Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, November 3, 1877, Page 10

0 THE IIOME. The First Home Social to Be Held Next Friday Evening. Puzzles, Charades, Enigmas, Etc., for the Little Ones. Fern-Leal Appeals for PPeace in ‘The Homd. A Contribator Puts Some Plain Ques- tions to Mrs. Hale. Together with a Llarge Variely of Inferesting Letfers an A1 Sorls of Subjects. THE SATURDAY **TRIBUNFE, In reply ta s nomber of (nquirtes, Tix TRIBUNY desiees 10 asnounee to present 1ot intending mem- Mers of The Howa that 1t 1a nol necessary, a9 Houe peraons seem (o think, to subscribe for Tns Duse Tranexe in order to get The Tiome, 1t is y meceasary 10 send #2 fot 1 vear's suhscription toTur Nattnoar TRIRUXE, bene caretul (o state thut this edition is winted. The payment cf §2 will meure the prompt inathing of The Jome and the rematnder of Saiurday's TRIRUNE for one year, 1IMOMF, ROCIADLE. To tne Editor ot TAs Tribune. ‘nx Tuinusx lume Clab will social st te Shermsn lioose on the evemng of Frday, Nov. 8, at 8 o'clock. This {s tolic u free enterlainment, and an 10teresting pro- gramine has bLeew orepared. Al are invited who feel interested in **Our lioma." fiy order of the Committee ca Entertaimuient, Mangt, Yiping, Scuwess, Karw THE LETTER-RON, in iy oflice for the follnwing- wamed vontabotors. Those intended for persons hewng ont af the dty will be forwarded by mail wpore recoipt of addeess, Tlendents cau tall or gemd 1o Loonm 24 "I niBCSE Hulldiug and get thelr Isitera 1olly and Ivy, Nz, Konhs Watron, Misn tnrrie \ onderlin, In Vernon, Suy, Owalin, Bhie, Rautoul, M1, Vuldhe | Denonr, Mies Myrtye Thorne, Mis Jdanel N, Clande €, Annt Low, yacintte, slerena, nule, Clnuamon R'ge, s, MY TWENTIETIL * Home," when the wauderers feel like retuiming To thise that bave 1678, ahall we drive thao away? O elinlt we in kindnese, all seltlsbness wptiroing, Ask thew to tie seated und bid tem to eay? Desr Beeanue, 1f we shanld, 1 wonld ask yon in kindnras o chiver iy my hieart, theugh Yoo ne'er did before, Norchule my presomption, ur think of my bhind- nens, tor hopng that this may not connt up the score. ¥ar niteteen effasions, the pride of my faucy, Have ne'er been ollowed the ** Home ** readers 1o charmg And, eliould (Als unt fellow, I'll thauk necromancy, Kince that must have worked w presecva it (rom hurm, All gone thoss productions that gave wme wuch Tenhle - *Mong thousands of others in quiet they rest. T'ruc preacticrs, they tell us that fume tsa bubbdle, Which lonks tair to sec, et 0t bursis when ‘tly preswed, I'm almost dinconraged, bat will not ery Quarter 11l | bave dono ah that A mottal can do; Tut still, fogmiug on, 1 more paper will alnughter, Until I've attaincd the great object in view. What bltes must those proee-writers know who have never Vad canae to wit up the best part of the night Ta make & word rhyme—thien 1o find rach eudeavor To vanish, as | tave my ardor Lo bilght. To think that my pieces, all dous o *commer wnal, And arthoidox too, thodgh perhaps not profonnd, Which wight, 1 um suto, have become universal, Shouldmeet wnd 40 vile g at thres centan pound! Tegano from me, wpirit that tompta me o madnens, *V'hat arges me onward to doods that aro vilo! 1 will not do aught that can end but In sadness, Aud I'll aven forgive—if he does this in atyle. ) d1d you bt know the long hours I've spent tryling 7o work ont some Lines which should look well in print, 5 T sm sare you would pity me. What! sra you sighlng? . Tat | thought Iabould melt even your heart of fiint, Prnse Vxraxce. Cuicaco, Oct. 31, 1877, TIHE PUZZLERS' CORNER. (Now that the lony winter eveniugs sre at band, Tax Tiwnewe will give place fn 14 columos 1o & few puzzies, chorades, entgmas, etc., for (he ben- eitof tho little ounes, although those of oller growth may uften fnd amusement and profit atudy- tug the complications, (riginal coutrtbutions only wre woticited, Correspondents will please send their real names will Uheir noma de plume, tuurantee of good faith, snd the answers muat nc- tumpiny each pus. ‘Fhe sniwers wiil Le pub- tished the followiug week, HIDUEN AMERIUAN UENERALS~NO, 1, He rewarded me adequately, ‘The man is really on board the boat, Do you know how Ardrahan s defended? Je s notning but & roanng, ranting sctor. He was Burns' fdes] Scutchman, d on's firat law, 4 10 bave 00 mossy ap- uenuazen, ‘Toe - Vicasures of Memory"™ was written by s Rozers. Exarewoon, N1, Gooraxr, BXPREASED—NO, 2, d sounds of derlaiou. utensil, 3. A conjunction and u pamsage. A ¢| A wulf, wrougful sct, & prouonn, and an ar- clo. 0. A retreat and a tuken, . P'urt of u cask and & letter, Z xmunllhlnm Ny, . A hiod of wine, & pronou; 3 fum fur & daughier, B SR e yrovtichs) U Notold and a coln. 10. What chilireu luve, whal makes (bum cry, sud a Jetter. Cuicavu, Kiia squARS wonn—wo, 3. A writer for The llome; whal should be the dearest ylace on eurih; verily; s purtabie adge, Cuicavo, Euwkes, SQUARE wanb—N0, 4. A uird; allipticul; o; & girl's same. Cuwavo, x0, NUMKRIDAL RNIONA—~NO, 5. ‘The whole, rampwacd of eight lelters, ts & con- lrli;umr to The Home department of Tus Tris- TS The b, 2, 7, 3, is & character lu Bhakapeare. The 1, 7, 4, 18 Uved in warm weathes. The K, ¢ , 1o & plaut Ususxosty, Wis Jausa £HAnADE—NO, §. 1 » student of Keeiptare, my Sret yon will know~ He Captained » vewael ju the ages aza, My pext wus s stalesman of fume snd renows, Wlio strove for a plave wortls tore han & crowns ‘e last bas becn souzh. fur Lhis winy & year Ju s culd, barren laod where the Usys are most drear Join -lxlnu::‘zu togrthier. mud, when rightly com- Achn:lc‘::ir' by **Boz" wll be brought to your Cuicago, Oxzarpixs. ! DOUSLE sCROTIC~¥0, 7. ‘The primals (orm the nsme of au Elrmms poet, m:‘lnz foaly the nom do plumie of & Freach nov- A charscter in *Our Mataal Priend™; a frait; 3 churacter fu Shak ¥ . e R M a1 same, & {amous citiz i R tzen of Athens; 3 Sexou 1] Fiog: LEN' Basy, — LET US HAVE PEACE. T ths Editor of Tha Tridune, OTTAwa, Ut 20.—'* A merry beart goes all the sy, your ead oe tires (n & mile-g—, ng the togue Autolycus; and powbere le the saying more iruy thun 1o our ilome, Some of you can fnd but e to do but talk of that wonderful wasie-bag- Mel ltucewns to me that editors sra but Buman, axud should bave a lttle peay 1 bave met four of sur Tuisrye editors, and Sod them bumane sod perhapsa trific wbove the Average msa. Oge, § aw ceitaln, was far sbove the mediocre, and his Aluble courtesy showed the gentiemanly tralts :Il developed, snd proved him noi ouly scholarly bat diguided. revorential, and manly. [ feet that We owe them many, waoy thaoks, snd 8re wuder lastiug obligations to them for The Home allotted o uws fu thelr widiespread columus, sod I s sure the wost fuult-fadivg can fod no caure for complalnt in the apace deroled to onr Inst Home. 1 am sire they will justly find cause for complaint if yon write nothing bat lectures, becauso everything yon write s not Inserted there. . Then give oar Iaduigent editors a reat, and let nahave a season of pesce. 1 hareso many let ters before me asking how Lha writers may become memberr of our liome. lat me, theeefore, say onte more, It ts not necessary to write to T TRinESS fo be A menmber; in fact, this dues not make yon A mémber. We are now su orginizdd body, and our object will soon be maae known to you. Yon may sena®your name and 50 centd to Maine, No, 60 Tweaty-tied street, Chicagn, and you will reccive & licket of merbership. (Pleass nclase 3 stamp for the retnrn of sa'd ticket.) Your letters during the past week have been par- ficalarly cheering, ant If alt who sent for Madeira blbs do not recesve them, 1L was because no slamips accompanted the order. 1am only too glad 1o serve yon, bul | find {t wonld consame a amall fortune toaend 10alt and furnish stampa. 1 have many more yei to apare to Any who wish them. In reply to thoss tn Chicago who wished to join onr [tome, 1 will asy that on the #tn of Novembet we hold out next{ regnlar monthly meeling, and yon ean then jofn us; and a8 wo hate important businesd to taneact, yon Will pleasa be punctual. ‘The hoif o convena 1a At Zo'clock p. m. atthe Sherman House club-rooms, and this means thal bout, and not half-past 2, Yon who wish to find a Acat will find it 1o your advantage to e ponctnal, for some of yoa found tnat enairs were not o ne dccured on & Drevioua occosion. Yes, Adam, you will be welcome, but you wiit not be avle Lo be the Brs1 male meniber, Lot we have many already, and several applicationd, Certainly no one will be lowed to vote ot held ofice uniess & member. We Bave plenty in ont ciub lo 1t all offices and to apare, as inere secms 10 be no rivalry Jot office, Al teem to be more than satistied, and there tothe greatest good feeling existing amung all. Utcers and privates vie with ewch vther In cuiteavoring to make it au Instruchive, birmonipus, and oappy Home. Gtory MeWirk, 1 fesr your Ivy s too dry. [ never hiad one drop ita lvaves uiherwise, IBluck and Blae Sheep, will you please write 1o ma? there 48 one WAILINg to Assiat yon, ana make hfs JTees say, 1f 14 liea 0 ber power. Aunt Sallle, planta are always giadly recerved, for | have greate € culla Luan you can tmagine Withuut eccing tho Atnense e of lutters before me. 1 know you have some wineh 1 sbouid like, and shoald prize 1 becanse 1t came from you. And S, af Peoria, yuurs will be modt acceptunle, and | wonld like to Tetmin susmething to yun. I Zeni aud dea-suctl will Lome Lo ont inecling At Ehe Suerman louse, and come direct (o me, | shall be happy o see thein 01 busibesa, ‘Teactict, Come and Join our ome. for you can matendt, and we ace all bath ready sud whils ma 't be tanghty o but you tan teach ns _without ™ putting it in the colnmns of TiE TN, 1 bave had appiscations Txom several Leachees who Wish 1o Jott us, amd if W can highlen yone bardens amd’ make oo mos enl pase Mure pleasantly come and tell us how, We nte renty amd watling (o do some gout for Just “nch il worn palgims, and 1o the Weary uie who wrote e g week of tier telaln and eudearors Lo attla with » cold world I would say, ** Hu of good You are well, and of yont do not suceerd way ey soother, | will doall i my power lor you, awk i canaml anyting for y MTely reteting yu Tt Who hielun bimaclf, * and, Liecefore, ative fur miatance which cones frou above, 1 yuu thal yoou can semigh the music-stont for the Ly Kiuw, fur there ure uuuy bowes apen toyo. You kiiow there 1 uore demand for o well couked meul tuat & line plece vl music. Aath are ihle, but une 13 quite necessary to ioving hutmaniy, A it 18 by N6 means dirgrace- Tl 10 Lo able 10 satiafy Llts CruvIng. K, 1., you arc kilhig your planis with water, 1 fenrs you -Imuldumy‘inw 1t to them when the enrth recios ary. Put fu eand to lighien the soil. ‘The clay hurdehs and bakes of ot mized with 1 will try soun 1o tell you wure into- raston of sull, Just now evury evoted to packing Madeira bulbs, iere were o nany people In the Uimited States who tad nu Madeiea ‘buive, anid | wish 1 conid send toull, A friend aske me if 1 did unt rearet saying | bad 80 wany, No, Lreply; i1 | nave anythig Lat ) cun yive 1o sonie one who las 1oty 4nd 1 do not vare for I, am not doinyg an uel ol kindneas, for it w0 nothing te me, and muy ve of wreat nleasury (o them. May itey ail grow, and gladden your hearts cach dsy with their gecen foll- ages and, when yon have an oyrmmmm ivate Witth some une else, and koop pasaing them arouud. Do good as you nave the opportinity, I5. L., of Niles, speaks of wue little one at St. Luke's being remembercd on Corietinas, Whata kil benet That s which rumembers the *‘eick poor* inthe midat of thelr prospersty ! I wanld ruy- west that euch vne send thelr otering 10 Muing, No, G0 Twenty-thsed atreot, and lot sach try and wiake ane bright day 1or thceo sullering ittie ancs, St will tel) 'us O thelr receptivm, amd I kouw from past ¢sporience iat she 1 never happler than when doing lor others, Did not the Conven. wrave thisr for where was therc & person ¢ active with bram and obody? 'J our axplanatiun fu regurd (0 Lhe ioney the Jate Fiensurer. Wien you buve worked by one'w side for duys toputher dnd seen: the system witls which all i so adunrably mmuaged, (hén you w who o trust. 11 ahe needs aweiwtance, she wit! call on Montle, wno prepared the cmidren's entertainmient for ua, wiicn delighted all who atiended, Although sppointed lute in tho day (o conduct thls eniertamment, she Jubored with n veal and enthusiasm wihich ¢ 1d tho uoblo catse for which b worked was & _incet deserving. ono. Teel that she was not thanked s she should ba; but, like all athers, she was not working for thauks, Lut for the good of our cause. [n making gifts for thede unforiunate unes,—I cannot aay pour, for somo of them are rich in posscssing u choerful Leart and noble purpowe, of waich mauy of us who IHwHEAn 1070 Meany Are 1ACKiNg, —be wure and ro- member the comforts of 1ife, tor wany httle hands any Teet feel the keen (rost, wnd the icy Jaremunte sia 1t very comforlable for thinly-clad feer. Ihen thera arc little hoads and scarfs; nlco Lhick vacks which are casily mude {rum sunio cuxt-awny gar- ment af your nwn, or whiich your littio ones have uutgoown. There are others wha prefer Lo make momelling to pleaso the eys, and are noue the lvsn acceptable. “The older “portion can gul along withaut; but if you bave a warm acaif of dresning-gown 10 spute for thew, they, 1oo, will remeimber that vt in the busy world oue heart sull rememoors thew, sod it will ease hours uf ‘mu of which you will never know. Ol it ts hard o hear puiu und sickness when surrounded by our loved unes, who strive lo wake It Iulrlllllfll i ot thear puor oncs whoare Laken froi their denr vhes, and lie wloun e long might through, tinkiog unly ** 1L might bave Leed, ' ure not 1w be furgoiten Ie B.o 3 thank yuu for suggvsuing il (o others; 11 han long been # pleasure to we Lo work fur thens, and | wish | might eapress wy joy on recelying your letter, 1% ahull be unswered when time s not wa fully occupled. llow | wiah you wuald attend wur meetings. ‘Phey are so pleasint, and we huve -uemmn{ detlyntrul acqusintances that | wim ou would sleo, Naw, kind Iriends, n clos. wizrgest that instead uf compluining sny more of tie viditor you busy yourselves in Lrylng (v tand the circulation of our paper, Titk Cilicauu usiNg, and thug cndeavor w do someihing for lor whut they bave duuy sud 140y mure thanright? Frux -Lrar, OW 10 SIMPLIFY HOUSEKEEP- ING? 5 il you know sowething, o ure doing for us. Te the Editor of Ths Tribuns, Cuicaco, Uct. 31, ~This question was offered at tue Woman's Cougrees and found no takers, 1t 1s » modt dificult question; no wonder the Indiea feur to touch 1t, and that ibis particalar subject bas gune hegmng for an advocste, And yeiit seema a pity that some one docw nol grapple with it Isui going todo It, with the hope tLat my fail. ure sy polot the way Lo success for sotne wiser person, though ringing in my ears is the old ea) 1, ** Fouls rush in where angels fear {o tread, and [ occupy the pumtion asnslly assigned to Mrs Vartington, that of sianding by the ses-shore, vainly endeavoring to eweep back tne hide wilh oae puor, wolitary broom, Now custom is the tide 1u this casy, wnd ono broom cau do nothing, but & tousulidutiun uf broome miKLt prove & very valua- ble Lreskwater, sud secare s very safe and quist liarbor 1uslde ‘Time was whes bousekeeping was s stmple fair cnough, but lately the cry of **Oliver Twist' tu beurd in tbe land: *-Morel Mors! Uive as more) "'—alore faies, more lucks, more pultings cunsequently more wasbiug, wore ironing, —ibe Moluchs of bousckeeding, the housebold Jugger pauts under the whcels of which the hesith of so many of our women are crushed out, ‘I'hie sewing wmachine, (rom which wo much was especied os & means of swying lsbur to women, has almost proyed ua In‘uu Lo Lhe sex, fur pow, lustead of une or two tucke, Or rultice. of Dule, 8 it vaed to be, laales® clothing bas cowe tu be & wass of trinwmlng on & very sight fuuudaiion of cloth, snd the amouunt of expende of Work it lovolves in the lsun. dryng suma up tnto somethng terrifc as a whole, sod proves & very uiglitwate uf lerror to the woman who does her own work or the buaband who pays the laundry bill. 1t causcs hall the dissco- sivuns butween mistrese sod wnald, sad (he fear of the ternole washing delers wany an iuteiligent klrl who Las aot the etrenzthof a gisot from euter- g upen houscnold service wbere bor services otuerwise would be actusily valusble. Conmse- quently, only e roughest wod strvngest of the svx, ua & rule, will engaze Io domestic work, the wril consequences uf this fuct are wideopry particulariy 1o ite effect upon children, It o ki possible to preven! children from Imitating P“i with whom they associate, snd the caretul mother will realize the necessity of haviog iutellis fem and well-ochaved dowedtics, even though bey are uct ahle (o pasa Lurvugh & ¢normous washioy snd irvuing. And remetaber thle: 0 women, with children dear, © uicn, 'with alatery s0d wives. Lt wearing vut, ves! If women would only be sstisted with plaln civthes and plenty of them, wmade of yood. sub- stantial waterial,s stock of which once wude would st lwo or three years, what & burden 1t would Lt frow the miods of the average womsn®! What titue 1t would give her cultivate ber ming, snd Low much more userully her Lime wmight be ypent than in laying these useless and never-ending turks und rudics, which wuly last1or & few Wasl- frin wud Uien leuve the guruwnts tawdey kad Tug eed. What can be more onladylike than to wear, ns many do, elothes of the chenpeat matertal d od with a mass of trrming, which, by ite {1« #imply virigar; aml how often is the v cleanliness even racrificed because of the enormona expenee of money or labor made necessary by fre- quent chances, 1 have heanl Indies way, " My clothea are #o hard to do up that I can't afford to chatge them as often 1 wonld Nike," Ladie, did you ever nek vnarselves who set this fashion of ench eisborately-trimmed underwear? from whence dld it orizinate? from whence did it rpring? It originated with the Pacisian deml mnnde ; dealgned ax o bait for the eapture of their victima, and continoed and uphela by them as o part of their stock 1 teade. And 1 would ask yon, in 1t méet, 18 it seemly, in onr pure-minded Amerrs can ladies to follow a fashlon set by suchumvorthy , —to sacrifice purity, health. and comfort at | uniorthy shrine? Think of this, and prac- tice moderation In thie reapect, and yon will soon fee the tide of custom commence tochh, in this regard, mneh to our dignity and reif-rexpect, Ladies, did yon ever think how dittle reat work 14 necessary 10 heaith and comfort? Toil enly becing when the anperituitica are attemnted. The wash. inzof 8 week for une porean shonld not monopo- lize miore than one hour in the econoiny of time: the washing of a family of sig peesons, a half o day. 8o with the irontng; a1 is possible to wash nicely ihrec sujts of underclothes with the nanal additions of handkerchicfs and collars in an hout. 1 know it, for 1 have trled §t. When this part of the hourekeeping takes np more time thin thal, 1t Lrenches uno ailars more imunrtant than staelf, and 1 want to Bint Lo iny slatere here that, an 20 afd 10 beanty. nothing can excel the nse of the washhoard, one hourat 4 time, mind yon, Don't overlo i, There 18 nothine that brings the blood tothe cheek, or develnps the form, or lmproves the circnlaiton generudly, like an hour In the hot +uds, and you should do thiaif only toe the rake of your complesion, Washcrwomen as a tlaes, not- withstanding their excces of labnt, Are strancera {0 the compiatnis w0 univerad! among weil-to-lo fuhies [oes not this fact #peak for ateclf? The maueity of our women either work themselves 0 death ovet nonscnsical auperfiuities, or ullow iheir blood 1o stagnate in their vein< from In. activity, There 8 3 happy medinm, d imoby o easily found, Qt © fs eald that ‘mm: 15 only ashother forin of exercise, cau only ndd thatit s u very unolcasant forn, and t min_sure that with plain, wholesome food, smpie clother, and moderate exerclse, which should take the farmof work. we might throw phymc o the doge, f [hiere han been a very greal Improvement {n (he foud 0f our homen of late years, It {4 no longer thought neceseary or prodtavle Lo spend two days of the week overa hol stove baking every kind of mhyestible pie and cake, and tnen spending a day of two n-nr{ Little while In beud suifering from the ellects of olug vills, taken to clear the systuio of the clogzing clect of such diet, Ment,” vegctas bles, Traat, and grain a8 neavl{ A8 pios~inlo i their natural state, or covked slplv, —that 18, nut ren- eatible” with Iat or unwhofesome mix- tures, e 1l it intellgentfhumian betigs require, y Htlie Guubie W0 urepare. Elaborato erl 4 ure what we muost gndrd sgalnst, At out talile 32 well as with our clothes heaith goea and i hand with moderntton and stmplicity m all the detsild of dowmestic life. There Iittle buuk tately circulated on cheap and mimple food for the bour, telhine them how to live un s ball sum pur day. { took up this hittle book y, hopttt 1t wa4 a move in the right m, bat ou .reading it 1 found that author, aftee giving & number of reclpes the which might be prepared st 8 moderate expenec, coully remarke that abie would advise them not 1o uve such distics often unless they wish to develo) 1o first class dyspeptics, Nuw, what folly is this, muc.uui' e inifuence the book might other- wise huve, 1 hohlit cilminal to afd of abet by tongne or pen the Ignomnt follies of our poople, toudd to the bnlk uf tnaigestidle recipes whose nawe already s **leeow, '—ibis, 00, cuming ander the couver of 2 bouk called, of saud to be, the **poor aw's friend, * ‘Those benatiful lined of Thomas 110od’s recar to nie very frequently when 1see the autlerny caused by thaughitlessne 0! the sorrows that | mikht have healed! Uhi the hunan sorrow sid vitiaret And yeb It was never in iy mial to play vo lll & pasts Iiut surruw Is wruasht Uy want of thoughty As welt a1 want of licaris The simplification of honxekeening, my friends, whl ebluin when we hiave pasved thixage of shoddy, whien ontuide show will be vetoed as vulear by an culightened societys when reason, not muiey, Filcs, —when not what we awn or wear, bul whut we know, will be our passport. “Tlus will come with education, with o discrimmation of our beat people to set the Lienton, with & sirict adherence to principle of rignt-minded peoplo, and with the recnerence of & luw miore panica to teach thelr wholesvine leseon 0f 4 return to our old ,and aimple, und honester modes of life. Tuzo €, C. A WONDERFUL CHILD, Ta the Edltor of The Tribune. MMiLrox, Wis,, Oct. 20.—Several noople In The Homo aro deslrous (hat wore should be written #bout children. They dun't tnink the subject has been auificiently aired iu **Helen's Bablos,' and **Uther People’s Chitdren,* and tho other numer- ouw publications which hiave treated the Tnnocents worsa than Herod did. Now, I have nlways be~ leved and proached that children shoald be **scen not heard, *—nor heard of mors than was nccessa- ry,~bul if they are to Lo brought to thd front, of courso T dou't wish mino neglected, and 1shonld like o uve a tttle of my cxerlence, I Wiero 13 subject upon which I feel competent to Insteuct thn is tho vne, Everything else 1 will surrender 10 the accomplished sistethoud of Ths Home, but on this one theme ** 1 kuow whereof [ speak,” To begin with, there fe my Uitls Freddle, e Isaree mareably successlul eximplo of the benefits of wise tralning combiuned with judicious In- dulgence, lls s tho yoongest of four brothers, but, though lus blue eyes Lave only ru- tectell the sunshine of fve sumwers, ho kinows thut dge 14 not measured by yeare, and feels older than big tarry of 18, thu very oldest of ull the brotherhiood, I havoa high oplulun of the Kindergarten system and of ebject-teactilng, but oa neither of theee arw obtalnable ina small rown like this, I have been oblived 10 eive him the ben- ciit of such objecte sy most readlly presented them- selves, and were at tho enime time beat calculutod 1o-attenct tho attentlon of wu observing child, Promioeut among these. 19 the travoling circus, which, may be called onr fasilunable smusement during our summer months. We take it in place of tha 'Thomas concerte. While it umases the old it fostracts the young, and Freddlo bias profited by It Lo such a dezree thal thero 18 10 feat 1n gyunasilcs tou gilicnlt for hium lo attempt, 16 18 truo that these utictpts asunlly terminate lke & nightmare, 10 @ visivn ul something falling, tn which the ob- Jechive point 1nn pair uf little ez puinting some- where 1 the direction of the norih atar; but before ihe Abiuxed spectutur had recovered his Greath, there I8 Freddie azuin, right side up, good as new, und ready (ot anutber teial, § regrel 1o suy that objucts &4 represcnted oy the letters of tho alphahet have not yet uttracted him sutliciently t impress themsaives upou his hrain 1 a permdnent manner, ‘To ubviate this giMculty aree (o the aystens of ‘*association nd | have endeavored 10 catabiish an asvciation 1n bis injud Lelweew cacli letter and avwy fanuliar obsect or 1dea. 'The result of this 18 that he spells dog in it original menner; Un- cle Lsve's D, d O, ugly . Tuls mode of alve, 18 liable to objection ov xlow, 1u fuct, for the sge, which, us the new: ?:lptri tell us every day, s n iast one. IL reminis vie of the philosophers of Luputa, who carried arouar thelr housenold govde and thrust forth what th id to sy in that for inatesd of apeaking. —a eystem liko most of wnaiy wventious, devieed lnuulg far_bie owu benetit, and witbout any regard for the fcelings of our sa: 1 wuuld not bave you ssppose fhat | have lost Taith i tuy system becuuse Freddio i s liftls slow leueatary facts by 1ts means. The remarkable clulid (of courde, uo one 0 sure of Lhnt 8s Lis mother) miud spurns the slow inathods which are neceus; o ordinary children aud leaps 1watinclively 10 conclusions. The primer han only been read ta him a few liaes, and yet when he Jooks ut the pict- ures he kuows sntuiively whut every pags co twins. This bas suggested 10 1me the 1dea of a uy, tewm of r:lfllnll:]y pictares, waich shall be st ou mstructive and deliglitful, and | have slready coo; menced srranging ot | believe the ancicul Aste bail something of the kind, bal of cudrse ool de- veloped atall ad mitne wiil be. 1expect, when | have perfected i1, that it will eutirely revolutivnize nug Ppresent wudes of watruction. and all will fse up und call we uic branch ot knowledge in whic ¥reddie be very proficient. |1 American citizen be already accurucy beyont s yeag, and for Hayes and Wheeler uutl 1 realty Whoupbl the dear culld would fall u victim Lo bis patriotism, and Lave no lungs left 1or the o Yresident, He was au enthusl though delng gui yOuDg dusing the reien of **our Cwsar,” Lis con Cepliou of facte was rather vague. llv never wes yuite clearin bie d as o whellier vur great chieftatn’s renown aroae troin beatiug the biggest drum or Brinz the bizgest cunion. 11 uny ol the wotbers vl ‘Il Home are suxjous for auy furtber infojmativn sbuut Freddle or my eystemn of trulning, ) shall be vuly tov hapoy to answer sy qucativns they may ask. 1 rejuice lo see tbhal The Howe 1y berutuing wore aud wore clevated. 1 have bad u little weskness for Chat wod Naney 8pry, but aftes reading Nannie C. ter last Satarday | bave resulved wteraly to . Irould not endure ot 10 be connuered a ble person. And aa for the recipes, f Dacos wiil proinis oot Lo tssteunything wiade fron: theia, 1 will pot even read thein. “Who knowa But in time we aball all becowe #0 clevated that we sbull be able 1o **point the wors) * 10 the Rev, Joscph K's theory of levitation by being genutue ** Buat- Aus, Fawsia Pantmnes. THEHORRORS OF HOUSE-CLEANING To the Edvtor of e [rduns. Hisuwoou, Oct, 2. ~Ladies of Sumatra, Boraeo, Belouchiatan, and far Cathay, 4o you clean house lwice a year? fn Lws volcanic overthrow of dome: tic concord an outgrowth of New Eugland civiliza- tos, ordoes I pertain aleo 10 the bheathen 1o bis origioal blinduess snd Orientsl calm? ‘fhe past Week 1o the house of Issac has been a caraival of uproar, a warfare between insaimate furces Lo Fob the world of rest. Pin-cushions Jo ambush, bale- Lrushoes, and all adjuncts of & Curistisn's todlet, a4 elusive &2 houpe's fruition, —well-regulsted mcals, sod lbe smepities of lfe, aa dead #s tho Jost arts, -o0 wouder tuat Isaac has lfted bis volce 1a lamentation for s fore- goue bacnelorbood, sud the in:ants bave developed the baroaric habils of littie gunins, As | #it Lerg Lo-night, breathledd from s tourna. ment with broom sud window-brush, 1 wonder is it all pecoasary? l\'ec"ur‘ that wowan sbould o shorteu bee life and blight ber: bloogs, plunge hor b Gl e T U s s Sl hue THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 3, 187/—TWELVE PAGES. to this insatialle dragon of semi-annual hovse- cleaning® Are there nat minde_prolic of philan- thropic” desiees to evolve some mow order of thinzs? Nature. who must he one Jattern and guide m fo many things, doet not per- ot her housewlfely duties in sush manner, She doca mot send Lwa periodic guets of wird and water 1o parify the earth. Al thrench the es- &ans fall the merry showers and the wentle dews, the cleansiug rains, and the greal winds that fruc. vify and purify, until, visit Natnre's realm when ¥ou may, you will ind ber preperation complete, even her dieorder harmonfons, and her moet neg- Jected wilde more macnificent than the praved and tended garuen of Kings, \What if we nn-fkcfg« crs should Iry and take onr cleaninge homeopath- feallv:or, hetter, let our braine onr hands alittle more. Where we have put 1,547 tacke in a carpet for inafance, and hammered them 1n Ag though destinca to remain thranghont at least cleven cycles of eternity, let us lightly plare a few fasteninigs here and there. o that when that car- pet necds ta come up it will not reguire Saméon’s strength and an angel’s temper ta bring It from the Hooe.” Hetter sifll, I those who can affard 1it. supnlant dusty carpete with floors bandsomely Jatd In nataea wood and alled, with central squares of carpet only, to he daily sired and shaken. This, yon sec, wanld slay the drag- on's head af onee, for the fandamental horrot of honse-cleaning—ig1t not carpet upliftingeand beat. fngs? (f mataral wood flovrs are berond your in« come, a common !flnu floor, well otled, does not Took badly. and i infinitely neatee than s carpel. Next, fear down the window draperies. They are dugt and excluders of alr Withont them, what —wili hecome of those acrinl strivings 10 looren nnraly fastenluge,—tlose aching necks and strained backs,-~thure vain clulchings and help- ters falls? Another member of Lhe dragon 19 elnin by this reform gand bf this revolution of things §ou give entrance to the hiighteet, purest, dearest messcnyer of life—(lod’s sanshine. Ulve me hread without butter, soup withont meatl; 8 wardrobe withont silke, and & pocketbouk without mouey, and Iwill still thrive, If you give me plenty of aun- ahtne, Ilat deprive me of that, and you may feed me upon the diet of Olympian rods, drees me in fragments of tangidle ranbow, amd pave my way with yolden dollars, yet nm o captive with- ouicomfort, Anngn NUTRITIOUS TOOD FOR POOR PEO- PLE. atch-alls for sl sunshine. To the Editor of The Tribtine. Citicaco, Oct, U,—It famot surprising that 2o muny aré fnalgnant st Miss Corson’s bill# of fare, for wo all know that'muecles must have nunrishing food an well as that the stomach should bo Afted at regulae aind frequent Intervala for children to grow strong and for adults to keep ro. It Is cheating the system to give the digestive argans work to do and not pay them for It with the result of wood blood and plonty of it and we would be taking Advantage, as the Injurcd party cannot apeak for itaclf and protest, Blisa Corson's book will effect good Inone way, It not in the dircct manner in- tended, 1t will'canas tho subject of cheap food to be agitated and atieact the attention of philan- throplats and practical economiate, 1 wonld suguest that The flome contribators and others interesicd In the working portion, which tvo often embraces some of suffering humanity, ahonld dend thefe experiences In preparing wholesome, nutritions, incxpeneive food, ana get up a **Uook- Book™ for that army of peaple who muset needs mako a little go & great way, and who many tinies have the least {dea how to doit. In economizing we should not indeed forget that, howover neely people are, they really require some thinga which are looked upon as luxuries; tea snd_coifee, tho pipe, & litle frait occasionally, cte. What wort of craon is he who i satisfied with what barely sus- ins |ife and protects [rom the Inclomency of the weather? Some are driven to thia exireme, alnst too many; but there be happiness in life when the wolf gets as closc to the door as that? A workingman's fare ought to be such that he wiH Bna thst a1l of his vitaiity s not expended In fcmnu a scant supply of daily bread for hls fan. iy, but snch that e may feel that he ki them comfurtable, an has still enouzh v to enjoy the relationships of the famliiy circle. fiood beef from cheap cuts may be made ver palataole by lte\vlni,"acn(lr for two hours, with pepper and ealt, €aking ‘out & pint of liqnor when sbout half done, and letting the rest boil back Into tha ment, and brawning \lie meat in tho pot; after u:klnf ap (ho mcat, make a gravy in the same pat with the pint of liquor, In this way al] the julces of the meat are retafned, Things that reqoire long cooking may be pre- x:mq on thoso days when there 14 u continious s wasliing and lroning days, 'The **roup- pot”’ might bo shumering uimos=t uny time in many familica in winter, where the stove that warns tho lu"l_uu;lruom' 18 o covking-stove, and genvrally *sfired-up." Half Giraham four and half white flour for yeast- made bread 14 healthier and cheaper than all'white our. Mush made with Orahaii flour or éracked-wheat over meht and frled for breakfast, calen with nirup, 18 not oniy of trithing cost, but exceedingly palntable, Corn-mcal mush prepared in the suno wiy makes a varlety. Llshn botted rice eaten with meat-gravy {s a deli- cacy within the reach of all, and found upon tho best tables at the Soulfi, thouxh at the North uan-~ ally saten with milz and sugar or made Iato puid- ditize, Cold bollgd rica. cut into sllces and fricd Is also o delicious brenktaet dish (dipplng in ey and floure befoco [rylny le an Improvement), I'o cook thu rice, wash ‘well through two watees by rabbing hetween the hands; wno colfce-cup of rico to ony «quast of bolllng water; two teaspuonfuls of mait put lo o two-quart busin and set In stcamer, amd wiemn for threo-nuarters of an hour, stirrinig once of wicont first, ‘Tlie nutritive quabitics of rice nre attested to by the pigeons, who tly a thousand ;lnlllc- without stopping wfter o feuet i the rice- X Cuarso linminy, called samp, sonked over night, houed, gnd when done addinge iittle milk, buttor, and walt 18 agrecabls and wholdsome, A good dish I8 als0 to take ong-thint codrsy buminy couked and two-thirds botled beans, in whicn hos been boided o very small pleco of galt purk; boil togetlier fur & few woments, adding a 11t valt only. Hopinyg theso vugeestions will elicsi others, 1 am rewpactfully yours, LG, OUR TIOME ON THE NILLSIDE. To the Lditor of The Tridune, Daxsvitng, N, Y., Oct, 28,~Eurcka! Thanks to you, Mr., Edltor, I've found (t! The land of freedom, und the tand of rest fur stomach, legs, and brain, Bless the Lord for the originator of The [oue and—the systerm of sdvertising, Nuw, you call that bosh, don't you! Just wait till you hear something ahout it, for things look now as if you'd soon uced just such a refugoad thls yourself, Iy the way, thero are several such angels in di Fulse bicre ut presont, and they are mightily well divgulscd tov, ad you miay guess. Dut to business, This Hygicaic Inatitation (e 8 very large, come niodious wouden struciure, one-balf mile from the Village of Danaville, N. Y., and ks tocated part way up & tugh mountaln, The main spproach to it iv very beautifu), being & wide, graveled foot- path, which winds L4 way ihrough ustensive grounds, made attractive for shade and , kraduslly Jeading 0 & vety lawn orna. niented with larye fuantaing end rustic stands of lovely Nowers, and tou Teping ving Bituated upon the hillaide ure eeveral coifayes oc- covied by patients of our Hom: uuumum-’(ounm- era, - Une of (hess wae formerly the Brchteide reafdence or hume of vur phyeician-in-chief and e umng. 1t 18 on elegant dittle bou: also cuzy and homehike, has uo ** wortgage ** attached. but auveral bay windows, and covereit porclice up- on which grow the sweet, utd-fashioned huney. sucklo. ‘The viow from any point Juoking aouth 1a very Gne at all thucs, bat ln the Uctover month s mmmitcent beyond description, Dietant mountaing, hills, and valleys, with the strects of the villag ‘ylnlllunrleu. aro pow churiningly clud 1o vrlllant, uamcless colors, and tbe biue, misty haze nvvnnnzmg | completes & pucture that éeems quite enough Lo Inpire even au ux Lo 4l down ou his kuees in admiring worvhip. hen, 100, Lhere arand old woudsto the east vl us, threaded with plessant waik: are rough-hewn seats wud o while tey give shude apd helier, wiealibily drop chusinuts or hiack walnute at your jeet, Or, §f you please to walk a nile o 30 farthor un, you will coine vut apon open bigh land, (0 view iarye orchards of apple-trevs, with their luscious and golden feunt Mull hidden smong the chee. © [f you don't like apples, Jouk to the nght wnd benotd the riculy.Liden grape-vines, fairly bowed 10 the earth—with Krapes, uf courve, 11 you dun's ltke grspes, Jutmp over the fence into the tomato-patcl, and help yoursell to pickles, At all tuiy wou't do, then waoder awuny tho lus. uriaut tohage which yer abounds, Ll you cume to & well-wort path ub {be mouatsin-slde, leaulng 1o the all-Leating spring, wheee you can oit and haten tu the birds as iBey pour forth their souge to the aweel music of ripphag witee And, 1f you happen around wheu I am there, beside sl this {nm will hiear sotme Gret-vate whistling, (or when whistle § do a8 the lrishwan did when te weut o slecp—pay atleation tuil, Bul J mugt begin to stop. M the editor will (and sthe devil bay po vbjection) | will sowmetima give an fden of tbe fnner paradise of Lur louie, which is the oatcouie of our simple wuye uf hying, os taught o the weekiy lectures of dur dustinguished hysiclau-in-chlefl, and illustrated in bis life, too, or uedn's ** prescn crvain and practice skim- milk. " Not b e impreweion Lis foue 4oroad thal Lhie tv s wates-Care, It ls truc sumio of us do recelve waler-treatment, and sonie uone st sll, It 18 Juai exuctly what iv represented inthe advertise. meut of 1t lately w Tue Twsxg, ynd whit ils pawme imolles. —home, [ notice Tue Tuinyxe on dle 1o the reading-roow, but I am fadependent o) th The llome department lv a ‘source of pleasure, and, whether it **bring aire from beaven or blasta from hell." will be ever wuicome. If the Secretary will etats what tbe yoarly mewberahip- few ia, | 'Will send amount at unce. Eiigx L. Morrarr. FROM AU LUCY, To the Bduor of Ths Tribune. Caicaso, Ocl. 20, —A man had seven sheep and three pent; be waated to put 2 even number 1atu each pen. low could he doit? Well, Lo wented to but could not? Now, Lwant to say at lesst a thousand things, bul can's. Why? Weil, because Jkuow you would pot allow the ruow, so § will iry and condense. lam ool golng o tnd fsuly with any oo, not aven our editor. | thiok per- baps he knows hiy owu bustness best; but at the s4mio bine we mise many of wor old correspond- cats, and caunot but wonder whero they are, ctus, | was more than pleased with your good seaunble leiter, aud swure you that whils voe io 8 boudred way be avainet you. niety and nine will Beartily lndores every word. We csnnot b too carcius of the litile teuder buds, —**us the twit Ls bent the treo's inclined,"—and it i the parent's duty ne well ag pleasare to help it grow firm and Traveling man, many thanks for your beaatiful ribute to our mach-loved Prestdents and it is just ruch men as you that we vant in our lome, -men that have '*no apot on carth that they ean call Send in your name before our next non- clary husincss mecting, which will te Nov, 8; “JII will not be the only traveling man in onr ame. | #ce you, Chat, and many others wish to know mare about onr Conventton funds, ete. T wish [ {alt eyual to the taak of pleasiiee, whichi ever it may b Uhink Tir Trinyse reporter was there. and gave a brief acconnt—crery one seenied to knotw the object. it was publisned long hefore the Con- vention ook place, and we all agreed, toth at home and abrond, to work for St. Luke's Fece Hoepital, We had one afternoon and twoeventng cntertainmonta, a collatlcn, and twvo tabled of fancy asticles (contributed by The Home members and friends of Si. Like), also hada table of beantifnl flusvers, designs, boquets, and ]:_hlnll. the nroceeds of which wera handed to the reasurer, Dr. Amie [iale, who hag not yet founa It conventent to hand in hes report. _ Alldanations or money particalarly intended for 81, Luke should be sentto Tne Trinuxe Ilome Club, The Commitieé on Entertainment are pree parning a very interesting proxramme for onr drst eocial, which will take piace on the evening of Nov 9 at the Shorman Houee, The Committee on Reception will pe there carly to_recetve and intro- dnce friende of ‘The llome and strangers that may wish to juln us, Tn regard to the membership fee, 50 centa dors feem A emafl amountan itsell: but we must have chaaty for all. and the breaking of hanks and hard times in general bide us all tohe carefal: and there are eo many calle and fazes npon onr purees that we ninst make the fea wiihin the reach of all: and If we nave more fo give, there te A Committee on Charities that will witlingly sceept " After our next monetary business meeting we w1ll be betier ahle to revort in repard to the object of our Ilome. We wieh |t ta e n_pormanent suc- ceds, and cull upon all friends at home and abroal fo Nelp ua—cnroll your names wherever you live—that we may know and welcome you to ‘our happy howe, Auxt Lter, REPLIES AND REQUESTS, To the Elitor of The Tribune. 8r. Pari, Minn., Oct, 31.—Dear friends and enemles: From Lhie northern, frost-touchea region, Trend you greeting as warm and heartfelt fie ever enunated from an enthusiasttc soul. Yet the climate biere In not as diferent from thatof Chicagu: anmiplit be imagined, for occaslonally the sun bursts forth from behind decce-woven nyramida of €lond-tieaus as warmn and dazziug as cver shono downupon ourown city, Biisinces of pressing tmportance hath drawn md hither, and unexocctedly. About 2 week ogo, whon one evening I was muaing with plessurable expectation upon meéting with the duferent come wittees o1 The Home on the following day, the summons 1eapt awiftly into my heart, **Go thon nurtnward untoa clty naned St. Pani, and attend 1o the atfairs which nwait thee theret”’ * Therefore, enrl( the following day, without farewell to chick f' ¢ ull.l. bundled up in winter uttire, [ 1ovk passage n 8 aleepmyg-car, To the Committes upon which | had been placed Irhall be obliized to say it grieves me deeply that 1 canuot cumo forward to consult with you: but we eanaot slwayw follow the Inclinations of or heneta in this world, —and It 1a not without & acriung pany of regretdhnt 1 must confegs my Inability to meet cxcept very seldom with the members of ‘the flome. i3ut should It be In wmy power to render service of anevening L wonld cheerfully comply, althougls day-tine leisure know I none, ‘Ulite Northera State, as you well know, possesses great varioty of scenery, which mitarally atteacts obaeevation. Were It not fur (bls, I should feel genuinely houesick. T intend to puther somo au- tumn-leaves, unices they are all gone, to bring back as souventrs, , Tae ‘Uninusg of Satirday last reached me to- day;: gladty did I welcome the letters from Fern Leaf, Deramda, amd Cliat,—three uf the etanchest Home miembers. [ was alev [nsplred With delight by hearing—1 mean sceinyg—tha words of Nancy Hpry, lobgoblin, and Lillica. ‘T'o the latter © lfl{: Yau nro the lady I tiave sought in vaim during the Enllycn my heart goea oot towurd you, and eats tn time of tusical sympathy, "Do you recall that delicate, Mittle muinor-key mazarka by Chopin, which sounds like a wall of sorrow from a breaking heart? s it nol beautiful? Chopin's waltze sometimen bring up cherlshed memorics to we of tlmea that nover may Lo known or lived over aguin, -except in memory. Write mo 1n eare of **Home, Music, of Maron City, Ihave fonnd 1t of great benellt 10 pasm rapidiy over varlous pieces in order to becomo a rapid and accurate note-reader, Ditter-Sweet, will you vend o that pouch pat- terny I wlil «cnd stamps in roturn, Yiddie, accept my apologion for **that Tuese doy'*; Lwill write you immedlatoly, Mavex Mapcar, PRACTICAL AND WELCOME. To the Edilor of The Tribune. OARLAND, Oct. 27,—Autumn leaves preserved afier the reclpe given in The Mome Oct. 20 will retuln thelr beanty for years, and the turpentine renders the Jeaves 8o pliablo that thoy nover crack orbreal, ‘They can be made into bouquets hy running groen thread wire through cach leaf. Now ifyou wish a bronze vaso to hold your bouquet, tako 8 hard crook-neck squash, suw off the cnd, lenvivg tho bottom In theehnpe of o horn of plenty, lay It In a dry place until the sceds aud thele cnvelope will pull out casily, taxe a picco of #mnoth pinean Inch thick aud long enough to pro- Jeet n liitle beyoud the squash \vhcnrlncud upon It perpendiculaly, then, juat whore it touchs tho hoard, plerce the shell with o largo d-lm!n& needlo and ineert a notl of suflicient lenvth to hold it fast: u drop of wax wil Lelp kecp i in place. Now with & Lrish nupl{ 4 coating of bronzing, and after o while another. 1f the branzing is not handy & fow cents' worth of red uniline diswolved in ulcotiol will do *llll os welly Thiu vase cannot be told from the real bronze without a close inspection, Thore are muny ways to color and paint grosses, ' Coloring I do not like, s It soon fades, la so brittle, and at the rame time tifT and ungracefs Au the grasi are gathered, they shoukd be placed In an ula pail urbox of sand in @ dark pinco, und etick the stons ~—a few in glaco—-ln an upright position in the rand. In this way they do nutdry too fast, and are more pilable and geaceful, When ready for valoting, procuro five cents’ warth each of chrome green, Paris areen, Chinese or California vermile on, yellow ochro; mnix eqnal parts ot linsced ofl and torpentine, say one glil each, in a wide-mouth | make a littlo sieve of two thicknewses of tar. sewed on 4 plece of wire bent tuaclrcular form, a hitlo loose or baging 1 the middle; tako' omo or two picces of gross, lay ihe parts to be palnted on an old wvlate. Drasts gently with the o1l snd turpentine, naing clean paint or varnish brush. Do not get too muct vn, but touch nil, Then, with the littiv sleve, sift on the desired color, Layatuna paper while dusting tiie color on, 80 88 10 pravent waste. I presuwme all know the natire of Puris green, and tiat W must bo ased with care, @ the sand ready again to wtick the painted grusses in until dry.” Dun't let the diferent colurs touch until dry, Asnage with crystallized granscs and gran and If yoit dow't think thom heautiful 1etan think yoil are reluted to Margaret's Ilusvand, Ira. W, will aave xu cvgoahell contalning a litle of the albumen and willapply a little to tho ol sores & suon as they sppear, she will And a e eure, Can not Wax Leaf give directions for the siraw letters through The (lome, so that we may sl know? | shuuld like o give directions for making buskets and wall kets from husks, bul [dare Ugt Lrcapass facther this time. Couga, WISCONSIN COMPLAINTS, To the Editor o The Triune, At Nows, Oct, 7, —To amuse the toys at home, **old-fashioned games " were proposed, secouded, and the motion carrted, ‘The *‘wickedest Loy (i) was bitndfolded, turncd around three tmes, and then inguired, ** Huth, where art thont” Lusg. we my asionuhment wheu the schoolmarm an- swered, **llere | be,” bul of course the schoohnarm to Sherry Cobbler's inquiry, **Whaere Ihe early contributors of The lumer" [respond, **Here L be," as far us § go. lictore The Uome reached so tangible a form as **Sherman-flouve parlors* and *'ufficers,” my communications were always honored; afterward, they were fudiscrimivately consigued lo nothing- Dewy,—not even wn ed.turkal perusal ¥ fain believe, Tou much Unrt tu prolest, and too big & coward to Bxnt for rlnte, [ Lave ever siuce stuod un tha vut. siic khd peeped” throueh the windaw, very inuch {nterusted, but mever unge iviug my voice," When the Convention was agr upon 1 gent my mite, through the courtesy uf Maine, with sincere wishes for Whether it waa, of no, W are conalrained 10 believe It thinge,** aecording to Lord Dundreary. | have oft been silent when 1 knew svwvinlng ** which was good " 10 now Lot wy mouth is opened | mean to tell “*all | kuow. " It will uot ke loog, Qunluf i, an Irlshiman owacd thal bistorical gea. Af I visit Peorla next month [ will tell you of a splendid muastache which I know 10 unapprooristed. Wax Lead, § found that arti- chal heat dulied the brillisucy of wy sutuwn leaves. L3st year | took two books and changed my icaves frow one to Lax other nc:rls every day for & week. The trouble wis fully repaid, fot'in the winterthey wera almply lxl?\llfll and elicited much admira- lrn. U. Jennett, try & galvanic A few shucka cured me, And ,—how pruper that sounds —t Bm dur¢ you can soften ‘*buboy's“'—that word writes hard—beart, vis ble stomach, towards » pew (a1l suit witn 3 bt of epoage-cake Lua ter the following recipe. 1 aent it once befol ¢ the editor to snub. How could net Beat well together the yolks of eizht eygv and a pint of suzar; having well beaten che white, add in swall uaptities, alternating with a pint of sifted dour; Aivor 1o taste. I suticiuat care is paid Lo the beating. it will be deliciuus. s | suall bear tbe fricudly **Come in™ this time, 1 fe re. lma! never ligaln, And so Hantivity bids you all good-by, and, foldiog her tent, steals nlen{ly back to Bavusepox. CONDENSED MILK, To ths Editor o/ The Triduns, Cutcado, Oct. 29. 1 have read Dr. Tucker's ar- ticlo on the above subject, dut csnnot sy that] s¢ree with bhim i bis conclasions, Wheo my Jobooy (tue same little fellow who has spitated \lie minds and pens of Kitchen Devotee, Eaperl- ence, aud otoers Lo refercoce (o spunky children) wis 7 woutls old, bis wother was unable to nuses him longer on account of her own iliness. A wet. nurss, of cren to wet pure cow's milk, wero out of the questton. and in our dilemma we were advised by an old nurteto use Swisy condensed mik, which we did with the hest of results, [t may contain less natriment than fresh milk, but, uniike cow's milk. we cauld alwnys depend upon It, e it was not 1 8- ble to get sontr. He thrived on tate diet, which we fed hin for several months. and to-day ol the nee 0P your and a half, he is ne fine a specimen of physical health and beauty ae you may find shonld you ¢o n long distance from Vernon avenue and Thirt! treet, e s a large child, but not 40 Stfat’ mehe s “eolid, Wo did not have Lho tronble the Doctor epeaks of in regard to the chila disliking simpie food after having heen fed on condensed muk, He would eat readily oatmeal, rice, bread, etc., or any healthy. stinple foort, Otbers may not have had the some experlence Asoarselves, and we would like those who have ueed condensed milk to etato the reaultof their cx[wnmcn and obseevatione. will sny that it was about this time of the year 3 . that we commenced giving Solinny condensed milk, and he has been a rnmlrnhl( healthy child ever wince. Yours, WiLLiax Wixpson. ———— FORM 01, To the Bditor of The Trivuns. Crnicano, Oct. 27.—I have been looking over The Home again to-night, reading what [ akipped Iast night. Some letters looit uninteresting, and bear strange signatures, 80 [ leave them and rend engerly the Fern-Leaf, Amber, and Grandma Old- wavs letters, and others from oid ‘*stand.bys,* 1 find the rest entertalning just as econ as I begin them, ‘brit—old friends first, 1 wonld Tike to thank Amber for her *‘October Idyl,*' but she mnst Ruess the thanka we allfeel for the heautital letter, Prohation, !can talk to you piainty, becauec I, too, am n stranger. . 1t erems to mo you take much *+for granted,” You may not be so ** welcome™! as you think, If you comc In lashinz onr favorites, If Chat will just sy the word. I'll drive over 10 Decatue with a horsewhip and " glve the **snetent mden™ a *ethrusbing.™ it will be u falr battle, for 1 am an ancient malden 100, and 1 like Chat, She hiag been up our way vialting; from Burcobel, you rememnber, she weote The Home, and Il be hier champlon if she needs one, If her shot-gun s not lome runge. and if she thinks Probation worth noticing, 1 have not dared to eI myself a member of ‘flie llome. but if (L 14 50 thut 10 resl i miMeient to life membership, as Aunt Fanuy says used to be, then 1am a member, and shall never derert The Haome clrcle. T have «1ood aloof aml and admired tus workera, envied them thew * bitainess f.lfllll(.“ il wialied | were oncol them; have fumed over xume of the exaeperating Jetters from the *‘men-folks ™ ana onesidend women; wished loftily, pitylnz stily litsle Madse Madeap andothers hke her, forgetting 1 wan onco Just wich a **slity litle thin Iave found eeuntine regard for dear Fern-leaf prowing in iy Liestt, admiration of Amber, und kind feeling aml go d-whil towsrd 8o niiny others--sancy, entere taining, wil-u"sthe-wisp Chal foremont among them. 1 have feit Ilke Myrtle Thorne (though | daro not lken myself “to o Per), have wished for a clunce to ‘pllds quicll; tnto Tie lomo,” nud now [ feel duly insintled, 1 hope to **make fricnds,” for I am penceable, You must not think 1w quarrelsome becaudg 1 epoke eo honcatly at fl of Probation, ler g dreitated me. Chat, where aro yout Where you can sec these biue hills and the ‘gors cous beauty of the foliage alony this valley? I hope 0, How do you supposs Univeraity Tl luoks nus, this third week in Ocrobery Miss KATHENINE, DON'T FIB ABOUT YOUIl AGE. To the Editor of The Trilune. Minenar Point, Wis,, Oct. 20.—1 have becomo very much (nterested in The Homo of you paper, and thonght perhaps you migut allow me, through its columine, to sjeak a few words i reyard to that slily fushion of girle—women ruther—clinging to their 'teens, and even telling deliberato falselioods in regand to thelr nge, 88 if womauhiood were some- thingto be ashamed of, 1cannot belp o sccret feoling of dleguet when I learn of auch a transpar- ent deception being practiced, and yet 1 must cone fesa it Is sometimes done by youn ladies who aro In ull other respecta scomingly tionest and truthrul, <Uirla, I waut to talk to you, My own echool days are scarcely past, bot { am thinkful that ny luter years of study have brought tu me at least u conception of the graudeur of n struny, carncet, self-polscd womanhoud, = Somubody once wrote o pretty little qunul which sald, **Muon are onl; ys grown tull; héarta don't grow much aftee all. Now, no one has over becn audaciona enough to make a correspomling sssertion {n regnrd to women, They ‘are something moro than girls *tgrown talh" The woman hae nattalned hat which the elrl never dreamed of. What in the girl wae only a vague wish becomes inthe woman fixed determination, a life-long purpose.. A pirl's scutimental folly I transformed into the rl‘mlly of awoman's life. " The girldraws back huif amazed by the storn morality of the perfect law, while through all o woman's naluro sngs the grun thought, **Hettsr nt bu atall than ot bo noble," Then, glrls, don't bo afrmid of becoming wouien, ‘That stale Joke about the census-takur and o woman's uncortain sge has beon long enough ban- dicd _around through columus of **Wltty and Wl (D pnminplm Uu true cnough to oursolves to tako . this petiy roproach rom your sex; for if, in (he courss of human oventa, your biriday had happened o the year 1, 1 cannot sew wherein the disgruce would lfe,” Leaen to grow old wracefully. 1t Is one of the most do- sirablo of feutinine accomplishinients, and yoa can- . notbegin to study too carly, Enjoy your brueht, carcless glrlhood while It 4, but do not seek to substituto [Ls childish happiuesa for tho beanty and dignity of womanhoud, for girlhood s at best hut u dim proplicey, of which, it you will, your later yearamay work out a glorious Tuliliment. Kkx, ONYX'S QUERIES AND ANSWERS, To the Editor of The Tribune. Toxx ReTuay, Oct. 25.—Can any of The Homa slntera glve mo an idea how the wax medallions are made, or {e it asecretonly to be known by the presontatlon of the almixhty dolise? [ aaw somo lovely ones at the Centeunial, Wil B, W, C,, from Kenoshn, Wis., give the directlons for photo- enamel? Ilerc Is my recipe for rice-fritters: Save ke bolled rice loft from a mcal, mix with it onc egi well beaten, a little salt, a little sugar, some milk and bakiug-powder, and flour enough to make 8 tolerubly stiff batter; drop a tablespoonful at u thne in hot lard; fry a rich brown, and sct on the table smeing hoty thin imakes o nice breakfaut dish, Where can a gaud fret or acroll saw be ob- tamed, and uleo the woud, and what are the prices? An: glad to see the besl of Tho Hums writers hit- g at tho soclal uvils of tho day, Won't some ot the ladles lu witing to ‘fhe tome I(pl'nk of the books they are reading and are most interested tuy 1t mb3ht oo 4 help to sosie of ua. 1ave Lhe lovers of Dickeus read ** Foreler's Life of Dickens "7 If not, they will ind It very inteeeatiug. FPorn-Leat, $did so longz to avil mysel of yoar kind offer m the wpring, but 1 bad just commenced houvekenp ing und bud nuthing to oifer tu vxchange. | live only twenty-Ovo wiles from you, sud, i chance shiouid ever tirow mein your citv,. may { eall and seo your beautiful cullection? ‘Flie numnes of the fduwers were very fuimiliae oncs to me in Tue 1lom 1§ have u vasd of pansics befors the now, und they remind we of you, und adear friend, evary tine | look Int thelr Kuawing, bright Hitle faces, Do aoy of Thoe Hums wistens kuow of any woor aod dediitute Gerun, Swede, or colored woman without u home, and who would be wiiling Lo go o the couniry un s fur aud usast in the Bousework for three, and 4 yood bone wnd # goo support 1o ve the recomuense fur ber services? | know whers 4 good, reliable woman with willing baude can bave such a hol 1t uny af you know al suchi s pervon, please % nie throogh The Home, Muny wislics for the success of I'he |lone department. Onva, THE WIDDER SPRAKS, To (ks Edutor of The T'ridune, Cmicago, Oct. 30, ~0 waat to way (o Chat, 1 thought you knew sll about’ the Convention; wo bed 8 aplendid time; you wers called for, but did not rise up in meetin', as you ought. There up- peared (o be a lttle Autter when we reorganized and elected permanent oficers, 1 (hiuk people like to hold office herv botler than they did in our scwlug society in Wiggleton; don't yout! You must be sure Lo coma tu our next regular meetn', Nuv. 8, and the doolns In the parlor on e el st the Sherinan llotel. We wantall those who are interested to be on hand. ‘The annual club tickets,| will be delivered then, all for 50 cents, [ do hope all mewbers will {Inwwm: A'ut Carnie n belivving thal ~ we worl for 8t Luke's. We're gom' to mppoint & ‘Treasurer that s 101 80 much 1 need uf the moncy usthe Hospital, Sun Hedron, iu auswer L your Sret, A perwanent ouel ‘To your second, No! ‘To third, No, - deed! Tothe fourth, Yes, 8 permancot ono; de- eidedly] Uur woney i not see a bapk, Come (o the next meeling uest noutl, Y, threocents & pound for waste paper here, ‘lrave cler—1 bave seen Str, Editor, 1 guess he'll ot ou neg the W, 1. If the writers will writp short etters, 1 gud y will put thew all fu, Dr. Hale is going 0 siart 8 paper of ber own, and ma need thy funds hetsell. ' Now, Mister Editor, ff you will priat this 1o your nawspaper, | will Jv- you 8 goud recipe of minefor & umupud“m' uexttung, and spesk & good word for you when | gt back to Sleb Town, Wivokw Dsonorr, —— OAT-MEAL CAKES, To the Editor o) The Tridune. Cuigaao, Nov, L.~Baviog read in one of your lato iseucs the lugicrous aud discoursging expe- nience of A New Face la ber sttempt to make oat. cakey, 1 foltthat | would like 10 assist ber towards success In tho future (If you will kindly sllow me space In your columns) by giving & geaulue Scotch recipe, which, If carctully followed, will produce reaults that will delight the bearts of her Scotch frivnds, 1f aho has any, sud be not unfavorably re- cuived by Americans. Take one large coee-cup tull of fne catmesl, oue-quarter of fewspoouful of salerstus qu. not dlssolved), one large tenspoouful of lard: Mix thoroughly together.. Theu wolsten with littlo lukewarin water, aud work with your bauds inlo g bull. Have ready on the kueading-board a thick layerof ary weal, rlm tha ball of moist- envd mcal on Ity sprinkle & pleatifu) supply of weal on the to, aud kuesa it out dat with yuur closed hand, keeping it as much in 8 cizcle as pos- sible. Do sure and bave vieoty of weal above snd Delow, Then with a rolling-pin roll out il it 1 aboutthethickneas of 8soda ceacker, Cutthocuclo == ————— e InBeight pieces, forming triangles, s LR Rictos, Ll inaglen, Wieces 123 with & spaddie or a very brond-bladed knif, £ them rematn tI1 hyked n Dbt brown on the anht #ide, then agatn remove them to a baking-pan nn: hruwn on the top in the oven. HAve the wriigy and oven moacrately hot, 4o tnat they may hnyg thoroughly and not burn, UxaTuxnne, HOW TO WRITE CLEARLY, To the Editor or The Tribune, JErFERRON, Wls,, Oct. Z8.—THhe following are 5 fow of the, rules which grammarians tell nx we #honld obrerve {f we would become good writers, We should wrire with such cloarnesa that th rea. e shall have no possible doubs as to oue meaning, We should write with nccaracy, thls means (o nag the right word tn the right piace. We ahnuld avoly pompous langnage, high-flown wordy anq phtases: hecause they Indicate an empty ming and valgar taste. Ulesides, instead of Incroasing the siza of small thoughts, they make them appear atill amaller, Wo should avoid an addittonof worgy that the sense does not require, and the repetitjon of the same Idea in different o Forcible writing coneiats In aiving the most fmyor. tant words the most prominent places, Tleg places are at the bezinning and end of sentences, We should use good. pure English; by thisI mean that we shuuld avoid slang, f.ong parenthescs {n the middle of a mentency #hould also be avoldéd; and many ather thinza 1gp nunierons tp mention at present, Shefield saye; Of all thosa arta in which the wise excel, Nature's chitef masterpiece (6 writing weil, Let nr not forget whnt the editor has d to ng from time to time, and try at lcast to practice We are loid toatop as soon after the second or third page, and not ** Wkted op fourth.” Correspondents should beware of taink. ine that becaure some coats fit them it foliowe thyg the garments were intended fot their uve, Like Aunt Pnnnly. 1, too, bave been thumping my brain to learn what quality 1s lacking in that *YClub ** (o make 1t a success, and a3 yet have an) eeded in knucking outthe one word CONSTIT. Into a1 nomibie u Ladies, I told you so! —— MUSICAL, To the Editor of The Tribune. Evaxston, 111, Oct, 30.—~The musical readers of The Homo who live at a distance from musiea) centred havo often dificulty ia obtalning cholcs music, the published catalogues giving them no informatlon regarding theé beauty, difculty, or meritsof a composition beyond thot which the name of the componer ymplles. To thote who wish it, T will send a st of cholce musie, elther voeal, Instrumental, or organ, suitable to thete rapacity, If they can glve mo an Idea of thotr ad. vaneement by namlug one or two well-known plecen of musie which they can play of sing cor. rectly, Let it oo underatood that thrashy riboly will find no place in tacse llata; nelther will the heavy scientine, nhn»l{ for the reason that players or minzers of thle Jatter yrade Know . whers to look " for it withont any asslstince Haethoven, Mozart, Mendrleschn, Schuman, Raf, Meyerbeer, Wagner, Uouned, Chiopln, and ‘many learer izhts have written cnough fascinaling, bright, or serlous parlor music to satisfy the most fastidious. ‘The tntroduction of this ciass of 1ny- M¢ into many honies fu certalnly desirabie, and the writer has'iots of good will and always a postat 1o rnara on enck an ereand, Llllice wants nnother correspandent to exchanza fdean on musfeal mattera. Try me, Lillide. Mu. sic will do well by reading (playing) o\‘er‘{ 120 attentively over twice or three times, and then paxe ofy, spending an hour a day for four or g wonths, Oscan Mavo, CURE TORI! COLD-SORES, FTC, Ta the Editor of The Tribune. Gnaxp Rarps, Oct. 28.—I have two' recipes which I want to give to The Home readers: Camphurated oil 14 an excell:nt remedy for cold- sores, chnpped hacds and ligy, mumps, sors throat ana chest, and brulses, and soreness In general, 1t (s prepared by putting into sweet ofl all the champhor gnm it will dissolve. Mustard plasters, mixed with sweet oll (or, better camphorated o), will not biister, ond will sive uutck reliel In case of cold on the lings. plourlyy, piln in the back, and for those sndering with consumption, white of an eqg is also good tomix ihe inustard with, but lacks the healing propertics of the 01l, Naoml, [ have founds nicho 1o a home aince | wrote Inat, and am now irying to helpa weary motler lake cire of her husband, home, and babica, Jfind there In wondrous comfort In ths clasp of cliuging arns and tiny fingers, evenif thiey are **otter people's childeen,” and IF suma of thoso ruffering with henrt-achca of various kinds would follow my example, thoy would find, m 1 have, that there will be 1o tlmo io gricve over past Joyw and sorrows. Thanks, Lan, for your sympathy; belng ono of the sad alsterhood [ could apyreciate your letter. Wil some one tell me whero [ can vet a hood patiern? \What bias becomo of the lady Mre. Halo rocommendea for the agency some timo ago? tura, —— + OLLA-PODRIDA. To the Editor of The Tribune, Ciftcano, Oct. 30.—Dalsy, don't appesl to ms for information, Iam positively unable to render any in connection wih The Jlomo, I think that cditor of this department is fully incumbered with letters enough already, and were it not that Iam dlrectly spoken to I do not think I wonld increase his lnbors by writing another ictter for his perusal. Madge Madcap has sald abe wished a word with o, Well, fire away, Ihave done nothinglam afrald to be scoldod for, Yiddic, If you will chew wunt pleave don't say anything aboutit. Iace that ‘Nancy 8. has come forward once inore, * Sho waw an old frlond of nne, ~mayhap I ahould #ay enemy,—bat, Nancy, don't ba so virulent; you stick to your alli- mtors and leave men alone. “Theo, C, C. has gung away vexed; | am sorry to sco ¥o much diecord among wy aweet aistars, but it is moatly the old und disnppolntod onea that have faults to find w'tn our nopular Jlome, San H. has pul some very ertinent and solld qnostions worthy of answers; et us bave them, And l-nl(. slsters, atick to your knitting, ond do not underiake to investimtc and dlscuss wubjects ont of your llne, whatever tho strong-tinded may say,” There, that's all yoor brothor lius to asy, wasto-baskel or nd wasier bawket, Hanny B, Focs,, NOTES AND QUERIES. To tha Editor of The Tribune. EavCraimne, Wie., Oct. 20,—In reply to Music I wonld eay that I have found tuking two or (hreo new excrclses every day and playing them through but once hus helped me greatly, and have no doudt the same plan may susist her. Y. C, 8., in case yousucceed in securing the contents of Tho Homo wasto-basket, I would like to negutiate for the samu after you are through, I hinazino that we might fAnd fally ss much enter- Ltinment from the discurded letters as from those Mns. Moxraoue, o evon my own may reach yon in mang” phuh-u.l .‘.': mluulg the czlumm of The grivty me. - ‘{V:fl he lady who adviscd castoroll and rlyur(nn for cleaning photo-enaiel piclures publish diree- tions for puinting tuem alter they aru transforred to the glam? Ur, It sbe prefers,” wall shie send to my adiress the sunic directions? Bly ln-lrnclxonl’ ubtalned whille Bouth, were never completed. think her nom de plume waw **Rhode luland,” 1 kuow she kindly oftcred any otlier afil, 1 wish Chat would wrile to e, 1 would so much enjoy & correapondeuce with her. What has be- come of L. Bealan? Lovnix M, Nores, S PRESERVED FLOWERS, T the Editor of The Tribune. Bauasoo, Wis,, Oct. 20,~A vase of brilliant- hued dried flowers makes a pretty ornament for the altting-room during tho winter scason, ond tas ey of prescrving them Is very simple, Sclect & largoemouthed glass jur, or a paper box, aud throw fo it balf aninch or niore Ju depth whito river sand, well mifted. Tovert in this the atems of the flowers, lukln& care that they donot come w.thin &0 inch of the lop of the far, ‘Fake s small sicve and eift the eand dlowly "over the towers. taking care to keep thelr ;:finla i lu:':r natura! at s o vosition, and Lo see petals and _stamens w covered, shaking ibe Jur duriug the process make she to sund closcly penetrate into every part of the flow. cre and legy { the hiussois are moderately . 18 will be auBiclently wurm to place the jar #un fur ope or two days; but if tney ure will be better tp put it in & woderately heated oven aud let it remain tbere four or Gre hours., Now pul the jars away in a dork, ury iace for a week, and then remove the sand. Will Lolly au Ju{ leas nd e their pate terna? 30 they will, T will send sowa In return, Wax Lxay, Dox 513, P, 8.—1f Blue will send. her address, 1 will send bet sume fensleaves, —— AN EXCIIANGE, To ths Edutur of Tis Tribune, SouTu S0k, Oct. 20, —Would somo kind friend of The Home exchange psiterny with ma? J wust pattern of 8 loug kilchen apron with waist. 1 bave two, but after being washed they sct lke tho fumous **ehirt on the pola," [ bave several, patterus of different kinds for a little girl of U yoars which 1 should be bappy 10 exchange. Perhaps some of Lig many 7 of The Howme would like wmy recips for snaps, " which [ think cannot be azcelled: One cud suyar, one cuy molasscs, vne cup shortenlng, ball buiter und lard, oue tablespoonful wods, one tablespoonful warm_ water, two tablespoonsful ‘mxc" llll‘Illl ulhlhlh:l l: than a **barrel of 1h1a; bake in & quics ovea. i s 4 Bitcuxy ArgoX. g PERSEVERING, To the Edutor of The Tribuns. Cmicaao, Oct. 27, - ilave just been reading the lettors in The Home, and find that tus cditor bad snubbed me for the second time, but I woa's atay soubbed. ] wrato aa article last week which must bave been inthe ofice Friday morsing,—no doubs but what It was, —and introduced to that bottowless busket immediately. Aslsmamomberof TusTais: uNk Home Club [am bound Lo haye my u{‘ 11 this I8 not printed shall continue to write untli tho ult 1107 tells 19¢ to Luld up, and sball write even 81! that, Hattie, let your tldy remain in sait snd water ten or 8fteen wilnules, ihgn wash in twe warm soapsuds, alier which rlnss b clear water tuich