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The Commoner.
VOLUME 6, NUMBER M
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The Uacd-to-be
Beyond tho purple, hazy trees
Of Summer's utmost boundaries;
Beyond tho Bands beyond the seas
Beyond tho range of oyes like those,
And only in tho reach of tho
Enraptured gazo of Memory,
Thoro lies a land, long lost. to me
Tho Land of Used-to-be.
'A land enchantedsuch as swung
In irolrinn Bonn whon nlronn pinner
Along their dripping brinks, and sung
To Jason in mat mystic tongue
That dazed men with its melody
Oh, such a land, with such a sea
Kissing its shores eternally,
Is tho fair Used-to-be.
A land whore music evor girds
Tho air with belts of singing birds,
And sows all sounds with such sweet
words,
That oven Jn the lowing herds
A meaning lives so sweet to me,
Lost laughter ripples limpidly
From lips brimmed o'er with all the
gleo
L Of rare old Used-to-be.
Lost laughter, and tho whistled tunes
Of boyhood's mouth of crescent runes,
That rounded through long afternoons,
To serenading plenllunes
When starlight fell so mlstly
That, peering tin from bended kneo.
I dreamed 'twas bridal drapery
Snowed over Used-to-be.
superintend, it is possible they may
need resting, also. Tho fourteen to
sixteen hours that comprise tho
mother's day might also be considered.
Then, too, the mother is often forced
by too much serving to sit up sowing,
patching and darning, away into the
"wee, Bma' hours," and it looks like
she might need recuperating a little,
too. Turn which way one may, the
problem, in some form, meets us.
Then, too, in many homes, there are
no children save the tiny little tots,
whoso needs, love them as wo may,
demand more attention than a deli
cate mother can give them. In other
homes, the wife is delicate, and heavy
tasks tax her strength cruelly. There
are other homes where the family is
composed of both nurslings and those
of school age; but the children at
tending school are at home only dur
ing tno busy morning and evening
hours hours when it is impossible
for tho hurried mother to take time
to teach them, and their efforts at
helping are more often than not hin
drances. These are the hours when
tho eight-hour-day man is most at
leisure. And the home, the wife and
the children are his! Why not?
often unjustly so, as she is not al
ways responsible for an unkempt ap
pearance, and it is not only tho farm
wifo who has this trial to contend
with. The village and city sister has
her trials7"too, and comes in for a
larger share of censure than does the
country sister, if her door yard is an
eye-sore to her neighbors, for it is
thoucht that sho hna much less to
overcome and more time to devote to
it. But only too often she has little
to. do with ordering its appearance.
No woman should he ashamed of a
big sun hat, stout shoes, thick gloves
and short skirts, so necessary in the
work of the garden, and I am glad to
say that few of them are. There is
no exercise so health-giving, because
it combines outdoor air, sunshine, ex
ercise of all the muscles, as well as
of mind and brain, a healthy absorp
tion of interest, and the combination
has a stimulating, tonic, exhilarating
effect which no known drug can pos
sibly bring about. Health, beauty,
optimism, cheerfulness, eood teniDcr.
and an uplifting and refining of one's
uiBies ib uie sure outcome vI-tntTcul
tivauon or uowers.
An all-violet toque, with a mass of
roses at one side, and perhaps some
heliotrope mixed in with the roses
makes ak beautiful hat for dresa wear
all tho year.
The woman with not very mucS
money who is trying to pick out a
hat that will last her all the season,
is safe in getting a sailor. She can
select one of the new shapes and sho
can make sure that it will" be pretty
until snow flies. Of course, the sailor
is not a dressy hat, but if prettily
trimmed it will hold Its style for gen
eral wear all the season. Trim tho
sailor with coral silk and coral quills
and you will have something smart
The prettiest hats are among tho
cheapest. Ex.
A Pleasant Nerve Tonic
We hear a great deal about the
0 land of love and dreamy thoughts,
.. """b "ViUD turn OHUUJ' Ol'UlQ,i
ui coolest, greenest grassyiite?" '
Embossed with wild Jst' i'luls
And nil v, nrtaVget-me-nots-
Lift your :3ihvxfmB hat cunningly
erruf the past, i kiss in thee
The lips of Used-to-be.
And love ye all, and with wet eyes
Turned glimmeringly on the skies,
My blessings like your perfumes rise,
Till o'er my soul a silence lies '
, . Sweotor than any song to me
H Sweeter than its melody '
Or Its sweet echo, yea, all three
My dream of Used-to-be.
'W James Whltcomb Riley.
Our Social Chat
Wo are always glad to hear both
sides of the story; so, friends, when
you differ with us, and write to state
your opinions, please do not say, "I
hope you will not take offense." The
right may be on your side, and, if so,
wo wish to know it. Some of our
friends object to my suggestion that
the idlo husband shall turn his spare
moments to account by helping his
wife about the house. The relief these
friends offer is that the children ho
kept at homo from the shops, fac
tories and oihees, ana, while attend
ing school, taught to put themselves
to use In their idle hours in the
mother's workshop, in order that the
tired husband may recuperate from
his hard day's work, so as to be ready
rested for the work of the morrow"
It's a poor rule that won't work both
ways. The children are supposed to
put in some hours of hard work in
school, and, if they must take up the
tasks to relieve tho strain on , the
mother, to say nothing of the even
ing hour's study demanded or tiiem
and which the mother is supposed to
st.mu.ating properties of outoor ILZt Xe TC
erclses for dollcate. nervous or cuiO onornr nr fntoiHtrQrt nnA , ,i
ercises for dollcate, nervous or ow
worked women, and beltaf ,
in the advisabmr;omen 1W
mJ,no?Sn air and less in the
'et-7oti, enervaunc atmosnnere or tne
house. But simply walking about,
with no ultimate object in view, is
worse than useless. If such walks
must be taken on the streets of a city
or village, one must spend some time
(often all there is to spare for the
walk) in "fixing up," and the" con
sciousness that we are on "dress
parade" is as wearing as would be the
work we are neglecting.
To obtain the real stimulus of out
"door exercise, one must be interested,
even into forgetfulness or self-and
how we "look," and this can nowhere
bo brought about more satisfactorily
than by working in the garden. The
kitchen garden work is, much of it,
too heavy for a woman to undertake;
but even here many pleasant, restful,
tasks are to be found, and women are
not slow to avail themselves of this
diversion. But they generally over-do,
because there is so much to he done,
and every one seems willing to allow
them as much latitude in this occupa
tion as they see fit to take. Did you
ever hear of a woman wno does the
work in the garden being arraigned
as "crowding out the men folks?"
Flower-gardening is light, dainty, re
freshing, and no "Woman can watch
her planting from seed-time, tnrough
germination, expanding leaflet and
opening bud, without becoming health
ier, happier and more wholesome every
day. Every woman Ts a "beauty lover;
every woman, down m her heart, hates
coarseness, disorder and untidiness;
but many women have "fought the
fight" with falling courage, and at
mui given up uecause of the indiffer
ence or opposition her efforts have en
countered. A refined woman prides herself on
the beauty of her front yard and
flower border, especially; she does not
mwuys nave tne direction of the back
premises, but she is proud of a well
kept front yard, and having this mark
of refinement before her eves, she
grows to lovq her home and home
0uV&oys
i?ws are leaving the farm," and
energy and intelligence and the edu
cation to struggle with the problems,
and to avoid the false allurements of
city life? They doubtless have the
physical endowment a strong con
stitution, and muscles inured to labor;
but it is not to be expected that
bone and sinqw and muscle will en
able them to win the race to fortune
unless they have the active brain and
strong mind that will enable them to
overcome obstacles. So, also, these
essentials are necessary to enable a
boy to draw the wealth from the soil.
If he does not succeed in making his
mark as a merchant or manufacturer
in the city, he becomes a slave to the
city grind, and with his first gray
hairs is ntf longer eligible, with im
paired health, to mase more than a
pittance. If he stays on tho farm,
he may be equally a failure, but it is
uot niceiy; and in this day of im
proved machinery and implements,
farm labor is not so exhausting as it
once was, and there are few farmers
that do not live better than their
city brothers of the same grade. It
is calculated that where one boy in
10,000 who leaves the farm for the
city, acquires a large fortune, only
about one in 1,000 gains a competency,
While the vast mnlnrffv llva fv.
hand to mouth," or sink into abject
poverty. Success in any line depends
on .health and push, and the ability
to grasp the opportunity when it of
fers, and the strength of mind and
body to hold on, once one has a foot
hold. But the boy is not going to
stay on the farm simply because he is
told It is his duty to do so, or that
it Js to his interest. A little experi
ence is sometimes a good thing for a
boy to have. Ex.
AN OLD AND WKM, TniKD RKMKDT
Mna. Winblow's Soothing bytittp t .mi.
a- a mrfflraaEf aMass- zsa more. " TT" &
largely by the appearance of her lawn
Stylish Headwear
The woman who wants a hat for all
the season's wear is safe in getting
an all-flower hat. These hats arl
fashionable every spring, and, except
for a slight variation of shape, they
are made very nearly the same year
after year. This season there s the
violet toque, which is rather pointed
in the front and many of these toques
are trimmed with a n Z-.?
making; a truly French combination:
, Caring For Children. -"
There are some things that ought
not be allowed, and one of these is
that the child should not be allowed
to run the streets after dark. Go on
the streets any time, and you find
them full of boys and girls, from tho
tiniest tots up to the grown' children.
and. in boo Urnm it .-. n - -
- , ,xwa., ju awuia mere must
be something lacking in the home
either in attractiveness or in author
ity, and the-mistake of allowing them
to form the taste and habit of seek
Jng the glare of the sidewalk when
they should be safe-folded inside the
?T WiI 1 taevltabl.je5 fo dnr Jos-,
ing all cpntrjgUf them. The street ,3
iLJiftntface for these young people;
the lessons they learn there a non
pf the best, and the excitement of
the crowds is bad for the undeveloped
character.
Children must havo occupation, and
the busier they are kept the better.
Not always with hard labor; though,
labor is very good for them some
times; but the mind and muscles may
be kept active without overdoing.
If they have no taste for reading,
allow them other sources or amuse
ment, no matter if they do "litter
up" things; the dirt will all be on the
outside, and can be readily cleaned up
by the children, themselves, after their
fun is over. Let us strive to "keep
tho little ones clean, morally, no
matter what the condition of the
house that holds them. A mother
has just said to me: "It is all very
well to talk; but we mothers are too
tired to play with our children of an
evening, and they must have some
recreation." If the mothers would
gi.ve the children part of her work
give it to them early enough, and
teach them that the responsibility of
its accomplishment rests on "them
then the mother will not he so tired,
and the children, accustomed to trot
ting about with the mother in the
home work, will expect nothing else,
and this will be their recreation.
The evening hours are- the danger
hours. Darkness and vice go hand in
hand, and even the glare of the street
lamps is not a sufficient protection
for the little or the large children
so carelessly allowed to haunt tho
streets. The curfew bell should ring
early, and its voice be heeded.
Spring Housecleanlng
The question of ridding the house of
vermin comes up afresn every spring
time, and several of our readers are
seeking information tn timf u.. ,.
.it is necessary to repeat instructions.
aome nouses are more easily kept
free from these vile things than
others; but, in any event, the thing
to do is to wage a war of extermina
tion, followed by a most vigorous Vigil
ance. The last bug must he routed
and killed; the last egg destroyed;
then one must keep a sharp lookout
for the occasional new-comer brought
BETTER THAN SPANKING
Spanking does not euro children of bod wotting
If it did thoro would bo fdw children thit would X
it. Thoro in a constitutional cause for this Mm.
1. Smmnors, Box 118. Notre Damo, Infl., will, send
nor homo treatment to any mother. ShV oin no
money. Write her today ffyonrchi,dron toi52
yon lo this way. Don't blamo the chlldV 'Fhrn
chancea are it can't holn.lt. iqo :wj
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