
HADLEY. ELIZABETH.
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MAYBELLE asks: “Is there any way
of cooking celery? Dade says he knows
there is, but I have never heard of
cooking it, and put the question to con—
vince him that for once, he is mistaken.”
It is Maybelle who is mistaken. Celery is
served both stewed, fried and as croquettes,
but it takes an educated taste to appreciate
it. It is also often shredded ﬁne and
used to ﬂavor soups. We will give a couple
of recipes for cooking celery soon so May-
belle can experiment, and also punish
“Dade.”

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AUNT BECKY wants to know how to
wax autumn leaves. The process is very
simple, being only to rub the wax upon the
warm ﬁat irons, then iron the leaves. Un-
less Aunt Becky has quite decided her
autumn leaves must be waxed, we would
recommend varnishing them with the thick
varnish used upon carriages. Five cents’
worth would varnish a large quantity. It
takes several days for them to dry perfectly,
but when once dry they do not curl in a
warm room as waxed leaves will, and the
colors are brought out beautifully.
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MAYBELLE, of Bridgewater, says potato
ball yeast cannot be started without the aid
of a ball. Hers is a year old, and as good
as ever, and she would not take ﬁve dollars
for it if she could not get another. She
offers to send aball to Bess, by express,
the latter paying charges, if she will give
her name and address.

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E. B. C., of Watrousville, in a private
letter to the Editor, says the prettiest thing.
she has seen in home made picture frames
recently, was made of rough pine boards,
simply gilded; the rougher the boards the
prettier the effect.

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S. .F. encloses a paper model of the
laundry bag she describes, and we judge
it will be quite an ornament as well as con-
venience in the bedroom.

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Contributed Recipes.

 
HICKORY NUT CAKE.—-—Tw0-thi1'dS cup but-
ter; two cups sugar; one cup milk; three cups
ﬂourgone cup hickory nut meats,chopped ﬁne;

this makes two layers; put together with
frosting; frost the top and lay on halves of
nut meats.

TAPIOCA PUDDING.—-—One cup tapioca, soak-
ed in one pint of milk; then add one quart of
milk, three eggs, half cup sugar, half cup of
raisins, a little salt, butter size of an egg,
ﬂavor with nutmeg or vanilla, or if preferred,
half cup of prepared cocoanut renders it deli-
cious. Bake slowly. Good warm or cold.

 
blacking and polish with the other side.

inches high, this was papered with the red

WACOUSTA. AUNT BECKY.

 
three eggs; two teaspoonfuls baking powder;

 
if '
if

7 ‘.
5‘2,
.;