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Show , Woman's World - ' MY HEART AND I. Enough ! we're tired, my heart and I Y e sit beside the headstone thus And wish that name were carved n for The moss reprints more tenderly The hard types of the mason's knife. As heaven's Erueet life renews farth's life "With which we're tired, my heart and Yru see we're tired, my heart and I. AVe dealt with books, we trusted I men, ' -Ul(1 ' our own blood drenched the pen. As if such colors could not fly. We walked too straight for fortune's for-tune's end, AVe loved too true to keeD a friend: v M last we're tired, my heart and I. How tired we feel, my heart and I! We seem of no use in the world: Our fancies hang gray and uncurled un-curled About men's eyes indifferently; Our .voice, which thrilled vou so, will let You sleep; our tears are only wet; What do we here, my heart and I? So tired, so tired, my heart and I! It was not thus in that old time When Ralph sat with me 'neath the lime To watch the sunset from the sky. "Dear love, you're looking tired," he said: I. smiiinj? at. him, shook my head; 'Tis now we're tired, my heart and I. So lir'-d.'' so tired, my heart and I; Though now none takes me on his arm . ' To fold me close and kiss me warm,, . ' Til! each Quick breath end hia sigh Of happy languor. Now, atone. We lean .. upon this 'graveyard stone. . - -. hti ked, unktesed. my heart and I. Tired out we-are, my heart and" I. Suppose the world brought diadems To tempt us, crusted with loope , gems Of powers and pleasures? Let it try. We scarcely care to look at even A pretty child, or G-od's blue heaven. ' Wo feel so tired, my heart and I. Yet who complains;'. My heart'and I? In this abundant earth, no doubt, j Is little 100m for things worn out; Difdain them, break them, throw them by! ... And if, before the .days grew J rough I Y"e once were loved, used well cnoush I think we've fared, my heart and I. MEALS FOR EASTER DAY. ! (From Men and Women.) Breakfast. Oranges. ' Cereal Eggs with Dates Poiled Eggs Toast Ham and Eggs Muffins Coffee. DINNER, ('ream of Chicken and Rice . " Roast Lamb, Mint Sauce Potato a la Royale Peas Yater Lily Palad Easter Pudding Lady Fingers I :. Coffee. 5 SUPPER. Cold Roast Lamb Spiced Currants j Thin Bread and Butter s Chocolate Cake Tea ! Muffins. t One egg, one tahlespoonful of butler, ? one cupful of sweet milk, two teaspoon - j fuls t)f. baking powder, flour to make f a stiff batter. Bake in gem pani? I which have been well greased and j heated. j Mint Sauce. For lamb and mutton: One table- 5 'spoonful of .chopped spear mint, and 5 "no tahlespoonful of sugar, added to a half cupful each of strong vinegar and w;iter. Let simmer for thirty minutes. ; Roast Lamb. I V'.uy a hind quarter with the kidney left in and the veil of fat wrappped around the meat. Rub well with salt i and roast in steady oven, allowing S thirty minutes to the pound.'. Serve; j with mint sauce.' . " ' I Cream of Chicken and Rice. j One pint if chicken (stock, one pint ) "f rich- milk. Two tablespoonfuls of i ticf. Season and cook until the rice is f tender, men thicken with one tea- I spoonful of corn ptarch. j ': Caper Sauce. I on,, tahlespoonful each of butter and I flour, melted together. One cupful of j h 'iling water. Stir until smooth. Sea- so-i u jth a Iralf teaspoonful of salt and ' ;' snltPi-ioonful of white pepper. Add I tahlespoonful of capers. I Easter Pudding. I Soak ono box of phosphated gelatine i"i ono pint of cold water. When soft : ad ! .me pint of hot 'water, then an- eih i- , up r,f cod. Sweeten with one I '-'"I one half cupful of sugar: divide I into four portions, .coloring them pink, j tn-'-ii. lavender and orange, flavoring them respectively rose, pistachio, violet : 'I orange. Fill egg shells .with the I j' '!y and let harden. Arrange a nest j 1 ; candied lemon peel: remove the t slv lis end arrange the"' jellied eggs in I in- i-est. Serve with whipped cream. ! Potato a la Royale. i "if pint of hot mashed potatoes, j ": -half cupful of cream, one table- "i nful of butter, whites of four eggs t h ycjlk of one: one tea spoonful of K- '' and one-fourth teaepoonful of - '! .. pepper. Beat the potato very- I i-u: and fine, add the seasoning, '!!'. and butter, then the whites of 1 '" eqps beaten stiff. Turn into a I ''-red dish, smooth with a knife and 1 !-r;;!- ,,Ver with the yolk of the egg, I v !i has been well beaten. Brown I Kiy and serve. What Is the Cure for Gossip? 1 V l,i jS the cure for gossip? Simple ! "i Tnere is a great deal of gos- I that has no malignity in it. Good- I ) .iej people talk about their neigh- b".-. hecause they have nothing else 1 l" ';ik about, is we write, there 1 ''nine,; to us t)le T,ictuie of a family of j y-:v.-.fg hidit-s. We have seen them at. I )M i.e. ve nave seen them In galleries! I art. we have caught glimpses of f 'i' !!: going from a book shop or a li- l 5 -' -y with fresh volumes in their 'is. When we meet them they ;ae ,,w 1 "f what they have seen and read. 'rl:.y ,-ire brimming with questions. I topic of conversation is dropped j "' .iy to give place to another in which, I 1l"v are interested. AVe have left I lrm .after a delightful hour, stimu- I '"led and refreshed: and during the J v. ia.io hour not a neighbor's garment I v"s soiled by much 'arf a touch. Tliey had something to talk about. They knew something, and wanted to know more. They could listen as well ;,s they could talk. To speak freely "f a neighbor's doings and belongings ould . have seemed an impertinence 1" 'hem. and, of course, an lmpro-pnety. lmpro-pnety. Thpy had no temptation to gos-sir gos-sir because the doings of their neigh- 1'ors formed a subject very much less 1 i'deresting than those which .grew out ' 'f their linoivlels:e.a.uiJ..thelr..'culture. - " ' - 1 LEARN THE ART OF RESTING! Nervous Woman Often Does Not Know Enough to Relax. ( (Chicago Chronicle.) Resting is an art. It is as difficult lor a nervous woman to rest as for a Phlegmatic woman to work. There are some women in this world who r.e.ver rest. Thev sit down, lie down ami sleep, but they never relax. The moment mo-ment you enter the presence of such a woman you have an odd feeling of unrest un-rest yourself: you have a vague intuition intui-tion that, although the woman apparently appar-ently may be sitting perfectly still, she is twitching with nervousness and with a desire to .be doing something. A reat many women who are born with a calm, even temperament become this sort of nervous wreck after a few-years few-years of life's struggles or a few years in the strenuous whirl of society. The woman who would be lovely, un-wrinkled, un-wrinkled, even tempered and perfectly healthy must, learn first how to rest. It is simple, after all: much easier than taking tonics, eating flesh foods, undergoing under-going medical treatment, visiting the masseuse and paying for Turkish baths and yet women will do all of these things in order to acquire a few pounds of flesh. One week of perfect relaxa tion will put five pounds of flesh on the most aenemie little bit of "skin and bones" that ever lived. The first step in the art of resting is to learn how to lie down. The nervous woman never goes to sleei) until she has doubled or tied herself, up in a hard knot. She draws up her knees, clenches her hands, crosses hr amis anfl presses her. feet hard against the mattress. She unconsciously feels that if she did not hold herself- down on that bed she would not stay . there. The delicious comfort of soft' mattresses and downy quilts never pervades her. Just for once try to imagine that your bed is a hammock, that it is .sus-. pended in midair, that it is holding you up, not that you are holding' it down, Sink into it; with, all your weight, drop upon u like 'a tired child in its mother's moth-er's lap. Lie in a perfectly comfortable, comforta-ble, relaxed position upon your back or your right side. "Feel" that the bed is holding up not only your trunk, but your arms and legs. Do not grasp your pillow. Do not dig your toes into the mattress. Do not try to lie stiff and straight. Just let the bed do all the work, if there is any to be done. At once you will find every muscle responding- to this delicious sense of irresponsibility. Legs and arms will relax, and -"that tired feeling," which you have not had for years, but which a healthy working man has every night of his life,' will rsereade your whole body. Little by little sleep .will creep upon you. Not restless, dream-filled sleep, but good, old-fashioned child sleep, and In the morning 5-011 will awaken de-liciously de-liciously refreshed. Do not try this one night only, but every night, until in time it becomes the natural thing to do and you learn to love your bed as much as does the stout, phelgmatic woman next door. When you awake in the morning do not allow your eyes to fly open and thoughts of the day's trials and duties to pop into your head. Put such thoughts away from you. and with eyes still haif closed stretch out lazily in your bed. Never jump out of bed the moment you awake. Wake up slowly. Think again how delicious it is to be held in the lap of a soft mattress. mat-tress. Lie perfectly still for at least five minute.s, with no thought of rising. ris-ing. Then rise slowly and without jerking or jumping. Simply roll out of bed. Whenever you are riding in a train or street car try to feel that the car is carrying you along. How many women ever do feel' that 'they are being be-ing "carried" by the car? Nine out of ten feel rather that they are helping help-ing to hurry the car along. They sit ! tensely upon the seat., thinking not of what "they are doing, but of how soon it will be over and of what they will do when they reach their destinations. The nervous woman is usually dyspeptic. dys-peptic. She does not enjoy her meals because she eats them with her mind on something else. The only way to acquire a good digestion and to gain flesh is to put your whole mind upon what you are eating and to take a delight de-light in every mouthful. Do not think about your food, as does the health crank; do not try to dissect it. and to wonder what it is made of, and whether or not it is good for "you. All food is good for a. normally healthy person. It will be much better for you if you can enjoy it. Look at - the stout woman wo-man across the table and see how she enjoys the odor of the steaming -.potatoes, the taste of the butter , on her bread, the spice and sugar in her pudding. pud-ding. There wae once a man who had lost his appetite. He regained it by the simple method or reading a chapter of Dickens before dinner every day. Sometimes Some-times lie would read about the Christmas Christ-mas dinner of the Crummels, and again he would read about another character's charac-ter's enjoyment of buttered toast; but always the chapter' would be upon something good to eat. The very thought of how others enjoyed their food would awake in hjs hypochondriac hypochon-driac a hunger that made his dinner a pleasure instead of a torture. Forget everything but what you are doing when you sit down to the table, find before you know it you will have lost all signs of' dyspepsia and will have gained several pounds of good Eolid flesh. - ' Of course, it ie proper to wind up this article by saying t the- nervous woman, wo-man, "Don't worry!" It is as unnecessary unneces-sary as it is useless, because once she has learned to sleep, to eat, to sit dowji and to rest, she will cease to worry, or at leaet to worry any more than other ordinary mortals on this troublesome earth. 'What Men Think of Us. Most men have a very mis'laken idea about girls, in that they imagine every well-dressed girl they meet is a hus-band-setker, and that is the reason thev give for her being-neat and particular par-ticular about her appearance. Now. nothing is more obnoxious to sensible girls than that very same opinion, for they know it is not true. And they are right in resenting it. Our men folks are "away on. 10 use me clang phrase, when they think that we are all unanimously on the lookout for husbands, and that that is the reason we 2ress well. ' Do girls give up dressing nicely ana doing themselves up with care when they marry and settle down? Do they net take ss much pains with their toilette toi-lette when gwing out only with women a when thev expect lo meet members of the other sex? Of course they do. And the real fact of the matter is that Kirls are a thousand times nicer and sweeter in their thoughts than the great majority of men Imagine them to be. The Sisters' Good Work. "There is this, besides: Madame Mod-jecka Mod-jecka at the time of the organization of the ladies' auxiliary of the House of the Good Shepherd, was one of the first to take up the work 'with an activity t:'-at come? of intense interest. It ; was jiot a mre here-oi -there idea. Philanthrope- bandied about in many guises is likely to become a 'destandardized' term suggesting tiresome things. Back of it lies a variety of meanings. In t'h'B particular case, there was much to be considered and much 'to attract anyone any-one knowing the day's work of the sisters sis-ters of the Good Shepherd. It is an interesting in-teresting study.. if you like 'the cool and quiet' of 'Matt hem Arnold s fancy opposed to" tbV rack ;ri3,,wear, oI.,the streets, and not only opposed to but j conquering it step by step. The ten- j denciea and inclinations of the girls ; that are brought to the sisters seem to I crumble away until they are lifted by . subtle moans, companionship and f ex- i ample, to higher planes. It is not a' so- j ciologtoal manifestation. It is a matter : of personal influence and . it is more -wonderful than the struggles of the outer world that take up most of our interest. A few days ago one of the I sisters said, with the sense of satisfac- j tion that comes of having won her vie- I tOTy, how girls who had lived for a time in the House of the Good Shepherd Shep-herd in Los Angeles, had come back to them not once but many times to see them, to express in a futile sort of way their gratitude for the good they had gained. These were not of the same creed even some of no creed. They were rebellious at first and now are unwilling un-willing to turn away altogether frorn -the gentle influences. Here is meta moiphosis. The sisters might recount many s.uch personal incidents, but they don't. Not a name is ever mentioned by them." DEATH. (Ernest McGaffey, in Woman's Home Companion.) Death, the wise virgin, trims her lamp, and goes Down the long halls where guests in number been; v On many a couch they slumber safe therein. Dream-haunted in the midst of their repose; But where she knocks their eye may not unclose. No! not for this, nor any world's loud din; Or wrapped in sanctity, or scarred by sin. This is the end as Death unquestioning . knows. And who would care to .fret. the cycles round . - With endless being; world on world to choose; -.Or chant vain hymns to some celestial celes-tial lyre. When - he could go, as prisoner- unr bound, At Death's glad call, to be with rain and dews, The .wind's wide ;wanderings .and the sunset's fire. ; ' .';""'' ' Face and Neck. If the girl who has' a blotched complexion com-plexion will heat her face hot with cloths wrung out of water that i(? very nearly heated to boiling, and if she will hold them on until her face is very nearly scarlet, she will find that her skin is smooth and soft and as fine in texture as that of an incubator baby. After the face has been steamed or heated by the application of hot cloths the next thing irj to spread cold cream upon it. This -should he applied not with sparing hand, but in sustance the easier it will be to apply and the more there is of it the better for the face. The cream may be put on half, an inch thick, if one can apply it as heavily as that, and it can be allowed to ooze down upon the neck and the shoulders and slowly rubbed in. Those who want a very white neck and a pair of dazzling shoulders can mix a very little peroxide of hydrogen in with a little lanolin and apply, to the skin. It acts as a great bleach. When plenty of cold cream' has been rubbed in the hot skin the whole can be' mopped with a linen cloth, and then by some miracle there is wiped pff with the cold cream nine-tenths of the' blemishes that afflict the skin. In the number can be included in-cluded blackheads, which -seem literally to dissolve before the beneficent influences in-fluences of the cream. Make the Most of Your Eyes. Nothing is more charming than the straightforward gaze which indicates that a woman is in complete possession of herself, confident of her own powers pow-ers and strength and does' not feel the need of looking hither and thither for a way of escape. Once learn the trick of a steady gaze and no matter how- plain the girl may be there is something some-thing about her which every one will declare is charming and fascinating. Soft and melting eyes, flashing eyes, brilliant eyes,, soulful eyes, are not in it with the eyes of 'direct gaze, particularly partic-ularly if they are shaded by lidg, which are rather large and heavy. Domestic "Pointers." To keep seed beans from being eaten by weevils, put, in a sieve, and pour boiling water over them; dry in the sunshine. ' Lemon pies and lemonade can be made without lemons by the use of .acid phosphate and lemon essence.. The difference dif-ference cannot be detected.. To tone down and beautify the complexion,-bathe the face hi bran-water to which has been added a few drops of ammonia. For neuralgia, cut a. thick slice of bread, soak one side for. a minute in boiling water, rapidly sprinkle cayenne pepper over the hot side, and apply to face. t; will , not blister as mustard does. ' "'" - A spoonful of ox-gall In a gallon of water will set the .colors qf almost any goods. Soak before washing. A teacupful of lye in a pailful of water will improve the color of black oods. Take a new flower pot, wrap In a wet cloth, -put oyer butter, and the butter will keep as upon Ice. . A raw onion bruised and applied as soon as possible V a bite of any venomous ven-omous thing. . snakes included,- will-cure will-cure the wound. BEAUTY, Beauty' cannot, accompany unhappi- . ness, dullness ennui. No' matter . How; . regular your features, how .clear your complexion, there .will ; be a -lackof that brightness; of expression that is essential to real beauty. A girl may be pretty with irregular features, but not with the corners of her mouth turned down. Train a cheerful expression, no matter how sad and dull your life may be. 1 ... WOULD YON CARRY YONTH ItyTO ,AGE? ( Don't let anything interfere with your regular hours of work and rest, but get plenty of sleep, especially what is called "beauty sleep," before midnight. mid-night. Keep busy: idleness te a great friend of age, but an enemy of youth. Regu lar employment and mental occupation are marvelous preservers. Put some beauty into your life every day by seeing beautiful works of art, beautiful bit.3 of scenery, or by reading read-ing some ' noble 'poem or prose selection. se-lection. Never compare yourself with others of the same age. or think that you must appear as old as they because you have marked the same number of years. Take regular exercise in the open air every day in all weather; walk, ride, row. swim, or play; but, whatever you do, keep out- of doors as much as possible. , Love is the treat healer of all life's ills, the great strengthener and beau-tifier. beau-tifier. If you would drink at the foun- j tain of perpetual youth fill your life ! with it. : Eat plenty of fruit and fresh vege-j vege-j tables in summer, and cut down your . meat diet. Drink a liberal allowance ! of pure water at all times, but not ice water. : Pure air both indoors and outdoors; is ! absolutely essential to health aiid I longevity. Never allow yourself to remain re-main in a poisoned or vitiated atmos-I atmos-I phere. Success. i Get a Home. Every family should have a home, lie j it ever so humble. th re is a comfort j in having a dwelling of one's own. j There is also a security when no land- j lord can come in every month for I his rent or order the tenant to move out. Every family that lets a house pays its value in rent about every ten years. A man that has been paying rent for thirty years has paid in enough to own three hom:s. , There are plenty of capitalists who will sell housts on installment payments, pay-ments, and there are numerous tiuilci-ing tiuilci-ing and loan association that will help even a poor man to purchase his home. Buy a home. You'll never be so happy in a rentfd house as in a place of your own. The rent you pay will make the purchase. And at the end of ten years, if you buy now. you'll own a house and lot; if you don't buy now. you'll have nothing to show for your money. And the time will go anyhow. Buy a home. Catholic Columbian. To Cure Pessimism. (From Physical Culture.) Hang these words to your bedpost, or tack them to. your brain: I am going to. become an optimist. ' From now on I am going to change my entire life and my entire style of thinking. I will endeavor hereafter to be generous gen-erous in my view toward others, broad-minded, broad-minded, large'-spirrted and kind, think-ing.Ave)! think-ing.Ave)! of everybody, mean of nobody, and overlooking the little faults, believing believ-ing that thereare other qualities in' the man that overwhelm the deficiency. .'There is: so, much bad in the best of j us,' aiid' so,mdch'good in the worst of us, that it behooves each one of us to j be charitable to'the rest of us." ' I shall see the bright side of everything. every-thing. I shall talk like an optimist, laugh like an optimist, and move about like an optimist, conscious of the fact that I shall radiate sunshine and make everyone every-one around me happier. To Keep Eyes Bright. Don't read while you rock. Never read facing the light. Do not read on ,a moving train. Do not read w ith' the head lowered. Don't squint: it weakens the eyelids. Hold tfie 'book "on a"'level with the eyes. Don't tax your eyes when you are tired or hungry. Don't fact the wind on dusty days without glasses. |
