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VOLUME G, NUMBER 21
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Opportunity
-,. This- I beheld, or dreamed It in a
' " dream:
There spread a cloud of dust along a
plain,
' And undorneath. the .cloud, or in it,
raged ' ' .
A furious battle, ,and men yelled, and
swords
' Shocked on sword and shield. A
prince's banner
Wavered, then staggered backward,
hemmed by foes.
A craven hung along the battle's edge
And thought: "Had I a sword of
keener steel
That blue blade that the king's son
bears! but this
4. Blunt tiling! he snanned and flunc: It'
from his hand,, ,
And lowering, crept away and left -the
field.
Then came the r king's son, wounded,
sore breasted,-
And weaponless. He' saw the ,broken
sword-hilt '
Buried in the dry and trodden sand,
And ran and snatched it, and with
battle shout,
Lifted afresh, he hewed the enemy
down
4nd saved a great cause that heroic
' day.
Edward Rowland Sills;
" The rain has ceased, and in my ream
"-'Atnx-uu tlia ckurttR3p3i&$' vane
The ancient cross is bathed in
blood.
From out the dripping Ivy leaves,
Antiquely carven, gray and high,
A dormer, facing westward, looks
Upon the village, like an eye.
knd now it glimmers in the sun,
A square of gold, a disc, a speck;
nd in thebolfry site a dove
' v With purple ripples on her neck.
T. B. Aldrich.
waste of time to paint or varnish over
and over again until the coating of
paint is so thick as to not only ruin
the gloss, but allow the peeling off
of the latest coat, or the blistering
of it in places. Such over-doing will
not. hold gloss, and will be easier
"scabbed" and scratched than ever be
fore. You should have a clean found
ation to work upon, and this can be
had only by removing the old, hard
ened paint, and any painter will tell
you how it may be done. If the coat
ing is very hard, let the professional
remove it for you. If you are not
fond of hard work, and a continuous
job of it, do not try to wax your
floors. There are many good, service
able floor stains and paints and var
nishes, which will give much better
satisfaction, and the work of caring
for them will he greatly less than for
a polished floor.
the necessary launderings of, 'the gown,
and it also fits the sleeve more firmly
into the shirtwaist.r-Ladies Home
Journal.
Social Chats
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One, of the great mistakes which
housekeepers make is that the cover-
ng up of dofects in their department
" rGality a Process of beautifying.
When one wants to bo clean and fresh-
Jl?, about the Jl0us. one of the
first thiUKS to thtnlr of 4i. ","?
pot and brush; and, indeed, nothing
does freshen up furniture and wood
work morn tlinn rmfnf .i ..,
But If the work w.ns given to a really
v.w.ov.,wmuu.vj pmncer, uiero would bo
"somethlng ? lng bQfore Mb
toe tlm f 11 P,fty- Bf0re t0UGh-
mSf ? fu1niIt'o or wood-work the
professional painter would begin re-
Ornish li?d ?atingS f liaint an
vainish, going down to the wood.
work itself. Regular paint i'emovers
are to be had at all paint shops and
they are reliable; the more aSt' who"
sells you anything of the kind wiU
willingly supplement directions which
come on the cans, if you are in doubt
about the use of it. If the wood-work
Z WV"? Is, something which can
be handled without damage in this
way, there are old-fashioned "home"
S? n i' F soCt-soaP scouring; but
this can be used readily only on plain
isnsa?eGSanTlle plimJce;sto treatment
is safe and sure, but slow. It is a
AW OLD AND WELL THIRD nKMBDT
teth ngahouUI alwayn benaed 'for ehUdr Lm?
letUlnff. Itaoftona theiram r1I i ?n wh'18
wiua coiid mum. thV bwtloSiay m'aVh!:"
IVenty-flvecontsa bottle. """""' I0P "arrhosa.
A Rose Jar
"Oriental jars with saucers are not
expensive, and they make beautiful
rose -jars. Take a peck of fresh, frag
rant rose leaves and put them in an
earthen jar, using a handful of salt
well scattered through every three
large handfuls of leaves. Only frag
rant leaves should ho rnltan. an '..
is for the perfume alone that the
. leaves are to he uses. Stir them thor
ough';' twice a day for five days. Add
three ounces of powdered alspice and
one ounce of stick cinnamon. Stir
every day for a week, then put them
into the rose jar. Mix in an ounce
of whole-alspice, half a pound of dried
lavender flowers, half an ounce of
anise seed and two ounces of orris
root. Stir thoroughly, and add a few
drops of attar of roses, or any pre
ferred essential oil. Onen the Jar at
any time for half an hour, and a de
lightful, refreshing fragrance will per
vade the room. The perfume will
last several years, but it is well to
add a little to the jar every year. The
jar must be kept well closed at all
times except "when opened to sweeten
the room."
Gathered Skirts
Skirts made from wash ,g'oods are
better made on gored skirt models.
The new skirts are much trimmed
with flounces, and the general effect
is one of fluff iness and much fullness;
the idea of fullness being given chief
ly by the arrangement of the trim
ming. Summef materials, when made
in the gored skirt style ard, for the
most part, gathered onto a waistband
to give a full, flowing appearance to
the skirt, at the same time concealing
the long lines of the gores which are
not always pretty in thin material, un
less joined with insertion or beading,
or otherwise trimmed. The placket,
too, is easily concealed in a gathered
skfrt. In gathering skirts on to the
waistband most of the fullness should
be distributed toward the front and
center-back; at the sides and over the
hips there should not be so much full
ness. The new skirts all give the
idea of fullness in front and back" with
the sides comparatively plain. Ladies
Home Journal ,
Shirt Waist Suits
Shirtwaist suits made of gingham
or the new silk novelty cotton mate
rials are both pretty and economical,
requiring no trimming except of the
material itself. The skirts are made
somewhat shorter than the round
length skirts in heavier materials, be
ing cut at least two inches from the
ground, and should be made on gored
models, to flare considemblv bplnw tiio
knees. If they are cut by a perfectly
plain gored skirt-pattern, add some
trimming to give a full appearance at
the foot, as a plain, unlined cotton
skirt is most ungraceful and unbe
coming unless it stands out "fcrell
around the lower edge. If you don't
want to use ruffles, have one or two
plain set-on circular hands at the low
er edge of the skirt; but these bands
are pretty trimmed with narrow,
straight set-on ruffles of the same ma
terial. Another very pretty way to trim a
gingham skirt is with a deep, gath
ered ruffle set on at the knee, put on
without a headingjust joined to the
dress with a narrow cord or a small
bias band of the material. The shirt
waists for tlKse suits should be made
with small sleeves, with the fullness
at the center-top, and they should he
put into the arm's-eye with several
rows of gathers and the gathers re
inforced with a bias facing; this keeps
the arm's-eye in good shape through
Many last year's dresses and suits
may be remodeled by using material
differing from the garment, provided
always that the material used shall
harmonize with the general color
scheme of the gown. For a bolero
suit; the skirt may be made of one
color and material and the bolero of
another, trimmed with bands like the
skirt. White summer dresses may be
trimmed with bands of plain, delicate
colored or flowered organdy, either
in bands set -on to simulate tucks
and hem, or as set-on flounces, or by
lnseumg or. it between lace insertion.
Thin tulles and net laces are much
used.
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'Common Sense Essays
'At the hieh snhnnic nni nniinrrAn
for the past month the students have
been searching the libraries for sub
jects for essays and graduating
theses. It does seem a pity to have
this wanton waste of misapplied en
ergy. Of all the graduating theses
that will be handed down between
now and the close of the various
schools and colleges, .only a small per
centage will have any real value. They
will be adapted, plagiarized and made
-w iJaoa xuubLur jusc uecause they had
to be, and the harm done to a boy's
or girl's moral sense in the question
able ways in which these essays and
theses are prepared greatly over
shadow the good gained in research
and reading which, by the way, is
not always done by them, but by their
ambitious, though mistaken parents
or friends. If these graduates could
be induced to select subjects that thev
know something about, and give
graphic and practical presentations of
them, a distinct gain would be made.
How mother manages to get break
fast and do all the sewing for the
household' would prove a thousand
times more interesting than a learned
paper on the 'Status of Woman
Among the Greeks in the Age of Pe
ricles,' copied from nobody knows
where." Exchange.
viJ1 abyt icam? imder W eye about
the same time with a letter from the
mother of a young miss who is about
LwSnl8tUdle? tllG hlgl1 SCl1001'
and who had assigned to her as a
subject for an essay to be read at'
the closing exercises a matter of
which both herself and her mother
were so ignorant that they wished
me to write the essay for her to bo
road, of course, jas her own writing.
They were so kind as to offer to pay
"me for the work. I could not lend
m3T3olf to so great a fraud, even
though I were familiar with the sub
ject given Which I am not; and when
1 explained to the mother the harmful
ness of such a course to her young
daughter, and told her the girl should
do the writing herself in order to re
ceive the benefit therefrom, 1 find I
grossly offended both of them,' and
I got a stinging letter in return for
my "selflsh refusal" to -help "the
child."
For the Toilet
To remove tan and freckles, nothing
is better than a lotion composed of
four ounces of witch hazel, four
ounces of glycerine and the juice of
two lemons. Apply to the face, neck
and hands after washing, and at
night.
Permanent freckles are akin to
moth patches, and require b6th inter
nal and external treatment. The in
ternal treatment consists of something
that will act on the liver and at the
same time sEimulate the circulation
of the, blptfd. For this purpose, olive
oil, taicen in teaspoonful doses before
breakfast and at bed time, is recom
mended as being excellent. The local
treatment ordered by some special
ists consists of drawing them to the
surface and gradually peeling them
off, or bleaching them out. The
freckle spot lies under the lower lay
er of the scarf-skin, of which there
are four. The outer is no thicker
than-tissue paper, and it is this skin
which is Raised ini a blister. Thus
it will be readily seen why freckles
ar-e so difficult to remove, as the skin
is stained through and through. Nearly
all skin bleaches contain, mercury
(corrosive sublimate), which is an ac
tive mineral poison if taken internally,
therefore the use of it is not recom
mended for careless hands.
Another whitener for the hands is
composed of lemon juice, three ounces,
white wine vinegar three ounces,
white brandy one-half pint. Corn meal
rubbed over the hands after washing
is excellent. Jt should be used before
wiping the hands.
For muddy skin, a good rule to ob
serve is, when the tongue is coated,
or there are indications of a clogged
internal condition, to stop eating,
fasting a. day or two at a time, or with
only light food once -a day. instead
of eating,x drink copiously of pure
water between meals. Several quarts
a day is none too much to flood out the
impurities. A sallow or pimpled skin
is a lazy skin. Exercise should be
taken to induce perspiration.
Use almond meal in place of soap
for washing the hands, and the skin
win not get dry and wrinkled; the
soap takes out the natural oil.
Some .Cleaning Helps
For cleaning oil painted surfaces,
take a piece of soft flannel and squeeze
it out of warm water until it feels
dry; next, dip it gently onto some
very finely pulverized French chalk,
rub the painted surface with the flan
nel, and the effect will be the removal
of all dust, greasy matter and dirt.
The surface is next -washed with a
clean sponge and clean water and
dried with a piece of soft wash
leather. This method does not injure
the paint like soap, and produces a
very good result. v
To clean finger-marks on doors
BETTER THAN SPANKING
Fpnnklng does not euro children of bod wottlnpf.
If It did thoro ttonld bo tevr children that would do
it Thoro In a constitutional can so for this. Mr
M. 8ummors, Box 118. Notro Darno, Jnd., will send
hor homo treatment to anr mother. Sho asks no
monor. Write hpr todajr if your children troubl
you In this way. .Don't blame the cbUtL '
chances are It can't help It.
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