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A Creed for June
I believe in the love of tlia earth for
the morning,
While tree tops talk of the day to
come,'
I believe in the gladness of hopes a
borning . While yet 'the lips of them tremble
dumb. believe in the wet, fresh smell of
tho meadows
Caught and kissed by the conquer
! ing sun.
t believe in the sweets that hide in
the shadows, ,
By gray stone walls, where still
. brooks run.
I believe in the long, straight beams
that quiver
-- Falling down through the great
' white day,
While under the fape of the glittering
river
Currents are moving, and eddies
play.'
I believe in the rising scent of the
flowers
Filling the cup of the afternoon;
I believe in the. height of the cloudy
towers
Built In the west, to fall too soon.
I believe in the music' of hidden
. thrushes--1-. '
Only heard in the tangle of trees
I believe in the lullaby wind as it
hushes
Green little leaves, and the drone
of bees.
I believe in the good, great world, and
I love it, ,
? I love, it and believe in Man, and
We'call '"', -' ' ' '
Of thesoul tuat,is.ln.lt, and yet above
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'' I belipye in' theGod who made It all.
--Wlnfiold Scott Moody in Harper's
, tagazlne.
OUR SOCIAL CHAT
,. "Ljkc Mother-Used to Make"
It is not the "things mother used
to make" that are no more, so much
as the "things she used to make them
of." "Mother's ways" are still re
called, and her recipes, regulations-,
meuious or combinations, the guesses
as to measurement the trustings to
luck that always turned out "Just
right," and the willing hands to re
enact her manipulations, are with us
now, as in the olden times; but the
something gone" is felt in every
branch of the home, and especially
in the cookery.
. Tho old, delicious flavors of crisp
vegetables that knew no taint of wilt;
the fragrant, flavored, sun-ripened
fruits that knew no touch of riennv
the shade-dried pot horbs; tho field
grown cereals, tho pork, beef, lamb
and poultry clover-fed and corn-finished,
with water from the springs
and rivulets to wash all taintings out
of the blood; milk from tho udders
of healthy cows whose panting sides
were redolent of the odor of meadow
blossoms and crisp, clean herbage.
Butter was "the real thing," with its
clean, nutty flavor and matchless col
oring; tho "shortening" jwas pure,
home-tried lard or suet,, and the cream
was cream. Butterine, oleomargerine,
cottollne, or any of the other factory-,
made "ines" were unknown. The
eggs were fresh-laid, made of the
foraginga of wide and varied pastur
age, and had a flavor all their own.
Pork, beef, poultry, lamb,- and "wild
meats" were clean, healthy, rich-flat
vored, juicy, carefully slaughtered
and cleanly cared for; all diseased,
maimed or thin animals were reject
ed, and, one did not fear to partake
of the stews, roasts, frys, bakes or
bolls, so lavishly served up by the
mothers, the delicious flavorings of
which were largely due to the manner
of cooking by the open fire-place, or
on the old-time stoves, supplemented
by the wonders of the "ovens" which
were the pride of the old-time cooks.
Now-a-days, the daughters have to
deal with the product of the slaughter
house, where animals, tired, gaunt
and feverish from long travel in
crowded cars and close confinement
in stifling stockyards, are butqhered,
regardless of condition, many of them
more or less diseased op over-driven,
packed into refrigerator cars and con
signed to cold-storages, to be dealt
out to retail butchers in quantities
as required. Much of the. meats,
lards, butters and milks are "doc
tored" with harmful preservatives,
and none of xhem taste as. they did in
"motherls" time. Even .mother would
fail in the uses of doctored meats,
made "butters" and stale eggs. .
The home-grown, home-garnered
and home-kept food materials are
rarely on the market, and more and
more- they aro passing away. With
them go the flavors and fragrances
that made of "mother's" cooking food
fit for the gods, In. the days when
the children were home-grown, too,
with appetites the product 6f health
and home-fostering. No, it Is not
the' "things" that mother used, to
make;that are passing; but the things
she Used to make them of the un
adulterated products of forest, field
and garden, meadows, and clean,
clear-watered streams, fresh-gathered,
and free from disease. "Home
grown," on sweet-smelling meadows
and grass-lands, watered by refresh
ing rains and blessed by the clear,
slipped out of the pots and into the
border with but little damage or
shock. .
Jn buying plants already in bloom;
one should not be disappointed if no
more bloom follows the one already
there, as these plants are. usually
forced for blooming,; and the change
from the green-house to the border,
where more root-room a given them,
will cause the plant to devote its
energies to making root and getting
established before more buds are
formed.
Some of the hardy climbers make a
magnificent show of flowers as early
as the second season, and surely by
the third, if given favorable condi
tions. Do not forget that roses are
gross feeders, and must have rich soil
and the hottest sunshine.
For the Invalid
Every one who has spent much
time propped up in bed in a sitting
or reclining, posture, knows the ag
gravating tendency of the clothing
under the baok to slide downward,
creasing into ridges and lumps that
are extremely, worrying to one who is
at all Sensitive to discomfort; and
also the exhausting efforts to regain
the recumbent position when one's
back gets "queer" Ifrom the fatigue.
Such will appreciate the following,
given by a reader;
"Take a strip of: .muslin, towelling,
or similar material, two or tbreo yards
long and the width : of the goods.
Double one . end back upon itsef,
forming a loop pr ,hem wide enough
to take in a medium sized pillow.
Stitch across, the. hem securely, leav
ing the sides open so that the pillow
may be readily inserted and removed.
Place this on the bed immediately
above th,e lower sheet, passing the
free end under or through the head
rails, where it can be; fastened with
a cord pr in any convenient-manner,
so the position of tbe pillow, which
is to act as a support to the hips,
may be varied to suit the comfort of
the invalid. When not needed, the
pillow can be removed In a minute
or .drawn up to the head of the bed
out of the way."
.For keeping the air from an open
garden. Roses of the " hardy kind
should be layered, or "slipped," and
the box of sand on tho veranda rail
should now be filled with cuttings
from tea and monthly roses and otlier
hard wood plants. Here is an item
that may help out the flower-lover:
Take two earthen flower pots, say
four and six: inches across the top;
stop the hole in the bottom of the
smaller one with a cork and fill it
with water. Cover the hole in the
larger one with something' that will
prevent the sand running through,
and place the smaller pot inside the
larger on a layer of sand sp that the
tops of the two will be on a level.
Pill the space between the two with
sand, and in this insert the cuttings
close to the inner pot. Place them
in a sunny window and keep the
smaller pot always full of water,
which will . percolate through the
sides, keeping the sand moist. The
inner riot can be at any time lifted
without disturbing the cuttings, and
the root growth examined.
A good way to root rose, atfd other
hard wood cuttings Is to dig up a
spot of mellow earth, set your cut
tings and 'turn over each a glass tuni
bler or jar (damaged fruit jars will
answer, so they have no holes in
them), pressing the mouth down into
the earth, and keep the soil wet about
the slips. These covers should not
be disturbed for quite a while, or un
jtil' the slip has started a good growth
of leaves, when the jai4 may be grad
ually lifted to let fn fresh air. The
ground' must not bef allowed to. dry
out. Geranium, and, many other sdft
wood plants may be started by stick
ing the cuttings down in the ground
beside, and in the shade of tho parent
plant. When growth is well started,
the young plants may be potted" and
set in , a. suitable place, kept "thriftily
grPwing and shift into larger pots''; as
uwcaoai v, , mini umy iuv .ciiioiu
tnem indeors in the fall.
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window or door from blowing directly
unobstructed, rays of the llf e-glvlng on the head or body, which Is ex-
sunsmne, gamerea in tne proper sea- tremely disagreeable! to some invalids.
son, handled with care and stored
with honest preservatives. Thus,
they had a flavor that no market col
lection can ever have a flavor that
few of us will ever find again.
AN OLDAND WBLIiTRlHD REMEDY
. MM. WlNSLCMV'SHOOTUINCI BYTttJP for children
teething should ulnars be used for nhiMrn at,n.
KS'Si and get the pots along with the
Florist's Plants
From the latter part of May until
well along in July, florists offer col
lections of plants selected from their
surplus stock, and often containing
very valuable "novelties," for a small
sum of money, and these collections
may be safely potted and tended in
stead of going to the trouble of slip
ping cuttings. If the season happens
to be a wet one, they can usually be
set out in the border with good effect.
In, ordering, one should not neglect
to state whethor tho plants are for
the window garden or for the border.
' Pot-grown ,roses may be ordered by
the dozen at small cost, and, with
care may be transplanted very suc
cessfully to the garden, up to t;lio last,
of June. If you live near a florist,
it is wetter, to patronize "home indus-
rwcaty-OTcenU bottl.
take a triangular piece of cloth, long
enough to reach the length of the bed
and tack, or otherwise fasten the
long side to the bedrail. In the back
of the head-board a ring may be
either fastened, or slipped over a post,
into which a large hook, fastened to
the long corner of the muslin, may
be slipped. Or a large ring of wood
or metal,- or a strong loop of the
goods, may be fastened to the long
corner, and slipped over the post, or
a hook on the headboard. If made of
some pretty material and neatly
bound, this addition to the bed's fur
nishings may be made quite attrac
tiye. When not wanted, tlie cloth
maybe folded in under the mattress.
The cloth will also give a feeling
or privacy to tne invalid,' and pockets
may be "patched" on to the inside,
in which handkerchief, or other "con
veniences may be kept, much to the
invalid's comfort.
1 Preserved Cherries ' '' "
Stem and seed the cherries, putting
a pound of sugar to a pound of fruit.
Boil the juice and' sugar to a thick
syrup, put in the .cherries and cook
until nearly done,, thon take out ,the
fruit and lay .on, dishes; boil the
syrup gently, put back the cherries
when cool ;and:let tljem cook a littlo
.more, Take, them put, let them cool
before covering with, . syrup, put . in
glass jars and. cover with paper
dipped In French brandy. The
stones should be taken out with , a
quill to preserve ,,the shape of the
cherry. To make crystal or candied
cherries,, when $hq' , fruit is taken out
the first time, the syrup Js cooked
until it reaches ,the thickness of
sugar-candy. Then dip the cherries
in. this, letting then get thoroughly
saturated with the thick syrup, then
dry them. They, make. beautiful deco
rative fruits for. luncheon served as
boii-bons. ,, ,
OUr Girls
For the Flower Garden ;
Now is the time when the flower
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Plants, as the plants can be readily tings for her next winter's window
All parents should see that their
daughters are trained" to- do something
of marketable value1; for whether a
girl marries or not, she should "bo
able to earn her pwn living, -as no
woman can be insured against such
nee.d. There are many circumstances
which compel thewife or mother to
become the bread winner, even where
seohiingly most' Happily married, and
then- the conditipn"1 of widowhood
should be considered. As it is, -they
are seldom oven1 'trained for marriage.
They know nothing of managing a
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