A SCHOLARLY 8UNPAY SERMON BY
DR. N. M'QEE WATERS.
Subject: Joy In Work.
I
' Brooklyn, N. Y In his series of
sermons on "The Choice of n Pro
fession," the Rev. Dr. N. McOee
Waters, pastor of the Tompkins Ave
nue Congregational Church, Sunday
preached on "How a Young Man
May Find Joy In His Work." Hh
aald In the course of his sermon:
The story of labor It a' checkered
one. It Is only, In our highest civiliza
tion that work is coming to Its ovyi.
In his savage state man It the lazy
animal. Indeed, It Is not natural
lor any animal to work, save as It
it driven to It by the whip of ncces
alty. This It the view of work wo
And embodied In the old Gonesls
story, where labor Is set down at a
punishment for Adam's sin, where
ha Is told, as he It driven from the
Harden, "Thou shalt eat thy bread- i
by the sweat of thy brow." This Is i
not only a very uninspired part of:
the Bible; but thla sentiment certifies
that it la a very old part.
How labor was despised received
Its most signal illustration from the I
life of Christ. You remember how j
over the multitudes who heard Him,
Ho cast a spell. All the people said
that no nan spake as He spake. The
loftiest spirits pressed about Him and !
asked Him if He were the Messiah..
Yet they scarcely could believe for' '
Joy. And what was the basis of their I
doubt? Their skepticism was all in I
that question of theirs, "Is not this j
the carpenter't son?" How could
a workman be the real Saviour? They '
marveled at Hit wisdom. They con- j
fessed that He spoke with authority.
They followed Him as sheep follow ;
a shepherd. But Hp w,as a carpen-
ter. and so the high and mighty set ;
Him down for a fraud. It waa be- 1
cause their eyes were holden that
they mistook the dignity of toll for I
a disgrace.
In some parts of the world that is
still true. But Increasingly the world !
Is coming to honor the toller, I
whether he works in a profession or j
a trade, and Is correspondingly com- '
ing to despise the Idler, whether he
be rich or poor. How much the
United States has done with Us
democracy to bring this about, and
with Its great men, almost all of
them coming from the cabin and the j
plow, we may never know. Certain
It is that Naw England was the first
country since the land of the ancient
Jews In which it was counted respec
table to earn one's living.
Little do we think, or have taken :
time to find out, how much our work
contributes to our happiness.
Work is a great character builder.
1 suppose most of us work In order
to eat. I suppose if we were gener
ally asked, we would say that the
first requirement we made of our
labor was that It should clothe us,
and feed us, and house us. That Is
the flrBt requirement and the lowest.
The second and greatest require
ment a man makes of his work, I
. V. . L V. . 1 i, . a . t
wiiniier in? nuuws u or nor, is inat
It shall make a man of him. Your
work must bring you bread, but no
less it must bring you culture. Some
how or other we are always pitying
the boy who is born poor, or the
young man who falls at college. It
Is a hardship and sometimes a pity.
There is one man, however, more un
fortunate thsn that young man. and
that Is the young fellow who Is born
In a silken nest and goes through col
lege in an automobile. There Is
nothing wrong about a silken nest,
and there Is nothing bad about an
automobile, except its trail. But you
cannot raise an eagle in eiderdown,
ahd It requires far more of a man
to amount to anything in college who
goes thraugh It In an automobile
lnstt-ml of -walking. We are so made
that we must have struggle. The
reason why rich men's sons rarely
amount to anything. Is because they
never develop their muscles. There
Is no teacher like work. It must
brlag him bread, but no less it must
bring hfm culture. "The Man With
the Hoc"- he needs not so much pity.
Moso.s was a herdsman; David was
n shepherd; Jesus was u carpenter:
Benjamin Franklin knew no college
h3 was a printer's devil; Robert
Burns knew no leisure he was a
plowman; Abraham Lincoln wore DO
soft raiment: but these are our stars
of the first magnitude. Even col
leges can give culture only through
work, and there are some things col
leges cannot teach. Literature and
history and the liberal arts are at
last the ornaments of life; even read
ing and writing and the rule of three
are all named the "conveniences of
life."
But these are fundamentals In
dustry, thrift, courage, honesty,
truth, faith, hope. love. Tfc9 are
the threads which.' woven together,
make the eternal life of mun. If you
have forgotten these, "though you
have tallied the whole world, you
have lost your own soul," and these
may be had for the receiving in every
work and calling open to men. When
you stand before a task, look for a
teacher. If it offer thee not wisdom,
desp'se Its wage.. if thy calling
yield t'-'r not culture, for mind and
heart, it Is but a coffin for thv better
nature. Demand of your life work
that It shall make a man out of you.
Work is a great influence giver.
And here we come upon another
blunder. It is not the kind of work
you do that gives you influence so
much. That is what the world
thinks. It It the way you do it.
Quality counts for more than kind.
It it true, of coune, that there are
some vo-atlont that in themselves
damn the worker. All labor that
makes merchandise out of men's
vices is of that tort. It Is true also
that certain kinds of work give more
consideration than others.
The minister, because he is a min
ister, occupies a larger place in the
community than the day laborer.
That is, he does if he mlniaters. His
great calling will not serve In Itself.
Many a laborer in many a village has'
been more the voice of God to that'
village than the parton has been.'
For, after all, the thing that counts'
In Influence It not mnn or posses
sions, It It a quality, a thing, an at
mosphere. It la personality So the
fineness of a man's work, or the
coarseness of it, It the thing by
which he Is at laat Judged In the
community.
There it a little town out in Mln
uetota called Rochetter. A few yeari
ago when I was there H only had a
few hundred people In It. It was
nice little, commonplace, prairie
town. It It not the cupltal of the
State; it It not the teat of the uni
versity; the penitentiary It not even
there; nor have they a church with
relic working in.ru. let. It It not
the heme of a United States Senator,
nor any politician. And yet It It the
Mecca of a. pilgrim boat. From every
State in the Union, from' acroat the
aea. from every capital and country
of civilization men are Journeying
to Rochester, Minnesota.
And those who are going nre the
scholars, the authorities, the mastorf
In surgery.
What takos them there? Simply
this: An old doctor by the name of
Mayo has been practising In that
little town for a generation. His two
sons, now in early maturity, practise
with their father. Tho fact It that
they have been doing such marvolout
thlngt with tho knife, and such tint
work as surgeons, that tho great mat
ters from Paris, Borlln and Vienna,
us well as thlt country, are singing
their praise, and go out to that little
town to tit at the feet of these men,
and pay homage to the superiority of
their work.
It It alwayt so. If you are re
membered at all It la by the things
you have - done well whether you
have raited a field of corn, sewed
a patch on an old garment, made a
pumpkin pie, or written a poem.
Work Is the great happlneat
brlnger. You all know what a game
of nine pint It. You tet up to many
pins, and you roll two ballt, and you
make a "strike" or a "spare," or else
you don't. The game It to knock
over as many pins as possible. Men
become very skillful In It and gain
a great deal of pleasure by doing It.
That Is the philosophy of all play.
It is the erection of artificial difficul
ties or barriers and learning to over
come them with ease and skill. That
nakes the exhilaration of tennis, and
baseball, and bowling and golf.
I am told, and I do not know any
thing about It myself, that therein
lies the mania for making money.
That Is a great game. Now, In
reality, work Is Just exactly the same
thing. The difficulties to be over
come are not artificial, to be sure,
but very real. But they are there,
and work Is the game of bridging
them over with skill and ease and
Joy.
In Its final analysis, for a healthy
man there Is no game In the world
so exciting and to exhilarating as
his work. I suppoae you long
suffering folk who sit In the pews
and are more or less at times tempt
ed to somnolence, have never real
ized that there was anything exciting
nbout the preaching business. And
vet I want to tay to you that I
know of no keener Joy than when
well and ready I take a theme and
look it through and analyze it, and
Illustrate It, and mark out the
points to be made In its illumina
tion, and then, sit down to write a
sermon. Your fingers will not fly
fast enough. If It turns out well
there Is a great exhilaration and
state of happiness and Joy. Making
a sermon 13 a great game.
Now the reason that there Is so
much happiness in work Is because
of this fact. All true work Is a man
exnresslng himself. We have gener
ally thought that work Is drudgery.
We want to think about work as ex
pressing a man's message. Stephen
son's engine Is 8tephenson'B thought
dressed up In steel; Tennyson's poem
is Tennyson's thought set down In
letters; Watts' "Hope" Is Watts'
heart hunger put on canvas; St.
Paul's Is Sir Christopher Wren's
praise to God put Into stone. Why,
then, shall not the house builder
make his house declare his thoughts?
Why shall not the blacksmith make
his hammer ami anvil express his
hope? Why shall not the farmer pub
lish his secret? Almost any man can
learn the technical part of any work
from enrpentry to poetry but no
man hath mastered a trade till it be
comes a language through which he
can express himself to all men. O,
the drudgery of life lies in tho fact
that we bend above our work like
dumb driven cattle with never a
secret of our heart told In our work.
And this shall be the Joy of our life,
that we make our vocation proclaim
to all the world the truth that Gel
hath put Into our hearts!
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
nrrrrNATTON.L lesson co
ME NTS FOR FEBRUARY 10.
MOTH LEAGUE LESSONS
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 16.
The Narrow Way.
Matt. 7:13, 14.
Narrowness Is Christ's idea of the
way of life, a straitened way, the way
of truth. For a moment pause and
ask: Could It be otherwise? It Is 11
o'clock, the orthodox regulator at the
watchmaker's points with exactness
to that hour. "Very narrow," exclaim
all the cheap timepieces of the neigh
borhood, and they persistently point
to all hours from 9.30 to midday, but
their boasted liberality Is only inex
actness, which Is another word for
untruth.
So orthodoxy In the harbor channel
marks with exactness each rock of
sunken hulk, and puts its danger sig
nals out. A liberal pilot might be
careless of these signals, but the pas
senger would prefer that the pilot
should be overcautious rather thau
too liberal. H. E. Partridge, Pomo
na, Tenn.
A Prayer.
Grant, we beseech Thee, O Lord,
the Giver and Guide of all reason,
hat we may always be mindful of the
I ature, of the dignity, and of the
privileges Thou hast honored us with,
tlrant us Thy favorable assistance In
the forming and directing our Judg
ment, and enlighten us with Thy
truth, that we may discern those
things which are really good, and,
having discovered them, may love
and cleave steadfastly to the same.
And, finally, disperse, we pray Thee,
those mists which darken the eyes of
our mind, so that we may have a per
fect understanding, and know both
God and man, and what to each Is
due. Slmpllclus (translated by
George Stanhope, Dean of Canter
bury, 1704 J .
Commit Yourself to God.
Grief for things past that cannot
be remedied and care for things to
come that cannot be prevented may
easily hurt, but can never benefit me.
1 will, therefore, commit myself to
God In both and enjoy the present.
Joseph Hal).
WHEN THIEVES BREAK IN.
One mldulght I watched the moon
disk pass behind the minaret of the
DJema-el-DaruJ (Mosque of the
Steps) at the corner and paint the
city in silver. On the other aide of
the Arbar-Arsat, far down the street,
I caught sight now and again of a
thief, as, rope in hand to lower him
self into the courts, he worked hit
way along the roof tops. Quick and
catlike his wiry figure dropped light
ly to a lower lever here or scaled a
height there, until he reached the
house acrots the street. 81ttlng mo
tionless, I watched him with Intereat.
Barefooted, he wore only a pair of
cotton trouaert, while a turban was
twisted about hit fez. The moon
light played over the muscles of hit
tupple body and glinted a tllver cres
cent from bit crooked Arab knife.
It was not until directly oppotlte that
he taw me. For a tecond he stood
motlonlett, then like a flash dropped
below the parapet of the house and
disappeared. C. W. Furlong, In
Harper',
SnbJert: 7US Urals the Nobleman's
Son. John l : 13-51 Golden Text.
John 4:50 Commit Verses 40,
50 ommrntary.
TIME December, A. D. 27.
PLACE. Cana.
KXPosiTio V. I, The Noble
man's Appeal to Jesus, 48-40. Jesut
had had a hearty welcome and re
sponsive hearing In Samaria (vt.
4-42). There had been a glorlout re
vival there, but His heart vearned for
His own people In Nazareth where Ho
hnd grown np, and He returned to
Galilee. It would have been of little I
use to go to them before He had es-
tabllshed a reputation elsewhere; for 1
"a prophet hath no honor In his own
country." Human nature Is so petty
It will not forgive a neighbor for tur- '
passing his fellows, until he has been I
well received eltewhere. But Jesus
had now demonstrated His power at
the Capital, and Ganlee will :iow
listen. Indeed Gallic? will be the
great scene of Ills victories The one
who came was a king's officer. Not a
likely person to come to Jesus, but
his deen need overcame his prejudice. 1
Thero is nothing like a sense of need
to drive mn to Jesur (Matt. 9:18;
15:22; 17:14, 15; Luke 7:2, 37. 3R).
Blessed are the afflictions that bring
us to Jesus. Many a man who has
had nothing but contempt for Christ I
and Christianity, has been found as a
suppliant at His feet when the hour
of trial has come. T!ie most effective
way to Induce men to overcome the j
obstacles that lie between them and
Jesus, Is to bring them to a recognl- j
tlon of those needs In themselves
which He alone can supply. This
nobleman's son was very sick, "at the
point of death." No human skill
could reach him, but there is noth- '
Ing too hard for the Lord (Gen. 1
18:14; Luke 8:49, 50). O'.'ten In our
own day does the Lord come In lth .
Ills healing when all earthly physl-
clans have failed. Indeed, man's ex- ,
tremlty is ever God's opportunity. !
And It Is not only extreme cases of j
sickness that can oe taken to Him,
but extreme cases of sin, as well (1 I
Tim. 1:15; Heb. 7:25). He can heal
not only those who are "at the point
of death." but those who are already ,
"dead" (Eph. 2:1). This man -amc
to Jesus because there was no one
else to whom he could go, no one else
who could help. For the same reason
men come to Jesus now (Jno. 6:68). I
If we would Induce men to come to I
Jesus, we must make clear to them
that thero Is no one elae who can
save (Acts 4:12). Jesus wishes us to
come to Him with all our troubles ,
(Matt. 11:2S; Ps. 50:15). There :
was no haste on Jesus' part In grant
ing the nobleman's request. The case
was. Indeed, ui'ent, but there was I
something more urgnnt than the heal- !
Ing of the nobleman's boy; that was
the development of the nobleman's
faith. He had a faith that rested
upon the sight of signs and wonders; I
Jesus would lead him out Into a faith
that rested upon His naked word
(comp. ch. 20:29; 1 Jno. 5:10, 11;
2 Pet. 1:17-19). When Jesus said,
"except ye see signs and wonder;, ye
will not believe," He was seemingly
contrasting the Jews with the Samar- j
Itans, who bolleved Him on simply !
hearing Him (vs. 29, 42). though
they saw no miracles nt all. The
Samaritans regarded Him and sought '
Him as n Saviour; the nobleman re
garded Him and sought Him as a .
Healer.
II. The Nobleman's Faith and Its
Reward, 50-54. At las: Jesus said:
"Go thy way, thy son llveth." Never
had that nobleman heard such sweet j
music. And Jcbus Is ready to say tho ,
Banie thing to many to-day whose
hearts are breaking over their sins, if
they will only seek Him as this noble-
man did. The man's faith rose to the
occasion. He "bellevod the word that
Jesus spake." That word did not
seem at nil probable. The sole ground
he had for faith was Jesus' word.
His son was miles away; the man
could see no change that had taken
place, but ho had Jesus' word and j
rested upon that. That was faltb.
He proved that "ho believed the word
that Jesus had spoken unto him," by
doing as Jesus hud bidden him, ho
went his way." He asked for no
sign; he no longer asked Jesus to
"come down;" he counted that It was
all done because Jesus said so. From
Cana to Capernaum he walked by
faith. Jesus often demands of us to
walk In the same way. He gives us
baro promise nothing else and de-
mands that we walk by that. That
Is enough. Happy Is the man who
counts It enough. The nobleman's I
faith proved to be well founded, j
Faith that rests upon the sure word
p Christ always proves to be well '
founded. Christ's words cannot fall
(Matt. 24:35). Everything had
turned out as Jesus Bald it would, and
everything will turn out every time
just as God says It will (Acts 27:25;
Josh. 23:14). The boy's improve
ment had begun at the moment Jesus
had spoken the word. "He spake and
it was done." "He sent His word and
healed him." Surely the one who
had such power was the Son of God
(comp. Ps. 33:8; 107:20). No won
der that It is written that the noble
man "himself believed and his whole
house." How could he do otherwlso
If he was an honest man? How ran
any honest man read what Is recorded
In the various chapters of John with
out being convinced that the stories
related ure true, and that the chief
actor in them, Jbbus, "It the Chrltt,
the Son of God?" The growth of tho
nobleman'e faith Is an Interesting and
BUggestlve atudy. In verse 47 we see
hlm believing In Jesus' power, In
verse 50 believing in Jesus' word, and
In verse 53 believing In Jesus Him
self. -
Worthless Mnn.
Two women seated together on a
Superior avonue car the other day
were telling their troubles to each
other, saya the Cleveland Plain Deal
er. "Well," says one In a tone of deep
disgust, "your husband can't be any
lazier than mine. He stays home all
day long and sleeps Jutt sleeps and
sleeps."
"I don't see how he manages to
tupport you at all." aympathlzed the
other woman. "Doesn't he ever
work?"
"Oh, yet," admitted the flrtt one.
"He worka, If you call it work. He't
a watchman at a factory, but all he
has to do there It Jutt tit around all
night with a lantern. Then he comet
home and Bleeps all day."
Turning Defeat Into Victory. Matt.
26. 36-46; Pta. 86.
You must be a Christian to under
stand thla theme. For the world It
full of trouble; moet people fall oft
encr than they Bticceed, are aad oft
ener than they are glad; have more
difficult tasks than simple ones; find
more temptations than helps. Defeat
is more common than victory, unless
you are a Christian.
What difference does being a Chris
tian make? All the difference In the
world. When you are on Ood's aide
and that Is what It meant to be a
Christian all things, temptation, loet,
sorrow, failure, work together for
good. You see, you have put your
self Into tho hands of the Governor
of the universe. His plans are your
plans, his purposes your purposes, his
will your will. And he Is nearer de
feated. There Is an old story of a man who
bore a charmed life. Whatever his
enemies did against him, he always
profited by It. All their plots turned
out in his favor, all their devices to
hurt him only helped him tho more.
And the story Is no myth. It Is the
tiutli of God. "When a man's wayt
please the Ixird, he mnketh even his
enemies to be at peace with him."
The truth which this theme enforces
Is proved at the very beginning of
the Christian life. Conversion Itself
Is a turning of defeat Into victory.
Before conversion is conviction, and
conviction Is a sense of sin, of guilt,
of failure, of defeat. But He who
conquered in the face of the seem
ing catastrophe of the cross rc
veals Himself as Saviour, Reconciler,
Friend, and sorrow is turned to glad
ness, and weeping becomes a song,
and the shadows of guilt flee away;
all things have become new, and vic
tory Is won at the moment when nil
seemed most hopeless.
And all the way through life this
first conquest may be should be
repeated. Just by holding on to the
Christ, depending on his power, livlug
tn his presence, following his lead
ings, doing his will that Is the way
to live the victory life and to turn all
seeming disaster Into complete and
glorious success.
FEBRUARY SIXTEENTH.
the
Ministerinn to Prisoners and
Poor. Matt. 25: 31-46.
A prisoner who craved ministry.
Philemon 1-13.
Chained in prison. Acts 12: 4-11.
A Prison Endeavorer. Gen. 40: 1-8.
Preaching to the poor. Luke 4:
16-22.
Not grudgingly. Deut. 15: 8 11.
A good example. Acts 9: 3C 43.
Christ's garments, taken from Him
on Calvary, are restored to Him when
we clothe the poor.
If Christ were in prison, how prlco
less an opportunity would be each
visitors' day! And He la.
"When saw we Thee?" we cry
There Is no blindness like the In
ability to see a Christian opportunity
We have eternal life or eternal
death In the doing or the refusing of
Christlike deeds.
Suggestions.
Successful Christian Endeavor so
oletles exist In about twenty state
prisons. Why not in all?
If there is no penitmtiary neat
you, where you may start a society,
there Is a Jail, where you may talk
with the Inmntos, and help them tc
an upright life when they leave.
Each Christian, as a part of hlf
Christian duty and privilege, shouU'
know well some poor family.
What Is your attitude toward the
poor? That is your attitude toward
Christ.
Illustrations.
Christian Endeavor may change the
Iron of imprisonment Into the gold ol
a Christian faith. There Is no trims
mutation like that.
A man who was freezing in the
snow found another loBt traveller, ai:d
In saving him, warmed and saved
himself.
The extra luxuries that make us
tick would keep all the poor well.
Look upon the next poor man you
meet, and say, "When Christ was on
earth, it was in such a lot as this."
A PATHETIC INCIDENT.
A wistful-faced little chap with a
crutch boarded a Fourteenth street
car the other day, accompanied by a
man, evidently his father. Smoulder
ing brown eyes illuminated tho little
face, made wizen by hours of pnln,
as he smiled up at tho tall man at
j his Bide, who, broad of shoulder and
I strong of face, smiled back encourag
I lngly. A troop of small boys noisily
1 Invaded tho car. Reckless In thelf
' good spirits, one of their number was
j roughly puEhed against a crutch,
; causing it to fall to the floor. The
j man's eyes blazed more with anguish
1 than with anger as he exclaimed
I harshly, "Be careful!" The Bturdy
! urchins, awed at what had occurred,
; subsided in seals opposite. The man
looked over their heads into space.
The child looked first at the boya,
then with questioning eyes back al
the man. "Father," he Ahlspered,
ar be llffhtlv touched his rImva
"would you love me better If I wai
like those boys?" The man gave a
startled glance across the aisle at
; I "those boys," Insolent In their per
! feet health and boyhood vigor, then
tightly grasping the hand nearest tc
him said: "No, son, I love you bettei
than all the world Jutt as you are.'
Washington Star.
NeW York City. Every MW a
iftt for a pretty blouse find iti
Place., No woman ever yet had a
sufficient supply and there la alwaye
room for the traditional "one more,"
Mere Is a very ehamrlng and novel
model that It adapted to tllk, to
flannel and washable material and
that la a bit mora dressy than the
severe tailored aort while at the
same time It It eminently practical
and serviceable, tn the Illustration
It la made bf the fashionable plaid
taffeta with frill of ribbon, and with
turn over portions of eellar hnd cuffs
of velvet. The frill, however, could
be either of the material or of silk
or of something still thinner and
more dainty while the turn-over por
tions would be pretty In any contrast
ing material, or of white lawn or
other dainty fabrics with scalloped
edges In lingerie style. The big but
tons make a feature and are always
effective, and tho waist is altogether
one certain to win approval. When
made of silk or flannel the lining la
often desirable but is not obligatory,
while Inexpensive wash fabrics are
always left unllned.
The waist la made with fronts and
Twn-tcmd Cloths,
1
Household Matters.
The two-toned oloth are new and
considered very iraart lor atreel
wear.
Hm.rklri Cstd Attain.
Smocking la greatly favored again,
and to be effective It muet be ft
dulsltely doto.' Many odd designs
are to be Men, aome of them Intri
cate and entirely unlike the coftven
tlonal design, which I the only one
known to many aa smocking,
- Watered Milk Detected. '--A
simple and effective test to de
termine whether waler Is preseut In
milk may be made with an ordinary
knitting needle, If tha needle Is bright
and well polished.
Dip the needle into the milk and
quickly withdraw It In an upright po
eltlon. According to Suburban Life.
If the milk contains only a small
quantity of water this will prevent
even a drop of milk adhering to the
needle.
Kmart Motor Coats.
A amart motor ooat worn by
young woman who Is her own chauf
feur was of dark red rubberised silk
with a deep flopping yoke In front
from which fall boi pleatt, Ther
was a high itorm collar and the ooat
was fattened with huge buttons and
loopi.
Ruffles on Skirts.
Last season we had a fashion ol
arranging ruffles on tho bottom of
tklrtt that were raited on the two
tides; now we are setting them on
high In the front, In a point, tome
reaching aa far as the knee, where
they gradually descend to the hem,
covering It In the back, Large drop
ornaments or handsome bowa Of rib
bon hold down the point In a pretty
way, The arrangement It a grace
ful one, but should only be -attempted
by a slight and tall girlish figure,
Break feet Jacket.
The need for a pretty, tasteful and
becoming breakfast Jacket always ex
ists, and each new one is therefore
certain of Its welcome. Here Is a very
charming model that la tucked after
a most satisfactory manner, that has
the roll-over collar which Is so com
fortable and the three-quarter sleeves
that are the best of all for garments
of the sort. In the Illustration It It
shown made of dotted challts and
held by a ribbon belt, but cashmere,
veiling, all similar light weight ma
terials, the pretty India silks and the
inexpensive wash fabrics that many
women like at all seasons of the year,
are appropriate.
Fact I
If wood fuel be green and refuse
to burn, fire may be started by pour
ing a pail of kerosene over the sticks.
Rosults, It Is said, are lnatftttt&.leous.
Collier's Weekly.
Herded Turkeys.
Turkeys raised on a dry farm,
herded like sheep In the hills where
they fed on grasshoppers and sage
brush, and banded together at night
without shelter, the same as a herder
bunches his sheep is the successful
manner In which A. M Howard raised
600 birds on bis ranch a few miles
up the Payette River this year.
He expects to realise $2000 from
them. Mr. Howard left Payette yes
terday for Seattle with 500 turkeys,
the fowls making a carload. He
drove them from his ranch to New
Plymouth, where he loaded them into
a car. A few of the gobblers were
dressed. They weighed thirty pounds
and Mr. Howard said the entire lot
wnnM average twenty pounds apiece.
I Payette Correspondence Seattle
Post-Intelllgencer.
back. Tho fronts are tucked to pro
vide becoming fulness and the backs
to give the tapering lines essential
to correct style. The sleeves are of
the regulation shirt waist sort with
Btralght cuffs and a stock collar fin
ishes the neck.
The quantity of material required
for the medium size 1b three and flve
elghth yards twenty-one or twenty
four, three and three-eighth yards
thirty-two or two yards forty-four
Inches wide with one-eighth yard of
velvet and one and one-eighth yards
of ribbon for the frill.
"Greek" Gowning.
Greek gowns are what the fashion
makers are seeking, and tew women
there are who can carry off tho
style. The models sent here from
foremost French houses, notably from
one famoua house, are styled "clas
sical," but the fact la they are mod
ern In every sense of the word. The
skirts have high waistbands on Em
pire lines, but are fitted aa closely
as they can be, and still al'ow for
any movement of Joints under them,
and this Is not Bmplre and neither
la it Greek; it la distinctly modern
French. Many of the skirts are un
trlmmed, but a large number of them
have tunica, which always have kMf
lines falling In with the scanty folds
of the skirt. The fashion Is for ultra
dreeaera, women wo can afftrd to
ear an expensive costume a few
times, and then abandon It, and thoy
must have perfect figures.
The Jacket Is made with fronts
and back. The back Is tacked fronj
tho neck to the waist lino and th
fronts to yoke depth only. Hemi
finish the front edges and the turn
over collar la attached to the neck.
The sleeves are of moderate and
graceful fulness and are finished wltb
turn-over cuffs.
The quantity of material required
for the medium alte la three and seven-eighth
yards twenty-one or twenty-four,
three and one-quarter yards
thirty-two or two and one-half yardt
forty-tour lnobes wide.
TnMecloth.
fn selecting tablecloths remember
that the heavier damask not only
wears longer than lighter fabrics, but
does not crease or rumple so easily.
It also hangs In better lines and If
moro easily laundered.
The first expense, therefore,
should not be considered. It Is better
to get a good quality, even If one
must economize In something else.
In buying table linen, watch the
sales; that Is, If you are a good Judge
of materials, otherwise deal only
with some one you know and whoso
Judgment you can trust. New Haven
Register.
Cross Stitch Revived.
Cross stitch en relief, of German
origin, waa very populnr at the be
ginning of the last csutiiry, and Is
now once more in requisition for ap
pliques. It is not quite so durable
as work done entirely on canvas.
The material used for the founda
tion has to be framed as tight as pos
sible, the right side Uppermost. On
this, right in the centre, and quite
smooth, Is laid tho canvas of a size
corresponding to that of the device
to be worked, and with due attention
to having the nap of the cloth going
downward, chiefly in the case of bou
quets of flowers. It Is also Important
while working not to split the
threads of the canvas, a mistake
which would prevent them drawing,
and thus spoil the appearance of the
stitches. When the cross stitch is
finished the canvas has to be cut
and its clipped threads drawn out
first In one way and then In the
her. New Haven Register.
How to Waah Mirrors.
Some persons have a difficulty in
keeping mirrors In proper condition,
but a soft rag dipped in alcohol and
wiped over the glass, that Is after
ward rubbed dry, Is all that is neces
sary when the mirror appears dim or
spotted.
For this purpose cheese cloth if
best.
When spots appear at the back of
the mirror on tho quicksilver It la
generally for tho reason that the
glass is hung where a atrong sun
light can rest upon It. At first tiny
spots no larger than pin points mako
their appearance, then they spread,
become larger and flr.lly meet in a
cloudy effect which cannot be reme
died except by a repetition of the
quicksilvering process.
Damp walls are another :3urca of
damage to mirrors, for they too de
stroy the quicksilver.
Frames can be kept tn good condi
tion by wiping often and with a soft
rag. If the frame is a good quality
of gliding. It may be washed with
soap and water when necessary, hut
the cheaper, ordinary gilt frames!
should never be touched with water.
When they begin to blacken a rag
m6tstened lightly with turpentine
will usually restore the gilding.
New York Telegram.
Peach Shortcake. Drain the
peachea and slice them as thjugh
fresh : make a two-layer cake, put the
peaches in and top; serve with cream.
Peach Melba. Simmer the peaches
in thick syrup; drain them and ar
range on plates. Make a quart of
vanilla Ice cream; heap each peach
full and top with a candled cherry,
or stand each peach first on a round
of stale sponge cake.
Baked Heart. Wash, but do not
soak, stuff as though It were a chick
en, tie a buttered paper over It to
keep the stuffing in place. Sprinkle
with salt and pepper. Put Into a bak
ing dish with hot water; bake about
two hours, batting often. When done
thicken the gravy in the pan, season
it, and pour over the heart Gar.
nish with onons, first boiled, then
browned In the oven.
Pineapple Salad. Take one large
pineapple, cut out Inside In small
pieces, being careful not to break
the shell; one bald win apple cut In
small pieces, a dozen and a half of
seeded green grapes, three-fourths
cup of mayonnaise dressing; mix all
together and put back in pineapple
shell; serve on lettuce leaves and
garnish with cream cheeae balls the
size Of a marble.
Sugar . Cookies. Three eggs well
beaten, two cups sugar, one cup of
butter (or lard), then cream the but
ter and augar together; ode-half cup
milk, one large teaspoonful soda, two
large teaspoonfuls cream tartar, one
halt teaspoonful salt; alft soda and
cream tartar with flour, add flour
right for rolling, flavor with nut
meg. Currants or shredded cocoa
nut can be added It desired.
Veal with Mushrooms. Two
pounds veal, two tableapoonfuls but
ter, one pint cream, three tablespoon
flour, one can of mushrooms, salt end
pepper. Boll veal; when cold cut la
large dice. Let cream get boiling
hot, pour over butter and flour Which'
has been creumod together; almost'
all the liquor from the mushrooms,
mix thla Into the veal and mushrooms,
put In baking dish, cover With bread
crumbs, toasted and bake one-halt
hour.