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If you are not located in the United States, you'll have -to check the laws of the country where you are located before using this ebook. - -Title: The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. XX, No. 984, November 5, 1898 - -Author: Various - -Release Date: November 18, 2015 [EBook #50478] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: UTF-8 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK GIRL'S OWN PAPER, NOV 5, 1898 *** - - - - -Produced by Susan Skinner, Chris Curnow, Pamela Patten and -the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at -http://www.pgdp.net - - - - - - - -[Illustration: THE RENDEZVOUS. - -_From the Painting in the Salon by_ E. L. LABITTE.] - - - - -[Illustration: THE GIRL'S OWN PAPER - -VOL. XX.--NO. 984.] NOVEMBER 5, 1898. [PRICE ONE PENNY.] - - - - -"THE NIGHT COMETH." - - - Heard ye the heavenly voice? - Solemn and deep, its warning soundeth near, - Falling like thunder on the careless ear, - Bidding the heart of humble faith rejoice:-- - "Arise! and list not idly to my strain, - Fulfil your task while daylight may remain, - For the Night cometh on!" - - Oh! while the morning hour - Of life is yours, upon the youthful brow - Be the pure seal of Heaven imprinted _now_! - Oft the "Great Reaper" culls the early flower. - But not untimely culled, to whom 'tis given - To show how brightly shines the light of Heaven - Through the Night coming on! - - Oh! sound of joy to him - Who "the good fight" hath fought, and on the field, - So hardly won, may slumber on his shield, - Looking to Heaven, while Earth around grows dim. - Tracing his Saviour's footsteps to the tomb, - He sees no cause of fear, no shade of gloom, - In the Night coming on. - - May we, too, see the light, - Shining beyond the darkness that we fear, - And tread the path, whereon its radiance clear - Shall guide our footsteps, if we walk aright. - Be ours to labour on, in humble trust - To share the blest repose that waits the just, - When the Night cometh on! - -[Illustration: HOME TO FOLD.] - -_All rights reserved._] - - - - -"OUR HERO." - -A TALE OF THE FRANCO-ENGLISH WAR NINETY YEARS AGO. - -BY AGNES GIBERNE, Author of "Sun, Moon and Stars," "The Girl at the -Dower House," etc. - - -CHAPTER VI. - -Three or four more days of strain, and then the abscess in the ear -broke, causing speedy relief. The first thing that Roy did was to fall -into a profound sleep, which lasted some hours. - -When he woke up, feeling markedly better, his murmur was for "Den!" as -usual; and since no reply came, he said "Den!" more loudly. - -Then he took a good look round. The light from the window was getting -dim, and the pain in his ear was gone. He saw Denham near, leaning -back in the only pretence at an easy-chair which the room could boast -of. Ivor's head was resting against the wall, and he seemed to be in -a heavy slumber. Boys of twelve or thirteen are not always thoughtful -about other people; but an odd feeling came over Roy, as he noted the -fine-looking young soldier in that attitude of utter weariness. All -these days and nights of his illness he had actually never once seen -Ivor asleep until now. - -"He must be tired, I'm sure," Roy said aloud. "But I think I'm hungry. -I wish he would wake up." - -The room door opened very slowly and softly, and Roy's eyes grew round -with astonishment. Nobody entered this infected place except the doctor -and the old Frenchwoman in the mornings, and the latter always got away -as fast as she could. This new-comer seemed to be in no hurry. She -stepped inside, closed the door, and advanced towards the bed. There -she stood still to look at Roy; and then she turned to gaze pityingly -at Ivor. - -Roy stared hard, fascinated. She was quite a girl, perhaps two or -three years older than Polly. She was very slight, with a plain -neatly-fitting dress. The lighted candle in her hand threw a strong -glow upon her face. It was a particularly sweet face, delicate and -gentle; and it would have been exceedingly pretty, but for the very -evident ravages of a long-past attack of small-pox. There were no -"pits" on her skin, but a certain soft roughness characterised the -whole, as if, once upon a time, it had been covered with pits. Now it -was pale, and the features were even, while short black hair curled -over a wide forehead, and the dark eyes were full of an intense -sadness. Even Roy could not but see that great sadness. As he looked at -her she looked at him, and then she sighed. - -"Pauvre petit!" she said softly. - -She came close to the bed, and Roy put out his hand, only to snatch it -back. - -"Oh, I mustn't; I forgot. Den told me I must not touch anybody except -him, not even that ugly old woman who comes in, because I'm all -small-poxy, you know. And oh! I'm so thirsty. I wish he would wake up." - -"Pauvre enfant!" She went to the table, and brought back a glass of -milk, which she held to his lips. Roy drank eagerly. Then she smoothed -his bed-clothes, and put his pillow straight. - -"But you oughtn't to be here, you know; you might catch it," Roy's weak -voice said. "Den would tell you to go. Can you talk English? I only -know a wee bit of French." - -"Yes; I can talk English." She said the words in foreign style, with -a slow distinctness and separation of the syllables, but with a pure -intonation. "I learnt English in your country. Yes, I have been there, -for three, four years. Monsieur votre frère--your brother--il a l'air -d'être très fatigué." - -"Den isn't my brother. He's only--he's just Den, you know. Captain -Denham Ivor, of His Majesty's Guards. He hasn't been to sleep for ever -so long, and that's why he's tired. My ear has been so awfully bad, oh! -for days and days. And I couldn't get to sleep, and Den was always by -me--always." - -The girl left Roy, and went closer to the sleeping man. He remained -motionless; his arms loosely folded; a slight dew of exhaustion upon -the brow; the face extremely pale. She sheltered the light from his -eyes with her hand, and looked steadily. Then, turning away, she began -putting things straight in the room. A few womanly touches altered -wondrously the aspect of the whole. Roy lay and watched her. - -"What's your name?" he asked. "Are you M. de Bertrand's daughter? I'm -deaf in one ear still, so please don't whisper." - -"No; I am Lucille de St. Roques. M. and Mme. de Bertrand are my good -friends." She flushed slightly. "They are my best friends in all Paris." - -"And do you live here?" - -"No; I am come unexpected--quite sudden. My friends did not look for -me. When they tell me of the English boy upstairs, and of the kind -Monsieur who nurses him, then I say I will go and help. I have had the -complaint, and I do not fear." - -"I wonder where your home is?" Roy said, interested. - -"Ah, for that, I have not now a true home. My home was in the south of -France, but it is my home no longer. Cependant, I have kind friends -at Verdun, where I live." She laid a hand on Roy kindly, murmuring, -"Pauvre petit!" - -"You don't call me 'little,'" protested the insulted Roy. "I'm nearly -thirteen; almost a man. And I am going to fight Napoleon soon. Do -you like Napoleon?" She shook her head. "That's right. Then you're -Royalist; and I am glad, for I like you, and I don't like Napoleon. I -shall soon be an officer in King George's Army. I'm going to have a -commission as soon as I'm sixteen. And then I shall be a brave soldier, -you know, like Denham. And have you a father and mother at that place, -Ver--something?" - -"Verdun." Little dreamt Roy how familiar a name it would soon become -in his ears. "My father and mother, they were of the old noblesse, and -they lost their lives in the Revolution, hélas! Thirteen years ago they -were guillotined." - -"Oh, I say, how horrid!" exclaimed Roy, at a loss to express the -sympathy which he really felt. "How dreadful! Why, you must have been -quite a child then." - -"I was not yet eight years old. But that was in truth a terrible time. -I was in prison with them for many, many weeks, before they went out to -die." - -Ivor woke suddenly, opening his eyes without warning. Then he stood up, -leaning against the solid four-poster for support, since the room went -round with him dizzily. He saw a girlish figure, and he vaguely felt -that she had no business there, but a momentary pause before speech was -necessary. - -"Do not make so great haste. Will you not rest a little longer?" a kind -voice said, and a soft hand came on his wrist. - -"But indeed, mademoiselle, you must go away at once," he urged -earnestly. "It is small-pox. It is----" And he tried in vain to recall -the French word, though ready enough usually in talking French. "Pray -go. You will take the infection." - -"But me, I do not intend to go," she replied cheerfully, with her -pretty foreign accent. "You need not be afraid for me, monsieur. See, I -have had it. I am not in danger, not at all. You are fatigué, n'est-ce -pas? It has been a long nursing--yes, so I have heard. When did you -take food last?" - -Denham confessed that he had not eaten for some time; he had not been -hungry. Well, perhaps he was a trifle _fatigué_, but 'twas nothing, -nothing at all. He was ready now for anything. If Mademoiselle would -only not put herself in danger! By way of showing his readiness, he -made a movement forward, but he was compelled to sit down, resting his -forehead on his hand. The long strain had told upon even his vigorous -constitution. - -"Ah! C'est ça!" she murmured. "But you will be better, monsieur, for a -cup of coffee." - -Ivor had no choice but to yield, and she moved daintily about, making -such coffee as only a Frenchwoman can, and bringing it presently to his -side. - -"This is not right," he protested. "I cannot allow you to wait upon me, -mademoiselle." - -She would listen to no remonstrances, however, and when he had disposed -of it, she insisted that he should lie down on a couch in the small -adjoining room, while she undertook to look after Roy. She had her -friends' permission, she said, not explaining that she had refused to -be forbidden, and Monsieur in his present state could do no more. How -long was it since he had slept? Ah, doubtless some days! - -Ivor gave in, after much resistance, and in ten minutes he was again -heavily asleep, not to wake for many hours. Nature at last was claiming -her revenge. - -When he woke, after five hours' unbroken rest, he was another man. Roy -seemed much better. The doctor had paid a visit and was gone; the room -could scarcely be recognised as the same; and Ivor warmly expressed his -gratitude, wondering as he did so at Lucille's look of steady sadness. -She insisted on coming again the next day, while he should rest and -have an hour's walk. - -"Isn't she nice and jolly?" Roy demanded, when the door closed behind -Lucille. "I like her, don't you? She has told me lots of things -while you were asleep. Only think, her father and mother were both -guillotined. _Both_ of them had their heads cut off. And they hadn't -done one single thing to make them deserve it. They were awfully good -and kind to everybody, she says. And she was only a little girl then, -and when they were dead, somebody took her away to England, and she was -there three or four years. And then she came back to France, and she -lives with some people at a place called Verdun. She says they give her -a home, and she works for them. And she would like to go to England -again some day." - -But Lucille de St. Roques had not told Roy the most recent sorrow -which had come to her. She let it out to Captain Ivor a day or two -later. Only one year before this date she had become engaged to young -Théodore de Bertrand, son of the old couple downstairs; and three -months later he had been drawn for the conscription. No use to plead -that he was practically an only son, since the second son Jacques was -a ne'er-do-well, who had taken himself off, nobody knew whither. More -soldiers were wanted by the First Consul for his schemes of foreign -conquest, and young De Bertrand had to go. Scarcely four months after -his departure, news came that he had been shot in a _sortie_ in the Low -Countries. Large tears filled Lucille's eyes, and dropped slowly. - -"Ah, so many more!" she said. "Thousands, thousands, called upon to -be slain, for nothing! Not for their country, but for the ambition of -one bad man. It makes no difference, Monsieur, that they love not the -usurper. My Théodore was of the Royalist party, yet he had to go. And -the poor old father and mother--they are left without one son in their -old age!" - -(_To be continued._) - - - - -SOME PRACTICAL HINTS ON COSMETIC MEDICINE. - -BY "THE NEW DOCTOR." - - -PART III. - -THE TEETH. - -That "The Pearls of the Mouth," according to an Eastern expression, -are a great adjunct to the beauty of the face nobody will dispute. But -that the irregular, saw-edged series of half-decayed stumps that not -uncommonly take their place are disfiguring, every woman who possesses -them knows to her cost. - -Naturally the teeth form an almost even edge. There is no appreciable -space between them. They are of a pure ivory white colour, and they are -thirty-two in number. Very few of us, unfortunately, have our teeth in -the natural condition. Too often, alas, do we lose one or two before -growth is completed, and how few of us keep a respectable complement of -teeth to the end of our three-score years and ten? - -The reason why our teeth are so bad is partly due to our own faults and -partly due to our civilisation. - -You never saw a savage whose teeth were either decayed or missing. Yet, -as far as I know, no uncivilised person ever used a toothbrush. But, -with ourselves, unless we use a toothbrush our teeth rapidly decay. -What is the cause of this? It must be something in our civilisation. -This we cannot alter. But we can preserve our teeth in face of their -tendency to decay by a little care. - -There is not one person in ten who knows how to keep her teeth really -clean. You get up in the morning, and when you have dressed yourself -you scrub your teeth with a hard brush, using some indifferent powder. -This you consider is sufficient attention to the teeth for the day. -Suppose that your work consisted of handling greasy bones all day, do -you think your hands would remain clean if you only washed them once -a day? The teeth have very dirty work to do, and they will not remain -clean if only washed once a day. As a matter of fact your teeth will -only remain clean till you have had breakfast--about ten minutes during -the twenty-four hours. - -This system of looking after the teeth is radically wrong. The teeth -must be washed more than once a day. It is better to clean your teeth -after every meal. This is often inconvenient, but they should certainly -be cleaned at least twice a day, and always before going to bed. If -the teeth are cleaned before going to sleep, they will remain clean -throughout the night. - -How any person can use a stiff toothbrush is beyond my comprehension. -"Oh, but I cannot get my teeth clean if I use a soft brush!" Of course -you cannot get your teeth clean if you only wash them once a day. Use -the softest badger brush you can get, and gently wash your teeth twice -or thrice a day instead of tearing your gums once a day with a hard -brush. You must never make your teeth bleed. If you tear your gums -every morning, can you wonder that your teeth get loose and decay? -Whenever blood comes from the gum surrounding a tooth, it comes from a -tear. That tear must be repaired by inflammation of the gum, and all -inflammation around a tooth tends to loosen the tooth and causes it to -die. - -Any good tooth-powder may be used. A powder containing an antiseptic is -better than any other. Carbolic acid toothpowder is the best of all. -The powder should also contain some grit to give it a good "grip." -Precipitated chalk alone is not a good powder, but it is an excellent -basis for an antiseptic. - -Sometimes the teeth get coated with "tartar." As the deposit gets -thicker it tends to lever the tooth out of its socket. It has also -an unsightly appearance and often gives the breath a bad smell, from -particles of food getting beneath it and decomposing. If there is a -considerable amount of tartar on your teeth, have the teeth scaled; it -is not an expensive business, and well repays the fee and few minutes -discomfort that it costs. - -If it were only for their nasty appearance, decayed teeth should be -treated at once. But besides being unsightly, they are a real danger to -health. Have them stopped or extracted. - -When a tooth falls out or is extracted, it leaves a gap. This gap gets -smaller in time because the other teeth fall together to fill up the -space. This causes a most disfiguring condition by leaving a small -space between each tooth. When you have had a tooth extracted, have it -replaced immediately by a false one, so that your teeth may form an -even line without any gap between them. - -Sugar, very hot and very cold drinks, tea and sweets, are great -enemies to the teeth. How many girls have lost their teeth from eating -chocolates! - -Some drugs have a deleterious influence upon the teeth. Iron causes -them to become a dirty transparent brown. It is only temporary, -however, and if the teeth are well cared for during a course of iron, -no permanent damage will ensue. - -Calomel is supposed by nearly everybody to be a great enemy to the -teeth, but given as it is now, in small doses, it in no way affects -them. - -(_To be continued._) - - - - -SILVER POINT DRAWING. - - -So light and airy, dainty and delicate, is this delightful process, -that it may well be called the fairy queen of the graphic arts. So -white is the paper or card on which it is produced, and so beautiful -the chemical changes of colour it undergoes when first produced, that -no process of reproduction can give more than a faint idea of the -beauty of an original silver point drawing. - -Many times have I been told, "Oh, I have a silver point drawing by -So-and-so," but on nearly every occasion, when inspected, the treasure -has turned out to be merely a photographic reproduction, giving, it is -true, the form of the original, but without a particle of its colour or -daintiness of appearance. - -Under these circumstances it will be well to commence by stating -what a silver point drawing is, and how to tell an original from a -reproduction. - -[Illustration: TWO OF THE QUEEN'S PETS.] - -A silver point is a drawing made with a stylus of pure silver on paper -or card specially prepared for the purpose with a coating of chalk or -china clay applied under heavy pressure. To tell a real silver point, -hold the drawing to the light edgeways. You will then see in bright -silver every stroke made by the stylus. Also you will find, when -looking at the drawing in the ordinary manner, that its colour varies -in different places; looking at one part a faint brown, another blue, -another grey; in fact, assuming, where it has been much worked on, the -appearance of the surface of a bright silver article which has been for -some time exposed to atmospheric influence. - -[Illustration: A SLEEPING BEAUTY AT SANDRINGHAM. - -(_By Ernest M. Jessop._)] - -Before the advent of lead pencils silver point was greatly in vogue -with the old masters, and fine examples by some of the greatest -of these are to be found in the national collections of England -and France. Notable among them are drawings by Raphael, Perugino, -Botticelli, Holbein and Albert Durer. The art, which had fallen into -disuse, has of late been revived by many eminent artists. The late Sir -Frederick Leighton was an ardent devotee of silver point, and has left -many beautiful specimens of his own drawing. - -Both the Prince and Princess of Wales are great admirers of the art and -possess several specimens drawn by my friend Mrs. C. Sainton, R.I., and -myself. The Princess, in the scant leisure allowed her by the cares of -state, I have reason to believe, practises the art of silver point, as -well as that of burnt wood work, a description of which will be given -in these pages very shortly. - -And now let me give a few hints on how to practise almost the most -difficult of all the graphic arts. To begin with the tools. These are -very simple. From a jeweller you may procure three pieces of round -silver wire a few inches long. They should vary in thickness from -that of the thinnest lead in an ordinary pencil to that found in a -six B, and may be used similar to the leads in an ordinary pencil case -or mounted in wooden handles of the thickness of a lead pencil. You can -buy (although only of the largest artists' colourmen) both silver point -paper and card; the latter is the best from its non-liability to cockle. - -[Illustration: STUDY FROM LIFE IN SILVER POINT. - -(_By Ernest M. Jessop._)] - -The silver wires may be sharpened to any point desired on a piece of -very fine emery cloth. Two sizes of round and one flat point are those -usually used. - -As to the card or paper. This, it must be at once understood, is one -of the most delicate of substances. Its surface once soiled, it is -absolutely useless. No mark of any nature can be erased from it. There -is no rubbing out or slurring over to be practised. If you scratch its -surface with an erasing knife it alters the colour and the stylus will -no longer mark on the scratched surface. The same result occurs from -the contact of a hot or greasy hand or the spilling of a spot of water -no matter how quickly removed. - -For these reasons no silver point can be entirely drawn direct from -nature. A fairly finished sketch must first be made; from this it -is advisable to take a careful tracing. Through this tracing bore -very small holes with a broken etching-needle or small piercer at -all the salient points and at short intervals along the outline of -your subject. Then lay your tracing on the silver point paper in the -position you intend it to occupy, secure it by weights, and with your -smallest silver point make a tiny dot through each hole on to the -paper. This is the only guide you can make to help you. Now lightly -indicate your drawing with fine strokes made diagonally from right to -left downwards, always remembering that the silver point cannot be -rubbed backwards and forwards the same as a pencil without destroying -the surface of the paper. All shadows should be put in very lightly at -first, as lights cannot afterwards be added, although they may be taken -away where not required. To get your deeper shades you may go over the -same places many times with the silver point if you continue to work -downwards. Either parallel or diagonally crossed lines may be used to -shade. It is as well to avoid all firm hard outlines, as silver point -mainly depends for its beauty on its misty and shadowy effects. - -As in all classes of art work portraits, after having been fixed -from a sketch, should be finished direct from nature. Without using -this method you may preserve the features of your model, but soul -and character will always be wanting. For land and seascape silver -point is peculiarly adapted, as some of the most delicately beautiful -aerial effects may be attained by its use. For foliage also, used with -a careful knowledge, it is incomparable. To look its best no silver -point drawing should occupy more than one-fourth of the paper on which -it is drawn, and any attempt to finish square up to a mount or frame -must be studiously avoided. In fact, the edges of the drawing should -imperceptibly melt away into the paper. In very fine work, such as -the face of a baby or young girl, a singularly beautiful effect may -be produced by finishing the features through the aid of a magnifying -glass, thereby removing all traces of lines, and then in the ordinary -manner and with bolder lines adding hair, figure, costume, etc. - -One last word on the choice of paper. This is made with two kinds of -surface, dull and slightly glazed, like the backs of playing cards. The -latter I have found to give the best effect in colour. All drawings -after they are completed should be exposed to the atmosphere (but not -to dust) for at least a week, it taking some time for them to acquire -their beautiful colouring. After the period above mentioned the colour -is absolutely permanent. - -In framing the edges of the paper should be hermetically sealed to the -glass so as to exclude dust. - -Frames are always a matter of taste. Personally I have used with the -happiest effect a wide flat frame of white enamelled wood with a very -narrow pale gold Louis Seize edging to enrich the opening of it. A fine -silver point in a well-made frame of this kind is indeed one of those -things of beauty which are joys for ever. - - ERNEST M. JESSOP. - -⁂ The original drawings from which these illustrations are taken -were recently exhibited by desire to H.R.H. the Princess of Wales at -Marlborough House, and H.R.H. was pleased to say that she had derived -great pleasure from her inspection of them. - -(_All copyrights of drawings reserved by the artist._) - -[Illustration] - - - - -LETTERS FROM A LAWYER. - - -PART II. - - The Temple. - -MY DEAR DOROTHY,--Accept my heartiest congratulations on your -engagement to Gerald Anstruther. He is a good fellow, and I feel sure -that you will be very happy together. Your engagement is not one that -has been hurriedly rushed into. You have known each other for some time -and have had an opportunity of discovering each other's merits and -demerits, if any of the latter exist. - -I am glad to hear that the wedding is to be an event of the immediate -future, and I have no doubt that Gerald is quite of my way of thinking. - -I am patriotic enough to be pleased that you are going to marry -an Englishman. Not that I have any particular prejudice against -foreigners; but their marriage laws differ from ours and thereby lead -to complications. - -For instance, a Frenchman, no matter what his age, cannot legally marry -without the consent of his parents, a fact which it is just as well for -English girls to remember. - -Now I know that you will not be offended with me when I tell you that -your _fiancé_, although a man of business, is not a business man. - -This may sound contradictory, but is not really so. There are many -men who follow regular occupations and attend to their own particular -business and yet are not, strictly speaking, men of business habits -and instincts. Literary men, musicians, artists, and inventors may -be generally regarded as instances in point. And Gerald, who is an -engineer and inventor, is not one of the exceptions to the rule, which -is my reason for offering you the following suggestions. - -In the first place I would strongly advise you to persuade Gerald to -insure his life in some respectable English office; the American ones -are risky. - -It is true that he is making a good income, but he has very little -money put by for a rainy day, for both of which reasons I would suggest -that he takes out a policy for £1,000 with profits. The premium for -insuring without profits would be a little less, but I am certain that -it is better on the whole to insure with profits. - -The policy he can assign to you or leave you in his will, or, if he -waits till you are married, he can, if he likes, effect what is called -a trust policy for your benefit, and, so long as any object of the -trust remains unperformed, the policy will not form part of his estate -or become subject to his debts. The last few words of the foregoing -sentence you will be able to understand. You need not trouble your head -about the meaning of "trust" and "performance"; it is sufficient for -you to know that the arrangement is intended to benefit married ladies, -and can be carried out under the provisions of the Married Women's -Property Act. - -All the above I am aware sounds dreadfully technical; but it is -extremely difficult when writing on legal matters to avoid legal -phraseology, the danger being that the omission of a single word in a -sentence may have the effect of giving a totally wrong interpretation -of the law. - -The Act which I have mentioned above also gives you the right to retain -sole control of the money left you by your god-mother. It was not a -very large amount--£50, if I remember rightly. I should advise you to -deposit it in the Post Office Savings Bank if you have not already -done so. You will receive two and a half per cent. annual interest for -it, which is rather more than double what any ordinary bank would offer -you. - -There is only one thing more that I wanted to mention, and I have -left it to the last because it is perhaps the most important thing of -all--it is on the subject of wills. It is not generally known that -every will is revoked by marriage. - -You cannot make a will, my dear Dorothy, because you are not yet -twenty-one years of age; but Gerald can, and I consider that it is his -duty, and the duty of every man who gets married, to make his will, no -matter however small the amount of the property he has to dispose of -may be. - -There is no great difficulty about making an ordinary will. All that -is necessary is that the intentions of the maker should be clearly -expressed, that he should sign it in the presence of two witnesses, who -should also affix their signature, and that is all. - -There is only one other thing to remember, and that is that the -witnesses should not be people who benefit by the will, or rather, I -should say, who are intended to benefit by it, for the result of such -witnesses being left a legacy would be that, although the rest of the -will would hold good, they would not get their legacies. Also it is -important for anyone making a will to give the name of one willing to -act as executor. - -I need hardly say that, when any difficulty arises in the making of a -will, it is advisable to consult a solicitor or a barrister such as - - Your affectionate cousin, - BOB BRIEFLESS. - - - - -CHRONICLES OF AN ANGLO-CALIFORNIAN RANCH. - -BY MARGARET INNES. - - -CHAPTER II. - -After we had very exhaustively explored this middle part of the -State, we determined to go to San Francisco and see how we liked the -conditions in the North. - -We took rooms in a fairly comfortable boarding-house, and settled down -for an indefinite time. Our boys went to the public schools, which, in -the towns, are very good indeed. - -We found a great charm and attraction about San Francisco, with its -splendid bay and curious town; the latter, built partly on a tract -of land snatched from the sea, and partly on the drifting shifting -sand hills, which stretch for miles around, is a triumph of energy -and enterprise. Some of the streets had to be carried up at an angle -of almost forty-five degrees, and the quays, water front and business -quarter are built on what was at one time a shallow part of the bay. -Now innumerable electric and cable cars fly up and down the steep -hill streets. It is a strange sensation to "go the round trip" on -any of these beautifully built machines; a sensation not altogether -comfortable at first. One seems to be either slipping down the polished -seats, on to the top of the next person, from the steep upward incline -of the car, or one is trying to look quite easy-minded as the thing -glides smoothly up to the edge of a cliff, and, without pause, runs -straight down the face of it. Accidents, however, seem very rare, -and all is so well managed, that one soon forgets to be uneasy, and -some of these rides are delightful. One in particular--to the Cliff -House--where the railroad is cut out of the cliff half way up its -steep side, with the beautiful Pacific Ocean spread out below, and the -Golden Gate in full view, is magnificent. China Town was thrillingly -interesting to us, and we behaved like veritable _gamins_, hanging and -dawdling about, flattening our noses against windows, and trying to see -all we could of the ways of these mysterious people. Our impressions -were, and still remain, that they are marvellously quick and clever, -but unlovely. - -Now began again the same diligent search that had kept us so busy in -the South; far and near, to different neighbourhoods on all sides we -went, seeing a great deal, and receiving much kindness from strangers, -anxious to aid us to find what we wanted. Indeed, all over the United -States we were impressed with the goodwill everyone showed, taking -trouble and thought to help us if possible, and ready to be most -hospitable, though we were absolute strangers. - -This was often very comforting during those long months of undecided -wanderings, when we felt so particularly homeless, and so anxious about -the future, and the great importance of choosing wisely. - -We were often amused to find what very unexpected people had ranches, -somewhere in the Golden State. The black porter on the train; the man -who swept out and attended to the church opposite our boarding-house; -the driver of the hotel omnibus; our Chinese laundryman, and the Irish -woman who succeeded him. This last-named proprietor was very anxious -to warn us against unwise speculations. She considered speculation the -only business worth going into, and herself made quite a good deal in -this way. Then there was the learnèd head of a university, and the -pretty young lady teacher at one of the Normal schools; also the rich -Easterner, coming over three thousand miles in his private car to -escape the cruel winter of the East. All these had ranches of different -kinds, and all were ready to help and advise. - -The only people whom we were very shy of consulting were the "real -estate" men. It is true we had many a useful drive with them to inspect -new neighbourhoods, but we would never have dreamt of buying on their -recommendation. We had heard too much from others of the tricks they -play, and the schemes they carry through, to influence possible buyers, -and we took a rather wicked delight in making them useful, while -remaining perfectly independent of them. We discovered that everyone -who had a ranch spoke as though that part of the State were the only -possible neighbourhood where ranching was sure to pay; yet we could not -but notice that each one was most ready to sell his ranch. - -It is said that every ranch in California is for sale, if the proper -price be offered. But an explanation of this is that there seems to be -a kind of restlessness and a speculative spirit in all Americans, which -leads them to undertake everything in a tentative spirit, and makes -them always ready to change, if any profit or advantage can be assured. -Most of the ranches have that air, very plain at least to English eyes; -there is nearly always the appearance of the owner being ready to move -on to something else. - -Such changes are regarded in America as perfectly natural occurrences. -A man who changes his business often, from whatever cause, in England -is looked upon as unsteady and unreliable, almost good for nothing in -fact; but here the habit is so universal that it calls forth no comment. - -Considering how very difficult it is for an ordinary young man entering -upon life to hit upon just the best thing for his abilities and tastes, -it seems a sensible view to take that the door should be left open for -change, without any slur being cast on the stability or steadiness of -the worker. - -The changes made by men over here are most unexpected and often quite -startling. The man who did all the hauling of our heavy furniture out -to the ranch from the water front in San Miguel, some seventeen miles -by road, was once a lawyer in the East. The indoor life did not suit -him, and he never really liked his profession, so he came out here and -has drifted into this, becoming one of the most skilled teamsters in -all the neighbourhood. - -On a neighbouring large ranch, where a good deal of labour is employed, -and which the proprietor only visits occasionally for a few odd days, -the manager and overseer is, or rather was, a doctor, and a very good -manager he makes. - -An elderly rancher we came across had been a soldier during the Civil -War; a farmer in the East; had driven an express waggon, and after -ranching a short time in the South and finding it difficult to make -both ends meet, emigrated to Oregon and became a member of the State -Legislature, in which position the salary was probably not the only -pecuniary advantage. - -We had not been long in the North when we decided that the climate was -not good enough. We had left home and come six thousand miles, and were -critical. It was damp and windy. In the fruit valleys, the summers were -quite as hot, if not more so, than in the middle South. Most of the -early fruit comes from this part, and in the winter there was rain, -more or less constantly, for four months. - -In consequence of the heavier rainfall, the North is much greener than -the South; the hills too are beautifully wooded with every variety of -tree. But in many neighbourhoods the work of ranching is more fatiguing -than in the South; the soil is heavier, and the longer wet season has -many disadvantages for people who do their own ranching. - -By this time the uncertainty and general homeless feeling of our lives -was beginning to be almost unendurable. - -There were so many things to consider; firstly, which kind of -fruit paid the best and was the least subject to accidents and the -disappointments of bad seasons; secondly, the quality of land best -suited to such fruit and the conveniences for getting it to market; -thirdly, the amount of water to be had; this last quite as vital as any -point whatsoever about the land. In fact one might almost be said to -buy water with land attached, so great is the value of a certainty of -enough water. - -We were so much impressed with this, that we were quite determined -to buy land only where there was a well-tried and well-established -irrigating system, and where all the water difficulties of the -neighbourhood were solved and settled. - -This resolve, with some others, had eventually to go by the board; but -of this much we made sure when we bought, that there was water enough -running in a satisfactory flume some two miles from our land. The part -which had to be taken more or less on trust was the piping of the -water to our little settlement, and the dividing of it in a fair and -workable manner; this has given us more trouble than we would care to -undertake again. The climate, too, had to be carefully examined, even -in California. And the view meant a great deal to us; we were very -unwilling to settle in a plain or valley, where soon our own windbreak -trees would be the only outlook, year in, year out. - -A school within reach for the younger boy was another point about which -I was resolved to be stubborn. - -Then, though we had so unhesitatingly chosen the absolute freedom of -country life, in preference to pretentious villadom, we did not want -isolation. - -I was haunted with the remembrance of those terribly lonely farms which -one passes as the train rushes through Kansas and Missouri, where each -desolate building stands absolutely surrounded by miles and miles of -dreary-looking prairie waste. - -We realised before long that if we could find a place fulfilling some -of the most essential qualities for which we were striving, we should -have to let the rest go. Indeed, in our diligent search, which brought -us into contact with so many ranchers of several nationalities, we -heard and saw so much that was discouraging, that we determined not to -take any definite or binding steps for some time, but go south, see how -we liked the climate and other conditions of San Miguel, and then make -our decision. - -There is something of the same spirit of jealousy between San Francisco -and San Miguel as there is (or used to be) between Manchester and -Liverpool; we could therefore hear very little but the proverbial faint -praise of San Miguel while in the North. All the same, we were resolved -to try to find a better climate, after travelling six thousand miles in -search of it. - -(_To be continued._) - - - - -[Illustration: YOUNG EYES.] - - - - -OLD EYES AND YOUNG EYES. - -BY HELEN MARION BURNSIDE. - - - Oh, the young eyes looking forward - Through the rosy mists of hope; - Oh, the young feet, glad and eager, - As they mount the sun-lit slope! - "'Twill grow fairer"--youth is saying, - "Better things before us lie, - Ah, how beautiful and happy - Looks the land of by-and-by!" - - Oh, the old eyes looking backward, - From the hill-tops chill and wide, - Ere the old feet, in the sunset, - Journey down the further side: - "Life was fairer"--age is saying - "In the morning's golden glow-- - Ah, how beautiful and happy, - Was the land of long ago!" - - Yet, oh, young eyes looking forward, - And, oh, old eyes looking back, - Be it noon-tide--be it sunset, - That is shining on the track-- - Life is beautiful and happy, - Unto _all_ who look on high-- - Unto _all_ whose hopes are centred, - In the Heavenly by-and-by! - -[Illustration] - - - - -FATHER ANTHONY. - - -CHAPTER I. - -It was a glorious summer morning in the year of grace 1635, when a boy, -aged some ten years, and a pretty fair-haired maiden five years his -junior, were lolling in the shade of a gigantic copper-beech, which -towered in front of the old manor house known by the name of Combe -Abbey. Hugh Travers, the heir and only child of Sir Ralph Travers, -was a sturdy, well-grown lad, who bade fair to follow in his father's -footsteps as a soldier and a courtier, for even now his manner towards -his little cousin, Cecily Wharton, was marked by gentleness and good -breeding, and he was ever her protector and guardian in any childish -scrapes or difficulties in which they might involve themselves. - -Cecily was the orphan daughter of Lady Travers's only sister. The -child had lost both her parents soon after her birth by the small-pox, -and her aunt had brought her to Combe that she might be trained and -educated under her own eyes, and fitted for the position which would be -hers when she came of age, for she was no penniless waif, and also that -she might be a companion for her own son Hugh. Lady Wharton, though a -devoted mother, tempered her devotion with common-sense, and she well -knew the temptation to selfishness and egotism which must assail a lad -in her Hugh's position were he brought up without companions of his own -standing, and amid the society of his elders only. Her plan had so far -been marked by success. Hugh's gentle nature had been brought more to -the fore by the companionship of the little girl, and her society had -taught him that there was the pleasure of others to be thought of as -well as his own. - -On the morning in question the two young people had been for a long -ramble in the park with their dogs, and had returned in time for -the midday meal, the summons to which they were awaiting under the -beech-tree. As they thus rested, their gaze and their conversation had -turned on the old pile of buildings facing them. - -"Then Uncle Ralph did not build it," Cecily was saying, in connection -with some remark of Hugh's on the weather-beaten appearance of the -mansion. - -"Uncle Ralph! Indeed, no! Why, Cecily, it was old, very old, before -my father was thought of, or, for the matter of that, his father, and -grandfather before him." - -"Then it must be old! And didn't his father live here?" - -"Yes; and his grandfather, too." - -"Oh!"--in a puzzled tone from the child, as if her ideas were not -equal to going back so far; and then, in a brighter key, consequent on -feeling on safer ground, "Then who did build it?" - -"The monks." - -"What monks?" - -"The monks who afterwards lived in it. It was an abbey till Harry the -Eighth, of gracious memory, turned them out and gave it to one of my -forefathers." - -"What did he do that for?" - -"Well, I know not for certain. Some say one thing, and some another, -but he gave it to one of our forebears, and for that I bless his -memory." - -"But he was cruel, and killed his wives." - -"Some of them; yet I doubt not they deserved it." And then, pointing to -two niches or small alcoves high up in the outer wall, and only some -ten feet or so below the parapet, "See, Cecily--there is one of the -builders of the abbey, Abbot Swincow." - -"That figure in the cowl?" - -"Yes; and 'tis said he keeps guard over the place to this day, though -he has been dead these hundreds of years." - -"And is it true?" asked the little girl, turning a look of -semi-wonderment and awe on her companion. - -"Nay, I know not, save that no harm has befallen the place, or us who -live in it, since I can remember." - -"Then it _is_ true, I make no doubt," said the easily convinced child. -"But who stands in the other little hole?" - -"No one now. I have heard father say that there was a figure of a -Father Anthony once, but that stem of ivy you see crept up, and, -getting into the joints of the stone at the base, loosened them, and in -a storm one night it was blown down and broken to pieces." - -"And did they never stick the poor man together again?" - -"Never. His head now rests beside the fountain basin in the lower -garden, and bits of his body and legs are in a heap against yon wall." - -"Poor man, poor man! and the ivy is taking his place: one spray is -growing right across the opening where he stood." - -"I've oft thought I should like to climb up and get in the niche and -see what the garden and park look like from there, but the ivy is not -strong enough." - -"Oh, no, no, Hugh--you must not! You'd be killed; and then what should -I do?" And in her eagerness Cecily clasped her cousin's arm. - -"Nay, I don't think I shall," replied Hugh, laughing. "I have no -hankering for a broken neck; and, besides, you could not come with me, -and it would be no sport alone." - -"No, don't go. It must be much nicer down here than being like that -poor broken man was up there." - -"Well, Cecily, I don't feel much like an image just now, for there's -the horn for dinner, and I'm hungry. Let us go." And scrambling to -their feet the two happy children raced across the grass to the house, -and left Abbot Swincow and the empty niche bathed in the midday -sunshine. - -(_To be continued._) - - - - -ABOUT PEGGY SAVILLE. - -BY JESSIE MANSERGH (Mrs. G. de Horne Vaizey), Author of "A Girl in -Springtime," "Sisters Three," etc. - - -CHAPTER V. - -In the explanations that followed, no one showed a livelier interest -than Peggy herself. She was in her element answering the questions -which were showered upon her, and took an artistic pleasure in the -success of her plot. - -"You see," she explained, "I knew you would all be talking about me, -and wondering what I was like, just as I was thinking about you. -As I was Arthur's sister, I knew you would be sure to imagine me a -mischievous tom-boy, so I came to the conclusion that the best way to -shock you would be to be quite too awfully proper and well-behaved. I -never enjoyed anything so much in my life as that first tea-time, when -you all looked dumb with astonishment. I had made up my mind to go on -for a week, but mother is coming to-morrow, and I couldn't keep it up -before her, so I was obliged to explode to-night. Besides, I'm really -quite fatigued with being good----" - -"And are you--are you--really not proper after all?" gasped Mellicent, -blankly; whereat Peggy clasped her hands in emphatic protest. - -"Proper! Oh, my dear, I am the most awful person. I am always getting -into trouble. You know what Arthur was? Well, I tell you truly, he -is nothing to me. It's an extraordinary thing. I have excellent -intentions, but I seem bound to get into scrapes. There was a teacher -at Brighton, Miss Baker, a dear old thing. I called her 'Buns.' She -vowed and declared that I shortened her life by bringing on palpitation -of the heart. I set the dressing-table on fire by spilling matches and -crunching them beneath my heels. It was not a proper dressing-table, -you know--just a wooden thing frilled round with muslin. We had two -blazes in the last term. And a dreadful thing occurred! Would you -believe that I was actually careless enough to plump down on the top of -her best Sunday hat, and squash it as flat as a pancake." - -Despite her protestations of remorse, Peggy's voice had an exultant -ring as she detailed the history of her escapades, and Esther shrewdly -suspected that she was by no means so penitent as she declared. She put -on her most severe expression, and said sternly-- - -"You must be dreadfully careless. It is to be hoped you will be more -careful here, for your room is far away from ours, and you might be -burned to death before anyone discovered you. Mother never allows -anyone to read in bed in this house, and she is most particular about -matches. You wouldn't like to be burned to a cinder all by yourself -some fine night, I should say." - -"No, I shouldn't--or on a wet one either. It would be so lonely," said -Peggy calmly. "No; I am a reformed character about matches. I support -home industries, and go in for safeties, which 'strike only on the -box.' But the boys would rescue me." She turned with a smile, and -beamed upon the three tall lads. "Wouldn't you, boys? If you hear me -squealing any night, don't stop to think. Just catch up your ewers of -water, and rush to my bedroom. We might get up an amateur fire-brigade -to be in readiness. You three would be the brigade, and I would be the -captain and train you. It would be capital fun. At any moment I could -give the signal, and then, whatever you were doing--playing, working, -eating, on cold, frosty nights, just when you were going to bed, off -you would have to rush, and get out your fire-buckets. Sometimes you -might have to break the ice, but there's nothing like being prepared. -We might have the first rehearsal to-night----" - -"It's rather funny to hear your talking of being captain over the boys, -because the day we heard that you were coming, they all said that if -they were to be bothered with a third girl in the house, you would have -to make yourself useful, and that you should be their fag. Max said so, -and so did Oswald, and then Robert said they shouldn't have you. He had -lots of little odd things he wanted done for him, and that he could -make you very useful. He said the other boys shouldn't have you; you -were his property." - -"Tut, tut," said Peggy pleasantly. She looked at the three scowling, -embarrassed faces, and the bright, mocking light danced back into her -eyes. "So they were all anxious to have me, were they? How nice! I'm -very pleased to hear it. Is there any little thing I can do for your -honourable self now, Mr. Darcy, before I dress for dinner?" - -Robert looked across the room at Mellicent with an expression which -made that young person tremble in her shoes. - -"All right, young lady, I'll remember you," he said quietly. "I've -warned you before about repeating conversations. Now you'll see what -happens. I'll cure you of that little habit, my dear, as sure as my -name is Robert Darcy----" - -"The Honourable Robert Darcy," murmured a soft and silvery voice from -the other side of the fireplace. Robert turned his head sharply, but -Peggy was gazing into the coals with an air of lamb-like innocence, and -he subsided into himself with a grunt of displeasure. - -The next day Mrs. Saville came to lunch, and spent the afternoon at the -vicarage. As Maxwell had said, she was a beautiful woman, tall, fair, -and elegant, and looking a very fashionable lady when contrasted with -Mrs. Asplin in her plain, well-worn serge, but her face was sad and -anxious in expression. Esther noticed that her eyes filled with tears -more than once as she looked round the table at the husband and wife -and the three tall, well-grown children, and when the two ladies were -alone in the drawing-room she broke into helpless sobbings. - -"Oh, how happy you are! How I envy you! Husband, children, all beside -you. Oh, never, never let one of your girls marry a man who lives -abroad. My heart is torn in two; I have no rest. I am always longing -for the one who is not there. I must go back--the Major needs me; but -my Peggy, my own little girl! It is like death to leave her behind." - -Mrs. Asplin put her arms round the tall figure, and rocked her gently -to and fro. - -"I know! I know!" she said brokenly. "I _ache_ for you, dear; but I -understand! I have parted with a child of my own--not for a few years, -but for ever, till we meet again in God's heaven. I'll help you every -way I can. I'll watch her night and day; I'll coddle her when she's -ill; I'll try to make her a good woman. I'll _love_ her, dear, and she -shall be my own special charge. I'll be a second mother to her." - -"You dear, good woman! God bless your kind heart!" said Mrs. Saville -brokenly. "I can't help breaking down, but, indeed, I have much to be -thankful for. I can't tell you what a relief it is to feel that she -is in this house. The principals of that school at Brighton were all -that is good and excellent, but they did not understand my Peggy." The -tears were still in her eyes, but she broke into a flickering smile -at the last word. "My children have such spirits! I am afraid they -really do give more trouble than other boys and girls, but they are -not really naughty. They are truthful and generous, and so wonderfully -warm-hearted. I never needed to punish Peg when she was a little girl; -it was enough to show that she had grieved me. She never did the same -thing again after that; but--oh, dear me!--the ingenuity of that child -in finding fresh fields for mischief! Dear Mrs. Asplin, I am afraid -she will try your patience. You must be sure to keep a list of all the -breakages and accidents, and charge them to our account. Peggy is an -expensive little person. You know what Arthur was." - -"Bless him--yes! I had hardly a tumbler left in the house," said Mrs. -Asplin, with gusto. "But I don't break my heart about a few breakages. -I have had too much to do with schoolboys for that. And now give me all -the directions you can about this precious little maid while we have -the room to ourselves." - -For the next hour the two ladies sat in conclave about Miss Peggy's -mental, moral, and physical welfare. Mrs. Asplin had a book in her -hand in which from time to time she jotted down notes of a curious and -inconsequent character. "Pay attention to private reading. Gas-fire -in her bedroom for chilly weather. See dentist in Christmas holidays. -Query: gold plate over eye-tooth? Boots to order, Beavan & Co., Oxford -Street. Cod-liver oil in winter. Careless about changing shoes. Damp -brings on throat. Aconite and bella-donna." So on, and so on. There -seemed no end to the warnings and instructions of this anxious mother, -but when all was settled as far as possible, the ladies adjourned into -the schoolroom to join the young people at their tea, so that Mrs. -Saville might be able to picture her daughter's surroundings when -separated from her by those weary thousands of miles. - -"What a bright, cheery room," she said smilingly, as she took her seat -at the table, and her eyes wandered round as if striving to print the -scene in her memory. How many times, as she lay panting beneath the -swing of the punkah she would recall that cool English room, with its -vista of garden through the windows, the long table in the centre, -the little figure with the pale face and long plaited hair, seated -midway between the top and bottom. Oh! the moments of longing--of wild, -unbearable longing, when she would feel that she must break loose from -her prison-house and fly away, that not the length of the earth itself -could keep her back, that she would be willing to give up life itself -just to hold Peggy in her arms for five minutes, to kiss the dear sweet -lips, to meet the glance of the loving eyes---- - -But this would never do! Had she not vowed to be bright and cheerful? -The young folks were looking at her with troubled glances. She roused -herself and said briskly-- - -"I see you make this a playroom as well as a study. Somebody has -been wood-carving over there, and you have one of those dwarf -billiard-tables. I want to give a present to this room--something that -will be a pleasure and occupation to you all; but I can't make up my -mind what would be best. Can you give me a few suggestions? Is there -anything that you need, or that you have fancied you might like?" - -"It's very kind of you," said Esther, warmly; and echoes of "Very -kind!" came from every side of the table, while boys and girls stared -at each other in puzzled consideration. Maxwell longed to suggest a -joiner's bench, but refrained out of consideration for the girls' -feelings. Mellicent's eager face, however, was too eloquent to escape -attention. - -Mrs. Saville smiled at her in an encouraging manner. - -"Well, dear, what is it? Don't be afraid. I mean something really nice -and handsome; not just a little thing. Tell me what you thought?" - -"A--a new violin!" cried Mellicent eagerly. "Mine is so old and -squeaky, and my teacher said I needed a new one badly. A new violin -would be nicest of all." - -Mrs. Saville looked round the table, caught an expressive grimace going -the round of three boyish faces, and raised her eyebrows inquiringly. - -"Yes? Whatever you like best, of course. It is all the same to me. But -would the violin be a pleasure to all! What about the boys?" - -"They would hear me play! The pieces would sound nicer. They would like -to hear them." - -"Ahem!" coughed Maxwell loudly; and at that there was a universal -shriek of merriment. Peggy's clear "Ho! ho!" rang out above the rest, -and her mother looked at her with sparkling eyes. Yes, yes, yes; -the child was happy! She had settled down already into the cheery, -wholesome home-life of the vicarage, and was in her element among these -merry boys and girls! She hugged the thought to her heart, finding in -it her truest comfort. The laughter lasted several minutes, and broke -out intermittently from time to time as that eloquent cough recurred to -memory, but after all it was Mellicent who was the one to give the best -suggestion. - -"Well, then, a--a what-do-you-call-it!" she cried. "A thing-um-me-bob! -One of those three-legged things for taking photographs! The boys look -so silly sometimes, rolling about together in the garden, and we have -often and often said, 'Don't you wish we could take their photographs! -They _would_ look frights!' We could have ever so much fun with a -what-do-you-call-it." - -"Ah, that's something like!" "Good business." "Oh, wouldn't it be -sweet!" came the quick exclamations, and Mrs. Saville looked most -pleased and excited of all. - -"A camera!" she cried. "What a charming idea. Then you would be able to -take photographs of Peggy and the whole household, and send them out -for me to see. How delightful! Why, that's a happy thought, Mellicent. -I am so grateful to you for thinking of it, dear. I'll buy a really -good, large one, and all the necessary materials, and send them down -at once. Do any of you know how to set to work?" - -"I do, Mrs. Saville," Oswald said. "I had a small camera of my own, -but it got smashed some years ago. I can show them how to begin, and -we will take lots of photographs of Peggy for you, in groups and by -herself. They mayn't be very good at first, but you will be interested -to see her in different positions. We will take her walking, and -bicycling, and sitting in the garden, and every way we can think of----" - -"And whenever she has a new dress, or hat, so that you may know what -they are like," added Mellicent anxiously. "Are her hats going to be -the same as ours, or is she to choose them for herself?" - -"She may choose them for herself, subject, of course, to your mother's -refraining influence. If she were to develop a fondness for scarlet -feathers, for instance, I think Mrs. Asplin should interfere; but Peggy -has good taste. I don't think she will go far wrong," said her mother, -looking at her fondly; and the little white face quivered before it -broke into its sunny, answering smile. - -Three times that evening, after Mrs. Saville had left, did her -companions surprise the glitter of tears in Peggy's eyes; but there was -a dignified reserve about her manner which forbade outspoken sympathy. -Even when she was discovered to be quietly crying behind her book, -when Maxwell flipped it mischievously out of her hands--even then did -Peggy preserve her wonderful self-possession. The tears were trickling -down her cheeks, and her poor little nose was red and swollen, but she -looked up at Maxwell without a quiver, and it was he who stood gaping -before her, aghast and miserable. - -"Oh, I say! I'm fearfully sorry!" - -"So am I," said Peggy severely. "It was rude, and not at all funny. And -it injures the book. I have always been taught to reverence books, and -treat them as dear and valued companions. Pick it up, please. Thank -you. Don't do it again." She hitched herself round in her chair and -settled down once more to her reading, while Maxwell slunk back to his -seat. When Peggy was offended she invariably fell back upon Mariquita's -grandiose manner, and the sting of her sharp little tongue left her -victims dumb and smarting. - -(_To be continued._) - - - - -VARIETIES. - - -WHAT "GEORGE ELIOT" WAS LIKE. - -A graphic portrait in words of the famous novelist "George Eliot" has -been given by Mrs. Katherine S. Macquoid. "George Eliot," she says, -"was very plain, much plainer than any of the portraits make her out to -be. Her mouth was repulsive, and seen in some lights the nose seemed -to protrude unnaturally over the mouth; it did not in reality, but one -sometimes received that impression. - -"Her eyes were of that greenish hue seen in the hazel nut; you might -say almost that they were hazel eyes shot with green. They were not at -all prominent, but had such a wonderful look in them as they gazed at -you, or rather scanned you in a curious, sidelong manner, peculiar to -her. The only person whom I can think of with eyes like George Eliot -was Home the medium." - - -GET OUT OF IT. - -Nothing is so narrowing, contracting, hardening, as always to be moving -in the same groove, with no thought beyond what we immediately see and -hear close around us. - - -THE GREAT CREATOR.--"I feel profoundly convinced," says Lord Kelvin, -"that the argument of design has been greatly too much lost sight -of in recent biological speculations. Overpoweringly strong proofs -of intelligent and benevolent design lie around us, and if ever -perplexities, whether metaphysical or scientific, turn us away from -them for a time, they come back upon us with irresistible force, -showing to us through nature the influence of a free will, and teaching -that all living things depend on one everlasting Creator and Ruler." - - - - -QUEENS AS NEEDLEWOMEN. - -BY EMMA BREWER. - - -CHAPTER II. - -NEEDLEWOMEN ROYAL AND RENOWNED. - -After the time of Adelicia of Louvaine there seems to have been a -period wherein little or no special needlework was done by great and -royal ladies, though its practice was kept up in what were called "The -Schools." In these, young gentlewomen were taught fine needlework and -embroidery to qualify them to beguile in a becoming manner the many -enforced hours of leisure in their lives, brought about by the lack of -outdoor amusements for women. - -Many a rich and sumptuous vestment was made in these schools for the -service of the Church, and some of the beautiful work done there found -its way to the Palace of Westminster. - -But towards the end of the 13th century, when Eleanor of Castille was -queen of Edward I., needlework came to the front again with enthusiasm. -She herself was a wonderful needlewoman, and her example made it the -fashion in every class of life. - -Before accompanying her husband on a crusade to the Holy Land, she -embroidered a beautiful altar-cloth with her own hands, and gave it to -the church at Dunstable. - -It is to this queen we owe the use of needlework tapestry-hangings as -furniture for walls. Up to this time tapestry had been used solely for -the decoration of altars and other parts of churches. - -Tapestry hangings were worked originally entirely with the needle, and -they were found to be worth all the trouble and time bestowed upon them -in the increase of comfort they brought into the palaces and castles of -the great people of the land. At first they were rude in design, but -those introduced by Queen Eleanor were in very superior workmanship. To -her they must have been very welcome, for she felt the change from the -sunny south to the damp, bleak English climate greatly. - -Tapestries never remained permanently hanging on the walls of a special -hall or castle, but accompanied the great people, when travelling from -one residence to another, under the care of the grooms of the Chamber, -whose special office it was to hang them. - -The history of tapestry is full of romance, but can only be touched -upon here when worked by special royal seamstresses. - -_Margaret of Anjou_, wife of Henry VI., was a very good needlewoman, -although the troublous times in which she lived prevented her devoting -much time to the art. It was she, however, who formed the first band of -women needle-workers, known in history as the _Sisterhood of the Silk -Women_. - -Needlewomen found a very valuable patron in Elizabeth of York, wife of -Henry of Lancaster. She and her ladies spent much time in needlework of -all kinds. - - "How oft with needle, when denied the pen, - Has she on canvas traced the blessed name - Of Henry, or expressed it with her loom - In silken threads, or 'broidered it with gold." - -During the "Wars of the Roses" ladies of high rank were often compelled -to earn their bread and that of their children by the use of the -needle. The Countess of Oxford in the reign of Elizabeth of York was an -example of this. She was the first peeress who is said to have earned -her living by the use of the needle. Edward IV. had deprived her of -her dower, and she and her little children would have starved had she -not been a skilful needlewoman. She lived dependent on the work of her -hands for fifteen years, until her husband's rank and fortune were -restored. - -_Katherine of Arragon_, the first wife of Henry VIII., was very skilful -with her needle, having learned the art from her mother, Isabella of -Spain, and it is more than likely that in her early days she took part -in the trials of needlework established by Isabella among Spanish -ladies. - -She was in the habit of employing the ladies of her Court in -needlework, working with them and encouraging them. - -Her work with the needle has been celebrated both in Latin and English -verse. - - "(Although a queene), yet she her days did pass - In working with the _needle_ curiously; - As in the Tower, and places more beside, - Her excellent memorials may be seen; - Whereby the _needle's_ prayse is dignifide - By her faire ladies, and herselfe, a queene." - -In a letter to Wolsey she writes, "I am horribly busy, making -standards, banners and badges." - -It is a matter of history that when Wolsey and the Pope's Legate went -to Bridewell to visit Queen Katherine on the subject of her divorce, -they found her and her maids at work, and she came to them with a skein -of red silk round her neck. - -Katherine of Arragon's successor, _Anne Boleyn_, could not help being -a good needlewoman, for she had been educated at the Court of Francis -I., under the superintendence of Anne of Bretagne who made needlework -the business and the pleasure of her life. It was her habit to collect -the children of the nobility within her Court daily and teach them -tapestry, embroidery and plain sewing till they became accomplished -seamstresses. - -As wife of Henry VIII. Anne Boleyn and the ladies of her Court spent -much time in making garments for the poor in plain sewing as well as in -embroidery and tapestry--much of the last may still be seen in Hampton -Court. All this notwithstanding, she did not love needlework and never -resorted to it for solace or amusement. - -_Katharine Howard_, another wife of Henry VIII., was skilful in making -pretty kerchiefs and other dainty articles of the toilette, some of -which she once made out of an old shirt of fine holland which had been -given her by her lover Derham. She is said, in return for the shirt, -to have worked for him with her own hand a band and a pair of finely -embroidered shirt sleeves. - -She and her maidens made a great many shirts and smocks for the poor. - -_Katharine Parr_, the last wife of Henry VIII., was almost as skilled -a needlewoman as his first. When young she objected strongly to -learning needlework; this was probably because it had been foretold -by an astrologer that "she should sit in the highest seat of imperial -majesty." At all events history reports her as saying-- - -"My hands are ordered to touch crowns and sceptres, not needles and -spindles." - -She must have thought better of it, however, for there are some -beautiful specimens of her work preserved in Westmoreland; specially a -counterpane and toilet cover. - -_Lady Jane Grey_ is said to have been a clever needlewoman, and that -"instead of skill in drawing she cultivated the art of painting -with the needle." There is still preserved at Zurich a toilet cover -beautifully ornamented by her own hands and presented by her to -Bullinger. - -About this time the dress of the nobles was gorgeous and beautiful in -the extreme; not that the materials themselves were so costly, but -because of the exquisite work and embroidery bestowed upon them by -ladies of high rank. - -The beds also at this period owed their rich beauty to women's work; -they were not at that time excluded from the day apartments and were -frequently among the richest ornaments of the sitting-room, so much -taste and expense were bestowed upon them. - -The curtains of the bed were often of rich material adorned with -embroidery. - - "Her bed-chamber was hanged - With tapestry of silk and silver." - - _Shakespeare._ - -Royal seamstresses at this time worked rich needlework borders and -belts for their dresses, but they put their richest work on the pouches -or purses suspended from the waist of the dress. - -Queen Mary, daughter of Henry VIII. and Katherine of Arragon, must have -had fame as a needlewoman, otherwise John Taylor the historian would -not have written of her-- - - "Her greatness held it no dis-reputation - To take the _needle_ in her Royal hand, - Which was a good example to our Nation - To banish idleness from out her Land." - -Indeed she seems to have been skilled in all sorts of embroidery, and -beguiled the time after her mother's divorce peaceably and laudably -with needlework. Some of her work is in the Tower. She was clever in -embroidering the covers of books. - -The book called St. Mary's Psalter contained the history of the Old -Testament in a series of small paintings, with a very richly worked -cover which is supposed to have been embroidered by Mary herself. The -embroidery as far as one can see was done on fine canvas or coarse -linen put on crimson velvet. - -It never occurs to us to think of _Queen Elizabeth_ as a needlewoman, -yet to a certain extent she must have been one, for history tells -us of a cambric smock which she made and presented to her brother -Edward when he was six years old. She seems to have excelled -however in embroidering the backs of books. Needlework although not -enthusiastically practised in Elizabeth's reign was by no means -despised. - -But of all royal seamstresses, Mary Queen of Scots carries off the palm -both for beauty, quantity and variety. - - "She wrought so well in needlework, that she - Nor yet her workes shall ere forgotten be."--_John Taylor._ - -Her teachers in the art were Lady Fleming--her governess--and Catherine -de Medicis whose needlework was unrivalled. During the time the young -Queen of Scots was at the French Court she and the French Princesses -assembled every afternoon in the private apartments of Queen Catherine, -where for two or three hours all were occupied in needlework. - -At no time of her life were her hands idle; she plied her needle even -while listening to the discussions of her ministers. Needlework was to -her a source of real pleasure. - -While under the care of the Earl of Shrewsbury at Tulbury Castle she, -with the help of Bess of Hardwick, her guardian's wife, worked a pair -of curtains, a counterpane, and a vallance on green velvet. - -In describing her daily life here, she said that all the day she -wrought with her needle, and that the variety of the work made it seem -less tedious. - -In the drawing-room at Hardwick there are several pieces of her work -well preserved, and in Scotland there are parts of certain bed-hangings -in which M. S. is worked in very frequently. - -Her tapestry work proved a blessing to her, as in the year 1586 she -writes, "My residence is a place enclosed with walls situated on an -eminence and consequently exposed to all the winds and storms of -heaven.... I have for my own accommodation only wretched little rooms, -and so cold that were it not for the protection of the curtains and -tapestries which I have put up, I could not endure it by day and still -less by night." - -In the execution of all this work Mary Queen of Scots beguiled many a -weary hour at Chatsworth, Buxton and Sheffield, while brooding over -the plots for her escape and the intrigues and jealousies of Bess of -Hardwick. - -She made a vest for her only son but he ungraciously refused it because -she addressed him as Prince and not as King of Scotland. She worked -also with her own hands an altar-piece, and presented it to the church -of the convent where she had been educated. She was the first, I -believe, to do the raised work in crewels. - -We now come to a very remarkable needlewoman, whose work is considered -not only equal to that of Matilda, wife of the Conqueror, but superior -to it, because it was all done with her own hands. Her name was Jean or -Joan D'Albret, better known as the mother of Henry IV. of Navarre. - -Her needlework which was the amusement and solace of her leisure -hours was designed by her to commemorate her love for the Reformed -faith which she publicly professed on Christmas Day, 1562. She worked -several large pieces of tapestry, among which was a suite of hangings -consisting of a dozen or fifteen pieces which were called "The Prisons -Opened," on which she represented that she had broken the pope's bonds -and shaken off his yoke. She had a great sense of satire and humour -which showed itself in her work. - -The Duc de Sully, when sent by King Henry IV. to receive the Cardinal -of Florence at Paris in grand style, ordered the keeper of the castle -at St. German-en-Laze to hang the walls and chambers with the finest -tapestry of the Crown. This he did, but, unfortunately, for the -Legate's own chamber he chose a suite of hangings made by the Queen -Joan D'Albret herself. They were very rich, it is true, but they -represented nothing but emblems and mottoes against the pope and the -Roman Court, as satirical as they were ingenious. Fortunately the -mistake was rectified by Sully before the Cardinal's arrival. - -This clever needlewoman died suddenly at the Court of France in 1572. - -(_To be continued._) - - - - -IN THE TWILIGHT SIDE BY SIDE. - -BY RUTH LAMB. - - -PART II. - -OUR OPPORTUNITIES. - - "As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all." - --Gal. vi. 10. - -Now that the days are shortening and the weather dull, those of us who -took holiday during the summer and early autumn will once more gather -round the fireside in the twilight, and find pleasure in looking back -upon the happy time we spent in lovely inland places or by the sea. -Our winter gatherings are brightened by such retrospections, and as -we talk we seem to see again the waves glittering in the sunlight, or -to hear their roar as they break angrily on the beach, more beautiful -in storm than in calm. We tell of new experiences and impressions, of -minds enriched, and of bodily strength renewed by change of scene and -occupation, or it may be by rest and quiet surroundings. - -These words apply specially to those amongst you, my dear girl friends -and fortunate holiday makers, who were able to leave ordinary cares and -anxieties behind you, and enjoy to the full the new beauties amid which -you found yourselves. - -To take holiday, without need for care about ways and means, and -possessing a good share of health and strength to begin with, would -seem to most of us the perfection of enjoyment. Yet I am by no means -sure that we should judge rightly. Can you not well imagine that the -rare holiday, obtained at the cost of long saving and even self-denial, -may have brought to some an intensity of enjoyment unknown to those -who have only to will in order to obtain any indulgence they desire. -If each could give her personal experience this evening, what varied -stories should we hear. Some, who longed for and much needed a holiday, -would tell that they had been kept at home and at work all through the -hot days by poverty or the sickness of one they loved and could not -bear to leave. - -Others, who left home hoping for renewed health, may have returned -disappointed. Some may have expected only enjoyment, and have found -pain and trouble as their constant companions. To those amongst you who -have had all and even more than you hoped for, let me say, "Look back -upon your happy experiences with heartfelt thankfulness to the Giver of -all good, and resolve that, by the help of the Holy Spirit, you will -use your increased knowledge and strength in His service and for your -neighbour's good." - -If any of you have spent money lavishly upon yourselves, or upon those -who did not need your gifts, think, before another holiday season comes -round, of some of those who are poor and longing for what you could so -easily give them. You, who can take holiday and have change when you -wish, might make some of your poorer sisters very happy by giving them -a taste of what you can always enjoy even to repletion. Try to diffuse -blessings by sparing something out of your abundance, and your own -enjoyment will be doubled, as well as your sense of wealth, in the very -act of imparting. I am speaking in time--am I not, dear girls? I think -I hear some of you say, "When the days are lengthening again it will be -time enough to talk of the next summer holidays." - -It may be so with those who can give out of their abundance, but by far -the greater number of us could only render such help by saving a little -at a time the year round. In all earnestness, but leaving the method to -yourselves, I ask such of you as are able to give in the future to some -poor toiler a taste of the happiness you can now look back upon from -the home fireside. If, in any neighbourhood, a few of you, my dear girl -friends, will combine for this purpose, all your own pleasures will be -increased, and your memories enriched by so doing. - -To those amongst you who have this year been saddened by -disappointment, I say, "Look forward hopefully, asking the while that -the power to do this may be given you. Try not to look back upon the -dark days, or to dwell mentally on what cannot be undone." - -Several years ago, I was staying in a charming home, from the different -sides of which we could look on scenery of very opposite kinds. The -house stood just beyond what is called "The Black Country," and looking -into a valley in one direction, we could see the glare of the smelting -furnaces, and the smoke rising from the coal-pit banks. From these -indications we knew that both aboveground and below it in the mines -work never ceased. - -If we looked from the other side, we saw a lovely range of beautifully -wooded hills in the distance, and below them all the fair features -of an English landscape. If we had kept our eyes fixed on the valley -behind us, we should have seen only blackness and comparative -desolation, whilst the sense of ceaseless toil would have been ever -present to us. - -So, dear disappointed ones, I pray you turn your backs on the -inevitable, and, though there may be no fair landscape within sight, -you can always look heavenward with your mind's eye, even whilst your -hands are busy, and, it may be, your spirit is heavy within you. - -Friends may be forgetful. No human message of cheer or comfort may -reach you, or bit of much needed help be in sight, but still there are -messages which you can claim, and consolations meant expressly for you, -which are better than the best which mortal lips can utter, for they -come from Him Who cannot lie. You are invited to cast your care upon -God, for "He careth for you." This one sweet assurance is like the fair -landscape on which we can turn the eye of faith, and forget the gloomy -realities which lie behind us. - -But God works by human instrumentality, and it is for those whom He has -helped with the power to exercise the precious privilege of brightening -the lives of others. Let your givings be in accordance not only with -your own means, but with the needs of those whom you help. - -I daresay you have often noticed the number and costliness of the gifts -bestowed upon those who have already much of this world's wealth. You -have heard such words as these when a friend's birthday or some other -festive occasion called for special remembrance: "I could not give a -poor present. I felt that I must give something really handsome, or I -should have been ashamed of my gift among so many beautiful things." - -Oh! it is sad to think that our givings are influenced so much more by -the thought of how they will impress our neighbours, and how the gifts -will look in comparison with theirs. - -There is a verse in the Book of Proverbs which I have seldom heard -quoted, but which bears upon what I have said. "He that oppresseth the -poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall -surely come to want." In beautiful contrast are the words also from the -Book of Proverbs, "He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack" and "He -that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord; and that which he -hath given will He pay him again." - -So, dear ones who have enough and to spare, I ask you to make the Lord -your debtor--precious thought!--by devising plans for the benefit of -your poorer sisters, and be sure of this--your paymaster will not fail -you. Your reward will not come to you in gold and silver, but it will -satisfy you here, and you will reap an eternal harvest in return for -every hour of happiness purchased for others by willing self-sacrifice -on your part. I trust that by your efforts many hearts will be -gladdened and bodies strengthened, through what we have talked about -to-night, in the twilight side by side. - -Now I want to ask you what precious opportunities you had, and whether -you used or wasted them, during your summer holidays? When we last -met, I quoted an expression I had heard from the pulpit, and which -had impressed me deeply. "We should be misers in the use of time and -opportunity." We talked at some length on one of these precious trusts, -but little was said about the second. - -I am sure you will feel with me that we cannot be amidst new scenes -and brought into contact with fresh people, and fail to have new -opportunities of speaking kind words, giving little messages of -comfort, and showing, though it may be only by trifling actions, -consideration for others. In order to take advantage of such openings -we must not be self-absorbed. We must be on the look-out for -opportunities, or we may miss them. - -It happens, not infrequently, that a holiday-time is regarded as a -season of pure self-indulgence. We have worked hard for our holiday, -or we can afford to have whatever we desire. So we decide to fill our -daily cup of enjoyment to the brim. We care little what trouble we give -by our untidy habits to the tired workers who serve in the houses which -are our temporary homes. We leave orderly ways and punctuality behind -us, and rather enjoy the idea of having escaped from home rule in every -shape, saying to ourselves, "It is holiday-time. Surely we may follow -our own inclinations." - -We laugh perhaps over nearly empty purses when packing-up day comes, -and are apt to wonder where the money has gone. If we ask ourselves -the questions, "How much has been devoted to others? What have I given -towards the expenses of the church I have attended during my stay in -this place?" I fear a blush of shame would often come to the owner of -that purse whose contents have been so carelessly scattered. - -I have known, and I still know, dear friends both young and old -who, when going for a holiday, put aside a weekly sum in accordance -with their means to be spent in good doing as opportunities present -themselves. This is their thank-offering to God for their own bright -holiday. Those who have pinched and saved and been obliged to calculate -every penny before leaving home, and who, whilst absent, have "to -turn a penny both sides up before spending it," as I heard a poor -woman remark, cannot spare coin from their purses. But opportunities -come, nevertheless. The possessor of a comfortable seat on shore or -promenade, or beneath a sheltering tree, may give place to a wan-faced -mother, weary with carrying her baby, and looking longingly but vainly -for an empty place whereon to rest. - -Ailing people are often eager to speak of the sad time of sickness they -have passed through, and it is no small comfort to them if a stranger, -resting on the same bench, will listen patiently, sympathise with their -weakness and encourage their budding hopefulness by cheering words. -What opportunities these incidental meetings give for saying something -about the Great Physician of souls; of God's love in Christ; of our -daily needs and dependence upon God, and His willingness to supply all -our needs. - -If the help of a girl's strong arm can aid age and weakness in the -journey from the shore to the humble lodging, why should any young -servant of Christ wait to compare her pretty summer dress with the -faded black--the badge of poverty and widowhood--worn by the feeble, -old body she would like to help? Should we not try to think how God -regards even the smallest labour of love undertaken for our weak -neighbour, rather than of what our fashionable friend will say if she -sees us in such lowly company? - -It needs a very grateful and a very loving nature to be constantly on -the look-out, so as to lose no opportunity of good doing. The heart -must be full of gratitude to God for mercies bestowed, and of tender -consideration towards every human sister and brother, for His dear sake. - -Many years ago, I was honoured by the friendship of a good man who -possessed such a nature as I have described. In whatever place or -company he might find himself--and more especially if he had been -unexpectedly brought into it--his first thought would be, "I am not -here for nothing;" his first question, "What work has God for me to do -in this place?" - -Stranded on one occasion at a country railway station through the -lateness of a train which caused him to miss another, he was for the -moment inclined to chafe at the delay. Time was very precious to him -that day, and two hours of waiting would probably hinder him from -saying farewell to a son about to start on a long voyage. But the -habits of submission to the inevitable, and of looking around him for -some opportunity of doing his Master's will and serving his neighbour, -asserted themselves. A few minutes later, a young man, a passenger -delayed by the same cause as he was, sat down beside him, and, after -remarking, "You and I are in the same boat, I suppose, sir," began to -find fault with the bad railway arrangements, and to threaten all sorts -of things against the Company--actions for damages, and so on. - -My friend could hardly help smiling at his neighbour's impetuosity, -but he listened patiently, and at length the young man cooled down and -laughed also. - -"I daresay this seems foolish talk," he added; "and it is a great deal -easier to threaten than to do, when it is a question of taking the -law against a big railway Company; but this delay is a serious matter -to me, as you would say, if you knew all about my business. You are a -clergyman, I see. I am the son of one. May I----" - -The young man paused, and my friend, thinking to himself, "I am not -delayed for nothing," finished the question, or rather answered it by -saying, "You may look on me as your father's representative, if you -will, or as a friend to whom you may speak freely." - -I am not going to tell you what followed. The story would be too long -in detail, but I may say this much. To the end of his days my friend -thanked God for that delay at the railway station, and the young man -had still greater cause to do so. He was about to take a rash step, -which would have caused sorrow to those who loved him and spoiled his -own career; but, won by the fatherly manner of the old minister of God, -he was induced to confide in him, and the wise advice he received set -him thinking. Thought was followed by repentance, and this by change -of purpose. Instead of continuing his journey, he took the homeward -train, and before my friend resumed his, the two had parted with a warm -hand-clasp and a promise of letters to follow. - -Years after, when the old pastor told the story, he said, "I felt sure -that I was not stranded at that railway station for nothing, but that -there must be some chance of usefulness, some work that my Master meant -me to do. The chapters of that young man's life story that have been -written since are very different from what they might have been but for -that opportune delay which gave him time to pause and think. Thank God! -His father never knew how near the lad was to life wreckage, and to-day -he is proud of the son who is the staff and comfort of his age. - -"Did I see my own son before he sailed? you ask. No--I was too late, -but the telegraph took him my farewell and blessing, and we have had -many happy meetings and hopeful partings since then." - -My dear old friend's earthly labours have long been ended; but, as I -think of him, I seem to see his face shining with glad thankfulness, -as he recalled this opportunity of usefulness given him by God and -so happily utilised, though the delay in another sense cost him a -disappointment. - -Had my friend spent the time in grumbling at the delay, instead of -thinking how it could be turned to good account, how different would -have been the result! Or, if he had kept sullenly aloof, or answered -his young neighbour's remark curtly, thus repelling his half-offer -of confidence, the current of a life would have set in the wrong -direction, and the chances of doing and receiving good would have been -lost for ever. - -Opportunity comes under so many forms, means so much, and is so often -lost. - -We live, it may be, near places of beauty and interest. Because we are -near, we think we can visit them at any time, but we never see them at -all. We have opportunities of obtaining useful information, of gaining -valuable experiences and increasing our stores of knowledge. We put off -availing ourselves of them until some unknown future time, which never -comes. - -But the time does come to most of us when we want just the knowledge -or experience that we might have had if we had utilised past -opportunities, and then, we either gain it at much greater cost of time -and trouble, or we suffer for the want of it, to say nothing of the -additional pang of self-reproach which comes with the need. - -Money frittered away in vanity and folly means the loss of chances -for making others happy and lifting the burdens from overweighted -shoulders. Lost opportunities for giving pleasure to those we love are -brought home to us with a terrible sting afterwards. - -Do we ever lose a relative or beloved friend without feeling our -sorrow intensified by the thought of some little wish neglected, some -opportunity for giving pleasure lost? - -It is generally the little ones that are missed, when they concern -those we dearly love. Great opportunities are seldom ignored. But when -it is too late and we feel, oh, so sadly, that we might have availed -ourselves of the lesser ones also, these, however trifling, assume an -importance not realised until, with the sense of omission, comes the -thought that they are lost for ever. - -I should feel guilty were I to close our talk to-night without -reminding you, dear girl friends and companions, of the supreme -importance of some opportunities which you may not have valued, because -they are always open to you; I mean the blessed privilege of coming to -God as your Father and unchanging Friend; a Father whom you have often -disobeyed and neglected--even forgotten, but who yet loves you with -an everlasting love, loves you so much that He did not spare His own -beloved Son, "but delivered Him up for us all," that through His death -eternal life might be purchased and bestowed--a free gift on you and me. - -May our Father bestow His Holy Spirit upon us all, so that, seeing -our sinfulness and need, we may go to His footstool pleading Christ's -sacrifice, and thus obtain pardon, joy and peace in believing. - -(_To be continued._) - - - - -ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. - - -MEDICAL. - -WAITING IN HOPE.--Freckles are undoubtedly due to the sun. They are -not caused by _heat_ but by _light_. There is always a certain amount -of pigment in the skin, and under the influence of strong light this -pigment increases greatly in quantity, and becomes gathered together -in small patches. These patches are freckles. Where the light of the -sun is more intense than it is in our climate, the patches of pigment -coalesce, and the face and other exposed parts of the body become -uniformly discoloured. Constant exposure to the intense light of the -tropical sun, through many generations, has produced the black or -brown skin of the coloured races. Since the light rays which cause -freckles cannot pass through substances coloured red, persons inclined -to freckles should always wear a red veil, or carry a red parasol. -Remaining in a darkened room for an hour or so after exposure to the -sun will often prevent the face from becoming freckled. The best -preparations to apply to the face for the removal of freckles are -glycerine and rose-water, glycerine and lime-water, and toilet vinegar. -Peroxide of hydrogen bleaches the pigments of the skin, but it is -rarely necessary to resort to it for the removal of freckles, unless -all other methods fail. - -CURIOUS ENQUIRER.--This is something new to us! That photographic -films should be "splendid to put on the nose to remove red spots, -or any redness," we have certainly never before heard, nor could we -have guessed this curious and unexpected development of photography. -Films consist of albumen, gelatine, or collodion, impregnated with an -emulsion of an insoluble salt of silver, and how any of these could -influence face "decorations" due to indigestion we cannot tell. Perhaps -the silver might turn the spots black, but what other benefits the -films could produce we cannot conceive. - -W. P. W.--Your case is easy to understand, if it is true that you have -heart disease. What do you eat, and how do you eat it? Do you swallow -down a cup of tea and a bite of something for breakfast before rushing -off to catch your train? Do you snatch a hasty lunch at any hour at -which you are at leisure? or do you forego lunch altogether, and take -nothing between breakfast and dinner? If you are guilty of any of -these acts of indiscretion, you must expect to suffer. Your unpleasant -symptoms are probably in the main due to errors of diet. You must be -very careful about your feeding; never take any indigestible food; -never eat in a hurry, and never, not if a whole year's income depends -upon it, must you run off directly after a meal to catch a train. You -should eat slowly; little at a time and often, and take at least four -meals a day. You should take tea in great moderation, and you should -carefully guard against constipation from any cause. - -E. T.--What is the size of the spot on your chin? If it is small, it -is a "spider nævus," and can be readily removed by touching its centre -with a red-hot needle. Of course this must be done by a surgeon. No -other form of treatment is of any avail. If the spot is larger than a -split pea, it can hardly be removed in this way, but it will probably -be amenable to some other form of surgical procedure. In any case we -advise you to go to a surgeon about it, and not to try to meddle with -it yourself, for you can do no good by external application. - -MIZPAH.--We cannot advertise any special soap in this column. All soap -used for the skin should be hard, opaque or semi-opaque, and either -scented or medicated with carbolic acid, tar, etc. Never use any patent -soap, and above all, never use arsenical soap. - - -STUDY AND STUDIO. - -AJAX.--It is delightful and rare for us to be able to offer musical -commendation twice consecutively. Your compositions are good enough -for us to urge you, in reply to your question, at once to take harmony -lessons. In spite of the merit of the chants, there are blemishes in -them--consecutive fifths, etc.--which good teaching would enable you -to avoid. We particularly like the close of the "Kyrie"; it is very -musical. You should work hard, and may hope to succeed. - -TAM O' SHANTER.--1. Much depends on individual taste and preference -in the selection of a subject to study alone. If you are fond of -languages, we should advise you to take up Italian, and get Dr. -Lemmi's Italian Grammar. You might with advantage join the National -Home Reading Union. Address the Secretary, Surrey House, Victoria -Embankment, London.--2. Your friend could certainly study French alone; -if she could get a little help with the pronunciation, it would be -better. We should recommend her to procure Havet's French Course. - - -OUR OPEN LETTER BOX. - -M. E. J. (Malvern) kindly sent us some information about an extract -we have repeatedly tried to trace. In consequence of her suggestion, -we wrote to Messrs. Bemrose & Sons, 23, Old Bailey, E.C., who have -forwarded us a small pink card headed "Resolve." On one side are the -words: - -"I expect to pass through this world but once; any good thing therefore -that I can do, or any kindness that I can show to a human being, or any -word that I can speak for Jesus--let me do it _now_. Let me not neglect -or defer it, for I shall not pass this way again." - -On the reverse side of the card we read: - -"This Resolve was written by a New York lady, much impressed with the -thought of the uncertainty of life. Not many days after, she was at -a meeting in Madison Square Gardens, where she had distributed some -printed leaflets with the Resolve, when the hall roof fell in and she -was one of those killed by its fall." - -The sentence has been frequently referred, by our correspondents, to -Marcus Aurelius. We give the information just as we have received it. -The cards, we may add, are 5d. per dozen, post free. - -M. H. COUPLAND sends Lilian the verse inquired for in "The Lesson of -the Water Mill," by Sarah Doudney. LAIRA, A. S., ACACIA, A SCHOOLGIRL, -point out that the verse Lilian quotes is the fourth, not the last. The -last verse runs as follows: - - "Oh, the wasted hours of life - That have drifted by! - Oh, the good that might have been! - Lost without a sigh. - Loved ones that we might have saved, - Maybe, by a word; - Thoughts conceived, but never penned, - Perishing, unheard. - Take the proverb to thine heart, - Take, and hold it fast:-- - 'The mill cannot grind - With the water that is past.'" - -The whole poem may be obtained for 1s. a hundred, from Andrew -Stevenson, Stationer, Mound, Edinburgh; also as a "Stirling Leaflet, -No. 52," from Peter Drummond, Stirling; also in the _Practical -Elocutionist_, published by Blackie & Son. If Lilian will send her name -and address to Mrs. Pawlby, 7, Maida Vale Terrace, Mutley, Plymouth, -she will receive a copy. - - -MISCELLANEOUS. - -ANXIOUS.--With reference to pensions accruing to the widows of -officers, that of a captain is £50 per annum, and £12 to each child -yearly; but should death have resulted from exposure, privation or -fatigue, incident to active duty in the field, fifty per cent. more is -allowed. If from wounds received in action, and within twelve months -after having been invalided, his widow would receive twice the ordinary -pension. But there are certain conditions to be considered. - -ISABEL.--As much may be said in favour of one place you name as -another. In the Isle of Wight, Ventnor is much esteemed. In the south -of England, Bournemouth, Torquay, and Penzance. In the Channel Islands, -the south aspects and shore of Guernsey and Jersey; and the Island of -Sark for asthma. We know of no "papers nor magazines" that give the -local information you require. But there are little guides, as well as -local papers, respecting each place, in which you could find addresses -and advertisements as to situations for persons needing employment. - -PIN-BASKET.--1. The Mosaic-work made of broken china is called -"crazy-china," of which two illustrations were given in vol. xvi., page -636. The weekly number (doubtless to be had at our office) was for July -6th, 1895.--2. The German-speaking men of Europe wear wedding-rings. We -have not observed whether in other countries the practice obtains as a -rule of national observance. - -PETRUCHIO'S KATE.--We could not answer you in a few sentences, so -must recommend you to procure a book on such games, viz., Brand's -_Observations on Popular Antiquities_ (Chatto & Windus), see pages -205-215. - -BROWN BEE.--If you failed to get that description of chocolate at the -Junior Army & Navy Stores, and at so many shops, we recommend her to -visit some of the large confectioners and grocers' stores in the City. - -M. S. C.--We do not know to which you refer, but a "thunder-bolt" -is a shaft of lightning, or stream of electricity passing from the -thunder-cloud to the earth. In geology it means a belemnite or meteoric -stone, or fire-ball, which sometimes falls to the earth; an aërolite, -at times found of enormous size; _aer_ signifies "air," and _athos_ a -stone. It is a combination of metal and stone. Fire-balls, (_bolides_) -and meteors are explosive, the meteors appearing during the day, and -the fire-balls at night. Iron is specially present, but the metals -appear to be an alloy. - -M. A. D.--We do not think you read our answers, or you would not ask a -question already so often answered. There is no rule for the wearing of -a ring on any special finger, excepting only the wedding-ring. But the -third finger of the left hand is not kept exclusively for that. - -MILDRED.--Your writing is too large and coarse-looking. Slope it a -little from left to right, and reverse the plan in reference to the -light and heavy strokes, the downwards heavy, the upwards light. It -will be more graceful and artistic. - -DEAR MR. EDITOR,--I have begun making a collection of photos of -bridges, and am very anxious to get some from everywhere (except -Australia), especially Norway and Russia. Would some of your girls -kindly lend a hand? and in return, I could send, not bridges, as I -live in the bush, but hornets, beetles, or stamps. The bridges must be -_named_, _unmounted_, and _not more than 8×6 inches_, as I put them in -a book. - - Yours faithfully, - AUNT SCIS. - -Mrs. Geo. Barnard, Coomooboolaroo, Duaringa, Rockhampton, Queensland. - - - - -[Illustration: THINGS IN SEASON, IN MARKET AND KITCHEN. - -DECEMBER.] - - -One glance round the markets and shops in any week of December tells -us that Christmas is the prominent thought in the minds of all who -have anything to sell, and that royal bird, the turkey, is very much -_en evidence_. But we cannot eat turkey all the weeks of December, and -every day is not Christmas Day. Let us, therefore, take a look round -with the object of seeing what else there is that is peculiar to the -month, and that will help us in compiling our daily menus, as well as -to make variety on extra occasions. - -Among fish we have the dory--supposed by some to be the fish blessed -by our Lord in the miraculous feeding of the five thousand. It is an -unsightly fish, but most excellent for flavour and delicacy, very much -resembling turbot, and it should be boiled and served the same as the -latter. - -Turbot is also in excellent condition now, so is cod; then we have -ling, a cheap and nourishing fish, thought much of by dwellers on the -northern coasts, and we have smaller fish in abundance. - -All meat is, of course, in prime condition--almost too prime for some -tastes--and we may even indulge in an occasional little roast pork, for -if ever pork may be said to be wholesome it is now. Hams and pickled -tongues make a feature in the shops now, also pork pies of every -imaginable size, weight and kind. The wise and happy are they who can -cure their own hams, pickle their own tongues, make their own sausages -and bake their own pies--these have not to be taken on trust. - -The list of vegetables and fruits is a long one; what we have not in -a fresh state we can purchase dried, and there is no lack of variety -either way. - -Brocoli, savoys, celery, seakale and Scotch kale are all at their best; -a touch of frost improves their flavour, but the later severe frosts of -January are apt to kill them off entirely. We should make plentiful use -of these now, for there will come a time later on when green food will -be scarce, and we can then bring out our dishes of carrots, parsnips -and the like. - -As long as the supply of English apples and pears lasts we should have -them frequently, we can have recourse to the cheaper foreign kinds when -our own are all gone. Almonds, walnuts, filberts, hazel nuts, and many -more, are very plentiful, and this shows us they are the natural food -of winter time. - -It might be well this month to devote one of our menus to such dishes -as are Christmas-like in character, and to make the other festive -without being suggestive of this special feast at all. - - -No. 1. (CHRISTMAS MENU.) - - Clear Gravy Soup. - Boiled Turbot, or Cod, with Anchovy or Oyster Sauce. - Roast Turkey, with Stewed Celery, Sprouts and Potatoes. - Baked Ham and Endive Salad. - Plum Pudding. Apple Soufflee. Meringues. - Stilton Cheese, Biscuits, and Dessert. - - -MENU No. 2. - - Oxtail Soup. - Fried Fillets of Haddock, Genoise Sauce. - Chicken Mayonnaise. - Roast Saddle of Welsh Mutton, Brocoli. - Salmi of Partridge. - Neapolitan Pudding. - Cheese or Anchovy Croustades. - -A recipe for _Clear Gravy Soup_ may not be unnecessary. A pound of -gravy beef, and a small knuckle-bone of veal; simmer these in a glazed -earthenware vessel, that will hold about two quarts of water, for -several hours, but never allow the liquor to boil. When about half -cooked add to it a whole carrot cut in four, two or three onions and -a bunch of savoury herbs, but no turnip. Strain off the liquor when -done enough so that the fat may settle on the top, and then carefully -remove it all. When about to re-heat it, pour it into a fresh vessel -and season it to taste, then add a teaspoonful of cornflour wet with -water, and a teaspoonful of Liebig's Extract of Meat, to give a little -more "body" to the stock. Any special flavouring liked may be added at -this time, but if the liquor has been properly cooked its flavour will -be sufficiently good. - -When we speak of "boiled" fish of any kind, it must be remembered that -it should never by any means actually "boil," but only simmer gently -until done. To boil anything is to spoil it, although, as a cookery -term, we speak of it so. - -Of the sauces, it may be needful to mention one in detail, namely, the -Genoise sauce. - -For this take half a pint of milk and put it into a saucepan with a -few strips of thin rind of fresh lemon; when it boils pour it on to a -spoonful of cornflour previously dissolved in a little cold milk, add -this to the yolks of two eggs, an ounce of butter, pepper and salt, and -stir these carefully over the fire. When the mixture boils, withdraw -it, and add gradually the juice of half a fresh lemon. This sauce -should be a clear bright yellow and of the consistency of good cream. - -It is usual to stuff a turkey with sausage-meat at the breast end and -put a veal stuffing in the body of the bird, or a mixture of boiled -chestnuts, breadcrumbs and forcemeat is very good, but somewhat rich. -The time the bird will take to roast depends entirely upon its weight, -a quarter of an hour to a pound is the correct proportion to allow. -Keep well basted, and shield it from the fierce heat. - -If intended for eating cold a turkey is never so nice as when -"braised," if only a vessel can be found large enough to contain it -and keep it covered. A few slices of fat bacon should be put with it, -and plenty of good dripping, and rather more time allowed than for -roasting; moreover, the cover should be kept tightly closed to keep in -the steam. Drain away all the fat, but leave the bird to get cold in -the pan. Garnish with its gravy when that has set to a jelly. - -The sauce for a salmi should be prepared first, and the joints of -the birds just allowed to simmer in it for a little while. Make the -gravy from very good strong stock, adding a thickening that shall be -transparent, and whatever drops of gravy can be gathered together. A -little beef essence may be needed to enrich the stock, also plenty of -seasoning. Chopped mushrooms should be added whenever possible, not -many will be required. Serve fried potato chips with a salmi, but no -other vegetable. - -Almost everyone has a recipe for plum pudding; it is one of those -possessions about which every woman is more or less conceited, so we -will not take up space by giving another here. _Neapolitan Pudding_ -may, however, be new to some of our readers, and it is one that is well -worth being known by all. For it a few macaroons, some sponge cakes, a -little apricot jam and a pint or more of rich well-flavoured custard -will be needed. Half an ounce of dissolved isinglass should be stirred -into the custard, and this should be flavoured with some essence. -Arrange the macaroons at the bottom and round the sides of a buttered -mould. Spread the sponge cakes with jam, and fit them in, pouring a -little juice over all. Pour in the custard while it is hot, and cover -the mould tightly, setting it aside to become cold and stiff. When it -is turned out, heap some bright jelly around the base and garnish the -top with preserved cherries and greengages cut small. - -Meringues are more difficult to make, and require practice to do them -well. The cases require the frothed whites of the eggs to be whisked -until very firm, and the sugar should be beaten in with a light hand. -Drop this by small spoonfuls on to greased note-paper; bake to a -very pale brown, slip off the paper with a sharp knife, scoop out a -little of the inside and fill up with cream whipped very stiffly. Any -flavouring that may be liked can be used. - -Croustades of various kinds have been given so often in these pages -that it is hardly necessary to repeat the recipe here. Fry the bread in -butter or lard, and spread with whatever mixture is chosen whilst they -are warm, garnish prettily, and serve warm and fresh though not hot. - - - - - -End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. XX, No. -984, November 5, 1898, by Various - -*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK GIRL'S OWN PAPER, NOV 5, 1898 *** - -***** This file should be named 50478-0.txt or 50478-0.zip ***** -This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: - http://www.gutenberg.org/5/0/4/7/50478/ - -Produced by Susan Skinner, Chris Curnow, Pamela Patten and -the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at -http://www.pgdp.net - -Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions will -be renamed. - -Creating the works from print editions not protected by U.S. copyright -law means that no one owns a United States copyright in these works, -so the Foundation (and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United -States without permission and without paying copyright -royalties. 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