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n o"7 8 , The Commoner VOLUME 4. NUMBER Jii. r .1 If; i. Y" I V U KB y H&7tffeoifllfntjfc mnjPtnT or we.w. r - vwwviAmi i m a-a v v SfiZB""- ---- 'LsZt Lsl BBsE .fHHBKT " 4 rut a aTniiiniift hw kiyw Conducfetfbfc h. m 9 m. i t - f. vtf&enwsnsNc tDpd jV Ob ""' ifferait Tho Heroic Soll Bo strong, 0, warring soul. For very sooth, Kings are but wraiths; republics fade like rain; People are reaped and garnered as the grain, And only that persists which is the truth. Bo strong, when all tho days of life beat ruth And fury, and are hot with toil and strain; Hold thy largo faith and quell thy mighty pain jbream ,tho great dream that buoys thine age with youth. THou, like an eagle mewed in sea stopped cave. Art poised in darkness with victor ious wings; Until the tide has drawn the warder waves, iCcep night between tho granite and . the sea. Then, from the portal where the ripples sing Burst thou into tho boundless morn ing free. Selected. Christmas Prosonls A gre.at many pretty, useful and valuable articles for tho holiday giving may bo made at smair expense of money, if one is skilled ever so slight ly in tho use of needles. "All kinds" of .hand-sewing, fancy-stitching, em broidering and like woric, are very popular, and what the sewing needle can not do. the knitting needles, cro chet hook and tatting bobbin can ac complish. There is no end to the uses that can be made of yarns, silks, cot tons, linens and their imitations, in the fashioning of pretty and service able things, if one has a little taste, & little skill and a little money. Odd ends of laces, ribbons, silks, velvets, muslins and mercerized goods work up well, and for their uses there are designs to suit both the purse and the size of tho scrap. Endless souvenirs are to be gathered, and many "ten cent" stores show things well worth buying, and worth fully tho price asked for them. It is not always necessary, or oven- advisable, to buy articles in jured to "last," for many things that are extremely ephemeral servo tho pur pose just as well, so thoy are pretty and attractive at tho start. As a veri fication of this truth, see the abundance of advice and directions, in the various s household publications, on the subject of how best to get rid of the superflu ity .of gifts, many of which only servo to clutter up the house, because "ono hates to destroy anything so good," buVfind them a real trial to retain. Query Box Mrs. M. Answer given in another column. Busy Bessie. Almost any old boon will do for the scrap-book, if you will remove every second and third leaves to make room for the scraps pasted in. Mrs. K. M. -It would be a good plan to cut out and preserve any recipe that you know is good., A home-made .recipe book is invaluable. Frank J.- The poem is too long for this. department A great many books ,S1 roally good authora can .be had in cheap form, and with care, will last for years. Discouraged. -The very first element of success is courage. Anything worth having is worth striving for, and the struggle itself will give you strength! for the fray. It is just hard work. S. R. Lime in the eye should bo washed out Quickly With equal par4ts of vinegar and water, by squeezing drops on the eyeball and letting it run off. Then place.a soft pad soaked in vinegar over the closed eye ami secure It to tho head by a bandage. Mabel L. With white woodwork may bo used self-green paper, either perfectly plain, or with just the sug gestion of a stripe running through it. Above it may bo a friezo with, a de sign of field poppies on an ombre green ground. Curtains of softly-hanging -cream casement cloth may be used. H. S. Walnut oil is made from the kernels of the walnut; as a dye for tho hair, it is used once a, week for some months, rubbing it well into the scalp. Walnut dye is made by boiling or steeping the inner bark of tho walnut tree, and wetting the hair with tho decoction. It is not very satisfactory. Mrs. J. B. To take out tea or coffee stains, first soak the article in cold water, then spread glycerin over the stain and leave it on over night, then wash as usual. To remove vaseline stains, have a cup or bowl handy, then pour a few drops of ether or chloro form on the stain and invert the bowl or teacup over the stain immediately to .keep tho fumes from evaporating, and let stand so for some hours. Annie M. R. There is a waffle Iron made purposely for use on a gas stove. Tho iron sets on a frame raised high enough to admit of its being turned without lifting. A common waffle iron may be used on a gas .burner by having it fit closely to the opening over the burner, and in turning, lift the iron so it will swing clear of the stove, but it is considerable trouble. Do not wash the inside of the iron with soap and water; scald with clear, boiling water when its need of a thorough cleaning, but usually, if care is taken of it, simply wiping the inside with tissue paper will be sufficient. "We older children grope our way From dark behind to dark before, A:id only when-our hands we lay, Dear Lord, in Thine; tho night is day, And there is darkness never more. Reach downward to our sunless days Wherein our guides are blind as we; Where faith is small and hope delays', Take Thou the hands of prayer we raise, And let us feel tho lighten Thee." Selected, Accessories For those who can not afford to buy the many charming accessories so dis tractingly displayed in tho shop win dows, there is a comfort in the thought that much of, it may be made at home from small scraps lett from, garments of silk, linen, or cloth, with the aid of a few beads, buttons and bright or naments, if ono studies tho pattern closely enough to make a success at imitating. It is not the material which costs, but the skillful handling and tho exorcise of taste builds up the price Largo Families This, from Good Housekeeping, is but an expression of sentiments which find a lodgement in the minds of our best thinkers: "Two clippings lay side by side on the editor's desk, cut from newspapers which arrived in the same mail. Ono recorded the gift of a sum of money from the president of the United States to a baby, the twentieth child born to his parents. The other pictured in distressing detail the condition of a laborer, his wife and their nine chil dren, found half-starred in their squal id home. The state board of charity, placed four of the nine children where they could earn their keep' or have needed comforts, while the municipal authorities provided cash for the im mediate needs of the other members of tho family. To bring into the world too many children is a crime against the children themselves, and against the community; the. broken-down physique of many a mother. ,often in a well- to-do home, cries out against artificial stimulus to large families." The least a child is entitled to is to be born with a sound constitution, phy sical and mental, and this can rarely be bestowed where the mothers are physical wrecks through too often re peated maternity, and the father wor ried and exhausted physically and mentally through trying to keep a roof over the heads and' bread in the mouths of tho too numerous progeny. "I have in mind several families whom r have known, where the children num bered near the one score mark, and in every instance, out of the whole lot, there was but perhaps two or three that rose above tho surface of extreme mediocrity, and the majority were fully submerged in the ocean of the "great army below even this, prin cipally because of the fact that the parents were not able to give them even the common necessities and privileges, and they had to go out into the world at an extremely ten dor age, to Kelp swell the family ex chequer, instead of being put to school or learning some useful trade. Let us have, better children, even if fewer. "Fried Things" - Wo are often told that "fried things" are not fit to eat, but if proper care is taken in the frying, there is lit tle ground for complaint. If tho fnt iq properly heated: and used at the right temperature, very little is absorbed by tho food, and the same fat can be Used several times over if care is tnimn not to scorch it, and to properly ciari- iy n Derpre putting it away. Frying means Immersing in hot fat," and tho fat should be deep enough to cook all parts of the food at oncenot tho little dab which scarcely greases the skillet, which invariably scorches and burns the food material, or cooks it so slowly that its nctural juices flow out and tho remnant of grease "flows K Tho fat must be hot, smoking hot, but not so hot' as to scorch, when the food is put into it, as the addition will cause it to cool somewhat, and L.e idea, especially with meats', is to sear the outside so as to confine the jtrices, after which it may : be cooked slowly until done, but itot'tfA'-tftawiv'-oa M thO fOOd i ramn..i , wanted forsaking vy or f 0t should be poured off ttr7ugh a strainer into a clean vessel nrlT skillet, and before being put a?,? should be re-heated and a fcw K of Irish potato dropped into it an "a? lowed to fry until brown, when, after jfat should bo poured into tho gJJ v, yjx jm, icuvmg any sediment that remains in tho bottom of the kettle in wLich :t was cooked. t For Our Girls The first reason why women fail as wives is because marriage has never yet been esteemed one of the learned professions which only a highly quali fied individual is fitted to practice On the contrary, it is held to be a kind of jack-leg' trade that any girl can pick up at a L.inute's notice, and carry on successfully without tho slightest previous knowledge or train ing. No girl would be conceited enough to think that she could prac tice medicine or law or dentistry with out devoting years to its study. She Wouldn't even dream of hiring out as a stenographer without first learning how to make pot-hooks, but she blithe. ly and cock-suroly tackles the most difficult and complicated job existing that of being a wife on the falla cious assumption that a knowledge of how t: manage a man and make him happy and comfortable comes to a woman by inspiration, and not through preparation. When the average girl marries she does not even know -ow to make a man physically comfortable, and yet, unromantic as this may seem, the very foundation of domestic happiness has to be laid in bodily ease. Nobody can be sentimental on an empty stomach, and bad cooking will kill the tenderest affection In time. Love is choked to d-ath on tough steak as well as slain by unfaithfulness, and many a young husband's illusions about his brido have been drowned in watery soup. The first inkling that young Benedict gets that his Angelina is not all his fondest fancy painted her, and that he has missed his affinity, is when he has to sit down to ill-cooked and ill-served meals; and you'may be very sure that if there weile no bad dinners there would bo precious few men wandering away from home. To he a good -wife is not an easy task. It is o- of the most strenuous undertak ing on earth. It requires labor and skill and care and tact and unselfish ness, but it- is the kind of service a wntrmn fferp.fis to eive when SllO gets married. If she doesn't likj the price, she can stay single.Elizabeth M. Kil mer, in Twentieth Century Home. Girls, don't Dick out a man for a husband simply because you love him; the more important thing is whether h ivtra win. A woman who loves i v..-u,i v.r.tiaK Tmn hn loves her Is a door-mat on which he treads; if he loves her better than she loves mm, he looks up-to her as a goddess, ana spends his life trying to win her favor. . x j , maA -hnrofi n. man Willi her affection, but no woman f erjaa enough love, given : er, ana """' affection a man lavishes upon her, tne stronger the claim, he establiphcsMt A NOTRt DAME LADY'S APPEAL bAckacHe, pains in the kidneys or Jnt ..pains, tVwrlta to her for ri homo t rem which has repeatedly cured all o( these ton flho feels it her dutr to send it to al 1 dl FREE. Yoa cumyourflclf at .home ajthous thenhlstmenca vl j i i . m i i V f) 71 'a V i V I .? p f i : $ 'i must aiuruingiy, to j allow the fat W.gp'.bon v.