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Show 'i 4 Fun With an Indoor Catapult Pfe 4 1 m womans corner! ' fit to Mistress of the Home. MOTHERS 60METIME8 LAY DOWN SCEPTER TOO EARLY. was admitted, dwelt continually on the Incredible fact that she was regarded with constant affection by one so brilliant and commanding as her boy.. Mistaks to Allow Children to Hurry This mental attltud Is of course enUNTMELLICK and hedebow ceal the foundation; stem and tirely wrong and much to be depreParents Out of Mlddl Age, Where rope cated. EMBROIDERY. stitch, used for lines, tendrils, out They Belong, Into Old Age, Experience has been a richer and lining, etc.; sand stitch dotted ovet 8ays Writer, more profitable feature to mothers spaces In Intermediate rows, avoiding About to Fire a Projectile from the Catapult. for All Form of Ordinary House-ol- one dot than schools and colleges have bnsn to coming just under another, BY MARGARET E. 8ANGSTER. Dm Caro In Wathlng la a their children. The right management closed loops decorating open leaves Refore gunpowder was invented ma- thrust through the hole In the second of a horn Imparts to a woman who is and coral stitch doing the same; but chines were Matter of Vital Impor-tan(Copyright by Joupph B. Howie.) used In war to hurl great or upright pen. Lay a little ball of In the history of every home a responsive and receptive, sympathetic toahole stitch almost covering two stones Into fortifications and from be- pressed bread or moistened paper on period is reached when the mothers and halves of a leaf has French knots ol enthusiastic, something quite as sieged places against the besiegers, the hollow shank of the bent pen and stop training the children and the useful as a university education. ount raelllck work, atrlctly speak-l- i another shade placed down the mid and these machines were called cata- pull the third pen (which you always children begin training the mothers. sewn down with a I heard not long ago a story that white upon whit. A new kind die; double-chai- n pults. The little apparatus here pic- hold with your fingers and thumb) The process of training always indifferent to me full of th sweetest seemed shade; three on whiter wtly aeen la color tured and described works on, a sim- backward until its point slips off the volves a disagreeable side to the per leaves are done In light blue bars al and the most practical sugsenltment ilar but In the once bent At principle, the bent pen. sons trained. Children, tor instance, pen, projectiles A daughter who had ternatlng with a row of . dark blus which it throws are harmless gestiveness. pellets virtue of Its elasticity, straightens see when grown up that the truest been French knots, the oval buds being wit'' high honors came graduated of bread or wet paper. with a jerk and stands erect, throwing kindness to them was shown when home with her worked In two rows of wheeling ona diploma and spent her A glance at the picture shows how the light bullet half way across the they were not allowed to have their first vacation in becoming Intimate Jo between the other. the catapult is made. It consists, ex- room. own way, but In the early years they with her mother. In the four years of The uppermost flower Is done in plains the Cincinnati Commercial TriThe first pen, the one that you bend often enough felt rebellious when retwo had drifted a little the separation pale blue, the central satin stitch bune, merely of three stiff, elastic down, should be as tough and springy strained or denied. The moulding not in love but in acquaintance-witpetal having two worked In weaving steel pens and a soft board. Two of a pen as you can find; the others may touch may be so gently given and edu- apart;those common affairs that form on each side, all being outlined the pens are stuck firmly into the be any old pens, except that the up stitch cation may be conducted with so muoh the staple of life in thought and conby a single thread of the light blus board with their backs turned in the right one must have a hole in it tact ftiat pleasure predominates. As a versation. The did not go te couched down with a darker shade. same direction, and at such a distance The board should be soft so that rule, there Is some friction during her room or herdaughter hammock and spend1 Authorities on the subject say Hed- apart that when the first pen Is bent you can Btlck the pens securely into whether colts or children or hours In study and reading that would, ebow embroidery originated in Den- strongly backward the end which goes it so please don't make use of the training are the subjects. have been exclusive, though delightful, mark, Hedebow being the name of a into the penholder will nearly but not dining or parlor table, or your school parents Mothers arrtve but immediately took hold of the dally Imperceptible by 1 to calico, or toile grosae, which locality In that country where this sp quite touch the eye, or hole, of the desk! If you do so, you may and cease at where work with a will. In every possible the stages they point ecru In tint.The dead white used cial embroidery Is much done by the second pen. hope you will be the chief victim oi to take the lnltatlve and the children way she lightened her mother's burden old mount-melllcwork la too hard peasants. Curiously enough, it is oh Bend the first pen back In this man- your experiments in gunnery. Also, It for them. take and when after her mother and herself they Occasionally c in the color permissible and charac-jtlItaly very much indeed. It ner, taking care not to break It and look out for your eyes and other peotalnlng feel a mild surprise when a grown up had passed many pleasant afternoons can to be new and of the brought as hold down great for It perfection the under sometimes style, the ple's, by catching it pens fly daughter calmly advises them to do together over books that to the mother lie objects for which this work point of the third pen, which you have well as the bullets. this or not to do the other; when opened a new world of culture, the suited are all those of ordinary there is Interference with their dress, daughter planned a course of study ,sohold use which lend themselves their comings and goings, and when that they might pursue together. decorations tea, tray, and side-r-d in the Their home was remote from neighInnovations are introduced cushion cloths, covers, sachets, strong-willeA household bors and they had plenty of time. Remanagement. ndry bags, work bags, tea cosies, not mother does easily yield sisting the Inclination to go abroad The cottons wash perfectly in her precedence and In her case the and find a congenial field for study or iny. soap and water If ordiuary care la children have to wait until a fit of ill professional work, the younger womd. No soap containing alkali should ness, a long vjslt or an absence of an stayed by the elder and awakened r be In washing colored jpm ployed some sort gives them their oppor her to a new youth. broidery, nor should the work be The saddest thing In life Is to wittunlty. Once she yields an Inch, they In a wet heap. All the soap should an maternal ell. The take the discouragement of a woman ness sceptre rinsed out and the article quickly laid down temporarily Is seldom re- who having accomplished her task of d and ironed damp as It lies face sumed with its previous vigor. Often educating her children, finds herself uward on linen placed over a the training of the middle aged mother solitary and neglected, the return for uket, so that the relief, if there Is Is so tenderly and sweetly undertaken her devotion being that she is overshould not be flattened. Among and accomplished that she slips Into looked, while they are absorbed by stitches used in Fig. 1 are found the background without being aware ambition and tbelr own business or following: Chain stitch In two that she has practically abdicated her their new relation. Sons and daughrs, worked closely together, fram-bar-s elaborated to a large extent, so that , ters marrying early seem to lose position as queen. sewn down with a contrast-shadthe possessor of knowledge in the Yet It happens every day that wom- Identity as integral parts of their old satin stitch worked evenly way of variety of lace stitches can en by no means old, not at all weak- home. Their parents do not enjoy th closely so as completely to con utilize it ened In mind or body, and as thor- training in patience which Is their AH oughly conversant with affairs as ever when at Thanksgiving and Christmas posoooocooGoooooooooooooooooooocoocoeoeocoooooooooo they were, simply through granting John and Mary find It Impossible to concessions to their adoring children come home, and when they are made Y3 lose the rank of reigning sovereign to to feel that their convictions and opinions are of little account with the secwhich they are entitled. 2c ond generation. children of "Beware letting your sgestions for Two Very Enjoyable After a woman Is 50 years old she 9. A letter of the alphabet and care must take that you you persuade Entertainments. was the blttac utensil of tin. Pecan. of yourself, that you must not go here may as well die, 2 10. The first syllable is a color of or go there, or get too tired, said a Bpeech of a mother who realized that A Farewell Party. TS so far from taking the first place with the human eye. Hazelnut wise man to a friend. y say I young correspondent signing her children, she had become a cipher After this contest a nut hunt was "Going down hill needs no exertion; in their estimation. asks for suggestions for indulged In; the hunter finding the Uni It is just the lightest push here at the Farewell" the most nuts received a copy of Openparty. Also whether Naturally, when children have left il k top of the hill and off you speed never behind them schools and school masIs ing of a Chestnut Rurr, and Twice 'son giving the entertainment climbing back again. Children often ters and are confronted with the probposed to furnish everything? itn Told Tales was the consolation prize. I hostess hurry mothers out of middle age where lems and situations of maturity they MADAME MERR1. provides the refreshments they belong Into old age where they have a right to independence. They LY I entertainment for her guests, and How the Diamond Is Marked Out and Spools Placed. do not belong. it must be what our means must take the responsibility for their HANDY PLACE TO WRITE. Inquirer 30 "everything. There are no spe-- I at marown actions. They are not unlike the behind If the the catcher. find a way to play baseball To rectly ir3 games for a "farewell party, Desk Which Folds Into the Bureau home has long been the ambition of ble hits the broad side of this box There is a very beautiful and birds that have learned to use their e centerpiece on the table Is when pitched a "strike" 1b called. If thoughtful education of mothers, so wings and get their own food and that or Chiffonier. American boy. every patriotic of the occasion, such It shoots over or beside the box it is exceptional and so gracious that It Is no longer need the supervision that a train of cars, a steamboat, a toy boy who can shoot a marble & 'ball." Four balls," as In the real worth mentioning In any discussion of was once so Any In tho days of A very convenient article to have in can play indoor baseball. The "field game, entitle the batsman to his base. the question. Thousands of mothers the nest. Yetuntiring ly loaded with trunks, and the were It well for most Is a household desk of every writing wenlrs or place cards are suit-casa bed or large table, with There are no "foul strikes In spool are so busy with housekeeping and grown up children to delay too much A table is not al- should be some description. 1 trunk candy boxes filled with on which pillows or a pile of books or boxes for baseball, but when a ball touches the bringing up children that they lose training of their parents. How shall Ball If the friends of the ways a satisfactory place An old sheet with a bat and rolls foul the fielder nearest heart about keeping up their reading we train our mothers would best be a back stop. lag away guest wish to contribute In chalk or the diamond of the diagram point where it stops is rolled from and they Bit in the presence of their answered In most Instances, by an. .TO tards a parting gift. It Is a very sons and daughters feel- emphatic order to let them alone. Let Ink should be spread upon bed or his position toward It, and if he touch- college-breTUB compliment to do so: A silver A fair hit ing that they are miserably deficient mothers dress as they please, set their table, the diamond at one end and the es it the batsman Is out Mi inking cup, a Jewel case or traveling outfield at the other, as on real that knocks over a fielder Is an out" and hardly fit to breathe the same at- tables as they like, hold fast to lng case are all suitable. Or the The bases Bhould be two If the fielder rolls further from the mosphere, with their gifted offspring. Mil unin their dialect, grounds. dr may be a "Farewell shower, round spots the plate than does the ball and it scores 1 stand by the side of the road and checked, and be old fashioned If they marked feet by apart atuf rh guest bringing some appropriate size of a silver quarter, and the pitch- as a fly caught." When a fair hit Is gaze at my daughter almost with wish. There are endless. varieties of etM Is remembrance. Even letters, tan? ers box should be a foot from the met by no fielder or when It strikes awe, confessed a mother who had no roses In these days, but the white-rosoki, boxes of confectionery, etc., are home plate, the latter being a postage one and goes beyond him the one excuse tor such profound humility. that blooms In the '7 acceptable, and it Is better not and batsmans nearest where it stops Is rolled toward Another, filled with joy and pride at The is sweeter than any of the pitchers stamp. ltd . have any set scheme of entertain-atboxes Bhould be marked as well as the It, and If he touches It it is an out the triumphs of a son whose genius newer productions. Let every one talk without foul lines. Should he miss, however, the batsman The players are spools Just ordin- Is rolled from home plate toward first "1 'tralnt A Nut Party, ary sewing silk or thread spools and base, and, hitting the baseman there, "TARTANS TO BE WORN. trast color, and among the autumn the fall with Its frosts makes nut they are all selected for their ability is declared "safe and may roll for silks used for skirts to be worn with to roll straight, says the New York second, third and home In order. Si ties in the country seasonable, a Feature of Dress and tailor-madPlaid Scotch costumes f the unfortunate mortals plaids and is of name who caneach Herald. The player The field team waits to move until Trimmings. stripes are In great demand, as they written on a slip of paper pasted on the runner has tried, and If he falls IBSl enjoy a genuine outdoor party, i next best is to have one in the brighten up a pluln cloth dress. his head. The nines secured, the ball at any base the baP Is thrown from The coming winter is exacted to ue. Decorate with autumn foliage, and bat are all that remain to be where It stopped toward the baseman VALAIS DE8IGN. inches of trees and make the rooms found. The former is a marble of missed. Should the ball then hit the be a distinctly tartan one, for the Is not seen ume just as woodsy an aspect as in Is Scotch a round dress The latter plaid only medium size. latter the runner Is out. Should it 'Ible. lead pencil, not sharpened. The team not hit the runner has again to roll materials and trimmings, but is introMter the In the field are all placed In their ac- from where he stopped toward the duced into wings and quills and even LL guests have arrived, have tot of old Plain broadcloth costumes customed positions as In the actual baseman, and If he fails again the ball roses. "chestnuts" played and 7. such as "Annie Rooney," "Only to write, a desk being much more game, except that the three basemen Is thrown from its place, and so on have been fashioned by the leading fyny Rlossom," "After the Rail,' preferable. An exceedingly good sub- remain on the bases Instead of "play- until the man is either safe or out. costumiers In Paris and London with - This will make much merriment stitute, where a desk cannot be pro ing off." The operator or manager Once safe on first base the runner short sack coats and skirts trimmed t will be classed as musical chest-- cured, Is the Invisible folding desk, of the field team stands beBlde the remains there until the next ball other with narrow bands of pipings of tarThen pass acorn shaped book shown In the Illustration, the inven- table nearest first base, and, reach- than a foul has been delivered. Then tan, and a distinct novelty Is the little "t containing the following ques-3I- - tion of a North Carolina man. This ing his arm over that position, places he may try to steal the next base un- green and blue tartan "hip" coat The answer to each query Is desk can be constructed in conjunc- his right hand beside his spool pitcher, der the same rules as applied to his trimmed with collar and facings of tion with a cabinet, chiffonier or other the marble in the hand. The manager reaching first but he may take but black silk poplin and finished with tains of a nuL buttons. Silk poplin, one of Its first syllable Is a article of furniture having the usual of the team at bat, putting one of his one base, of course, on sucb a run. vege-Jspring drawers. It has the appearance of an men In the batsman's box at home Should a hit be made when o runner the fashionable materials for the comPeanut. The penalty of ordinary front of drawers when closed plate, stands on the other side of the Is on first base the ball may be fielded ing season, Is being used for making tight shoes. IS m. within the bureau. When desired th field from his opponent and places his to second base Immediately to force these little coats, with a Judicious A souvenir of South America. A desk can Instantly be withdrawn and right hand, grasping the bat, in front him out, as In the real game, and this trimming tartan, for wearing with a In juxtaposition Jttl nut. used for writing, reading, etc. Th of his player. The Valais design Is traced OO' may often develop .In a true double blue cloth skirt, and Is of and blue palld, rather a dark colored linen, with a brown conthe skirt a be at can desk either and actual falls to flrst part Is a barrier of brick the placed Then the game begins get to first play it the batter Hone. Walnut. venient height for a person while sit- rules are followed closely. A third For a throw to home base the catch- with orange stripe running through it bold conventional poppy design, and so can that it or above, or two the as er Is brought up from behind the bat to accompany a plain brown cloth Is most effective worked out In rich, placed of It makes our dally ting umpire, 'boy may act be used while a person is standing. managers can agree easily enough In and placed upon the plate. In the sack coat, trimmed with military braid- deep shades of a color. acceptable. Butternut. Alts first half Is a When th folding section of the desk decision, for few will be found un- case of a hit off the field (that Is, the ing, having on some models, a narrow St beverage. Economical Firs Klndlor. Is opened out it is securely braced by comfortably close or uncertain. The bed or table) the ball Is brought back fiat piping of orange cloth or velvet J'onnut. An economical fire klndler may be each side. The desk also batsman cannot judge the ball well, to the point over which It passed on Introduced on either side of the braid. at brackets r. nort n'ctnmM,kli In many of th new worsted small made by dipping corn cob In a mixLI trt) slants slightly, affording a proper and the pitcher Is so near that he going off and the nearest fielder hns piif cheek cloths and tweeds there Is an ture of molted resin and tar and drynf the human body forms th . to strike at each delivery. hlH chance to run for It as it It wei-rigid writing surface which will bear U ever plaid and striped effect In a con ing. .. any reasonable weight A ctsar box Is laid on Its Vnttom di a real 'bP to the fcnca" pliable -- Chestnut. Pretty Decorative Work. d c. ' fully-covere- d o. - k 5- Howto Base Ball in the House n to e; 1 Ideas for the Hostess . her-Pans- I usual-8lgnlflca- e bon-bon- d s e a a e a a I Two-third- ! .V Pll i s old-silv- |