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City Lights
It's a splendid, luring city, and its
myriads of lights
Show a glow upon the heavens to the
country boy o' nights;
"Come," they beclcon o'er the valley,
"come to wealth and power and
praise;
It's for you tho world is waiting." And
the country hoy obeys.
Now tho lights are thick about him,
blinking, flaring everywhere,
Turning gloomy night the blacker,
shedding down a sickly glare
On the hunted, haunted faces, on the
- folly and the pride,
Raising miles of dismal shadow-, vails
where fear and failure hide.
'Twas a splendid, luring city when its
host of gleaming lights
Cast a glow upon the heavens for the
country boy o' nights;
But its heart is like a cavern, and its
face is seamed with scars,
And its sky so filled with gas-light that
he can not see the stars.
Newark (N. J.) News.
Individual Rights
Do not forget that each member of
tho family has an individuality, and
that his or her personal rights should
bo respected. If this fact were more
generally recognized, especially be
tween husband and wife, much of the
. bickerings and discontent in the home
. would l)e done away with. Ono of tho
most frequent causes of discontent on
the part of tho wife is the fact that
some husbands utterly ignore the fact
that the wife has any right whatever
to think or act independently of him
oven upon subjects in which ho can
. have but a remote interest, and an
imperfect ability of decision. Little
household matters pertaining only lo
her comfort, and apart from him in
any souse, must be submitted to him
for settlement, and I am sorry to say
tho settlement arrived at is seldom
-calculated to promote harmony in the
family.
Not long ago, I heard a husband
say that his wife should not wear one
of those dainty little dressing sacks
so cool and comfortable to the woman
who "does her own work," simply for
. the reason that he did not like them.
I know another husband who insists
on selecting material for his wife's
dresses, and invariably invests in col
ors and figures which tho wife detests
although his purchases far exceed any
she would make in money outlay Thin
particular husband, when making his
purchases, generally takes the advice
2.S5.?"? J8?. mber ds,
.vMU.t.u,,aa UL mmming, qtc, regard-
nJthQ fa? that th0 clrk V oro
;Ofton than not, an unmarried man, and
?i?8 nofc.mort idca of tne fitness for
tho fashion than tho man in the moon
Tho result of this is, that the wi?e
generally has a trunkful of dress pat
terns, but soldom a dress that she
can -wear with any comfort
; Another man whom I know insists
on ordering all the tea used by his
BETTER THAN SPANKING.
- Spanking does not cure children of urine dim
cullies. Kit did there would be few children
that would do It. There 1b a constHutlonnl S
for this. Mrs. M. Summers, Box 1C9, Notro Damo
Ind will Bend her homo treatment to anv
mother. She aslcauo troney. Write her todn
. If vnnr children trnnhlft-rnn In ,! ,. i?f5.T
blame the child. The chances are ItoS't he PU households?
family, although he never drinks a
drop of tho decoction, himself. An
other man invariably orders the gro
ceries, and tho consequences are that
they are" always "long" on some things
and "short" on others, and nothing
can bo used with the economy that
might bo exercised if the supply Was
regulated by 'the demand, which tho
wife could easily bring about, if the
ordering was left to her. In another
instance, the husband insists that the
wife, who is in no sense a seamstress
and seems utterly incapable of sewing
two straight edges together without
"puckering" one of them, should do
tho family sewing, even to making
such of his own apparel as moat men
prefer to buy, simply because, In the
old days, when all the sewing was done
at home, his mother had made such
garments for her family. Tho result
of his idiocy is that they aie about
as badly dressed a couple as one would
wish to see. and the waste of material
in repairing the misfits is enough to
pay for tho services of a respectable,
tailor and seamstress.
This treatment has but one inevit
able result: the wife grows disgusted
at the tyranny practiced upon her,
and indifferent as to whether she
pleases or not, and then the trouble
commences. If she does not submit
sullenly and contemptuously, she
learns to practice deceit, and is con
stantly planning ways of stealing a
few cents out of the pittance such men
sometimes give their wives, that she
may hire a garment or two decently
done. And she is very foolish to do
it, for it is her riirht to demand de
cent treatment front the man who has
set her up as his housekeeper.
Homo Chats
A sister writes: "lam not strong,
and it is impossible to-get help about
the household; what may I let go un
done without incurring the name of
being a slack housekeeper?"
This query will be best answered by
asking another; what could she leave
undone in case she was forced by a
nervous break-down to quit her pest
and take to her bed?
There are a great many ways in
which a delicate woman may econ
omize her strength, and yot not incur
the name which all conscientious
housekeepers dread, but in order to
do so successfully, she must have the
co-operation o those composing the
Lumuy, uo mey lew or many. In the
first place, she must be a law unto
herself; she must get rid of the idea
that she is in any .wav nmmmM 4
her neighbors for tho way m which
she conducts the affairs of her house
hold. In short, she must make up her
mind that it is nobody's business, out
side of her own family, but tnat It
muau u very mucn tho business of
every one of these. I do not advise
that she spend her time in hunting
up, or nursing her. aches and i)akiT
for that would only make mltLl very
much worse, but she should find out
SS ?E S h- organization!
r "vyi "uraeir as much m
possible in that direction, asldng that
the members of her household do too
same. There can be no fixed rule in
regard to what must, or must not be
done except as it affects tho health of
tho family on th rm .!T.V-.
nmfnrf - x,: rrw 1UU ""u meir
wXV" otner- But. in all
ing many things that are absolutely
unnecessary, and which in no wise
conduces in any way to the fainiiy
well-being.
But, you will say, a family must be
fed and clothed and kept clean, and
sheltered. All true; but the feeding
may be greatly simplified, in many
cases, greatly to the' betterment of
the family health. Fewer and simpler
dishes, less "spread" and display in
setting it before them, and a caieful
ness on the part of each niember
about making any unnecessary work
about the disposing4 of it. Much 'of
the sewing is unnecessary, or, if the
garments are bought ready made, get
those that are "lasting" in quality and
easily laundered, ana" impress it upon
tho wearers that any unnecessary soil
or rips or tears mustf.be avoided, be
cause it is to these that much of the
mother's aches and infirmities may be
traced. Children (and even some hus
bands!) will readily see the necessity
of this, if kindly presented to them.
Each member of the family may be
taught to care for its own clothing, in
many ways relieving the housekeeper
by so doing, and boys, as well as girls,
will readily learn to handle the needle,
if one appeals to their pride in trying
to look neat. The "stitch in time" is
as valuable today as it was in the days
of our mothers.
As to the laundering, if the, cloth
ing is simply made, and kept in pass.
able repair, with the aid of a washing
machine and "wringer" (which every
family should have) the husband could
do a great deal towards lifting that
load, if he were so inclined, during
leisure moments which every man ean
find, if he chooses; or, if the children
are large enough, they may help with
out hurting them. Washing is hard
work, even with all the helps that can
be collected, and many a weakiv wom
an might date her ill-health from
slight colds contracted (and neglected)
on washdays; but it seems impossible
to do away with the work m most
households, and the only thing 1 can
recommend is to get it done with the
least exposure and outlay of strength
possible. As to tho ironing, some
things must bo smoothed over, but
there are a whole lot that need not be.
Every woman must decide this mat
ter for herself, but in my own case,
I long ago decided that there were
many more necessary things to be
done than to iron everything that
went into the wash. As to the shelter,
the family, from largest to least!
should bo taught to respect their en
vironments, and use every pcssible
means to keep tho house and its fur
nishing in a respectable condition.
There is altogether too much disorder
allowed for which nobody seems to be
held responsible except the care-wom
wife and mother, and matters uliauld
be so adjusted that the responsibility
may be boaestly placed. The easing
of the uuraen for any one member
must be a matter of family co-operation.
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v. . Svilph&ted Friit .
This recipe was given me while in
tho Ozarks, by several ladies who told
me the fruit would keep several years
put up in this way. if any of you
?7 ' .J know of its having been
tried, will you please tell tne results?
Have ready a sugar, or other tiht,
barrel with one end left in it, and a
splint basket or 'coarse-meshed' sack-
also a thick covering of hwTl "
quilt or carpeting with wW h tft ld
tho barrel. Gather nlw sounf
pies, wash and wipe dry and , i-T
the basket or coarse sack "S ln
stout stick across the top of the W
rel and suspend the basket o, JS
over this stick. Put into a 8Wllcf?
large shovel a quantity of U c L ,
and set this in tho bottom of 2e W
rel, and put a tablespoonful of Z'
Phur on the coals, covering the US
immediately with the covering 1
vided, to confine the fumes about
fruit. Let the fruit hang in the bar!
rel for an hour or so, or until U swcals
when it should be taken out and
packed into largo jars or bairis atd
weighted down. It will make its' own
covering of water, and will keep for
years, as nice as fresh. Pears, peaches
and apples may be treated this way
To have them extra nice, they may be
be peeled, cored and quartered, and
packed in the basket or sack, and
treated as above and then packed
in stone jars with a thin cloth cov
ering. It is claimed that freezing doe3
not cause fruit put up this way to spoil.
Fruit Brown Bottlo
Butter a bread pan and lay in slices
of stale sponge cake, alternating with
sliced peaces, pears and apricots; when
the pan is full, pour over the fruit one
pint of custard mixture flavored with
orange; set in pan of warm water in
a moderate oven to cook until firm;
let cool; then run a knife around the
sides and invert onto a dish. Ar
range preserved strawberries or cher
ries at base; set in ice to become
chilled before serving.
Ca.n Drink TroibU
Theft's One Way To Got It.
Although they won't admit it many
people who suffer from sick headaches
ah& other" ails get them straight from
the coffee thoy drink and it is easily
proved it they're not afraid to leave
it to a test as in the case o a lady
in Connellsviile.
"I had been asufferer from sick
headaches for twenty-five years and
anyone who has ever had a bad sick
headache knows what I suffered.
Sometimes three days in tho week I
would have to remain in bed, at other
times I couldn't lie down tho pain
would be so great. My life was a torture-
and ,if I went away from nome
for a day I always came back more
dead than alive.
"One day I was telling a woman my
troubles and she told me she knew
that it was probably coffee caused it
She said she had been cured by stop
ping coffee and using Postuin Food
Coffee and urged me to try this food
drink.
"That's how I came to send out ana
get some Postum and from that time
I've never been without it for it suits
my taste and has entirely cured all of
my old troubles. All I did was to
leave off the coffee and tea and drinK
well made Postum in its place. This
change has done mo more good tnan
everything else put together.
"Our house was like a drug store tor
my husband ' bought everything no
heard of to help me without doing any
good but when I began on the Postum
my headaches ceased and the otner
troubles quickly disappeared. I nav
a friend who had an experience us
like mine and Postum cured ner jusi
as It did me. , .. . ...
"Postum not only cured the ueaa
aches but -my general health has been
improved and I am much stronger
than before. X now enjoy eltewu;
Pogtum more' than I ever did coiiee
Name given by, Postum Co., ia'
Creek, Mich. , wortn
"There's a reason'' and its w
SA'K'nr from sick
, Get the- faniqus ,; little book, i
Road to WellvllIeV in each package.
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