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Show the review. 5 dotes and pictures of animals, are disappointing in both illustrations and and are distinctly inferior to Hama, anew novel by Sienkie-wig- , stories, It is surprising that the author of Quo Vadis, has the American. so many of them should be on sale in just been translated from the Polish. To please the little a portrait this country. It contains as a frontis-piec- e ones is easy, but the wise mother will of the author and his daughter. hope for something more, for childMarie Correlli has at last so far hood is the time to implant the seeds in literature overcome her dislike of having her for that taste for the best which we grown ups all covet; picture displayed, as to permit her we are beginning to have a liter- portrait to be hung in the London and ature adapted for that purpose. There Gallery. are Eugene Fields dainty verses, or some of James Whitcomb Rileys; there John Kendrick Bangs has made use and the Jungle of his wit to illuminate some tales of are Brer Rabbit, Tales, and dozens of other rhymes domestic woe, called Paste Jewels; if one will but hunt them and while the jewels are undoudtedly and stories, which will please and educate our up, is wit that the so they paste, genuine little one at the same time. flash and scintillate mirth. Iiitetfatatfe and Women. . The dramatization of A Lady of Quality, which has recently been completed by Frances Hodgeson Burnett and Stephen Townsend, promises to be a success; and is an improvement upon the novel from which it was taken. The Stevenson Song Book is a dainty little volume for children, made up of selections from Stevensons Child Garden of Verse, set to music by popular composers. What shall we read to our little ones? is a question of growing interest to mothers in these busy days, when we can hardly find time to cull the best from the literature of the day. I believe it is a question that few mothers have settled satisfactorily, and it is one that can be settled define itely only by the mother of each individual child; an imaginative child does not need the same brain food as the stolid or keenly practical. The kindergarten publications are almost invariably satisfactory, but many of them are high priced, especially for books you wish to put directly into the ruthless little hands. The cheaper picture and story .books will almost always be found to contain charming pictures, and silly stories. There is one exception to this rule; the English books, save in their anec was my ill fortune to sit between two women whose garments were highly perfumed, The impure air, unadul- terated, was bad enough to swallow, but served up with a sauce of perfumes, it was simply sickening. Now delicate odors in their place are all right, and are a pleasant acces- sor) to a ladys toilet. We should fail to recognize the grande dame in Dumas novels without the fragrant petals whch invariably enfolded her; but if lovely woman will borrow the fragrance of flowers, she should assure herself that it is as delicate as natures fragrance, and even then it is best to leave it off in crowded gatherings. Scents are like notes in music, each may be correct alone, but combine them indiscriminately and the result is about as pleasing as the small boys What is the matter with womens performance on the piano. nerves nowadays? You wont find My old teacher in chemistry used one woman in a dozen who owns a to say, girls, you are appealing to healthy set of nerves. I have met the lowest of the senses when you more than one husband who attributed strive to please through the nose. his wifes nervous irritability to the And to the boys he said still more womens clubs, and I believe the men bluntly, young men, a free use of are half right. Now I dont wish to soap and water will make ill that un- be misunderstood in this concession. I consider womens clubs the most powertul of nerve tonics; there is nothing equal to it for curing chronic cases of blues; for diverting overtasked women from the worry of housekeeping; for making them forget their own trifling ailments in a growing interest in other peoples welfare; but like all strong medicines, this tonic needs to be administered cautiously. What is in proper doses may prove a poison in large quantities. There may be a club habit as well as an opium habit, and while the former is not dangerous, it may interfere seriously with its victims health and the comfort of her home. In short, while most women would be the better for a taste of club life, there are few in our busy west who can devote a very large portion 'of their time and strength to club work. life-givin- entirely unnecessary. A Club Woman. necessary If children heard only pleasant commendable tones, words, good grammar, fine music, true harmony, in their early childhood, they would acquire habits not only of speech, but of feeling and conduct that would be prophecies of right aciion in maturity. Dr. Mary Wood Allen. g A dainty little woman remarked the other day with some asperity, I do wish some one would protest against the use of perfumes. I was in a poorly ventilated church yesterday, and it Mudies Circulating Library, in London, has 3,000,000 books constantly in circulation, and employs 1 78 people. 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