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Show STANDARD. ANTI-POLYGAM- Y 42 Woman as a Benefactress. M. HILL. FRANCES ART. I. - We purpose under the above heading to give from time to time some brief sketches of noble women who have labored for the cause of humanity, but principally in the work of education. We believe'that womans sphere is the educational, in all its forms, if notall its branches. Everything man lerrrns should have a worthy motive, everything he does ;a worthy aim. To inspire his soul with the love of the good and noble is womans province in her relations .of wife, mother, sister and daughter. She is the first teacher; the best exemplar of the Christian graces and virtues, and above all the preserver of domestic purity. And outside of her own immediate circle, what nobler mission could be hers than assisting to instruct the ignorant, and keeping the innocent from - 1 . temptation ? Mrs. Hales are indebted to We , Womans Record for the materials 'for this sketch. Eds.. daily-attendanc- Standard. e , Frances M. Hill, wife of the Rev. John Hill, celebrated for her long and beneficial exertions in the cause of female education in Greece, was born in the city of New York. Her father, John W. Mulligan, Esq., was: a lawyer of high repute, who educa- .ted his children so wisely, and so encouraged them to employ their talents for humanity, that he must be wrorthy of the great reward he enjoyed in their extended usefulness and wonderful success. In the year 1831, there was an attempt made by the Protestant Episcopal Church in America to assist the most ancient Church of In purChrist, that of suance of this plan the Rev. John H. Hill and his wife were sent to Athens to found such schools of learning and Christian morals as they might find practicable and useful. Athens, on their arrival, presented a scene of desolation such as inevitably follows- in the train of bloody war. The city was one mass of ruins, over and among which these missionary teachers had to pick their almost pathless way. In the course of a few weeks they began to gather around them the desand ignorant daughtitute, half-cla- d ters of Greece, many of them well born, but who had been reduced to poverty by the war, which had for a time, levelled all classes. Upon the-Greek- . - Mr. and Mrs. Hill devolved the momentous task of moulding the new social features of the Greek people just escaped from Turkish bondage, and, soon to take their position among the civilized nations of Eu- rope. Mrs. Hill immediately opened a school for girls ' in the magazine or cellar of the house in which they resided. of a higher order. To provide for these necessities some ladies in New York, of different denominations, united in a society under the direc-aio- n of Mrs. Emma Willard, for the purpose of educating female- teachers in Greece, under the supervision of Mrs. Hill. This department continued in successful operation from 1834 to 1842, and in the meanwhile another progressive change took place. Athens, which had been under Turkish rule, became the capital of the new kingdom of Greece, and hither came to reside the families of government attaches. No provision having been made for the education of the daughters of these families, they hastened to avail themselves of the privileges of Mrs. Hills school,, and about the same time, applications were made for admittance from the more wealthy families of Smyrna, Constantinople, Bucharest, and the Ionian Islands in the West. At one time there were pupils from all those places under the mission roof, and from 500 to 600 scholars in as externes. The Greeks, however, were not willing to allow strangers to do everything for them. A society was formed which had for one of its objects the preparation of female teachers To this society, in 1842, was given over the entire domestic establishment of the mission schools, and it proved worthy of the trust. A number of wealthy Greeks residing in Germany, in the Danube provinces, became interested in the society and sustained it by liberal donations. The first day she had twenty pupils, and in two months one hundred and sixty. Not more than six of this number could read, and only about ten or twelve knew the letters of the alphabet when they entered the school. But both teacher and pupils were too interested not to advance quickly and soon the point was reached where elementary education passed to that j A woman in Rutland, 111., has barely escaped death from poisoning by the dyes employed in coloring a rag carpet, but she probably has the carpet as a compensation. Isnt there such a thing as overdoing economy, considering that we live in a state of civilization ? A Paris correspondent of the Cincinnati Enquirer says thal the ambassadress of China created a sensation in Parisian drawing rooms by her adherence to a strictly national costume, gorgeous in the extreme, and becoming toiler style of beauty if this term is applicable to a daughter of the Celestial empire. It may be qualified, however, by saying that she is as pretty as it is possible for a Chinese to be. But, alas her . ! mutillated feet are unable to support her, having been compressed into the smallest compass by , the demands of her high position. She is held up by two persons of her suite. There is a great deal of comfort in being a saleswoman . Witness the case of her who the other day sold six yards of trimming to a customer only to see her come back in half an hour with the statement My dressmaker says that is too heavy for a gown, and the request, Can you change it ? Three times before set of sun did that customer walk in and go through the whole stock of trimmings in order to find something to suit the fastidious dressmaker. No wonder some womens clothes showT great unity of design, and no wonder that some saleswomen are thin and pallid. Boston Transcript. See notice of Agents Wanted. For and About Women . The Woman Suffragists One young woman who whhed to make herself conspicuous or was intensely artistic, strolled about the Grosvenor exhibition of pictures with a daffodil in her hand and another under her left ear. The native Roman ladies are very handsome, tall, and exquisitely formed; but, poor things they cannot enjoy the luxury of a short walking dress. 1 heir feet are the reverse of Cinderellas. It is their sole blemish. At a Paris school: What is the wife of a prince called V Please And what is maam, a princess. the wife of an emperor called ? Please, maam, an emperoress. And what is the wife of a duke called ? Please, maam, a drake.On hearing that there was to be a sale of Old Prints belonging to the British Museum, Mrs. Smiff hazarded the suggestion that, with calico at its present low figure, they wouldnt pay for selling. Why, an old print doesnt even make good dusters, added this excellent house- wife. London Figaro. Better late than never. The Princess of Wales has determined Two Step that the Boston Hop, Manchester Swing,, and Waltz, other dances, shall no brassy longer swing themselves around any ballroom where she is present ; so it is to be hoped we shall see these unattractive gymnastics banished from all' society soon. They have kicked themselves out. No one can demonstrate that one thousand years hence women will not be Senators and Representatives,. Presidents, Chief Justices, and so on. They have now been fighting for ! - . , many years for what they belieye to be their rights, and they have shown energy, courage and patience. We suspect that the reason why a great many men refuse to give their sanction to the woman suffrage movement is, because they fear that so much power being lodged in female hands, they will never be able to get it back again. But this is a false and fear. The same power which would give to woman the- voting privilege could take it from her again should she be found to make a bad use thereof. In short, men must ultimately remain the real rulers of a nation. The mental differences between men and women are as great as their physical differences, and must always preclude their taking a very large share in government, unless evolution, in the process pf centuries, brings about changes yet undreamed of. Meanwhile the Womans Suffrage cause gives a great many women, whose time would otherwise hang idle, something interesting to think and talk about. We suspect that, as a rule, women who are happy in their home relations do not spend much time in brooding over the slavery into which they were born. Rather do they rejoice that they enjoy so much liberty. A. Y. short-sighte- d , - Evening Telegram , oust keepers jforner. angels food. . The following communication ex- plains itself: Eds. Standard : I saw in a paper the other day the history of the sensation1 of the day, Angels food, which may perhaps be interesting to your readers. The man in Chicago who sells the recipe for five dollars a copy uses flour, eggs and water which are strictly for- bidden in the composition of the genuine Angels food. The Emperor Joseph of Austria had in his employ a pastry cook who was renowned for the wondrous food he Engel Essen, or Angels prepared. Food, was the crowning delight of the Emperor and his court. No amount of argument or persuasion could induce the old cook to impart the secret of this delicacy until about two years, ago, being called away by the angels, he gave the treasured secret to his three sons, enjoining them to go forth inter the world and manufacture Engel Essen. The eldest son went to China, the second to Australia, while came to this country, settled in Washington, where he finds himself unequal to the demand for Angels Food. He'turns out thin sheets of a delicate light cake, in which it is positively asserted there is no eggs, no flour, no water. Washington, D. C. Now, in spite of the positive assertion no eggs , no fiourf we subjoin a recipe for. the wondrous Engel Essen, which has been tested by a lady of this city, and notfound wanting. Angels Food. Beat the whites of eleven eggs to a stiff froth ; sift into them, a little at a time, ten oz. of powered sugar, mixing carefully and lightly; then sift five oz. of flour four or five times, add a teaspoonful of cream tartar and sift again, then sift, a little at a time, into the eggs and sugar, mixing very lightly; when all the flour is used, add a teaspoon vanilla essence, put it into a new tin or mould not greased, bake in a moderate oven about three quarters of an hour. Do not open the oven door for 15 minutes after the cake is put in, and when done let it cool gradually on the oven door. The two following recipes for ices have been highly recommended to us by a correspondent; also those for cement and coffee : Lemon Sherbet. Dissolve a pound and a half of loaf sugar in one quart of water; add the juice of ten lemons, press the lemons so as to extiact not only the juice but the oil of the rind, and let the skins remain a while in the water and sugar. Strain and freeze like ice cream. Ices. Finely-flavore- d apples, grated fine and sweetened very sweet, are delicious when frozen. Peaches, pears and quinces are fine, either grated fine or stewed and run through a sieve, then made very sweet and frozen. The flavor is better when the fruit is grated than when it is stewed. To Make Japanese Cement. Mix the best powdered rice with a little cold water; then gradually add boiling water till a proper consistence is acquired, being careful to keep it welL stirred all the time; lastly, it must be boiled for one minute in a clean saucepan. This paste is beautifully white, almost transparent, and well adapted for fancy paper work, or other things requiring a strong and colorless cement. Good Coffee Without P'rencii Coffee Pots. Have your coffee-pclean, dry and hot. Fold a piece of white paper so as to tightly close the nose of the pot. Take three tablespoonfuls of ground coffee; pour upon it one quart of water; put it on the back of the range, or better still in a kettle of boiling water; let it stand, ten minutes ;, the-younges- t ot |