Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 26, 1878, Page 10

o TIE CIICAGO TRIBUNE: SATURDAY. JANUARY 26, 1878—TWELVE PAGES. e TIIE IIOME. How to Elevate Kitchen Work --The Mother's Exe ample. S — =5 ing they wear, and not by thelr matal wonp o, imiearity. I'te seon women who made erepy toneiana o being refined and nolite: bat feli short of 1t in my estimation, A irdy (g g ‘whatever station in lifs she mnay oceupy, x." times in my Journey throngh 1ife fave 1 hag's) heart acho’ with the unladylike trosin] that f've recalved. O, ifall wonld doto others ay et wivh ofhera ta 0 t0 them, how many wad hes mizht bo gladdened. --s,wnu Rindly; 't eyt by far. " We know not tho, heart's ‘deep st of those with whom we are dally broushit in ¢, tact, Many an aching heart 18 carrled anqq *millng conntenanee, Then there is the ates far, far away from near and dear friends, projs steising for an honest support. Jow eany it woul e to make thelr atay among e plensant, Togs this yon only have ta_call, make sonr eally o quent, make them fecl |hunnn{ ATa Worthy of yo., Rotlce. | Perhape they have Deen lee formd than vou, but by theso Tittle Attentions yoy gf glndden their hearts; atleart yoit ean ke thea fect ay home wiilo among g, 1o 1 wie (3 were mora like Lanra Karl in believing that iy Kknit seven timen acrose without widening. Then narros thirteen tinew, at same end as you whienod, aliernate rowa. Repeat exactly, and gon will hnve the hanit of amitten. For the thumb set np thie- teen ptitchen. Fieat tow piain. Sccond | row, widen next to last stitch at cach end. Third row, whden at the iast end. ~Fontth row, wihdien at ench end. Fifth row, widen at last end. Sisth, at hoth, Knit fve rowa withont whiening at the enil where you have three widened, bit keep on widen- ing at “the other end every timo acruss, hoth up and down. Then narrow fiext to 1ast atiteh every piternate tow, at the end whers you have been kaitting plain all tho time, wlidening cvery timo acrues the other end, Narrow three times, Yon will have now at one end threo stitehea whiened, five rows plain, and three slitches narrowe: At the ather yon will have widened evory time afrons, Itepent, only where you widoned every time ncross narrow every time aeross, This will make tne thumb, By doubling these two pieces togeth- or qon will plainly see how to sow them. Sew over nnid over with yarn, To fnish at tho wrist, crochet often cansed by the defleiency of this very flnid, The {nnumerable folliclea of the fancr lintni of the long canal arc nable to accrete tiiat preclous finfd that i« want 1o mofaten i1, and its pevietaltic actlon is too weak to urge along the dry and slng- gith mass, Ro let us repeat that, cven in hot sea- nons of the year, give thrso tonder, Aqueons crea: turen of purlova pure, freah water; otherwisg it will aurely suffer, shrivel, andfall, tike the tender flowers {n our neglected gardens and on our for- saken Inwne, “The akin of Infancy, no fess than that of mata- rity, abeorbe water, ‘and i marselausly refreshed hy tta proper apolication, especlally when {ts por- ous sncface Is encircled by hot alr fo ravenons for molsture, Tathe the dear child with conl sater nanchadrying time. Keap It head and eninal column cool. They are Lhe sourccs of il its sirength and ensray, Let It foel the fresh hreezea of the cnrly morning air. and_the refreshing, T vigomting influences of eaol and sparkling water, The one ia the breath of heaven and the other ts tha water of life, When do Infants need watar? When their an_eminent physicinn. a fonrth & practieal cock and thorough hourekecper, and ae it is not onc but sl thesc (any many othicr thinze) which g0 o make nip the norfect home, how glad we shall be for Instruction concerniug any of them. Not one of us have any right to sy fo the other, T have no necd of you, " for we **are all mem- bers ane of another,” Agaln, ana of us mnst not feel nn thongh another wan ro far superlor to kim (ot her) that they fear towrita their little cxperiences, to give of thelr knowledges let each give of her abnndance, and we shall have a feast of good things; sonie rare and rich with wisdon, nthers light and deliente with heantiful fmagers., with a simple offering here and there for the **habes, ' nnable to diceet heavy food, whilo alry nothings, exquisite sarnishing, faie flowers of grace and plety, and brilllant tonches, suchas true genius will produce in many nnespected ways, witl impart a charm and piquan- ey 1o the feast of reason and the flow of eoul, 1 commenced with the fall intention of saying something, and had my text mrmnl. but 1o} a8 ugnal, my pen, like my unroly member, the necessnrily taking any other cdition. The Satur day editlon s sent for §2 per yesr. feols a waem sympathy for young peotle, will in- approach them in the wisest manner, 2l 10t whet a mnn argea Christianity, an [t fa_ortho- dozly underatood, ubon young peanle by first sol- emnly wzeing a completo abrogalion of all those amnsementa which the exnberant apirits and rocial instincts of yonng people naturally lead them into, he has got hold of the wrong end of the question, in my opinfon. NicRLERY, . Unaxta—Ask In & book-store, You will get just 1 usefal an answer, . Mapar 0,—~The letter to Hobgoblin was recefved and forwarded. o F. F.—Your letter la n ehade 100 hich In Its phil- otophy. TIE IIELE QUESTIO To the Exditor of The Tribune. Atnona, Jan, 2%, —May an old subscriber be al- lowed to saya few words on the vexed and vex- Ing theme of hired help? [ think thatthe disagree- ments and atartlingcontrasts of opinlon, as evinced by the numerons forner communications npon this snbjeet, are duna wholly to the difference of Idens s to what cach ono wishes, of expecta from and In thisclasof people. A ®ontan witha small houso and incomo to correspond, with httle chil- Tho Shop v8. the Kitehenees. Yreaching to Young People. TIE LETTERDOX. There aro tetters fn 1his office for the following- named contributors, Those Intended for peraons 1iving out of the city witl bo forwarded by mall npon receipt of address, Iesldents ean call or send to Room 24 Trtnusk Dullding and get their tetters: Water for the Little Ones—The Round Dance---Guotation Book. thiree or four rows of shella, 1 hone some one will Manle (2), Mattie (2), Areh it sli wil o Aok from the . & b . Mack tangne, hine ran away with me, and 1 am farbeyond | mouths are dry: when they greet thelr listle cnp | tey this, agit really makesa very handsome mite ren that sho wishes to keep ** unspotted from the | one duty to try to make others better and hagy,. Smok ;‘,'c';mll‘.’,"l’g',‘, @ fl.,,."’.“..f‘f!.‘,',“" B A Tty | ith Joy and iniors when ey selro it with thelf | ten, "“Exouksz, | world" na long s posalble,—such & woman— | How very Ilitic it takes npon out part to render 3 Bashfalness Cnred-esArt Study--sSmoke | TR LY “That Peddier ), promite better things another time and say forgive | finy hand, as 1f they had long been walting for and they fac outnumber (ho 'other clasm—wisher | in o meadure hapny. Tittle atteniiong o d Other Perfumes. .\‘urr‘)t! @), 2ila W, AUNT CAnRIR. 1t; and when, A8 they sea it, Juys come aparkling A QUOTATION BOOR. for help, 8he Tonga for ond (reams of awomnan | great help townrd happiness, Dear frivuts, e, an eriTermess Bre, Sy Walter 'eck Carleton, from thelr eyes. 1t it nlwavs o eafe and proper 'ro the Editor of The Tritunes with as much Intelligenca and refinement e hee: | mence thiv New Year by *dolnz 09 soud by g ,mn.,,,,'r,m," Mara Mors, TIIE SHOP V8. THE KITCHEN. flnld for_responding to the necessitics of the tle- n 1 Wi, i 23, A short time self, and possity more experience, who shall | by, And do not forzet the stran; nru-.ulsnnh‘ That'e All, Misn Maggio Pone, the Editor of The Trib 2 sues. Then let infants have water, not st ts LACK Rock, Wis., Jan, 23.—A short timo8go | enlo into her littlo home to ahare atfke itacom- | your gatcs, £TSY Honpy, A Wicked Eyes, Titlity, * ¢ Editar of Ths Tribune. nanal meals, but between its feadings. In mod. | somo one asked fur goma pretty quotations foran | forts and ite burdens, In many cascs there fa s d A Question of Idenlity---Expense Ac- | ;0 ot Sarals Cricaao, dan. 1 wonld like to Iy before tho | eratu quantitics, no drink so usefal ean do a0 Iit- | autograph albom. Let me tell you how Ihave | dependenmt aister, or lomely ~comsln, = or TI1IE SECRETARY'S RETORT, 1ndles of The Home th daily routine of it fol- ‘mny bonear- lowed by n domestic, help, or servant-girl, or whatever else they choose to entltle the person who enters the kitehen of the well-requlated fami- Iy. Ihave no Interest In the snbject one way or the other, except nerhaps the Intercs! of a by- etander who loves justice for its own sake, But I ‘must aay, In view of all that has been written lately, that those who advise young girle to embrace this nicans of carning n livellhood mnst have some uniterlor motive besides wishing to benefil what has certainly become the most pitlable class of work- ers. That ladlcs swho love the domestie hearth, and to whom even the hicavieat labor ls light when done for dear ones, shonld decry all arguments that stigmatize 1t ay menlal 1 do not wonder. Jint how any one can say to this ill-pald, struggling class thiat the kitchen is the place for them, s to mo Inexplicable, Firat comes Monday, —blue Monday, indeed, to the girl, for the *‘well-regulated " must needn have clean clot! d plenty of them. So all da long rlie wenries every limb over the work nhlc[’n no effort of the imagination can render ecither Instructive, “or cl fng. Women's av risc above the am of the tea. nt ahove the eonpy clouds of tho boller and wash-tub never, Tneeday is roniug- day. Inwinter this is borely eudurable, though the tax on tho sirength {s o leavy one at any time, Tiut Insummer! O then the habitanta of llades might pity the poor mortal agi- tating the iron over plles and plles of swrc‘i:y shirts and immaculate rufles, tleharm, They need and love it, It Iy truo that what an Infant wants it needs. After it lias taken few dranghits at proper in- tervale, sco it extend fis tiny hands and try to pgrasp is cnp, and, drinking ‘uyln“y. As Il new plensnres were doveloping n its woul, express its bilss and gentitade by bicass homoless _aaut, who csn 1l this ' posl tlon, and deem [t no degradation, bee canso 1t is & relative who desirca nor assistance, But by far the greater number of these averworked mothiers have no relntive 10 whom the homo and the income aro neceasary, This is the clasy that feel the need ot either '8 higher and altogether diferent style of help than fs now to be abtained or far a ihorough breaking down of that barrier of pride that now sends s woman o deetruction tn iteference to the kilchen of another woman, 'home nore favorud by fortine, whose houses and incomes are nlike ample, wlioss roclety claima are numerous, they do not want helpi they want sorvants, Their fdeal 18 & well-tratned Envlish couk or founemald, = growth indigenous to the country of Its birth, noteven bearing transplant. In with any degree of success, and an article never to o foped for in this conntry, The wealth and position uf this class of women relenee them from nany of the trials and burdens that are borne Ly thelr lens fortnnate aiaters, and they tuet hear, with what patlence and _cqnanimity they can command, the annoyances of the prosent state’ of aflairs, The romed| will never come throngh them. 1t will commence, like many aoother great reform, with the humblo and nnpretending. Sowe woman, neek- {ng after the highest good for her loved oncs, will inaugurata the chaage that will creep slowly, tut surely, tirough the land, giving to our children many bleasings that wa sigh in valn to obtain. will not pretemd to say just how it shall bo done, but 1 bave faith that it iwill be dono: and my heart nches that I have nothing moro than that falth to give to the tited motuers of the present. Peshaps the soclal earthqunka shocks that nre now turning ks countey upside down—yes, upsido dovn ifter. o treasnred np pages of pretty thonghts daring the past two or threo years. It started in this wise: Atthe advicoof a friend I commenced reading *‘Lueile.” OF conrec I wont crazy over ftin regular achoolgirl, fashlon. After readinga fow pages, T honted up a little blank-book, and then, ns 1 rend. Jotted down thoso things which particalarly pleased me. The **Lucille™ did not belongto me, and I found, nfter returning the book, that it was quite s consolatlon to have o mnch of it for myown. Since then T have dane tne mame by many other books. Yon can't think what an cn- Joyment it 18 to look throngh this little book, nor thie plesrant memorien it suggeats, ‘To be sure, o Iady may not b able to_carry such a baok with her atail tintes. O, falr slstorst don't you cnvy the gentloinen thelt sumornus coatepockutat If thero sany one thing which could convert meintus “+\Woman's Righter.” 1 believo it is the thought of tho<o mascniine puckets, which the strong-minded will probably tnclude among thelr privileges in that hnrlp]('h tlme for which evéry woman of this clnes {s anxtously walting, and longing, and look- ing. Jint 1 didn't Intend talking about woman's tights, Tocontlnuo about the nute-book, thens1 advisg ruu who read to improve yoursely who read woka worth remembering to try my plan, Take thine to transler favorite thoughts to youe blank. ook, not forgetting to append tha auinor's name. You nfay mect some of there verflnnu many times Inafier yut Perbaps then tho anthur's namo will have passed from your mind, but you have :v’my torefer to your note-book for the informna- on. " counts---Lince Enitting. Ta the Editor of The Tribune. Citicaao, Jdan, 25.—1 was very mach disteeny at recelving a note this morning from Mr, Leisy atating that Fern Leaf wan nuflering fromany, tack of ncuralgia, which rendered her unable, report for us again this week. Btie vers kinaly g, ceded fomy reqnest last week, and presented with a neatly-wordéd report of the work we by in view—mmuch better than T could have hoped do. Again the dnty devolves upon mie, but I thiyy her deacription of the llome for which onr Jong, s aro being eatablished 18 enough in itecif wiy, outa repetition. \Weall kuow that It 18 Intendgy to clevato and st tho Intelligent, respectay, class of working girls nnd women who hare g, Tomes with wide open doors 1o recelve them, y fizestde friends to lend them a helping hand, yy kind, affectionate guardians to watch overand pr. tect their straylng footatend, OWing to the algog lislpless conultion of tho Prosidenty we hate ley obliged to potpone our lanches one week, Tyg wiii give the friends at a distance a chance to 1y, ward thelr donations without the burry Incidey on n short notice, Friends, all through tho country, we wantyey assistance i carrylug on our lunches to a succe. ful iseue. Send s 18 tho donations of cheen, batter, eggs, milk, ceeant, ponitry, haked pork gy beane, biled hams, canned fruft, jellics, prearr, anythlng in the 1inc of eatables.” Tt will be only§ el exense to you, but & Goidsend to the per working-girls who have no ruof to cover them, 3y wherewithal to feed their starving souls, Piay THT ROUND DANCE. To the Editor of The Tribun Cnicaao, Jan. 22.—My grievance ls the round dance. 1 want to know what right has eoclety to throw me Into the arms of gentlemen whom, It thicy dared (o touch my arm on any other uceasion, 1 should not be slow to ek, Why diggest thoa thy grave? 1am youn, I cannot forego soclety, and 1F T go ont I muet dance, and If I dance it must be the round dance {for, ns the minister eald, the sqnare dances will not stay equarc), and if the ronnd dance 1 must often unavoldably feel the warmth of a hand I hate, hate, hate, His headis a hotlow sphere, and he Is ligbter-footed than the fox. e fs numerons In soclety, Ucntlemen have achdice, but we do not always have for partncrs those we would choose from ali the world, as cvery 1ady In her fnner heart knows. Though contd ont-Herad Ilerod, I cannat always ont-Hlerod some of these hollow-headed parasites of soctety. It {s an abomination in the land, and I' for ono Toudly object, object. Tiesldee, 1t In not sclentific, a3 marriage atatlstics will show, Though for the Taet dozen yoars mam- mas have thrown their danghters into the arms of {ho genticmen, the martiage list s steadily de. Cronting, ARy young lady who has any hotlon of the clernal fitnces of things knows she cannot hold her Jover by ** spooning** (**Adalr's Ideas o into casy words™), and 1 cannot sce but the roumd dance comes nenr to that, If wo eaw any conple practicing such 1 laying on of hands on any other Giving Not Always Oharity—The Help Question—How to Wash Laces, fng yon with a smile, gllve water, then, to the teast of thieer Metle onos and_you will have o rich reward. An infant’s smile 18 purer andricher than & motlier's lovo. Uive It pure, fres, aparkiing wwater. It is nearly Its vory self. Nover deny o tiny cup of cool water tu a tfny child. i Attew. VAIN DISPUTATIONS, To the Editor of The Trihune, Manwoon, 111, Jan. 25.—~Many times, dating the last few months espec ally, the fable of the **Rnights and the Shield" has occurred to me, aml 1have quericd whether of no a present leseon conld bo derived from the ancient etory that should help adjust the disturhances that so often make mischief In our lives, Woare all of us 100 apt to plant oursclves squarely before our own view of a matter, and fight to the death any opp nent who defles us from the other side of the ques- tlon, g Decanse, from our standpoint, tho shield {s in- diepntably silver, wo nuver Ly any chanée grant that our opponents may belooking at juat as pstent and undeniable a golden slde. Thercisbutone alde for us,—that eeen with our own cyes, —and woa to RENNIE'S DEATII-WAIL. [An original poem vead by ** Orlena™ at TAe Home Boctable, Jan, 1.1 ' Dread, Paps, bread!” 'Twas o shrill baby- volce— Just the sound to be heard throngh the storm; For overthe city o tempest now swent, + And the streets were sll vacait and lorn; ‘The shutters ond slgns creaked in dismal delighty ’ The #naw rushed in sheets throngh the alr; Each corner and crevice was full of weird sounds, ) Asif howied by a soul in despalr. ] * Dread,” Paps, bread!™ and the sobs grew in force From the face cuddled down In the rags, While two little hangs groped about in Lho dark For warmth 'mid the tatters and tags, "The wind shricked and clamorod, tho snow sifted down, Aud piled up in great heaps on the hearth, Whtle out fu the night the dread tempest swepton, 3 Drifting enow o'cr the desolate earth. " " day and Wednesd - | the unlncky creature who diepuics 'the question . . . r | pay expressago it pussibie, Th b +4 Bread, Paps, bread!" Thiera were groans fu the | BRAECIEIATCL L LY\ ould accase thein of being | Ing 10 Iny OR thelr- fl:h:!..‘,'i‘.fi%‘#’ffi#.‘»’::’ ol | W i 9 ‘A'umber havo responded to the plea, *+Some. | allys nut, downallo up by ary menns—will have st bR A b L room— apoony. 1f any young Iady ihinks she can hol '"1! and quality with different **well regulsied,” { Did you over stap to think what result was over :"III‘":‘Q for antograph albums." Lot ma add my :gg"“‘m""m‘:sgf‘_'n e Il mot roirret my | Uintely on reading thia call, make up their pur. her Juver in that way, let her turn to The Home, and, ns it kho wero wlaning and looking inta her " Ronnds that seemed like the wail of deepaie; Aund out from the corner 8 nian groped bis wa; riday 18 generally cleaning-day, nnd the broom | obtained by mere quarreling? Was any ovil over and mop extrnordinary hold thelr mway over the dumicile, or; rather, she of the kitchen holds agen, 24 many clabbifie together an wish, and s, arees then 1 plain Englist 10 W, G. La oy, 1% Clark strect, Chicago, ns I find that the ahipplngg stiare of tho prevajiing anering, and it is no smal T st #hinro 1 can asnuro you, but will forget thy paine i , or breach healed, tndeed routed, or mlschlct adjnated, or breack healedy by | Thers Rl h thla tarae world of God', the strife of tongues?! To bo mure, there is o own Iiible for the magic ** Itcame to pas,* let - Itis hands wildly clutching tho air. her look up and down ftscolumns for such walls nd | them. And Satnrday is bak THUL ROT foF YaCUUS re, Biroiening. uf travall in rejoicingd at the hirth of the new social 1 3 4 fie-day, And o formide | Fiehtcons indignation that Namen and paeiten like N tliem to my nddres, an advertised Jast. wed Fiereer the mustn thst swopt fn through tha shate | or 0 T e e ad oMl cvar toll e e | Bina array ol -+ cooked (hingets e Tald iy finet | storm Thahtnitiz, but i¢ 18 not directed, s s sunl | = Manyau frritating fauit, many an ynlovely oddity, | €54+ Mus, JoanrmiNe Lo | Gocepeitatg my Aoseuce. from tho. Ionenane ters, loves me: Oh, §f my hashand wonld ever kiesmc; | the wants of the Sabbath, thing, towards personal grievances. Oreat | hnscunu of a hard sorrow. —George Eilol. where, peehaps, my strongarina will boneeded, To Oh, If my husband would cver caress mes™ and it wiil point her to the melancholy fact that man uever cares long lo spoon Where he cam. Thea, porhaps, sho will believo me when I tell her he is just a4 willing and anx- Joun to spoon where can’t, aml that's whero wo have 'em, Who calls na_the soft sex? That (s A secret worih knowing, and wa revealed to me by my white-haired grandma, who looke just like Elizabeth Cady, and hayali her skill and finesce, She had necd of 1t, too: seven danghters! What, in these degencrate days, would 1 mamma do with seven dauguters? However, she went into the bit- tle like a warrlor, and caine out leadiug captive seven great braves, but sho did not do 1t by doing as they do now, throwing her danghters Into their arms whenever they fell {nto her nmbuscades! Cleatly, the round dance Is not acientific. Ah, 1 1 coutd but convince the gentle dames of that, How nn!ckl{ wonld my grievance be remaved! low quickly would n proclamation go forth to rucletys New vows and new worship on thee thou shalt take, Al this thoo shait do fur fair Zuleina's sakos nand how quickly wonld we poor ewe-lambe he har- ried off tne old great auction-hlock, to the new grent nuction-block! Dut the genoral voice is, On with the dance! Now, nothing in Naturo ever is, o wan, or can be, in 8 stato of re wronge, that affect Issuea that lle outstde and Leyond personalities, nced the simoom of a flerca denunciation to correct and removo thetns but all 1lie petty spites, disbutes,and quarrels thai women Aro wont to wage antungat themaclves are never scttled by these bloodless battles of wordy. 1 know the templation, indeed 1 do, tu say the “+last word,"” to ‘*give as good nsls sent,” to mcathe an enemy. with enrcasm, etc.. but, tell mo honostly, did any vodd ever aceruc from sach in- dulgence? 1s not the Jowering of dlignity, sure to follow an ontburat of merw temper, a bittor thing to bear? Tostand and cail your sdversary hard names, to point your inger At hidden things, ana Dbring to light the defects of a nature you onco cher- fehed perhaps, anda honured, may yield an unwo thy gratification at the time, but wiien cooler ma. ments cone, when calm reflection hna followed (he fmpniso of yoar disploaanre, honor and sweet womanhood whall sit {n tho dust and ashes of a long remorse, Hard words are Jike birds that fly sbroad by day, ‘but come huma at night to raost. Wo cannot eay a cruel thing and let the word end tho matter. The momory shall rankle in our own hearts, and prove the rue that saddens thought, « Let na seck to learn from the fablo a natience rander than wo have before known for thove who old opinfons differing from our own, Lot ua bo GENERAL COMM! S. To the Editor of Tie Tribune. Dixoy, Lil, Jan, 22.—The Chineso have a bo- let amonz them that the Inventor of tuk, from his celostial abode, 1y charged with keeping an uc- count of tho good and bad uses to which that murky fluld is subjecied upon this sublonary sphere, IF #o, huw Lo poor man muat anathema- tizo the shole army of Home acrihblera for sucha ‘blensing addition to his labors! Whentheaccountis closed how many lettors wonld be found free from vanity, easte, projudice, assumed ments] supe. rlority, and uncliatitablencss? **Alay for tho rarity of Chrlstian charity 1" 4 Well may that **Sorrowful Wifa™ exciaim, 4 [{eavon prescrve me from my friendst " Oug advises lier to get up o mild slirtation with somo unmarried fellow; anather would have her try tho experiment of coaxing lier lord and master to pend one_eveninge of thy week by his owa inule-nook reading ** Dantel Deronda,” Another wishes hor 1o meet him at the door as he returna to his daily meals, decked In gucdl{ raiment, wpotlesa collar, cuffy, ete., no matter i the dinner Is burned o Me thinks that now she onght to be able to fold her hands, and think n da; rest weli earned, But nol her wages (&4 s A high estimate) ore poid for seven days' full work, Soon Sunday, dinner, breakast, and rupper must be scrved as usnn she can retire to rest in the uight with the cheerful thought that ane week's work {s done, and another about to cammence. Now, admitting that the majority of working.girls have humer, and that they are susceptible of an much atlectlon for tho nmonities of home-life tho purple velvet class, I do aay and will ever tmaln- tain that the 1ife of a domestic under the prevail- ing regime in less desirable than hers who may spend the happy evenings, the peacefa! Sunday, and the merry festivals with ** herown." Allday long sho may work in closu factory, the crowded rhiop; all day shie may be inder the eye of a watch- fal ‘master; but when tho last stroke uf the o'clock chimes divs away un the nir she Is free, And, snecr as you will at the word in thix connec- tion, there {s something in it that gends the blood in warmer currents through her veins, and makes cven the poor home to her a palace. Would she change It and the society of 8 muother, a sister, or n friend for the kitchen'of a mistress? Noj and who shall blawe her for it. TThere can be no one who has n higher venera- tlou for tho domestic woman, the wife or mother, members of the Club will holdan adjourned me. B Ingz at the Tremont Houso at 22 o'clock Saturisy afternoon, ot which every member 18 requested u bu present and recclve ofders, Donations nmony il be thankfitily recelved. You tiecd not fesr send i your mito to help the trewsary, Oap puy experiences have mmle uson the lookout, Letieny of inquiry, accompanied by stamps aud addrene to me, will be prowvtly answered, -~ No. 0 Wey [B Lako street, remember. URLENA B, MatToioy, BRINGING-UT. To the Kditor of The Tribune, Cntcaao, Jan, 23,—When is 2 man *‘brogdt. up*'? 1y tha guery that brings the a.xlons subsns er to the frunt. A rcader of The Home findsatn. mendous responsibliity placed upon the shouldes of weak woman, Long lectures are hurled at the mother'a head,—tirndes upon her duties fn nareery; during boyhood up to manhood ber i must bs one cver-ready sacrifico 1o the Moleh man, Bhe must mold, prune, encourave, comfun, aud inspire: esides the minor dutles of fevuy und clothinz the dear creature. Next, the shter comes in for exhortation, fle life work must slso be devoted to cherishing sei Tloagser the rovel that brooded the nicht, Wilder the etraine that were borne on the tempest, Deneer the darkneas that followed the light. **Tiread, Paps, bread!™ ** Iush, Bennlot Hush, darhingt You «ball have bread thouph It cost me my roul! 1 have heen beeging for work {since the morning— l Wark to buy bread and a handfal of coall Zx there no hope of 8 brighter to-morrow? No chuice In lifo but to beg ot to steal? Heaven protect me! My brain scemn disteacted, For no one will st to my frantic appeal " Qur fellow mortals, overy one, must he accepted as liey are; you canl nelther atralghten thele nosus, nor pelcliten thele wit, nor tectity tholr dispoditions and 1t s thiese PEODI AINOMKEA whot your Hife {s passc that 1t Ignecitul you siould talerata, pity, Aud fove. —teorge ot One more, which will havo the advantage of he. ing unfamiliar, A school-mate compoeed it forthe album of'a riend: atme, If reached, ambitfon gratified, uver Ll ie IBETy HusiA heart, wject furshier un, tlll higticr up, Allures e, and we press with eagur feet ‘Thio ruakeid notintath vathh whichilica between A, I6okin bicik trom tomo high Festing-piace, o seu tha Imakes of furnier guds Caat dowit &nd broken on thie rucks below, Tut { sm weiting a Tong Ictter, and 1 atill have onoor fwo things 1 must ay, 1 very much want sumie patterns for applinue work; flowers aro pref- emble. If some of you will kindly send me some Twill return the favor as I best can, 1low would autumn leaves do fur oxchango? T have some pretty ones which I would gladly send In return for wnid patterns, 1 have been gratified to see the descriptions of different cburch entertalnments; hobe we may hava still more, 1f uny of you deslr it, I can pive you descriptions of some cliurch cvenings which we have found both interesting fimdxol""" ox +* liread, Paps, bread!" came again from the cor- ner. A ey of deepatr seemed to swell on the wind, The hoarec temvest muttered, the gusts came in rereeches, B ‘Tho nizht reemed allve with the tumult and din, 410 God, must I stead for the rake of my darling? Murt 1 win for myself the decp ciirnes of hate? Ay Hennle bs atarving! For bl T wonld perieh, Thoneh Heaven shonld send me the darkest of rifle, Anotherwriter intimates that sho nay have lost fater” thing, ncfence teacnes, {4 In a nnder whoso hands cven the homultest Iabors | nlow to take offenae, Iageards to follow after evil, | Yuour smalleity. NIE, £ome of her **womanly completencss,* and gives | shielding from every temptation aml voxutlon i S lees chonge forward or . backwand; row sweet and beaatful, Not for worlds lwmlld sud hopolessly doaf to the ound of calumny. 1f, advice suited to that doplorable state, which, 1f | delfeate piant, Then the ** yuung ltady," ou sy 44 fircad, Papa, bread!” and the weak volce scemed | sinco the ~yoice {833 On with the danco! 1| Icastaslurupon her lite-work, 1t is wrand, it is without direct vtalation of common fense, We can- CIRCUMSTANCES ALTER CASES, carriod out, would place a thly on cvery chair and | hand, 1s warned, if aho wisios to ve free from ty fuiling, wish [ could reo le"x" ‘}mw"llm wu‘nhz ca‘n |.'1'kon ennob“n,.nhe'r;um 'I“hs lTncn:, |ureglg love rules nn: l‘ur!;fnlho Jt‘-&'n:‘ lfiwer ‘?luelmlvre{ulm of the To the Edttor of The Tritune. Icl«:‘v“cr':lullr‘uznnnhl:&:mn m tho walls \Vl"‘lm"il:: I"I‘l’:‘l‘l‘&‘l u!uh"lllnrln rl‘n;ur-u. Tiver llu liow het b % forward or cyen A Interal motlon without cubim- | overnll, " Dut [ am heartily tired and sick of the | quict, dignified,.and ellent kind, that lcaves uo —Wi ' " ] " i by older uf anything strouger tinig The robs eame fn gaeps, and the bluo hands were | Jorward ot uven a laterah motion oLt L | B eata Which. nder tho oor show oF philane | Lk bebind it ' kriovanc tiat cannot by can- | | CTICAGO: e e s o, | doaves, etc. § evon tho Tuotjack would not escape | and Liast” 10 the Torn man, Wit AOICE hes pan still. Taeu 10 1t, just ne people had to gt used to the | thropy, would sy to the young working girls, | doncd can certainly bo quietly act aside and for. | lcaves homa and enters » nelghbor's famtly to | the gencral beautlf, then, f Ity Imperial | on festive occaxions, when another sister rlec t4Yen, Bennie! yes, darllng!™ camo back from the | rownd dance. Why, ot Gret even Lord Lyron | **lLeave your shops your faciarics, yaur ofiices, | Rotten. ' Lit o not long enough = to admit | **leip,* she 1w almply, for the thme being, nsso- | Grimices doces not relent, lot kim bo ** Anathemia { wayw, **A man'sheart 14 b s stomach, —not taranatha. Adalr, [ihink you sro mistaken. In sopposing that 0 many women reyard ** 8t. Elmo " aanwort of demlgod. A nian who makesa demon of him- welf for 3 lung period of years, atmuly for bemg ducelved by two persons, aould forfeit the respect of every tight-minded woman. A\ nobiecharacter would havo asscricd iteelf, after o short perlod, by rejoicing at baving cscaped o lifo-union with & falec, allly, desléning woman. Augusta Evana should do Welghtier penanco than countiug boads for putting such & promiun: on vice. Old Matd, you can get information onthe subject nearest your heart by aonding for & work eutitled " llow to ltead Coaraclor, * a Nandbouk of hro- of munyquarrcle. We ore paseing throigh tima so0 rapldly, why not gather only the pleasant flow- «ere, rathier thon the nettto and the thornt It tho certliinty {s borne upon us, Incontrovertibly, that one wo have trusted 1s false or unworthy, let us b and keep the secret with Gud. Slander in 1iel standard-benrer; a very legion of devils march behind It Tho reputation we women bear for unreanoning contentions conld bo casily lived down {f we wonid ouly face the truth of the sccusation, ani ret to work to overcome it. Abjnre bickerings and a1l pettishnesn; rise above the temptation tu pick Naws; sulemnly covenant to denounce all gorsip, for mossiy always bu- ins ko the harmicss brook = that’ enda thonght It wan ehocking.. I never went 10 tho can- can.” 1 neveraaw the can-ca it 1l the days of niy Mife. Once, when in Parls, 1 was about to ¢o, but mamma remonstrated; and I, too. remonstrated, and then we both romonateated, _Ste was inesoras Die, ut 80 was I inoxomble. I always trained up iy parents In tho way they should o, I catue nenr pintne the victory, dut grandma put in her oar, an {fotticr ob says, and #0 for one 'moro evenig | wa rowed up and puliod up into the dry docks of the home circle, and every one knaws Wliat a dry dock that ts, §told fier 1 shoutd he ashamed to ever tell any ono | bad been to_ Parls, forif 1 bad 1'did not go to thu Jacdin’ Mubllle they wonld not betieve me. They would think I never #0 altraciive to htm as o well-spread 1able. After so much asslluons care—the lifeof th mother, sister, (riend, devoted” to hls tnnotest growth, his uppetited, and buttons,—the mon wy. Tlew, Now comea the wife's turn, She pit roform his miorals, polish his wmanners, coitin hiw inteflectual tasten, foster a love of orts, moh tilim with mwost muic, keep up hin mental scimy by agreeablo converantion, gently wean himfro uny dlvgusting habits he may pasibly huve cor tracted, keop his home bright aud cheerful, ks table luxuriona (danties prepated by her ownbal e are especiully recommended), Wis Hnen spotles, s K full supply of buttons, O [ panse for bresa ‘Thewo are a few of o wile's dutles and come into vur kitchens, You are educated, it in true; love-books, aud lelsure to read them; have had your dreams of higher things, and dread to glio” them up. Of courso wa want tutalligent clp, but thoao things cannot be indulged in3 our emploves mnust know their place, You cannot have company, it is trae, in our hoase; you may not spend your cvenings away from it ' You must b content’to move on & lower piauo than that on which we live. In retuen for this we will pay you rwhnnl more than yon aro already recciving, but hen yon st slso take [nto accoitnt Jie privilege of eharing In the comforts of nur well-lizhted, well-warmed, and well-fed houechols As thoogh the ** food and tho ralment™ aro ol clating herself more intimately than usnal with in- dividual members of the soclety to wiich sha he longs, Aud it not Infrequently boppens that the young farmcr looks forward to **house-ralsing " and harvest-time na belng auspiclons seasons for ¢+keeping company.” In the clty differcnt cuae toms ubtuin, and the observer will not bo long in determining that these custois uro better adayted 10 the commlngiing of the widely-dliferent clusaes of sucluty theru, 10 I was doing housework for f:L 84, or £5 rel week, with puard, fuel, and Ights ihrown {n, Tconfess that I should not like v bo disturbed my vocatlon. 1 should take orway, As flercely the snow mited over the slil Ouatin the wiidness—the bleak, dresry wildness— Beunle's dear volee sounding sthl tn iw ear: Alvaf In the window—a hand stretched to clateh it— A strokie ond thud, In tho tempest so droar. *4 Diread, Papa, bread " scemed toriog fn his he fng When first he awoke from his terrible awonn, And pazed from the window—the station-houso window!-- for who ever heard uf an Amerlcan too o ionw, | [0 the bridgcloes river: allow tho meancet | #rent pelde in cloar colloe, lizht bread, and tho | nology and phyuloynomy, by Sminuol It. W Please, are there iny ** brotghit-un men? . Then up to the clock: ‘twas the hour of noon, o tho Jardin Mabllle to scs tho can- SESR a Svarears tha bohelt of bis awn opinion. Tumom. | turkey russted to a turn; Lahuild not mind taking | Canany ouo tell e 1h¢ moaning of the » T youing wi Inkperlenced, ani con 4 You can go," sald & man with o ruflan-like 1 suppuse Americans can get used to it at PIANO LENSONE. bering that your silver may bs honcst gold to him; 4 tho delleat i “l‘“ lf"“"m tho unf x“kf‘ 1y superifuous **a ™ {n Thomas #° Kempia want to be an **ofd maid,” the prospect of tadsy Snfess homo as well an abroad; and the marriage-list will To the Editor of The Tribune. and If differences tend to Tmm:ll. avold parici- i tho del C‘} e, ‘I'l‘k "‘"""IY slands | ¢r numes of noted contemvorarics? Also, what | slx feet of **poor humanity to **bring up”u [ o3 0 on Increaaing ne it has done under tho regime of ¢ o l pation In thom s you would avod participation in o'tin’ enthotops™ yet, Mtke most goodservants, | dictionary suthorizes the uno of the word **ob- | rather appalling. And who 14 to bring up the glrs! B *4 Dut remember, & socond offense la yonr las! $hio waltz, Newroy, In., Jan. 2L—When teaching tho | Sirect ights,—tho ono i quito on demenning lo | ]should prefer to work fora ludy who knew hoyy | streporous™ in the scuse of stubburn? Dse or . ' 44 Go? Yes, to Rennle! My baby! My datling!" 1o WalLE. i theabove T rend another Tlome, 1 | Acales, as I inve sald before, § uro no book. 1pryy | digaity ax the other, Soshall we women becoma | 10 kevp herplace, "“",fl““"’“ ““""'(""m“é"fl- UWESNDOLEN, & o Then wildly rashed out in the terrible blast, et taime of nyy eurlows 1oe, | fer o word second to tono. The nolso Itsclf fs & | peacemakers, emblomaticdoves of akcaveniy con- | 10 the exuberaics ot aympathy, pertinent, facts P LACE-KNIPTING, o 5 Yam sorry you; have asked & favor { cannot grant; | toney. the distance from one nolso to snother | €0k While unlv wn ia left tostir up conton- | {GAE"roiinerative, and thy familics Who em- EXPRUTORATION, T the Edtlor of The Tribuine. i t1on and ** rob the world of res ‘With the uditor's Lind permission, T would say to thuse who_ have written wo to iy addross, that 1 appreeinto the friendliness and kindness of | your Jetterd, snd hopo, someatime, tu galn the timo and it ruther pelongs to the ** no-name eeries, ” and, afthough It might not harm you of we, it s not the bouk to bu pinced In the haude of overy youn lady or gontleman. You know The Home Ly reu everywhere, 1 dlscovered {t Ly accldent, You 4V Bread, Paps, bread!” the fcrce storm secmed o mutter, Araver the threshold fn frenzy ho dashed; Awnite sheet of aew had been spread o'er his v the Editor of The Tribune, Ciicaao, Jan, 25, —1 want to ask the men who are continually ratling about tho oxtravapance of women, how much Is spent annually for tobacco? shonld not bear the same namne. 1t s a largo mece ond syhere you can put one note in between, From CtoD s alnrge second; from D to B, large; from EfoF, small; from ¥ to G, lai from (G lo A, ploy laborers In this fluld have ind no puesivlo fn- tluence or controt over thu clrcumstunces which Diave made jte selection suitable or convenlent for the persuns who tollow it, We are Instructed in tho bejfet that each mortal one of us in des . Jouer, Jan, 22.=1 wvend these directions it Invalld Aunt Dell; they aro for knitting Jace & lingerfo: Use No. 40 thread; sct np sevun ulltchs; ended ” " 5 ki ain; §2t darling, sea { havo a faithful admirer (havnot that to ring | jarme; from A to Iy, largo. ' Thaus you will see there wtrength to answer one and all. Axnen, e o Adainon. very plainolooking man 1 | Ono would concluda thy consumers of the weed | ®UIp off frst ono; knit the sccond ono !vh i 5 - Lan) 5 cf » a3 3 X B * ) d o . 3 | rulse 0 as anything s w upon that eub- \ = § ma; b eintedsadi™ nud (hit ciy roused the ::.‘t-“'. i ats Ty ¥ory 1raine of dhonghi m‘y'f mitand understand this, it will save many fature To the Editor uf ‘The Tribune, oy rewnon of our commoi descont, wu should live | joct, Well, it has .'m.,. been so .1.3,;., tho begiu. | Ovor necdloand knit last stitch: knit plaln scow ;‘( e self. 1 learned by nccident thero was erplezities, Thio acalo of O Is wno pattern, the | Gurcaao, Jan, 25,—Allcen Allanna, to make a | togethoe ne closoly ‘and smicably na peas inthe | yite. Pl CRSE PRE (R 0Ty "o voe | tho nuedles ity off tiodrat stiteh; kit iwostic cehioes— 3 iero was auch 8 [ Joundation of Ui major, distonte weale, ara svery | o Senchne $L AT SO (0 IO T enine green pod; Tawevar, impulleu by the steugth | PR ® back on Eve's | Ligjag putyour thread nver thu needle nnd o transgression, an If that woro s good excure for all wrong-doinga; but **Gall Hamilton ' ways: ‘A woman inay have been oelginally in advance of man In evil doing, but he very soon cauzht up, and has never since suffered himsulf to favor under s shints laz disadvanta;ze, one must be arranged precisely liko th only scale so arranged that will use none bat white oys; all others are called transposed acales, Many teachers teach a pupil to tuke the L{th above to form u new scale, The prop- er way (s (o take the fourth above and sharp ity L i thy buok in his lrnlwlllu , 80 proverb. Eai Y 1 sauce for the 1o My fine young man, 'l seo what you are about, and 1 did" sce, too, 1 pur- tlumx ong of tou bool soon learned the main. aprings, and now, then, O young Luciiuvar, if 1 do That cry so deapaling, so dismal, and wild! Men came, looked, and shuddered, Too late was thelr pity, For Papa lay dead by tho sldo of his childt Cuicano, January, 1878, tiblo imputlcs or instincta of heart and pome mumbera of Adam's large fami) preaed furward until thoy were touchied an brightened by tho dawning sunlicht of mental morul intelligence, This last was a ure {nte an unknown lanl, from ich thero bs no return; 7aw; bt your thread over tho necdle and name put your thrend over the neodlo and knt lst siitciiy knit plain across tho necdles allp of 1% first atitch knlt threo stiches plalng pot pat thread ovor tho meedlo and narrow; uat you thrend over tho nevdle and narrow: put yor half skeins of Shotland wool s required; commence tho fascinator by making o chain of dvo stitches; Join togother; then make o chain of four stitches; make this chain loose; and make five douhle not sowelitnes compute yourarbit in a way to give | the yoxt noto above will be the new key note, he etitches in the loop yon madu at the start: in mak- Temn f I to the old homes But now, setting atldo entlrely the extravagance d ove: el 1 knit last atitch: knit plsit ou Tood for thought, why, theu, I'm niot your . whenco | SCEL Moublo stitchies, aftor drawing ti wool | 16 Was a solemn furewel) to tuy old homeatead, ; : . : throxdorur eedicdni knlt labatstes L xhiby 1 A O CONTRIBUTORS, T o ot Tt hover vloepa G Matdo ' | the) ’.‘,‘,"(,,,”fl:\',}’fl,‘;.,‘,‘.’.‘:,"',‘;,,‘,',"’,,’,’;;;:‘:',",,’,‘““‘Q‘_ T e 1iie o, T iy mtARCly Ok FONE. CROChAL irhota the, (isher. Mo Jahd 8 Rotin oo A R L tevauatd by | acrowe the needius allp off At atitch ant le! BY o i Ty chaning o current of Tho Horao for thia | wisliyort miiht o neldid the duor (o bear i | | Two largonaconiea mial oo, ~then lanposeconda, | Book Hchl el e, W oul g o ot Ule family uro contented to dwell. The wandorers | 11 Iniic8 (00BN ba moro masticilar i Sl | waieh will Juave iwo witencas wilp aul nind ves, Bl o weck the conductor has ochleved a comsiderable | SUATE Ul it S0, O R CtNIng hin o~ breatiiod | Buda vinalione, Pram i to A lurso secontl, from A to o lenuth of the chain **of four | (o5} {uoy have been uniformed with the regails | §t Initnecemsary, or dovy ftadd at wll to your | which will leave you ot Wenit the oiher o1 BEM [0 Naw, to make the second row our fascinator, make a chaln of fourstitchens, and make five double atltches in the first stitch of tho fonm you liave Hrel made, and fa centro of vour fimt foam: then moks stitches In tho laat stitch of the foum. ‘Fhe third row difers but very little from tho Just, Firet make your chaln of four stitches, and make 8ve double ntitches 1n firnt atitch, and fasten with single stitch in centre of Arut fonin of tha second ruw. Now wake aix doublas stitches In single stitch (or where you fastened o foam of tha sucond row), tusten in centro of uext foams be suroto have the dvoand slx double stitchies placed in one stitch, and not one in anu place, two o thres in anothur, nd the re- mulning one in_another, do not make fone duubilo stitches too long, an when wo made, and after worn a time or twa, do 1ot jook Unly a tittlo of thy wool need bo left for 3 borlor, ax o borider 18 nec- vseary on the slde you have been working, but for the uther two aides make vixdouble stiteh "The, oro to be made in tho eaunie manner as thuse in thy part of fasciuator, in every long loup, and with In the stitches forming 1t jargu, from it ta C emall, from C to 1) lirge, from Dt E large, from B to ¥ amall; this will not do, a0 we sharp P tu_make it larges from E to I’ ahurpy targe, and from P shurp to (3 ‘wmall. The pupi will readily seo why ¥l sharped and that F sharp niuet be the signature to G, The Sugering must be looked after; In the left baud tho third fager comen on Ay in the right wa say, thumb, drat, scc- ond, thumb, trst, se€ond, third, thus you will see the third in tho right hand mustCome on Faharp,~ ttuine thy hands accordingly, Flay tho nine cales lu thle key In the manter [ ave befurs told yau, I the pupll (s faithful in_esch tranaposition there wiiil b no mory toare from wweot eves over the hated eealew. Lo on throngh all the transpost- tlune til T come to tho kay C sharp, o foust of tuis will be ¥ wharps to shiarp it wo must play G, which weeall ¥ double warp—the key note sharp. the vupll will now nnderstand why wa havo doublo sliatps, sud alo_ that Af wo contiuge we will go on precisely the eama as before, only double sharplvg Whete befors wo only wlugiy aharped. My puplls do wot practice bayond © sharp, 1ouly show them what would be the con. comfurt, gentlemen of the chewing fratornity, to expectorate nil over sldewalks, tha lloors of strect- cars,and, In fact, whoruver you happen to but The habit you have acquired would not prove quite 5o objectlunable 1 this would ceanc, llut what can bumora disgusting to u Judy than to enter u public conveyanco anid have somo one standing In front of, or witting beside, her, spiiting tohacco-juice here and there rozardless of conscauences, Thix inniot contiiied to tho lower claseen, but hundredy of cultured, educated inen who wonld be hurrified atuny oct of dicanrtony un tho part of o lady tiink nothing of this otfondive tralt, It hay bos coma such & universal cusiom wiong tien that thiey do not reatize how disgusting it really s, Lsnppase if we were sl to write from now till doojnsday it would nut lewen the number of thuse who die with a cigar in their mouth, and requuat— ky Van Kl in # shawer of to- uiake your scallop sut of u new arder; and from this new order the laws of the frateruity will not perinlt a separation. Nor 18 this asvociation tho only one. 'There aro, in fuct, innumerable ones, sulted tu ull tastes, genics, acqulrements, and uoliftios, The many brothere houds buve much common ground upon which to meot; yet I an Individual would penetrate to the *sinner courta of Lho temple’ of the particuiar be ormed uud fortifed with its plaing thin will 1 ven atitches to commence oyain, - "This makes o very duraplo trimuiing, Thope! hmve wado it sinteliiglbie, wo yuu wilt undersisal how it s, Aunt Fanny, ¥ wish [ could do something &2 you, for 1 ati selilen enough (o want some uf o wtlax. 1f you coulu sce my vlants, and ¢ much comfort und plen take with them, Ju woull not blame e, Perhaps you would ¢ cha 1 could give you a rare lily, It Know tho name, and have never soeu it exced! 3 a private conservatory dn New York, whero mist camo from. What 2y you, Aunt Fainyy Doy want tu uxclinuze with me? §fw, et me koot send mo your adaress throuxh Tho o ond [¥.1 write you, Could you tell’ mo what ke feaves fo my hoye (wax-plant) drop oft exer ‘whun 3 briig U IAT Do 1 keep {1 tou wel of 12 dry, of too warni, oF tou Whatr If you havels any experiouce Wit this ylant aud wil tell it ma L ehall be much obliged, 'To e the plant 19 nover would bolieve a leaf dropped oil, Byjou Beust Fuccers b tho way of ouliging ite friends, 1t was determined to make the length of the communlea- tion the randard, within the linits which have al- ways been vet, ‘The consequence Is that ffty-seven friendy aro given a hearing, and only nbout twenty lertover, ‘Phiese twenty letters nre uniformly loug A —woma very loug. Many of them are very good, ¥ but thelr length ahut them out for thie lseue ut any rate, Whether this printing the conciso letters und umiiting the extended ones will bo & fesson to the writers in future will bo watched with anxiety, apon the crystal through which he wished to sce, *#why then 3'ut uot the lJuse that never llfiun'." DAL, A TOorrounnr. To the Editor of The Tribune, ‘Moxnog, Mo., Jan. 23.—Well, I've piven yon “*Homers' a good rest, and, though my fdagers have fairly tingled, and my heart has avked with overabundant deslro to answer quustions, and *spreach my preach, ' yet 1 havo refrained, think- Ing to give those meparato numberd **left over” (week aftor week) somo littlo coance of putting in an sppearanco. But I am so seliah and ofrald (above al1) that down here in my quict corner yon will furget 1 ever exlsted, that unce more I make o veuture, Verily our llome aliect I & potpourn, whetherof the guod and spicy viands that enter into the sav- 2 cna-word, ‘Fhe refined and -unmrll wonin diszulsed as the comman houscmald i, obrlous reusone, #0 rarely to be met with that even 11 vo compreliunsivo a topic ad **'Fhe Retativo Po- uition of the Serving-uud the Served™ who way salely bo deft to the dispostl of the imaginative uuthors of detion, 1 the vociul and domestic re- Iations it o evident that maay evils cxief, and that reinedies are in demaud, Walle searchilng for the hiddoy cunses of unhappincss and hopetully uwait- ing facllities far the removal of those which wo already have found, it would scem that tittle dlscrimination e necdful. Thers e n possible danger of creating disaffection in the oo Munrny-Mescrien—Tho potato 18 called the Teish potato because 1t was firat cultivated and do- veloped In Lreland by Sir Walter Raleleh, 1t 1a in- tizenous to Suath Ametics, where It grows wild. “ Italelpl obtained hiv seed there and took it to dro- Jand with blw, The potate camo to this coantry from Treland by way of England, Tho ** sweet pu- bucco-ashios; but 4 suem o fori 1 this #lthy habit—that uccurs from the usa uf tubacco —might bo eifected. Madge Madeap, truth |« waid to Jio at the bottom of o well, and harl to get at, i ] ) lian forne of that name; or tho [ e he wiitehies [OTmING | fanke by thy uscless comparison of unulterable g u { 116" iy barcly u potato at ll, but rather o yam, | OfF b of Hallan furis of that o “ciiaco of continuIng It srpn, i noxt, Hione, Variety 1 ¥ maturcs siiene, i | . Cuplil, if You will take u bottla and cover with 3 o perfumes of f cut b . ki 5 cunditlons, iety §s one of Rature's sitent, b " \ o @ Which aru moro redolent of aromatic apices, and | 1t we retumn totia scals af G, Hule-—flat the st the yoluta of fasciuator, make twelvo duubla | GIILIGIS v, “Ra Tar #u research, by, & cloth, then suw youe luce on, and washunldry I | gMORE _AND OTHER PERFUME. ¢ Mre. 4. A. D., of Soringdeld, ln much grleved | the sublle arons of fragrant owers, than the serenthand tho fourth Lelatw will bo the key note. | *'sfny 'fhanka to buartweed, Lillice, and one | Justuns far liad mau veen soufrunted witl i B L R T I To the Edilor of The Tribune. -, pver s fancled_ injustice which was veally no Ine | breezes wafted wer tho plafue of Araly tho b Thowoventh from C1s -ilut it the fourth Lelow | oiher whove namo line siipped my memory Just | bedutiful, tnexplicable e, “ihe e S cattfiocloannd I thls Shanaer exset P r stane Jouxr, 1L, dan. 2%—1 am o womsn ¥ vh Jurlice, but tho most mstter-of-fact proceeding | o etk e oot and babiw, | it whenall the e befora”this e mave wafa x| o) for thelr anawers to uny queationy conestiing | o,y gunshine, yoi thoy wiil Bevor coutorm to = z * | netthier paints, powders, uses Lalr-restarative (*) poeribie, A letter written by Mre, 3. A, D, of | »Pyouny men and maldenn, ™ olu women and il :lmw h?ll‘\hlt}“ l“rfl"‘l ¥ n; a, firv mecond, e 5 other fu thelrrcumih; Pata A PARFUMERIE, r emukes; 0 I feel cmnently quatided to defeol ' Minucapotte, Dinn,, wes not printed, and the Ten- | dran, art recreation wnd faney work, tymes and | fron O 19 A e from A D To the Editor of The Tribune. To the Litor of The Tribuns, the noble uriny of smokers, son Why wus give This reason the lady in toringiteld takes ax an offenso and about it mekes wuch complaint fnpublic and private letters. There . ecemy uo wound reason for tils, Tha lady in Mine Livwnta owns her tnitials ss fully oe uny oue in Jll- nuls dovu bers, Decaren, 1, Jan, %2, —Alleen Aflanna, fu re- ply to your questious 1u last week's Home, 1 an- ewur: It takes two ounces of Shetland foss to mako & *‘sea-foam fascinator, ~nu ounce snd a bsif forthe inain part and half an ounce for the bordor, Firat row: Crochiet six chalu-stitclics, catching thu ends togethior; make threo chain- stitches to turn, wrap necdle two tunes (drawing thread through twu stitches at & time), catching twelva thnew Uirough She ‘]unl madv, aud you hiave u abell of triple stitches (. Second oy Make three chain-stitches and turn, thea sixt, wud fasten Into it wiitch of shell just formud, cutching it down with o fros stltch (without wrupplug) in centre of shell below, Make wix t. o caught through the last stitch of the tret row. Now yuu Lave two shells, Third Curicano, Jan, 25, —In The ITomu I dud & request from Dalla for further information coucerning the directions 1 gavo for & handkerchiof-box, The paint uscd s the heat quality of Ivory black, gronnd fn Jopan, Thle must bo apulled n very thin coats, no oll, simply turpentine, belng nsed in the composition of it, I'ut on two ot threo conts, and rub the bos with emery-paper until it la perfectly smooth; this must be done two or thireo times, according to the finlsh of your box when ¥un begin, When you are satlefied that it 1s per. Tectly sumooth, apply your varuish; thon areange your Jeaves accordiny to taste, fuishingWith an- . lately mado u ver, erie tutlet-lablo, whic! new to some of ‘The llome contributors. uccesaury fur this wre s yard of ndd! mueie and dnnclu‘; pleasant words and spley repurtee, and all elee that gosy 0 make up 4 woll-balanced’ potpourrd of the fraternal order, Jteading the Howe columns week after week should mike one think—s0 divereitied uro the views wo have given ue, 80 varied the lives It portrays. It may s0und wicked, Lut 't It un exawplo of daily o und aivinity, breaklost and beuevo- rayere and poetry, clothes to by mended 10 bo repaleed, shoes 1o bo bought and T But some simple object lessous ara given us {n G Wund, fur Jusepl's coat was uf wany culors,* and ¥0 uur abilitics and eppor- tunitice vary, a8 well as the luve and beuellceucs of God, Hut though tite Home mny b binde up of a fumlly whore gifta ore su diversified, whata great fanily of love i muy be and wost o world uf good 1t may work i eiviug hielp* *ona 1o suotler, ** Wu each have onr great kno IJ tangle (o unravel In the world's twisted skeln, and it PREACHING TO YOUNG PEOILE, To the Editor of The Tribune, e Raxxakxg, lil., Jan. 22, —A Buffalo minister bas been dellvering a leclure upon the subject of ** The Night-Lifo of Young Men,” in which ho assumed Lo be familier with the hablts of youug men in the city, and, Inferentinlly, capable of pointing out the espocial pitfalls which young men aro to avold If they would bo **virtuous and hap. py." 1 beyan o perusal of a vynupais of the lectures th consldoruble interest, saylug to wmysalf, *+ Now hero wo have something practical from s wan who bas * been there,” 'Fhe subject iginal. ‘The genticuian has maae the yu special study, sod is prepared (0 offor us su: tions coucornfiig the proper cuntrol of the anfinal diferent frowm 1o unnatural views of most of the Wou rght Caund dous not' need to be sharped, s0 we guto Dand find that U bs wrong _because §t makes threo Jarge secon ero wo want but_ two, yo we take n pleco from I which fluts 1635 from A'ta 1 fay, amali 15 fat w lurte, Cta D large, Eto Fumnll, The pupll will now wee tho difference between Aaharp and A flat. If the distance lv not geeat cnouch, wo sharn; if too great, wotlat, Memeinber your dally practico of ive dngurs su vssentisl—then the scales, 1t s important these should be attengded to dret and be »u careful of your position, Let thearm hang lomae from tho whoulder, the fingers ratsed only from third jolnt, and the wrist movement in the octaves, Nest tlwo Lshall treat of 1winor scales, Pern Leaf, your ohject juq goud one. I expect 1o bo i Uliicago very soon on my way tu o Bew Lome; shall remaln i the city a few da) d hupo 1 may bo so forsutinty au Lo nicet My dear Madame, or Misy, did 1t never orcar ¥ you that maybo yon had nhbits quite s diragres able ond disgustlog to your lord and mssiet brother or lover, as this same habit fu diezwtin® youl **0 no!" youall say atouco, **We st have. 1t len't possible.” Tudocd It s, myde? Iady. Think tho matterover, It would bardly B/ forme to particularize, Now to we, tho duroil tood chiur s not ous-half s disgusting as wothe citronells, o sandsl-wood fan, aud numb«nz‘ other dollihtful perfuincs that ‘most othetl ¥ consider porfectly lovely. 1t would do myBest woua to have the uien eufer Into u golenn corends nover 1o kive & powdered cheek or painied Ui iley? 1low is that? ~Where would tho kliees W 1iut, werionsly, my good friends wnd woul i reformers, do you think what yon are olug? can's chauys niua's natuse, To will, and ho ¥ o ‘I'he servant-girl controversy caanot be permitted 10 take in ooy questlon of hirth or religion. The Irish-Catbolic servant girl nay or may not be bet- terthian some, or all, otber pationalitive, but the correspundent who takes that groond Las lost bis trauble of writing. he samo way, same reasony, No. letter about ligluns Gerwaus' ha beoa thrown sway. suuls to be saved: s t ts wonderful ' e % row: Make threo chnlu-stitches and turn; then » 5 et eRon In e worid'e bulatei mhctny and 1t ta, wondertul | g% Nomo istera shall"attenu a sockwie 1€ 1 45 3 (Slatnatiiches and Surugthen | SICIERE TN SR LORRIT Inchew1da gros-gratn Fibbas, 8 yard of silvar wire, | §F'yos wont et i soko b home, o will 3 live Green abjects to tha peinter who last week | 1y vurlui Wiyl we ol 10 RScultblieh, SIS | aw awaro thiere tv o ut that thano. - ¢ anybooy | Catchiis B e F et tn | | Thy locturer wenl o {0 delineata tha tomptatlons | sume werapd of soft k. and a swall quantity Whire ho cad umake, - Tf ho can't sioke bn 1980 tired of ‘BusNTWEED, L= WATER FOR THE LITTLE ONDS, To ths Lilllor of The Trivune, Cuicaco, Jan, 3. —Every mother knows, or ocught to kuow, that purc alr and freet woter aro e twin-foster friends of fufuncy. She may ob- ecrve that they are tho natural means of promoting health sud strenpth, They lessen tne drynces of the ekin, reduce tho vapid pulse, sofien the fiush- wade bersay, **Dou't put owsy the sonny smile,” 4 *with your best wlehes,” when whe wroto Lest diehew.™ Her srgument that the chauge #podled the sunso would bave no effect o tho aver- Lge printer. of sachet powdef, Cut threa pleces ol fin about thu ' slzo of a stiver half- dotlar, or s little larzer; gather these and 415 with wachet powder, coveriug them with nieces of the soft aflk of 1ho wame ‘I'ake threw pleces of wire four Inches ju leagths tothess attach youe balle by ivinza little twist aroand the gathierod art of tho ball witha stitchor twolo make It ruw, The wires are thern twisted tozether from 1op to bottom, forminga stem, making a sort of Louquer. Take a half-yardof vour ribbon, cut the cord olf one side and ravel about kalf the widiki \vmlch besut the youug man afier alghtfail. He i} “\Musle from places of amutement greets hiv ears, ‘Fheatres aud ball-rooms arcopen ta receivo bl Deosuchery aud sin have full sway. ' 1, 1 read this far sud stopped “dlsgusted. **Fheatres, ball-roone! " Hornbio depths of - fawy those vlaces vben up to yound wen, o be wara! Mere is Just where muny 8 preacher burics the good tntuutices of his taclilngs su deep that ha can never resurzect theu, 0 far us Lhe youny men are concerned, Foremont among the evils, which deft fugers appear to ulways draw out and lovsen v Hght steand, while (o snotherit fs & ** hard Kknot,” whicl edch dmpattent Jerk and thoughtlcas wind renduzy cluser aid ooy unNAZCnblE, ¥O thiat ut lust the whole f4 oue mase of shirle and o uf tangled thicads, whicl, il Sre ueE prepared to receive 1 the looni o1 Lfe, 14 1 for ¢dch of us 10 do 0uF very utmost (o help the other, whether it be in the way of Lt uu yome eager Wi griaping sfler the abstrise polute f selenco oF literatury, GF the nore bimble sevk- house, thero are club-roome, public housch -“; loonw. etc., whern no one cumplaing, 110 “:m 8y well as you or [ can toi! Ll the eflect M0 have ot his healh, andwhat wo eay won't wak particlo of ditfurcuco. & ow, my dear madam, 1f you want to keep 1o Busband s love, just piako thie bost of & bud BARET and ot bim snuke, ‘The suioke wou't burt Jou Linl? oe wuch os your belug a perpetual thord ¥ furt him, Aud” sl you wmokers whuse WEE drive you out }u the culd, come and muukc' e wy hiaband. ¥ou muy smoko anuil § amof 1) cuntre of stell bel the frm stiteh b tirm stitch m Scond row: in Jast stitch of second e 1lird row. Al the otli- h row tucreasiog vn wncll, he shelis alternate, aud notin oo 2. Vhe border L formed by cruchet- ing 8 tuw of shelle (erebt wtitches 4o each) all around thu fascinator, €atehlug vach sbelt down with -3 lirm shitch, ko besuty of o fasciualor consisws in crochetiug L very loosely. 1t you wieh Gwixvorzx—The * commonly used with an wccent which the makers of thls type didu't fur- , mieans no ore tham **of.” Thers 4 no authority for usiug obstreperous with suy other esnlng than clawlorous—escepting, of couras, | vrs after kuowleduo fu dowestic conecrns: thy | €4 chock, snd quict the restless uerves, 1w | ygthrow it over your hosd for cvening. fak Joung taen ary to shun Ate tho *sbeatro and ball- | trlm tbid yracelully betweon and aronnd the balls | color of & well-scasoned mecrschsum, $0d Cumumon uskge. L i abion of Huw t ** Wiake both erds wieet ™ | wach many infants suffer from want of water wo lothrow it over your head fur wrening, fustons | Joubs o a0 U 20 16 devsuchory sud dobauchcry | und fasie vecurcly. "Cat thouther alt fu 1o, | Gover complatn: aud all those delicaty, bizli-stisd i o caua L s f Bote ways than the porcly Gaauclal | iay not kuows Lut that they do sutler, uo obacry- | a7 prottier, 1 you cannot get 1bu’ toss, split | todeatht makiug balf-fuch virips, ravel sud wind diagouzily | jyiios that pestectly wbomlnate smokiug wiase MAur TuoMas=To let your subject in for die- | Vue, uud, as Mre Whitnoy save +* Fnurd bs uionoy | er of fnfant ifu can doult; 50 1% us sepeat, lest | =epbye will ¢o, Lav mediums bono oo "Tihis 14 the common style smong religlons of | Bfound thoatew woss to wbow unly the Triued | siny away. Buvsky Tuset edgo. Fiuish ut the top and bottom with a small buw, or 8+ you please. Thu colors used in making this’ purfimeris wmay be suzpcsted Ly your own taste, ‘That which | made was somuwhat Frenchy, **reaching ‘yaunx people, ut ule senmon or loctury wilf do more to banlen & youny man's heart thay tve years of disspanion. How wuch thoughtful utteution dues the Baflalo 0 pocheiy, want o bodics und soute; there laa word tosay, aud an'var atralulng 10 bear it the world be rutibiug rouud wud round. 1t Ta greatand sall, prave sud grotesque: the kitten sfter its Wil vomne of Tho Howe foiks plenso toll mo, if Elis Wheeler's picturs s for sale, whero 1 uiay parchase it? and ovllge . Cuszpre, —_— ¥ WASHING FLUID. To the Editor of The Tribunt. - Jan. #1,—ln tho lust 1O curalcn would be 4o rufse such a breeze as tho cone ducior will never witliugly sit in the midst of. Y our gucsses aa tu contributord are very widsebots, 1t be forgoiten, that In all scasons of the thoy need It, and especially fu the hot da nlghts, wheo the perspiratory follicles of tho skiu . & & o . ¥ thu balls belug piok, aud the ribbona delicate | Racixe, W . *e own tall; the baby tryiug o et ity uwn too Taiolte | and the wiuute secretiog wicks o the mucous MITTEN-KNITTING, auintater thiuk e pacelved trout the young men ¥ | blio. ~Hlopini | havw mide wy directions splicit il fr ' Sxuwukor—Address *Matron Proteatant Orphan | 10th3 th wyetlc brwbul uf the ser :.;‘,‘,;i‘:}; micmbrang of We Juig caual are sctive 1o sn ex~ o ths Lidita s Tud Tribuins, e cougreatlo afier wo b vmiputhotio iy | ¥ aiitn ik iy vow Wikl 3 4 sysuirs ae plicit, mx:::: :ao;n;l.flu‘g of smmonta 11 S0 Tue MARCUIQSESS, . ——— POLITENESS, To the Editor of Tae Tribune. Cass Coustr, 13., Jau. 22—lu reading Tne Barcupay Tuworys, 1 was prompled to writs few lines, T read an article from Wicked Eyes, ‘slsu ene from Laura Earl; some parts of cach | wporectated very blzhly, How many times wo eco pereung succred at shuply because they are sew- Awvlum, MNo. 780 Michigen avenue, Chlcago," $i14 you can get & cholce of & houseful of clildren., cess Loo great for the milk to supuly. CiicAGO, Jan. £, —Seelui luThe Homs of Jau, Thy dry aud thirity mouths of fofancy mean | & a request for directions by which to Lulta puir more than uany wotaers may suppose. The | of mitteus, § supposed, of course, the deaired ar- varions Ussucs fu all parts of the living wasahave | ticle would sppear last Saturday, 1 looked In loat tuelr ususl and necesvary supply, thenumer- | vajn, Therufure 1, knowing how to kuit them so oy follicles in the skiu and its twiu surfuce, tho | (hat they could not fall to please avy une, make Taucous membrune, the vennl aud bopatic clusters Hes : 3 Ofsocrerlog gianis, s focl thelr neod of watoe, | Yavpestance. | bave found many yood reclvee nd s etaply (he mOUth 10 procluiw thewr wapts | 38 wavy wseful suggestions o Tuo Homo, sod anttica, They_all cry for | would Itk to bo of e to some ung tu returu. Thy ¥ and ying. Vo bro foslog | miltone ute knit with iwo necdles. 3ud all the wplulon: et & young man comes homo weary of toil be thinks be canisos study, bub mu-t seek ¢LBOE elie joymeut, Uut be should remembor that if he descs Lis evening (o reading hlstory OF science biy Body i resting fof \be biarrow's work Thia reniuds we of the wan who told his boy be +auight g0 out aud vaw 3 hittle wuod wulle hu wa restiinn, ™ If > rending history and acivuce™ fsn't hard work for a tired-0ut body aud brawm thero neYer wasauy. e zodiac, ¢ in vue way or anotber. N long B8 QuFueativus urv diked il 4 ltcero desize o Tecetvo kuowledve (et thess bo upon st aubject they g, they deserve reapect, sid wnswered 1u' goud faith. A fawmlly of 4t cust snievis wud make fusidious uing vne stutbies Wil never become y wud we are ouly a bargo fawily, the uplulon of each uf which should by guarded by the Whose frateruity . tur i fu tbus formd recipo 1 gave lastspring. 1t wagso writtenls one | copled from, and [ bave use1 Itucurdlu‘ the rule ever wiuce, 1 don't know whetber = cariotaty of awmon(s would anwer ornot- 1 98 sent for the muterials by aROtber pursom, SBLL deupgtet sent we thy Hquid snumonts, but TaEH, dare uwe 1, for 1 did not know as it would be 00, 1eqalaitestrength. Tho lmmum:n:ull‘lll&“’::l‘; ] rolting prapensities of the E’.’,‘h’m‘mn $hort B Juerice—11 posmbie, will ues your letter nest weeky Jt 1 clearly out of (ae guestion in thls uumber. °, o Tbe writer whose letter was cut fu two will no duuut ugtve thas he beat Lalf was saved. urselves into a united , e body la to faprove oursclves wid our Lowes by re- There 18 so much that bs utterly unpractical in !frmr- 1think so bighly uf t e bencbt ol . Yo anawer to Margery 10, Ve 14 50t I £ood feuse | vehing stad #iviug wizgertious und sdvice. la o Canaat tuacharee vus | blata stitca: bt upon one uecdly Gy atitches. | the Way rowe people ectubuut *doins guod " T | jugoicls o school-teachecs, aud canuot carn | the editor will s i pace s fo8 U ot Yir, aud vouls of 1o leas ar¢ abeurd, s kOl the Duportant dutics. - We are lsouting I o dry wud | Kuit drat row, Second row, widen uiext to lost [ aw ol prepated Lo say Low a uoral shoutd | Gt to drved a4 they would I BEW e, =39 every wister, (hat 0Bes 1 Thon we will udidt that rome knuw oue thing, | thirety libd. Glve us water, so whundaut and | stitch. Thied raw, plata. Fourth rov, widen | be pres vt sccertable aud tinds how rauch It vaves i lapor uind ¥ ty demande, i vrler Lo in e v a tiore fnfueatia chisses, ICdocd sevm that, in this day oud a2e, befavis are Judged by the clotu- clotyes will neser wilimgly do withoat 1t Warhin tutd = | Yurk) puli.t, vee vancs salls of tartan wnd beneticial, » deal 10 ¢o with i The wan whe fecls young aud baon L forgot- e lile yoctiful days sud youiatul ctaotivas, aud ature dn the | nexttoluststitch. 'Coutinue wideniug vuo sttt Lieathnable valte wil the nGwe anothor, and of wi &, W.—You an suuaceile to TUE SaTCHDAY Tuisvsy, wuleh coblams tuo Huwme, withuut b pply ol fts | every otuer row until you have widvued thirteen Be costivesess of fufuucy (2 | stitches, all oo tbe swite esd Of the uecdiv. Theu Wit