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THE HOUSEHOLD-"Sumpplement:

 

’THE PERPETUITY or salvo.

 

. It was a blithesome young jongleur, \
Who’started out to sing
'j Eight hundred years ago, ,or more,
-On a leafy mom in spring , .
- ,Andjle caroledsweet as any bird ,
That ever tried its wing '

of love his little heart was full—
Madonna! how he sang!

The blossoms trembled with delight.
And round about him sprang,

As forth among the banks of Loire
The minstrel‘s music rang.

The boy had left a home of want
To wander up and down,

And sing for bread and nightly rest
In many an alien town,

And bearwhatever lot befell—
The alternate smile and frown.

The singer’s ca'roling lips are dust,
And ages long since then

“Dead kings have lain beside their thrones
Voiceless as common men ,

But Gerald’s songs are echoing still
Through every mountain g en.
. ‘ —Janm 1'. Fields.

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FABI-norzs FOR LITTLE. PEOPLE.

 

The question “How shall I dress the
children?” is quite as important to the
mothers as what they shall wea’r themselves.
So far this season, there seems to be nothing
particularly new for either boys and girls.
Misses’ dresses are usually modeled Quite
closely after those of their big sisters, so far
as short skirts and immature figures will
permit. A neat and pretty wool suit for a

“girl of twelve has a jacket waist with velvet

waistcoat, and a skirt with two box pleats
down the centre, plain sides, and long back
drapery; the pleats can be ornamented with
passementerie if it is desired to make the
costume more dressy. Such dresses are
suitable in cashmere, challi, or the novelty
suitings that are part cotton, and will last
just about till the dress is outgrown. Pleated
waists, a modification of the Norfolk jacket,

- are very pretty in wash goods; these waists

are fitted to tire figure; the ever popular
'yoke and belt waists are also worn; while
there is a revival of the “Garibaldi” waist
promised us: this is simply a gathered waist
with a band of ornamental needle-Work
down the front. Sleeves for such Waists'
are. loose. Skirts to be worn with the above

styles of waists may be perfectly straight

all round, or with apron draperies over a
The; double gathered
skirt is a novelty; it is simply two skirts,
the upper being half the length of the lewer,,

' . and trimmed with embroidery. Guimpes

and the Gretchen waists of last season are
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dress is extremely simple; it has a plain,
low square-necked waist slightly pointed in
front,— with revers, to be worn over a waist
of white nainsook; the skirt is full and
straight, gathered to a band.

The short-waisted, long-skirted dresses
for girls from three to seven, are just as
quaint and pretty as they can be; I wonder
they do not find more favor both in town
and country. But we are so accustomed to
the extremely abbreviated skirts and ruffles
of past styles, that it is hard to introduce
such a decided change. Nevertheless. it is
a fact thatall dresses for girls show a de-
cided improvement in the matter of length.
A very pretty dress for a five year old has a
white yoke, tucked, and white sleeves. A
strip of gingham is then gathered or pleated
to the yoke, with embroidered edge, scallops
upward, tofiuish the joining. The skirt is
tucked and sewed to the waist, with a belt
of insertion to which is added, being sewed
on the belt under the arms, a sash six inches
wide, and long enough to tie in a large bow
behind; the ends of the sash are trimmed
with embroidery. Small boys and girls
alike can wear 'sailor blouses and kilt suits;
the blouse is often of white, with deep
sailor collar, ends, and box pleat for button
holes like the kilt, which is always of col-
Ored goods.
the bottom, and droops over. Ten year-old
boys wear one-piece dresses with the waist
laid in five box pleats before and behind,
which are sewed down just below the waist
line. Those from three to five wear dresses
with jacket fronts, which the small wearer
admires because they are boyish-looking.
There is a long waist which fastens in front,
to which a box-pleated skirt 1s sewed. The
back of the waist is made of two broad
forms, which slope outward at the bottom
of the waist, where they are crossed by a
shaped band which gives the appearance of
a jacket and hides where the waist is sewed
to the skirt. The jacket fronts are sewed
in with the shoulder and under arm seams,
and slope away from the throat; they are
edged with embroidery, but for every day
wear might be bound with braid. Trowsers
of the goods of the kilt are worn by boys of
five or six, those younger wear white ones.
The “ St. George ” suit, for boys from five
to seven, is made of blue serge, and has
trowsers, kilt skirt with pleats held in place
by elastic ribbon, and a sailor blouse, which
may be of white with blue cuffs and collar,
With it is worn a Scotch cap, with white
crown and blue band. The Eton suit has

the kilt and waist and takes its name from

the Eton jacketfwhich is not particularly

 

pretty. This slopes from the throat to the
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The blouse has rubber tape at I

waist line, where it is square cornered, and
is slightly pointed 1n the back. A pointed
vest with a lap trimmed with pearl buttons,
is set on the front of the waist, where it is
revealed by the jacket. The kilt has a wide
box pleat in front, with side pleats else-
where. There are also cutaway jackets cf
the suit material, worn over white vest
waists and with kilts, which come well
down over tha hips. two wide forms inCthe
back, and are slashed in the middle and on
the sides and corded all round; clusters of
small pearl buttons set on the from and
slashes form the only trimming. Serge, '
flannel and cheviots are favorite materials
for boys’ wool suits. ‘

Many of the new spring wraps for girls
are short jackets with hecds, which are
pointed' 1n shape and lined with some pretty
silk. Ulsters are long enough to nearly
cover the dress, and have capes, which are
very pretty on slim figures but make a fleshy
girl look larger. Hoods are worn on these
ulsters, and often the capes also. A new
model for spring wear is a deep cape fitted
to the shoulders, with one Of these pretty
pointed hoods. Bnarmx.

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GASOLINE vs. KEROSENE.‘

 

Having used both for fuel, I would. give
preference to gasoline by all odds—one of
which “odds” is that a. gasoline stove costs
from three to four times as much as a kero-
sene stove. Another is that a kerosene
stove is the very nastiest thing that ever
was invented. And unless I decided to
keep my face covered with moustaches—
made of “pot b1ack”—-to wash my hands
perpetually, and to have my house as grimy
as a Wigwam, I wouldn’t take one as a. gift
and use it. But the gasoline is the reverse
of all this. being perfectly neat. I can heat
a flat 1mm in the blaze of a burner and not.
"smudge” it a particle.‘ So with every-
thing; there 18 no black and grime of smoke
on anything except the piece of sheet iron
that I put in place to catch what little smoke ’
the burning of the gasoline in the generator
makes when starting the fire, and after that
the flames are made by gas. My stove is a
New Lyman, four-burnerfincluding Oven.
I could cook and do all the kitchen stove
work for a family of six or eight by it.

The closed patent bakers are very nice
for these stoves, as they insure the. food
against any effects of the gas.

As for the cost of fuel, I should say the
kerosene stove would be most eXpensive. It}
was in my experience. Gasoline is for me
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THE HOUSEHOLD?

 

a YOUNG HOUSEKEEPER’S METH-
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My mother "nearly went wild over that
dish-washing machine “M.” mentions; she
thinks it Would be splendid. I think I can ,
tell you why she happened to be so delighted
with the idea. I have been sick for about a
week and she has to wash the dishes herself.
I should think such a machine might be
made, still I am afraid glass and delicate
china would not be handled so carefully as
we handle it; but we certainly need some
way of lightening a task that must be done
over a thousand times a year.

Since 1 have been sick I have been doing
some fancy work, for when I am well my

' fancy work is all 'men’s’shirts, boys’ pants

and such things, but when I am sick I do
just as I please; so I have been making lace
with feather-edged braid; it makes pretty

. lace, though I like the novelty braid better.

.I wonder if “ Temperance” likes to read.
Some people don’t seem to like to read at
all, but I am like an auntrof father’svher
daughters said when she objected to any of
their doings they gave her the arm-chair
and a pile of papers, and she never knew
what they were doing as long as the pile
remained by her side. Two. good books I
think ' she would enjoy, are “ Zig—zag
Journeys ” and “ Boy Travelers in the Far
East,” by Thomas W. Knox. I have for-
gotten the author of “Zig—zag Journeys.”
In Ypsilanti we have a Young Ladies’
Library Association, which owns nearly
four thousand volumes: by paying forty
cents for three months we can get a book
every Saturday. I like the idea very much,

, for I have read many books in that way that
I might never have even heard of if it had
not been for the library. Of course the
money we pay is used for paying librarian,
rent of the rooms, and other necessary ex-
penses, and in buying new books, of which
a number are added to the library every
year.

I didnt think the “dose” of Beatrix,

we received was as bad as some of the
“doseS” I have taken some times, still I
think we ought to be ashamed of ourselves
to let hendo the writing and .we the reading
all the time, hearing but not heeding her

- call for “ more copy.”

I must tell you my way of making bread,
which may be new to a good many: I take
about six good sized potatoes, peel and boil,
putting a few hops in a little thin cloth, in
toboil with the potatoes; when done, mash
the potatoes well and strain through a

colander, stir in about a teacupful of flour, .

and pour a dipper of boiling water in; stir
well, then put in a crock, or prepare in the
crock ifyou wish, (I use a four gallon creek)
and fill the crock up nearly full of cold
water, of course leaving some room for
foaming,‘then add three yeast cakes, pre-
viously soaked until soft in warm water.
When ready to make bread, (for it must
stand by the stove or in a warm place for
half a day at least), take one coffeecupful
of yeast and one cup of warm water to
each loaf of bread. It will not hurt this
yeast to freeze. As usual I forget, you must
A put a little ‘salt in when you mix the bread.
I take a cup of this yeast, 9. cup of water,
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part out the size of my pudding dish, stew
a few dried cherries in as little water as
possible, and lay the dough in the pudding
dish, placing cherries between the layers;
let rise till light and steam three hours. For
the sauce take four cups of sweet milk and
two cups of sugar, a piece of butter and a
little salt, put it on the stove, and when it
boils, stir some flour in a little cold water,
“thickening” it is some times called, and
put this in, then flavor. Here is a method
of preparing potatoes which 1 have never
seen in print: Pare and boil as to mash;
when you pour the water off, put in sweet
milk enough to cover them nicely; when this
boils, stir in some of the flour thickening
spoken of abovegithey are delicious. Did
you ever chop up Onions and prepare as you
do cabbage for cold slaw?’ MARY B.

YPSILANTI.
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IN PEACE PREPARE; FOR WAR,

 

I think the housecleaning battle halt won
whenI have well decided just what must
be done, and how. When I have decided
just what carpets must be ripped and re-
sewed or renewed outright; just which
rooms must be newly papered and what
must be the prevailing tint: in the paper,
that I may not be obliged to renew every:
thing else in the room, or have everything
making fun of its neighbor, as inharmon-
ious as people singing opposite keys, I feel
I have made a good beginning. 1 I find this
a good month to lay a supply of good rags
for cleaning. over a peg in the woodshed;
to procure a paper sack of plaster Paris for
filling cracks, and many other things which
make the work—always hard enough—-
much lighter when the tug of war comes.
I also find this a good month to look
over the various catalogues and decide just
what our flower garden shall be next sum-
mer. We always start a great- many of our
annuals in the house, and thus prolong the
season. I wish every member of the
HOUSEHOLD might have such a sweet pea
hedge as we had last summer. I can
scarcely believe that so much fragrance and

lay of five cents; 'I'can scarcely wait for the
beautiful spring‘ time. Returning from a
visit to our flower bed,-I find that Dame
Nature is already rubbing her eyes and
asking whether it is really getting-up time,
Roman hyacinths, crocuses, etc., being al-
ready up.

Some of my friends say they have 'no
time to “fool” with flowers, but I really
can not see that they get along any better
with their work than I do. ' Still I may not
be able to see myself as others see me, and
probably it is juSt as well I do not. Mr. G.
says I remind him of an old Irishman he
knew, who was always digging in the dirt,
butI can stand that, for I know that for
me at least there is virtue in the soil, and I
would rather take a little “garden cure ”
than all the medicine in the shops, be it
sweetened ever so sweet;~ and though I can
not have the grand old ocean where, I'
gathered shells, and scaled the old red sand;
stone rocks, as in days of yore, 1 will still
worship at Nature’s shrine, and get as near
toNature’s heart as possible; - not however
forgetting Nature’s God. -

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beauty was ever before procured at an out-v

I think it especially valuable to children; it

is so much better for a child to get up in the

morning, knowing just what his or her
work is bafore going to school, and the
same, after their return at night. Be it
much or little, have them responsible 'for
certain tasks, and then let the time be
theirs sacredly. With regard to myself I
am old-fashioned enough to think that if

duty points the way, I must not chafe at the
routine, but make it rather my ladder, by'
which I am to rise above difficulties and
make the most of the talent given me. A

routine that binds the subject heart and

soul to earth and earthly things I despise,
and will not submit to. ‘

What does Beatrix think of buying books
sold by subscription? We regard the whole
business as a nuisance. I have known of’
many who bought what they didnot want—
under pressurefand much to their regret
afterwards. We ' always have Our minde
made up months, perhaps a year, ahead, .
just what the next investment in literature
shall be, so we live in anticipation of the
joyful time when the long looked for
“ducats ” shall make their appearance;
and 1 must say we prize those possessions
the most, for which we have waited .most
longingly. '

I inclose a little poem, written by the
late James T. Fields, which I think well
illustrates the fact that genius will not be
Euenched by untoward circumstances.

HOWELL. .,~ MRS. W. J. G.

[The poem alluded to will be foundon
the first page of the HOUSEHOLD] '

 

‘ ODDS AND ENDS;

A friend of mine says her mother is quite
a monomaniac. on the subject of saving
“ fats.” ': Although I am not quite as bad, as
that, still _I must rebel at Evangeline’s
“soap-grease,”‘as she says everything but
pork fat (and farther on we see' the surplus,
of that too)- is consigned to the soap kettle.
-I always save the drippings of roast beef,
the skimmings of corned beef, and use with
pork fat to fry’doughnuts; and think it bet;
ter than clear lard to use. I have used. a
small percentage of roast mutton dripping
when thelard crock was low, could see no
difference in the cakes, andas I saidnoth-
ing‘to.“John' ” about the economy, of counse
he never noticed the difference. Although
a young housekeeper, my‘ fried cake recipe
has been copied a number of times, and as
it only uses one egg, is sometimes quite con-
venient, so I send it for- the regular column
of recipes.

In noticing the pumpkin pie recipes in
the household columns of the several papers
that we take, I» have noticed but one that
did not' take more than one egg toa pie.
That. is all. I ever use, and sometimes use
them in the ratio of two for. three pies,
Pumpkin pies are as different as the- people
who make them; and every woman 'has her
pet spice for them. 1 always use cinnamon, .
ginger _ and nutmeg, and sweeten y with - '-
sugar, not molasses. '

I presume the hired girl is not appreciated
in many homes, but in many of the places
about here they rule us as with a rod of' iron.
:We have, to take whom we can get, and just
as we need them most they take French '

 

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I'gardless‘of merit. It is notthe wage offa

servant thatcounts up" so much asit is the
countleSS small wastes-slices of bread, fried
cakes, remnants. of pie and puddings, are
'all,consigned alike. to‘ the swill pail. Our
pigs ought to thrive and grow as no common
fed pigs can. The, question of what we are
to do'abo'ut help in thehouse , for the future
is staring usin the face, and the answer is
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» 'A :’ FASCINATING» SUBJECT.

 

, The, discipline and ,the development .of
life enlargefour'. view .5012 humanity," and in-
crease. our. desire to better apprehend- the
aims-and purposes, the governing principles
or the lives moving‘arOund‘ us. The value
,‘of life, as related to "our. fellow creatures,
lies in what we contribute to it of use, of
'helpfulnessin thought and action.

1 am glad to see the'subj‘e‘ct' or work for_
girls discussed, but Lhope‘ it will be extend-
ed beyOnd the single phase thus. far con-
sidered. It seems to me .the ladies of the

‘ Bevan-HOLD all find housework a congenial

occupation,‘and are intent upon showing it
hp in be attractive a light, that I wonder all
the girls “are not in haste to. answer the

» “Wanted, a girl to do housework in a

small family,” a number .of which ’always,

7 appear in our daily newspapers. Is it not a

little strange that only small families desire
girls to do'housework? .Yet after all the

' advantages offered by this work, I do not

suppose the'advocates of housework claim
it to, bathe only. thing girls should attempt,
nor do I believe any of them would choose
for. their-daughter ,the situation of “ hired
girl” in another household, and risk their
“ opportunities for culture” in that position
without first instituting a keen search for

\ their. capabilities in some other direction.

. " There’s anawful lot of bosh talk about

housework, and about girls, too. ' To me,
this repugnance to housework as a voca-
tion, exhibited by most girls, has a spice of
.healthfutsentiment. Girls have had house-
work and marriage served up to them in
‘every conceivable form, until I’d like to see
them~shufiie off the idea of both for a while,
andasee what it is like to achieve a little in-
dependence outside the established rules
which have been laid down for- them from
the foundation of the world. ‘- "
The home-keeper has my highest respect.
Any woman has but to realize the diflicul-
ties to be met and overcome, to, appreciate
the skill necessary to success. The sense
of comfort and rest a “home” '_aifords,

th0 can tell it ? . Yet it is the spirit of that

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home as much as the tidy rooms and;good
food which gives health,‘just as it is the
education ..of “our girls” which makes
them sensible, helpful women, or shallow
‘~‘ladies,”-idespising honest labor because
they know no better. '

I should like to know how many girls in
well-tb-do homes in country or town 'are
taught ,thaneed of, independence in develop-
idg'fi‘fif'wjell-pmsedcharacter? The fact is,
girlg55$ jabt'expegt'ed todo anything, ‘or to
gfi :They‘are nottaught orreQuired

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kindly to the kitchen? This dislike to
housework is a ,part or a very respectable
prejudice. The principal argument in
favor of housework seems to be “You’ll
need it when you’re married.” That’s
very well, provided you marry. But is it
just to require years of preparation for a
work upon which the girl may never enter?
Then, unless a girl marries the coachman or
hired man, she, usually knows of the im-
portant event far enough ahead to get suf-

her on to final success, for she has oppor-
tunities for plenty of experience. Keeping
house is natural to girls,.and any girl of
sixteen ought to be capable of preparing
all the essential dishes.~ There are few
who dislike helping at home, and the
young girl is often found who carries on
the household work during- her mother’s
illness or absence from home, and takes
genuine pride in so doing. . The larger part
of this housework question hinges on the
universal expectation of marriage. Every-
body expects the girls to marry. Indeed,
we expect it ourselves, .even though we
choose to wait a hundred years for the pro-
pitious time. However, it seems girls who
do not wed are generally considered super-
fluous, though any anxiety in regard to the
matter on their part is made a subject for
ridicule. -What‘ we want is agrand sub-
stitution of ideas in this line, and it must
come to woman and through woman.
haps the world has yet to learn that woman
alike with man is subject to the laws of

sities, stimulated by its compensations, and
developed by its activities. So slowly
bourses the circulation of vigorous, healthful
principle through the sluggish veins of
custom! .
business discipline for womanl Let it be
housework, fancy work, let it be anything
you will, only let it bea business which
makes woman responsible for something,
makes her of some use under the sun,
though she never marries;
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THE HIGHEST TYPE OF THE RACE.

 

[Paper read by Mrs. B. F. Batcheler before the
Institute of the Oceola Breeders’ Association
at Howell, Feb. 18-19.]

 

' To me has been assigned the theme,
“ How to Make Farmers’ Sons and Daugh-
ters the Highest Type of Their Race.” 1
can appreciate the greatness of the work
and the need of the 'same among farmers,
as an important factor in the great mass of
humanity, much better than I am able to
specify the methods, necessary to employ to
attain these results.
The statement of the question presupposes
the workings of outside influences upon
plastic minds, endowed with reason and
conscience and capable of choosing between
right- and wrong. We must assume the
medium between the extreme radical state-
ments that man’s character is formed by the
influences that surround him, and that man
is the architect of his own character, for we
must confess that thesemighty forces are
strangely mingle‘din the general make-up of.
character as we’. find. it to—day. An artist
must have a high and delicate conception of
his task, a clean canvas. and the best (if
materials, or his. werkwili. never be pro-
nounced the best of its kind; the standard
must be high orthe achievements-cannOt be
satisfactory. '_,.The sculptotsot ancient tithes

 

ficient knowledge of housework to carry

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life, that she is alike spurred by its neces- .

Independence for woman, occupation,

 

used the famous Parian marble, the quarries
at Carrara were known to them, but' have
been more extensively wrought for modern
use; the marble obtained there derives its
value to the sculptor from its texture. and
purity. However great the skill required to
produce those masterpieces of statuary
which have been ”prenounced again and
again the highest type of»_their kind, we
cannot fail to ascribe their success largely
to this selection of material which embodied
the largest possibilities. We wonder not
that they passed by these specimens that
contained fissures and seams through
which had slowly trickled the moisture
which had found its way~thither, leaving
stains that could not be eifaced. avoiding

those that had mixture of baser material and '

were honey-combed by impurities; that only
was accepted which gave token of firmness
and purity, strength and durability: I must
claim that to attain the highest results man
must be taken at his best estate. The same
laws, to a certain extent, control success in
the training of the mental and moral facul-
ties, as in the best efforts of skilled artists.

If we would that our sons and daughters
become the highest type of their race, we
must understand the importance of the work
and prepare ourselves for it; as we cannot
teach successfully what we know not of.
It is not a light thing that we are parents,
and into our hands is given the moulding
of immortal minds; great responsibilities
rest upon us, and no desire to shift them to
other shoulders or to ignore them altogether
can release us. If one is heediess with re-
gard to shaping the conduct by the rules of

right and integrity, what will arouse to a .

sense of present incompetence and a desire
to be fitted for the claims duty has upon us,
if the position of parent fails to do so? If
we find ourselves not fit patterns, in these
things, for our children, the safest way is to
become so without; delay.

The homes of the people are called the
stronghold of the nation, and these farmers’
homes of ours contain our precious sons
and daughters, and our success or failure in
the world is marked largely by the results
that are found. in them. If we‘as parents
and guardians are recreant to our trust, to
whom shall we look for success? Where
early training is deficient the best results
cannot be expected. ’Tis easy to remember
this with reference to physical culture, but
how strong is the tendency to smile at, and
even encourage the “ sowing ot the wild
oats,” and we see this among those to whom
experience should have proved that the soil
is not thereby improved and fitted for a
longer and richer fruittge. ,

Why should we so willingly allow the
pure marble, which at our hands should re-
ceive only skillful handling to bring out the
ideal of beauty, symmetry and strength, to
become seamed and scarred and permeated
with impurities? Can we hope thereby to
attain better results? Though we may hope
to have our children greatly benefitted in

later years by mingling with, and receiving ,

instruction from those who are amply quali-
fied to direct their minds, it is to the home
of their youth that we look for the earliest
and deepest impressions of. truth and purity
and right. If we have an ideal, which we
wish them to reach, we must teach them by
example as well as precept.

Should father and mother by their lives
give them incorrect ideas of the cardinal
virtues, it with them they see that truth is a
matter of convenience, purity is the strain—
ing at a guat and swallowing a camel,

and right is‘ simply the placid surface of a .

stagnant pool; can we sincerely expect
these youths _to grow up as strong oaks of
the forest in stately grandeur, upon whom
we may look with pride and satisfaction,
without a fear for their overthrown when
trials and temptations may come as a tem-
pest to test them, if they be rooted in soil of
this nature? ‘ '
Consistency is as needful in these things
as in‘ minor matters. If we" are. indeed
building, not only for time but for "eternity,

let us build-well and cultivate aiove'or

right for its oWn sake, that. our reward shall

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not be an eye service, but a life filled with
nobleresults. We may well judge by the
general-flow of a stream of its fountain and
tributaries. » . ‘

. One who knows better than we what is in
man, tells us “Out of the abundance ‘of the
heart the mouth speaketh; ” from this test I
fear there isthat in the hearts of many
parents that would 'unfit them to become
real helpers to the young in laying the foun-
dation of future usefulness.

1 would that each father among us were
worthy the tribute paid the late lamented
Gen. Grant by his son, whenfhe said “I‘never
heard father use a word that it would not
have been suitable for him to use in the
presence of a lady,” and his wife said of
him, “In all his successes he never forgot
me.” He belonged not to the class of. men

‘ who esteem a good wife lightly. .

Let us as mothers not waste our time and
energy in devising ways and means for
widening our sphere, when we are already
in full command of one that we cannot
limit. , From the home radiate those influ-

.. ences, Which more‘ than alLothers, will tell

for the weal or woe of those whom we hold
dearest.

We‘ can well afford 'to use our best
endeavor to make our homes cheerful and
attractive by careful attention to little things

- as well as great; love and forethought invent

many‘ devices for winning and holding to
what may be the dearest place on earth—-
assured that a good home is a safe place for
any person. Good books are found trusty
helpers, as are many other things that add
pleasing and restraining influences; though
these may sometimes necessitate a larger

outlay of money than we, at first thought, -

feel we can afford, it often proves an econ-
omical investment, saving an} amount that
others who have- been less considerate are
obliged to furnish for purposes of a more

’ doubtful nature.

. if we are thoughtful mothers, we will see
that our sphere is indeed a large one, and

‘ our anxiety will be that we have wisdom to

reprove, to instruct, to direct and to en-
courage in the right way, and patience to
endure and aWait the expected results.

Though we guard the home as best we may, ,

we can not always control our surround-
ings, but must take them as they are; if
need be. supply the deficiencies where we
can.‘losing no opportunity however small;
to build up a pure and elevated sentiment.
Our district schools are among the important
factors in the development of the youth
from farmer’s homes. We pride ourselves
upon our _ school system, and money is ex-
pended with a cheerfulness that ' is com-
mendable, believing that in the liberal
education of the masses lies the hope of the
people; the permanence of our republican
institutions; but with our liberality , and
zeal, we are not always wise; we are too
liable to accept the judgment of another,
where our own should be exercised; paying.
ourtax is not our whole duty; we should
know for ourselves whether our children
are taught habits of thoroughness, or are

they skimming over the rudiments of'

knowledge,‘-in their haste to be classed in a
higher grade. ' Are those branches receiving
the first 'attention, from which will be de-
rived the greatest benefit in the actual busi-
ness of life? . , '

Our children should be able to read the
English language intelligibly and under-
standingly, to write it legibly, to spell it

correctly and speak it grammatically, with

the ability to arrange it so as to convey

' thought properly. This I believe to be our

first need in rudimentary education; with-
out this ability one is .liable to be criticised
severely though their attainments may be
great in the higher branches. We need
that education be practical, a benefit rather
than ahindrance to its possessor, to help

in the battle of life. -

We see that industrial schools are gaining
favor over our country, which shows that
attention g .being'varoused to the strong
tendency (these later years to substitute

the realities of life.~ Notl‘that we should
esteem lightly a thorough education, and
the various useful accomplishments; these,

surroundings, and if they cannot do all
they would, let them do well what they can.

These considerations, as well as that of
the influence the instructors are to have
over the minds of the. pupils, are to be
taken into account, not only in the district
school, .but when the time comes, as it
does with very many, 'when better advan-
tages are sought, and our children are; sent
away to school, are we always as careful
to consider the moral and religious ad-
vantages the institution of our choice may
offer, as its literary and scientific standard?
True manhood is not attained by the devel-
opment of certain faculties, to the neglect
or dwarfing of others. '

We would that our sons and daughters
be pure, strong, self-reliant, _ and domestic;
taking their places in society and filling
them well, in farmers’ homes if that is best,
but possessing those gems of worth which
grace any position in the land, and that
they be earnest factors in working. out the
great social problem. In the vegetable
kingdom we find individual plants and
single blossoms on that plant that are com-
plete in themselves, dependent upon no
other for the fulfilment of nthe law of
being; but in the higher orders‘of animal
creation, especially that of its crowning
glory, it is not thu. . . ‘

It is written, “So God created man in his
own image, in .the image of God created he
him, male and female created he him.”
Here man is a collective no'un, representing
distinct individuals, and requiring unity
for completeness, not‘only physically, but
intellectually and morally. How strikingly
are we reminded of the knowledge of the
Creator, of the needs of his creation when
he decided it was notgood for either in-
dividual of man to be alone. ’Tis not in the
anchorite or among the Amazons we look
for the best development of all the parts
which form asymmetrical whole.

There is an innate desire in all to please,
and to reach out after afl‘lnity," where the
'better nature is not perverted; this is found
in whatever improves and completes us. I
believe in society is .found the remedy for
its greatest evils. To the American girl is
imputed a tendency to frivolity and ex—.
travagance. When it is understood that
those whom she is most anxious to please
have a high appreciation of good common
sense, even when its possessor is a woman; '
that a gentle manner and an opinion of her
own quietly but firmly maintained, are as
attractive as the dashing, daring, loud-

give expression to her convictions of right,
least she should offend, and that it is‘ex-
pected of her that she has brainsenough
to be a financier, that she shall learn as her
brothers do the value of money, how to
Spend it wisely, and how toearn it if it is
best she should do so. When these quali-
fications are known to be at par, it will
soon be found that the supply is equal to
the demand. On the-other hand, is the
dude the chief object of admiration? Is it
he who can wreath smoke most gracefully
from a cigar, who can give you a lively
mixture of the “latest phrases?” who can
discourse with glib sarcasm upon subjects
that should be held sacred? Is it he who
can present himself in the meet faultless
attire and the finest turnout, regardless of
other recommendations? ‘Are these the re-
quirements of to-day? 'Are solid worth
and virtue at a discount? When woman,

she is to find a place in good society, dares,
to walk alone, rather than unite her for-
tune with one for whoma special code of,
moral laws must be enacted,- differing
widely from the one she is expected to
obey, knowing that very many of the sor-
rows of her sex are due to the allowances
she is so willing to‘make for the'shortz.
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superficial attainments for that which will

assistinreal development and fitness for

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strong zone, capable of instructing and

are desirable, but let ‘all consider their

spoken girl of the period, who hesitates to *

who is expected to be above reproach if -

. white or

herself, and that. to shut'her eyes to this
truthis to compromise right, when she is

away- frdm- her future life "the firmest
shackles which bind her to misery; and
when :this demand for purity is uncondi-
tional. and then only, will we find its full
and perfect development.

that point, where man‘ and woman' will
look for, and accept that only as a counter-

then, may these evils of society be corrected.
Why may not our sons and daughters, as

no higher aWard, for our best and most
assiduous efforts in their behalf, than that
they become. strong to reprove and put
away wrong because it is wrong, "and to

cause it is right.

WE have severalspapers read at Institutes
which we shall publish from time’ to time as
'space permits. . Most of them are long, and
were we to publish more than one in one
issue, there would, be little room for other
letters; and we aim to give as much variety
as possible. So do not dream of the waste-
basket because you do not find your essays
in print at once, but remember. our little
. HOUSEHOLD has its limits, and possess your

souls in patience. ' »

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STOVE 'POLIer WITHOUT Dus'r.—To
the ladies who have trouble with dust from
stove blacking, I would say if they would
shave up the blacking,‘ add soft water'and
a few shavings of soap, let it'boil enough
to dissolve, and apply when the stove is
cooled'off, they will find'but little trouble
to polish, and very little if any dust.

*7 ..
THANKS are due 0. B. R. fora photOgraph
of her husband, the latest addition to the
HQUSEHOLD collection. ,
Leone’s inquiry ‘on “card etiquette”
will be fully answered next week. --
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Fern» Cums—One and a half cups slight;

eratus; cinnamon and salt.

. BLACK renews—Once“; one cup molas-
ses: one cup sweet milk; two cups Graham.
flour; half'nutmeg; tw0 teaspoonfuls salar-
atus; no shortening. 'Steam three hours and
5dry in the oven. To be eaten with sauce.

Burns Chunk. ' M. I. G.
Sorr_Monassns Cum—One ‘cup molasses;
half cup butter: half cup boiling water; one
ext; -one tablespoonful buttermilk; three-
oups iiour'; one teaspoonful ginger; two tear
spoonfuls soda. . ‘ ‘ ' A. G.
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that wrongis ‘just as 'Wrong in him as in -

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part, which will improve and. complete, ,

well as any in. the land, be in possession of .7
all we may covet for them? We can claim

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cream, not too thick; two teaspoonfuls' sal- .

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