Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 17, Number 22, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 20 November 1886 — Page 2

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WOMAN AND HOME.

WHY GIRLS PREFER FACTORY WORK ITO KITCHEN LABOR.

A Tost of Feminine Henn«»tut—Table Proprieties Children** Clothing—Car® for GOMIJI-I'M* of Borax—A Handso mo Woman—Hint# ud Helps.

A contributor to The Atlantic Monthly, writing with a feminine hand, deplores uw fact tliat house servants are to-day receiving as high wages as they received daring the war times, when calicoes and muslins, boots and bonnets, cost so much more than they do now, ail'! concludes that the reason for this is that the hiring of such servants is entirely in the hands of women. The purpose of the contribution is to show that women have ho business qualifications. Men, it •ays, have reduced the wages of their employes, and women might do tho same.

This ia what we beg to doubt. Tho employment given to girls by men—factory work and work in stores—has fascinations which housework never can possess. The girl in th« factory works a certain number of hours and then is free to do as she pleases the girl who works in tho kitchen is at no time mistress of her own actions. If die gors out in the evening sho is warned by her employer, who takes a sort of maternal interest in her. If sho entertains more company than the mistress approves there is a clash. The girl in tho factory sees before her the possibility of an improved condition and an increase of wages she may even become forewoman in time. The girl in the (kitchen knows there ia no betterment for her ihowever long und faithfully sho may work. The factory girl boards and entertains her friends in the iarlor the kitchen girl exists end entertains, under restriction, in the basement.

What is true of the factory girl is true, to a greater extent, of the store girl, and, moreover, her daily associations and her contact with shoppers of tho opposite sex give her many advantages in a matrimonial way. which is a considerable matter. Now add to this tho fact that most girls would rather work for men, who do not assume to put parental restraints on them, than for women, *who do und add to this the fact that the '•hop girl, by general consent, holds her head a little higher than the kitchen girl and add to this the fact in the shop tho girl has the companionship of other girls, whilo in the idtchen sho works alone all day—these seem cufllcient reasons for the assertion that it is .the opening of new and moro attractive fields of work for girls, and not the lack of busicess qualifications in women, that has susttained the wages of house servants, for if those wages were reduced there would bo all tho more reason for girls to seek work elsewhere than in tho kitchen.—Chicago News.

The Proprieties at tlio Table. Women, from soma affected notion of refinement. don't eat—they feed. In their teens, when they ought to ent naturally and hungrily, they pick at table and re-enforco by nibbling in a furttvo way between times. Very few would own to eating half a pound Of fillet at dinner, but fewer still would leave much of a pound of Weber's candies if it came in their way. When they are married and the first heir comes thoy drop that foolishness, Nature being too strong for them, and eat they must. But it is in violation of their codo of refinement still, and so thoy eat iiko gluttons and lo«o their figures, have pink cabbage complexions and eyes like pickled olives. They look gross and are socially •piteful and jealous, largely from indigestion. Byron must havo seen young married society women dine when ho made his profession that ho could not bear to see a woman eat, and it is not to be wondered at. Their way of chewing has something swinoliko in it. Vou needn't laugh—just watch the next thjck corsaged matron you see at lunch and Observe the chopping movement of the jaws.

If I hail a daughter I would set a swing glass on tho table boforo her every meal till •ho learned to eat properly—to grind her food quietly like a human being, not chop it, as stout maiden ladles and fat young women always da It is certain to give a vulgar set to tho lips in time. I es. aped leing bidden to Windsor—they tell me it is awfully slow dining there, but tho way her majesty absorbs nutrition is remarkable. She doesn't encourage conversat ion, not wishing to be diverted from tho business in hand, and goen at it with a serious devotion that shows the government of three kingdoms calls for supports She never allows any one of her family to speak of symptoms of ill health, au I opposed the princesses' studying physiology as sho considered the talk of stomach* and digestions as unladylike and improper.—Now \ork Mail and Express.

Various CUM of Uorax.

A cup of powdered borax on your washstand will do wonders in the way of softening the *kin. If you have been working in tho garden or doing anything about the house which has tended to make your hands rough, when you wash them dip your fingers in the Ixjrax and rub your hands well with it. The •afestand best thing also for washing the hair a moderately strong solution of borax in water Pure water should be used immediately after washing with the borax and water

Our lady readers who have not used borax have been losing a groat help and comfort If noo tested none will be without it on the toilet tablet. It removes stains and dirt from the hands better than soap, and at the same time softens and smooths the skin. It is excellent for washing laces, and will without injury cleanse brushes and combs in a few moments. It extracts dirt from articles of dflicate textun? without rubbing, it being only necessary to pot them to soak in a solution of borax over night, and to riiise them in the morning. Two tablespoonftiis of pulrtuiwd borax dissolved in a quart of water, to which add enough water to cover a pair of blankets, will cleanse them beautifully. It also saves great labor hi washing paint.— HnlT* Journal of Health.

Pleasure* of Social IsUrraartt. Perhaps in a room foil of people, all sociable in their way, you will not meet mora tw*n om or two of your own stamp, who will win responses and attention from you that will astral ©van yourself, they come to easily and ekty. In these encounters each heart grows lighter. They aits among tho hlgV asuRKof intercourse. People wfco-iio joUy'are .. :od sociable, hut tho 8KM& sadabla people in world, in the truo «aw»of tt» won!, an* f~ |ue***" tho «ru not "£4iy." Botneti:- in d, t. .» ttmrml, but tho boors spent in their society need not be counted the ra *:, pltanm for tho rcou.'. -U-ft of t^,iu a agtv rieto you forever. Therefore those wi»o wish to b« popular and to win ataUon for so "ibility must cultivate n.. jnly graeos of Uvly but of wd learn to mter "talk to thr i*rpo« timpiKTtt" W At* Pi**

Upon certain oocMlon 1 popular dry goods bow waiting for a

car, when a lady stepped from the store wBh a magnificent dross and wrap and most expensive bonnet and waited a moment for htf ferriage to come up. Before getting in sha stood on the high step, loaned over to arrange something on the seat, then raised her skirt, «nH to the astonished gaae of the spectator disclosed a cheap petticoat, none too clean. «nri other underclothing of the coarsest and cheapest description. There was no reason for this state of things, for the lady was the wife of a rich man who pays his bills without a murmur and always wishes to see her well dressed. Something is wrong in the ear'/ training of such a woman.

I will cite another case to show to what extremes we sometimes go. A lady who wore the plainest dresses, made of cheap materials, boarded in a fashionable house on the HilL Tho ladies of the house all wore better dresses flmn herself,

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relation to it I called upon her rather late one evening, and as she was about retiring she sent for me to come to ber room. Her dress was off and she stood before me a picture of true elegance. Her corset was black satin handsomely embroidered, her underwear of tinted silk, lace trimmed, while har skirts were fine and immaculate, and her hosiery beautiful Said I: "Your gown would never denote so much elegance under it How is it that you change the order of things in this way She replied: "I was brought up to always wear good underclothing, and I really care more for it than for fine dresses. Since my husband's death I cannot afford both, and accept cheap dresses rather than cheap underwear." Both of these women were extremists, and a little good judgment would make either of them appear better. Every woman of refinement will see that her underclothing befits her outer attire. It is a badge of true gentility. Trim as fine as the circumstances will permit good hose, nice skirts, perfectly fitting gloves, clean collars and handkerchiefs are of much value in determining the moral and mental status of a lady.

All this may be an education. The progress of the decorative art in fine underwear is somewhat amusing to observant individuals, and the moral question involved in the trimming of a suit of ladies' underclothes has no small influence in frontier villages and country districts.—Cor. Brooklyn Eagie.

A Cure for Gossip.'

What is cure for gossip? Culture. There is a great deal of gossip that has no malignity in it. Good natured people talk* about their neighbors because, and only because, thoy have nothing else to talk about. As I write, there come to me pictures of different young ladies. I have seen them at home havo mot them at the library coming ,toand from tho bookstore with a fresh volume in their hands. They aro full of what they havo seen and read. They aro brimming with questions. Ono topic of conversation is dropped only to give place to another in which they aro interested. Thoy are interested in art love to talk about a water color sketch, or anew piece of music just learned.

After a delightful hour with such women one feels stimulated and refreshed, and during the whole evening or hour, as it may be, not a neighbor's garment was soiled by so much as a touch. They had something to talk about. They knew something and were anxious to know more. They had no temptation to gossip, because the doings of their neighbors formed a subject very much less interesting than those which grew out of their knowledge and their culture. There are neighborhoods in which it rages like an epidemic. Churches are split in pieces by it neighbors ^re made enemies by it for life. The cure is not so difficult We have agricultural papers, religious, scientific, political papers, devoted to every interest, great and amn.ll. Surely if reading is a cure (certainly a help) there Ls food for all tastes in this direction. With the mind and brain bankrupt for the want of something to busy one's self with—about these spring up the temptation to gossip and there is such a thing as it becoming chronic—practically incurable. Lot the young, those just starting in life, beware of it—Mrs. A. E. Honton in CourierJournaL ______

Making Children's Clothing. Baby's wardrobe is soon outgrown, and long clothes must give place to small and dainty frocks and petticoats, which look so exactly like evory other child's clothing that it is absolutely nocessary to mark in some way all of Eugene's belongings, if there are any other small folks in the same house. It. is comparatively easy to write "Eugene" on each little garment, and for awhile all of his clothing is marked properly for its owner. When Baby Howard falls heir to his brother's outfit, however, and dons one after another of the little dresses marked "Eugene," Mistress Mamma wishes she might write "Howard" where she has always been pleased to see the name of her first born. As the family increases there is more and more need of precision in marking, but not until the children grow old enough to object to wearing clothing not their own does one need to study ways of designating property. I have found an excellent way of conquering the difficulty, and at the same time my method is a very easy one.

I mark the family name, "Crosby," on everything. The clothing I make for the oldest Crosby child I mark with a single star on the left side of the proper name. When his clothing is handed down to Elisabeth I mark another star to tho left of the first one, and so on until baby Frank picks out the waists with five stars on and feels that tiiey really belong to him, because he is little "Five-star" Crosby, while in point of fact they were made for little "Two-star" Crosby yean ago. Marking in this way always looks iieat. and the rightful owners can claim each no* his or her property.—Rose Crosby in Babyhood.

A Pretty Dinner Table.

Some persons lvavo a great liking for the larg*\ round dining table on account of its social character, but it is not so easily decorated as tables of other shapes. Quite a novel effect, however, was produced not long ago on one of these tablet*. Tho candles, shades and tint of the room were made as pink as possible. At each lady's place a basket of fern gran, gracefully formed to fall from the sides, was 'filled with pink rose buds and a sprinkling of maiden hair ferns. Them baa» kets were attached to the lower ring of a gas shade, such as has been above described, by means of pink and satin ribbons tw.» inches wide, which were tied to the handles of the baskets and hooked to the ring of th* shade.—Detroit Freo Press.

Bfarrtoffo In Ancient Athens.

I Tho choice of an ancient Athenian dtisen was limited to Athenian women. Only when thus married couki Iris children possess the right of dttsenx. An Athcs.uia woman was likewise not allowed to marry foreigner.

The penaltW for seeking a *pou »»y«sd tha tr lilies r. severe.—Boston Budget. to Coo**ry.

Early in Ufo I was taught by a good toother that it was a sin to wast* anything that could be made vm of, and later on I havahad mock occasion to bo thankfulfor

ths kason so early tssraed. Some time ATN* I WSJ visiting »t thft bows of a lady,

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wasby BO mm IT wealthy. At dinner the center of the table was graced by a large roast of beef, and after all had dined jodga of my surprise when the lady opened up bw stove, and, lifting the platter from the tulxaj, scraped1, roast, gravy and all into the fire, completely filling the stove. I could not forbear an exclamation of astonishment, but the lady coolly answered, "We never eat cold meat at our house, and cold roast is of no acwnit, anyway." And yet this woman's freehand was only an ordinary workingman, who earned his bread by the sweat of his brow, and the consumed roast contained meat enough, if properly prepared, for three or four breakfasts, for a small family. Today that woman is a widow entirely dependent upon her friends and a small monthly fund received from a benevolent society, and I sometimes wonder if it would not have been better had she learned earlier in life that cold roasts make better food than fuel. I trust there are not many of this niaqg, but there are still far too many who, through a false and mistaken pride, turn up their noses and hold in supreme contempt all "made over dishes," as they term them, anil never send anything to the table a second time —Cor. Detroit Free Press.

Woman's Field of Work.

Do you ever think of the great change that has come about in the last ten or twelve years in regard to woman's work? Ten years ago the sight of a woman as cashier in any of our stores was a novelty, and such a thing as one in an insurance office or law office or "among the men" was scarcely thought of. Go where you will in our city to-day and you will find women earning their way and doing their work welL They are our stenographers, typewriters, copyists, cashiers, clerks and workers in many ways. Every manufacturer who can employ thein does so. They are in the postoffice, pension office and other government departments, and you needn't be surprised to find them scattered through tho city hall when there comes a by which candidates can be elected unpledged. And right here it may be said, aa a hint to candidates, that one good looking^ worthy young lady would influence moitr votes in Detroit than any five young men you can name. If a situation for her depended on any certain candidate's election he would be pretty certain to get there.— M. Quad in Detroit Free Press.

ff||s A Very Handsome Woman. One of the most enticing women lever met —and it is quite a fancy of mine to meet and study enticing women—was "Sherwood Bonner," otherwise known in private life as Katherine McDowelL She was a woman built on the pattern "magnifique." Tall, well rounded out in figure, with the gait and manner of an empress. She wore this reformed costume, and was adorable in it She made a study of the matter, and adapted it to herself and to the prevailing fashions. There were no bed-gowny arrangements at the back nor kitchen aprony arrangements at the front She simply discarded corsets, skirts and waists. She wore a combination garment very like Mrs. Miller's affair, and over this her dress. This, very often in black lace, with long trained skirt, followed the lines of her figure perfectly, though easily. She looked equally well whether she walked, rode or sat down. But as I have said before, I say again, Mrs. McDowell was a very handsome woman.—Cor. New York Oraphic.

m. Beautiful Sunlight Effect. It is well to see the warmth we cannot feel* and we know of no more effective way*, of gratifying the eye than to place panaa ruby glass in or over the door. The of the sunlight through this medium in is very beautiful.—Chicago Herald

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Moderation in Bathing.

Water is serviceable to the skin in only moderate amounts and at moderate temperature. Very cold or warm baths, when used in excess, diminish the elasticity of the skin and its power of resistance to external irriv tonts.—New York Graphic.

To Cleanse Mica."

Take a littlo vinegar and water and wash the H** carefully with a soft cloth the acid removes all stains, and if a little pains is fairAti to clean the corners thoroughly and wipe them dry, the mica will look as good as new.—Detroit Free Press.

freeing Kooins of Mildew.

There is no better plan for freeing rooms nnrf cellars of mildew than to burn sulphur in them. The rooms should be effectually closed, and not opened for one hour after being filled with the sulphur fumes.—Chicago Herald.^

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Large green peppers are relished prepared in this way: Remove all the seeds and fill the pepper with cooked tomato pulp and mixed mushrooms, seasoning with salt and butter. Ftafca in a hot oven and serve.—New York Mail and Express.

To Clean tho Kettle.

To clean a porcelain kettle, fill half full of hot water and put in a tablespoonful of powdered borax let it boiL If this doesnt remove all tho stains scour with a cloth rubbed with soap and borax.—Chicago

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A Female Architect.

Miss Ncilie Nevada Moore is the chief architect and builder of a charming house in which she lives near Pittsburg. She wears trousers when doing men's work, but when that is over she dons skirts again.

-'i Kate Field Gives Toast. Kato Field, at a recent banquet given by women, thrilled her hearers by an elegant speech when proposing the toast—"The men, God bless them.r—Philadelphia Times.

A wife) veivet or plash bag attached to a gilded palm leaf fan is a pretty receptacle for photographs, cards, or a bit of fancy work.

Cleanliness is a sine qua non of beauty of the complexion, though it does not play a great part in the health of the skin.

Tho Southern Women prints a list of over fifty ladies who are connected with southern newspapers

Distilled and so called soft water are mora suitable for washing and less irritable than hard water.

Curtains of a warm tone should be selected for a room with a northern exponit

A Study of ft* Waterspouts. A study of the waterspouts observed on or near the gulf strewn has proven to Mr. H. B. Gibson, of Harvard college, that they are much less rare in winter than might be sopposed. The dates of their occurrence appear to coincide with the extensiesi of cokl oovthweat winds, or "cokl waves,* from the land out over the relatively warm sea.—Arkaanrar Traveler.

A wall of brownstooe, topped with a bronze fcneo, keep* sttay kiae off the *2,500.•00 premises of Jaans C. Flood oa SfcbEGi,

WHAT SHALE WE WEAR!

PICTURE OF A STYLISH FUR tPJWMED WINTER COSTUME.

Far Cloaks and Wraps this Winter—Stew* markets, Dolmans and Visiter—Polonaises in Fashion Again—.Handsome

Flush and Cloth Costume,

In Figs. 1 and 3 are seen one of the most tasteful and fashionable winter costumes that have yet appeared. It is made of olive cloth and cross-barred plush of the same tint, trimmed with bands of gray fox fur. It is composed of a plush skirt with a furbordered second skirt of cloth, a plain waist with short basque stitched on, also of cloth, and a plush outside jacket with a fur collar and revers. The foundation skirt has a narrow cloth plaiting at the foot, concealed by the plush, which is mounted in the shape of a scant flounce fourteen inches deep.

All jackets should have satin linings. It is advisable in order

WINTER COSTUME that, in the close fitting fashion of the present, they may slip on and off easily. In Fig. I the costume is shown with the jacket on over the gown. In Fig. a the back of the dress alone with the jacket removed appears. The jacket is fastened underneath the fur by hooks and eyes, the rest of the way by the two large buttons. The waist of the dress hos a square, full plaited plastron in front, reaching down just over the bust. The points of the basque are cut away in front like those of the jacket. Around the bottom of the waist a broad bias band, as shown in the illustration, is placed. It is faced upon the lining of the basquo upon the outside and trinmied with stitching. The plaits in the plastron are horizontal, instead of up ^IO- BACK. and down, and are in cluster of three, with a row of small buttons between the clusters. The hat is olive green and silver gray. Gloves, gray. Observe how little of bunching and fussing there is to the back of the overskirt.

Fur Cloaks and Wraps.

Sealskin and otter remain the most fashionable of all furs for fine wear. Sacques will suffer no abatement in popularity, and will doubtless bo the most favored of all fur garments. Longer stylos are in paletot and Newmarket shapes, the latter having a fitted sleeve, the former a wider, dolman shaped sleeve, much like those in the various pelisse patterns. Many shorter garments in mantelet, dolman and visitc shapes will be worn. One of tho most stylish of all of the new designs is quite like the Medora visite in general effect, save that the back is longer and the fronts extend almost to the bottom of the dress. .'V'

Very stylish flowing sleeves are seen on some of the newest shapes, and others are quite close fitting, with half open, pelisse sleeves. While the preference is for plain, unhanded, long garments, those that are short are considered much more dressy if there is a band of contrasting fur around the edge, and as a finish for fronts, collar and sleeves.

Fitted short jackets are very popular for young and slender ladies. Matrons and those inclined to be stout look better in an ample garment with a long back, shorter sides and very long fronts. There is anew shape that has very graceful curves from the arm to the bottom of the back, and fronts extending very nearly to the bottom of the dress. This has mink tails on tho bottom for fringe. Other shapes have very short fronts trimmed across with a fringe of mink tails. Sea otter and sable aro used for trimming the more elegant garments plucked otter, Alaska sable and fine dyed beaver are also in favor as trimmings.

Polonaises.

Most graceful and simply shaped polonaises are seen made of cloth over plaid, or blocked velvet, or plush skirts of contrasting color. The cloth polonaise is lapped to the left hip, and has a tricornered rovers or panier on the left side only, while the front drops in a low apron, the right side is plaited, and the back forns fall in straight, full plaits, and are open up the middle and sides to half conceal, half disclose the skirt beneath. The neck to finished by a plastron of the material of the skirt This is shown in dark green cloth over a brown and green plush skirt edged with fur, while the green polonaise is trimmed with heavy brown cord gimp. Another green cloth polonaise has a skirt of green velvet cross-barred with heliotrope and yellow hands two inches apart, while the polonaise has a border of brown fur. Tiger or leopard figured plush forms the skirt and vest of a brown cloth polonaise, while anew felt fabric in heliotrope shades forms the petticoat beneath other green and brown dresses.—Harper's Bazar.

FASHIONLETS.

Pate pink veils are becoming. The fronts of basques are trimmed. Silk nightgowns are now made of soft silk. Men's cuffs are cut round at the corners, end their shoes are broader at the toes.

Seed fur is still the favorite, though there is a movement in favor of astrakhan. Many young ladies have signed an agreement to wear no more birds on their hate.

The taste tar crowding rooms with all sorts of ornaments, biksa-brac and knick-knacka fa on the wane.

The capo in the only addition to the Newmarkets. The plain coach man's cape is pre ferred, though a few hoods are seen.

A much admired trained gown of high ceremony is of garnet velvet, faced wherever fartn* demanded or pennfaaabfo with Far nail green satin. ]dies'T«m ting sots are made in one pieea apt resemble a boy's first kilt suit The Wt and cartoudajer are of Russia or alligator feather. Sometimes a 8uede waistcoat ana cotnw^v jacket are worn, and a Scotch cap of pterh or velvet fc: conriderwi the correct head wear.

OP USE TO HOUSEKEEPERS.

Ught and Serviceable Cane Furniture. Fruit JuioM.' Fruit juices, with just enough sugar in them to relieve their sh«rp tartness, seem much nicer than jelly with its 50 per cent of sugar. One of our little girls, who has frequent bilious attacks, whan her stomach will bear only certain kinds of food, thinks sa Milk, mushes, eggs, prepared in any way, she will not take, and if it were not for fruit juices and bread, upon which she lives during such attacks, I should be puzzled what to prepare that would nourish her, and yet hot bo refused by her weak and over-sensitive stomach.

I have just finished canning several quarts of ripe fruit juice against such times of need. I heat the berries (raspberries or currants), press and strain as I would in making jelly. Bring the juice to a boil, after adding one cup of sugar to three pints of juice. Can the same as berries. I always drop a silver spoon into my glass jars, to make sure that the scalding liquid shall not break them.

For convenience, I always seal these fruit juices in pint jars, and think it well to do so, since a convalescing patient may tire or not be able to empty a larger can before the unsealed juice should spoil.

Freed of seeds, fruit juices are invaluable in correcting deranged bowels. They relieve constipation and check diarrhoea. This seems a contradiction, but personal observation justifies the statement

I w'os not afraid to give my tt-iconth-old babj bresid softened with these juices, when I found milk nauseated her, the child having inherited a strong antipathy against it, and, though my other children have been "bread and milk babies," she has always been a bread and fruit juice baby.

A pint can of red, ripe currant or raspberry juice, tart, thick as cream with flavor aud sunshine, and fresh as when swelling the ripe berry on the stem, is just the gift to send an invalid or convalescing friend who is heartily tired of her molds of insipid, sweetish jellies.—Clarissa Potter in Good Housekeeping.

., Dish Cloths.

"There is nothing better for dish cloths than old or cheap or part worn canton flannel. It makes a sensible dish cloth—wrings dry and wipes nicely.

Don't do it At least stop to think of it a moment, and you won't. Old canton flannel that has been worn next the body two or three seasons is not very nice for dish cloths, no matter how clean it is washed. Don't you remember what Beecher said about wrapping butter in the tails of old shirts, when he was an agricultural editor, more than forty years ago? He said he wanted at least to know whose shirts ho was eating. No, no. Get always new towels for your dish cloths and dish wipers. No matter how cheap and coarse they are, get them. It's tho only dainty way. Don't let any old shirt gussets or drawer legs come near the dishes off which you eat your frnxl. Bo particular altouf. whose drawers you an eating.

If Men Would Try It.

And verily women need some consolation. Consider how much of their work perishes in the day that is done, and has all to bo repeated day after day, and then say whether it is a matter for great marvel that somo of them have been ill advised enough to tidk occasionally about their "narrow sphere." Tho changes aro rung oil washiug and ironing and cleaning and mending days, whilo every morning tho familiar objects demand washing or dusting that have been washed or dusted a thousand times lief ore. Tangible results are not what women chiefly accomplish, and sho often works long and hard without having "anything to show" in tho end. Tbero is poetry in ber life, it is true, but there is an enormous amount of prose. And sometimes I wish, when a man expresses horror at some woman's escaping from her housework to a wider field of action that ho would try along continued course of dusting, washing up and mendiug stockings, and see if ho ever found it at all monotonous.—Cassell's Family Magazine.

Cane Furniture.

Ill pleasant contrast to the ponderous portieres and upholstery which seem to be the rule at present, ono conies occasionally upon pieces of furniture like those in the pictures. This furniture Ls especially the fashion for country houses and cottages, but it is really suitable anywhere except in some gloomy old house which is kept for a show place.

The heavy curtains, and plush and damask and velvet chairs obstruct tho air and get foul smelling and stuffy with tho dust and body emanations of years. A room with such furniture, especially if it has been used for some years, is inevitably depressing. A weight is in its atmosphere.

CAIOC SOFA.

But chairs and sofas like that in these illustrations give a sense of lightness and freedom only to look at them. They are cheap compared with the heavy velvet furniture. When they are worn out tbeycan berewated or thrown away and new ones bought for a price that will not break anybody up. Dust will not settle in them and breed disease. Tliey can be even scrubbed with a scrubbing brush when they are soiled, aud they will come out as good as new. If a soft seat or bock CAKE CHAIR. is wanted, silken and plush cushions, embroidered as richly a* anylwdy wants, can be placed upon them, and lo! there you are.

This light, graceful furniture Is made of willow and cane. Tho shapes and the designs of the cane work are now seal in great variety, and show much artistic taste.

Kitrhen Walls.

The walls of a kitchen should always be jnlnted,nni^ alight color is to be preferred. Tbey will need washing twice a year, or at the most every three months. If they ore plastered or kakomined, it is a good plan to ta* clean newspapers just back of the tabs and table, to protect the wail as much as pot*

To prevent drease# being creased irnpacking, piaco paper between the folds. Bibbon is the rage for decoration. A place tar a bow is found upon nearly all articles of furniture.

A sensible writer suggests that instead of having the importanceof saving money dingdonged so much into women's ears, a littio ftbm be devoted to showing thee% bow to earn It

FOR THE SCHOOLROOM.

SUGGESTIONS AS TO HOW IT. MAY BE MADE ATTRACTIVE. S

Clftwpi'—f of Primary Importance^! Source of Untidiness—»Ch»lk Dust. Window Shades and Pictures—Flowers,

Mottoes, Books and Magazines.

A clean schoolroom is pleasant even if wholly unadorned but a dirty room is unsightly in spite of the most elaborate decoration. Before we begin to beautify our school room, therefore, let us make it clean. Tha greatest source of untidiness is ink. No loose ink bottles should be allowed in the room. Ink wells sunk in the desk are the best to use.

To keep th- floor free from papers, it is only necessary to provide a largo was to basket This should be of simple and chaste design, and may be made ornamental as well as useful.

Many schoolrooms are rendered unsightly and unhealthy by ch&lk dust, and yet this source of annoyance and danger can bo almost entirely done away with by the use of tho dustless crayon. Tho best eraser is made of chamois skin.

Now, having our room bright and cl&n, we are ready to decorate. Maps and globes of soft and well arranged hues should be preferred to those of brilliant and inartistic coloring.

Passing to tilings not commonly considered necessary, I will first mention window shades. Even where there are inside blinds, it will be found that shades or curtains give the school room a home like look, and not only aid in furnishing it, but also afford groat relief to the eyes.

INFLUENCE OF GOOD PICTURES. Pictures are within the reach of all. Good pictures exert a constant influence, gradually aud insensibly raising the taste of the pupils, and refining their thoughts. But cheap pictures are far better than none always provided they be good of thoir kind. A good wood cut is better than a poor steel engraving, aud a good steel engraving is better than a poor painting. Nothing is better than portraits of eminent men. Views of noted places are of great interest and value. Tho geography lesson is more pleasantly committed if tho pupils can have meaning given to the Ions, hard namos by a glance at good pictures of the places thoy are studying. Photographs of ancient sculpture illustrating classical mythology are eminently appropriate. Sa are photographs of classic scenes and buildings, such as tho plain of Troy, tho ruins of Pompeii, tho Colisoum and tho Parthenon.

Mottoes are pretty decorations for a schoolroom. They have also a fur traitor moral power than most persons would suppose. Who can estiinnto tho potcney ot' the world's aphorisms and proverbs?

Nothing can Ixs more beautiful or fitting for school adorning than llowoi-s. It is a pretty custom of many rural towns lor the littlo children to bring a bouquet of wild flowers each morning to "teacher." It will bo well to have a few pots of flowers always blooming in tho window.

In a corner of tho room should bo a handsome book case filled with woll bound books of referenco—the dictionary and cyclopedia, of course, and a good atlas and gazetteer. Then add as ninny books of travel, history and science as possible. In another cornor I would havo a tablo covered with baize, on which should lo laid a daily and a weekly paper, and ouo or two of the leading monthly magazines. A few comfortablo chairs about this table would lio attractive on rainy days, before school and during tho "nooning."— Youth's Companion.

The Children's Cnrfew Bell. Tho stranger who has observed anything of the street life of San Francisco, in tho evening, has not failed to notice tho great number of boys and girls at play on the pavements long after seasonable bedtime for children. Nor, if unused to such scones, has he escaped being pained by tho traces of boldness, tho beginning of a lack of modesty, manifest in the girls particularly. During the year I havo passed in that city, I have often heard the voices of young girls frolicking outside their homes until 10 o'clock at night, and frequently for an hour after I myself had retired. Of tho results of such laxity in care and restraint on the part of parents, one need not speak. They are apparent almost before they are produced.

In tho lower metropolis, however, I find a different state of things prevailing. There is an almost total absence of Young Americans from the streets after nightfall. I soon missed the loudT shouts, sometimes harsh words, or the hearty merriment, to which I bad listened all summer long, pealing out in the darkness, or under the fair moonlight. Upon inquiring into tho cause of the quiet, I was informed: Children are not allowed to be in tho streets long after candlellghting. There is an ordinance preventing that. If any are found wandering abroad without sufficient reason, they are taken in charge by the police. And not long ago the council voted to erect a curfew bell, and to have it rung every evening at 0:2)0. And then, boys and girls under 15 years of age must be within their homes or find the officers of the law interested in their caws.

The tones of the curfew boll havo not yet been heard, bnt the newspapers are asking why they are not, and that shows that the bell must come. Meanwhilo parents are wisely keeping their children around the fireside?—not in southern California, as a general thing—but around the centTtflblc.—Lo« Angeles Cor. Cleveland Leader.

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