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Wlmt to Forget
Lot us forgot tho things that vexed
and tried us,
Tho worrying things that caused
our souls to frot;
Tho hopes that, chorished long, were
still denied us,
Lot us forgot.
Lot us forget tho little slights that
pained us,
Tho greater wrongs that rankle
sometimes yet;
Tho pride with which some lofty
ono disdained us,
Lot us forget.
Lot us forget our brother's fault and
failing,
Tho yielding of temptation that
besot,
That ho, perchance, though grief be
unavailing,
Cannot forgot.
But blessings manifold, past all de
serving, Kind words and helpful deeds, a
countless throng,
Tho fault o'orcorao, the recitude un
sworving. Lot us remember long.
Tho sacrifice of love, tho generous
giving,
When friends were few, the hand
clasp warm and strong,
Tho fragrance in each life of holy
living,
Lot us remember long.
.Whatever things were good and true
and gracious,
Whato'er of right has triumphed
over wrong,
fv7hat lovo of God or man rendered
precious,
Let us remember long.
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comfort and beauty of life that she
may lay herself down as a' living
sacrifice at tho feet of her children.
She really enjoys this Belf-efface-ment
until some day she wakes up
to tho fact that hor children take
her at her own valuation, and accept
as their right, her drudgery. In
stead of affection and respect, they
give her scarcely the tolerance they
would accord to a paid servant, and
in the condition to which her servi
tude has reduced her, their lovo must
be strong indeed to prevent their
showing that they are ashamed to
be seen with her. The blame rests
with tho mothor.
Tho Daughter's Part
There are many good, loving
daughters who would fain carry
their old, faded, bent and toil-worn
mother into the world with them,
but "she will not." They would
gladly share her toil and see her
well-dressed, even to denying them
selves; but such mothers cling to
tho shabby old garments and refuse
tho offices of their daughters. No
matter how humiliated the daughters
may feel that the mothers persist in
sitting in the kitchen' despite their
pleadings with her to help them en
tertain their young company, such
mothers utterly refuse to change
their ways, and the girls, knowing
what will probably be said of them,
feel aggrieved, then indignant, and
Who Is to Blame?
I have just been hearing of a
'daughter who has shocked her ac
quaintances because she "acts as
though she were ashamed of her
hard-working old mothor." Her
critics seem to hold to tho opinion
that tho daughter is the only one
to blame in tho matter, contending
that, as her mother drudges "from
morning until night," and often
upends hours through which she
should bo sleeping, in plying the
needle doing fine work on tho dainty
clothes her daughter wears so thank
lessly, that she is "at least entitled
to respect from her daughter." Now,
I am not so sure of that. It is a
question in my mind whether a wo
man who allows her daughter to
grow up to useless womanhood In
these busy times Is really deserving
of respect. As to her being a ser
vant to her child, that surely is her
own fault; nobody forced tho situa
tion upon her. It certainly is of hor
own chooBing, for she must have had
the "upper hand" while the child
was too young to dominate her. A
wonjan who is looked upon by her
family as a servant has surely given
them causo to so regard her, and tho
cure of the complaint lies largely in
her own hands. Many a mother has
allowed herself to be so completely
absorbed in the family treadmill that
uhe has entirely lost sight of her
higher mission of being a1 companion
and guide to her husband and chil
dren. Mother-love is not always as
unselfish as we would have the
world suppose. The kind of mother
In question denies herself all tho
wind nn hv errnwim? IniUffp.rATit- I HtJie
where, with the least encouragement,
they would have loved and comforted
the woman who bears tho relation
of mother to them, yet clings to the
habits and ways of a drudge and
servant. We are taught that in
order to win the respect of others,
we must respect ourselves, and if
mothers wish to hold their proper
place in regard to their young sons
and daughters, they must treat them
selves with the respect that begets
honorable preferment in the family.
Tho foolish affection that would bear
all the burdens of life lest the young
shoulders droop, is most hurtful to
all. To grow, all young must en
dure some hard knocks while they
are soft enough to stand them with
out being broken. The girlB are not
always to blame or often. Frown
upon the mother who robs her chil
dren of the joy of waiting on them
selves and each other, but most of
all, the happiness of serving with
loving hands tho mother who should
be tho dearest there is. Give the
children the joy of responsibility,
and share with them not only the
sweets, but the wholesome sours.
Let them learn the happiness of self
sacrifice; of self-denial; of Belf
rostraint; of doing for one another.
The mother, to "come into her own,"
should walk beside her children not
crawl behind them, nor even make a
carpet of herself to keep their young
feet from the lessons to be learned
from the "stones in the roadway of
life."
outline than to appeaT perfectly
shapeless. Don't dress the hair in
a high knot on top of the head, but
low in the neck, and full at the sides
of tho fate. Some faces, however,
demand a square appearance on top
of the head, rather than pufilness at
tho sides, but few long, thin faces
are improved by a dressing that car
ries the hair to a sharp peak. Don't
wear the gown cut half low if the
neck is very long; neither should the
stock be four inches high and very
tight; but a comfortably high stock
will give a pleasanter appearance and
hide many lines about the throat.
Soft, wide ribbons and laces are very
becoming to such a neck. The tall,
thin woman should never dress de
collete; the display of bare, or angu
lar bones is in a sense appalling, and
there is absolutely no excuse for
such exposure. Only plump, full,
short necks will bear the undressing,
unless tho neck is very beautiful.
Don't wear long, trailing skirts,
clinging closely to the form; the
demi-train is much more becoming.
Do not wear a gown that exposes
too much of the feet or ankles; two
inches from the floor is a very good
length for the skirt of the tall, thin
woman. To be beautiful, every wo
man should teach herself something
of hygiene; of the effects of various
foods and drinks; of the air she
breathes, and of the colors best suited
to her complexion and Individual
drop on, a few ihbre drops of wax and
press down until there are none. In
a very few minutes the wax will be
perfectly hard, and you can set away
your jars.
Many cooks object to putting any
sugar in their canned fruits, but
others claim that it improves the
fruit, preventing the leathery look
and feel that some fruits have when
canned witJhout. Bottles are perfectly
sealed if, after being tightly corked,
the necks are dipped in the hot seal
ing wax, as it cools and hardens in
stantly. If sugar is used, the syrup must
be boiling hot when the fruit is put
in, and must be brought to a boil
before canning. After putting into
the can or jar all the fruit it will
possibly hold, pour the syrup, boil
ing hot, into the jar, overflowing, so
as to fill every air space between the
fruit.
It pays to get new rubbers, and
the metal tops must be perfect, and
fit each particular jar, or the fruit
will spoil.
Some Seasonablo Items
In many' homes, the old-fashioned,
open grate or fire-place is used, and
in many city homes, the open grate
Is a favorite heating means. But
when house cleaning time comes, the
"hole in the wall" does not look so
well. The sooty chimneys must be
closed to prevent the dropping of
soot on the hearth. Stuffing the
throat of the chimney with paper or
old clothes is not to be recommended
as many times, bad fires Btart by
sparks flying down the chimney and
igniting the stuffing. Here is one
way recommended: Make a starch
of cold water and flour, paste white
oil cloth over the fire front, and cover
with a drop curtain during tho sum
mer, in tne fall the cloth can be
taken off, and the flour being dry,
leaves no stain, as it would, if boiled
paste were used. A frame may be
fitted into the opening, and covered
with some pretty paper, or a picture,
or even some suitable design on
cloth.
"Husband's Rights"
Many an otherwise intelligent man
fails to realize that "my wife," like
"my country," "my friend," is a
phrase implying not proprietorship,
but privilege and obligation. The
courts of the land are congested with
divorce cases largely because we will
not understand that the marriage
contract is an agreement to give, not
to exact. Few men claim the right
to kill their wives, but some main
tain the right to beat them, to dic
tate their conduct, to prescribe their
goings and comings, and to curtail in
a thousand ways their individual
liberties. The ten commandments
place in the same category "thy
neighbor's wife" and his ox, and
"anything which Is thy neighbor's."
A good many men accept this liter
ally, and class the wife wtfh. the
domestic animals in the respect that
she, too, is personal property. Has
not the title passed in the marriage
contract? The unwritten law we
hear about has its basis in this
theory. The assumption by a man
that his wife Is not a proper or com
petent guardian of her own honor,
or that ho has a right, on suspicion,
to slay her and somebody else, as he
would an ailing sheep of his flock
and sheep-killing dog, is founded on
the word "my." The fact that she
Is not adjudged competent to own or
handle property of her own earning,
in many states, is also sprung from
her supposed "chattel" condition.
Some "Dont's" for tho Thin Woman
Tho thin woman is "all the
fashion," just now, and there are
some things she must not do, if she
wishes to make a good appearance.
Don't wear striped goods, if you hap-
.pen xo De very tan as well as very
thin, for there are limits to even
the desired thinness. One Bhould
not look too much like a match.
Long lines make one look taller and
thinner. Clothes should not be worn
too loose; it is better to suggest an
For tho Canning Season
Here is a wax said to be the very
best for sealing cans and Jars: One
ounce of gum shellac, ono ounce of
beeswax and eighteen ounces of
resin. This cools instantly. You can
dip pieces of strong domestic in the
fluid and press them down over the
tops of jars, by putting your hands
in cold water and then handling the
witxeu ciom quiciuy Before it cools.
An old-time housekeeper says that
for strawberries and blackberries
(especially strawberries), common
stone jaTs, carefully sealed, are much
better than cans or glass, as they re
tain their color and flavor m.,nii
better. She gives the following plan
for putting up such fruits: Place
the cans in hot water and keep them
there until filled with fruit that has
been allowed to merely come to a
euaiu m syrup made to your tast
Worth Knowing
If a coating of glue or size be
rubbed over with a decoction of one
part of powdered nutgalls in twelve
parts of water, reduced by boiling to
eight parts and strained, it becomes
hard and solid. It makes a good coat
for ceilings to whitewash on, and
for lining walls for paper-hanging.
One of the most effective and in
expensive preparations for extract
ing grease from woolen cloth is mado
of one part of liquid ammonia and
four parts of alcohol mixed with an
equal amount of water. Put this in
a glass-stoppered bottle. Apply to
the soiled spot with a piece of
sponge, soaking the cloth thoroughly
ii tne grease has been in it for any
considerable time. After cleaning,
sponge well with clear water, and
dry, or press.
It is claimed that bits of butcher's
brown paper smeared with molasses
and a little arsenic sprinkled over
It, and these bits laid about in the
closets, bin, or drawers, is a sure
exterminator of ants, and other
kitchen vermin. The arsenic Is
poison, and the bits of paper must
not be where children can get to
them.
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uio cover, I fabrics which cannot be cleaned with
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