Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 20, Number 23, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 30 November 1889 — Page 3

AMAIIVIiLTO MI'iS.KENDAL

THE VERSATILITY OF AMERICAN WOMEN A SURPRISE TO HER.

A Normal College'* Eighteen Hundred Girl* Impressed Her Very Strwcl}—Her Ideas on the Subject of lUtriSicay—Tlie

Gallant Act of Prince Leopold.

Mi Kendal sat at a little tete-a-tete table id her rose perfumed parlor contemplating a rack of dry toast and a steaming service of English breakf«i.-t tea. A rosebud blushed in beauty at her throat, and the thread-like ring of gold on her wedding finger was her only jewel. It was a bare, prim, lofty hotel parlor, with never a picture or a cushion or "the aesthetic trace of individuality" about it, but there watt afire on the hearth- and a $*oman in front of it, with far-away, wistful blue ey*?•*, dreaming among the glowing coals, and togei her they made the room a sweet, restful, soothing place—a home. i^. "And you come from a newspaper. It #urp. ises me—the versatility of the American o: nn. I have seen many wonderful things fiiiM I came to New York, but nothing that inUT«ts me so much as the woman question, whi'li the American girl is solving for the world. "I don't think the American people realize tho worth, th ability, the power or the possibilities of hi'ir sinters and daughters. It is to tiii*. a i:««rvative English woman, a nuirvi

AT THE COLLEGE.

"Yes, I iit to vit-.lt tht' formal college, Thurwiuy. 1 went to gratify a little friend, tiits daughter of President Hunter, and that is how 1 Ukraine nintcre»»ted.-.in the question. There wen- 1,.SX» young women in the audience u.-iMiilii'(l f»i* rn?—for me, think of it! I never hal seen much of my sex at one time, and 1 cannot tell how strongly I was imprc-M-d. Such a throng of youth, beauty, vigor an.) enthusiasm! I didn't know what to

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suppre-s inv-i'lf :ind before I realized my IKjsit .n. Mr. Ilunicr had prenentwl mo to the coll.-g, and HI the most, gracious way prewired Hi- ',\]i.H'tnnt pupils for an address. a no in or to is and 1 had never made a speech in my life— talk i-» the irU. And that's what I did. I c.ui't tell you what I said. I only know how 1 felt mill I 111 know that I made my listeners feH ttie honesty mid sincerity of my admiration for them.

Oh. I noticed everything—the precision, the oi'iicr. th" almost military alacrity of the M'holiii The action of the school was like the f'.ivfincnt iu a clock. In the march there the light step, the easy grace, the proud enrringo and that air of certainty, se-,-,irit and conscious satisfaction that I have never -ecn outside of the military. And then the charm of personality! Youth in itself lieaui there was more th^n beauty. There

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intelligence, intellect and a tan*

(,'ihilit of culturo and reflnemenf that I ncvei xpected to find outside of an exclusi v^phociet y. "At.a vvotd 1.M00 seats flapped and 1,800 K.I Is dropped'into them. It was instantanootis. (hie, two! And it was over. I was diimfouuded and with just that iustantaneity of i.etion every pnrftof the programme wn« executed. "Mr. Hunter asked the girls if they wished me to address them and tho one round, full volume of tone put into tho laconic 'yes' was simply indescribable. It was like ft wave of sound and it. filled my very soul with its Intensity. 11 was a request, an appeal, an invitation uud a hand clasp all in three letters. "Oh, yes, 1 did ask Mr. Hunter wh«-i? tho 1,800 husbands were to come from. I meant it, for l.SOO men worthy of those young women should be tnoro than average men.

THOUGHT*! ON MATRIMONY.

"No, I do not hold to the opinion that woman's only sphere is in marriage. The oak and the ivy theory has disappeared in the modern science of landscape gardonlng. I lieliovc firmly in the holy and wholesome Imndafce of matrimony, but not in matrimony as rafilc. There is a place, a big place, in the world fo* the single woman, and as water seeks the level of its source, so she will find and fill the place for which she is fitted if given a chance to develop."

Mrs. Kendal would not discuss the causes of marital infelicity, but thought there was more stability, more contentment and a more restful degree of happiness in the home life of Knglish women than she had been informed prevailed in this country. "The American women are very bright. Their resources are wonderful, but their families an very small. We have more children jjur firesides tire correspondingly brighter. "1 am intolerant jof tho woman who lavishes her love on a lapdog. We women have dogs, keunels, and packs of thira. We have "HMU with our babies, but not for them. "I have been amused reading the column in The Evening World devoted to the best methods of keeping husbands at home." "What would you suggest f' "Feed he 1 leasts,'*

While we «ere talking, a messenger came iu with packet from a Normal ^collegian containing a pretty little gold pin and a oarefulh j»*iu»el quotation, with much lov®, from Slmkospeaiv, and before she had finished admiring it. a huge Ivmquet of pink roses from another girl lover was received. -Now iMi't it siroot of themf The dear, dear children! and not a clew to their names or identity. I have had just this sort of attention ever since I caiue to New York., "Jewels? I have handfuls, but nofliamond titvklace from her majesty. The q\y&zfi bnnx-h is the royal crown in diamonds, a gift never Uv'tov,«Hi on any rauk lower t&an an aml«*ssad res?.. Then I have rings and pins

pendant.* from various members of the royal faniiiv. but jewel 1 mo*t value is a diamond moi-m ho g.ven me by IVince l/OOpold, the into Duke of Albany. I met him at adfa^ing room, and passing through a hallwav oi J* itjivss caught on a cactus plant, and Ui'ort 1 could get it disentangled tbegauxy etuffi' wvs badly torn. The young prince came to my aid. snatched ?he jewel that secured iv decoration to hi* shoulder, and pinned op the torn breadth in my train."—Nell NelMon in New York Evening World,

rwypd Out by Her Diamonds. Tbe emprws always quitted the grand balls at the Tuileries rather tired, and very often did not even take time to call her maids. Before entering her cabinet she would remove Iwa- crown and jewel*, the weight of which fatigued her. and put them peU-n^ell into my drws, which I held outln front of me for the nurptwe- I was always afraid lost I should, low some of these precious steoea by convey tag thorn in this manner, tor many of them rcnrMntod a fortune.

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g«erM and Girls.

Secrets are things many girls delight ia. Experience h«a shown that the fewer secrete and mysteries girls have the safer and root* comfortable they feeL No girl should agran to keep a secret that sbA will have to withhold from her mother. If it is important «uid necessary that it should notbecommunicafcxi to a third party, then she had better refuse to bear it at alL A great deal of unhappiness and misery

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been done through small se

crets, leading one from one wrong to another, until a web of deceit has been woven so complete and intricate that it is nearly impossible to got disentangled from it. Your mothers, dear girls., are the wisest and best confidantes you can have. Their love, you may be sure, will guide and counsel yon aright, and although yon make many mistakes and blunders, you can never go far astray if yon tell your mother everything. A girl whose first thought is that mother musn't know of this, is standing on very unsafe ground. Hide nothing from your mothers. If yon do wrong go to them and own it dont wait for some one else to tell them, and thus shake their confidence and trust in you. Concealment and conceit should never be tolerated in your intercourse and association with other girls, shun those who take pleasure in tbem, and leek the companionship of those with whom there need be no mysteries.—Exchange.

The Apple.

Apple Ice.—One pound of sugar to one juart of water to this add grated apples and Ireeze.

Apple Jelly.—Thirteen good sized apples, »ne quart of water ana one lemon. Boil till toft and strain. To one pint of juice add one pound oif sugar and boil twenty minutes.

Apple Beverage.—Cut tart apples in small pieces, rejecting the cores, and put over the lire in water enough to cook them, with half {heir weight in sugar simmer half an hour, iben strain through a jelly bag cool and irink with cracked ice.

Apple Sweet Cake.—Two large tart appl**. peel and grate then grate one lemon peel, tqueeze juice and grate the pulp to this add ?ne cup of sugar and one white of egg put ill into a tin cup and cook thoroughly then spread between cakes as jelly cakes.

Baked Apple Dumplings.—Roll thin any lice puff paste and cut into square pieces oare and remove the cores from nice stewing apples and roll an apple in each piece of paste put them into a bakicg dishj brush them with the white of an egg beaten stiff and sugar over them bake about three-quar-ters of an hour.—Food, Home and Garden.

Watch and 1'urne Combined. It is a lamentable fact that but oue woman in ten can reach her pocket to put her purse in it. Sometimes it is deposited.in the seat of the car sometimes it is left on tha counter of a shop again, it ia ao carefully put away at home that several weeks are devoted to its search, and it is at last discovered in one of Charley's coats that he has put away to goto the cleaner's.

Where do you keep your watch? Hanging at the side, forgotten at home, or tucked in some mysterious way in the bosom of your frock just so you can't get at it without un buttoning the bodice and causing a blush to come upon the face

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Be wise in your generation and make a syndicate, a combine, to look at, and the little watch peeping out from the corner of your purse is a constant reminder to you that time is money. You will clutch your purse with greater vigor when you know it contains your time framed in small diamonds in it. then, too, you will tibt be likely to let it go, as you will want every woman who has not got the combination toaeo how lucky you ore.—New York Sun.

Eradicating Flesh Worms.

A German lady states that feFtwc years she was tortured by flesh worms, and. finally eradicated them by the following method (diet, exercise and sleep, of coursfe, being first considered): Twice a week she took a Russian bath, using the cold shower after ward, and invariably taking an hour's nap, rolled in blankets, afterward. She then used at night on the affected parts of the face a wash of borax and water. As her nose was chusflj affected sh® rubbed it smartly with a piece of crash toweling, after which, very lightly but thoroughly, she rubbed in- a little olive oil. Twice a day die applied a weak lotion of sulphate of sine. This, with general care of her health, entirely eradiicated the "flesh worms" and restored her skin to its former condition of smooth fairness. Glycerine must not be used where this difficulty exist*. The use of the flesh brush on ihe body is an admirable "tonic," so to speak, for the complexion, and well managed gymnastic or dumb bell exorcise is also beneficial.—Philadelphia Record.

Women In Mexico.

The seclusion of the women is carried to an extreme in Mexico. Before a girl is married if she is ever detected in the heinous crime of talking to a horrid man, without some rent tive or member of the family being present, her reputation' receives a shock hard to recover from. When the girl goes to a dance or party she is always accompanied by her mother or one of the family. When she is invited to dance the invitation is always made standing, the young man not daring to sit down by her. When the walU is over she is hurried to her seat, slammed into it like a buudle of rags, and with a whirl the young man turns his back upon ho* and is gone. The consequence of all this is that girl of the middle class who is obliged to work for her living, and one who cannot afford to hire a servant to follow In her footsteps at every turn, cannot walk the streets of Mexico without being insulted.—Cor. Kan sas Citv Times.

Soap Babbles That Will Last. To make soap bubbles that will last for sever*! hours is easy enough if tbe following liquid be lined:

Dissolve one part by weight of Maar llea a^ap. cut into thin s?'~*n, in forty paru of distilled water, and Itit- r. Call the filtered liquid A, and mix two parte of pure glycerine with one part of thr* soln^no A, in a temperature of 66 degs. 1 a ren1 and, after shaking them together long ami violently, leave them to rest for same days. A 'ior liquid will settle, with a tarbid one u! va The lower to be sacked out from beneath the upper with a siphon, taking tbe utmost oar* not to carry down any of the latter to mix with the clear fluid.

A babble blown with this wQI last for several hours, even in the opsin air. Or the mixed Hqnid, after «*in4tng twenty-four boor*, may ha filtered.—Qoldeo Days.

Whm Woiea AvoM Mts.

In Holland a lady is expected to retire preti itely if she should enter a store or rsats mt where men are congregated. &k» wait* unul they have transacted their host aep ax^d d. I. Ladies seldom rise ia Spain to rec •. nale visitor, and ther rara ly accompany him to the door. Af.-.isman .iosar T.sr ti ake a 8paalsh lady's hand.

Phi-a—rJiia i^cord.

Aa BJUWOSBI Seaao*.

"Why didn't yoo marry X0®1* has good looks, wealth aad evsvytiafetg

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THE OWNER.

Who owns yon Adds, ao f!slr and wide* DoeaJhe who gave Ma^rold to win them, T«t ne'er, with viskm mpt, hath spied

The stretch of lovely landscape In them*.,

Kay, nay: his are by law. indeed. The green expanse, the reach of river Bat he who by nature's form can read

Doth truly have and hold forever.

The laieeteas work

Yet lose each sunset's silent blessing. Ss Ah, there are rich that are most poor.

There was a look in the woman's eyes, however, that did not make the matter seem so strange after all.—San Francisoo Examiner. '•__ "ptjtf't

llBernhardt'.

iERRE FTAT7TE SATURDAY EVENING MAIL

art divine,

The painter's or the sculptor's dofftg. Which thoa dost gare upon, is thine S if thou canst fed its charms while viewing.

The nrmnrleffl soul a world might claim Without one rydlant rose possessing Its own the universe might name.

Anrf poor there are worth countless treasure What wealth alone can ne'er secure la his whom beauty thrills with pleasure. —Tick's Magasfaifr

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JOHN C. HEENAN.

Sara Stevens Tells the Story of Hear Courtship with the Prise Fighter. The other afternoon a reporter found, at her rooms on Market street, the widow of John C. Heenan. She is knowu as Mrs. Sara Stevens, having resumed her maiden name while playing in the Grismer-Davis company, with which combination she has been traveling.

What approached on the subject of her marriage with Mr. Heenan, she said: "I was a mere girl, playing at Laura Keene's Theatre in New York, when I was told that Mr. Heenaivcame often to the theatre to see me on the stage. The idea seemed ridiculous, as I was so slight and mnall, and not playing parts where I showed to much advantage. One night he occupied a lox, and the papers were publishing his challenge to the world. "I disliked everything connected with the ring, and thought that all those people ought to be iu the war where there was real fighting. 1 told the manager I was going to get off a joke at Heenan's expense, and he forbade me, as he said Heenan was a good patron of the place, and people often caine to see him in the audience. I couldn't help doing it, however, and was able to do so without changing a word in ray part. When I came to the line which read 'All able-bodied men ought to f?ght for their country,' I rendered it this way: 'All able-bodied tfieh ought to fight—then turning to Heenan's box, and walking over toward it, I continued in a louder tone—for their country.' "The effect was instantaneous on the audience, and a great shout went up and goneral handclapping. Heonan put his hand to his face and burst out laughing, and when the audience ceased to applaud he clapped his hands approvingly and this started another outburst, and even the manager, who threatened to discharge me if I guyed Heenan, I saw laughing behind the scenes. It was a play called 'The Seven Sisters,' a burlesque. "Naxt day a lady in the company, whose husband knew Heenan, told me that Heenan desired an introduction, I declined, ar. I had a horror of fighters, but the request was renewed, and 1 sent back that when he gave up gambling and prise fighting 1 would be glad to meet him. I supposed nothing Would come' of this, but next day I received a marked copy of Wilkes' Spirit of the Times, in which the announcement was made that Heenan had -withdrawn his challenge to the world, and bad also sold out his interest in a gambling saloon in Now York. "I was quite astonished, and being yet a girl, was Also pleased, for it flattered my vanity that while the whole country was wondering why Heenan had withdrawn bii challenge to the world I alone knew tlie real cause. Hfc was presented to me that afterjnoon, and I was surprised to meet a man so gentle and manly, and after admiring him a week or two I fell hopelessly in love and secretly married him, for my parents opposed tbe match. An odd selection this giant made for a wife—I only weighed 110 pounds at the time. It seemed queer that he should have ever admired me."

Tomb.

A curious fact about Sarah Bernhardt'is that she has caused a most sumptuous tomb to be prepared in Fere la Chaise for her own 'obsequies. It is all in white marble, with the one word, "Bernhardt," inscribed above the portal. Within there is space for a single coffin only. The great actress desires to be alone after de^.th, as she has been unapproachatte in her genius during her life. Every ye*ir on her birthday she visits this tomb and lays upon it a wreath of immortelles. Some one asked her why she did so. "Because,11' she said, "I would like to have my gi?ve decorated with flowers after my death, and perhaps if I accustom people t» see it so adorned they will*follow my exampie and keep up the custom when I am no more.1' Is there not something piteous in this clinging of the most famous acfresB of her generation to the fleeting memories of those sht» will leave behind her!—Philadelphia Press.

He Conld Tell »em ICvery Time. "How do I tell a newly married cotipleP repeated a Capitol guide "why, easy enough. There's ofte over there now," and he pointed to a rather gaudily dressed pair who were strolling about tho rotunda and casting wist ful glances into each other's eyes. "You see, there is all the difference in the world be tween pooplo who come here to pot in a few odd hours of their honeymoon and flnn who are really interested in tbe sights about the CapitoL Those people over there don't care a continental about the statuary or anything else but themselves for that matter. You take then: .t*ound and point ont the most interesting I'l'jecfe about tha building,and they will gan on them in a mechanical manner for a mouiei:' two, and then return to the pleasing past inioof admiring eachother. But then it is only nature, and we have no right to complain as long a* they pay for their time."—^Washington Post

Mrs. Williamson has aa article in the English maeasine, Work and Leisure, on "The Bestk^neas of tbe Day," in which she shows how great are the changes which have come over tbe spirit of the ooantry daring the last fifty years, nan* of which are pw?feef« more remarkable tihan tl»t which has come to pass in the paritkn of women. Bat at tha same tine with this great change there has arisen a spirit of rf ttkssMieM, of feverish desire to be always doing something, which Mm Williamson considers most he guarded against, far those who have valuable work to do, to do well matt have aa equally valuable rest of spirit, and their energies aouat not betrfttemd away by the numberless little exaction* of modern life. ...

Mrs. Rose Vertner Jeffrey, t£a charming Kentucky poetess, is on* at the most CM* dotting women of the ftawms Blue Onus ngiaa Her homers at Lsxington, the gard«a spot **r% stetrw Poetry has been ta hsr tbe amawoMnt cf nsr Isisurs hour*—tl few boon wfefch tha auras of k| buiui) aad the dntifs at aooMy aBcnr to deiote to lUsrary puisutia.

DON'T BE DULL OR STUPID.

EVERY WOMAN SHOULD HAVE SOME KIND OF OCCUPATION.

All Women Mtay Be Attractive and Noble, bat They Mast Beeome So Throagk Their Own Bttbrto—Beware of A^ssinte Idl*aess—There Are Three Courses Open.

Some writer, a woman presumably, advises other women not to be "mopes." Webster's definition of this word is "a dull, stupid pergon,"and in view of this fact it would almost seem that such advice is unnecessary to most women. It may reasonably be supposed that oo woman wants to be considered dull or stupid. To be sure, we cannot all be brilliant geniuses, but there is no occasion for being thoroughly uninteresting. We all know women who are inclined to mope,, but why do they do it? In ninety-nine cases out ot a hundred. I believe, it is because they do not know what to do with themselves.

WOMAN'S NATURAL CAPJ CITT The average woman is not stupid—far from it—but. she allows herself to become so for want of a healthy occupation for mind and body. And this is the fault of her education and training. She has no special fqgfo for any particular study or employment, and so after her school days are over she settles down to mope. She is not very strong perhaps, and she has not sufficient money to undertake various things that she would like to undertake and so she folds her hands, shuts her eyes and bar mind to the beauties of life and mopes.

And when she has reached this point she takes to nove^reading the lighter the fiction the more suitable it is to her frame of mind. And every one knows tl\e prevailing tone of the light novels of today. Not only girls, but many young married women lead such ntmlpBK lives. The tnind becomes deteriorated and frivolous from gossip the tongue 'leads to scandal, and the best years of a woman's life are" frittered away in doing nothing and learning nothing.

It is not necessary to be priggish, nor to have a hobby. These things are rather proofs of an uncultivated and narrow mind. And begin now. Do not wait for something to turn up. I have little patience with those who take for their motto the French line that "Everything comes to him who knows bow to wait." It is not true everything comes only to those who know how to go and get it. Every woman has within her the making of an attractive and noble person, but she must help in the making she can never become noble and attractive by moping. The present is the only future that we know, and we must utilize it to the utmost before it becomes the past.

Aud I do not mean that only plain women should cultivate their mind a handsome woman usually, has as much ititelleet as a plain one, and it requires quite as much cultivation. Who has not met elderly women who could talk of nothing but this or that one who died last week, or who is to be married nsxt week I Events of importance in the lives of those immediate!}*'concerned but so many persons marry and die every day that unless we knorc them personally their marriages and deaths have not the slightest interest for us. It would be well for such persons had they learned to play-whist iu their youth, so that in their old age tlioy might have an occupation that would endear them to some one, and yet compel theffi to be silent.

DON'T HOARD YOUR ENERGIES. If you have no taste for music, do not torture the piano and the ears of your relatives and friends let music alone. If you have no tasWfor painting, do not make hideous daubs and call them pictures, and if you have no eye for color, let fancy work alone, unless it be of a kind that is colorless. .And if you feel the need of occupation, which you ought to feel, find out what you can do and do it with all yriur might. You need nob putyOur wares in the market. You need not take a position as typewriter, clerk or saleswoman, and so keep some other poor woman from earning an honest living, unless you need the money as much as she does. There are. other ways of occupying one's self, and a woman who really wants an earnest occupation will find one it may be an occupation that gives pleasure to herself only, or- it may be one that will benefit others it will depend upon the woman, but whichever it is, she will be happier and nobler for oocupation.

Our stores of energy are given us for some purpose they are not to be hoarded forever, but carefully expended on worthy objects, and the object to be selected lies, with ourselves.

Many women find their happiness in husband and children, and many others in tfa home of their childhodd, or in making a home for themselves. Others expend tbeir energies in professions, for which tbey have prepared thenwelve^ fliiiice they were- children, having shown a decided taste for some one thing that their parents hfcUT fihd good-Sense to cultivate.

It is not to these women I-speak,-but to the larger class of girls who have not had this special education. Doubtless every woman expects her daughter to 'marry, and marry well, between the aiges of 18 and 22. Some girtt fulfill these expectations and some do not The girl who does not, after the novelty of freedom from school duties and the excitement of society have worn off, longs for some steady occupation that shall employ her mtndt and titne. If she has no one to advise hernWhen she hatt reached tibia period, die is to be pitied. It is a turning point in her life, where she makes a choice for good or for evil. There are three courses open to her: the excitement of society, the taking up some serious work or the inactivity of moping. Many women have siat- the energy for either of the two first, so tbey sink into the moping habit, only to be roused some years later to regret misspent Itoors and wasted etoergka

Which of the three alternatives will yoc choose?—Miss Palfrey in New York Star.

Vadnstl? of Welsh WonleB.

Among the mountains in Wales the hat most in vogue is made of a strong, coarse straw, with a very huge, rather shallow crown, aad narrow brim, which is the most convenient shape for carrying loads. On the top of the head is placed the "torch,11 a kind of pad made out of a stocking staffed with wooL Over this tbe bat is fastened, aad it is a usual tiring for tbe women to walk five or six miles to the nearest town, buy their groceries or other necessaries, and carry them home on their beads, walking up and down the rough mountain paths with a baby tied to their backs, while their hands never cease the knitting, without whkfc no true Welsh woman is ever perfectly happy.—London Queen.,

A Oanrsesful Woassn Uwj«r. Tbe&asta Social Science club of Kansas tuunber* over 400 women as .members. Tits president Is tbe assistant attorney general of tbe state -Mrs. J. M. KeUcgg. Xre. Ketiogg wm her husband^ former law partner, and the frit woman admitted to tbe bar in KanJML

Whoa her husband was elected attorney general, he selected his wife as aMistant, or chief clerk, and she is amply qualified to fill the position to which she has been appointed. She is a quiet, self possessed lady or perhaps fS years of ago, reddish brown hair, and lane, handsome, speaking, dark eyes, and rmrf ner manner.—Wort spy. ...

Pins and Needles.

Co&ings that have been smoked with a kerosene lamp should be washed off with soda *-*ater. "Frightened mouse color" is the latm* fashionable shade. It is probably a little 1 «ler than the ordinary mouse color.

Lemon- juice is a good thing for removing -an. ft is also 'excellent for tal.lng stains from tbe hands, and applied to tip* hands at •ught will keep them soft and white.

English shopkeepers are complaining that American shoppers tune exceedingly troublesome. They say tho Americans turn over everything in the "store," "taking care to .-emind you every now and ^again that they teaily don't mean to buy now." One shopkeeper, whose business is not far from Bond street, refuses to take American orders, "i his is unfortunate—for the shopkeeper.

Make all kitchen aprons of seersucker, and so av jid quite an item in the weekly ironing, as it requires none. If work dresses are made of the same goods they need Ironing ouly when lined.

Housekeepers generally will be glad that iron bedsteads are in high fashion. They are light, dainty, painted in pretty colors, trimmed with brass, and are most easily kept clean. A wonderfully pretty iron and brass has no footboard at all, this being a revival of an old European design of several oentarieeago.

In Italy women are bricklayers and hodcarriers. Ou all buildings in process of erection women are employed. They carry all loads on their heads and work barefooted. Their wages ore one lire (twenty cents) a day. In Germany all milk giviug animals, from a woman to a goat, aro made to work in the fields.

In the high art circles where the love of the beautiful reigns supreme it is considered the best taste to have table linen and bed linen hi all white without any hint of color, and all monograms worked in white silk floss. Her. tned towels are also for art reasons prefers to those with fringed borders.

The beautiful embroideries on musliu wl* cotton by the East Indian and Canadia. women are well known, says The Dry Goods Chronicle. The embroidery practiced by the latter is curious enough they work with their own hair as well as that of animals, with which they make splendid representations of flowers, foliages, etc. They also insert the skins of eels, serpents, banshee9, mermaids, and other outlandish kinds of fish, v* v,

When She's Engaged. ...

Have you ever noticed what a difference there is in a girl's manner when she gets engaged to be mar lied I writes one of the fair correspondents. She flirts as much as ever, of course, and even a little more, for it seems as though a semi-appropriated damsel has more charms for the male fiirts than those whose hearts have not capitulated. The difference lies in the manner to other girls of tho engaged oue. Even the gentlest and nicest assume slight airs of superiority, as though the problem of settlement in life having been settled for them tbey were cow competent to guide and advise all other young women.

If tho fiance be young and handsome, they are generally too much absorbed ia him to pay much attention to any one else but if he be middle aged and very rioh they find abundance of leisure to place at the disposal of their friends, This they employ principally in discussing their own prospects, settling what color their liveries shall be and in arranging the various details of their establishment. But a little egotism is pardonable at such a titne, and '.hey are seldom so wholly occupied with theiv own concerns as to forget to quietly patronize their girl friends. "You must marry well, Luoy. You shall come and itay with me, and we will see what can be done." Or, "Mary, you must give up young Browne. He will not be able to give vou a carriage for years and years, if ever. I shall have dark, tan colored liveries, picked out with crimson, etc."—Philadelphia Press. ".v-- ^1

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Hair Dressing.

It is bad for a woman to soak her hair ir water in her daily bath, and yet she may do it with impunity and even with benefit if shu pursues the proper after treatment Thu daily wetting of the hair of the head favorn parasitic growths on the hair, and unless tbn hair is well dried before is coiled up it will become sour, much to its injury, aud give an offensive odor. The hair may be wet daily with impunity, provided after it is wiped as dry as possible it is soaked with alcohol and briskly rubbed with the hands. The alcohol stops the parasitic growth, and in evaporating carries off the last of the water, thus preventing all tendency to sourness and enabling the hair to be put up promptly.

The disease of the scalp which produces dandruff eventually produces baldness and frequently quickly. Persons who want to preserve their fine heads of hair have to give them the same good attention they give other valuable possessions. If there is much dan druff tbe bead should have a thorough drear ing twice a week. A dressing should coin mence with the careful use of a wnall tooth comb until all dandruff in sight is removed. This should be followed with a thorough washing with warm water and white castile soap. Every portion of tbe scalp should be well rubbed and afterwards every trace of the soap should be washed away with moderately warm water. Hall's Journal of

~4 Woman's Literature*.

According to a writer from London to Tbe Book Buyer, what is called ladies' literature is becoming the most lucrative of journalistic speculations. Some of the proprietors of ladle*' newspapers have made large fortunes. speaks well for the fair wx. If, as is occasionally asserted by pessimistic observers, their favorite literature is tbe worthless novel, how can tbey find time Jo read the closely filled column* of the N*Y ladies' j. .:imab that arc published beri uud fc Esj.: .iid? If magazines devot' to tbs care of -hr.tmr^niid eblldrea ©«ntl. n* to succeed and to increase in number, it *a/e to say that the worthies* .novel is not doing much harm.—PitUburg Bulletin. )f.

Processed Cook.

The latest anecdote about the incompetence of tbe professed cook is tbot a co- recently engaged, with a number of testi'i^wW* °f efficiency, was told by bar mistr the day after her arrival to boil half a dosen eggs for breakfast. "And here," said tbe mistress, as she left tbe kitchen, "is the sand glass, which bus altvn v* btea used tor boiling eggs in this boose. A quarter of an hour later tb® mistress, cLnndfig to enter tbe kitchen, mw Ota six esks boiling away awrrily in tbe tin gad the sand glass bobbing about in tbe middle of them as merrily as could be. —Exrban ge.

ON ffwsi'i Work-6_

Mrs. M. L. Jones, ot Winslow, Ha., from September, 1868, to May, 18»* spon aad doubted and, twisted her yarn and knit seventy pairs of double mittens, that sold for fifty cants a pair made six braided and booked ruga, some vary largo, and has made an :'ornirrjo:-tol cottage, ISxliS .n tbe walls ot war*, are corned tmUdmijr with sen sheik, th roof with granite, a graattl f«ee and walk around It, a pond of water ia saeh corner of tbe yard, a marble walk from tbe pis to tbe bouse imd a marble door ftepL—WatarviOs Mail.

Nov. 80, 1889.

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THE SUNBEAMS.

"Haw what shall I send to the Earth today?** __1 Bald the great rsnad golden Sun. -Oh! let as go down there to work and pUy."

Safcl the Sunbeams, every oaa. So down to the Earth In a shining crowd, Went tbe merry, busy crew: Tbey palmed with splendor each floating elotM

And the cky as they passed through. **8hiae on, little stars. If you like," tbsy cried, "We will weave a golden screen That sooo all your twinkling and light shall hide though tho Moon may peep between."

The Sunbeams then in through the windows crept: To the children in their beds— Tbey poked at the eyelids of those who slept,

Gilded all tbg little he^da "Wake up, Utile children!" they cried in glee. •*Aj»d roar Dreamland come away I We've brought you a present, wake up and see!

We have brought a sunny day!" ss —Kmilie Poulsson in Tbe SJndergarten.

^OUR LOST GIRLS.

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A Mother Sadly Regret* That She Cannot Have the Training of Her Daughter. There has been no mysterious disappearance, neither have they wandered from tho path of rectitude they flit in and out of our homes, these bright, sweet, good girls, but we have nearly lost them, and the sense of loss increase# every day. When ti»*y nestled in our artris, and we cared for them so tenderly during the years of helpless infancy and development from babyhood iuto young girlhood, we thought we could keep them till that, far off time when they should leave home to seek educational advantages or anter upon the world's work.

But, alas! just as our daughters are entering their teens, or before, we discover that we have lost them. Whcro have they gonef V.\ our eyes, partly to brush away tho tears .uvl partly to convince ourselves that wear it dreaming. It is a fact that tho aver rl is restless.unless she can visit or recai sits from some young lady friend rr.-jst if the tima The result is that the household tasks, if she is so fortunate as to have any, are hurried through with unseemly haste, to the eud that she may leavo home as soon as possible. The presence of other girls during these task* only adds to the haste and carelessness of their performance, leaving very little opportunity for quiet attention to homed aties.

A mother said to me not long since: "Oh, if I could only have my daughter to myself a part of the time I I have no opportunity for quietly training her or cultivating her com-" panionuhip."

Every judicious mother may be able to do for her daughters before they are fifteen what can never be done for them after that age. Sympathetic companionship little seeds of counsel, dropped wisely hero aiid there a knowledge ot what the girls are thinking about and what they are interested in a wise ignoring of some girlish follies—all these are needed, but cannot be secured unless tho girls spend considerable time at home, in tbe society of their own family circle. Our homis should not lie simply boarding houses where our children eat and sleep, but dwelling places where they are to spend most of their time out of Bchool hours.

Of course, girls should be allowed to enjoy much freedom of outdoor life, which is essential to health as well as happiness. Tb«y should be permitted to cultivate, within suitable limits, friendships with each other that often deepen and broaden into a lifelong blesaing. Staying at home as a rule, and visiting as an exception, will not ipterfere with these social advantages.

Tho habit of being able to enjoy one's own society occasionally is a valuable one a perfon who cannot do this will always, carry a restless spirit, thereby losing that quiet strength of character which every W6man is sure to need in the varied experiences that make up her life. "What is a mother fort" was asked of one who fhmnk a little from the labor and anxiety of training a half grown daughter. Perhaps if all mothers would ask themselves this question, their mission and duty would be more clearly defined iu tbeir own minds. Tbe years speed by so rapidly that we cannot afford to lose our dear girls befof-e we must and tbey cannot afford to lose a mother's companionship and training during the critical years of early girlhood.—Mrs. J. G. Fraser in Congregationalist.

Balslng Canaries.

I read tbe letter from N. A. S., iu whiuh she asks for information in regard to raising canaries, lbave raised about forty young birds this year, and do not consider it so very difficult, though, like a great many other things, it requires constant oorei The two great points are cleanliness and plenty of good nourishing food and a variety. Birds ore like people in that tbey require change in their food, and yet some people will give their birds seed and water only, until the poor little prisoner actually dies of starvation. I give mine good light bread Boaked in milk, ripe apples, hard boiled eggs, cold potatoes, and almost everything that I eat myself, with the exception of salty and greasy food, and I hardly ever give them anything sweet, unless it be sweet apples. I feed hemp. 1 frhinfc it is indispensable for birds. 1 never feed the mixed feed kept in stores to my birds. My birds are healthy, hearty and happy, and I hardly ever have one die.—M. R. O. in Springfield Homestead.

Souse FIIm.

Pyre thrum powder, when it can be obtained fresh and pure (which is rather difficult, by the way), serves an excellent purpose in getting rid of flies from tho house. It thrill! be blown about a closed room with powder bellows or thrown about with tbe hand, and tbe flies will soon "take sick" and die. The yellow dust which the powder makes on the furniture can easily be brushed off and that on tbe carpet can be swept up. If used in moderation (and a very large quantity at once is un»" ^ry) nddangur need be apprehended from itvand it is one of th mirest melius known of getting rid of th *hen once they have swarmed into the house. Fly papers area nuisance. Camphor gum burned ou a stove or volatilized over a lamp is recommended as an excel lent means of driving my both fhe« and mosquitoes.—Good HoaseW™* ,,

Pteply Spots.

Spirits of camphor (spirit*) a$p'i 1 to any red or piinpiv (.pott excellea'C if not used too often, will generally remove anyrednsos of tbi is* if applied at night. Half Irmspontifnl of salt ot tartar tolhree-quartsrs cf a pint of distilled water makss good lotion to apply after bathing tb# in tepid water or after using soap. Wh« tbe pimply spots ore very large and d, Irrite it la advisable to press them ou the fingers aai immediately bathe the spot with hot w« and water, using for a tow days a lotion of week bichloride of mercury.— Exchange. £?. SfaUMV'e

Yon may t^'tar tbe awee'-:-?. stnn of melody that wind ever wafted frc* Switzerland's **oic Alps, and unite It wj tbe softest not of sunny Italy fa me charming, soul inspiring svtripboay, and let it steal gset!y upon tb* soni, and i* doea »»t so aroaas tbe fesltagi as the famfliar rotoe ,«£ mother.—T. & Weaver.

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