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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.
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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
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