Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 22, Number 41, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 2 April 1892 — Page 2

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WOMAN AND HOME.

HE MOTHER INSTINCT WHICH MAKES A US WANT TO HELP OTHERS.

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^wisiflLn Opinion on Ccrscts—Oreu ana Kxpres* «ion—-Family Anniversaries—The Moss Attractive Age—Household Tool Chest.

AH About a "-Perfect Lady."

The desire to do something for other "people is the loveliest and the most hard to satisfy that inspires any of us. It be--gins almost with our life the very babies ehow it In innumerable little ways as soon «s they can toddle, and the last plaint of helpless old age is that there is nothing for $hem to do for others all must be done

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them. Women, except in very ex--oeptional cases, strain every nerve and wear themselves to the bone doing for -others, and feel utterly overcome and positively uncomfortable when a little of the same effort is made for them, and even the most self absorbed person living feels sense of truly well deserved self congratulation when she has done a favor for some one. It is true that the impulse often •springs from a wish to make ourselves important and necessary to certain people, but no matter what the motive when the aresults are good.

It is a great thing to know when to stop -doing and ask to be done for. It is such a -graceful act to ask a favor now and then, and believe me, nothing makes a woman more unlovely than to arrogate to herself all the power and wish to do foreven those «he loves most. Way down in everybody's Jieart there is a bit of the mother or animal 'instinct to do for others, and it is the most dBweetening and mellowing thing inhuman nature. It can only be developed by exer--cise, and the opportunity for exercising it •can be offered or presented by every one of us. And if we actively decline or passively Xail to encourage the offers of sympathy and help—help that comes to us every day of our lives—we are as guilty as if we had. done or left undone something relating to Xhe physical well being. Oh, let us accept •every bit of help that is offered us, no matter how trilling, and accept it gracefully and give thanks for it, and life will be ever so much sweeter and easier for us and -everybody else.—New York Press.

Physician's Opinion About Corsets.

A physician said: "With some women I am told the main object of wearing a corset is that they shall have fine busts, but as a matter of fact corset wearing is accountable for the lack of development that one sees in many young women of the day. Were they to throw away their corsets they would And that in a short timo the longed for development would come, and unless they were uncommonly lean or in jpoor health they would not have so very Jong to wait either. In all the photographs of wild women that one sees, whether they are Sioux, Sumatrans or South Sea Islanders, one observes that a lack of bust development is the exception and not the rule. Nature is nature every time, and natural woman is healthy wom--an under ordinary circumstances and conditions. I may state that it is not always well to bo too precipitate in this matter of •throwing aside the corset. "The best way for a woman to rid herself of corsets is to flrst loosen them up .and wear them that way for a, few weeks. ?This will in itself give her great freedom ,and will prepare her for the greater comfort which she is sure to enjoy later when jahe shall have Anally cast off her tightly /buckled shield and made of herself a wholtly free woman. Then let the strings be let out still further and further, until the ribs of the corset give actually no support to the back, when they may be discarded. 2JU this particular, you will see, there is no .exception to the rule that radical and ex-, tteme measures suddenly applied often resuult disastrously. It is bettor to take the ORiform in hand with a determination not cto pursue it too hastily. "Yes, I have no objection to what are leuown as 'waists.' They are all well •enough, if the women must wear something to keep them in shape, as they call .it. There is a great deal of difference •between the reeds and bamboos in the •waists' and the steel and whalebone of the .corsets. Compared with the corsets they .sure, indeed, quite harmless."—San Fran•dsco Chronicle.

Dross and Kxprossion.

To say that one's dress should be, in a rsenso, the expression of its wearer's individuality is to utter a commonplace. The aiiost abject follower of the changing modes, she who dreads nothing under the sun as she dreads the imputation of being out of the fashiou, unconsciously and of nccossity impart* something of herself— her innate grace or her natural awkwardness— to the garb she assumes. Not every woman Is born to wear clothes in queenly style. There are those who hitch and sway «ad joggle and are loose jointed and clumsy though they walk in silk attire, while there are others who look distinguished in .a cheap priut and lend au air to the simplest raiment.

The most fittingly adorned, the most -royally splendid woman in carriage and mien, whom the writer ever saw was an octoroon nearly six feet in height and of goodly breadth of shoulder and depth of bosom. Day by day her turbaned head towered above the throng as, in a southern town, she took her way to market in the «ariy morning for gossip and for household errands, her step free and swinging, iter poise charming, her gait unolike, her •boaring erect, a woman of presence, though t*if her life she had been a slave, and "though she was a servant still. To her gingham gown and her folded kerchief, Yashti imparted an expression of dignity Jbard to define, but easy to interpret.—Harpor's Baxar.

JRetnetuber the Family Anniversaries. Aa a people we pay far too little attention to birthdays and other family anniversaries. Too much cannot be done to make homo attractive, so that our boys \juad girls will prefer it to all other places. "This has been the nicest day I ever fkuew," said a boy to his mother one evening. "The birds have all been single*, ,«nd the sun has shone every minute, and .everything has been so lovely, just for your birthday, mamma, and I am so gladt" and .be emphasised his gladness with a hearty ,hug and kiss. For weeks the boy had been footing forward to this day, planning aad ~l making »little birthday gift as a surprise, frnd when the time came his whole mind vwas given to making his mother happy. "But. It1* «o much tremble to celebrate

I birthday*," complain some mothers, "and large families they come so often." Yes, It Is some trouble, but how can we

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our .children contented and happy at ,bome without taking trouble? And ao J»motfcer regrets the trouble when aha see* "^3 her children regarding their home aa the

Ts«arr best place in the whole world. Tiy to ^Slebrat* the birthdaysooejtar, amUteif does not "pay" in the enjoyment of the whole family. Let no one be forgotten,

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from father to baby, and try to havseacn one interested, is all the others, planning, If possible, some little birthday gift. matter how simple or trifling may be, the love and thoughtfulness which go with 't will #nake it precious.—American Agriulturist.

Woman's Most Attractive Age.

The question of woman's most attractive age was recently discussed by an artist, an author and a woman of society. The artist said he did not like to paint the portraits af those between the ages of twenty-five ind forty years. Before twenty-five, the face has an expectancy which charms. It is looking forward with joyous freshness and hope, and it is full of puzzling promises. At forty years the character is formed, and the lines of the countenance are stronger in the painter's study but in intervening years the face has lost its expectancy, is apt to be indifferent, and has no particular interest. The author differed. He liked to study women between the ages of thirty and forty. They had then the experience of the world and the joyousness of youth. In those years they were brightest and most interesting.^

The society woman thought that it was impossible to give general answers to the question, as individual women differ in

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to the most attractive age. Some are most charming at sixty years, while

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have passed their prime at twenty. At thirty or upward the best nature of a woman will show to every advantage, but probably the balance of opinion turns in favor of eighteen to twenty-five. Taking everything into consideration the best answer would be that women are always interesting to the friends who love them.— Young Ladies' Bazar.

The Household Tool Chest. .-k.-I

A great many housekeepers seem to think that there -is no need of keeping a aouse tool chest in order, and are quite likely to pick up such implements at bargain counters or in any shop when they happen to need them. Any intelligent person, -with but slight mechanical genius, if possessed of the proper kind of tools, can save considerable expense in small household repairs and avoid also the trouble of sending tor a workman. A screw loose may easily be tightened a disorderly lock may be removed, oiled and replaced, and other small matters of this kind may be attended,to before they become complicated troubles and require the service of a skillful mechanic.

As a matte? of fact, a skilled mechanic usually resents being sent for to attend to small matters. It is very difficult to get a carpenter to do work by the hour. He measures his time by days and disdains to notice fractions of a day, so that it does not pay to send for him until there are enough matters to fill .up a day's time.- This means the neglect of small things, the sufferance of creaking hinges and doors askew, and other minor matters, which must go from bad to worse by waiting, unless some on® in the family is mechanic enough to attend to them.—New York Tribune.

How a "Perfect lady" Acts.

No lady who is rude to her servants, •who gets into rages and abuses them, will ever win the mysterious and difficult title of perfect lady. Again, no lady who is hail fellow well met with her servants, who chaffs them, or who makes friends with them too obviously, can obtain.it. That sort of lady may be liked, may be loved indeed, but she will not be called perfect. "A very pleasant spoken lady," "as good tempered a lady as ever lived," or possibly "a very familiar lady"—a somewhat Malaproprian expression in occasional use—but not "a perfect lady."

A perfect lady means a lady who keeps to her own place—or what is considered to be her place by those who use the words. She is a lady who lets it clearly be seen that she is incapable of doing anything for herself that a servant. can possibly do for her, whether it be putting on coals or tidying a room, who is always somewhat expensively dressed, who keeps perfectly calm and self possessed whatever accidents happen, who is coldly polite to her inferiors, and yet never rude, and who, in fact, treats her household as if they were made of a different clay. This",is the perfect lady. Truly a not very interesting or amiable figure.—London Spectator.

Early Training.

When baby bagins to talk it-is easy to teach him to say "please" and "ta ta" at first, before he can manage the more difficult "thank you." I know a bright baby fifteen months old, who is known to his many friends as a tiny gentleman because of the polite habits his father and mother have taught hinv so gradually that they have almost become second nature. When any one asks, "How do you do, dear?" he answers in the most jovial manner, "How do?" When he wants a thing he begs, "Bease" (please), and murmurs "Tank 'oo" on receiving it. He is very proud of being able to take off his own cap, and when out of doors pulls at it the moment he receives a "good morning" from one of his admirers. These tricks have not been forced upon him, but have been gently and patiently taught him from the first, so gently that the tender mind has not been overstrained.

If, to make a gentleman, one should begin, as some one says, a hundred years before his birth, may not mothers teach their children proper behavior from the first without fear of making them too courteous or too considerate' of others?— Babyhood.

Testing Flour.

Although flour is in daily use in nearly every family in the United States, comparatively few cooks or housekeepers know anything about the quality of different brands of flour, or can tell whether they are using flour of a choice or of an inferior grade.

There are various methods of testing flour, but this is one of the simplest: Take some flour in the left band, add a little water, and with the right forefinger mix a rather stiff dough in the hand*

Let it stand a few minute®, then knead and work In the hand. If the flour is good the dough will become stiffer and drier with working and have an elastic, rubbery feeling.

If it is of inferior quality the dough will become soft and sticky under protracted working.—Chautauquan. f|| ll^SS

Decline of an A«*m plisluaeat. The affectations of pronunciation that many teachers give their pupils, because they are easier to sing, are apt to make elderly people, who still love drawing room music, mortified and unhappy.

It seems a great pity that an accomplishment which had the power of giving ao

nrnch pleasure has lost that power, person whoee drawing room music is «tHl warmly remembered is the Duchess of Manchester.

She had not the beautiful voice of her mother* but she had to perfection tbe art of singing entertainingly. And the foundation of this was her thorough natural-

She had neither freaks of mamwr

The Difference.

Humph I there is something strange about this room. Where are those Sunday papers I had strewn about the floor? Why are my pipes all put together in a box as though they had no right to be anywhere in the room where I left them? Have I not given orders a dozen times that nothing was tobe disturbed Humph! I suppose that I will have to hunt around mow for half an tour to find that collar, button that I lost last night

No, here it is on the bureau in plain sight. It seems to me that there is a strange odor of sachet in the room. WTiat can it be? I have always thrown away every bag of it that was given me. And here is a woman's slipper, a little slipper, and a mighty pretty one, in my room. What does it all mean? Ah, I remember now. I hear her footstep on the stair. I am married.—Brooklyn Life.

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Eggs.

An excellent dish for breakfast is shirred eggs with tomato sauce. Butter some small shirring molds and sprinkle inside some chopped parsley. Break into each a fresh egg and put' a bit of butter on the top with a pinch of salt. Set the molds in a pan of water reaching, nearly to the top of the mold and cook in the oven till the eggs are set. Have ready some round I pieces of toast or fried bread and slip each egg on one, using a knife to loosen the edges. Make a thick tomato sauce, stewing, two or three tomatoes, and adding a teaspoonful of flour rubbed smooth in hot,

melted butter, salt, cayenne pepper. Pour the sauce around the eggs and serve very hot.—Her Point of Yiew in New York Times.

Beware of the Cheap Thimble.

Girls who sew for a living often suffer from soreness in what is sometimes called the thimble finger, and serious infiammation and swelling are often the result. No sewing girl or woman should let herself be tempted by the low price of thimbles, which are composed of lead or something equally injurious. Silver or plated thimbles are very much the best and safest,,and when these are too expensive a good substitute can be found in a highly burnished steel thimble! For practical everyday use this latter kind is the most convenient,' but pewter or lead should never be used, especially by people whose flesh is slow to heal after a scratch or cut.—St. Louis Globe-Democrat. J||

How Trained Nurses Stop Crying

Uncomfortable positions often cause prolonged crying in healthy babies. Their stock of ignorance is exceedingly large. They will lie in a crib in a cramped, even painful position, and cry apparently for ages, and yet not know enough to turn over. It is a standing rule among trained nurses when a child cries in the hospitals to turn him over to his other side, rearrange the bedclothing, pat hita a moment, and it is surprising to see how often the baby drops off again into peaceful slum-ber.-Baby.gg

A Woman Hermit.

Fourteen miles from Brunswick, in Glynn county, lives a woman, Miss Ann Piper, who has spoken to nobody but two women and a little girl in sixteen years. TVfias Piper lives within two miles of a railroad, and can hear the whistle of an engine every time it passes her home, yet she has never seen an engine or ridden on a train in her life. She has been living on the same place sixteen years, and never has been to Brunswick.—Cor. Savannah News.

A Good Washing Fluid.

Dissolve one pound of sal soda and half a pound of lime in five quarts of water, and boil for a few minutes, stirring occasionally. Remove from, the fire and allow it to settle pour off the clear liquid into a stone jar and cork for use. Half a teacupful of this fluid added to a half boiler of boiling water on wash days will save a great deal of labor.—New York Journal.

Woman the Molder of Mankind.

Woman is the mother and the molder of mankind. She is the director of hum&n destiny. Her manifest mission is to bless and brighten our earth and make it a better and more beautiful abode. She has always been the angelic agent of any advancement in this world.—Hall's Journal of Health.

Hove Plenty of Hot Water Bags. We do not sufficiently appreciate hot water bags. The amount of comfort in one of them cannot be known except from actual experience. There should be, if possible, half a dozen bags of various sizes in the sickroom, easy of access and ready for use.—Medical Mirror

Every child should be furnished with a cot or bed to itself, and not be compelled to sleep with an attendant or with other children. If constant attention be required, the mother or nurse can have her own bed placed Just next to that ot the child.

There is no better tonic for a debilitated person, old or young, than plenty of fresh air and sunlight. Weak children should always be kept when possible la sunny rooms and be encouraged to sit or play in the sun. -'J-AL

Hew York baa a woman who has won the title oi society photographer, and she makes a good Income by photographing members of the Four Hundred. She will not tarn her camera toward ordinary mortals.

Cranberry sauce orfruit jelly to be eaten with the meat is placed on thetable before the guesta take their places and removed daring the dinner.

You can clean your brtos kettle withia1 solution of oxalic add in water. Apply with flannel, wash off, and polish with

Silk handkerchiefs and ribbons should be washed In salt and water and ironed wet to obtain the bast results.

Daughter, would you loaf awhile? The breadpaa, molding board, flour, milk, yoast and salt are convenient.

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nor of pronunciation. She would sing in a half aozen languages* and always with that sense of harmony between herself, her song and her surroundings which is essential to enjoyment, and in the face of which criticism and comparison find no p|ace.— New York Evening Sun.

WOMEN OF BOSTON.

ALL OF THEM ARE SMART, MANY CHARMING AND BEAUTIFUL/**

They "Are Very Much Maligned by the Young Poragrkphists of the, Newspaper World—Their Good Qualities Are

Commended to Women «jf Kvery City.

Boston women are much maligned. The popular caricature of the fair Bostonian as a lean, pedantic* spectacled/polysyllabic spinster, who lives on baked beans and brown bread and Schopenhauer, is as malicious a slander as the one which pictures the Chicago girl with her heels on the shore of Lake Michigan and her toes dabbling in the Mississippi.

Boston women are sometimes beautiful, and it i3 the rare beauty that has-a soul radiating from every exquisitely molded line. Boston women are often charming, and when charming they leave nothing to be desired in that indescribable ensemble— a charming woman. Boston women, too, are often intellectual, and when thus endowed they are the most delightful companions of all the brilliant, brainy sisterhood. But when the Boston woman is neither beautiful nor charming nor intellectual—well, everything is superlative in Boston. And if the body be simply the material expression of the mind, how could it be otherwise? for dead levelism in anything there means physical, moral or spiritual death.

.The Secret of a Palatable Breakfast, ^it

"The meat for our breakfast alone costs so much," sighed a novice in the housekeeping line, "but the experienced housewife knows that certain relishes, like thin slices of bacon with cream sauce, or raw potatoes cut in strips and fried in hot fat, a graham gem or light muffin, are usually more acceptable than something heartier. This is where the attention is needed, the lack of which makes the morning meal often an unpalatable one and«little suited to provide fuel to start the day's work."— Brooklyn Eagle,

Every newly fledged paragraphist feels it incumbent upon him to invent a new jest upon the Boston women because they so far exceed the men in numbers, and many of them therefore remain unmarried. We have expected that some new aspirant for fame would yet dub Boston the city of spinsters. Far from this fact being a discredit to the Boston women, it is a" real compliment to them, for, first, a wise and kind Providence has thought it fitting to send a much larger proportion of girl babies to a community which is progressive enough to believe that girls are just as good as boys, and, secondly, because a large proportion of the really intelligent and progressive men of Boston having come west the women are too intelligent and independent to take up with what is left.

Boston indeed is the paradise of tho independent woman. One thing only must she possess—she must be ultra in something. The colorless woman, of which we are unfortunately coming to have an increasing number in tlie west, is an unknqwn quantity in Boston, and Boston women look naturally with mingled curiosity and pity upon this specimen of provincialism.

Every typical Boston woman belongs to a club of some sort, toward which she has gravitated by the force of an idea, for if there is any shrine which is constantly smothered in incense in Boston it is that of anew idea. It is not necessarily a new idea, either, but it must have anew form and anew name, it must bear the stamp of a new mental modiste. For example, there are not a few intelligent Bostonians who are having their horoscopes cast to find out all they have done^in the past and what they will do in the future, and yet these same Bostonians would wither you with a look if you suggested that this is astrology revived under anew name.

The really charming Boston woman has but one weakness, and this weakness is indeed one of her greatest charms. She has such a delightfully naive way of letting you know that she considers everything not Bostonian barbarian. But this reminds you so pleasantly of your Ceesarean, belli-ad-barbaros days that you would gladly have her lose .almost any other pharm save this one delicious weakness.

The Boston society woman is no ordinary type. Caterers and decorators are her aids she is the artist. Her luncheons, teas and elaborate receptions bear the impress of her fertile brain, and they are never copies of Mrs. A.'s or Mrs. B.'s. To be unique, individual, to have her own peculiar genre in the artistic feasts she spreads for her friends is her delight, and her delight is that of a successful artist.

But this society woman, who at 6 or 9 o'clock in the evening appears to have forgotten that there is any other world except this gay, fashionable, butterfly life—who looks so unconsciously charming in her unique costume, which is usually a symphony of her own composing—no doubt if you had seen her this morning at 10 o'clock you would have found her in a simple costume visiting some of the poor families she has taken under her special protection, for the Boston society woman usually has her pet philanthropy.

At least one of these beautiful society women, whose palatial home is strewn with rare curios brought from every part of the habitable globe and whose name is an open sesame to the unattainable in Boston, has under her care at least thirty poor families, many of them those of widows struggling to keep the wolf from the door. Every morning she spends in this charitable work, and you have only to talk with her about them to find that it is a labor of love.

A week in the home of this beautiful society woman teaches you that the fashion* able woman may be the woman of rich, rare sympathies that the richly appareled woman of the drawing room may have a heart large enough to shelter and comfort all the tired, discouraged, desolate woman hearts she finds struggling alone. And yet we are inclined to think that even for Boston this woman is an unusual type of the society woman—one who takes into her home a poor orphan girl working in a corset factory and giveq her all the advantages of an elegant, refined home, while she persists in courageously and bravely earning her own living. This is a new and rare kind of philanthropy, and it is the philanthropy of a Boston society woman, whose name is as familiar on Commonwealth avenue as Mrs. Potter Palmer'son Drexel boulevard.—Chicago Tribune.

The Princess and the Minstrel. When Queen Victoria was a child she longed for companions of her own age, and a delightful anecdote is related in illustration of this.

As the youthful princess took great delight in music, her mother sent for a noted child performer of tibeday called Lyra, to amuse her with her remarkable performances OQ the harp.

On one occasion, while the young musician was playing one of her favorite aim, (be Duchess ot Kent, perceiving how deeply her daughter's attention was engrossed with the music, left the room for a few moments.

Whai site returned ate found the harp deserted. The heiress of England had beguiled the juvenile minstrel from her instrument by the display of her toys, and the children were discovered seated ride by side outhe heartb rng in a state of high gijcpie^, surrounded by the princes^ alaythings, from which she was making the most liberal selectkms for the accept» sites of poor little Lyra.—Youth's Con*

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NOBODY KNOWS BUT MOTHER.

Nobody knows of the work it makes To keep the homo together. Nobody knows of the steps it takes,

Nobody knows—but mother. Nobody listens to childish woes, Which kisses only smother Nobody's pained by naughty blows,,

Nobody—only mother.

Nobody knows of the sleepless care Bestowed on baby brother

Nobody knows of the tender prayer, "y^Jfobody—only mother.

Nobody knows of tho lossoas taught Of loving one another Nobody knows of the patience sought,

Nobody—only mother.

Nobody knows—but mother.

Nobody kneels at the thrtrae above To thank the Heavenly Father For that sweetest gift—a mother's love, "Nobody can—but mother. —Fireside.

W HOME CRLLSCS.

Vaslts of Which Many a Carefully Beared ^Esthetic Girl Is Guilty.

"Lily Martin's room is a perfect bower," a girl friend declares enthusiastically. "The window shelves are filled with flowers in' flowerpots -that she has decorated herself and there is an embroidered coverlet on her bed, and painted tiles in her fireplace, and she has done a motto from Shakespeare in Kensington stitch on the curtain to her bookcase, and another on her mantel draperies. "She has the portraits of all her intimate friends hung on the walls in painted frames, and a painted text above her bed and plaques and pictures and sketches almost covering the walls. "And there is a special shelf where she always keeps candy or vanilla wafers or something of that sort ready to treat the girls, set out in such dainty china that it's as much a delight to see as to taste. "Lily always asks the girls up into her own room it's so much 'cozier and prettier than the parlor and the sitting room is sure to have half a dozen of the younger Martins in it playing and chattering, and generally Mrs. Martin is mending stockings there besides. "Lily stays up stairs a great deal she says she likes tobe among her own belongings, where everything is orderly and dainty and just the way she wants it. I'm sure I can't wonder. All the rest of the house is entirely commonplace and inartistic, and Lily's taste is so exquisite and her artistic sensibilities are so acute."

Lily Martin is one of tho many. It is natural for a young girl to wish her own particular part of the house to be as dainty and pleasing as she can make it. Tho prettier it is the better, and the more fully its little appointments and adornments express her personality, the more interesting it will be. But if the daughter of the house has taste and skill, surely the whole house should benefit thereby. If her sense of artistic harmony is really acute and correct, she will perceive this, and will not desire to shut herself up in the single beautiful comer of an unbeautiful home.

Neither is it a fair division of labor that the daughter's fingers should bo busied with paint brushes and embroidery silks alone, while her mother's handlo boot thread, basting spools and darning needles. She should do her share of the disagreeable tasks. But often the mother would honestly prefer to assume the larger portion of such work, which habit has made easy to her, if the artistic daughter would but devote her, talent tp beautifying the house. Vs* "fC' "I can buy my daughter's work at a fair," said a lady recently, "and I often admire it in the houses'of her friends. But I never own any of it myself. She thinks she cah paint me something when she has finished May's engagement cup, or Rose's wedding present, or Amy's fan. But as soon as they are done there comes some other outside woflc, and I have to wait once more because I am her mother and any time will do."

It is usually mere thoughtlessness or carelessness that thus places the claims of friends and fancy fairs above those of home. Sometimes there is mingled with this a desire for the praise of acquaintances, which seems to mean more than that of the family to which the young artist has become accustomed.

But after all to satisfy one's own family is more delightful than to please outsiders, to help make home lovely to the eye as well as the heart of every inmate is the sweetest and most honorable task an artistic girl can achieve. "I thought I cared only for the praise of competent critics," confessed a maiden of some talent to a friend, "but when I heard my little brother bragging about m© to another small boy who knew even less of art than he did, I found I was mistaken. I had thought when I painted Tom a -cup and saucer for his birthday that it was probably a waste of time, as he would care very little for it and it would soon be broken but he thinks the world of it. He shows it off to all his new acquaintances and warns them not to handle it, and when he has sufficiently impressed them with awe of its preciousness he marches them around the house and displays the rest of my handiwork, and explains what a wonderful sister he is blessed with. It's ridiculous—but it's lovely!"—Youth's Companion,.,

The .prostration after the Grip is «itlrely overcome by Hood's Sarsaparilia. It really does make the weak strong.

HH Selecting Carpets and Bugs. In buying carpets remember that the best are always the cheapest. The more limited one's means are, the more essential it is that only a good article shall be purchased. The best-quality of body Brussels will outwear two or more of the cheaper tapestry carpets. A finely woven, smooth ingrain carpet may cost half a dollar more per yard than one of common texture, but It will be cheaper in the end. Bugs for the center of the room can be made from a body Brussels, with a border to match. They should be tacked down. Japanese cotton rags, pretty and durable, cost from three to six dollars. They are good for bedrooms, bathrooms and sitting rooms.

Buy handsome rugs whenever you can afford to. They are a good investment for, unlike carpets, they do not wear out, imH yon can hand down in the family the same as silver or diamonds. A beautiful oriental rug is a joy forever, la selecting one be particular to see that the colors are rich, and have some brightaeM. In general, when choosing carpets have thp groundwork rather light, and the colors somewhat neutral. Such a carpet will alwaysjook dean, and you will not feel the need rf shutting out tho sunlight through fear of fading.—Maria Parloa in Ladles' Home Journal.

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XTOTEL RICHMOND I, J-JL EUROPEAN. E. A. FROST, Fropr. Formerly manaper Sherwood House, Kvauavllle, Ind., lute Mnn«r. Hotel Gmce, Chicago..

Rooms $1.00, 81.AO Per Day, Ptenm Rent, Centrally Lonrted". two blocks from P. O. and Auditorium, opp. the ue*v Lester linildiug. N. W. Cor State mid VanBnren—CHICAGO

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itagos. t?M *t onoo. "STon will oeo tho ortfollsat effort after taking tho first doao. Sold by everywheak Mrga BcUJcs, 60 centa und $1.00. 16 Curcta Influenza.

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struct of tho laws, showing How to jJB .Obtain Patents, Car eats, ^Marks, CopTrl«ht8, sent 0 ^AddrtM MUNN A Cb.Ar^ .301 Broadway,

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portunities, and from tlmt ennao live In poverty and ulo In ob»cnrlty I Harrowing deipalr la tUo lot of many, as tfcejr look back on loit, forever lost, opportunity. I.lfbll po«l. Ingt Reaffh out. Be tip and doing. 1 ni prove your opportunity, and toenre prosperity, prominence, peace. 11 w«» »a{« by a philosopher, that "too Goddeee of Kortuno ofleii a golden opportunity to each person at tome period of life j: embrace the chance, and she ponn ont her rlcho* fall to do so and she departs, never to return." How shall you llnd :, the ootiPKN opportanltrf Investigate every chance that appears worthy, and of fair promise: that Is what all suece»sfnl men do. Here Is an opportunity, «och as Is not often within the reach ot laboring people. Improved, It will give, at least, a grand start In lire. T&e

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many Is hero. Money to be made rapidly and honorably by any indnstrione person of either sex. All ages. Yon can do tits work and lire at home, wherever you are. Breci

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ginners are easily earning from to #10 per day. Ton can do as well If yon will work, not too hard, but Indnstdonsly andyon can Increase yonr Income n» yon goon. Yon can give spare time only, or all ynar time to the work. Easy to learn. Capital not required. We start rou. All Is com-», paratlrely new and really wonderful. We instruct and show yon how, IVee. Failure unknown among oor workera No room to explain here. Write and learn all frfji by retorn mail, unwise to delay. Addreewat once, II. llallett A Co.. Box 9*0, Portland, Maine.

WHERE DOLLARS ARE MADE

OFFERS GREATER OPPORTOTOTItti TO cnrnnTT TPTD OJtli-L

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MANUFACTURERS & GENERAL BUSINESS ENTERPRISE

titan any other part of the U.S., ra*t bodies of

Coal, Iron, Timber & Farm Lands

Also THOUSANDS Of ACRES of LONG LEAF YELLOW PINE for tale cheap. This road ran* through the thriving tow of Lexington, DanrllJe, and Somerset,

art^ickabarg, Mlsg. New Or lean*, Deli Monroe, and Hbreveport, La, Some of t—,, new towns will donate money and land to? locate manufacturing flpUrpri**. 4

The B. R. Co. will make low rates for Pa*aengers and Freight, and afford investors,^: eveIT opportunity to examine the different localities. If necessary, will send a representative with the party.

Fall mrttenl tlon, wiiibc he sent mail on application to D.