Evening Star Newspaper, March 25, 1882, Page 6

MSE. RAFA—LOTTA GOES TO EUROPE—ROUCT- CAULT AND PATTI LEAVE—ANNA DICK! MAMLET, ETC. —Miss Marie Boeckell, formerly of Washing ton, has succeeded Miss Lucette as the Prima donna of Ford's Opera Company. Miss Boeckell is a Cincinnati girl and an excellent actress and sinzer. She oecupied the same po- sition with Mr. Ford's company season before Jest, and was a great favorite. — Barlow, Wilson & Co,’s Minstrels appear at the National Monday evening. This is their fifth Snnual tour. They have an aggregation headed by first class commedians. — Mr. Henry E. Abbey leaves In May for Eu- Yope to compicte his arrangements there for the Operatic season he contemplates at the Grand Opera House, New York, next autumn. — Col. Robert G. Ingersoll lectures at Stein- way Hall. New York. to-morrow evening on “What Shall We Do To Be Saved.” — The sale of seats tor Mme. Patti's farewell performance at the Germania Theater, New ‘Work, on April 3, will be by auction. It will take place at the Union League Theater on Wedirsday evening next. Mme. Patti’s last @ppearance will be in “Lucia.” — It is feared that Mme. Ristori will be pre- gented from fulfilling her London engagement this spring by the serious illness of her hus- band, the Marquis de} Grillo, who_is in Rome, and whose condition is now very dangerous. — Lotta will go to Europe this summer in the eompany of the Vokes Family. She will open her next season in Boston, under the manage- ment of Mr. Fred. Vokes. —C. D. Hess opens at the Standard, N. Y., for six weeks. on May Ist. and then the theater closes, to be thoroughly done up. —Miss Einclie Melville will go to Australia Rext season under the management of Haverly and Blanchett. —Mr. Dion Boucicault sails for England April 4th, on the Arizona, the same ship which carries over Madame Patti and Nicolini. Mr. Bouci- ult will produce a new Irish drama in Bright- on. in August, and wili play in Manchester and Liverpool, then coming here, opening at the Boston September for ten weeks. He rem: followitfg May. —Allthe fashionable ladies of London are wear- ing caps modelled after the one worn by Miss Langtry as Kate Hardeastle, in “She Stoops to Conque At last the Jersey Lily has accom- plished son:ett: — On Monday, March 27, a notable event will Occur at the Opera House in this city. It will months her fame is already as wide as the continent. and her pro- gress is but a series of artistic triumphs. She is her native implicity, her nl beauty, and, above Modesty, ceful wit. her won y 1, her admirable character and sweet womanly virtues, have won fur her the homage of the best people of the country. her- charm) —Miss Rose Eytinge has signed a two years contract with Mr. W. EL in, and is to appear under his management next on as the “Prineess of Paris,” an adaptation of the “Princess of Bagdad.” —Lawrence Barrett’s supplementary season will last upto the 20th of June, closing in Den— Yer, Colorado. After that he may go to San Franeiseo, taking his entire company with him, he having been offered good terms to appear there. —At the performance of the “NewMagdelen” by Lillian Cleves aud company,at Bucyrus,Ohio, Tuesday night of last week, Richard Foote, Miss Lillian Cleaves Clark’s husband. came on the stage drank. He abused his wife and in- sulted the audience, who resented it by rising in a body and leaving the house. A lively Fow ensued behind the scenes, and it was neces- sary to call the police. The company went to Pieces at Columbus, Ohio. —Anna Dickinson appeared at the Fifth Avenue Theater, New York, on Monday night, as Hamiet. Her performance was not an artistic success, and she was poorly supported. The audience, which was an intelligent one, gave unmistakable signs of disappointment very earlv In the entertainment, and many persons left before it was over. The critics say that Miss Diekinson’s inability to play Hamlet was so painfully ebvious and continuous that a detailed criticism of the performance would be absurd, and to point ont her errors and shortcomings Would cover an account of all she did. —Miss Annie Louise Cary, the great contralto, ‘Will be a sad loss to the operatic stage. “I have Fetired from the operatic staze,” she says, “and I mean it."" She will restrict her public appear- ances in future to oratorio and concert exclu- + sively. — Adelaide Cherie, the star of the “Only a Farmer's Dauzhter” company, while playing in Washington will be the guest of e: nator Morrill’s family. The Pennsylvania Senator's niece, Mrs. Crate, is a great belie in Washington Boe! Dramatic Mirror. — A correspondent, writing from Columbus, Ohio. says: “There is no use to deny the fact that the Harrisons—Louis and Alice—are very clever, for indeed they are. I saw them at Com- stock's, Friday night, and I must confess that the performance was immense. Miss Alice Hos- mer, of Washington, is as sweet a lyric singer @s one cares to listen to. It may seem rather absurd in me to say that I prefer her ‘Old Folks at Home’ to the same as sang a few weeks ago by Clara Louise Kellogg. but nevertheless ‘tis so. Certainly she is not the singer that Miss Kellogg is, but for all that she has a marvelous Sweet voice, and has that fascinating grace about her that is very taking.” — Where they are:—Edwin Booth is in De- troit. His receipts two nights were $4,095.—. Kate Claxton is in St. Louis—— Lotta ts in Pittsburg.—Mary Anderson opens in Detroit on Monday.—-Emma Abbott closes an engage- ment in Toronto to-night—‘“The Banker's ughter” goes from here te Wilmington, Bel., ou Monday._—Frie Bailey's “Colonel” New Orleans Monday.— Minnesota.— _Ford’s Opera com; Monday in Atlanta —Genevieve Ward is in Canada._—Hague’s English Minstrels are in Pennsylvanta towns —John T. Raymond js in Ohio towns.—Lonise Kellogg is out west ain.—Lawrence Barrett closes to-night in ‘hiladeiphia.—Mr. and Mrs. Florence open in Boston Monday. Rice's Surprise Party is in Cincinaati.—Robson and Crane close to-night eland.— The Vokes family open Monday Rowing in Holland. From the Leisure Hour. Everybody bews—nobody nods, and touching ofthe hat is unknown. You bow to everyong you may have met when calling on a friend, for callers meeting are introduced. You give an order to a gardener or a workman, and he takes off his hat with a bow which would not bring diseredit on a duke. Everyone bows on pass- ing a house where they visit. Ioften used to ‘amuse myself by watching behind a curtain to see every second man take off his hat to the Window, it being quite immaterial whether any of the family are visible or not; and every second lady make a polite bend of the whole body, not @ mere Inclination of the head, as our ladies do. Everybedy bows. Mentake off their hats to each other; tradesmen do the same to alt their customers. A well known lv ly is bowed to by all her father’s, husband’s or Drother’s friends, and any gentleman knowing a lady is staying at a house where he visits will bow to her. Teven had a bowing acquaintance with a student whom I never met and did not know from Adam. Icould not tmazine what made the boy bow so profoundly, until I got some oneto ask ithe knew we. I found I had once met his father sum here, and that was the—shall I sa) exeuse? I should if he had been English. Well afteran absence of three years, I returned to the town where he lived. and there he was, grown tuto a man, bewing still, For some mouths we had quite a lively bowing t- ance, and there it ended, as aforetime. 1 must, however, incude “compliments” with bowing Ja the Dutei: idea of politeness. Every parcel is sent home with the sender's compliments, and { ence heard this message delivered at the door of house where I was calling: ly compli. ments to the meorouw aud has she any dust? Ht was the dustman! eo The a Coe of by the Jewish Messenger 23 misleading at even if it ever had any Justifieat ion. wealth of the Jews of New York is greatly to this autbority, “or in medarate circus E. @ FAVORS, From Harper's Bazar. The object of the present article is not to tet! about the origin of the custom of decorating eggs for Easter, but how to accomplish some new and lovely resuits, and how, by a compara- tively smal outlay of money. and a somewhat greater expenditure of time and patience, unique and exquisite little favors can be made. Eggs decorated in any of the following ways are pretty and artistic enough successfully to compete with Easter cards, and are quite as ap- propriate in many cases to send as tokens to friends. In the first decorations described, the Mell is left whole; the eg should be first boiled hard, or an opening made in the smail end, the con- tents removed. and the shell filled up with plas- ter of Paris. The last method is much to be preferred, for when boiled theshell ia liable to crack ; and even if it does not when boiling, there is a vacancy left in one end of the shell which makes it easily broken, but when filled with plaster it stands any handling. The plas- ter is mixed with water until so thin that it rans ily; it requires but a few minutes to harden. it has set. mix some a little thicker, color it the exact shade of the shell by adding a trifte and apply it with a palette-knife, and smoothing it carefully until the not show where it was broken. If the egg is not to remain white, or is to be deco- rated in such a way that the broken place wilt be covered by some part of the design, the plas- ter need not be colored. The egg is now ready to be ornamented in any way that suits the taste of the artist, or that would have any particular significzance between the donor and recipient. On white ezga wreath ot blue violets, for- get-me-nots, or crocuses around the smallest di- er, or an inch-wide band of blue with white es around it is dainty and pretty. A suita- bie quotation should be put on eaci with yold paint or colors, or both. Violets or smail flowers can be powdered over the ezg. To make the eggs of different shades, rub on color of oil paint. When dark shades are de- sired, the eggs should be dyed, but for delicate | tints of rose, blue, gray, paints should be ‘used. well on siells filled with plaster, but for hard- boiled eggs the directions for dying shells, given farther on, can be used. On tinted eges white flowers with lines and quotations in darker shades and gold are effective. Variety, when filling in the plaster, betore the Sheil is haif full, take a third of a yard of very narrow ribbon. double it, and put the looped end in the shell. so that when filled it will be firmly bedded in the plaster. Tle ends are then tied ina bow, and the egg suspended by the ribbon. Yo make a charming variation of the more common ways described above, put about a tea- spoonful of the liquid plaster into the shell, then drop in enough shot or bullets to make the ezg stand in an uprigit position, and fill as before, the lead will cause the egg always to assi an upright position. An appropriate design for one ofthese up ezgs (though itmay be used on other leailess branch of a tree, with a ehrysalis pended from it, and a black and yi taking flight above the branch though not so suitable, give v fe oOSe ex: the heads of three of white lilies ion, “Christ, th : i inted on it, with the Lord, is risen to-d t and gold is as exqui a beautiful. trifle, which rivals the balls within balls, two sizes of egzs are as large, and a bantam | egg as small, as can be procured. The bantam exg must be immersed in strong vinegar until .the shelt becomes perfectly soft; the length of time required to accomplish this depends on the strenzth of the vinezar, but wil be several days at the least. Remove the contents of the gooseexz through a hole made in the side instead of the end; choose an arabesque desizn which must have two large open spaces on the sides of the egg opposite each other. These spaces must be round oroval. Ifround, the diameter must_be less than the shortest diameter of the smaller egg; but it is better to have them oval, with a circumferencethe size of the smaliest circuinfer- ence of the bantam egg. The rest of the design can be fine work, but not too open, or the shell will not be strong enough. Put some white Wax around the two oval spaces, and after it has adhered oy to the shell brush the spaces over with hydrechloric acid until it eats out the shell. Now take from the vinegar the other egg, the shell of which should be so soft that it can be flattened or extended lengthwise without breaking. Make a tube of writing-paper which will just fit around the opening in the shell; tie @ knot in the middle of half a dozen fine threads twelve or fourteen inches long, placed in a buneh, letting the knot come on the top of the softened egg. Roll the egg in the tube, and in- sert it in the opening of the other shell, letting the threads go through the roll and out at the opposite opening; by pulling these and pushing the paper work the eg into the shell. Let it lie in cold water until the egg resumes its former shape and hardness; then boil hard, putting in cold water, and letting it come to a boil grad- ually to prevent its cracking. After taking from the hot water, and before the outer shell has time to cool, cover the parts of the design which are to remain eolid with white wax, give the egg inside a coating also, then immerse for two or three minutes ina bath of nydrochloric acid to eat away the parts of the egg not cov- ered by the wax; remove the wax, and delicate To make; id green, the oil | observed. Dye does not work | for propagation; a greater bottom heat than |as high as desirable, them with a dauber made of soft rag the desired | Heating Cases and Propagating Boxes. From Out Continent. The amateur horticulturist who has no hot- bed frequently feels the need of one, as there are many plants difficult to start without bottom heat. We will describe some heating cases which offer excellent facilities for striking cut- tings, raising seeds and bringing to rapid growth plants that are well established. A case may be made at home; it will be found the most convenient of the following dimensions: The form should be that of a double cube, twelve inches high and wide and eighteen inches long. A concealed tank of zinc, filed with hot water will circulate and re- tain the heat from twelve to twenty-four hours without changing the water. No lamp er extra lreat need be used. These eases are 80 cleanly as to be unobjectionable, while they can be made, with a littie knowledge of decorative art, very ornamental pieces for the drawing or sitting-room. The whole framework should be formed of wood, and the sides and top com- posed each of a pane of glass fitted into the frame. One side must be arranged to slide out, that it may be convenient to place piants within and for cleaning the glass. The top should be movable an@ held by hinges, as it will have to be occasionally lifted to afford ventilation. When the plants are blooming the whole side may be left open throughout the day. The woodwork can be of walnut, oak, or simply painted pine. Gaivanized iron propagating boxes are fre- quently to be found for sale in horticultural shops. The best are three feet long by two in width. A shallow boiler the size of the bottom is fitted in each ease; it is filled with water and heated by a lamp flame or sas Jet beneath. top is of glass,and may be raised whenever fresh air is req A thermometer should hang inside. This is a most useful and simple mgement in which to propagate suc- ully. The heat can be brought up and the ‘ing it will find himself in possession of a ‘ure conservatory wherein all the mys- of propagation can be conveiently Both heat and moisture are required terie): surface heat is needed. A tranquil atmosphere is also desirable for success. If the heating case is used in a room where the temperature fs mild no glass covering will be necessary, If pots are used in these little cases they should not be over two inches in diameter. in spring, which is the season that artificial heat will be most requisite, the zinc reservoirs of the propsgatingy boxes must be filled night and morning. In cases like the one first deseribed boiling water must be used, when the temperature in the case when closed will be from 60° to 75°. Another useful case may be made out of an | old tea chest, which should be cut down one- | third; ft into it a zine pan trom four to fi > | inches in depth, to hold water. | place a kurze pane of glass. Over the to, In such a box a considerable number of cuttings may be raised with little trouble. The glass top should be hinged on. SUCCESS WITH HOUSE PLANTS. It is frequently asserted by amateurs that a | knack or witchery ia requisite to be successful with house j There are man, 8 which they do not possess. persons who apparently take lit- tle pains with their window gardens, yet whose plants thrive excellently and bloom throughout son, while with others, who are continually ng over the growth in their windows, and nce coddling it too persistently, the uit will be yellow leaves and ni It is wellto remember that hor 1 plant: xery much like infants—they are entire pendent for their well being upon the judic care of those who nurse them. Ladies very often fill their windows with fine plants and then consign these to the tender mercies of the parlor maid, with instructions to water oc- casionally, and possibty to give them a breath of fresh air once in a while. Asa matter of course the poor things will become sickly and pine away. when their owner onder “what ails them,” and probably declare she ‘has not the gift of making plants grow.” Now com- mon gense, careful judgment and only a lithe attention fs requisite to have windows full of bloom and stands covered with healthy, thrifty plants. Tho who do not love them well enough, however, to gtve them personal care need not expect to keep them in first-rate con- dition. Do not expect too much of plants. You may purchase one that is just entering upon its sea- son of rest, when nature requires it to remain dormant. If it shows no inclinationto put forth new shoots all there is to be done is to keep it clean and water it moderately. Daring its period of rest the plant needs much less water than when it is active. Frequently plants are purchased just as their foilage is at maturity. when within a short time they will wither and droop, This is particularly the case with maiden hair ferns, which are the finest just OSTRICH FEATHERS, Slow they are Transformed from their Crude Condition and Made Thingsof Beauty. P From the N. Y. Sun. During the war ostrich feathers went up to an enormous price in this country. When we had to pay as high as 260 for gold to pay not only for the crude feathers, bnt for the work of Preparing them for the market and the heary duties exacted upon them in thelr finished form, they became almost unattainable. At that time the arts of bleaching and dyeing feathers was hardly known in this country. A German, Isador Cohnfeldt, was the first to es- tablish the new industry here, and already New York has the largest establishment for feather manufacture in the world, and is enabled to maintain a lively competion in this line of products with the ncipal European cities. This principal hment employs in Its busiest season—jhe spring and summer months—525 girls and 86 men, and all the year round finds work for from 485 to 460 persons, turning out $1,250,000 werth of goods per an- num. Few people have any idea of the amount of rough treatment aa ostrich feather will stand and has to go through to make it the beautiful thing whieh eveutually adorns some lady’s Gainsborough hat or a Knights Templar’s chapeau. ¢ As it comes from.Afriea in its crude state, it is plain, rough. discolored and dirty. In that condition it may be worth anywhere from 5 to $250 per pound, aceording to its length, fineness, absence of color and thickness. First, after being counted and tied together by their quills, with long strings, ;the feathers are vizorousiy: brushed, one by one, to.free them frem dirt. The workman lays them on one brush and works them with another, touzling, hackling and mussing them in such a way that their destrue- tion seems inevitable. They are then soused in great tubs of soapsuds, rubbed with brown soap and washed more vigorously than laundresses wash clothes, After that they are bleached by process which turns even black feathers to snowy white. From the bleaching tubs they go to the dye vats. We pow excel in this country the European feather dyers in the delicacy and durability of all our colors.except the corai tint; in which the old world is still ahead. However, that tint bas not yet. been much tm demand by fashion. ‘When it is,” our dyers say, ‘“‘we shail of course beat them in that too.” When thoroughly dried, beaten, redried, combed and sorted, the feathers pass into the hands of girls. The thick. unsizhtiy stem of each feather is pared down thin on the under side, and in place of its stiff and uzly quill a taperinz substitute of wire, covered with cotton and paper, is firmly fastened on. By careful sortinz, ehpping, selecting out and hing pieces froin different feathers a eom- econd feather is made to underlie the perfect one which constitutes the top each completed plame, and these various are securely sewed together, so that it a sharp eve to detect that the fine con- ion, of double thickness, is not a single feather. ‘In exceptionally valuable plumes, the | lower as weil as tite upper feather is whole, and not made up of pieces, but in all cases the com- pleted plume is double. If the stem of the upper feather is discolored it is carefully scraped. After steaming, to soften the feathers, they are next curied and “laid.” In the first process a girl, by passing te fibres between her thamb and a dull knife-biad ‘s them a regularcurl all along both feather, and_ the sec- ond consists in viving tiem a series of dexter- ous little twists which throw the curled ends upon the upper side of the plume. All this work adds an average of ten per cent to the value of the feather A pound of flue ones, suitable for plumes, will contain about feathers, suffi- cient for 75 plumes, and costs, say, $250. The finished plumes comm ‘on $4 to $15 eaci according to length and qnality, but the w average is lowered by the small comparative LENT. A Boudoir Dialogue. Miss Violet. After all, a small dance isn't bad fan—when you can't havea large one. Mrs. Arkwright. My dear child, itis far better when you get to my age. Early hours gener- ally mean the concentrated essence of fun. Every one lanows that she m ust door die. Cin- derella would not have flirted half so much with the prince if she hadn’t known that she Ird to leave at twelve. And really, if you come to think of it, flirting before supper is far safer than flirting after it. The lady is more sure of her superiority. One never knows whether to take the man au serieux afterward. No, no, my dear, late hours, as you wili find some day means cosmetics and rouge. Miss Blanche. Really, @o vou know, I rather prefer Lent. There is chureh, for instance, which makes one feel. all right somehow, what- ever one does; and men haven't got so many engagement and haven't to be rushing off some- where. It is a blessed relief to have nice relig- ious feelings. Mrs. Arkwright. Especially when one means to pose as religieuse, eh, Blanche? But do be careful of Mr. Barford. Miss Blanche. -Why Mr. Barford especially? Lend mea hairp'n, dear, will you? Mrs. Arkwright. Well, we will ask Lily. Lily dear, when you have got those tangles out of your hair, wil you tell us your candid opinion about Barford? Miss Lily. I don’t know Mr. Barford. Omnes (laughing). 0, I say, that is good! Miss Lily. I mean I don't know Mr. Barford now. Mrs. Arkwright. No, no. dear, of course not. But you used to, didn’t you? And what did you think of Barford then? Miss Lily. He used to be rather high church and always fasted on Wednesdays and Friday: Miss Blanche. Well of course xo do we all. I declare I don’t eat anything at all on either day —at dinner I mean. Miss Violet. Lord Seymour appeared to me to have dined to-night, at allevents. He was more silly than usual. Mrs. Arkwright. Yes, dinner does stamp a character. You may not know him in the after- noon, but his true self appears in the evening. Men generally propose after dinner, young ladies; so let me warn you. Give me the pow- der-puff, please. Miss Violet. ing service. “Or else they try to propose dur- Miss Blanche. In the Litany, don’t they? Miss Lily. 0, no, surely during the sermon? Mrs. Arkwright.- Dear me, how old fashioned I must be! I thought that most proposals of ma: riage took place during a valse! At an these little events usually occur when a wan is off his balance and -when the woman, if she is wise, preserves her own. Do brush my hair, that’s a darling; I am so tired. Miss Mabel, (tat. 17). Don’t; please don’t! I am sure I was more off my balance, as you call it, than he was to-night. Omnes, Mabel has had a proposal. Mrs. Arkwright. My dear child, if what you true, you must have accepted him. How rash! And he Miss Mab: if erying.) Y He was in church yesterday; and’ the choir sang so beau- tifatly, and I felt so ood, and he looked at me 80 nicely—and—and— Mrs. Arkwright. Ah, Lent has many things to answer for! Why on earth do you go to ehuroh if you are beginning to get fond of a man? One feels ten times more in love with him at church, because one has got less to do. See him in the broad light of day and yeu can Judge his char: 3 mea O dear me, those half lights and those tones and that dreary they do all the mi Miss V organ drone of the preacher— hief! one would think you had (anyone in your lif sh I must put curling papers in my hair to- value of the lower grades. From the Advonce. How he turns and twists, Anil how he persists In rattling hls heels; How uneasy he fer Our wide-awake bo} Ss y inchureh? First, he crushes quite flat A tine dys hat, Bowed low jn devotion, DackWard motion, ‘All boy in church! Then, earnest and still, He attends wit a will, While the story {3 told Of some ol! hero bold; Our dear, thougittul boy in church} But our ciad surprise At bis Gioushtrul eyes Ts turned to desp ur, A> he twitches the Nair before their fronds shrivel. A lady brousht to a florist the other day the most pitiable look- ing adiantum, which she had purehased bat a week before, when its quivering, wiry stems hung luxuriant with rich, green, lacey foliage. She indignantly inquired if ‘that was the kind of plants he kept.” Like many others selecting adiantums she had picked one out for its beanty, when just at its full maturity. Very soon its leaves began to turn, when it drooped, and cer- tainly presented a mest dejected appearance. Had its owner but cut off the limp fronds and bore patiently with her fern in a few weeks it carving remains. The egg inside can be painted any desizn, working carefully through the openings of the outer sheli. Or, before putting into the acid, the contents can be removed, working as before through the openings in the shell, a design drawn on it in wax, and the shell eaten away by the acid at the same time as the outer sheil; but would again have uncurled fresh fans of foliage to tremble with every wave of air. Fresh air and moisture all plants must have, and the majority of them wi not thrive without light and sunshine. House plants are usualiy kept too warm. A temperature from 55° to 71 is better than warmer for the varieties gen ally cultivated in windows.* Give them air, but this is more difficult to do, and the effect of the other fg as good. It requires careful work, but the result fully pays for the time and patience given. Dainty little bonbon-holders can be made out of exe shells. Remove the contents through a hole in the small end, draw a line of wax evenly around the shell three-fourths of the distance from the large end, and hold the small end as far_as the wax in hydrochloric acid until the shell is eaten off: itis impossible te make a smooth edge by cutting with scissors. The shelis are now ready to color by boiling them in various colored dyes. An ounce of log-wood to three pints of water gives a purple dye. The shades can be varied from lilac to nearly black by letting the sheils remain a longer or shorter time in the dye. A good green results from Ley in a solution of verdigris in vinegar. Blue, by making the water very dark with in- and adding a teaspoonful of oxalic acid. The only way to get a satisfactory scarlet is to use paint. Crimson may be made by adding vinegar to the logwood dye. Cochineal gives'a lovely pink. Skins of the red onion boiled with the shells give shades from yellow to brown, with better results than any other dye for those Cope Very few dyes will color eggs satistac- torily. After the shells are dyed, they can be decora- ted in varions ways: a wreath of flowers around the top, a landscape, a spray of flowers on each side, or small flowers or stars powdered over ‘the shel; the stars look beat done tn gold paint. A quotation, “Sweets to the sweet,” er in that style, around the upper edge looks well, as does a Spray of flowers en one side, with the initials of the person fur whom itis intended on the other. After the shells are decorated, make as many Tings of card-board as there are sbelis. To inake the rings, eut strips of card-board a quarter ofan inch wide and long enough to make the ring fit easily inside the top of the shell. Make the strips into rings by gluing the edges, which should lap half an Nach, with mu- cilage. made by dissolving gum-arabie «.e kind that comes in iumps, in water. It must be so thick that it is gummy, and ean enly be spread by rubbing it on with ‘the finger or a palette- ni Of soft thin lning silk make little bags, half an inch deeper than the shell, and a little wider than the circumference of the top. Sew them up at theside, and paste the top using mucilage enough tS mak ag ml ce enough to let any get on the er only a tm lage by ting ofthe ring should be even with pres Pony bon pa , these tl fed with bon 33 538 SgBESss = e never expose to a draught, which is disastrous. If fresh air can be admitted from an adjoining room it is safer than to open the window at the top. Never lift them from the bottom in winter. As a rule house plants suffer from lack of mois- ture in the atmosphere ; this is especially true where there is furnace heat and gaslight. It is a very good plan to set Me water on the plant stand, and to fill the vases in the room with water. This makes a healthier atmosphere for people as well as plants. It is often the case that the only person in the house who will have blossoms on her plants w! the cook, whose windows will be gay with roses and gera- ninms, because the steam from the boiler and kettles will provide the destrable moisture. It is an ‘injurious habit to pass amonz the plauts dally with a watering pot and drown them out. The best guide to their demands in this matter 1s the soil, which should be thor- oughly wet when dry. Watering should not then be repeated until the indieations are that the plant is thirsty. But be quick to respond when there is the signal, for a day of drought will set back growth and bloom. The water used should be of the temperature of the room, otherwise the Plant wil be euilled. a8 : It is highly impo to keep the foliage ot plants clean, not alone for their beauty, but their health’s sake. Wasi the leaves inside, as well as outside. as often as they are dusty. A soft sponge and tepid water are the best for this purpose, To polish ivy leaves, or those of palms and rubber trees, use soft tissue paper. It will make them like satin. Every day pick off any dead leaves or twigs, as these but interfere with the th of those alive. Blossoms should not be left on too long; they prevent others from forming in perfection. Never permit bloom to wither onthe stem. Newspapers may be pinned about Pair when rooms are swept to protect them from the dust. They can be shielded from the cold in this way if the fires get down on oc- casions of severe nights. Stirring up the soil in pots will contribute to the well being of plants. Care should be taken not to dix down too deep and wound the roots. All blooming plants seguire sunlight; nearly all foliage plants will spindle and grow ‘‘white-liv- ered” without this great invigorator. It may be readily determined when plants need more light, as they become ‘‘drawn”—a term used by horti- culturists to denote the lengthening of stems seeking light. Resuscitnting the Drowned. Now that the season for excursions by water higher than the , and an external application of the hands in a way that will produce an artificial respira- tio! La The le of Of his Little sister In church. Still, each naugiitytrick Mes Ata look from the eyes O6 is motacr so 2 Who thinks best to sit near Her inischtevous boy in church. Another trick comes? Yes. His flazers he drums, Or hie kerchier 1s spread All over hig bi And Still we take’htin to church? He's troublesome? Yes, Phat Pm bound to ¢ But God made the boy ‘With thei: tun aud their noise, And He surely wants taem in church! Such children, you know, Long, long ye irs azo Did not trouble tae Lord, Thougi disetples were bored; So we'll keep thein near Him’ In church! Mus. J. H. Branp, ——__+0- ‘The Mississippi iver. From the Cincinnati Gzzette. The present flooding of the Mississippi flats will be used as a reason to precipitate Congress into a great appropriation to build levees, al- though the flood demonstrates the impotence of the levee system, and its opposition to all nat- ural laws, resulting in its own destruction. The Mississippi 1s not the father of waters by its magnitude alone; itis the father of a congeries of parallel rivers, which assist to carry off its floods. Along the valley, from Cairo to the gulf, are paralle! streams called ereeks, lakes, bayous aud rivers, all of the saine gencral character, but differing in magnitude, whose heads connect with the riv course, running to hundreds of miles, debouch again into the Mississippi. where they are coun- terbalanced by other branches or outfets, ran ning to the river again hundreds of mites below or to the gulf. Thus the most of the branches of the Missis- sippi below Cairo are branches from the river as well as to it. On the west side, below the Ar- kansas river, a number of great branches de- bouch into Red river, and from that great branches reach the gulf, independent of the Mis- sissippi. The effect of thiy is that the Mississippi at New Orieans is much Jess than hundreds of miles above. These branches are auxiliaries to the main river in earrying off the flood. What shall be done with these in any levee system? Either they must all be leveed. or their head connections with the river must be cut off, thus diminishing the waterway for floods, and making more impossible the coafining of the main river. The present overflow, instead of a reason for precipitating the nation into a boundles levee scheme, is a reason for considering the failureof that system and the laws of natute, which will certainly make it defeat itself, no matter how much is spent on it. It is very doubtful if the entire public revenue would suftice to bound in the Misstssippi by le- vees, according to any previous or propos plan. And all experience teaches that when such rivers are bound in by raising their banks, their deposit raises the bottom in the same de- pe, 80 that even if the levees held the river did you ever see such lanky locks? course I accepted Mr. Arkwright once; but I was very young once, and like you. dear Mabel, tres devote. And I have had many—Well, what you would call “advances” since. Omnes. © Mrs. Arkwright. Mrs. Arkwrigh Don't be shocked; I have always known how to manage them, I have al- ways kept my own balance. Dear me, I must rouge, I am afraid, to-morrow. That comes of Lenten dinners! Miss Mabel. But you go to church, too, Mra. Arkwright. Mrs. Arkwright. Of course, of conree! think of old Mrs. Arkwright’s feelings! Bot [ wear my rue with a difference, you know. I almost. compose meditations in church—meditations on the toilet. Omn How shecking! Mrs. Arkwright. Ah, itis all very well, my dears: but you forget [am an oid woman and things have lost their freshness with me. But I must ring for my maid no Miss Violet. Good night, dear; we shall all be wise in time, I dare say. What is there to- morrow night Miss Blanche. ©, Mrs. Lovefing’s soiree, you know. Mrs. Arkwright. Good night. dears. Swect repose and don’t dream; it spoils the complex- jon. Blanche, remember what I have told you Mabel. my love, break it ¢, won't you? Say your father aud mother won’t hear of it. Promise me. Good night, ee Taking the Cath, Fmasinuch as the Bradlaugh oath question is aain before the Enziish house ot commons, the customary’in taking office in the principal civilized countries of the world may be interesting. Here is a pretty full list : Bavaria—I swear......S0 help me God and His Holy Gospel. Denmark—I promise and swear....So help me God and His Holy Word. Consubstantial and Indivisible Trinity. S eee ‘Darinstadt-—I swear...... od. Saxe-Coburg and Baden—I swear. So help me God, Holland—I swear. So help me God. Portugal—I swear on the Holy Gospels. Prassia—I swear by God, the Almighty and Omniscient. .So help me God. Saxony—I awear by Almighty God fervia—I swear by one God and is acco h all that ling to law most sacred and in this workd Spain—After swearing the deputy on the Gos- pel, the president says, “Then may God repay you; but if you fail may He clatm it from you.” Sweden and Norway—I (president or vice president only) swear before God and His Holy Gospel. . will be faithful to this oath as sure = Ea eens my body and an Switzerlan: the presence of Alnfi God I swear... So help me God. — United States—I do solemnly ewear.. Bo help me God. In Bavaria non-Christians omit the reference to the Gospel. In Holland and the United States affirmation is optional. In Prussia and in Switzerland ion is permitted to those who object on religious grounds to the oath. In Austria a promise is in every case substituted foran oath. 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