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Show j I Of Jtitmsi. io i!j TIRED MOTHERS, i 4 . (Scloctr-d.) I A littlo oiliinv ljns upon vour kme i lmir tired knw, thai has much to boar' i A child s dar eyes are looking lovinsrlv I ' JT-m underneath a thatch of shining! I ha ir. . 1 iVHiaps you do not hwd the velvet touch I II of warm, moist tinkers, folding vours I If '".u J" not prize this? hlessing overmuch I i'U almost are too tired to prav toll to-ll r.'isht. il H Lut if we tiisl-.t when you sit down to i You miss this elbow from vour tired kr-n.: Tliis i-( si c--s, curling head from off your I T:iis ''"i""r tongue that chatters con. ? stantly; I If ".m .mr own the dimpled hand had a flipped. i " "i- would nstle in vour palm 1 again : i If tin white feet into the grave had trip- I :,,:'- I " kr.ow the meaning of a heartache i t hen. - v " n.-.-i a nroKf-n car: to.lav. l - " f-moviow make a kite to reach the skv. f ? There is ::o wunan in God's world could ! f Fuy ji ,,Sh' a:-- inorp blissfully contont than I. Sf l'-oi, ah; the dainty pillow next rnv own I J li'Viv rumpl.-il l,y a shining h-ad: H ' Tirrilig limiting from its nest -has f I llowr. f. I Tho boy 1 used to kiss is dead: f . - BUI KOW. 1 1 " By M-irion Hicks Harmoe..) ft " O I'l'.V no; his. silting thus ft A:r.id your haines in the inon.ing sun, i f Do ever -then y.ei think ..' us, I: Who orcf have .had. "nut now have J " O active rr..;ht vs. m;dt ike frav ' t Of loving du:i-s never dnix . . Do once . m uiir.k. thvoi:gii aii the' day, .f ho had. but now have inu.v? i i j O faiU-ruI moibeis. in the night. ; I W !'.!!! va'.m ou sooihc s 'Me frightened one. I hii.k n-i how we r ait the l'ght. ! iio had or.ee. but noxv ha .'e none? , O blessed tiiotle rs. ilf":.r,iin; n' r i "W Im; shii.:-:!; v,a- s those i t may run, 1 "We si: -and ;h:nk. but plan no more, J We wii" had or.ee. Iiut !Tw liavc none. J HE DXEX'T THINIL T"se-i to k: hi-- ponr o'd motlier go and f e.i ri y in ( lie i.vcoil ; i She was" just a. packhorse for him, bat I lie r.ev. r m:d. rsleod; . Never ti.io.,i,hi of bringing- water from i tlm sp-ing down by the lane. t'r ( l n--,oi.-.- n. r io gatht - in iIk- clos btiforc- the ii:-!; J. ei it i kec-p a-vauin' on him. though i her back wns su-hin' sa j 'Ttvii.-i; i '-..use l-.e di ln'l love Iter ho ! just, didn't think, ym km w. ' Then he, w. r.t away ami niarrit-d left In r :ivi:r thcu a'ei.e 'I'eurse his w.ife s'k didn't want her sh ha:! (Op ,,f her own And ho cariivl in the kir.dlin". and he t i : 1 1 1 the tncs. too. And. to tell the truth. 1 ounno what there Whs lie didn't do; . Had in hustle now. 1 t-.ll you! Got to tliiilAie'. too. a! !-.st, ; Tiiat ln.j mi.qht Inive been a little mita , nnire. 1 iiougii. ltd in inc. nasi. Afur awii'Jo the weuvk mother put her lii.i dt ns a '1 : way. ; And he went am heard the preacher pi a is?- the noor oid soul one hay. .And 1 stood ami i'mkrii lovr, ut lier when they p::sii"l the ad aside poor n'.i hniv.1! flidu't wonder that her boy sat there and erie I Just as if. he ooehin'i bear it just as if his he-iri'd break-He break-He l ad kind of goi in -e in' what she'd suffered for his sal;e. Th'.re's h !o: of kinds of sir.r.ir:" that the good lnok l lis about , Sins ooite.-i nhi' which a body needn't cer Ik- in de-.-bt: ' j Hut thirt's one sin th:'i l reckon many! a -nan v.no (ieisn 1 think ! Wi.'l l" held to stiiet eeew.iiiit for when! he go. s aerost the brink ! Fur the wrong that's done a person by j ar.o-.her's lack ef tbousht ' Hurts as intieh as ihi-ugh the- injured was j th.n 'victim of a p. oil I New Woild. THE SO W OF THE TEANSVAAL j Unit d lr:shm;in. ji-ibiin.'l j Tre To.-s sV-.-in-gs low. tit- morn ; n-i r j Nov.. eo,-r.rai'.e !ni u;i 'j'ne ea- pon's voice wi!l ri:vr out t Icar I h..-. m. PclU;-. ihe shy. j A t o : , s t We'll dilUii lo...-h-'-. i;."S, I i-'re dawns '.lie l;a t tie's .gray. : A t i s t to ii eland dt-.ir o.d jreland; i ; !. !..:.,! far aw:: '. j Ir-iaml far aw. ; : I-ei ;r.d faraway! j !e .i;ii to lr land iMi-enpiii to Jn .a::d: I iieiano. I . ;.s, liurrahl Who told us licit her cause was de;:d? VI. o b:oie us be. id the k"o ? I The S!av.s; Again sh lifts her htad j Auain sin hiv bo fre--! ; 'Willi g--i: in herd we lake our stand j l-'or Ireland Ui the fray -Wc liglit. f..r ireia ud dear obi Ireland! Ireland far away! Ireland far away! H. '!:, .0 Ireland strength to Ireland! Ireland. bo s. hurrah! 1 O mother of tin; Wounded Breast! . ' 1 M-.tlier . f the Tars! The sons .vm: loved awl trusted best llav.- gr isoed 111 ir b.Utle-siK-ars. 1-V..W Sban. !. Us-eran. Jiftey !.'e, I ".In A fi lea's s"il today i i We strike for Ireland brave old Ireland f Ireland far away. ! Ir.-lar.d for away! Ireland far away! I ' Health to ircland strength to Ireland! 1 J re! and. boys, hurrah! I The' n!-.rnii:-.v br aks the bugle calls! I r Now. e,,,nraes. for the light' f " A lure's grav- h his who falls 1 t lire comvs agahi the night. I I ' j-'.e- j.--.Ml:n's hag for lr- laial's cause f . Strik" stout ;r.r' swift today! I Hurrah for 1 r-rlar.d 1 P.ravc old Ireland! f lieiand f'i" away. , Ireb-iul f ir away! Irtdand far away! ; Jba'.ih to It ( lar.d st 1 i-ngth to Ireland! Ireland, boys, hurrah! ' -"Tho Southern Cross. EEIGIIT AND CHEEKFUL- LOOKS, j EGOLESS KECIPES. j Tile l::ie:.t ce;r,idiinent we ever heard j p lid to a w mar: was from her husbsRd, l says an exchange, and he yaid in j . .-!( .ikin? ef her: "W? always think of j ' la r as" a morning glory, because she ioks so bright !tid cheery and pretty ;.t -Hi"' bre-;kfav table." 1 How niar.y breakfast tables are jire- ! si'le,) over by w omen who make no ef- f 1 1 to be dnintyV The claim that t hous-t h..M duties keep women from j b k:r.g- weil iii the morning is- easily I ' disprove,. That woman commits an I iter who looks m i -a red -for and badlv dr.-S'Sed in. the morning. And Franklin aud.: "'What an influ- n---'-. tiu-n. hath woman .wr the leart of man 10 soften it and make it the fountain 'if cheerful ami pure emotion?. Sp.-ak gently, then; a happy smile and ; a kind word of greeting after the toils , ef the day are over to?t nothing, and go far toward making homo happy and . , peaceful." ATTRACTIVE WOMEN. 1 Those Who Read ard Think Never Grow Old. . Women who are anxious to improve themFHven. says a writer in an c-x- rhango. will tind it a good plan to always al-ways have u book within reach to ;teh vp at odd niojm'-nis be-tween task.:-. V .shoui.j resolve to e-dgt in a little leading even' day, if it is" but a s-inle s.. nli ncc. f ,.a g-jVe nut JifU'tn minutetr a day it. will bt felt at the end of the year. Thoughts take up no room, althor.g-h they till hm's hours very atceptaijiy when of a pleatant or instructive nature, and one mav travel or labor with thtm without any trouble or incumbrance. ' It haa b?eii by good fortuiK to know peveral -women with apparently no time for reading-; at least the majority of women would have fo decided had they been similarly situated. Ambition makes many thing-s no- Rible, so these women read while doinp: j their customary ta.fe, s-aeh as washing . dis-hes. ironing common articles, etc. One of them was elected president of the Woman's Relief cnnis," and immediately imme-diately set about getting- instructions I as to lier duties. She 'committed to memory everything in the ritual that had any bearing upon her office, thus invuning- herself with a knowledge that sh never had to stop and search for, necessitating- tedious waits during the regular work. One member who had vary little house work to do fxid: -"Why, how -could you ever do it? I never found time, there wa always something- to interrupt or hinder me "whenever I sat down to look up any point." "Oh, it was easy enough," replied Number One. "I learned it while doing my mrular work, relating; each sentence sen-tence until perfectly impressed upon my mini."' Another, mother of a large family on a large farm, read the Chautauqua Chau-tauqua course by- the same method. It is not hard to use brain and brawn at the Fame time, tvoncmizinj tim-2 and increasing out intellectuality. 1 remember whf n a little girl of having hav-ing ratb-er a poor opinion of the learning- of farmers' folks. I mention it fvmply to show that it has- been the prevailing opinion of older people that farmers did not care to improve themselves. them-selves. What a change is observed to- j day. Th? cultured farmer and his in- j tcih etual wife are prominent in public gatherings, and many town people join the farmers' clubs because they enjoy thf entertainment it affords. The mo- attractive woman is intellectual. intel-lectual. She never grows' old. Her in-i in-i tcllect is a greater preserver and aug-m aug-m enter of her attractiveness. Men sometimes hold in ine-xplicable prejudice preju-dice ag:;imit intellectual women probably prob-ably from an erroneous impression that they aio always associated with the tumbled hair and soiled wrappers of novel celebrities (although mayhap they never read a. novel). Their own v.-iver may 't intellectual without their realizing it. Th?y read books but they fully appreciate the advantage of nea.t uV-parel. He- thinks she does everything every-thing right, taking not a little -credit to himself in some way, but she never knows the reason she pleases him is because he is under the spell of her intellect. The woman who knows how to use hr intellect has a guarantee for the final loyalty of lover or husband. It ia the ostentation of intellect that men dislike, because it humiliate? them to m? 't women who claim intelligence superior to their own aiv inbred preju-dieei preju-dieei for generations which a modest bearing hacked by an education that Ftiands the family in scod Kead at an important time will eventually eradicate. eradi-cate. DRESSING SACQTJES. Tf women realized how" much of the J happiness of a home depends on pretty ! house divss. there would be a great Ideal m-ru attention paid to morning sacques and dressing- jackets. What is moie charming than for the mistress j or daugnter of a home to appear at ; breakfast in same bright and dainty j "n atinee," which is the graceful French I name for the morning sacque? It is imade such a dainty thing with ruffles ' and frills and a bow at the throat. j'HousL' jackets are deemed by many to be more c. nvenijit and economical ' than the wrapper, ad they may be worn ! with any partly worn or old-fashioned I skirt, and they are easy to slip on and j off. In choosing material for these ! jackets attention should be given to I tho selection of the colors. For autumn ; ! and winter, warm, cheerful colors are j best; for Eumrner, cool, pale shades are more appropriate. There are flannels of every description descrip-tion for winter' house jackets, and dainty cashmeres and eider-down cloth I and silk. The pattern of the house jacket is that of a loose-fitting- waist with loose fronts, the decorative effects 'depending on the trimmings of ruffles in silk or lace, ribbon bows and insertion. inser-tion. riose color and soft, pretty shades of red "are charming" tones for morning ractiues. Then there are the loveliest printed tunnels in the most charming designs imaginable, old-fashioned cash-mete cash-mete effects, palm-leaf designs, figured stripi s with quaint old-fashioned flow-era flow-era in all sorts of beautiful colors. Then there are the spotted flannels, with the dots ranging in size from a pin-head to a pea, and also striped and lined llannels. All these sell at a very low price, and one may have a beautiful and becoming house jacket for a. very trilling sum. For trimming, the favorite garniture for these flannels ir. knife-plaited frills Ol lillli rMHY U'MOl mr; ii'un, airuui collar and the wrists. Old silk can frequently fre-quently be used for this purpose, as very little wear corner on :t, and it will ! serve quite as well as new. Ribbon is 1 also used for trimming house jackets, j and is put on rlain or frilled, as one may fancy. For the m ire expensive and dr?ssy house jackets there are lovely soft pilks that make up into the daintiest of creations. crea-tions. China silk. Liberty silk, foulard or Swiss silk are the varieties to be chosen. 83 Ft iff silks are not at all appropriate for this purpose. Liberty satin or satin foulard, which hangs as soft and limp as China silk, are I beautiful, rich-looking materials for j elegant house jackets. These are trimmed with f 1 ills of the same or frills oj, lace a id insertion. TELL THE COOK. To add a teaspoontul of sugar to every pint of milk when the milk is to be thickened with cornmeal. That oatmeal is much improved if sugar is put in while it is cooking instead in-stead of being put on at the table, j To keep a. brick at the back of the stove and set the food on it that is to j be kept warm. I If there are no potatoes to use for I making btead. to take a pan of clab-tered clab-tered milk, .heat it boiling hot and strain the whey into the Hour, and then procjcd to mix the dough in the usual manner. That the hist way to keep boiled mush from being lumpy is to stir up the meal with enough cold water to merely wet it. and then stir it into the kcttic of boiling water. Never to cut potatoes for baking; but for steaming or boiling to draw the edge, of a sharp knife halfway around lengthwise, so that they will crack open nicely. To tie a. piece of stale bread in a white muslin cloth and drop it into the kettle with the. boiling cabbage, t he!p absorb the ofteivdve odor. To make graham bread the same as white bread, and then steam it three hours, instead of baking it one. That when baking powder is used for biscuits the shortening- should be stirred in after all the ingredients are added, including the fiour, and they will Ik much lighter and more flaky. To cut the thin skin from the outside out-side of a leg of mutton, or the mutton chops before cooking them, in order to remove the "woolly" taste" that some find it) objectionable. DOES SHE EXIST? Here is a man's idea of a modern girl, but he has not announced as ytf whether he has found her. She must be -.able to converse on other subjects than balls, toilets and frivolities.' " '-" "--'-' . '. Without posing as an intelleetaa.1 girl, the must be able to te id a serious book without finding- it.. '-'diy." ; V She must be able to keep her own garments, and, perhaps, the family's, in perfect order. She must be thoroughly acquainted with housekeeping, and have at heart the health and happiness of those around her. . She must be neither, a blue stocking nor an ignorant drudge. She must be well educated, able to speak and write her language correctly, correct-ly, and enjoy refined society. She must be perfectly well bred, but not affected; amiable, but not forward. She must be enthusiastic, impulsive and earnest, without be ng told, reckless reck-less or extravagant. She must be frank, generous to a fault, high-minded, ambitious within the bounds of reason, and virtuous without insipidity. She must be - affectionate, unselfish and self-respecting. J In short I do not expect her to be j faultless but she must make a place for herself in the world, and do her best to fill it honorably. WOMAN'S ability: Don't get fit'ocp-shouldered. This eerious -deformity, comcis on in a very insidious way; it mav even commence before the baby is born if the stomach is faint and nauseated and a earelesa habit of standing or sitting is indulged in. S'umetimtiS it begins at the nursing nurs-ing of the baby, if it is a breast-fed-infant: the i3h'oulder?s are thrown forward for-ward in leaning over the tijnall armful, arm-ful, and before full convalescence has taken place the' habit in formed and grows daily in brooding over and tending tend-ing and dressing the babv. P'or uome weeek. or perhaps! months, lack of strength and weariness prevent the mother's assuming the e'orreet -poise that is essential to general g.-od health and ia graceful carriage. If one ia strong enough it is a g-ocd plan to Pft the babr's bath on the table; it will be found very convenient in all ways. Have a folded blanket or some suitable pad to place the babv on, and drens it there instead of pitting over it up'on your lap. 'When baby can stand up to be drese"ed, place "it either on a chair or table and thus avoid all etc-oping- If the habit is apparently faatenned upon vou, do not d.c;ir-air; if you trv faithfully you can become straight again, unless yiu are cont'tintly overtaxed over-taxed and consequently lack ambition. ambi-tion. If you are accustomed to sleep with vour head high, lower it by degrees! de-grees! until you can, if needful,, sleep without any pillow. Breathe deeply and hold your chin and abdomen in and your chest out a la militaire, and in time, by determined effort and. pres-ls-tent thought of symmetry in your mind, you will find your figure improving. improv-ing. Learn to carrv a book on vour head, fold your arms- behind vou when you have a moment to straignten up. Eternal vigillance will reward you. But 1 much less effort than this will prevent j your ever becoming a, stoop-shouldered, and this is the. correct line to work on. WINIFRED B. COSSITT. THINGS TO FORGET. I have ever believed, and that conviction convic-tion has grown with years, in the higher education of women. I think that women can do almcst anything that men can, and 1 am quite sure that they should be given the same pay as men receive for the eame quality of work, i believe in- the value of training" train-ing" in all sorts of w'crk. and I consider con-sider no woman's education complete Until s'-he has mastered the practicalities practicali-ties of life. Mv advice to the fpirld and women with whose educational progress I have in many respecte been identified, has j always, been to keep out of debt. f j drers plainly, to be ciareful in their i behavior towards men, and as careful j in their behavior towards women; jo be j respectful to their employers, and to . be truthful. I have not scrupled to j say to them that in my experience, the 1 most refined women have been those I whose tasites in matters of dress have j been mc. t cuiot and plain, Vnd that ' the working girl should abnve all I things avoid extravagance in dress. I j have found that girls and women are ! apt to run into debt for clothes, and whenever such canis have come to mv knowledge I have proffered my issiFt-ance issiFt-ance towards restoring their credit, upon the exprelss stipulation that they sh'ould never again put a chain of that sort about their neckis, and I think they have -all kept their promises. George W. Childs. IRISH BRIGADE. If you would increase your happi-nesa happi-nesa and prolong your life, forget your neighbor's faults. Forget the slander you have ever heard. Forget the temptations. temp-tations. Forget the fault-finding and give a little thought to the caup-a 1 which provoked it. Forget the peculi- aiiiit.-' u: jui 1 lienors aim 0111 v 1 e-member e-member the soed points which make I you fond of them. Foreret all Ders?onal quarrels or histories you may have heard by accident and which, if re petited, would reem a thousand timaj worse than they are. Blot out a.3 far as possible all the dis-agreeables of life; they will come, but they will grow-larger grow-larger when you remember them and the constant thought of acts of meanucs.s or, we.n?e still, malice, 'will only tend to make you more familiar with them. Obliterate everything disagreeable dis-agreeable from yesterday: start out with a clean sheet for today and write upon it. for sweet memory's sake, only j those things- which are lovely and I lovable. ADVICE TO YOUN GMOTHERS. DOUGHNUTS.. One cupful of sugar, one cupful four milk, one egg, one teaspoonf ul ooda, one tablespoonful cream, a little salt; flavor with nutmeg. Flour to roll. Cut in strips, twist, and fry in hot lard. PLAIN FRIED CAKES. One and one-half, cupfuls eour milk, one steapoonful soda, a little salt, flour to roll. Cut in plain strips and fry in hot lard. Eat while warm. FRIED CRANBERRY TARTS. Make like plain fried cakes, roll thin; cut with a, biscuit-cutter and fry in hot lard. Drop a spoonful of cranberry sauce on each one while warm. FRIED APPLE PIES. Make crust likes plain fried cakes,' roll Thin; tuck the crust firmly around the apple and fry in hot lard. For filling, fill-ing, rtew dried apples until -?oft, flavor with orange peel, and sweeten. HARD GINGERBREAD. Half p cupful of lard, fillinc the cim I with boiling water: one cupful molaa-!'?s. molaa-!'?s. salt, teaspoonful each of soda and ginger, flour to knead. Roll thin; cut out ssi take in a ouick oven. RUTH E. BARBER. MISCELLANEOUS RECIPES. There are seasons- im the year in which eggs are scarce, and consequently consequent-ly high in price, and the housekeeper who is obliged to count the pence is compelled to be vsy economical in their use. or perhaps do without them entirely. en-tirely. Yet cookies' are a necessity for the. children's lunch baskets, and tho adult members of the family feel the need ef occasional sweets, however plain the mode of living; so it becomes necessary to adapt oneself to existing circumstances, and pre'pare cakes and desserts without eggs. The recipes following fol-lowing are of this class: PLAIN CAKE. One .cupful each of Sou r cream and sugar., a half teaspoonful of soda, and Hour for stiff batter; flavor with lemon COOKIES. - ' ' Two eupfuls of sugar and half a cupful cup-ful of . butter creamed together. Half a teaspoonful of soda dissolved in one cupful of sweet milk, ne teaspoonful cream -of tartar, rubbed smooth in- a little flour. Sufficient flour to stiffen enough to roll. , " . - COOK'IESO. 2. , Another recipe requires one and one- half eupfuls of white sugar, one-half cupful of lard, one-half cupful of butter, but-ter, one cupful of sour milk, one teaspoonful tea-spoonful of soda, fiour -to stiffen. DOUGHNUT?. Two eupfuls of sour milk, a small cupful, of sugr. live -table.spnonfuls ef midted-.larel,:;i .teaspoonful of sida dissolved dis-solved in buik', a little salt; uour to make a dotigfi. " DELICATE CAKE. One cupful each of flour and sugar, a half cupful of corn starch, butter and sweet milk, one teaspoonful of baking powder. Cream, butter and sugar. Sift baking powder with Hour seveial times. EGOLESS CAKE. j One-half cupful each of butter anl j sugar creamed. One teaspoonful of 1 soda dissolved in. one cupful of sour j milk. Three eupfuls of flour; flavor to j taste. JUMBLES . A half curf"1 eat'h of butter and milk, one supful of sugar, a half teaspoonful of soda, a little nutmeg or-cinnamon; fiour to stiffen. Bake in rings in a quick oven. STEAMED PUDDING. Two eupfuls of fiour. one cupful of sweet milk, a haif cupful each of butter, but-ter, sugar and molasvts, one teaspoonful teaspoon-ful of soda. ' Steam two hours. Eat with sauce: BROWN BETTY. iiui aueiiiaic iuj (.-.- .11 t-uceu ayjMo and bread crumbs in a pudding elish. sprinkling each layer of bread crumbs i with sugar and cinnamon, and putting bits of butter here and there. Add one half cupful cold water and bake till brown. FROSTING WITHOUT EGGS. One cupful of granulated sugar for any white sugar), five tablesnoonfuls cf milk; boil until it threads, then beat until cold. Spread cn a cool cake, wetting wet-ting the knife in cold water to prevent sticking. j |