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"Over the Hill"
Eacli turn of yondor path I know
That littlo path, whero children go,
Through summer heat and winter
snow, ,
Over the hill.
No groat man treads with lordly stride,
No woman, clad in robes of pride, v
Crosses the green to roach this side,
Over the hill.
But humble folks, when work is done,
Rise from the shadow into sun,
And schoolboys scamper, one by one,
Over the hill.
Do you ask why it comes to be
At once so sad and sweet to me?
My school-boy thither came to me,
Over the hill.
Over its furthest bounding line,
Eyes looking homeward sought for
mine;
Alas, no more I wait their shine
Over the hill.
You saw, out-looking day by day,
Only a school-boy, clay in gray,
Swinging his hat in boyish way,
. Over the hill.
You miss it not, against the sky
A figure bounding joyously,
Nor listen for' the call and cry
Over the hill.
You can not know what dusky dreams
Life to the hungry-hearted seems, . j
How dark its clouds, how few its
gleams
Over the .hill.
Tis hard to look above the hill;
To feel He doeth nothing ill,
But. keeps his little children still
Over the hill.
Safe, though wo can not see the way;
.Safe, though the tempest, cold and
gray,
Fling leaves above, a grave today
Over the hill.
Over the hill, the sky is fair;
Life's foot-path joins a starry stair;
Death is the stile to enter-there
Over the hill.
All this I know: O, Father, ,yet,
My eyes "with bitter tears are wet;
I see the path the stairs forget
Above the hill.
Ethel Lynn.
Our Social Chat
In asking for directions for making
some creams and lotions, a "Querist"
says: "It is good of you to give us
these recipes, but I would not, for the
worm, have it known that I use them."
Such an attitude, it seems to me, is,
to use no stronger terra, a very silly
one, as it shows a lack of good sense
and moral courage. Why should we
seek to do these things J'on the sly"
when their satisfactory results are so
much to be desired? Is it, then, so
reprehensible, for one to wish to be
"pleasant to look upon," and willing
to take some pains to become so?
We are careful to remove the stains
and soils from our hands, face and
garments, and if we were not, for our
own sakes, we should bo made to feel
the necessity of such a cleansing
through the censure of "public opin
ion." .
It is senseless, to be sure, to carry
things to extremes; but to seek to re
move the stains of wind, weather and
occupation from the cuticle, and by
harmless means to restore to the skin
the natural oils and moistures taken
from it by water, soap and wash-cloth,
is in most opinions, praiseworthy. The
skiri of the face, nock, armB and hands 1
present a drawn, shiny appearance
aftor being well scrubbed with soap
and water, which is neither pretty nor
comfortable, and oiie does not add to
her attractiveness by carrying about
with her an unnecessary amount of
freckles, sallowness and tan when
with a littlo care and painstaking it
may be removed.
Women are not alone in their de
sire to "look well," and wo are glad
of it.. A great many men resort to
toilet helps in order to make them
selves more attractive, as well as com
fortable, and I jam sure we all like
to see a clean, nice-looking man. A
slovenly, careless man is as disgust
ing as a slatternly woman. The bus
iest day laborer owes it to his family,
as woll as to himself, to "clean up"
when his day's work is done and dear
Madam let me assure you that every
"mother's son" takes a "sneaking
pride" in having other men tell them
that their wives are "young-looking,"
for a woman' who has the heart to try
to retain her charms be they few or
many and who "carries her age well"
generally reflects credit on the hus
band for kind treatment whether he
deserves it or not.
The most lasting beauty is that
which comes from within, and I do
not hesitate to say that quite a little
of the beauty that "shines through" is
the effect of a consciousness or beauty
on the outside. The best cosmetic in
"this world is a cheerful, optimistic
spirit in a healthy body, and one is
all the more sure of having this cov
eted possession if conscious -of look
ing their best outwardly. One of our
most eloquent preachers said to me
that if. on sittinir down to hin desk.
he found his cuffs were soiled in the
slightest, or his hands rough
from the leaving of the neglected or
hastily swallowed breakfast to the
closing hour of the business day, and
she must work in a single groove,
talcing her instructions of whatever
kind from another. Her. work is
planned and placed, with small regard
for her preference or convenience, and
she can not vary it. She is simply one
her environments not alway the most
suitable or sanitary, and the work, in
many instances, anything but congen
ial. She is like a machine, except
that she must make her own repairs,
do her own lubricating and attend to
her own "motive power." To the sen
sible, earnest woman, there is no
"sentiment" about it, and she prefers
none. She tries to understand what
is required of her, and to meet the
demand faithfully. But the most suc
cessful of them, down in her secret
heart, half envies the woman who can
stay at home and "do her things"
there in her own way.
Hunting "a Good Place"
One of the first things the young
people have to consider when they
begin to contemplate entering upon
the actual work of life is, where to
settle. Where is there a good place?
Especially will these inquiries arise in
the mind of the young man, and it Is
well for him to know that there are
good places everywhere; wherever
one is, is a good place Some places
may be netter than 'others for rsomo
especial talent, but every place As
good.
It should be "what will I be?" rath
er than "where," that should be con
sidered. Whatever one's occupation,
nothing of the small "cross-roads"
towns, the postal carrier system is not
known, and the trolly car is still
"coming," while but a favored few
can afford the services of an indi
vidual telephone. Here is what one
woman "says of this condition of
things, as it exists in her own neigh
borhood: "I do not think that city
people have any idea of the loneli
ness of farm life for Women, where it
is p. common thing never to see an
other woman for a month or more at
a) time; when roads are very bad,,
tjiese women are not able to even get
to town .to do needed marketing for
often two or three months at a time.
Not even so often, if the horses are
in use at the farm work, for the farm
wife seldom is allowed a horse kept
.exclusively for her own driving, but
must put up with the horse used in
the team when a "day off" can be
caught. Wo have a church congre
gation not far away, but if one hap
pens not to be a member of that par
ticular denomination, she is .not recog
nized in its social life. I wish wo
could have a nice social society where
religion or politics would not matter.
When we go into the dry-goods houses,
it seems we must always wait till our
more "fashionable" city lady is served,
before we can get attention, although
worn out with a ride of fifteen or twen
ty miles, over all kinds of roads and
through all kinds of weathers, and
with our money always ready to pay
cash for what we buy." Surely, in
many farm regions, there is room for
missionary work.
or wherever one .may be employed,
or he should seek always to attain the
stained, he simply could not work; highest possible skill. The same ex-
Cleaning Enameled Ware
If a saucepan becomes discolored
or burned, do not scrape with a knife
or any hard substance which would
break or scratch the enamel. Fill
the saucepan with water and put it
on the stove; add a tallespoonful of
sal-soda (washing soda) for every
quart of water. Let the saucepan re
main on the back of the range for
nearly a day. Throw the soda away,
o.r bottle to use again. The pan will
be clean.
he laughingly remarked that when he
disregarded this repugnance, even
though the "smudge" was on the out
side, he felt that it "streaked through?
whatever he wrote.
Just make yourselves as pretty as
you can, dears, for the wrinkles, rough
skin and sallowness will come soon
enough; but do not rely too entirely
on lotions, creams, washes or un
guents. These things all have their
cellence which attracts the attention
of the few will attract the attention I bares her arms to the wind and sun
of the many. One should never say:
"Because there are so few to see my
work I will not take the trouble to
do It well;" or, "because my pay is
so small, I shall not take much pains
with my work." For your own sake,
do well whatever you do. Seek to sat
isfy your own self-respect. Though
no one out yourself will see your
you do desire to use them out of
proper regard for your appearance,
that is your own business. The
"world" has business of Its own. But
try only the helpful and conservative.
Radical means often work radical
wrongs.
AK OLD AND YfJffLL TR1HD RKHBDY
Mna. wiNsi.ow'BSooTniKa BTnurfor oiiUdra
ttethlng should always be used for children whtla
teething. It softens the arums, allays all pain, enr
wind colic and Is the best remedy tor dlarrhoaa.
awemynyeconisa Dome,
place in matters of the toilet, and If work, see that you can satisfy your
own love oi perfection, and if you find
you have but little of this love, set
diligently about adding to it. Do jiot
wait to do great things until some fu
ture occasion. Do, every day, the best
that is in you. Character is always
forming, and the forming of reputa
tion follows fast on its heels. For
the establishment of both character
and reputation every place is a good
place. If you do everything as well
as you can possibly do it, seeking aU
ways to do it a little better, you will
never find yourself out of place, or
out of the line of promotion.
Be sure you will find your, place in
life, and it will depend on your char
acter and capacity what that place is
to be.
The Home and the Shop
The home woman can scarcely ap
preciate the deprivations to which the
most happily situated business woman
is subjected. No matter how tire
some the home duties may be, or
how continuous, there are always
times when one can slip away from
worry and hurry, if but for a moment,
to read a line on the printed page,
pencil down a thought, get a breath
of fresh air, bathe the hot forehead
or lave the tired hands. We can vary
our tasks to a certain extent to suit
our physical condition, sitting down
to some, standing to others, or carry
ing the work to a more comfortable
locality, with change of air and out
look. If we make a business as well
as a duty of our work, it can be ar
ranged so as not to seem the drudgery
we too oiten. consider it.
Girls, Read This
A writer in one of our city dailies
says: "The girl who deliberately
Loneliness of Farm Wives
It is the impression that, with the
advent of the" rural free delivery and
the telephone the loneliness of
the farm women has been practically
done away with. But there are still
thousands of farm families that never
saw a telephone, much less heard
one, and the R. F. D. does not yet
reach many farm regions, while the
trOllv Car Is RUN n rmrafai.- . !,...
On the contrary, the business worn- sands of acres of rural neighborhoods!
i's time belongs to her employer, ' Even in the large villages, to say
to be browned, and then expects
them, by some magic, lotion to be re
stored to presentable condition for her
pretty evening gowns in a -week or
less time, has very little conception
of the action of the elements on the
sensitive skin. It. is exactly as if she
were to hold them to a blazing fire
until a deep burn results. It is doubt
ful if a pair of hands and arms thus
abused can ever be entirely restored
to their original beauty; there will
always remain a coarseness, as un
like the satin smoothness of the nat
ural skin (and which it is quite pos
sible to 'retain) as can- well be. A
swim or a boat ride a mountain trip
or a game of tennis, is none the less
enjoyable if the hands and arms are
properly covered. The wearing of a
pair of buckskin gloves and long
sleeves should not spoil the pleas
ure of a pedestrian excursion any
more than the wearing of any gar
ment that befits her sex by the wom
an who takes these outings. The
winds and sun are very hard on the
skin; they parch, even if the burn
is not perceptible. In the arid and
never-ceasing winds of some regions,
one sees even young women with
skins of parchment-like texture; but
in more favored regions, why should
women deliberately court a condition
which, later on, will cause her untold
BETTER THAN SPANKING
Spanking does not euro children of bed wotting.
If It did thoro wonld ho fow children that would do
it. JTbore is a constitutional causo for this. Mrs.
M. Summers, Box 118, Notre Damo, Jnd., will send
her homo treatgfent to any mother. Sho asks no
money. .TCrIfe her today if yaur children trouble
you lnWs way. Dont hlamo the child, TW
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