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Show Of Interest to Eadp Readers HOW A GIRL CAME TO HAVE PRETTY FEET. BY HARRIET HUBBARD AYER. This is a little .story of a woman with a theory that amounted to something-. The woman was and is my. friend, and she will pardon me if 1 say that she has occasionally bored me little with her diatribes on the subject of modern feet and modern shoes. , We were schoolmates, this woman and 1. and early in the day, shortly after the first baby came, 1 began to - attend what might be called Mrs. B.'s foot recitals. One would think a baby with a set of toes of regulation number and size had never been born to tread the green lanes or flag sidewalks of a grateful ' world before. "This baby," quoth my friend, when the infant was only a few weeks old, "is going to grow up with perfect feet. I want everybody to know" And everybody did know and got tired hearing of those wonderful ex-trenieties. ex-trenieties. And time wore on, as time will if you let it alone and don't nag it. i Mv friend and I went our several ; wa;s. The little feet toddled along, too, by the side of the parent with the theories, j Half a dozen years back I learned I that my schoolmate was in England and had become 'a leading exponent of the Delsartean school. And I smiled and wondered if she still carped on the ways and means of retaining the perfect beauty of the human foot. And lo! now I was shown Proof that my friend was wise in her generation, and the baby that was to have the unblemished tootsies has successfully fulfilled her mission. She is today almost a young lady, and all her-life she has worn sandals at home and stockings with five separate toes, iust us we have lingers in our. gloves. Her feet have received the most perfect per-fect care in every detail. She has been made to practice to-stretching to-stretching and other movements to keen The feet pliant and to retain the graceful arch of the insteD, which is so often destroyed by ill-shaped shoes and bad habits of walking. My friend's belief is that if our hands were subjected to the constant 1 torture we submit our fc-et to they would be just as distorted relatively. She has given her little girl's feet the freedom and care we bestow upon our hands. In the house the child has always worn sandals, -which she insists have i given her daughter a lightness, buoy- . ancy and grace in her movements that make her a living expression of the "poetry of motion." ; Her shoes are made to fit her feet, ' rot, as it too common the case, her : I'eet made to lit into shoes of a certain j form or cut. J ' They are put on as her gloves are i w hen she goes out only. j As a result that baby has been worthy her mother. i HEARTS THAT SHINE. (By Laura Jean Libbey.) ' No matter if the face be plain almost to homeliness, if a fond, true heart accompanies ac-companies it, it lias a beauty in its kindly tenderness of expression that a bright eye, a pink cheek and a dimpling smile can never equal. The wise maid had rather choose for a life companion the plain little woman with a fond heart, than the beautiful girl, the very acme of perfection, who . owes all her exquisiteness to some famous fa-mous modiste. The lustre of a fond heart does not dim with time, nor will it beat less fondly, no matter how great the sor rows that agitate it. Like the most precious of gems, it is usually found in the very plainest settings. A light, fickle heart more often than not accompanies beautiful features. God adjusts matters in His own wise way when He gives to the plain little woman the fond heart, knowing that it will be worth more to her as the years , advance. For the fond heart draws love toward it with a magnetism which cannot can-not be resisted. And what man would rePist it if he could? A sweet disposition always accompanies accompa-nies the fond heart. "We look for it there and are never disappointed. No man's honor was ever tarnished Ify the plain little wife, whose great charm lay in the fondness of her af-. af-. fection for her husband, whose fond heart only beat for the mate God had given her. If men prized this attribute" and looked look-ed for it in the wives they choose, in preference to beauty, vivacity or any other fascination, there would be fewer few-er broken hearts and fewer wrecked homes. . Let the plain, fond-hearted little woman wo-man never despair. She is a thousand i times more apt to win a noble lover and j an adoring husband than is her pretty ' flirt of a cousin. We ned more of these good, fond-hearted, fond-hearted, true women, for the coming generations, to mother them, as only suc h large-hearted women can. The plain little woman who has only her fond heart is not rusted over with false pride. She is modest and shy; she is not looking for or expecting the admiration ad-miration of the world of men. And if one does seek her out and pay her homage hom-age and wed her, she showers upon him such a dower of love from that fond, faithful little heart that he is her devoted de-voted slave forevermore. He realizes that he has won a treasure: treas-ure: The prince in the fable who was sent out to find peace began his search for it by first endeavoring to find a plain maiden for a wife, feeling reasonably sure she would have a fond heart. And when he had found a bride he wrote back to the king that he had found peace. WHY SHE IS SINGLE. Nine reasons for spinsterhood were given to the Catholic Woman's National Nation-al league .at Chicago in an argument last week. Miss Catherine Goggin, i president of the Grade Teachers' Fed-I Fed-I eration, read a fjaper on "Why I Am Single." Her reasons were: Because he might not be an orphan. ' Because he might like tidies. Because he might be fond of using pet names. Because he niight part his hair in the middle of his head. - Because he might demand an itemized item-ized account of. the household expenditures. expendi-tures. Because dinner would have to be taken tak-en with the same person each day. Because marriage -vyould necessitate daily letter writing when either he or she might he away. - Because all the good men seem to be married already. - - Because he has not proposed. Miss Goggin said she lived a "birdlike" "bird-like" life and was tolerably satisfied with it. . "The .husbands of - my numerous friends are without exception all that even an unreasonable woman could desire,", de-sire,", she said, "but when compared with my bachelor acquaintances they are so much to be preferred that my mind is in a state of quandary. Either all the best men are married, or else this desirable state in some mysterious manner has endowed the.m with an added graciousness of heart which permeates per-meates their whole being." I On the subject of pet names she said she had heard some of her friends' hus- ! bands call them "Duckie," and this j would be unbearable to her. Some hus- j bands objected to their wives belonging to clubs. She belonged to five and ! would not want to give them up. j "Of course," she said, "the chief j reason for my persisting in a celibate i state is that I never had a proposal. I never felt like taking advantage of the opening offered by leap , year, and the young men, apparently, have felt the same way about the other years. Marriage Mar-riage is a lottery, and the fear of draw- ing a big white blank has kept me from the orange blossom ceremony." FAULT FINDING IN MARRIED . LIFE. If a man finds that he has a wife ill adapted to wifely duties, does it follow fol-low that the best thing he can do is to blurt out. without form or ceremonv. all the criticisms and corrections which may occur to him in the many details of household life? He would not dare to speak with as little nre-face, nre-face, apologs- or circumlocution to his business manager, to his butcher or his baker. .The laws of society require that a man should qualify, soften and wisely time his admonitions to those he meets in the outer world, or they will "turn again and rend him." But to his own wife, in his own house and home, he can find fault without ceremony cere-mony or softening. So he can; and he can awake in the course of a year or two to find his wife a changed woman, and his home unendurable. He mav find, too, that unceremonious fault finding is -a game that two can "play at. and that a woman can shoot her arrows "with far more precision and skill than a man. But the fault lies not always on the side of the husband. Quite as often is a devoted, patient, good tempered man harassed and hunted and baited by the inconsistent fault-finding of a wife whose principal talent seems to be in the ability at first to discover and make manifest the Aveak point in anything. any-thing. We have seen the most generous, gen-erous, the most warm-hearted and obliging of mortals under this sort of training, make Ihe most morose and disobliging of husbands. Sure to be found fault' with, whatever they -do, 1 ' , Ri7 -BABY BLUE,r ORGANDIE WITH WHITE '. ORGANDIE YOKE AND SLEEVES AND BLACK SATIN RIBBONS. they have at last ceased doing. The disappointment of not pleasing they have abated by not trying to please. FOR SUMMER EVENINGS. In many homes, both in city and country, it is the custom when . the settled warm weather arrives to give up the late hot dinner. The meal in the middle' of the day is made a little more substantial and the evening meal is a kind of "high tea." There are several advantages in this plan. It does away with the necessity for keeping keep-ing a hot fire going all through the summer afternoon. It enables the cook to have a little rest after her morning's work, and it gives the members of- the family a change in their mode of life that can hardly fail to be of benefit. Everything need not be. cold at the third meal. In those houses where gas is used as fuel it is an easy matter to boil a kettle for hot tea or coffee, or to warm the soup that may have been prepared earlier in the day. Lacking gas, an oil stove or , an alcohol lamp will do this. It is also possible to warm a single vegetable, such as peas, beans or' spinach. But in very hot weather, after a long, torrid day, any warm food is often distasteful. The palate longs for iced tea or .coffee, for cool salads, for crisp radishes, for appetizing cold meats, and the painstaking housewife should exert every power to supply these dainties, which are really not expensive A SENSIBLE GIRL. Some young girls have a good share of excellent sense, as witness this account ac-count from a New York paper: "At our hotel was a beautiful young girl, educated, clever, thoroughly up to date. A handsome fellow was paying her the most devoted attention, whenever he was sober enough to do so, and all of us felt very anxious lest his attractive manners and lavish display of wealth should win the girl. One evening late she came into my room, and, setilins ' herself among the pillows of the couch, said: 'John proposed tonight, and went down on his knees; said I was the only power on earth that could save him, and if I didn't consent to be his wife he would fill a drunkard's grave.' 'What did you say?' I asked, breathlessly. 'Well,' she replied, 'I told him that I was not running a Keelev cure, but if he really wanted to be saved from a drunkard's grave I could give him the address of several jl had heard highly commended!" j Watchman. HOW TO AVOID GRIP. It doesn't make any difference wheth-: wheth-: er you call it grip, influenza or plain ; cld in the head the best thing to do i about it is to avoid it. Keep your feet dry and warm and your body well fed. Avoid the night air and see that your sitting room at home and your office downtown are not overheated. Be ever so careful, as the measly grip microbe may get you, anyhow, i If it does, the very best thing to do is to go to a physician and have him prescribe for you. If you have not time to see a phy- i sician or cannot srare the money for his fee, you might try this prescription which a physician recommends, and which has been successful in curing the ailment: Phenacetine ..15 grains. Quinine 15 grains. Oodeia ;.ya grain. Make into six powders and take one every, hour or four-hours; after that take one every two or three hours. This dose is for an adult. Any druggist drug-gist will put it up for you, and it should not cost more than 20 cents. Try it if the grip gets you. But, as we said before, the best thing to do about the grip is not to get it at all. J FEAST. OF THE POPPIES. One of the most beautiful customs of Mexico is the "feast of the Poppies," which is an annual celebration that takes place the Thursday after Easter, and hence is called "Poppy Thursday."" Thurs-day."" The favorite church for the celebration cel-ebration is Our Lady of Carmel in the town of San Angel, a few miles from the City of Mexico. In the churchyard this year were devout de-vout Indians, who had brought of their "treasures. Poppies with oak leaves, in wreaths and bunches, decorated deco-rated the walls and facade of the quaint old building in which converts were made before the first colonists had arrived in New England. There were poppy-laden booths, and Indian folk, men and women., young people and babies, sat on the ground with their brilliant wares spread around them. . In each corner of the yard was a pretty flower-decked altar to Our xaay or carmel, and to these the Indians In-dians lovingly brought more of their fragile offerings. There seemed to be scores of thousands of poppies, red, pink ones, and white. In the church was a wreath of the same flowers. In the dome over the altar were men and boys, and when the first notes of the "Gloria in Ex-celsis" Ex-celsis" rang out a fairylike cloud ff pink and white and red petals floated from dome and choir gallery. It was like a snowstorm of exquisite beauty, and the effect was enchanting. . The rich coloring of the- walls and altar-red, altar-red, blue, gold and white took an added richness as seen through the poppy cloud. The showers were repeated re-peated at intervals through the service. At the close of the service the bells began to ring and a procession marched march-ed from the church. A cross-bearer came -first with the altar boys, who carried candles twined with poppies. A deason and sub-deacon with the priest walked under a canopy of silk, the- pallium and custodia being, held before the eyes of the priest. A long string of people carrying poppies and other flowers and lighted candles followed. fol-lowed. All knelt at the four altars to pray, and the "Tantum Ergo" was intoned in-toned by the priest. Bells pealed and music from trumpets and many other instruments rang out, while through it. all fell more fairy clouds from the church roof and the walls of the churchyard. Every train and. car was loaded with visitors to the lovely village, and all were eager to gather a handful of the "shower of blessings" to take home. ' The funds for this unique and beautiful beau-tiful annual ceremony are provided by Senora Carmen Rosas Landa de San Juan. THE WOMAN BEAUTIFUL. What is it, above all other things, that makes a woman beautiful? That helps to make her wise, kind, gracious and helpful to those around her? Patience. Pa-tience. Patience always and forever. Patience is of two sorts. First, it indicates the ability to preserve your equilibrium under exasperating circumstances. cir-cumstances. It is, therefore, closely allied to self-control, for without self-control self-control you cannot be patient. Then there is another kind of patience. pa-tience. It refers to the manner in which you bear the ills of life, the spirit in which you endure hardship and struggle in any of its ten thousand shapes. When -you-V suffer quietly that is, with a placid and still trustful soul patience develops and. becomes fortitude. j DRAWING IN BREATH. Many people have foolishly supposed that, by their quick inspiration when they struck their ankle bone against a rocker in the dark,' or ran a pin into their ringer ins.eadof their dress, they were merely drawing in their breath. Not at all; they were using respiratory analgesia, so medical authority, tells us. If one who is injured will continue to take long, deep breaths, for three minutes, he .will lose acute sensibility to pain, so that a. slight surgical operation opera-tion may be performed upon him without with-out suffering. Surgeons make their patients use this natural anesthetic alone, or with drugs. And in the latter lat-ter case less ot the drug is required when the patient co-operates with the surgeon by thus drawing in his breath. It would not be a bad idea if men who express their opinion of a hammered thumb with vigorous profanity could be taught that this deadens the sensation sensa-tion of pain, for one cannot swear while he is drawing in his breath. CERTAIN CURE FOR INSOMNIA. The Ladies Home Journal says; Insomnia In-somnia is a self-inflicted curse through the violation of nature's laws. The cause may be over-anxiety, planning for the morrow, thinking and worrying over the yesterdays and todays, but no opiate can remove the cause, even though it may bring sleep. If the cause is merely mental overwork, it may be quickly removed by relieving the brain of the excess of blood. Physical exercise exer-cise is a panacea for almost every ailment ail-ment which human flesh is heir to. Therefore, stand erect, and rise slowly from the heels; descend slowly. Do this from forty to fifty times until you feel the congestion in the muscles of the leg. Almost instant relief follows, and sleep is soon induced. For those who are averse to a little work. I would recommend, instead, a bowl of very hot milk (without so much as a wafer) immediately before retiring. The hotter the milk the better for the purpose. This will prove a better sleep producer than all the opiates known to medical science. It brings about an increased activity of the blood vessels of the stomach, causing slight temporary con gestion, which relieves the blood vessels ves-sels of the brain. The hot milk is also quite strengthening to the stomach. TOILET HINTS. Never use hard water for washing; if you cannot procure naturally soft water soften the hard by the addition of a few drops of ammonia or a little borax. When the face is dusty do not attempt at-tempt to cleanse it with cold water. Instead, In-stead, give it a hot bath, using plenty of good soap, and then rinsing it thoroughly thor-oughly with plenty-; of warm water. Finally, sponge it with water that is nearly cold. People who suffer, from perspiring feet will find the benefit of bathing them freauently with warm (not hot) j water, to which a little ammonia has j been added. After drying, the feeet I . - w 1 " should be dusted over with boracic powder. Bathing in alum water will afford relief to burning and . tender feet. HINTS FOR MOTHERS. ' Children are often worried because their mothers are too attentive, and continually reprove their small ones without reason. A child should be left alone, and be allowed to play or amuse itself i its own wav, without the constant direction direc-tion of a nervous mother. A boy, for example, enjoys more a few simple toys, and something which his own ingenuity has worked out, than the most elaborate plaything which has been bought. In the same way the little girl will lavish her affections on a misshapen doll, probably made at home, while the most artistic production of the toy shop will lie in state, to be taken up on rare occasions. Keep children well, clothe them sensibly, sen-sibly, let them understand they are to amuse themselves, and don't "fuss" them. FOR ROUGH, RED SKINS. A rough, red skin rarely exists without with-out some blood disturbance;' frequently it accompanies dyspepsia. The best treatment for it is a ver ycareful diet, an avoidance of al lhighly seasoned food, coffee, tea and stimulants. Bathing Bath-ing in soft, warm water several times a day wil Ifrequently relieve it, and the following lotion has usually allayed the " condition temporarily, for an external ex-ternal treatment will never cure permanently per-manently a blemish of the skin which is caused by an internal disorder. Lotion for rough skin: Glycerine, 4 ounces. ' Cologne, 2 ounces. Borax (pure), 1 ounce. Camphor water (not spirits of camphor), cam-phor), 8 ounces. . Apply at night and several times through the day, as convenient. Talcum powder should be used instead of the prepared chalk, which a great many women persistently cling to during the warm weather months. Harriet Hubbard Ayer. OF INTEREST TO WOMEN. This is the time of year when women should look their best. Warmth, is, so much more comfortable than col cl, except ex-cept to the very stout, and, moreover, one can wear all sorts of light, pretty materials, and delicate colors. Pointed bodices, buttoned or lacing behind, are returning to favor, and in these new bodices the points are longer than In the old. This style is particularly suited suit-ed to those who are short waisted and large hipped.. Those who love a touch of scarlet will be glad to hear that Just now- all shades of red are more fashionable than ever. Though this is to be pre-eminently a muslin season, j our old and tried friend, zephyr, is much valued. It washes so well, and looks so fresh, that a girl cannot go far wrong in investing. MOTHER ANNUNCIATA A VALLI ANT WOMAN. BY MAURICE FRANCIS EGANi The student of social life in the "United "Un-ited States generally overlooks "the work done by the members of religious orders of women. While LadjLind-say's LadjLind-say's recent paper, read before the International In-ternational Congress of Women is exciting ex-citing discussion, and "why women have not done more in literature, mus-I mus-I ical composition, the sciences, etc.?" is asked and answered, one finds no I allusion to a vast work which they have done through the culture of the Christian virtues and the application j of practical common sense to the prob- lems of life. This field of their work might be readily studied here in t-America, where convents, which are likewise schools, have not, as a rule, been heavily endowed. As an example the great establishment of the Sisters of the Holy Cross at St. Mary's, neai the University of Notre Dame, Indiana, is one of the best. Its growth has been marvelous. In a beginning that would have discouraged the stoutest-hearted materialist, a few women determined to direct the education -of the young according to the principles of the highest high-est spirituality. Thus St. Mary's Academy, Acad-emy, now the central dwelling of over a thousand sisters, arose. Mother Angela, An-gela, of the famous families of JOwing, Sherman, and Blaine, which have done so much for the nation, was the foundress found-ress of the institution. She was succeeded suc-ceeded by Mother Augusta, now living in Washington, as General of the con gregation, whom a wise etiquette forbids for-bids me to praise, and the other day Mother Annunciata, beloved, revered, passed away. Mother Annunciata was educated in Philadelphia by the Sisters of the Holy Cross. Even as a little school girl she must have given evidence of that wonderful won-derful force of character which afterwards after-wards distinguished her, for the saintly Bishop Neumann prophesied that she would become a religious and die superior su-perior of her order. At the age of sixteen she entered the novitiate of the Sisters of the Holy Cross at St. Mary's, near South Bend, Indiana. Soon her unvarying sweetness, sweet-ness, her merry-hearted, but always thoughtful kindness, her ingenuousness, ingenuous-ness, rare simplicity, and humility had won for her the hearts of all the Sisterhood, Sis-terhood, and from those early days until the sorrowful days of her death she was the best beloved of all her community. A few months later, in ; 1S60, she received the holy habit, but because of her extreme youth did not make her final vows until five years j later. Then as in passing years she was distinguished dis-tinguished by her rare sense of justice, jus-tice, her zeal for study, her devoted-ness devoted-ness to the cause of education, and her reverence for childhood. She had, too, the gift of drawing from each of her pupils the best that was in them. Hundreds of American women mourn her loss and there are few among them who have not said: "She was my inspiration in-spiration and my guide to the noblest and best I have ever attained. In 1872, though only 28 years of age, she was chosen to fill the important office of prefect of studies at St. Mary's Academy, Notre Dame, Indiana. As directress of St. Mary's Academy, Acad-emy, she gradually raised it in rank among religious institutions until its courses led to the degree of B. A.; she showed such ability that in 1895, by the unanimous vote of the Sisters, she was made Mother General of the community. commun-ity. Her health began to fail, and her later years were years of martyrdom in the cause of duty. She was consoled in every way by the love of those about her, and though suffering physically, phys-ically, her mind was as clear and strong as ever. Her expuisite and well-trained well-trained singing and speaking voice and her sweetness of manner were not impaired im-paired by ill health; and her ardent love and reverence for youth grew as her strength declined. She had a passion pas-sion for perfection in education and life, and, until the day of her death, her soft voice never lost its power of stimulus and inspiration. She was a loyal friend, a wise counsellor, and the very heart of truth dwelt in her. PUT TO SLEEP IN THE DARK. - (By Bishop H. W. Warren.) The weary child, the long play done, Wags slow to bed at s-et of sun, . Sees mother leave, fears night begun. But by remembered kisses made To feel, tho' lonely, undismayed. Glides into dreamland unafraid. The wearyman, life's long day done, Looks lovingly at his last sun. Sees all friends fae, fears night begun, But by remembered mercies made To feel, tho dying, undismayed, Glides Into glory unafraid. University Park, Colo. LITTLE HINTS FOR HOME-MAKERS. A SEASONABLE JELLY. An exceedingly nice fruit jelly is made with one pint of pitted black cherries, one quart'of strawberries and one-fourth of a pound of pecan nut meats. Soak one package of gelatine in half a pint of cold water; let it stand an hour and then pour over it one quart of boiling water and add sugar to make it quite sweet. Turn into a plain mould enough of the liquid jelly to just cover the bottom. Arrange on this a row of cherries around the edge, then a circle of nut meats, and finish with the berries. Stand the mould in a pan of ice water, and when the fruit becomes be-comes set' cover it with the liquid jelly and again wait for it to harden before using another layer of fruit, this time putting the nut meats around the outside. out-side. Repeat until the materials are used. When the jelly becomes hard turn upon a glass dish and serve with whipped cream. CHERRY SWEETMEATS. The season of the luscious cherry, al- most vanishes before one fully realizes that it is here it is so short. The fol- ; lowing recipes may be a welcome re- i minder to many of itsa rrival this year. ' The cherries are often served at a ' luncheon treated thus: Hold the cher- : rles by their stems and dip them into the white of an egg and then into powdered pow-dered sugar. Pile them upon a flat glass dish and ornament the edges of the dish with cherry leaves. A celebrated New England housewife's house-wife's way og making cherry pudding is thus: Line a dish with thin slices of buttered toast. Fill the dish with part pitted cherries, putting them closely close-ly together in layers and sprinkling each layer with sugar. Bake half an hour and let it become perfectly cold before serving it with rich cream. This is a fine fruit dessert. Spiced cherries make a fine relish to serve with meats. To four pounds of fruit add two pounds of granulated sugar and one pint of vinegar. Tie a few spices ir a muslin bag and put with the fruit. Let the fruit simmer uncovered until the juice is a semi-jelly semi-jelly when cold. A WARM WEATHER DISH. Gelatine is an admirable warm weather weath-er dish. It is generally made of veal, but lean lamb may be used. A thin veal steak or a boned breast of lamb may serve r.s the foundation. This should be laid flat, buttered well and spread thickly with minced boiled ham or tongue, to which has been added half a. dozen mushrooms and a dozen blanched almonds chopped fine, and all seasoned with pepper and a little onion juice. Roll up the steak, the minced meat inside, sew up in cheesecloth, put over the fire in cold water or weak soup stock, with a sliced onion, a carrot and a bunch of soup herbs. Cook slowly slow-ly three hours, let the- meat get cold in the liquor and then take out the roll and put it under a heavy weight. Slice it across the, end of the roll. SUMMER VERANDA CUSHIONS. A piazza cushion made of silk is an anomaly. Silk belongs to boudoirs and drawing rooms, and should be eschewed I lii&feC fillip -mssM. luLLi I. li. BODICES ARE CUT TO A POINT IN FRONT WITH A SOFT, PRETTX VEST SET IN. elsewhere. The most satisfactory summer sum-mer cushions are linen, grass cloth, bandanna cloth with its brilliant plaids, denim and burlap. They each will launder indefinitely. You can dispose of these articles of comfort everywhere. Build a window seat around the circular circu-lar window, if you have one, and pile it with cushions. It will form an attractive at-tractive nook. If you do not wish to have the wood of the seat unprotected, lay excelsior on it and cover with denim, chintz or cretonne. CHILDREN'S BEDROOMS. The arrangement of bedrooms used by children should receive particular attention from every mother. Where there is not a regular nursery the child's bed-chamber can be easily made to answer the purpose of both. When arranging the rooms be careful to palace the beds out of a direct draught, and out of a position where the morning sun will shine in the children's eyes and arouse them. No matter how hot the day never leave a window raised near the bed where a child sleeps. Also, the bed should never be placed against the wall, .if it can be avoided, as in this position the sleeper's breath is likely to be thrown back and inhaled again. This, it is almost needless to say, is most unwholesome. TO WASH CORSETS. If it is necessary to wash carsets take out the steers in front arvl sides, they lay them on a Hat surface, and with asma 11 brush scrub them thoroughly thor-oughly with a tepid or cold lather of white castile soap. When quite clean let cold water run on them by holding them under a running faucet until the soap is ail rinsed off. Pull them lengthwise length-wise until they are straight and shapely and let them dry in a cool place, pulling them again. when partly dry. By this treatment they will retain re-tain their natural shape and wear for months after. SEMOLINA MOULD. Into a pint basin put about one-half teacupful of semolina and a little water; let it soak all night, then drain off the water, and mix with the semolina sem-olina the yolk of one egg and the whites of three beaten to a stiff froth: add a little powdered sugar and some vanilla van-illa flavoring; beat the mixture weli together, and pour into a wel lbuttered mould; steam from !vo to three hours: turn out and serve with jam or stewed fruit. LIGHT CORN MUFFINS. Most delicious corn muffins are made as follows: Sift together one and two-thirds two-thirds cupfuls of flour, one of corn meal, either white or yellow, and three level teaspoonfuls of baking powder: beat to a cream ttvo tablesponfuls of butter with three of sugar, and add to them three wel Ibeaten eggs; dilute this with a pint of milk, add a little salt, beat hard and put into two dozen small, wel lbuttered gem pans. Serve hot. To be sure of this it is well not ' to have the muffins put in the oven until just a few minutes before the meal is ready. They bake in a few minutes. A PRAYER TO MARY. O Mother of the Savior Christ, make haste and meet those who walk "moaning "moan-ing and weeping in the valley of tears!" Tarry not long, for the weary world leans toward the future, and is listening for the sweet sound of thy footsteps, for thou wilt bring to its darkness Christ, the everlasting light, and to its sorrows Christ, the everlasting everlast-ing joy, and to its places of death Christ," the infinite salvation. O Mary of the promise. Heaven does not need thee, for all is joy and blessedness there! Poor earth sighs for thee! O dove of the new covenant, ffrnic soon, I through the gates of the morning, bear- i ing the olive branch of the peace of I God to the world '." I OUR READINESS TO BELIEVE EVIL. One of the amazing things in life is the readiness with which decent people believe evil of their friends and neighbors, neigh-bors, and go about making charge;-) and indulging in innuendo and malicious malic-ious accusations. Let anyone make a vague insinuation without the slightest ground but his own evil imagination against any man, and within a week that insinuation will have grown e-cn in the talk of the victim's n ighbor.-' I fellow Christians into a-cirt. umsiiijiial story of baseness and corruption. MASSES FOR THE DEAD. There is a great consolation, for, though it is more to have a Mas;j said than to assist at one, it is, nevertheless, neverthe-less, a special comfort for the suffering souls if we offer for them the Masses which we attend, and thus pour out upon them the sacred blood of Jesus, bt. Jerome reir.ark upon this subject: "The sou'.s in purgatory, for whom th Priest celebrates .Mass while the faithful faith-ful ol't'er up their prayers are free from pain during the time Mass is said for them." . SIN. (By Maria H. Mayne.) What lurki-'d in dark Guth.semane that night. While .iread was brokvn at the paschal board. And I,ovo with serving hand fed famished love? What waited there to live its mightiest hour. And there unmasked, the mighty David, low In swput from his life channels started, cast With cry of human aony and fear? What gloated at the h:ind of Power unnerved un-nerved To raise the trial cup? My spirit, peace! Who triumphed as the smothered tlamo leaps up O'er conquest, lurid, hideous ere it wan"-:. What form arose between th perfect eyo Of earth's new Adam and the heaven it sought. Thou could'st not know and bide; but while thy Lord Is stricken unrepronchful. know, my soul. One deed withheld the weight had lighter pressed. Ono drop the less His cup had not o'er-llowed. THE PRIEST. Far down the village street, with steps so slov And h-nd d form, he comes. His cassock cas-sock old Flaps tainth- in the breeze. The sun'3 last kIow Sweet rests upon him now and tinse 01 gold Crowns fair his wrinkled brow, so nob!'1, brave. And smiles in peace o'er locks of snowy white. The village knows him well, and in yon grave Rests one of many souls in weary night He prayed to sleep. His children's te;ir.s are his. And oft he weeps, yet ever tri-s to still Their souls, and when no sorrow mars their bliss. His. too, their joy; and soft, his voice doth fill Their souls with hope, as life's drear path they trod. And leads them ever nearer horn" and God. J. William Fischer. All God's own material creation 1 worthless to him in comparison with, one peasant's heart or with one child's serious prayer. Father Faber. . --" - MARIE CORELLt AT HER DESK. . |