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fiintK I alv Haymond u1 given her lull, lii-r one bud of the eBim and now thought it time to have, something else unci, it tx i n tr the end of .li no. her ltt'ivi-hip presently fixed on a ctraw berry tea. with a recital, or lecture, or concert, orsomi-thingof that rat re, bv wav of food for tlx- mind. Kvent -ally a recital was on, the projier wr ton for t ho same engaged, 'he ices, cukes, cream, and strawben lcs or dered, nnd two or three hundred invi talmns ent out. 1 aked Hellenden yonterdav," an nounc d her Hon ono morning, as the family sat in c onclave. "1 Bay mother, think he has been rather neglected anions uh. for when I pave him the In vitation, though I a-:dod that I did not think these Mirt of things were in his line, he laughed and said he wus far too proud o. being Invited to refuse. " "J am suro I should have in ited him if I had ever t. ought ho wo Id have cared to come," said rho. "Hut he never called on us till thin Hunimer. and 1 only took his doing no once to lie U-i a mi) he had taken Kthel in to din ner t Kitwilbrahams." . "Perhaps it was." said Cecil, signi ficantly. ' At all event," he added, after a pa no, "he is coming to the tea, and I should say we might at-k Inm to dinner. Old vou not nay we hud a ti ace acant, that some one had failed for Thursday?" He would never come on ho Bhort a notice; my dear " '1 don t know al)iit that, .ludglng from to-day, I should suy ho would. He does not tro out half so much as he usi-d to do and it might happen he was uisengaged. At ull events he could not ob.i'ct to lieing asked." It (;ui!ed in his carrying "IT the note In h in j ket and the sumo evening ha it accepted. ' I really don't know what has come over the fellow." Cecil privatelv ln foimeu his mother. It wan no fancy of mine, he leully did look delighted w hen he read your note, and aid he would come (straight awuy, Without re ferring to his engagements or any thing. 1 dare hay ho wan engaged, h L ' not the man to Mtlck at that: he would find an excuse shar.i enough if he wanted one; and he evidently meant to come to us. Do you th nk -run t l Kthel1 Mow long did she have of hi'ii? And did it strike you that be, was taken with her,' 1 i certainly olisorveil that ho went up to her as so n as the gentlemen up peiired after dinner " replied her lady thip, "imt we had such a very short t me In the drawing-room before wo had to leave, and as 1 thol said noth ing, and wo met so many i eople that amu evening at I ad y Mur'on a dance. I forgot all uIjo t Sir Frederick liel lenden. He la a i emarkaoly fine look ing man, and 1 am told opuiur in tho com try. He is, 1 i-upioe. res e ta ble."'' and she looked in uiringly at In r Hon, for the same idea was in both their minds, and up to her lights Iji y Hay moml was a good mother and it was a no p a non with her that any appli cant fo the hand oi either ua ghter must be ' res ecta lo." ' )h, I sno.ild ray particularly no" re oined Cecil. 'I have ah 1 een matting In juiries ab ut him once or twie lately. Unlives now almost en tirely upon his own placo and has gone In lor lieing the country gentleman and all that. He seomsquito di erent from what ho ued to Ik In several wa;,s. hardly cares enough fur appear ances, 'ou know, wheieus ho usod to bo such a very great swell. Ho still goes to the same tailor, but his Ik ota vn-terdav wera slmnlv disgraceful. ; V. , . mi ' 1 i i Made by some village shoemaker down " --j- .. Anu very right n tney were," sa a I.ady Kaymond, briskly. "A landed proprietor ought to eucourugo his own IK-oplo. And he has stood for 1'arlia nient, too, I hear' Vory right, very proper. I did not much care lor him as Capt. Hellonden. I own; ho was too h u. h the man of fashion for me, but sim e he has, as you say, turned his at tention to a more sensible ana rational tnodo of life, why. there Is no reason - no reason"-and she drew herself up emphatically, "why ho should not come to our house as often as ever he pleases.1' 1'erhapn it was in accordance with th h i (inclusion thut it was arranged to pive Hellonden the agreeable Ktbei as his partner at tho Thursday dlnnor f arty. Kthel If not strictly good-looking, was charming and accomplished enough and had enough conversation, and rcsonco. and deportment to make hori,uile sufVciently attractive, her mother felt, for any sensible man. es pecially for ono who hud now settled town on his own states, and was not shamed to be seen in l'all Mall In boots made by his own villuge shoo-1 ! maker. It is Impossible to say to what tho Indescribable pleasure she ex, erlenced In the mental contemplation of those oooih can ho attributed They seemed to her to be a landmark In the young baronet's life. In them she roll she had something tangible, indisputable t.i is, hit u. something to take bold o'. They formed a distant line oi demur- ration betwoen the past and present In her eyes. A man who could wear Mout village txxits, roughly too j and broadly heeled, at his club, and up and down rt. .lames' und l'iccadiliy, must he, let who would falnsa.v It a man of tllier. a i an of resolution and princi ple a man. In short worthy of herself, her family, and her daughter. ' Bhe prorared for her Thursday dinner-party with a sense of unwonted ax bilarat on. (ieraldlno was to 1 e presont at It, but not Mrs. CampiH)il, wnowaa mi laico her gwndJaughtor on to a very grand roiopt'T at tome foreign embassy, j V V HD-i who 'Gmtidered she would notte t jiai to more on one nigiit. Granny had sometiiiieg l een a l.tt.e o erdoie of late, an i.ow i usbaud d her t-t ength more i-a o-isly. .--he would, "he ruid. a.l for ( eral" ine a little be fore I ! o'c ock. "And eeii L'oes with them." said r.aiiv 1 an : or!, in'orniini: h-r hus lie has ceeured an invitation i'l , ailho g r e could not L'et s it ma pty the girl's should I in :i-t say. 'or it would have excellent oniKirtunitv for j band. tor ji M.e inr IXlt (.!). beet) -.11 therr to have ta ked I rem h. and they so xf-iuoiu i.ae that opporl unity : b t. i oev.-r i am gl.ul (.Veil goes, der ail. lie will mt Pel uncomfonai le if she lias him I d ire say her French is ior enough What advantages can she have had in that out-of-the-way p. ace you know"'' 'Humph! She seems to do uncom monly w-ll without them," retorted the old peer, with a know ing look, it struck him that if his wife should now be lmnentir.g the few opport nitieshis daught'-r had for airing a anguage, the advantage of ao 4uirin which had leensoofti n dinned into his ears, he hardly saw the force of herarguments. Here was her uiece whom ho under stood for he kept his ears open to be running the gauntletaa one of the ao know ed;r ed beauties an i fortunes of the seascn, 1 eing lamented over, i, oreo er for a deficiency which in all prohabi ily would never come to light. It was humoro.is and 1 ord Kaymond had more humor than any of his fam ily, lie aw tho fun of the thing:, and his eyes t a inkh-d. So . erry goes and they stay away," he said well 1 don't suppo o it w'll be much o lds in the long run. on do not Imagine the embatiry is a desert land of France.' If .lerrv likes to i-po t their lingo, tho mo., seers to doubt will let her. an 1 oay her every com li mentalsjut it under thes n; but I war runt she needs none of it to help her along.' "My dear Kaymond. not to s eak French looks so shockingly ignorant." "Which is woist.' Jot to Bpeak it, or tosjieak it I.adly?'' " lieu ly, 1 hardly know. lioth are bud. ' "Well, I don't speuk itatal'.and you, my dear, speak it abominably even I can perceive that so now w hich of ns isthemont 'shockingly ignorant,' eh? I daro say little Geruldlne could give us oints equally,'' added my lord, who was a hit of a bear, and who now wont o:l chuckling over the snub so happily administered. His wife, however, turned to Cecil lor consolation. 1 am very glud vou are goin ;to tho forei n reception on Thursday," she ii-.ded: "hut I do wish Cecil, you could have obtained an invitation for your listers a so. Vou know whatexceilent ling lists they are. and it is really a pity they should not have this oppor tunity for showin,' it. S'r Frederick Hellenden is a goo I F rench scholar aiHo. I remember hearing,'- added she, carelessly. no is not likely to oe mother." going. "Is he not? Hut no doubt he could go if he chose, and if wo went, wo could give him a seat in our carriage and all go comfortably together. V on will, of course, accompany my mother and Geruldino." "I do not think ho would c;iro to go,'' respondo I ( ecll, following her train of thought with acumen and sympathy. "Hut 1 will see what can bo done. I will try to-day. and if 1 succeed, I will take care Hellenden knows " Then 1 udy hayrnon 1 went out und herself rdi-red her turoot und salmon, her w itebuit, and larks, and tru'lea, and what not for she was by no means loo great a lady to know anything cf such matters, and altho gh she had been left behin l to otter alsmt the rooms, get the chimneys cleano I, and tho carjiets shaken, get the proper spring cleaning ' In short, generally accomplis ,, sothuther ladyship hav ing held high (onforence with the lesser luminary, willingly proceeded to do her part by no means an un;. leas ant one of driving about on a lovoly euiio morning, ordering In all that was grateful to tho eye, and tempting o the palate, from fishmonger, and poul terer!, and fruiterers. ijgi miiiu was very uuny, anil ner heart light that gladsome morning. Her mind was very busy, and her &ne shook her head quite graciously at the persevering lower girl's, who would not lie dissuaded from hovering round her carriage in hopes of a pur chaser, she did not scold her coach man, who trundled her through some long, disugreeable, and narrow streets, whereas she could herself have shown him a quicker and bettor route; she nraisod the freshness of tho fish and flowers, tho sl.e of the pigeons, and plumpness of tho poultry. Nothing cumo amiss to her. If only she could be thus driving about, und stepping in and out of tho shos, ordoring tier darling Kthel s tro sseau! Or, even dear Gcraldlne's - doar to her as a daughter already -as she was reudy to assure Cecil at any mon ent wbon he should make known to her the crowning of his hopes ana her own. Hhe would not more willingly exert herself for the one tnan for the other, for tho daughter than for the neice. As lor tho young peopio themselves, every one had but to see that Cecil and Geraldino were made for each other. From his hoy hood her son had trade Inchmarew his second homo: and how delight ul it wo Id be for her dear mother, now in the decline of life, to have him come, and take up his ubo lo there permanently, instead of having to undergo the anxletv and uncertainty of finding out who or what somo other choice of Coraldine's might prove to be. The risk was always so great when an heiress chose among her suitors. wn sucn a man as iecu. favorite as ho had always And such a boon of his grand mother s Could anything b more oerfoct'' Strange to say granny did not see It so. Bhe was fond of young Kaymond, her only grandson, regarding him in the light of a dear, kind, useful boy, whom he could talk to or not, just as she choose; who could bo left by himself in the drawing-room to wait if she were not Inclined to come down to b Ira at any time: whom the could dictate to on some points, and take counsel with on others; who was, in short, unlm- peacnawe in um capacity in wbtcn he j at pie-eht 'ujOxi - b jt she could iit s hiUi in any other, leani o. a. i I lrtin v ins hungn.v h;s hat up pcrua- neatly at Jin-hii mv-w, and her l eauti t ful (jegald i e. toe v du of her heart, the i ueen of the ut, as going no I further an 1 faring no i etter thon only her cousin, whom ihe might have ha l any moment of her life, and without budging an inch from her own door step. Not but what the lsy was well eiiOiit'h, and hati he liee any one e Be, n , one but the lad he had seen grov up thro gh all the stages of pe'th outa and n rservdom. and acket anl tro -sers and si-Lo dlio dom. she might have put up w ith him she wo Id have liked her i hild to he 'my lady''- -'.eg and she would not have minded Mime t the Campbell raooev parsing into the i'.ayinond hands but but and tho U shot was that she had hitherto du ( lined to pereei-. e an . hints and innu endo's thrown out ujxjii the subnet. ( harlotte hud thought her mo her uncommonly dense at the first, but had latterly wondered whether there hud not been soi:e cause for the slight dea ness or absence of mind, or tho , like with which Ihe old lady had pur ried her attempts. She wai not alto gether 8 rry that Geraldine was to come aione as she could do to her own aunt's house on Thursday. ticrald was to have Cecils armtothe dinner-table, of course. ; Cecil ha , not sa d a word when the ;' pu)er w ith its lists of names and ap propriations had licen submitted for his appro al: hut she had understood, nevertheless, that all was right. And 1 when it had fjrthorco.no to iu-htthat ; by I.ady Hay inond s ad ustment of her ' table. Ceraldino would have on her other side a uiotold gentleman whose i attention would certainly le lixed Uon 1 his plate during the greater portion of : tho mea1, Cecil hud still cheerfully j sanctioned evervthing Hut alas for the best luid schemes 0 mice und men " Thursday came, and with it tho ap liointea gu.--ts, save and except one a lady. A lady, an I a somewhat Inportunt ono, hud been detained by illness and poor i.adv Kaymonu's face tell at leant an Inch as she strove not to appear too much disconcerted on horownai count, and sulliciently anxious on thut of her (riend. Hut it was hard work. Hero was Mr. Le Mas-erer, their country member, a man ofconsiilerable standing, their own neighbor und ally, yet not one too intimately known here wus he left In the lurch. A mffl i with a temper and a dignity moreover. and worst of all, a man o, whom Lord Kaymond had a favor to usk. j It wus out o the que-tion that ho should be unprovided for, hoo er i was. And she had not a minute to j consider, and here was her husband s gnalling to her wit h raised eyebrows j and portentous si e glun es, and at uny moment the dinner might be un : no need. She murmured o e word in his ear. lie nodded, ,, not her whisper. An other ac jiiiescing nod. The next in stant it was "Mr, le Masserer, will you take my daughter r thel into din ner? We hud hoped to have given f you I ady Huwlish, butsho has, u'nfor ; tunately failed us,'- with the ne j cesMury explanation. I So fur. well but. of course. Lady j Uawlish's deletion could no more ho ! permitted lo bereave Hr F rederick i hollenden than Mr. Le Massercr. In 1 a trice he had been coupled with Cer . aldine Campbell, and the unfortunate ; Cecil was seen to be the victim of tho I whole, the stranded solitary, the one j who had a real and ust cause for ut tering malcdii tlons on hop ladyshi a , complaint, her absence, and the havoo ! she had wrought He cou d not even slip in on his I cousin's other sido. j All the table had boon disarranged I when at lust ho got down, und the j phu es on either side of Hellenden and his partner had been hlied, and us ! neither of them had board a word us ' to the ea i-e of disu- ruy, or indeed hud ' beon aware of any disarray at ull, ull having been so quietly and eleguntly managed, each was now silently won dering why they had boen so brought together? Hellenden con ectured that his hostess must I a sensible woman who would not throw her daughter a" uny one s he-id Ceruldine fancied it must be Cecil siloings. He wus always speaking to her of Hellonden, and the more she showed thut tho sub ect was distasteful, the more would it seem as if bo wero im pelled to pursue it. That ho should have desired his mother to deliver her over tor the next two hours to the sole society and entertainment of a man for whom ho was aware she had onoe ex perienced a feeling which she would fain now have burled In oblivion, was strange, an 1 was hardly like Cecil, In variably attentive, courteous, and obliging; but if it had been done from a desire on the part of tho extremely well mannered young gentleman that she should vindicate her own claim to un equal sharo of good-breeding by her deportment on so trying an occasion, Bhe was ready to carry out his wishes. to hk continued. Her Title Acknowledged. "When Marshal Lefebvre was made Duke of Duntzic, the new duchess (who was the original of Surdou's Mine. Sans-Ueno) want to the Tulleries to thank the Empress Josephine. As Mine, la Marechale had not demanded an audience, the usher, accustomed to call ber by that name, entered to take the orders of the chuniberluin-in-wait-Ing; ho returned and addressed her: "Mine, la Marechalo may enter." The lady looked askance at Mm, but en tered the salon, and the Empress, ris ing, advanced a few steps to meet her, saying, with engaging graciousness: "How is the Duchess of Duntzic?" La Marechalo, instead of answering, winked intelligently, and then, turning toward the usher, who was in the act of shutting the door: "Hey, my boy, said she, "what do you think of that?" lioat Her Money. Ouida is reKrted to be )xor now, after a considerable career of extrava gance. One who knows her says that "life without riches, perfumed boudoir, priceless bits of china, and the rest will seem almost a desert to her," but for the present Hhe it retrenching. She has soid her Italian palace and fittings, and hi living quietly. Part of her large earnings has been loat In rack leu sermuViUon. MMm UMi.ri.MLS we li n d a creature calling herself a woman, who In her own estimation Is not only competent manage her own -i:i;btislnoKS but that 3r.r Keveral othera ri...i...... , u- V-i'Ji!3SvSi'V,lPref()re sets In to V Uv v regulate and r e -form according to her notion, and as that notion nhvnvu collides with the other person's Ideas the reformer Is frequently dubbed a "busybody," a torm ,nat s)(, woul,j undoubtedly resent most Indignantly If she knew It hud ben applied lo her. Now, ns a nilp a woman has all she can do attending to her own affairs that Is. If she looks after them as they should be. To those girls who never feel for n moment the least Inclination to do un derhand or unprincipled things it seems impossible that women enn set to work deliberately to ninke mischief, yet how many torn and bleeding hearts can testify to the fact thnt there are such creatures In the world. The wom an of honor would sooner cut off "ier right hand than write an anonymous letter, yet the records show that the majority of the writers of scurrilous communications have been discovered to be women. There are certain ball murks of manners stamped upon the personality of the busy body. She bo gins her conversation geiiei ri!ly by say ing, "I am sorry to tell you vv hat I have to, but It Is a mutter of con-: -ience and I feel obliged to do my duty.-' "Matter of conscience," fiddlesticks; it Is merely the desire to stir up a great rumpus and then calmly fold her bunds nnd de. (hire complacently thnt kIh- Is so glad she was not mixed up lu such a shock ing nfTnlr. Let us all learn more fully the lesson of looking after our own faults and foi bles before we think It necessary to en deavor to erase those of others. We will be kept busy if we faithfully fulfill this contrntt that nature bus given us. The Influence that we are so anxious to exert should not be of the aggressive, bristling character that Is regarded only as Impertinent Interference; let our lives be the silent witnesses In our favor, our own example the best code of morals that we can set for others to abide by. Hich, but Not Happy. In constant fear of assassination that Is the state In which Hetty Hreen declares she has been for nearly thirty years. That Is why the richest woman In America, If not in the world, h:is gone about dressed like a poorhonsi? In mate, living in shabby lodgings In lirooklyn, cooked her own food find washed her own clothes and hustled for herself generally. Her S-K),(xx,(HX) have brought her no happiness. Ou the contrary, she has suffered endless anxiety, fear and trouble on account of her wealth. Yet she l constantly striv ing to add more to her vast fortune. Hetty Green's eccentricities are odd stories. Her persistent longing to ac quire wealth and her equally persist ent practice of not enjoying It are well known. Hut the motive of her strange I " VJIfl. HKTTT 0I1KEX. actions has only been guessed at here tofore. The other day she gave ber own explanation of them. She de clares that she Is In momentary dread of being murdered, and In support of this theory she tells a wild, weird tale. Hhe says, first, that her father was killed; second, that her aunt's death was hastened by drags, and third, that she herself has had several attempts made upon her life. A Hint from Kngland. Many I'.hgllsh women who rid.! bicy cles "follow the convenient plan of turning the skirt hind part before when they are riding, and turning It Iwiek ngalu when walking. This, with the new 'flare' skirt, brings the fullness whore It Is needed. Full knickerbock ers should be worn beneath. Tweed Is the best material. Neat shoes and stockings are essential, nnd gaiters are comfortable In cold weather. The Jack et should be close-fitting, with a short basque, and the skirt short" Bom Hound Bcnae. It baa been so frequently observed that not large fortunes, but modest want, constitute prosperity, that the remark Is a trifle wearisome. Nevrr- theleaa, old as It If, the statement de -I ' ' - If 1 iSk 'ifV' serves more resnect than is usual! v ao- il Ttr-" serves more respect th:in is usually ac corded to antiquities of literalui-". A woman with an Income of $."i) a week who spends lfTi5 Is poorer than a wom an who, receiving $S. lives on $0. The first step toward keeping char of debt Is to know what one's income Is. The next is to plan expenditures so that they will 'all within the amount of the Income. An account-book aids in this, liecause it enables one to keep truck of her expenses uud to stop spending when she is reaching her limit. A savings bank account Is another way of escaping debt The woman w ho la saving money generally takes such a pride In watching her little hoard grow that she Is able to deny herself many costly luxuries for the pleasure she takes In saving. And denying one's self costly things means avoiding debt TIiokc Vanished Virtues. "Oh, women are not what they used to he," Raid my friend, the Grumhlesome Man; "The way thnt they carry on 's shocking to see, At least it is terribly shocking to me, For I'm set dead aguinst this new plan, Of letting them think they must put in their sny, And thinking hat they can rim things in their way, Expecting to rule when they ought to obey. They think that! Deny 't If yon can! "No, women are not what they used to be," Continued the Grumhlesome Mnn, "My, my, w hat's become of all true mod esty, And meekness, those virtues expectoJ to be In woman since hlst'ry bean? What are they?" He paused, and a small voice put in, "If woinun has lost them, perhaps they have been Monopolized lately hy mnn!" Johnstone Murray, in Wnnmnklnd. 4 r n? is f! livery true woman ought to enjoy tho process of making over an old gown to do for her "second best" but she fre quently makes mistakes. She some times buys new trimmings Instead of new linings, and fresh linings are tho first requisite. Nothing makes a skirt hang as well as crisp new linings, whether they be silk or snteen. Noth ing nmkes a bodice fit better than a lin ing which Is properly stretched, whale bones that are stiff and sleeve protec tors that are fresh. The material must be carefully cleaned and pressed, nnd after these preliminaries huve been ar ranged the pattern must be chosen and cut carefully. The skirt should be made and finished to last hook and eye before the waist Is attempted. The lin ing for the bodice should be cut and fitted before the material Is touched. If sleeves need lengthening piece them down at the wrist and cover the Joining by a cuff of some pretty shap?. Never piece a skirt down from the rop to lengthen It no matter how long the bodice of a gown may be. It spoils the shape of any skirt Piecing at the hot torn may be concealed by a wide braid or a bias fold of the goods or a ruflle of ribbon. In these days of combinations mak ing ovof dresses Is a comparatively simple matter and there seems to be uo limit to the colors and materials which may be (harmoniously) put together. Rig sleeves, revers, girdles and stock collars are all friends of the homo dressmaker. The clever needle woman can take her least promising old dress and with a band of braid to outline the bottom of tbe skirt revers of -new silk, a crush collar with a lace Jabot and a crush girdle make a chic little gown, of It In putting on skirt braids It Is a wise plan to shrink them by dipping them Into hot water and hanging them over a line to dry, else you may find your skirt puckered around the bottom after tho first rain. A black silk may bo freshened up for a young woman by covering the waist and sleeves with chiffon with Jet ornaments or with some color such as crushed collar, belt and rosettes of blue or apple-green ribbon. A Winter Jacket. The newest velvet ribbons have a Jet ted edge, making them very offectlr for hat as well aa dress trimming. I V? .12 fXvY&A 1 U'X .ii i v tin Ion't Greaae the Griddle. Hot pancakes are such universal fa vorites, and the family is so varied In all its branches, that every one kuows how to mix the most approved Ingre dients, whether the substratum be buckwheat rice, Indian meal or wheat flour. But how to bake diem Is the question, without filling the house with smoke and a heavy, greauy odor. Do not grease the griddle. That's my way of cooking thorn. The gndd'o must be be perfectly clean and gn.ootu and nei ther too hot nor yet too cool. Wheu I think it about right I wipe It off w 1th a wet towel, then try one small cake. If It bakes to a nice light brown then I keep the griddle at thut temperature until the meal is finished, moving it al ternately to a cooler or warmer place on the range, as may be needed. Hult-B for the Hefriuerator. 1. Milk, butter, meat, vegetables, even fish, may be kept in one refriger ator, provided each article Is placed In a separate covered dish. Nothing un covered, excepting, perhaps, eggs In the shell, should be tolerated In u. re frigerator. This useful piece of house hold furniture was never intended to take the place of a safe. 2. Clean the refrigerator once a week, or three times as often If the weather be warm. 3. Do not permit left-overs to accumulate. Either make them up Into some uafnty dish according to one of the excellent recipes that teachers of cookery have made familiar in our homes, or give the scraps away, or throw them into the garbage kettle. Anything, rather than risk the family's health by keep ing an unsavory refrigerator. Vae a Light Broom. Do not send by a man to buy a broom, lie will pick out the largest one, give one stroke with it across the store fioor and say, "Yes, that Is Just right." But with half his strength a woman must sweep for hours with It every week, digging out corners, coaxing the dust from carjiets and stairs. Have a light broom and a dust pan with a straight, firm edge, and send the heavy broom to the barn and the bent tin dust pan to the dumping place for rubbish, which should not be the wood pile or over the wall. How to Frame a Quilt. A writer In the Home and Farm puts the quilt in the frames in the old-fashioned way, bastes it around the eigus and down the center; then she takes It out carefully rolls it from each side toward the center basting; begins in the middle and on her sewing machine stitches the rows the desired distance apart to each side edge. After she hns gono one way she can begin at the end and go to the other end, hut it makes n smaller roll under the arm of the ma chine to begin in the center. Oyster Catsup. For oyster catsup take one quart of oysters, one tablespoon ful of salt, oue teaspoonful of cayenne pepper and same of mace, one teacupful of cider vinegar and one teacupful of sherry. Chop the oysters and boil In their own liquor with a teacupful of vinegar, skimming the scum as It rises. Holl three mlnuteSj strain through a hair cloth, return the liquor to the fire, add the wine, pepper, salt and mace. Boll fifteen minutes, and when cold bottle for use, sealing the corks. To Fry 8aiii-ane. The ordinary way of frying sausages Is not the best way of cooking them. A far better way Is to put them in the oven on an ordinary baking tin, turn ing them from one side to another until they are brown on both sides, l-i a hot oven they will cook in this way in ten or fifteen minutes. If they are in cases they should be pricked thorough ly, to prevent them from bursting un der the heat ' Household Hints. Only the soft part of an oyster should be given an Invalid. If a cake bakes too rapidly on the bottom, slip an asbestos plate under. Frozen tea will be found at many af ternoon teas. It Is made like cafe frappe. 1 In blacking the kitchen stove better results are reached If the blacking is wet with coffee Instead of water. "A little lemon Juice squeezed Into the water In which rice Is boiled," says a notable housewife, 'keeps 1he grains separate." ' Lemon skins have iv use after tho pulp and Juice have been removed. When they are rubbed briskly over brass or copper, and followed by iu ap plication of soap or wood ashes, they are almost sure to clean. The whites of eggs Intended for cake making should never be allowed to stand during the beating process even for a moment as they return to a liquid state and cannot be restored, thus mak ing the cake heavy. It Is a mistake to mak j a large tea biscuit I'roperly speaking, a tea bla quit should not be more than two Inch ea In diameter, and proportionate! thick when baked. This gives a dell cato, moist flaky biscuit, which will be cooked through before tbo outside crust has become hard Oi overbrow n. Large wash tubs are needed for rl.i. lng purposes, but a small on j In better to use for rubbing clothes. Then, In stead of a large, heavy wooden pall that when water soaked, Is all a worn an wants to lift from the floor, hava two smaller fibre or pulp palls, or at least let tbsra be small, rvsa U thoy must bt wooden.