Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, June 8, 1878, Page 10

10 THE CIHCAGO TRIBUNE: SATURDAY. JUNE #, 1878—TWELVE PAGES THE IHOME. HERE. Thinia the eottage she tived In, My love with the etarry eyes: The shrahbery growa green abiont it, < From Spring 1111 the Summer dfes. 'Thae hine of the cot and s fencings 19 pure as nohroken snow: B0 white was the sonl within it, 1n the June-time long ago. Why does the worm creep slowly Over the graveled path? Why does & canker enter ‘fhe Inmost joy heart hath? Why do the hreast-red rohine Plck long at {te cherrlea’ liearts, TN, Qled with avermuth wweatness, Each bird in contenl departs? ‘Why ald n blighting footatep Enter with friendly mlen, And 1 the heart of my datling Awsy from us ali, nglnunl . Oh! never the flowers and Summet Can consolation give} And now, when my heart Is broken, ©Oh! why do 1 longer live? LisLre Surnninas NOTES TO CONTRIBUTORS, The conductor scknowledges the receipt of o Inrge namber of letters on the pernlexities of Me. Bhattuck, but thees lanot room thie week for mote than & few of them. The case may be an interest. ing one, but it cannot take np too much room. o'y The correspondent who writes to ask if Bryant's tndex Expurgatorids Is printed for general sale s wivised (0 write toths New York Erening Porl tor a topy. The index has mover been publiahed ¢xcept in the newspape » E. T\, Wixriztp, Kansas.~The conduétor of The Home has the addreas you wish, but be will 10t send it to you, If yon wish fo communicate vith the party, adiross o letter *' Cars Hume, Tatsung, Chicazo,” o' The warning orainst Jllegibly-swritten and badly. ipelled Jetters muat not be neglected. There lano rxcuse for eending & commaunlcation which no orintet canread, ‘Two or three of that clase havo been thrown ont this week. o The contributor whé wiites to The Home anont *'wimin," prononncing them **equinomicle after they arc ‘‘maryed," bolds certain views on orthoaraphy not approved by tho conductor, and tlie favor hian been cast out. o Eanxrst IIxant.—The conductor In afrald to print your fetter. Notthat he doabts your good Intent, bot for other reasons, Some timo when yon aro dotvs town you might call on bim and talk thover. " a% Communicatinns not nsed aro not aare of being prescrved. 1f tho writers wish them retnrned in cmn they ars not gaed, thoy will plesse state that fact, und ;inclose stampn to propy retaru yostago. . o The lady {n Bloomington will have to coase writ- ing n Ietter ou & poetal-card and begin making her communications lecible Lefore ahe can gain ad- mitiunce. e €. A.W., Atmona.~Tt {s not permitted to dlscnes the morits of natent medicinos In this department, You bad vetter consult & regular physiclan, o 1t i impossible to print the lady's application for u eftuation In this dopartment. It will bave to go ta the udvortiaing columns. s Jim,—The origin of the vhraso ** Conslatency's a jrwel " wan given In The Home at the Lime it was mked for. 0 o EtLa 0. —Vour letter scems bardly of a character auited to this departent of the paper. o's 'axany. —You will iave tosond youraddress be- fure your fetter cun be used, o Lsratnt. —~That achool (s sald to bo a sham, JTIE LETTER-BOX. “Fliere are fetters In this ofiice for the folluwing. neied coutributors, Thuse lotended for parsons livlug oul of the city will be forwardud by mofl upun recoipt of sddress, Kesiaents can call or send to Kuom 30 ‘Pisuxe Lullding sod get thelr ietterns Eyivnnue 6 Fiiyan Tuul I, DL (3), Alrolol, Tone, Zoe, No. 1, 10, Atdyl, Sire, M. Thorps. Ju uddition to the above llet of lelters thera are o number of postal-cards at Land for coutributors, Tho letters have gencrally buen accompunied with otamps, with which they will be forwarded when applied for. The carcs, on the contrary, have no eLunps, and a request to furward thewn shonld be accompauled vy ane, Foliowing s tho lat of postal-cuzda: Mra, E. 8. M, (0), Holl Bprige, P. Muskegus, Tetty Snow, Drs, tay, Walilawer, Primrose, Lula, Bluebe Warlor, L, K. Phantk, —— MR. SHATTUCK’S CASE, Froun Aunen, Iiauwoos, —Nothwithstanding our friend Mr, Shottuck nves some pretty strong Tongusge in Nlw loiter of June 1, 1 think we women owe nhia an auswer, In the Arst place, Mr. 8., to plunge right into the midst of things, I belleve you Lold the wrong oplulon when you duny the recog- ul¢ed fact that when wmao marrles It {s not only Uls duty but whould be bis ueivilegs mud joy to support bis wife. Not that thero is one bit of once ndeducss in the bargsin wither, The wife who puinstakingly looks after the home and the chil. iron fulllls fairly one-hatf she labor, and carries auw-half'the burlen of wedded lifo. What, pray, wonld become of oine ahonld Mrs. Shatiuck (1 810 b ) o gulisvanting abioad 1o earn hern e unreyeneralo dn uo shuuld Leautify l, luave graceful vuclics 0f 3 woman's tasle here and thers, to Mt our Lome alove thu scmblanco of & buarding- ouso, mend your respactablo socks, seat your trouners, or scw on your buttuna) Any bueiness Luqlllruxueull tnat shonld call your wife away fron uing every day would suun wark out your disap- rulnlm:nl und’the deeny of wedded lappinces. u setting up & bowe, you and the wotnan you chouve from out the world euler upon & partner- sbip vien. Itis for you, the stalwart mewber, to du the vnialds work'sud brlog in the wherewithal 1 keep things golngs 1L or the moure delicately organiced, physic (o tend 1o inside mutlers sud swe 1bas homne Le cumes sl once Ltue shrine and abode of peace, mony, and Joy. I ahould ho aehamed of any man who would be willing on 8140 a week to allow his wify o go vul to service, 1 sbonld be ashamed of suy wolusu who, by thiift sud foresicht, could pot make that £50 look hke $50 by me pud seetng 10 Langs. Ther aimeuts fucidout tu womvn, There are the altnos certaln advent of children, the cure und nurlure of them, —allof which taken Into cousidera.dop by manwith ous grain of chivalric honor would na tuipaesible fur him to expect or allow bis wils to goout 1o sny work, Uod lvetituled the famil ordinance 10 conserva burily, houor, abi love, —to estallish u foretaste “of Divine coms wunlou snd beavsuly hurmony,—and 1an and wouwn, each lo their supropriate sphures, —be ag prusller, she aw dispcuser,~be s 1ha Outs i by the ‘)II& tews of intel eable to the ival of bsimony, o not gulusuy yuu that o times of dlmcuh{ o ad. veine days whea frieads ure Jow, 1t shiould not be the Lighert bappiness of the wils 10 turn whatever @it sue may Lave to account. An artist can work uud yel never neglect howe, She who commands a facile pen can make use of 4t 1o the well belng of tle fawmtly burss sud yet uever futogo @ domestic duty: the minger or the feader cab perbavs talent nnbly for the waterfal goud of anue; but L ilatiy deny that 1% is the iplace of sy w bide W colnmeuce warried life xehln! o ber clerkably or aby . position that takce her comalautly from~ howe, I yo 0 Mart your now life, O duluded Bhapack, with the idea that you and'yuar Phyliis can lye withuug 3 Lute, cun plant the eader shoot of love ju the and euld ofa Conrdiug- house aud papect 1510 (brives Luceb for your deiusion, Hell bath nodepth 80 profuund a8 tho graye of that married joy that 1 boarding-bouse lits for these abld, Joul-mouthed slander aud grivalug dec .l A":! e uess, Witli ber unclesn Bugers, and wnous with ber brood of evih youny; take your bride direct from Lo altar o ber Vome, asnd yicld 1o ber the resvonsllilites of ber sharo of the solemn contract. Do not selucta girl vithor whoso Bisa aad eodeavor above all oibet varthly oncs 18 Lo drcas well und prescol s stylish sppearance; sud then wheo as {m wife she Mrtves to keep up bor girlhoud smbltlon to excel lu drens, clide ber for Extiaveqance. A vius wiil krow the way it fe traiued, and it you vien expect & guy, dressy pm 10 trauefuri beraelf at vuco frow s bird of Poradive to s wren, because you Lave buen good encuyh to marry ber, You e3oect swpussibllitice, 3 you are & diacreel yuung wau. sud wtend o lavite” sumetody Lo sbare Lhat $30 Wik UL, dunvh Teaurt W GLs suwanly wede of rxpecting yone wife to carn wages by dally oulaide 1ahor, but es that yon choose a aweet little, prac- tieal body who, ~ In looking well tao the mags of her own' kingdom, shall bring propriety an joy within the gates of Shattnek: Notrae sroman bat what wiil toil for you Il yon ne dirabled. will work at anvthing if sickneas sets von ankide; bot, for Heaven's sake, If yonare an able-bodied man _of 30, earning $30 a week and want tn marry, don't be mean ""mfl" to expect yout wife to pull dn oar on yone side the boat. 1f gitla are extravagant, and soperficial, and tdie to-day 1t f# the fault of the lavers, You encouraze nira and follies In gitls that yon are ready enouah todecry tn & wife. [ have scen your notch turn and your eyes dart_ridicnle at the piain attire anil rudls n! of a girl with no miore styleabant ier than a clover bloom; and yot you expect the hallow-headed little beauticn you finally consent to marry Aball drop thelr afrs ‘and praces at the dltar, dndprestol ahange fnto hatd-workers and efiiclent managers, It s [nat each men as 1 friend Shattuck, who roae loudest when women tiegléct their home duties ta follaw after *‘stranza goda; and yet you epeak contempinonsty of the work they were born (sccordIing to your theory) especially (o perform. ** Puttering "sbont n few tooms, "' as you call it, means more of patience, endurance, and caurage than could inter willin F0uE brain to conceive, 8he whose life is made up uf the **poitering things ** contributes Iarzaly to our ease and comfort sfter all, aod were fwr hand withdrawn from tha domestic wheel, if she be indeed teie wife and faithful mother, heud of many & Shattuck wonld e low in peni- tentlal duat, Snding toointe that **amall thinga " neglected are ke the fnetentticant fiakes of snow merged In the chaos of storm that leaves death and deatruction in 118 wake, Tonder well the woran [ write unto yon, O man, and consent unto the volce of mine sdmonition! Fhox Mns. D, R. N., Cmicaao.~T have a pro- fonnd sympathy for Mr. 8, in his wirh to grapple with the qnestion he has propased. Why may not 2 wife do her part tor the maintenance of the family by earning money in onteldo employment, 88 well a2 an unmarried woman esrn hor own liv- Ing. and that, perhaps, of a mother or sistet de. péndent tipoh her? T must asrume at tho outsct (hat Me. 8, roters to tnat class of domestic Mfe which ls refined and enitivated, yot simple and homelike. There are Alresdy plenty of instances whers the wife onrns A large share of the fncome among the common ¢lass af people who do not alm ro tuch at prog. rees, but whoss lives are swallowed up In the sim- ple getting of vread and butter, shelter and clothes. Let us start, then, on a elearly-recog- nized grownd, vid. : That what we oican by *‘re. fincment and cultivation' »f home fs not merely e¢xponsive furniture, elegant apparel, nor & tablo loadled with delicacfes, ‘These are very delightfnl 23 secondary means to its advancement when the pockut 18 capable thereof. As mutualsympathy of tastes can exiat, and mental and moral fruprove- mont can atil] proceed whers the elexancles nppear in very moderate degree, it is eafs to concinde that the former are the pri- mary and the latter the socondary cunditions of the true homa. With hooks, flawers, music for the parlar, newspnpersas an embodiment of onr Interest In the vutside world, o fale supply of good things for the table, ndded to the foregolng primary conditions, and we havs the Inalde picture of a trua and healthful home, As Isaid, Ihave a profound sympathy for Mr, 8. upon the question proposed. * My sympathy is perhaps more profound for the majority of young girls, who, with all faith intheleown wlillinimess to do thoir part toward the aupport of a home, led to become the wives of men whose ldea of **pottering sbont s house " is of tho amo graln as. apparently, s that of Mr. 5. In order to deal lnlrl{ with Mr. 8, wo s explanation of anght to know wors clearly h 1hat pheass, le inleht mean the work that a oung married lady doos shout the one or moro rooms she and lLusband occapy at a boarding- house. The expression is quite ‘sdmisaible there. Ife might also, s many mon do—especially bache elors of 10 who know little of hot to—{nclude thercin the actuai doing of the whols round of work necensary to kuep the machinery of home life in notion oo the standard previvusly set forth, in- cluding moale, sawing, and all. This, 10 s3y noth- ing of holding ucraclf In perpetual readinees to find the day's paper for him, hand Lim his siippers and dressing-gown, run after him with his collar aud neoktie and fasten tham on, wash the suppor dishes quickly to ve roady and smiling to play the plano, slng, read alond, or whateve the eplrit of tha hour, Now this fatter 1s not sltogethcr so incomputible as I may seem desiruns of making it appear, Tt there are conditions that must bo ab- aarved, or woe followeth Inevitably, No haman being can subject heraelf, either volantarily or Ine vountarily, withont yeell, to conttanal outlay of this vital energy, —the l'flrll uf howe lifo, —nntees she receive in some kind, from some source, a fair incomo thercfor, Either toe wifo should anpply he npirit and husband the material, or hoth should supply a part of each, It is the Inck of i douk ntry system, and an opsn, willing {nspection thereof by both parttes, which brings so wany bomes to bankruptey, Therefore, Mr, Shattuck, it s your part as the fuaband to provida tho osaontinls, according to our meaus, for the firat furuishing of the humo, Tuat will undoobtedly take more in cash valuo than hor hare of the contributlons. Dut sho must give that of which wa have bofore spoken, and which cash will not always buy, —the spltit of the home. Thln conelata wartly in tho graceful ani harmonious appointments which abie rings about by the of bor deft fny or hee private cash, rily 1 the nulf- farizetfud, huspltuble way sho liold horself ready to promoto the hiappiness and comfort of thoee around her by good cheer and actul wark every day inthe voar. Tule latter quality you, perhas, think cuats noging, —does not count as on offset o your dolli’ furnishinge, --** {dleness," fn fact, Those who have lulnh[{ drawn upon_this vital quality, with out dno sqsivaleut therefor, and have then sought to gather It in agalu, can come to tha froat in crowds to testily to fta cost, Wa can bo apend- thrifts of ourscives (that priceless pearl within us which wo are biddento **cartnot before ewine meaning any unapvreciative, unremuncrati vourer) more criminally and with far sadier re- aults than we ean ever became spendthrifts of mora monsy. Perhaps you were mever troubled timt 3 way, Are yon, then, ready, if you wish to combine the comforts of home life with the companionahip of awifo and.have that wifo continue to earn ber 812 rer woek, Lo do your part towards making that ioms wliat you mutually wilsh to hava it? Will you bring in your alare ‘of welf-forgetfulness and thought for the comfort of others? 1f sho hns the individual freedom (valgarly called wotnan's richta) (o earn her 812 oer week, do yoa alan choerfully accord to her the freedom (o do “).lltl lhl'dllllnclly chooaes with hor share of the earulngs: 1alnceroly belleve there fa no truer atandpoipt from which to begin & home than the one AmmTy sugzosted—cach haviny indiviaual freedom in hame-lite, and cach alsu cash luconse, if the con- ditions and contingencies thereof aro mutaslly une daretood and accepted. Yet, Mr, 5, carrive the idea that IL 18 & rare and extraordlnary thing for tho wife to go forth and earn. ['erhi he thinku b snd wife woald not hold so good cial position, Hlels quite mivtaken inboth cases. The clas wihieretn position ie to be desired, accordiug to the atandard lereln representud, does not mako its ostimates from that staudpolnt, 1lis adjectivea ‘wero unnecessarily flerco. Lfear Mr. 8, {o'a man of large private wants, sluce ho declares &30 per week *+a 1litls t00 much nd nough for two." Of courss, one evon wmors than that, yet also can describud be malntalyed on & wuch the husband being the onl, cash incame, It may be beiter unaerstood if tate our own caso. My husband earns in lhess hard times anly sbout 825 per week. § earn about $2.50 per week, Lpon this we kuep house In threo pléasant raoms in avrivate huuso near towa, puy the tuition of ourchlld at a private wchoot, and hire suiticient hoth to make the home machinery un cnnll{. besiden other necossary uxpenscs of cluthing, living, ste. Ourrent ls covercd by the rent of all house we own 1o thw couulry but out of the above carnloge come the payment of tuxesa and Interest of Inortyage theroan. It may scein prepasierons (o add thut we alvo provido the pert of two telatives in an milolnng towa, Yot all thteis guite true, and there {5 much time aug money left fo spend (u ontside tecreation an atudy. lsving bean accastomed to earn my 815 per wack bafore morrioge, [ did not readily fall to *davouring ' as wy sole occupation. [ Lave rea« g0 to know | am notan excoption i this particu- tar. Bince then, thereforo, 1 have, ud Intcryals amll! inyarlous wayw, suried sunie bundreds of ollars. Home of $he choleest of home Iuzuries Mr. b, would plainly be obliged ta furego, takine his wife b the basle uf her cusi ncowe, vie. : children. Mr. Shattuck's tuvitation was, { know, to *'the wirls ™ only; sl o 1ived the quustion oul on ul} Its cubla sides fur the sake of ** thosy glels " wuo—ns l—knnwlmlluug of Me. 8. ' tracta~ ity 10 reanon and €ood fetlawship, | felt that the quusiion, which s really & cepecially, di ved 1o be statud more broudiy than et wen or **re” could seo it, whick, leb wmo Love, will ba sutticient excuse for takin, 1ol unu i thera times Fuox Zatxs, Coukcil SLurre.—In the last lavue of The Home i & doleful communication from Mr, Shattuck on the subject of toarrisgeable young ladies and marriagesble younz men. I am going to keep my tewper iu an attewpt to reply 1o hlm, though that Is pretty bard to do. Hvways hols collugo-bred. The balance of i Jetter indicates tbat tia colle; showing him the proper wu o et §30 7 week ; that is 812 cr wonth my way of figuring, e says oue «f tho giris he has I view carne S1% ver vm.-k\! or $i& per month. Then ho cyphicrs out that the two together could earn_§188 per mont. Now, what s hie conclu- ston? “Wh eot tho 1wo vet marned socioly dei hat top varain;¢ bur §48, and e provide fuod. cluthes nd uxe urles, aud abo rewsin at huiwe In ldlen 13 Tha! 1dla y. This pl g gettiue 190 per month can't 8lord to mazry is llmrly sn excuve oz thelr vices. Women are just whal ‘men make thew. I the nan's salary fs $120 per moath, that, for the lime belog, is the measure of Lis capacity wad sbility, otherwisa he would get 1ore salary. Mut the trouble lu this young wan's cade scemn unls 8 wile] he wants wore wonvy f cun varni he wanls to shine fu s tud by bl u suclety, Hme earu tho woney wWherewith (0 do o, and thus lend ber labl to Dersoud uf the Fhattuck wuy of ibwklug, 11 way be wroug that some kiude of so- clety luok with duwtuver upon wises who lelp o caru theie living by vutside labor when they bave busbands who are capable of dolug o, 1 ani lovg- fug wt b wow Trow wy atanduint —ile eus that fs tbe mval foundation ol sodlety, and makea ita hest elements, The moment & real wife gives herself to her huahand slie nesnmescarey and responeibilities thAt tax all her enetgien. De, Franklin sny# A pennv saved 18 twopence earncd. Thore [3 something more yalnabin In lifs than tho mere connting of doliars and cents at the gas- burner af & faslnonnble boarding-honte. 1lomo, to & young married man of rood sonsc, 18 worth mors than_the price of hiawife's labor mensuced hy any commercial etandard, Tako Mr. Shattnck's £13 wife. She tomes home {n from her wark ik, depresaed, weary, And slmost dlgueted with life, ar ahe [e hkely to he at timee, What kind of a te- ception in he fikely to havo? She can't help this state af things; Nnture has forbidacn her a choice in the matter. lle becomen wloony and dlesntis- fled becausa ehe fa not checrfui; hut ho has married for dollars gnd centa, not for love, and oft he goes to 8 billiard-room or worse to rack 8 aubsiitute for A home that he conld bave made ander & roof of his own if he hain'e thotight it was the proner thing for a wife to be s marketable dradge. 1 know 8 man of 40 who begin on nothing, who took a different view of the dntivs and responai- bilttier of awife, who now accupies a station egual to any In the State, necanre he didn't thiok it neceasary (0 shige In eociety ot the expenee of his wife's agonies, At nighl, when lie comes home from his profeestonal labars titcd and sreaty, his littte wilo, cheerfully puts het orma arounil his neck fora kies, audin a thoment perploxitivs af husiness vanish into thin alr. Thin [s not a merd faney pleture. 1t 1e no Uieoty. Tt had buen fo for sears ‘and no change. ller hounrehold dntics weigh heavily rometimes kneay comes, And deop sorenw even: hut then the gratefn) bnshand boecomen the comfortel in turn. This {2 because they married; they didn't make a contract, 1t was a tmatringe of the heatt, not one of dollars anil cents, Mr. Shatinck wants the girls to writa to bim on thesnbject and discurs the guestinn, ‘Theta is ho roons Tor discussion, $le's gota littie of your collegs Jearning. o and marry the pirl you epeak of, If yon love hiet and she will have yon (which [ woaldn't), and if sho exhibits any Tommou-sense, your woes will nover sgsin take the form of a nciwspaper comiplaint, Frox Eru Fubwsin—Mr, Shaltock has given s something to wrl ut, Poor fellow. Twon- der {f he had any tdea what a commotion lis wonld make, 1 expect when he gots his paper this week he'll find himeelf cat iato ** ondlced 1iltlo bits, "~ entirely demolished. 11 T dldn't think so I wonld #all Into him myscif, butas it fs 1 forbear, 1 al. ways was tender-hearted, and 1 pity him, though T do not agres sith him, hare no doubt he s & very nlrmunuv_m-n, and if, de lin eays, Chieago has 10,000 more juat 1ike him, Chicnzo 18 Lo bo envied, Neveriheless, think he has got & wrong notlon Into his liead about the air! '099ibly there are gitls who mar. 'K ** fur tho sake of belng supported,™ but 1 think the mnjority of girls who can earn thelr awn living would riago refct ta continue independent aftor mur- ¢ their husbands would altow 1t: but woutdn't most of thent—the husbands, I mean—bs shocked at the idea of snch 8 thing? Why? fe- caune, for one thing, 8 good mAny of thum marry pecauss thoy want a home,—a real hume, not s Uoarding-houre make-Lelleve, —and what would a home be withont a wifs to manage it? Aad an- other thiny is, that the ien are just as much the slaves of custom as the girls aro, and would be afrald of what people might say, Mr. Shattuck, as farns your own case Is con- cerned, your head I« lovel, maybes bt o you be- love yoil falrly represent thoxe *'10,000 young men In Chicago alone who would Hke (o marry "1 1thinkit wouild be a good plsn for some more of them to w’r‘”. for don't you ase It would be ‘F"’ 1o get 10,008 girls wotked up 10 anch a plich that llxe(y would o willing to brave popular prejadica and thon find out that thess wore not the kind of irin in demand after atl, 1 think, Me, S,y you'd nd yon had yonr handa fall. lowever, I'm will. ing to h\t‘yun rest awhile now and change tho sub. Ject. **['ve things of my own I must 'tend to, " Nrs. E, B, M., Chicago, Iwill send you, or any one elee who wishes, wordaof the ** Swance Itibe ber, M. A, W. B., wero you in earnest or jest anont yoar datkeya? and wouldn't you like to “send mo iho patterna? Theso aro actuslly the first patterna T've nrked for, L., recelved the box of plants. They are, every one, wrowing nicely, and I'm so much obliged. Should have answerod directly, but de- stroyed yonur addreas after writing before, With regards to allthe Hometien I will ** akip, ™ . 1. Frox Linxnty ANn Ecoxoxy.—A party by the name of Shattuck offers himacl! asasnbject for discussion, Mumsnyshe receivean salary of 830 per week, and that ho dare not marry becauso that ie not cnough for two, If 830 per weok is not enoigh for two, how do so many families manage to live on levs? o also says that lie knows & nice girl, who, he 18 ogotistical cnouehi to bulovo, wvould say yes If ho nsked hee the **great ques- tion." A, Shattuck scema to be botn extrava. gont and aelfish, - 1o saya if he asks thin nice gir} to marry him, she will resicn ber place and expect to do notlingaxcept *‘potter arouud & house or soute rooms, ™ Let 3Mr, Bhiattuck or any of the ten thousand young men who, he says, cannot tnarry because tiicir Incoiucs ara too mnall to support a wiio fn wdlenesa try this l"’“"lfli; as he l.‘nhl i 1 don't think & weck would pass hefore they wonld make np thelr minds that pottering was very tiro. some work, and be glad te give it up In favor of tho young syomen who, ho miys, want to live in idloness. No woman who does all her housowork can live in {dlonees. 1 %now this by exporicnce, having kopt housn for 8 number of years on a1 al- lawance, part of the time, of about one-third of 830 a week: 80, If this nice girl i» aven as cconom- fcal as 1 um, Atr, Shattuck need not bo afraid to ank her the ‘‘great question" on ace count of hisamall salacy, 1 knaw vauglu who would be glud tu earn half as much s Mr, Bhattuck does, and not expect _thelr wivos to do any more thaa ** potter around," cither. ‘I'o my mind, the idea 18 neither faolinh wor disgracoful, ~ An for the othor ward, I amw not Inthe habito! using aach; perhiaps they belong to collego breeding, I dare say r. Shattuck spends enough in **dovouring," and other mmusoments, to support a wife very well, even without putting ter in u pumpkin-shell. Frou Mn. Suarrvek Cimoaco,—I demand of tho condnetor of Tho Hlome, as o right, spaca to ssy s few words toseveral fadles and gentlemen who bave weitten mo. Iam compelled to preface my rewmarks by ssying that for venow, malico, fn- gonuity of misreprescntation, snvy, snd sl un. charitablencss I havo nover scen snything to ap. proach the wcreede of tha old ladles from *¢ug* upward, Every one, to a8 woman, sbuscs mo like a fishwifo bocauso I '‘want a woman to sup. port me™; does my contributing more than twice os much as iy wife (supnosing Iget ono) mean that she supports me? _Laf mo present ono thoughit and one experience and [ will put off my anawer ta next weok, The thought s this: Must « gir) with cultured tastes, redned llkings, a love for muy king of literaturs and art, aud power o oarn & living, turn horself into a scrub-glel, o washer-woman, a cook, n chamburmaid, and 8 laundress, because sfia wants tomarry? lu other words, must she neceasarily bocome & Lol 1 tho _wmenial ssnse of the word, because shie 18 a wife! Ta say that would ba to drlve tho best women fo wold away ne ohl malde. Yul my correspondents, one sud all, sa- me that sy wife must wash the dshed ond swacp 0 roore. Why o that, when we can befueen us lilro the wark dunu better than sne can du It? And then, whenmy witals:i0or40, shio will ot bo as worn out, dried up, and yenomous In temper ax the old womes who bavu called mo an fdiot this last wesk, 1 plously asaure you by the weiwory of wy mothaer, Az, that 1f 1 boliayed 1 stuod obe chanca in 108 of gettlug a wife who wouid evor usa the languuye toany bumun belng that your contributors have uscid to me Iwould never elop nutll 1 had taken thio 1won! vu“-. Lwill put o the example fe- ferred to above Lnti) usxt week, Fuou Yibme, Criicauo,~[ bhad thonght that t would not writeta The llome this week, but Mr, Shattuck's lutber of tha 1st fuat. arouted my in- dlgnatlon ta such & bltch that § could not keep iy peace. I think that a man had better remain un. married who cannot support & wife on $30 a week, Any girl who has sead the vurlous lotters in The Howa sbout Lagtekeeplog knows fow to provide for n Iy whh niucli fees than $30 a week, an 1f be was e fortunate a4 tu get one of them hu could uy tiat It not euough for twa. " Thu 10,000 young meu In Chicayo who are like himn bad better **xo Wedl " if 1oy want wives who will £ ont tb work Lo Lelp suppurt the hus- tiand who bas promised (0 * tlove aud clhurish * bier, and **to endui hier with all bls warldly goods. ™ 1t Is & queer kind of cherishing to send your wife wut to help earn the port which her’ and hinasuid thist he will vido. 17 & girl earne $12 o week sho Lad bette y singivand use hor wages for herself, thon take & mian iike Mle. Shaituck for ber *lord ‘aud master” sud give bim ail her woney, uu{ M., 1triad your jelly-cake recips lasj Sat- urday sid fiad a prund stccess. My brather wsld 18 was (s bust caka that 1 bad ever mode. Mab. recelved your uote; will call aa svon as schoolcloses, Faox Junay, CLEVELAND,—1 was pleased o sce Nr. Shattuck open up Ibe subject he has In Tue oo of ‘tha 1at iust., sud hope the women will #lve us thelr womanly oplnlon of jhe subject, I am & bachelor ju the thisties, but think wy salary uot largu snough for myself and any Jady § should Wish (0 make wy wife, although 1 make out to live ou one-third of it, which is vrobably owing tn my estrcme temporanca In simost evesything, I bave never used tobaceo or Myuor in my life, 1 ama yreat lover of the best vroductious of the drawatic aod lyrie stoge, and cannot forogo the plussure of sttendiug them (uot evun the Clucin- nati Musical Feat 1 bave not the least duubt thatif 1 hada wweet, amisble wite, § could deny myself wost every(hing bui vood things 1o cat und thy beat newspspers of the day fo read, 1should like to find wy antitype Invame younz sdy works fug on a salary tu form & copartucrship for life, 1 do not think I wounld be quile as exacting as Fhakepeare was when he safd, * ** Tl sl graces bo luone womau, one wouiin shall not cuwe in my grace. 11os one would e willing that tba lion's share of such guod thinke as would accroe from suci 8 upoy should g the wife. Fuoxn Danwy, Cuicaco,—Allow me (o suggest to Mr. shattuck that while e may succecd in Gad- ivg one gurl who v sble Lo support hervelf aud at the sawo time have sufficient strength left for boaring sud reariog thele famtly, 8 would be dificnit task Lo subply the reusuiug 0, 508 youn: wen WO Bjpear to be walting: and when, adde Lo ull the Feat, da the charge of tho Louachoid, tus uudertakiug s sudeed tonuidable. Even if thu strength thue tasked endured for o Hiie, 1t ultimate fullure aud wicck Is certalu, ke young 1ady (value $12 per week) who you think will say '*yes,* 1f yon finally condescend, thinke that sho will not hava to wark ar hard for her board and clothes In_the matried etato ad aha dz;r: I.nr"h:r present $12 per week ahe g groatly mistakeh. i 1tildegarde, here's my hand 6n the fenale ques. on. FLONAL LORE. Froyx Caxox, Euswoon.~1 must say n word again, having held my peace a long time that other sisters might hate thelr ''eay." *'Gtetha Greon avenue™ 14 In Dnmftieshire, Beot. land, near the English frontfer, The Scotch marriage lawaimply demanded that the mutoal deelaration of marriage be exchanged in the pres. ence of & witness, and_thus, to cxpedite matters, it became faehifonbla for youngeonples in Encland to rerort to (irctna Green, and take the marrisge. vow In the presehce of the owner of the farm, when not convenignt to await the consent of patents or publication of bans, **Elopements* sre to the present day called *‘trips to Uretna Qreen, Dear Betty Snow (how cool and refreshing that gouttds thia meltihg day!) you ean send (or sny other nm:n otter or package to my nom de plume, Elmwood, 1Il., and it will besnre (o reach me; then no time wasled or trouble tothe Home con- dnetor, \tho mu#t be a perfect Job of a man, Shall Le moat happy td teceive Irnmnr arbutds, and what slips shali aend you? Wi they réach yon if arnt_to Tiotly Snow, Honghion, Mich. 1 I irlll forward them at once, as they start ins readily boefore the hot, dry woather sets in, I think it necessary to tako off most of the large leaves when alipa are cut, ost, for calla, siminx, ote.; preferable, setin a shady place and let them take' care of themselvea for two or theeo montha, then put in rich eoll, one- third sand, and give plonty of eunshine snd air, Autnmn Leaves, 1can semi yon eactus slip from ono thres years old that now has beautifnl rich scarlel blossoms upon it liworth ivy slips? Jawnmine, pleass send me princesss combina- tion enit (waistand drawera), and tell me what recompense | ean make yon, l\lmlr thanks to Cordella, of Rantonl, for the pond Ites. They ate grawing nlcoly, Will they bleom lnk(l'lrl Now [ will tall you how yonr can keep geranfume (that have grown out-doors and are tou large to pot) through the winter in the cel- lar. T keepagreat many every winter, and have ecldom Jost one, Firet, a dry cellar In botter, and always nhove the ttw&nu point. Befare frost fr- m Juees them, Mft 3 from the groand withont breakin, the muui the ~ fons may be telmmed If very large; shake the soll from thy roots, and hang them by tha roots near the top of the collar. ‘The old leaves will falt and fresh ahoots fivo or six {nehutl tong wili havo grow bofare auring comos with thelr light, tender eaves, Dring themn out of the cellar as early as nossible nnd place 1n o large box of sand to eproat ready for tha gronnd agamn. ‘Tho rent fanit in geranlnm cnltn in erowid- Ing the plants too closoly together. They nesd light and alr on all aldos, of they Lecome onealdad, tnll, and crooked, fow ickved, with o taft at the top. r'onrl Qmar, thanks for your good lettor fll’ the question of woman's enfranchisemont. [ belleve overy true. thinking floma sister will give you the right-tand of fellowship. Ihopo to hoarmore ef them oxpress themselves on this point, If Mr. Bhattnck, of Chicago, 1s open to convlc- tion, 1 wish ;nn would give him a lesson on the niibfect o so fiercoly tnlked of 1as; weck. Thers 14 too much truth in'hle assortiona, T acknowledge, yot 1 know thereato thousands of fine girls not o thousand miles from Chieago who would be most liappy to kesp his housa for him, entira; be a com- anlon and hfl‘lm!l'cv. in every sense of the term. Wouald that sait? Pearl, speak! \ Frow Rrxxtz, Wayenrorn Mitie, Ixn,— Suaan, glad to hoat from you when convenlent. F., Muskegzon, send secds as requested. The bulbs will goto-day, e, K. i, N., sont you primrose sccdavis Tho lome, You canacod slips as ad dressed as nbove, and thoy will reach me. o 1 have & nunber of baskot plants that I can send, including verica, sedums, Kentlworth and En- glish fvies, peristropho, and others, for honse plants or stamps, 1tia now in scason to sow blennials and peren- ninls tooloom nextecason, AN who want sceds of nuch wend adidresy and stamps, 1 woutd ko amaryllis Johnsonil, also vitata or hybrtds, Who will Fespond Twiltght, 1 nnumnt{uur fuchsia han been treated to tuo much water, thus causing the leaves and tflowera to fall. I wouid advire, fet it rest awhile, withdrawing all water; it will bo much benefited thereby, Do not cut Itback. The oxalis i at rest in summor and blooms In winter. Plant the balbs in Octahor, Stareponca sveid shon'd be soaked ho- foro sowing, aud portulacca ta natter uncuyered. The scols aro o small, to cover them s to bary them forever, Hollie llawk, cactus is a greenhonse perennial. “The reed should be gown now, in eoil componed of wat and sand. Sow lhllfl‘l. and cover vory light- y. When up, not off singly {n similar style, naing ualt pots, Graduully shift them Into larger pots, and wator carcfully until establishad, Maplo Vina, seid your add and the vine sceds, ana I will retern thove u deslre, Ibave the oyuriasting clover (Gomphrona) which you offor, L. E, Thant, can sond Kenllworth "K sced, swhite oxnlls, ond a small amaryllis for the alips you montlon. \Write me your address, so I can wend direct, Cncle Tohine, the taberose bulb blooms but onca, aud In then uscless. The small bu forin at tho buso will lowsr with two ya yation. Cansand doublo dalsy for red or litges cultl- Japaa . 1have a lantana, and ean lot you have rooted cntting; also sseds of cypreas, And tubaroso and Madaira bulbs for etamps or other planta, Wil Jesslca and Elito scnd insteuctions what soals are desirod, And whero to sond, snd 1 will nci:ledu lfi thelr roquest. I H 4 ara Muss, weote you In responso to your direct question in Tho Tiame. " Bia you recclve my lote ter? F,, Muskegon, wroto you st Flint as desired. Hava heard nothing from you, Tlease write. Pollshilng Iron, plantathrive best In clean unvar. nished, unpainted pots, ores muwl bo loft open, or the plonts bocome alckly and droop. Tlain pata are bost, Having an abundance of baddlog plants. T will aond at least ene dozen to all who will send three stamype for postage, This offor will romatn good ail aummor, ‘Who will send house plantaof any kind for choica ods or bedding rlnuu. includiog” peluniss, pane sice, astors, etc. Frox Twitieur, Caumnox,—MMab, 1 started soma Kantlworth tvy this morning both to you and L. E. Phant; hopo you may recelvo yours before It Is wlited, a» yon say the olhor was, lam glad to know that I Lavo ano thing outof my small stock with which to gladden the hear: of one who inaflicted with N-health, If 1 have any patterns f0r faticy work or clothing any of Thq Tiafme do- aire, would gladly oxehango for others, or plants, Lut bollevo othars have offered all that I have, It 1get anything npow, will let you all know, for [ do not bolleve fancy work wfli ba entirely snnihi- Inted after this, notwithwtanding all that has heen eald by W, 0, C. aod others. §only wish I had mare time ta devoto to it for, with Jcnchln and home dutles, my tlmo |a a0 ocenpled that [ have had ane of (hose mattoen commencud abont thres monthe, aud Itls not completed yet. The bappl- nese which wo derivo from wich harmless paatiing whould not be made sport of, for by it wo some- fimes teaniify what wouid otherwise be a baro and cheerloss ruoni, and it (s ux much o plessure 40 ue as it la for tho' lurds (1) of creation fo uit an the sidewalks and daor-un}u quirting tobacco Julce, engnged in idle talk tor hours, This [ see neurly every duy on my vu( to and from schaol. Itennie, dit you get my lelterr 1asked for soma of tho voeds you ufered, Porhaps I trespassed on Joue xoud naturet Tuf my stock ot duwwors 18 a0 imited that ever 9o minall fuvors will be thankfully received, Wil Lo E, Phant please send me somo of the plants offered in the Jast Homey Frox Srs, Txprneox, ILL.—~To prroseve Howers i #aud, Smartwoed, It you will get some fBuc dry waud, then pick your fowers, leavinga short atem on, put them in tho sand, pressic tightly around thewn, keep them ina dry place, Aud don't uncover them for twa or three weoks, [ tnink thoy will preserva uicely without mashing, 1 pub inine In a glass jar; but I think anything elso whi dor "It yau aucesod: pluate inform mo e The Homv, “Twhikht, | would Tike to vxchange s double pluk yeranium for a KKeail- worth tvy, Mab, 1 wlll send yuu soie fern root fye kinds, {u sxchaoge for begouta alips and Joln plant, §f 'you will send your address, 8. Ly i would like ta_exchange ferna fof tube-rose bulb, Young Leginner, your balls should weizh one and ouc-half 5]mum.u. which witl make onc yurd of carpet. Mix red and groen with the black. et or st Fuox BDerTr Bvow, Hovantoy, Mici. —Indus- trlons, Fort Howard, T seit @ lotter tu The llume aayiug 1 could seud no more arbutus, Your loster cawme scveral weeks aftor Lthat wus pubilshed, I should have sent to wore, but that Etook cofd and was qulte sick, Thave the names uf scvoral to whom [ ahali send inthe fall. Let ma add a wond of advice to thote who make exchanges in the future, 17 sonding stamps, send with your application, for such will be served bee Iora the one who 18 unwilling to trust the wender bfllu[mcu 10 be trusted fora peturn, especially when (be supply—as of arbutus—iv liited only by the time and strencth of the sender. iy HNOUSEKEEPEI'S OWN, ¥uox ¥., Musxguon, Micii.—1 slways thougls (o leave the subject of **Wami Lignte " o sbler pens thau wine, but somebody's letter in The Jlowe of May 18 provuked mo so that I saunot keep still. 1 huve forgolten the nawe of the wiiter, snd 1 baven's the paper by me; but, you will remember, he thinks 8 wowman will buve enough to du {o take card of the children, and a0 forth, withoot vating. Now, I would like to know whl 8 wotnan 1s oot ae rapanls of dolng her work aud votiug se s mau fs? | know of & woman wip supports ter cufldren and husband and dues her own work, and las patd, or neatly so, for s bittle home. And what doeq ber husband doY [ believe bu stays with the chilaren while his wils 18 guna to bier work, snd—votes, I suvposs. \Who ougli to bave the eigbt to vute there? Iknow of a widow who supporis borself much batter than her hug- buad did, aud I dare say that, with Mtle trogbio, Tttt fud doacos of wach ‘caves W Teport, And 1 Wonsen uee capable of thueo thingsure they not capable of voulugt Which fa usually wost lulclin geut—Lustand or wite? 1 Lave uo dealre to vote, bat 4t 18 not becausu 1 think 1t would wake oo less & woman (0 dv re, uor Shall [ send Nomo Ken-. do I think that oor conntry wonld be In a worse condition If women voted than it i naw. Young Heminner, Tam not very wmach experl- enced in rag carpets, but will ‘try to help yon a Tiftle. Yon will need ahoul a ponnd and a qaarter of raga to a yard, and & pound of trarp lo three yards, Make the batls any size that 1s most con- venicnt to youeself, You ean use cotton and wonl togother It 'yon wish, (“af thin cotton tnes about thres-quaricts of an fnch wide, and thicker oncd narrower, N3 not ent the rags off at the end of the place; leave About an inch or e tonnd the cotner nicaly, and cat the rag back, ing them &8 long a8 possihles it will save yon Jot4 of troable, and your carpet will look about s well, y do you not make It striped? 1 think it s leas tranbie and looks belter, and ddes not show the dl¢t as much. You would not need fo color any tore. Anything that wonld make two of thres ponnds woula do for & coloe. Yom wonid surely have black and white, and [ daro say snma others, and then yott conld take the odds and ends for a giripo of **hit-and-mies," Color yuur warp; donot leave It white fora kitchen, "I wish you succers, 8. 1. ., 1 wrote a letter Lo The Hlome some lime ago, In whith I told yott how' ta make & spread for the crib, bat) ae [ hiie not yet appedred, I annposo 1t went Into {he waste-buskel, ['think 't will ro- xullh! directions: Uet to yatd and o half of hd bleathed muslift, and a roll of the heat cottoh- ‘batting. spread iha batting smaothly over one-hall tho teugth of the cotton, turn the ather half back over the hetling, baste Armly togethet; and qatit In emalt diamonds on the machine, or by hand, This is pretiy, and will wash nicely. Waeh the musltn before using, M;:nlr,m?'xul. TAm g0 gladl yon wrote that letter to . Devil, Mab, will you send me your addrgss? If the lcaves of your bellotrope turd hlack and drop, a2 the enrth away from thieé ntem and pue rome Iymw. dered charcoal in (18 place. Perhaps It sould ha Ueat in & geeen-hottew not to turn plants, but, with only an ordinary windot to keep them in, I think 1t wonld be best to change them, I hava twoor theo pretty bracket patterns, wrap. ‘per pattern, kitchen apron, raboit, mouse, dog, and olker patterns to exchange for plants. Frox Bnowstg, Lrons, Jowa. ~Eoma one arked for a recipe for chiocolate frosting, and, as mine Is €0 good, I thought I mnnat send 18: Three oupa of crushed sugar, enough water to dissolve it; boll 1t antilit will thread on the spoon; beat the whites of two ergs very stiff: swhen tho sugar la bailed ponr ihto it the enwe, heating all the time: then add enongh chocolate to taste and enlor nicelys Instiy, add & pinch of tartaric acld and & little vanllla, 8ybil, here 18 a recine for whipped cream: Take one pint of vory thick eream, swesten It with very fine augar antl orango-fower waters boil it, Heat tho whites of ton eggs with a little cold cream, strain it. and, whon the. tream fa npon the holl, rnurln the eges, stirelng it well t11 {t comes ton hick ctird; take it up anil stealn it ngaln ilirough a hafrsieve. Beat it well tith a spoon tll ft 13 cold, Then place It in a dish in which you wish to scrve it. Hollfe Iawk, I cannot remember the time whon T wae not temuerance through and through. . E, P'hant, sond addrees and lum‘r. and I will nend you roots of Kenliworth ivy and a white ge- raninm slip. Mab, your address and stamp, and you ehall have n Iantana. 1 was the happy recipi- ontofa box of trafling arbatus. But my happi. ness wes of short duration, for it withored and died, and I have only the memory of the delight- ful fragranco of A binch of Llossoms that was with the root. Ho, Allcen Allanna, I canuot send you llll] of it, however much 1 wish lo. irie, it you got two copies of the **Orphan llo( will you pass one along? Wil some one wha can_spara it casily send me a little primross secd? 1 would liko the double white the best, Can 1 get a gloxina from some benevolent person? 5 Frox Catuxer, D8 Kaso.—~As Pantomimo has asked a question that T can anawee, I will hasten todoso, 1have Justeot out an oleander that I started from a alip, and it }s growing nicely, Cut your siip from tho paront stem and place (n a vial and 811 tho vial with soft waler, and koep it fall; hang np by & window and let it hang two or three weeks or longer 1f {t has not yet sent ont email white raots, 1f the ond of tho slip turns blnck oat ftoff up to the deat Joint above, and put 1t back into the water. 1 had madv up iny mind that mina would not grow, but disiticed totlivow It away while the leaves lookedso green, bt afters while I looked and it kiad o bunch of wlhite ruots half an lneh long. T was very much pleased to think I hed not thrown It away. Itecipe for Popper<Pickles: Tako any amount of peppars bofore they aro ripe’ or afterwards, cut aroand the rim, talte liold of the stem and pull out what adherea t0 it, touch not the sceds with your fngers, for wo unto you if you do, you wil bo smurt for onca In your life, Place ina jar and cover with a strong brlos, place a plate over thew to keep them under the brific. Let stand nino days, then take nut and riuse. Bhave up cabbsye fine, sall to tasto, mlx ono-quarter of i pound white mustard aecd toeach peck, flll with esbinze and place your peppers in layers in atone Jara right alde up with care, thon cover every Inyer with sugar, When the jar i full poar over it guod elder vineyar, cover and sot away. " Be not afrald uf making more than will be caten, for they are excallont. Fnox Mrerir, Davay, O.—Thanks, sloga; am trying your recipe with prospocts of anccoss, A. ¥. Bhookloy, hore is my hand: if womon, working women, conld only know how mucn there 1 to be yalnod outelde of the narrow rou- tine marked out for them, and be inde. Bendunt. cnough: to tako their places In roader flclds of labar, wnheeding the malice and envy shown by Mrs, Grundy, thore would be fewer slaves than thero are among our working women. Thia advice we do not Intend for 8 woman with the care of a houso ur emall chiloren, No man should assumo the responsibility of » famlly unlcss o is man envugh to provide for them. Foros well might 8 man undorinke the charza of & store and the work of a bricklayor, as for woman to keep houss, take care of chlldren, and_eithor teach achool or stand boliind tha counter, My, Shattuck, If thnt [ady ta sonuiblo, elie wiil iNo, thank you," when sha reads 'your lettor, unleas sanie of tue Iomites porsuada’ you that what you would both Iay out for board, washing, iending, making, —that & good wife would af course do horsulf, — wonld moro then equal the §12 aho would carn. Ilera fe iy ruclpo for frying stalo bread: fHeat an egy, and out it with a capfal of sweot milk in aplo-dish; layin ganr slices of bread, s0ak a fow. minates, snd fry {o butter or drippings, Frox Mns. C. W Gnaxp Rarins, —1 havo a nico recipa for **fancles*'; they are the most dell- cloua little thipga I have ever eaten, Tey them, it you want somethlng nico and odd: Sift together ono-half pound of corn-starch, one-fourth pound flour, ous teaspoonful salt, two teaspoonfula balk- inz-powdory mix twa teblospoonfils of buttar with four tablespoonfule of sugar and wo ewgu, and three tanlespuonfuls ewcet milk; add together and stir until all arv thoroughly mixed to & doagh (you may have loadd a muulnoru flour) ¥0 you can roll aut about oug-fouruth of an Inch th rk cut withia biscuit-cuttor andlay in cach plecea littlobls nldully or preserved frult, turn the cdges together and plnch like & turnover,and fry In hot lapd: then dust with powdered augur, ilave olso a dolicious lemon-pie recipe; Une cup of sugat, yelks of threo egue, three teaspoonfuls corn-starch, beaten to. gether, pulp of uno erated Jomon, one teuspoonful sweet milks bake with ons crust. When dons, beat the whites of thrce cggs to sthi frath, sdd une teaspoonful sugar; sot in oven to brown lightly. Frox Covsix Bamam, CantoN, Tuu,—For the benafit of Young Uegluner, T will glve & descrip- tlon of 8 wreity rag carpet: Bow the colars sope arate, and have It woven in fnch stripes, light and dark alternating throughout the carpet. Dietelh. uto the bright colors well, with some twistea stripes mado of whito and black (which must he cul very fine for that purpose) amonget the dul) cnlofi. and Ithink you will be pluased with the result. Since the letters of V. T, snd Esculaplus, about the manufucturs of koumh ve heon experimenting with {1, 1 can s4upt, suurkling drink, but it will not keep more than two duys, ~ulten less, 1 am anxtous o tost ite medis cal qualitics. - Wu havo plenty of good miik, and Af any ono can help me in this particular I would be yery thankful, 1 bavo no fce, which will ba hard to get Lere this samuior, Saall I have to walt Bl winter? [would Itke ta hear fzom soma one on thiw subject, vither thirough Tho ilome, or by letter care of llome. Frox Nsxo,SrninavjsLn. —8iatera of The Home n general, and Qraphic In practicalar, T wish you would Iry my recipe for warble cake; it s conald. ercd very nico, anyway my busbond ways so; White—~Two copsof white sugar, ane of butler, ons of sour cream, whitea of vight vyge, two tea. spoonfuls crcam tagiar. ons of voda, threc and one-half cups flour. Black—Two cups of brown sugar, ons ol molasscs, one of butter, ‘onc of suur cream, five of fluur, yelks of eighl ecyy, tno tablespoonfuls ground cinuamon, una uf clovea, one of allzpice, vne nubincy, uny teaspoonful of black pepper. and one of soda; no cream ta ‘Thia makes 1wo larye loay nd wo thiuk it can't 8 lwu‘ Igab, Twant to thauk you for the recipe for Dolly Varden cake. Eome ane asked, u long time apo, for direclions for making paper ature, lave you learned yet? If not, leb two kuow; pep- hlwl can boly you. Fern-Leal, thank you for the tubeross; It 14 dofng blcely, Froy Youxa Motury, Cepan Ravins, Ja.~I would like (o ssk the members of The llowe ifany one has & pretty pattern of dresa for s Mitle Loy of 1 bave » full aet of jofants’ pattarns, ort (labriella, lady's Vreton polouslio, plalied walst with yoku, uny of which would also0 Hike Chinosg ale- WANTS, Fuoxy & Tinzp Motuen, Nxwrow, O.—As so many Ave saking for sdvice lu yegard to the care of tho iofautry, 1 wans to come alao for my share of good counsel, and bope to proft thercby, Now, what elisll 1 do with a baby & yearold that la sp- varently in porfect health, and, although not par- ticularly cross, is restivas snd nervous at night,and does not sleep more thanono or two hours at a thme, and (reguently wakes up atshortes lntyrvalat I have trivd giving warm baths just befora putting to aleen, and reluctantly experimeuted with woot fnz-sirups. Lutall of noavatl, and uow 1 aw b gluuing o feel serfously the draln apon my wy tem cguned by nursing and continucd loss of re: I noted the sdvico of Amcthyst to 5. LT, * sleed whild baby slecps, sud so strengtben ber nesves fur wuking bourseV Dub whst wn (o do when honschold daree and pothaps A hoaseful of company precinde all possidility of taking & nap indavtime? And when tired natare doea give wn{ And 1 am compelied (o lie down, my slumbers, it [ do slamber at all, are not really sleap, and do bat litle toward buliding np my cxtiausted nervons force. The othier nlght, when my bettet haif sald T must rest and he sronid thke care of the Jiftia feitow, T yiclded to his enirentics, and was eoon tn the Iand of Nod. Not long, however, did I remain there, fot I wan aroosed from my alnmbers by swest stralnn of mnsie, and boheld my Joha takjng tong atrides ncross the aitting-room, with bahy in arms, and singing with might and mafn that glorious old "S‘A;m tuna*': 'hen the gonoral roll te calted, I ¥ f:‘"*'},,m'f {05"112!’,\?5:1 ul”n be theret st el thetn I'm & When {ho geacral Torl fs entiod, L1t be thers, Just then the bine eyes apened wide, and he looked n at his fond patent a8 much as' to say, ¢ Yea, I'l] he there (oo, Can some one tell me the anthor of the lincs: ls noservant of the will, i as capricot of Haown: nen conrted mont 1t ngers stllf, When most pirsued ‘tis swiftly done, I have oné mota questlon to aek and T am don Tam ansione to #pend the coming winier in some other ciimate on account of my henlth, and I dis. 1tkd to bread up honeekeeping and move until T know whethér 1ha change wonld benefit ma or not. It is potsidle that ~ some of $oti tvotlld Hke to viet doting the twinfer months and wonld be willing to rent a_house alreadiy far. nirhed to any one that conld give good. references s {a nieatneas, eagnbility, ste,” 1 tvouldlove to bAve the eare of honee-plants, if auch a thing =a 1 Iiave propased {» practicable, and say one s will- ing to try lli Pleass write me in care of The Home, and I will respond immodiately. Frow Woonsixe Aunpo Itu.—Fedalma, 1 1 have never read tho poem yon mentioned; plosse eehd it Recciva my heartfels thanks snd sigmfy what I can do for you 1n return., Maod 3iason, 1unite with you and petition for mora Jight on the subjoct of child culture, Where Is Grandma Oldways? [ know she can help us. Atmber's Ictiof would eeein t6 supply ont needs i1 thiv direction, hat it ie hot what 1 havo to do that tronbles mo so much as how to do it. Some E:;nun Arked for 8 wny fo Amuse the children, We thonaht u pile of eand wonld prove a novelly; and had one hauled on purpose for them, bat they go right away from it and piay In the mad. Manle Vine, I recolved the box gau ant, ne- knowledgod the ramo immedately By p. €., which iflucvldcnlly didnot get, ‘‘Not much loss" [ ear you say. [ wrote you the things yon wished wera for lawn caltite and toa far advaneed to he removed then, Will send themin the fall, In the wl;“’i“;m can't 1 send yvou something vesides thanks 1have tried to answer all requeats, but know that I missed some, for 8 certain Scandinavian, who hias an eye for the beautifal () gsthered ap one of my llome papers, eat it up into innamerable nd nseda it Lo decarato the kitohe: shelv galn, for I wish to help all 1 can, and sinceroly thanik all who helped me, Fnox A, M: A.. RocurLiz.—~Can any one of The ome friands tel) me what will remove white paint from brown linen? Also, the best way to re- move grense stains from white goo Having some flower seods loft, 1 twould )ike to exchange them for whito of pink oxalls. ‘There are anap- dragon, lobella, mignonetle, buchelor's buttons, thunhergia, and several others, 1f preferred, could send some cuttings of honso plants. None nead opply unless they have what | want, —thare dare 80 féw ecodn loft, The 1lome I8 splandld i I nay bo uuj what ner next-door nelghoor nceds; 50 why nea any find fault? Even toe little ones are lu?m for their cotton-Nanuel vets, €0 all, are benefited insome way. Frox Ponruaxn, Cnioado,~—Lilly White, mb your face with camphor-ice before putting powder on, and It will make it stay on, and In alittle ‘while you will b able to dispense with powder, It makes the skin soft and a beautifal white, Pot it oo without powiler at might, I use it on my hands, as 1 have to do my own housewark, snd it makes them soft and white. Biedie, 1f you will weite to me, caro of Tho Hlome, [ think I ean toll you how to get rid of your frnckies, 1l some oné nlease send me somo tralling arbutus ana Kentlworth vy, —wlil send stamps, —aa I Liave but faw flowers aud no fancy work, but wonld ik patterns If some- body will send me some: will retarn stamps? Am. Ler, your loiters are splendld, it does ane so much goedtoreadthem. Fnou Piany, Coicaco.—Can any one tell me what will color gray bair besides lead or anlphur? 1do notwant to s anything that will smell dis- srroebly or that will Injure the haie, bot wonld like it nilone color; it is only tha front that Is gray. Plensa soma one tcll mo samething thiat In armless. Hos any one o nice bird (ainger) that they would like to exchange for a half a dozen njce largo plants, ncarly all in bloom? Will also give some Madelra vines, balsam seeds nfomd X Iwauld ke & nice bird, for I bave & nlco cage that iswaltinga tenant, Friox OxxipA, ONEDA, Ter.—If koumiss fe as good a thingasit Is clalmed to be, and1am In. clined to belfave it ts, everybody ought to know, it thoy can, how to make it. Bome who are manu. facturing it for sale claim that m.{ only can make an articla Ut oz sufe to use. Ilow is it, you who SN Ge, fate, Eacniapiue, Dyspopsls, Annt r, Hale, Escnlaplus, Dyspops! n Carrle, V. awtliorne, and others, the: mors batter, who Lave succsoded in making & good | ole, give thelr directions for makinz it? or addr e, care lome, and Iwill sond returm stamips. Prox Mns, C. W, P\, GRaxD Rarms, Mica,— Will some person through The ITome Inform me ot the cause and how to prevent the leaves dropping from off an English ivy; also some method of proserving natural lowers %o they will retain thelr shape and color? Tricortin, of Decatur, I guess I did not under. stand your letor to mo; did you wish the trailing. arbutus for tho other fowers you mentlonsd, op for the poem? Frox L. 1L IL.=X. Y. Z., will sond nice palr of match safes for blue and white crocheted baby sacque. I wish some slster would tell mo how to make 8 wax cross; and soma one send me & palr of knit baby socks, Wil sand in return pansy plants, hairpln holder, handsome corner bracket with two shelves, or almost any- thing in the scroll-aaw lino, or stamps, earlilo, Wis., Fnox Fartn, Citoaco,—Will not Mona, of Ail- wankes, snd Sallle Brass, of Chicogo, pleass give Lo au all thelr sure carcs for blackheads? Ther many of us who would be very gratefal. Havl tried nlt the romedies given In The Home Depa; ment without reliof, we now waat the snre cure. Fnox Jexuiw 1., Cuicaco,—I would llke to know If It is true that the wearing of earrings ls of beneot o the eyea? and if so, why? Also, would iika to know thie bost way of plorcing the ears, Will readers of ‘Tho Home please anawer? CITAT’S RETURN. Prox Criav, Deoarun.—Well, I've got back to Dacaturl 1 returned about—but It don't make any diference whon 1 returned, 1 am here; that s sufiiciont, [fowever, If any one wauts to know they can sddress my orother-in-lawand he will intorviow the dour and pork barrels and tell them exactly. Tulopped in Chicago a few da; the slghts, 1 sat by the Jake mnear D and watched tho waves tumbling graceful|y ashore, Saw the coflin of Douglas buried qn top of a pileof rubblsh whilo the workwen were calclmining and palnting the torb u the latest styls, and—but I don't know what else thoy were dolng, Ask the cofllp, It wad there sl the timo snd contell, I atood [n front of Tuw TrinuNw Buildiug, wanted 1o poin and took &g The Jlowms editi utr il wi ru ) B wy cunivally and waudered over o u‘rd wlore on Madison Away ou d the dashing waves, llke a oy dark cloud 1n an azure sky, I saw the crlb. had ucen it before. 1t lspponed o this way, Once whon 1 lived 1n Clijcago (1 was sweet and gruon 1U) Twas invited to visltit. And, alas! one sunny, windy afternoon I accepted the InTlullnu. We wentun & beautln} and clegsnt lttle steamor called the Mayflower (1 presuma many of you will remembar nl It was hot. ft dirly. sud I got sick. 1suffored of the joint ayuuies of Jifo sud death. ‘l ought aadly’of iny muther, wondercd if tourning would be becoming to wy ' slster, and 11 Prin gay escort) wouid retaln & bachelor for my sake, At last ow broaeut me s glass of lemonady, nd with & lovk of compassion tald me to sud maybe it would setile my stomach, " And, Ob, § drank I81 14 dian't settle 0y stomacd, hut ft aidost sttled me. Before 1 deauk i1 was alrald [ would dip, sud after ] deankit1 was afrnid Twouldn't dls, nat drink robbed desth of all its terrors for nue, aud since that thne **ice cold len- onade " has bad no charms for Chst. Thal young man didn's bave, either. ** Livcs thero a man with soul so dead, who nev- er to himaelf hath waid,”" I wani 10 get warriod? If tuere 1s, My. dhatiuck {s noithe wian. 1o bas wooed and run o wuman's beazt, snd now thinks be would rather like to mnrr{. Of coursc, he has {‘clgucd 10 be gverytbiug that houorable mep ai ut could her eycs penctrate his mask of hypo pey, deceil, aud nd eas, and wce nlmu‘l ahe would spurn him 11ko ‘s viper from her path. If she wed bius, let her put over the duor of her home the vminous words Daute found uver the * Abandon hope all ye who ea- will shu feceive in return for ber Jove, dovollag, aod her $12 & week? Cartafnl. not love, for nune but hunian beines can love, an e surely will not dare to clalm that be le buman, Not one of bls boasied $30 pur week, for be bas declared his tutoution of keeping ull of that for himself. What then? Who will have the reward snd pleasure of buing called Mru. Bhattuck. Dexu- tiful vame, glorious recompen: 1 bave heard uf all sorts of marriayes, of nien marrylug invalide old women, cripulce, wad cliidicn, but heyer, no puver, before dld 1 ever Lear of 8 wan who wanted to marry §1:2w week. 1 Mr. Shattuck succecds 1n dologt, the purrlaze ceremony will Lave o bo purforused in this way: **Will you take this $13 per week o be your lawful wedded wif r.hattuck will reply, krwodily, **1 will." Wik ou promise b lot your wife cake care of Lareclf, u sickncze aud fo Bealth?™ and bo wiil snswer. * [will." “'Do you prowlee Lo ceriab, protect, defeud. and kuep thls $12 & wuek os lougas you . yesterday morniug, Yiver" and Mr. Shattnck's hand will Involuntarily wander to and rest npon (he butt of, his revolver, while he anawers, flercely. 14do." Iiat, really, My Shattuck, you ean do better, an don't throw your. self away. [ know a woman who wanta to marry, and she earns 15 er week (washine), Thin| of that, — an wasMe no timg on {hat 812 1hl. Thiv lady I8 rather Rnrll:ulnr, but I think vyou can win her if you now how to make love nicely. To he anes aho e 8 :nlnreddy-ennn and Jflwyanrl old, but it would by & splendid match fot yod, and,as it I8 the money lnd‘ not the woman you cate for, 1 think she woul anit. Lewelleyn, you are an old bachelor, and, of caurse, sudtaimely selfsh. 1 have a very poor dpinion of (lint elasaof men. 1 know that aenti- mental school-girls, and even married women, holq the romantie rfatlon that atl old Lacholors at some timo in their ives have been desperately in Jove, but for sume hartrendlng canse thelr affection was nipped In the bud, and thele remaining in astate of single blesscilness ts attrihotable to a hroken heart. Dt I think diffecently, 1 think tho most n; tnent hate ket up & golden ** calf ™' ih tho shape of self, arid arc worshiplhg that o devontly that they have neither time ot inclination to think of mairimony. In a great many houses whera 1 go Tsee beneath an evergreen ¢r098 or 4 Mouquet af fowers a lttle cardboard arrancement on which s marked, in worsted, the words, °**The Bachelor's Secret,” and from a string llnslnrnfulh hangs a little biack mittert, Now, fome day Iam going to make ope of those ornamenta; but, {nstead of mitten from tho end of rhy atring, yon will » dangiing a litle lt!lnnlnr lemon of delfiahneds, 1 wonld like to shake hands with Prairie Streat, and tell her the eiror sho made fvhen dederihing me, 1can only account for npon the supposition that ehe has mistaken some other man's sister-in-law far Chiats 2 —— . A WOODLAND ADVENTURE, Frox Naxcr 8rny, Prusriztn.—1 don't know how many ne emotidns antnated me a8, hanging # basket upon my arm, Iatarted for the ** Glen™ ‘There were Mab and Trait. ing Arbutus, and perhapd others, dented by llincss the pleasure of colleeting forest proitinesa for ‘Wardian caeen, or what not. ilero was Naney, sttong, fobust, fall of waik and climb, knowing well the mossy delle where the wild forns grow, the rugged holghts whera the wild pansics blow, For_ fear thoso fwo last lines should hurt souto- body's ears, I hasten to sny snat thoy ware never intended for poetry; #o why should she not cou- vert lier agillty inio.ferns, violets, and the pretty wild vines tnat creep down the hills of Plum(eld, and up over the otk trees to take demuro little Dugpa atthe chubby-faced sun? Yos, Nancy would trowel up some of that lovely nialdon hair, some of the vined, and what- crer clse was precty. Filled with fine emotions sho sct ount, walk of about an hodr throagh sunte ot very poelical cotr-pastures and over two or threee fences brought her to & real bonguet of A piace. suppoes gome of the Homoltes havo seen cool, shady spota fliled with wiid flowers that seumed exactly as_if Naturs had been making a big bonguet and Mt 1t down beside a guegle of nlll(!lllfl eep It fresh. That ls the way tho Glen ooked. 10lied my basket with ferns, fine and fragilo na dream-plants, —ferns freah and vigorons as the No of an unwilling matden, and then ratsed iny eyes 1o the topmost peak of Lovors' Lean. Why it {4 20 pamsd I cannot undorstand. No one could {:mp up as high aa that, ad couldn't, though orn_ond ed to jumping. Matnimonlal Leap would bo & botter namo, for tt seema to mo that tn ordinary cafes & woman has just abant such on im« selble jump befora her when she goes bonndin owarda mattinony, tmaginiog it 8 plunscle o wlory and a halght of repose. It'1s enid in China that **sreak souls have feobly yelsh trong suuls have wills,” | Liad the will to <limb that hill, thouzh it scemed Lo be bulit with. ont any regard to the laws of splostor podesiri. anism, With patience and a sfout atlek I roached tlio top, and the firat thing 1 saw wne a lovely iroe, covered with a lovellor vine twining aroand ftina very Betecy-Tobbatt fashlon, rom tho 1o h:lnchen hung exquisite pondants pruvokingly ou! th perplexed glance about me for somo chiance meana uf reaching the tronsures, and my eycalizhied upon tho ubinuitous boy prowling around for May-applen, Ubk{nllum nesded no second invitation, but was up fu too troo in a moment, leading - his weight to !fllm supple branch wulle Nancy caught and held 18 own, **1'll tumble now, and plck while you hold," emrxml the Ublquitons, and, vafore I half compre- hended the imp's meaning, he was down itke s monkey, and I shot up into the air with s littis the greatest velocity § ever exporienced, And Just let mo “hllLllzr that an sscension of that kind “has ite drawbacks, “‘Hold on," plped the boy In amazement; ** what you tlolng that for?™ Nancy had not very much to **hold on " to,and, 1f sho hiad her reasons for wich ekyrocket conduct; ahs did not entor into cxnlanation” just o3 that mos meut, **0get me down, get mo down!" erivd Nancy frantically, “tJump, v sin't wora'n (o fect,” called out thig littla pucket editfon of a fulura l'realdent. Nancy gave na convalalve graen at the fow leaves by which aha hung, claged ber ayes tightly togeti- er, nml‘l.‘unkc\; duwn to weo how far she was from arth, 5 1 can't, 1 can't," groanou sh **Woll, than, bob yourself towards the tre cateh |t betwaon yuur M‘clni you i yards of §t; uet zive youraclt s lurch this w 1 beltaye § detestod jthat and v. Loy for abuut & winute aod s half, and thon o bright idea oated through my disturbed mind. *'Boy," sald I, with prcmmnubxgl calm, *‘don't 't vbop' ou know that girls can't or ‘lurch't ‘ou climb {nto that troo as nimbly as you climbed out of it,—~1am quite setislod with your speed of movement, —and bund this branch of mine down x‘lll my feet touch the ground, and then you stay 3 U "llll yo;l pre very certaln that 1 kave fot go,— 0 you hear?* '{Wlmnpl“ yolled the boy, with ajump towards the ttec, and {n the next iatant Nuacy was **on land, on soitd iand.* & 1don't beiteve sho ever wants to sas Inylhln‘ mote in The ITomestiout the * *clevation of licrsex., * And Idon't bolleve flne omotious towards any hunan belug will ever start hor out to the (len sin after vines, pansies, forns, or anything clav. ‘The baskot full of forest treasurcs she did gather went nllinthduwn 10, just for tha renson that n #miali boeh that sho caught ot to ald hor deecent came up by the roots, and then what went rolling down was not a basket. During that rapld de- scent nmrm; head line of Tas Uiticauo "Foine ‘arla correspondont’s lotter dllod whirllug brain. — **Places Tp Lodgel To Lodge!™ Could Tonly have found ouol scemed to ma thuru wers no such place . tween the top of that Lill and Paris, Invalids and fower-lovers of The Ilomes 1 teled bekind. T **did what ! could and was falrly conquered.” No phllanthropic ambitions snimate me now, waill THE VLORAL FAIR, ot Frux-LEar ar Dopuque,—Takoa sest with mo In thls crowded car and abserve the beau- tlea with which our earth is Just now decked, As we pass po swillly through the fovely Jand, we potice the prairics dotted with a varl, of beautls vory- teimined border; tho gracoful snow- ballenod us a welcome, and tue ald-fasnioned, fragrant Jliace rise awectly in their perfume ard remind s of the days whon {n chilldhood's bappy liours we saj and atrang thew for boads to adorn our necks, The pure whiteyeas of the mandrake pesps through the tangled mnassof ferps which pend aver the caol waters of the pellucid stream., uis of the thorp:appiv aurpris: h of bLeauty, aud we woul dlz ly stop Lo gathur a4 buuch to'carry home, but cars, llke Time, walt for no one, sud wo must be con- font with unly 8 peep at Nature's beautlea. Tha Dillside I8 fhickly” datted with tho bending forns which rlse from’ their mossy bed, sad the graud old Father of Waters dowx at our feot, With what Joy we alight et Clinton, and meet faccs which thne has tought us to Jove und trust. Pl to mect with the fricuds hgro rathered, wa speud a dellghtful Baobath,, end un Kionday and Sracies upeediigalong, slosely at thie heals uf the Iron borse, and Natcuing to our tu- 1o ng travell nl‘ companton, as we whirl throuzb the valley; now closing our eyes asa iy cludie conies (00 near our orbs of vislon, then brushing the dust from our dusty clethes, but ever watcltug the lovely panorams which God kiss spread befure us in this buautiful State of luwa. Dubuyug, thon luvely City of 1lills, may you ever enjoy peace aud pm-pulr‘. i may tho people within thy bordcrs moet With thelr fust reward, for of theus wo f kind acts, charitable de and our earncst wish | t the clty may o first [ teinperunca and rightoousnees, sud list erime aud dlasension may’ ve delveu’ from her Kresn-clad bil ‘The Floral Fatr, whichis nuy ab- sorbing thu thought aud attention of the pupulace, 1s most remarkable, and reflects great crodit on the founder, Wore it not fur the hum of human voices, and tho glad cry of welcoime, we whuul cxpect o sea l{unen'mnnluup forward, aud in voice of duolcet melody wive utterance to her isbes, and instautly each 1 one harmuplous chorus. a1l tuat ts charm- ing in nature is broughit to vicw, and as we gaxe on the waterfsll which flows frum rocka high above our buade, and duwa fu the lake al our feef, wo fancy oursclyes by the woontain side, fur the ping trees are so0 thick abuve sud around ug tbat uothlog but gaslight decelves and this re- minds us of the stars. Mere also tne Hitlo birds perch on the trees above our hionds, and thy fish awl lu the lake beneath, whils on overy I‘::Jan(; @ Li wer would join fo of d_ thy quuonly rose shedy b slo the palo, sgave, snd o share of attvntion, The muatc from well-iraived vuices vilrates through that vast apace, the deep mus £ (e Rectorever comwands respect- ful silence, and the portion of the entertalument performed by little Miss Ricbards and Muates Time nuns were bighly appreciated. All work wus pure forwed In & bighly creditable manuer, aod the ladics and gentlewen of l)ubuulu bave resaon lo Lo road uf thls thelr Brsy Floss! Fuls, aud deservo Le success with which thelr efusts Werw crowncd. 1 doubt If anuthor city of Itasize on this contincut could produce so large sud fne a di Fl collection s was hero ¢ fromdistant States expr thaa repaid, as thoy kad lung desisred to ses & city so npotod for the beauly of bor surrvundings aa this. Al “wbo vl Liowoed Cemctery flud that tbo poople . uf ubuque have puserved tho briyhl spobof all this lovely land for tho resting-place of their loved dead. ffore, while o tiug ob 1k biguest point fu thls (air city deud. wo can [ook over on vur uelzhbory ud Wiscougin, and see tho higbest peak which tue lalicr Blale posscacs. Tusoe Blalca almoad withia ]