Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, August 11, 1877, Page 11

THE IIOME. ETUUR-LOX, There are letters at this afer for the following Nome contributors; plenra rend for them: ‘sMontlo"’ (2), Ono contalning eactua cattings sepantomine'' (2); ‘Hitter Sweet (2); **Sam North," Colorado Springe; ‘*Myrtle,” Dandce, TW.; ‘Lady Louiso"; ‘'Saborban"; ‘*Antamn Leaves”; ‘'LouC."; "Upand Down"; ‘*Phy- aiclan,” who writes on female development; ‘tgelly""; Mand Lee," Mattoon, DESERTED, Alone in the meadow the old house atand: ‘With the weeds growing up to the doo! And the afternoon-eun, with its Mickering light, Play over the time-etalned floor. ‘The morecs and lehens a manfle gay Have woven tipon ita wall; And the venomous eerpent and loathtome worm ‘Through ite nooks and crannies crawl. ‘The eycamore-tree that stood by the porch Je leafess, and branchless, and dead; And the sweet-scented clover saa green ivy-rines ‘Have made it a billowy bed, Up from the valley, the blest of a lamb Is borne to my Hatening car; And the babbling brook, with Its cadence low, Sings its lallaby year after year, ‘The treea In the orchard have Jong ceased to bear; ‘Thongh they'ra covered with blossoms bright, And, with every breath of the Sammer- wind, ‘They cover the grass with white, ‘The Oriolo’s singing his verper-aong To the Sun that Js sinking to rest, While the mother-bird twitters a faint Inllaby: ‘To the birdlings within her neat. And I sit on the trunk of the eycamore-tree, And think of the days that are gone, Of the yeare (nathave passed, ond the friends I have lost, Bince I last heard the Oriote's song. Asachild Iam playing again ‘neath the trees, Or amusing inyself by the brook; Again In the wildwood I'm aearching for fowers In each crovice aud grarsy novk, ‘The plaintive song of the Whippoorwill comca Turne on tho evening-breoze, And the lonesome, «isina) hoot of the owl Is ccholng through the trees, ‘Tho night-winds have foosoned a lock of my halr, Aud I ace {t te enowy- whites And I sigh as I start on my homeward walle ‘Through the Moon's soft, allvery light. I, too, am deserted, and bent, and old, Like the home of my childhood hero} And that'a why I come overy evening, and alt, And think of the dead ones ao dear, ‘Though I'm houselcss and homeless, deserted and old, ‘The friends of my childhood all gone, Beyond the soft tIght of the pate Evening-Star ‘They ore walttog to welcome me home. Fenner Mansa. Miwavnee, Aug. 0, 1877, “ CHAT'S CONTRIBUTION, To the Editor of The Tribune, Decatun, Ang, .—-Don't you remember when poor Lambert, a achool-tencher in London, was sammoned to appear before Cranmer and Latimer for trial because hia religious viows didn’t Justex- actly jioe with those of Henry VIII., that ho ven- tured to appeal to that insolvent monarch? And the Kink, thinking he could dleplay bimself and learning lo good advantage, had public notice given that he would enter tho Ilsts with the echool- master, Tho argument took placa in Westminster Abbey, and the King ‘appeared on his throne" anrrounded by all the trappings of royalty, with tho prelates, Judges, eminent Jawycrs, and court- ters of diatinction about him, and poor Lambert ‘was brought into tho midst of tno magnificent au. dlence and required to ‘'defend hls opinions against his royal antagonist.” The Bishop of Chichester opened this con- forence, Then the King started down the track amid tho ringing of bella and waving of flage in the bape of the applause of the assembly. When he became tired he waa switched off on a alde-track, ss moat of oar trains bave been Jatcty, and Cran- mo! steamed np, Whon he stopped for wood and water, Gardiner camo forth, and after him Youstal Stokesly and elx moro Bishops whistled, Meamed, and tooted over the track of argument, while Lambert defended himeelf against thom all a8 best ho could. ‘Then the King wound uptnodebate by anking the interesting qneetion whethor he Wonld live or dio, And Latnbert, exhausted in body but strong in faith, with undaunted bravery Snd courage that quaited not before the cruol, hun- gry flames, ‘threw himsolf upon hie M: miency," Woll, weal knovy whut Hem wate andtheend. Nov, lot me m jodeatly assure x i that fam something Mke the achoolteachar, and, if the King of Tus Trinvxe should gather togcthor the bishops, peers, lawyers, judges, and courtiors, male und female, from among The Home contributors, and 1 should be placcd in the midetof the brilliant, witty, intellectual assombl Uke Lambert, I'd stick to what J hove said, And I bave said I) am oo woman, Sty being ‘angry’? when called a nan, saked t Easquerading, eto., Is **confirmation of holy welt” that Iam good na. o always tried to ubvy the command: hat eays, **Don't let your angry passions fiat fs aud think I have partially succeeded at Hi A new combatant has entered tho arena, without aword or gun, but ferocious tn sapect and armed with nippors. We know that ‘**the flesh will Quiver when the pincers tear," and thuse who turn palo at eleht uf bluod and ewoon at cries of pain waitin painful anxtety to know upon witch sido sho enlints, as her letter leftus In Impenetrable durkneso in regard to It, and I would huaibly sug- gout that the next time sho writca aho acod along An interpretor with the lotter, Susan Nipper, your letter impressed me with the idea that zoe ure troubled with an overiiow of the gall, And J was nimout persuaded that, unknown, to the world, pele bad returned to it and aa- sumed tho shape of tas gentle Susle. Butcalm reflection convincod me that {¢ waa imposalble, and instead I drinly boliove that you are a linea! descondant of that famous fomate, and, through the spare, and ages that have dri away asvoflly aa the ciouds drift, her characteristica have been ceaselesnly growing, atrengtheniug, and dovetoping, until they havo reached a full an fect climax in you. In response to you I'll say that your fetter was Ike good powder, —dry; oF ike & sumutrinorning,—misty. And then, as 1 porgeas acme of Socrates’ phttosophy, [1 Jot’ you do as ar partner did oue clear, cold night laat winter, whon I held the right and left bowers, King#aco, und ton of trumps. —pans, A lischélor, in last week's ifome, comes vallant- ty out, and, lke Sammon of old, confesses tis Weaknean, sud lof it ie for slang aud the girls who Use it. tender him my heartfelt congratulations and deopest aympathy, f that Indlscreet aud ntivulon, slater of the alang-loving fraternity will **g > bimup, Woll, may hia be long and happy in the land of hiv fathers, and may he leur “de up and: **ebecus tt while. ti hia, “stabe" him, of ‘snatches him Le a8 occasion requires or tove dictate M. Dark, tn bis celticium, abowed that— Alls notions Atted things su wel That whten wus wh Put oftentimes mistuok the ua ‘ ‘ur th’ other, aa great clerks have done, However, bie letter ia proof that **little noth- Inge" are agiecaule. Ue may have Intended to Wound with the intention of applying that poul- tice, but down this way ummonia te considered » Letter application for the'sting of Inaccts, ert stanford wishes to know **if du the ‘opera. {lon uf Siling a tea-kettle it fe better to nee a glass foblet of tin cup in conveying tho water from the Palio the kettle.” As & spring overflows with right water-drops, wo my heart overilowa with sympathy; und L should have flowu to your relief te awitly ae carrivt-p.geons bomeward. ly, It You bad not with all your superior otellect, culsure,und rotinement, ouitted the very tenis upon whtcl the awering of that question depended, 1 can not, dare not, take Upon myself the reeponsibility of Calta that question until know positively whether it [e rain-wator, well- Suter, apriug, or river water, that you wish to fonvey from the pail tgthe kettle; and {t will also be necessary ty intorm me if said kettle be of bras. ‘tin. ron, of copper, And 40 sundower seeds are good for childreut Did you ever ny yourself rund {f so, will you picasa ite Rood for geose oF not? in consideration of your not Tl repeat the ‘old, old Tndla and Zitza Jane, I read your letters e: for two reasons: first, hecausa they were In toy, and weconaiy becauso they wero penned amo! the Veuutiful acenes of fair Wisconsin, Ae perused them, the uveryday affair of life vanished away and toe fiver of memory awept quietly ou to the vhorea of the past, bearing me un ite sunlit in Madlaon, the city of my ith, 1 saw cuce more ite osk-crowned bills, the {iste gleaming of Its transparent lakes, and Le- cned to ta faint melody of the tluy foam- d waves osshiny un the pebbiy sbores, the dows of the Capitul abining very raglance 1a the bright, light of day, qd heard the singing of tho birds Buioug tho pasgee while the University rose high on the bill, a ng yuard like @ sentinel of learning over the ty. de Unlveralty! what « myriad of happy fecollections cluster around you! Low many ro- padces were dequy and euded in tho great recite {hatyfeome, In tho vhude of the stately oaks, of on fhe cou, ue lake that laushed at. the fuot'of the tlt And there, where knowledye reigaed 10 sen glory, attended by buudreds of its devotees, mio: the thief,” crepe slyly iu. Don't you re- ev:Ler how even the wind uacd to pluy {nto toe Pauda uf lover Many were the bate it Lifted from ayiden curls of wuft Lrown braids. ond sent Jy Pe,GOwH Ue bitl-slope ow it caine olowing free Rae the lake, and many were the youu men Gd aelit were the feet that followed iu pursuit. many a woman looks back aud aces berecif THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SATURDAY, AUGUST 11, harchended in th wath the fast of the that held in bleh: a girl with wind-kiseed cure and wht ed hand receiving the runaway, while a minile rip: ples over her lips as occan waters ripple over A woman with ha, and many a man whistles & gay tone aa he thinks of the heart he broke ‘at the University.” And many a lnsband and wife tatk of tnefe firat meet- ingin the dim old halla or on the green hillaide, and the remembrance brings @ thrill of happiness Juetaseurely an tho shower bringa the rainbow, ton, ort. M. Bark will be nd that woold make me would it not be prafitable for as change the anojects, y Our criticlems a little! stantial entertainment, well-epiced viands, and e+ but, a% reasons change, eo should food, both for the phyajeal and mental parts of our the springtime eatad of different varictica, Uaht of icy wine fats with well-preserved fritite and vegetables. ‘The esthetic enjoymenta of the seasons are the budding and leaving out of matic flowers, the groves, the Insnmmer the waving of groin venta nd in the fail the the lowing of cattie, the long, nd in winter now How we fave all mbstantial dleserta Ruess Jil better calling me rentimental, have bat aub- itcronn dersert, ter. leat-producing and fragrant new-taown bitde, the quail, the Lafl and yellow leat, 1 enjoyeu the bea . tions, the nxeful recipe, the word- happy repartee, the bon mot —not all of us the same (nings, or all of ur eqnal- but that we welcome Saturd: welcome alstera, brothers, and parents, who will per rather insinuates that T have been ‘Leaf, but I indignantly deny tho charge, and Fern-Leat ducen’t believe it, I know, **Singine-birde that utter talschoods, ere, mischicf-makers, tween us," can they, FERN LEAF'S LETTER, To the Editor of The Tribune. Orrawa, Ang. 0.—The -aad word farowell has been sald, and the great engine bas borne our frlenis away, and we aeize aur old famitla achat with our Home friends again, (hat **{t Is more blessed to give than to receive.” I doubt if any of you have been morc happy than! In giving of my sbandance of flowers, more satisfactory than, when we retire at night, to think that we have made some fellow-creature happy? We live, or at leaet should live, to make Ie it any better for aur living In ft? Ask yourself thieeach night, and if it ta not, resolve that it shall be un the nextday, But happy a8 I have been in giving, I was, I think, more hap- for this week the expres stopped at our door, and lofttwo large baskets of the most beautiful plants one conla wieh ta behold, Mf Dr. John BE, Ennla of Clinton, have beheld me, nth te, the little no Jay's TAINUNE AB WO the world better, py in recetving, I placed them in their new at bebolding each dainty one, I think he would huve felt that indeed it was a blessing to give ‘These souvenirs will bo treasured aa a ploasing re- membrance of a delightful episode, and this win- ter, when they shall being forth Urieht blossoms, [ trust our kind editor will agree with me, y edin thelr most orgeour tints before the little iad who eo carefully wound them for me will please accept my most heartfelt thanks for the interest manifested In me. kind fricnaa, he tela me that he will also sharo of So, {f you would like to ‘ou may write to his abundance with accept. of his musi him, —but plenge do not forget ‘the he will send you cuttings. with me, as doce Joe Jet. an ac: of kindness ) for wa 80 Beidom ace Renerosity will, I hope, that, as he las set so worthy on exaniple, that they ‘will follow in his foots! good ashes but da some good to our fellow man, and forget that any one hi led to injure Vetter to overlook the evils, the better side of humanity, hall we judge man kind? God forbid, lest owe judgment be too se- Do we livo for ourselves or for others? If you live for yourself I pit; Unsatlefactory, and feo only ‘ott; thore is nothing so Think of ving for others, of rais- aided, fallen wretch from the depths of yico and crime, and starting him or her onthe road to purity and peace. that every one who asks for work tsa tramp, it ever occur to you that one word rightly spoken may save him from that sin in which he now lies a0 deep, that he cannot without pomo friendly hand Jeayo that in which ha has been eaucated since ba firet know the sound of words? They know not tho ofakind word, and many times om what many’ years of ‘oriaa fl You kuow **a [ittle word in kindness spoxen” bas often checked you, and niay ently God-fursaken creatures fall far short of, beep vast. Tight ber i girl wh around wat Wight before ueis a young girl who es in our jails, and for what? Because that man enticed her In ‘yon tinscled saloon, and ale was picked up from our streot, Now, who will lift her up, or help hertoa better life? ‘Is the guilty one sentenced with t seeking other outs home where ahe may not be What would Ido with her? T would take her, moat assuredly, and pire pebeat oyment. Sho e Je: @, and that there la One on bigh who watches over her, as over tho rest Of Iiia creatures, and that Hi atrotched arma to roceive her. ood, noble woman, and, my word Many s one haa could not live as they would like, for re is ni Te not wo ladies of America reeponsiote for much of the crime and evil in this world? Let ua owakeand work for poor fallen humanity, and not cast them atill farther down by One cannot do the work; let all lond a helping hand, and if wo but parform our rime of our country will be materially we will seo « Lappy prisons and alms-honses, Ianientably fact that many now roamin; serve to by confined, butcannot wo all try to de- crease the numoor? If they were nutaa much afraid of going in thy count: the atato of affairs, but they profer to remain they can eee their old assuciates and revisit thors old’‘haunta of crime, mtber than go out in the here life isso much coud without one-half the jonaaro more limited; bat 1 vi and then seeks has no ona on eart! our abuse of them, change In our it would fmprove broad, free country, and where one can bo oifort, for tho tomptat! Satan lurks oven there, and so be: ‘There {sa lesson in each flower A wtory ip eacu stron Onevery herb on wite Miileadgou trom carci fragt jead you froin an Totiotites, end Gude Publius Syringe tells w learn caution by the misfurtnne 8 cautious race, before me an object of diatres roliave; would you like to-ass! way you can, If you dealre; patternu please send them tome, and Iwill cat and tend them fora nowinal sum and g0 to thia worthy object, Fecolve, and when a new pattern te received Iwill jo Home, and thue save mucn trouble ms tine aid « ry In thie way you ma: poo jease do not wait for me to lerna of each one, butsend at once, and let the ws ten ceuteand the te Ifany are tatricale, ve my thne to yoo all; the ig PALterDs the better for our objec Country Woman, you addressed right: ud to Pleaso Inform jontic, please do not think Lame of many things, but in u Muve even ocen accused hall be glad to wen Thave been accua you are inuch uiistuken, of being weatithy, how ft wiah { were when] eco the good to ve accumplished,—but only thie, for J posseas a contented wind, and therefore have a continual feast. The elips dlauot arrive, but vou, Ttruat, will avail yourself of Dr. Ennis’ maynant- Yer, I hopo to meet yuu and Cou fare so anxiously recelved and ecnt for the dear invaild who {seach an ange! Toall of you whohave during the laat eo weeks Written euch beautiful lette: butasIcannot please accept my ‘ssure you 1 appreciate your kind words of cheer. Although | am fer from being a fioral missionary, wero or could be one, for i think it muat bo w great pleasure to take even but one small plunt to those haunts of crime and vice and try to Instill the love of the beautiful there! could you choose geranium is not 20 strange # name? If bal y up, but if in a pot I cannot see way it shouid lose Lam never troubled thus, for! cannot enough to tarn yellow and hed @ bouquet fora hittie round the Great Whiteg| but are aut flowers 1d will it not remind those y have the sympathy of strangers as weil ag those with whom they bold dally com- pinnlon? Said one, os I waa arranging it, * Jou pot enough t keep the leaves lon; arop, I bave just ow & stranger to me id remember, in tho days of peace and pros ity, that troubles will cometo us some day, the balm of consolation Jato Dear Olive Green, when Aunt Lucy wrote me of the decp grief which bad fullen on yoi avo written, but what could empty as the grave, and consolation can only come throuvh Hiu on High, whu gave to you a dear haa- fe bas called bim from you, for Is be not free od, and cow that try und thing how blessed bi riefandtroubic of # sinful, unfesliag bered with those surrounding the Eternal Throne? For your God and min ‘Thence bas surely calied But remember that Ie, that is moro than friend or beother, will still Iead you on, and be with you to Aud now, when the dillows of sorrow ou thank licaven that be is tail iswell? Humanity te roll round, cannot red them, and seldsh, for wa cangot when we know thatif they live, aud re: us, tbey must suiter on, busan, J thauk you for your kind words: mar '877—-TWELVE PAGS, 11 en handsuine | T claim yonr acquaintance at the Convention? nce dyeing hia cheek and When are you to nave that meeting In Chicago, to. which we are all to be bidden? = Fens Lear, Box 1976, FLIRTING. To the Eattor of The Tritune, Cnicaao, Aug. 9.—Amber han weil afd, © Girla, dont flirt.” Itina reckless way of calling forth comments and remarks from young men who have nothing better with which to occupy their braina (if they have any) than watching for some taxity of moralain the opposite sex that they may take ad- vantage of, There are avreat many thoughtlces, rattle-brained, yet well-meaning gitle, who bring ‘upon themselves the censure of nonorable men and women by the loose way In which they alr thelr morale in public, And Imunt tay the blame ina great measure upon thelr parents. Mothers should ‘be censtired for the lack of confidence displayed by them toward thetr dangbters, who, as they ticar, the age when health aq well ns character Is at atake, fall to gather the into their hearts and wbletd them from ev) by kind and considerate warnings. A girl should be just ae confiding and open with her mother ax ale ie with gitla of her own axe, but this inecarcely ever the cose, A barrier ruesun to arise between tne two, both heaith and moraln are ignored, ard the ebiid, whoshonid be auch an ob- fect of solicitade aa It unfolds, 13 left to determine ite physical and montal capacities through exo. tence, And that experience ts usually very dam- 2 wayn than one. sate re ‘ever enough low, disotnte men who are watching for came proof of laxity of morale In ile, who, the moment they can catch thete eyes pecin agate of flirting, thatis Intended to draw them on and on antil thelr modety gives way ton sort of don't-careativences, that leaves then at the mercy of even lesa ecrnniloue mate firia. ler again the tceponslullity lies onthe mother, Jer teachings have not beenstrict and firm enough with the son's way ward temperament. and the evils of a ite of weskness and #in have not been thoroughly stamped npon hia brain, We know itis an impor pute. for a woman borne down by the cares of a family to be na strict Inher dutiew an the care requires, and we only wonder that she tocs not fall prost:ate by the way, Mothers, poor things, linve the best of excuses for Toxity in their teachings, and though we know where the trouble has ite origin we cannot condemn them, though’ their daughters heedlessly anil recklessly destroy thelr hopes of reapectatnlity by a serics of Nirtatlons which, unless summarily ended, sooner oriater onng rorrow In their wake. Ilarmlesa firtatlons, as they are called, yencraily prove ex- actly the opposite. The harm niay not come to tho knowledge of the flirt. but there are alwaye enough who cither have no business of their own to atten to, of who fin! more p.eanure in attond- ing tu that of athera, whe are unly tov glad of the opportunity of reporting what Is passing, enlared and colured to sult thelr own taste. We all know there arc husybodies in every neiehborhuod and group. A neighborhood withont ita gossip, who never fe #0 busy tn household aifaira that ene can- Hot tanvass the nelzhnarhuod in visits or calls and wag her tongue Jn the caune of eome poor, thought- Jese child or unfortunate wister, would be « tenth wonder, Ifnotaneighth. I want to ahow you a pleture of the trials of a male flirt. Jonce took at State atrcet for the West Bide. A nicely-drereed man s3t in the front right- hand corner, who inunediutely on my entrance be- na series Of gymnastica with tls well-kent ands, and at inst called his handwer- chief into requisition, The whole thing wasaa clear aa mud to me, never baving studied the rales of ‘*harmicea Mirtation.”’ ** Duew tne fellow think Jama fool?" Trad tnwarily, ** or ie he on escaped iunaticr® Ontwardly {turned my atten- tton to the window, butin reality kept hin antics In the radius of ny vision, Uo was evidently ofs- gusted with my ignorance, for the antic ceased Milanother fe: trolied in at the dour, ‘Then thesamo performance was enacted, with the namo resulta, Evidently there wero nobody but ikno- Famusen oul that day, for every lady that entered the car wae greoted in the eumo manner, and nu Tesponse wad ubtained, Inst hefore we reached the limits he strode from the car in diszust, and, although of fint feature and fuultices dreee, care ned with him the contempt of at least onv of its i em. Iwiliclte ona or two moro Incidents for the boneiit of thum who Indulge in harmices firtutions, ‘The agene of the following affair waa s fastiunable dresamaking establishment, overlooked by several jong rows of windows belonging to n faxhionable hotel, At noon the girls would gather at tho two or three windows of the work- Toom ond flirt with gcenilemen fn the hotel windows. Jt was a dead lunguage to me, but the reat appeared to understand it perfectly, **What did the one in the white vest way theny! 1 aaked, aa they buratintoa hearty inugh. ** Mect me at tho corner at 6," was anawered. | ** But you surely will nobdo it," T exclaimed, ‘*You pet 1 will,” was the reply, ** But you know not what trouble you may be courting. Don't, Nelly, ho certainly means you no gond, “Itt proper thing todo." *?Irudget you old foxte re alwaya talking about propriety.” When we passed tho cornorthe white vest was waiting, and Nelly lett uaforhie. Shortly after that our ways of lifa diverged; but the husybodies wore already die. cunaliig poor Nolly over thelr ten, Another young lady in tho establishment began a sorica of flittations with a gentleman belonging to the atore beneath, Day afterday they metin the hall, and evening after evening walked honie to- gether. He knew nothing of her, she nothing of himtnthe way of history. In conrre of time gave up dressmaking and becamo insteuctor fora. asewing-machine oltice, I waa sent to a lady on Wabash avenuc, In the course of con- vereation I mentioned my former place of dual: ‘Ab! then you knew Amelia lim? **Per- fectly well." " **And Sr. T—1"" havo rcen bimr") **Helsmy husband. All the time those two wero courting I was pining at my mother's home in Boston, walting aud longing for him to sendfor me. We hadnotbeen married long, At last 1 became alarmed at his silence, and made my way hore, and up to hi ding-place, He met mo atnight, white and trembling. Lhad beard of the intimacy, and waa prepared for'this, There Rover Was man mory truly penitune of more eagerto makoamends. He had ovcn captivated by ber beauty (sho was ugly enough, f thought). and what had beguo as uu Innocent filrtanon, on lis part, had terminated in an engagument to marry, and the botrotial-ring was then upon Aimelid‘s ‘Of course you foryavo tlm, Mrz. 2" “Rorgava him! Yes; and we are very happy now, A fow days aftor ny arrival ehe ecnt me fie letters and tho ring. ‘Tho letters I do- Mroyed. I ited to waar tho fing, Put iny Aager, and I gave it awayt" Woman ie had made {f all very plausible to ber. didn’t tho dellvery of thoas letters to th shows world of malignant spite? (Woman' you know.) I would say to those ladies who wish to know haw to make jelly, fustead of squeozing out the juice by the old slow process of a cloth, uss Powern’ works with a ratchet, and one con gallon of juice inn twinkling, Scald+ Ing drapes softens tho skins, and tne wute purple Julce fuwa through the perforated sides in torrents, and Ono's hands sre free from stains. (Quart Presses are $1; gallon pressca, $2, ORLENA, . HOME-GOVERNMENT. To the Fiulltor of The Tribune, Pronta, Ill, Aug, 7%—Tux Tniaune haa long been one of my favorite newspapers, Its various departments arc conducted with rare ability, anda commendatle fearlessness. A wide latitude {9 wiven to patrons and tho world at large for thy ex- pression of ideas and opinions, An outgrowth of ite Hoersl pulicy in this respect has given rise to Tho flome, The recent articles haye more par- ticularly attracted my attention. Passing by tho voluminous opportunities and requeate to exchungo patterns, recipes, atc., a0 quaint, odd, fancifut, And singular, and vo wonderfully vatled ae to pro- duce a tediousness of the wathstical, Lam next at- tracted by Mrs. Valo's articilo, **Quit Guahing, to give @ hearty applause to her wise suggestions, We ali bave # curiosity to know what othere do talk and write, but take a deeper interest in what they can talk or write, Ittsasthe idle arifting upon the surface Of the waters compared with the more dedued course, that polots to an object ahead, with a pure tiwin it. A few such hints as Mra. Vale’ tn this departai terest and valuo, and ha erally of polishing the enouwh, Miriam's articlo on **Novel-Reading" has value init, Discrimination, and not condemnation, {¢ necessary, Tue mass catch the cuthusiaum that a kindles, and run away inewns Bytes pose Shaft ele e1 B clase val fae the charm. of eae of “Bett wiser objects and purposes; for encours; cuenta tn Je practical way, or a the fascinating hand thas de us into the coutewplation sud study of the Kreater themes—scientific, social, political, and religious, “Sicod"" and the article upon “Feeding Children" suggest my thome, Mame Government® 4m approaching which I have perhaps wearled your T have always been a «tron 1¢ of the princi Je that the beat Governments gov: Teacts hat he conduct of the individual should be regulated by a motive of sclf-Intervat, not actuated by = fear of punishment ura bupe of reward. J woplied thie aysterm as far as possible in tho control of my roung palr, a boy end girl now d and 4 reapective- jy, with what f always thuoght quite fair euc- cess until w mother's help was taken away. In the wow regime, in which the devoted indulgences of a kind governess have hindered rather than helped my governmental policy, I soon found the outcropping of **totsl depravity" so wobearable in the youug man tbat | adopted tho old maxim, and, as ! practiced it, tried to belle that ** spare the rod and spol! the culid." In practice | found fein ry relief from tunowaye and the many mischivvous aunoyances an active, healthy boy is capaviv of, For ar iny hopeful has feared the rod intensely, but bis rellea for mise chief avemed unabated, aud thy result wos rather Dg. icture of pent- tence sod humility whenever caught in or proved guilty of grou trregulars ity, aod be bore the Penalty: Biuch 4a people take medicine. Qraduslly I thought I saw growing upou bin the Idea that his object in Uife was tu sccure the largest smouut of wischicr~ ous enloyment in consideration of the smalicst amount of punishuneut, | f then took ble case wore prets au ee & 4 r = :-} = 5 ME a well, notwithetauding rough example set fore her, a0 my chef anxiety and sindy wie to the condition anu prospects of iy son, sccurethe peace of mind 1 needed, prevent deatruction of pruperty io various mischievous aod regain and preserve the digulty of a re- a 4 jord of wy own household. 1 foaily Concladad to eo back to drat principics, and ball tip, If po: we, in Marry, an fdea of self reanons - nillty, ramave the reetraint of fear atonce, and try the oid pottey. At the breakfast table the mortnz following a day of great depredations in a nelynbor'e vard,and arery nneeremonlous viait Inte the country, re- turning with a timicen hat, torn clothes, and a general appearance that a hurricane ora threshing machine had tried to destroy the holy, and a4 ff the ealamities of a panic had nearly destroyed hin mind, I began, ina quite acriour yet kind tone; ‘' Harry, maitera lid not xo well with you yeaterday, did they?" Harry hung hin head at drat, then, looking at me tlinidly and anrprised at the mai ner of my approach. healtatingly replies **No, not very." J then reviewed the cost and compeneation of ench conduct upon the baaia of damaze to property, clothiny, ete., lors of rep- ntation, and the eacritics of piearant relations with tne members of the famliy. My remarka wern lin- tened tocarefully. and with some reinctance he oyreed wiih me upon general principles, ‘Then, In plain, kind worde, 1 told him he was at liberty to go whereverhe chore, f only wishing him to think carefully of where he should zo and whathe a. ould do, and notify mo or the housckeeper of hia Wheresiouts, enjoined upon him the neceasny of being very caroful that he kesh ontof harm, and ho munt take the consequences of hin condnet, and the whip should be Iald aside and not teed for a tlme, We atl feored a broken leg Or arm, and, to facilitate matters in case wur feats were realized, aeignal was arranged to be teAd fromthe chamocr window to call the doctor in case of need, For three daya Harry kept within our own ynrd, one uf the aweetent of buys. Hila the waa largely taken up by deepreficct!ve moors, and his conversation tuok a very practical tarn. Uhe mechanical tacte first gave film activity. and how one of hia chief employments consieta In mans Mfacturing an articte of household furniture that he termacluthes bare, They ure not elaborate de- aigns nor highly tinehed, bat they have a little show of utility about them and have been pur- chased of Harry and are being weed by four famines in vite netghborhood, ‘The — reanit OF the Jast three weekr, if not nn successfal ant could wish, bas many hopeful indications, Harry Ian better boy, eo far at Jeart, and I ahull continue the relf-relinnce policy so long as the promina {ans cooi as itt present * One of the must seriaus can outlawry thabin latd to his chi change {n domeatic rule was a short dash into the country to call tpon.aa old acquaintance. He be- gan at the yard of young pigs wilt a flab-pole, and soon cunvincud them of hia. euperior pawer over their kind; next he attacked the. feathered tribe, with the rane succesaful implement, triamph- antly scattering them from the premises, Ho” then became attracted by the archi. fectural anil mechanical construction of the bee-shouses, remarking that ‘*tue thes was aw- ful thick," but hefore he succeeded In kliling many he had trouble with two bees that ted him to be- Heve that his education was nomewhut at fault an faranthe nubject of files was concerned. His ex- ploring ambition was stil undaunted, In examin- ing. the old-fashioned well-curb and windlase, oll npon the crank, tho welght of the bucket cunsed the crank to give him some prostral ing kuocks, Itonly aronsed hls cartosity, how- furhte immediately climbed over the well- cor, and waa in the act of making farther ob- servations when the’proprictor of the premlsce, whu had been m spectator from the start, avized Harry oy the collar, drew him out of the crib, seemingly eaving bim from a watery grove. After a few weil-choren words from hia captor, that the oceasiun seemed to warrant, Hurry waa released, and has made no farther venttres in that vicinity, I take courage fromthe fact that his demonstrations are much more nuld than under the rod rule. It fn true, bis hee adventure was ratner told and eccentric. vet it {sso much more in keeping with modern civiliza- tion than his former exploits, that I have occasion to bo exceedingly grateful ever tne Improvement, Tura, Bnown, LET THERE BE PEACE, To the Editor of The Tribune. Cnicaao, Aug, 10.—Dear friends, one and all, after reading the various criticisms, both pro and con, Upon tho amall bombshell fired from Cnam- naign three wecka alnce, I wish to add my eay, not an to the parties concerned, but upon the subject, viz. : Intellectual cuiture, which, through the per- sonalities of some of tho correspondents, is getting into bad repute, and eowlng the aceds of discord in our harmonious circle, Wher Mrs. Vale's letter appeared, urging The Home contributors to raise higher thelr standard, Twan indignant, as I presumo nearly overy other reader was,—not becauso sho advocated a more elevated tone, but on account of the personal and Mienatured remarks about some of the best-loved contributors, and ttto assumption of auperlor in- tellizence upon her own part. Ju the various alinsiona to that letter, the writers: in ‘Tho Momo rcem ranging theueclycs into two distinct parties, one af whom waves the bannor upun which ia Inscribed, **Intellect Forever"; while the other unfurle the flag bearing the ever- popular words, ** Maternal avd Home Jutlee,"* ar alstera, do not let there be diseonaton Amongnt_ ue, when wo are ail walking ride by ride toward the sane goal; bat let wa conalder how vital ta tha welfare of the preeent and coming race are boln aybjects, and only whoro beth arc cultivated can we look for the perfect d/ome, elther in THe Tninere or elacwhero. ‘This is the age of Intellect, and inthe revolution in woman's Carcer, during the last tLirty years, strong, clear minds’ have becn required’ and de: yeloned by the circumstances, who have fought and triumphed ovor gigantle obstacles, Many a battle hos a woman fought aingle-haniled against whole corporations of mon, and cume‘off victor at last, by pationt atudyand an iron will. Zepecially haw this veenthe caso inthe study of medicine. The ptonecrain that deld were women of strong minds and stronycr nerves, who, to achieve their urpose, yave tp tho aweet tice of love and homo In vgreat meusure, aud for yexre endured tho ancersof both Profossora snd students, and the contempt of thelr own as well as tho opposite ecx, until at inet they won tho day. and now they stand acknowledyed and respected by the medical facul- ty and tho public Feneralig and any young Rel, it aho chouse, can atudy medicine ss casily aa shecan study music, ‘This is but one Instance in tho many, but the most prominent, in which woman, by her force of character and Intellect, bas opened, of now is open- jos up, new felda of usefulness to those of her acx who must be thelr own bred-winners, Such numes as Mra, Lozior and the Blackwell sietere, Bins Siniley antl Mrs. Van Cott, Miss Mitchell and our own Mise Willard ‘and Miss Sweet, show ua that woman can make and sustuin rofassional reputations in the folds formerly frodden by men stone, and fornid ua to eect nt ihe nepirations of those who.advocate a higher ed- aeation fur their sex, ‘Now, let us take a glance st the other side, in which stand the mothers of our race, present and. to come, in whose keeping are the tomer of the people, and the eaucation of the men and women of to-tnorrow. Who necds the broadvat odacation, tho clewrest head, the finest disciplined hand, the mwest loving heart, if not tho mother, who imparts tu her child, by birthrigtt, horectf, botn mentally and phyal- cally, nnd then for yeare tesches and trains it on- al HF pubs ant 40 tread the busy flelds of life by tell? Ciearly, the mothers of onr land cannot affora to dispense with all the education, all the culture, they cun possibly got, tu keep im advance of ani hold the check rem over the bright, precocious children of the present day. We sometimes sco the self-made man, who has advanced far beyond the intellectual level of the hard-working companion of his pourer days, but bow much oftener do we see children, boys cepo- cially, advance beyond the education of their parents, Otten this in unavoidable, for the parents had uot the opportuyitien which now place a sound education within thoeach of the poorest, but only too often it isthe fault.of tha mother, who, asa. schoolgirl, learns the couraa prescibed super. Selly; ua op young lady, throws away io nd dovotes her time to dress and ifo and mother, attends to her her reading, if any, te te occasional novel, or octal ems fu tuo datly paper. Tonce heard bright Httle girl of 20 a: matter, who was trying to explaln & hard her, “Ob, mamma, whatdo you know about it? ‘They dtdn't know’ anything when you want to achoul."” I fear thatie the comment of a» great many children of superiicially educated mothers, Now, fura moment let us consider true intel- lectual culture: in cultivating feult, horticultur what? Not only the greatest size, but Nayor and the greatest sweetnoss. Hdu- catlon fe nut siinply committing facte and dates to wemory, but alvo tho strengthening of tho puwers of thy mind and development of all ite facalt which fs done by the study necessary to acquire said fuctsand dates, Is Intellectual culture. thon, ly 8 suarpening of the intellect to the highest int Of thought and analysis? Tomy mind there is somethin; tter jmptied in the term. Not only do we look fur the greatert strength of Intellect, buta corresponding swestness or growth of the heart to accompany it; the developinentof the syin- wsthetic partof our nature, which makes woman the Felpmicet and consoler of inan in all bie dificulties, aud tue retuge and comforter of childbood fn all ita woes. Thiw in what atudy alono cannot give, A thorough education sows the sevd fora glorious harvest, but it requires the sunshine and showers of the summer—the cares and experience of life— to ripen the fruit, Aye, and how often it takes September frosts ‘to remove the acidity, and, ave only the aweeter, better part of our How many of tho letters in The Home are co: forting to the tolling, weary readers who are now bearing the buruen and heatuf the day, because they are beart-words from those who have youo through it all themselves,—who know just bow hard it is to bear poverty or sickness, to train tittle nolsy, restlosa childred, who won't hike waat is beet for them, or, bardest of all, to lay those deur {ieee ‘pues away, quiet fore to sleep beneath jalales. Therefore, T say, let there be peace among you, my, siatene! There ie roum for the stropg-minded, aud tho soxlous wothers, the home-decorator, and the morry school-gitls; for, scattered smong tho chad, we may all glsan nisny kernels of wheat, to strengthen us In working out, each la her owa, way, the mighty problem of Ile, Cactus. CONSUMPTION, To ths Edttor of The Tribune. Cutcaco, Aug. 10,—' have becn often urged to say something verv definite ding the causes of consumption. Many mothers are anxious to manage thelr danghters in such a way ae to nip in the bud any tendency to that discaso. Very prop. etly they deoply realize that It is the bounden duty of the mother to prevent discase If abe can.—to keep at bay all cvil influences, and to stronsthen the yood,—those that promote health aud prolong life. So we continue to inquire for causcs of fee- blences,—that is, io fact, the forerunnor of that acourgo of the human aco, All knowledze is commondalily, wh based, more or lees, on observation, avd we ob- footstool cover {s hecinning to ferve that rural districts, eapecially highlands, are healthier than cities, —that the latter wonld be de- populated ina reries nf years were tt not for re- erulte from the former. In Amsterdam, 171 deaths ocenr to 100 births; vdeaths to 100 birth: This name fact appeare in the ntatistica of other jarge cities. In London, 10,000 more deaths yearly occur than births. The mortailty of great cities In two and a half times Inrger than thatof our mral uplands, Consamption occasions a large ahare of this mortality, habits, custome, and comforts of cities produce this revit? In New York, Volladelphia, 14 per cent dle of this disease, even thoneh the Rati beran this letter to ey that E think any one’s best thonzht should not he despised Jn:‘The ar whedam, enke recipe or float. ithe not too brtmfall of folly or eyotiom, let it In London, 125 151 deaths to 100 births, we rometimes have, contalning wisdom. nor virtue, c¢ mifortably spared. we should alm at consistency. eainet slang, we onzht not In onr Next letter make use of xomo hichly-objectionable We shall never help to the prev- alence of ® pure Engileh in that way. Leat 1 should justly Incur Klichen Werotee's reproot of how not to do. it," | will add that any one who writes an honest, conslatent let+ ore than rhe possesses, *sumble" opinion) recelre Thongh we mar oecastonally have to nigh over poor etymolozy und ryntax. let us Iny the blame at ihe printer's never tell our grief. but let concealment, Ike those troublesome worme f° the bud, prey on our damaxk (rouged?) cnecka ff it must, or Jend epice to our own pens, ff it cans TREAT THEM KINDLY. To the Editor of The Tribune. Tronwoon, Ill., Aug. 9,—There has been a fre- quent recurrence of late in these columns of a ruck from the language of When to be herote, opinton. he co: slang ourselves. Horton. Baltimore, and | being one to tell ** ent, of the whole nopulation We do not mean that thia ta the exact (rath, of that the mortality of atl cities ie caactly the same, but that this statement tanut- felently near the trath for all practical purposes, — Pear f*nough to open the ¢: ter, pretendin: ehould not (etill in m: a derisive word. sof mothers te causes, It inacknowledged canes may be removed. by allobscrvern that climatic treatment of feebie- neas, of which consumption 1s a legitiniate te: in of Infinitely more value tn tendencies to th ate than druge,—thet even if ly developed. the hest way oF retarding ite progre the maiady 34 partial. of averting ite course 3a change of ehmate, Some years ago, a young woman, very far rone | the tact stave of this discase, w: Engjand to St. Pool. Urely recavered, and Is now living in'th: ‘ perfect atate of health. We. ongit motto. forget that in chanzing tiimate we often exenange bad habits for good ones, —those that impair health for others that promote it, whose daughters are feeble may be aesured tnatna form of hygienle infinence change for the better an thi fo capable of eradicating Hereditary, dircasc, ag exchunginy one ell one: what climate. what soll, and what, position nreto he considered bealthler than othera tan matter of investigation. Hampness of soil, poor dratnare and sewerace have a great deal to do tn Increasing the number of , nuuncr of later, yield Prevaile mort extensively at the level of At Mareellles, un the » cent of ail deaths are fram this dine 740 fect above the nen level. 12 per cen So we see cicatly that atleast fusters this destroyer of human I the saine way it may be tlona of temperature pi mentof this diseare. erent from New Within two yer term that ought to be refinement and good taste, unselfinh, and #ingle-hearted, ahall be the synonym of reproach; when loyalty to buried love, and a)- leciance to faith that conquers death, shall merit So that thove mothera likeiy to indace a aot no influences ure rensibilitien become the Jeet of all who count themselves Chriatian men and gentlewomen, then ehall the term ‘'old maid” merit the obloquy heaped unon It, these words on scornful lips that my foul doer not rise within me, fall fledged far battle, you there aro unpleasant adlspositions among the ingle of my nex, -ranping, briery creatures, who atand inthe same relation to their gentler mans nered simera that #fured milk does to ewcet; but did you ever rtop to think in what manner the ac- eldent of matrimony would chanye ench watures? Would not the fret of childhood the nece: self-eacrificings, and the domestic tempeate that sunniest summer them tenfold more mothers than they are as apinaters? miracle-working charm in wedlock that warrants the milk of huinan kindnese to keep forever awect, that rubs down allthe angles, and smoothes out all the wrinkles of feminine nature? Have you never foonda vixen in the ranksof the matched and matcd? Do tmarrled women uever ecold, and make life like ralny weather with the drip-drop of ceaseless contention? Show me one dissgrecable **oid maid and I will point you twenty unbear- able wives and mothcre, é for a healthier this teil mala. feet. 1 percent, shown tuat crent varia- rodace ur favor the uevclop. And so we nck, docs exe sively heating our dwellings Incline our wives daughters to the con air, inhaled by the In Ussues during every a}; our long winters, hat Ortnness of heaith and in te true that cold dampness tudes of temveratare ara p Rencrating or furtering consumption, —a dinrase that is not limited to the | to all the tlasties, more or lene, from poor nutrition and yet moted by hereditary Influenc cent of all who die of tais discase have it by In- We exaimlncd years ago ant its death the luna of a two-montha lafant and found them tnickly set with tubercles, with ny development of tubes redisposition to this discanc, he habits of life, may also produce a ‘The hereditary intluences of the the father. Fumily nt -amony daughters mption? ‘Does ver; and absorbed by all the d nearly every diy of udeacy to Induce cy OF strength: oF Kd frequent victent~ disagreeable as wives anil Again, you find subiimo Most persone are born of a mother reulods consumption, weary, that is Ike tho nea, shoreless and eound- tess,—like the dewn of Hcavon, never apent in xlving,—but remember, auch mother love fa fur ft own Hlenb of its Genk and blood of its heart, fut T bave scena luve a4 uneelish ai stowed by @ dei predispurition. mother ore wreater than thi predieporition ia more fre thanevns, Aa children resemble their parente in their features and even in thet resemble them io their predleposttie: Any hereditary tendency’ m: moved by keeping the child under the in nutritions food and predisposition God's love be- lerd ‘old mald" upon other people's chitdren. Ihave known a woman to put asd all the hopes of youth, to give her lite to the guardianship of a dead sister's children, marked ber endless sacrifice, her unwearied de- yotion, her sleepless vigils, and I have eaud to myself, Pasreth knowicdyo; it 18 next.to the Divine,” And have marked anc devotion rewarded in after Ife, when the children she bal guarded nad grown to manly (1) years, by indifference, or a patronizing affection ore insulting than insult, Tbave watched the hidden Ife, its slighty, ite sur- p neglects, tho furrows coursed by the fuded eyes hungry fur love de- have wondered that of Rood hymienic surroundings. catinge nutritious ruprlste and regular exerciees, wearing warm ut luoee clothing, #0 tne htvod may uw fre and allorzans bu’ allowed to remain where exposure to the Inilaence of All there agencies and some others atrengthen the formailve forces of Nattire, a well-developed, atrung woman be made from Afechle child. developing con her constant love, “Lo! such love Creator placed them, tion has freat influence in jon, but exciting causes have A git may be predias yet by a proper course ret ever craved, and’ | God dll not sinite sito silence the ttps that cunid rigteule u life uy consecrated. Mippant enecr ever reauy upon the tonguce of fouls ld, maide." If there be any woo read this letter who wave by ‘thelr own fread niald" aunt of poor relation, who baa inlnistered fo them, and yearned aver them, Whore oillces hat atching, and keepin touseholdin order, — ulet muniehine or the xentle-faliing our ald w reverent respect to the attection you tay bave bestowed. wech and fuey in mauner, may. ings to vex you, and even thwart and scold a litle, but 1 tel you there is coming « coronation day for the deepised um an i, wha shall hardly find {n the outer halir, Youue girls, I write tu yon to- nicht, Yon sre 9 awecter influence for er for evil to-day, what came, of hygienic treatment superaode feeblences with etre ant of vitality, and activity of thy of turn to ashes the + that nutrition, and eoun ‘organs and tleaues are 1 Many girly by their lives and habits oir vital forces and invite discares to take }» Soto Sind that (n eittes more than in the country girls are apt to indulge in eacesees, reelue In excessively hol houses, 1 y jan indulge in excesavely late from childnood, perhaps, such the inver wee noleclere aa tn rain, —froi this. in the morning, In excersively Innuteitlous food, inexcessively tight clothing, in an excensl muall amount of proper. exercise, mean that all girle are guilty of such excesses, but fome are, and the resulta are manifoat every day. Moderation favors health and fonzevity. berance Impairs the oue und curtails the other, ‘The result we have reached le that xitla predis- posed to debitity or extreme fecblenens, or whore organs of respication are di in jarge cites, where caun abunauat and sovere, whera whore hotter alr {s tuhalcd, where « emallerauount lstaken, where furnaces and hia larger amunnt of carvon and polsonous gaees, where dwellings are more badly pool spirits rlwe more freely “old maid," Ptandims-room muro terrible fore in woman's Ing, your Influence grutting more and more to tao erfect abiminy. and as you wield your all your kingdom be, dominated by the higher or by the shallower na- tare within you? Hemember that gentle manners, pare thought tor all yout’ meet sal! Brin: ut you, as morn 19 ture impure, of onter-air exert gan burning faral Yentiluted, and ceen and vitiate the alr than In our rural bighit and kindly courte bloom and eong them to bind and blossain, He eportive as the snmmer breeze, and ne barn- lesx, Taugh and dance oll yon may, but epare your lauchter fram sacred things, anda not dance on either human hearts or word spoken thoughticesly, a ehaft of ridicule or planded by the holluw-hearted, may tis's witterness into a heart wlread: din comlug years {te ating shail return rt that gave it birth. iumor, and fin, and uonsenso are like harmicss, summer ralne,—the flowers toilow then, the birds trumpet thetr approach; bat ridicule, earcanm, und cruel jests are those ‘wame rains’ cl tor of The Tritune, Cnicaao, Ang, 10.—Thoro has been some Mitte’ Alscussion os to what The Home letters should con- slat of, and of course the temptation is strong to have something tosay on tho subject. 1 du not agree with Chat, that we donot wish learned and. even scientific articles here, of there being any too learned or tou wise, one who fs capable of writing reviews for acten+ tfc monthlics will be good enough to write for wu, 1 think he willnot bo without bis interested Toero Is no danger e them tine can rurely If ever repair, And as regards the Cyclopedias, that {awhat they are for, —to give Information and to have for ready reference, If any havo the perseverance tu wade through the ten or dozen volumes, J, for one, shall be pledsed to have the knowledge thus acquired served up to me without farther trouble on my ty especially as Ihave no ways wanted one, f sup) and conveutent forin the knowledze only to rough aclentific education and a A COURSE OF READING. To the Editor of The Tribui Cureano, Aug. 10,—After reading and hearing so much apon this subject, you resulveto go through a course of reading. Atsatd of you thut you cultivate your intellect at the expense of your husband's comfort; nor that you mtuay Dickens moro than you do domestic Having obtained Ulboon’s ** Rive and Fall of the Noman Empire," you detenuine in Jour own mind that you will devote sume houre of each day to reading. Accordingly you rise carly and procerd at once to cail Descending ins the lower lopedia, but have ‘You will never have ey contain in con- bo gained by a thu: quaintance with ‘9 doubt tho best Cyc! fopedia {a that of memory; unless one were bred in u home atmosphere v 5, aud recolved bie firet impressiune tents well ablo to teach h diligent atudent of the sclencea under the care and. guidance of capable knows them all, Agassiz, and tho Aganelz aro 1 hope for ts to bo pretty "well amattored.” Itecems to ine logy he bas bech a next murulng, the house to order. you pI 1 it ® revolutionary Srumily believe, Tu short, abe p from? p, mi. until 10 a glve her to understand will be tolerated uudve the present regi you have brought order out of confusion on visit the intorior, in tears, becatse her pa thinks $4 Brews: gently bunting a state, th order, ax you Detter to hava a general roboecs, 10 wake den of things,—to know who Charlomarne and len X11, were, to bave sume idea of Themine ocles and Alexonder, to be able totell a littie about the planeta and the plants, Derond: know Endogena from Hxogens, to’ bave « 0 of chemistry and phtlosophy, and a han to devote all one's tal- ton of some one scionce. tou much to pay for makto, that {t might ‘be made at dry her tears, and you will help her muku it. Consult 8 faehiun mayasine, dud jogatyle fe rutics, wo Puds and rufles good deni of bygien ent to the acquiu! speak, of course, of common peo: it at the prevail> a8 joxe whale soul wow given to the atudy Ings, thera imtoo vislole a drawlug of Inclination to bridle genius? Hut since it would secm to takon Nfe-time to learn any ony study thoroughly, would it not be better for huusekvepors, at least, to know alittle of everyting? Af thore is one class of per- vons, moro thin snother, that necds the culture that springs from a liberal education, {tis house. mothers more particularly. Judgment evory ready, whoae patfencu, and tact, k wit, whuro bunevolenc igion, aro so frequently demanded tered, and bruised, aud tfled to the still expected to come u Surely you can make Tho remaloder of the turning le epent fn cutting and ftling. After dinner, none of the ot present, yuu elect yoursulf Chairman occupy ‘the chats In front of the sewing-machine yourvelf;_ und as tho geatle click of thu acedia allia vanity,” aay if le were t invinbers belt Abuut this tisie—a Pen ta no peace unt ing tho vacuum, whi digeative apparatus, you, by way of making with renewed energy, und, with great eaill and sugenuity, succeed fi break- When you bave overything in Tuning order uguln, wt te nearly tea-thne. ade awaro of thia fact by your hus. voice, Inquiring, in tones atic than yraminatic, If you bave suwed that utton on bia pantaloone vet, from tho manner this question Is always propow ed that there was only une buttun iu the unive and It was that button, pluced, and dostlities suspended’ when the au Alter supper company coms Uf course you are d c them, and have a pleasant tim oes ou ad’ Infinitum, every day be like another, vuly more so, you remove the last hairpin from your bead on night, a sadder, If not a wiser, woman, you exclaiim in the bittcrncas of your heart, **Oh! Macaulay, Dicgens, et Echo suswers where?. MLUBSTUCKING, ANOTHER CRITIC, To the Editor of The Tribune, Cutcaco, Avy. 10.—Mre, Vale, 1 conclade one of two things from your letter, either that you had forgotten the femalo propensity to ** talk back ' under the slightest criticism of sind, wanacrs, dress, or duties; oF that you have willingly set yourself yp ass targetin drder to amuse a fow of the members by giving them an opportanity tolusd up theirsmall-bora rifles of antiquated breech- loaders for a little brush, thinking, with the old Scotch parson, who, when told by one of bis parishioners that he and his wife bad lived togeth- er fur the space of forty years and bad never bed so wuoch av @ skirwieb, ssid: have been a very dull household.” Was uot that your opinion of our present Home Depart- oo he same wind with yuu, that when The Honie drifts jnto an advertising wo- dium fur the pu@ing of anybody or susthing, or is turned into a pbst-ofice, cxpress-wayon, oF made the vebicle by which swall atures usy annoy and any meuber who has ventured a on, then i ceases to ud shoal i calle the ** Quack- Porngr, oF ** ‘eiuale- oe tr ove, aun decidedly egainst the multiplica- distribudou throuzbeut the country of any more cotton apne! doves, which appear to havo swallowed 8 but potato of are suffering from crop of tabl-boues, requested = cardbuar 2 Nature avhors, in Cl Tost thine, gu to w ho my ttle boy wants ta know ‘why Weare not conscious of the dell rida we are having all the time og thin world of ours, Ie it not well Uf ys When ho puzales a very tangled, curly head over the mystery of tho * jumping-off place,"—that mystery that we all have to do battle with and bever entirely surmount,—1s it not a ‘ou can let reacou fide trlumphani ng early bewilderment, and teil bin of the ‘ghape of the earth, aud of the force which Newton Gtecuvered with thu falling of that bisturical apple? ppy Is the mother who can combine protit i a being Seid shat ing two needles. However, it ie soon 6 pender ia attached, nd the. evening. They bear tho sina Bente sod failings, of their suns upon the! shades of Rolttu, al, where are yer"* ry who talle toda bis duty by ble childr the dereliction to answer for some tine. the mother who, fn ecaaon and outof season, must inculcate wisdom and walk a living model of grace ‘aud patience before the watchful eycs, answer questions on chemutry while sho washes . she dishes, and dilate on the atara while she bakes teach political economy, a4 ‘and policemen, while who wews ou the batons tue young hopetuls have been sowing like dregou's teeth throuzhout the day; all this to be based upon s foundation of iorals exemplified in str " thero should be rest; when the pi mending, write worship,’ and Teward when Jo) men, will proud! en i thie world a) citizens, brave and honorable ly say they owe ull the excellence they havo achieved, under a higher Jeucher, to tho pianted by their wotbere, housekeeper, because ve ls a marricd expresscd, **her jown to a state of tacld contentmcat, ansious only to bask in he ray (tou frequently terful ‘masculinity that ‘That theory ie pretty well exploded now. and is practiced ouly by those who have no desire fur tm- roreuient. f Kuow that housework inuat bodone; ut there arc slray monicots, aud if there must bo between worsted doge anda little knuwl- @alnodor imparted, ict the fauct-work go, woinan, with, as ib ie valzarl be ‘fhe lowe depart. odie fteebley of the mas. jure ber protection? Yentilation Colum." ‘crue and = crowa,”® or any other — hideona representation to be placed in the windows of our dwellings aaa Plousdevice, There is one of thers alriy dares iT from my hase, which for two yeata has been doin service, hanging by one lez between heaven and earth, oni ts sch an fll-ehanen dowdy bird that I have sanuht anather street to the ero. cery, fearinl of Insanity ur romething worne, canaed by a' knowledge of the thing's presence and my in- ability to not look at It. Don't. ladies, nse the epace which could be #0 instructive to {t= readers by setectiona from ane thurs Of merit, if not Mled with original articles, py nending, requests for these disfigurers of the ne, J have read the varions engzestions of the core reenontlenia in regard to a gathering of the sanic, J have thought of 'a plan whieh aerms to me woult be more representative of the character of Tho Home than anything [ have yet recommended, Let a reries of dinners he given, cooked by a diifercat member each day, tu which the pobtte 1 be ine v¥ited, farm price, and the money £0 ned ne di- vided between tue Foundilng’s Home Orphan Apylont, Stich a week or two of dinners. daring the fall exhibition, when most of the contributors to The Home wonld be hero, might be of great ben- efitte os in mying us mpceimens of original din- pera; that fs, dinners not made up after aume hotel bill-of-fare, but sucha dinnor aa thn cook waa quallfed to cook beat. | Money to buy the raw ma- terfal contd be ralred. or each ‘could donate hee dinner to the charities hefore mentioned, But the plan, to he a xnccers, must be entered into with the purpose tu prepare the dinner oneself. An assistant in the kitchen might be allowerl, tut the cooking and whole arrangement of the meal mnt be done by the lady who undertakes it. A great Uenefit might ba derived from snchaconcrena of cooks, Ans. Sanam L. GMLS AND THEM EDUCATION, To the Editor of The Tribune, Wnriont'a Grove, Ill. Aug. 10.—Oneof the saddest rights I know of in to ree n young elt), who has been educated at 9 fashionable echool and then thrown upon her own rerourcer, try to battle with the world fora ving, Sho'seo helpices that you cannot help pitying her, but you cannut assiat her to oeltuation tn business life, because rhe has no special training which would fit her to be of serv- ice. The kind of education she has received does notatallcnaple her to command a living, unless sho ray be fortunate enongh to find a position where alle has only to impart the tnformation she hag acquiredfrom text-lnoka, Even then she may. not succeed, for she hua tocontend aguinat ® sharp competition. ani, as everyhody knows, it la one thing to know and auite another to have the gift of imparting what you know agrecaoly and enccees= fully to another person, It fa not the fault of ‘the giria that they do not aucceed when thrown npon thelr own resuurces, ‘They fave never been trained to mect tant emergency, and when it comes they are overwhelmed and crushed by the sudden luad of reaponslbility whien thelr young shoulders muet bear. fut it te the fault, and a evrious faut of parents, who hold the destiny of thelr dauzhters In tuelr hands during the tralning perlod. ‘Ihe great mistake they make Is in giving thelr dauzhters the wrong kind of an edacation. “Hilucation te not the Fir! name for ttin taay casen: it iy tor often a miedl- rection of the faculties, and rometiines a breaking town of the physteal powers and the aralyais of energy. With Auesierns the desire to give thelr danghters a high education has almost amonated fon pareion. “Fambies with Inulted means will Fesort ta every expadient and undergo alnust any sacrifice to attain this end, A few yearn’ realilenco ata noted seailuary of college 15 the oily esluera- tom, onu would think. and the only vrepiration needed for dcharsing the duties of life, cation tinparted at tuese selivule and colles brain alone, and docs not harmonize with the de- mands of the present dave When gur tathers Iain the foundations fur education, in every communi ty. (hero Was wenrcity uf the kind of education of which we now Lave a surplus, but it hon hone erable to work, Nowndaye tow much inere Lrain- cuucation has fed Beaute to think that it i not quite honorable to work and ceriatniy not deat ble, So completely have the times casnged that what wae a matter of rejolemy and hope to our an ceatorm has becou to usa dutbiful yoo.t, and In many cares.o pusitive evil. We have no renwas to combat the training and discipline of the schoola and colleges except when that ls taken for educas tion, Wo eay that tis only part of the dlcipling Fequired to uivet the demands of the ave, and the college curriculuin ourht to bo changed eo ar to. impart the greatest dexree of mental developine: aud thet couple it wilh the progress of the uge, and apply it tm mnch epeeial waye tat when rtudents have choven thetr vocation they may feelend know that thelr education 19 antes thing practical, and that tuey aro being fitted for laces which they can fil with curs and credit tn elves and their Alma Mater. ‘Tho world now not only the brain well-diaciptined in in mathematics, bat aleo phynical, manual, und industrial eaueation.- One bose and virile siugid be trained and developed, not as if hey were all bramt, ontan $f they bad bodies of egual importance with thelr bralnsin the xtruzglo of life. Agit in now, the mot helpless ant pitiatle creas ture fe the young woman who has the uaual amote tering of the schools, but le deprived by rate mts chance of fortune of her support, she will nut Work. She durs not know how, If she doce know huw, she would blush scarlet ehoald you accident- ally catch Lier in the act of inaking n [uat of bread. Ane fs ashamed to work. What else ts there for her to-do! she haa rich and kind-hearted friends, ie may gut along, but if net, this ie 9 situation in whieh no young woman ought ta by. placed, while sulcide ortheeale of virtue are much ensy nulutions ot the jem. Letus cuaway with the nation, #0 Brevalent among American sgiele, that tt in not hunorable or desirable to learn any of those arta or occupations which prosaic and common people follow fore Uving, fet ua show them that itie nutonly honorable to work, but that at tea blese- Ing th’ many waye,—that strony muscle, rosy checks, well-developed forms, an unconquerable enthusiasm and love of life come of it,—and wo shall be ¢ulng more fur the rising generation than wocandy in any other way, We may bv ante tf phyalcal etainina be wanting, vico and teapate will ind au carter victim. ‘Iraly our zirlyin auch a way that they may justly havo a feeling of inde- pendence of envirunment, and the wily aupoct of our Americar civilization would begin to change forthe wetter, Ein, B A MELANCHO FACT. To the Editor of The Tribune. Asx Anson, Mich., Ang. 6,—Sinco tho men forms not Inappreciavle part of the family clecla tn Uile, it aeeme te me that they ought to hare more of avolce in The Hom, particularly those who are Antercated (a8 Lam) In it, and wish for its success, Thave been much Intercated and amused during the Int three weeks by the vigorous discussion which bas arisen over Mrs, Vale's letter, and which scems as far from an end now aa when {t frst bo- gan, If Mrs. V., from her position of high cult. ure, considered the letters In The Mowe trivial and silly, why did ene nut attempt to elevate thetr character by the Intluence of ber example, Inxtead Of opening the fru of saccaam, ridicule, and earp~ Ang criticlew upon her lea highly-cultured and in- telloctual sisters (ne she protayly considers them)? Why did #ne not give us a letter of gentine Iterury and tutellectual wort, which wont! serve ava model tu the pour unforiunaice, whe had been content with coumon avusohuld wubjecte? Surely eho, with ber bignvr sline aud talents, must be able to set on exouiply which shall be as a beacon-fight to whuw the rest of ua poor, Ignorant murtala the true course we should pursus with regard to The Howe, Hut really J think tuera ougnt to be roum there for both Mrs, Vale and hor obpenente, butmory for her vpponents than fur herself and ber followers, At ts a melancholy fact that too many of the young ladles of to-day aru moro capable of writing liter- ary productions than eseays upon aay pointe of housekeeping, How mauy a kidy at the toe of ber warriaze (and tuo often fur years after) can wuttnake a lost of read of a ‘calico dress for read French and Gor- poetry, and dress with votubllity, And yet she thinks, for hoarokesplng! A lady of my ac- quuintauce, about 22 years of age, wha hus recent~ iy, graduated frum cullege, remarked to me tho otherday that she had been so busy with hier xchoot and wociety had demanded much thing, that wie had learned nothing of ho! keepiny; that aie couldn't make # loat of brea scupof coftve, and us for sewing? she Lad never qade ayen an apron, and couldo’t If whe tried? God help the inan who marrics such a lady, unless be la prepared to breakfast off Cicero, dino of Emerson ur Mill, and eup off Geurye Eliot, with a lunch of Mme. Demoresl. ‘Tho case of iny lady friend lanotarsreone, Many lettersalready In The Home bave commenced something like tule: ++ E am just married, and know nothmg about cooking or hoasekeeptug; won't somebody please tell mo how todo thiaorcook thatr"etc. Yetthisignorance i no giure their fault than that or their mothers’, who shuld have, but bave not, educated their daughters iu the various Lrunches of Keeping.” And these inotuers—why lay wlected thelr duty? ‘Too often thelr datl cer of member of ** Foreign Mission | **Saciettes fur the Elevativa of Wou for the Improvement of Covklus," bave the mustof their time; of they sro busy writing **futellectual and literary" productions, to ‘be read before the **Literary Club" of published in wume uewspaper. Aud thee duties have claimed: het tune? spat understand me to ridiculo these things; for, to a Certain extent, they are oxcellent, but when they take time which ought te be devuted to the bome cirely they are wrong. All luwproveacat, like cbarity, begiud at home, And heuce, tw como buck tu where L etarted, It sceme to mo ‘Tbe Home tw the place fur inquiries, suggestions, aud auvica gn home cultute, dnd nui the place for clavorate “intellectual” exmayn. any young la- If Lam not mistaken there are ban y you! in a= and colfege work, ae ‘iuta ‘changing ceed in wcaring of auaiing aay une luto changing thsatylo of (uso colymus aud may ile indueuce aver increase, ts the wish of a 10 BROTUER — WANTED, To the Luitur of Tae Tribune, ‘Torsxa, Kan., Aug. 7.—le The Home for the benofit of marricd ladies only? Iam vot masried, being only 18, but f should ling some of those nica patterns and plants L read about in Tux Tarsuws, for futher und mother both ike to sce pretty things, and, o8 1 ava the eldest of a ally of I fulle bo my Ivf to make must of tueu. seus vows, ious Turucag of Say 10: Lsees c wing for your shoulder- Geddes paiiery, “it ibif oot wou att should Uke one tov. ban, send me aslip of your doubla wits fucbale and in return will scha sou ove or more of ths following: Lady Wasbiogton ger~