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THE HOUSEHOLD-"Supplement. .

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TZIAT DREADFUL BOY.

 

. I’m looking for a dreadful boy
(Does anybody know him?)
Who’s leading all the other boys
The way they shouldn't go in.
I think if I could find that boy,
~ I’d stop what he’s a doin’—
A-bringing all the other boys
To certain moral ruin.

There’s Tommy Green, a growin’ lad,
His mother does inform me,

The way that he is getting bad
Would certainly alarm me.

She feels the blame should rest upon
John Brown—a recent comer—

For Tommy was a lovely lad
A year ago this summer.

But when I spoke to Mrs. Brown
Her inmost soul was shaken,
' To think that Mrs. Green could be
So very much mistaken.
She did assure me Johnny was
As good a child as any,
Except for learning naughty things
From Mrs. Whiting’s Benny.

And Mrs. Whiting frets because
0f Mrs. Blackham‘s Freddy;

She fears he’s taught young Benjamin
Some wicked tricks already;

Yet Fred is such an innocent,‘
(I have it from’his mother),

He would not think of doing wrong,
Untempted by another.

Oh! when I think I’ve found the boy
Whose ways are so disgracin’,

I always learn he’s some one else,
And lives some other place in.

And if we cannot search him out
'He will (most dreadful pity l)

Spoil all the boys who otherwise
Would ornament oun city. -

-—Babyhood.

—.—...—.a.—

DOMESTIC HELP.

 

The question of domestic help is becom-
ing one of paramount importance to women
in the country. The girls who work out
are gregarious, and flock to town, where
they/can have the society of their kind; this
is a natural and inevitable result of the
feeling which makes them a class or caste
by themselves. dependent upon each other
for society. My correspondents universally
complain of the impossibility of securing
even the most inefficient help, while a
really good girl is a domestic treasure and
can command the highest wages and al-
most anything in the way-of “ privileges.”
At a recent farmers’ club meeting in one of
the wealthy counties of the State, the dis-
cussion turned on the “help” question,
and a number of those present expressed

the opinion that husbands and sons must

give a helping hand in the kitchen on oc-
casion, since it was much more easy to get
hands for farm labor than for kitchen

work. Some of the points made were
amusing, to say the least, particularly the
emphatic negation of asturdy German, who
said he got his wife to be a helpmate to
him, not to turn about and help her. But
the fact remains that, taking into account
the time spent in hunting up the often
“impossible she” to preside in the kitchen,
and the wages, and the board, and the

'waste and the breakage, farmers are look—

ing within their families for relief, rather
than to “the girl.” Happy indeed, the
woman who can take into her home the
neat and tidy daughter of a neighbor, whom
she can make one of her family. Happy
too the one who has her kitchen arranged
so conveniently that she can accomplish
the necessary work with the least outlay of
strength. There is an imperative need of
more labor-saving devices in the farmers’
kitchen. I don’t really wonder “the girl”
prefers to work in town kitchens, with
their stationary tubs, ranges, water at a
hand’s turn, dumb waiters, and the like.
In the one item of water alone, what a
saving of muscular energy is effected by
having it at hand, without a trip to well or
cistern! The stationary tubs, filled from
one faucet and emptied by the turn of an-
other, save an immensity of heavy lifting
and carrying.

I would urge upon our farmers, who are
many of them far more thoughtless than un-
feeling or hard-hearted, the necessity of
planning to save the strength of the women
indoors, and providing every labor-saving
appliance which can be advantageously
employed. It is a. duty a man Qwes to his

. wife, to make her work as easy as he

makes his own, and every hired man on
the farm means just so much extra work in
the house.

1 have no remedy to suggest for this
“girl-less” condition, but I wish to re-
mind our readers that the dearth of domes-
tic help is the legitimate and the inevitable
outcome of the popular feeling which
ranks housework as “not far from degrad-
ing,” and classes those engaged in it in the
lowest scale, socially. Conditions can and
never will be different, so long as our
daughters are tacitly taught that housework
is a despisable occupation. We can talk to
the girls who must earn their own living,
and tell them how much, more money and
time, and better homes they might have—it
is all a waste of breath as long as it is
“more genteel” to work harder for less
wages in other avocation. It is the hardest
of all tasks to fight a foolish prejudice. The
sword which can cleave linked steel armor

 

falls harmless on feathers. It is only in

America that work in factories and shops
is considered as superior to housework. In
England, the house servant must be respect-
able aud of respectable parentage, or she
cannot obtain a situation in a good family.
The girl who secures such a place is con-
gratulated by all her friends, though she-
may receive in money not over 840 per year.-
The Empresss Augusta, of Prussia, gives
every 'woman who completes her fortletli
year of unbroken service in‘ one family, a
gold cross and diploma, and in eight years
she has conferred such medal upon 1,856
servants. Bob Burdette says if Her Majesty
were to bestow the same decoration on each
girl who has forty places in a year, in this
country, it would bankrupt the national
treasury. But in “the land of the free and
the home of the brave” two or three years’
service is thought to be quite phenomenal.

It is a pity that in the prevailing Anglo-

mania which leads us to ape everything
English, we could not adopt the English
idea which ranks domestic service as above
working in a tobacco factory, or picking
rags in a warehouse. I can conceive of no
employment more distasteful to a girl of
any refinement whatever, than either of
these last named occupations. The odors
of the weed which cling to the person in
spite of change of clothing, or the sorting
the filthy rags coming from no one knows
where, would make such work a last resort,
one would think. Yet young and pretty
looking girls, in neat dress, disappear be-
hind the doors of such factories, change
their street dresses for “old duds” a ser-
vant girl would be ashamed of, work con-
tinuously all day, eatingacold lunch on
the premises, and at six o’clock join the
great army of laborers who fill the streets,
“ just as good as anybody,” and ready to
elevate their noses at the idea of going into
servicel Well, truly, “there’s no account-
ing for tastes.” ' Bnkrnrx.

HOME DECORATIONS.

 

A very pretty table, like those which are
for sale at quite high rates in our bazars
here, can be made at home by any one who -
has time and ingenuity, and some money
to spend upon its construction. The table
is made as follows:, Two squares of or-
dinary deal or white wood, say about two
feet square, or three feet if a larger one
is liked, are to be set on four square legs of
the same wood, forming a top and a lower
shelf; the lower one must have a two and a
half inch square cutout at. each corner to
accommodate the square legs, which should

 

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THE HOUSEHOLD.

 

to the legs by means of screws passed
through two sides of the leg and run into
the shelf. Strengthen the table by running

one and a half inch square crosspieces be-
A

tween the legs below the lower shelf.
clever lad can easily construct this table.

Cross-pieces between the legs, set about
four inches below the top shelf, will also
N ow pro-
ceed to cover every part of the table with
either the best quality of double-faced can-
ton-flannel, of an old red or old blue shade,
or with flax-velours or any pretty figured
stuff of good coloring, drawing it smoothly
and tightly over the shelves and tacking it
at their edges with furniture tacks; it would
be well to cover the bottom of the top also,
as it is liable to show. . Cover the legs and
cross-pieces also, and to give a pretty finish
use small polished brass-headed nails. Com-
plete the table by tacking along the edges
of both shelves a pretty worsted fringe of
old blue, olive and old red coloring, and
having a pretty braid edge at the top; tack
with plain gimp tacks or use the brass-
headed ones, and you will have a very
Some tables made as above
were shown here which were covered with
plush, and instead of the fringe were edged
with fancy balls. A pretty variation is to
take more care in the construction of the
table, and then ebonize it, and use a pretty
scarf as a spread. These little tables are
very pretty and useful; some are round
and others cut in a tre-foil, like a clover-

make it prettier and stronger.

stylish table.

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leaf.

In every city there are shops where old
furniture may be newly upholstered, or
men may be found who will come to the
house and do the work there at moderate
But in the country, or in small vil-
lages, often there is no one who can be
trusted with the task, and the housekeeper

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must do her own renewing, or let it go un-
done. To re-upholster any piece of furni-
ture, remove the tacks, and taking off the

- old cover use it for a pattern to cut the new
material. Do not disturb the stuffing, un-
less repairs are needed. Make up your
mind you have a task to accomplish which
requires patience and neatness, and cannot
bedone in a hurry. Lay the cover on the
chair, and begin by tacking it across the
front and a little way up over each arm; now
take an upholsterer’s needle, and a stout
twine, and tie it down in the old places,
using the old buttons if they have been pre-
served, if not, others as nearly like them as
can be found; draw each place very tight,
and tie securely on the back side, then fit
the covering and tack down the edges a
little further; now tie in more places until
it is all done in as neat a manner as pos-
sible. On the back tack on one large piece
smoothly fitted; across the front and sides
fasten down a gimp with gilt tacks; if no
gimp is to be had, a fold of the material will

answer if neatly put on.

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BAY VIEW ASSEMBLY.

 

Of;;all the educational agencies and re-
creative retreats which give so much bright-
ness and beauty to the moral atmosphere
and natural landscape of our country, none
possess greater advantages than the Bay
View Assembly, the Michigan branch of the

Chautauqua Assembly, located at Bay View,
one mile north of PetoSkey. ,

The best musical and literary talent is
here brought into requisition, and to the
unusually interesting programme for the
coming season will beadded several lectures
by Peter Von Finklestein, of Jerusalem,
on life and customs in Palestine.

Among the many noted lecturers at the
coming Assembly, are John Dewitt Miller,
of. Philadelphia. whose lectures are spark-
ling with wit, and replete with good com-
mon sense, and Congressman Horr, of
Saginaw, who last year at Chautauqua
swayed an audience of ten thousand peo-
ple at his own will, at times holding them
spell-bound with his eloquence, at others
sending them fairly wild with laugltsr
over his witty sayings. Henry H. Ragan
will give several lectures, illustrated by his
wonderful stereoscopic views, which cover a
canvas thirty feet square, and are so real
and natural, in their coloring and contour,
that one can hardly restrain the impulse to
rush to the pictures, to take a walk in the
grand building, or a drive amidst the
glorious scenery represented. Prof. Dickie,
of Albion College, will be on the As-
sembly Grounds with one of the best
telescopes, to reveal to Chautauquans the
wonders and glories of the stars, while
Prof. Stowell and his wife, of the. Univer-
sity, with several microscopes of large
power, will reveal the no less marvelous
formation of the tiny creatures of this
lower world. Pres. Hunting, of Kalama-
zoo, will also be prpsent, and it is expected
Prof. Winchell, of. the University, and
author 0f one of our 0. L. S. C. books, will
lecture several times.

Dr. Pierson, formerly of Detroit, will
conduct the Missionary Congress,. and
Dean Wright, of Boston, the Ministers’ In-
stitute. The latter is the Principal of the
Chautauqua School of Theology and New
Testament Greek, and will have charge of a
class in Greek at Bay View. This will
afford a rare opportunity for study of this
wonderful language, under the tutorship of
the best Greek scholar and teacher in the
country.

There will be a School of Music, Cooking
School, Kindergarten, School of Art, etc.,
while the Su’nday School Normal Depart-
ment will hold high rank among the interests
at the Assembly. To the lovers of music, the
Assembly offers a rare treat, as the famous
Schubert quartette, the University Glee
Club, and other musical societies will be
there, as well as several eminent soloists,
and the gifted violinists, Misses Hattie and
Mattie Reynolds.

There will be several special days of great
interest. Y. M. C. A. day, W. C. T. U.
day, in charge of Mrs. Benjamin, so well
known in this State, and the red letter day
of all days will be Recognition Day, when
the enthusiasm and inspiration of the sea-
son will receive its crowning glory. Several
receptions will be given, and the brightness
and eloquence of the day will be supple-
mented by illuminations and fire-works in
the evening. - *

Many improvements in the Assembly
Grounds will be made this year. Seventy-
five new cottages are being built, and a

 

andahs and artistic details will also be built.
This will consist of a spacious reception
room, and a parlor nicely furnished with
. musical instruments and a library reading
table. This is to beibuilt by subscription,
and any one wishing to help forward this
good work, and who would enjoy a feeling

any amount 'of money, from twenty-five
cents and upward, to J. M. Hall, Flint,
Superintendent of the Assembly.

The trustees also propose to erect an
amphitheater capable of seating 2,500 peo-
pie.

The Assembly opens July 27th and con-
tinues three weeks. : Excursion rates may
be obtained on nearly all the railroads, and
board is very reasonable. ,

The natural beauty of the scenery at this

has been favorably compared to the scenery
at the Bay of Naples, and the glowing ac-
counts of tourists are more than realized by
an actual sojourn there. Air the ‘purest.
skies the brightest, intellectual feasts the
richest, all conspire to tempt the busy
toilers to hie to this refreshing, peaceful re-
treat, and receive fresh vigor for tired
brains, and weary hands and feet.
HOWELL. MRS. W. K. SEXTON.
__...___

WALL PAPER AND HOW TO CHOOSE.-
IT.

 

In the renovation of. the house at the yearly
cleaning, wall-paper and paint bear an im-
portant part. They are cheap and effectual
aids in making rooms look fresh and pretty.
Paper is very cheap, now, in even very
good qualities; ready mixed paints may be

a few dollars thus expended will yield most
excellent returns. There are, however,
some important things to remember in
choosing fresh paper and the new paint,
one of which is the correspondence with the
carpet and furniture of the room. The
paper and paint must harmonile with the
furnishings; one must not “kill ” the
other. The walls are the background of
the room, their decorations should not be
so pronounced that they seem closing in
upon us, but rather of a quiet color, sub-
dued, neutral, making a background for
pictures, etc. Therefore avoid pronounced
colors, and patterns which are large and
shOWy. Apaper in two tones of the same
neutral color is excellent, especially if the
woodwork is painted to match one of the
shades of the paper. White paint, once so
highly esteemed, is quite out of favor; it is
crude and cold, and ruins the effect of
many pretty papers. A' soft grey, olive,
yellowish brown or drab are much better.

I think it is hardest of all to furnish a
room in blue; I shall never furnish a “blue
room ” in my house. It is a “ cold ” color,
but the effect of coolness is more beautifully
produced by delicate grays, brightened by
a touch here and there of red. An artist’s
{eye is needed in the combination of colors,

and the new wallpaper should be carefully
considered, not so much for its own beauty,

as for its harmony with other appointments.

Sometimes it looks very differently when
hung than in the roll, and you feel it “‘ don’t

suit.” Well, sacrifice a roll, it need be:

 

Chautauqua Hall, with tower, broad ver-

take it back and try again. ’It is a trouble

of ownership in f‘pur Home, can forward

charming retreat is unsurpassed, indeed it '

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of course; but better than hurting your
eyes by constant dwelling on a discord to
save a little trouble.

I think papering is too hard work for
women to do, yet where paper-hangers are
not to be had. or money is scarce, many
women feel compelled to do such work.
Very often they have no conveniences, and
the task is made doubly hard for that rea-
son. Wherever women are accustomed to
paper, it will pay large dividends in saving
time and strength, to have the men provide
avboard long enough and wide enough to
paste a strip of paper the height of the
walls, two wooden “ horses ” to support it,
and a step-ladder, which last will cost~
seventy-five cents or a dollar, and is some-
thing‘ “handyto have around” for many
purposes. Make the paste the day before
you are to paper and let itget perfectly
gold; your paper will not be half as apt to.
crack and peel oif. Use a whitewash brush
without a handle to apply the paste to the-
paper. Hold the paper up to the wall,._ar-

wrahging it so the pattern will show evenly
at the top and bottom, measure it carefully
to the wall, and cut it off square; use this
strip for a measure and cut the other
lengths by it, being careful to match the
pattern. A small patterned paper will
waste much less than a large one. Paste
the paper, not using much, but being sure
that the edges are well pasted. Lift the
strip to the wall, keeping it clear of the
wall till you have it in position at the top,
and are sure it hangs square; then with a
clean cloth rub it down carefully, getting
out all the wrinkles; Make the» next strip
match the figure. Don’t try to turn corners
without cutting the strip. Begin to paper
somewhere where a discrepancy will not
show, if the pattern does not come out ex-
actly even at the finish. If your walls are
low, do not use wide bordering; it will
make them appear lower.

Ceilings are now almost universally
papered, and very pretty they are made to
look. The paper used for the purpose is
invariably light in color and of small pat:
tern. The centre space receives this paper,
and a fancy border half a yard or over is
added around the edges. Sometimes,
where walls are low, the wall paper is out
long enough to run out on the ceiling over-
head for twenty inches, the center space is
papered and a pretty border conceals the
joining. One of the favorite papers for
ceiling decoration is known as “mica
paper;” it has bright particles which look
like frost crystals sprinkled on it in pat-

s; the substance is similar to the
frosting” seen on snow scenes in a popular
line of Christmas cards. Ceilings and
walls, decorated with the modern papers,
chosen with good taste, can' be made very
handsome and not cost very much. Good
taste and an eye for artistic effect in colors
is necessary. '

I saw in the window of a Detroit paper
house not long ago, some of the cylinders
on which wall-papers are printed. They
are very curious affairs, but as I could not
convey any adequate idea of their ap-
pearance, I will only say that every line
and point of colpr has its corresponding
altitude or depression ‘on the metal surface.

“FOR AS HE THINKETE IN HIS
HEART SO IS HE.”

 

[Paper read by Mrs. Chas. Rogers before the
Webster Farmers‘ Club, Aprill2, 1837.]

( Concluded.)

Whatever be the work the hands find to
do, it may be so dignified by intelligent
thought and a cheerful spirit, that pre-
judiced people may finally forget the kind
of work in contemplating the real worth of
the individual. Much has been written of
late in the HOUSEHOLD of the MICHIGAN
Fannnn on the subject of girls working
out at housework, and many are the
opinions expressed therein 11 regard to the
subject. Now I believe these girls, if they
live in intelligent families, where books
and newspapers are plenty, may find, if
they will, a number of hours each week
which they may devote to useful reading,
and by so doing, in time, gain a fair
knowledge of that which is written. No
kind of employment is entirely free from
unpleasantness and care; these seem to be
incident to human life, and therefore can-
not be avoided.

The successful school-teacher finds hard
workto do; he not only needs to be well
versed in the text books from which he
teaches, but has to learn of what each pupil
is capable. What might prove a difficult
task for one, might be easily accomplished
by another. I do not approve of prizes
being given in school for different things,
for this very reason. The child who stands
at the head of his class the greatest number
of times, may not be the one who deserves
the prize. I think he is apt to be the one
who has to do the least studying to learn
his lesson. Am I grumbling when I say

pace with the age in other things! It seems
to me it could and should be improved in
various ways. In the first place, our school
rooms and grounds should be made more
home-like. Then, by offering a proper rec
muneration, we might secure teachers who
have a natural talent, and have been trained
for the work; and we should keep the same
teachers as long as possible. If all such
teachers wish to do missionary work, they
can find a chance for it in the common
schools. I believe these schools could be
so conducted that the farmers’ sons and
daughters need require no help from the
graded schools at least. This would keep
them in their own homes until they would
be old enough, if they wished to enter col-
lege, to be less liable 'to yield to the many
temptations which the cities offer. The
more general knowledge we have the better
we can do any one thing. An eminent
clergyman not only has a thorough knowl-
edge of theology, but understands human
nature as well, and by having this knowl-
edge he will better know the needs of all
who may come under his influence. If he
is blest with good health, his sermons will
have no dyspeptic flavor; he knows he is
not to preach to the moon or the stars, but
to human beings of differing dispositions.
Instead of talking to us any more than he
thinks necessary about “ ’ell fire,” as the
Englishman would express it, he will rather
show us how to follow the example of the
one perfect being in whose image we are

 

Dnraorr. L. C.

 

all created; He by his example while upon

our common school system does not keep‘

earth taught us to do right, through love,

not fear. .

Our creed should be broad enough to
include all who try to follow Christ’s
teachings. Perhaps’ you may all have

heard of J ohu Wesley’s memorable dream;
if so you will remember that he thought he
stood at the very gates of heaven, and he
asked first for the denomination he loved
above all others, “ Are there any Methodists
there?” and he received the answer “ No,”
and thus he asked after the other denomina-
tions, to which he received a similar re-
sponse. Finally in despair he called out,
“Who then are there?” And the answer
came back, full of melody and love,
“Christians.” Thus through Christian
unity we may all see the dawning of the
_millenium.

After considering all the advantages
which cities offer us, for myself give me a
home among the hills. Without money we
can have but few advantages anywhere;
with it we may enjoy many of the privi-
leges of the city and still live in the country.
True, in our rural homes we require con-
siderable physical strength, but our brains
will teach us how to use it; if we compel
them to, and thereby we may gain as much
time for travel, study and other pleasures.
as we would in almost any other professlon.
A certain amount of energy used in ac-
cumulating property is right; we need en-
terprise, but we should. no't let our percep-
tions become so dulled that we are pleased
with nothing which we do not possess; we
may be somewhat iSelated from our kind.
and “ our home in the country may not be
that of a Whittier, nestled among the
grand New England hills, from whose
flower-fringed paths over which the willows
bend, we can see a picturesque ravine
below.” We may not dwell on the “ little
meadows above the clouds ” as the plateaus
on the Alps are called by the Swiss, where
we may see the scenery of those mountains
as reflected by the full moon, the peculiar
light of which, caused by the perfect atmos-
phere, is said to make the scene beautiful
beyond description. But we are surround-
ed wherever we are, by the beautiful in
nature, which in her ever varying moods
furnishes us an interesting study. “The
whole earth may be compared to a vast
conservatory, blooming and fragrant with
the spirit of loveliness.” And we can learn
from the different authors of “ whatever
lies beneath each changing zone, and see
when looking with their eyes, better than
with our own.”

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A FEW WORDS OF CAUTION.

 

Mrs. Fuller desires to call the attention of
those who order seeds, bulbs and plants, to
a few little items which greatly aid the busy
florists in their task of filling orders. First,
write your full name and postoflice address
at the top of the sheet, with amount of
money enclosed. Not over half a dollar can
be safely sent in change. Buy a postal
note, or send stamps rather than trust
silver in a letter. Address letters legibly;

some of Mrs. Fuller’s mail wandered off to
Trenton, because the postal clerk could not
tell F from T without his spectacles.
“flower lady ” further says:

Our

 

Those who send for dahlias before the

  


 

 

 

4: THE ‘HOUSEHO'LD.

 

ground is fit to receive them,—it should be
thoroughly warm—may plant them in a box
in the house, giving plenty of air and light,
and of course plenty of room, then remove
carefully when ready into the bed.

Ipomaea Bona. N02: and Calonyction
Speciosum are the same, and both “ Moon-
flower.” The great specialty of one of the
prominent florists of New York, not long
ago, was Alcebz'a, which has been an old
favorite many a long year under the'name
of Mountain Daisy and Cemetery plant, but
is honestly entitled only to Achillea Ptar-
mica; it is a variety of yarrow. The greatly
advertised and illustrated “ Ifairy lily ” is
only a common Wilding in Florida, but
with care and cultivation may be in time
worthy of a place.

P. T. Barnum once said people like to be
humbuggeri. Perhaps he was right.

-——...__
THE OTHER SIDE.

 

I have seen a good deal in the HOUSE-
HOLD about the husband’s duty to his wife,
how he ought to treat her and all that,
while as yet no one has even insinuated
that a woman may fail in her duty as wife,
and be the cause of unhappiness and misery
at home. My experience in life leads me
to believe all women are not angels, and
though I do not go so far as to say with some
that there is never anything wrong “ with-
out a woman at the bottom,” yet I do not
believe in putting too much responsibility
on one side, and making the other party out
martyrs and victims.

Of course there are men who are crabbed
and cross at home, who neglect their wives,
who spend money for drink which ought
to go for the support of their families.
And such men nearly always have good
women for wives, who are made to suffer
through them. But have you not known a
few cases at least where good men had poor
wives? Cannot you recall some wife who
spends all her husband’s earnings for finery
and fashionable dressing, who neglects her.
home and children, or whose care for the
Hottentots is so absorbingly tender that
her husband has to sew on his own buttons?
My business takes me into families where
I see and hear, unavoidably, much of the
inside workings of the “domestic machine.”
I make it a point of honor not to carry tales,
but at the same time I cannot help making
observations and drawing conclusions. I
know a woman whose sealskin sack last
winter was bought with the money which
ought to have paid for an overcoat and
flannels for her husband, He needed
them, but she needed the sealskin more, and
she got it “to keep peace in the family.”
I know of cases where the wife’s fondness
for fine dress, and her determination to have
things in her house “as good as Mrs.
Blank’s” tempted her husband into dis-
honesty to satisfy, her constant demands. I
know homes where thechildren find them-
selves locked out when they come home
from school at fouro’clock, and have to play

in the streets till dark, because their mothers
are ofi down town, and where the man
comes home from his work to find no wife
and no supper. I might mention an in-
stance where the wife of a laboring man
who lives so far away from his work that he

lets him get up and make ready his own
breakfast—when he has time to get any—
and put up his ownlunch out of anything he
can find. And yet she is very exacting
where her own comfort is concerned. You
see that my experience does not incline me
to put all the blame for unhappy homes on
the men. 1 think there are just as many
cases where the wives fall short of doing
their duty as the husbands. There are a
good many women who make hardships of
everything they have to do; they grumble
because they cannot have everything to
their mind, when like as not what they do
have is much more and better than what
they were accustomed to before'they mar-
ried. If intemperance ruins homes, ex-
travagance and fashion ruin their share.
Let us be fair, and put the blame where it
'belongs, not accuse one of all the derelec-
tions and make the other out blameless.
PORTLAND. CRABuAPPLE.

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HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

 

IT is said water in which potatoes have
been boiled is good to clean delicately
colored woolen or worsted goods. Use no
soap, rinse in warm water and press while
damp.

 

THE mattress has quite effectually sup-
planted the feather bed, at least in cities
and towns, and the forty and sixty pound
beds on which our grandmothers prided
themselves, have followed the spinning
wheel and the flax “ hetcheler.” People
unaccustomed to mattresses and who find.
them uncomfortable, should spread one or
two thick comforts on top, and they will
find the bed much softer. A cheese cloth
comfort, just the size of the mattress, is
nice. '

SOAP-BARK is highly commended as a
deturgent, especially in cleaning silk or
wool goods. A half teacupful of the bark,
steeped for half an hour in a quart of boil-
ing water; and strained, will cleanse one
dress. To clean silk, use while the liquid
is warm, dip a piece of white flannel into
it and rub the goods till it seems clean,
then pull straight and hang out to dry; do
not iron. To clean a wool dress, dip it in-
to the liquid and rinse in clear warm water;
if necessary press before quite dry.

BEN. PEBLEY PoonE says: “ The most
abominable mode of cooking is by frying.
By this process the meat is exposed to a
very high temperature, and the fibres be-
come completely steeped in fat, so it is
quite impossible for the gastric juice to at-
tack them. More of our soldiers died in
the late war, in my judgment, in conse-
quence of eating meat and bread fried in
grease than were killed by rebel bullets.
If people will persist in cooking in this un-
physiological manner, the meat should first
be coated with crumbs or batter, which will
prevent, to some extent, the penetration of
the fat.”

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A VERY fine cabinet photograph of Evan-
galine, of Battle Creek, also one of Baby
Evis, who looks very wise for his eighteen
months of life, are the latest additions to

 

does not go home to dinner, lies abed and

THE publishers of the FABMER have
secured a large quantity of the paper upon
which this and the preceding issue of the
HOUSEHOLD is printed. The paper is of
superior quality and uniform in color, and
a great improvement upon that heretofore»
used, which evidently “had the blues.”
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CONTRIBUTIONS for the HOUSEHOLD
have been much fewer than usual for a
couple of weeks. Of course it is house-
cleaning time, and the garden and the
spring sewing keep everybody’s hands full;
and how lazy and languid most of us feel in
this warm spring weather! But we hope
as soon as the hurry is over, we shallihear
from you all again, and that you will have‘
some good things for ourlittle paper.

 

Contributed Recipes.

FRIED BANANAs.——Peel and slice length-
wise and fry in butter; sprinkle with sugar
and serve with cream or without. Nice for
dessert. ' ,

PIEPLANT SHORTCAKE.—Make Shortcake

pour over stewed pieplant, made very sweet,
and flavored with slices of lemon. Many
prefer this to pie for dessert. .

BOILED FIsn.——Fill the fish with a rich

butter, salt, pepper and sage; wrap it in a
well-floured cloth; tie closely with twine and
boil ten or fifteen minutes, according to size
and thickness, in salted water. Serve with.
drawn butter, gravy, or egg sauce.
TOMATOES AND TOAST.—Have the tomatoes
seasoned and hot. Toastthe bread a deep
brown, and allow one slice for a person.
Place the toast on small plates and pop}- a
liberal amount of tomatoes over. Nice for
supper. '

CINCINNATI CAKE—Chop one pound fat
salt pork line, like lard; pour over this one
pint boiling coffee. After it is thoroughly
dissolved pour through a colander, rejecting
the particles of meat. When cold add one-
cup molasses; two cups sugar; one glass
brandy; one nutmeg; two tablespoonfuls
cinnamon; one of cloves; one of allspice; two
pounds seeded raisins; two pounds currents;
half pound citron; seven cups sifted flour;
three teaspoonfuls baking powder. Bake
two and a half hours. It keeps well and is
excellent.

RELIABLE DOUOHNUTs.—Two cups butter-
milk; one cup sweet milk; two cups sugar;
yolks of two eggs: one teaspoonful soda; one
of baking powder; one nutmeg. Mix soft;
roll a little thinner than usual; fry quick in
nice fresh lard,

POTATO SALAD.—Nine boiled Irish potatoes;
three onions, sliced thin; place them alter-
nately in a deep dish. Mash the yolks of
three hard-boiled eggs; one raw egg; one
tablespoonful melted butter; one of prepared
mustard; one teaspoonful black pepper; one
of salt; one of celery seed: one teacupful of
vinegar. Lay lettuce leaves around the dish
for a garnish; pour over the dressing, and
cut the whites of the boiled eggs in rings and.
lay over the salad. Nice for supper.

BATTLE CREEK. EVANGALINE.

 

FLOWER SEEDS FOR 1887.

I will send one package of choice pansy seed,
mixed sorts, for 15 cents. Dahlias, any color, 12
cents each; five for50 cents; 12 for $1. Seeds
from~ over 100 choice varieties of perennials,
everlastings, annuals or herbs six packets for
250; 13 for 50c or 30 for $1. Seird stamp for list.

 

our HOUSEHOLD collection. Many thanks
for them. .

MRS. M. A. FULLER (DILL),
Boa: 297.Fenton. Mich.

same as for berries: split and butter nicely; '

dressing of rolled crackers, seasoned with -

    

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