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CHAPMAN'S SERMON | A SUNDAY DISCOURSE BY THE NOTED PASTOR-EVANGELIST. Subject: Reviving Old Customs—Lessons From the Life of Isaac—Better Had He Died Upon the Altar—No Man So Bad as Some Parts of His Career. NEw York CiTty.—It may now be stated as a fact that the sermons of the Rev. Dr. J. Wilbur Chapman are heard and read by more people than are those of any American pulpit orator. His style seems to have made a deep impression on that portion of the public which likes to read its discourse in the weekly paper. For these admirers Dr. Chapman has pre- pared the following sermon, entitled “Re- viving Old Customs.” It is preached from the text Genesis 26: 18, “And Isaac digged again the wells of water which they had digged in the days of Abraham, his fath- er There are three names in the New Testa- ment inseparably bound together. We rarely think of one without having imme- diately suggested to us the names of the other two. These three are Peter, James and John. They were specially chosen of Christ for conspicuous service. and were the particular objects of His divine affec- tion. There are three names in the Old Testament quite as intimately associated, and one can scarcely speak the name of one of the three without finding himself running at once in speech to the other two. Abraham, Isaac and Jacob form the Old Testament trio. I do not know how familiar you are with the story of Isaac. I. have found myself that I knew very lit- tle about him. I was quite familiar with the account of the intended sacrifice on Mt. Moriah, and the fascinating story of his meeting with Rebekah. but concerning other incidents of his life I knew very lit- tle. As a matter of fact Isaac does not show off to advantage between Abraham on the one side of him and Jacob on the other; Abraham because of what he was, the father of the faithful, and Jacob be- cause of what he became, for by the power of God he was changed from Jacob, the cheat, to Israel the prince, having power with God and with men, and one cannot help but feel as he reads the whole story of Isaac’s life that it would have been bet- ter for him had he died’ upon the altar. He made a splendid start in life, but so did Noah and Lot, and so have many of you, but that is not enough. At the be- ginning of his career Isaac goes away be- yond the others whose names I have men- tioned. We are so taken up with Abra- ham and his willingness to offer his son that somehow we have forgotten Isaac’s willingness to be offered. He really made a splendid start, and was a most estimable young man. If we look at a single verse in his career we say what an excellent man, and if we look at others we find our- selves exclaiming, “How mean he is,” and yet so it is with our own lives. Men must not be judged by one paragraph in our ex- perience. The subject of wells is interesting. In Oriental times a well of water was a for- tung When a king dug a well he became as aon as if he had built a pyramid. Great battles were fought to gain posses- sion of wells and mighty conquests waged for their defense. Castles and towers were erected to secure their possession. Abra- ham dug at least four wells; how many more I do not know, but these four were filled in by the Philistines, and it is with their reopening that we have to do in the text. I like to speak of wells because there is music in the very sound of the word. In Isaiah, the twelfth chapter, second and third verses, we read, “Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid; for the Lord Jehovah is mj strength and my song; he also is become my salvation. Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation.” This is not only an Old Testament figure, but a New, for Jesus said, “But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that T shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.” John 4: 14. Therefore the gospel is a well, and you have never had a drink of spring water as you have been weary in your tramp up the mountains or across the plain that could compare with the refresh- ing.influence of a drink of the water of life fromsthe well of salvation. Some of you have had sorrow, your hearts have heen almost breaking, you have wondered where you might find help; stoop and drink this morning of this old gospel well. Some of you have failed, and indeed who has not in thiskawful struggle of life, but in your fail- ure you have wondered if there could ever be restoration; stoop and drink this morn- ing, and you will find that as vou drink you will take in of His life, and this is the secret of victory over sin. Some of you are exceedingly weak, and you dare not trust yourself for another day. I bid vou drink of the water of the well of salvation, and you will find a strange new strength taking possession of you. Isaiah 55: 1-2, I These wells had names. It is a little sin- gular as we study the story of Abraham and Isaac to tind the names given to the wells, and likewise singular that in these names we find a revelation of our own ex- perience in the journey of life. First, the first well was named “Strife.” We have all had a drink at this well. We have had it in our business as we have been striving for success; we have met it in our homes as we have aimed to conduct them as homes should ever be conducted. We might as well understand that as we dig wells in this world we must expect op- position. We cannot be let alone, and this strife will come from one of three sources, perhaps from all three. Firgt.—The world. Jesus said to His disciples, “Marvel not if the world hate you.” We must expect to hear from the devil. It is rather old-fashioned in these days to say that He has a personality, but I have had so many dealings with him myself, and have seen ‘his work so perfectly in the lives of oth- ers that I know he is a person, but in anany respects the greatest strife must come from the flesh, and I find a hint of this in the story of Isaac. What envy was to Cain, and wine to Noah, and lewd- ness to Ham and wealth to Lot, the desire for venison was to Isaac, for when he was dying and his thoughts should have been centered upon Jehovah he longs for veni- son that he may satisfy himself, and the story of his getting that venison and its being traded for a birthright is ome of the sad bits of history of the Old Testament, but let it be known that whenever a man pampers himself and lives for himself he 1s on the way to distress quite as great. Second.—“Hatred.” This is a strange name for Abraham’s well, but so he called it. Some of us have been there, and alas, have tasted of the bitter waters. It is a sad thing to have hatred in your heart. “It hinders prayer; beclouds heaven, takes the angel out of your face; chokes the song in your throat; gives your hands the wrong twist in writing letters, puts between the lines which almost breaks the heart of the reader.” He who hates cannot sing, he cannot pray, he cannot offer a sacrifice. Matthew 5: 23, “Therefore, if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there remember- est that thy brother hath aught against thee.” Do this and the song will return and God will accept the sacrifice. The bit- ter waters of Morah were made sweet by the casting in of the wood of a certain tree. I tell you of a tree on which Christ died; get the peace of this Christ into your experience, live for others, suffer for oth- ers, die for others if need be, and the bit- terness of your life will be instantly changed. Third. —“Room.” This, too, is a strange name for an Old Testament well, but with the opening of this well the strife ceased, for instantly Isaac had found the place where God was willing he should stay. There is a place for every one to stand in this world. God so intended it. We have crowded men out of their positions in these days. It is true that with the for- mation and progress of great trusts there is little opportunity for some of us, but this is not in accordance with the plan of God. Somewhere there is a well waiting to be discovered, and God expects you to drink and to be satisfied. It may be that that well is in a foreign land, perhaps it is in the slums of our own city, possibly it may be in your own home, and who knows but that it is in this church, only find God’s plan for your life and help to fill it in and you will be full of joy. Fourth.—“Covenant.” This is the name which was given to the fourth well. We must pass through discipline. It is not necessary that we should complain about it for this 1s life. When Paul wrote his letter to the Galatians he said, “Whatsoever a man soweth that shall he also reap,” and this Scripture is frequently quoted as if it were for the unregenerate man, and while it may be applied to him it is for the Christian. We reap what we sow and sow what we reap, in the light of this the wonder is we have had so little discipline. “Reckon up the prayers you ought to have offered and never spoke; the deeds you ought to have done and never accom- plished; reckon up all neglects, all of- Spee against God and man; all weakness of character and the wonder is that we have not been cut off altogether.” But I summon you to the well of the covenant and bid you open it up. What if we have discipline and trial when we stand by Him who declares, “I will be with thee,” and also explains to us, “That our light afflic- tions are but for a moment,” and that as they tarry, “they work for us a far more exceeding and eternai weight of glory.” I bring you good cheer this morning, “If od be for us, who can be against us?” II. But ou will notice that Isaac digged again the wells of water which emphasizes my subject, “A Revival of Old Customs.” am very sure that there are some old customs which in these days we need to have revived. First—The old custom of making the home a haven of rest, a type of heaven, and a place of refuge for all the members of the family circle. We greatly underes- timate the powerful influence of home upon a young life. When Isaac went out to live for himself you will notice that he pitched his tent by the well Laharoi. I think this must have been because in his childhood’s days with Hagar, his nurse, and Ishmael, his half-brother, he tarried there where agar must have told him the story of Jehovah, and it is just the natural inclina- tion of his heart in his manhood days to go back where he may be reminded of the happy scenes of his childhood. ou doubtless know of the boy sent as a waif from our city who was found in his new western home tearing the lining out -of his cap, and when asked why he did it, he said, “It was my mother’s dress and she loved me.” have preached every- where to men in this country and I have always found that there was one name that could stir the heart of the murderer in his cell, the gambler in his den of iniquity, the outcast on the street, and that name was “Mother.” Nero’s mother was a murderess, and gave to the world the most cruel man in history. Lord Byron’s mother was a proud, intellectual, worldly minded woman and she gave to the world the most intel- lectual autocrat of his day. George Wash- ington’s mother was a good, plain, sensi- ble woman and gave to America the father of his country. We need better homes to-day. Our homes for our children should be as our arents’ homes were for us. If we go ack to our homes to-day and study our children we will find that they have not a fault or a virtue that their parents have not got. h, for a revival of the old cus- tom of having a family altar in a home where the father acts as a priest and the mother as a saint; we could stir the whole country for Christ. One of my dearest friends was profligate until he is a man grown. In a great west- ern city he had determined to take his life, threw himself down on his bed to col- lect himself before the “awful deed, and jarred a little book off from a shelf just above his bed and it struck him in the face. With an oath he threw it from him, and then it dawned upon him that it was his mother’s Bible given him to read. He walked across the room to pick it up just to show her some mark of respect, and read upon the fly leaf written in her own and, ‘‘Dear boy, you can never get away from your mother’s prayers.” Instead of being a self-murderer he became one of the country’s greatest preachers. I wish that we might dig again the well that our fath- ers digged before us and make our homes like heaven. There are some wells that have been filled in in the past by those who are worldly wise and this morning I seek to open them. First—I would open the well of the way of salvation. The Scripture declares that man is a sinner and deserves to die, but the same Scripture states that Jesus took our place and died in our stead. A heathen on account of his sins had walked for miles with pebbles in his shoes that he might do penance, sat down to rest be- neath a tree and heard a missionary preaching of Jesus, and cried out, “That is what I want; give me Jesus.” Oh, if I could but open this well from which our fathers drank and make you see the Sa- viour treading the wine press alone, suf- fering for you until His heart strings all but snapped, dying in agony for you upon the cross, the man of sorrows and ac- quainted with grief. Let us open this old well and drink of its waters. And then I would open the well of consolation for the afflicted. “Why do you mourn for your baby?” said a woman to her friend. ‘He is better off. Suppose he had lived and become a-profligate and broken your heart with his sin.” Away with all such consola- tion, falsely so called. Your baby is with Him, in His presedce, who took little babies in His arms and blessed them, is singing His praises, who said, “Their an- els do always behold the face-of My ather which is in heaven. Your child is with the King, rejoice; he cannot come to you, but you may go to him. All things work together for good to them that love God.” Stoop and drink this morning and go away refreshed. Then I would open the well of the preaching of the gospel. Dr. Talmage has said in one of his sermons on this same text that we have stopped singing, “Come ve sinners poor and needy,” for we have reached the time when men do not count themselves sinners. I would to God that we might revive the old custom of preach- ing as men who preached in other days. When Livingstone preached the sermon that led 500 souls to Christ he was de- scribing the human heart in its unclean- ness. When Edwards preachod the ser- mon that stirred all New England his theme was, “Sinners in the hands of an angry God.” When Whitfield preached the sermon, the power of which is still felt in our country, his text was, “Ye must be born again.” “Do you preach,” said a man to me, “that men are lost without Christ, and are you not afraid in a con- gregation like yours that they will become offended?” Preach it, certainly I preach it. I would be afraid that God would be offended if I did not preach it. Now hear me, ye men of wealth and women of posi- tion, without Christ you are lost. It is not an easy statement to make, but the word of the Lord has spoken it. Oh, that men would stop trifling with God’s word, twisting its statements so as to draw forth some other meaning than that intended, and oh that men would stop trifling with God, treating Him as if what He had said in. His word was not true when He de- clared “that all men are sinners and need a Saviour.” POST: MORTEM PROOFREADING, A'ways Easy to See Errors After They Are Irremediable. When I was reading proof on the old National Republican, says a writer in the Washington Trade Unionist, I bad a post mortem assistant located in New York, but I never knew who he was. He took the paper and read proof carefully on.it for several days, forwarding the result to the business office. After he had sent several papers containing the results of his labors he put in an application for the job, but he didn’t get it. His ignorance of local geography and affairs caused him to ‘make some very amusing corrections, but I'm not denying that he found quite a number of legitimate errors, as and one can in any daily newspaper. Of course, I was prejudiced in the matter, and my judgment was not as cool and impartial as would have been that of an uninterested party, but I thought that was a pretty mean way to try to get a fellow’s situation away from him. I have known that method of procedure to be attempted several times, but I have never known it to succeed. It is always easy to see errors after they are irremediable, but it takes the eye of an eagle, the watchfulness of a ferret and the alertness of a pointer to run them to earth while they are legiti- mate prey. i I remember the remarks of my old boss, when I was running the inking machine on the lightning hand press, with which he rushed off the edition of 248 copies, during the first year of my apprenticeship. If he stopped for a few minutes to jolly a visitor or to hunt around his bench for a quid of tobacco that was being worked overtime, my eyes were going over the paper, and generaily 1 had an error to show him. He would unlock the form and cerrect it, giving ‘me baleful looks in which the malevo- lence was at least an inch thick. Finally, one day he burst out: “You dodgasted brat, if you ever find another error in this paper after I have locked it up I'll fire you on the spot!” That cured me of post mortem proof reading, and I have stayed cured. WORDS OF WISDOM. To be light-hearted is often to be simply light-headed. There are criminals that can be clas- sified, but there are no criminal classes. Sincerity often consists in frankness in stating opinions which are not worth stating. Life is a succession of choices. One cannot often have this and that, but this or that. If we cannot make ourselves happy we can make others happy, and they in turn can create happiness for us. He that cannot forgive others breaks the bridge over which he himself must pass, for every man has need to be for- given. Our duty to God is cheerfully ac- knowledged, but toward our neighbor we rarely realize we have any special cbligation. It is so easy and pleasant to discover sins lurking in the pursuits for which you are not inclined. Many of us pos- sess wonderful powers of perception in that direction. A flatterer is said to be a beast that biteth smiling. But it is hard to know them from friends, they are so obse- quious and full of protestations, for as a wolf resembles a dog so doth a flat- terer a friend. It has been said that bright thoughts do not occur, to ignorant people, neither can they, for there is nothing within to suggest them. The daily, ordinary level determines the height to which we can rise on rare occasions. When we see leaves drop from their trees in the beginning of autumn, such, we think, is the friendship of the world. While the sap of maintenance lasts, friends swarm in abundance, but in the winter of need they leave us naked. He is a happy man that hath a true friend at his need, but he is more truly happy that hath no need of his friends. Wilhelmina’s Wealth. The Queen of Holland is among the richest of royal personages. Part of her enormous fortune belongs to the crown, while the rest is her private property. The royal estates in Holland and the East (which include the Dutch East Indies) are also of great value. On her marriage with Prince Henry the young Queen set aside twenty mil- lions of marks, the arrangement being ; that the interest, which is nearly { £30,000 a year, will be at his own : disposal, while the capital is ultimately to pass to the youngest children of the , marriage. If there are no children, | Prince Henry is to have absolute | power of disposing by will of five | millions of marks, while the remainder , will eventually revert to the Queen’s estate.—Tit-Bits. Costly Baskets of Fruit. There is a wide range in the price for which the fruiter will put up a “steamship basket.” He can easily make it cost $40 or $50. Strangely enough the fruits which go to make up the most expensive baskets are not the imported, but the domestic varie- ties out of season. Peaches at $1 each and plums at fifty cents in the ‘middle of winter are more expensive than almost any of the tropical varie- ties brought from the Indies by steam- er. Most of the hothouse fruit for the local market is raised in New Jersey. ' —New York Post. Any one attending a spiritualistie seance in Bohemia is liable to a fine of $40, a decree to that effect having been issued by the Government of the province. Jewelry Mems, Sea scenes are favored for summer belt buckles. La Vallieres will flourish on the summer girl's neck. Finest gilt filigree finishes some of the loveliest shell combs. - Rhinestone belt buckles for the back are either oblong or oval. Cupid is lugged in, however, as a summer scene ‘is not complete minus the little god. i It is different with turquoises, espe- cially turquoise matrix, which has been brought to shame by floods of dime imitations.—Philadelphia Rec- ord. Supersensitive Children. There are children born into the world in these days of nervous and in- custrial strain and strife so highly strung, so intensely sensitive, that they shrink from a sharp word as some natures would not recoil from the sting of a whip. A curt reprimand will bring the tears welling to the eyes of such a child ,and a sob to its throat. A sensitive plant will die under rough treatment that may be given a hardier plant with perfect impunity. Children are very like flow- ers. Some of them require more light, more warmth, more care, more con- sideration, more direct manifestation of affection than others do. Denied these they never attain their fullest possible development, but are often hopelessly dwarfed.—Rochester Her- ald. The Boa Beautiful, It is no longer a simple matter to find an odd and pretty boa, so quickly are all the new ideas snapped up and made common. One very pretty one is of bluish rauve chiffon, fringed with hyacinths. This is for wear with a theatre gown. A white chiffon boa is spotted with velvet pastilles and interlined with plush. A Marie Antoinette boa is of rose-hued chiffon, the flat pleats con- fined by a trellis-work of forget-me- rots and button roses. Another is a cascade of point d’Alencon frills, fall- ing above and beneath a collar of em-~ broidery in faint tints and gold on au ivory ground—very quaint and very French in effect. Cure for Uneven Shoulders. Doctors and tailors have noticed that the number of patients and cus- tomers who have uneven shoulders are increasing. The right shoulder is usually higher than the left. This is true especially of men engaged in office or literary work. The effect is due to the way men sit or write at their desks. The right elbow rests on the desk, throwing one shoulder higher than the other. Few persons when writing keep the shoulders erect. The reason that few women clerks are so affected is because the most of them use thee typewriter, which forces them to sit more erectly. ‘When you notice that you are af- fected the best thing to do 1s to change your way of sitting at your desk. Two simple exercises wii help you out. The arm of the lower shoulder should be extended unward, the hand grasp- ing a dumbbell; that of the higher shoulder should be lowered and be made to support a heavy weight. Shirtwaists of Crash, From crash are evolved some of the smartest models of strikingly novel aspect. Shirts come of this loosely woven fabric in blue—a dull, odd shade, which reminds one of the blue beasants’ costumes in the pictures of Breton and Dutch humble folk the painters send from abroad: also in tan and in gray, the latter being espe- cially stylish. These waists are made with six half-inch side pleats on each side, turning toward the arm and stitched to have the effect of box pleats. The waist closes with four very large pearl buttons set on a box pleat two inches wide. The back is ornamented with six—three on each side—of the narrow pleats, which con- verge becomingly to the waist line. The fuliness of the sleeves is gathered into a two-inch-wide straight cuff. To wear with the waist is a stock with turnover and tie of white lawn, hem- stitched and edged with a narrow bor- der of blue crash. The tie finishes with a natty little bow in front.—Bos- ton Herald. The Gowning of Women. These are days when, as Shakes- pcare says, ‘“rooks and daws and maid- ens bleach their summer frocks.” The summer frock is a concomitant of warm weather that we would not will- ingly do without. However much they may delight in young leaves on the elm, the perfume of lilac-blossoms, the morning notes of the birds, and other outdoor matters that poets like to sing of, mankind in general, if they are onest, will tell you that the chief joy of the season is in the privilege of looking at, and being with, care- fully gowned women. Here is one note of spring that the city man has oftener than his country cousin. The latter may see green fields and run- ning brooks, tut the former sees more marvelous frocks and frills, This habit of spring gowning is a good thing. Daintily dressed women, whether their frocks be of silk or of muslin, help to make the world bright- er. They add a great deal to the sum of life's cheerfulness. There are very few women who need any encourage- ment to make themselves attractive; Lut if any do, they should realize that gowning is not merely to be indulged in for their own pleasure. It is a positive duty.—Woman’s Home Com- panion. Chinese Maids at School. One of the Boston kindergartens is attended by three tiny Chinese maid- cps. They are demure little things, says the Boston Transcript, and do not skip or jump or talk, but their eves take in all things that pass or are rassed. Hand in hand they linger and look into the gay shop windows, or watch the rushing electric cars with a wholesome fear of them. They have no eyes for the people, but the people have eyes and stretching necks for them. Everybody holds them in view as long as possible, and ‘no wonder, for until recently the streets of Bos- ton never saw a Chinese baby tod- dling off to school. It .is, indeed, something new to al- Iecw a Chinese girl to have any free- dom outside the home walls. These children no longer wear their native costumes. They wear their black hair waved and hanging around their shoulders like American children, and the bows of ribbon bringing it back from their faces are as brave as any ever worn by daughters of the West. Treir hats are as picturesquely large, their frocks as crisply short, as those of our babies; and their feet are as lightly free as their grandmothers were tightly bound. At the kindergarten they are very quiet——more so than the other chil- dren—but they are not inattentive, and are very bright and quick when they really know what they are to do. They are patient and industrious, and show no freaks of temper. Their nat- ionality peeps out a bit in their inven- tion of design in card work. If all the children are given the sama angles to do with, the chances are ten to ohe that the Chinese children will produce a design that is “Chines- ey.” No wonder people look and smile at these little Chinese babies, for they are as cunning as dolls. The Blouse Belt is New. New ideas are as plentiful as daisies in summer time. A very new thing is the blouse belt. This~ consists of a wide girdle of black satin. It is fas- tened with a briliiant buckle, which is hooked at one side. Upon the other side there is another buckle to match. The idea is that with a blouse waist, all baggy in front, the buckle is hidden and the proper place for it, therefore, is upon the side. The blouse girdle is pulled down in front and fastened wilh a pretty pin, while the back is rolled as small and as round as possible, the object being to secure length in front and -that smart, look at the back which is nec- essary, if one would be well gowned. The blouse of the minute is the black silk blouse with very large flow- ers in it. This is the Dolly Varden. The black material is either silk or satin and the flowers are very bril- liant, but not very large. The blouse is cut rounding in the neck to show the pretty lace chem- «| issette, or it is cut square and finished with a sailor collar. It is a very be- coming thing and can be worn for trav- eling, or for afternoon, for it is adapt- ed to a wide variety of uses. The new blouse sleeve is very baggy between the elbow and the wrist, while at the wrist it is brought in and fitted to a very tight small, narrow cuff. The contrast between the bagginess of the lower arm and the tight cuff is very pronounced and pretty. The Russian fancy for wearing a blouse as a coat is a growing one. The muslin or silk shirt waist is worn by the summerg irl. But over it there is slipped a silk blouse, which buttons down the front and ties at the low square neck with a big satin ribbon bow. The waist may be finished with a stiff elastic which is, after all, the best way to finish a blouse waist. A strong hook holds it in the front. If a different finish is desired the Rus- sian blouse can be belted and finished in front with a big buckle. An attractive green straw hat is trimmed with white hydrangeas with a little green foliage. Pearl buttons lend the finishing touch to collars, cuffs, revers and sirappings on tailored wash dresses. A single round silver button takes the place of the usual button of pearl on some of the new white kid gloves. A clever milliner has introduced a new form of buckle, having all the appearance of straw, but actually made in enamel. Wild strawberries, reproduced in the natural size and color, together with appropriate foliage, may be seen on many of the hats. A pretty shoulder cape is made of black accordeon pleated chiffon, bor- cered with brown fur and finished at the neck with a high, puffy collar of chiffon. A white ostrich boa flecked at regu- lar intervals with cross stripes of bright green is one of the pretty things to be worn with a green and white evening hat. Chalk-colored cloth which verges on white and pale gray and does not real- ly belong in either class is a fashion- able fabric. Putty and cloud gray are among the favored shades of the sea- son. £3 LTOSTIPE —— “nT Men Uses for Cold Coffe. If the coffee has not been allowed to stand on the grounds until the flavor is spoiled you can use it in many des- serts such as white or yellow custard preparations using less milk, accord- ing to the quantity of coffee you have, or you can use it in frozen cream, or for any dark cakes instead of milk or water. In fact, its being a liquid you can use it wherever the flavor of coffee will be agreeable in the com- bination. Cream of Strawberries. Steam a pound and a half of ripe, sweet strawberries; rub them througha fine sieve into a bowl and three table- spoonfuls of powdered sugar and stir until the sugar is dissolved. Heat one quart of creamer rich milk, mix two tablespoonfuls of arrowroot in a lit- . tle cold milk to dissotve it and stir it into the hot milk; stir and let cook - for a few minutes to thicken. Put the puree of strawberries into a dish and when the cream is cooled pour it over them and stand it in a cold place for the cream to set. Heap whipped cream or the whites of six eggs beaten tg a stiff froth over the top. The cream or eggs may be colored with a little vegetable coloring paste,pink or green, if desired. Decorate with a few whole large berries. Making Gruels for Invalids, Preparing food for an invalid or for a convalescent is a thankless task at best. There is nothing very inspiring to the ccok in gruels and teas of the various sorts, but since there will al- ways be a somewhat steady demand for these uninteresting foods, it is well to know how they should be cooked and why one way is better than another. Gruels which are mix- tures of grain or flour and water or water and milk need more careful at- tention than do many French dishes. To be easy of digestion, gruels must be thoroughly cooked, and therefore the milk, when it is added at all," should be added only when the grath has been well cooked in water first. If the water has evaporated in cook- ing, the original quantity must be re- stored before putting in the milk and the milk be hot boiling and loses much of its agreeable taste. Another point about gruels is that they should be drunk slowly. The action of the sa- liva upon the starch is considerable, and therefore the more slowly the gruel is taken the more easily will it digest. The skill in gruel making comes in when one knows how to vary the flavor so as to render the food appe- tizing. Sweet gruel is far from pleas- ant, yet it is well often to add a very little sugar. Cinnamon, grated lemon peel, vanilla, nutmeg and almond are flavorings that may be used at dis- cretion. Flour gruel is one in which any of these flavorings is used, al- though when it is intended for a fever- ish patient a little lemon juice is rec- ommended. To make it with cinna- mon, for instance, mix one tablespoon- ful of fipur, one teaspoonsful of sugar and one saltspoonful of salt together and moisten with two tablespoonful of cold water, working to a smooth paste. Now add one cupful of boiling water and a bit of stick cinnamon. Boil gently for 20 minutes, taking especial care that it does not burn. Now add one cupful of hot milk and let the mixture just reach the boiling point. This is to be served very hot and should be strained to insure perfect freedom from lumpiness. Household Hints. : Windows should be cleaned with chamois skin. A pinch of salt added when eggs are being beaten up makes them froth faster. Wash cane seats with hot water con- taining lemon; soak well; leave in air to dry. Coarse brown paper, such as is used by butchers, is best for draining fried things upon. A lamp wick should never be allowed to crowd the tube. If tight, pull out two or three threads lengthwise. Did you ever try brickdust to clean agatewear? It is less expensive #fan other articles sold for such purposes, and far more effectual. In frying with a frying basket al- ways heat the basket before putting it in the fat, as when put in cold it takes too much heat from the fat. Strange as it may seem, a clear day is much better for making fruit jellies than a cloudy one, as the atmosphere affects the boiling point of sugar. Varnish for floors, woodwork or fur- niture is no longer considered desira- ble. A soft finish produced by rub- bing is the accepted thing these days. Do not have a cast-iron rule that things in your home fitments must match. Often monotony is the result. Sometimes varying materials of har- monious coloring are to be preferred to those that match. In using the white woodwork so fash- ionable now be careful to get a yel- lowish or ivory white instead of the cold blue white. The latter is decid- edly harsh; a much softer effect is ob- tained from the ivory tone. Few people realize how infinitely superior to the fine white turnip is the common yellow one. Try boiling this vegetable with a bit of garlic, add black pepper and a good lump of but- ter, and you will never use the white sort again.
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