Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 6, 1877, Page 12

i ! i } N, e e s/ O the Bultor of Tha Tribune, g Mipson, Wis., Jan, 3.—Having several times potided tequests from contributora to The Home for.recipes for improving the complexlon, re- moaving freckles, etc., I think the following will prove scceptable to some of your many fuir readers, In the first place, nineout of tenof the preparations purchased of druggista and others for improving the complexion are poison- ous to the skin, as they contaln lead, and often argenic. All the so-called “Balia, “Blooms of Youth cte., are composed of white-lead, glycerine, and rose-water. I have made up hondreds of such vecipes, and know what I ‘state to be @ fact. For a ifme such preparations doscem to whiten fhe akln, tut in & ehort time it 1oses its clasticity from paralysls of tha small nerves, and becomes of s dirty, yellowish colar. Thls Invariably ls *.the result of the application of all cosmetles PO o contatning lead, Btill, there arca nomber of harmless articles which can beused as cosmetics, such 83 milk of roses, lac sulphur, glycering, ‘bay rum, bitter almonds, oatmeal water, and, if a'minetal must be used, Iet It be tub-nitrate of bismuth, A few years ago the following eold in Paris for 85 8 Dboitle: Pure glycerioe ond water, of cach an ounce; vinegar of canthar- ides, forty draps. The cantharides slowly de- stroys therough,outer akin, and leaves the under foftandvelvety. Madamé Vestrisused to slecp with her face done up fn a mixture of the whites of ecgs, swoet almond ofl, and xlum. This keeps the akin soft, Lut firm, aud retards wrinkies, Gowland’s Lotlon s nn excellent presecvative of the complexlon, and Is made of ona ounce of emulsion of bitter almonds, and one-and-a-half gratns of bi-chlorile of mercury. 1 thisbe spplled once a day, on retiring, and this [4¢¢ washied ln tepld water, en rising, with the followlng soap, no lady necd have & poor compléxion long. The sonp Is made as folldws: A pound of bleached castile sonp, four ounces of {resh, sweet almond of), and six ounces of ont- mesl. Place on the stove in a ketlle, and keep stirrog until =il ths ingredients are well Incorporated. Them let It tool, and ftis ready for use. The high-born 1adlés of England aro noted for the heauty and Whitencss of thefr hands, They nse tho svap vet, only fing white ednd ls used [u- Btead of the ontmeal, Giycering Is capable of makinr the skin soft, but it will not whiten it any, The fallowing Is the rectpe for “Sultaua,’” & deservedly-popular cosmetie with the titted ladles of London: Tako twoounces of bitter Almonds, blanche, and bent Into & pasto with onc ounca of rosewater; then add haney, fine oat- hieal, and elycerine, anc otnce, and, when well inixed, two drachms of tincture of benzain. Ap- E_)ytu ore & flro & short time before retiring, ‘ar rendering the complexlon soft, amoath, aud tilHant, this preparation haa no superjor, The following s good, and hns the merit of being more euslly prepared than the *Sultana. 1t 1s the - French pate gu miel, or honey paste: Take. glycerine, bomey, and rosc-water, two ounces, stib-nitrate of biamuth, four drachms, ahd tincture of benzotn, two drachms. This i o be applicd st nicht, and can olso be used in the mornlug instead of goap. . And wow for that tarment of so many falr females—Ireckles, In many females of o san- uine temperatment, frecklcs, even if removed yurn;unc will be surc to return, and, there- fore, insy be 8ald 10 e Incurable, ' But 'tn_ning out of every tea cuscs the following will elfeet & cure: In the mornlue ou ristng, take & tear spoonful of lac-sutphur in a few Leaspoontuls ol tillk. Theu, for cxternal use, apply the lol- Jowing: Corrosive kublimnte, four prains; ?luohul, ona ounce. Mix. emember, ddica, that this latter mixturo ought ot to couie in contact with thelips. After a lew days’ using, the skin will besin to very towly veel olf, and the freckles dlaapm. % 'wice dally Is sullicient to apply it. A French dermatoioylst recommenyds the Jollowing for hurpose: Tuke muriatie acld, onc-halt 4 alcubo), one oince; rain water, seven ouitces, MIx, and ariply well yith a spongo three times dally, When In England, a Gypsy waman Informed me that she vaed horseradlsl bulled in milk, for removing freckles, Shocured & uwber of young girla, but whether or not sho told me the real secret of 1he incans cm‘l‘lnyl:d 1 atn unablo to sny, having never given the prep- paration a trial.” Floplug the above will prove of {ntercst and use Lo somie of your falr rcaders, Mr, Editor, 1 will conclude,—only adding that, 1t auy desiro it, Tinlght, at somu futurs” time, glvea few hintg wucumlng the ln\})ru\'l:lnunt of the tunan balr. PAtL H. B, AUNT FANNT'S AERVANT GIRL, o the Editor of The Tribune, Monnixosior, Jan. d—{ um o attentive reader of Tng TrisuNe. Some featuees of {6 aro particulurly interesting to me. [ auranxious to learn everything that will hefp ffghten our houseliold cares, Bomo ono writhig for Tho Home sald, * Let us have sumnething noro ele- vatiog and edifying than cooking and catlng," ‘Whether 1t {3 ¢levating or net, every Romckeeyer s compelied tu spend a good dteal of thine think- {ner about “ what we shall cat.” I am sure It hielps to elevato a futmily for the mother to be o cook and econotnical housekeeper, ‘Thesa of course should bo only a part of bLer educa- tlon; but without tliess sk Is a fallure ass wife sod mother, ‘T have kept house n yumber of years, and bavd tried a great many experfments, and linve come to the settled vonvietion that almplicity Nea gt the bottom of ull good cooklng, 'Tha true method 13 to huy the Lest of everything,— flour, meat, veyetables, etc., aud then see that thay are well and slinply tooked, Guod foml must have its naturat taste, and not be coddied up with grease aud condlments until you cannot tell what you are eating, 1 was ustonlshed thut one of your correspond- ents should say that Groham Hour bad udy Itie progress. ~ [Lhus mads o wonderful ad- yanve, Sixtcen years sgo the millers hardly kpew what it wos, Tho only way we vould ob- taln it was to ro to the milld and catehi ivus (¢ was befog ground. Now allvwell-regalated fam- {iles use firuhmn Lread in some furin vr uther, The bakers bake it, aud you tind it on all tirat- tlass hotel tubles. Wo ulwavs have fiue four bread, but § eduld not keep house without hun bresd. 1 have half o dozen ways of in}; Jt,—~when wetire of vne kind [ muake an- other, and so'on, We do not think pur breakfast table complete telthout oatmeal, We uso that made at Akron, 0. Boll one hour In plenty of water, cat with milk and o tle crednm, and 113 u dish it for the zods, 1 can yecommend it to mothers of children with dellcuto apyetites. Some of my children who could scarcely vut any brealkfast before we used oatmenl now take thelr two saucers miorning alter moruing, and never think ot ficmug tired of 1t uny more than of bread, vhat o pity {1 is that so much tine and strength stiould be devoled tocske. Itisa wearluess Lo the flesh to wake, and an uboml. Datlon to the stomach when eaten, No- body with any snup to them eats it. You never sce b mun who {8 & man, that cares for cake, Only chiidren and fm\vn-np (lt’l[‘l:m.ll'l ke ft. Texcept good, vld-Tashiluned glogerbrend. - That s orthodox. Now, Mr, Editor aiid ludics, do not_Tet Tho Home run {nto w faney-work bazaar, For thuse ladies who board and don't know what to do with thelr time, f will du; but for those of us who are snothers and housekeepers, 1ifo {3 too short W be spent fn fancy work, ‘c waul our l')nrc mioutes to yead some ol the many good thivge old und new with which our shelves are louded ; or, to get out of doors and fet God's Blessed sunshine drive away our elouds, aud the pure afr voul vur heated brains, The scrvant-girl,—‘*aye, thera's the rub.’ Nicodemints tas tried e sorely lnun‘v times when servout-girl diiticuftics have arfsen, by calmly and coully nnylnh * Let things eo, let hing: Fo: nthee women don't worry about such things.”” Didu't [ glory fu reading every word ‘of thuseiraphiclctiers of ** Amber'a® and “ Mrs, Enifty’s* to him{ [t mnde me feel better to kuow that thiere were uthers that were alllicted ke unto myself, s For cight years ufter Ncodemus and I started oul togeiher for better or worse, we lived in s Hetle cottage thut lad w0 room for & dtgirk” Ah me! those were blissful days, As the years wore om, our clghbore bullded themeelves &.'vglu Lalftations, whereln t0 put fine thinge, and siut thenup In the dark. Jual the fural day when we two blulnlfl mor- tals thought we wmuat Le Hke our peighbors, and actually persuaded oursclves that we.needed a big house, too, Well, we miuved * out of the old homne juto the new," with all the modern hnprovements, and @ wodern servant-girl in- cluded. Ebe now Lecame @ necessity. Then 1 began to learu what wos meant by %yexation of spirlt.” The faithiul old Biddy who had washed, froned, ceaned bouwse, “ete, for wme s!l' these years, .who nfmf- #abd 4bat tho happlest les of ber lifs was when she was “‘wurlking for ye.” and that a cup of my * tnf' woa enough to glve Ler heart and courage ta Hve," wag turned off, o careless, luditferent servaut-grl fus stalled; and then a change came o'er theuping of my&rumi, Put picces of tableware, china, glassware, tinware, eugur, soap, landics, var- nish,—ull dhnpgfluw ltke mists before the warnlog dew. I would rather to-day face an wriny of shot aod shell than a new Kitchen-glel, All girls are not a0 tntling, I bad one onee that way a fewel, Bho was honest, ekill- fW, ecconomlcal, possessed good ' judge ment, and managed like a Major-General. Do not flatter yourselves that I ever had a day's peace with her who might have heen a _comfort every hour. _Men are palil for thelr skill,women ehotild be. 1 pald this servint extra wades for extra skill. g Of courso the first lady friend Tmet nsked me “how much I pald my glrl” and when told threw up her landa in lmldy horror. * Low conld [ aford 11" No. 9 samo questiong #What an awful price.”” No, 3 same question; “Must be fond of spending money.” No, { same questfony “She will not think one hit more of you than if you paid her anly half that,"’ Every 1Iving mortal that I met for two years, Mack or whits, old or young, frend or foe, without any respect for thue or place, at home or abroad, on the street or in chureh, at theatres and funernls, sasnfled me with the sante questions and after-remark, 1 got so des- perate that [ wouldgo twamiles out of theway to avold meeting an ncquaintance, Caliers became the dread of my 1ife, When the door-bell rang 1 became o acitated that I vurll{ belleve [ conld ot have told who was goinyg to be President of the United States. Nivodemus euggested that 1 have a card printed with the desired loforma- tion, and wear it around my neck. Whut a seusibie letfer that was of Mrs, Dr. Tale's on ¥ Dress Reforn,” ** Mrs. Eve,” of the Bl Village, your chicken #alad was the best I ever tasted, Buckeys gingerbread s splendid, . Can any ono tell me what will remove Ink- stalns from a carpel that cannot be washed! I would like to teil The Ilome about my beautiful house-planta sometime. Aunr Fanxr, YPUT TIIS I8 TOUR PIPE," ETC, T0 the Kdtior af The Tribune. CiticAGo, Jan, 2.—A aymputhizing old Scoteh pranding, who sits by my freside, ldd down your last Suturday’s ‘snpplement, pushed her glasaes to the top of her scnsible ofd head, and exclaimed, In broadest Scotehiz 0, wad rome power the uiftle To ecc ourrels ag others rec us 1t wad frac monle a binnider free u And foolish notfon, . and went calmly on witn her knitting, T sup- pose 1 read her thought, and wonder filled m{ mind that, encompassed as yon are by the mul- tiplielty of women who have thronged your otherwlise gulet quartera for a few months past, ou did not die with the exhausted old year. Concluding It must have Leen from a brave de- termination to live for the love of women, young women and old women, grumbline wemen and gushing women; the ‘woman who lias & Bridget to call from her wuhlni'o eerve up tha warmed potato and haslied beel; the young wife who vuinly tries to be Inay, angel, und housemald at once, and falls faiuting and fscouraged {nto the urms of the most incom- petent “Ilome ' for ald; Blddy McBratscr, who notwithstanding her most unfortunate name, denfes all which that name implies, and rays she has ** taught sclicol”; the young woman who bears _slster-like nmnfty to her, who always thought cucumbers jrew In slices, and threw the milk away beeavso o yellow scum came all over it; poor iomanized men forced by the en- trance of The Iome into thelr domaln, to ex- claim with Mr. Mantalinl, * the world's all one deninition gring,"—all for Tove of these un- kuown falr, iou liveand labor, doubtlessat times are gay and happy. A genuine Mark Tapley, the reasons for whaze Jollity when first he step- ped his foot on shore In his Western Eden, wis a8 nothlng In comparison to yours. With admiration kindling my cold vountenance, 1 beg leave to enter the charming circle, and, while saying a word myself, sccrctly wonder that men wl‘l print and people will read trash and sup- posc they are gining (nformation of value, while rcall{ thers is only onc fdea as tho hasls of the whole; that the pronoun Ils not, as has been sippoeed and taught by tho nnclcnl!, in the nominatwe case, but in the objective—n startling development, donbtless, “but ono which could be thoroughly demonstrated with- out tho use of thaletter thirty-four times in n quprter column, as one lady feit called upon to dolast week, Shohas heen married elghteen years, Could her husband have beeu the author of that pathetle letter to The Home which appearcd therein a few weeks agod I have nmrou‘qh sympathy with Mes, J. [ B, in her aspirations tu clevate tho tone of Tho Home o llttle above the wash-hoard, molding- board, and frying-pan; for woman's duty has long since veased to be bounded by kitehen walls, nnfcvolul(on has progressed with such gigantic stridea that the niucteenth-centnry woman needs food for her mental and moral nature ns much as for her animal, aud if, fn the intervals of time which intervene between providiug fdod for the animal, she can, by home~ talk with other woiwnen through the medium of tho pen, feed and sirengthen the mental, she I8 rafsing hersclf thereby from a mere machine for the gratification of animal ap- etites to n plane with Mary of Bcthnn{. at tho eet of the fl.nnuu. und while sho ey liear the calls uf many Murthas, she will hear "the sweet voleo whose words cannot be palusald, “Bhe liad chosen tho botter part which cannot bo taken from her.” Here como to my enrs the tonea of inasculine yolees from the adfoinimg Horary, which seem to lie Indulirdng In quite o spirited discassion of $The Worman-Hater " In 2arper's Monthly, Says one voleo: It bears the impreas of Charles Reade’s pen, v l"—!rlly." Do you ealt Reade vulgar?™ ¥ Moit cortainly,~slung in the mouths of professed tadles and gentiemtn is valgar: listen while [lustrate: *Sho deserves o good Mltu.{ for not parting with er Fng’y ‘And just Dl bo by G—q, leave olf sulieilng you twal; ¢ Now wend yer eya’s *Go it, Ned’;8he replied, ‘I'm all_rizbt, mind your Lusiness’; * Lord! no,'— and so o, ad futlnitum, from Indics und gentle- men of purported relluement, 1 eall such writ- ing unflt for peoplo Lo reach, and yet Reade is acvepted as one of the lhunhln} novellsts.” Just hiere [ vaw Towzer chiewine one of Ned's slmklu?'l which the cureless kitehen glrl lod let fall from the line, und 1 went out to o a lit- tle domestic bulldozing, and s fost the romatn der of the remarks; bul after settllog my mind, and the dog, I concluded that 1t we womnen would read as well as we know how, and discuss In the adtulrable Home what we real, we slsuld Boon uequire the habit of thoughittul reading, and a power Lo discriminate to a degree between the value ot o dime novel and such o book as Plutarch'’s Lives, \ "Chis letter, Mr. Editor, may not meet with vour approbutfon, and cunscquently go (nto fg~ Tloninous oblivion In the waste-basket, but you must mentully acknowledge that the sppllcabil- ity of Grandina’s quotation did not " Jfe with Burus, und thouh the cont may be an udmira- hle{u for mic, I could not well ayold Llunderlug on to o fuw fucts in so loug a letter, I should Thike to shake bands with * Mra, J, I B and ** Smber.!? Aupaciry. BTRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL, Ty the Editor af The Tribune., WiNoNa, Minn, Dee. 20.—{ was very much surpriscd to sve that you had published the Jet- ter which Iwrote toyou a short time sluce in contidence, and it might have got me Into trou. Lle it I ot discbyered it in time to grcvem. my wife's eyes falfing upon it. The Bunday morniog aftér T had wrltten you 1 wns bundling up preparatory o a trip fo the Post-Off:e, when my wile asked me it 1 wus going near 8 drog store. As thers Is a drog store within o couple of hundred feet of the Poste Oftice, 1 feit that such a question was supertlu- ons, and suspecting that it would e followed by & request lor sume gum this or gum that, I wus about to protest, when she continued | calmest wanner to sav that the baby lad suc off sane of the phosphorus from a mateh which it had found o™ the oor, und it hind Jrritated the mucous wnembrane of the throat and wljacent passuges, and that phosphiorus was hizhly polsonaus, and that no antidote was known for It, but that ereat relicf was often oh- tubned from muciluginous drinks, and shie would Mke to huve me get » quarter ol a pound of gum-urgbic so sho could muke him e drink ut ouce, Inmy alarm for the baby, occasioned by this doctor-dike fangunge, T quite forgot my Yrums:, and hustencd “off st once; hut as resolved ths watter fn my mind, 1 could not belp thinking that a quarter of a pound of gum-srabic wos s preat deal for a baby to driuk, especlally ns [t swelled so, and this made me Iciotis Lhat, under cover of o remedy for the buby, my wife was getting the nuterial devessary to mxr{ on her experiments u the *stickus Hue, was quite snnoyed ubout it, und camu to the :unc&uuun that It these muctlagenous mixtures did allay the fr- ritation In the baby's throat, they did not allay it {n iny mind, but, en the contrary, produced 3 result dawmetrically opposite, Atter 1 hnd got the mall, 1 went to the (drug store, and, while wuiting my turn, 1L opened Tus TRIDUNE Lo see §f there Were any new polnts In regand to the Uregon cuse, when my eyo acel dentally fell upon my confidential ledter to you, 1 lost“ull Interest” fu tho Oregon case, ‘and bezun to ses how could figure out my own ‘returns.t It would not do to hive my wifu see that Jettgr, that was sure, and yei sho woula ask for the paper a3 soon us Lot home. After considering the matter for somne time, I declded 10 suppress ‘Tun TRisuNg and carry home the Zimes. urs enough, after being assured that [ had brought homo the eum arabic, und putting about a halt teaspoun- ful ssoak ip a teacup, she asked if I had brought the paper, 1 luhl‘yu, sud sho sald she wished I would take care of the baby a little on Bunduys; she had biw all the week, and got so tired, So we exchanged, and she Immediately safd: “Why, this Is the 7imea? Why didu'y you pet Tug TRisuNed” [ told her that I thought would tr{ the Time oceustonally for a change; that I Mked to read up bo{h i | [ thought it my duty ss a conscryative man 1o hear what all” parties had to say, #4Duty,’ conservative man,’ ¥ sald she; “why 13 THE CHIUAGEU . 1asURET RATURDAL T UANUAR Y T, 080i—1 v, . stivausasitinn this Timeals & mean, Airty, good-for-nothing papery just ace what hem\(r&- it has—* Glory to onl, ¢ Jerked for Jeaue,' and such [rreyerent thlnznl 18 1s not & it paper to have In a fami, whero there are children (batv fa the only chil we have, and Is just a yeat old, and I am aston- fshed that you should think of pgetting it will' not encroach upon your timo to tell you of the frequent upbraldiogs I recetved during the day, accom- panicd by sarcastic reflections upon the Zimes, nor to tell you my anxlety lest sho ahould bor- tow a paper containfog my letter. Sutfice it to Aay that the calm of anofher Sunday waa dis- turbed, and what with the election muddle, and my wile's reproaches, and the auspicion ol her duplicity, aml the cars of the baby, I did not much care for anything, and I'blamed those women who write those gossiping letters to vour paper for bringing about this state of wretchedncess, e 1 hate to trouble you with my complaints, bt inasmuch as I have begun, 1 might as well tell you that I drended "Christinas, for 1 had seen certain indications that led mo to belicvo my wife was engaged fn gome fancy-work for my benefit, and sure enongh I recelved, with the most forced pmile I ever pushed to the sur- face, n {mlr of slipper-taps, & dressing-gown, and nsmoking-cagr. ~ Tho slipper-tops were really avery pretty pattern—n red dog with bead eyes, and a bluc-bird in bis mouth; but when I took them down o have them soled I found that the cost would be just what twa good pairs would towe to at the’ stores, and, considering the hard times, this was quite an Item. When they came home, the shoemaker, inorderto get a fit, had cut off a part of the dog’statl,~—the curled cndann) allof the bied except the neck and hend. ‘I'liis naterially Interfered with the en. Juyment my wife had “aoticlpated In secing me wear lier handiwork. In order to get the measuro for the dressing- Fown unknown to me, she went to my tallor, hut 1t v happened that my tallor s my brother's tutlor ton, and na there is a similarity in our inl and a dissimilarity 1o the length of our arms and the breadth ‘of onr slhoulders, the tallor ot the measures mized, and when I trled on that dressing-guwn on that emluarlmi Chrlstmas morning I thought my wife ha changed places with me, for she had a fit and [ hadn't, M(y swifc felt ea bad ahout 1t that I sald it would o very welly that I had often worn things smaller than that (I was younger, though), nud” 8o to make Ther believe e, I wear it crcrIr evening, though I have to carry myself as it 1 had on a palr of shoulder-braccs, and when I go ont for an armlul of wood i take it oll, ostensibly to preveur solling it, but really hecause I cannot get both arms in front of mc at the same time. ~ The simoklng-cap_ was all well enough, but as I do not smoke I did ot understand what sho should give it to me for, until she sald she had sccu ow to smale it In Tor Trinuxe, and wanted to try. With these exceptious, and a spolled TRIDUNE pud- ding for dinner, und n tasts of codiish In the coffee, our Chirlstinas wre a merry anc. Ihope you will respect the privacy of this communication, and under no conslderation let fLgetout. I rce that thoss women resented your abtice of iy confldunce,—that 15 always the "4:{ with wonien,—they can’t bear.to have anybody's secrets get out.” T will do them tbat wntch Justlce auyway. I hope you will perse- vere in changing Lhose recipes, as the fallure of our Christuas pudding convinces me you are daing, and I wiil recetvo it as & recompense for thie risk you caused me to run and for the un- happluess” I sufleced in consequence. Very truly yours, in sirictcst confidence, Manganer's Hossawo, 7o 110 Folior o Tha Friu 3 e Fdifor of The ine. C. & N. W, &. R., Dec. 30.—Whilo diverted roading the lively Home Department {n your to-day's paper, I was o hitie surprised to find in the last columu, tenth page, reference by * Mrs, Kate U." to a recipo furnished by * Shirley Dare* in your paper of Nov. 25, As ! Invented that namc, and ave used it in a dozen or mure papers for over eight years, J claim the cxclu- &ive right to it, and as 1 certainly never sent the llome Departinent any reclpes, pleasant as it swould have been to Joln its circle, It uppesrs somehody has been ‘taking Iberties. The ‘woman who took my newspaper nams becausg it happened to, please her fancy, s well aa others who borrowed it for some very thin poetry in the Little Corporal and Ifome Jourpal, pm\mhl? arc not aware that an suthor's sohri- quet 13 his or hier trade-mark, as such protected by Jnw, and no ons has any more right to copy or imitato It than to filch n vopyright, or use tho braud of Enoch Blorgan’s 8apolio or the Royal Baking-Powder. Of course, the women who use a niom de plume already appropristed do so 1 Iznorance of any rights to the matter, but one would fancy {t_a ‘polnt where good tuste would render any other reminder superfluous. Tho matter is foo trifling to refor to, IS the hablt of borrowing newspaper names were not growlng 10 bo & damage Lo writers ns well a8 an sonoy- ance, A New York editor lately sent word that 1ie Lind & story of mine which Lie would like to 'xuhllah—lnr nothing. 1 knew of no munuseript n his offlce,but supposing my memory st fault, imade unswer that 1 thought papers were as woll able to pay for urticles ns thelr writers were to furnlsh them for mothing, Quick as the post could bring it came the manuseript, and tha indorsemnent that ho “ahonld considur the story cheap—for nothing.” On resding the story, which 1 NEYLF BECT bafore, 1 eould hardly agree with him that any paper vould afford” to publish it, 1f pad for dolng so. But the nuthor had done me tho houor to make use of my namo.und Invoko eratuitous eriticlems, which I herewlth prescat her as the only person entitled to ft. Doubtless the women who take iy pen-name have adided to its credit in measure” which Its owner could never reach, but Lam so far unerateful as to prefer answering for whatever It is attuched to— A poar thing, but mine own. Terhaps i 1s news to people In genern) that writinz-tolk have any rights like other creatures to thelr slgnutures, their pruln:ny. or thelr creations. Lurger proplo than I suffer under the sume burden of credit which does nut, be- long to theny,—Mark Twalo,—but Mr. Clemens 1s u man of prompt temper, and iy doybles never have time to ery out. Ilia private wraveyard nlune tells ‘the tale of what bocomes of his imitators, Nushy saw the New York L‘f{vrm print tictitious Detnocrate le Naahy letters during the Just cmurulzn uwnd did not repudiate them asugood Hepublican should, which emboldencd a genlus further West to the {mpudence of publishfig anotber with all the pecutizritics of the Nasby style, and {n full, o which that philosopher profe recant und Join the Democratic cholr. Perbaps the Pittabure eveniug paper which trled thls amuscment will infortn its rendars whether the visit of Mr, Locke's lawyer shortly after was Yleunul to the degres that could” be wished. {¢ hud directious to aceept no nmlaz{v. Jugh Billings lets people use his name with freedom, but tlien be always sonds fna LI for artfcles in his nay , as he never afgns one for [ess than £100, {t's aingular how little people ke to med. dfe with Lim. £ know of but a single writer fn the United States wham ua one is bold enough to finitate. ‘The namo of Mr, Elf Perkins s menttoned with due apology, The motter of my compluint at present la In- slenlicant enough, [ own, but 1t witl serve for occusfon ta remfind peopfo that au suthor has the same distinct right to is peculiar title that ® grocer hua to bia brand, Any one who res(sts au Infringement indircctly protects the cluhng of others, und if such encroachments were niet as promptly as they deserve (o be, the result would ba a sudden and perceptible Increase of good manuers. Sumeer Dage, QUITE A VARIETT, To the Editor of The Tribuse, Ciicago, Jun, 4.~ hiave Leen un Interested reader of The flome for a Jong thne, and been tempted & good many tinies to let baby* new dress go for a little while and add my mite; but no! 1 L did not work for biw, I must play with hin—what dear little tgrants they are, to be surei~ Mra, Orloua™ Lo the vontrary note withstanalog, It Iy 2 good thivg for the “world's progress' that therd are suie fev women -~ (usnd not » few eitber) ‘wlio are willing to takeup the misson for which they were born. 1, o, wass **light-hearted girk 7' u few years 8320, but asu none the Jess so nuwadays, when 1 ace iny dear little unes pluy- fug wround e, and | try to fashion out 4 future tor them, hoping they will prove good, houest meu. 1 was so pleased with “Anber's™ let- terof Dec. 9. Iknuw sho and § would be {riends, und I hope sho will writc more v Ahe same subject. I think that * Mrs. Apron. strings 1" need ot have cut * Ul fve Green" up so completely; 8 Jooks s little spiteful—altigettier oo “womanlsh," if lmu;' use the tenn du that way, [ like * Mrs. irie? on the servunt-girl question, 1 have an oxcellent girl who has been with e neayly two yeurs, Wetreat Ler well, pay her woll, and 1 nuver flod fault, Blie does w) the work for six except pnulufi m&mom in order, and Mondays 1 wash the breakfust dishes sod sel dinner, Wo lave certalu work for every day ju the week, and, with the exceplion of the pursery, ny house 1is always in order. Wu set u gooil table,—as great yaricty as wo can uffurd,—never 16t our bills run,—it costs us maore to live than we wish ft dd, tor we waut to eaye for s home uf our own; but we do not owe sy oue, and every year adds u littte to our bank acvoust. I bops as I grow inore experieuced that I shiall sce whore to cut down our txpenses, 1 have enjuyed the (ew recipes that [ have hud timo to try, very mugh; that for charlotte- russe wus ~ delightful; ulso the coru oys- tere. How do you cook pork tenderluln ludies] I have only one way tbat I Kuow of, and ft {s my own inventions: that s, cut them open; stew ln water till ocarly done, then, with & little butter hissing in a spider, fry to s light brown—not too hard; bave s small plece of toast buttered for vach Pleco of meaty place the meat on the toast, pepper and galt, and then throw a thin milk gravy over sil ‘acall {t "l n\n‘n on toast,” and think it & very good sub- stitute. Bome one asked how to cook sweet- breads. We washi clean, and let drip} broil on a gridiron, or fry in a little butter, and nnrpcr, salt, and buttor fust Defore they are brourht in. It yon place them amoment in theovén the eeasoning seems to o through them better. [ should like to write another letter somo (lay, aud talk with * Am- ber,” “ Aunt Lucy,' and others, as to how I am to mannge & dear, warm-hearted little boy, with & very treadfol temper, snid & nanghty Nabit of sayihg ““ I won't!" 8o I'll say good-hys now, hoping 1 m-{ find a littlo cotner somewhera for this drendfully long lotler. Ladles, why nottell of your homes{ Baner drer. MRS, DR, COOXA'S LETTER, o (Aa Kdifor af The Tvituse, Parurr louse, Jan. h—A ‘havpy New-Year to the editar and all the readers of Tur Trin- ung, The rolling earth novor browght a happler of hetler onc than this, not on account of ter- b1 ster by sea and taud, not becansd ro- publics elect Proaldciiz 120 efally, or that the financial state of our country wa Bot cripple nnd depress business, but that therels o nan found—an editor of 4s good a paper as tlics through our laud—who patfeutly reads, con- slilers, prints, and gives to us the” jnmble con- _talned in The Home Doepartinent ot Tis Tnin- UNE. Job's Euflcnce sinks into (nsignificanco compared with his. Naw, my dear cantributors, young and old, nstead of fiying into a pnsslon becauss some one upsets our theories and knocks to pleces our air-castics, let us nce how many renl, genu- ine dean we can coin for the bencfit of women, They will bo wrought into the lives of men,and medo (o bonefit” them equally, Nothing 13 surer than that good mothers make good chifddren. They sometimes have bad _oncs, but we bellovo it {8 the outcropping of hercditary teanamisslon, as much as we belfove In day snd night, Homs of the uncies and great grand- parents have done the mischief, Don't be nfraiil, my dear J, J. Kingsford, that tho laat fourth of the womnen nre goling.Lo follow the three-fourthy who wear. masks and have such hard work to appear fanocent. The bad elfect of knowing the laws which govern our heing, and undetstanding the mind of God In our creatfon, have not yet appeared, Butthe untold agonles which Ignoranca g citalled * read and known of all men,” and felt by most women, Doctors cannot teach children s well as mothers, (They oucht, more than is their wont, to teach tho mothere,) Instead of a let~ ting down {n morals by a confidence between mother and children, tho reverse isamre to olitain, Wao have tnany years watched the cffect of telling the truth, lustead of falschood, to children (who have a Hzht to know it), and’ huve yet to find an Instanca of violation of trust, “When motliers alonc are confidanta, vices which "dnrlm 'l'hc(r prey like scrpents have no soll to row in, ¥ Mrs. A. T.'s letter will repay readinig a dozen times. To her last inquiry, ‘“ITow to open up a way for woman to become full-charactered " and perfect, wa reply, study first and Inat dur- sclves. Compass o8 " inuch” as poseible God's sdens in mnklnzf every organ in our bodies, and understand thefr functlons, Before this 18 ac- complished the mind will open In the way Nature (ntended us to work., By following this rule, every Individual can bo a proficlent in something. We must admire work in others which we cannot do oursclves, and have no right toundertake. It s better to be a good cook or cooper thau n poor doctor or painter, Almost every individual ean do something well, To find this Ia of the greatest importunce to us, to our {rionds, and soclety. Duty to the family ls frst. Ilow to make It run smoothly without money and have thne for culture docs not yet appear. Improving thetalents wehaveisthe only way to have mare. If we cat good, plain food, wenr wartn, light, loose clothing, every ounce nmzmndcxl from the shoulders, inany hindrances will be removed. Systcm lelps amazingly. When our work Is plauned {t Is lalf-done, 1 am delighted to hear #* Winnle” talk about her bables. Her ndvico Is most excellent. Thera aro go many peopla nowadays who refuse them Lomes, it'ls refreshing to know that thero are o few beside tho Irlsh aud Germans who offer them. Some one of the collego praduatcs plesse tell us how mauny EM“ before they wiil entively mu{alnnl URy— efore we must merge what there {8 Teft of puro Anplo-Saxon blood intothcirs? Thia is an custer _rmblem than those every duy solved by girls In helr teens, who ought 14 be using thelf muscles more, and shut up fn the school-room less. Attached to every study-reom, thero should ha ong for light gymnaatics, and whao the braln feels weary, or Lo sides ond back ache, o fer momtents” exerclae with Goodyeat's pocket in- strument, would send new Iife and vigor to all the tired organa, It would be much casler to learn, and that learned lunger retatned. No, no; don’t * bounce the men,” or “put them out.” By o doing wa may Llunt a fac- ulty “)""‘II' to assert itself. Let Tom, Dick, Hatry, ‘and Inquiring James all come fn, an stay o long as they koep good falth, Whicra the girls aro thoy will come/ No uso wasting thne Aghting agalnst oature. When we make cake thoy can beat the '“f"" roll the sugar, and wriml tho coffee, It somiclimes helps us, and al- ways does them good. . We not only let, but | vite thom to come and Uring ail the practlc: {deas to help women they can muster, o may, by compariog our vicws in candor and courtesy, lllntle'n the time “when wo shall sco cyo o oye. Let us study the general good, and tho long suffering of the man who has undertaken to Lring about the millenlum, Do let us havo mercy on Mr. Meddll, and pa- tience with James, Let us work with a will' in deylsing, completing, and teaching cooking, be vontent with our fot, and not overreaching helplng our nelghbor, each fu her own way; keeping the Laith, corvg whataver may; then of us shull bo sald, “8ho hath done what she could," Our work tells no falschood, 'tis eyil, or good. MR8, E. 4. C, M. D, HOW TO MAKR CHILDREN 600D, 7n she Kdilor of, Tha Tribune., BT. JosEr, Juik 3.~A"very happy New-Year to you, Mr, Editor, and may you prosper and bs blessed, 18 the wish of vne who 18 guing to send an entircly new recpe. Iam glad the ladles have branched off on other subjects beside thoso everlasting recipes pertalnfoz to the stomach. To be surethey ars good in thelr places, but one grets tired of catlig sometimes, espectally it tho viands nro not very godd. Now § min go- ing to send a recipe” to make good chil- drepy or ta make children grow to bo ood, have often been told T ought to haye bheen tho mother of twelve, a3 children, largo or amall, ars ueveranyLrouble to e whatever; mou%hllxuvu rearod to man- hood aud * Burnsides " little fellows who were very delicata [n their babyhood, and I can truly suy the huppiest ioments spent in all the years that are gono wery thoso that [ spont withi my habics at home, When uudxullms thelr plum; Jittle bodies, and robing for bed, the good- ulght Klssca, the anxlous fear that the croupy cougsh would grow worse, or the measlcs mlz‘nt strike i, tiie great velief of the anxious mother-heart when morniug catne aud the lit- tle une waa better, for 1 never could afford a uurse, and M I could there was no ous but mother or futher at such times that conld be of any service,—so you sce I luve been through the mill, as the old laylx'lf 0o, and am now rnplnf wy reward Iu the dutly ens lti{nleulu( mny good children,. Think of (hese things, dear Winnle, who, it scems to nie, are il (n your youug wotherhivud. Give your thine to your Jittles ones, snd lot thusg who have none, of du not wislh giy, attend to the mjsston- ury cause wnd other church matt Kood mother must devote most of her thne Lo ber famnlly,—not that slie must tie hersclf up to them, nnd never go out. Ub, no! not that,—~ there will be plenty of amusementa snd pleasure [un.(el that she can uttend with safety while He babivs are in bod, safe and ustesp, and thy wother retura wll the fresher and better pre- ared to tale up the pleasant tuak again alter her treat. ‘Then again thers will be wany, very many times, when it will not be prudeut to to ko and leave them. Be careful how you say, 11 {s were not for the children.” Ifit were not for the chitldren, whst would our howe bef But 1 meunt to tell you how o make good clitldrem. Well, wow, ficre {6 iy recpe: Giive them all they can eat threo thaeas s dayy dress thews very warm in winter; put them out doog every sfugle day; no matter bow cold, put them out a littie whils; put them to bed earlys lot them sleep late It iuclined, Next, give them il the amuscmnenta they wish—at home, Lut one stug if ho likes; let another whittle, il he will cleau up Dis own mnes. Spread down sumething to whittle on which can be taken up. Let them have cards if they wish, Now, don't thraw “1' your liands in hulr horror, ufl yau strict Christlan 1oothers. It will pever” do thew any hann. My word for ft, they wilf uever 0 any further with it than ut home. vyenlngs. VWith such barniless games and plays uubtl their ideas of right and wrong ure forured, this [s my recipe. They “ralse’ beautifully, and never * tall.” "1 have tried ft. Well, I haye pun aut such a leagthy letter I nm in greot fear ft will bo lubd sslde,” Bub I wuat this tajhe * BeboolGird ;- Just you try tar-water; it will not discolor the scalp ore particle. It 18 just as clear as rain-water when properly mdde. [ would ltke to seud a good soup recfpe, but dars not this time. A bappy New Year Lo all the geaders of The Home, 18'the kind wishes of Acne NeLie Brr. A nd. A p;‘;ll‘mfxfi: 1L, Jg?u'g‘;l’l!l:clfl‘fl“ !Iom a0 » 0 the readers of The Howe for the ‘3{“ of thelr baving had gucha In:ll’# thrust upon them as that of * Amands Apron- stringe.” You aro all at liberty t0 belieyo what Tnlawiliglveyoua lupsly of words with which to her letter and questions imply, that ' Ollvo Green? faa frand and an impostor. Soveral weeks since I asked the leaders ot 'The Loine what I ghould do or #ay when certain persons called, 1gavea description and aspecinen ol the conversation ususlly had on such ocea- sions, Belng .no artisty, I drew the plcturs at random, never drcaming it could be recoy- nized even byjitabest friends. Buthomely, unpre- possessing, atd uncouth as it was, this “*Aman- dn Apronstringa ' comes farward and clafins to be the original, takes up the cudgel ju defense of her class, and belabors mie until T took {mp uratively speaking)asif I had been * fool Infi around & threahing machine.”! Buppose Isliould say that onc-hall of the lettcrssent to Tho Homo Department of Tin TRINUNN were as empty #8 a last year's bird-nest, would any, sensible woman “aceuse mo of - dealing In personnlities! I think mnot. T have no fnclipation ta reply % Amonda's?" very Iady-like (1) remarks, and sball only reply 1o one of her numcrous questions. Tho nuthor of Firat caat out the beain ‘out of thina own eye,' Is also the muthor of the Ninth Command- ment, which ** Amanda ¥’ would do well to ob- serve. As for my wonderful “ Intelfect,” feel no alarny, Whatever may cause iny death, I havae uo fears of {ta belng braln-fover. A I, lika * Mra, Hale," only discouraged, or 1s It trno that the tendency of tho spirit or tono of The Home fs duwn rather than upward Blnce early last apring, letters have been poure iog into it thanking and bicssing its editor for tho priceless privitege he nffords the writers in tho use of his papor, and cvery week the num- ber {8 mulitipifed, uutil the man {s as completes ly nat his wits' end as ever the woman was who llved dn o a sboe,—and all to what purpose! For that of distributing recipes that almost any of our nextloor neighbors conld . give us. Think of it! what encourazement In given to any subject aside from that of cooking! Hlow many of you gather around AMrs. Hule,aml ask hior to téll you about ‘‘how to troat our durib animals,” or “what to rcad, and huw '} Youall remember how poor * Dubbler was served. 8ho woa taken to task and **scnt to Caventry " for merely favoring the nice pro- prieties of the dining-room, nnd, with a_eingle exception, there was not & word safd in hee de- fense. Uphold whatever fs good, true, or beaatifnl. ‘You may have discovered by this time that T never baltmy liook to cateh compliments, I am {ar moro'likely to *catch & Tartary® but [ do Insist that in my efforts to induce our women tu leave thie kitchen and coma up higher, that [ liave & “fair count.” When 1 say leave the Kkitchien, don't think for a 1noinent that I under- rate its Importance. I have speat more years In 1t than in the parlor, but bLegause 1 prefer the ];urlur, with ita pleasing and restful surroummi- nga, and sk iy Iriends to come and ait with nic, 18 thet o suflicient excuse for some of you, whose thoughts never rise hhfhcr thau the steamy of your rolleg-pots, calllng upon all to bld me keep * off of thelr kltchen Tiearthis with my books' and peduntie uotlons. ‘I'his samo olement underlics everything in the lves of the fgnorant, It 1s this saine crv, * Go away with {uur books and let us alone,” that the chureh, hie Jycount, and soclety have to contend with, and goes far townrds mllmi otr poor-housea and penitentiories. You may hear from mo again und you nay not. Ishall be guverned by cie- cumstances. Unive GnziN, ™ e Biiior of 316 Trivune . 8 r 3 3 Marroox, 1li., Jan. 1.—A happy New Year to our Indulgent cditor and the lwllés of our Home epartment. That's right, “Chat,” put them out If thoy won't stay out for o pollte * thee's not wanted bere.”” Push them out. It was cn- couragingly s‘l) predicted that this boat would capsize, and thereupon it did rock n little, but no sooner hind §t heen canted oyer than the naughty men steppud vigorously fi, trylng to precipitate the catustrophe, ‘**Theodorn,” I echo **do let us bo lady-llke, {f wo aro not Intellectunl,’” After nlf, ‘*preat minds will differ,” Wil +Ollve reen, with her vast ablle ity, pleass take the lend in the direction she suggesta; thon we will follow to the utmost of our eapacity. Do not know whether nny ong answered Mrs. Jane B. last week or not. I re- celved mi ‘TrinUNE as usual, but when unfold- «d, 1o and boliold! It was found to bo minus the supplement, 1 folt awfully cheated. Mrs, Jane B., will you accopt o suggestion from ong who, as youraclf, hns only a very lmited educa- tlon} In order fo bo gaod coiversationalists, we sliould furnlsh ourselves with a rich varicty of 1dens, and the way to attain such trensures is toread 'carofully and thoughtfitily the -best books, converaa with most learucd and beat of mon and woinen 8o far as w2 buvo the oppor- tunity, and profit by tliese readings, , conversas tions, and” observations, not rushing fran- tically from one book to nuuthcr foro* wo haye firm) eatablished in our mind what was uscful In the last, There s an almost endless lst of Fuod books from the beat authors, with which you arp probabl; famillar, bosides our popular” perlodieals, Ser nery the Aldine, Allantle, Harper's, cte, 'Take Seritmer, for lmmnuo‘ read- uny artiele [n ¢ Cul- ture and Progrens,” 4 Tuplcs of the Time," or anywhere In thio book,—they ure all good. After reading make use of your nlumnr{. y fixing 1t in your miud, then commit it to wrlting, ortell |t over Lo some one of your lumll{ or acqualut- ances, Thoy may not profit by {t; but no mat~ tery you witl. It will bo ftupressed on your mind, Converse with yvourself, question yoarsell as o what you have learned, " Read Dickens, Beott, Longleliow, lrvl:f;, J, . Hollund, IT, 1. Stow or anyhody else aloud to yourselt or fricnds, 3 express your idens, and ‘you will by susceptibio of a grudual improvement. ¥ am very anxtous to improve, nid I wisl sonio ono would tell me furthior. Muny thanks to the ladica for thelr recipes for taploca pudding, At learning to maks Hight broad,—which, by the way, docs noi always provo to bo a lizht ubdertaking, Would be so thankful for * Agut Lucy'a' infnee-pio rechpe, for, alus! #Olive,” 1 do not even have the one poor httlo satiafaction Josh Billinzs bLas fn cating his tash, What gavorise to tho custom of gentlemen eallivg upon their fair fricuds on New-Yenr's Day | Botue otie pleaso &ive mo a recipe for mnbrosia,—nut fnaginary, but tasteable and tangible ambrosia, . (grTNUDE, Mrs. Rose, give (mvtu}yuur address, und 1 wiil sond you a paper coutalnivy full directions for kulttlug your baby's sack. TUH TRIDUNK'S HOME, Tv the Editor of The Tribune, ‘Mapigon, Wis., Jun, &.—1t is impossible for meto resist the temptation of saylog a few words (o iny fellow-workwomen through the columns of Tus TitiwuNe llume, Could’ I ex- press to you flirst, My, Editor, tho gratitude I feol 10 thie managers of Tie TminuND for the Kinduess of The Home Department; to the many lml{ contributors who Jiave avalled them- selves of its coluimis,—coutd you fully realize theereat beucdts that have azerued to tho many humes mwade pleasant not mercly in the Yaweets " and **splees," * cakes ' and com- ments upon cookery, but by ennubling und on- lxu;lvling tho home litluenco uf motlier, enabling cach one to compare each and every trial at home with the experience of perhaps somo Jolder person, and belne content 1o trv agaln, then you mi‘km fully reallze the many trylng places You have helped us poor women over, 1 want 1o comtent fust a litlo. o whiat 1 ik ahout the neccssity of having the prover kind of lit- erature comne §1to a home, aud with your indul- ence | proveed, A {ournnl is valuuble in the lome crele In proportion to the mmount of good thut It brings to the houschold, and fu propor- tlun to the moral feasons to be Jearned from its perusal, and 1o matter how zood a news pupera rap«-r iy be, I lacks good moral principle it s not a fft home paper, Could the managing editor of one uf the Chilcako dailies realfze’ the vast amount of infury every fssue of ffy im- moral paper does, withits gvcatsensational head- ings parading vieness b every form tu the yoitth of both sexes, degrading natead of ¢les vatlng the thuuzhits of its readers, paisding be- fore all classea tha wost fmnoral fdeas, mruln‘; Telrion o ridieuly, and ncreas- jug the income of his pn(‘mr by feeding the unnatural desires fts own vife columns have Fmduncd compare the ovil thut wcerues from he rumlffla of such a paper to the teflined, moral rending of The Home Departinent o the fumnlly cirele, and it would mako evory mother that lasw child that can read to cust the vilo paper from the door. But 1 have digressed more than [ {utended. 1 commenced this letter with the tention of adiressings ¢ [ezpah,” and askivg her not to drur out of line; we veed wmore letters lke yours In Tig Tinuss issue Qf Dec, 235 such Jetlers hivlp us all, and wa cay umrou%hu appreciate the good dune, for § have vo doubt “your Jetter of “that date stlimulated more than bne reader of Tuk Triwene Home ty tee what Hitie ono ecubl Le remeibered wud what puor oue made happy. 1 wish * Sunt Alice " or some of the contribugors that know would please bo kind enough to give the price of the cotbination kitchen cablnet. Mus. 1. 3L J. INFANTS' SHINTS, 70 the Kditor of The Tridune. WiNoxna, Mlun., den, d—.\s there was na vesponse b the last lHowe to * Oue Mother's M m].ueu for directions for kuitthig an infunt's shirt, §will try to give her wmine; though, as even the ||u|rlca'. knitting directlons require tuck epace, I fear my letter may by thrown aside. Use very coarse common steel knigtiug- needles (No. 12 beng sbout tha right size), ant Yeushmere? yarn, or any other of the samo fueinksa that will not sirink much in washing,~ u guol plan is to shirluk 1t before knltting, Het u‘g:ll)onm».»lxu. Kuit one, seam one, kiift one, sean one, and 5o o, back aud furtth, uutil 15 rows bave been completed. ud ot forty stitchds In the middle for front of neck, and {o mdu{:&plu the work to tho kace, and draw ous & loop 83 It gocs over- the -needio 8o that. the as much as ho thirty sfitches selvagza ma poseible. be hera loft at with which to forin the shoulders, ty-four rows for each of these, stretched will now cach side Knit twen- While one Is being knit, the stitches for the nther may elther be taken off u{mn a thread or left upon ono of the needles. When both are done, cast on forty siitches between thesa two pleces for the back. of the neck, aml knit the rest of tho bacl of the shirt Iike tho fr four rows longer, Bind o ont, making it twenty- at thaend; fold the two ends together, and, begiuning at the bot- tom, the lnp, making o soft, belng careful to make , luose, clastie tho scw up nt the aldes to within fifty rows of scam, and op of tho back the top of the shirt. For the sleeve, set uh‘flltv- I slx stitches. Kntt forty raws lika tho sh! then widen one stitchat eacfi end of the necidle and continue to do 8o once in every tiwelvo rows un- {11 you have widened aix times, Yout will now have knit 113 rows, and wilt have sixty-cight stitches npon the needle. Pinto the knee, and atretch ns much as may be fn binding off, neek, Bewup oninslde, and sow in ntnpunf a3 at ngleft nt afde of ahirt. Crochet aseallopabout theneck and bottom of shirt and sieeves, Ran fn n pleco of rihbon or wide linen bobbin at the neck with which to deaw ft up. A change may bo made at the neck by leaving an openin at the thront with ad closin down the front uttou and looj “Fita il 1 & (8o closer about tho ncek, but 1§ Ycrlu:;\u nr[nv;s'k‘ er, on account.of tho opening. t I8 donc iy thild Begin ns before, Knlt wAY: 100 ruwsl 2 Take Q)'{'flfly. stitches, knitting the film;hxl}f,lt:"ym edy int Gt ol k,.f':l. twenti by now it hatl y ¥ Yeed Ritit, nt, and narrow nt aws have Leen fin- bg.- Filird row until Thera will “Ehiety-seveh Klitelled sbh the needle, Proceed-{dithel shrtia Wadavitiraba fifty stitches forming the, piher, stitches ‘fip re’ u.laumub; 4 the reat ol thi neck. Fou ‘tél‘:ed iu" ] xony,” These snirts” n threo Inches of the of the sleeves f large as the small Instunce, Iean n‘fl{; 5 stiteh which make! than this, and havli rfi\uu llirm.“lvm. it iougl real fe. 10 yery 8 describe. desired howcver, at some othertimg. ., 8hrlok #0 much In wr\sb,}q;!' i 18} With best wisles to af T the Editor, Marroox, the commotlon Qalf ol ' i F ,.50 h g i 1 of ééfilfi * 1t about ofront, . Cast on 0 halyes ;ln and finiah tha y t at th q .“I?;{I# fl;:ep)m:n rcfi. sl fino eckham,” ,and top 0 flft d ’!x‘l‘fkt }"‘;ee“cu ns Rt , noadles, A B gryjnuch rrculnr K ’gmnze n beln tty slowly, and, 1&‘:).0 diglcult Lo e tha effort, Lrocheted shirtd , gfi;hu of littlc use. Thie Howa ™ clrelo, PanzLore, comuoTiol A4 ;&‘Anoom Ae Tribuna, 111, Jan, 3.—You can’t concelve of ot have thrown us {nto, It you conld hava forescen the trouble you have inade 113, T know you never would hava Intro- duced The {lome Just think! cpartment Iuto your paper. “Ollyo Ureon” gets i chance to desuribe a “cealler,” atid puints a picture 8o trug that quito n munber of our fadfes (L will eall them such) thought Indecd, thers . wero dozen ~ who wers lottur, they no Tl pointed in to vindicato elther hersell or frient knaw which), and the effort we put furth to fiud who * Apronsteinga ' is would move even s Chi- cngo reporter to teara, 1t {s really surprining haw we discurs thy cunabilities of " each other, It wonld not bo hard to foeate the authorshb sut. for it. less than hulf n out ns Healler?! so graphieally described in Olive's Next, ** Anawla Apronstrings ¥ rushes tho (ve don't of “ Apronstrings® If wo woula admit that Mrs, A—, or Mrs. B- such a —, or N {is3 C—— coufd writo letter. Now, don't you see what a fix you lhuve got us fn by ths publication of those Iottersf ‘The only way 1 seo to avold such dificultics horcufter 1sto admit more of those * horrid nien ' to the columus of ‘Tha Home, not make ourselves felt In the political or futcle lectual arena, we certafnly can fn the physical, Take, for lustance, the eascof **John Il Law- rence,” of Chicago. It In tvo mouths we can redueo him from 200 to 165 pounds avofrdupofs, and this when wo aro not at peace with vur selves, what can we do when we quit fighting ench wther, agalnst tho and turn our common enemy—those rd men’t And *Chat,” detiug on If wocan- batterics “ hor- tho lug;iuuuun of **Kenn-Tucky,” lins proceeded to ol hersclf a committes of onv (ala Crculn)] and didn't she baze them in fnst wock's Homne And now, it they don’t hunt a hole to crawl out at, I sccond tho motlon of *“ Kenn-Tucky " to turn them over to the tender mercles of * Blddy McBrutser.” And now [ will bring my letter to a clofo by giving a recipa of my cup-cake: one cup of nnr ot sweet millss and three teuspoonfuls ot Iavor with lemon or vanflla, Will some ono give a revipe fur lemoh-cuke,— ono that has been tried! Two cups of three cups of ry haking-powder, sucar § ter; five cgosi ono flou MARY 3001 To the Eidltor af The Iribune. Cittoaao, Jan, 4.—Ffir some weeks past I have heen too busy to do more than glance at ‘The Ilome, und writinz was out of 'Lhe ques- tlon, although there wero some thinga I wanted And besides, there have been so many letters there would hava been noroom for mineg, Somo time ago there appeurcd & rm} the car of sick children, and T hayo not woticed suy diroet reply, As I have Just nursed my wwo httle givls through a courso of feyer without medlelno or doctor, T offer a few words In unswer to that request, I try to take care of my cbildren so they will not fi“" sick, But when they do, I find that dlet, uthlng, aud quict are the most cffective remo- 1 took th oldest safct measles, whooping-cough, and tecthing with ouly cominon scnse and the luws of health to gul ‘This thine the chfldren had a remittont fever— When their feet were cold and heads hot, I spplied hotwater to the fect and cold water to the head. Wh the fever came on Lsponged off the whole bml}y with cool water, wiplmg lightly with o soft 1 Kkopt them on a liglit dict of such urticles as would keep the bowels o) meal, Orabam -crackers, cte. If this sutlicient, 1 gave wann water fojections. 1 kept them quict as possible in mind and body, making thein slcep all they could, And this treatment, with the blessing of Qod, brought them through all right, Owing to their flincse, I had no timo to make any preparations for Clristmua, und Bauta Claus nearly lurl;m. us, o any. yiee concernin dies I ean use, colil cillls alternating towel, one present that rambits, basin I placed o thic beef, alice p(ndl threc layers tilled the 2 v tha Editor Qcoxosowoc, \Wis., wucl' 1 ke The Lo uable paper, helplng my over your boller, full of water add « uty bleadhes, but dove n for el from are made l:{ would, when br: old way, ‘1 g Wi 7 is slmylo and qulckl( r i< KE'S LETTER. e e, with fever, pan full, TAG Tribu e(xfll 4. —Notw my first and only communiestion was classed awong the *unavaitables,” 1 try uguly, for | wish ver{)much to tell you bow o and to the Loiler two-thirds one cup ofefuld; wring your the tubj then rub through uno suds, and rinse, buil it Tot, it o ¢! ehidns’ oy ANUBLINA. Jzuneml knowledge of But e brought ne should llko to show to all tha contributors to The Ilome. It is & pretty rustic wraath mado of nosscs, lichens, and similar foreat treasurca, restful to the eye, ua It hangs on the wall, re- calliny memorles of plenies and wildwood spring-time trunpa for flowers and antumn nut-gutherings. 1In rosponse to * Iuquirer,” I would say that wo buy our meul of D, B, Nichols, Clty Mitls, 835 dtato strect, who keeps cverything in the 1inc of bremlstufls, and wu havo tever had to pnIv nare than 40 cents for tweaty-tlive pounds. wiil close with a recipe for a ment-plo which repared: lua threo-plut uyer of stals bread, bruk- en or chiopped fluc; on "this a Juyer of bolled [, and seasoned with ‘wpper and o of powdered sago and pars! was salted envugh when bolling): uext a thick lu(cr uf bread again; then thorpughly mofsten- i the whole with the broth of the beef, and baked hal un tour in a moderats over. hottom of the lmn should first be greased. Tho Wo had one onu lor dinner to-day, and Nked it very et in fact, we llked fus0 well there was left, Manr Moosis, It s pleasant and ey (the meat um determined to Mieen We do u washiug it fn the fumily, and it ls s large wash, in une balt du{.—ouu person dolng it 1t + Rhode f3land ** will kend we ber address, T will send her stars for a pattern for her cross; but it would Le difticult to explalu the way they writing wlane, awmug collee, after it haa cooled il Just beat up one egr and stir wto say pound of cuffee, they would fud it would m:l{lu vy well us to use vix " thnes the quantity fu the huve tricd varlous ways, this the best und wost ceonow Jeasgdipect to Box 6, Oconomowoe, P iy 4. ks past, ye! i EE Yeed b¢ Vour Saturs Lut- uest for ad- want to through en u—ont- ras not The nune of jt . thataudin, of your vul- cpartincut L also to add my mite by way of sters in making thelr housework a4 easy a4 possibie,—and now to commence, lforo Is & washtng-fuid 1 Luve used six years, and would not be without it Tuke two pounds satsoda; dissolve; tuke one pound unilacked Iime; Lofl 3y awhile; then set aside to settle; dratu off, and add water to the amouit of two rallonst udd your anlroda; set sslde for use. 'ne night before wash-day, put your clothes to suak I wanin soap-suds, Iu the morning put b It wmy sisters ut ind “ Ihode USKWIVE. quite deficlent in bfl:ndqhddng.—thnt Is, hop {wt breads can make salt-rising bread $o per- o ectio h . Wi couring of Tho flome favor me with & recipo? After tho woman-suffrago question Is seiticd,wo will sgree to teach our Imnlnmlu tho art of keeping honse (' Margarct’a Ilusband™ snd “Iinl’* need not apply), retiro from the busi- ness, and thke our place in the “Benate ™3 until then as many of s as cannot aford seryants will be ebliged to remaln in the kitchen, T feel anlte safe in expressing myeclf this on thia pars tlenlar occaslon, for no doubt our edltor, and many others, {8 in line humor aftor the rotund of eafla” Tho “dalntica™ and costly viands served on New-Year's Doy cannot but causn them to remember us” with amilea and %}m‘" forbearance for at lcast two weeks hence. 0w, dear Indles, do not forget thebread recipe, with every Ingredient to maka it pood. 1 sens youavery nice recipe for making doughnuts without yeast: One ceg; one-half cup of sugar =brown'is preferable; two-thirds ctip mweet milk; a littlo salt; somo clunamon and nutmeg} ono dessert spoonful of melted land. Prepnra tho flour with baking-powder as for bisculta: mix quickly, and fry In lord hot enough ta bolil when they are druppeding turn often; let lrown well before taking out. You can double the quantlties for a larze family, Lest [ trespass on others, X will stop right here, and promise to be heard from again, when I wiit sny more and writo Jess, YorLy 8nooks. ODSERVATIONS FROM MINNESOTA, ' o the Edilor of Tha Trioune.. MirnmArOLIS, Jan. D.—Although not & cote tributor to Tho Home, 1 liave beeh a constant and much amused reader,—amuscd at the ides, that hias forced {tsol€ umvflflnr((y upon me, tha there 18 go littlc of Interest to” us women besing tha surest way to culinary success, thie best way to do a washing, or the morits and demerits of the chemiloon, ete., ete. Not oneof the sisters tells us what books shie has read and can recoms mond, or what flcrmnns she has heand and rmnlcd by, or whother there s anything of ins «rest to ificm fn the {asues of this most unprece edonted of Presklentlal elections. I wonder it thero is no way of va(n;z ourselves “ good and true " mothers and alsters but in theso great efforts to resach perfection {n housckeepingl Do we not owo it to our amail sons, as well as to their grown-up Lrothers (and fatliers), that wa possess oursolves of & knowledge of the at- fnirs of 8tate, even at (ho oxpensc of that cares ful attentfon to thelr ‘‘dinner’t Truly wo would lnathe to believo Lhat the masculing mrt(on of community nre such egtezious giut- ms that thely home-happinoss deponds so enth—cl‘y on the varfety and - toothsomeneas of thelr ‘“dally bread™ or tho whitencss of thelr lioen, Do _not fora moment subposc, my sfs- ters, that I mean Lo detract one jot or tittla from tho Importance or. desirability of n well- kept home,—it 1s the leavon thnt leavencth the whole; but justns consistently might wo oxpect to make bread from tlour alone, a8 to supposé our fircnlual. duty to our familles tollo inthat dircetlon. How many of us havo taken ocensfon torend tho sefence of (overnment during’all this tumult of Electoral vbtes amd Returning Boardsi Will not somo of our privileged Chifeagoans tell usof someof tho gnml sermons they hear frotna Collyer or n wingi Connot wo prove our gratitude to % Donr Mr. Editor? for the use of his MP“ by something botter than by turning 1t {nto a Tedpe Book! a DINNE-HA-UA, A DELICIQUS CUF OF COPPER, 1h the Kditor of The Tritune, Cnicano, Jan, 4.—For sotne weeks I have exe amined the columns of The iHome Department of your valuable paper to sce if ove of your nuumerous contributors tvould recomntend Islugclass as o coffca clearer, 1 have uscd {6 wany years, and think It cqnally as good, less troublesome, and more cconomical than cggs. Tl kind I refcelo can be had at any good dru, store; It coutes In long, {rrezular atrips, Is semi= tranaparont, resdiibles o thin fish-skin, I get the beat of coffeo, roast a rich brown, grind medium fine—not too coarse or fine, Expe- rleuce will teacli you how niuch soffes to use fur your family of thic strength you like. 8cald out Your coffec-pot or boller, put in your quantity of cofleo, then for every half-galloti of water ou use udd a strip of tho iginglass about two nelies long and ahalf-inch wide, After thecoffes and fsinglase ara In, add one gill of cold water, shalking ail together; then IYour on your bofling water; set on the stove, and watch tnill it oolls up onca; then removo to n cooler placs and with n spoon atir down the grounds from tho sldes of the pat, add a gl of cold water; fet It stand undisturbed five minutes; clear the spout b pourlng Into o cup, and return to the pot. Wit good cream, -and suuar to tuste, I will venturo to say that you will have a deliclous cup of cof- ee. Asphaltum is what I use for renovating grates replaters, ete, It can bu had at any ]lll’gb[lflhlz shop, It I3 a kind of rfl(ll‘ that drics very rape ldl;. Usa o paint-brush to put it on, cangivas reclpe for cooking mutton that 18 very mice {ndeed: Cut somo stcaks from a large” ler of mutton; broll uleely over a clear flra; melt two large spoantuls of currant felly and ono spoonful of butter in one gitl of water, havine previously seusotied your stewks with pepper aud palt; pour the sauce_over the meut very hot oa soon as it Is dished. Mus, C, G, M. - 7o the Btuon o T or s Triduns, Cnrcaoo, Jan. l.—Dlear Ivland Winnles T thank you klndl‘y for your word of sympathy for the'mothers “ who hiava lald thelr’ darlings away for tho long slep that knows no waking, For'l am one of thoso mothers. I lhad only one, A bright littlo dorling of 20 1nonths, born Just two years ngo to-duy. Ahl that was u hap- py New-Year to us! Andnow “‘ourlittioblcss- ng," as wo called her, lics under the purowhite snow. We know she ls bappy #in the brigh tho urlqm forever, In thaspunier-1and of song." But ohl the aching hearts and umsl-_v arimsl It 18 80 hard to bear] W closed her dear blua eyes, aud lald Ler away in August,—just. four months ago last week, and it seems years ago. No littls voice valllng papa and mamnma, no little ons to call hersclf Jmpn'n darlin’,)! and mamma's, gtoo. Oh! *Winnle,” b Indecd thaokful thas 1t 1 only ‘“‘temporary stillness that relgns,” for the stiflnces that lasts is fears full Last New-Year's Day every ono wished e a “Happy New-Year,” aud L wondered whet the new year would bring, It brought slek- ness and death, [ lost first m( buby, - then m mother, God grant thero will bu more bappf- ness fu thin new yearl 1 know there are muny, wany *“aching hearts and empty arms?” to- muny a mother looking at the empty hlgh xhlfr, sud thinking “If wy lttl one were bers how luppy L would Le” "Bat God knows best; I daru ‘not rebel, for Iwant to eco my durling ogain, Dear Winnfe, a Huppy New-Year to you, and a kiua to_egen of thusy dear littlo ongs, 1 love all little children now, and thauk God that even though lle hus tiken bLer uway, He gave hier to us for a littlo while, A Sornowing MoTuzs. NOSTUN BROWN a0 the Kditor of ‘The “Tribune, Beuvipeas, 1L, Jan. 4~Iaving becoms acguuinted With tHe fuct of there belng a ey, profitable and interesting departinent (toladie: inTns TriouNg, entitled The Home, L now anxlously luok for tho Im per every weeks I futend to cut out many of the letters containing valuublo . reclpes and otber interestivg matter, *(Jum Trogucanth ' makes tho best posts for n serap-book,” In order that my firat letier may not be too lengthy, I will herewith offer a few recipes which I have found exceifent, that othery may ba repald ln & small degree for thoss seb by “them. Buston bruwn bread: One snd one- Dl cups of Grahsmn flour; twa cups of corns wmeal; one ball cup molasses; one plnt of swees nilky one half teaspooutul soda. " Put into a two-qunrt basin and keep fn steaner over hofling water three liours: then put fn oven fiftcen minutes, Boiled Indlun pudding: Ono b one-hulf cups sour milk; Deateni one small teaspoonful aaferatus dissolved In the milic; then alft n dry corn-meal untll of the consistency us if for griddle-cukes (peruaps a littlo thicker), Stirln 4 teacup of dried fruit—chorrles sye the best. Tutina baz and boll ouno hour. For sauce, cetened cream, favored with nutineg, 1 Distresa " or any ouo else will balt piouse- s with chicese, and swmolie the trap after catching mice, they will succeed as well 88 with new traps. Wil "% Dubbler,” of (ireen Bay, Wit pleie seud e pultern to lox i.mi Belyldere, I, uud oblige! 1 huvo u splendy recipe for ginger cookies next I this by acceptod. atior une. Cricago, Ju. 5.—1 buve cowmenced what 1 call my 'I'ntsuxs Cook-Book, and, thinking e lady would llke to Luow how nleely they bo ade, will send my way. I tuke flue starch, such us we use for shirts, und, niter wettfug with cold water, pour on bofling water and Ict {t scald, but not buil. Make pretty tbick, Tuen, with a swall paint-brush, appl sotne of {t ta the boolk fustead of the scrap, an with a round stick (I use s small drum-stick) roll the seraps ou perfectly &mooth, 'Then glnzo the Louk unuer a larze, heavy bouk until dry. Btareh dovs not turn yellow ke flouwr paste, and I think {3 much nlecr, Now, a3 this {4 tho scason for mince-plcs, | wilt send iy recipe, which I think Is exccllentt Three bowls of meat; fivo bowla of apples; one bowl molasses; oue of vinegar; one of cider one of suct or butter; two of ralins; fv¢ of sugzar; ono bottlo of brandy, or, you ‘prefer, leave out ths brandy & and dd more videry two tablespoonfuls each of cin: mamou, nutmey, gud cloves; oy tablespoouful each of salt and blacl pepper; thres lemons— grato in Lo outeido and squecze in the jull dd all but tho meat and splees; boll until ¢ der, and pour ou 10 tho meat mfl afiertb tscolds It suct READ, two egus, wel that Twill filv“n nmy . RBAD, raising are tend omm;‘-dd [ 1 some of the Rind Auntleaand ° day, many tonglug for * a volee that s still,” |