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Show i j Of Jntmsl U Lad Readers -I I LEISURELY LANE. ! Is no road now to Leisurely Lane? We t.ravt li'il it long- agu; A place for the lagging .C H-surcly steps, swi'd and shady and slow. There were rims, of restful hills beyond. and Jklds of dreamful wheat. With shadows of clouds across thorn Mow n, and poppies asleep at our feet. There Jads and maids on a Sunday met arid strolled them, two and two: The leaves tlu-y .laced in a roof o'erhead and only the sun peeped through: And. there was time to gather n rose, and. time for the woodbird's call. And plenty of time to sit by i stream and hearken its ripple and fall. Is there no road now to Leisurely Lane? (Gods know we have hurried alar!) There was once a. lamp through the i brooding dusk, and over the tree a star; There was mice a breath of the clover blrom (sweet. Heaven, we have hurried hur-ried so iong!i Ami there was ;i gate by a white rose ' , clasped, and out of the disk a song. That Kong (hi? eeho is strange and sweet, the voice it Is weak and. old: It hath no pun witli the tierce, wild rush I and' this hard, mad light for sold! It hath no part with the clamor and din. and the jarring of wheel and stone! Oh, listen, my heart. and forget forget that we reap the. bread we have sown: Is tin re no road now to Leisurely Lane 4 where, lingering, on by one. , Tiie summoning bells of twilight time over the meadows blown Way find us strolling our homeward way, 1 p!ad of ihf evening star? Is there no road now to Leisurely T.ane? : God knows we have hurried afar! : FOR MOTHERS TO WATCH. Many reprehensible and offensive habits of speech and manners have In those' later yeans crept into youthful society, and are so closely allied to unt-aic -or immoral license that parents. par-ents. ?nd mothers particularly, can. not be io quick or peremptory in rest re-st rainiiur the least approach to any such liberty. If unrebuked at first, says a. writer on the subject, and apparently ap-parently unnoticed, parents may very unwisely imagine that their children will soon see the folly of it and turn, from it in dis;rust. That is a grave mistake. Once allowed to take root, t he evil rijens into fixed habits, soon beyond parental control, and will be a great blemish on their children ! through their whole lives. Mothers should from their earliest hours shield their children, and particularly par-ticularly their daughters, from the da.nger that will surely come from low associates. One of the first evils that will follow on such acquaintance' will le the low expressions, the slang phrases now so common. The free and easy way of talking among strangers, in the streets or in stores, will next be used at home. If girls specially are iermitted to use such language, other unfeminine traits will i'lion follow, accompanied by a coarse, vuri lined manner, instend of the craectii! ladvlike carriarre which in dicates modesty and nood taste. When we see girls in the street with their h.Hinds deep in their ulster pockets, talking and laughing loudly and walking walk-ing with masculine strides, none can bo surpiis-d if the rude, rugged little; gamins in the street take infinite satisfaction satis-faction in running after them crying. "I say, mister:" It is not strange that they make such girls lawful victims for their insults. This kind of vulgarity may have a seductive fascination for young, untrained un-trained minds, but. even if it leads to nothing worse, it tends to moral deformity de-formity and that is bad enough. Such evils are at first, one would hope, disgusting, but Yet, seen too oft. familiar with her face We first endure, then pity, then embrace. Loys, naturally outdoors in the street more than girls, and less under their mothers' influence and supervision., super-vision., unfortunately more readily ;wquiro the coarse, rough ways of the boys they come in contact with and are therefore in danger of having bad habits lixed before it is suspected at home. Temptations not resisted "or repelled when first encountered find visy victims. If a boy yields to the temptation of using low or foul lan-gunge, lan-gunge, he finds profanity is near of kin. Girls never acquire habits of profanity, pro-fanity, but if not under proper restraint re-straint at home too often indulge in acts and speech far from being ladylike lady-like or relined. and which, not many years ago, would not have een tolerated. toler-ated. Hut of late, whether at' home, making or receiving calls, or. the street, or in cars, this loud, rough, 1 ;re-and-easy behavior is painfully noticeable! When boys and girls, young men and maidens, fall into the absurdities of low. foolish, meaning-loss meaning-loss talk it seems to dwarf them intellectually: in-tellectually: they fi,nd nothing of in-tciv-si or importance to say, and so make up for their lack of sense by Idling every sense with needless exclamations, exaggerations or misused mis-used adjectives. It requires patience to be compelled to listen to half a dozen young people and hear their strange, inappropriate use of language. lan-guage. If young people could now and then b placed where themselves unseen they were obliged to listen to a half hour's conversation about nothing at all and hear all these adjectives adjec-tives forced into a conspicuous position ia every sentence and in every topic of conversation, their real meaning and legitimate tist being entirely dis-j-o,jd'n-d. it might result in their own reformation, or they might feel like the gentleman who heard in Delmon-ieo's Delmon-ieo's th conversation of "a charming I littlo lady and lur "dapper little beau," I I whore almost every other word was I 1 "awful." 1 confr.-s it sorely puzzled me to think I what 'thoy could say If str.wihoig re ally "awful" were to hap- j pen in their way; For 1 am sure with simple English they j would never be content. I Hut i heir thoughts in foreign expletives would liavt: to linJ a vent. FASHION NOTES. Deep plum, garnet, gray and tan are the fashionable colors for cloth and velvet vel-vet gowns. Velvets, both plain and fancy, are to !le very much worn. Narrow bands of fur. and ni!iiiv sable, are a prominent feature of dress-trimming dress-trimming for gauze evening gowns ae well as velvet and cloth costumes. Ivong. black kid gloves are worn with the black evening gowns, which, by the way, have been very popular this season sea-son w ith matrons and maids alike. The idea for the disposition of fulness around the hips, promised for the immediate im-mediate future and already in sight, is !an overdress with box plaits beginning at the waist on either side of the front, and extending around the back. There "! is a little space between these plaits j and they are caught down flat nearly to J the knee. J French flannel petticoats with siik 1 flounces below the knee must appeal to the average woman who likes to be warmly clad In cold weather, and still another innovation in the underwear department is an under petticoat of balbriggan, with ruffles of embroidery at the edge. F.laek ribbon velvet is well up in the list of drese trimmings, and the special feature of its use is threading it through lace for yokes, vests and bands as the ease may be. ' Cold buttons wilb. mock gems of va- J rious kinds and colors in the center, are used on some of the elegant costumes, and again we see small gold buckles at the ends of bands of fancy braid put on the bodice, cadet fashion, from either j side of a fancy vest. Round handkerchiefs embroidered with your favorite flower is the latest fad. Black velvet, embroidered in Oriental designs, with gold braid and colored silks, is used effectively for yoke collar and vest of an imported gown of old rose red cloth. The back in many a cloth bodice is made quite plain without any seam. As time goes on, the unmistakable evidence of fur as a fashionable dress trimming is given, and in fine linens,, like heavy cordings, the strips of richly tinted skin will be used. Black velvet ribbon will form a strong factor in fall and winter gowns. It is arranged in all kinds of ways and forma, scrolls, arabesque and conventional conven-tional designs on skirts as ,vell as corsages. cor-sages. Plaids wil be fashiolnable ror skirts, with waists of plain-colored cloth, and some are made with guimpes or yokes of silk. The collection of silks this season is beautiful. Most of them are in plain, solid colors and of soft finish. They come in both light and dark shades. deep and handsome purples, mauve, all shades of blue and pink. Mousseline taffeta of soft finish will be a very popular silk.- It comes in black and colors. Many of the new gowns are made with a double and single Eton jacket, opening over vests of silk or cloth. Black gowns will be .very fashionable fashiona-ble both for day and evening, and some of the new goods in black are very handsome. No matter what the material is. a black gown, always looks well, and is becoming as a rule to the majority of women. A woman with a black silk gown in her wardrobe is ready for almost any occasion. From present appearances the styles in millinery will be quite as varied, with as great a scope for personal choice, as they have been several seasons sea-sons past. No particular mode will be absolute. Velvet ribbons are used by the mile to hem the daintiest flounces, to thread lace, to encircle the bare throat, when they are invariably clasped with jeweled slides, and to trim the millinery millin-ery of the hour. Silk machine-stitching appears as a finish on many of . the latest French and English tailor models for autumn wear, it takes the place of all other, braid or silk guimp not excepted. A Oxford suitings, a material closely resembling re-sembling duck, developed extensively in jacket and wheeling suits. Camel's hair plaids and Scotch plaids are made up into separate skirts and erepon. is again used for all-black skirts. As a relief from the almost too popular pop-ular tuck, dressmakers are introducing a small double puff as a border decoration. decora-tion. Most of the new coats are very short and tight fitting. . White piping will be very fashionable fashion-able on the winter gowns, also tucking on waists and skirts. A great many of the new gowns are made with very long pointed overskirts reaching almost to the bottom of the skirt. Tans, grays and modes are. among the most fashionable colors, and tvme of the imported gowns in these colors are beautiful. Skirts are still made very long; and the tailor gown is made with the habit back. Some are finished with many rows of heavy machine stitching around the bottom, and others are machine-stitched down the middle of the back and front. Milliner's- folds, braids and heavy laces will be used for decoration. Collar bands on the new gowns are built very much on the lines of those worn during summer, pointing or rounding tip at the back of the ears, or finished with modest little tabs or frills of lace at the back. There are all kinds and conditions in the combinations employed, em-ployed, so. with any measure of taste, it is hardly possible to go amiss. Lace and silk., lace with pipings of velvet in tiny stitched bands of silk, silk and velvet, vel-vet, one material covered with tiny tucks and the other with stitching, col- ored satin covered with-cream lace and edgings of fur with lace, are some of the variations of this especial portion of the costumes. i A recently returned tourist is quoted as saying: "We still find a few things n oei.e lor women in mis country, but just think how far they are behind in Germany. There are only ten women physicians in all Germany, and five of these are in Berlin. The woman lawyer is hardly to be found, and the woman preacher is wholly unknown. The German Ger-man femine world is still bounded on the north by her w ardrobe, on the south by her kitchen, on the east by her husband hus-band and on the west by her children." And these are lines that encircle a great deal of happiness no doubt and a con- i tent that cannot be found outside. HOUSEHOLD HINTS. Children's shoes should be entirely flat in the sole, but pliable enough to give slightly with the motion, of the foot. What is known as the spring heel is suitable for children. Heels whether low or high, cause many accidents, ac-cidents, and are more or less injurious otherwise, because they throw the whole body out of correct balance. It is of the greatest importance to keep a child's scalp in a clean and whole-some condition from its earliest inianoy, as on this condition depends the character of the hair later on. Cosmo-line is excellent for cleansin-an cleansin-an infant's scalp from the scaly, yellowish, yel-lowish, dirty-looking eruption which frequently appears on an otherwise clean baby's head. It should be left on over night and washed off with warm water the next morning and then be dried carefullv. Green soan tincture cleanses the scalp i, a won. the hair 35"' &"d promotes growth of It is claimed that formic aldehyde or formalin, is almost a certain pac'fic for ringworm, many of the most obstinate ob-stinate cases having been completely cured by its use. "'ioeieiv When cow's milk is fed to babies with- enfeebled digestion. It must be largely diluted with warm wate? MfgJ"'" -- of v,S?5"a,"' heaJache7 almost always of w wil" "Jtaneous application The neck. lhe feet and b of Po not throw away tin cans that have c oscly fitting covers. Thev mav be. painted and used for rice", and make your pantry shelves very at tractive. Remove the labels, wash the j tins in strong soapsuds, and dry them j thoroughly. ! Use neither hot nor cold water exclusively ex-clusively for bathing. A good rule to follow is a hot bath at night and a cold one in the morning. A towea folded several times and dipped in hot water, quickly wrung and applied over the place of toothache tooth-ache or neuralgia, will generally afford af-ford prompt relief. Do not forget, when drying the face after washing, to rub upward toward the nose. This will prevent wrinkles and will help to smooth out to a great extent the crease alongside the nose. A strip of flanne'l or a soft napkin, folded lengthwise and dipped in hot water and wrung out. and then an- plied around tho neck of a child that has the croup, will surely bring relief in a few minutes. Clcset shelves and floors washed with hot water and cayenne pepper will tend to keep away ants and roaches. Borax and alum may be sprinkled under un-der the shelf paper, or an underlayer of tar paper is effective. Paint spots when new are easily taken tak-en out with turpentine. This will make the goods stiff if allowed to dry in. so remove it with naphtha, and the naphtha naph-tha with water. If the paint spot is old. allow it to soak in the turnentino until the paint is softened, and then remove with naphtha. $ Use only perfect fruit. Pick them carefully from- the stems and wash in a collander. Remove the skins, drop them, into one earthenware dish and the pulp into another. Place each dish or crock in a kettle of hot water on the stove, and heat slowly. Stir the pulp enough until the seeds will come out clean. Then rub the pulp through' a collander, add the skins to it, and a cupful of sugar to each quart of pulp. Cook until the skins are tender, ten-der, and can while at boiling heat in Well sterilized cans. , For 25 cents you can procure of any painter a pot of dark gray paint ready for use. Apply it with a broad, soft brush, so it is even and smooth. When it becomes dry, then, with a small camel's hair brush and bright red paint, mark the name of what the box is to contain. -$ Beds should never be placed directly in front of windows, for, so placed, they are dangerous, even to adults. If beds must be so placed, the windows should be guarded on the outside by bars of ironwork of a decorative character if possible; but in any case of strength sufficient to resist the weight of a person falling against it. Any table on wliieh lamns ai rior.i should be of firm construction large top. and of sufficient weight at the base not to tin easily or jar when touched. A great many so-called accidents ac-cidents with lamps are caused by placing them on light, rickety tables. How to Make Domestic Honey. Common Com-mon sugar four pounds, of water one quart; let slowly come to a boil and skim Add pulverized alum. one-fourth one-fourth ounce. Remove from, the fire and stir in one-half ounce of cream of tartar and one tablespoon ful of roe extract. It is now ready for use. To Clean GlasjPover Pictures. To clean the glass ever pictures, dip a piece cf chamois in alcohol, wring near-y near-y dry, and wipe thoroughly, yet -lightly. Polish with a piece of dry chamois. The gilded frames may be cleaned with alcohol. If oil paintings need cleaning thoroughly, dampen a soft cloth in warm water in which some castile soap has been dissolved. Dry carefully and then varnish lightly with some thin clear French "retouching" varnish It is well to consult an artist in regard to tho best varnish. To Keep Grapes. Select round, perfect per-fect bunches of the fruit, carefully picking out any that are unsound, and heinsr euro i t Y, j , . ",e siapes are perfectly per-fectly dry. Handle the fruit as little as possible and do not have it too ripe. Place each bunch in a small paper bag ?v tie,t4Uthtl' to keep out the air W hen all the bunches have been, so disposed dis-posed of, place one layer in a shallow box in a dry, cool room. If there are more bunches than will make.one layer another box must be used, as they mut not be packed out upon another Grapes can be kept until Christmas bv this method. Examine the bags every few- days, and if there are any damn fruit0" ' SPtS' PiCk Ut the -nsouna |