. m BWBl I III III IMIIIUI - ' . , .,....rrr''7 Mrs. ISclmont, Suffragette. The Rev. Anna Shaw, National President of the Woman Suffrage Al liance, has returned from London. Mrs. Shaw has been In London at tending the International Suffragist Congress. While there she was the guest of the Duchess of Marlborough and spent some time with Mrs. O. II. P. Belmont. She Is the authority for the statement that Mrs. Belmont on her return to America will take an ac tive part In the campaign to give wo men the right of suffrage. From Collier's. Julia Ward Howe nt Ninety. Surrounded by her children and grandchildren, Mrs. Julia Ward Howe celebrated her ninetieth birthday In her Beacon street home, Boston. De spite her advanced age the famous writer is In full possession of her faculties and mental keenness, and still manifests great Interest in all the great public questions of the day. The feebleness of age, however, ren dered It Imperative that Mrs. Howe forego a public observance of her an niversary. She held, however, a re ception for her Intimate friends. As sisting Mrs. Howe were her four liv ing children, Mrs. Maud Howe Elli ott, who came all the way from Mes sina, Sicily, to attend the celebration; Mrs. Laura E. Richards, Mrs. D. P. Hall and Professor II. M. Howe, of Columbia University. F776 Independence; Dayi-19Q9 A Contrast ft n W.., I, BY DAVID HUNTER. What at amazing difference there Is between our home Independence Day celebrations this year and that never to bo forgotten day 133 years ago. Now we are comfortable, at peace with the world, with no danger of a foreign soldiery driving us from home and destroying all we have. Those who, waiting In their homes July 4, 1776, heard the triumphant boom of Independence Bell, knew the signal of approaching homelessness and privation for many of them was sounding. They had comfortable homes in what many persons were pleased to call "the struggling colo nies," just as comfortable to their occupants as ours are to us. It was harder to make a home then than now, and to be obliged to give one up was, therefore, the greater sac rifice. From the very beginning of things In these United States the home has been the bulwark of the Nation. Oth er things havo been called by that name, but the home is really the bul wark that has kept overwhelming waves of dlsnster from coming aboard the good Ship of State. His torians only tell of formal actions and Incidents, and other matters connect ing them. If, however, we lift the curtain and look at the many facts all unwittingly hidden, then we be gin to appreciate the American home, to understand why it Is an integral feature of Independence Day. I fancy that when a celebrant had manfully made his way through the courses of an old-fashioned Inde pendence Day dinner, ho felt It was most fortunate the event was annual. When 1812 came we celebrated In dependence Day by taking up cudgels against the British again and soon after sinking six of the enemy's ves sels without loss to ourselves. There was nothing secert about this celebra tion, for the mythological eagle's wings had grown, and his scream was heard throughout the civilized world. When peace was declared, or rather as late as 1818, the Nation really be gan to celebrate its birthday in some thing the same fashion as to-day, al though the methods have altered with conditions. All this time the Stars and Stripes had played a growing part In Inde pendence Day events. They were first hoisted in the form of a flag made of scraps of a blue jacket, a whito shirt and red flannel, during the siege of the American garrison of Fort Stanwix, afterward Rome, New York, August 6, 1777. The first dis play meant that the flag designed by General Washington and made by Mrs. Betsy Ross In her little Philadel phia home signalized the humbling of one great nation and the birth of another destined to become great. Nowadays, the display means that eighty millions of people "ejolce at the marvelous results of ihe action were Just being established, although i bitterly opposed. j Country homes of that day were often large and handsome houses, as many of them still standing, such as Longfellow's homo at Cambridge, I Mass., nnd tho Jumel mansion In New I York City, show. These were built j of wood with very solid frnmes, Farmers usually lived In smaller j homes, often with only a single floor i and a garret. In the centre rose an Immense brick chimney, containing a huge oven. Indeed, the most pleas- j ant room of the home of this descrip. tion was the kitchen, with Its huge fireplace, swinging crano and high backed settle, Its bunches of herbs, of apples and of onions hanging from the ceiling, the corner cupboard bright with pewter mugs and dishes, and a cosy table to which buckwheat cakes might be handsd from the grid dle without opportunity to cool. Here was served the midday dinner of salt pork, beef or fish, with pota toes and brown bread. Of the fine and healthful vegetables now ro com mon the old-time homo knew little. It was from homes such as those described that the founders of th Nation went forth to war. When Washington was asked the rock on which he considered his splendid career founded, ho answered, simply, "My mother's teachings." Hundreds of other mothers in later days, al Mrs. Knox in Striking Gown, Mrs. Philander C. Knox wore one of the most striking costumes seen during the season at the dinner in Washington, D. C, to the Latin Amerlcnn contingent of the Diplo matic Corps. It was of French lace over gold colored satin, and the de signs of the lace were almost com pletely covered with tiny gold beads real gold at that one of the latest and most expensive of Paris fads. The gown is princess, with long, straight lines in front and somi-flt-ting In the back. With a necklace of antique gold and a chaplet of gold hair and ghastly pallor no one would blame a girl for touching up her face to prevent a sickly look. If one's liver refuses to act and sudden sallow. nos3 confronts one for an Important function, what harm Is there in bring ing art to the rescue? The thing is It must be art, art so high that it seems nature. Tho rea son rouging has fallen Into discredit Is because it Is generally badly done. Many women show as much discrim ination In painting their cheeks as if they were doing a Mn roof. They use cheap rouges, have no knowledge of anatomy, or light and shade, nnd never think of toning down edges with cotton or n clunh of powder. Art fully understood Is never In bad taste if it hi comes a necessity. But that Is quite different from girls with the freshnes.' of youth blonding their hair and rouging until they would be shocked at the Impression tlicy create. All women, girls especially, should try diet, exercise and regular living as beauty makers b.-foro resorting to more questionable means. The flush of health and the bright eyes nnd clear skin that follow an nctlve life full of wholesome Interests are much more charming than any rouge, kohl or peroxide, however artistically ap plied. New York Press. A Craze For Scurfs. There is no gainsaying the popular ity of the scarf. With both day and evening costumes It is a prominent feature, and there are many new de tails of Its use which poir.t to an even more extended vogue. In the first, place these Is great variety. Scarfs are now shown In many different materials in nets, embroidered and plain. In chiffon, crepe, satin, cashmere do sole and lace. They are braided, embroidered, beaded, spangled, printed in design and ornamented with hammered metal work. Not only do they show Increasing length and ornamentation, but in- as . OS rs. OS E . u C3 el- 2 Steak on Casserole. One pound of round steak (or more, if family is large) cut up Into pieces for serving, salted, peppered and rolled in flour. Lay the pieces in an earthen baking dish or casserole and sprinkle lightly with flour between the layers. Peel four Binall onions or two large ones and stick eight to ten cloves In them, dividing them up about evenly. Cover with cold water or just warm and bake two hours. The meat will bo cooked so tender that It can be pulled apart by a fork and the flour will mako a gravy, so that when the meat Is done the gravy Is ready to serve also. The baking dish must bo tightly covered. leaves lncrusted with diamonds, the wife of the Secretary of State pre sented as regal a figure as one might see at the court of St. James. One distinctive feature of the gown was a wide embroidered sash of the lace .1 T To . , 1 ! covered Batln, which began in a tiny though perhaps not bo openly herald- j . . . . . . . . ii . . n t ..,.,, , i nil ill tit l ii o nmoi uii cauu diuc i l 1 1 1 1. If Tjj'V IIHIM'l-lliL.i. In TIUs Mansion at Cambridge, Mass., Washington Spent July 4, i; and Nine Months Afterward. It Was One of the Most lleau tlful Homes of Colonial Days. ro. The very first name signed to the ueclarattoa of Independence, which gave Independence Day lui name, was home-loving John Hancock, whom e English tried to have sent to England to be tried for allegod treason. The people who knew him o well in Massachusetts counto nanced nothing of the sort "All you lave to do," they said. "Is to vUIt "ie Governor's home to find out what J flne man he Is." In one of his ad dresses Governor Hancock declared we coloniHts were "not only fighting or their liberty, but for their very nomes." This great American, whose name- Is to-day a synonym for a fine, cold signature, had no hesitation In giving the home the prominence It aeserved In the contest that resulted 'n American Independence. It Is a great pity the Massachusetts Legisla ture refused to purchase the old Han cock home on Beacon Hill, In Boston, "a that Its destruction followed such refusal. b?a 1783 came and with It the v.., lhe wer tn Por' feebI Uttle nation hurrahed with all the strength naa, Bnd celebrated the next In dependence Day with Just as much pomp and ati,factloa as formerly aiy. "'" the n"lltla "training hV t'u 9 Ju,lt " wel1 10 remember, .oMi W,y' tbat tbe Processions of oidier. we sometime. e, July 4 are ill utgrowt ot those same train wa. ?y' .When the Colonial militia dm tne author of Yankee Doodle had la mnd when he wrote: "An' thara wu C.onVI v..i,i With Gentlefolk, .but him. ' Hy MTi ,rn' proud He will not rida without Thi unai thara mi., v.- ... . tlnn. i ,Z ceieDra tool PleDty ""ynere. but they Thankigtvlng, for there were dinners lii,,,! th8 oM colonl' thought de ini 1 ' lthouK their food capacity !!,T f lKe,av Per. must have ex celled our. pf to-d.r by con.lder.bjet of the little company that met In In dependence Hall, Just 133 years ago. Great changes have taken place, while all the events noted were hap pening, In the American home. These may be largely attributed to altered methods of living. While from the firBt settlement up to 1800 there was a considerable difference, It Is since 1800 that the homes nave changed most. At that time there were no largB cities. Philadelphia had a popula tion of 42,000. Next came New York with 33,000. Then Boston with 18, OOOj and Baltimore with 13,000. The places named had not lost a rural appearance. In Boston, for example, the streets were 'un paved, and the sidewalk, unflagged. The better houses were usually built of brick, with little flower gardens la front, or lawns dotted with shrubbery. Fur nlture, silver and china were mostly Imported from England, although we bore .mall love for tbe mother coun try. There wa. no heating by Turnace. or .team pipes, but there were large fireplace, with bras, andiron, holding .tout log. of wood. A tall clock us ually stood in the corner, and fairly good pictures, Including portrait, by Copley and hlstorlo scene, by Trum bull, hung upon the walls. Ot book, there were very few by American author. Milton and Bunyan, Pope and Young, the Spectator, the Letter, of Junius and Rollln's Ancient His tory were the book, most often seen lying about. Most everyone dressed exactly a. did the men and women of England, If they sought to be fashionable, a fashion tbat has cot altogether died out in some American home, ot to day. Social lite consisted largely in dinner, and tea. and churcbgolng. Instead of the modern piano there were spinet, and harpsichord. small Instrument, something like a piano, wiia mm maiauuj tooee. successes among men upon whom the cares of State and Nation have rested. The modern home has much mora In tho way of comfort, as wo under- j stand tho word. Sometimes it is said t that the increase In comfort has 1 threatened our strength as a Nation, ! and that the splendid achievements of the men of earlier generations were tho result of tho sterner life that was theirs. j If thre Is any one who cherishes such a believe, it will bo well for him . to observe closely vh.tt happens In- dependence Day, to read some of the addresses, to watch the vigor with which Young America celebrates, to note the power and strength visible on every hand, to look on tho men whom we call representative, and then compare them with those who have been held up to us as models ' of physical and intellectual vigor. If tho American home of the present needs vindication Independence Day ! events furnish It. ; There Is no more striking contrast ; than between Independence Day, i 1909, and that melancholy July 4, 178-1, when It seemed as If Instead! of remaining a united and friendly 1 people, 'he American Nation was like-1 ly to resolve Itself Into thirteen hos-1 tile nations. Fortunately common ' Aenso prevailed, and the scheme ol government upoi. which the Nation's career was modeled came into being. strip front panel and gradually widened until it was a full half yard above the hem. A deep fringe of gold reached Just to the hem. New York Press, Xewcst Umbrellas. The correct size for women this . season is twenty-six Inches. i Colors are fashionable, and dark i red, dark green, taupe and odd look ing grays are the most popular. To have a harmony, or an Interest ing contrast, with tho gown, dull looking old rose and catawba shades may be had, with long handles deco rated in gold, silver nnd Ivory. Long, slender handles of silver aro creasing width also, Bays the Dry Goods Economist, some of them being so wide as to assume almost the form of a mantle. With day dress the scarf often matches the hat, and with evening costume may bo ot the same material as the dress. Both these points nro distinctly new and are indicative of a far reaching vogue. Scrafs which match the dresses are made of chiffon, satin and cash- : mere do solo. A notable instance of i matching scarf with evening costume ; was seen In a debutante's toilet cf pale blue chiffon, with woven border ! of broad satin stripes. Tills border formed tho trimming, and the wra-i or scarf was formed of a full wliKi of the chiffon, Bhowing the bonier on each bldo draped In bedouin styN and worn carelessly over the shoul ders throughout the evening. Many cf the new scarfs are frin--' trlmm-'d. Very beautiful are thn-e made of the coarse mesh nets of b.j.'.i silk and metal .trimmed with heavy Tbe Edibility of Moid. The fart that some prefer cheese or ham that has developed more or less mold, while they would Instantly reject moldy bread, lends the London Lancet to nsk why guch a distinction Is made. The writer thinks that dry mold is harmless, while moist mold may be poisonous. Certainly custom nnd an acquired taste are factors. Moldy cheese, however, relished by epicures, U not universally in favor, and moldy ham, which is placed in the same category by the Lancet, is not highly regarded in this country. We quote from the article as follows: "It Is a little difficult to understand In what way the human Instinct is guided In regard to deciding when molds on foods are objectionable and when they are acceptable. It is cer tain at any rate that the same mold Is both relished and objected to, ac cording to the particular food on which It flourishes. No one eats for choice moldy jam or moldy -strawberry nr blser.lt. and yet the same mold growing on a cheese or a ham may be appreciated. If, again, tho same mold were found on beef or mutton, the meat would probably be regarded as unlit for food. In some Instances, notably certain hams and cheeses, the mold Is cultivat"d to give these respective articles of food a rlpn appearance and flavor, and when they attain this condition they as a rule Increase In value. "It is well Known, however, that the digestibility and palatability of not a few foods Increase as they 'ripen.' We have already mentioned the Instances of cheese and ham, and there are further Instances of 'hung' mutton nnd venison and game. By ripening we de not mean a stute bor dering on actual putrefaction, when l such foods are described as 'high.' j but a seasoned condition, when the I food becomes tender, digestible and ; appetizing. At this period mold may be found, especially if the seasoning process has been allowed to d' Velnp in a damp place. It seems as though . foods which are palatable only if eaten comparatively fresh may act i polsonously on the system when ! moldy, and conversely it would np , pear that those foods which are cat ' en dried or cured, or which can be kept In a more or less dried state are undamaged by mold. Cheese, after j all, is more or less tho dried nitroge- nous portion of milk; 'hung' mutton j la muttor that is exposed for some I time to a current of air, so that, at any rate, Its surface Is dry; of hams tho same thing may be said. In the opposite category would be placed the moldy fruit or jam, which are, of course, moist, or the biscuit which has been lying in a moist place, for neither a biscut nor flour would go moldy It kept dry. The reason partly why some like mold In Stilton cheese, while all resent tho same mold in a strawberry, depends probably upon this question of moisture. The guid ing principle appears to be as far, at any rate, as the palate goes that anything which Is moldy must not be wet. This rounrlusion still leaves open the point as to whether mold oe. currlng on food, whether wet or dry, may not be dangerous, having reran! to the relations which have appeared to exist beiwr-cn low organisms and f HOUSEHOLD MATTERS. Cake rilling. For nut cake filling, scald a cup ful of milk with the yolks of two ;ggs and half a cupful of sugar. Just before It bolls add a tablespoonful ot corn starch rubbed smooth In a little cold milk. Let the mixture cool and stir In a cupful of nut meats Eng lish walnuts. Pecans, hickory or al monds broken Into small pieces. L'so the mlxturo as a filling. Ice the top and cover with whole nut meats. New York Sun. Spaghetti a la Milnnnlse. Spaghetti a la Milanalsc is made In a chafing dish as follows, says the chief steward of the Hotel St. Regis: A good tomato sauce, a little meat glaze, or rich gravy, are heated to gether, then add a piece of buttpr. When thoroughly hot put in tho Doiled spaghetti, season to taste, add to the spaghetti be-iled tongue, ham and truflles cut into fine strips. Fin ish with grated Swiss cheese before serving. New York Telegram. Itlitiliat l) Marmalade. Boil for twenty minutes four pounds of rhubarb, cut Into small pieces, leaving tho skin on. Add the juice of five lemons and the rind, which has been sliced off thinly, boiled In a little water for about twenty minutes, or until soft, then chopped fine. To this add six pounds of granulated sugar, one pound ot blanched almonds, chopped or cut, and one wineglass of Jamaica ginger. Boil all together until thick. The almonds maye be omitted, If desired, and still leave a delicious marmalade. Gooil Housekeeping. I'ish Croquettes. Rub together three tablespoons ot 1 Hour, one of butter, and stir Into one half pint of rich milk. Add a tea spoonful of finely chopped parsley and a quarter teaspoonful grated onion. Holl until it thickens, then ! stir in two cupfuls of cold cooked fish. ; and let the- mixture boll up again. ' Season with salt and peppor and set i aside. When cold roll Into cro quettes, dip In beaten egg and bread crumbs and fry In hot fat. Serve with peas, hot cress or fresh string beans garnished with slices of hard boiled cgss. New York World. Meat Soup or Stock, Test kind of beef, shin; propor tion, lean meat, two-thirds, bone and fat, one-third. Wipe the meat with damp cloth, cut the lean meat in one inch pieces to draw out the Juice. Heat the frying-pan and brown one tlilrd of the lean m?at. Place the fat, bone and remaining lean meat In a kettle, cover with cold water, one pint to each pound of moat, bone and fat, and let stand one hour. Add vegetables, salt and flavoring during the last hour of rooking. Cool and skim. Hits of cold nii.it, left-over vegetables or cereals may be added to the soup. New York American. disease. On the son for lnliev; would be better were kept r.ut of Digest, whole, there is k: that the h. ..fe-.unrded if r. lie diet." Liu rea- :;l:h obis I neat and suitable to any time of day and any costume. Mother of pearl handles or Insets are out of favor, having given placo m most cases 10 nor. drapery gives a more graceful outliim inere are aiso nannies ci carvea c.r. when ...orn Bnrt ,nt fringes made from lacet braid. Many 'of the scarfs are draped In the b.--, douin cape style at the back, the poi:it i bslng weighted with a tassel. This teak-wood, as well as handles of more eccentric design; carved animal heads for example, with mock Jewels tor eyes. The rods and ribs of the umbrellas for women are so fine that when the umbrella Is closely rolled It can hnrd- I ly be distinguished from a walking I cane. The hook handles are especially ! serviceable, and not expensive when made of gun metal. New Haven Then there was really no one tn "Agister. celebrate the country s birthday. It 1 seemed as If there would be no more ! birthdays. To-day the world cele brates It. Een the ruler of the Na tion whoso defeat Independence Day practically signalizes pays grateful j tribute to AmerIcan;prowesa through ! the American Ambassador at tbe Court of St. James. In every capital of Europo Americans and friendly foreigners toast In elaborate banquet halls the American Nation and Its President. In our own country the Day has taken on a wider significance than any of the other anniversaries called National celebrations. Indeed it is known as "Tbe Day We Celebrate," and is unquestionably the leader of all festal occasions. Instead ot dying out, tbe enthusiasm of the celebrants seems to Increase with the year., and within the last decade It ha. been necessary to pass at least in the larger towns and cities local law. that regulate the firework, display, and tho like. American Home Monthly. Fame. Scotland ha. a great reputation for learning in the United States, and a lady who came over from Boston re cently expected to find the proverbial shepherd quoting Virgil and the lab orer who had Burns by heart. She wa. disillusioned la Edinburgh. Ac costing a policeman, she Inquired a. to tbe whereabouts of Carlyle'a bouse. "Which Carlyle?" he asked. '"Thomas Carlyle," said the lady. "What doe. L do?" "He wa. a writer but be', dead," be faltered. "Well, madam," tbe big Scot In formed her, "If the man I. dead over 6e years there', little chance of find ing out anything about him in a bis Theatres . eitjr JUre, tUa. ?--aUssaw CnnnI nn Aid to Matrimony. Mrs. Jacob McGavock Dickinson, wife of the Secretary of War, who has recently returned from the Canal Zone, says her visit was a most en tertaining experience, and she 'is one of the most traveled women In pub lic life. She took an absorbing Inter est In the Government laundry and social organization, which are trying to amuse the diggers. Like other vis itors to the zone, she found the amusement problem the most difficult which the projectors of the canal have on hand. Reading clubs, or chestras, lecture courses, all are do ing a part in keeping the workmen contented, but still they miss the pleasure, of civilization. A year or two in Panama incline, the most hardened bachelor toward matri mony, Mr. Dickinson was told by women in Colon. . Many youths ask for leave of absence to go home and get married, which 1. granted. It would seem a good policy it when a man marries he Is permitted to go home with hi. wife after serving a year and be replaced by a bachelor. This might adjust the problem ot more women than men in New Eng land. New York Press. Shall We Rouge The question 1. constantly being asked Is It wrong to rouge? The an swer a. given to-day will be very dif ferent than if it had been asked of out mcjthers :.nd grandmother.. Few will be found nowaday, who would reply lA the affirmative. It 1. entirely a question ot good taste, not of morals. If one, no.e be hopelessly red or skin .allow a touch of rouge artisti cally applied to the cheek. Is a cer tain Improvement. . With dead black makes U mora becoming. Other novelty forms show the scarf shirred or pleated In the centre back, where It Is held In shape by a large ornament of rich embroidery. The Increased favor shown the hammered metal scarf Is very apparent. Entire evening mantles and coats are formed ot thesa set together In artistic design. Hat feathers are Jcag and stand al most straight up. II'iw It Work. 'Nov, v?u'll be here a' 7 o'chu It sharp in the morning, sure? lie member, I'm depending on you." "Yes'ia sure. Ml be here. You can depend on me." The applicant lor the position of cook went do'v-.i the steps and up the street, and the prospective misMv.- went bark into her silting room. As she left, the servant wa? sayln:', to herself: "Si ems awful to lie that way, but what can I do? I haven't any way on earth of knowing whether any of the other three places 1 prom ised I'd go to to-morrow morning will be open by the time I get there. Of course they promised to hold the places for me, just as this woman did, but If any other girl should get in ahead of me they'd hire her just as they all have hired me. And there's no telling how many more they'd hire in the same way before I found 'em. So whll" I don't like to lie, what am I to do to get a job?" Tho prospective mistress, as t-he sat at her sewing, soliloquized: "I don't know what'll become of me In tho hereafter if this servant problem ! doesn't solve itself. I can't keep ; track of the deliberate and conscious i falsehoods I've told In the way I told I one to that woman who just went up the street. She's the third that Jellied Chicken. jellied chicken, have on hand three pounds of chicken that has been boiled and cut from the bone in strips. Mix a quart of rich chicken stock that has been boiled down nnd cleared with a t"aspoonful each ot lemon Juice, chopped parsley, a dish of celery salt and a quarter teaspoon ful each of salt ami paprika. At tha last stir in a teaspoonful of granu lated gelatine that hr.s K n dissolved. When the jelly begins to thicken add the chicken and turn It into a mould. To have the chicken scattered evenly through the jelly, stand the dish con taining the jelly in a pan of ice and turn In the jelly layer by layer cov ering each with chicken ns soon as It begins :o thicken. New York Sun. hovseholdH I li n a nrnm (cort m a f n H h f n 1 1 tn rntl'i' Bright colors lead for afternoon to-morrow morning n seven, nnd to and evening gowns. all of thp,n ,iavi, ,l(.,.lRP(.fl ,i;at I Black shoes are taboo for anything , was dependent on the:i and would like dress costumes Square buckels aro the favorUe for ties and slippers.- New turbans are ono and all large, and a majority of the smartest are simply trimmed. Raffia bags may be had attached to raffia belts. The buckle boltj too. I raffia covered. Gold and sliver chatelaine bags are In bad form for tailor made, and oth er forenoon wear. For this season's wear the fashion Is hand wrought bag. of linen, with parasol to correspond. Pari. ha. a fancy which may well be imitated here of finishing all sort, of tussore gown, with tiny bands of black satin. The fiv-rlte morning hat Is the coarse straw, large, simple la shape, and trimmed with great wings of brilliant plumaged birds. Children' patent leather shoes, with tbe upper, of white kid, are worn on dressy occasions. Stockings ot white are the proper color. With sleeveless evening frocks scarf, ot tulle or chiffon are often worn, tied about tbe arm bait way betwen the shoulder and elbow. Tbe Individual linen pocket, or bag. worn with 'the summer gowns are frequently fastened with cords drawn through embroidered eyelets. j expect them. Suppose that more than : ono should come to-morrow nt seven I sharpwhnt could I do? But two i at a tlmn never jet have come, so j I suppose I am not taklne grept chances. I haven't a bit of doubt that the girl who just left m-. has promised half a dozen others that ishe'U'b'j there to-morrow morning I without fall. If she finds anv of the I other places still vacant beforw she gets to me she'll stay. In't It "o bad that things go this way?" "H- eago News. cKcroscn? In starch makes th9 clothes Iron better. Paint that sticks to glass can be re moved with hot vinegar. Suit in rinse water will keep clothes from freezing on cold days. Sugar or molasses added to stovo blacking makes it stick better. Keep kitchen floor painted. It is cheaper than linoleum and Baves time and labor. l'so baking powder cans to chop po tatoes In spider, also to cut out cook ies and biscuits. Dried lemon peel sprinkled over coals will destroy a:ij dijaresable odor about the house. Squeeze a few drops of lemon In the wuter lu which potatoes are bailed Just before they nrcj done, and they will not turn blacl:. Celery cleaned and soaked tor an hour or two In cold water, with which two o." three tablospooufu'cs of lemon juice have bet a mixed, will improve the celery which 1 to be curved as'a v.igi-table or lu a salad. Pour tho liquid into n narrow nocked quart milk bottle. Tbe grease will instantly ralso into the neck ot the battle, and It can easily be pourad off. This should la donj whlU the soup Is hot, and a spoon should be I plccd lu the bctlle to prtveat crack ing. Wheie washing sheets and table cloths gatber up the selvaga edges In the hand and put through wrlngar. Asthma rtiuit ot Queensland. The euphorbias are very numerous In the colony of Queensland, and among them Is the F-horbia pllulf era, "tho Queensland asthma l lant." which has a remarkable reputation , ,-.... ., K ,ha :lv,- .h.. 1.1 . ... I . I - - -- m wyv. w - a r. Ii this way you will bare no trouble for curing this troublesome con plaint. Several phsrmeceutlcal prep arations ot tbe plant are extensively sold In Australia. Analysis show, that a green plant contained seventy nine per ceut. by weUht of water and three per cent, of ash, leaving eigh teen per cent, of vegetable matter. A dried pisut contained an alkaloldal substance to about one part lu a thou sand. It contained also a glucosaldal substance to the amount of not more than four parts In the thousand. Pos sibly one or both of these was the jjifts cnrtnctple of the plant. Lon don Clohe. with the edge turning in while iron ing. Are easily folded and preventa the fraing of the edge during a high wind. Cood ttofl knives ore bstter when sharpened at Intervals by a profes t.jnal. Oftoa arram-msntt can be made wlta the butcher to take all knives la the bouse and Include thent tth his knives for sharpening. Thi. I. esprrlslly convenient In the coun try, wbe-e stores are hard to reach eid hT t- Vu'.tbcr'a cart la a fr. luect visitor.