Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 12, 1878, Page 10

10 TIIE HOME. Fern Leaf Makes Some Sugges- tions for 1878. L Wo-d for Lonely Women--.Good Breeding and Good English. Jtepmothiers==-loing ANl Her Own Work=«-Philanthropy nnd Servants, The Song of Seven---Housawork and Whalking---Piano Lessons. teport of tho Becratary of The Home—- The Poor Domestios, Charity vs. Tobacco---Hygienic Idoas Afloat. MY DIARY. 1 have tnrned the leaves o'er one by oae, And senrched the volnme through, For n record of the good deeds done ‘That were planned & year A0, ¥or 1 eald, as here T wrote my name, Whille the 01d Year braithed hialasi, And, crowned in nle stead, the Now Yearcame, Tnat. cre hiarelgn wera pasty Theso pages, proof Lo my soul shoutd give Of a hizher life teeun 1n noble dectts that ehould worthily live When 1 with the years wero done, The tnfant Year to manhand grew— Tt ds dylng of ripe old ages “The Nttle boak bas been written throngh, Duwn 10 the Jast white page. Tt vainly for proof o ¥ rearch it o'or OF that higher 1ife begant Ax the dave of many a year beforo Were tho daya of this dylng vnes But, turning the pages, here and there, Some words Tread that sturt To the trembling lps u murmured prayer Of thanks, from a gratefnl heart, For ail the blessings nndescrved That have Hzhtened tho weary way; Yor the llves uf the loved ones safo preserved Through the year that enls to-day; For the health anid strength that have suficed s hundens 1o uptears And fur ail it« lessona—they are prized. “Thonzh hitter and sweet are there, For ont of the sweet, anif the bifter too, 1 have learncad, it 1 remd atfuht, ‘That whstever the hand shall ind to do, 10 we do i with oae mlgat— 1If. faidina ihe co.tin that brightor pant Which we fuadly. vamly plan, With willing ban b aud casertul beart We do the goul we can= Our feet are net In 1¢ anre a road oward a better, higher life, Asever braver ones have trod Etronz in the great worid s stelfe, A, Rewaser, UL, Jan, 1, E. L8, TO CONTRIDUTORS. ‘The letter cuncerning tho habits of society young wen, especlally upon New-Yuars, Is refused bee ause it Innot true. ‘The writer of the letler (whose pama 14 cntlrely respectable) knows absolutely oothing about what she waswriting aboat, The as. smption of that form of gnlit against the men of this city (aa a whole) is not worthy of considera. don, Verhaps it may be ae well 1o auggest that the best autborities clalm trat the percentaze of women who break the Soventh Cownand e tully ne great asof (he men. ‘the latter patt of the letter shonld ve went 10 that particudar puper of this city which delights In those sturles, . e A correrpondent who wroto asking alnt frotn con- tributors for a deserving wilow, nud whose aupeal was not printed, wriles again to reproach the con- ductor of this departinent for an unchiritahle na. lure. 1s it not possible for this lady to conshler 1hat every contribntor knows ono ur muro deserv. Ing object of charity, and thnt, If one sppeal wan printed. oue thousand wonld follow, and the re. it would be the destraction of The ilome? o’ To the corrcepondent who asks why she may not write on bath #ides of tha puper, it may be wuld that the reguintlon grows outof the way **cope® Ia prepared for the printer, by cutting iulo pieces af nearly caual length, ‘Flie working of the system tould beshown {n a few moments, but it would tate moro space to explain tian can b spared, o Mus. 1L R, —The rnle Is not toallow the name and address of any business firm to appear in The Home eolumns, o 1t dues not follow that yon wera interested fu odverti=ing 1hu Brms beeause, younamed them. The ruls has been variable since the department was founded, 1t seems strauge that you have not notieod it % Letters frum the followlng contritiutors have been recelved duting ths past week, wccepted cone ditlonally, snd propared for tho press, but left aver: Marjoram, Eflenora, L. 15, We, M. 0 A, E., Mre. E, [ ML, Coasin s iea, Rinte Iland, ¢, (IR ile Farae, Cella, Nonte, Seneca I, and vibers, 0 Brray Teorwoon—A Malras handkerchlef s one made fu the city whence it takes its name, Thename has, however, pussea jate conmon use, 1o ftesienate iy brizit-codicod, und even gaudy, Kerchilef, whether of India or domestic cotton, o’a Revn Ranene—Yau do not siake youraelf qite clear fi your guestion, Do von mean Led 1land as B Cxnresaon. of w0yt refer to redshanded? Al o explam exactly what you want to Kuow, aud the Infurmiian Wit b given, IF poasible, o DesvrER—1ave look X:ulmngll:u stock on hand sud cannnot find the tee yoo refer to: would be glad w renrl it to you if itwas fu existence, but it probably is not—as a leiter, e PoverTvy—=So lung a4 you state vour preferences, you are acceptabic-«waen you unslesvantly refiect on uthicrs fus tneloh, your ctters are thrown away. o'e Awpecial uress of matter upon the colunfns of Tie: Tuiprxe to-day has lopped of some of The Home space, which wili be restored abortly, s Mizrau—There {s not room for your agreeahle story this weed; wlil use 1t fu the next fsaue, if vossible. ‘Tusezosc—~Kenyon supulies yonr want without the neceselty of printing yoar letter ssking hiw to v 20, o, A Ilarp Casz—All your questions of importance have Leen anewered fu (bisor the nest previous tssue, e Juso—Your next letter will ho more likely to have something of fntercst than the oae of this week, o’ \We bave bad pleaty of remedies for that T. sflictivnulready, % Juatice W.—Yocr letter is declined, 1HE LETTER-BOX, ‘Tnere arc leters in this office fur the fallowing- pamed contributora, ‘Thuse intended for perevns Jivtug out of tby city will be furwarded Ly maii upun receipt of address, licsidente can call or rend to ltoum 24 Taise e Baildlag and get their lette: That reddler (4), Kino foret 1351, M, WO, Yarkee Nell (3), iVilla, Litite Dornt, Hay (Omaha), 3122, Siluweod 31y Hattie, M vl {hevicwer, bBorrowful Wife, Auet Ulo, Elts W, J. Mack Bety M. E M. (pac BLUGGESTIONs FOR 18TH, A2 Lduor of The Tribune, Orrawa, I, Jou 10— **Anolher yesr fs gone Tue paseing womcnts all we rest on. B tac present we dwell, bat we fuar not for so future, fur God's haud supports us. It is Bis voice tLat sgcaks Lhzough tbe cluads; and dusingihs . THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SATURDAY, JANUARY 12, 1878B—TWELVE PAGES, pent year romo have meen much of oy while to others, rorrow ro deep that the faco was tnrned nway, whilo ** My Gd, 1 cannot delnk of the bitter cup. " came from the whitened lips, At this season haw many renew thelr vows to God and man, folly determined that the present year ahall see n more matked change than the last, At this time the evll hanite in waich wo induigel are to be castaside, neverts Lo resumed. But we nro very liable to minke these Yows, trusting to our own atrength, which, at the hoat, ts very feeble, andl totters on for a short time, and_ finally falls, buried n the nehes uf weak promises. from tho mound of which riee o fow ighs, and then pacses iato oblivion, tH résurrected at the commencement of another e year, Ladlea place wing on the tablo for tovir Rueats on New-Year's Day, and thus tempt them this fieat dny, acd ubbrald then the remainimg L hecanso they partook of 1t to excess, ‘the ging which ntiers comnlt are su much preater than thoee committed by onesedves. 'The lndy addicted to the it=0 uf atrony tea 1« by N0 means uf guilty of AR 1w ghe who nses opium: but very often ur the use of the narcotic eomenced 1 quantity did not henee the resort to something Bt L could give nv oo use ot ' euya thedevoten Lo tabaccot *4tiers T, At AnY L Is ne nee of making'a brnte of uneeel.” why not commence by reelainne tho tobaeca? Thin you call your panaceat stronzarinkiahis, **ladee not"; bnt **first pluek the mole 1rom your own eye.” Sowe peovle never iave Sricads, because i0 they cannot b very neichborly they must be angey 11 thcy are nof fnvited when Mon A, s, then lll:ly cannot sce why, for thele hurband had not falled, qnite ns well ns Ses, Ao, wiou every w¢ conld not affent 1f, Same people are always going shuoping, wien they mieht bote ter be nt hume nitencime to their children, and rome peoplo are always going from hnme, and neyg- lectinit thoir home and Inwmates, In fact, some peopie ate happy, and_you nro nob, Way—-? Stop and feason, This {s the new year 1 onght to bo happy thls year, for things 1ook briht and prosperous, If iny neiganors wisi to ¢o from home, Tam 1ot going 1o hinder thems atel if they will be extravagant and bankenot theiwr lmabande, they must be the sdderers, not 1, Thua tho Luxy meddier In othera' it come mences the year: but let a person fall, and the {n- evitable **Utold yout so** will bureet forih in aplto of her, - ‘The prevalling habit iu strong, sud «ho cannot refrain (eom saving to just one of her *eqvar five hundred** that ghe does. not cate, for Auch manazenient and ¢XUTAVARENCO Was never wits newred elsewhere, {uto eachi 11fo some raln muat fall, L Butn good G religacth over il this constant fanit-finding with one's 1 Wocall them friends: aro they? Thelr duy of iria] has cume; yours whl. Would you have those crael romnrks winiv In roed 1o you, theny In not your troublo enuugh to be horne witliout thene i orx remindera that sucha fate was unly your Jus sert? Llow often, when that great al- ftection, the death of friends, comes to is, many are ready to exclalm, ** Wall, | shoold taink they wonlil feel badly, for such nexlect 1 never withces- edi sahe'll be marned srmn i dews than A year,—not cyen u person to tvalen with the” remains, ™ Verhaps the speakor has Just retsrned 1ros.a the huise of monruing, where, with tear« end sivhe, she trivd to mase known hee vrlef, aind then Teft 10 tell wiint she whineesed, whu wan anid, and mach foolish gossipthat any sensible vee- ron would not llsten to, much loss repeat. And Is it true, or her luordinate jove uf scandal which canres her to rapeat what eho knows {o ve falso? In the fist Insttince, alie ¢ kniwn to be a noted seandal-harvester, and when {t 18 gently made knuwn that her services aro not nceessary shue s wonnded, gnd remarks that she will como_nt any time. Lt rhe does unt furget, nor doca she hes hold, 1he rrief-stricken wife who ews =0 plicously Lo temain hy the side of her heloved dead tant her petition i¢ tnally geanted, and carly morn finds her alowly pacinz toamd fro beskie iim. Conld we Took within, as tiod does, what a different aeeng woull bo presented. T4 not such geief macred cnoneh (o be apared from the mediiing of maii« clous mischief-mnkerss 17 only this one sin could be done away with in the present year, what a vice tory would e gilneds 1L secin® " if ono must, atter all, by the pusscasnr of 1 yory reasauring amount of vanity to suppose that one shoud receiwy more cotistleration or consolation from one's nequatntances e Jud did froun s fefends, Weare human and lable to err. How many of us Bnve commenced vur feltera this year aml dated A837, " und thus 2o on in error all the year? ot hetter 10 correet Lilese errors all throua the year, und not wmt for thecommencen withi any rashi promises nake o bold bey : 1l wiil Inst 1o Tonger than whilo wo are making them? The old ruleof **Do nnto othera ae you woull that_athers shonld do unto {uu" Is, alter all, vno of the best ones, and let usall ndopt it Into_our very hearta this ‘year, and noi merely tangit on our walls, in letiers of gold and silk. t caretully, and soe what it mess To une ing uo ol the winter cloak, that tho heavy coat he neads; toa; other (¢ meane the puith hume on the hitiside. for the aged ones noed & forts of which It wonld bo wrung Inlh:)!rlve 1l In thielr age and feehlenend, 'To the wife it means the wiving upof sonie lonz secrutly-cherishud pinn, vut 1n these days of **hard tunes™ it is not for anather m it to be contemplated. And are the deprivations hard to be borme? Not atall, if wo Touk at them rizhtly, 1t {4 uo hardenip to give up 10 those we love, Speaking of **hard times,™ would {1 not nfnke hame_jnst as hapoy this vear to have the hard timea down-town, and not take it Ine avery night? This s a subject wo never heae of {n onic honus, nid they scem guite p4 bright and happy without IL: and now that our TRISUNE Huine Iias voted that slune and fiirting arv_not proper, wo expeet 1o seo s marked change. Goud nenaible ndvice in always sceeptanle; but do not come uader some strunge non de plumne sith ity comy ont lioneatly and falely, and If you think it wonid call forth too much eriticiam to come Luldly out, we have tho Umted States Mall-system in F commnnd, uctive oaperation. and overnlr i you wisfi {0 ropeava or_criticls cautlonsly, aud with duo con. wanlsyou make ure of maysink deep into the sensitho heart, and wear, and tear, and ynaw at the heactetrings, long after yoi h forzotten thenis then ponder well erc you use words of re-, n}ml “*how, when, and where you usy or 1+ thiere s man whose judemen? clear Lan uttiera texch the Tourse to sie: sund himaslt, life's mad career, Wit a3 thy wavé? T'rudence, caution, and aclf-control aro wisdom's rauts, ‘lhiere are some on whom truble sets with a destroying Inducnce, but, fortunately, the name bar {4 few, To the 2rest wajority it comen with bilows that strike anawering sparks, and scens to vivify them {nto on integral cxistence they nover knew before, To them It 18 the angel of Heht, not of deaths snd they imnsmuta the traublo nto Joy. Who s not aware of jrecolving every hlessing of 1ife from the Divine handt Sunshine and ruin, Nealth and fricnds, joy and fove, tence hero sl hove heveafter, and fet us not {or ona moment loso wight of 1t, bot ever from our hearts a perpet- rnl eony of pralse rise to the Giver of every Llesa- 8 : ', ¢, W., yon sce T was absent, and conld not do an you wished; wonld have heen piad to assint you, 1 will try nid anewer somie of ey lotters soon that have been here a0 Jone, 1 hope you wiil ull have patlence, and 1 will soon ot “them anywered, anut Varele, Thave not forgotten you, aud leoked fur yout In §t, Louts, and disliked leaving without seeing you, Wilkyou all write and pot walt for Frns-Lrar, A WORD FOR LONELY WOMEN. To the Lditor of The Tribune, Hiinwaon, Jan, 10,—A hermit's hife i an end. Tesa festival of delight..a gata-day upon which the enn never sets, compared (o tho 1ife of unc-hulf the people who dwell tn towns, aud In cloaely-pop- ulated neighdorhoods. The frecdom of the pathe T code, the close communion with Nature whero Iature Is not bound with the fetiers of mod- ern civilization, the intimate acqualotance with aue's own aelf, which friction with other individ. watitles Is apt to bowilder, oll combine to render the Ife of the hermit ono capable of rare cxalta- tions, of wondrous upliftings, and spocial geveal. inis of that life towhich we bellove thie exlstenco Is but the tuning-reom, where vur sonls plich- ed and keyea for etornity's grand anthen, There {s sometting pecaliarly ead to me in the {solativn of the thousands of women scattered over the length and bresdih of oar own land, in uncongental homes, or working out sad di tinfes ~ wilh wo human sonl to sympathize, tu understand, or fo wake noe burden highiter (o bear, by love whose Londernces extracts thie thorn fron sorrow, There is always sume grety dn 8 man's i which 1l it above monutony; but for the woman whou destiny bas placed upon the treadmill of uncongeuial fate thero remains a4 reprieve, no change of the scene untll the lest, . which dropm the curtain, ullusuhhn the lights, and procialis the vad drame voded. 1have a word of attempted comfurt, poor thoagh it may be, fur such women. God knaws mu{ need 3 hani streicned oot now and thex for their foneli- Neas 10 Fraap, —d e0nY uru{tyml 1n Lhe nizht to re« vive thar falntlng lm?e. When Luee, as 1 a0 often do, sone sensitve, del o nature, with s heart ke the shiniug of God's sun, Iaviehioy ite warmth aud beauty upon & world as unmindful of itus tne glaciers of the Arctic Sea sre of ile nouuday hours,—when I sed such a soul its beams 1n a cow- struyeiing 1 shed munity us culd and bloodlass as a3 shual of #hiad, 1 feel ulinost tempied to wunder If eternat vigitasice fe ol sumetinics at feult, that matters and thingy adjust themsclves 80 kapbazard su chis pleasant world, Dear suntcrs, the ouly way to conquer the inevitanlo {a W ylcld 1o it It Hife knows nothlug sweeter than ‘the routine of unconyenial labor—Hi all thic pleasant hoves and dreans of yoult remalin bat s (abrice remmalo when the colors ara washed wviay—1f knnition, and promlse, and joy 1beif. were long alice drowiied 1 that eea of dish- waler which bas proved she sulcidal cud of mnany & brillisut cazeer—accept tho uevitaole oravely, ouly i rcful lu preverie an uoshaken faith in sowelbing better sure to cone. Do ot iswitiply signs awd tears, a repining for thoss niociD, glve way to [ beens,™ Just accept drudgery os you expect your Titthe child vaalt aceept the taek yoor highes'whidom aliota 1L, conteal tu huow (hat by aud Uy ahallcoms aud the sonz. aweet Laturca lie sl about pesty, Perhaps hat God wit of yuur hup ouid hove Lecome Joined 10 yuar idui disd uature, Wit 0O thoughis buve the fleely of elluring Egypt. elely jou chaice t 13ve urmun g e boorlal, ncouzenial, * uutrue, leave 1 tu itacle, sud foris your vwi suciety fn the hume Gud has kmdl)‘xl yod, even if ite walls are un- paluted and 1ts Aoore uncarpeted aud col Hold the plaatic natares of yuur childzen ot herocs sud Eeuticwoticn Gs biave aiud swecl &e ever vriztened the courts uf Kings. Aud, Bewie sl cullivele lie derlatun of those ivhu gtles, the camity of the ignorant nnd the envions, off toa future day the © eolt of your own heart. Da ot et that King's vineyard e nntended and barren of fruit. Learn pattence throwuh the repeated averthrow of pattance—mweeten And strenythen yonraelves throngh the disciplines of life that beat hke rtorms npon you, always re- wembering that we do not grow sa much hy the ex. ternilsas feom one own inner impntso and esperd. ence, We cannot De thiwarted by any evil that duoes not find ludement within onre¢lves, any more thana lily ean e changed Into o eabliags by n crowd of hittle boye pegeing puity-balls at it. The fatl 10 comprehend onr steugs tho critfclam of the eynieal. cannot arrest usif wa are bonnd to grow towarda God, ile alone s our Jirdees to Him at Iaat ahall be renderedd the acconnt of iife'n traubled day s snid I 1hink the frst sword of commenslation, the ilest emile of ills weleome, il waft nway the momuorieaof onr loneliness and our tears, us dust {8 wafted before the sweet sununer wind, Avnen, — DOING ALL HER OWN WORK. T the fiastor ar The Tribune, Citeaan, Jfan. 11 =1Wa hear of famiiles who Bave abundance of time for reading? time for tho exchanpe of social hospltalitios: they 2o to chureh, antl perhaps do thelr own dressmaking, and yet they are meanwhtio doing all thelr awn work! Sontething more than this: **They aro perfectly satinfied, wonldn't have servants if they were warth 8 mint of money, fiwl it mach easler and mare nleasant to do without them, and everything about the house Is #0 exceedingly nice nnd clean.* 1t ons's enrlosity is oxelted by this alluring ropros senintion of perfect mental and physical satisfac- tlon, and If emultion leads ona to make Inquiries or inveatigate a little, it will usnally be found that reveral members of a family, have décensed, othaes have mareled (which | sapposs means (ho samn thing). and the remainder, —well, **they have real ol ‘dinners. Sundays, breakfast they care very 1lttle nhont nny way, and they have licht suppers, heeanre, after they are deessed for the day, it Is fn- convenlent to gu Into the kitchen.™ Aleo, *n woman comen fn once a week and doea the wash- ing, droningz, and eleaning.” 1L isa geand thinzto ree women meet ndvareity eheerfnlly when matters St wrone'* and tho head of tho family ls over- brrdened with the care of providing for tho neces- nfties of those dependent upun himg it Ia a erand thing o seo women glva up pleas. antly their accustomed amuscmenta and Inxurless ta eee thom take hold of the sides and vorners of extra wolghte, and lielp IiIt them from tho shoulders of the **head” of the family, whether It he father-head, hnsland-head, or hrothersheads but I wonld rather not ses these artlstic creations of fancy heee pictures of **Sab. tiase Lo Clrcumstances " and ** Making the Dest ol 1 lilngs *=delineated on (oo large n canvas, with roloring too gorzeanss I wonld mther not have fnexpecienced mothers misled into the belief that the dirnttusn] of ** the makl of sl work™ will o for themsclves the eolden opportunity, And Just here T am reminded that in no sense docs the coguomen **maid of all work ' apply to the dis. waced domestic, an 1t will tothe 'lll{ of the hoitse when siwe attemts (with her own imperative dn-~ tle) o discharge those holonging to the Iate fu. cunbent's oflice. Some tine o wo wore bleas- autly told how 1o keep bahy **sweet and clean, ™ But who i to take this crowing cheeb from the mothier's arma whilo ahe fs doing all her own wark? 1 hear some anc way, **Put it on tho bed, pmr It III!: with pillows, give it the rattle-box, and il the big rockiz-chalr and the restof tho fur- niturc up in front of the bed to keep baby from falling otf," Tut baby ls an an indepundent insti- tutlon; she will pursue her legitimato Infantilo couree, nndisturbed by the ereit f4sues of the dav, She cares nothing whatever for the war In Eunrope, the remonctization of slver, or Tuz Tninuse Home Club: she will call londly and long for her ratlone, and n dozen chicken-pies In tho oven wonldn't keep the mother's hoart-strinzs from vi- Drating in respotiau (o her mausical articulation. Having paused to notico the important member of the famnlv, 2 paseing glance will suftice for the more advanced ehlldren who are enfirely **ont of thie way, ** exeepting the trifiing Incidenta of wet feet, lost mittens, and——<*Johiny hit me smack 11 the eyo with a hig anuw.lwil,™ **Teacher said 1f 1 waslate he't keen me niterschool,™ < Where! my aleigh? ™ **1 Lidnk Bob Murphy's real mean he paticid the apples Hight out uf~ my hand, 8z thnt's what made sue cry so.** With tho recurrence and execution (with ~ slight muodulations and varlations) of “the same slmplo programme three hundred and sixty+five and one-fuurth days out of the year, —diversitied, perhaps, with small comvlalita ko the sl whuoplng-coueh, croup, eic, ,—it witl not be surprising if the mothor enters tho family room al evening with a manner noticeahle for the’ nbseuce of vivacity or enthnsi- And, {1 Borrowtnl Wife, Itiwonld not e surprisine i sbe ehould fatl to tind refreehment in tho efort to awnken her husbaud's darmant litor- ary tastos, or stand him up straght in histery, **Dotig ull her own work ™ 14 the beach on which mauy women have stranded their hopes of domes- tic happiiess; 1t in the eneny's shgnal-1lght on tho hoadiand, misgulded by which many a motner with her yonng children has saited slowly, but surely, Into the mists of despatr. The Amerlcan womin iannt to go to extremes; aho hae her idols. Bhy does_not indeed always worshin tho ¢ yolden calf, "—occasionally she makes for hereelf an ldol of work, places it upon a lofty pedestal, und bows her precious Hfe away fn it auguet |xruui|_c=‘ i 'ARA Uy ACKNOWLEDGMENT, Ta the Editor of The Tribune, Crtieanio, Lan. 11.—*40 for the pen of s ready wrlter, " wherewith to couch In finting lanzuage my thanks to the kinid friends who have responded to my uppoeal of two weeks' ago, in money aud clothe Ing, but, best of all, in words of blessiug and en- couragement. From all uver the land thoy have come, In most cases vxpressly forbldding mns to mention names, ®o I must take this mothod of let. ting them kuow thot their Jetters have reached mo safely. More than une of them has been read through n wist of tears, s0 touching was the simplo athos of the words, One sormwestricken mother romn {tacine tells o she wishes £9aend, i 1 will fell her bow, some riicles nho has knit for our lwur felends, and ** §1 taken from tho boak of her ittle hoy wha (s notw anaugel in Heaven,” 1t will cumfort her somuwhat, T know, to ko certatn thut her gifts will wll 2o toa groun of fatherlosa litlo onea wWihdss mottier has her heart and bands full of work and anstety, while her purso 18 empty, Another friead from - Gshikoah, Wir,, besides sending o considerable money offering, writes an wsuch terms of hearty lymp!fll‘ that | feel more than uver cortain toat, withi such friends to Lld us godapeed, we shall succeed i dolng all we have undertaken, Ona lady from Indiana svonuo scndsa generous donas ton, and says: **1f we are at uny thae i need let tier know and sho will seud more," A littla note, with anly the worde ‘or chiarity.” cone tained a wmall stum which L am sure cang frelzhted with the Lindly wisnes of o full heaet, and will carey b double vlessingto sams destitute ono. 1 wirh 1 wickt bave the name of every one who sendunnything, Dmnot ba ashumed that you can- not rend larger sum: ar frlouds~remeinber the “teup of cold water” was commended by our Thero 14 an ofd Seotch proveeb which us ** Mony liitlo maken o tinekle, Ly thers litties at irst that wo hiope to do o great deal, ** A Policeman’s Wife " alsn sonds us moavy and wonle of cheer, and another fady, from Mor- rieom, (11, sende 8 money miit with a xind note wishing **she conld make 1t ten tines as much, " Another nameless friend, frum luven, ‘Tama County, Tu., wishes **her qift could bamultinlied by a hitndred." Wil that friend be kind enouth to wend her tor hils) address to mo in caro of tho ditor of Jlome Department™? 1 wiah to aneWEr one o7 (wo things. Dear frienite, wo thank you all for the ald yon have given us in our work, and for the cordial good-wivhes you ezprese, May none of us uver forzet in whose footsteps we tread whon wa minisier 1o i paor, or grow ** weary in well. duinz," To uiary one who has proffered other ald —cluthing, fiel, vte.—1 have written to way | waould pladly cull for tncte @ifts as soon as circiim stances would permit, and that, na doubt, will he very soun. Weather Strips, | wrate ascing you to call on ll{uu failed to recetve Ity mako st manifest, | try again, 1 hiad hoped for responaes from many who have plentv of money, nd who do not valuo (¢ very L4 fghly, except 88 a wintstee to their Individual asure 0F comfurt, 1 thay will once doprive tensel\e4 of yolae uniieccerary Qratifcation, and try the luxury of fiving the unfortunate, | au aury m? would filne 1t su ewout that It would be ted, 1 read the other day of o gontle- man's dinner-party whero it cast the glvers over §00 plcee, —<nough to make wmany who! flica comforiuble all winter. 1y seenis to me such people must he very thoughitless, for they aro al- waya vencrous, and, I [t unce occarred io then, would provably eive freely, Sisters, do nut eac! uf us kuow saie une we “can prompt in the mate teet And for ourseives, if we have ihtic to give, we may accomplish much {f we arve wiitluy to do, and with our whole might. Don't feel willing to Tet @ tew do all the work, but, If you are suked to bear your sbare of the burden, do i gladly, For myself, though noable 1o promiss mors than 1 am. alrcady doing, 1 stand ready st all times when poseibie. lika the cipher, to flf vacant plages. In the worde of ' Tiny Tim's"™ Chrsimass blessing, *Y God bless us, every one, GRANDNA OLDWAYS, PHILANTIROPY AND SERVANTS, To the £ditor of The Tribune. have acen $o Answer to I query why scrvants shonld not be treuted us wquals by thelr employers, and admltted to 3ll tue privileccs of the family, 1 will venture & (ew wurds upon the wavject. In tho drst place, wo must admit that washing dishes, blacking siovee, carrylng slops, scrubolug Wuors, clc., ore tenial occupations, sid that s woman who devules hee wuoly Limie o thca, s oacrvant ina well-redus Iated bouwehold must, canunt Lo a cougenial of & deairable cunivaiion fos 4 family whueo poreulis lie several” grauce hlsher 1o bfv.” With refcreuoe to the old question of briuag & servant 1o tho La- ble with Lo family, 1o tha drst ptace, Gwendolen wust know, If she has evor deci 1orough the taak of getting » dioner mady. taat ailer tho steais, aud heat, sud Uustie incidest to tue accomplisiment of 1hat feat, & girl witls Dus face sud cloties lnterpenetrated with toe steam and eMuvia of tho Xileien, certainly adds soibing hut detracts tuch from Lie repuse and enjoymest of the table. Asain, une very fwportant ofilee of Sy wirs uf 81l Work 16 W Wait un Lables upon tue aulet aud vrderly chan e of paales, Ibioduction of c#, €ic,, depeud slinual tas whols decency picasure of the dinner: sutbiug 18 mure valgar A mure sunuying than 10 Lsve sume one Loue nily Jumpineup from 440 table to atieud to thers Furtherure, fn uisny busy, schoul-golug, wouey-making famikice by tably is almost the ouly place where the whole family .oe enjoy ot Gliser's socictyi it fe tue placs of ol otbers whers lutercoura Becds 1o W five whd cordlal unreetrafued, Who wanta n servant sitine by, who hve s withh ng thi<month, bur wha Fived with Mre, Smith Jast month, and may Hye with nothing 1y #o Brown uest? Agin, Men, mueh of a killjoy st tAblo e a’ person who takea no priet th the canversation, hnt who site, with all her senses on the nlert, catching fragmenta of remarka which #ho cannot comprenenl, ana imadining thiner said which noone dreamed of atlmitng to. A woman with any germ of frne refinement alvnt her, but who had been forced by the rido stroes of mise fortane o work in momo one clas’s klichen, would ho the last oo fo demand or to wish to take part inthe family menle, She wonld know that she would he anly talerated at tha tabie, and her very nosition there af belng completely knore entirely antelde of the concral themes of convers ration, wonld bo for her a far greater hmnlitation than to be _allowed to sl down i the kitchen and petn briet breathime space Detween the calls of the table-beli—and then tako her weal in It seoms (o me an entir qnletness nlone, ani Ace and y false hilanthropy to ondeavor to irave that th servants n our Kitchens are the equal of their miistee. T bedere in treating thom with ail nint mnstern, s the kindness amd consivieration and long sullering due frain a saperior to an inferior: bt there st b of carzung hee hivin reneraliy o fon graiden In suctety, ond & wonan who {4 capable in any bettar tway will not i in nar klichens, 1f 3 woman iatake her own capacity, or If soma foolish pre}e ndice leeps her from ‘the aphiere in which sho properly betonge, then it 18 her owa lookout, amd =ho must suifor the penalty of hor fnoranca. whale rocial steucture will not order 10 meet her paricular case. B ‘Thie ho subverted In niTo MARTE. GOOD BREEDING AND GOOD EN- G LIS, T the Editor of The Tribune. Cmicann, Jan, 10.—4 recelved as ono of my Christmas presents a littlo bovk entitled, **Threo Thonsand Words Commonly Mispronounced, ' which I3 eminently well fitted to take the noneenre out of tho wost **aplendidly-prond Boston man*" in that esthetle city, for, if he did not tind thereln a fow, If not many, words which he had been in the habit of miscalling, his exporignco would not be mine, or that of loftior souls than mine. My triend gave it to me with thcsu word: “You may toke this for yonr vade mecum. 1 tvoulil it mignt be taken nna vado mecum b e 1y une, t profit by fts wirdom, Jinisters, doctors, journalists, afl ml My having bean presentéd with this book might reesn to fadicato that my triend perhaps thonght there was noed of jmprovement in my care, nnd my having ceelved tglndly shows u readiness o be taught—on my part 8 deslre to improve—which 1 duvoutly wish might be felt by evary one of The llome sctibblers, for eu It {s that wortliy ambitlon, that apirit whoso motto fs Execlsior, ftiiro uf mini bnd benrt, that renching after that deaire higher nllal botter things, which ennoble the char acter, men and w with which Iconld wishto insplro all omen. A welier ina Iate Home edition takes excention to what aho calls my ** Buston ldeas, ™ 1thank her for the compliment, although the neareet claim 1 can make to Leing Boston-born ta tha wy mother {a 8 Massachusetts lady: nota native of Loston, howevor, bt of that romantie, mountsinons spot which alao izave birth to William Cullen lryant. Tnis writor thinks It too much to expect of people **in pociety ' tuat they shell o good English, Very hikely 1t 1% 100 nuich; we knos there are on) a feiv who'elther expect of require 1t: but I feel ft {nny heart (o wish thoso fow mnitiplied, an I unlly stem the tide of bad grammar m quire, not ouly frum playmates, un peopla tou wheit the tnustacho dawiie, apcech will bo fixea, Dunbtless thura are nobler and moro Impartant acquinitions than a thorough educatlon, houot, anld Justice nre nobler, —hut why not. allr Weonronot saved by helnxr eu! and Ara Just as likely to be saved, tality we all hove for, ton. Bur [ do not deapair, efort wilk pollah thee rough litlo dinmonds, and, the habit ol correct Bit, Paul was a very learned man and ono whudid not estilxa courtesy, —Inmodern partance **agenticimanand ascholur.™ Tu cultivating the mind—gs _fac na we aro able—to {14 bost, wo atomaking it fitter for that fiamor- It in just us ensy to serve our Maker acceptably with nouns and virbs agres- littio boya ace it from grown. Parvistent "Trath, ured, but wo ing, asthe reverde, 1ndecd, If wonisspend ourtime and make no guod use of our talents and opuortu- nitlen, however limited, wo cannot be serving 1im filical uthority for that, acceptably; we haye I ‘T'he Home writers will probably agree npon thins That 1t I our duty to others bolter and happler, settled, 1 submit to them lr{ to make f this his Is questlon: Which I the mure agreeable, & courteons, gentlo- speaking porson, wioes 'ldnes are clunk, wiiase goud hrecd ing |a shown In kindly consideration for others’ comfort, who does not-omit tosay **thaak you ' and ‘I you pleaso, who never expecio- Taes (at least **bofore folks™), and whoss cune veraation {s [nstructivo and entertatnlng, or the Joudt-voiced, coarsu-minded fliiterate of efther sext After an_honr l?!n‘ with the one, amiable and well-di Atter ten minute we feol sposcd tuwarda all the world, * experionce of the other, wa ard impationt to wash him oif, as thelawyorin *‘Great Expectations warhed off his clients with per- fumed soAp, not forzetting the watar, No doubt there are people who prefer the latter clarn Walter Ecott's works. Therg are thuso who prefer dimo novels to “Thore are those who prefor Michigan's Sweet Singer to Mrs, Urowniuz. No ono oxpects (o see crows nnd nightingales consorting. But when we are adopting & standard sack for the higheat possiolo. and good education ls aucha el of tasto wo to I'alinll continue to think that a man _or weman of 0od breeding 'ming purson to meot with, that he or el le, thus far, & public Lavna Eauug, THE WIIAT IS IT. Ta the Editor of The Tribune. Citicaco, dan, 11.—It scems high time that 1 should ratsa this feoble volce ance more; it'a a rol- benofactor. emn duty, to be discharged without delay. The Howeites are gotting tov scdato and soneible, and, of conrse, thoy percetve the need (I feel th . my bones) of aome one, who {4 a triflo con. trary, to bonneo In and cry, **low.d'ye dot* Ne- #idos, - 1 have Inquirics cipes to furnlsh, and of to propound, ther ro- subjects of equally meriturious nature to set forth, Yet I teel a trite undecided In regard to many ucstions, 1t Is platnly contrary to human nature or one to write lis or her own experlonce, For examuple: hachelors and. matien ladics tell i liow to train up childrens old Judles, who novee in thelr lives wery ntherwles than homely, warn us wot to firts worse wtill, youns girla like myself. who do not even know the fiestthing abont double-biesn- ediess, cxpound hy te hone upon dolfehts or vex- Lot of murried dife, Nuw 1 sy that we aucnt to De ashamod of each other, and if some une will be ove o et rid of this fallug, wo daya later T recetved af ding congratulation upon getting married, shuck to my weveitive norves, o such outragvous behavior!—na thin drcamed of. Berved med of we, | will return the compliment. ‘Thero’s no tve in covering It up or amoothiog It an honest lcknnwludflem e tho bost way <t time 1 o Tho HHome | referred fn somy way or other to we wrote xtee letiers of Fancy the bt suspected of I never even we rightly, though; 'twill be the last tine 1 meddle with other people’s alfalrs, Chnt, whiat e your opinlon of (ricads (1) who becoms **riled al emall occurrences not worthy of nutico? Detestable, aro tnoy not? 1 really wish eome one would write upon the sab. joct uf ** truthfuln, his decention prac| In re young lady, °* Hattio?™ tho indescribably churming seems to pervade hee entil Tow 1} hat It in & sad thing to regapd fced . espcelally by the ludle gard 1o thelr New Year callers, 1 usked a many calls did’ you recctve, ‘1 Only 500, wna her rospon of (ruth racter, But | know very well that sho had oaly suventy-six; a young lady, who lives opposito her hause, Told me %o, Haltle's father Iy u den Hattle ought to bu ashamed! 5 of hee eyes very muchi asute fulsehioada). Wanted, a remody for th! liccipe from the top an them outdoors in & cool place. all nignt. oven. e sure it is warm, will bio elegant to eat in sugar, in point of econumy, 1 u!nnnat Just uuls{ think o facia or faucios. Cuicago, Jan. 10,—Give me truated dignitary, wmortale, agents and canvasse duors out of ten. blue-fuzered work yattorn for e, my fricad's wother. Lridgel sbout und Lo the nwnse acutin the caller, Mowe dhacuncertud, cuter purloc, bridzet sta arrayed I weaload dicsscd un the the vimtur, tuqui Brdget weat **sbuv with **a face en hos," 3 shesavs yecu M. Teclin' well ttNay W *hihat Hient inteeage, " a0 Sre, ed me 0 want o seud to as 1bo turned wore_rapidly 10 reply, c Leave them out In the morning, If the rats have not takon any away, oring iu aud set them Ina warm Aftera It hour they your front teeth are at all wensitive, you may not curu to cat thom, walch will bo sn estellent lhhu{ Twealy-fouroranges savod: any Ma THE I'00R DOMESTICS, To the Editor o) The Tribune, little more apace, 1 must express iy oplnlon of the average lrish servant-glrl, —that mock-wbased and higlly-mal. 1 am not a0 sgent,—none vf my relatives aro agents, —yet 1 had oce to witness the manucr In which thuse luckless re by tho servant-gicls, whom tey cucounter at nine Moro thaa this, solicitors of all styles oud descript'ons, from the poor, Nille **cold-victualer™ to fho select- school teacher, weet with the suwe warm receps tio “Yho othee day | was ealling npon a youne lady fricud, who Jater went up-statrs (o il a faucy~ 1wan siiting la taw mk varlor aluno when tho dcor-bell a Driuget took pleaty of e o rerpoudin Drured fo be ho voing lady propricior of o scuonl nut far distaut wiho inquired for u, sponne, which tonirasied exquleitely with the fn- ber frend Mes, L. request- Lad roonen of scuiing he younzeel duugbler £ my school.** oin’ very weil ot her uwu »chwol. our school. tacyin’ Latin and Frouch, aud everything iy prudavle fur ae-year-old, It Without sshing m the lan..vr.lnn tu the least g ludy was not rieh say; ** fersolf 18 pol 11 our chinrel, hows the white m of daceitful- nese, biit sho declarea it & mark of besuty (more When eating boiled ricannd milk, how may the lower Juw be kept from wflg:lu A sad aliction! ur fced orunges: Take Lwo dozen good, sweet oranged; cut the peol lengihwise nn|’:\vu bend over witl & spoon. Place t s more, it more lmportant vuk Mavcar. ou lately *'bambooxled " 10 Jrie Mew. juriacy eIl i the vory plainl herl “aai \ vl % pusel but **ul, uol Herself Toe hittle S iicues vliver lmy messade,” was th callers mild re- quest. her got™ % will'yuu Bot, deliver iy messa: ing tu do Lub couvey the i S0, 1 Lnow very well she wou't bu luvin® Misa v, became sogr *Will you, or Youbavenothe BLIWGE 19 e Prideet tnrned acain, relnctantly, and ascended th atair-case, Mre, Q. had overhenot the conver- satlon, and spoke dute fondly: ¢ 1 tho ladv 1 tninz of rending Allle, nmt Twitl enll nnd visit hee rchool.' I cama down with lenthened-ont countennnee, and remarked In o erest-fallen ey *45he do be thinkin' of sendin’ hee, but ahe'll edl and see ver wchool firat," Afterwanta, Miss (3, related baw 1, went np-stafes, and wi of depreciation, demnnntrated to Mrs, "Il':lynvbmlv very muchj dun’t be botherin® yonr- 15, fn anly a far examplo of the servanta on the avennes, Poor, overworked mortala: a aad Jot is heirsl WieRED Erzs, TIFE SONG OF SEVEN. To the Editor o Tha Tribune, Wenton, Jan, 0.—Ta 0., of Nites,and al} others working to pay off o church debt, greoting and sympathy, 1 have waited for threc weeks for nome more expetlenced alster to como to your ae- »lstance, but an they apeak not, nay, nor weite, T facl compelled to deacribe ono plan which we tried with great auccces, 1t fa now, simple, and charm- Ing,—a rerles of tableaux fllnatrating a poem. Weo selected Jean Ingelow's **Song of Boven ' ns con. taining more capabilities than almost any other short poem, Tho actors necessary are fow, the stage properties eastiy obtained, na plonty of honso plants, same good drapetion, and pictareaque fure niture are all that arencedud. Icea or nyaters af- terwardy mako a pleasing snd paying sddition to the evonlng's entertalntnent, - A good readar Ia, of conrse, tho chief requisite, and If you have amatenr vocalists (and what church hias not?) thoy can rendef great nesietance hy alnging, as interbudes, approprinte mnsical re. léctions, ~1 will describe the acenea in detall, hoping 0. may recoive pomo kdeas swhich hor own fusto and Ingenuity can vary to suit the capacities of her stage, cte, * The first Mm;i wae read by thoolocutioniat. stand- Ing Jnst below the stage, Then the curtaln ros and wo sat the first tabiean, ** 8oven Thines One.*! Alittle” glel mood among blooming plants and shenbs Alling her basket with floseers, her hat hanslng by ita steluga from her nrm, and o merry wmile on her face, This was followed by the ring. ingot o happy childish song, ‘¢ Marjories Alma- nac," I think, ‘I'he second song wasread, and wo saw a young_glrl acated in s daintily-furniehed roum, the lght from the shaded Iamp faliing unon Ter open book, A wistful, wondarini look in her eyen told of the yague questionings and yoarnlngs which thronged her brain aa she stood Whera tho hrook and river meet, ‘Wamanhood and chilidined firet. **8even Times Three," The irl, Tonger, leans deeamlly back fn her chalr, with a reatful, satisficd look on her facu, - ‘The dreams hava come to bo realitiea, for, unuware, the laver leans In at the half oponed window, ~The arrnnge- ment of this aceno necessarily differs from tho 4 child no toxt. *+ Raven Times Foar," Now showa us the young mother with hier falr littlo girl and two brave little Loy, *+ Seven Timen Five." The husband'and father in dead, and In an abandon of despaie the widow slta with her head buried on her arma, **Boven Timos Six.” The liitlo davghicr, now grown to beautiful womanhood, kncels at the fect of tha mother, Her bridal robes proclaln it to be her wedding-day, and one foels hiow keon the angulsh must bo B To love, and then tn lose, **Tho last ncene of thissteange, eventful history" shows us tho widowed mother, hor hamls claaped upon the Bible, looking with sad yet hopoful cyes towsrd tho Dettor Conntey,—**Tu where beyond theve volces theru 16 peace,” SevEx Tites Fivx. A QREAT CITANGE. Tu the Editor of The Tridune. Wixoxa,. Minn., dan. 8.-~ilomo friends, my cookery troubles arc o'er! Spollt meals, dyapep-* sia, and sour looks are known no more at vur=~I wmean my—ulace of abode, 1fcel ro ko o new man that I can hsrdly bellove that T am the samo person that I was three weeks ago, The cause of this great chane I will leave you fo Imagine. 1 will simply sey that, since my nppeal (o The Home, 1 have overcome my averslon to females somnowhat, especially ne to yuung ones, andam convincod that they may speak the truth. even to a man who encroaches on thewr domsin in tho Kitchen. You eannot tell how overjoyed I was when [rend Tloney Vineont's letter. Tint beautiful pootry on pruvy, cnqucmly. went stralght to my heart, or rtomach, 1 am undecided at present which, Why. lleury, you are & born noctess! (I take it for ranted you are 8 woman,) What are you think. g of tnat you did notsend a tribute to Whittler on his 50th birthday? ‘And thon you talked ao lovaly about aecending from the cook-book to n highor literary sphiore! Whom I read that . 1 ‘could not" help exclaiming, **Just 1ike me, preciscly,’ for dime novels are fo much Detter than recine-books, not excopting thoee pos- sages that treat ou wravy, Isn't it delightfal, Henry, that we two think, feol, read, and por- hinpe 0t Ui samet, ‘Naw, 1F wo can oty convort all the wembers of Tho {Tome to our beliof, how Hterary ‘The liome would bet And then jost onco in o while Henry V. could rerve us upu dish of fiesteclass gravy, - Well, I must descend from the ctherenl heights in which 1 have been soaring and come down to mother carth, Deluy nfrald that, on account of llenry's lotter, The Ilomo will bes cume literary oll of & sudden, 1 will hasten to ask 8 few f(avora that aro quito cssentinl to me, 1 wonld like Ienry to sena o her recipe for gravy, and it aomu young lady, aay Jerusha Pepper, or Une of the Girls, of Atlunts, 111, wonld anly tell mo the beet way to nsk s young lady to make the eravy for me. [should bo vory much obliged, and n return would bo glad to give my recipe for Lo. coming liternry, 1 feel desply fndebted to thoxe who s kindly advised mo boforo, und 1 should 1lko to hear from them again, But I must stop, and though flcecher donles the existonco of the Devll, yot I know that there stlb ives PriNTER's DEVIL, TRE SECRETARY’S REI'ORT, To the Ldltor of The Tribune. Citicano, Jan, 11.—The Ilome Club met Thars. day at the Tremont llouso. Our Prosident was with us, looking charming sfter her Southorn trip. Tlhe club-room was crowded, not only with resl- deut membors, but several from tho oatside towns brought the charm of tholr presence into ta mystle, shaduwy depthe, The rezular oficcrs woro all on duty, and manayed to transscta cons slucrable amount of husiness, Severalmore mem- bers wero added to the list, and we are very grate. ful fur tho steadily incrensing tuterest takon in our movementy, which le oxpressed by the fncreaso of gentlemen members, It showsthat their upprecia. tion of woman's yovermmnent !¢ on the upwa scale, inatead of down Lo doubleC, s it once was. Lam proud of the Club. Now, friends, wu are propared o work, and we want your hearly co-operation In_tho great work of charity wo wieh to cigoge i, We hinve dectdold to give a serien of lunches to tha people of Chlea- Ko, *ome tine detween this and our next regular merting, and, 1n - additlon to aselsting tho nesdy wherevor we find them, -l Iy the funds thi raised to the furthoring of the ‘charitable instit tions we have declded to heip, liesldes the con- triputions of provisiona and money, cach monbor will give tinie, encrey, and taient {o carry the project to 5 successful favite, A sories of lunches with us means work, besldes the contributions wo shal) ba compelled to make. With you (v will be anly wonvy, or perhaps provisions, Elther will be acceptanio to na. Form your auxiliury ciubs an wiolat us in founding o home for oir poor, Let ue make it the best-sus- alned § on fu the land. All money aliould be went 1o Maine, No, 03 Twenty-thi recty clothiug for tho voor to Grandink Oldways. No, 111 Western avenuo. Wo will et yon know wheru to send contributions fu bulk In due thne, Let us knaw by lettor an soon ronvenient wasl you will conirtvute to our lunches, Wu shall necd & goud supply of milk and butter, Who will aeroe tu donate thess things? Bosoe of our grand, solid farmers will revpontd, 1 am sure. 1 rumewber one terzible thno when tha destruce tlon of p vasl city by fire called out tho nople, seif. sacrifelng Lnipalss of & nation of our greatal farmers, -uechunlcs, aud moneyed men, { od but that one cry, **Chicixo {3 burning, atart into 1ifo tho graudest tmpulses of the hu aoul, The wires sent it lcaping through apace, and on the instaut the reply cauu tiashlng” hack, laden with {La rich offers of ufd, \What shall the roply ba now?! We shall see. The mccting adjourncd to Saturday at 2 p. m. at tho Tremont House, when every member is urgently n(lnnml 1o Le present, as the busincss that wansleft unflulehed atthe 'Thursday's sceslon will bo again tekou up. OnixxA 8. Marrzsow, Becrotary, G0 West Lake street, SSONB ON THE PIANO, To the Editor of The Tribune, Newrox, la., Jan. 7.—Pupils from 8 years and up 1 commence immediately with five-finger exore claes, glving two lines with every leasou, playing each jueasuro nover less than twenty-fve thmes, One muet uso judgoent in cominencing this prac- ttce—playing as mony times o strengtlh will admic 1l you reach twcnty-five timea. Bu careful not to ralse the haud. only the tugers, This must do the Bemt praciice cvery duy. Tho nest ls scales, Tals timo [ will ouly treat the rcaluof €. 1. Fhmilar wotlons nawe the lefy hand D, the right Is; they will then ember wagre the third duver cunics, always remembesing tho left hand dest (o avold confuslon. 2, beule, coutrury notlon— buth thumnbds commencing ou middle "¢, kewpiog the saln fNwering, & Thinda—Tae left Laud commuucing wn O, tho righit hand o tav tuird 4 el 4. Blxihe—Tus K, fingor A 1 secund right Octuves, 1 Arpedu fro third position, ¢ E, .. esplaing the wesning Arpeggios (rosen eordh, 7. Arpegzios (fom sccond position B, . O, 8. Arpegyios from 1hued posttion, G, E. U, D, Chromatic scale, Euca of tuees niue scules are (o be played very .|.m{ull cvery hotu hue by samy value wnd equality of tuch six thnes apeece. After thls auy stusple eactcise (not plece) oF atatsenient frua tke buok. Alwaya bave care that the punil counis wloud with the preciston of a clock, that sie ac- centa b the projer blace, The pusiber of wcules for the beginuve wust ve accordiug 10 the abiliy of the papil, but musl eveutualiy cooie allin une Tesuit, Pldy each scale from Lwo to four uciay Maud Lee, thy spellinz vn tho piano is to leac puplls (0 bo expert fu tnulug the letisrs on the lu- strument; eaperience proves ot cacellont, Tho bass lu aught Brat, siwpiy bucsusn the baye la thy foundation alweys, ‘The “firet liss ol tho s 44 G, the added Jive above s widdle o ¢ ke warasd swall ¢), T the trenle ciof pinces the eama C on the added line betaw the stalz thus you aeo the same added line anxwers fug both staffs on middle ¢, 1 connider it the only way fn tenching tho and do not hy any meana conslder bane A subordinate part to bo lenrned after the trebie, " The art of teaching fs hecoming veey an- preidcial, Punlis are_suffering from want of trne and strict training, Tam preased with the private letiers 1 hiava recolved concaming my method, aa well as with the questions and naticss In The Tlone, Lt us have thin subject of (saching--vo mno it to the youny—thoronghly ventilated. | will glve my experienca and views of twenty-five yoara, and am silll teaching a large claas, Who will Join me? SXANTWERD, STEPMOTIIERS. Ta the Fditor of The Tridbune. Axnoy, dan, 0.—1f it 1s nat too late for ono moro to apeak in meetin', 1 wonld like to ray a few words. Many mubjccts have been introduced in ‘The 1Home In which 1 hinve wanted to have a volee, Lut 1 will only mentlon a few. Imaw, some time ago, from Ambor,a letter about mothera-in-law, I thonght she was going to speak n good word for them, but she auddenly assnmed 8 warliko atti- tuda toward an Iuikainary son-in-law. O} Ambor, what if yon sliould frighten nwl{ ali the wonld-be. sons-in-law by that leftor? And if yon feel a0 bad Justin thinkirg abant some ono taking your danghe ter, dld yon nevor think that vour mother-tu-law folt Just as bad when you took her son awny from hot? Rons nre as dear to a mother's heart as danghtees: if not, they onght to be, Another =ubject is atepinothors, And T knaw 1 can't half do the subject Justice. T iieh some- Yoy who 1 capable, and_wha seen it in the rame u‘xm 1 do, would take up the subject, so that much- abused clans couta hnvo Justice once. Most people recm to take IL for granted, that, ifa woman {sa stepmother, of course she fs ali that is bad. I have known a great many stepmothers, and I must, in all hunesty, say they aro as a class noble women, 11 childres whime mothers live to_bring them up tutn ont badly we hear it mald, **Thelr mother s n niee womnn, but they got into bad company.'* Perhaps if they liad had'a stepmother they wouldn't linvo got 1nto bed comprny, ~But if a bad clild han A stepmotner, what do wo hear? Why, *'Poor chitd, 1t had nobady huta stopmother o bring it up. Its own mother wasa nico wowas But ir une does well who han a stepmother, what do wo henry Why, **liofsna nico man,''or, **She lsa nice woman, and It 18 a wonder too, for they had o stepmother, but they Inherit thelr good qualities from their own mother. Si¢ wasa nice woman,™ © consiutencyl Who over knaw a stepmnther to et any credit? Wihen n woman belngs tp her own chlldeen, 1 Innothing mora than is expected, even it she 18 not a very good swoman, and does she de- sorve praise for that? Tut when she goes Into a famlily, and brings un another woman's children, rhu is certainly Letter and nobler than the generall- 1y of women. Let people say what they will of atepmothers, **I speak what 1'do know, and teatl- 1y (o what 1 have seen. ™ (;l'llnl last 18 not original, Bt it in true, for tho Biblo says so—I mean jt i taken from the Bible, ) hat, 1 hopn {nu ora not going to be driten from the flela by that ona criticlsm on your letter about your brother-in-law, 1 know niore than one be- wldea tnyaelf who enjoyed reading it, hecanse we know how it {s oursclven, having had a similar ex- F!rlcm‘n. though not with a brother-in-law. _ Ilad your gify, 1 would like to rolate some of my own experlence: but it of no s to try; 1 conkdn't do it in your style, J.ct us hear from you again soon, and Jet us all accra to vach other Equan HianTs, PAINTING ON VELVET. To the Editor of The Tribune, Thrrsnare, Mich,, Jan, 7.—A sleopy Individunl in fast week's 1lomo, who migna herself Droamy Snzo. rays: ** A recent letter from Mrs, J. G. B, of 1illsdale, Micl., conslders my idcas on the higher cducation very fine, but sho docs not agroo with mo on the claar question. **1 have no doubt that Mre. . is an estimable Iady; T consider her tasto ox vitlated, " Thanks, Madame Susan, If you cversaw,or can produce, any letter from Mes. J. (1 D, of 1111is- date, that contained anallusion in any shape what. over 1o your idess on_ higher ecucation, or your Idenn of the cigar question, or any other queafion, letme know ntunconnd | will send a wold dallur Y+ with n hole in it, Lo wear a8 a charm or reward for tzuth and veracity, ° An to tho hushand ‘and rons, don't **lle awnke o' nighta ™' on thelr ncconnt, especially the sons, One word of advice and I have done, “If all who send orticlos to bo printed in The Homoe would uso n little moro care, nixed sith common sense and worality, 1t woald lio mucl botter, It in an fn- Justico to send an articlo that Is directly porsonal, :mnl cntirely wrong, svon If 1t 18 righted in tho next et 1 can stand it, however: don't think I am mor- tally wounted, It would ne weil for Busan to roread the back nnmbers of Tho Honie,—and don’t skip her own Istter In Dec, 1, in which she so glivly sormonizes, Of painting on velvet: If 11 I. M. will write mo perhops I can asslst her; but I no Lrevious knowledeo wans In her possersion nbuut this a 1 fear sho will encountor many obstacles, To many who have written me I will say hero that [ have not yet fonud that it will do for black velvet. 1 would liko vory much to hear from thom, I would like to hear from Sylvan, who wrote from Doston Inst Saptember, If any one who ohtained tha )iat of mnterinls I gave in Oct. 20 found the French berrles will umr ba kind enough to send me 6 ponatal-card telling mo whers they found them? 1 havo eont to Toledo and Chicago, Lut falled to find them at either place. AL lcust twonty lndies havo anked ma to plesso zoud thom the paper that contained my formnla. 1 should badellghted to do o, but we take Tue Daty Tenuxe, aml eo got just one oach day. and on that day wo did not faro anv better than on any other du‘y‘; As that one paper won't go around 1 shall have fo decline, and Keep it for reference mysoll, Mns, J, G, B, HYGIENIC 'IDEAS AFLOAT. To the Editor of The Tribune, Cuicaao, Jan, 11.—Water—Tha best of mllk, Iresh trom the cow, contalns about 87 por cent of water; tho potato contains 74, and cgys 75 per cent, With every 160 pounds of bread wo con- sume sixty-slx pounds of water, although wo think 1t dry food unless wo diluto It with fuids, Lemsn beof contalns 78 per cont wator and blood. Roots contain 80 to 00 per cont of wator; plantalns, 74; lums, 73 apples, etrawberries, and other small ruits, 803 and all this water 18 eeaentinl to healtn, and there 18 no dunger in partaking of It that it will contain sewnge ur other organic matter to polson tho hlood. MitkIt Is sala that of the 120,000,000 qnarts of milk aold 1u New York and lirooklyn, ot least 40,- 000,000 nro water, and consumers thus poy $10, - 000 annually for water, Tho men who thus de- fraud babes and childron aioull have meted out to them the punishmont thoy so richly desorve. Light—In anomis, chlorosis, dpm , and, in genoral, all divcases charactarlzed by deficiency of vital power, lght should not be detarred. In couvalesconto from almost oil dlscases 1t acts ulant both to tho mental s, ‘tho delirinm and weak- the rays of the wun are alluwed to onter the 1ot when chamber, Tihink I huve noticed that wounds heal with greator r.xlxluuy when tha rays of thosun aro allowed ta reach thom, uud when thoy ar ar a4 porsible, oxposed to diffturcd daylight, should be taken both in hoalth snd disease to in. sure o subiclent quantity of hight to the fninates of houses, Bun-haths or “spartmonts in which the solnr rays can fall upon the naked vody aro doubt- lesu highly advantageons to health, and rooms for this purpose coulil probably he constencted in moat of our cllr houees,” At bresent a chlef abjoct of city familles scoms to be to dovise means for keep- Tzt sunlighit out of their housos, That this is con- trury (o nature, necds no urgument, The worll 1s vald to ho underfed; 1t o certainly updertit, e we managnit, S0 :n{l Prot, W, A lammond, Ico—It 13 genorally suppassd.that frozen ‘water melts pure; but thiv is o mistake. Though ica tnay be pure, it s apt in forming suddenly to becomes contumlnated with lmpure matter found in somo vaut or winggtsh eiream, Thurefore, tho cleaner tho source the mure azrceablo and safo the ice. Sarlons outbreakuof intostinal disorders have oc- curred frons drioking water obtained from con- taminated {ce, Hyazia, — CITARITY VS. TOBACCO. Ta the Mdilor of The Tridune. Nitrs, Mich,, Jav. B.—Can you find space fora few lines frum me? Iwould like to know what practical caritios have boen porformed by the lady contributors to The Moms? Low many pange af hunger have boen appessed by the tirade af your will-mesuing but unsoplisticated correspondent atOregon, 1L low wany fallen women have been led from the ovil way and told to *'Go, win Ilow many * little harefoots " had hoes snd llockmg-uive\l them by the same, lo ay notbing of the comforts which her **ilego Jued * must of necessily be deprived; and he, voor fellow, must bo of that specios of the gpous hono I fi"h"fl dusighuted by o appellatioa f & *+ ben- c ban B in Nk *icking ™ on_the 1 yisionary tady of that Illinols mareh, In particaicr, but upon all that class of women of the **mother-lu-law"" o Pickwick Papers) variety in gencrul, merely using heras 8 Agaro-head to **ulash * othure by, wbo sre coutinually endeavoring to Juatead of tryli a4 | e {ulk leas on smoking and kindred subjects, Lot talk us Lo death sbout the ilitle acts of charity you havo perforned and ars iutending to pertoru, and [ will ‘vouch for the guod couduact of thy **poor” man when you have iustituled this wuch-necded reform., Jounxy BcuxoxEs, YULL OI" HUSINESS, To the Editor of The Tribune. Ruockponn, M., Jan 0, —Thsnke to Ean Wood- worth for Unding the suthor; I hope Francos may seo and read, ‘I'ho descriptivn of panel-plcture by Cousiu Sara was read wilh pleasure, Palteru ry- ceived from Mre, J., Mich, ; was nu agroesblo sur- pibso; accopt ty thankw, Mrs. J. Why can we uot wrile on both sides of the papor 1o editors? OF coarm e willing (o cunform toall rules and I bul the resson for tata one-siduduces 16 suvolved i deep wystery, ' Vv 3l souse one please give directions fur making Ao lara-work uscd 1o oruawent brackely and 8o forth? What will etain pine or any light-colored woud (v @ black-welzut color? What dove thu Marchioncss usc o @ patut for the box? Think it wust be vory pretty, Funuy 3L, Steele, let ue bear wose fsom YU, Lau't Jight (o sn cast window . of utelligenca cannol do bousuwork, sn! llnrlruilhn' aftaennon anid the nnnoalta ag good ax nurth Hght? 141t alimolndely necoaxary for & pust to bocin with drawing who cares anly to naint? [y oll nred In mixing paints as much as Totmerly, any ta mexlip the bost’Anieh? Ladies, let us not' give np the recipen: new vnes are hatled with joy be. canse the snccessfnl trial makens **der Mann ' ag pleasant, Jlere In a racips forthe best tirnham gems ever baked into existence: One Tmrl of sonr milk, ons teaspnonful of saleratus, tiraham flour enongh 1o make a atll balter: put in gem Ans, A6t on top of the MoYe two or threa minufes, m bake in 8 quick oven. Ladies making waz finwera can sheet thelr own wax by making a smaoth plaster-of-Faria mold, Beat the wax, ang with a Jargy apoon pour on tho mold, making thick #heots by holding the moid nearsr s horlzontal position: thin sheeta by liolding nearer & perpen. dleninr position, The scraps left afler calting & flower wiildo to make green wax for leaves, Have roceived romo very pretty point.lace patterna fram Indiea thronen The Ioine, for which 1am ver, pratefnl. More would bo received with the same spirit. Will, write agaln, Your lettors aro good, HLLA, A STRUGGLE WITII TIHE TEMPTER, To the Editor of The Tribune, Mavtson, Jan. 10.—Ah! thin ** fighting the world, the flosh, and tha devil." Ihaa thought nauch battles had been 1o ofton fonght that T conld standa tusalo with tho combined farcen, and not como out second best { but, ah) woo is me; how little do we know onreclves. Last nleit in our Caplal were gatherad **fair wom. en and brave men." There was A Aound of rovelry by night. Like the old swar. horse that amelleth the bhattlo afar off, (e aplzit within ma yearned 1o be again Among sceney whero I had once been o welcomo comoer, Wel the vexing r‘nnlmn arone, What shall I wenr? turned tu tho romains of former grandenr; they were acarcoly antlque enongh, snd the mors mnudern were not mudern enongh, but T thousht beauty is anly skin-deep. What caro 111 my drew 1n of soft wool, and not of ahlning, silken folds, or fiimy, fleecy lace? Surely I havo seon the foo)- Iatinosa of all anch: the noem of my lifo has ane, the etern, practical aermon learnt, I will go and prove to myseit how complotaly much han been crucificd. 1 did so want to seo how the gay world was going on since 1 slipped out. = Arraged with Quaker-llka simplicity, with feclinga” of would-be don't-careativoness, I~ cntered tne Drililant rotunds, and wended my way up to be a looker-on upon the scena of aimost fairy. Iand below. How mitch a waman can convey with aulnuce, kind looks, and. plessant grewtines, to mako thoso around hor ut cans, Now [ dn pretend to nave a mind above trifles and a declded charac. ter of my own. I knew my coal wus short, m) dress rustied not, NOFRORE & velvat tralin hmj knew It waa all pald for, 'O ye phillosophers an men that rall at the extravagiance of womankind, how wunld you feol? \\'unm'yuu Act with perfect casn and graco, unconscions of the slde glances cast npon the oftending garmenta, with lookn an keen an thae wintey blasts, if yor wors the hobby coat, hrond-brimmed hat, etc., when all the reat of yoar world wore thom vice verss? I fonnd I was hiutian, the boasted Independonco . littlo unactiled, an tho ola Adam not deard yot; heart ofck. 1 turned away, feellng how few tiicre aro to love one for ona’s own tvartly, a0 fow true friendsa: how unsai. Isfactory and uncertain tha glitter of worldly so. ciety: haw hollow, and still so seught for, and st what peril gained, Dack lo my own cozy nook | wended my wu{. ‘whoro aurely In one leart thers wan a niche I tilled, whoso bright eyes beaued ap- anflngly At me, A4 ho rald, **I awn glad theo jy omo again.” Then the battlo was aver, and pescs relgned with Busr-Bze, IOUREWORK AND WALKING, To the Eititor af The Tribune, Qraxn Rapins, Jon, 0—I wish to entera plea againat walking, the so-called oxercisa In which young ladles Indulge nowadays. As I stood by the window a8t weok and waw so many girls nan Ly carrying & weary load of heavy skirts, T won. dered If they knaw the misory they were bringing upon themnolvos. Thisceascleas tramp, tramp over miles of stona pavemont s making more invalide and unhappy hotses than noopla think, 1tingettiog 1o be & saa fact that such homely duties ns making beds, aweeping, dunting, etc., are now conslder nnladyliko and beyond “the ltmuzm&f the young ladics of ln-dl’. For my part, 1 beliefe housewark Is woman's nafural aphere, aud If they would we mare braln and less muscle they would not fudit such hard work. For tho bonefit of Yiddies, T will say that I held n clorkahip with a good sulary for over threo yean, Tt [ had to give It up to one of those horrid men for tho simplo reason that ho hnd strenith while [ had not, Now I am trying to rogain wmy lost healty by making use of the hroom. dusipan, flatires, elc., ote., and am h:nlpy to stata that, afteea fonr. . montha* apprenticealilp, heaith and good spirits are mine once more, Will, I think, miat be a’vory young man, as hic {dean of 1ifo and ita dulics aro sd vistonary, 1 ed Paul's lcttor, as it was written in the truo, ¥ nl{ spleit. Homa of hle views I did not caincida with exactly, but, on the wholo, it wanu excctlont letter, 1 wish to thank all those who so kindly responded ¥ to my call for tha poem, **'Tiwas the Night Bcforn fihlrllnhlnu.“ My nleces and nephowa were de. ighted, Henry Vincent, in my aearch after knowledzel have learned how to make a pudding that can'tb wexcollods It 1a just like yonreravy—A 1. I'lles- change reciped with you,” My big mistor anys thal [ can make gravy as woll as ‘any man llving, hat ‘while 1 sm not particularly anxious to loarn how la make such exvensive gravy, I do want you to lesm to make my pudding. [ presume you do the famly cooking, as, from {unr previous letter, {l ur wite s employed doing her sewing, ns. J, —— ETIQUETTE. To the Editor of The Tridune, Niues, Mich., Jan, 7.—8uch quecstions as Resd pots in tho last number of The Home *‘bid me discourse, " 1s it dmissible for & Jady topre- cede & gentloman up-staira? I think a lady might, miost assaradly, with perfect propriety, Shewould ' not hesitato to pass out of & door ofore hlm ‘Why, then, should she besltats to precede him no- atairs, copeciallin these days of long tralns and no crinoline? Agnin: A lady may Invite geatle men to accompany her to entertainments uner certaln circumstances without bulng branded wity bad taste, If it Isa gentleman shy knows thor if she means to pay the bill horeelf; i o It too often; 1f sho don't do 1t to make aure of gotting there hemelt, ur Lo sccure o ceriat gentlemnnan's attendance, or 1o eave hersel expense, sho mu{ take him to an_entertsie ment without branking any luw, morsl or socls! Sopposo it 1u & gontloman to whoin she s unde! obliyutions for man{ almliar tnyitationa nnd attes ttond, and shie should turn to hin laachingly sl n{. *¢ Come now, guu have taken me many timet lel moturn the tables for onco and take yoa! Where could thers bo any harm In ity Roally then fa no harm in it only that it makes tha gentlemes feel very uncomforiablo to accept anch favors fros Iadles—1 mean whero the ladies pay the bille: itk 80 out of the usunl order of things, But 1wt wamen wouldn't ask such quostions, but just ahead and do whatevor tuolr tearia prompt, pro- vided 1t 1a riyht, and nover ask any ono, **Ms7, can I, dare 11" Don't welzh such trifios, ¢ Remember, ** whatsoever thinue aro truc, and bos: est, and Just, aod pure, ani lovely, and nI‘AM‘ roport,” you may do without perinlesion of®say one, K, C. Dass AN OLD MAID ON MANRIAGE. To the Editor of The Tribune, Cutcago, Jan. 11T, too, havo walted to seel somo one oles wonld not ask my question, but hawt walted In valn, Iam sura my lotter must bo 3¢ very last cancerning 8. W.,and if the editor thiok it tsone too many he Is welcome to save hls valo ble apace for somothing more worthy. Adslr, | feel that you have got hold of the end of the ristt thread to unravel tha troubles of Borrowful Wile It seoms to me that this perfect onouess is just what is 80 essential to perfect happineas. 1ha ften wondered why we were jeit (o grope o3 into marriage’ With scarcoly & sy light upon a sabjuct of so great mp and now yon tell us that you have foul 1ight. A Belentifio Viow of Married Lifa (ls bt the namo of ith), but you do not tell the myrisd of sorrowful wlves whero thoy can ubtain b4 work, Methinks thero will bo ‘wuch a sush meit for it that the supply on hand will soon be ¢ hansted. Come, young maldens, leavo your nm‘ of tho stars, and learn why tlo star of lave, whi risua in all the brilllancy of noonday, slinostis yarisbly acts in the ‘blackness of darkocs Come away from your music till you sesrch o tha reason why the sweetest muslc var ever bes? 18 w0 often turied fnto discordant notes oud hulu: mocking tones, which bring heartaches waoy 8 tearful longlngs for the hapoy days of yore. b all yo old malds, let us lake courage sud cliz thla'hill of sclence, that we may got a '‘view tha promlsea land, ‘though we be not permitied ¥ enter in." Please, Adalr, spoak guick; tell & where Lo call and what to cail for, sud obilge nsoh but tmost of sll an OLn Ma. ART WORK FOR WOMEN. To (hs Ediior of The Tribuna. Cnicago, Jan. 11.—As many roaders of 7: Home are Iuterested fu ducorative art, It may ™ of scrvice for them to know that they can fad €% potent teachcrs of its various branches at the Wu cago Athenxum, No, 65 Washingion strect 0 bas classos in wator-color and oll, and msked spoctalty of tamdscape patuting, It affords na,r;}; tunity for thoss wishing to learn nmlrucl(tel ol decoration, and it opend 1o-day 8 Saturday -r(.w. druwing school for the acconmodation of tracb? and uthers wbo have tha singlo day of lewdt Tuls tuu part of the work of |§n Atbhonzuin -t:fl should interest ladies who dealra eltbor to beAthy thelr own homea of $o tnake thele taleats n-_‘)" In carntug s iving. P, B, Fosst CONCERNING HELP. Ta the Editor of The Tribuné. 1 Downau's Quovs, Jan. 8.—Ever alnco w“‘ communication, over & yoar azo, was conslgBéST < that yecoptacle for tho unworthy, thy - l,'u have becn content to it s s grateful lstest the doae llomu circle, but nuw, tho luuxrlr Gwenduleu and Gertle In your last fssue bate " red mo up, and I fvel coustrained w:u‘h‘l = more cfort to bo heard. I beg leava to B Gortle that sho ls mistaken fn saviog that £ a3 su equal, in rofued, lutelligent, snd C! familic." ' [ havo ewplo e constantly " fl:u ll‘l;: twolve yeary, ot tha B s e mus! falt sad bave amover