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the eye?
Sketch.
Considering the hard times, Madam
Chairman, 1 move that the society
study aoconomy in entertain.
ments the coming winter The
Ladies’ Aid is about to give a church
sociable the first of the season. |
suppose there will be others later on;
we have always had refreshments,
and shomid we dispense with them
altogether 1 am afraid we would have
a lot of empty benches.”
The speaker paused,
around the circle of matrons,
served expectation in their faces and
went firmly on.
“1 won't make motion,”
added, “at least not But
the permiscion of the Chair, can
not disemss this practical matter
this meeting? In view of the
of eggs and butter, of sugar and spice,
of flour snd milk and everything else
that goes into cake, can we afford to
gerve rich cakes at our receptions?
Shall we not decide to offer our
friends oneegg cake and omit strong
coffee? Weak coffee is better for the
nerves anyway.”
*One-egg cake is very plain and
the men will stay away if we give
them poor coffee, Can we not have
the same grade of cake as formerly
and make the coffee after the same
recipe, for economy's sake cutting the
cake thinner and pouring the coffee
into smaller cups?’ This was the
suggestion of a woman who had long
been a social engineer in church mat-
a she
vost
at
price
as suitable refreshments in a hard
times year, and whose will and influ
ence usually paramount in the
counsels of the sisterhood, was a
woman of large wealth and an income
so safely bestowed by the forethough
of her deceased father and sagac-
ity of her husband, that she ought
always to have been distinguished bY
an open hand, yet this year
years she had set an example of scant
expenditure all along line She
had been in the habit of keeping
three malds; had gmissed two
and was managing her home with a
She had
ar and was proudly
year's bonnet.
whose proposition one-eEx
cake and weak coffee bad been
thrown as a projectile into the quiet
camp of Lire Ladies’ Ald. What they
would have about had a
tion been made and the question put
to vote, nobody can tell, but as Mrs.
Arkright ‘took her seat a modest little
at the other of the room
addressed the Chair, as
everybody has learned to do by this
and then in a low but distinct
declared that one dis.
were
all
of all
the
shi di
domestic bought no
this y¢
her
new
gowns
wearing last She
Is i;
was of
done it mo
lady side
rose She
time,
voice for she
she said, "and
will be com
begin in the
economize.”
probably the majority
pelled to, let us not
church. Suppose we begin at home
The children will thrive and flourish
on bread and molasses, and we may,
we must
ur
fhe little lady had finished thes
speech and resumed hér place at the
back of the room, Others followed
her and the question was tossed back
and forth like a ball from hand to
hand. Finally, the decision
was that where sacrifices
made they
must be
as affluent of good cheer, as overfiow-
ing of bounty, as ever before.
egg cake was not to be accepted as
“pitality.
To one listener it seemed as if the
Ladies’ Ald had been guided to the
wisest conclusion. Retrenchment ls
often advisable, and superfluities may
be cut off, but hard times are made
do otherwise reduce thelr expenses
simply because the spirit of economy
is in the air. Economy in its root
meaning signifies government and suc
cessful management, not merely the
reduction to the minimum of every
cent expended. The woman who in
lavigh times runs her house on lavish
lines, should not be suddeniy meagre
because hor neighbors have to be, her
own exchequer having suffered no re
durtion. It is no credit to her to weal
old clothes afford new
thus revenues ol
when she can
ones, Ihmiting the
the dressmaker and the milliner, not
to set her servants adrift while she
can as well as ever before keep them
and pay them whe
begin their economy, 80 to speak, at
the church door, curtailing their do
taking sittings instead of a
and halving thelr contributions
instead of doubling them, almost
tempt Providence by an attitude full
of the Divine goodness. —
Herald
WAReS, People
nations,
pew
insult to
The Christian
A THANKSGIVING.
“Ss many gifts to thank Him for,
I said
“His life and His arising from the
dead.
das
me,
And, best
be,
fair
The of sun and calm ace
of all, the hope
So and smooth the way
have come,
I fain thank Him, but
are dumb.”
would
\ fom all at once the outdoor stillness
broke,
childish
spoke;
I saw November snowflakes
shine,
A voice beneath my window
flash and
i wan face upturned to
mine,
rest,
The Ladies’ Aid Society of Centre
ville had for years done much of the
selfdenying work that is. part of the
province of women in most of our
churches. When the church needed a
new carpet or cushions or renovation
inside or out, when a floating debt
was to be raised or a mortgage de
creased, the women went to work
with a will, bad fairs and bazaars,
suppers and concerts, and in one way
or another managed to augment the
treasury by goodly sums of money.
Centreville was famous for notable
housekeepers and good home cooking,
but when the periodical return of
hard times swept the land over like a
chilling frost, the need of frugality
sternly impressed on the poor man
closed down with iron hold on the
consciences and impulses of the rioh
er neighbor who just then should
have been spending instead of saving
Mrs, Foster Arkright, who had pro
uly
«From the New York Mai.
{Beprodunced From an Old and Rare Print. )
bill of fare; but when we are making
an offering in the Lord's cause, don't
let us set a fashion of being close:
fisted and mean. I, for one, would
greatly prefer serving no refresh.
ments at our sociable to serving poor
ones, nor do I believe in cutting the
slices too thin or in using the smaller
cups. Think of the young men and
young women whose only experience
of church hospitality is at our recep
tions. Some of them are Away from
home. Most of them are working very
bard all the week. On Sunday they
come to tHe church and the Christian
Endeavor and meet sympathy and fel
lowship, and are invited on Wednes-
day evening to come to the church
home and have a happy time. Part
of this happy time culminates in the
breaking of bread together, I think
the bread and the cake and whatever
‘we give, let the times be what they
may outside the church, should be of
the finest of the wheat and the cholo
est of flavoring.”
- Loman
——" ————————— A
my breast;
is.<of such.”
much
As thou hast
to be
Loss sad and wayworn thou hast glad
dened Me!”
The evening shades grew long and
deepened, but
{ held her fast and sung her eyelids
shut,
Within my arms she nestled close
and warm,
And as 1 closer clasped her sleeping
form
1 know the little child of God be.
came
The thankful prayer my lips had
EMBROIDERED GIFTS.
Some towels that are being
in one corner,
embroddered table linen received by
friend inconspicuously placed.
York Bun.
REMOVING STAINS
It is not generally known. but
oxide of hydrogen invaluable
removing perspiration stains from
white =atin coat linings, but
great care mmuet be taken that it does
not touch the cloth part. No rim is
feft when dry to show that anvthing
hag been used, and there
no after odor. This same fluid is also
invaluable remove the discolora
tion that linen leave on the
neck, and it irritate the
skin Baltimore
per
is
sleeve
is absolutely
to
collars
does not
Star
™ LAUNDBER MOHAIR
You can launder shepherd's plaid
mohair, If you like, and ‘without hurt.
ing it In the least. There only
two little tricks of the trade to be
mastered. The first lies in the qual
ity of the sogp, and the second in the
heating of the iron. Get some white
soap of a good quality; It contains
borax, which is cleansing, and which
adds orispness to woolen materials,
and it will not fade the colors
When {roning a
heat is required; irons
they may
gabric, will rot it, so that it
or crock on the first wearing.-
ton Herald. ~
are
even
while
the
mohalr
hot
ar
very
scorch
will split
Bos
nat anne ts
not apy to
¢
YOUR TABLE LINEN
The careful keeping of table linen
will mean more toward perfect
table than perhaps the
linen itself. The most exquisite
linen better th
poorest guality
A
a
quality of the
table
in the
inio a
will look no
if it Le thrown
il drawer or closet
pair
100 sms
of tablecloths will go
flat
on a
than a
st a
qriher {if
sd r. betler
pastboard
dozen [ilkept ones,
All centerpleces it
should be spread fiat in a full
box or a linen-covered portfolio
portfolio is a reliable addition to the
dining room or pantry, and it may
be made at home by covering tw
pieces of pasteboard with tan-colored
linen or crash, hinging them together
with coarse linen thread or with
parrow ribbon strips an inch in
length. so that the portfolio will hold
more flat linen pieces This, when
filled. is tied together with ribbons
and kept in a napkin drawer, where
even the sudden rush for napkins can
no longer wrinkle embroidered
linens —Neéw York
4 well
ed
roller
they are kej
still re
or wooden
not rolled,
sized
The
tha
Proeas
™ KEEP
This week's bulletin of
ment of health gives much useful ad
vice to mothers and ders
generally regarding the best methods
of keeping milk pure. The director
writes: :
“Cleanliness and cold are necessary
in the preservation of wholesome
milk. Germs, entering milk
dirty vessels and the air of the room
are increased but slowly the
milk is under a temperature 48
degrees Tahrenhelt, but increases
with great rapidity when the milk Is
warm
“Do not allow the bottle or pitcher
containing the milk to remain fo
hours upon the front door step before
it is taken into the house
“Those not owning refrigerators
can easily improvise one for a few
cents by taking a small packing box
putting two inches of sawdust upon
MILK
the depart
to househ
from
when
of
tin can sufficiently large to hold the
milk bottle or pitcher, around which
sawdust is parked to the top. Pack
jee around milk vessel and cover the
box with a wooden top
“Take from your milk receptacle
only enough milk for one feeding of
the baby. Never pour back into this
vessel milk left over from the feed
“All utensils In
ward to dry.
a oan open much of the time. "Phil
RECIPES.
Hot Milk Sponge Cake—Place upon
oup sugar, stir in 1 cup flour, 1 tea
spoon of baking powder, then add ho!
milk and butter, 1 teaspoon of vanilla
Peat thoroughly. This makes a fine
grained cake and is Inexpensive.
Potato Salad—One medium sized
Bermuda or silver onlon, chopped
very fine; five or six potatoes cut inte
dice, three hard bolled eggs. Cho
two of the eggs and mix well with
the onion and potato, Mix into this
salad dressing (mayonnaise). Line 2
platter with crisp lettuce leaves. Pu!
salad on this. Dip on a little dress
ing and slice the third egg on top.
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WHY HE DIDN'T RUN
“Nobility binds to noble conduet.'
says the old French proverb, Noblesse:
oblige. “My boy,”
and Colonel
when
answered Senatos
Baker, at Ball's Bluff
called upon to obey his ow:
order and lie down upon the ground
“my boy, a United
States can't afford to lle down in the
presence of the enemy!” He was sho
a moment later. A writer in the Chi
cago Times-Herald reports how Lien
tenant Guy Preston saved his men a
the fight at Wounded Knee, by think
ing of the sent the it
proverb.
Senator of the
ine
nt of
the
line before idians fired,’
said the narrator. “We were all look
ing for trouble of some kind, but §
was the unexpected that happened.
“The Indians around
with their blankets about them, and
their moccasined polating toe
in, as usual, when the signal wa
given by one of them, and in an in
stant every buck threw away hi
blanket, and there he stood revealed
with a gun in his hands
“And they fired. They had ever;
advantage of the soldiers, even with
out counting the surprise And o
course we ran. It was only a shor
distance, in any case-—till some sor
of cover could be secured.
“But Preston, looking back ove
his shoulder to see if the Indians wers
following—or for whatever purpos
oue looks back at a dargerous foe
saw a strap on his shoulder, and ex
perienced a shock
“It occurred to him at (he instan
that he was running away with the
insignia of rank which his Govern
ment had conferred upon him: tha
he was in a way a representative of i
great Nation, and that he ought no
to run
“And right there he stopped, ant
didn’t run any farther. Of course
there was no well-defined object it
his stopping, but when the rest of the
men saw him standing there withouw
cover and returning the fire of the
bucks, they turned back, and in 8%:
minutes it was all over and the In
diane were beaten.
“It could have been nothing chor
of a slaughter if Preston had gone
were thers
’
feet,
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till the top of the hill was reached
would have had a nice time picking
off soldiers——their favorite occupation
Preston's queer idea of his duty nt
doubt saved us many men.”
Mr. Preston wears a medal thai
testifies to his courage.
LOST AT BEA.
An illustration of life on the huge
ocean-going ships is given in the fol-
lowing story from a Philadelphia ex-
change:
On one of the voyages of a great
steamship from Hambmg to New
York, a little seven-year-old immi-
grant boy was lost for three days. He
left his mother and started ih quest
of adventure about the big ship, but
upon growing tired was unable to
find his way back to her. Instead of
asking some one where to go, or tell.
ing that he was lost, the young tru
ant decided (to continue his explora
tions indefinitely.
When found, he was sleeping in an
empty coal box down among the en
gines, One of the crew took him to
the captain, who detailed two stew-
arda to search for his mother.
They found her with some dificul.
‘ty, and discovered that she, too, had
been lost, She had started out to
look for her son afd had not been
fable to get back to her own part of
ithe ship again.
wisi A GSAT PSR HR A 550
atti
: The Plain Facts.
ne appear to have
dence in your husband.” avery senth
“Well, he Is very truthful. For in.
stance, he sent word that
he was detained downtown." .
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