Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 9, 1878, Page 10

v THLIS CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SATURDAY, MARCIT 9, 1878—TWELVEE PAGLS, e e ————————— e e THE HOME. TNREE IIUNDRED A YEAR, We Liad n preity niece, aged two-snd-twenty, ‘To vieit ua last fal], when pears were ripo. When here, she whispered me of an engagement Which #he wan donbifal of my thinking right. ¢Charley," sald she, **is splended—never fear— But only carns fonr hondred, now, & year. *'Yon sco," eho said, **ho came here from New England; 1In thin great Weal has felt a0 much alone [10 has been urging that we should be marrled, S0 long hashe been pining for & home. Sometimes I wonder if fndeed we mights Do you suppose that we should starve ontrightt* [ din't care to answer her directly— ‘Trwan hetter firat to nnderstand the canes [ found her father hadn't much to give her— Some honreehold farniture, but not a place. And now the answer, to my private view, Depended on het skill, and what she knew, Another thing that had to be considered Was Charley's tantes: swould he he well content With modest comforts and with praln surrounid- inga, And not requize thelr means shanld all be spent, Or, worse, insiat npon a nocdiess warte Ta please some habit or fastidioua taste? The girl assured mo Charley was perfection, S0 goad. #o wito—1 hope that she wns right— And she to houschold dutien wan no strangee, Conld cook n meal and maka the kitchen bright. The theory of some fe, **Girle may wed, A soon as they aro akilled fu making bread. " Good bread 1a good, bt in ita compoxltion 18 not inclnded all **domestic art." Two wandn that rover a wide rnnfin of dntles, 'And happy they that understand each part For Scripture says—what wives long time have knotvn— That man i not to lise by bread alone. 1£ both weee pradent and to Tahor willing— 1 told her now preclsely what T thought— That, for the two, fonr hundred was sullicient, Hut they ahiould Tive on three, and so thoy ought, "Tian pood rile, and fn the end It pay: Put somicthing by esch year for rainy days, The hotw {0 do It on such short allowance, “Tir thelra to lflld{. ALt an't fun: e rurc there must bo somewhero a solution, Ani they mav find It, for it Jias been done, Tiva things honeewlves must know, If they lntend 3nccees: 'tia how to rave, and how to spend. The firat 10 bo conaidered Ia n dwellings Thix scek {0 own: IF but the himblest cot; Tin like the apot on which to reat our lever With which to move the world, the ancients thouzht, 1 even such you can't afford to own, Don'tboard, but renta room, and make s home. Whatever far the poor fs greatest folly 1=, when o much of real need abounds, ‘To fancy they muat pot on extra eplendor, Aund wanste' their aubstance on tholr wedding- gowns, T've nlways notlced 1t wan anch an these That soon were crying round for broad and cheeso, When neared the holidays, our frlends wero mar- i, Nar wept ahrond Lo seck thelr honeymoons. We hindu't lewnre to atiend the weduafng, 1ut vent hest wisties, and rome alivor spoons. Since then they've rented rooms and sottled down. ‘We visit them next time wa go to town. 11, as is hoped, we find that !hci have prospered, And that thelr tradesmen's Lills are all made equare, Perhaps we may then venture to inform yon ‘The way they do it, and just how they fare, ‘To live welt on three hundred, who succeeds Hae solyed a problem that the country needs. Much s 1 still shoula llke to keen on talking, I reckon that thero lan't space for more, The master saya he'l] put thls down in writine, £0 folks can read it. as they did before, Dreadful convenlent ‘s, I've alwave found, To have 8 good schoolmaster boarding n:;md. [Ty TO CORRESPONDENTS, A letter complning that cortain principles advo- cated in 1t aro not glven space In The llomo. 1t is suflicicnt to say that tho condactor does not con- sider this department bound to advocate anything whatever, and the fact that a tetter fa sent to this ofiice dnea not give ite autlior tho slightest shadow of a claim that It be printed if sald letter doos not seom In good taste. Lettersadvocating polygamy, polyandry, frec-love, atheism, or sectarianlem aro not dealred. and it e fuolish toassnme that any clalm can bo established by sending them hore, o CarrroLa=Tho Tlome doos not reqnire a deposit of stampn to forward lettees, It Is expectod that the writer of aletter to o contrlbntor will pat it in unenvelope, address It with the nom de plume, and inclose that in a larger envolope with a stamp. 1t sumotimes happens, however, that tho stamp is omitted, perhaps carelessly, perhaps purposely. The cunductor is going to make & rule about the matter one of these days, s Amber has this week written us a letter which might well be read at every firesido in the West, It 18 absolutely impossible to present In too atrong term the dangers which encompass the country girlalone in thocity, It wmay well bo doubted whether moro than half—it so many—of the girls who come from the country to the city grow up to be pure and havpy wives and mathers, oo Simsy Jure—Letters wnten on both sides of the paper caunot be used. As to the question, you havea perfect Hight tn tefuse the offerlng, If you can make him bellevo that course Ia right, Tlut §¢ you have an accepted lover who will recelve such s decislon peaceably, he elther carve very Mitlo for you, or ho ls bullt 0n & model not zenorally found 1 this country, ° . C. Daxa—The lines you refer to aro from Lhe ** Sinneedichite, " writtan by Friedrich von Lopau ohont 1850, Thoy wera transiated by Longfellow, and tho correct quotation is: Thouth the n::‘u- of Fodmlmlllnwlr. yet they grind Cxeeed| nally Though with paticuce llo stands walilog, with exacte nes gri loall. o ZxoniNa—Tho Iloma forwards letters whero it knows the addzess of tho person for whom the lct- ter was meant; but expects that the party sending tha letter will do 20 in an onvelope addressed with nom do plume aund iaclosed, together witha stamp, in au envelopo addressed to Tho Home, o ‘The conductor of The Homo found this week two excellent letters signed Prue, One is printed be- low. Will the tady who seat the otlier lctier over that algmature pleass thoose snother name, and also say whera tho letter la to be dated, 1t was seut without any place or dato whatever, o 1t will explain some things to say that tho cane tributor to this department {rom Oshikosh, Wls,, ovor thu signature M., E. I, Is not M, ¥, Marmon, Who writes from the wame placo at times fur south- er departinent of the paper, o A lady from Chidago writes to recommend as a remedy for uervous sick-headacho an article which #hie apells ' cherslne,” Wil she oblige The Jlume by writing to explain herself? Doessbe nean kerosene? %y ‘UNonoo—The exchange of patterns bas not been ° rtopped by the conductor of The llome, but by the Indles themselves, who could not afford to use the thme to cut them, o E. C. I',—No such announcement was over made; you ree how utterly mpossible and wnjust it woald be (o use su wuch space for that purpose now, o 1. —Kerawos ts pronounced with the accent on the last syllavle, Nydia s & character in ** The Lust Days of Powmpeit. —_— THE LETTER-BOX, ‘I'here are letters in this oftice fog the following. named contributors, Those intended for persons Iviug outof the city will be forwsrded by mall ugpon recelpt of address, Itesidents can call or seud to Room 36 Tisusk Building and get their letterw: Fals (2); Hore e b L o, date) oo gkl Auga, L. AL Laning, SLANG AND ITS EFFECTS, To the Eduor of The Tribkine. Cuicaco, March 4.—May one fast approachlng tbe *coufines of bachelordom® presuwe 10 ine vude The Home? Ho carncatly desires to e res- cucd frow bis solitude fn the ortbodux mauner, and hus suwetimes visions of & future blesscd with ul the necessary cicetcras sud modern wproves wenty, swiling vpouse sud prattiing babes, butch. ere’ aud green-grocurs® bills,—in sbort, sumetbing 10 1o aud o z¢t fnto hot water for, Naturally, cach wifely possibllity in mslden gulsc that cronscs bis puth undergoes an examios- U as to the porsceslon of huse trsits which 8t or yuldt ber for the realizauon of bis dowestic dream, Jn thess examinations his attention hae been too frequently called to A habit compatntivel harinices in ftself, hat nonw the fvnn a declded enemy to enlture. Tho name of this famitiar monater is Siang! With those ** giels of the perind ** who halt at nothing. and affect the unblnshing, harefaced, vulgar atrect fillom, the writer hae hero Iittle ta do, 1o adiressce himacll rather 10 those of the rex who have a reuard for the proprictien and refinements of life, many of whom are donbiless unawnre that thelr eforts to avold thia odlons vulearity have not been crowned with complete ruccess, These hie wonld direct to the contemplattin_of an_ineidious, and, it niizht he termed, sccondary slanz, which consiats in the departure, fn conversation, from the orizinal meanings of certatn worde, and thelr apphication to forelzn aud unwarthy oblects, When' (hix mlsuse 1n not the reanit of thoughticesness, tt nenally be- trage the existence of & poverty of expresalon, n tleRrth of words, 80 often met with {n uncducated ersons, n A short time ngo a endtnred Englishman remark. ed to the writer, in A pazzled tone, ** llaw strange- ¥ your American Indlcs sxpress themselves, (e, apparentiy well edacated and certainty very charm- ine, alinded to A mudiy crossing na feniful, ne. sured me that ahe had an fmmense time at fhe rea- shore last summer, and referred [o the ocean an Juat larely, 1t sounda very oaid to me, von know, ™ toncluded this aminblo youth, terminating the sen. tence with that mueical, rislng inflection chamcler- lstic of the natives of that ** right little, ticht hittle faland."" And well might ho bo puzzled at the mia- nve of those terme, of which we have well-nigh Tuet the orlginal meanines. A few alioet voars ago the term ** fearful * wan nppiied only to thoge obe Jrcta which were tremenilone or nwe-ln"!\rlmx in helr natures, Now we find it apnlied tndiscrimi- nately to a matricide, or ta a_ rent in a kid eloves toa maseacre, or {o the shade of & ribbun; to an earthqnake, of to an nnderdone potato, 1t'1s to- day the most nniversally misnscd and misapplicd word in onr langnage. Next on the tist we find (ho ever-popular **im. mense.” The depths of tho ocean or the feats of an acrbat, the expanse of the heavens ar the Iateat fashinnabie novel. are cqnally **immenee. " Follosing these we havo a long Jist of exsentlally feminine corruptions, A8 *'per! ant, " ¢ it lovely,™ wiully nic foned, " . “Veaplendid,” **yorgoous, *frightfal, ete.. etc., cach more or less offensivo secording 1o Ita misapplicntion. Consider the ah- suraity of o youne Iady describing a young man as teperfectly lovely.” “Taken literally, s it nata pecnliar tribute to affer to macculine qualitica? In like mannor 1 have heand fried oyators referred toa *‘gorgeons.’” Annther unfortunate feminino phrase Is the omnipresent **young cen't'man,* so unctnonsly repeated, so indiscriminately appl Among tho verbs the past tense of the verh *‘to sirike' I8 rapldly becoming unenviably no. torlous, **When we first atruck Denser,” '* We struck this party at Baffalo,” and kindred ex- pressfons, wonld scem to indicate 1o the nninitinted the possessionof a kind of eccentric ‘mmaclu on the part of tho **strikers,” I recents ly wan o “spectator tothe following scene: Two weil-dressed voung ladics at o street-corner woro hastily approached by a third. ~After exclamations of mutual surprise and delight, commingled with vizorons and resounding osculation, the newcomer Inquites: **Why, Belle, where on earth dil vou *pick up! Hattle® **O'T ‘stencg* her in the In« dlana-avenue car,” reples the other in a joyfnl tone. Unwarmntable aranult! Yet there were no contniefons visible nnon the person of rosy.checke cd, langhing-cyed Hattle, From ita rapidly-in. creasing popularity it {a probahle that ** to atriko ™ in tho rensc of **{omeet™ will soon be Ineorpar. ated into our lanznage. At present [t ls but the [ the Iznorant or the thoughtless, k n." ueed in tne senge of ‘to comprehend,” ls alro aprevalent barhaclsm. Considering the nume ber of aynonyms for this term, its nso Ia simply in- excusable. x i From theso few specimenn we will plance at the effects of slang. It ia undeniable that tho jude. ment of the charncter, attainments, and aesocia« tione of a porson depends largely upon thoso traits and qualities which appearon the surface. It must bo conceided, too, that the habitual uee of slang by any young woman fe suflicient lo_debar her, in tho estimation of thoas most competent to judge, from any claim ton high degree of refinement. - ftefine- ment nresupposea mental cultnre and polite sur- roundings: the nec of alang reflects mental defl- clency and Indifferont surroundings. The great budy of society Is composed of different clanscs, progressing eradually from the half-aaimal buor to our highest kuown type, and he s raid to bea **man of the world ™ whose expcrience and ob- servation have been so extentive and acute that,at a first glance almoat, he 1s ahle to relezate the indi- viduoal tohor properroctal clare. With the exception of thowe groas, fat-witted dullards, those seif-sutll clont pachyderms who tmagine t! haueted aftor thelr manufacture, are content in the etation to which they have heen allotted. Thero ina pergetual ateiviad, o notural and healthy emulation, for something hizher, Wealth would scem to be tho first reat stepin this directlon, but it is not all-powerful; cultnre soon beeomes of paramount iniportance, and cult- ure can only procced from mental exercise, In the puesult of the Iatter, wealth Is a poworful, though not Indispennable, adjunct, but poor 1 dved must thoy o wiio not only neglect the out- ward evldences of culture, but doliborstely adopt thocharncteelatics of a claw acvoral dezroes lower than thelrown, Of such may it be truly written: l‘l'(lul of their own mouths shall ye condemn hem, ** Many gentiemen recolvo thelr Orst improsslon of Jadies in the ball-reom ur at ordinary sockal :'vnnwn nge, qud frst imprenalong arc proverbially lant: ine, Is it sarprising, then, that, after being rezaled for a half-hour by a conversation repleto wlih alang and omptiness, & gentloman should form a low cstimate of u lady's capabllitios? fs it surprising that, when thus regaled, ho makes no effort toward & mare Intlinato nequalutance? **1jvod enongh to dance with, l4_hls mentai vers dict, nnd begw to bo excuned from anythlng fur. ther., The truth is, men look for refinement in women far beyond that which they themnwelves pasecss, Iler dolicate tact, her subtie intuition, und her sarolr faire are irresistibly charming to the conrsor-haired male, who {aapt to valoe the more hlghly those qualitics which lis himnelf Incks, What, then, atall eald of the woman who by her Janguage voluntarily invites her own deprecla. tlon? Can it, under any clrcumatances, be politic for her to repel the better clnss of men? “The domaud for suncrior refinement Ina wife is not at all unreasonable. —The most necessars qualification fora husband i strenztn. It s hie province to shield her, to gnard her from the buf. fetinga and annoyances of lite. All his time and encrgics are cailed Into play 10 nravido her with & home, but it 18 to her that hie looks for the adorn- ment of that home. It Ishor dat which ia frres vocublo in those intelcate_matiers which pertaln to the propor soctal obwervances which, from want of lelauro and lllnplflhllll{,. are so difiicalt for hlin to acquire. In hersafe hands he feaves tho educns tion of his offspring in the first important period of their tender existence, Is thia oo much to aak 1n return for the peepetual and unwearied labor of nis handa snd brain? It may e urged that too much Importance has been assigned fo the havit which I8 nomtnally the subject of thix article, and that the Ilmllt(lflln!l ine dulgence which ie so strongly deprecated inuy not e \ncum}mubw with the possesston of many of thove sterling qualitive which ko to make up true womanhood. ~'To such, the reply may be mude, that these,bettar qualitiea are, iu a measure, hidden from view; the questionsble ones appear on the slirface, and the casual acquaintanco can scarcely be expected to scarch for thoso perfections of whic no evidence s perceptiblo from the oxtarior, Hesides, 1t will bo aduitted that there la never any nilstake made in n'flld to tho truly refined and cultivated woman. ller position is simply her rlght, and it is never guestioned, o her is prof- fered allko the homage of the Princeand ol (he beggar, 3lere I8 a rank whicl requiros no patent of _nobility—a rank which no fortunc can sfvet, and & rank which is puselble to cvery woman, Chuose then, yo matdens; ono step in tha right dlrection is pointed vut tu . Will you take vour placen In the ranks of the gum-chewers, tho Joud-talkera, the shallow water-bralned i to-day, or will you enlist in the cause of culture and your own advancement? 1 yon choosa the lstier courve, then, another generstion, shall we Liave fewer tobacca-chewluy, kolfe-awallowing men, fewerd overdressed, unzrammatical wumen, fower rowdy boyw, fewer precucious uiels, fewer streci-car controversics, ‘and, obove ail, the ll!:tllll{ ahall havo disappearcd for tho philoso. phor to {ndite evsays on thy evlis of slang! LisweLyw, THE BILL-OP-FARE QUESTION, To the Editor of The Tribune, Moxrog, Mo,, March 7.~I have been much In- tereoted In the remarke and suygestions of Guorgl. na and others regarding bousckeoping operations, etc., and conslder this one of the inost important subjects for our diacusslon, inssmuch as with s voried an expericnce as 19 offered through The 1lome wo must certalnly secure much valuable ln- formation. 1, therefore, offer & few hints from my ook of a rather wide and varied experience in Hopes of adding » drup 1o the buckel at least. During our late Wor, whon § wass part of (he time Iu the midst of the siege, andonother in your own city, [ was 80 altusted as to be obliged to perform my own bouschuld work, even Including the rathcr severc laboreof the laundry, wy family conslsting of from seven to ten persons, and & bave on moy hands, During eight months of this time [ way actively enyaged in & wilitazy hospltal (of which my bus- band was surgeon), yot by srranging my work systematically § could slways sccure two hours for readlng or other Jiterary wourk (aud 1 would say here t0 the young bousckeepers who bave cojoyed the privilege of such sccomplishmeuts s musle, paloting, sculpture, etc., dv not allow them to be- come y from disuse; practice your fustrue mentsl and yocal music I you do it st night, sud keep your essel beside your sewing-mackiue). It is not impracticablo fn this dey of wewing- machines, only do mot sdd so many tucks % toile dressce snd trimmings. Make i3y 10 your as possible. You have uo dea how s Tittle™** d ailiug " (the Biting of ous Julut Julo anvthier) will aid 1 mnununsvwd Plece of work; teach Laby Le doce mot need copetaat uurving and awmdsiog, bot umJ cntertaln biuself o a great degeee: induce the older children 1o nssiat cach other, und give each one certaly hitle du. ties 10 perfuriag above all, systematize operativns #0 that you bave no coufasion, for thls Dot only s oue discourayed, but theze s danger of its afccllug the tenipers und hers s the daugerous acalust which the bousehold bark vo oftes collides, thy duily toil aud carking carcs Bre so— *twearing. Lut ku‘¥ brave splrit, ** be of woud cheer," 11 ls only Tor @ hittle scason, sud we bave v waby blessings fu wake brlghtucss uboat wur path. 1 LLiuk a3 8 nativn the French thrift, comblucd with reliued tar Freueh wotlier § learued swiany thiu; proverblal for sud from a which Lare bheen fnvalnable to me, the principal of which fa that cconomy s not the nlezacdiness srhich ** grinta the face of tne poor,* and makes us par- rimonfons, but that carefut tirift which criticiacs every particle from which anything may be made. Thi< }s noliceabte even In dlress, which requires canmiderable wisaom in orler to make the natural love for prettiness and the necessity to spend &4 1itt1g as possible taliy together, Now in this we beileve, a4 a rule, it {s economy to purchase the very hest materlals for cerlain purposes, yet in others low-priced fabrica are cer- fainty the most economleal. For Instance, in makinz lingerle, alwage purchase the very strong- cat mauslin (and T wouhl e here thai it is not the wealthy whao consider massive embrofdery and A heavw weleht of Hamburg edging essential to Deauty in these garmental; tn shirts, however, If o0 purchaso those made of York Mills rand, you wiil flad that they will outwear ono horam and bands, but will not {even twith constant repatring) outlaat iwo, So it is really wiser to usc the lower-priced article, and we bellove at present p’:l“l‘ it Is chienper (0 purchase thu ready-made article, With regard to children's clothes, T think a good mantua-maker, for o few daye, 1s less oxpenslve than putting dresses ont, but Tlearned to make dresnen early in my married ife, and [ consider I hava saved n amall fortuno by it: then, asour daughters grow up, sve bad them tanchi to cnt, Aty and trim by an accomvlistied dressinakers.and, with A rellabla chart, we are wlmll[v independent of the micadames’ bills, eithier fur dressniaking or millinery, and it has pald many times over, 1t the “prevalling mode {« voluminons, purchase the very ge-l goods for dresscaar rults, and you may remodel it for years, but If the fashion calla fur'the material to be ent Into innumerable small pieces elther uno low-pricod materials and nae the dress constantly, thus getting the fall beneft of tho work bestowed on It, or, If costl; enough to rencrve o fesw yards foF rejuvonating. ‘There |8 nothing saved by purchiasing low.priced shocs, damaged kid-uzloves, and poor hose, I can wear a neat calico dress and feel myrclf a truo gentlewoman, bat Hl-fitting hoota, badiy-fitting, Evlit gloves, or coarsc-renmed stockings—never. Ax regards cullnary operations, 1t s wonderfol how far _eimplo food, well ptepared and tasterally ln»{ved‘ gocs to make up fur much that appears de- ficient, During tho months ta which Ihave referrcd, I had ane _unfailing resonrce Ina_littlo clty garden, abunt twenty. feet Aquare, §n which, bestdes a liny bed of flowers (made perpetnal by the bedding-out system), [ had borders of tine ierbe, and quito a good mupply of vegetables, which wers ever a0 much finer taken with tho dow on them, anid dew fulls even on town lots, 1 fonnd. ‘Then, {n winter, my kitchen winlows provided carled parsley that wass *‘elght to behold,” and dishes as so much nlcer v'rlmn garnished with thie lovely **bit o' roen. " B Wil give you fonrof my soupe. and we have soup dally. for nothing Is atonce #0 healthful and ecoaomical. Soup No, 1-Pnt into A stew-kettle n table- spoanfnl of nice dripping or fat from Dolled meat (as stock) or Lutter; whon hot fry in thrce large onions (chopped fine) s when red aad a small tea. cupful of flour, stiering until smooth (but do not scorch) : then add a pint of . boillng water, pepoer i ealt: cook a minute or two; then place on the back of the rtoveamd keep hot untii half an hour be- fore rerving, when nddaone quart of holling milk in which you have mtlered fonr bolled and welle masticd patatoes, sdding them slowly untll smooth, siminee slowly atd put_in small picces of toasted brend. Stock’is cven better than water fur this suup. \'m{omflo soup without meat—Cut np threo carrots, two turnips, cabbage to make a coffeo cup- ful, twolargo tomatoes, fonr potatucs, six heads of celery, green beans (ona pint), parsiey, thyme, and n_1ablesooonful of rice: cover with water and boll vlowly for one hour. Put Into a raticenan half A teacupfal of nico driopings (or clarided suet)} add four onlons, snd fry until red, then stir in two tablespoonfule of tlour; when smooth and browned a littie stle in 8 pint of mhlk, broth, or water; pepe per and ealt (do not add theso befure, aa they wonld cange the Mour to scorch), then add the vogetables and the littlo water remaining about them, with more water If neccasarys simmer stowly until time 10 nerve (or abonthalf an hour) : when pour throngh 8 colander, mashing the veyctables; bring to a toll and pour orver sippets of toast in turcen, ‘Tomato and rice soup—Fry one onjon (chopped fine) on a tablespoontul of liot butter, add & quart of tomataes, cook for half on hour, then pass through o tamis, of sleve, Putinto o stewpnn a =ood tantespoontul of butter or drippinas (If nice); when melted add a teaspoonful of tlour, stirring constantly until brown; add the tomato, with ssit and pepner, a handful of chopped parsley, and a swall salt-wpoonful of soda (we Invariably add this to cannod tomateces) : bring to a boil and” add ono int of etock or bolling wilk, with a cupful of rico lied roft (ono tablespoonful put fn the milk and boiled lalf an hour). Potato soup—Melt & tablexpoonfnl of butter (or fat froin stock), and add one small onlon; when colored, t cut potatocs and stir them well about; but fnto n stock-keltto, nnd add two quarts nf water (or inilk and wator, {f convenlent), also n tabjespoonful of chopped pareley and a xorig of thyme; boll for an bour very wiowly, pass through 4 rlove, and roturn to tho kettle; then add very carefully two well-huaton cgga, poppur, and salt, licef's heart—A nice dinuer made by par- botling a beef's henrt (10 cents), cutting out the central veing and G1ling with bread-crambs maist- cned with butter in which haif an onfon has been Itlod, pepper, and salt, binding closely a slice of pork ovar the end, rubling with butter or nice fat, and baking for ons hour, adding the water reduced for gravy, with o teaspoonful of butter rolled in tlour, popper, and salt. Gaenish with rings of ontons fricd vrown, or fricd parsloy, Or take a low-priced steak {20 cents), cover with the Alling named, roll Into a scro)l, bLind cach end and, covering closely, bske for an hour (or less), then uncover and brawn, Dress with tomato salad, making 8 mayonnaiso ning lreak an eor (veey culd) Into a cool china bowl and with a silver or wooden fork break i1, then add a dewp of oll at a time uniil it becomen ‘thick liko pomatum, when stir In a tablespoonful of vinegar so atrong that it whl cut your tongue, or better stitl uwe ten drops of gilute acetic acid. (Do not bo afrsld of the name: it fs harmless, belng only a strong vineuar, aftor all.) The vinegar murt ba strong ne you use so ilitle; add a teaspoonful of made inustard, penpoer, salt, and a salt-spoon of - wit “Tliis on sliced tomntoss Is Bue, and a steal ed I8 vry protty. hls same sauce t4 exeellont for lettuce or coi slaw, thougn the latter ]l often dress with heated celery vinedar iu which I stir one yolk of vy, & teanpoonful of corn starch, pepper and salt, and a tablespoanful of buttor, with o h puonful of powdered-mustard. _Allow to cool and your uver he shired eabbage, My number of cheap dlshes leuion, but space forbids more. ‘I'hero aro muny yuestions [ should have been glad to answer, but have overrun my space ale ready. I would Like to say to thuse Interested in yentilating thelr rooms that we secure perfect and harmieas ventlintion by fastening a plece of wood (about us large as a lath) beneath the ratsed lower sash, having it to Mt enugly, ‘Thusa current of alr s conntantly pssing Uetween tho two eashes, yet no draft endangers the health, Another thing: 1 have been preparinga set of couking recipea for one of our publishurs, and, in order to seciiro ihe finest collection, have ex- amined thousands of our own and forelsn recipe 0 that If any one wishes any particular una [ con give it to her, Tho reason T havo never anawored these questions 14 becalsde 50 many answers nro slways su kindly given to eacn question of the kind that it sppeared like occupylng space for no #ood purposo, AUNT Canie, To the Editor of The Trituna, Cntcano, March 6.—1, 100, am interceted in this **bill-of-fare " question, particularly in tho letter from My Husband's Wife. Would liko as o friend to nsk a few questions: What kind of & honse havo you? Aro you subject to company and callers all doyw and atall hours? You giva us 8 recipu for crullers whatdo you fry them In? Thcro s no lard in your exponze account. 1 onca had o neigh. bor that wanted to borrow my lard kettle, don'tbe. Ueva it was you, My fawmily number doubles youry, Ttspinching times, 1am trylng 10 be brave cnouch to dismiss my help, heve counted the numbarof »tepsto be ascendod mnd doscended every day muny timus, 0 large nuniber of them, there are Gfty bo. uides the fivo steps into the yard, now count the stope necessary o the getthng of nicals, puiting and kecping tho house n order, amswering the door-bell for rag-men, ** Kindling-woud wanted rt agents and friends, aud 1 way no man can nuwber them, and I ask mysclf how 1s & wuman to? “I'vs oxpenve of **help" v greater than williug to ncknowledge often, The wayes umallest part; their board aud wasteteads off, tnany lHitle ecunomies we would peadtice and fain would teach thew, but canout oiten prove the poor go back to primilive ways, dolng tho wotk witl Juss show agt stvle, it would be differ ent, hut, after lonzt years ol doluy, it's a bard wats ter to break dnto nuw pathe or get' others there i you can yourselt, Most of my felenda keep une of two plrlé; the exceptions tell me they **diamised thelr elp because they werasutroublesome'—ilicy **put out their big work and sewing, etc. more, perliapd, but ke frecdom fa so pleasaut. Don't.beneve one word of it What cowards soie of uaare. o If thuws brave cortespondents of The lome are Q?ulll{ Lrave Wit thelr friends, let we in your ¥ing please, e 1 tuink 1 have some vetl;lm that would please Olu, but must nol ircepuse lonper this thae.” Wil close with Indoraing Amter's Jetter on ** Woman Sulrage™ If not thoss on Fowls and (.'uvhh.'l:r ¥ procitra =3 EE) r. thus To tka Editor of Tha Tribune, Muskraow, March 4.—My Iusband’s Wife: I would like to oek you & few questions. You say you provide for three and yet save §1.50 out of the $0 which you bave. Now,do you mover vary your diet, and do you never use vplces, raisiug, frult, noe awy veyctables except potatocs? I motlce that Joscpbiue L, uses about tho sowo articles that you do, uuly not o the same proportion. Now, [ do uot know fust how much It cosls my busbaud and we for Just one week, bul Juit for food, fuel, light, #0ap, ete., 1think tho average ls about $3.25, and wo lways have & varicly. We use 3 great deal of fruit—canned in winter snd fresh ju summer, 1 have always cousidered It necessary, as much so oy otuer l.hlnft. yeb uona of you mentlonit. 1s ita teniible piece of vxtravaganco! I supposs you will lift "your hands ia holy horror when 1 tell you that” we uss not Jews than thres puuods of buttera weck. Aud suother thing: Do you uot use czze for cake and collee? 1 do u e li you can pet aloug with one pound of but wake wuch ceke. And 1do not see how you can cluthe thice & year on 852, 1L custs ueat least 5, wod | do oy own sewin, 1 tud that 33,25 18 not Yuudo uot mention seol. I count that In; slso watee-tax, stationcry, payer, oud thiuge innuwess Able that T find necessary, abont thore thinza? O, 1 haree with yan ahaat the holled meat, but [ wanldn't bo afratd to eat the mush, and mitk, and onlons, though what wonld agres with mo might nut with you, Tt yon might try tho exper- Iment, 1 do not belleve (£ wonld kil you, Sirog, T wonld Jike to knaw the name of Mt frm, 1 woald write you if I knew wacre to direct, — TIHIE NOUSEKENPER'S OWN, To the Editor of The Tribune, WatenRtao, Ta,, March 4.—1 think it was Lorl Chesterfleld who protested against the use of walcrs, becauso itwas volgar to ‘' sead aplitle to our fricnds.” While reading an article to-day on this sublect, I wondered if Tho 1lome friende, In weiting for & favor, Inclosing & stamp (as this s & very ceeential nart of the programmo), ever thanght that fn this way we **send apittle to onr friends,” which to rome Iaveey unpleasant, not wishing to urcastamp wetted by another, while othersare noteo senaltivo; but £ think wa all prefer clean stamps. Ona corner fs usnally wetted, or the whule stamp, to make **assuranca doubly surc," causing more trouble {n the removal than the value of the stamp. 1f more than one is scnt, there fs tittle need of any precantion: when bat one, If thoer from the margin of the sheet cannot be ob- talned, wrap in & ptece of paper, or, as suggested in the article [ was reading, make twocata throngh the letter, one-fourth of an Inch apart, and inrert the stamp. Little things make the happineas of human life, Do all the Homers know the con- venience of nsing beeswax on flatirons? Rub the Wwax on the fron while hoty then on a plece of brown paper, cleaning with a cloth, and they wiil be much emoother. Try rock salt or Indian meal slightly dampencd 1n awoeping earpote. "Thoee wh usa cold starch will find It greatly im- qm'ml hy adding a 1ittle white soap to the waler, "lifn lielps to stitfen and proventa sticking., Those not wishing to pay $G for silk cardinal hoxe can make the unblcached balbriggans very rreuy by embroldering & vine in ssarlet around Nem, Just above thoe boot. esnccially for litlle girls, And now a plea for the little folks. 1L {s hard **amusing the younisters, ™ 1f yon were ever a teachor you will know how mucit it delights tlie chlldren “**ta mark on the buard,™ and 18 o pleasure of which they never seeny to tire. Why not introduco a black-board Into the nuniery? With this and a plece of white crayon (a fow colored ones will add greatly to thelr happl- neas) what menageries you will have! A board of any size will anmwer; cleat the onds to prevent warping and paint It, One end may bo fastened with hinges to the window casement, or any con- venlent piace, or be put on a etandapd, and” I am suro will more than repay tho little trouble and ex- pense. Try it. 1 have a pretty apron ‘:n(rnn for afternoons, and wauld llke to exchianga It with any one for another style, llavesny of yon ever had a **Mock Art Gallery " ot n church Tale? 1 assisted in one which WO 0 Anccess. Uxoioo. To the Lditor af The Tridune. Rockront, 0., March 6.~ have sume good rec- Ipe that Iwould 1lke to send, noplng they may helpothers ns £ have boen holpod, and 1 believe The Ifomats for mutual boneflt. Isend this for saftening and whitoning tho hande, There are me porsons® hands it s impossiblo to keep white and delicate-looking. T am ono of those persons, but have used the following with good result: Two onnces of puraglycorina; iwo onnces of roso or distilled water; one dram tincture bouzolne, Mix, Ttub on tho handsat nlght when going to led, wearing old kiil gloves, with tho palms cut out, ro 8 notto retard perspiration. Haw elycerine In too harsh & remedy for everyono's skin. 1 have It from an M. D. that it enlarges tho pores of the akin, e-lym:lnlly of the face, I would Ilko to '“‘H“"' who feel the need of economizing theso hard times, how I repalr cullars and cnffs that have been worn at the edscs: Cat bins ateipo of linen Just inslde enough to bind the edge nicely, stijch’ down, and you tiave them ns rmdu new, and the narrow binding looks like rimming; {f l.hc{ are tou much worn for nice, binding them with cardinal, blue, buff, or any retty o makes them nice for morning wear, {usbande ehirt-culls dono_in the samo way will a0vu nany & weary one no_amall amount of fabor, and wo all know it is no small natter to mnke now cuffa for old shirts, and they laundry beantifully, ki baking-powder at 1 1 How i it with others I know 1 se0 somo ono hiaa aeked for one, I chuno all such material at a wholesale druir houa 12 ounces tartaric acid, 1 pound bleatb soda, 1 packauo corn atarch; mix thise tozother and pass turough a stevo s number of times to insure per- fect umformity ; tour in the place of utarch can vo uned: alther kivea it body, and it keops better, 1t should be pnt through the sieve the day after mak- ing, an it Lacomes umpy i not. Wo une two tea- spoonfula for one guart of flour, Rockronr, To the Edilor of The Tribune, Cmicaco, March 0.—I only want to ark for dircctlons for chicken fricasso and salad; alko cranberry Jelly. And coul not Mra, A. be flower agent for The Ifomo as well as pattorn agent? I would goto ler for flowers sooner than for pate terns, 1've had a warfelt of fancy work, Let mo offera few hints. 1t thore fs a holo In your window and you can't afford 8 mew pane, mend it wiih Isinglass. You can make s trana. parent paste with flve conts' worth bleached gum shellac, Five conts’ worth of eachiwill do, Dissolvo tho shellac In afcohol, 1t looks so much bettar than whito naper, and can scarcely bo da- tected, DId any of yor who find it bard to draw the wark from® the ‘scwing-machine over fold o Httle piece of cloth, nnd keep that to run through rizhit after the work—as you joln onc seam o an- othee whenever you can, 1o save Lhe trouble of starting again wiih_such im:é thronds 38 you must have on tho old Wheeler & Wilion? I'keop my needlo Insuch o Plecu all the time, and cut my work off of that, Do you understand? 1 have the full account of the **Itiddle on the letter IL,* with the poom ltsolf. 1t differs vory 1ittlo from that leven by Omnihua, I am golng to havo a nicobuck yard this summer, Wil some of Jou tell me bow ta get the vory wost good of it fu lowers—what to start drst, and what 10 grow, xo as to have flowers all the timot It s the firat cliance 1've bad, and I am s bungry for fowers of my own, What also shall 1 slars for winter plante? Brarnice Uaox, To the Tditor of The Tribune. LircnrieLn, Mich,, March 6.—Kittie, please nc. cept thanks for cookie recipe. Tho compositor made me say In the reclpe for Vienna rolls **two tableapoonaful ™ of baking-pawder when it should read ‘‘two teaspoonfuls.” 1should havo correcte ed thls mistako sooner, but I respacted (ho vditor's request Lo give layod-ovor lotters s chance to Jut Uielr light shine. To tho ladies who so kindly re- spunded to my request for mpice-cake, plearo nc. cept thanke, ~Izara, inany thanks for varlety-caka secipo, For favors recelved T will end u splendid recipe for fig-cako; pleass tey it you will fnd it For “the cake, take “one cup butter, two ngar, threo and 1f cupa tounr, one-half cup aweet milk, whil of seven euys, (wo leas epoonfuls baking-powders in layerss flavor 1o it taste, Take one }muml g, chiop Sne, poiur them ono teacupful of water, add ono-halt cup mugar, stow on tho stova, ut between Iayers sain0 as Jelly-cake. Wil E, I, R. pleaso tetl me wihere | ean hll{ wax-flower materlals, and thd prubable cout? If Kola will send mo vome of her pnich-work patterns, will send swinothing in ro- turn, Will ot sowmo une please tell wo” how to ornament cakes nicely siter they are frosted? ‘Wheun [ zet Tho Homo | always read tho shortset tetters firat, e Drua i Tn the Editor of The Tribune. Avmona, Nk, March 7.—Will some one pteasa tell mo how ta prepare lemons for summer use? Orango cake: Twa cups of sugar, ono-half cup of water, two cups of flour, yolks of five eggs, whites of threo, grated rind snd juice of one orange, one tenspoonful of suda and two of cream lartar, the remaiuing whites of two ejye beateu to froth, Juice ani grated rind of one orsnge, auvar enough o thicken fur spresding between the layers of e 0. Kix monthe' cake: Two cuy of mulasscw, fve curl of floy milk, one ana a hatf cupa of ra) ful uf soda, spice to Laste, four ¢ Corn bread (excellent): Une exg, one pint of milk (sour), two tablewpoonfuls of molassss. two teaspoonfuls of sods, oue-Uall teaspuontul of sal3} bake one hour. sleawed pudding: One enp of buttermilk, one cup of aleing, three tableapounfuls of meited but- 1er, one teaspoonful of soda dissolved fn oue cup of molasses, one teaspoonful of clunamon, one- half a uutmey, cloves to teste, flour vnough to make liko sult gingerbread: steam three hour Bauce: (Ine cup of sugar, buttcr size of au cpg, tabluspoantul of fuour: boat 1o a creawm, pour on bolling wates, Savor with autmcy, Susax Nieemn, To the Edltor of The Tridune. Cucavo, Msrch 4, —For the beneit of Penwick, and all who may wish to know the proper way to cook Indlan meal, picase wive my reclue, which, 1f tollowed, will give two dislics 6t for au opicure: Put four quarts of water luto a fat-bottomed lined Kettle, When boaling bard, sprinkle slowly du, stirring from the botium all thu while, four cups of ludlan wnual, bue cup of Gour, sud fonr teaspoonfuls of salt. ‘The wezl. tour, t sbould bu thorougbly mised before sprinklin Boll hard twenty winutes after the meal is in, when it ls ready to eat 88 wusb, [n wilk or with New Orleans inolasses, Pour the remalnder julo oblong bread-paus, %0 Lhal when cold it can be cut into thin, handeome slices for fryluy, Have the spider but, with & Iittlo butter or lard it; then fry uy fast 88 possible over a hot Grw, pider in haud vo s3lu slirko ur wove often Lo Em ut burniog, Couk 811 b furiue a crlsp crust fore turulnz. The scerct of [rying v to cook it ant und long ax possible witbout burning, which can ouly bo done with svider fu band, WOYe B circunistances require. limre "fl of the ladies ol The llome ever tried the Metavhysical Discovery? If any one bos, will she pleses write, $hrough “Fhe Llowv, aud stats witl what result? Buston. Tu (e Editor of Ths Tribune. Laxs View, March 3.~I bave been roquested to scnd some of Wy recipes, alter & trial of mix yeurs, koowing thew to bo guud. Doughnula: 1cup sour wilk, 1 teaspoon soda, 1 teaspoon sugar, 3 tubles spoonfuls mclted lard, 1 exy, flavor 10 taste, four 10 roll out us wtill as biscuit; fry fu lard aud roll %0 88 to in powdered suzne when done. o measure 81l thin with, Suet pudiling: 1 cup snet chopped fine, 1 cup aweet milk, 3 egum, 1 teaspoon haking-nowder, flour for a atiff hatter; pat tn A mold of \e In & clath and boll two houta, * It ia an improvement to put 8 cup of ralelna In. Est with any kind of Aasice. Hanl sanco: One-third the qnantity of batter that there In rugar fn your bowl, 1 ege, flonr to taste, and beat to 8 credm, ‘Thia (s very hice, Apple pndding: Put vour apples or fruit In a saucenan or any veeacl that has a tight cover. and Just cover with water: when bofling cover the top of the frnit with a _crust made of biscuit dough, and cover tight, and boil for Lalf an hour. Eat with hand sauee. 17 Mrs, Flold will send her address to mo T will scnid et the sample shio derires of tha trimming made of the feather-edge brald, v TUso a coffec-enp Ta the Editor of The Tridbune. Hintspare, Mich., March 6.—In last Satorday's Tatnuxe rome one tells Econony to iron hor black ailk, £ Tam not too late, 1 am suro Economy and all others who try my way will thank me for hasten- ing to tnform them that & hot iron on ellk makes it limp and Hfeless; it aleo makes it ehlny, Procare some smoath, ronnd sticks, or, {f you ean con- vonlently, havo some rollers made about two Inches i (ameter and alittle longer than your silk is wide, and you will always have them ready when needed, Sponge your sitk as directed by M. T, M., and while damo roll smoothly nno pleco over anather, and let it remain aver nluht, You will be sur. Ynm-ll when you take it from the rollers, and wili, am sure, ho delfzhted with your success, ‘Two rollera will be suflicent far ono dress, Mattie, 1 have been walting for romcbody to ask for your recipe for potato-salad. I would™ like it very niuch, Ituth Pinch, 1wonld like yonr patterns and di- recitons for transforming A peach-baeket into o work-basket, "{ml will send them to me in care af The Home 1 will return n pattorn for a tollet act that will please you, CAPITOLA, To tha Editor of The Trilune. Dantasaroy, Wis., March 4,—In reply to a New Contributor, 1 would say that in my oplnion Rus- sian-bath towellng (brawn) would make much prettier lambriqning than burlaps, Should yon deslre pattern for the same, pleaso send me your address, E. Cantle, hero s a recipa for hard sauce: One cnp of very fino white sugar; pieco of butter slze of hen's cog; flavor tosalt the taste; stir till you have rrmlncedu snlvy suhstance; mold into any fanciful ehapo, and sat to cuol. Marygery, yonr modo of aweeping carpets s very good, hut I think it o better plan to prinkle molst corn-mcal upon the carpet. bofura aweeulng. Mayme, you might tey chalk grated fne and sprinkied on your felt hat to cleannc it. In exchange for atl this usofal advice, will some one pleaxu aend a pattern of a cotton-flannel clo- phaot, and oblige your sympathizing aister? Avsuron, To the Editor of The Tribune, Cittcaao, March 5, —1 have received agreat many renuesta to sonid my chocolate-cream recipe to The Home, soherc It 1s: One enp ench of sumar, mo- lasses, and milk; ploce of butter slze of an erg, boll this abont twenty-five minutes, but do not stir it only to keepit' from burning; Just bofore taking it iip add a pinch of soua and two grated 145y of chocolata {notice that a cake of choco Iate in divided fnto squarcs); try in water. and when brittle it 1s dono; then turn Intoa buttered pun and when the candy is cool mark it oif into synares, cleann my white kids In_henzine; pour somo benzine Into 8 wash-howl and wash the kids for a few minutes: then rub witha clean white cloth until the kids aro clean and hang them in the nlr to dry, Isu’t there xome ono who will take pity on me uud send e a paticru of & Clinceo airesstio? . VTN To the Editor of The Tribune. Cuicaan, March G.—E. Castle, T have good recipes for hard sauce and wine sauce. For lard Sauce—Tnke one teacup sugar, one-half toscup butter; stir together until light; flavor with wine or essenco of lomon: smooth tho top with a knife, and grate nutmeg over it, Wine Bauce—Brown one cup of sngar and a plece of butter theslzo of anegg na eancepan: pour two-thirds of a teacup of bolling wator alowly over tho mixturos when ready to scrvo add onge half cup of currant wine. You will find thie zood, Venlce, I have never scen any of (he pattorns you apenk of. 1 should bo very glad to recuive tham, and I will sond you stamvs, 1las any one 8 pattorn for scrap-bag and card- receivor? and T will rotarn stuusps, for 1 have no patterns to give, Mus, M. To the Fdilor of The Tribtine, Cuicano, March 4.—If Mra. Ficld win send stamp and aadress to me, care of The Home, [ shali be pleased 10 send hera sample of the crochet edging. 1 Adel) will born an almond, instead of cork, for hier oycbrows, stie wiil be pleased with the re- sult, Margery, I know an improvement on your modo of sweep(ng carpets, Iuso tos-leaves lnatead of wator, and nothiug better can be finaztned, as 1t alev settien the dust, and makes the fadoed flowurs alnoat as bright nw niewy, Now, if, inreturn for the above information, somae one will tell we how to get rid of ronches, they will earn the lasting gratitude of o Harry Lirtie Hovsexeren, To the Editor of The Tridune, Annian, Mich,, March 4.—Pertaps M. T, Q. would tike to tey my reclpe for chacolate carnmels: 144 cubs brown sugar, 1 of molas 1§ of sweet milk, % cake Haker's chocolate, teaspoonful sods, b of pulverized guin arabic, butter sizo of egi, favor with' vanilla: boil untll bard enongh to reak in water, then stie to keep from bLurning, Would Jike a new pattern for hatr and halr-pli re- coiver, Wil roimchody tell me through Tho Honic what kind of yarn Lo use for knltting sus. pendera? EYENING STAR, Ta the Fditor of The Tritune, Citteaao, March I wish to obtain the recipe for kumyea as it was glven In thesc columna sonie Umoago, Can any one oblige me? Also, will Pan- tomime pleasa tell us if wilk can be colored with catechu by the method sha mentions? 1t so, will shio obllge thu undorsiuned with recipot Wo havo half a duzen canury birds and would Jike to know what other sort of ‘a uird conld bs put tnto their cayes durlng tho wating season with advantago and improvemeut. Warren PEck CARLETON, To the Editor af Ths Tribuns. Catcaao, March 4.—[ am happy to sce mote ox- perienced persons than 1 coming forward to nseiet in the vill-of-fare Lusiness. I caanot scnd ‘more than oua recipe this week. One shank of beef, wo pig's hocks;* caver with water aad boil until the meat drops from the bones; when cool, take all the bunea vut aud cut the ureat In utnaly plecos, vt it back the souy, sdd more water if roe qnired, savon fo taste and boll ten minutes, th tirn into a mold. When cold, sitco in thin sllces. 1t will cost 33 conts, somctimes loss, Grondixa, To the Edifor of The Tribune, Pavsoy, 1., March 6.—A lady in The Mome wishes to know how to cook mush properiy, This ismy reclper Put in your dinoce-pot one gatlon of water, and just before it bolle add oue tablespoon- ful of salt, When tho waler boile set the vessel where It will just keep ot tue bolling point, but it wnust not boil whille yon are putting in' the meal. Huve o large spoon in one hand, und stir st the top of the water, and with the other wprinkle in the weal untl] it 1s as thick as {-m wihahi then sot where it will boil slowly for balf an hour, siirring frequeutly, Bus. E. U, To the Lditor of The Tribune, Crticago, March 7.—1 bave come to answer Biug-Eyed Gypsy. 1f'sho willuse gasoline for cleaning her white klds, she cannot fail toget 1bems perfectly clean, Wash them ae you wonlk a hundkerchlef, rubbing thu soilad hon Fitra thom In fresh gavalinu, and put thom 1ho sun Lo dry. Get five conte® 1l at the Jawmp. store, and it Will clean several pajzd, LixNa A, To the Editor of The Tridune, Exargwoon, ., March 3, ~Blug-Eyed Qypay, to clean white or any Iight kid gloves, take a sau- cer, A1) about balf-full of beneine; dip in one glove; besure that It gols wet all over; then tako A piece of clean cloth (Aannol is good) and rub til} thorouglly dey; and the other tho same, 1€ right- Iy dong, they will 160k **Just a8 good &% ucw, "™ Aexsxess, Ta the Editor of The Triduns, Cincaano, March 7.—10 Mrv, Field will send her sddrues fome, caro Home, 1 will bo pleased to lat Licr bave sawple of crochet trimmivg. L 8, B, ON DEITALY OF THE BABY. To the Edior of The Tribune. Cmicaco, Feb. 24.—3y baby, D weeks old, ‘bas bad a very heavy cold on his luvgs. 1o had oo symptoms of crvop, but couzbed very hard, and bad greot difieulty In breathing ou accouut of phiegm., Now, will Guumks, or anybudy who knows, il me tho best and surest way to treat such & case, Ile (s over the truuble for this time, but | weut sdvice for th nest time, Ao, will some of the wise vues tell mo how to live vu that £ und my children may not take cold yo «asily. [used to pride myseif on the fact that L did uut taku cold easlly,—could bear uny sinuunt of exposure and not suficr. Butnow sll s changed, aud P{d ®_bresth of wind blows ou me 1 take cold, How can I rezalu my former positiouy | wantto kuow, t0o, what dict fu best for a nure- fug wmother who canuot supply her bongry boy's dewands. [ do uot wanl Lo bave W feed bim i1 cau belp it Now, do not recommend ale, beer, o snylbing of that sott, for § wewr tie whilte ribbon, und | will not take suy risks on wy boy's uppetite, Alxo, 1 wunt to kuow what bs best to focd (ho baby with 1 I muet do it 1 waot Lo know wbat v the matter with y hy- acinth. It wos plunted i plass, and did “well uutl it sbould bavue Lloumed, when every bud blasted, Itwas knotked aver oneo, and fell aut of the gians, Did that spoil It, or wan it done by pONTing in freah water fo aupply the waste? Alro, romiebody tell me what 1o the matter with my Cuban lity, It was planted 11st Ammat, and Atiould have bioomed toforo this time, It had sent np five Iarge leaves, and the tip of the mxtn ap. ears, but no algnaof bloom, 1had a nice, larve ernery planted, and espected great resnita, hut it 8 cither too wet, or too warm, or tou dark, and all my 1abor came fo nothing, Now, all ye learncd oncs, take rny on me and enlighten me. Manr Moune, TIEY WANT TO KNOW. - Tothe Editor af The Tribune, Cittcano, March 5. =Thero aro threo songs that Twant, and may be somo of the grandpas, grand- mas, unclos, or auntles of The ilome caneend themtome. The ronge ara quite anclont, and 1 cannot find them anywhero, #o at last havo had to “""'( whero uearly every one doca nuwadays, — toTiie Home, One contalns the word: ‘The hieart teels most whon the | And the eyes speak & gont The othor: Te led theallar, {)fit‘ 'm;' E»;I‘fu 3’.-“..:{ his chosen, And the lnst: Dougias. Donglas 3 i ml“e:; ltendar and true, I any one will sond ma a copy of the worda and muaic, ‘or only the worda, to one ornil, 1 wwill be fl!ry(reltl{ obliged, or, It thanks won't reward them audiclently, § will' gladly pay them for their trouble. Yivnz, To the EAitor of The Tribune, Joutrr, March 4,~Can any readers of The Iome send me fern-leaves, flower-aceds, or slips, for pattern of air-castle, very pretty photo frames mado of cardboard, tollot-set, kplaslicr taper-case, vases, ete.? 1would like to exchange lace patterns with some one, A New Contribintor, Thava s pretly 1ambreqnin patterni send me your nddress, Venlice can riil liee house of mice hy epreadinga very little atrenic on & pleca of bread'and hatler: Blue-Eyed Gypsy, Iciean my light kids with ben- zing; pot the filufl'l onand rub with 8 plece of :lnl‘ll; :\m“mw with the benzine; keey them on ntll dey. Mra, l!lcld, T can send yon lily of the valley, Margery, 1 think eor-menl wet the least bit and #prinkled on the carpet is bettet than water to set- tle dust. Try fcand sec for yoursell. FLorgNck. move noty 7. To the £astor of ‘The Tribune, Wasmixorox, Ill., March 4.—1 would ltke very much the pattern of & Chinese air-castle. Wil send In exchengo (or to any one wishing it) pattern and directions for making tooth-brush rack, Sweet Mary, will send you Jily-of-the-valicy bulbs In exchange for tho ruots mentioned, if you will aend youraddross to Rizp Rimxanoop, caro Iome, To the Editor of The Tribune, Mugrraon, March 3, —Will sume one please send me a paltern for a slipper-case? Also a pattern for a tollet-sct to be worked on honey-comb or java canvas, and patlerns for darned net? Inreturn [ will send pattern foraarned netor a very pretty et of tollet mats to be mado of cardboanl and zeplyr, imrn, care of The llome. Tn tha Fditor af The Tribine. Et. Paso, 1., March G.—Will Ifetabell ploase send pattern blocks of kuit counterpane, and I will send price or directions for onything I can? Mrs, W. I, F., try snufing the yellow duat from hops for nervous “sick headache. Mrs. Field, if you sond poatava-stamp I will ecnd sample of crochet edging of the feather Lrai 3 " Py To the Editor of The Tribune, Citicago, March 4.—Will somo member of The Home please tell me how to remove fruit-stains from white goods that have remalned In from last aummer, the loundress hiaving washed it often and falled to remove them? 1 suppose bolling water would not_remove them now, for it was done in the rat places Plense obiige, A. DM, To the Editor of The Tribune. Cnenny Devr, I, March 4,—Wlll soma reader of The llome be Xkind enouch to tell mo how to paint wax autumn-leaves, what kind of paint to usg, anid how to mix nmlumlly 11?2 1 dun't mean to color tho wax. but to palut afterthey aro shaped, L will seml a very nico recipe for urange cake if any one would like it. JFanwin Fuost, To the Fditor af The Tribune. Keoxur, Ia., March 4,—Will some one in The THome tell me If thore s & book on fancy work, such as knitting and crochet work, and whero I can et 1t? 1 hinve scen directions for knitted edelngs, put none for crochet work, Wil the lady who has the pattern for I'rincess underwesr please extend ber kindncss to one more? To the Edilor of The Tribuns. Camno, IiL, March B.~WIll some one of the members of The llomo exchange fancy-work pat- terns with me? 1f any one wishies to know Low to nint photographs on convex plass I will teach hem In exchango for pretty shells or minoral apece jwens, Low. G To the Edilor of The Tribune, Jasren Covsrr, Ind., March 0.—Will you, or some of your subscribers, given reclve for curlng hams, shoulders, and sldes of hogs for market? Amuinnt of salt per hundred, oickle uscd to be hut or cold, lenyth of timo in the pickle, how lang to amoke, eic.? W, Ta the Editor of The Tridune, Cittcaan, March 6. ~T would like to exchange a root of pink oxalis for a whitc or yellow oue, ur Mllev-of-tue-valley, ivy-leaved parantum, or auy other plant that 1s hardy, Will sowe une tell mo Liow to remove indolibly Ink? AND, To the Editor nf The Tribune, Cmicago, March i.—Wili some onc of The [Tome coutributors recommend A eafe and suro remedy for reducing an excess of flesh on one who Is do- barred by su accident from taking nnuc}x‘uurc’l‘- i ATHON. To the Bditor of The Tribune, TuLEDO, O,, March 4.—Will some of Tho Home contributors ho so kind as tasend mo_pattorn of auy animal they may have? Will send stamp or tidy patterns in return, 18, 8., cara llome, To the Editor of The Tribune, Ciicaao, March 4,—WiIl some ono describe or aend me sample of tho embroidery stitch called Point Russs? Also, Low Lo muke the lnulm&-me‘! Al To the Editor of The Tribune, Cutcaco, March 4,—1 dealeo to know how to dye ascal brown and navy blue, Wil some kind Uowe artist furnish we withs the same? Mus. Mason, PLANTS AND FOWERS, To the Editor of The Tritune, Drnrque, In,, March 2.—There sccma to be s dierence of upinion between eowme of your cone tributors as to the suthorship of tho lince I 1 5 A e et ot Bk i WIio doos the best Lifs circurustance allow. Duoew well, acts noblys Buxels could ou inore, They are to be found in Night Sccond of Yoang's Night Thoughts on Time, Doath, and Vriendstip, commencing at the elghiy-ninth line,* 1 wish to thank Q. 11 Rood for her article on the cultivation of tho paney; alvo busan for hers on the primrose; will sha tell me whether the raots ought to be divided In the spring, of are they propacated from sced only? Can any one tell e why my calls doce not Lloom? 1 have liad it threo yeary, have let It rest during the sumier, 2ivon it hot water, and dons everything | can {hunk of for §t, and have not sceu g‘n- lm‘w:r for wy paius, although the Joaves uce cautiful. ll‘llv' some of The llome readcrs more fower sceds than they need? 1t so, T would like fo ¢x- change with tticw. 1 particularly wivh for seeds of the pansy, verbena, wignonette, English vicates hite China pink, for which | could sendsccas of the Jerusalen cherry, lily of thu valley Dips, or Madeira bulbs: aleo, I'would like s white or light colored girdiolus Lulb, for which Iwould send o dark red ono, or either of the abuve, Zmumxs, care of Home, o the Editor of The Tribuns, Ciicaco, March D, —I The Marchloness will looscn the soil around ber plauta and scatterouns littlo sand and pawdered bonedust,and once a week put s teaspoonful of smmouts to each quart of woter used towater them, I thiak it will improve them, Preparcd bonedust can be baught of sny Hotist. 1 propare wy owss. When I am dona with, my cooking for tue day I scrape uut sll the ashes and ouly leave enougl coals (I burn wood) (o set the bones Inlrn)ntl. and let them burn i} UIHI be- 0 1o break up, hm’wnuud them five 10 an vd tin paw or fron kettle, If the folfsge plant fs calcus oc schyrantbe I shontd 10 make & good slip, put in & small pat of d keep wet, pareut. T, cut off the top enough nd d & niew plapt will saon rival its g Jour fucheias with pleuty of sand and boaedust; do not keep too wet, L., Jock Island, wend yodr adiress and stawpe, Iwil} wend slips and seede. Please tell we what you bave su1 will not send e wate, &lroc, 1can scod you several varicties of choice verbenav, palox 1), “or Clina viuks for balssms. § would like to kuow where 1o el priurose will you give we the yuwe of that frw? Addross C. U L, cate llome, To ths Editor o/ The Tribune. Exorzwoov, March 6. —What could bave alled tho printer? How ke did mix up the letter ca fuwer-cultare though. For the beaefit of the in- tereqed | would say, voak all larger kinds of sced i wan soft-water, jwpreguated with cswpbor, elther gum or epirite will snswor. Secds will gerwinate wmore quickly. Smaller seeds can be in boxes; fold fsnuel cloths acveral spread over the suil, and puur camphor 0 lp clotbs, sod Jet 1t sunk througl luto + T u) dissolva in A plnteoftwater, A murc cure, i you protect "Nenice, 1t you tad my Maltess ket enico, It you had my Maltese kitty yo not fong be troubled with mics, = A tjod tat 1o e temedy, Carza Livr, Ta the Editor of The Tridune. Orruxuwa, March 4.—Plense allow me a sma)y space once more to tell Mra, M. 0. C., Iroquols County, Til., that T am supplicd with ferns, alen that £ coiftd not root the sting for her. 1 wish 1o thank Susan for offer of primross sced when ahn can sendj will return stamps and be very much ooliged. 1low long before they bloom from secd? Wil Siroc rend me address where the necds she mentioned m-{ be obtained; also Acnd me apran nn:llcrnr‘ c,nu d Myrascod me a fow lily of thy valley pips, 1 ..{.‘.,2 little blne-eyed flower-girl who wishos mo to ank {f any one han wmoro flawer-sceds of fra. grant flower than they witl uas: |F they have and wanld rend some for her Mitle hed, she would o indapply to teeckies, o rkin from spring delizhted. Anyane eending will receive post: Immludm!cly. Trhanks 1o Trof. Mbya for fist. Y music, Questions, Care lome, To the Editor of The Tridune. Manteoy, Wis, March 3, —The teailing arbintng will soon be in tlossom; will Bone one lving fn the favored locality please send me a few clusters of the vino contalning buds, hlossoms, and leaves, and [ will send in exchange slips of cholee planta, If Sweet Mary will send me her address, 1wy send Nty of the valley. 1fadn’t the sketching clnbbetter make their head. quarters in Madlson? One fine camping-grounde, rare runsets, beantifal lakes, rocks, hills, un Btreams, combine to make it 8 very desirable aud ottractive place for artiste and tourlsts. Let us have more papers on art. Buen, Ta the Editar of The Tribune, Jorier, March 3. —Allow me tn say to Corinne, of Mount Pleasant, Ia., to write and address me in care of The Home. I you are ready (o bleach yaur fernw when yon gather them in the fall, you need not presas them, but put immediately nto tho bleaching water, 1f not, you muat press them, Susany ot Princeton, 1, 'can you spare me eome primtose sceds In thme to grow plants for blooming next winter? Wonld yon like secds of choice aunuals in return? Buou Berey, TO COUNTRY GIRLS. Ta the Editor af The Tridune. TManwoop, NI, Macch 7.—The iilustration of thosea-bird deawn to its own destruction by the slunlnzof the beacon light finds no traer par lel than in the case of the country glrl, lured from her home by dreamy of fortune, fame, or pleasure, to be realized in the great city, Her slnple heart fall of bellef In every tale that i told her, ns ignorant of evil na a kitten, unsophisticated In the biandlshments of sln, holding olindly to the belief that even in this 1ife the sheep and the Ronts are separated by a wall so high that no evil. intentioned yoat coild hope to scale it, she drops into the waclstront of city life asa anowdaxe withina lwl!nme{vool. o ho as quickly mbeorbed, and all too often lost forever, ero Lo in wait for these simple gilrs & very leglon of devils arrayed © fn the lNvery of “anzcs. Ilonest-sounding advertisements that nrove to ne the glded bait of the tomptor. Employors wha bus porly disgulse the fanis of ths woll beneathy the fiecce of the Jamb, Buarding-houscs lufested with otherand darker evile than the insect that walketh by night, Companions whose inflnence shall bo to vurity and innucenco what the spider's web 18 to the guileless iy, All these awnit and sur. ronud the young girl, andonly throngh God's hielp and restraing lovo. is sue delivercd at lnst. like a bird from the anare of the fowler, unharmed and without shadow of defile, I wish that the words | writo to-night might meetthe eye of romo malden already declded upon » vontura of her own in city life, and dissuade her from her purpose. The path an seek 19 heset with thorns, Keep, I pray you, to he well-trodilen waye uf yoar present homely life, Without yon have o cerinin sholter preparca for you intho heartaand homesof (ried and tested Triends, do notcome to this orany othee elty to seck your fortune. Unless you have wome pronouticed gift of genlus that sholl so oc. cupy your tling And absoeh your cneegles that tho wilcs of evil-ocrs shall Veat upon your eard only ax the rhythm of far-of tilvs-—remaln in your quict home, 1 you are penntiasw and obliged to seek solf-austenanco, try tirst cvery avenuo opet to you at hume, i then, 1f forced to coma away, clone your ears to all allurements of pleasnre, xave those that spring from fulthfully-performed work and a cloar ‘conacience, resting upon God'a prom. fnen with sober, Lflmnuul heed lest you mitako our way and' clouss the wrong path from the heginning, Work is carnest, make it so. Wherever or whatever your work may be, fet ity dewnmils bo first, and téach pleasure aud the dis- tractions of youth to walt uponit, I have suen shop filrll. clerks, and nfmrcullu’l toall tradey dressed liko cheap fnshlon-plates with feizzes, powders, panlers, and bows, onliged PIH the outlay ihn expended Lo’ lodga tn fiauhy bosrding-houses, the very airof which contaniinntos purlty, The Jove of dress aml the deslre to look preiiy Is the foundatfon folly of hulf tho lives that run astray, A piuk-cheoked girl who nasnlwnys worn calico and homespun in_ bt country howe makes up hve mind to accept nn offered position m mccu{ and atralghtway the callce dress Is Jald askle, nnd on comes the floshy sult and tho dollar jJewelry, There are voung men foollsh envugh to commond and encouruuy thindleplay, compunions to vie with 18, and arousa the apirit of foollsh cmulstion, and ot thls point, my dear, your through ticket s bought for destruce tlon! The hund of a geutle Providenca mny inter- poge hefore your destination s reachod, but the mument you give way Lo an Inordinutu 1ovo of dis- play in dress you are on the way to roln, If you must como ‘to the city 1o earn a living, seek first the cnmpnnlumhl({ and zuunllmmulp of knowa Cliristian helpors, 1o as & yoonug girl I once knew, wha, when onliged to csrn lier livelilond smong stangerw, preseuted horself ot onco tw the pastor of the faith in which her father and mothor had lived and died, and sullcited hin aid tn catublishing herself 1u o proper boardiug-place. Nover be ushamed to adkere to your neinciples, 1f you bave been brought up te believo that old-tashioned teuth, and modesty, and loyalty to Uod are worth adhering 1o, do nat bo turned from your faith by the Inughter of fools, Do digniiled, Fomembering that 8 gentlowowan is as quickly remarked by her breeding as & biooded borsu by §te paces, oF u rose by i pestame. 150 modest, remembering that Joud manoers uid Coarsg speechcs nover yeL Wonu sdmirer worth kesplug, Lo quiet by drovs, rememberiug that, although tho “pracuck weard finery, it i not the most attractlve of bints, llo roserved with all but intimate fricnds, but in all busineas dealingm bo difable, willlng, chuerrul, and lite. Avoid—and hero fet mo dip my pen in hunder=ail clandestine acquatutance, strect ad- ventures, or any dealiogs whatsosver with men whosw record 1s not ubove reprouch, and whose ine tentions are not honestly svowed, If you ure & penniless edrl with 8 pretty face, fresh from the country aud unversod In the ways of o desperately wicked world, thero are bunds oututretchied on every side Lo pluck yol, as tramplug narauders pluck rosve that nod'sud glimmer through o ways site fenco, | Withuut yuur sduires approachos you with a certificate of character In ona bund, and s formal propossl of arelags Ju the othier, —ba chary. Finally, dear Jigtly country 2irls, stuy where youare, ‘The city d» full of Lirds whowse wil are soiled, I not destroyed. 16 1e o quicksaud that wails to swallow up unwary feet, und althouzh huye urged it upou you to be circuinapect, und and sedate, don’t I know that, as lons bubolinks stny and young lambse preace, girls will be irls, c~will overtiow with fun, and tricks, Sl mivenlor] ud leurn 10 be true wives or noblu spinsters, as faly miuy ore i each paze of Wife's record with innos cent hands and fearives cye, content 1o take God's time in achievinguny destiny le keeps I store fur ou. Do uuk run 610 suy daugerots patls to seck (8 Aunrn. 1IOW TO HARMONIZE A MELODY WITHOULY FIUURES, To the Eilitor of The Tribune, Ponrt Wayxe, Ind., March 6, —\We¢ may now add & bass to our trio, sud thus form & hurwonic quartetie, First of all, write the algnuture of U major with ous sharp, then write the concords founded npon the firat wix degroes of tho scale, usmely, U, A, B, C, D, and B, the cord upon ¥ sharp being omitted, as it la 8 discord, Each one of these musl L arranged in three close positions, Just a8 wo Inverted the chprds in C major. Juclude base cleS. Ten write U on sccond line, aud sce huw many chords coutain @, The firsy chord I G major, and the inverted chords wili show that the second poaition will bring G uppernost #8 voprano part, thus,—1 in the tenor, D ia the con- tralto, and U in the sopruno. We now Inquire, ‘What ls the root of thischord? When a cliord I3 0 arranged a8 to appear all upon lines orall upon spaces, the Jowest note will always bo the ruol, thue,—0U 18 D, E G B, A CE, indleate chords 18 thelr first position, and tha tirst or lowost note cach csse ¢ the root, or nole, upon which tbe chord was founded, Maviny ascertained that b d & Is the second posi- tion of the G chord, we know that 4 s tho todl, snd we may now procerd (o add the basuby writing 10 tho bava clefl directly bencath the chord which VIrcnrelenu. U should pow bu wrtten again in the treble cleff and ticd. as the connecting note ve- tween the chords G and C. The Inverted chordé will show that the first position leaves g uvpers most, Toerefore we writu C in the teaorand E 18 contralto, whils the soprano holds g ae a part of both chords. ‘The rout of thie chord 1s C, ss the chord apocars L jts 8ret pontlon—sll upon laes, 80 we write C i the bass beueath the € churds The next chord comtaiuing g is that of E~iobe written in the third position, b e g, Between the Cand ¥ chords Ltero arc_two connecting nutes. € nlfr-nyl l,lud, ‘Ihn‘ wha‘lf‘vl:'; v cy may occu orcfore the coul :u‘::l‘::uu{n In’lh- C chord are ticd as purts of thy K chord, while the leaor_woves from ¢ down mlj 10 complete the chord. The raot of this last chur 18 K, snd as K Is written fo the bass a thind Lelow the Just pote, C, .and)dircctly beneath :llz B cbord. ‘Thus ~ wo have made b barmonic progecssions from @G to U and ¢ 1 ¢, ia fuur parle: the upper parts belud written according to the princlple explaiued in tho Srst lesson, aod the bass part being sdded bY means of giviag it the root of eack chord. Tid 14 oitogether proper aud natural, 2s thc bass ¥ lln: foundation of the harmony aud sbould bave l.ll‘l‘ note of the chord upon’ which the cbord wa fousded. ‘Tho bas may skip from root 1o foul o the only probibition 1 Bave to oder ls, tbat I sbould pot skip up or down more than s dith ¢ parts, huwover, mwust Lob aklp oves &