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ItllYMJE OF THE DREAM MAKEK
IVIAN
Down near tho ond of a wandoring
lano,
That runs 'round tho cares of tho
day,
Whoro Consclonco an'" Memory meet
and oxplain
Their quaint llttlo quarrels away,
A misty air castle sits back in tho
dusk
Whoro brownies nnd hobgoblins
dwell,
And this is tho homo ,
Of a busy old gnome
Who is making up dream things to
soil,
My doar,
Tho daintiest dream things to sell.
Ho makes golden dreams out of wick
ed men's sighs.
Ho woaves on tho thread of a hope
Tho airiest fancies of pretty brown
oyes,
.. And patterns his work with a
"." trope. ,
vTho breath of a roso and tho blush
fV of a wish
, Boiled down to. tho ghost of a
bliss.
He wrOjJ A9 a smile ,
Every on3w In wMlo
And calls It tho dream of a kiss",
-Dear heart,
The dream of an unborn kiss.'
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Last night when I walked through
,the. portalB of sloop,
And came to tho v eird little den.
I looked in the placo where the elf
. i. man should keep
; ;,A dream that I buy now and then.
"Bis only tho sweot, happy dream of
11 a day
. Yet one that I wish may come
true
But I learned from tho elf
That you'd been there yourself,
And hod giyon. my dream to you,
. f sweetheart, ;
Ho'd-given our dream to you.
''A' . ', , William Allen White.
"t?fS.' Tho Beauty That Wears
;Dr. 0. W. Saleeby, in his treatise
oh worry, which he styles "the dis
ease of the age," candidly admits
that a woman has nearly all a man's
cause for worry, and, in addition, a
kind of worry that tho man has not.
nils is domestic worry. He says
women worry about tho affairs of tho
house in ordor that men mk.y not;
thus .relieved of them, tho man does
not comprehend their number, nor
their importance. Ho says it is.tlmo
some one should draw tho attention
of women to the psychical factor of
good looks. Ho says: "Tho deter
mining factor of tho beauty which
age can not wither nor custom stale
is the factor of mind. Here as
everywhere, mind Ib tho only impor
tant matter appearance notwith
standing. There Is no cosmetic
known, nor will any such bo revealed
by the chemistry of the future, that
can for a moment compare with a
merry heart, a lucid mind and a lov
ing soul. And of all the ravages
that can bo worked in a fair face
there are none against which your
chemistry is more impotent your
electricity, your massage, your chin
straps and their like- than the rav
ages of worry. The beauty that is
more than skin deep, tho beauty that
lasts, tho beauty that counts in tho
long run, is a creation of the mind
and by the mind nlnna rn t i,
destroyed."
He quotes from Darwin: 'When a
woman worries, tho muscles of her
face tend to lose tho 'tono' which
characterizes healthy muscles, and
thus tho lips, cheeks, lower jaws
sink downward of their own weight.
All tho features lengthen! the eyes
becomo dull and lack expression;,
tho eyebrows aro not infrequently
rendered oblique, duo to their inner,
ends being raised. This produces
peculiarly formed . wrjnkles on the
forehead, which aro very different
from a frown. Tho corners of thp
mouth are drawn downward, which
is so universally recognized, as a sign
of being out of spirit that It is al
most proverbial." Darwin calls
those tho grief muscles, and Dr. Sa
leeby says it would bo equally cor
rect to call them tho worry muscles.
Thoso muscles "are rarely acted upon
from bodily pain, but almost exclu
sively from tho mental distress. Let
tho roader look for a woman's face
marked in mouth and brow as Dar
win describes, and he will recognize
that one might as well try to cure a
cancer ,with sticking plaster as at
tempt to .erase with any cosmetic
these indelible worry lines
Unfcrmcnted Grapo Juico
This drink is often served at func
tions where fermented wine is pro
hibited, and it is a very benefical
drink for delicate persons. Prepare
the grapes, which should be fully
ripe, by picking over, removing all
defective- ones, stems, etc., wash and
put on to boil the same as for jelly.
Do not use any water, as the grapes
will release their juice very quickly
under heat. When tho juice is well
set free, pour ih'to a -jelly bag and
let drip as long as It will, then set
over tho fire again, with half as much
sugar by measure as you have, juice,
or sweeten to taste,, and lot boil for
a few minutes. Have your bottles
perfectly clean and sweet,' with hew
cones; tn corks may bo soaked In
hot water to soften them," and the
bottles must be filled with tlo juice
boiling hot, tightly corked ,, imme
diately, tho corks dipped 'In 'sealing
wax which, should reach well up on
tho neck of tho bottle, and when
cold, each bottle should be wrapped
in a newspaper and put in a cool
dark place In the cellar, ff possible.
Another Recipe -Pick . tho gr apes
from the bunches and wash clean, for
every gallon of grapes, take three
quarts of water, boil together and
stir well, mashing tho berries, but
giving care not to scorch, for ten
minutes, then take off tho stove and
pour into a jelly bag and let drip as
long as it will. Return the juice to
the fire in the kettle and bring to a
0011, then bottle, or put Into glass
fruit cans and seal at once. When
wanted, add one cupful of sugar to
every quart of juice.
Another recipe allows two, quarts
of water to tho gallon of picked
grapes, and after the juice is all
dripped from tho pulp, a pint of wa
ter is stirred with tho pulp, which is
allowed to drip again, and this pint
is put into tho kettle with the grape
juico. All juice must be well
skimmed, and boiling tends to thick
en the juice. All unformented
juices must be tightly sealed, and
it may bo either as a beverage or for
coloring and flavoring iced drinks.
It is better sealed In pint bottles, as
this quantity can bo used at one
opening.
domestic, service, there are fifty Who,
with gach Vecurrjfng se'asdn, 'faqe a
dilehlnhi, pf clpthe's and of dress
makers, ' whitjli rt is worse, .'pnien
must either make their own clothes,
or Arid m another' person t)ie; skill'
ahd rajopprt' which consplro tb. pro
duce ffie successful copttune,. 'Girls
po" logger., servo atf apprenticeship to
tho needjp; thy are dt the' mercy of
dressmaker, and 'tailors; "and if com
mon report' .bo .true, ' t a thoroughly
skillful dresSmakjer is' a rkrer .and
mprd (pageyly .gbught,, blessing, even,
than a v competent' servant. The
prob.lexnpf .wher.qwitba.l our. women
folks;, shalj, ,b,e clptheji is a .serious,
oho; it .ispomjpg to. be a. dratu, upon
the health of the wflje and mother,
to say nothing of the family pocket
book. . The, ,ono. ray of comfort in
this connection is the snread. Grad
ual though it be, of schools ahd
classes for dressmaking and millin
ery. The regret of the masculine
observer, 'a weary witness' to the
tolls arid ttiolls and. sufferings of his
Wife and daughters in their effort to
keep suitably clothed and still in
their right mind beneath the grow
ing tyranny of fashion, is -that all
women of all social grades can. not
bo enrolled for instruction. Social
settlements educational centers
Christian associations, and certain
universities and technical schools'
afford excellent though somewhat
desultory instruction in dressmaking
and 'Thillinery. The public sohools
are teaching the Use of the neodlo in
limited way, and educators say
cessful bonfires. The prevalent uso
of gas, gasoline and oil for fuel ha3
done away, more or., less, with tho
coal, range which used to serve as
a creniatory, and ono is often at a
loss to know how to dispose of many
things. A few weeks ago I told
you of a wire cage in which It is en
tirely . safe to, burn. many things
paper, fruit' baskets, sweepings, dried
garbage, etc., and several of our
readers write me they have made
successful ujse. of the .suggestion. In
the country, all spris of rubbish mav
be, pllPd a,way frpm, the .house and
burned. t No rags of any kind, or
paper or .sweqplags should bo
throwu out lu.the, back yard. For
health's .slike,' the useless, in all lines,
should be gotten, rid of. JCqep the
back yards clean, anfl. see that every
refuse thing is, 'carried; .outside tho
camp' and m,ade away .with. Begin
how.'
a
they would gladly go further, did the
curriculum ' permit.. Taxpayers dos Yfin ajj..adp;re.ss,cpluidr(hay.eidireQt
nbfr begrudge) f& group Of boys an ex
pensive building and instruction in
trades by which to earu a .living.
Thp rlghtiof jgjris.hi this matter pf
manual training ,arp, yet Jo.V.e. reepg
nized, 1 A Minora, thorqugh,, ,tra,nln,g
with the needle in the public schqols,
in place ofK orpainental studies pfc
which butrtumere smattering caii be
given,, wpuld be.of? greatly monase
to the-ibest .interests pf the iamirri
Good 'Housekeeping. k
" ' iOI caring tfp ;
' With, the passing of the summer
days and tho coming Of the "sear
and yellow leaf," comes the work' of
getting' ready for the cold days that
aro hot so very far away. In every
home there is't much useless rubbish,
and in overhauling things for the
settling dowri to winter weather,
much of this "clutter" may be dis
pdsed of. ' It is seldom that ypu find,
In a' large city where the ground is
thickly built Up, anything like the
dirt and disorder that characterize
the back yards of the Suburban, vil
lage and farih homes. Not that the
citywoman Is less wasteful or more
neat than are her county sisters, but
because house rent Is so dear as to
prohibit much room, and the city
Woman Is 'forced to rid herself of
piuch she would like to -keep; then,
too, tho regulations of the city com
pel her to dispose of tho garbage,
lest it breed disease. Where the
garbage is not gathered by the city
wagons, the refuse Is thrown Into
the alloy, and many alleys are very
dirty and foul-smelling, and the
amount of old rubbish that finds its
way there is astonishing. But tho
heap is much lessened by tho raids
of the rag picker, who gathers out
everything in the way of rags, old
iron, tin, glass bottles, and the like.
It is against the law to bum vnMaii
in tho alleys, and the ground inside
Query Box
J. L. Ask' fbk1 Farmers' Bulletin
No, 95. , .1 .;,..! , .
Jessie-, Nv-r Write to your own
state agricultural reallege.! . There is
probably a class 1 in domestic science
conducted there; f-n-
Student Corneli-Agricultural col
lego is locatedvat Ithaca,' New York.
Write to the institution ;f or terms.
H. H. A teaspponful. of cayenne
pepper in a quart of oil with which
to grease the harness .will keep rats
and mice from gnawing the leather.
L C. It is claimed that if you
pour the tomato , into . the milk, it
will not curdle;, if the millc "is poured
into the tomatoes it will curdle.
You might try It.
M. For a long coat for fall use,
the Shantiing weave of. .silk is a de
sirable fabric for the. purpose, and
the coat can be, washed and. ironed
like muslin.
Madce B. You, can cet a. book on
fancy stitches frprn almost any art.
or .fancy, work dealer; If: you had
,ed you ,but .can. not give the ad
dresses .or. jirms; here,
I S. M. Unless a woman has a dis
tinct faculty for nUrsinir ' and a
physical fitness .fprthp hard life of
u. uuuieu nurse, sne suouia nox; at
tempt hospital training... "Women un
der the age of twenty-four years aro
tgeldom admitted,.
" ;u. L..it w ..clajmed. , .that any
farmer can rruilrfi p.omonf-. nnefq.
lyrite to the depart'nient of, agricul
ture, wusmuKLon, jj. vj: ior a copy
of Farmers' Bulletin "Nb- 23.5, which
will tell you abput it.
M. C. The directions ar,p: Pour
a half gallon of linseed 'bil in a
Shallow pan anjd ,heat it. quite hot.
Into this set the' rim of the wheel,
give the wheel several slow, turns U
around, and the no't till will swell tho
wooden felloes until the tire is quite
tight. '
Farm Sister Fbr the chicken
mites, whitewash the hen house, in
side and out, getting plenty of lime
in the cracks; then wash the roosts
well with coal oil in which a small
amount of carbolic acid, has been
put. use It plentifully. On wash
days, get your refuse suds boiling
hot, and with tho garden sprinkler
pour the boiling suds all over the
ilpors .and other parts of tho house.
Concrete is the besjt floor, but coal
ashes is good better "than boards.
"Querist"--FoV information about
the agricultural' f andv horticultural
conditions .In Hawaii, writo to tho
Hawaii Promotion Committee, Hono
lulu, Hawaii, and ask them to send
you a pamphlet written by Jared
Smith, director of the Honolulu ex
periment station. It is free, and a
postal card will bring It.
Discouraged For the exiermlna-
Tho Problem of Clothes
For every woman who is hiiriiAnoH
ana harassed wltU.tho problem of .Se "backed TtuSS!2l
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