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mI k The Commoner. 10 VOLUME 5, NUMBER 52 i . i , n 5. & i l'U,X ' ;. ! V ,fi ;l & i 'K ' '1 Ill bWi n i ; W I a ik ;:. :. j . . r . Id i. i.'j ' i' . 1 , . , li LIR Hii i u i I X it' i ' 15 ?! k fl d a riment IF "Arline." Aged 19 Years Call her not dead, though you found her asleep, Lying so restful, so silent and white; Sleeping the sleep that cometh to all, Sooner or later mortality's night. Fold the white hands o'er the slumber ing heart, Tenderly, knowing all earth-work Is done; Nothing to her Is the morning's red dawn Nothing to her is the setting of sun. Gone to her rest, in her beautiful youth ; Free from the scar of earth's piti less stain; "Dust unto dust" 'tis the way of the world, . The spirit has passed through the portals of pain. Softly caressing the bright, silken hair, Say that the angels her dear lips have pressed: Borne her away from our cherishing arms, Upward, afar, to the beautiful rest. Kiss the dumb lips through your fast falling tears Never again will she come at your call; Our Beautiful passed from this sor rowful star, Leaving to us but the dirge and the pall. Say she wont home in her life'-s dewy morn, Star flowers paving the way she has fled; Say she has laid down the cross for the crown; Say she's at rest, but, O, call her not dead! Helen Watts-McVey. With Our Friends -"We road a great deal about the farmer who is careless of his wife's comfort, and who fails to provide con veniences for her or to help her with the heavy work. He is blamed, too, for not hiring help for her Indoors, and for her lack of "good clothes" and reading matter. There are a few other delinquencies, more or less seri ous, laid to his charge, but these will do for a starter. It all sounds very straight on paper. In the stories, his alleged selfishness goes on until the poor woman has a dangerous spell of sickness, which straightway brings the selfish man to his senses, his power to hold up the heavy end of the load himself, sparing me, I feel that I could talk for him. There is a great deal of hard drudg ing work to do on a farm, both in doors and out, and farm help for the house or the field is almost impos sible to get. If there is much stock to look after, it is "the master's hand that fattens," and if that is withheld, there is inevitable loss. Stock, like children, does not thrive in the hands of hired help; on many farms es pecially thrifty ones the husband and father scarcely has a moment to call his own from early dawn to late bed time. The early rising is imperative; everything must have its breakfast, and have time to eat it before being put into harness or turned outside. Feeding at night cannot be under taken until a certain hour, and to feed, house and look after all calls for much time and work. Every in dividual animal must be glanced at, and if he shows lack of appetite, in clines to droop, or evinces symptoms of any disorder, it must have atten tion. The runtlings must have an extra measure of food; the weakling must have a little the warmest shel ter. As the mother with her children, so must the good farmer be with his animals. Then, when supper is over, and the family about to "retire, the gude mon must take his- lantern and look over the housed animals to see that all is safe for the night Of course, if there are hired men, or lots of boys, much of this can, with oversight, be relegated to them. With most of the farm men, careless ness about increasing the housework, or seeming lack of interest in the overworking wife is because of their interests centering in the outside work, and, they do not realize, until something brings v it home to them, the hardships which the wife unmur- muringly, but not wisely, persists in carrying. Of course the wife is really danger ously overworked at times, especially if she have little children and ill- health. Indoors, there Is no "la: up;" the meals in abundance must be cooked; the milk, even when she does not draw it herself, must be attended to, the butter churned, eggs gathered, washing, ironing, baking, scrubbing, sewing, patching, darning and the thousand daily and trl-dally duties that beset her must be attended to, in addition to the great care de manded for her young children. It is wonderful how she does It all so well. And the stout girl i3 a crying need, but the capable, experienced woman is better; but where Is she to be found? It is not jo easy io "in- shopping is still fresh within the minds of many of our readers, and now is a first rate time to begin plan ning to outwit circumstances in the next holiday carnival. It would be well to set up an "anticipation box," into which, as the new is brought forth, the old can be uuictly dropped into its proper receptacle. There might be divisions or there might ""be more than one box or bag. Into one might go the "as good as usw," while anything the worse for the wear should go into another, to be repaired as soon as possible and put with the better ones. Any surplus, duplicate, misfit, or not-cared-for article should go into one of these an arm as its sequestration is advisable; odds and ends of ribbons, laces, silks, braid, feathers, bits of velvet, satin, plush, broken strings of beads, dilapidated dolls, ends and leftovers of embroid eries, floss, threads, fancy yarns, tinsels, attractive pictures, cards, un satisfactory toys, pieces of china, odd scraps of jewelry, and the hundreds of things for which no use can be found after the holiday season is ended, might be put away in ' these boxes or bags, to be later and at leisure fashioned into little hings for the next Christmas disbursement. Now and then, during the year, odd bits may be added to the stock al ready at hand, and often "just the thing" may be found at small cost, and at a time when we do not have to divide our money so xften. Many things' that 'seemed quite )eyertd our reach during the rush, will be thrown on the bargain counters, or sold at "special sales" at greatly reduced prices for some weeks after the ncv year opens, and all sorts of fancy work materials, as well as seful things, will be sold much cheaper than it can possibly be had for at iho liext Christmas times. It is jusr as satis factory to do the buying and lay things away, as to try to crowd so much into a few days, and thus avoid the struggle with the mob of shoppers in the "rush" season. This is what the "one woman in a hundred" did, and now she is out shopping when the "ninety and nine" are almost helpless with nervous prostration, and is get ting double the amount of goods for her money that was to be had be fore Christmas. tion whenever it implies a promise A promise once given is a bond in violable. A man is. already of con sequence in the world when it is known that we can implicitly rely upon him; that he will not fail us I have frequently seen in life a per son preferred to a long list of appli cants, for some important charge which lifts him at once into station and power, merely because he has this reputation, that when he says he knows a thing, he knows it, and when he says he will do a thing he will do it. Muse, then, over these maxims; you will find it easy enough to prac tice them if you try." "Clear Starching" Such delicate materials as laco and net need special care 'lhthe wash ing. . They should be placed in a clean bowl with cold water, and let soak for an hour or 'more; squeeze (not wring) out, soap all the soiled places with a good soap jelly, and put them in a porcelain-lined or agate sauce-pan, add cold water to cover, and a teaspoonful of turpentine; set on the back of the stove and let sim mer for an hour; then empty into the bowl, squeeze and pat until all dirt is removed; they must not be rubbed or wrung, as such usage would ruin them. Let them have two or three rinsings in clear water, and then put them through water with a little blu ing in it. Mix some starch with boil ing water, but do not let it be thicker than fair cream; put into it the laces squeezing until thoroughly saturated, then tako out one piece at a time, squeeze, and then slap between your hands many times until all the super fluous starch is driven out of the meshes of the lace, as the success of the process depends on that. Spread each piece on a clean cloth and roll up as you would any starched things, and Jet them lie for several hours, or over night. In ironing, each piece miist be laid out on the board in turn, stroked and pulled into exact shape so that the pattern or design is even; then spread a piece of sheer muslin over the piece and iron from the straight, or lower edge upward never lengthwise. Iron until nearly dry, then take the piece in your hand and gently pull out the scollops and points, again pressing under the muslin, and your lace will look "like new," snow ing no shiny marks of the iron, or meshes filled with starch. nnil n. "stout, crirl" a forthwith In- stalled In the kitchen, and the wife's Bv nQr. in real life, as it is in the conveniences multiply as if by magic. story- Many a farm hiiHband would ji t. .1 t.j. it-.i .- i. ' crinnlv wnrlr mmrmif rnf '.n .icilar 4r jl uo iiul uouut unit uiere are sucu. men plenty of them, 7and the fact is to be deplored; but In a great many of such cases, the woman Is herself to blame, because she takes up the burdens, uncomplainingly, and the husband never realizes to what in justice her patient love subjects her. I have often wished I could hear the other side of the story; but, accuse him as we may, the farm husband "openeth not his mouth." Having had some experience as a farm wife, with a husband whom time has proven to be simply a male angel" In the matter of doing all in gladly work himself out, In order to be able to pay the extra Indoor help; but to look for one that is not a hind rance rather than a help, is like searching for a pin in a haystack. Some Good Rules to Follow Bulwer Lytton once said: "If I were asked to say, from my experi ence of life, what attribute most im pressed the minds of others or most commanded fortune, I should say, earnestness of purpose. The earnest man wins way for himself, and earn estness and truth go together. Nev er affect to be other than what you areeither richer or wiser; never be ashamed to say, 'I don't know.' Men will then believe you when you The only solution I can think of is the say do lmow? Never be ashamed AN OLD AND WELL ITU KD UKMTSOT MH8. WINBMWB800TH1NG Bytiup for ohtldrMi teething should always bo used for children while teething. It softens the uums, allays all pain, cures wind colic and Is the best remedy for diarrhoea, SPwenty-flyecentaa bottlo. "multitude of counsel" to be found in organized neighborhood clubs, where the "best methods" may bo discussed, and the interests of each looked after; in the introduction into the home of all the labor-saving ma chinery possible, and the co-operation of the whole family toward the end of lightening the wife and mother's work as much as possible. I hope the farm husband will interest himself in these matters. The Anticipation Bo The recent nightmare of Christmas to say, whether as applied to time or money or morality, 'I can not afford the guinea you ask me to throw away? I can not afford to waste an hour in idleness. I can not afford to sacrifice my selfrespect.' Once establish yourself and your mode of life as what they really are, and your foot "is on solid ground, whether for the gradual step onward, or for the sudden spring forward. From these maxims let me deduce another learn to say no, and say it with decision; learn to say yes with? caution 'no with decision whenever it resists temptation; 'yes' with cau- For Work Dresses Elbow sleeves are both comfortable and labor-saving when doing the nec essary work about the kitchen, where the sleeves are generally rolled or pinned up to get them out of the way. When hastily summoned to the door or to meet visitors, a long cuff, or puffed lower sleeve, with an elas tic at the top may readily be slipped over the bare arm, and this can also be worn when an errand takes ono to thia grocery store. The ubiquitous shirtwaist suit is seen everywhere, and worn on all ordinary occasions; but for one do ing the various tasks about the house, stooping, bending, reaching, stretch ing as one must, the unpleasant feat ure about them is "the parting or the ways" as between the waist and skirt, which can hardly be avoiueu. The mother-hubbard style of dress is not to be recommended especially. the old, loose style, although the closer-fitting models are not so ob jectionable; but One of the neatest suits for all-around wear about house work, is the. usual skirt and a negligee which can be slipped over the beau, with no buttons to fasten, or lioous BETTER THAN SPANKING Spanklnjr does not euro children of bod wottinp If It did tnoro would bo fow ohlldron that wouw a It. Thoro lfl ft constitutional causo for this. o. M. Summora. Bor 118, NotroDarao, Ind., will bob hor homo treatment to any raothor. Sho aMs money, Writo hor today If your children troum you In this way. Don't blame tho child, -i" chances aro It can't holp It. j I 1H T-fftM ' f r. j