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Show MARION HARLAND'S HELPING HAND. AM a. passionate lover of flowera; i I they arc living frionds to mc. I I hava tome flower seeds I would I like to exchange with eomt one who would likothem Anions them ara petunia seeds, largo size, of every ' color: come, double zinnia of every color; I ' double marigolds that aro really superb; i . Ihoy are so largo that they resemble a r carnation in a deop burnt orange. I I ha.TO also morning glory seed. Lastsum-" Lastsum-" i mer we had a. trellis of them many foot ; falitfh; they made a perfect ecreen; theses I too, aro of all colore. Thcro are threo different colors In four o' clocks, small j daisy ceed, cosmos seed, all colors, and 4 oypress e-cd (the burning bueh). Thcpo J ' erow from two to three t ccfc high and ' make a beautiful hedgo. I like flowering ) eds best, and when I look through a ', ' flower catalogue I like to have all de-' de-' . scribed In It. I am also desirous to get i eoano ferns. I wvoidi have to ask any ono . sending setaa to pay postago on them. for am not In a position to do o. Will ' ! yon Etve my address to any one who ; ' wlehes to send ec-eds or plants to me? ' ; I abso have eome dahlia and canna bulbs, ; but they aro rather hoavy and would have to be atat parcel post. !- Mns. D. J. H." Some time ago there was a proposition cade by some one for a flower exchange of a sort, by which garden lovers could exchange seeds and plants. I don't know what has become of the reader who had k the idea or If it ever canto to anything J more than tho eus-gestTon. If so, here la jj a chance for a new member of the band, (Bid If not, yet I am mrro that some of v ottr comHUtBCBcy must havo seeds to give to-this " pasalonato lover of flowers." J Rcdpe for Orange Pic. I "I am -WTitlner to you for tho odrircwi ef some correspondents whose letters I i have seen and whom I am euro I can help I It would be a pleasure to mo to do any- thin to cheer the lonehneea of either of 3 thm or of both I have always tried to p do to others as I would -wish they should Mr. do to me and mine were we In tho same V circumstances. We should all be loving m- sisters and brothers lnthlBWorld,helplng H, on another, and thankful to bo able to H do all we can. JE, " I send you a recipe for orange pie W -whtch is delicious If made exactly aocord- H ingr to tha directions. For the pastry you m will need a cup and a half of sifted' flour, ftl half a teaspoon of salt, and a quarter of a IB? trfjpo-nm fif baking, powdtuv Mtac4hcso with the flour and then 3tlr Into It three largo tablespoons of shortening, add four tablespoons of cold water, mix and roll out. For the flllingtako the Juico of three largo oranges and the grated peel of one. You do not need any of tho pulp. Add the Juico and' the grated yellow rind of a small lemon, quarter of a teaspoon of nutmeg, nut-meg, ono teaspoon of cornstarch dissolved in a little water, two-thirds of a cup of granulated sugar, ono tablespoon of softened butter, the yolks of threo eggs, and the white of one Put the other whites asldo for a mexinquc. " Cream tho sugar and butter with the lemon. Juice and rind; add tho beaten tBSB, the nutmeg', and last tho gTated rind and the juice of tho oranges. Pour the mixture Into tho pastry shell with which you have lined your plo plate, and bake In a moderate oven until llko a custard. cus-tard. Beat the whites of the two eggs stiff, add threo tablespoons of powdered pow-dered sugar, quarter of a teaspoon of cream of tartar, and a little lemon extract. ex-tract. After tho pie has been out of the oven for about fifteen minutes put this frosting on the top, set tho pie la a cool oven, and let the meringue brown slowly. Tliis should! tako about thirty minutes. If you use a gas oven let tho pie stand In the dven until this Is somowhatcool after the gas ifl turned out. " If I have not tired you out with this long letter and If you like tho recipe, perhaps per-haps I will come again S. M. S." Such practical reclpea .as this are always al-ways welcome, and so are tho offers of help and the requests for tho addressee of needy and unhappy who ned help. I have taken pleasure In sending tho addresses ad-dresses asked for and I wish to thank S. M. S. not only for her kindness In helping those to whoso letteis she refers but aleo for tho recipe sho sends. I hopo she will " come again " soon. Scraps for Quills. " I am writing to let some of the readers know about all tho scraps I havo and how well I would llko It if some one would write to mc saying sho would be willing1 to piece mc a quilt in return for an equal quantity of pieces. I havo a friend who Bays that If I wish them sho will glvo mo her pieces also. I have over a euitcaso full now and I am sure that would make two quilta, if not more. If thoy won't I will try to got additional plooes. for per haps I am not a judge of tho numhorthut will be required. J, don't mean to be ovr particular. JmfriCaateycnoxpnntaitstomy offer and makes me a quilt, I hopo it may bo in something besides tho block pattern. My mother left me two quilts whon sho died and I would like ono. a Ilttlo dlffcront from those. Still, I will tako what I can got. Sins. A. C." I should think there would bo no lack of takers of this offer, for I know how eager many correspondents nrc for quilt pieces and I fancy they will bo glad to do the work of quilt making in exchango for tho scraps. Also thcro ought to bo no difficulty diffi-culty in making some othor design besides tho plain block pattern. I havo boon much Impressed lately to notlco how the fashion of tho old time quilt Is coming back Into vogue again, and that oven smart and oxcluslve shops arc offering for salo quilts in various designs of more or lcaa elaborateness. Will any ono who writes for the address of this correspondent correspond-ent bo kind enough to 3end with her letter a stamped and selC-addroascd envelope for rcpry? Makes Pica for Lonely Woman. " T eeo so many lovoly things through the Helping Hand that I am emboldened to ask great things. First, I want to inqulro if tho woman who wanted a canary has found one. If not, I think I may bo ablo to supply her. I lizard a woman 7C years old say, when reading of somo one of your Corncrltcs who had secured a phonograph: ' I wish somo ono would send one to mo to holp pass my lonely hours Sho lives entirely alono. Now I want to ask ono other a great boon. This woman has no racan3 of livelihood live-lihood and llfo seems scarcely worth living whon sho wondors from day to day where fuel and food aro to como from. Sho has a thick walled cement houso, and whllo it takes but Ilttlo fuol to warm It, she would bo so much better off If sho only had a small room of lumber birilt onto tho house a room that tho sun would warm. Sho could get along muoh of tho time without tho cxpenso of fuel. She lives In a Ilttlo country village near tho mountains, whero there is an nbuu-danco nbuu-danco of good water and air, If somo woman, or a man and wife, who wero ablo to do so, would build tho necessary room, and would llko to lcavo tho city for a nuramer'B outing, sho would gladly glvo them tho privllogo of living in her homo of; threo or four rooms, with tho ohanco of light housekeeping, in exchange for the comfortablo room built for her use, E-ani-an-admlTi- friend to tho-Corner-' v ( ' i. , -" -iU- V . . . ..- , ' , , - Hes, and I hopo sincerely I am not aak-inlg aak-inlg too much of their generosity. " SIitH. W, A R." The friend who asked for tho canary has been supplied. Perhaps some ono clso would bo glad to get tho one Mrs. W. A. R. thinks sho can give. As to tho old lady, it is another matter. I nm suro that If any ono has a phonograph to bestow sho would be willing to send it to tho lonely woman; but all I can do Is to print her request, and tho case is tho samo with regard to tho room to build on tho cement houso. The proposition must sound alluring to thoso who wish to havo a foothold in the mountains for thoir summer outing, and I hope somo ono may bo ablo to make tho arrangement suggested sug-gested by Mrs. W. A. R. I will bo happ"y to send the address of Mrs. W. A. R. to any ono who wishes to communlcato with her about the canary, tho phonograph, or tho houso. Pleaso send a stamped and self-directed envelope when wrltlug for tho address. , Farm Papers and Books. " I havo read so often in your Corner about persons offering, farming papers that I como now with tho request that if any ono has papers or books on farm-ins farm-ins to give away I may havo a chance at them. I havo been asked by prisoners of war for such books, and as I cannot afford to buy them I have to make application appli-cation to tho Corner. I have also been asked for Italian books, novels, maga-slnos, maga-slnos, In short, anything In tho lino of reading matter or useful in other ways. I shall bo glad to pay the postage on any articles sent. S. P." I print this letter becauso I am suro some ono has agricultural papors and magazines to glvo to any ono who needs them, but I confess that I am at a loss to know what prisoners of war there can bo In "tho locality from which this letter comes, Howover, I glvo tho request, and I hopo it may have a favorable reply. I will supply address of writer on receipt of stamped and self-addressed envelope. Reading Mailer Wanled. " I noto that Borne kind -woman offers reading matter to a shut-in or an invalid. I am a widow and keep a few old pooplo and Invalids in order to support myself, as my husband left mo this home with a debt on it, but nomonoy. Inm obliged to work hard to koop tho wolf from tho door. I have a-womanDoardlng with-iinowho'ls i 6S years old. She often mourns that sho cannot read the Biblo any more becauso of the fine print. If some one had aBfblo with qulto largo print to give, no matter how old and shabby tho book, sho would bo thankful for 1L She would also be most glad to rccclvo a letter from tho kind and thoughtful woman whose letter appeared In a rccont Issue. She has only a small In-conio In-conio from a little house which sho rents, and I board her just as cheaply as I can, " Mns. H. A. I." I regret very much that this correspondent correspond-ent did not give tho signature appended to tho letter of the woman or, better still, incloso tho clipping of the letter reforrcd to. As It Is, I am unablo to get any clow to tho identity of tho correspondent, and thorof ore cannot put Mrs. U. A. I. in touch with hor. Tho best I can manago Is to print her letter in the hope that somo ono may havo magazines to give away and also may bo ablo to send tho large pilnt Bible for tho benefit of the woman of 8S. It seems hard that she should bo debarred from tho enjoyment of tho word of life, and I trust her want may soon bo supplied. sup-plied. Make Lilllc Invalid Happy. " Some tlmo ago I had from you the address ad-dress of tho Ilttlo girl who bus curvaturo of tho splno, and slnco then havo boon ablo to put a little happiness Into her llfo. I hopo I may bo ablo to do tho same for tho correspondent whoso namo I ask for with this. I thankyou for tho privilege of being of holp T, M. R." Just this nolo as- a eamplo of many that come to mo with requests for addresses or with assurance of help and cheer that have been bestowed. It does mo good to got them and to put them whero thoy may show teothcru the Joy that lies in giving. For Mulual Benefit. " I wrote to you last year for advice as to making np ellk and lace Into protty things. I got only ono roply, but I found a lovoly friend through it. I would now llko to meet somo ono who like myself has to support herself by sewing or fancy work, so that wo could be of mutual benefit bene-fit If you romombor, I was paralyzed in Deconxber of 1014, and I am now getting eo that I can do a little work again. If yon oould put mo in touch with some ono of whom I oould mako a sort of friend and companion I would bo most thankful to you and tho Corner. Mns. L. M, C." I hopo sincerely thl correspondent' desire for a friend and companion who hns the same Interests as hersolf may be gratified. grat-ified. It Is good to kriow that the only response re-sponse sho had to her llrst plea wa so satisfactory and I trust equal good luck r may attend her at this time, I shall look for requests for her name and 1 hopo they will be accompanied by stampedand self-addressed envelopes. I -J i Remedy for Moth. " Recently I saw a request for a remedy for the bllvcr fish moth. Heie Is ono a government department sont out: Make a cooked paste of Hour and water; stir in 3 cents' worth of white arsenic, spread on cardboard and put near the haunts of tho moth. Thoy havo a fondness for paste. Put the pieces behind pictures, too, as tho moth aro found thore. Bo careful not to leave It where email children may get it, as It is poisonous. I have last year's magazines that any one can havo by paying postage, I havo rheumatism and am kept at home and it would bo much moro trying if I did not have all I wont to read, so that I feel for thoso Who ore lss fortunate than L Mne. M, P. M," I am glad on my own account to have this remedy and I don't doubt it will servo as woll for the ordinary moth that attack woolens in warm weather. I trust thcro may be somo ono to accept tho writer's writ-er's kindly offer of magazines. They will bo welcome to somo Invalid or shut-in shut-in and I will supply tho address to any one sending a stamped and solf-dlrectcd envelope with her request. Formula for a Washing Fluid. " I trust tho following Is the washing fluid that ono of the readers as-ks forj Ono ball of potash, half an ounoo of oalta of tartar, half an ounco of carbonato of ammonia. Dlasolvo in ono gallon of warm v-watcr. v-watcr. Keop tightly corked and add one oup to a bollorf ul of water. B, S. W." ,& So far as my momory servon mo thia $2 prescription differs from the others that 5p have boen sent in for tho washing fluid asked for. I trust It may help other housekeepers house-keepers besides tho ono who first requested request-ed it and I am- grateful to B. S. 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