Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 19, 1878, Page 10

THE HOME. Olive Green on the Art of Con~ versation. Makes Some Allusions to Fern Leaf ) The Home Club, A Lady’s Challenge---A Typical Wifeees Church Enteriainmonts. Household Eoonomy---A Ohance for Hunters.--Bashfalness. Familiar Philosophy~Trne Womanhood— Singing—B8hakspeare—Wash- ing Fluid, ANOTIIER SWEET BINGER. Poor 1ittle Basy Dee, How I do pity **thee," All g0 forlorn. Why did'st consent to laok, Out from that '*cosy nook," ‘Tho Capitol thereon. “Thought'st thon that honey sweed. Thy longing raze shonld meet In tho gay world? Fonnd'st thon bat wintry blasts Did they stde-glnnces cast At thy poor clothes? Learn thou a lesson here, **Bees™ bave thelr proper sphese; Nevermore roam. Bo shait thon novor fear £o shalt thon ever hear **Glad theo's at home, " BwesT Sixoxn or ILLINOIR, Cmicaao, Jan, 16, ————— TO CONTRIRUTORS, Our good fricnd Amber has this week 1ald down & plntiorm upon which the conductor of The Ioma s moro than pleased to place himsell, Ho cannot possibly hiave any opinlon upon politics or the sil- ver question, and holds carefully In reserve whatover views he may poseess about eternal pnn- fshments butit {nleft tohim to Sguratively pat Amber upon a supposablo shonlder and to cheor her good work, when sho draws stralght and black the lino botween the wife and mother on the"ona €lde, and the female orator and snffragist on the other. The Home strives in every way open to it to encoursge, checr, and help the frst-named ¢larses—-1t hasvery litilo in common with the other, and does not care to make the relation closer, o CuanLra O'MaLLET. —It Is donbtfnl whother The Tomo did not make a blunder fn letting tho former requeat in. At any rate, it bins nover repeated tho cxperiment, thongh often soliclted, so to do, 1t would be all right If there wero any possibiilty of determining between the applicants with honora- ble intentions and another class; but thera s no test now known. Your letter must be refnscd, s Several warnings tiave been civen azalnat dating letters from such fanciful places s Womandom, ‘The practice {3 so objectlonable that (lie conductor will, after this falr warning given, feeiat liberty to retusc letters from people who arc ashamed of the place where they llve. o Tho balanca sheet §s not very encouraging this week; thirty-five lettera are printed; twenty-eight aro good cnough to print Il thero was room, and rixtcen have been condemned. Ferhaps somoe ono will bo good enouch to figure out how The llome.ts to catch up with its contributors at this rate. The conductor wildiy despates, B The letter which the writer entltled **The Van- itles of Fashlon™ scems to have no pointtest, Tho scnder hutl much better content Lierssif with tower fllghts of the pen. 1t s not given to every one tofly without falline, : gy Tnough of Miss Corson's cook baok hare been recelved to just about fill all tho applications at Land, and. ro fur ca The Home knows, every op- plicant has been supplied. Thero are no more at hand, Grony McWmmnrf—Your letter on stroot-car polltencan would by slizhtly out of place fn The Home, because 8 large ahare of Its frieuds and contributors ifve where thure wre 1o strect cars, o Mnr, J. A. D.--Your lutter ls no doubt entiroly accurato, but it s really an advortisoraent. which cunuot bo inserted in thess columus. %o : Rern Ruoiree,—~No means at the command of tho cditor are suticient to explain the wmutter you ak abuul, 2 °, oo The two'remedles for whooping-cough are not necessary. Enough havo been before given, % Axita—~You will do better next time. Pata dato and place an your nest attempt,” % Crria—No letter will bo printed that Is written on voth sides of the paper, B.—Make your report as s0on as you settle your burlness, but not before, o Sueans,—Tho Greek word orkos (Latin orcus) means Hades or hell, THE LETTER-BOX, There arc lettera in Whis oflico for tha following- named contrlbutors, Those Inteaded for porsons Hving out of the clty will bo forwarded by mail upon recelpt of address. Realdents can call or nend to Room 24 Tuinunk Bullding and get thelr letters: Thut Peddler (4), Eita (3), Mamfe (), Mrw. (recnwood (2), Mirs Maggte Pone, Nellle, Wicked Eyes (2) Mrs. Hgral, TII ART OF CONVERSATION, To the Edltor of The Tribune, 3arrooN, llL, Dec. 20,—My 1fome friends, bow are you Improviny theso longt winter ovenlngs, ‘*in bouks, or work, or healthfal play,* orare they belug frittered away at places of amusement, or in the soclety of thoss wheso manoer and con= versatlon are of no benet to you whatevar? 10 we realized how much our mental, moral, and spiritusl advancement is helped or bladered by our ussuclates, wo would bo as careful in wolecting them ay wa are Iy sclecling those of our children, Boclety bas much 1o do fn making us what we are, Inanarticle cutitled ** Cowparative Stupidity of Politlcians,™ n the Decembes Popular Sclence Monthly, the writer say * Tho {uferior suciety in which politiclans ltve, Inferior in intelligence and cultivation, and the necessity of adupting their own thoughts and aims to (hose of the ordivary mninds and characters they havo to mfluence, briuga about {ho deciine and deterlorution .of men of origlually falr endgwnents," and Shaksponro tells us that *‘our nature s subdued to what it works in, like the dycr's hands," Wae know thiels true. Ourasso- clatlons cxcrt 8 greater influence upon uar minds for guod or evil thau do books, for the reasou that there ta lu a spoken lsnguago more than is to bo found In the buoks, What wo rmlss in books s the expression, the patu d that magutic charm or intucnst hl:hfiver{’n ceaaful oy LT UF colle versationalft brings 1o bear upon those listenfug 1o thew. This v the remavn why peoplo will listen atteutively (o & lucture upon » (to them) unatiract- e or aclentific subject that thoy would not read, Tam writing to women who, | su) suppostng, are unxious to usc cvery mcuns withl their reach for jmproving their minds snd doveloping overyiling #eand sud womanly b their ustare. Then |i it by ikat wo &re uot,able o b nstractive buoks, nor attend expeusive tlecturcs, wo can at leant gain ethiug I:{ culthvating tho (riendship srd acquuintance of the good und pure-winded, Whuse Upportunitis or Iearuing wnd. obvervation liave teen preater thow our own. Mme. De Stacl rucopniced tiln fact; ehe thougnt nothing of muk- $u7a day's junney i order o ticel Bud. Converds Wil pefsusa whote uminds were superlor fo her b, She was oo admirable Mstener, and doubt. Jera fhoee uddresang ber felt umply ropald for thcir lustruction. If it was necessary for Muow, De btacl ty Lusband grery rosaurce fogy gainin, knowledze, Wwho. frot the Himo ahe was ofl och 1u wit upou n little stoul beald ber gified moitier Wwinle whe recelved, and discursed art, sclenco, pole Itice, aud Titerature with tho most noted men of France, what ought we not to be willing to do to Lulp ourselvee? "1t fs ot failing ioto” the water that drowns o persow.—It fu the lying init. We wiay Leve Lud, 4 the sayiogis, o ** poor chanes luur cLildbood; uv Waller, Wo arv nover Lo old W learu. At the riek of belvg accused of **carrying coals to Newcaatl 1 ¢ upun women learulng to lalx. low wmauy awong our acqualnlauces can we call tomind Who are capable of taking up a dubject, uo masttor how backneyed aud common. lace it way be, and b{.imu- {ntollizent snd aklll- 0l trealwent ars sbls 10 duplay besutles of $bought and exprcasion we had nuver discovered? THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SATURDAY., JAN ARY 1 PACLS e e | tewptativn, Nut no one can do good work writhont the neeea- rary tooln or tmpleinents to worl with, If we lack keneral Infarmation or tha rieht wards for convey- ng onr fdens, or o want of fntercst or avmpativy with aur subject, wa will prave t Lu very 1 iafuctory In ‘conversation, 1t b not to be w. ed at that men chance therr stylo of eanversath when addressinz women from that used amons themeelvor., and the moare illiterate the wore an_ the more conshlerate and eareful n cul- tured man will he that he does not tntrodnee a robject of conversation that will hamillate her by cxposing her fzmorance, Ko, fnstead of talking About that which ho likes and tnkes nn interest in, fnd, consequently, coult make Interesting to thoen Matening to him, ha epeaks of the weather, or romething he knnwa nothinz about, hat tnat the woman 18 snpnoscd to understand, This1e not a4 itahonld be. The man ha¢ lost an opoortuaity of wiving fnetenction, and the woman of Isarning fomething. Women wlil not he tanght by mens the etiquette of sucicty makes it imposinle for men 0 show the least aisposition torwwards teaching ne— 1t 1a pedantic: and taey must pot con'radict us, for that Is rude. With this aiate of affairs who is to show us our weaknersea? Men will lnozh at our follics, bnt they will not show ua aur fanits. ‘Woman's influenco is now felt and acknowledeed in every grade of sucicty. She fa the ruling and governing #pitit. She makes anid fashionn it arlght, or, like kome evil genitts, mare it purity and heauty, makes sta carse to jls votariesand a anare (o the Innocent, During tne Revolutionery War, while our forces occupied Phllndelphta, John Adama wrote to hia wifennd sald: **I Lelicvo tho Howes have not very great women for their wives, arwe should safier more than we do,™* and adde, **a smart wife would hase put lowe in {ml fon of this place longago.” According to Mr. Adamna a wils character In reflected by her hnsband, Ha thisne 1t ;ay, mnch 's rightfally expected of us, To go back to our subject, yon may ray, ‘'] have pnone to talk to.' Are you bicseed withs hushand and children? Talk to them. Alwars make it & point to pnt forth your very Lest efforts for them. Don't ut away the runny emile, the pointed anecdote, ang tho weli-told _ story, with yonr Dest wishes, to he branght ont' only when company is expectad, How do yon think that mother mnst have felt while walking homo from Sabbath-echoot with hor littte danaliter, who had that been put into her mother's clase, when the d £aid, **3other, why don't you tell those nico little storles (o us chlldren at home?* Talk to your children and take an Interest in what they toll yon, When une of them comes in and says, Mothel, what makes the ruinbow?" or, **Iow can a fly walk along the celling?™ or, **Why dues my dog turn round two or three times heforo ho lics down?™ don't turn them off by telling them to stop asking such slly questions, ‘Tho questions ara not wily, aud the child han a right to cxpdct anmwers to them, Are you fimly for the children's questions? That'a tho ucstion, 3 I muat close this already tao lencthy letter; my best wishes go with it for the success and pros. perily of The lome for the new year. Did It ever vceur to thoso of you who felt dispored to find {ault with the editor for not ineeriing your letretn, that Tho Home department s ours by grace, and that it {8 considered by some= to be o breach of eti- uette to look o pift-Lorso In the month? Its priv- Niges are ours (o nse, and not abuse, For my part, 1have never had cause to complain of fll-treat- ment at his hands, bt if he should reo At to put this letter whera he thinks **it will do the most go0d "'—in the wnste-banket—yon will never hear “That Is his businese, Outys Greex, e, TIIE CLUB'S PROJECT, To the Editor of The Tribune, OrTAWA, Jan. 16.—**All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy," says the thoughtful mother na her child returns from tho school-room; and now the many daties which are ea necessary to tho order and tranquillity of soine Wonscholds aro Inslsted on, and thus the little burdens nre borno, and the child feis that sho Is of sumo importance to mamma, and tho happy suile and ** Thank yon, ddear," are greeted with—**What elso can 1 do to lelp you, mammat* Happy the life of tho over- burdencd mother who posseases the love and thouglitfal conslderatlon of her children. To eome, lifo fa alwaye a stern reality, and, aceming. 1y, the light never enters. Canwe not strive fo open the windows of Heaven to some of these stricken, darioned livest Light for me? eays the young miss, who had never knowna care, Light formo? Impossiblo! the light bns gone aut for me in this world, oud I fear in the noxtan well, 1 have:lost my homo and friends because the wealth with which 1 have evor been surrounded has been swept from me,—weak nnd Lelpless om I, No means with which to nelp myacif, and no friend to nsslat me, No home, and no one to give me work! What can i do, to whom can_ 1o T eannot walk the strects, nnid 0wy Gadt where can [ go? who will hold out to tne n hand in 1wy hour of ‘need? [am homclcss, irientle«w, and forsaken, Wil not rome one snve mo from this wurss than blackness of dospale which surrounda me? Mothers of America, list to my nppoal! Draw your daughier closs heside you, Thruwy yourarm of protection sround her, kind futhers, for vou knimy not the fata that awalts her, Sho lins been t rly reared, bat soretimes mise fartune pyeriakes tie, und tho storm aweeps awny ol in ia fury, Shicla her carefully while yon mny, and oh, help us carv for others who were oucd tho prido of & hame as liappy us the anc yor now pos<ces, I s just such homeless, friondless otiea whoni wo wanld wasist, and we noed man luborers In this noglecied vineyard of one Lord, Can wa ee these young girle treating the sare rond to- destruction without nolding™ out o hand to lead them back and keep them m tha rteubght path inarked ont for us by our Allwise Fathor? But { have no place where 1 may fnd shelter, tha faint-bearted one ruplies, and Tne Tainexn Home Club have felt they could do more ruoil by striviag to wake n thuso. © We nlways nasiet casesof groat need, but uur carneat desire 13 to tornd a homo as eoon a8 we may for thls cluss of our scx who have been deprived of the comforts and Inlluences of home, They will not be, and scarcely nsk asslstunce, even when prim death stares them in the faco, Look Into the face of that poor zirl who lost her sltuntion to-day becauwo sha could not stand on her fect tlll her day's work was dene; and wiy? Simply because sho had not the food to enstain lier fecblé frame, and no money (o purchass it (of tho rent muat be pafd, or sho thrust 1nto the strect, Yo who dwell in homes on the Lllinide, and in ntately palaces on the avennes, do not seo these extroine cases, unless, perchanco, you ara ont on the desorted atreets with the Pharclons, or theper- 10n detained by nusiness or othorwiee; then f{ro- quently the piteous cey of **0h, my ¢ d, will no one hear my cry or zive mo shetter I s lieard, and hard indecd must by the heart that turns away from the ead, pnio faco and the carnest pleading, What can wo dofor them?in tho question; andafter much cunalderation wo have found that we can alil them more by giving them a honie which thoy can aewist us In sustainlng, by paying n nominal sum for thelr boord when' thuy hiaye um;':Jloymem. d thus avold the dreaded landlosd, and be surrouifod by aclass of persons win will strive to elovato, cheer, aua make ifo more of a happy dwelllngs luce, whero they may thank Giod that thelr lres vy fallen du pleasant places, rather than when thelr oyea open to the light of another duy the; wonder what ¢vil awnlts thiem, and whors wifl nlzht find them, In lookinz about to sco what we muy do to raise the muans 10 chablo us to start wc!u a home, we have thoucht the best, at Joast tha most wonoy-making, would bo a eerles of lonches, We realizo the tabor this {nvolves, but wo have willing, ncilve workcrs, roady to put thelr hand to the wheel, and if wo do the work, Wil you wuslet ua? The longer we can continue thu lunches, the more we can muke, and our Treavurer, Maine, witl faithfully the means placed in her hands ti all hinve a suticient suin to warrant us in o1 ngour lome, It {s cold woather, and provisions will keop some tine, and me whining around about it and not mine, 3 o vur country friendn—wlio have nover descried us oultry, which they snd Sham nicely bolted, and thy nicest of couke in time of need—nb look for kuow wo well how to rou aalonatly o ylass ‘of jelly und bunches of celery, bealdes the paper of sugar, tea, coffce, oud tho order on your wholcsale grocor for oysters and tne many thi wa nced 4o much. low muca will you glve ud, Klud suburbun friends, {n the form of milk, pickles, ples, puddin otc, 1 Wa wish this o Lo a grand succuss, nd wo bellove it wiil; for wu whis our city beuplo who ave read w0 ioany of our recipes to seo thut, if correctly made, they will be the most jpalatuble distics that ** coutd bo act befors a Kinz, " Thilngs may bo carefully packed, snd in small parcels, and como at trifllng vxpense, 11 properly attend fo. Wo wleh our tables a0 attractive, our oysters sudelicluus, our coffcs und tes so fragrant, vur pork and beans su New Ensland like, with the pumpkin-pie wnich uccumrunh}! it, that wo will funcy oursslves mid tho hills of vur childhood, eating vur Thankegiving dinoer. To those who wieh to uld us, but feel oo far away to send nu provision, we ‘should ouly be tou rlid of woney with which to purchasa hete, for we need crackers by the barrol, crunborricain larga quantitivs, and housckevners kuow th quantlty of sugar thews take; and we wish all "to bo very nice, or our "tables witl hive uo allractions after the frst day, Please rumomber fo sund all you can spare, for yuu know our object {3 su worthy, and think whilo ordering your won Lo kil ung larkey that very ften theic poor uirls whom we aro trylog 1o save come from your very neighborhood fu the hupe of reapliog great re- sults, uud recall Blm, and give ko order for two turkeys inswad; for there aits your uwa daughter, Wwhu may une day be an inmate of this very Hume whlch you are sending your mite o found. t* Caet thy bread on the watere," and leuve the rest in Guod's lands. Bave these Innucent 1aiibe of Uod's fluck frum a death of worso tLau poverty or ataevas tlon. Stretch vut your hand sud pluck thew from thla fire of ;u Which sweeps arvund then Wau will do ¢ < aud belp furnish our tabices but, country siaterd, wo depoud lurzely ou you, for wo have w0 many hungry onca tu feed i} the Lime, bul these whont We a2k you to awstet are dyfog from o wurse death than starvation, foi the way of the trauwresyor 1n hazd, sud you wnd [ ure sccounta- ble to our tiod If wo stuud with 1olded Lunds sud eyes clused (o the crime sivand us, £0 tho rescue, and If it bo wilh the products ol doiry, or from (he feathery trive which you walclied god tonded, theu It s your own ofteriug; aud give not prudgiogly or spars ingly, “'but bountifully and " cheerfully, to the Lourd, for Ho loves @ cheerful g Lo not fear 16 vend because yout offerng ls o the widow's wite was not” unnoticed,” and **ilo tbat givetl to tho poor londeth to tus Lord.” Let us upite, sud, lustead of sending o swall offer~ {ng, meet with your ocighbors aud toguthor furm & larie box, 88 you used 10 do u the days when our bruthere pnd fathers were on tho battle-fleld. We cared for thom while they were savinz our bomes for us, sud now lct us save thelr daughters by cive {ug thew & bome wherg tey m{nnlw saved from Ariso and let your influcace be felt, my slsters, $hall we elt by and let othors pive he- ciusn wo have not nueh fo rived 1f It inbnta ponnd of coffee, 1t will mdue, and we will keep n these Tanches Just as long an yon will farnisi na Wikt the matenal. Wil yon ‘please send yonr money to Malne, No. €0 Twenty-third stecet, Chicnzo, and alan Tef her know what yon can send Iimmoediately, that we may know what we can do- pend oat You will bo duly notifled of the place to rend them, Many thanks to the kind fricnds Sonth nad Weet wno have sent me ro many pancrs of irterest during the last few weeke, Tt only Proves to nie that **absent, bnt not forgotion, " 13 atill trae with yon. ERY LRAF, President Tribune Ilome Clab. GEOARATIIY AND SMOKE. Tn the Lditar 6f TAe Tribune. Tora, I, Jan, 14.—1 desire to put In anan- pearanee, nt this time, in the interest of geozrandl al stlence. e 1t Known to Johnny Schmokee, of Nilee, Mich,, that the City of Oregon. Ili.. the delightful home of Dreatny Suze, Ia a8 high above an Nlinois Marshasa W1l s above nvalley. Its #ilo Iy an elevated platean, surronnded by higher bluds, while botweon sloplng, grassy banks and over n pebbly bed luek River musicaily, majestic. ally flows, brizht as a remonstized ilver ribbon. 1t was of this besatiful little city that 3. F.Tay- Tor eu aptly said: **She sits ko o Queen npon & divan by the elde of cver-lowing wators,” It cannat be wald, fn teath, that cither the city oe ita Inhabitants aze low or marshy tn any degree; hit, on the conteary, they are all **high ‘and dey," In every unobjectionablo sonsre of the terms, Buat, ofconrse. ia onler to have his eriticlam of Droamy Suze entirely offective, Johany Schmok- er mast, in his opinlon, m:ccuarllr reach up and deaw hier down Into a quagmire, clgo nobody clso wonld rea the point! With the nnder«igned, a transition from geogra- phy to tobaceo (the sunject af thelr controversy) 38 very easy, natoral, ‘and exceedingly ngrees able. ~ 1, too, am n Jobnny Schmoker of ro fong standing that 1 can now own it without a mantling blush,—a vico whtch my gaod neighbor of Oregon will, in her kindness, foruive when she learns that it ts my only stimalent,—I having aiseardea both tea and coflee ay being 100 strong and imperfous for my further indnigence and goud health, Many ladles, and some men, look npon the smokeras o depraved mortal, addicted toan un- natural, absurd, and crimiunl hablt, Of cotirse, 1ho amoket socs himseolf in a diferent Tight,—por. haps **through a rvlm, durkly," and o smoked glaen at that; but all must agree in the historical truth, universally obacryed. that nil races and gene oratfons of man, {1t all ataxes of clvilization, tnve llllm!hl'nnd found some stimulant to satisfy a natuz- al want, Weary and exhausted nature sceks tea, coffee, tolmeco, orsomo vther stimulant to fuceeaso vital actionand forca na naturally 8¢ o hungey man hrnte for food to appease thedemands of appetite; and it may be dificult to prove that one restorutive 18 nut in many casea quite as necessary as the other, g lenst necesaaey ciiouch (o Justiy lia uso. 'Ihe lady who havitually imbibes tea and coffer, or cither, canuot consintently aseail tho smoker on account of his babit: the sathe reasons she Ims for lllhflf those beverages are his for lnlnklnf. and the plysical and mora) efects of the two fabits aro essentially the eame, Of course, tho questions of time, piace, and surronndings shonld ever be kept In mind by Johnny and evory other smoker: and he should esco to for sweet decency's suko that ho docs not run his habit into a disgust- ing cxcees, cither througha plea of eanltary wong orof **driving dull caro away." Bucha plea for such a sin woulé be too thin **for anything, ' Brother Smoker, did it ever oceur to you thatthe continuation of our high-toned hnbit {s not only anthorized but expresdy commanded by a Serjp. tural mandute? Itead this, and need it: ** Hothat 1= Bithy, let him be Qlihy sthll."* And Jot the dear ludies who are pouring (hietr vials of wrath npon mnocent, unoltendiug sinokers pause in their ministrationa of dire vengeance, and search tho pazes of 1oly Writ cre it i« overlastingly too Iate ! Don't, ladies, don't Lelleve all that Hocchor has saul of late; he may possibly bo mietaken 1n vno thing. No one hasa tight to class the table stimnlants ana tobacca with alcoholte liquor; they aro ns un- ke it in power to do evil as our modern Natan Ia unilke Milton's Laclfer or the devil of our re- moju aucestors, ‘The well-known fatal tendencl anl all-destructive properties of bl:uhul and viliainous compounds shiould place thom, as beyor. ages, forever under the ban of moral, soeial, and municipal Inws, and vatlsw them from the civillzed wurld, if not swoup them from tho face of the carth, Dznoxva, —_— FOLLOW NOT AFTER STRANGE GODY: To the Editor of The Tribune. Hienwoop, 1, Jdan, 17.—It ls natural for women ond zheep to follow aleader, The sama blind farore that wlil dush a flock of Innocent lambaovera precipica will whirl a woman luton carcer where her womanhood 4 wrecked, and the alluring virtnes that make home asweet and safo haven aro changed Into tho babble of ;fuolish tongnes, Thero are comparatively fow women Lorn for destinfes outside tho **Palace Beautiful” of a happy home. flIstory chronicles bat ono Jean 1'Are, though hearts as high and truo as hers have lived and uled obscurcly in homes mado holy by the grand oxamplo of their patience and their love, Theronre 10,000 Mre, John Drowus toone Corinne; @ galaxy of farthing Nghtsto the one aplondld planet that marksa George Eliot genius, or the ivine sony of our bieloved Ellzabeth Barroty nru\vllln¥. Noutably, tie names of women who have excolled 1 any work outside the work God made paramount and of most enturiug influence for thom aro laced at mighty Intervals, as tho fixed stara In o "mnwn crowded with lesscr constollations, tangled together liko zolden bees, T hold this to bo_truo, not because the averaga woman s inany way tho intellect inferior of the ayerage man, but becanuse womny triie work 18 grander thou tlio writing of books, more enduring l{mn‘lhucumnuvt stone, swester thun lho poct's slnginz, What crcdit can the merchant elalm n tho splen. dorufthe jewels ho buvaand aclis? la not tho slow and patient hand of Nature that wronght tho gem In tho dark depths of the ocean and the ming tho onlyhand that ean lay claim to any ment in their [ovelinoss? The oratar, who moves tho heart of the world with noblo thoughts, thune der~clothed In eluquanca; the artiet, whio llaahes o thought upon canvas in colors that defy time; the uet, who ""‘5. A warld's sorrow (o sleep, —all owo l’nm power, drst, to God, and, next,to tho muthor Wwho bore them, Ier lovo and the eternal patlencao! her watch- earo kc]n them from tho Jaws of Death & thousand tlmies when thoy Iay, heiplesa sa birds hofore tho spoiler, In the sweet dopondonce of thair fhaby aknees, her oye thut nevor slumberod, and her car that novor wazed leavy, was ommiscient to sce nnd know thele dangor, whou ne yut danger was unisnspected aud afar off, Buppusu for a moment that our cmhryo poet Is born into a hume of which tio mother is anything but high-pricsteas and queen! Slelsa woman- sulfragist for esample, an oloquent champlon of ner downetrodden sex. Who {s cxpecied to care for ber boy whilo she {s babbling in roetrums or acefully previding over inomontuus conventions? ‘I he poct infant la loft to the caro uf hirelinizs, nb- sorbing ideas onything hut postical, culiivating tastus anything but “wpiritunl, Perhaps the woeds hus wown in the flower-garden of lis youthful heart will poll up read- Aly,—perbaps not; but surely thoy must bo oxterminated before tholtlies can bloom or tho roses swuetau tho alr, Or, again, fmeyine a waths or cousclentlonsly dovoted tu church_ matiers and Interosts, Con & wouan attond cliurch soven times o week and have much thno left to instll purity and teuth into gho callow hoorts of ‘her epildrant If tho chemical furced that work togother 1o forn the alamond should go away for a cyclo or two, on outaide buse ueas, what would becomo of the gem? [t might make a tardy appearance, perhaps, but a genora. tion behind hand is lost time, Letme entreat you, then, wives and mothors, follow not after s:runyo gods'whose syren blundishments shall lure yon from your home, Far bettor iulght a Queenluy asido hee crown and nexlect her roxal dutiea than ud, who are mighticr than Queens, afford to bave your sceptre aud your shronc, For you there can be no gruuiler work than that thatlies within tho walls of home; no sweetor roward than that that shall follow your work, faithfully perfurmed, 1 would rather that ona Joving heart should say of me when I am gunme, ‘‘Sho was B true wifo and temter mothor," than that the world should perpciusie my neme within the covers of & ook, With God's belp, live so that your children's 1t slhal} b the whito aturs that brigbten your crown ju Iicavey, when a fuw ‘more yoars shall gatuer us all within the ‘hudu\u. MUBED. PERSONAL INTLUENCE, o the Editor of The Tridune, Cuicaao, Jan, 17,—The beglnuing of the new year brings up mavy questions to be discussed and talked over, and we 108ke many new resolves and plans. One of the most Important of these Is the toplo on which I wish to yive s few thoughta: It 1s personal Influence in its rolution and bearlng upon tewperance, Wo have all read and recelved good ico upon thia subject, but dowe give It the care. ful attontion wa ought, and carry it jute our daly lifo ? Do we realizo how (wany times un- cousclously) our frlends ats tnfluencing and helping to wold our churacter? Do we rumeinver that thy snapplug of one thresd 1u 8 iwan's moral nsture uiny change the wholo current of futuro life? lie- membering tnls, we wuuld wore fully recoguize ourduty on New-Year's Day whlis rencwins and cementing our llltudlhllu with gentlemon fricads, With lnlu{ 18 18 the custom to werve wine to auch sy call. Very well; Lam not one of your rabld teimperance women, anxiuus 10 proclain my views ot tots subject fu tuuhc. ur belloviag (hat no crime lo equal to driuking o glass o1 wine; neither du 1 hiold tuat any wan may cxcuse bimself ou the grouud of 1t belog otfered biw. Paul sayas **ft 46 good neltber Lo cat dest nor to drink wive, nor snytblug whercoy thy brotuer stumbleth, or {s olfynded, or Is wade weak. Many thure ues who are awaro of the fatal tosults of alcoholic timulauts, you fail fo sec that wiou fs a mock:r.. A friend Fcfusea tho slogle glass protfered, und, thourl bu do o luugalngly, willi be Is entreated by Jadies, whow it 16 diiicult 10 refuse. It may b fuougbllcasucas on their rt, forgetting the many glasses whicn will tempt i duriug the dey. 1waa nota litelo palocd on hearing s friond of mine, who never of bis own wiil touctcs lquor of aar description speskof wcall be wado o Now- Year's Day, and of Lis being offered rofresawonts, wblch bo dechioed. When lglul of wino was of« fered himn ke refused it also, but the lady fualsted, aylog, **§aball feal insulted if you refuso ™' ; s sho dually prevalled, forgetting, In her success, tho inanltsho had civen hit, Ah! how many have taken baele first iaes In that same manner, wrzed by heantifnl and Fasclnasivy frionds, why now sleep in a dishonared dranlnrd's Not onlv the weak onea have fallen, It many of (e mivhticst In onr own Jand. ang fa the st cach year furnishied ua of men honored and rovered forevery virtna held dear carrled ta the vrave by a multttude of rorrowine feiends filled with gad thouzht< of what **giipht hava been, ™ Kupnose, in this Tatanee, the man becomes n Tiabitnad drankarl, shunned by all who now re- cetve and respect him: think yoa this you will be his friend and sympathizer! No. She will be amang the firet 1o shun and ridienie, Yot wish to judge no one harehly, and 1 think thero are rome who are careleaa amd bave not been teained torec thaevil. Weoall honor these who have tho conrnge to may no, and firmly reslat tomptation? but have wo symipathy enangh for those who are of o yiclhnz nature—whoew carly tralning may n'nlv‘o lm;n neglected, and who are very sensitive ta ol WIIth anlte young, althongh I hind been tanght strict temperanca principles, yet I was ao sensltive to ridicule that, in a company of cultured fricnds for whom I had always cnterinlned tnn highont re- spect, 1 did not dare rofuee n glars of wine when oifered nie, knowing an [ ald that the refasal would bring the eyea of tha whols party npon me, Xeee Ing tho efféct of aeveral glasses upon my Sriends, wha seemedd #o nearly perlact in everviiing elee, troubled my conscienca for mon ana 1 fiemly resolved nover to nrge any one to do anything sgainst thelr convictions of right, Remember, fricnda of Tho Home, what may scem na nothing to na may hare a great uffect upon our friendss anil, aa 3t is perfectly natueat for nli to' wiah t 0 their friends, tuey often acqniesce sclonaly, We cannot bo too wara of onr- or our frlonds, Alal how many mothors ves wateh belovell lnabands and sons leave ome-tircle with throbbing hearts, foaring thelr retarn howe nder the isfluencs of Itquor, Denr friends, we all ‘have n qoresonnl intluence whetlier weare consciona or unconscions of | fflccll. and let us make 1 strongsr eflort to win! t for good, and help Lo steenathen and encournto those who are vlriving In the upward rond, 1 offer thanks 10 those who 0 kindly {mpafted informa- tionut m{ request, Cian fame one give mo the word slpnitsing ** cach for tho other, and butl for God"'? and’ aguin oblize Coustx Hana. TIHE BEST WIFE, 20 the Lilitor of The Tritnne, Orrawa, 111, Jan. 17.—1 think it was Charles Lamb who eald, **Intellectnal soperiorlty mado an incombarablo old mald." Itisan establlsned fact that efeminate wen only desm that a neces- rary quallty in a wife; while talented, superlor mon generally choosa insipid, woak-minded wom. en. lndeed, the majofity of won make the same cholce. There are gome, however, who scloct their companions impulaively, and are decelved regardiog the status of their mind, Others, wish- inz to ocenpy an exalted position in thelr wifo's upinfon, think an intollcctnal woman wonld be too much on an equality with them. Aro they wiso In choosing an nferlor wife? Do theen Km"m airls who qult schionl and thelr books at 18 make tho Ueat wives? In soclety, tho Inlelllgent, coltivated women constituto the wnll-flowers; the plnk nnd whito Leauties, posseasing youth, naivete, and ig- norance, afo the balles, Clever womon are very nnpopular with - wife- seokers, They detest thoso **frop-clad* women and prefer charming innocence, A sharp wonan, ono \eith @ purposo or hooby is ehunned, anid de- numinated *‘atrong-minded.” Al thesa qualities lessen a chance of marriage, A man does not de- sire his wile to be endowed with business tact; ho fgnores tha {dea of woman's futiition being a gutdo In boslucss ontanglomonts, o does not care ahout her belng conversant with the romnuetiza- tion of siiver, war In Europe, or politics, Ilo profers shio should skip tho moral questions of the dav, aad loavo tho management of all Important nftajea In Ius hands, Tlo seoln & wife p fmplicit bolief ond blind conddenco in her hushand ; one who will never question Lis ability: one wio will belfave him infallivle; ono who, biissfully ig- norant of his faults, will 'bo tho worshiper, and dote on bim with all the glamor peculiar te an in- genunts wuman, A slmplo-hearted woman—if sho has a warm and muiny naturo—will make n restful honte for her husband and children, Wholly devoted to thom, no Tongings for hicher colture will distarb that qulot home, Tha huaband returning to his troskdo at cronlng will fear no discusslons or qas: tionlng, and will thurouehly enjoy his nmlable wife, "Tobe murrled is the chlef sim of too many girla’ extstence, and the fact that so many ordinary women aru selacied for helpmects, and apparently make ench desirablo ones, nny appear to bea damaging objection to female education, fint tho *gtrivings of tho Intellect” rightly dirccted and combincd with practtcal knowledgo aro not to he desplsed. ‘Tho muro cdncatlon one has the better fited 18 ho 10 perform any dul{;‘ The educated o {i farmer 18 more snccessful than Ignorant one, Wo do not expect as good fruit from yround that has nover recoived tho veneft of tillage and culture na from cultivated eoll, So education enabies.a wifa to bo . mora helptnl companion to her'husband, The educated mother ia more competont to mold tho plastic minds and Epirits of her childeen: more capabla of answering sativfactorily the hard questions which aall; d hourly arlso to vex their littlominds; she undes Atands tho laws of liealth and science. of phvalolo L’(Gflmlflm batter attend to their bmlll{ hiealths slie commands more respect from her children an oxerta a more powerful Influcnco over them, A clear-headed hunseikeer can rogulate her houschold and work to betlur advantage than hordalice nelghe bor; sho can cconumize timo by her mcthod; she doea Jous houseiieeping and bus niore lelsurd for study andimprovement, It 18 oniy rnrul{'llm! her cdueation s anything but s blessing. 1f aho has not the tine and meons to cultivate” tho higher aspirations that stir her roul, sho may Yo unhappy, Just ax the 'pet elavos, taught to read ' by thelr mistresseas were moro nnlmjm] than tha less. favored ones, whose becloudod minds had uover recelved o gllimner of knowledge, May the present generation of girls fee) the Im- portance of disclpliniug the mind, oven to tho ex- tent of takinz a callego coursg; may they lprove their time and fncuities, not only for thin Junaso of bocoming neoful wives and tothicrs, but that they may enjoy in o higher degree the **lifo to come, " Pave, A SECOND TALIKK ON SINGING. To the Edilor of The Tribune, Citicaao, Jan. 16.—1f you havo been praciicing the touca during the weok, proclsaly as1 airected in my iast talk, by this timo you must have ac. quired toa certain degree tho power of uttering thom castly and purely; for, with slnglng, It {s the samo as with fermented lquors, the volce works Itself clear; you cannot hurey the proceas; but, aftor placing them in favorablo conditions, you mast give them both timo to do thele work offectu~ ally, Tho anclents, on whom [ pin my faith in matters of sluging at least, bellevei that avery tone has itauwn fxed viace, whero Itis most caslly sung, §a tho pureat, most beautiful, and telling. The proper directing of tne tonos towards this recognized #pot wus callod placing the volce; and when the sinper had acquired that degreo of sill which mado her suro that every tomo would reach the epot alned for,—as suro as 14 a sharp. shootor of his mark,—tha voico was sald to be placed. With light volces this may sometimzs bo done In ayear and a half, provided, always, that the teacher ba competent and tho papll doclio and Intellizent: while heavy voicos offen requiro frou threo to five yoars to perlect their tones, Itemem- bor this fact, gitle wha yo to 1taly and expect to dazzls tho world ns (ineun' of Suag sfter u year's atudy. 'This matter of thy time required tonches tho volce aloue; it dous wol concern the thoussau and one_other things to be learned befure you can he called a siugert and you ull must have oxperle enced ut ono time ur’another thy difiiculty, noy, the Imponsioblity, of prodacing the truo lllfllh‘llfi{l‘ of the muale wiilch you feel 10 your own sou., and would gladly make others feol, but which you fall 80 far short of dolng becausy you have not tho proper command ut yone toties. Tho oifect of carrlug tho chest tones beyond their fxed Mmit §a to weaken ud, In cource of thae, to destroy every tong above, Thoy should nuver pass beyond snarn (frat epace, troble clafy, and, for iany voices, 1t 13 BAVIHALIC (0 bes glnon E (Oest line) with tho medinm tones, A chest (i de regardod by the purists as o horror, ro- seinbling a stroet cry, . 1t_you rometnber, T told you to form the first tones au Jow dowit i your body as possiole, but thoso which wo ary (o ‘canslder now must ull b formed In front of the soft fm“"' sud dirccted or thrown up inte the roof of your mouth, Tako a good breath, for tha medium (ones requiro—pare ticularly at first, until you have them under pee- fect cuntrol—a great deal of breath; then draw tlio corners of your mouth back in o slight amilo and #ing tho toue ¥ wharp (tnied spaco) vory woftly tu the ayliable ila (s, as in ), exploding a litie thodl, which will aend thesunnd forward agsiust thu front teeths to avold making it Ha-ce, as is the habit of many Anglo-taxons, cense’ your tons beforo yon close your wmouth, 10 fe nearly impossible for the woat obstinatsly- misnsed voice to perslst lu o chest G, If taken in the anove wanncr, for it reauires a rigid and sirained pusition o the vocal cords to carry (e cheat tones wo hizh; wicreas, with the sof wedlum tones, the orzaus of the voice relax, au are plaint and'supple.” You will naturally expend PP & ureat deal of breatin In this cxerclsd, but thia dacs uot watter untll you have tho tones' Hxed i thole places. ot ati O !, O o &% p, wtil ble; then begin on ¢ arp and reture, taking overy ssmitons uniil you reach middle €. 1f you are ju duudg whethier your funes from 1* (Urstapace) and downward ure niedium or not, try tuem hi this manners 6ot tug the letter B deeply and tolers ably loudly, then change fustautly—on the sane treath~10the syilacto i3, breathed sofily fu tha wouth, wud you will hear at ouce the difference dn the quaiity of the tunc, und wiil feel shat they arg lorwed (ur appear to v in quite difurent places, ‘Thus, you sce, tho tones fram I downward are c- pable of two Tmlulrl eutirely dfcrent from vach other, and both very -edective o expressing the Tereut southncuts of wusic. You may now begin to practice seven minutes atu time fistead of ve, A lady wishes to kuow **How can I tell whether wiy mouth {s opencd i the prover munncr for the cliest-tonest" Let tha lower Jaw drup a1 once, nutalonly, and yon will frel ¢ it your Juwer ayc- 1ids wero bolry pulled down; then you ara mure fo, vo the currsct vosition. i yuur tonyae will e fat of ftself, without your giving it a thought, 'To the many questions asked me by teachers sud othery, of ** would you do in such sud such a case?" I can only say that I ofervd in the begla- nfog to xive some geaeral rules. Now, goueral sules will oot always apply to particufar’ cases, upflcll]l{ when thoso casca are wntirely excep- ooal. 1f & volce is thoroughly vut of order, It la 10 ha rezanled as dlseascd. And neads a phivefclan; theretore go to a cund tofehier, iy whom von hara confldente, uel pase throneh o contee of treitiient anftad fo vonr hut mini that you. on vonr part, bring to the wark a largo steck of patlenea and enuraze, aml you may as well vrovide sour- #elf swith a rescrvolr of toars, for you wilf cortatnly need it, Wiil not Mattlo Steele giva ua anathor of her de- Tizhitful mnd suggestive tolks on draseing? Axwr M, R, Baussrrs, No, 2363 Wabash avenne, IIE DOESN'T BELIEVE IN Q. W, To the Editor af The Tribune. Tirrsx, 0., Jan, 16.~In reading the last Home, 11was particniarly taken tith Laura Barle's com- munieation regarding good Enpllsh, and heartily re-ccho her sentiments. And furthermore, I think that If weare going to kpeak Engllah, we shonld speak it, and not tnterlard oue conversations twith Itfotle French and Itallan phrases, which, while thoy oxpress nothing, do not make a petson apnear any hetter, nnlea he s with a circie of his own cnstes snch alfectntions ant pretentions to knowle cdge fall on balen eround when scilressed to ed cated pesple, and only stiow how lttle the spcake really does inow, “Oue own langigo is coplons and elegant enongh to expross ecory tnoui, — thera is,no need of falling back on dictionary an unerammatienl French which won native of i'rance to unders! . d again, let ny study our owi languaze own geanmar and mastor them, before we attack forelzn tongnes. A% T go nlong Lirough the world and wateh onr esory-iay lite, I eannot’ hielp thinking how casily wae Americans aro fooled, Dellese we wonkd swallow anvibinz, ~lnleed, we have taken fn waoden hama and nutmeys, and dollar-stores, and for the last hundred yenre we havo been gulled by ticorge Washinztow's little hatchel and cheerys tree,” No natlon but the United Btates ever hid the boldness ta eny that ity ehampion never told n hiot lha{ have ascribed darjug feats to their lead. era,—killlng drazons, rescaing enchingad makdens from glants’ casties, und other **stecp ™ uncs, bat thoy kneiw that It ways acuinst every Inwy of haman nature to go thronzh this wortd without o fib or tiwo, and wisoly let their gods alone tn thac partic. nlar, Bat lore we have beon Lolleving all thie timo that Gicorge Washinaton lived hix foursscore years and nover told a lle. don't know Whother anybody elac has thoueht scrious- y upon the aubject or not, hut I have, and “to me §t meoms pregostorons; for Instance, when in school Blity Smith sprang up with avont half an inch of pin sticking In his anat- omy, do yon supnose tieorga owned up to placinz it on the eentt-Not o bit of ‘¢! And whon Farmer Jones found the Fatlier of the Country In his appla tree, do you think (leorge avewcil that ho was stealinzapplca? Ten to one he nwscrerated thnt he was np thero studying astronomy, or nbserving the texturolof the luaves,—(batany). Now, do you nimnuy bellove that Geurgo nover told a Me? can't, Johnny Bchmoker {8 rensible on the tobacco question, 1do not use tho plant mysclf, but I say, if thero ta any pleasure derived from pufling a pipo or Havana, why lct the puiling go on. The Loni knows thut this life 1s siort, and fuil envogh of troubles, anyhow, and §f wo can enjuy ourselves amoking, why, lct us smoke,—let us crowd ail the Bloasures inta our enrthly existenca that we can. ‘Thaldea that it costa too much, 18 too expensive n Inxury, fsabanrd, It Is just ax sensiblo to puft your dollora vut in smoke as te put (hem into a pase of six-dollar Cardinal slik stockings, Suzans, JIOUSEHOLD ECONOMY. To the Edltor of Tiz Liibune, Loaaxseont, Ind., Jan., 10.—Thero are many others like yoursell, Dottle Lashor, ambitious to accumulato and aave a portlon of thelr income, The wife of a poor man who is young, inoxpe- rlenced, and thoughtless, who has not been taught ecif-denlal, will dnd tho task for n time almost hopeless, IInving nover practiced economy, she will hava all ita tessons (o learn, and these arc not a few, I know frum yeara of exporienco. The grontest blessing (It I mny call it such) arising from iimited means fa the pradence It teaches, Necessity commands the Lest possible conclusions, and o superior jndgment Is formed, which conld not bo without n great deal of forethought, 1, Dottle Dashes, you compriss in your own person the ofilcen of wile, housokeeper, and sory- ant, you will find 1t a great helb to place your work ahead of time, 1. €., prepare to-day (as much us is possible) what you aro to have for 10~motrow. After a time it will become very casy and econom- Ieol, saving time, labor, fuel, etc. “Witha will to #avC, ono can soon lenrn to manage domestic afs falrd judiclonsiy, so that nothing be lost, Next, ‘ou sliould bu abla to keep an Intolligent expenso houk, that will show all your recolptsand disburae- menta, Deblt sido contalning all cash recelved, and credit slde contalning ‘all disbursements, nud for what oxpended,~no, At any time, by Inspee- tion, you can seo whethor vur means linva neen used economically or not. You should balance the expensu account at least oncon week, and bring down the amonnut on hand to the debis nide, and nroceed. Ny a hittle obsesyation you wlll be nolo to plan ro that by tho end of tho next weck your expenses will e leas, thereby Incroaaing your re- sources, In practiciug econumny very much do- pends upon wise expendilurca, Never buy any thing yout do not want becanso it {a cheap, Btudy well what 14 really needed to make yoy comfortas c, and Lowe ptewsant, To servo as am fNusttation, 1 will toll you of the two mechanles’ wives who went lbonglnlfi together, each baving 82, One purchased o bottle of per- fumery for 0 cents, o cake of tollet soap fur i3 cents, a filmsy necktio for 50 cents, o yard of tar- Ietan.ruching for 25 cents, 8 hox of {ucospowder for 25 cents, nuts and cuady fur tho balance, the wholo belng nefther food nor clathing, Tho othier, havin dled her wosits befors leaving home, Xnew Juat what was nceded moat, llce frat pur- chaso was cloth enengl for two Chovlot shirts for Thor husband, mlllnfi U0 cents, then fonr yards of atllinencrash towellng for 40 conte, o now calicos dress and thread for §1, cach articlo belng equnle taa wholo year's wear, Thials the problom llflvc-) of thrift and shiftloasncan, ‘Thoso who ure mukiog a heginning must be content with voverty all tholr Itves, or elvo Lo wililnzg to deny thomaelvos some Tuxurica, and save to luy the by of Indepeadence in the futuro. Ono great caase of the povorty of tito prescnt day 1a the faflure -of the peoplo,” es- eejally young people, to sppriclato small things, 'hicy do not reallze how a daily addition, be It ovor so winall, will suon make a largo plle. 1o savo is alsolutely tho only way to got o aolld fortune, ‘Thero I8 no othor certatn mode, ELLENOIA, L TRUE WOMANIOOD, To the Editor of Ths Tribune, NerosssT, Jan. 19, i?:&?! [sth heain, Labur {a strong, Labor [e wealth, Many commenco high, but sink low, and com. varatlvely fow aro willing to carn fame's bright Jowel by golng round tho road of honcst Jabor, It 18 rough and dangorous; It takes too long, and thoy had rather *cut across-lota**; thoy wish to And some royal road to geometry, Lot thom, If they can, The great mon of the prosent and past ages nevor dld, for in thoir own words we hiave the evidence that what thoy are they havo mado thomaclves by steady application and atrong exortlons to vvercumo ubatacles. Aro thoy any tho Tews noble for their effurta? Do wo read theie Worka and the Listory-of thelr lives with any the lvss zeal for thelr having labored ai tho cobodler's 1lu:vwh.ll,lxo Lutcher's black, or othor places of Jow. rin ’\\'hy i it, then, that tho road to a woman's erowii of wlory inay not lead theough the kitchon v the general round of houscwork?® \What is itthat ho progress of state and natlon depends upon? Buroly not upon the hillences, seiGehuess, ond vice of uur land. but rathicr upon the energy, Industry, snd uprightness of “each {ndividual chare acter, for ‘‘the uatlon and clvilization ara mado up of the conditlons and hnprovements of ite Inbabitants, " Btatistice tell us that wore than ong-sit of vur nutlon le compesed of women and #irle; and aro we to spend our livos in indolence, wurthiessncss, und uepondonge, becauss of tuablls Ity to attaln wowe bigh positfos In adav? Why 10t gu Lo work with u vin to reach our higher vure posen lifor If housework fime offors reliuf, ace ceptit, aud not say, **Oh!I don't likstodo housework: I'll not "o anybody's scrvant.” DBut sumo will say so, and go liungry bofore they will doit, 1f they only would (not"for bredd alone, bul hunver with a soul hunger), then thore would bu somu hopo of rellef. Teno womanbood kept by tns hely of God will malntain iteelf nn{ where, onit may lospood tho day when the saylng of Burne miny bo soconnied truos kY iab ' LR T A S, ——— A LADY'S CHALLENGE, Ta the Edllor of The une. WiLsox, Wis., Jan. 15.—Johnny Schm®ker says bo would liko to know what practical charlties have been perforned by the lady contributors to ‘Tae llomo, and ratber insinuates that wo do more than our share of talking, capecisily when we touch upon any of men's little faulte; they haven't wmany, I know, for, as a general thise, they are very pear porfection, at leastin their own cyca— and especlally old bachelors. [ will answer the entleman's query, notonly for his benedt, but 000 Tor soma of 'the WaY 1radere o iy 1omo, Qur little town nuwbors about four thousand Int habltants. A llitle over uue year ago, the young ladies bere mot aud organtzed o society for the beaett of the paur aud nvedy, 'rnc( Kavu Lo it the naws of Young Ladle . Wo have about twenty-live muntburs: Its otficurs constst of Preste acat, Vicu-Prestuent. Becrotary, Treasurer, and 1o Directors, ‘Iwenty e cents was pald by each oue upou olniug, They meet vov aveniug lu a week ut tha diderent houscs, aud work from 7umll 9 muklng gurwents, comfortables, ete. for tha poor, ‘e roll is callod at bslt-past 7, snd uny whoare tardy orabsont have Lo pay a small fuo. Atthe time of staring our socloty we had «uite a little sum of moucy donatod to s, enough waupply us lu work forthe wintor, Welvck s vacation through the summer wonths, and then fn tha fall comuedced vur work again. A few weeke Bagu we cave a public entorislument ana cleazva nearly $90; previcus to that wo bad one or two parior cotertanmonts, 3o thut we had svout $100 fo slart witt fur our winter's work. Juhnny wants o knuw how many **little Larefoots ™ huve lLad whoes and stocklugs givea thew. | can sysure Lim the uwber {s nut o swall vug, nor I8 the amouut of work we have accowpiishe wall one. Many & poor wowan's blcasiug have we recelved for heip- ing W clothe sod feed ber littlo ones, sho often- Huivs i poor health, aud with 8 fawmily of litle onus dupemilnf upon herdally labor; while tha husband aad father, the providgr, poor man. 18 away spondlog what Lttle woBvy ke earnsfor tolmcea or delnk, At Chirltman time wo gave to elght familios ench n Chrictmas dinner. Now, rnmn fadies, von wha want. to work, who wonld iow out your pood incimations 18 you had 8 wny, pleaso tey our way. [ think that you wonlil eujoy it, partientarly the #atiefaction on wwonld derlvo frot doing good. Now, Jdohnny, wiil retarn to yan. 1 hiive anewered yout ques- tlonk: T wonld ike to have yon answer mine, 1 woald like to have yon fnform me swhat peacticn] c'aritics have been petforincd by tho gentlemen contelbutorn to The llome? To liow many on $hrlatmass Day did yon ramember to send in some 1itlo _ray of cheert low many liftle ones have passed yon by hut thinly clad? You know they were necdy, hut ald yon ive them Assistance, Yon should nnt reanire of others what you are uu willing todo yourself. And then, another thing, Cnarlty beging at home, ‘tinsaid, low mony mar- ried nten deny theie wives a little #pending-manoy on account of hard times, and then, ns you com- plaln of not Lsing allowed todo, **drown dall care® with thair 1lavanas, ami have a good e nllhonlmimnl 1o expense. () Coasiatency! thon arta jewel, [imirine. Johnny, that voi are one of tho old bachelore wha do nat maery because tha Indlcs aro g0 extravimnt, At feast, you are rather hard on the Jadivs, nnd to think nli - they can do is to talk, Jnet tey llvlnr up mome of yonr extravagzunt haoits, and you will donbtless iind yonrsolf pos- semseid'of niaany onough o rin a small estabiishe ment; then, If you da not find more pleasitre in & home of your own, \with a nice little wile tobright- en it for son, than yon do th yonr elul, jnat report tome, and T'will confeas that yon are wiser than 1, and that I have taken a wrong view, Manarnr D, V. BASIHIIFULNESS AND AWKWARD- NEBS. Ta the Edilor of The Tribune. Cnicaao, Jam. 13.—I am after & remedy or roclpe, not to know how to eura corns, or to make corn puiding, or for whnoping-congh, or to use upold bread-crumbe, and 1 have no lambrequin pattern, or pressed ferns, or ale castles. O nol mine vanlshed in midair Jan, 1, Dty to the polnt; what will caro bashfulness? and what can 1do with my feet and hands while In company? 1 went calling New Year, —made only three calls and laid up for repalrs, After the firat call, friend antd 17 T dld not hold my knees so tight the girls wonld not inqulro about my rhoumatism, and sug. goated, kindly, that [ should hold gracefully to iny cont lappels, 1 don't know how gricsful it was, but \" was forcible, for It nearly choked me. I throst my thambs 1n the = button- holes; they woro too wmall, and cinsed my thumbs to’ awell, and, when refreshments were pansed, I Jerked thom ont with such force that I aceidentally struck the tray, and tho cuntonts were deporited an sy No, H bouts and the carpet, 3Mies A.emiled and satd **No matter,” My feelinus cannot be desceibed, but my call was short, It cost me a dime for another sbine, I declded toeit down afier that; bat wwhen some girl handed me a frall, dollcate litlo chair, all befnzzled with worsted work and tidies, 1 felt doubtful nbout jte holding my 180 pounds. To keop my foct out of the way, and to fositre safety, ‘I twisted them around tho cnalr, 1 had a evod firm hold, but a lady dropped her bandkorchiof (and 1 shall ulways bellovo ahio did 1t purponely, as all’ could sce_ aio conld not Alouv to vick it up), 1 caught Will's oyao, nnd thonght to redeem mysolf. I renched for 1t, and mircaiculated the distance, but went for it nevertheless, und thien thero was an indlscriminate mixture of limbs, aa the chalr was in tnrn on top and then myself. 1 freed myself, and all sovmed plensed thnt I got the handkorchlef bofore nny one clae. Anyhow, dow't reo why that girl koeps n Maltese crt and poodle-doy under onu's feet, Igucss they Loth 7!1! hurt, and L am glad of it. The way they went for cachother pleased me, forthey acted Juat Jike they thought cach was to blamu for fta misfurinne. ‘T'he gucsts were all Jaughing over something, 1did not sco anything but that poodle and Maltese for nwhile. |don't sco why they keep children an tho parlar when they don't kiow how to bchave, ‘They techeud, ond stuled thelr hunds In their mouthe, and said **Mr, Means bad gono bug-hunting." 1id nat, butif I had found a good-sized pincnlng-bug, I would have put it on that Flrl for causing mo eo much troubls. I left that hionse and went to the :nllur';nn;‘get my cont repalred, as it had soparated ntho back. 11ish yon would tell mo what to do, ns I won't go out any moro tlll L hear from some one on the subject, Bneo Means. — A TYPICAL WII'E. To the Editor of The Tribune. CovpwaTen, Jan, 14.—I promised Poter Pitxin .o doscription of the lady whom a salaried clerk might eafely marry, Wonld he bo satisfied with tte muiden I bavo attempted to portray In the fol- low!ng lines? - 'lhw|ln’tlls :hnuld not be too falr To wtu dally wear and tear Waich she, with you, stvuld Justly share, e FotTn e ene e i Cou Cuisse DN wlose Whiks Rands yur work would dresd? Yet aho must bo a lady too, With fnstinets ane, and hoart so trag Blio would daro auything f0F yOU, A modest nir, hut feariess stilly 4 bresauca whicli liss power to theill The liearts of others ¢ her wiily Tet kaoping charms in nlea roserve, With full cuntrol of evory norve, Bcoreing law means hor cnds Lo scrve! 8ho hsano petty art nor alry o gilts God kava sio wiil impale 1y no valn tricks to wake inen stare! ratog (ashion's ald ityle, aud nodest ahs. 140 usture of tho muid, Notquite npset by wealih and sliow, 8lis lunds her ear to talos of woe, + And smiles ur tears wiil oft bestow. And should sha ever chance to mert A umbler fiiond upon the stroet Bho wiil take paius that Irjend to grect, From every mouse sha doca not runt (Qood, honvat tuil wall nover shun— Enjoya s rump. gnod jokes, and fun, 41 stmole eachld 14 she, Yet wise In her stmplicity, Fur common scnso [s hers, yon Put note this well, my walting friendi Thesa outwani chariia do but attend Tho soul which wjth your own should blend, Ro, Jearning at each other's fect, With dally converse, calin and aweot, Your wedded iits wlil bo complate, Pxror Vzry, SHAKSPEARE. To the Zditor of The Tridune, Cnicano, Jan, 16,—In reply to Heginner, Twiil any 8 fow wordst There aro many editions of Bhakspeare In different prices from $1.60 to $100 each, bound In one volume aud Insoveral, with notes and glossary moro o: less copious, and con- {alning platcs moro or lers dosirable, Ono witha fow notos and glossary, good type, calf's akin binding, a standard edition by Apploton, of New York, for S, i, for real sorvico, perhaps tho beat, Itisalarga volume and fatleuing to hold, a0 that if you sre goinz W study dhakspeare, os | hope yau ate, wonld earnesily mnfu-l that you procuro Hudson's detached plays, ux thoy come for 1lio use of schools, clubs. ol und i papor, 45 50 centa oachi to bo bud at tha k: l«llowlnfi Plnyl aro pubitlshed in this V:l(. **amlot, * Ring " **As You Liko 1t,'" *+Merchant of Venice, "Jul‘lilll Cenay 2 “Tll‘l; 'l'unln.ull‘k“ “ll\h [ V| # one; (0 * Honi o : 7 homen and Jull putt fret, o8 Macbotll, © 1| + Stuch Ao About Nuthiug, " +*}idsumer Nig Dream, " awd **Othello. ' Theaw hi wmany anil excullunt notes, and, before purchuslug nn axpon. wive yolume of voluwcs, it would be well for you to bocumo familtar with the wosks and make a satisfactory eclection from the mauy coples offerod by all Arst-class bouk-storos, 1 would suggost tho first readingshould e of **Hamiot "* of **Othello,’* and aftor having read it through once, do not think It suficient fer that play and go on to ooother. You may read it rapldly as your cagerness carrivs you, tho timog the nexe tue, having becoina somowhat ac- quamted with the churactors and with the plot, your mind wlil be mure free ta obsorve the delicate Puints, the Bue pasazcs, and to enjoy the humor whading into satiro which 1ike & veln runs through svery work, fih:ynk-punra 1s liko worthy friends, most lked when best koown. Moy you makoe bim one of yours. L C IL CONCERNING COOKERY. To the Ediior of The Tribune, Cutcaco, Jan. 10.—~1t scoms as If you ladles of Tho llome wore occasionally sbused. Dut keep straight ahead and sustain your characlers by your hoed not what the sterner such mon as Henry Vincont a shirt-bution without = hole. They are a cross between table beor and ginger pop with the cork left out. Or they might be com. ared to vines without sny tendrils, or paper kitce P wdond calm. Thereforo contintia sending an 7ecipas you chicoss 1o Tho Home. 1t ls not wort! ‘while to be annoyod by Mr, Vincent's composltion —whata ramblibg sud unreasonsble wmixturo it was, any way,—altogelber a laugusble _ afiair T ‘o' s ciudid, but belng so will Howeress ia tdcus fros boluy ealivily Bby urd.“"Tio fmagines that coobluz mever led any one up Fame's proud stecp, and that girls -%um rh«?hl‘.'hr.-' than the culinary department, True, but thete teaiime for everything; Lesldes bow hizh does . Vincent whst pirts 1o risa? and by what wmeans? Surcly not by visiunog gambilug dens, Wby, that would bo dreadful; such _pluces #ro unft for any teue wowan tuenter, And uow, Mr. Vincent, your viewa with regard to covking are vory much entangled. Let mo assnro you that cooking s a t belonging to wowan's depuriment of knowledgo; ita Importance can hardly be over- estinated, occause 1t acls directly un human bealth, comfosl, aud improvement. Ona of the Bret dutics of woman {o domestic Hfe {8 tu undere stind the quality of provisions and the prepara- tion of whol foud. 'The vowory of the mind, a8 well ae those of the body, aro reatly dependout uu what we eat and driok. 1lave fro- quentiy heard girls say, Well, 1 ot matey a wan Who expects mo to but 1t does ut follow that because » womsh can cuok micoly shio uced dispenso with @ servant; pob at uil. Knowledge I8 & power that aupiics 10 the Kitcben a3 well 83 10 other places, 1 bave quite & curiosity to your recipy for grav Don't yoa think your prices ure unrcasousble thess bard times?” Pleaso be chantable, you know cbarity coveroth u multitude of alne. “You must not bo sugey with me for speaking plataly; it 1s oue of »ny Ambar, your letter 1y instructive and aulle, Tieauti| It fa certalnly trno that a woman'y worth 18 to bn estiwated By the teal roodnees of her heart and the purity and sweetness of her chare neter, and aich o wonian, with a cood dtepositing ond a swell-halanced mind, 14 fovely and attractive, 11 lier faca bo aver s rmlu and howely, she makey the best of wives and tho tracst of mothere, Shy hasatilznor alm in hife than the beautiful, yet vain and sapercilona soman, who has no hizher purpose this ta flannt hor Gnery {0 the strecte, or gratfy her Inordinate vanity by attractinz' flattory nnd pratae frons a sucloty whoso compliments nro a3 hollow fa they nre Invincore, N6 matter how limited our ciccnmatances, or how obscnre oup satian in life, wo must work if wa would Hivo, work both_braln and heart, and hard, and therahy 8trive to enlarge our sphere of usefuinoss, Mansonax, CARE OF TIIE TTAIR. To the Editor of Ths Tribune. Joxesnono, 1., Jan, 16.—When [ 1ast wrotety The llume thoy were all on the *'ragged edge™ about what to do with tholr hate, I was too bnay then to give them the experience of anold Lachelor npon the point. 1 am an old bachelor now, but wan once young and susceptibilo to the charmes of the feminino gender, and of course, like afl yonng and foullsh fetlows, I woro tlght boots and ured the taunl gqouantity of hair-ofl and all cixo thay wunld keep one's hale Just so. 1 found ouf, thongh, after a fow years of much treatinent, that my hate, which was naturally curly, waa becom. Iniz very unmanazable, —that it wan 1ifelcns, dry, and feltlike n bandle of broun.straw, Whilein this unforinnate condition, 1 foll in with o sen. wible mian vrho ralil ** nae nothing on your hialr bt pure roft water.' I did #o, and soon found a vory grent improvement. 1 slso made another discovery of my own ahout that time. 1 found the como had wmuch todo with ita conditlon, | began the usg of soft water and n very coarea comh wiih yery blunt ond dull points to the teeth, which | think las done a very great deal towards tho re. storatlon of Ita natural condition. | am now sat. tefled that more heads of Lale aro riined by the use of n comb tov sins for the haie and (oo sharp than in any othor way. fine comb will draw the lalr down smoothiy ipon the head, but it mashes, aplits the halr, and Injures it no that it takes morg or le«s of the Ilfe nnd vitality out of the hair an{ it svon becomes dry and hard, I have teled saft waler and a coarse ‘comb for years and can now show as line, curly, and soft a head of thrifty hale aanny one fn the Siste. Porhaps some maliclons rcrmn might say that oll thia wis because I ama bnchelor, Jtistruc all of my old feiends are ay Lald on top as Lookout Mountaln, and it is also teue they aro ull marcied. But, afier all, I nome. tmea teel like I should llke ® wife like 3 o-and-so. 1 shall havo my housckcepar try ‘Tlcran's recipe for buckwlieat cakes, for they ura one of tho likinga that have not pateed awny with youth. 1 am pleascd to rco Tho Mome has lved #o long, I hopo ft may flunrish untl} the youns Indics shall become graduates in the nocossitics o o homo. JaNz ReeTyeus, A CIIANCE FOR IIUNTERS. To the Lditor af The Tribune. PLUX VALLET, Toxas County, Mo., Jan, 14— Inrcply to the requoest of Audabon, in yone issne of Dec, 15, T would Iike to inform him, os wall a all other fricnds of aport, that this region contalng o largo amount of different kindsof game, The cauntry, being sparsoly sott!ed, abounds {n endiess forests, and wo have parteidzes and wiid torkeys in superabundanco, coons, foxes, and polecats, ne woll 3s opossums, squirrols, and rabbits, Thero are also doer, but not so plonty as the other kinds, Ihavolived iIn this county over eloven years, T nm considered a good hunter here, and the amount of game I havo killed {s too numeraus to mention, Iahould be glad to meot hero some gentlemen from your city, desicing n good hunt, and fecl asrured [ can satlsfy thom, and am also_ablo to entertain them durlug tneir stay here, Of coorae, thero i nothiug llke a hotel uround here, This reglon be. Ing in the Ozark Moustains, thero {3 much natural aconary of great beauty, which will alono repay for Vlsitlug this country, To reach this palnt, the Missourl Southwestern Inilroad may be taken to Lobanont from" thero n wagon goea overy Thurs. day. Dut Il o party wishlag to como out sends ma notico in time, 1will be at Lobanon with my own team, my place being forty islica from that town, Purtles huving good tralied dogs would do well to bring them atong, They ure neceseary for deers buntinyg, und there aru very fow good dozs here, Allother infurmntion destrod will he cheerfully uiven by sddrossing dony B. Monruy, Dyke's Post-Oflice, Texas Co., Mo, CHURCII ENTERTAINMENTS. To the Editor of The Tribune. Nrves, Mich,, Jan. 17.—To Beven Timea Five, of Weatern: Thanks for the grecting of last week, Tam glad of tho opportunity of making the nee quaintance of eome of the Clsurch workers of Tho lome. 1 had almost concluded there syas not ono amang the many who entortain us woekly on ale nost overy subject who was interoated In church dabta (surcly not on account of the acarcity of the last-mentiondd nrticlo), but Ido find ono: wo, Itks a1l rarc things, it Is highly prized. The poct you mentlon ia very heantiful, and we of Niles, being had siready brought it out, nl- you suggested, but 1t was very Vo have aleo friod Maud Mullee fler the same fashion, aud it wosa success, Icome, this time, with the same doalro ne at drst—** new jdous,”” [ ;hnlll bo very glad Lo hear from you-and others by etior, Uentlenicn always go np rlairs Ilr-ll E. C, Dana to lhnn ‘cnnlrlry notwliihstanding (If they know enough to). ‘To Zoo § would say, if a young gentleman calle on Hundny evening whero tho yunmf lady Is & charch-guer, it 14 proper and polite to inform lim uhio [y yoing to church, and iuvite him to accom- pany her, Also cminontly proper to excuse ones self [rom nnexpected company If an engagement tvas proviously made with a gentlonian, LAUGHTER. To the Editor of The Tridune, Curoago, Jan. 17,—Siaters of the Ilome, yqu all want to enjoy good health, But tho many. letters writien Lo this paper naking for advice glvo to wmy question an aMrmative answer. Allow ono who koows what shio ls tdlking sbont to prosceibe a tonle not found in a drugglst's store, hut within the reach of rich and poor, without money, aud withe oat price, What a splendid, kindly, honeet, jolly, glorfuus thing is a lauyh! Whata digester (ceady- mado plos, tough, greasy doughnuls, snd the worst of pickice, muat give way to it)! What an exor- ciser of ovil spiritat A hoarty laugh, which s evar in otder, stirs up the phynical man from the centre 10 the clrcumfersn and tends to improve the wrhola physical, = a; and spiritual bemg. 1t fu what the Giult Stream 1 to the_ucosn, —a viv- itying and warmting eloment. The convulsion pro- duced by langhter penctrates to the minutest blood ols, und causea tho bload to flow with & frest. ened fmpulsc, Laughter shuts the mouth of mal Iea and opoud the brow of Kindness, Whether It dircloses the pums of Infancy or age, or ihe peatls of youth and beauty; whether it racks the aldes of vulgarily or motstcns tho eye of refinement,—in all its phascs and on all Taces, comfurting, roln ing, overwliehning, convulaing, twisting the huian forin In happy shaxing and quaking,—a Jaugh 198 wlortous thing, Thero fs no remorso inat. It leaves 10 atiny, except totho sldes, nod _that soon goes off, Try it. Ha, Ha, Ha. GENERALITIES, To the Edilor of The Tribune, Nivxs, Mich,, Jon, 10,~I was amused at a mis- tako mado by Droamy Buae in regard to ¢l sonolity of the **cstimablo lady” whose 0 vitlated as to Itk tha odor of clgar-smoke. By Akis timo she will have read the back numbers, + of Miiledale, will be freod from the picion thut rested on her, 1 quite agree with my unknown follow-townsman, Johuny Hcgmulfl. lu'all ke wrute, Tha subject of sutoking noturslly sudgests Mr. Oldboy, " from whom we have nof beard for a long time. We canuot spatu auch a usoful member of our Home, 1a hio sngry at the command not to **poke fun’ at some one, lesued in tho personals & fow num- bers age? Much ns we dote on our editor (as 8 1amily), we must not bo ulind to ks fallings, —ono of which is his frequent uso of slang, which U sometimos, however, very expressive, FPura C. wroto very seasibly, and knows moro about her aubject than somo_ other lowe sistert who advocate ** doing thelr own work," yet keepe ing up with all the literature of the day, cte., ete. llow Yn the weary, worn-out mother always tobs patient with her children, and really enfoy thelt society snd that of her husband? Al to hor fs care snd drudgory, It fa thle grinding work which makes womai fatl behlnd their husbands in s liter- ary way 80 often, like tho **Lannah* of Npeby, » Lruly natural ife-sketch. HL A BOFA-PILLOW, o the Editor of Ths Tribuns. Rocxuiry, M., Jaw. 13,—For & long ¢ime I have beon anintorceted rosder of The Home, and at laat 1 havo tsken cuurage to wrile ana adk for sometning that T waat. want to know if suma one will send me a pattern for a sofa-plliow. Also if sume one will cxchange ferns or moss 0! g;:ll-nu. or d'm“"'fi for & took cross, Somo- b wants to know how (v make a spectacie: Ader, If sho will send me Lier addrees [ iwill send & pattorn. Wil somu one tell me where the pocal can be found commoncing, J"d‘f' uot; the workinzs of the brain And of thu Lieart thou canat not sce. Perhaps tuat Is not yuoted riznt, butit Is like It Dotute Dawher, have you comuenced shorthand!? Ihave, and like it very wuch, | mm usg it man's, 88 Geusyra aud sovoral othors sdvived, Maua Moss. NOUSEKEEPING ACCOUNTS. T the Editor of The Tribune. Cuicago, Jan. 13, —Dottle Daalier, your falliog {s & common one, and you have my sympathy. will also mlve you my sdviec. If you do not taks 1t, perhaps some one else will, mouey, you must have monoy, A incordo 18 mot nmeceusarv: but, large or swall 1t is essential. I baye tnied to save on nothing 8 year, and 1 assure you it ¢an't be dona. Make your oxpenditures less than your jucome. ‘To dv thlé m&‘iIXDHUy you must keew & atrict account of all fecoipy snd s3ponditures. If yoa wish valy 10 & cash accouut, gel blank book, m‘rerli s aoaalss pate ol asins osvenod. o bal o 2::. of the leu';;m will always show the amouat f cash on band. ¢ li:vuu:nvef or can gob, & lisle knowlsgge of