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"In Earnest"
Tho hurry of tho times affects us so,
In this swift rushing hour, wo
crowd, wo press
And thrust each other backward, a
wo go;
Wo do not pause to lay sufficient
stress
Upon that good, strong word, trud
"earnestness." i
In .our impetuous haste, could we
but know i
Its full, deep moaning, its vast imf
port, Oh, J
Thon wo might grasp tho secret of
success.
In that receding age when, monwor6
great, . (
Tho bono and sinew of their pur
pose lay
In that one word. God loves an
earnest soul
Too earnest to bo eager. Soon or
late,
It leaves tho spent horde breathless,
by tho way,
And stands sorone, triumphant at
tho goal.
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grateful for, and let us give thanks,
oven if "our meager faro leaves us
longing for the olden flesh-pots In
tho ilerce fires of today, let us "hold
still," for tho dear Lord has prom
ised us that tho days of disaster shall
bo shortened.
For tho Toilet
For Thanksgiving Dinner
An exchange tells us that a great
deal of gratuitous advico Is given tho
houBowlfo as to what to servo for the
great home-coming festival at the
end of this month. Most of houBe
wlves know just about what to havo,
and how it should bo cooked, ana
served, and if wo could only toll
them how they can provide the ma
terials, there would raroly bo a lack
either in quantity or quality. Un
fortunately or is it fortunately
tho usual "things" are not on hand
:., . . May, oven in American
homeB, as has been the rule, ana
many a homo woman will have diffi
culty in solving satisfactorily tho
problem of supply and demand. Too
much has been thought of the stom
achs in the past, and tho "Thanks
giving dinner" has been a species of
gormandizing, rather than of giving
thanks for blessings received. The
general lack, because of high prices,
may turn our thoughts to tho - fact
that we have much cause of grati
tude, and can show our thankfulness
In better ways than by Indulging in
tho species of gluttony which has
boon the rule so long. As one little
girl expressed It, a few days ago, wo
shall bo glad to have even enough
"soup meat" to seUoff tho table, for
in a great many homes, where prod
igal plenty has been the rule, the
strictest economy will now have to be j
observed. Especially will this bo so
in tho towns and largo cities. No
matter how high tho wages of the
worker, tho prlcos of foodstuffs are
higher, and our years of careless ex
travagance havo left us in poor con
dition to meet the new order of
things. The "grasshoppers" that
havo fiddled and danced throughout
the long summer of prosperity aro
now confronted with a serious con
dition, and the "ants" who remem
bered that "winter was a-coming in
tho summer-time," and laid by in
store, to meet the spare and loan
years, are not disposed to deal out
their' savings at the risk of suffering
lor themselves, to aid those who
scoffed at warnings when tho
was balmy and the sun was warm.
But we all havo something to be
Professor Lewis, of tho Ladies'
World, says: "A woman's search for
personal charm never ends. This
well-known fact, coupled with a
knowledge of her ignorance of the
frauds and deceptions practiced,
forms a very fertile source of revenue
for tho unscrupulous manufacturer
of so-called beautifiers.' The' letters'
concerning faco creams, lotions, pow
ders, flesh-builders, hair dyes, etc.,
letters of simple inquiry, urgent let
ters, somotimes even hopeless letters,
leadall tho rest."
Wo are assured, by our most trust
worthy physidians,' that "a clear
complexion, colore'd and glowing -with
health; can bo obtained and retained
only by paying tho price of strict at
tention to tho laws of hygiene; gross
eating and clogged bodily sewers are
tho two greatest enemies to a beau
tiful complexion." The essentials of
good health are good, wholesome,
nourishing foods, suited to our needs;
plenty of exorcise in the open air,
rest and regular hours for sleep,
with a mind given to pleasant, op
timistic thoughts; these will do more
toward building bodily tissue and
beautifying face and form than all
tho lotions, powders, washes or
greases that can be manufactured,
even of tho most harmless and best.
A most pitiful fact is that few wo.
men know how to keep well, or how
to regain health -when it is lost, or
threatened.- Every woman is, in such
matters, a law unto herself; and it is
impossible to lay down strict rules;
only by experimenting, and using
good judgment can one be sur.e of
anything "as suitable to her individ
ual needs A cheerful mind is one
of the best medicines that can be
prescribed, ntfd for this each woman
must depend on herself; nobody can
supply it for her. Each one must de
pend upon herself.
Using Canned Millc ;
Canned milk is coming more and
more into use, and is usually found
to be very satisfactory for uso in
cooking. It is made from whole, or
partially, or wholly-skimmed, milk,
according to the uses it is intended
for.. "Plain condensed milk" is a
term applied "to milk that is concen
trated and sold in bulk without being
sterilized or preserved with sugar,
and the term "evaporated milk" is
applied to milk concentrated and
preserved in cans by sterilization.
Evaporated milk has, to a large ex
tent, taken the place of sweetened
condensed milk; it contains nothing
but-normal milk reduced to about
one-half its original bulk, while the
sweetened cbndensed milk contains
fully one-third cano sugar. Tho ad
vantages ofcanned milk are that it
can bo diluted to the consistency of
either cream or milk, is unadulter
ated, keeps longer and contains-less
germs than fresh milk. There Is no
risk in using this milk, and it nun i
air used for almost every purposo where
r-esn mine is called for, according to
t.xe amount of dilution, or lack of it.
It can bo kept in storo, and is always
ready at hand. Ono should buy thp
canned milk only from reliable
makers, and Chen keep .in a cool
placo when tho, can is opened.
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The Eyes
When oujr attention is called tto
the fact that a large majority of 'even
young people wear glasses in thesp
days, we are told that ft is because
diseases and deformation of the or1
gan of vision are! fetter Understood
than formerly, and" are largely rem
edied by mechanical Helps in the way
of fitted ,lenses. But we are also as
sured by those who claim to be best
Informed, that the organ is undergo
ing a process of degeneration because
of its disuse as an organ of pleasure,
as the majority of people1 business
men, scholars and thinkers are oc
cupied with abstract .questions which
do not call for. exercises of the sense
of sight except at close range, They
are thinking of profit ' and , loss, and
other matters wnich'can not, or need
not be visualized. Language itself
reflects this condition, and is getting
less picturesque and more abstract,
But this degeneracy may be, and
probably is, a matter of habit; the
civilized man' is gradually losing the
habit- of looking closely into the ap
pearance of things. Not one person
in many can tell you what he or she
sees on the way down into town:
probably she saw nothing in partic
ular -which -would seem worth men
tioning, but more probable' still it
-was because the faculty of observa
tion was not used. One finds its dif
ficult to describe accurately some
thing in which he was interested a
few hours before. Tjie eyes, unac
customed to the task, do not absorb
the scene, and hence, there is only
a confused impression instead of a
clear-cut picture in, the memory. It
is a matter of fact that we do not
ouen Know tne color of the eyes of
a person wo often talk with, nnrt ni
.though wo may not be color-hlind,
wo uLiMu. can not give the color of
even those of our own household.
Indoor life and the printed page has
rendered the eyes comparatively use
less for purposes of pleasure. Learn
ing is now got from books, rather
than observation. Try your own
powers of observation, and see how
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breed the entire year' through I '
though more active in tho hot bL'
than in the cold, and must bo oS
in winter as well as in summer clrl
should be taken to hangwo'
clothing on hooks, off tho floor; tZ
and valuable fine woolens should hJ
beaten and sunned, then wrapped In
newspaper bags or good cotton sacks
entirely free from any holes, and the
mouths of the sacks should be tightly
tied. Hanging in light closets, free
from the floor, with no lint or refuse
woolen goods or. feathers in corners
The carpet beetles are of two kinds
the black and the speckled, the
speckled kind commonly known as
tho buffalo moth. Tho adult black
beetle is a small, oval', black insect,
from one-eighth to three-sixteenths
of an inch in length; they aro moro
common than tho speckled kind,
which are oval in shape, at least one
eighth of an inch long, mottled with
bars of white on a black background.
Formaldehyde does little good as a
fumigant, and infested closets,
trunks and other receptacles Bhould
be fumigated with carbon bisulphide
at least once a month, using one
ounce, for every twenty cubic feet of
space. The liquid should bo put into
a dish, set in the infested place, and
the receptacle closed tightly; tho bi
sulphide is highly inflammablo and
explosive, and no fire or flame should
bo used about it. Where tho moths
are , known to be in carpets, lay a
damp 'cloth over the goods and press
with a hot iron; the steam will kill
larvae and eggs. They are usually
found under heavy pieces of furni
ture that can be moved but seldom.
Look for them there until exterminated.
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Contributed Recipes
Fruit Sp'ohge Cake This is
claimed to be an excellent cake: To
make it will require seven eggs, cup
and a half of sugar, two and one
fourth cupfuls of flour, one-fourth
cup of cold water, two teaspoonfuls
of baking powder, and one teaspoon
ful of extract of vanilla and lemon,
equal quantities, mixed. Bake in two
layer cakes, and put together with
this excellent filling: One minced
orange pulp, one sliced banana, one
can or grated pineapple,
one-half
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People cut out tea ,or coffee before retiring when these
beverages interfere with sleep. In the morning they drink
freely of them, strangely overlooking the fact that at
whatever time of day ,the cup is drunk the drug, caffeine,
in tea or coffee is irritating to the nerves.
More and more people are tnrniiig to ' " ib y ."
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the drug-free, nourishing, comforting cereal drink.
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