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Show j i. Borne Circle. AN OLD FASHIONED WOMAN". No clever, brilliant thinker she. With college record and degree, She has not known the paths of fame; The world has never heard her name; She walks in old. long trodden ways. The valleys of the-yesterdays. Home is her kingdom, love her dower; She seeks no other wand of power To make home sweet, bring heaven near, To win a smile and wipe a tear And do her duty day by day In her own quiet place and way. Around her childish hearts arc twined, A round some reverend saint enshrined. And follow hers the childish feet Are led to Ideals true and sweet And find all purity and good In her divinest motherhood. , She keeps her faith unshadowed still; God rules the world in good and ill; Men in her creed are brave and true, And women pure as pearls of der, ! And life for her is high and -grand By work and glad endeavor spanned. j This sad old earth's a brighter place - j All for the sunshine of her face,' . Her verv smile a blessing throws. And hearts are happier where snc gots, - A gentle, clear eyed messenger. To whisper love thank God for her. Li. M. Montgobery in Congregationalist. Keep the Summer Baby "Warm. A summer baby requires nearly the! same amount-of clothing as on born in ' the winter. The little Cashmere shirts may be of ' lighter weight, but they must still be chiefly of wool, and the" flannel skirt, or pinning blanket, cannot can-not be dispensed with. The blanket in which the child is wrapped need not be j as thick a one as in winter, yet one is j still needed. A newborn baby requires warmth, and even the summer breezes are too harsh for the tender flesh until , it becomes accustomed to the atmos- phere. - Cholera infantum would be of rare occurrence if proper attention was always al-ways given to the quantity and the quility of the food. '-' For That Picture. How to dress is an important ques-r j tion in photography, but it is the face that makes the portrait, and except in special cases, all considerations of .dress must be secondary to that. If a gown is becoming to you at home, at a reception re-ception or on the street, it will look as becoming in a portrait. All colors and fabrics are good for photographic purposes, but pale colors, col-ors, that blend with the light, like pink, blue and white, are particularly well suited to peonle who can wear them. Black is always the best color for stout persons. Soft fabrics, like velvet, lace, soft silk and wool, are particularly good for pictures, as they add to the softness of the features. Domestic Items. The Oriental' idea of relieving tired nerves or physical fatigue in treatment treat-ment of the feet is worth remembering. To bathe the feet in water In to which various cooling and soothing lotions are added is to carry tur the restoring process wen tired. Foot treatment, according ac-cording to experts in the matter, is : not sufficiently appreciated or resorted-to. resorted-to. Soft-soled shoes for all househqld wear certainly are to be recommended, and, if it were possible, according to! these same authorities, for busy men and women to change both shoes and: stockings in the middle of the day, much comfort and positive benefit would follow. A salt foot-bath taken at night when one feels too tired to sleep will prove suitably relaxing, and put' one in trim for the real rest. Have the water pretty hot, add a handful of sea-salt and keeo the feet in till the. water cools. -Dhy with a rough towel, and it will be found that the tone of the. whole system is restored." Frills of Fashion. Foreign fashion notes say that black silk gowns have been raised again to the pinnacle of triumph which they held fifty years ago in Paris, and also-that also-that it is the smart women who wear them. ' Lady apples with flowers and foliage form one of the fashionable hat decorations, decor-ations, i Grass linen . will hold an important position among' summer gowns. It is quite expensive; and is. found in a variety va-riety of patterns. The emerald matrix-Is one of the many popular stones 'for broaches and belt pins. Silk gloves wtih woven lace tops are to be worn with thin gowns this summer, sum-mer, as well as mitts, and they are both longe nough to meet the elbow sleeves. Black, w hite and gray are the fashionable fash-ionable colors. In gloves for summer'wear there are some of white lace kid which will wash. These cost more than other wash gloves, but they are satisfactory, and that is sufficient reason for the,ir popularity. popu-larity. ' That Lack of Poise. A question which has come thundering thunder-ing down the corridors of time, bowling bowl-ing across buried cities and dead empires, em-pires, is this: "Why do girls giggle?" If two or three girls are together their heads will be inclose proximity; and they are talking mysteriously and laughing "to kill." A man has. just passed by, perhaps, and he is the subject sub-ject of their mirth. Or is it mirth? "Did you see him look at me?" says one. "Tee-hee!" "Looks like a fright, doesn't he? Tee-hee!" says another. "See his shoestring trailing behind him. Chee-chee, tee.hee!" remarks the third, if there are three of them. Now, there is nothing in the least amusing fn the man or in any of these observations, yet the girls, like those of their age and sex, are in convulsions convul-sions of snicker. Why should they be? A young lady, being interviewed on this theme, says that girls at their green age cannot make talk , in company, com-pany, so they giggle to fill in an awkward awk-ward silence. She thinks sometimes, too. the older ones among them do it to show that women have a sense of humor, whereof an enemy has said their sex is desiute. But both these reasons together fail to account for the vast amount of tee-hee and hee-hee hee-hee that very young persons of the feminine sex put out upon the ambient atmosphere, says the Philadelphia Ledger. They giggle when they are surprised anc,vhen they are pleased, when they a;e embarrassed and when they are amused and for nothing at all. Why? Girls Who Gush. "I'm glad," said a small boy after witnessing his sister's leavetaking with a fyiend. "that I'm not a girl. They're all skirts, hairpins and gush." Now, a girl sometimes condemns the skirts and hairpins, but did she ever, condemn the gushing habit she and her' schoolmates cultivate? , ' Does she understand that" what they call enthusiasm other people label like the small boy "gush." It is so easy to drift into an extravagant extrav-agant way of talking. Adjectives and adverbs that, hover on the tip of a girls' tongue are recklessly scattered about in her conversation until the charitable among her listeners call her a "gusher" and the harsher critics an "exagerator." Don't girls, gush. Lop ff here and there the highly colored expression, the'bit of slang, 'no rnatter how helpful help-ful it seems to be in piecing out your meaning, until you have weeded from your conversation little' tricks of talking talk-ing that make sensible people doubt your sincerity. There's nothing sweeter in a girl than sincerity of thought, sincerity of purpose and sincerity of . expression. Nobody will credit you with these as long as you indulge in the gushing habit. ( A Happy Face. Next to the sunlight of heaven is the sunlight of a happy face. It may be a little face one that we nestle upon our bosom or sing to sleep in our arms with a lullaby. It may be a wrinkled face, but it is all the dearer for that, and all the brighter. We linger near it and love to look upon it and say: "Heaven bless this happy face!" We must keep it with us as long as we can, for- home will lose much of its brightness when thai face is gone. Five Rules of Life. First. If possible, be well, and have a good appetite. If these conditions are yours, the battle of life is already half won. Many soul and heart troubles trou-bles arise really in the stomach, though it may seem strange to say. " Second. Be busy. Fill the hours so full of useful and interesting work that there shall be no time for dwelling on your troubles, that the day shall dawn full of expectation, the evening full of repose. ' Third. Forget yourself. You never will be happy if your thoughts constantly con-stantly dwell upon yourself, your own perfections, your own shortcomings, what people think of you, and so on. Fourth. Expect little. Pxpect little of life, nor too much of your friends. Fifth. Trust in God. Believe that God is, that He really, knows what is best for you; believe this truly and the bitterness is gone from life. i ; What Makes a Good Face. A good heart makes a good face perhaps not beautiful or classic, but fine, sincere and noble. The face will shine with God behind it. There are some faces even today that at times seem to have a solar glow upon them. There are faces that are quiet and uninteresting un-interesting in repose that light up amazingly with the animation of talking, talk-ing, rrhere are some who can never get a good photograph because the camera cannot caich the subtle sparkle of the eye in yhich the whole individuality indi-viduality lies. There are some whom you would not at first call handsome,, whose faces grow on you with constant acquaintance acquaint-ance until they become beautiful to you. For you see the soul shining through, you see ' the -splendor of a noble character, glorifying every feature. fea-ture. A true beauty in the soul will come out in the sweetness, the brightness, bright-ness, the quiet glory of the face. Take a Walk. For over-tired nerves no exercise is more thoroughly invigorating and restorative res-torative than walking. Where there is no organic weakness it is the easiest thing in the world to walk right straight into health. Besides stimulating stimu-lating every part of I he body, walking, diverts and charms the mind, making it more prone to growth and expansion. The nearer we can get to the heart of nature the more in touch are we with the sources of inspiration, of health, and beauty of soul and body. Unless we know- how to walk properly, however, how-ever, our bodies will soon tire. Deep breathing is the natural accompaniment accompani-ment to a graceful gait for it Increases harmony of motion, giving a buoyancy that greatly increases the pleasure and lessens the exertion of lawking. The step should be in graceful accordance with one's height and be elastic and light, swinging the body so easily from one leg to another that its weight is not felt. |
