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The Commoner.
VOLUME 7, NUMBER 7.
mcntnry scientific knowledge of the
home matters is lacking, -much to the
detriment" oil the health and comfort
of the family,- as every physician
knows.
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lOAUTH'H AN(iKI,H
None over saw an angel
Except the ones In lionks;
I don't believe a mortal
Knovs how an nngol look"-
We guess al something nilKty.
With trailing w!iik of white,
With amber tresses lloalliiff
And garments strangely bright.
Jlul 1 believe that angels
Walk hero In. mortal guise;
Though we IlHeern hill faintly
Through beavy-lldded eyes,
Or see them as they h'live us,
Who walked before uh here,
Their angelhood (inlte hidden
HeciiiiNu it lived-ho near.
I can remember angels
Who seemed but common folks,
Who wore old-fashioned bonnets
And faded winter cloaks;
Who came when dire disaster
Crowned lesser home mishaps,
Or when new claimants crowded
Thu deal maternal Ian;
With curving arms wide open
-To take the weary in,
With patient love lo listen
To childish want and sin.
What better thing could angel
For childish sinners do
Than listen to their story,
And bid them strive anew?
And there are llreslde .angels
Upon whose faded hair
We' see no crown of glory
And yet the crown Is there!
Then, there are mother angels
With palienl love, and true,
Wiiose loving hand upholds us
The darkest trials through.
Ah, mo! the childish angel
Who beckons as I write
Perchance I should not know him
In mystic robe of white,
lie wears a schoolboy's jacket,
And where the shadows fall,
I wait, through long and lonely
years
To catch the long-hushed call.
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FOR THE SMAMSTR13SS
For gathering the tops of skirls,
ends of sleeves, etc., make the tension
of the upper thread very loose, having
a strong thread on the bobbin. Stitch
across the edge where the gathers are
wanted. If "gauging" is wanted (more
than one lino of gathers), stitch an
other row where wanted; then remove
from the machine, and draw up the
lantiMt 11....... .1 a .. it .
luwui uiram io me required length
and, after adjusting the lenslou again,
sow lis many gathers.
If braid is to be used on the bot
tom of the skirt, shrink It bv sonkln
in hot suds without rinsing, using rain
water, if possible. This will make
It sott and prevent wear to the shoe-
In using last season's shlrt-wnlsis
for corset covers, be sure that thov
are worth the trouble of making over.
Many of them are not.
CAN YOU LOCATE THIS IIOMKV
One of our elderly women renrtvs
sends n Uilo ii,v.v.. .... "nni-ia
h ng Is known of it. Can any one
toll us about ii v ullL
"There is n Home In New York,
which was founded by a woman, Mary
A. Fisher. II Is the only one of Its
kind In the country, it is a sort or
hotel, where educated people of less
than moderate means can be accom
modated, and where needy brain
workers, ill, or incapacitated by aixe,
are cared for free. To be eligible to
entrance, it is stipulated that the ip
plicanl shall have labored In the pro
fessions or in literary or journalistic
work, or art; but no distinctions are
made as to religion, sex or nationality.
When such people as these lose their
ability lo earn if living, their suffer
ings are keener than those of the
lower, illiterate class, so this charity
seems an especially appealing one."
The clipping is unidentified. Tills
leader wishes to get some information
regarding the organizing oT s.uch, or a
similar, refuge for old people who can
pay .something for entrance, and where
refined people who find themselves
alone in the world, may spend their
helpless years among congenial asso
ciates. Who can tell us about it?
FASHION GLEANINGS
out question, that after the shadows
of night fall is a perilous time for the
young of both sexes, and it is during
the hours of darkness, that the "hock
tide undiscipline" rules the hour, to
the ruin of the moral, as well as phys
ical life of the child.
Do not humor the child to going to
sleep Willi a lighted lamp in the rdom.
Physicians will tell you that neurotic
tendencies are inflamed by sleeping
with a light in the room, as the eye
lids are semi-transparent, and both
retina and brain, instead of being
soothed into rest, are constantly irri
tated. We are told that the sleepy
feeling, known as fatigue, depends on
the circulation in the blood of poisou
ous waste substances which benumb
the brain cells. If one gives way to
sleep, the fatigue products are elimi
nated from the blood, and we awaken
with a sense of refreshment, invigor
ated and onereized as bv nothincr else.
and activity gives us great pleasure.
The condition of the unborn babe is
supposed to be one of unbroken
F.fJCJS AND SILICATE OF SODIUM
Several of our readers ask if eggs
Hint are preserved in a solution of
w.iter-glass "are good for use In
cookery." I think that is their prin
cipal use. No means has yet been
found by which preserved eggs are
equal t.o the strictly fresh ones for all
purposes. Some of those who have
tried the solution report that it is very
satisfactory, and by its means egg's
are kept in excellent condition for six:
months or more. " Some say for a year.
One of the editors of Farm and Fire
side, in a clipping I gave you last sea
son, claims to have used them boiled,
on Ids tabic, though some of his ex
periments in that line were not as sat
isfactorv as others. The contents of
the shell, in the few eggs I have seen
so preserved, were softer, and "run"
more freely than that of a strictly
fresh egg, but otherwise seemed per
fectly satisfactory, especially for cook
ing purposes.
For use later in the season, when
moulting, or other causes stop the egg
production, the eggs may lie stored
in the solution as soon as their pW
teousuess cheapens them; but only
strictly fresh eggs, gathered from day
to day, and dropped immediately Into
the solution, which should cover them
at all times, should be used. For
keeping over winter, the preserving
should l)o done later perhaps with
fall-laid eggs. All agree Unit the use
or the solution in its egg-preserving
capacity is as yet in the experimental
.ii i V : K,,,,eni: success has been
attained to entitle the method to strong
confidence.
It Is sot forth' by our fashion mak
ers that the short skirt is doomed.
"Skirts two inches from the ground,
worn with blouses of the utmost sim
plicity, marks the limiTo'tlon of the
style."
Costumes comprising coat a & skirt
will show length of skirt vary!, g from
the permissible walking styl two
luches from the ground, to the c. taring
round cut and the graceful swe o of
short demi-train. Very loilg" s iris
will be trimmed, though there is nu h
ing smarter than a very long, plain
skirt.
Skirts will be flat around the hips,
with much fullness, even a decided
flare at the bottom. Skirt linings are
practically not used. The modified
Empire garment and the princess will
continue reasonably fashionable; the
princess not being so tight-fitting as
formerly at the waist-line."
Coats will bo loose to every degree
of looseness. The coats cut kimono
shape, with .loose, bell-shaped sleeves,
quite short, will be smart in style.
All lengths are approved.
Sleeves will be somewhat smaller
and closer to the arms. Sleeves end-
slumber; the sleep of the infant con- ing above the elbow are limited to use
Slimes nearly all Of tllO twOlltV-four nn mwns fni rlwaa nnrnRinna. Thfi
hours; a child should sleep over half
oi us time until the ago of six, grad
ually shading, as it grows older, down
to one-third, which is the requirement
of the adult. Insist Unit the children
sleep.
Probably the best way to teach
truthfulness to your child is to be
truthful with him. While an untruth
should never go unnoticed, one should
be very sure it is an untruth before
it is treated as such. Oftentimes a
very imaginative child or person will
give way to exaggeration merely be
cause of this vividness of the imagin
ation, and it is hard to tell whether
or not deceit, or intention to distort
facts, enters into tiie story as he tells
it. Give the child the benefit of the
loubt, but do not overlook malicious
misrepresentation.
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SLEEP
Uegular hours for sleeping are as
essential to the school child as reg
ularity or meals. Parents should in-
! S ul S1? oU1 nilG of uarly t0 DeV'
and 1 y this means, the "early to rise"
mo dd lake care of itself. A hoalthv
rtulc that has to be routed out of bed
in time to eat a late breakfast, is
either the victim of a bad habit, or
has been allowed to keep late 1 our,"
The frequent spectacle of little tots
ud lads and lassies under fourteen
jears old sitting up late in the parlor
or romping and running about the
streets until midnight, shows bad man-
the hi hi of early retiring should be
l-ogiin in babyhood, and, for the eh Id's
own sake, insisted upon during the
formative period of childhood. Everv
sane, thoughtful person concedes wit
DEFICIENT EDUCATION
t It is claimed that a course of study
m the art of dressing, and of dressing
suitably for occasions, would be of
far more importance to the young
girl than a course of higher mathe
matics, which latter the average cirl
at once proceeds to forget as soon its
she leaves the college grounds. Girls
do not receive enough of practical
Ira ning while in school, but are
trained away from that which will fit
them for the everyday duties of home
and housekeeping. They receive ah
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Of 1 nonlno S CtG(l WltU tlle WOrk
be Thov n f i0 Wlmt lt ShUld
duties oT w L aUfht nomn o
lines ol wife and motherhood, and
tffiff l088OM fc
a sealed book to them, or to bo learned
through private (and often distorted)
sources, as it may happen. This toaln-
mg cannot be well given them in the
home, as mothers are too of? ?J
ant ot such matters themselves evl
oopt to know Uiey "happen Ve?v
btrt SSJ8,1"1 GVer EoTanyWng
but the blind, unexplained teachings
of experience, and, never having been
taught to reason out causes for them
solves Uiey are but little better in
formed than the daughters they are
i?SSSS lcacliu J" Short' t0 niuc
expected and demanded of the
thinks Uiat a great deal of simple
elementary instruction in tiie ZsN
nesses of a woman's complex life tfi
ncu cation of cleanly and order?
imbi s of living, and like instimction
should be cr von in i, m.i . .n
l majority of ho,o"s, oven tte mos? JE I
trow
advent of the loner sleeve, an extreme
ly Ught affair, with fullness only tit
the elbow, is indicated by Paqtiin's
latest departure, but it is not unlikely
Uiat this showing will prove only an
experiment, as the fashion is. disfigur
ing. Trimming for the skirt, if used at
all, should be put on either very high
or very low; but it may be said that
skirt trimmings will, scarcely be. used
fit all. American women, are learning
the trick of leaving off. t , . ' '.ri
As the skirt grows longer,,' drcs
.braids, projecUng slightly, below ;the
hem, are again used to protect the
lower edge. Numerous plaits and
tucks running into the belt secure 'ac
curacy of fit and graceful sweep from
tiie hips downward. Double stitching
of tucks and plaits in strap fashion
is in good taste, and the superfluous
material may be cut from "the under
side of plaits after they are securely
stitched, if desirable for full figures.
Delineator for March.
THE NEWEST NECKWEAR .
A standing turnover collar of
starched linen, with the turnover part
either perfectly plain, or wltii hem
stitched edge, a border of tucks or of
solid or eyelet embroidery, finished
with round or pointed scallops, is worn
with the tailored shirt waist for morn
ing. The cravat matches either the
waist or suit in color.
The masculine string-tie, worn in a
stiff bow, and the feminine four-in-hand
are both In good taste. The
latter is about a half vnrrt lrmrr nnrl
'two inches and a half wide. The cen
ter of tiie tie is passed under tho
front of the collar, loop down, and tho v
ends are brought down through it. A'
set of turn-overs of Persian lawn, the
edges, hemstitched, and groups of ver
tical tucks run In by hand and set at
regular intervals, opening out an inch
from tiie hem, may bo made at home;"
the bow worn with this set should be
of taffeta, with embroidered ends laid
In fine plaits.
Cravats made of fine lawn or linen,
showing hand embroidery and lace
joined in lingerie stylo, are becoming, i
The lower part of tiie cravat is a four--cornered
piece, wider than its depth,
plaited into a tiny band at one end,
and usually sewn by hand to facilitate
L&P AND WELL TRIED REMEDY
Mas. WiNSLOw's Soothing Syrup f or chil
dren tcethinc should always ho used for chil- ,
dron while teothintr. It softens tho Bums, allays I
alln' uresvind oolio and is the host remedy
jor diarrhoea. Twenty-Uve cents a bottle. '
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