Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 18, Number 33, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 4 February 1888 — Page 6

AVOMAN AND HOME.

ILLUSTRATION OF CO-OPERATION IN A COUNTRY HOME. if

al Physically Perfect Won an—What Children Should Learn—A Luy Husband. A Point on Drew—Educational Hint*.

Comfort for TV Ire*—Item*.

An illustration of home cooperation has recently come under my observation, which has interested me, especially since it illustrator the possibilities of the many homes as contrasted with the exceptional opportunities of the few.

In a quiet country home of which I know, there are nine children (the four youngest, boys). Their ages range from 1 to 21 years. City conveniences of sewarage, water works and gas bare not yet lightened household work, but there are broad fields all about thorn, and the delights of woods and dells and sweet breathed winds and flowers. There Is a vegetable garden to be cared for, and a eow to bo milked. The father's business takes him from home a large part of every week, eo that more care than is usual falls upon the mother. But what a genius is hers, indeed, for ordering the household forces! How clear headed and wise is she in the management of her home department! I Several of the children are physically delicate. Thoy vary widely, in temperament, and so many children must but, so far as I Imow, they 411 cheerfully wheel into line, and the entire family work goes on qoietly, regularly, and apparently without friction. There is no maid in the kitchen, but each daughter takes her tarn in the various departments of work. She serves her apprenticeship as cook, or chambermaid, or seamstress, and is left-, after a proper start therein, to the unassisted conduct of her then department, learning from occasional failure how Jto the better plan and execute next time. Since there are only "themselves," all can bear with equanimity the sometime dispensation of an overdone roast or an underdone omelet, and if the wick of the "evening lajnp" smokes ominously at one corner, Jessie or Alice or 'Arthur will be pretty sure to trim it straight the next morning.

Even the very little ones feel their responsibility in the family plans. One has in charge the sweeping of the verandas and the bringing of the "kindlings." Another washes all the vegetables. On Mondays the work of washing is so divided that it is not over wearisome for any. There are two clothes wringers, at which the larger boys officiate. One sister attends to the first washing, another to the rinsing, etc. The care of the lamp falls to one little girl, and so on. Then tho mother has a sewing school, where even the boys are enthusiastic learners. The baby constitutes a divided right. I suspect that many bands have the holding of him, but as be has been a feeble child he has chiefly fallen to his mother's tending. In this family there are pleasant literary plans and readings. Music and art do not have the go by, either. In short, it is a well ordered republic, with no superfluous citizens.—Rebecca Perley Reed in Christian Union.

A Physically I'erfcrt Woman. If any woman wishes to know whether she Is a perfect specimen of her sex she has only to apply the rules laid down for ascertaining the fact and figure on tho results. Firet, as to height, tastes differ, but the Medicean Venus Is five feet, five inches in height, and this is held by many sculptors and artists to be the most admirable stature for a woman. As for coloring and shape, here is a code laid down by the Arabs, who say that a woman should have these things: Black—hair, eyebrows, lashes and pupils. Whito—Skin, teeth and globs of the eye. Red—Tongue, lips and cheeks. Round—Head, neck, arms, ankles and waist. Long—back, fingers, arms and limbs. Large—Forehead eyes and lips. Narrow—Eyebrows, nose and feet. Small— Ears, bust and hands.

For a woman of five feet five, 188 pounds Is the proper weight, and if she be well formed she can stand another ten pounds without greatly showing it. When her arms are extended she should measure from tip of fwiHHU finger to to tip of middle finger just live feet five, exactly her own height The length of her hand should be just a tenth of and her foot just a seventh, and the diameter of her chcst a fifth. From her thighs to the ground she should measure just what she measures from the thighs to the top of the head. The kttee should come exactly midway between the thigh and the heel The distance from the elbow to the middle finger should be the same as the distance from the elbow to the middle of the chest. From the top of tue head to the ohin should be just the length of the foot, and there should be the same distance between the Chin and the armpits. A woman of this height should measure twenty-four inches about the waist and thirty-four inches about the boat, if measured from under the arm*, and fartythrso if over them. The upper arm should measure thirteen Inches and the wrist six. .The calf of the leg should measure fourteen and one-half inches, the thigh twenty-five and tho aukio eight There is another system of measurement which says that the distant* twice orc6ud the thumb should go once around the wrist twice around the wrist, once around tho throat twice around the throat, once around the waist, and so on, but the first is tho measures used bysculptors, who have gained them by measurements of the Greek statues Now York World.

What Children Should Loam. Teach young girls and boys less about etiquette forms and more about the spirit of lora Touch them not so much to dance and pose and receive gracefully, as to be quick to do a service far any on* in trouble or bewilderment, alert to lend a helping hand, even if it be to tin girl in the kitchen or the homel*« and hated tramp on the street, and more mindful of others' comfort thin their own. Teach them to despise vulgarity and •low habits and unchwnlim*** of body or of mind bat teach them also that poverty is no disgrace and that the measure of a man's or a •woman's worth lies never in the pocket or the nttiro. Anybody can wear fine clothes, but oot so many can earn them honestly or go withoct them if beyond their means. Tb* or th« woman in a shabby eoat or cloak is more rv/al in the sight of honest men than the dude who never pays his tailor's bill, or U» girl Uo never lifts her laxy hand to earn her living.

It I had the teaching of 100 blessed gfirb today, I would drop the language* and the classics and the accomplishments frcaa the list I would clone up the text book* and tuna the blackboards' Ethiopian faces to the waU and giveasoUd year's lesson in human nature. *7HOW they averaged In Lstm should I- of not much account as how they aver

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bouor and loyalty and heaven km ••••urity. What marks they made to algebra should matter little compared to what swreet'deeds of conrteiqr and helpful low they scored frwn day to day. Their standing' ih «ch .nrsldp •obuokl pale into haigiuflcance before their in the ability to make boms happJ. i—"Amber* in Chioago Journal.

of aarriaga

transform a male exqiisfco fattf sloven, especially if the cares-of jlovfeity'inid an Increasing family rest upo& uis b&oulders or it may be that he is by nature solvenly and easily relafsel into that idecl destroying condition when the vanities at youth cease to act as a spar. Husbands of this kind commonly let their beards grow, *ssglect to polish the heels of their boots, and develop an irritating tendency to affect rubbers iadll weathers. Their hats, if not actually shabby are usually antiquated, and their trousers, being worn too short, invariably bag most ugly at the knees. They wear long overcoats, and either carry no umbrellas (caring nothing for their dingy old clothes} or umbrellas of prodigious circumference, of cheap material, and warrented to turn inside out every time the wind happens to catch them right

These men, if living oot of town, are almost sure to hatch a fondness for poultry and to spend their Saturday afternoons and Sunday mornings pottering about hencoops ami watching the strut of their favorite roosters. They care nothing for society, not much for the opera or the play, and are alarmingly prone to fall asleep ovor their newspapers in the evening. They usually prefer a pipe to a cigar, and they are mighty consumers of beer. Even to such base uses may the married

man

Health-

descend.—Herald of

Courage* Weary Mother.

"What have I done to-day F' the tired mother asks at night "Nothing but take care of baby and plan the meals and 'pickup.' My life is wasted on trifles." Take courage, weary mother! The progress of the world depends on the devotion of good women to just such "trifles." Who can do a greater work than these—care for a child and look after the interests of a home. She who with patient mother love prepares a human soul for life's responsibilities, does valiant service for both God and man. The firet years of a child's life must, of necessity, bo devote4 to the care of the body, but the body should bo mwfo a fit temple for the indwelling of an immortal soul. Taking care of the baby Is surely no trifle when viewed in this light

And what are the other services that go to make a home? Innumerable as the sands of the seashore for number, and in themselves almost as insignificant in character, but the grand sum total serves, as does the sandy shore, to stem the swelling tide of outside sin and suffering that menaces with sullen war the sanctity of home and the safety of society. The husband and the children who know the comforts of a happy home are safe from many woes that prey on those outside its shelter. Blessings on the wife and mother who "looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness." "The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her." "Her children arise up and call her blessed." "Strength and honor are her clothing, and she shall rejoice in time to come.—Iowa State Register.

A Point on Dress.

Finally the best wine came last the best speaker was the handsomest and most attractive woman, and if I could tell her nam? you'd all recognize her as a notable social leader. She said that she had just one little story to tell apropos of the discussion on dress. "In teaching my cltuai at Five Points," she "I used to always try to dress plainly, and finally one day I had to go to a friend's from the mission, and had to put on a visiting toilet I was troubled about it, but I did not see any way out of the difficulty, so I de»terrained to go on and forgot about it as well as I could. Well, as I was talking to the flftwi a poor woman near me kept smoothing down the velvet of my skirt all the time she kept it up, touching It softly. After the regular session was over I asked those that wanted to speak to me to wait, as I always do. The woman stayed, not saying anything, but going on softly smoothing the velvet 'Do you like my gown!11said. 'Sure, ma'am, we poor folks don't see anything so soft down here, and touchin' it has made me feel quieter than anything you said.' -i'v •'Since that I've made a point of dressing handsomely when I went to Five Points.

That's my little contribution to the discus-" don on dress."—New York Graphic.

How to Treat Children.

A word about nervous children. Never scold them nor "make fnn" of them. They suffer enough without your threats or sarcasm. Pretend not to see their awkwardness when in company nor their grimaces when alone. A case was reported tho other day of a boy of 10 years who, on being vexed, and without any apparent provocation, will clench his hands and make the most frightful contortions of the muscles of his face and bead till his mother fears be is idiotic. By no means. He is the brightest boy in his class at school, fond of reading and of natural history, but ho is of a highly nervous temperament, and has not been taught to control the little wires, so to speak, on which he-is strung.

This is no single case. There are thousands of children who give way to their nerves in similar fashion. Talk to them about these curious little fellows that should be their servants, not their masters. Never whip tfram The man or woman who whips a nervous ohiM is on a level with brutes that have no reason. Encourage them. Help them. Be patient with them. They are the making of ourfuturo successful men and women, far they will work hard at whatever they undertake. Brace up your own nerves first, and then be indulgent toward the capers of your over-nervous children.—Boston Globe.

Wives and Husbands*

They were discussing the awful problem of the inefficiency of so many men. There were three of theni—all ladies who hod known plenty and now were their own bread winners in consequence of the failureof husbands to even keep the wolf from the door. "I believe in setting out the slippers and all that old time nonsense about a wife's duties," said one,4 if the husband provides the home and its necessities. But when am obliged to go out into the world and sank the money to buy his bread as wen as my o*n, as I do now. I give up the practice of setting out the slippers.* Another remarked that a married woman made tfce mistake of her life when she began to do anything to earn numey. Tho third said she alto believed that tab efficiency of womtts w*» creating a raco of inefficient, irrespodatbfemen.

After talking it over in plain laucuage, in which use was found for tremendous emphasis, they all agreed that, H'lAma were so frequently obliged »eam-tl»ir bread, everything should bo nuwfcas easy as poesibleforthetn but theofcl wnyof the husband earning the wifo expending the money for their itnal c«k:: u-as the best* and any departure showed that there was something radic.u./ wrong somewhere,—Kew YorkiVv* ""Every Day Talk." ______

Wfcat Do Girts Knew?

Most of onr hoys asrame the ruspwii»r.tti«sof the qitisen. and onr gui* enter tbedutkaol the wife and tho mother with coly the knowledge acquired us the public

Kow, what do they kaowt Bow many of ths girts mfcmand the itgyhst roles of veatflatton or hsslth

Education of "Wo:

THREE HAUTE SATURDAY EVENTNGR MATEI

fl dressftgl How kfny knowhdw to treat a persdn suffering -from sunstroke# How many could bind up a wound so as to check the flow of blood? How many could take prompt and efficient action in those moments when it is so imperatively required, those fearfully important moments, "before the doctor comesf In olden days the house motiwr had learned in her girlhood "(ha use of simples and the inost noble art of chirurgery." If, with our far greater knowledge of the human body and its laws, we adopted the same plan in teaching our daughters, how many precious lives would be saved I— E. M. Haniinge in The Epoch.

A woman who cannot well as eat it, make a dress it, a woman who cannot anything when occasion able to train her servants practically, and teach them the value of economy af tima.fis well as money, is not, in my opinigo, educated at all, though die suQTtie very much cultivated, and even have been to college taken a degree/''

dinner as

hand to

who is not

Look at Hecter in her dairyi now. Would she look any fresher, healthier, happier in a cap and gown, or be more usefully employed in poring over conic sections or reading questionable Greek plays? Take my word for it, girls would be all the better and homes all the happier if more time and attention were given to domestic affairs, and if every woman knew how to be her own-cook, housekeeper and dressmaker. Such things are far more easily learned than dead languages or mathematics, and are of infinitely mora use to a woman in going through life.— Mrs. Boyle in Cassell's Magairina

A Habit to Avoid*

It in a coarse hsJbitof some

people

to sneer

at "mothers-in-law," agjl wo often notice such sneers in the papers. Your own mothers, if you have sisters who are married, is a mother-in-law, and so also is your wife's mother. Toor daughter, when she is married, will have a husband to whom your wife is mother-in-law. Every man's mother who has ever hadaimacfed daughter is a mother-in-law.

The vast majority tbe well helomd mothers at families are, or will he, mothers-in-law, anjl nearly the whole of these lovetar daughters upon whom their parents look with juide will some day be mothers-in-law. When yon think of these things you will sse how ill beooming is thebabit of stjeeriag «t the mother-in-law.

Do not, therefore, fall into the tenefol custom of speaking slightingly of mothers-in-law if you honor the mother who bore you, or the sisters and daughters in whom you delight.—New York Evening Sun.

Advlee to Overworked \Tomen. Mrs. Abby Diaz recommends overworked women to let a good many unstarched articles go rough dried, with only a little pulling and smoothing, to put plainer clothes on children, and to quit baking so much cake and pie. The great point is to

A Word Concerning Wrinkles. A word now on wrinkles. The skin has a natural tendency to form wrinkles, even in youth, this tendency naturally increasing with age. Every influence which distends the skin for any time must lead to wrinkles, and as a weak or imperfect circulation of the blood will make certain parts of the body swell, it is of the greatest importance to keep the blood pure, and thus prevent bloating, which is sure to be followed by wrinkles. Ladies should toko regular exercise in the open air, and keep early hours, deliberately setting their faosagainst excesses in diet, if they wish to keep them free from wrinkles, for when they once come they ore most difficult to rid one's self of.—New York Press "Every Day Talk."

^,*4 For the Whooping Cough. A ready experiment for the relief of the distressing cough occasioned in children in cases of whooping cough is this: Drop oil of turpentine on the pillow where tho fames will be inhaled while sleeping and during the convulsive cough, hold a handkerchief before tho child's face with fifteen or twenty drops on it—Herald of Health.

Tho "Cak«" Wo All Sigh For. "Mamma," said little Willie, after returning from a dinner to which he had been invited. "I alius kinder thought that cako was just cake but I see there's a difference in it Aunt Susan's cake is cake an' pie an' puddin' an' peaches an' ice cream an' everything good together, but yours is nothin1 tat cake."— Elmira Tidings. ___________

People who suffer a bad odor in the breath should use, as a wash, a mixture made by —Ming a teaspoonfui of the tincture of myrrh to a tumblerful of water. This remedy is tikOQght to retard decay of the tedth*

Take a backet a* fresh water into your bedfoum avsry night, and let it remain uncovered. iMriU absorb all potowwos gases.

A toothbrush, kepi for &e polpose, will aid grsatly la claaxsinS cot or praised glast-

The water in which codfish has been soaked fe very good for wasting the zinc under tbs stova.

The oftenrr floor Is sifted for sponge oaks the lighter the cake w£U be.

Keep a separata. saacepan for boiling potatoes in if possible.

Bathrooms should aot open into skaftTng spttrtKflCBtai Tbs sore |sis tealifti far nholers Is clwsnH

WHAT SHALL WE WEAE?

ENGLISH HATS FOR OUTDOOR SPORTS -4ND FOR TRAVELING.

Baceptloa and Dinner Gowns—Fall Dress Toilets Worn In New York—Stylish French Fashions Designed for Boys and

Girls. The costume with jacket bodice for girls of 6 to 8 years of age, here illustrated, has fronts cut in one piece with the pocket tabs. It opens like a jacket over a full waistcoat, the lining of which is 111-2 inches long, while Hie stuff part* ^gathered 2 inches high at the neck, is 171-3 long and 141-3 inches wide. A box plait 13-8 inches wide is laid in front to serve as a foundation for the buttons closing the waistcoat The turndown collar cnt in one with the rovers is 3 8-4 inches deep at the back. The standup collar is 21-4 inches high. The skirt, which is 13 inches long and 3 yards 28 inches wide, is laid in box plaits 2 inches wide and embroidered in fancy stitches like the cuffs and plait on the waistcoat The stuff sash is 12 inches wide and is tied in a bow at the back.

oosTtncE ro&

gain

time.

"Let them give up doing those things for their children, in order that they may do better things for those children, such as reading, talking, walking with them, especially walking the woods and fields, such as getting light on matters connected with their proper training. I don't mean to say that we never have a bit of cake or pudding in the house in fact, we do often have plain cake and gingerbread, and occasionally, to help out, a pudding. But they are not counted in among the must haves. I have escaped from that tyranny. If there's no cake in the house, I dont feel myself to be ashamed and sinful creature, as I used to."—New York Poft

Charm of Little Dinners.

The sincerest form of hospitality, and by far the most enjoyable left to us, is "little" dinners Showy banquets and display feeds may possess some interest as spectacles, and various forms of glorification, private and public, individual or collective but tho real soul of good fellowship is in a gathering of six to a dozen persons—intelligent, congenial —round the table of a discriminating, experienced host or hostess (or both), who invito their friends, not to show the extent of their wealth and the luxury of their plato— though there is no objection to the use of beautiful things, if one possesses them—but whose first thought is comfort, and a little season of unclouded, and, therefore, rational enjoyment, on such a basis as can be repeated and made a part, indeed, of the daily lifeits milestones and happy occasions.—Jennie June in American Magazine.

ONOR—sorr TOR BOY.

^Phe modal suit for boys of 10 or 12 years of age, shown in the same cut, is of fine twilled blue cloth, trimmed with an anchor embroidered in blue and bluo buttons. The trousers dosed in front are buttoned on to braces the inner leg seam is made the whole length, the outer one only downward as far as the knee, and buttoned from here. A piece of elastic is run into the lower hem of the blouse, lined with cloth to draw it in at the waist The chemisette, made of white cloth, is caught into the shoulder seam, set under the front on the left side and hooked under tho-same on the right one. From tinder the sailor collar, set into tho neck opening, appear two ends of cloth, each 15-8 inches in width and 8-4 inches long, which are tied in asaflorto knot _________

Full Dress TolHrlS

Demi-trained skirts are in favor in New York this winter for afternoon reception dresses and dinner gowns. The fronts are made in Directoire style, flat from belt to foot, without hip drapery, and are laid in irregular plaits, that in the middle being broader than all the others. A broad trimming crosses the foot, and may consist of ruche or pink flounces, but is more often a brocaded border woven in the three breadths of the front and sides, or else it is of very rich lacoor passamenterfe placed fiat,with its scalloped or pointed edge turned upward. Figured fabrics, either brocaded or striped, are very fashionable for the full straight breadths of the demi-train. The corsage is cut with a point in the back of the neck, and round in shape in front The sleeves are slightly l_nger cm the newest dresses of brocade or faille or velvet, and may consist of a soft long puff, or else they are plain to the elbows, and a Watteau frill falling toward tho hand is added of lace or of lisse, inado wider below tho arm and quite short inside the elbow.

Gowns of tulle in quafnt x5oIors *T6 worn at the balls, and aro much trimmed with flowers, or else with ornaments of silver or gilt in form of leaves and vines. The skirts are made the correct dancing length, just resting on the floor. In some of theso gowns the skirt is laid in wide plaits from belt to foot in others tho back breadths hang straight and fulL —Harper's Bazar.

Lingerie for Tailor Gowns.

It is tho correct style to wear plain linen, or fancy cambric collars and cuffs, with all the tailor mado dresses and gowns of similar kinds. Nothing looks more incongruous with cloth, or materials of that class, than lace or frills of transparent materials at the throat and wrists. The lessening of the height of the upright collars, too, is a considerable help to the introduction of pretty little collars of embroidery and lace, while with dresses of velvet and other rich materials, large collars and deep cuffs, of rich embroideries or valuable laces, are being worn by several leaders of society.

English Styles In Hats.

English hats, like Parisian bonnets, have many admirers, and our readers will doubtless welcome the models illustrated in tho cut, for these give three entirely different fashions.

CKHJBH 8TTXJ3.

The hat at the top of the illustration represents a heaver felt, which is again popular. These beaver hats are not only appreciated oo account of their exceedingly light weight, but are essentially a winter headdress, and therefore In keeping with midwinter weather. The seal turban with feather trimming at OOB sfcfe, is quite anew shape and affords an admirable hat for outdoor sports as well as for wearing with a seal garment on the nrimifTifc** The third model is a soft felt traveling hat with a trimming of waterproof BUkgakxm. This hat is ventilated by small apertures seder the garnitora. It need hanlly ha told that it is ooa of the no* eonfortafeb headdresses for the perpoei designed.

ALL AROUND THE HOUSE*.

Elegant Designs in Table Cloths—A XXome Made Screen- Bwlpw and Hints. A very quaint and pretty idea in a center for a table cloth is a basket work of cream white, picot edged ribbon, caught at each crossing with a fine thread. The field is made of cream white satin. The border is of the basket platted ribbon, each crossing fastened by a tiny silken ball. The perpendicular bands of ribbon extend below tho cross bands, and are turned in points and finished by larger balls.

Elegant cloths are made of fine linen bordered with cut work or drawn work. Some of the drawn borders are marvels of fine needle work. They are filled in with various fancy stitches and lace patterns, and have fine point lace braid wrought into them in various shapes. The fringes are made of tho warp of the cloth, and are knotted and braided in various intricate fashions.

Cut work, says Decorator and Furnisher, which describes the above, is quite easy to da It is made in button hole stitch over a stamped pattern, the spaces between being cat away. Sometimes these spaces are filled in with lace stitches others aro lined with bright silk or with ribbons. Borders of the out out work are used on plain cloths.

Folding Screens.

A folding screen is now an almost necessary articlo of furniture, and few things are more wtfni. As handsome three fold screens are expensive, many ladies manufacture their own by first having a plain frame made by a carpenter. Tho frames can be of common pine. Tho height

fnna,

varies

according

to individual taste four feet is a good height, and about sixteen or eighteen inches wido for each panel The frame may be mounted on tiny brass casters, if liked.

The cover for the screen depends, of course, on one's own fancy. A pretty cover is dark brown Canton flannel on one side and a deep shade of red on the other. By laying the frame down on the floor or on a large table it is easy to tack on one side. Then, if the cover is not embroidered and you wish to decorate it, it is best to do so before putting on the other side. For instance you tack on the red Canton flannel, and by using brass headed tacks you can finish the edges very prettily. If plain tacks are used, it is best to finish the edges with a narrow gimp, or with black braid, herring bone stitched with gold silk this makes a particularly pretty finish. Now for the decorations. A few Japanese

as varied in shape and color as possible, are to be sewed on the different panels. A small umbrella, with the stick broken out and sewed on flat, looks very well. Then take a medium sized umbrella, of as bright color as possible and without figures, take out.' the stick and cut tho umbrella in half one-half will look well put on one of tho paiiwia, low down then the other half out in two again, and fit one pieca in the upper corner of a panel, and the other pieoe in tho lower «wrnqiff of the panel farthest removed from ite coanterpart It adds very much to finish the tap of the screen with little gilded balls. The^ can be purchased at almost any toy shop After the decorations are all sewed on one side, lay the screen down and tack on the pbjtin flangtl

A TH1UCK PAHTEIJtD BCBJTTBK.

These screens are invaluable in a room where one is accustomed to lying down, for shielding one and preventing draughts. They may, of course, be made up of handsome material, with elaborate painted or embroidered decoration, but even a simple covering of bright cretonne is pretty, and one has little idea, unless accustomed to use a folding screen, how very convenient they are.

Appetising Dishes for Breaktest. Two nico breakfast dishes, says one skilled in home cookery, are Graham gems and scalloped potatoes.

Foi* the first ingredients are one pint each of Graham flour and whito flour, two teaspoonfuls of baking powder, one toaspoenful of salt and enough rich milk to make a rather stiff batter. If there is cream in the milk the gems will be tenderer. Drop into hot gem pans and bake twenty minutea I of tea make them with buttermilk and soda with good results.

Scalloped Potatoes—Into a well buttered pan (I often use sausage frying, which adds a good flavor, instead of butter) place a layer of cold coiled potatoes sliced thin, salt and pepper them, odd another layer and oover with milk or cream. Bake until well browned. We liko them very much. Cold mashed potatoes are nice baked in the same *ay. (Wd Ltjrer Cake.

To four eggs beaten very light add one cup of granulated sugar and beat well then add four tablespoonfuis of sweet milk, one cup and a half of sifted flour containing two teaspoonfuls of baking powdAr and one'tablespoonful of melted butter. Filling may be made as follows: Orato two sour apples and the rind of two small lemons add the lemon juioe to the apple, with a cupful of sugar and an egg. Beat a few minutes, put ov the fire and let it come to a boil. If too thin, add a little corn starch. Let the filling cool befOrtPfcpreoding on the cake.

Potatoes Served the Second Time. A good way to warm over cold boiled potar Ides is to first chop them—not too fine—heat some butter in a fry.ng pan and put the potatoes in. Just a few minutes before taking them from tha fire stir in some well beaten eggs. Servo hot.

Sweet potatoes left from dinner make an acceptable relish for supper if cut in slices about a

quarter

of an inch thick and heated

in slightly salted cream.

Wooden Ware for the Kitchen. Long spoons and wooden paddles, mads from white, hard wood, are most convenient for stirring and beating.

Boards of various rises should be kept in convenient places, one for bread, one for meat, another for cutting, and two or three matter ones on which to stand pots and lrottka.

When the Fine Catches on Fit*. If a chimney or fine catch on fire, close all windows and doors first, then hang a blanket in front of the grate to exclude all air. Water poured down the chimney spoils the carpets. Coarse salt thrown down the flue is modi better.

Keep tfce Carpet Bright.

Carpets may be greatly brightened by first sweeping thoroughly and then going over tbem with a dean cteth and clear salt water. Use a cspfcJ of eoane Mlt to a baste «f water.

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THE CHAPERON ABROAD.

LANDS WHERE FEMININE GUARDIAN-1 SHIP IS A SOCIAL NECESSITY.

Irresponsible Ksdstenoe of the Spanish! Girl—The Chaperon in Central EuropeJ Utiles in Belgium and Germany—England's Female Dragons.

In those countries, and among those whom a chaperon is recognized as a socit necessity, no chaperons in any Christian country have so severe a task as those oi Spain. From early childhood until young womanhood the Spanish girl is generally immured within convent trails, presumably for her education, although what she learns during those long years, except the rudiments of reading and writing, how to sew and embroider a little, to use a fan to perfection, to wear her garments with a bewitching grace, and to use her

eyes

to the destruction of the

repose of all malo beholders, it would be difficult to say. Once out of the convent and of marriageable age—say 14 or 15—she is placed in the charge of a duenna, who from thatmoment never loses sight of her in daytime and sleeps in the same room at night Such a thing as a moment's privacy the girl neither expects nor obtains. If the gouvernante absents herself, tho young lady is first taken to her mother. If she goes out tochurch, to tho opera, or for a walk, she is closely guarded on the street, or the pasoo, she is sent a step or two in advance, the mother or duenna, or often both, following so that they can see her every motion, and that no daring lover slips a billet doux into her not unwilling hand. Tho consequence isthat, feeling perfectly safe and entirely irresponsible, she is the most, .arrant flirt in theuniverse.

In France, Germany, Austria and through Central Europe the duties of a chaperon aremuch alike, and are far lighter than*they were even five-and-twonty years ago. Throughout Europe no young girl, or to put it more plainly, no unmarried woman, can appear in public unescorted by some matron. As for a male escort, that is, of course, far worse than being alone. Even a brother cannot vake his sister to a theatre or place of* public resort without a chaperon. In Franco it is indeed the custom to keep the brother* rigidly apart from the sisters after their 8th year, oxcept when in the company of the parents, because the whole educational scheme is so different Ipr the two sexes. Often later in lifeand after the sister is married thoy bocome close friends, but no girl woidd be allowed to go into the streets or public placeswith her brother some one might not know that it was a brother, and there would be a scandal. To balls and parties the girl can only go with her mother or some cb^poron, who for the time represents her. No sooner, however, is tho yovng French girl made a wife—perhaps to-some man she hardly knows' by sight—than all this is changed it is likethe lowly grub suddenly bursting into thomost gaudy of butterflies.

In Germany and Austria the. rules, although strict, are not so rigid as in France, the young ladies, both at home and in the ball room, being allowed a little more liberty, especially where the Protestant element predominates, in thft differing widely from France, where the Protestants are notoriously more rigid and Puritanical than their Catholic fellow countrymen, denying to youth even such innocent pleasures as dancing and other harmless amusements.

Belgium, at least so far as its capital city i* concerned, follows French customs, and. much the same may be said of St Peter* burg. In Holland, whilo the court etiquette* the strictest in Europe, the girls are allowed in their home life almost as much freedom as are English girls. Italy, but a few years ago tho most formal country in matten social, is breaking down her barriers. The immense number of English and American girls constantly on tho continent, and who insist upon carrying witft them the freedom of action that they look upon as their birthright, tho wealth, beauty ana accomplishments of many of them giving access to the best society and compelling the admiration of all, has done vastly much toward freeing their continental staters.

In England the duties Qf a chaperon aremuch the same as in the larger American cities. To go to a ball, party, flower show, theatre or other place of public amusement a girl must have a chaperon of som* Kurt who sees her from her home and returns her to ill At a ball the advantage of the chaperon tothe girl is enormous, especially if the lady be a woman of the world. If a bore conies aloni

the chaperon claims his attention if the oannot mr ah* ie engaged for the particular' danoe the bors has asked for, the chaperon, at a look, says: "You must rest tfei# dft&o* k, dear you must not ovsr fatigue yourself, Insist come and sit her* by me.0 It is tfc* same when the girl wishes to escape from an ineligible, especially if she think* Man

else is looking for her "I must go back to mamma, now (or to Mrs. Blank, as the aaso may be). I promisfd to eopt directly tho dance was over."

The only continental country that permit! almost American or lEBcglish frewiom to ite girls is Switzerland. Even ia thi SVeneh portion—Geneva a»d its neighborhood—th* girls walk unattended through the streetf, and at the most fashionable femala hoarding school parties are given twice a month which the college students and other young men of fashion are invited.—B. 3. Riddle Globe-Democrat

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