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Show Bonn Circle , THE BLOOMING OF THE ROSE. What is it like to be a rose? ! Old-Roses, softly, "Try and see." , Nay. I will hot'tarry. Let me be In my green peacefulness and smile. I will stay here and dream awhile, 'Tis well for little buds to dream, Dream dream who knows Say, is it good to be a rose? Old roses, tell me! Is it good? Old Roses, very soft$, "Good." T am afraid to be a rose! This little sphere wherein T wait. Curled up and small and delicate, , 7,ets in a twilight of pure-green. Wherein are dreams of night and morn And the sweet stillness of a world Where all things are that are unborn. Old Roses, "Better to be born." I cannot be a bud for long. My sheath is like a heart full blown, And I, the silence of a song Withdrawn into that heart alone. Well knowing that it shall be sung. Outside the great world comes and goes . , I think I doubt, to .be a rose-Old rose-Old Roses, "Doubt? To be a rose!" From Anna Hampstead Branch's "The Heart of the Road and Other Poems." (Houghton, Mifflin.) e The Habits of Moths. Moths always work in the dark. Furs and woolen clothing have a special attraction at-traction for them, and a soiled garment gar-ment or a dirty spot on a garment will attract them; hence every garment should be clean when it is put away for the summer. Furs and all woolen clothing that are not needed during the summer should be hung out in the open air and gently beaten and well brushed and then wrapped in newspapers news-papers with plenty of camphor gum. Newspapers are good for wrapping about clothing, because the printers' ink is offensive to the moths. When wrapped, put in a cedar chest. If a cedar chest is not obtainable, use an ordinary box and paste thisk paper around the edges. Woolen garments that require washing should be washed' and packed away in the same manner. man-ner. It is a good plan to write on the box the names of the different garments gar-ments placed inside. When the carpets are taken up in the spring, the floor should be washed to remove the dust, then washed in water to which turpentine has been added In the proportion of a teaspoon-f teaspoon-f ul to eaehf quart of water, care being be-ing taken not to neglect the cracks and places where heavy pieces of fur-nit fur-nit ure are placed. When dry, sprinkle r , ' ground black pepper along the base- boards. , x HOW TO EXCLUDE MOTHS. J Some Valuable Pointers About These j Destructive Insects. When the habits of moths are un- ' derstood, they can be more effectually j prevented. The moth millers make j their appearance in early spring. They j i are torpid during the day, but are very ' active ip the evening. During May and ' June they deposit their eggs in dark places. When a moth miller has laid I its quota of eggs, it dies. The eggs are j very small and are hatched in about j two weeks. J The young worm begins its destructive destruc-tive work at once and continues until cold weather, says What to Eat. It is torpid and harmless during the winter. In late winter it changes into a chrysalis chrysa-lis and later into a winged moth. If these winged moths are not allowed to enter the house to deposit their eggs, there will be no trouble with moths. The window and door screens should be placed in the windows and doors early in the season and a close watch kept for the moth miller. To Care For Eyebrows. The toilet of the eyebrows is simple. The hair of the eyebrows can be trained to lie close and smooth to the skin, thus resembling the pencil lines we read of so often, by the aid of a tiny little brush manufactured for the purpose and for sale at all shops dealing deal-ing in articles for the toilet, where the .eyebrows are too broad and inclined in-clined to be brushing, and will, in a 6hort time, show "an immense improvement. im-provement. When the hair falls out of the eyebrows, use the following ointment, which has never failed to arrest ar-rest the disease and cause a new growth: Red vaseline, three ounces; tincture cantharldes, Jamaica rum, half an ounce each; origanum, six drops; glycerine, quarter of an ounce; oil rosemary, live drops; mix all thoroughly; thor-oughly; apply twice daily with the eyebrow brush. For continuous use where the eyebrows are healthy, a little lit-tle glycerine and rosemary will give the delicate line emphasis and brilliancy. bril-liancy. Woman's Influence. So great is the influence of a sweet-minded sweet-minded woman on those around her that it is almost boundless. It is to her that friends come in seasons of sorrow and sickness for help and comfort. One soothing touch of her kindly hand works wonders in the feverish child; a few words let fall from her lips in the ear of a sorrowing sister do much to raise the load of grief that is bowing its victim down to the dust in anguish. The husband comes home worn out with the pressure of business and feeling feel-ing irritable with the world in general, but when he enters the cosy sitting room and sees the blaze of the bright fire, and meets his wife's smiling face, he succumbs in a moment to the soothing sooth-ing influence which acts as a balm of Gilead to his wounded spirit. We are weary with combating with the stern realities of life. The rough schoolboy flies ina rage from the taunts of his companions to find solace in his mother's moth-er's smile; the little one, full of grief with its own large troubles, finds a haven of rest in its mother's breast; and so one might go on with instances of the influence that a sweet minded woman has in the social life with which she is connected. t "Flirting." A young woman of Long Island compliments com-pliments us by referring this question to our decision: . . "Will the never failing 'Sun shed a ray of light on the apparently frivolous question, 'Is a flirtation ever harmless?" harm-less?" "If not, why not? If ever, when?" It is not at all a frivolous question. It is a very serious and Important question. ques-tion. Flirtation may be defined, we suppose, sup-pose, as playing at love, but it is a dangerous game. It is making light of a passion which it may easily fan into a consuming flame. "Flirting" is often, nay, usually, only a pretence of frivolity, under which is hidden very serious feeling, even when the player is unconscious of the emotion; emo-tion; and the game may have a disastrous disas-trous result for one side or the other by kindling or intensifying that flame of passion. Therefore, "flirting" cannot be cailed "harmless." The sentimental damage done by it may be cruel. The distinction distinc-tion between "flirtation" and serious love-making is likely to be lost as the game goes on. How to Make the Hair Fluffy. Coiffeurs are testifying. to the value of air as a beautifler and drier by introducing in-troducing a new method into the shampoo process. The new method of drying renders the hair fluffy, a quality qual-ity essential to the newest low coiffeurs. coif-feurs. After the hair is washed, the shampooer turns on what he calls "compressed air," which is either hot or cold, at his customer's will. The air he blows through the tresses by means of a silver tube, keeping the latter constantly in motion. The result re-sult is excellent, for not only is the hair blown dry in a few moments, but there is no tangling of the locks and none of the disagreeable features which the system of drying by gas or other methods often produces-,- while the saving in time is quite a consideration considera-tion in this busy age, when every woman wo-man has more to do, or at least thinks he has, than she can possibly accomplish. accom-plish. How to Cure Bee Stings. First pull the sting from the flesh, then bruise the fresh leaves of the common weed known as vervain and rub the wound well with them, after which bind to it. a plaster of the Ladies' Home - Journal. This will prevent swelling and ease the pain. Vervain may be used in its dried state by steeping the leaves in hot water. It is gathered in September by negro nurses in the south and hung up to dry for winter use. |