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The Commoner.
VOLUME 3, NUMBER 32,
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Hollyhock.
They stood in a row by. tlio garden
gate,
Stately and fair and tall;
tt'hero was yellow and red and a sil
very white,
And tho brown beo loved them all.
Pink and cream and tho dark maroon,
, Grow neighborly, each in its place;
(Their silken gowns with their dainty
folds.
Wero worn with a dainty grace,
WThoy heard, through tho summer af
ternoons, Tho drone oC tho bumble bee,
And tho cricket's song; and tho whir
of wings,
As tho humming bird came to see
.Which was the fairest, pink or white,
Yellow, or heart of red;
Ho drank-their wine with his slender
beak,
And ate of their honey bread.
And when ho flitted, on whirring
wings,
On another, honey-quest,
Thoy fluttered their quaint, old-fashioned
fans,
As they speeded the parting guest.
There never was hint of a broken
heart,
Though lovers would come and go;
But "give of your best, and trust for
rest,"
"Was the motto of hollyhock row.
"pink and purple, and silvery white,
Fair and stately and tall,
They smiling gave to all who came,
And tho brown beo loved them all.
Selected.
filled with tho best of oil, If oil lamps
are used. Poor oil is an extrava
gance, not only to tho purso, but to the
oyesight as woll. Teach your house
hold to sit properly when using arti
ficial light; on3 should not face tho
light, but should let it fall over the
shoulder on the object looked at
never on tho eyes. The best lamps,
the cleanest wicks, the finest oils and
tho clearest chimneys should be kept
for the sitting room use. "Let there
be light," and plenty of it, in the
homo.
For the Living Room.
Do not allow the children or the
grown folks to handle the walls, or
the wood-work; teach them to open
and close the doors with the door
knob alone; insist upon this, as it not
only saves work to the housewife, but
eaves tho paint, as well as keeps the
room looking tidier. There are few
things that maite a room look worse
than the grime of handling on tho
Taint or the, paper.
If you do not care to go to the trou
ble of polishing your floor, cover it
with a coating of paint of some suita
ble color, going over it with a coating
of good floor varnish. Rugs are much
better for the living room than car
pets, as they may be frequently tak
en out and shaken, and the accumula
tion of dust kept down.
Remember that all tho appointments
of the living loom are for use. and
n.ust be of the wearable kind of ma
terial; have only the necessary fur
nishings, to save work when sweep
ing, and to give room in moving
about Let comfort be tho principal
aim; have plenty of rockers, and M
cushions are used, lot tho coverings
bo of washable material, strong tex
ture and fast colors.
Teach the little ones to take a pride
in keeping things nice, and putting
things in their places. Everything
should be for use nothing 'for abuse.
There is absolutely no sense in allow
ing children to destroy, or dirty up
the home belongings. Do not allow
them to scratch the furniture, or cover
the wall with pencil marks, or whittle
the wood-work, or come into tho house
with unclean feet.
xiy?- th?ro be "sM-'i During the
any-time, from the unobstructed win-dewsj-
at eventide, from good lamps
A Flower Tomb.
. In a quiet corner of one of the old
cypress-shaded convents which crown
the terraced hills that look down upon
Genoa, there is a beautifully sculp
tured tomb of an infant that was laid
to rest there many centuries ago. The
traces of the sculptor's chisel have
nearly all mouldered away, but the
destroying hand of time has spared
the name of the child-sleeper An
gelina (Little Angel) and a few lines,
around which a chaplet of flowers is
woven in stone. For five hundred
years the spot has been sacred, and
the silver-haired monks tell the legend
of the little sleeper the gentlest spir
if earth has known since tho Mnnppr-
babe, say they; and angels took their
little one, strayed for a brief while in
to human form, back td themselves,
while they brought the little marble
form and buried it in the' old convent,
in a grave of flowers. Bereaved moth
ers go there to weep, and find com
fort, for it tells them that their little
cherub, too, was stolen by th6 angels,
and they scatter flowers over the lit
tle graves, because, they say, tho an
gels love them. We all have them
these little graves; and we lay upon
trem not alone the perishing flowers,
but we heap upon the sacred dust the
choicest memories of our heart Tears
water them for a time, but bye-and-lye,
we learn to bless them with the
sunshine of happy thoughts, as we
grow to feel- that, even in this, "He
doeth ajl things well."
is greatly enjoyed by the little folks.
Rich pies, puddings or cakes should
comprise no part of the school lunch.
A bit of home-made sugar candy, or
nicely pulled taffy, in such shape that
it can be nicely handled, is perfectly
admissable, and should be wrapped in
oiled paper. A handful of nut-kernels
would be. a treat, while "nut cookies"
ore always liked. Put up the viands
as neatly as possible; if you cannot
get waxed paper, it is very easy to
butter one side of a piece of thin
wrapping paper lightly, and wrap the
soft or "sticky" things in that Do
not use too much butter, however,
cud make the paper greasy.
If an apple is, added, let it be a good
one, not specked or rotten, and have
it wiped clean. A nice bunch of
grapes, a banana, a pear, a few plums,
or other fruit in its season, are wel
come additions. Study up the little
things. It pays.
Chlidron's Lunched.
The putting up of a cold lunch is no
simple matter, and the wise mother is
always on the alert to find some new
way to make the day-by-day cold
lunch palatable; even a child's appe
tite palls when treated to "the same
old thing," every day. To make nice
sandwiches, the bread must bo cut
thin; if sliced meat is used, that also
must be cut thin, and the bread but
tered lightly; when minced ham, veal
or chicken is used, melt a small por
tion of butter and mix with the mince
before spreading. A small quantity of
iitado mustard may be used with the
ham. Shaved smoked beef, or nice bo
logna that has been toasted over hot
coals, is also appetizing. Ryo and
blown bread may occasionally be sub
stituted for the more customary white
bread. A slice of cheese, very thin
with the rye bread, is often liked. '
Boil a fresh egg until quite hard,
throw into cold water until cold; peel'
oil the shell, cut in halves, take out
the yolk, add to it a pinch of salt a
a&Bh of pepper, a few drops of melted
butter, a very little made mustard or
curry powder, mash and mix til to
gether, refill the whites with the mix
ture and wrap In waxed paper. Do
not forget the little, individual pie,
and wrap it nicely in waxed paper, and
pack it carefully. A little loaf of
cake, not too rich, in which is a good
ly sprinkling of currants or raisins
Query Box
Park Davis. Apply to some dealer
in marble and granite for information.
walls with strong .vinegar, as hot as
can be applied; when dry, your paper
vtill stick. l
Flower Lover. Brown spots on
leaves are sometimes caused by the
sun shining on the foliage when drops
of moisture aro standlrg on it, thus
causing rust.
Gertrude. Tn iroon iitro t- ,..i
heans, gather beans when ripe, shell
and dry, and put in glass jars with a
bit of camphor; put on lid and set
away.
L. M. For blood stains on butcher's
ppions and other garments, try using
half a cupful of coal oil in the suds,
or, pour the coal oil on the stain and
rub before washing.
A. L. M. For kindling fires, take
common wood ashes in a tin can, a
pint of ashes to a half cupful of coal
Cll. Stir thoroiifrhlv until -mon mt .,,!
When a fire is wanted, take a spoonful
or two of the ashes, lay under the
kindling and light The ashes will
burn long enough to start kindling,
and this is perfectly safe. The ashes
should be just moist not wet
Mrs S. J. B. The rind of a fine ba
rana is thin, and there should be no
ndges or corners on it; the larger
iSfnii e P1Q coarser the -fruit The
email fig" bananas are almost always
ihe sweetest and juiciest. This is a
fine breakfast relish.
Bt?2rry:"7A, young man who has a
steady job in any small town, even
though his salary be small, would be
ery foolish to leave it and take his
chances with the thousand idle men
already in the cities. A dollar will
go twice as far n thw vinn or. i u
., wv . iiiwjjVi CMJ 111 LUC
tlty. One renrpi It. m, i
r,o idea of the cost of living in a great
city, or its temptations.
tr?,?35""?,0r USlng up stal3 bread
trj this: Soak two cupfuls of broken
or scrap bread in two cupfuls of milk
overnight, having the milk s -aiding
hot when poured over the bread; iS
the morning, rub the bread through a
Rieve; add a tablespoonful of melted
lard or butter, the well beaten yolks
pf two eggs, a cupful of flour, a half
nLtJ alUn? Pwder; add the stifflv
beaten whites of the eggs, and if the
batter needs thinning, use cold sweet
SSp WB"8 griddle cakes' or' as
nrobablvTn1rThe r5,cIpo you wan
S'niS?yuhIs ono: Qne-half pound of
racked lime, and one pound of sal
soda; put in a kettle with Ave quarts
cf water soft water preferred; boil
half an hour, and set off tho stove to
settle. This should make one gallon
of fluid. If less, put into the sedU
roents enough water to make up tho
gallon. Pour off carefully, put into
stone jugs and set away. When wash
ing, soak the clothes over night or
01L,Seviral 5ours' soaP well, 'mb
lightly through one water; -prepare tho
water as you would for boiling, addine:
cne teacupful of the fluid to a boiler
of water; put your clothes in and let
boil about twenty minutes, take out
rub throuerh nnnthor wnfnn ,..ui
-0 w nura WiLIlOUC
any soap, rinse, well in plenty of clear
water. This does not hurt the clothes.
After tho iirst- water Is poured off
the sediments, another gallon of water
may be poured on, boiled up once and
poured off into a jug for cleaning and
scouring fluid. fa
E. S. B. This is the bread recipe
you ask for: To make the ferment,
take two cups of flour, one cup of su
gar, one-half cup of salt; thoroughly
n?ix with one quart of lukewarm wa
ter; add two good yeast cakes, pre
viously soaked. Set this in a warm
Place, and it will rise, in a few hours;
when it is light, the flour will form a
sort of scum over it. Then take two
quarts of hot mashed potatoes, pour
ever it three quarts of clear cold wa
ter, which will make' the potatoes
about lukewarm, strain through a
coarse sieve, add the fermentation and
let rise acain. Thin moira v,.
two and three gallons, and in" cool
weather can be set away in a cool
Place in a stone jar. or jug. ;To make
the bread, sift the flour at riight and
set in a warm place near tije stove,
but never sponge the bread until
morning; then it is quickly done by
stirring into the flour two or three
quarts of the prepared liquid. Do not
use any milk or water just the lio-.i-id
fermentation. The sponge will
rise in. an hour; mix one large loaf
and let rise; when light, cut Into small
loaves, mold and let rise again. Have
the oven moderately hot and bake
three-quarters of ah hour, or until
done. It is flne.
For the Windows.
Plain holland shades are suitable
for the windows to all rooms, out for
the sitting room and bed chambers
these should be pulled down only
when necessary to insure the requisite
privacy to the inmates. Such privacy
GOT TO "
Harm jsbnrp Brains Nowadays or Drop
Back
..T-he ,man of today, no matter what
ms calling, needs a sharp brain and
to get this he needs food that not only
gives muscle, and strength, but brain
and nerve power as well.
A carpenter and builder , of Mar
quette, Mich., who is energetic and
wants to advance in his business, read
an article about food in a religious
paper and in speaking of his experi
ence he said: "Up to three years ago
nad nt been able to study or use
my thinking powers to any extent.
- .a oumeuung melting and I
know now that it was due to the fact
that my food was not rebuilding my
"About .this time I began the use of
the condensed food Grape-Nuts and
the result has been I can 'think and
plan with some success. It has not
only rebuilt my brain until it is
stronger and surer and more active,
out my muscles are also harder and
more Arm where they used to be loose
and soft, and my stomach is now in
perfect condition. I can endure moro
than twice the amount of fatigue and
my nights' rest always completely re
stores mo. In other words, I am en
joying life and I attribute it to tho
met that r have fpund a perfect food."
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. .