Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 1, 1877, Page 10

THE HOME. Notes for the Information ond @uidance of Contributors. Report of the Secretary of the Home Club. ‘Forn-Lcat on Her Travels---Wine ter Floriculture. Dax;ondu.'l Delirions Dream — Bour 8irnp-—~Whooping Cough. Fable Manners---Franklin’s Opinloen of Cowper---Sermon on Gossip. Birds and Flowers---The True House- wife-—Roots and Flowers, A Workingwoman's Home—Frame for Cigar-Lighters—Contralto Songs, NOVEMBER’S LESSON. / Biindingly the snow Ia falling— Talling thickly, falling fast; And, llke Winter's herald calling, Stonts the loud Borean bisat. Withered leaflets, naked branches, ‘Tell that Summer's relgn fs o'er: Dirds’ aweet music, breath of flawers, ‘Woo us to the felds no more. ‘Wearlly the traveler turneth— Conatantly in thought raturns . 'To the gistant, dear-loved hoarthstone ™ Whero his hame-fire brightly burna. -~ Msny a mother, poor and widowed, Clanps her babes with shaddering droad, Enowing all too well the bitter, Ceaseless etrife for dally bread. T)s the timo of want and sadnese, Plnching need and witlering wo, ‘When old Winter's fco-clad leglons Forth to rout snd riot go. Shivering, poor homeless wretchea Beck rode ehelter from the storm, Praying God, as firaf of mercies, To protect and keep them warm. Men of wisdom, be ye thonghtfall Men of gola, your purse-steings loose! God hath given you wealth and knowledge, Not to hoard them, but to nee. In the world's great atmshoune, dutics Throng you now on every #ide; Mect them bravely, and reap blessings Glorjous ua the fleld Is wide, Gnaxnxa OLowars, CmicAgo, Nov, 24, 1877, TO CONTRIBUTORS. There are now In the editor's posscsalon letters from tho following: Crayon Sance, Nobby, Katle Drown, Linnte, N. N. Winnle, Generieve, Chllcs, Vivisn, Younz Keporter, Reader, Ra lel Do Neope. Solon, DBlossom, Corde: Ita, Little Dorrits, Rhoderick Duu, Schwess, Gunaiks, Amne, Denedict Arnold, Decemvir, Ella €., Myrtle, Thorne, Anon, Deata Mater, Grandma Coarseprint, Amanda Apronstrings, E.. Calumet, Wit, Evelyn A,, Touch-Mo-Not, A Matron, Aunty Thompson, Robin Red Breast and Jenny Wren, Allie, Early Day, Mardl Gras, Wicked Eycs, Elalne, Momue, Portla, Jov, Mra, Pecksniff, ‘Widawer, Mather, Father, Mrs. J. U,, O1d Maid, A Mother-in-Law, Fennio, Miss Flite, Blue-Eyed Stranger, Percio, Wii-of-the-Wirp, N. N,, W., L. W, Art. Ooaline, Lady Loulse, Emms, L'itlandafse,” Frank Merriman, Hsarmonle, Sam North, Denver, Nellle, Sappho, Observing Nan, ‘These havo been neltheraccepted norrejected ; they awalt tbeir chance, Tley may be used and they may not. s Somo weeks ago Julict Coraon sent to Tire Tars- wxr, several hundred coples of hor pamphlet **Fit- teen-Cent Difiners for Workingmen's Families, " After dlstribcting part of thess throngh the Young Men's Christian Assoclation and like agen- cles, Tux Tinuxr has yet some 200 coplesat hand. Any reader who desires can bave one without any cost by following these dircctions: Write your own address on an envolope, put a stamp on tho corner, and inclose {hat in another envelope, writ- ing on the Iotter **Tux Twmnvye, lome Depart- ment, Chicago, JIL."* These pamphlets have thie- ty-six pages, and are absolutely for the working- man, or man witha sinall income, Thoy should not be asxed for by peoplo in the middle or upper ciosses In wealth of income; but only by the yovser. »%e 1t should be sald to those whose letters contained requests for patterns, thas the cnormous increase 1n tho number of coutributors to this department - has rendered [t utterly Imporaiblo for some ladies to answer all the requests received, It had, there- fore, been widcly aettled to Jeave tho pattern husi- i tho hands of a 1sdy who may be aduressed **Pattern Agent Home, care Carrier No. 7, South Division, Chicsgo," Ars. Mattcson's lutter below given other particulars. This will oxplain why ro. quents for patterns have beon omlitted from some’ letters. s * An Intorested Friend, at South Bend, 18 Informed that the Foundlings' Hoine is at No. 7: Bouth Wood strect, and that Dr.’ (ieorga £, Shipwan fa the Bu- perlutendent, and the proper person to addre: 1 the above number, St. Luke's Froo Hospital {e at No. 724 Indlana aveune, The proper person to sildress concrrning 1t 1s lll!‘ Ttev. Clinton Locke, No, 1072 T'rairio avenue, Dlne, you are not advised of the Poet-Offics law, The Poatinaster s forbldien to defiver letiers di- rected ae you wisa. All latters sent to **Dine, Ranton), I.," would go to the Dead-Lettor Ofice, * You will hiave to stick to the old way. o’ Jorrs, your letter is excellent, but all the neces- sary Informatlon onthat point has already been given, and, though you have given the facts in bes- ter shape, yet to print your letter would boto re- peat, and spaco is 100 precous, od o Heltotrope, the autumn-leat preservation ques- {lon hus taken yards of space already and we can- notroopen it. You will have to catch some one wha has & file of The llome, and then you can find Gy diferont ways. ) Iureply to E. C. Dana'a lotter, it shoold be sald that the acceptance or rojection of any letier does notatall depend og the membership of the writer inany orgunization, The editor's judgment alone rojects or adunita, . % ¢ ‘The slofulness of writing on bath eldes of tha paper must be appreciated by correspondents much more than it is, Though the letter be the best one of the week, 1t will not be used if this rule ia broked. . o'y Oreclls, vour cotributlon, having once gone over for lackof space, seems now & shade late fo the sesson. This ls the more to be regretted pe- cause you write so clearly on a subject of universal luterest, oo Clear Eves sends, perhaps, the beat letter of the week, becauso §¢ (s thoroughly practical. An offer to belp some bonest woman to & good home i the sort of charity which the Lord loves. o*e Bapplio, your article, read on Thankegiving-Day, was 00 liitle In mccord with the sesson. You wrilo a4 good a letter as comey to ths ofice, but let 1he next bo & Hitle more cheerful. s Pocshontss, read the note to Orlena; you ate #greod oo the main fucts; bus the editor utterly refuses to get into sny pitched battle where she line of daty docs not run. ) With the beat inwnuu'u. uo doabt, s corre. spondent in DoKalb has made her Istter too much Jkean advertlsement; hat fu Lhe resson it does L. B. N., if yonhave no mawsdealer In reach, You can subscribe for Tud S8aTUNDAY Txisuxz without sy other sditlon. The price is §2 & year. 5 % - ‘The Home for this week is in many respecia the best over printed. Bixty.friends are beard from, aud more would be if theze was room. Juoé. snotber fetter covers your views qalts ‘wall; your own seusa of propriety is better than any code of roles of e subject. Orlens, there fsa -aa:t: dasire 00 keep this do- partment out of s svw; Lo print your fLsst lester would procipitate oe o8 baad Very liksly your chorges are troe dut It asks more reckloss bravery than the writer potessetotake cven the right side when women are diaputing aboat money., o Emma, tho easiest way to persuade yon that you must not write on both eides of the paper 18 {0 Teavs you out until yon learn, . s Qwendolen, you ean writo more legibly hy not crowding vo much on Ashcet. More than that, you munt do 8o, or . o Topsy, write mora of a letter and Ie‘n of an fne trodaetion to it next time, In fact,don't writeany ntrodactton at all. % Bub must write more plainly and carefally, and use fewer abbreriatione, elso Lub's letters will be unacceptable, - o Architect, even if you shonld do that rash thing, Tne Trisone will continne to be published just the same. o % M. E. C., Englewood, it docsn't seem best to 1t that question In, We mnst deswa line some- whete. Z * ‘4% Engle Wood, your letter is excellently written, but In the present crowd goes under becauac too long. o's . Deronda's Imaginative ekotch of what he might have foand in the waste-basket la not so far ont. . Denver, too 16n2,~go0d, to he snre, hut to use 1t would crowd ont four other fricnds. % . 'The letter wrillen by Franklin to give his first {mpression of Cowper ia Interesting. o Sonvenir, your main questions have been asked by others in this lasue. o's Bubacriber, your agreeable noto contalns no new facta or views. » THE LETTER-BOX, ‘There are leiters in this ofics for the following- named contributors. Those intended for persona Tiving out of the city will he forwarded hy maf upon receipt of addrees, Iiesidenta can call or send to oom 24 TrmsuNe Building and get thelr lettera: i 5 o Twenty-six Summers, rely Practlcal {h 5)y li‘ J Blue, Rantoul. IN.. Annt Mary 8., Miss Carrlo Vanderiln, Belle flench, gnflm Mal Old Mald, raveling Man, Mr. Oscar Mayo, Professor, Jollet, Mny, Omaba, Brunhilds (2), funshine, Ontonagon, Teouols. Cantenty 0, G. Javs, Percee, ‘Winona, Yiddle, Zaceho, Aunt Lon, eah, Fo B, d, Tiella' (4), Joe, TIE CLUB SKCRETARY’S REPORT. To the Editor of The Tridtine. Cimirado, Nov, 20.~Thaunksgiving! How many of ns to-day, s we eit aronnd the woll-covered bonrd, or watch the merry sparkie of tho fire n tho grate, allow our thoughta to turn to the poor shiy- ering creatures wha sit cronched above a few dying cmbers munching the hard crust or picking the dry bits of meat from the tastolers soup-bone, No savory meats or vogetables for them, No delicions minco plos or creamy dessert for (beir Thanksgiv- Ing dinnore. Many anone who for ycars hus fol- lowed the custom of an old-fashloned dinner finds an empty larder in the place ®f turkeyr and minco plcs, for this has been anaimless season for our toflers, Let un give thanks, not only on this day, bnt every day, that we have enough to kecpus from hunger and cold, although no turkey graces the bosrd, and no ples or doughnuts And a resting place in our larder, for we. who have cven the rough pecessarics of 1ifo are rich beside somo poor creatures In our midat. < That reminds ma of the many kfid things that wero snid In rezard to the poor at our meeting last Batarday. Although there was a cloudy sky and Iindicatlons of moro rsin in conjunction with the muddy, sloppy streete wo had been blest with for 80 Jong 8 thine, tho club-rooms were crowded by a host of genlal ladles and gentlomen, seventy-two being counted In the shadowy gloom. Tha usnal busiiices was ymmgtlz attended to, Pern-Leaf presiding, after whicha host of candidates for members! "Y wers voted In, and glveo throogh tickels onYhe lome run, which will carry tham afoly upon their journey aslong aa the cars keep tha flfihl track, or tho conductor docs mnot imue them feel sloave by the waysido for Insubordination. A word right hore: We are 8 growing {nstitn- tlon And a vast liome circle; & family, as it weee, composed of all tho dificrent clements it were pussible to tind in exiatonce. Bhall we not show 1o the wiso sazes with their **1told you so,™ that thero can be una_associstion governed by women withont tho quarrels and bickorings that have caneed so many socleties to collaore? Let ns not say behind the back what we will notsay to the faco. Let us not cavil over onr Idess of right and wrong in commonplace affalrs, &s what scems best 10 000 tnAY seem just the contrary to another. Let us bo lenlunt toward the fauits of others, and If we say aught sgainst taem, letit be (n tholr hearing onlyeas the Icast. word when drupned, perbaps thoughtiensly, gains in magaltude the farther it woes until the Nitloact has grown to s deed of im- menso magnitade, I wish wo could leave off re- peating what we hear of otlfiers, as tho stream slways enlarges the fartlier It rune from its source, Let us be helpful to each other, and, if we have had & better chance of becoming acquninted with the rules that shonld govern suchsocicties than our sistors, Jot us not arrogite to ourselves n lofty superiority, but kindly and wllllmfly nealst those who, through lack of means, or time, ur experi- eace are not qualified for » high position, 1 could cito you o examples whereln people iaxd falld in thie respect, nnd, by arrogaling to themeelvesu high sensa of wuperiority Instead of 8 holpful equality, have roused the indignatlon of thuso In lower stations, sad anly bethoiight them of thetr duty when it waa tao ] They wore once learn- ers themaelves. Thereare thuse who will willing. ly become oue teschers, and a few mortifyiug lessons will sMce, Mothers who have growing anughters, teach them something bealdes thrum. ming the piano (o the~infinite disguet of your next-door nelghbor), « £ the pose of the figure In the hall-room, or the moda o] becnmlnxblmclnnlln ¢ to the gentlemen, in order I catch a Lusbund. Fae shom throngh a courve of tratning in business man- :fumenl. It may come In play at zomo future me, n There, I iave had my say, and will now take up the turead of my discourse, Ses; what was it? The meeting at the clab-rooms, with their grim spactres and shadows, The lady from Dansville, N, Y., will be pleased 10 lenrn 608l her grnarous miembershin-fee was colved by Matnv, knd that her kind Jetters with r wurd 10 our lfonie wure appreciated by those of us who recoived them, Mrs, our pattern azens, who is to be ad- re Carrler No, 7, South Division, sent er rogrets that she s unable to become » pald member, at which our flural friend, Orcells, prompily stunped forwardand paid the uecessary foo, bringing tho snplause of the nouse avout his eare. Ladlos, will you not pleasawend to her for pattorna, inetead of bepwing thewn lreugh the columuy of Thu [{ome? Her pricovare.very reasou- ble, and by paying ber fur them yun are helplug a ovely wowan, whose husband died Jeaving her the only support of three wee bables. Bend for fahbits, " eleplants, worsted dogs, or what you ke, 30 that lu help keop her ehildren from oo ing cold and hungry this winter, and give uw u rest on tho pattern wucation. Thero comes up an ominuus growl from tue edilorial sanctums 2 Christmas approaches, Tho discusslon uu the lome charlty nuestion IflnllI{ ooe, oud the objoct was scitled on *+1lowe for poor working-virls and women, ** Bad, siuce our articie was published stating )t 8y & charity fur working-wonien and children, that an another assuciation, whataer Laking ita ides frotn ours or uot, haschosen the same chanty for ita workinw object, and one such fustitution is coaugh for the present. Tho frionds from abroad will realtze bow necusesry it will be [for them to asslut us, A8 we have as yot only o small fund with which Lo make sn opepla. aud during the cold winter monthe {u the tlme the poor cresturvs noed wur aralstance most. ‘Thers ara many poor things huddied together in dingy attics, trying fo existon ibo misersvle pittance doled out to " thew by their greedy masters, to whom such & Home, where thoy havewarmtb, wiit be a tleselugiducd, tuk to uddress ue cas da soat No, 60 reu, kind lsudlord who basa good- alsed heart give us a bullalng rent free fur our urpose, Of at luast chargiag only a nominal rent? ‘s would like it somwewhere vear tho business ctuitre, 80 the inmates nocd not pay car-fare in order Lo reach thier work in seasun, Do assurcd whoever donates a bulldlni!nr our object sball ind ls nae’ & hgusehold word, for our acknowledy- meuts wil a bundred thuusand paire of ey 'dlends, lel us knowin what way fi" will it us, fur que object la & worthy one. t u8 have & full house at ouf next regular mceting, which will take place on tha 1dth December, at the ‘ususl e (2 o'clock] sy bao usual place (Bberwon House). We wish (8 discuss thy matter a8 that tiwe fully, ‘The sccond Licine Clab suclal will be held at the Sherman House patlors og tue cvenlng of Friday, the 7th of Deceniber, a8 which we hope to sco & bost cf wur riends. Those wushing to become micmbers of The Home can band I their namceat tha social, and activn will be taken upon the: the requlsr business meetlng, Dec, LA Frieas farand near, who wish to cowmmenco tne ar as Homo mewbers, should send in their names, with referonces, io time for that meeting. We intend that our Home and its chariticashal) ex- tand throagh the length sud breadth of our lsad. Each city sad Lawlet can bave ‘Yts Homo and ita noedy 10 asalst, its organizatfon and westinge for mutual improvemynt sud culture, s social yather: lng‘_- and Working plaps. Now, fricads, every ons of you whocan sssist ue to start ourcharity with everwo swall 8 suu. will pleass let us know within tae next week. of 88 500 &4 possible. Thosy whe cabuut spare the money. will pleuse inforin uy what the 14 for the Lables at the cot); sanounced ta good thu o 1 you will each send jour whwin money, wa will dlapetae with tho 'y 88 10 takes off a goud share of tha profts topay kS will rend fair, which will be THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE:-SATURDAY: nses, Lot ualiave 8 grand response, for the LVE DECEMBER | Chlefest afall, make home happy. Carry the xan- | o o of an Amer ean gentiamon and wid mareivd U winter s upon ne, abine nto tae toeue wits Yoo slaaze Foldntl, | to hia, Fam cers happy In the Tove of el Mna. 0. S, Marresow, Sccretary, quiet, clore, ali the more ‘lighten and brivhten 12 | band, but here foun bn in me 1o see ——— run“‘yaurl presence, v’ thiare p akoletan lmntlhl‘x:"nml tho nml- hethin FERN-LEAF ON HER TRAVELS. n the closet, o peonatne does with ( notand will nt asc my Lushand for the TR s af e A her graves, her tmins, her battle-felda— | pay for & telp to Europe, ne e hagno zteat atiount cover it with grasses, weave around it carfands of leaves aad fowers. Yon do not descree that home ahonid bo niore than & hoardine-place, if yon do not conteibute your ahare to its labora and ita ploasaren, Noone hae n rizhit to darken a homa with a dirsbedient or sullen spirit, to mueder is praco with rtrifes and contentlons, tn stifio love and aymnathy with acifishuces and indifference., You taat bear none of the burdens, the cares, And the reaponsibllities of the home-makers, how of woy wlan dly gooda, and ro [ have mnde plan after W o get tho necessary mmonnt. A fie azo the (doa camoto me, ‘Ilow wonld 1t he ot tried to acranyo A party to go to Enropo for ayenror nar I could, peshave, find & party of young ladive, whicn I conld ehaperone, asking in rn\xflm to havo all my lravrl!ngprxnrnn-u pand, Sphaking Gernian, French, and Ensileh fuently, this wonld bo very convenlont, and mako traveling Jlessant; T woild aleo be wiling to- glve thein cxsons In Feench awg Germnn, and, altogother, St Lotis, Mo, Nov. 28.—The rain camo slow- Iy, ateadily down an we loft the warm, cheerfal parlors of the Grand Pscific and entered the om- nibus which was to convey us to tho Chicago, Al ton & Bt. Lonts depot, and if one felt Inglined to bo homesfck It waa not perceptible, for all were lvely and foil of fan, and determined the sun ahonld srine within It not withont. Our party much you can help those who do! A hopefn) =pirit conmstaol forty-fone, and we are starting for the | that n(wlyl noes l“n hright alde, the silver lining, | take tho best ciraob tho swelfare af tho party. Sunny Honuth, to sce If they havo as much mud ;I‘zw{. m.yfinu“‘nglrl't. mll‘:lllv:nmmt‘mlrlb. »} The nmlunn"nnf'r: ':ll::;'r;:ct;nl:n:‘wl. lntl(l!:'(':‘n;lr- eipfal splr al aliares the labors and cares of man army—al ' 0! n Lthe heat (i n and ratn ne wo liava seon for the past fow woeks. | oihors hy itn very prescnce, tiaea 8 ereat deal to- | socots ‘And 1 wonld b ablo ta Intradace tho dica Reaching tho depot, wo wors nshered Into the | \varie making hame an earihly paradisa. The home | there, if denltanle, no anto votthom woil acquatat- fineat Puliman car on thin Continant, which fa ac | yon matio hereafter will take ita charaeter from | od with home-iife In Germnay, out disporal for the next fonr wecks, Wo are a rnnt own; ft will ba a tvpe of yoorself. Shall e 1ittle ccowded, bat cxpect to become accustomed | be hr!cht,nnnnyv.ln{nnm broad and deep In ita calt- tu this, for ono rentleman tells us this la notbing | Nre. gencroua 16 fta lounitality, n haven of re. compareit with living In_a log house with ona { Po<c, 8 centraof life and actlvity, n bloraed idfiu- toom and soveral famulles, Midnisht finds us | ence radiating to all around? Tegin tailding and waiiinz for the portef to maks up one berth, for | making it at once lu your own mind and heart, the traveling-baga and lunch- baskets are an thickly Aust Jo. strewed around that we work nt great disadvant. ave, Aftor all the busy tonemca aud merey langhter has ceancd we think of tho sheont, and sroutler where they are, and are they dreaming of ust Mow arearily the min patieen un the windows, and Oh hotr that rentieman snores {n the distance, Htut Jiat] there {aa gentie snore nearer now anvther, nnt what a varicty of sounds, —some put, rome snore, and some whiatle, Tho porter hants for the bouts, the engine ehiricke, shd how can ona sleep? And, aithough having repeated ** Now I 1av me down to sleew, " the sleep comes nat, And 1}l morning dawns we lie, and think, and liston to the melodlons snoring of onr fellaw passengers. Then, when daylight dawna, what n rush for the drenstng-rodm, as each une ta so anxioun to be it In completing her torlet. **No room here, ™ comes from within, and_ we rctarn (o our berth o pa- flenfl{ awalt our turn, Looking down the alsle,we belioki one unfortunaie vainty ealling for his miss. tng Loot, while near ta 18 0 stout gentleman vainly {mllln* at the Inst-named article. **1t g too ight,'* he mntters, and casts it far down the alsle, All e patient over the mishape, and when a few hunrs tater o meet in thy magniiicent Lindeil 1lonse parlors in St, Louls, the lost boots, mlening portemonnoles, and the new hatin placa of last night'nold onearaall o place, and wo lignted to fecl ourselves ongniet torra-fi The wonderfal bricge was duiy admired and claimed over, as we rode salcly aver the great Fnthor of Waterss thie tunucl was wondetfal, aleo, But we were niore rejoiced at the elght of the sun. stantial and elegant Lindell as ourhome for a short time, Dinner eaten, we are seated n the crowided ‘Dus, which resonnda with mirth and jaughter, for & five mlic drive ont to S8haw's Garden. I would that I might describe it for you, but s lead-pencil -and print paper ate fnadequate, and no words in Heing purfectly 8t & Joas how to arrange this, 1 come {0 you for romo adrice. You may be anra 1t wlil bo moat aratefally re- celved by a honrt very heavy with home-sicknes, — that indescribable suffering which even the kind lave of & husband and s pleasant home cannot banish, Iam shle to mive the beat of referencas, and waald come to Chicago ahould a personal nterview be neccsrary. 1oping my petition for roma advica how I conld reach the faldliment of my wish is not hroncht be- foro yon without any resnit, 1 am looking lorward mont cagerly to hear from you soon, Pleass re- mamber kindly that it 1a very lard to ba compelled to say avain snd egaln, **J'al faille aitendre.” Respectiully, TATIINKA GATLORD, CRITICISM ON CANDIDATES, To the Fditor of The Tribune, Dixox, Nov. 27, —Perhaps Taught to apolorize for Intruding, as my earthiy possessions do not include clophaats or duves, crosses or rabbits, floators or up-and-down alr-catlea; furthormare, 1 have no planta tospare, no Graham nungenso for honse- keopers to strugzle willy, no cake formulas,—~in fact, no anything ns o propltiatory offering. Why cannot &ll the sorcheads and the rest of mankind contribute a mall amonnt {n ench Totter to dofrny expenees for publishing &n extrs sheet contalning the whole grist of m{»cud man- nserint? Letitho atipulated that the printed verbatim et literatim. Ian®alud tho cook- ing rocipo manis is over, [ do nut wonder that women of caltupe protested—or munkind efther, A aliort time sinte one contributor wrote 8 very singulac article on mottoes, Nobody with any Jjudzment shonld bo decelved by them: thoy are so common. In the most dircordant houscholds ynu will rea ‘) Love Ono Apother.™ and ‘¢ Pence” Il Unto Thisdfunse,” whilo ** Wolcons " 1a blnzon« od over duorways which raroly open to the woare and holf-famished sraveler, 1think the writer did DERONDA’S DELIRIOUS DREAM, To the Liditor of The Tridune. Poto, IMl., Nov, 24,~Sinco your cunriesy por- mitted me to examine one week's contents of Ths Itomo wasts-basket, my sympathies for the con- tritntors and cenence for the basket have undor- gone & great change, 1, too, had considere®your capaciond wasto-bas- ket tho morclleas maclstrom wherein the frall barques, Inden with onr dearcet hopes of nndying fame, wero wrecked and lost; and it waa with pe- cnlfac aenaations of dread that I undertook the penlous task of diving heneath i1a mad watera to roscae, If poesible, tho lost bantling of our braln from tho morderous sharke and hidvous devil-Gsh that Jurkedt in its cavernous depths, Tat, anin caso of many other things in this world, whichwe at irst lonthe and deapise, from a vrejadico begotten of taino assertion and decelt, it was fonnd upon earofi) lnvpection that this mach- ahneed haskot I8 nat after all the licartiess manster that it has r0 often been pictuzed to he. Of course the Homern aro anzions to Jearn ali the discoveries I'mnda in this realra of tho fateful Upans but Lhe must remember that the 522 pages of manuscript encountored there presented ton wide a el for minnte exploration during the sbort time allotted for the parposes ond alao toat tho description of what [ anw must bo condensed Into the fow pages which the Captaln of the waste-basket has pre. rcribed, elae 1t will meet the fato of tho things it decriben, “I'ie first thing of weighty Interest I chanced to behold vas 8 puem by **A. nmn%n' apon the mubject of **The Causes of the Decline of the Injarticoto tiat hospitable Chicagu family by the English vocabulary would assist us In the | Frico of Corn in 1860." [t contained 100 stanzas | £ Jomet. "o wers. parityulacly favorod In having | of sixicon lines onch. Onorerlinto the haskot on | [HISZRIng that very comuon molto, was placed in, wittius a gentleman of intellectnal cniture and | acconnt of it loncth: hut whether It waa too lont | 454 Soman has touchod upon the subject of supor- truo merit. as encort, and ome who knaw | or too short the editarlal noto on the margin did | QRS MOReR Bas thichied ok TS Baect B THBRE. all the objects -of interest nod | not express, yet my concluslon was that the Das. [ 1o’ as tha hoat part of thelr lives In tho awful Rave them Lo ua In_that pleasing manner which | Kot, In mcrcy to usall; tok it Intosavothe Homera | 15° SOY (he 2Rt PATLAE Sl HEGR I DAY UL };\n{lc "“I:llm ;muu}y l::!o'r;mlmnw] ul:d “fia\nefi from belng ** °""'3“.““",'“""‘,’“,°"“,‘,~ .";rnwu fngz of thiolr cmmm“‘,' e, nad mmnlnlm} Tn ntone thing thie lovel den acke. sli | cents per pound™ was written o 0. " H this Doanty And wealtn o Eve hns evor entered, -plcnanz eornor, . Next ' camo _in . viow | Alnost heathen lgnorance thomseives concerning all that s teanepiring in the literary worldl. Gene ernlly soma cheap, senaational siory-panor (per- haps chromoed to them at that) satisfies thelr hich- est literary aspirations. 'Too much **ordor™ [n thebane of many a hiome, and boys ars_only too fond to loave such an Irkeome place and go forth into the world to earn thoir own living, I ngreo with Bach on some woints. Ithink womert, tho mn)nrui at least, could find more time for mental catture If they really destred It.. I think mothers ahould considerit in the llght of o duty to ) a pretty manuscript faa graceful hand. It dis. cansed 'ynry ably the ** Mode of Cultivatiog Tube- roses' bat, unfortnnately, it closed with a recipe commending liberal dosen uf strychnine for a sour etomath) Ah] I exclalmed, the maliened waste- banket has aaved many precious lines this week! I next fonnd twenty-ono letters ably written by as many of the most prominent and talented of our iady contributors? It _puszled me for atinie to discover why so much brilliant light was oxtin. gnished. 1t was soon mado plain, howrver, for No woman's love hias come fo refline nn:d endear by her prescneo this lovely spot, and beautify wita these lovely fora specimend this vast domaln. On all thia Continent no other garden can compare with this, and as we wondered ‘mid palms, fige, forns, and cicas wo fancled oprselves in tropical regions, and conld almost feel tho sun'a hoated rays. The spiral palm, which is over twenty feet hich, waas onr particnlar favorite, and how beaati- fully it winds ita way heavenwal Nm|lll||nr us that by twisting and tarning thin way and that, 7 Imnroye nll the odds and endn of titne In cuitivat. with nur thougnts ever onward and upward, we | ench letter sascrted In positive termu that **Chat Is ’ s Shiml nt 1ant reach tho Promised Land. Tho ‘trecs | aman ™t *+1iationt \ehnt Jou toini her, you Inwihols minds, atlon: fof hy aake of thnleohil: from every known isnd aro boautifol, and | mesculine omers?™ said 1,es f countod ont eloven | giefy ot thiv wellaradoma o (ond of cnueioing arranged ‘in -nch‘ manner that the most | letters written 1a a herofc hand. **Floater,” | {0 compliment. Though masculine failings are fastldious could t complain. The summer | eaid one, in eapital letters at the top. Hars fegion I will only tanch upon_ono at present, as bt resmdence of Mr. Shaw is very plain and substan. | enoupl they hind all sttompted to solve the mighty | 114 come under my onservation recontiy, Treter tal and overything in made for comfort, and no | quentlony o often propouriled: \*What fea flont | 1o tho- disgruceful, solf-adascmont anoien upon laplay desired, We were aprnd as muc| ert ai *floated " o the et for tacir ttmo lzmn carden a8 we wished, for the Inner tem- themseives by candldates for public offices. Men of culture and high atanding will placo thomsclves upon a lavel with the dregs of wocisty, pandering to thelr degraded appetites, With tho samo vbject fnviow they will leava thoir homes and business fot weoks at s time, mlkh\%’ *tealls™ upon the {ear.poople for whom they appear fo have suddenly " concelved 8 friendship equal to that onco existing betweon Damon and Pythias, How thiey do sdmire the farm and etuck!” What noblo Berkahizes ‘yan possesa! Even the baenyard fowls ars lovely in their oyes. The dinner, too. 148 to complimented tn such & mannor ono might think the honorable ‘gentleman had heen 1ivif on hash tornmnn!,{m revious, J7 a baby s convomently aronnd, this dinlomatic chieftan puts on the tinlshing touch by ** That's the hand- somest baby I'vo seon tn an I I have ofton wondered how 8 man with a partlcie of scif-respoct ains, lI(Jmnhlymun rodaction had flitted dowa all the way from Wisconsin to find ita morited ob- livion” for ressqerting that *‘that thera 1s no 1noral principle in the love of the beautitul, ** Of the 337 respected recipes I found that 201 ree- ommand tar for baldnessi 60 contalned improper ple, and learned that the entlenanly proprietor of*| ingredionts for Gratam bread, and the balance the Olympic Theatre bad extonded sn invitation | clsimed that **Olla Podrida'™ s a cheap, safe, and to our party, which all accepted, and when we | delightful cosmetic! came out of the 'bis we were wueprivod ta learn Tyro Novice, with the utmost urbanity and so- that thirty of oor fumber had heen stowed safely | bernesw, asked Fern-Leaf which cnd of an Asfer away and'no bones broken. Theee 8t. Louls peo- | bulb should be planted downward, and whotfibe plo~ are noted for gensruslty and hos. | rain-water is good for houn-rlnnu. pliallty, snd we returu many thanks to I came across ono lettor from Central Illinola them, aml hopn they may ‘give wua the | wrilten on both aldes of esch shect and then cross. u!rpuflnnllv to return their many favors. | wise. There was not a punctuation point in it, Wo are closely packed tozether Inour car, but all | exceptat tho bottom, whare thers was o pool of comtnan, somicolons, poriods, exclamation points, 1a had occapled too much time, and wo Joined o Fomaindor of our party st tha Moscum, and wero soon on oNr way home azain. Artiviagat the Lindelt Houre 1o thine fortea, we refreshed our- selves with tho ediblea beforg us, and adjoumed to the parlars. met some very pleasant St. Louls peo- are 80 good-natured and_everything so novel that toop fo_sach thingal Just walt uniil women no one conlrcomplain, Mirth nud jokes scem to | ete., wiliha foot-npia renuesting **tho propriotor | 20 HIOGR 10 #OC0 ier of (hines will ba” Dot asder of thn duy. and, if agy one doubts | of the paper Vo diatribata thom a0 & 1o mako ho ballot, and a new onlar of thinks our enjoymont, atep in and see us, T on ont table Tesa [aomyratod: "Tho fnes Matincta wil ropel eucl sycophants, and only those nersons who attend wo make our tea and collee, h quietly to thelr business, lotting thole past record t wator, and wash oue dishes, cook our victuals and (he incon- 1 noticed soveral communications in the deopest depthis of the rejected mass contalping threats k for them, will receive the prize. Anong venionces ro laughed over, and Jukes are given | that the writera swould make it Lot for {he editor'| fbem g snd takew In o ishmer which baapeake the good | If ther loticra ware ausin used for curl-pavem. S e Wl e s A, o o do i ure of our varty. o N come! n ear the o 0 baske! jound & small, o Fhines basutifully tHis morning, and with bont 5 **thrift may follow fawning.” GwkxpoLEx, cant space, tho only cne in it; mmd mg curiosity was #0 minch excited about It that I anked tho editor for an oxvlanation. Ho amliingly shoui his head, and blandly romarked, ‘**sum 1a the word hore.” **Thon 1 betook myself ta thinkiag, funcy unto fancy linking,” asking myself aozain and la, what does this meanX, Prerently the wholo thing, ¢ NG oni . flur :l u'nlu b:n&m of the mnfld'm& lm; n ‘l !.“Ioufl- CONCERNT) LDRIN, 5 sky, flashed across my mind, I oxclalmed, 9 Tr ¥ “+Enrekal™ A little lettor had baen piaced thero Toths Paltior of TM Trlses but 16 was 80 likb¢ and airy that ft was blown trom proper _placa by tho breath of a mouse, ana, floatin; awhilo about In the sanctam, it Sinally rested among tho batch of accepted lettera; and’ throngh thal aheer accident 1t wna wctually nabllshud o the tast (lome under the fitle of ** Expostulations and over the signa- ture of lirutos, a I then retired from my labors, a wisor, but not & saddor man;and taking leave of the kind editor, Isald: **Mr. Editor, The llome i all right; tho sins of omisslon and commission charged agalnst you ara n»t%aun. 1f errors crept Into the man- agement of The ome uukv woro thero by accident d not by design, ' **And thero was sllenco in eanctum’ for half an hour," ikt wirhea wo feave Bt. Loms and journcy om, O that tho whole world wero like aur party, esch so deslroun thut the otlior moy bo happy. Whata world this would be. Adion, dear aheent ones, sy you ever Lo xs happy as the Tezas par 5 Fz&s-flun FLORIDA LIFE. To the Fditor of The Tribune, JacksoxnviLry, Fla,, Nov, 22,—May I come to you from the land of tho orango and mystle, this Junp-like day; come to yon, in your snow-encom. passed, frost-coverad homes, whero you shivoring- Miutox, Wis,, Nov. #8.—I am happy to 200 that my system of object teaching (the only reclpe I have been able to contsibuto) has bonéfited in small way one or two of your contributors. Lovae joy wauld tike to crrespond with ‘e on the suo- Ject. 1 would have written to her bLefore, but have been paesing tnrough the flerv furmaco of the fall dressmaking, and, unlike the children of Tarael, havo como out with my coats very much changed, —so changed, indeed, that 1 fondly hopo even my neighoor, Mra. Bpyall, will Larass her soul witn tho idea that they aro entircly now, in- stead of **made over™ for the tuird or foueth lesa November blasts, white 1sit by the open win- dow, the afr laden -with tho frageance of roso, smine, and other fowers? I know it s tantallzing thus to write, but I know how to sym. pathize with you, for have not all tho years of my. ite, thus far, been spent fn thp ‘chilling North? And I shudder oven now as I rocall the terrivle cold, the driving wtorms, ond the smow-boand stroct, and 1 can but wonder at the chango of a fow bundred milos. - s 1tina tadieus, wearisome jonrney (I speak pae- ticularly of the routc we took, by the way of st. Louts, Columbus. Nashvillo, Chattanooga, Macon, oand Jessap), us tho convomiences for travel secn Dxnoxpa, titne. Now, dear Mrs, Lovejoy, If you really wish tobein a transition stato, and obo knows n 2o tawndly advics 1" shall e nost ""'y’".‘f o BERMON ON GOSSIP. Wwhat t0 exooct, and it ia aimoat Impousidio to pain Riveit. put F‘m apparontly have but one child, — To the Bditor of The Trilune. any information. Wo had variety, so far as change & littla gtrl ot il of u very teuderage, ILs plysical | Onmaow, Ill, Nov. 27,—Tho welfara of oar | OF baso was soncerned, for we mado no less than wall-beinz must for some time requirs moro attens | yyomo gistors is dear to our heart, tnorefore we | LN Changes on the trin, We could procurs no tlon than its mentul training. If you wish your child to Do healthy, dreda her plamnly but !.,,, warmly (at this wcason), and accustuin herto as much pure siras yon can possioly give her, At night Jet ber sléep ins warm bad with plocty of blunkets and 8 window wide opon near her. This has boen my system, and I havo quite a larre fain. 1ly of chhidren, and haye **kopt sil whom Uod has giveu me." You will find, when who becomea eleoplog-car nnlil wo reachied Chstfnooza, thus giving us two nighta to sit vo. Fortunstely for us, one nigat wo had only a few passengers, which kave ua plenty of room in which to beatow onr. sclves, gansoquently we took two seats, turned the curhions lengihwise, taking another far tho head, ;o “hfi with our wruppings we wero tolerbly com- ortable, "mw woek ago this morning we quchad Jackson- read them o worles of short locturds upon toples that aro calculated to do good, hoping thoir mission may bo talfilled. It scems that that the grost bane of the femalo sex s the Jove of gossip, In the little neighborly intorcourso of the day we often fall into this desplcable habit, meroly from want of something of an age to run about, that if sho takes cold it wiil It 1s a fine town on the ohn's Iiver, a& vasivh o day o two shnost withous remedics, | 40, #7 Thst smell member, the toncus, oflen | besutlfal stream, from on and & half to v miles and sho il nover lave any serlout attack of croup Yo o, Vhole b0op for b as & | wids. Thoresre many very nice places on either of uthor thicat tronble. iler blood will bo so pure | terr Onlnm!l- t ol wru i carefully guarded | bank up and down the tiver, ownad and occapled that her systemn will throw off discase in & short ;;"“: mes, i 2o sy | mostly by Northernmen, an [1 t - ingly dlatort nothings into facts, and then, this may bo emphat. {m- ¢, it becomes slanderous, ~Tne Intention of he individual 4 seldom the guide—tho practice of the lodigdual member Is, wore rrupsrly rpeak. ing, d-natured 1ia-bits of wit and cajolery floatlng fo tho zir and bandled abunt ofttimes be- come matters of serfous import. Mrs, Totler In- time, In response to the lady who was kind enough to recommend \Wabl'a “word-method for my litle boy, am happy (o inform her that Froddle has cummenced yoiniteto school, and |s fmproving roptdly. He came in yesturday with a vory brizht face to Imlurin wo that thoy bad been fcally cailed a Northiern town, I had no {des thero were such large, »pacious hotels, suliclent to ac- commodate some thousanas, and vvery house s a bourding-house. ‘Thore aro chiurches for ail do- nominstions, schools, ete,, etc, The people aro social and mamll‘{i making one feel quite at honto, *typelling dowa,™ wis quite excited, For two or threw days after our rrival thero was o of " Coubie, “hnd mmetiately Diquirea it | forma Me. Shoddy that Mra, Lottlenoso hisanow | cold wind, buty since that pasied away, the alf s he b * spelled nwi @ - wholo tc)n"m:u dm" i andelt a- very uretty, having | peon mfld'and balmy, the ovenings cool and pleas- schonl. **Oh yes, mamma,". gald he, ‘ithe | 263 MK N,l?‘;', h “5 onaen the dbfllmm ant. ‘Thie products of the laud are mostly swoet teachor gave mo & drefful Yard word, snd 1 spelled PR AL nnle, 8hiod 1,30y | potitoos, sugat-cane, oranges, lom and down the very fratone,” T quito hoped the ladius | 1140 Nelghbar Rouchemup's - Jus & minnit," | pomogranates. Thoro aro some peaches and a of ‘T'ho 1fomo who have oryatiized themaelves into | 224 10, the courbo of other go mentiong groat nunuy grapes, but faw apples.” As I ook out 2 Club might hl\a'dmeud Shele uflurta lo_booedt. o Us Luneoia hae o maw il o window the atunge-irces ste boavy wiih frult, ny the children of the very noor iu Chica n v S and scarcely a yard In e town bu! tfom one Hunday morning u week OF Vot aio b Tean s overskirt trimmed with *halloon* b made of \\Hb’lpl twenty, troes, **/The brave old delaine or pearl-colored silk, and 1 roaly forgit which, " (All in & breath,) Mrs, ‘Touchomup don't llke Mrs. Bottlcnose anyway, for Mre, T. hasn't amnow d for eix months, and fecls to ten, oak," of which the poct wai relyns heru In all bis ‘grandeur and maguificence, and, festooned with the Florlda moes, making & dense follage, Jooks fudeed beautiful. A day or two ago fiva of ourcompany took a row- boat (o vixit the bank on the other aids wo firet touchea at & place called **The Hom o "t touching account in a Chicago weekly of & I vicked up on your strects, —one of thoso little waifs cant on |Pn wido aes of Jife with no friendly hands 10 tesch blm how to steer his little bark. Of course Lhere are muny such cases, but we sll know huw niuch mare real suffering Locames when it {s indlvidunlized to us; sud this was very resl to me upon the folly of dress, T 1t tlenose with '8 frivolous chazacter, as thinking of vlaco louked from tha paper ta the bright, sunny | ROthing but the adarnment af ber pgraan, and | designed fur worn-out Methodist miniaters, but Fackn b eost oye. acatell with thelr booke'around | pally winds up ber diatribo by wondiring | whlch, for somo rosson, fatlod of its pucnous, ‘‘whero the money came from to, n‘{ that ric and gorgeous wrappur.” And Mrs. Shoddy, in the mood of mutual confidence, wanders where, and finally the whole neighborhoad s up tn arn d 14 blazlug open fire. 1 sonder 1f yoo ladics real- ze how limited [s the result of your lscors when you work for tho sdult Klm comparcd to s far-reaching Influence when you lshor fyr passed Into other hands, ‘and 18 now only kept winters for the accommodation of transicnts, Wo drew up at the pler, wout unslioze, the bank risin some twenty-five feol, we ramblod along ami 1boss whuso Dabits and wiinds are yeu un. | 9ChO snswers, 't Whart" Thora surely must Do | hugs (rees overhung with moss, cottages. rustic furmod, The charity which helps & Bl %o s be “'“‘"""“q wrong, and pour Mre, Bottlonodo 18 | arbors, and oranye-groves, untll complel ter and purer future 1e & plint whose growth will m‘gfig‘m'}‘:m“fil'gogm:'_"“b"- sll bocause of | On vur way back wa kept along the bank, aud sto not stop with your lifo nor with hie, but tony be-~ comoa tfe¢ under whose abade your own descend- unts maytake refuge,——so blended are all our fortunes here, hiih und low, 1t fe dificalt for ue 10 tealtze that the children of ta-day will be the ralers of the world but s fow ycars hence, wlilo we, if not In our graves, yet in the were snd yel. low leat of itfe, will have passed from tho staze of sction. We gazu at the dryma which is played be- foro us. The curtaln rlscs Bu a uew act, and lo! the carly hesds which but & moment belore loughed 8t from under tho schovlboy's cap, freeze our aouls with awful dignity from under the soldler's holmet, the lawyer's wig, or the **promi- nent citizen's” civic crows, tho gracelul stove- pod st anotber pler (cach house hss ite pier), as- cended the bank, and lhon near by was u lsrge tree, with fiftosn or tweunty steps leading to a plat- ats commanding an extotulve In every vlace wo found so many atrange viues, shrubs, and dowoens, wers uciined to overload ourselves. ‘o cllinate 1a delightful, and to-day reminds me of thu worls of the poot, *'Hweet day, su cool, so cali, so " Many Invalids come here, for throat ditficuities, asthma, rheunatism, and parslyals, it wuust be very beacficial, if uot altogethor healing. A guntleman with wlhotn £ was conversiog yester- day came hure ten yeans agoon account of Buarsu- ‘ness, which doce “not tronble bim while bere. car siutar, tnat is the way It works, and tho trouble 13 31) caused by idle tongues. There ts a way to mitigate thie evil,—by cullivation of the miud, Careful study and reading are the pleas- autest ways, uncultured are the gossips,— thoy are responsiblo for the varled stoziew that foat upon the sir, no two of the samo verelon, and all coutlnea to frivolous tovics converted {nto mounutalus, Thoey are msgnifers of trifcs, who have no care, cxcopt for the affalré uf their neighbors, or of some indlvidusl aguinst whom ihoy have'conceived a disiike. The 1Cmppr 18 onu of the coatrolliug clements of the lunyue. That the latter way be free frow gulle, tha furmer must 5 2| 4 be bield fu check. 1n anger, we often say what wo | 7 9 pipe bat. Home. alasl whose pure, fresh faces | U N BROSU 8 IO O ST ‘Fhere aru many colonics being formed, of people D p and boiling. | st tue Nort e ;",‘”:'“‘m“‘..','hfi"‘;:.‘ fl‘.,fl:{‘j },‘;’ fi;’:“_m“”‘“k"‘;,‘: Keep the mugth closcd. aud the effect will ba salu- | Hed by oth by Sndthe countey ja belag rayld'y st tled by others. wavted and ilsspent manhood. tary saud whaResome. Nuver upeak upon tbe ovi- | Fearing | have trespassed on your patience Bnaine, 1 “Tuuso of you who ara mothers knyw how much | 5060 of hearsay. Catefully buld 1o the exact fucts | withuraw, tooxh T may @t some tuturo mo glve h . pon, that, whicl ma {nluenco the mothor has o, moldivg he boy- | (gjuro“yoiur nelyhor, althoun the truth, If thy | 70U $0We tackdonts of Florlda life. Neg goud of ance. the public dues uot requirs su utter- Couversations! topicsgare Lo bo found in re. contl h‘wfin k;'ln‘t‘:m?o%u':mu;:y:ndaI“:lm" ot o Yy o day, an G ome under your By 00 WO et om0 HElL | o pronal oleervation, o fiot question mo- nevcr mot auy of its metubers, and probabl@nover | Bves: Look to dueds. Koad, tuat you may be up shall mect any of thowm, so & Can only ask you to | %It the tlmes und converso tutelligeutly upon Yemember who 1t waa that sald, +*Whos sball o | 1@ Breat quuations of tho iay, e reader dues colve onasuch kittla ehild |n my name, receivety | DObseuk inatruction {,’;‘&'h;fl:‘ ng he metlta o Mud. PAuELA PANTIDOK | pordar'ia nok & gomsiper. 'The Rossipper may bue coune a reader, thuugh It requires 3 wirong wull to uvercome the force of & had babit, Grandwother Bell, give us your recipe, nlessa, who have no motbers—or motkers who aro worse tbun uone—and put around them the shielding ‘nl:‘m- of motherhoot. Burely your labo A POOR BOARDING.HOUSE. To the Editor of The Tribuna. Wixoxa, Mina., Nov. £0.—1, 8 poor, 1one man, am In despair. For slx long wooks [ have toiled through the mysterles of housekeopiog and covk- ery, with notbing to belp me,—no, not eveq tue ilome Decipe-Book. Judge, then, of my condi- tion. Ibave nu female friends (1) to lond me tbeirald, and, fn my heart of hearts, I feel that [ wishaons. Yo, I thiok that in ono thinglam Indced highly favored,—the entire sbssnce of fe- Plessictodu PARTICULARLY FOR TIE GIRLS. Te-tha Editor of Ths Triduns. Barus, Nov. 20,—Afler resalng so many letters for froetiog withuut exg ‘male sdvisers, although thore are, 1o be surs, two on different topica in The Uome, the 1hought bas | 1o o 1heoesion Hen o o receisetor e bt ians: | of three would-bo mothers-la-law who would wil- come Lo we that [ should lke to write soma letters | 000, ~the award given by tha Commission at iiali. | lingly take tbe cross from off my back, Dutl to the girls.—the youny, thoughtful, bopetalgirls, | fax} % Dazayy Suzs. want po femsle sympathy or sdvice. My object In who are just now lookiog forward to the futore, R writing to The Home is to let my brothors kuow of asking, **What sm I todo; what shall be my part WANTS ADVICE. wy distress, and 10 procuro the much-nvedsd aid To the Editor of The Triduns. Wiatesor, Bachaosn Co., Ia., Nov. 26.—For some time I bave dorived & great deal of plessure from The Mome Depariment of Tus Cutcaco Fuiwuxe, 1always Jooked forward to ite appears ance as one longs for the visits of a dear friend. Now I come to this friead for some sdvice, hoplng that I will pot ask in valn furit. lamaGerman lady, and came to thls country last fall to take caze of my brotber, who was dangzerously {il, During 8 visit Lo some fricods ia Jows I mady the ssqualut- in this busy worldr" Too wany of you thisk, If I wero oply & 1an T would do this, or that, or the othicr. but whst can s womaa do? Much, very muca, wy dosr girls. The work that women are cativd upon 10 do was never befory ro beneleent, calilng for suca beroic emerdy and uoblo purposs un the part of overy wowan. And firat, to tako vyery une of you just where you are now, where all wuman's work' whould begin and ceutre, but by nv meanscod, whal {s wumau's work ot bong, what ls your work, E:‘rh that have mothers and fathors to ‘make the' home for you? {“‘ thow.’ To begln with, 1 never enjoy wmy reskfast, My maoner of proparingitis w4 fol- lows: I Erst bulld s ro, and at the same time [ put _oi the etuve ull of plewents pocded. Uegloplag with | the coluc-pot [ put Ju s handful of cofles, and then A1l fi with Water from the water-pail. ' Then I let It stoon uu- 111 the reat of the victuals are ready. Bai that cof- feois siwsys abominable. 1t 13 ubout as clear ag wod. apditatasts iy something that I cannct de- senbe. By the tlunek have fxed iy coflve, tho Spidars, in which I wish to fry my mcat and pota- toes, azared bot, 8ad a4 thore drealways um&. shall ho, “carnest, |atell 1y draw around your fires, shrinking from the pitt- of PAGLB. : rdav'a dianee in thea, Ui room 1o eAnt wm Winle 1 am terline aer, the meat will b, and reseainz thit, my potatoes worup In amoke. When, at . my brenk ast tn ready, 1 ind wmy appetite I8 enfirely gone. Now, what i3 the mafter? [ farc no better at my other ments, (One day T thought Detter hunt up the offender a: that Twould have some eeal baked heana, such ar | frg on his head,™ o m owarda ey, @y mather oscdto bake, So [ washed sboit 8 | aoing hia bottor natare s will, 1 Am aure, casl auart of heans, piaced them In a ten-quart pan (00 | Hlm & botter nnd hApplet man. ] that they rould "have plenty of room In which ta Tho misslan Sabbath-schaoin 86 doing mucl fo neell) and fct them fn the oven. I had & | njeclassof bova, but they eannot wark In tq, good hot fire, and yet, In three hours, A fite teann (i ol Bien o “SeTre 0 | JReictiasshannel Tmaatbe dono br o inford tho_contrarr, they had snranic, But I pnt thom — hack In lhuovrnmr.cpvemshed the fire, and left FOOT-REST PLAN. Ta the Editor of The Tribune, them in uatil ni; 1 then took them out, but, prestn! Teould have put them sil into & pint cup, nnd tney were as biack and &s hard as shot. Now, CnicAao, Nov. 28,—1 would Ilke to reay to Ar my dear male frienda, you who baard yourselves, | 014 Conteibutor that s friend of mins latoly maq pleaso tell mo. what "t do, T hava eet oub | o root.rest for her hasband, shich adh o board mynelf, and [ am_ bound o do It, o 2 o STaich was not very ond an not golng'tn be driven from my purpose by | expenslve or delicate, Tnstead of canvas workeq any such trifies a8 muddy coffea or condensed | with worsted, sho took furniturs reps. dark hrows, henns, All that] want Inn littlo sincers aid, but { and embrolderod on ft her husband's initiafs 1 1t 1 cannot havo 6 from some fallowsbonrder, 1 | roudd red. Gover the materfal with S want nong ot al'y 84 women, ara genaral thing, | €10 e o al With eanvas, ang are so malicions that by foliowing their advics work overit in the usnal way, afterwards putifng ont tho canvas a thread at a time. Thia is 2o muzy less 1abor than making the whole of canvar, anq to my mind much prettier, for I naver can neo any merit in this ‘*Alling In,' and having all the infuht Jump frim tho. frylug-pan into she fire. Tt thero geos the 12 v'clock boll, and T mant xee pretty part done by some one elee. Al ol akat docanot. collect "and, Toate ke to my dinner, which, yon may be sure, is no very worsted doen, 1L twas upholstorod a0 that tho tay welcome task toa Priyren's DaviL, nfienud. furming a convenlent recepiacle for tha w thousan taof yong bogs who aro year 2 ol andinncomne o pe rance whore oac s heeas act? 1think it oftener h enit, anl, as & general tiing, the grenteat auMerers, €31 any oile tel] an jn. e Lether taan for thy dens tho heart of th, narents aro g *heap coals of THE TRUE IHOUSEWIFE, ippers, mo that, when my lord kicked them off ig To the Edltor of The Tribune, Decarun, I, Nav, 28.—My dear Bolle Beach the morning, thore might be & bandy pla them oeefor her o pat e 1n 1 mean, "o (it you will nllow a etrangor the privilege of course, for who ever heard of A man who con' calling you mo), your lotter In regaed to our suffering women was soul-harrowing. I think at_snything away In ita place, Ribtace woro bronahbriant to hims o o7, 1 (B your views arg Inclined to the sentimental, I think, too, that yon have overlooked one class of suffering womon,—our poor honsokespers, mothers of families, especially the mothers of familics of small childron, tho wives of men in modotato eifcamstancos, the women who muat work with brafn and muacle, 8lck, worn out with many eargs, but compollad day after day to go through an endless routine of honschotd datles, witl: the prospect of Blling &n early grave and lenvinga family of littie ones to the cold charitics of the world, —women who .wouald gladly at times #0 o somo of the oabllc chnritable Inatitutions which tielr money helps to _stipport, it theroby ther might secnre a scason of rost, Thero aro moro mothera dving annuslly of overwork than there arc women dying from starvation. Good pity 1he poor mothersi Hound down, many of them, to inceraant labor, with no prospect of ‘release but denth, mihum( ngainst death day after day for the rake of the little ones who a0 nood their love and care. The father's time, and brain, and muscle ara needed to win bread far the four or five depend- ent upon lilin, and ont of the thousands of starving sromen who make slilrts at elghit cents spiece thera aro few competant o~ willing to step forward and 1ift & part of tho burrden from the shoniders of this overworked wife aud mother, Elther thoy will not degrade themaelves by doing housawork, or they aro too ignorant or foo—lafy. Degrade them- reiveal It i the noblest profesalon upon God'a enctl, It 18 the professlon which will, which muat, tako the lead 1n drivine vico and intemperanco from ourinidat. It in bocanse our women aro bad couks and housekecpers that onr men are drunkards, Foed a boy well, tesch him well, give him & cheerful’ homo where he {o alwaye wel- come, nnd he will not easily ba fted fnto vice, Rut a well-kopt housa " requlres faate and muscle, —a weli-cooked mieal requires brain, Whore ara these things to come from? A house- keoper's dutles aro numerous and weariog,—too much for one woman, Ihave o famlly of small childron, Iaving had a woman of senso for a mothor,—one who could trace hee family throngh many ‘wencrations, and who therofors ‘had no conception of tho sulgar avemion folt by parvennes towarda the honsotwife's datics, —I wau early taught tho mystcriesand beau- ties of housokoeping. Iaving atasto and s neces. ity foractlon In another direction, 1 wonld will- ingly, gladly, vay itheral wagos to any one of those thotizands of nlnrvlni‘mhwn (if she be hunest and capatly) who will makoher homo with a0 and per~ form two-tlleds of the hoaschold dntles which I now perform along with my protessional dutles. Bno aball have a good bed, guod foed, & room of her own, and # kindly home.” 1 think that I may alno engage to find homes for at loast & dozen more women who are capablo and {ndustrious, If atarving .womun won't work, they ouzht to atarve, ‘I'ia world will ba bietter off without them, Ifthey don't know how to work, they should be taught how, We must ostablish sctivols for prace tically odncating women. \Wo nust stop pamper- ing a wlily prido, which sonds thousands of women upon the highway to infamy, Wo must aliow thes necdy womon_that the world necds them; t whilo they suffer for food, other women aro suffer- ing from ovorwork. e inust talk sensoand act ooduces, 'Toall earnesty humane women, Wante 0w, a8 for me, Tnlwaya havos pince A thing. and ?ut evorything In lllvpl:ncu(? :v!h':nql wantanything T knowjust whore to' find it Ivg m}\ top ure:n;dmrn;i 18 "5 T05ed, yeryaweot contealto song fa **Tired, " Lindaa; l-lw, ‘*Antamn-Leaves, ' {hio wn‘fin"{x‘, Charles Dickens, mueic by Leata Yeno: ** Looking Back,™ by Arthur Sullivan; '*When tho Tide Comes In," written in D for contralto, yet mnsto F, which Is high for imost contraltos. l{lll beag. tiful thing: by Ilartiaon Milard, 1 wonid ke to add my valce 10 8. E. M.'s in de. fenne of the **hired glel."* 1 think good misteesees almost Invariably make good servants. Of conrsa thote Ara cxception Lo this, an to any rules hut liaving had opportanity 10 aco tha. inelde warkiny of many households. 1 afllrm such an aptnfon ay the resmit of somewhat extensive observations, Ladies too dften forget that thelr mervants nre human heings ke themselves. swith the ssme plysical and mental organization, subject to the sameo passions and emotions, with muacles, f¢ may b ore enduring and hardy, but that are capahla, nevaortholess, of bolngovertaxed. Sorvants are too often regarded as mora machlnes, which need on‘x bo et going to do the will of the owner, And yet thoy donot even havo the care that Is beatowed upontha machine, * which I8 not sxpected to get up ite own. steam, do its own oil- ing, rapair its breakages (and that without ceasing ftalabor), and run itaolf, " indevendent of anv ane perintendence of the owner, 1ut this 1a often re. qnlrg of servants, : 8. E. M, speaks of servants oversleepinz, know of a famlly whara the servants aleep in a honse detached from the main bullding, with no clock or timeplece: anywhore nea thewm, hut they are expected always to be up In the morningat a certaln time, and ara scvorely re?rlmnndfid i1 they fali to *fring the first bell ™ punclually, 1don't beilave early rising in an inliczent tralt |n Any ono's nature, o poct telin ns of Gray, who .“ d to meet tho dew upon the npland fawn," that ** hedled young, " and servants are no more anxious to fIll a premature prave than the reet of mankind, Theraforo la it ‘any wontler that thess morvants, baving nothing by whlch to tell tho time, do occasionally indulze In thefr fort: winka? This miay not bo tha case with all, - T only inatance it as one exampla of the Injnstice of em- ployors o their servants, Miss Fuire, ANOTITER BIDE OF THE e "QUESTION. TRESY Ta the Editor of The Tribune, written In thesa columns on tho subjectof dress, Tacks, pnffs, nod rufes are voted an inexcnsable waste of time; pull-backs, knife-plcatings, and the numerous dainty little knlckknacks so dear to the feminine heart ara to bo discarded, and Intellect and enitnro are to reizn supremo. 1grant, my friends, that such s consammation Is devoutly to ba wished: bint I fear it will never ba realized. 1funbands, brothers, and lovers, aro yon willing to (ake us lo opera, concert, or loctnre, sans overe akirt, or chlgnon. ifn n plain ekirt gufitiees of trimming, halr in & tzht koot, a bonnet [ng the necessarios of ilfe, we say come; give ns | of five or six snnnu--.-nunnw. modestly helpinz handa. We need yourtasto, yourbraln | hiding our fsces? The calnf® superlonity und strength, to make our homes happies. Your,| tho porsescsion of a'fev more ologles than shall be sharcraof our homes,—only help us to | our nelghbors, or the abllity to demont:ats the Tho world needs and what the world CLman ExEs. drioat theorles, or calculate the distanco of heave enly Loales, or prove the Darwinlan theory, would alnk Into nothingness hofors onr eyes when we encountored Wiil's or Dick's diamaycd visfon, **1a that all you have to wear? Can't ydu riz yoarself un ike aiier woment™ And you may bo sure yun will nevor recelye any moro Invitations from that oung man. Itoll you the !‘uunz men Iike to nve thoir companiona nicely dressed, They may make them bvlFlner and botter. zont workers, noeds it1s willing to pay for. WINTER FLORTICULTURE. To the Editor of The Tribune. Fnrxronr, 1il.,, Nov. 27.—Alttiough It Is rather lata to send for plants with the expectatlon of hav- but they take vory d eare {ng them blootn woll this winter, 1t la nat too late | F3lk botind oue backs, b Y ool far aSlovely dianlay of cholca varlegatod follage. | Soiomks e cay on Sell Elvocnn ibla orar hetons All of the Best Horists pack plantsin such a mannar | busine Jt will pever boa succoss. Ever since Eve manufactured her fig-loaf parments dress boen dear ta the femalo heart, we can limit one extrsvamance, Let a fow less garmonts snfiice. Retaln the ba« ‘coming polunalee or overskirt, but pat less trim- ming on tham, 1 think thero la a hapuy modlum, God gave us s}l these pretty colors to yse. and s gave us taste to cultivate, but Jlo mtnnfifllhwy were to be curbed und held within_propor bounds. [ wuman can Ue & goad Uhirlstian aven it lishly atured. Dut mgke the dress n lccc-am{. not an alm 1n Nfe, i that thera Is no danger of thelr freozing in traneit. The geranium family alone furnisties a sufficient varioty to dellght tho heart of Flora horsolf. I have Inmny collection seventy varleties, including tri-colors, tropzes, doublo and single blooms, Of the latter tho cholcest are ** White Clipper,* *+ Novelty * (pl ** Aurata Btriata " (salmon), *‘Jean Sisley " (scarlet), and ‘‘lialdes" (mn- genta), Of tho doubles, tho dwarf varlotios are tho only ones suitablo for window cultura, First | meroly . " 1iave any of yon iriod Mrs, A.'s palterns (care fl:fl:fin,,“‘f{" 1a .ph,;'f,",,mmn .;fl',,‘,,,,?"{o, Carrler 7) “’c proach charity; horo s an oppors Tuxo. bloomer. Tho ¢ Anrors® and *Jaw. | tunity to practic it. Insiead of bocgzlng, snd borrowing, and taking up Tho Home columns, zo buy of hor, I pave, and fonnd thewm worthy {hs tnile asked. ¢ atnonnt of paper permitted la covored, and I make my bow, adding, If agroe. able I will coms nuxt woek and tell how to mske #s0mo protiy prescnts, ANx Joxea. A VALEDICTORY. To the Editor of The Tribune. Euwma, N, Y., Nov, 25 —‘‘Women know preclous little about ranning a ciab! ™ sald a young gontleman the other day, whon I was at home o Chicago, Fiatly I contradicted blm; bldding him, If be would gaze upon amlling, earnost coun- el aro two desirable scarlets. Each indlvidoal florel of tho blossoms of Lo Negre (maroon) lsa porfect rose, T have the ** Aline Sisloy * sod ¢ ** Quorge Sand, "' bag neither of them_ prod pure wiite fower, Tae ** Madam Lo M o lovely piuk blossom, but it I rathers coarsegrow- .my thirteon oronzes, the **Southorn ' and **Emperor of Bra- ctlon. The *Mac- batt, ' ** Lady Cullum,™ ¢' Chacles Naplor,” and ¢ Mk, Pollock ", are fiy orst cholco fn oldon tri- colors, and the **Italia Unita " in eilver, These, with tho "llnppy'l‘unugns" (whita centre, green margin), ** Distinctisn ™' (narrow black zons near tha edgo of leaf), and varlcgatod rosa-| make up a hst of plants that, in & thrifty condl. tlon, will make & south, esst, orwest window a | tenancesand blithiesome, cheery workers (women thin2’ of boaaty, Do not forget to save | too), in tho shape of & club, to look Inupou Tha little spaco for two gerunlums,—~tho | Ifome at ita next meeting, But you will mies *Ilolly tenth” (largos 1 8, with broad, | onoface," sald 1, in & tone of sad and solomn re- Am, margin) snd Lea Elegans,’ alf, star-shaped leaf, margin white, with ocea. nal dashos of carim gu). Of course you must have a roso geranluim fot leaves In bougqueots, (era- niumy deliylt in tho aunshine. It makes the red in tho tricolors an brilllant as & blossom, Smal), niculy-rooted plants of mostof tno abova-named yariciles can bo ubtained at tho rata of five or six least, o pair fiectlon, *!a faca romarkable for, ou-Bumured of gpectaclos on the nose, an frlnl "'—meaning, of course, miy own has day §have been dolcfully revolving 1o mye mind the queation: ** Resolved, That It {s infnite- Iy better and wiser to gein (and bear) than to pnut1 when any onie maticlousty, provakingly, per- sonally, or ottierwlsa, bestows an attack upun your for 81. one, your only head " Having cenciuded to ack 1 found my *¢ Novolty," which Is decldadly the | Gpou tho sBicasativo side, sl Ablde by the conses ‘tnestand hent sluglo pik geraniuun {oversaw, 8t | qhencess | can, without oy bhowd! egoiivm, now o gracn-housc on West Lako strect, near the park. | say: You cannot innke ma angry, nor hurt my Ido not know the number, Uesides theso, I have | feelings (s Miss Katherine tried ‘n’du). ‘or suthl o ten varioties of ivies, fiftoen of rosos, four of b else to paln my heart. Hless h she doeen't gonlas rlncludlnglluul‘{ Rex), hall. lozen fuc! kuow me,—docan't kiow what s prins, prosaic old uias, the **Sunray " and ‘*Moteor," for thel schoolmarm 1 am. Evergrecn and Biug, I really namontal follage, **Avalanche, "’ *EBim City," | beg you to desist from such unwholcsomo faterys +Van Quer do Puebl snd_ **Lustre,” for | it I8 Ipjurious to the mental boslth, Now, buing bloom; ~calla llly, smilax, heliotropo, faz- | a practical person, fona of **scnse, ™ tho wisdom fuglum, primtuses, Cofalonian jsemino, | of the older folks, **total depravity,” aud conturea gyin, gesmnaria, the alnly sec that I all res! ) am not wanted in the lfl:mn. and must bid you Kven Chat, upon whom my font eut Yuulunr-l. carnations, fevcrfews, poveromiss, salvia, oxalls, vorbonas, coleus, abotilous, tradescantia, maurandya vine, calisoim lvy, lycopodinm, efe. Tho last two | hopes wero founded, —Chat, whoin 1 Lad jnvited ta variotios make ‘very pretty carpets in callapots. | awell at my house dumng hef city sojourn, and Bonecia macroglosnis 1 & most charming vine of | who never came r me,—has forgotten . Toara bed aper: they Tun over the pes b s 2 ol it e etty writing-fluld; thoy AR "W tEink ‘may letrer had tho small-pos bee fore 1t reschod Tis Trinuxs olice. N lmln ye well, yo: lloml'-’cl)nn:.\‘l;o‘l‘lhl,mm'da;l.rn{ morning nd news-boys, tha hurf': the tumuliuous ecatasy of seeiog 1wy owno nama o print, 1 shall romain here, snd nt come back oy }ly aplrits more. “\Traltors! 1 go, never to retaral™ now Mapax (Without the Madcap). * n’Yld srowih, 5 'o thoss who do not care to keep mora than two orthreo plants! can hesrtily recommond a pot each of white and glnk priuiroses, They bloom from now tlll March. A paper of seed sowod in Fobruary will meke nlee blooming plants ths fol. lowing Novembor. The single oncs are most sat« stuctory. Young planta can bought of soy ron« florist. Examioe all plants lhomuzn}l‘y toe nsocts befora pulUnThum on your shelves, Never buy a sickly plsat. good, healthy slip will root and outgtrlp a weakly plant with s root. 1 would 1ike te ak of woil and varlons other things, but ‘havoe already taken too much lgi:l» . - rrY THOUGRT. ~ A WORKINGWOMAN'S HOME,] T the Editar af The Tribune. Cricago, Nov, 27.—I indorse Dell Beach's sentl- ments concerning the object of The Home, Let it be & home for tho yorkingwoman, of which class I am ouno; yet I do hot speak selfisbly, for T expect my duty will call me elsewhers, bu¢ none uave thpso whoars aitoated as we are can have any are #0 utterly brokon thut I sm COUNT JOANNES. To the Editor of The Tribuns. Niues, Mich,, Nov, 28, —Some ouo from Green Day aeks who CountJoanues is. e {san Engilshe man who lives in New York City was the fatbor of Avoula Jone, the actress, Lle I8 vory erratic, and haa bben thoughs insane fromstho way bo gucs 10 law on efyry posaible occaaion snd othier eccentrio things he dges. o has been su actor, esasylog iden what a blesstog it would be whon the day's 10 his hesd tol I ndod ta bavo the privllege of muttng eu | Hxedy Here, Racently o Jouklt oia ol e hour or twa ln 8 comfortable parlor, surrounded | ieTha Crushed a0 and fnstitated o ault 8t by the best litceature of the day, with aa opporta~ nlty to oxchango sestiments with kindred splrits, instsad of being constsntly clossted fn our poorly- hich was ot sustained, agalast Mr. Both- i e el S 0 'y Bran * hu:“b'e::“n‘lckmm’sd"‘caum Joanncs" by furnisbed rooms, for which we have (o such the dramatio pro- e ont toxt w can ucatcely a0GRd ‘ive Leita on | Fasmica o Now Fork. L Dere Of vos hoard. 1ht be &lumynm%l’u:l:fi.lll:&fl!“!‘lu‘l ’l;i‘;:gva': Witk ov- | yad soy g;uumlmu he could b“'mn 4o ll}: 'll;l‘: :'l Avenue 1 ol ol e Tor Dighor Tifa ansstinteqs iyers every | Count.” lo bas lived fa this, countey blunted, 6w that I bave dono tho errand that was my Simevitions “Bactme “aoured s our whals 0 Prof. Oscat ) soure: a1 w! say to Frof. Uskiros warpod out of thelr Griginal chanbel, coms | Sacsaor s BT L Y oot for & list of Mayo that I wrote blm uolx:lr askin pulled, a8 we sre, 1o shrink within ourselves ffom | gonge for a voice that can alog **Fleoasa bird, ! contact with thoss with whom our circumstances d snswor, thongh [ sonts Compel ua 10 auseciato, hat with Whom we BATS 50 | o YO For e iso tay lotter falled to Feaca Bim SyEIpALY In covimon, that " bave’ secourss {o tbis public request. My Bt. Luke'sia & worthy object, and well looked | gudress la now Niles, Mich. E. C Daxa. after; now give ILOre mature ones & better op- S— . portuuits in life, and we will assist in iooking siter MORE ABOUT TABLE-MANNERS. thu Hitle ones. - Like B. B., I bave no money, bat would llko to becorie a momber of The llome for Tv the Editor of The Tribuns. the sake of {ts susociations; and I ropeat, let tho wovEs, Mich., Nov. 27.—And now comes abisc bothe workinewouuss's iome: Rad wiilda DLk Flgg to 15 1 a)l up acd soule all the nice 3¢ Sl sapport, au will sarround 1t whleh o) eBotiusily serjude sij [ polsts. 1t bas been consldered & proper ihiog to da to **unfold the napkin st large " and to use the fork conslderably in the right band. Bat we sre now told that this 1s all wrong, and by ono wbo spesks with s sir of sublime conddence, whiclt judicates that bo is unyuestlopably satborliy vd tho subject, atleast in Lls own estimation. But who 18 lo docide bolween this oraclo and others Who bavo written bofore him with equsl assursnce sovo thuso who alin fur s higher life. What though wur efforts toay bu focblo st fret, Iam sure God will uless so wurthy an object, and our Jisile 50- cent pleces will soon swell “to #n amoaot we littla dreato of, mu&lu\ -nn&wlll 9 up througbout lmlir;':r. city, **Ring the bells of lfum.‘ there s -dsy. " 3anda Apronstrings did right whon ahe dscided not o arruat the ilitle u:ulvrlt who broke Bor glase, “iho arel thoughy uader sach | AD wightwe nos sak which side up should (e clecumatances is gooerally Arcest his fork be held? or may it be beld ecliber uldo uD e, o0 “ren S0t Tuson " Amosg 023 ebould 1t bo bold with the back of tha basd "It Tnx Nunseny, Nov. 80.~Much has been