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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.
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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.