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?tj '?!. r ' wtypQe' I -v yOSTr The Commoner. &t' in VOLUME 7, NUMBER 3a Wo The Children's Music whore tho magic camo asked from That made her so wondrous fair As sho stood with the sunlight touching ' The gloss of her golden hair,-. 1 And her blue eyes lifted heavenward, As though sho could soo God there. "Hush!" said tho child, "can't you hear it " The music that's everywhere? God help us, wo, can not hear it! . Our hearts wore heavy with pain; ' We heard men tolling and wrangling, Wo hoard tho wholo world com plain; And tho sound of a mocking laugh tor Wo heard it again and again; But we lost all faith in the music ' Wo had listened so long in. yaint "fcan't you hear it?" the young child whispered; And sadly we answered, No. We-might have fancied we heard it In the days of the long ago; But the music is all a delusion Our reason has told us so, And the child will forget that she main before the schools open, the homo seamstress, which is generally the mother, should press tho little hands into service as 'much as pos aibio if not with the needle, then about the housework, that there may be moro time and strength to devote to the preparation of tho school ward robe. Remember that the boys and girls will appreciate clothes that are "warranted to wear," in and out; of the tub,, and if you let them have the responsibility of mending and helping in the laundry, they will ap preciate the need of care in those linos. Get all tho help you can it won't hurt you, or the children. :; heafdyi.t When" she When woe. " harks to the sound of AikHt . " (! '.' w n t.'j VOur Lome- Talk Earning Money in tho Homo The papers and magazines which cater to the wants of women are full of so-called solutions of tho problem of how women, confined to the home, can earn pin-money or is it bread money? Prizes are offered for the most practical papers on tho sub ject, and of these papers there is no end; but still the cry goes up from the disheartened women, "How can I earn a little money in the home?" The "solutions1' are many; but the satisfactory answers are few. In a very large. degree,.f woman, must solve the problem for'jherselfu It is almost impossible for fan outsider to plan for anqther 6!; whose skill, ability, education, or "stickatltive- ness" she knows nothing. Even with. -Would-be prepared to take It up; In many cases, it is from lack of experience or training which unfits her to do the kind of work she can get, but often it is- an unwil- 1-Good Words. Too 0ftGn It is not what she wants, and she will none of it. It is rarely that aV.wdman wage- Worker can get 'the work she likes, . Then out spoke one from amongns Who' had nothing left to fear; hcadiven ills Me.torottjn, tl k w rf Bneer; , . And hla face ws lit with a glory, THls voice rose calm and. clear, And he said, "I can hear the music ;?WniCU' uie uti.iv v;uuui - "i ' J .- t. .! Ann ft f "IFrtll , I am KOing TO UHK. uuu i Ju . xoMnh o ntilAN lioolf who taysent , me kind J fitted, and she must'tiegln by tak consider.tyroU gra;teUlly mankqd, JUi t6iwWPlre(Jlato Kinaness, ai " tuouKh wecan nqt always take the ed by sickness and suffering arid in addition, the three months on pro bation with no compensation, during which time tho hardest, most dis agreeable work, is generally exact ed. In many training schools, One gets board and five or six dollars a month for1 tw'6- years, with a raise Of a few dollars m6re the third year, nd from this merger sum clothes and books must he furnished, and it is well if tho pupil can so manage her affairs as to keep out of debt. But where one is determined, to win Out, it can be done, and is being done every day, by girls who have only their own- labors to look to for sup port. ; But is it any different in go ing to school to the various institu tions; if One is in earnest in trying to get an education? There is no royal road to success in any trade or profession', and. we are assured that "genius" ik'only another name for hard, systematic work. . A young" woman who is adapted for this kind of work soon forgets the hardships in her interest in the conditions about her, and there are few dull days in her life, if she is really in earnest, and loves the work. As spon as the probation period is lover, she commences to earn from $20 to $35 per week, all expenses ipaid, and, if she, be faithful in her (profession, she is rarely without em ployment, for with every -year, the demand for the trained nurse be comes greater, In this profession, as kin all others, much depends on the Kirj uers.eu. ;rne lessons are, mere; she must learn them herself To Succeed, the work must 'be taken up as a life employment, and the mind must be given up to It to the ex clusion of all outside interests. It ,i8.UKe any. other profession. Much can De acquired in tne way of ntness for its duties, hut the "born nurse" is the one- who will make the largest I success .of her, work. . ; . v one, or find fault unduly if things are riot as appetizing as they will be later on, for thO child will get dis couraged. Do not, on the other hand, praise unduly, or tell the child tho cooking is fine; if it is not, for this will make him or her careless (the boys should be included in these 'experiments") about trying to do hotter. Show your appreciation of the intention, arid after1 the meal, when you have the child alone with you, point out the cause of the fail ure, and its remedy. If well done, do .not withhold approval. Begin yery early -with these lessons, and you can thus keep the" children' -with you, employed, and learning the les sons of usefulness. The girl who is taught to cook from her Infancy will hot find the work so distasteful as she will if the lessons are later. Bpacebn .tho printed page through Which toexpress tne apprecuiuon. i am nioro than' glad to help you solv6; your difficulties, and X hope you, will freely bring your problems X.1 jA.nUvUlnn 4- Mil. 1,... auu iJuiXJivJAiuiuo iu Lino uujmi nuuui. Do1 not mako any excuses when ask ing' for any information or for help, for I often have to do tho same in order to meet your, requirements, and I find, everybody very kind at such times. It is a sort of "help one another" affair, for what will help onq will almost always remove the difficulty from the path of an other. If, you know of something that will "do. good unto others" who are treading the thorny path of diffi culties, I am always glad to have you send It In. t The summer months, when vaca tions are being enjoyed, and when grasses, flowers, weeds, fruits, etc., so often leave such sorry reminders on the pretty clothing in the way of stains, bring me many queries for methods of their removal. If you will clip these directions, or copy them into a suitable book, where you can find thoin when wanted, it will save you much waiting, or searching through a pile of papers, magazines, etc, which is equal to the search for the proverbial "needle in the hay stack," when one Is in a hurry. All stains should be removed as nuicklv as possible when fresh, and many! can not oe removed at all if neg- lectea. During the few days that yet re- Irig what she can get and working up to something better, - 'There are many things that can be profitably dpno in the home In the few leisure hours the home-woirian can com mand, but in many cases there must be preliminary training before she can successfully do it, and aa-a, rule, women are impatient Of training. If there were some way by which . the work and the worker could be brought together, the supply of either would equal tho demand of the oth er; but as yet this seems impossible to be done. One of the reasons why so' many women fail to make their work re munerative is that in most, cases tho work is- but a side line, and is so regarded by the woman, herself. She can bring to It but a divided Interest, unless she has so trained herself that sho can shut out the one set of duties when she takes up another, and there are few women whose lives are spent In the homo that can do this. It requires strong deter mination, patience, persistence and a control of self equal to any talent sho may possess, to succeed In thus training herself to a dual life, It Is a T)ity that Tvomen in the home should have to think of working for wages. .: : Trained .Nursing I frequently have letters asking if It pays to take the course of training necessary in thiss line. Many think It a long time to spend three years out of tho best part of rne's life In a hospital training school, surround- , Teaching the Babies It is a good plan to let the little folks go into the kitchen and "heln cook," There are many little thine-P. iihey will delight in doing and if their reward is a piece of dough, and perr mission to , maice ,it Into the shape they like best, baking it in their own way, they will be learning the rudi mentary, lessons of cookery in the pleasantest possible way. Preparing vegetables with the promise of being allowed to cook their own, is not always a hindrance to the mother worker, although it may take a lit tle time and attention' on her part iv get me mue cooks started in the right way. Do. not be too free with your advice, or too steady in your overseeing. Let them use their own reasoning powers, and feel the re sponsibility of looking after their own affairs. If they begin a" task, iec tnem carry it tnrough. If they put food materials on to cook in their own little vessels, let them know that It is their business to see that it don't' boil dry or burn, just as it is your business to: attend to yours. Do not allow them to be gin the cooking and then go off to play, with Instructions to yon to call them, when it needs attention. Let the children now and then en joy the fun of getting up the entire meal without any supervision what ever on your part. The first lessons should be with simple foods, easy to handle, but as fast as seems ad visable, increase the responsibility But, above all, do not scold the little Health Notes - ' r It is claimed that much of the nervousness from which women suf fer is caused by the incorrect posi tion they maintain when sewing, reading or writing. Sitting with one shoulder higher than the other, slouching down in the chair, bowing the back out and compressing the chest when sewing, "sitting" on thei backbone," and resting the head on the hands while bending over a book laid on the tablOj, are all bad habits that depress and deform the . Inter nal organs and bring on "nerve" .troubles. One of the distressing complaints women suffer from is "house-nerves" and this can only be cured by getting out into the open air and mingling with others, getting the mind off their work, and especially off of their ;own aches and pains most of which are introduced Dy close ponnnement and 'the -utter sameness of routine work.- .' ;: In Order to have good health, -one pnust have good sleep, and good sleep presupposes good oeds. ventilation, not only of the room, but of the mat tresses, is essential,, and for this pur pose the mattress should be ' raised Ifrom each end and given a shaking and an Inward push from the sides, turned -over, and from end to end, every day. If It could be beaten be tween windows with switches, or a rattan furniture beater, every two or three days, to dislodge the dust, , so riiuch thd' better. Do not put an old person .'arid a young person to sleep Ip the same bed, or even In the same room unless there Is good Ventilation. Every'bne should have a bed to him or herself, for hygienic reasons, Especially is this true in hot weather, or where one or both is the victim of restless nerves. A healthy person should not be put to sleep with a sickly, dne, unless the healthy one has vitality to spare, as the "weaker one will draw from the Stronger. Put the bedding out to sun as Often as possible; if not the mattress. then the sheets and coverings, if only for a few hours in the morning.'' At least shake the sheets out of the win dow every morning to remove !.dust and the waste from the .body "which Is cast off during the night, i : Little Conveniences As the season approaches for the inevitable overturning and resettling of the household, furnishings -we should give thought to.4 .those small conveniences which, while 'they do not add to the size of the rooms, do give us greater use of the pace we already have, in the utilizing, of cor ners and wall-spaces that would otherwise go unused, Many women can handle the saw, hammer, brace AN OLD AND WELL TRIED REMEDY Mas. Wenslcw's Soo-nnNcr Srlon for chil dren teothing should fQways be used for oWl dren while teothinsr. Itsof tens the suras, allaya fell pln,cnrcs -wind colic and Is thetoe8tremf tor dlarrheoa. Twenty-five cents a bottla. A tt" ' ft t M7T-i '" 4. luuiKiiiKwr mimmmmmmm P.H MMPRfl "WtfrWp v' - , ..