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The Commoner.
VOLUME 6, NUMBER 3S
shoulders, unless sitting by one en
gaged in sedentary habits. This should
be corrected.
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Teach Me the Truth
Teach me the truth, Lord, though It
' put to flight
My cherished dreams and fondest
fancy's play;
Give me to know the darkness from
: the light,
. The night from day.
VTeach me the truth, Lord, though my
heart may break
In casting out the falsehood for the
true;
Help me to take my shattered faith
," and make
Ai Its actions new,
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Teach me the truth, Lord, though my
feet may fear '
- The rocky path that opens out to
me;
Itough it may be, but let the way be
1 clear
That leads to Thee.
.Teach me the truth, Lord, .when false
, .,, creeds decay,' ' - A "
$AWhen man-made dogmas vanish
'fv" with the night;
Then, Lord, on thee my darkened soul
snail stay , i4.
Thou living 'light -- "-',' .
Frances L. Green, in.' Woman's
Journal.
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'rti ;An vain - .'-'-
vO'er ' Thy decrees, and blurred- with
, fretful tears
The- heavenward windows of the soul,
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Thy purpose sweet and wise, in after
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veloped for future usefulness, and she
so needs the young strength and sweet
companionship of her woman-child. To
these girls, I would say, as I wish
some one had 'said to me, in the long
ago: "Daughter, don't let mother do
it." Do not refuse to learn of her,
whose "yoke is easy;" the fear will be
that she will still seek to spare you by
doing the hard, unpleasant work her
self, giving to you but the lighter tasks
that carry with them but little toll and
responsibility. She will look at, your
soft, white hands she loyes them so
and feel that the handling of the sof t
muslins, the pretty china, the polished
silver and the sparkling glass must be
left to them, while to her own scarred,
knotted hands must still cling the
broom, the scrubbing brush and the
scullery work. Poor mother! sho has
done It all so joyously all these years
for the Sake of her loved ones!
Don't let her do it Look over your
wardrobe, and if you have nothing
suitable, make a neat calico or ging
ham dress, with plenty of big aproris,
over-sleeyes arid dust cap; begin your
dressmaking education with these, and
then take your place in the kitchen
and laundry work, sending mother
protesting, stoutly, no doubtto the
easy chair. While you are sorting out
your own wardrobe, give a look at
mother's. Teh dhances to one, you
will be surprised to Bee how the tread
mill gowns predominate if, indeed,
there are any other kind. You will
find few, if any, laces or ribbons; you
wonder why she likes the plain, poor
things so well. She is not old, or ugly
or ignorant With a little "fixing up"
you think she might still be rather
pretty. She seems to have good taste,
Selected,
pin Social Chat
;fi . To the girls behind whom, last June,
the doors of the many school rooms
closed, never to be opened again to
,' .them as pupils, the opening of the new
- school year will bring a sense, 'more
or less vague, of a something lost
The res tf ulness, the change, the new
scenes of the vacation months brought
with them a delicious sense of fredom
while they lasted, but on returning
home, they hardly know what to do
- with themselves or how to fill in their
time.
It Is a blessed thing not to be
obliged to enter the business world as
a wage earner, yet the average girl
does not so consider it; with the cour
age born of a blissful ignorance of the
demands of the business life, the girl
will go smilingly out of the We har-?rt0r-0fc?i?teBlvlngi;
no
.-., wUHb m wonc sue takes up will
over be anything but a pleasure. To
such, time alone can bringas it
sure y will-the true appreciation of
the blessedness of a lifq spent in the
haven of a quiet home. Wo cannot
restrain these courageous young spir
its; so they sweep out into the surge
and storm of the world-followed by
many anxious mother's prayer and a
troubled father's misgiving. God bless
and keep them. We wish them well
to58S atetf t(Vh0 m SSbo
with mother Tn get acWnted
sacrifice of self, much bearing ow
dens, that the young llf0 might be de-
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and laces and muslins for you. You sit
down and thlnlc it over. Cannot you
guess wnyY you watch her, as you go
about, and you see, clearly, that she
loves pretty things: why does she
have so few of them?
Now, dears, watch mother about her
work; Insist on "learning by doing,"
and then, when you feel that you can
do a few plain, necessary tasks by
yourself, take father and the older
children into your confidence, and
some day, before she realizes what it
is all about, just bundle mother up
with a, nice assortment of new, rejuve
nated and brlghtened-up garments,
some pretty laces and lingerie, and
other likings which you have "picked
out of her" by questionings, and pack
her off to see some one she loves and
longed to see, and, while she is trying
to adjust herself to the new circum
stances by taking a rest and having a
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fill her nlace. and mjikA thn Tmmo
pleasant for the family. Surely, your
reward will come. Blessed is the
mother of a good, loving, sympathetic
daughter.
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The Lunch Basket
This is of more importance than
mothers or "big sisters" usually real
ize. Especially should the school
lunch be carefully prepared if you
would have your boy proud of his
mother. .Many mothers think that if
the boys and girls have a -plenty of
well cooked foods it is not necessary
to "fuss over appearances ; hut in or
der to appreciate this necessity, it is
only needed to watch a child trying to
bite through two slices of thick bread
between which is sandwiched a slice
of not overly tender meat, while its
companion is daintily nibbling a sand
wich prepared with thin slice of
bread and choppqd meat or other fill
ing that calls for no twisting and tear
ing. It hurts a child to be laughed at,
and the irritation turns immediately to
the one who is to blame for the humili
ation. The child who has a nicely-put-up
luncheon, even if it be but plain bread
and butter, if it thinks jit all, will un
consciously give the praise of it to its
mother. One can scarcely blame a
child for "eating like a pig" if the jelly
so liberally spread on the buttered side
of its bread has leaked over into the
washed-up mess of pie and cake which
usuany acompanles it. Nobody could
take a pride In eating such a mess,
and there are so many things that are
better for a school lunch than thB
-wedge of soft pie and the "hunk" of
crumbly cake. Individual (and not
overly rich) pies and little whole cakes
are much better: but substantial:
nourishing foods daintily prepared, are
best
Alcohol
Answering J. Is. N. If you have ac
cess to a good encyclopedia, you will
find the subject much more fully dis
cussed than can be done here. There
are two kinds of alcohol; one is manu
factured from grains and other farm
products, and Is obtained by distilla
tion. This is the kind used in prepar
ing medicines and many, other liquids
to be taken internally. The other kind
wood alcohol is prepared chiefly by
distillation of wood, and may be used
in varnishes, paints, as fuels, and for
many other purposes for which the
grain alcohol is used; but it must not
be taken internally, or as a beverage,
An ordinary drink of wood alcohol is
pretty certain to kill the drinker.
While the two kinds of alcohol have
the same physical properties, they are
quite different, chemically. For pur
poses for which it can be safely used,
the wood alcohol is much the least
expensive. Denatured alcohol is grain
alcohol mixed with some chemicals
which prevents its being used as a
beverage, or in medical preparations.
As regards household purposes, its
principal uses will be for economical
lighting and heating. Nothing Is defi
nitely known, I think, as to what the
cost of its manufacture will be, but it
is expected that it will he sold for 18c
to 25c per gallon. It is expected that
it will be largely used in farm machin
ery for motor purposes. You might
get more satisfactory information by
writing to the secretary of agriculture,
Washington, D. C.
A Poem Wanted
One of our readers would like to get
the words of a poem, the first lines of
which are:
- "See this pretty, fragile thing
That some bird has made;
With what careful fashioning
Every twig is laid."
The words may be. sent care of this
department
Few women past their youth pay
much attention to the way in which
they carry themselves. Especially is
this the case after marriage. To this
may be attributed the fact that we
have so many ungainly, bent figures
among our middle-aged women. To
stoop ever so little today means a
further stopping later on, and before
we know it we become bowed and
aged in appearance, when we might
still retain much of our youthful grace.
if We WOUld Onlv fllllHvatn fti.fi. i
holding ourselves correctly, a lajsy
Xrr i u r. UQay and mInd ls indi
cated by the awkward stoop and round
Hardy Bulbs .
A great deal is written at this sea
son of the year about the planting of
hardy bulbs. If you are not already
familiar with the subject, you will do
well to read it all. Among the first
things to bloom even through the
snow-covering, is the dainty little cro
cus. Mixed colors of these may be had
for 40c to 60c per hundred. Take
your trowel, make an opening in the
lawn about two inches deep, tuck the
bulb in and re-cover. The blooms will
dot the lawn with beauty-spots before
the grass thinks of growing.
The most popular hardy bulbs, es
pecially for house culture, are the lilies
and hyacinths; 46032385s, narcissus, free
sias, scillas, oxalise and many others
well repay care; but none of them
compare with the lilies and hyacinths
for generally satisfactory results.
Many of these bulbs, when planted out
of doors, will live and bloom for many
years. Few of them can be "forced,"
as we call potting and having them
bloom indoors, more than once, but the
bulb can be planted out of doors, and
after one or more season's rest, will
recover and bloom in the border.
Many florists advertise sample "col
lections" at a very low price this
month, and, if you have nothing of the
kind, and wish to try your hand at
caring for a few pots of bulbs, this is
a good way to start. After you have
learned to care for these, you will
want more of them, and larger bulbs,
next fall. Your first trial will be your,
hardest, generally, and you may fail
with them, because of not giving them
the right conditions; but just? resolve
to "try, try again," making of your
experience a stepping storie toward
success in your future trials. You
Wont begrudge the time- nor the money
spent -when you see -the bloom- and
smell the fragrance, next spring.
Plants by Mail
When the plants you have ordered
from the florist reach you, carefully
remove the wrapping and, without dis
turbing the moss about the roots, set
the bunch in a vessel of slightly tepid
water for an hour or so only the roots
should be in the water. If the plants
are badly wilted, let them stand in the
water longer twenty-four hours, in
some cases; then having prepared
your pots with drainage and suitable
soil, carefully unpack the rootlets,
spreading them a little, and, holding
the plant over the pot, sift the soil
about the rootlets through your fin
gers; pack it tightly about the roots
when the pot is full, set in a vessel of
water until the surface shows damp
spots, and then set the plant away In
a copl dark place until the foliage
brightens, when it may be set out to
catch the dew at night, returning to
the darkness as soon as may be the
next morning, and gradually accustom
ing it to the light and warm air, until
it is recovered from the shock of the
journey sufficiently to bear the sun
shine, watering sparingly until it shows
signs of growth, but never letting the
soil dry out. Do not "over-pot;" many
failures with newly received plants are
caused by putting them in pots too
large for the roots. Use small pota
for small plants, and study carefully
the best authorities you can reach as
to their needs.
Spiced Fruits
To each seven pounds of fruit al
low four pounds of sugar, a pint of
good vinegar, a level tablespoonful
BETTER THAN SPANKING
Spanking does not euro children of bed wettlBjrs
If it did there would be fow children that would do
It There Is a constitutional cause for this. Mrs.
M. Summers, Box 118, Notre Dame, lml., will send
her home treatment to any mother. 8he asks no
money. Write her today if your children trouble
yo la this way. Don't blame tho chUd. TIM
chances are It can't kelp It.
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