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Show Rome gircfe. j j SORROW. An angel of God to two women came Saying. "What will ye ask in the Father's name When at last ye enter the gates of heaven? For whatever ye ask shall be given." White with shedding of tears, one raised her face. Stiff set in the furrows which sorrows trace. And she said: "On earth I have had to quaff The cup of grief in heaven let me laugh." In pity he turned to the other then To a woman with eyes which held no pain; Whose sunny face was a message or cheer To lives which had else been sadly drear; With lips ever read for laugh or jet Denying the anguish whicli no ona guessed; And she answered the angel, "When J die God grant me in heaven a place to crv." M. T. Mallby in the New England I Magazine. HINTS ON" HOLIDAY GIFTS. Little Things That May be Turned Into Pretty Use. ' : Odds and ends of lace may be turned to a very pretty and artistic use. that of a frame for a photograph. Of course, only imitation lace is to be used. Take a frame of any size of white wood or very heavy pasteboard and enamel it white, giving at least three coats. o Before the last. coat is dry spread the lace smoothly upon it. before the: frame was painted having arranged just how it was to. lie. You must not move the lace after it is once laid upon the damp paint or the interstices inter-stices will have a-smeared look. - Let it all get thoroughly dry and paint over the entire surface with silver, or gold paint. The filigree result will puztle one not in the secret; Glove, work 'or handkerchief boxes which have lost their beauty may be freshened by this simple process.' A bag for Tiloding odds and ends is made of two handkerchiefs. One is of linen embroidered, and the other is hemstitched and of- yellow silk. The linen handkerchief is adjusted over the silk one in 'such a way that its corners cor-ners come between th of the silken one. Tiny gilt rings are sewed at intervals in-tervals inside the bag, the two handkerchiefs hand-kerchiefs being stitched ' together. Through the rings is slipped gold cord; by which to draw the bag. closely. The i idea is a clever one, and as to the usefulness use-fulness of such a bag there can be no argument. There are many ways of making pa perholders. One made last Christmas was of a piece of holland, such as window win-dow curtains are made of. Take a piece eighteen inches wide by forty inches long, sew the ends together like a roller towel, get some rope such as is used for fancy work and sew to the edge on each side. Take a strip of wood as long as the linen is wide, slip inside and tack the linen to it. This is to keep it put flat and will be the top of the holder. Take a piece of rope as long as you want to hang by and tack to each end of the stick, add tassels tas-sels of raveled rope. A spray of morning morn-ing glories, flowers and leaves may extend across the bottom and up one side; and the word "Papers" in large letters worked diagonally across the front. If one does not paint, scrap pictures pic-tures could be used with good effect. The papers are slipped in at one side. DON'T FLOCK ALONE. Invite Your Bachelor Friends to Your Christmas Dinner. Real purveyors of Christmas, cheer may often find a market for their precious pre-cious wares outside the pale of charity, char-ity, for all of homeless people are not necessarily unhappy. Housekeepers who are short on family having friends who are short on homes may combine these two lackings and make Christmas Christ-mas day a merry delight for the grown-ups in spite of these unfortunate conditions. ' There is always something peculiarly pitiable in the idea of any one "flocking "flock-ing alone" which should appeal to tho homemaker without a family, so that this should be the occasion for her to gather in all , the bachelor maids and homeless, men of her acquaintance and give them a Joyful opportunity to "flock together." ' Even t he Scrooges, if. the knows any, should be rescued from their lonely bowls of gruel and persuaded to open their shut-up hearts and wear them outside for general inspection, in-spection, as Dickens says. "For Christmas Christ-mas daWs to peck at." Therefore, collect col-lect six or eight of . these birds of a feather who are destitute of near-by kith and kin and make your Christmas feast a center of good cheer for all the charming solitaires you are able to draw within its radius. Mrs. Larned in the December Woman's Home Companion. Don't be Afraid to Work. One thing that keeps young men down is their fear of work. They aim to find genteel occupations, so they can dress well and not soil their clothes and handle things with the tips of their fingers. They do not like to get their shoulders under the wheel and they ptefer to give orders to others or figure as masters and let someone else do the drudgery. There is no doubt that indolence in-dolence and laziness are the chief obstacles ob-stacles to success. When we see a boy who has just se- ! cured a position take hold of everything every-thing with both hands and "jump right into his work," as If he meant to succeed, suc-ceed, we have confidence that he will prosper. But, if he stands around and asks questions when told to do anything; any-thing; if he tells you that this or that belongs to some other boy to do, for it is not his work; if he does not try to carry out his orders in the correct way; if he wants a thousand explanations when asked to run an errand and makes his employer think that he could have done the whole thing .himself one feels like discharging such a boy on the spot, for he is convinced that he was not cut out for success. That boy will be cursed with mediocrity or will be a failure. There is o place in this century for the lazy man. He will be pushed to the wall. Success. |