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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. 988, December 3, 1898 - -Author: Various - -Release Date: December 27, 2015 [EBook #50773] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: UTF-8 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE GIRL'S OWN PAPER *** - - - - -Produced by Susan Skinner, Chris Curnow, Pamela Patten and -the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at -http://www.pgdp.net - - - - - - - - - - -[Illustration: THE GIRL'S OWN PAPER - -VOL. XX.--NO. 988.] DECEMBER 3, 1898. [PRICE ONE PENNY.] - - - - -[Illustration: SIGRID.] - -_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 X. - -Little rest could be allowed in those days to England's most gallant -sons. Moore had a short time with those whom he loved best--with the -mother especially, who was more to him than all the world beside--and -again he was called away. In this year, 1797, a French invasion was -already looked for, and he had to go, with an engineer officer, to -survey the eastern coast, and to decide on preparations for such an -invasion. After which he was despatched against Irish rebels in our -unquiet sister-isle, there to be once more laid low with a severe -illness. - -Despite this attack he made himself so invaluable to the -Lord-Lieutenant, Earl Cornwallis, one of his many personal friends, -that when needed on the Continent by Sir Ralph Abercrombie, he could -not at once be ordered thither. However, the need for his services -became urgent, and English ministers appealed to Cornwallis, whose -reply was:-- - -"I am sure you know me too well to suspect that any selfish -consideration can weigh a moment with me against the general interests -of the country. You shall have all the troops you ask, and General -Moore, who is a greater loss to me than the troops. But he will be of -infinite service to Abercrombie; and I likewise think it an object -of the state that an officer of his talents and character should -have every opportunity of acquiring knowledge and experience in his -profession." - -This was 1799, and ten thousand British troops were sent to Holland -under Abercrombie. On October 2nd that engagement took place, to which -the letters copied by Jack Keene bore reference. Moore received two -wounds in the course of five hours' determined fighting. The first, -in his leg, he quietly ignored; the second, in his face, felled him -to the ground in a stunned condition. He and his men were then nearly -surrounded by a strong body of the enemy, and Moore would have been -made prisoner but that his men carried him off. He was assisted to the -rear, and when his wounds had been dressed he rode ten miles back to -his quarters, so faint with loss of blood that his horse had to be led, -and he could barely keep his seat. - -A few days later he very nearly put an end to his own life by -accidentally drinking a strong sugar-of-lead lotion, used to bathe his -cheek. Happily he kept his self-command, and the measures instantly -taken prevented any ill result. - -The letter from Sir Ralph Abercrombie to Dr. Moore had been written on -the field of battle, which the commanding officer never left that night. - -In the year 1800 Moore was again in the Mediterranean, and then came -the memorable "Expedition to Egypt" under Abercrombie, Moore being once -more under his old commander; and this time Ivor was again under Moore. - -In a desperate action, which took place on March 20th, 1801, Moore was -a second time wounded in the leg, and, as before, he fought resolutely -on, disregarding it. Abercrombie, too, was shot in the thigh, but paid -no heed, not even mentioning the fact until, the battle ended, he -turned faint, and fell from his horse. The two friends never met again, -for Abercrombie died of his wound before Moore was able to go to him. -Moore's especial companion, Anderson, was also severely wounded, nearly -losing his arm in consequence. Moore, writing home afterwards, said, -"I never saw a field so covered with dead." But victory was with the -English. - -Then came the Peace of Amiens, and Moore returned to England in time to -see once more his father, who was dying of old age and heart-disease. -The Doctor's property was left between his wife and his six children, -and Moore, not satisfied with his mother's jointure, insisted on giving -her an additional annuity. - -Thus for years the name of John Moore had been incessantly before the -English public as the bravest of the brave, having become by this time -the name beyond any other to which his countrymen would instinctively -turn in any hour of national peril. - -What was it about this remarkable man which so riveted the hearts of -others to him? Not the hearts of women only, though his mother and -sister idolised him, but vigorous men, stern soldiers, poured upon him -a passion of devotion. - -Buonaparte was adored and followed unto death by his soldiers, as a -great Captain. Moore, in addition to this, was loved intensely as a -man, with that love which strong men only give to strong men, and not -to many of them. Wherever Moore turned he found this love. His own -brothers lavished it upon him. The Duke of Hamilton was his ardent -friend for life. Anderson was to him as Jonathan to David. The three -gallant Napiers, Charles, George, and William, absolutely worshipped -him. His French servant, François, forgot home and country for his -sake. Private soldiers were ready to rush upon certain death if so -they might save his life. Officers of rank, working with him, became -almost inevitably his personal friends. The younger officers, under -his command and training, so caught the infection of his high spirit, -so responded to the influence of "their Hero," that by scores in after -years they became prominent characters in the Army and leaders in the -nation. He has been truly called "a king among men." - -No doubt his striking personal appearance, his indescribable charm of -manner--perhaps too his brilliant and witty conversational powers--had -something to do with the matter. At the date when war again broke out, -Moore, already a General, was only in his forty-third year--a man of -commanding presence, tall and graceful, with a countenance of rare -beauty. But those things which really lay at the foundation of this -extraordinary control over others were,--the force of his character, -the vivid enthusiasm of his purpose, the loftiness of his ideals, the -simple grandeur of his life. - -He had no doubt his enemies. What truly great man, who does not pander -to the littlenesses of truly little men, ever fails to make some -enemies? It could not be otherwise. His inviolable integrity, his -blameless name, the splendid disdain with which he spurned everything -false and mean--such qualities as these in Moore made some of a baser -type turn from and even turn against one so infinitely more noble than -themselves. But to men of a higher and purer stamp Moore was as the -Bayard of the Middle Ages had been to a former generation, a knight -_sans peur et sans reproche_, a model upon which they might seek to -shape themselves. - -With Ivor, as with many another, to have known Moore was to have been -imbued for life with new aims, new ideals, new views of duty, new -thoughts of self-abnegation. Not so much from what Moore might here or -there have said, as from what he always was. To be under the man was in -itself an inspiration. - -Soon after Jack's departure for Sandgate, Admiral Peirce was called -away on duty, and then the Bryces decided to flit eastward. Mrs. Bryce, -who loved sensation, talked of a visit to Folkestone, a very tiny -watering-place in those days, but within easy reach of Sandgate, and of -Moore's Camp at Shorncliffe. - -As a next move she offered to take Polly with her. Mrs. Fairbank -demurred, and Mrs. Bryce insisted. Polly had kept up bravely under her -separation from Ivor, but her pretty face had lost some of its colour, -and no one could deny that the change might do her good. Mrs. Fairbank, -thus advised, yielded, and Polly of course was charmed. Who would -not have been so in her place? She would see Jack again, also Jack's -Commander and England's Hero, General Moore. She would be distinctly -nearer to France, and therefore to Denham. She would be in the thick -of all that was going on, and would hear the news of the hour at first -hand. Moreover, Polly was young and loved variety. But what about Molly? - -"Molly has her lessons to learn. She and I will be companions each to -the other," Mrs. Fairbank decided. - -Nobody saw aught to find fault with in the plan except Molly herself, -and Molly said nothing. Under the circumstances no other seemed open, -unless Polly were made to give up the change which she much needed. - -But in later years Molly often looked back with a shudder to those -lonely autumn weeks. - -Those were days of far severer imprisonment than are these, dungeons -and chains being everyday matters. Molly had heard enough, even in her -short life, of fettered and half-starved prisoners to cause her to be -haunted by doleful visions. - -In the daytime, when, by Mrs. Fairbank's desire, she was always fully -occupied, it was easier to take a cheerful view of life; but Molly's -time of misery began with nightfall. Often she would start out of -a restless sleep, fancying that she saw Roy deep in some noisome -underground cavern, with chains clanking on his wrists, while his big -grey eyes appealed pitifully to her for help. Then she would hide her -face, and would sob for an hour, and in the midst of her woe would come -the sound of the old watchman shaking his rattle as he passed down -the street, and calling out monotonously in sing-song tones, "Past -one o'clock, and a fine starlight night." Or it might be, "Past three -o'clock, and a rainy morning." Those old watchmen--"Charleys," as they -were called--were the forerunners of our present police. - -But of all this Molly said not a word to any human being. The only -person whom she _could_ have told was Polly. - -In time a delightful letter arrived from Polly, written to Molly, -telling how she and Mrs. Bryce had driven over from Folkestone to -Sandgate, and had seen General Moore and Jack, and had inspected the -preparations there made for a due welcome to Napoleon, when he should -choose to make his appearance on British shores. - -"And do but think, Molly," wrote Polly, "General Moore's dear old -mother is down now at Sandgate, where she and her daughter have come -to see again the General. For if Napoleon comes--and some say he will, -and some say he will not--there must surely be hard fighting, and -what that may mean none can tell beforehand. For sure it is, whatever -happens, that General Moore will be in the thickest of the fight. And -Jack tells me that when first Mrs. Moore arriv'd 'twas a touching sight -indeed. She took her son into her arms, before all the Officers who -were gather'd together, and burst into tears, doubtless thinking of the -danger he must soon be in, and the many times he has been wounded. And -not one present, Jack says, who did not testify his respect for her, -nor his sympathy in her love for her heroic son. - -"She has been at Sandgate for many weeks, and the General now urges -her return home. For any day the French may make a move, and he wou'd -fain have her away in a place of safety. But Mrs. Bryce and I have -no fear, though all the world is in a great stir, waiting for the -invaders to come. Jack wou'd love nothing better than to see the fleet -of flat-bottomed boats approaching, that he might have a chance of -fighting them and driving them back. - -"I must tell you a story of Mr. William Pitt, who, being Warden of -the Cinque Ports, has lately raised two regiments in this district, -consisting of a thousand men each. He has often ridden over to General -Moore's camp at Shorncliffe, and the two have talked together, General -Moore telling his plans to Mr. Pitt. And one day Mr. Pitt said to -General Moore, 'Well, Moore, but on the very first alarm of the enemy's -coming, I shall march to aid you with my Cinque Port regiments, and -you have not told me where you will place us.' Whereupon General Moore -answered, 'Do you see that hill? You and yours shall be drawn up upon -it, where you will make a most formidable appearance to the enemy, -while I, with the soldiers, shall be fighting on the beach.' Mr. Pitt -was excessively entertained with this reply, and laughed heartily. - -"And that reminds me of another little tale which Jack told to me--not -as to Mr. Pitt, but as to Mr. Fox. He was playing a game of cards one -day, no long time agone, and on overhearing some story that was told, -he threw his cards down, and cried out, 'Tell that again! I hear a good -deal of General Moore, and everything good. Tell me that again.' But -Jack could not say what it was that had been told, only he liked to -know that Mr. Fox could so speak of one who is Mr. Pitt's friend. And -though Mr. Pitt and General Moore be so intimate, yet General Moore -will have it that he cares little which side shall be in power, so long -only as the country is well governed. But some say that 'tis like to -be no long time before we see Mr. Pitt once more at the head of the -Government." - -To this letter Molly sent a reply in her childish round handwriting, -letting a little of her loneliness slip out, despite herself; and -Mrs. Fairbank, much disturbed in mind on Polly's behalf, wrote also, -suggesting arrangements for the greater safety of the people concerned. - -(_To be continued._) - - - - -VARIETIES. - - -RECIPES FOR MENTAL AILMENTS. - -_Against fits of fury._--Go at once into the open air, far away from -your neighbours, and shout to the wind, and tell it how foolish you are. - -_Against attacks of discontent._--Set out for the homes of the poor. -Look at their narrow rooms, their hard beds, their poor clothes and -shoes. Observe what is put on their breakfast, dinner and supper table. -Ask what their earnings are, and calculate how you would fare with the -same amount. When you get home again you will be no longer discontented. - -_Against despair._--Look at the good things God has given you in this -world and remember the better things He has promised for the next. She -who looks for cobwebs in the garden will find not only them but spiders -as well. But she who goes to find flowers will return with perfumed -roses.--_From the German._ - - -THOUGHT AND ACTION. - -The ancestor of every action is a thought. Our dreams are the sequel -of our waking knowledge.--_Emerson._ - - -A LESSON FOR A CHOIR-SINGER. - -One of the finest choral conductors whom this country has ever produced -was Henry Leslie, whose choir was for many years one of the prominent -features of musical London. - -He was an autocrat, very difficult to satisfy, particular to nicety in -regard to every phrase and mark of expression. He did not like to hear -individual voices; the blending of the voices was his aim. There was a -lady with a very rich contralto who gave him trouble in this way--her -voice was heard separately. Mr. Josiah Booth, who was one of the -members of the choir, says that he thinks Mr. Leslie had spoken to the -lady privately, but without result. However, one day he said to her-- - -"You may have a very fine voice, but I don't want to hear it. I want to -hear the choir." - -"We went on singing," says Mr. Booth. "Sitting behind, I could not see -the lady's face, but I guessed she was looking daggers at Mr. Leslie. -At the next pause he fixed her with those searching eyes of his and -said-- - -"'I've a great deal more reason to look like that than you have.'" - - -CHINESE DOCTORS. - -No pharmacopœia is more comprehensive than the Chinese, and no English -physician can surpass the Chinese in the easy confidence with which -he will diagnose symptoms that he does not understand. The Chinese -physician who witnesses the unfortunate effect of placing a drug of -which he knows little into a body of which he knows less, is not much -put out: he retires sententiously observing, "there is medicine for -sickness, but none for fate." "Medicine," says a Chinese proverb, -"cures the man who is fated not to die." Another saying has it that -"when Yenwang (the King of Hell) has decreed a man to die at the third -watch no power will detain him to the fifth." - -Doctors in China dispense their own medicines. In their shops you see -an amazing variety of drugs; you will occasionally also see tethered a -live stag which on a certain day, to be decided by the priests, will -be pounded whole in a pestle and mortar. "Pills manufactured out of a -whole stag slaughtered with purity of purpose on a propitious day" is a -common announcement in dispensaries in China. - - - - -BURNT WOOD DRAWING. - - -[Illustration: SUNSET OVER THE SEA. - -(_Burnt wood drawing in oak frame, by E. M. Jessop._)] - -Of all the graphic arts this is probably the most useful and durable. -Under its old but ridiculous title of "poker work" it has flourished -from time immemorial; gifted by some unknown genius with the modern -name of Pyrography, it bids fair to become a universal favourite among -the amusements of art-loving amateurs, but, owing to want of support, -has not hitherto been much adopted by the professional artist who alone -possesses the graphic skill, the power of technique and the breadth of -execution which would do justice to such a beautiful art. - -When we consider that nothing but fire or wanton mischief can really -damage the pictures which may be produced in this work, and that the -original cost of the materials for its production is so very slight, -one marvels that so fine a medium for wall and furniture decoration has -been so much neglected. - -[Illustration: A SUMMER IDYLL. - -(_Burnt wood drawing in oak frame, by E. M. Jessop._)] - -In the specimens which I have recently had the honour to submit -to H.R.H. The Princess of Wales, and which she was pleased to -greatly admire, the materials used were of the very simplest. To be -epigrammatic, were I asked how I did them, I could only reply, "With a -few boards, two old chisels and a little intelligence." - -So now to our wood-work's foundation. In the first place never commence -a drawing on any but sound, well-seasoned wood, as nothing could well -be more trying to the temper than seeing the result of a month's work -curling up like a roll of paper or splitting across in a manner which -places it beyond repair. Any good whitish wood is suitable for burnt -drawing; holly on account of its close grain being the best, but, -like the best of everything, holly of the width required is also the -rarest of woods. Next to holly comes sycamore, a fine hard wood; then -chestnut. In one of the specimens here illustrated (the child's head) -I have used an old drawing-board made of poplar with beech clamps at -either end. Never use wood of less than three-eighths of an inch in -thickness, the thin plaques sold by most shops being quite useless for -works of any size on account of their liability to split and cockle. -By the way, the cockling of a wood drawing can to a certain extent be -remedied by exposing the concave side to heat and leaving it to cool -between two flat surfaces with heavy weights on top. - -And now to our tools. For drawings of any size suitable for the doors -of cabinets or rooms, plaques to insert in oak dadoes, etc. (and it is -in these we shall get our finest effects), the little machines heated -by spirits of wine and other mediums are not of much use. It is, in -fact, like using the smallest sable brushes for fresco painting. For -my own work I mainly use wood-carving tools. The broadest chisels and -gouges are the best, and the thicker the steel the better the tool, -as it retains the heat for a longer period. Again, I always heat my -tools in an ordinary coal fire, but it should be quite possible to -get a small gas stove to give all the heat required in a perhaps more -convenient manner. - -I might here mention that your most used tool, which should be a broad -blunt chisel, say three-quarters of an inch in width, ought to have its -sharp corners carefully ground down before using it, as it is otherwise -liable to burn ugly little black spots on the drawing. - -With these explanations we will now proceed to the drawing itself, and -here it is necessary to give a very strong caution at the outset; this -is, always bear in mind that whatever marks you burn on your wood must -absolutely remain there. There is no way of rubbing out, and to erase -with a knife is to spoil the surface of your wood, as you cannot draw -properly over a scratched surface. For this reason also you can only -copy either your own or other people's drawings in burnt wood-work. - -Having selected your copy first draw a careful pencil outline from it -on the wood plaque. We will here, for example, say it is the drawing -of the child's head reproduced. Heat a small tool sufficiently to mark -a very light brown line on the wood (to ascertain heat keep a small -piece of waste wood by your side), then carefully go over the outline -of the head and mark in all the features. Now with soft india-rubber -erase all pencil marks from the parts you have burnt, and make a fresh -pencil indication of the shape of your shadows, and proceed slowly and -carefully with the hot tool to build up coat by coat from the lightest -to the darkest these same shadows, never forgetting that lights cannot -be applied afterwards, but must be left out. A darker shade can always -be added, but a light never. Now once more remove your pencil-marks and -proceed to draw in your figure in the same manner as above described. -Next comes the background to be lightly sketched in by the hot irons; -and, after this, all pencil-marks may be removed and the picture -carefully worked up tone by tone from the copy. - -[Illustration: FRIVOLITY. - -(_Burnt wood drawing in ebony frame, by E. M. Jessop._)] - -In holding the tools (the handles of which may be covered with cork, -or some non-conductor), it is necessary to remember that they should -never be used to make pen-like strokes, but more of a pastel effect -must be sought, as the soft-blurred appearance produced by gently -drawing them along the wood gives the effect of old carved ivory, which -is one of the chief charms of a fine burnt wood drawing. For instance, -in the drawing of "Sunset over the Sea," I spent many hours in simply -drawing a heated chisel slowly along the wood from end to end until I -got the yellowish tone which now goes so well with its green oak frame. -Here and there a white light had to be left. Its position was indicated -to me by a pencil outline. For this drawing I had no sketch, it being -entirely executed from memory. The main difficulty was to get the -flat tones, without which it is impossible to indicate atmosphere and -distance. - -In the "Summer Idyll," given on the opposite page which is in size some -thirty-six by ten inches, a great deal of the background effect was -produced by using a small gas flame. This has to be done very slowly -and carefully, as one is apt, if at all careless, to burn too deeply -into the surface. - -In conclusion, I may say that burnt wood drawing to be properly done -requires both time and thought, it being a much more satisfactory -result to produce one fine specimen by a month's labour than several -odds and ends, which can only be compared with the daubs so often -exhibited in shops as "painted by hand." - -As to the applications of burnt wood work they are practically endless. -Look, for instance at the mouldy, rickety, ill-designed, so-called -antique chests so often sold at four times their original cost. For -a very small sum a good carpenter will make you a really serviceable -article with a framework of oak and white wood panels, which you can -decorate with hot irons in such a manner as to make a truly beautiful -piece of furniture. Again, for corner cupboards and cosy corners, -panels of doors, etc., where is its peer to be found? - -My last word is try but one carefully executed plaque, and I feel sure -that you will not rest until you are making your home truly beautiful. - - 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._) - - - - -ABOUT PEGGY SAVILLE. - -BY JESSIE MANSERGH (Mrs. G. de Horne Vaizey), Author of "Sisters -Three," etc. - - -CHAPTER IX. - -"Mrs. Saville was right--Peggy is a most expensive person!" cried -Mrs. Asplin in dismay, when the bills for repairs came in, but when -the Vicar suggested the advisability of a reproof, she said, "Oh, -poor child; she is so lonely--I haven't the heart to scold her," and -Peggy continued to detail accounts of her latest misfortune with an -air of exaggerated melancholy, which barely concealed the underlying -satisfaction. It required a philosophic mind to be able to take damages -to personal property in so amiable a fashion; but occasionally Peggy's -pickles took an irresistibly comical character. The story was preserved -in the archives of the family of one evening when the three girls had -been sent upstairs to wash their abundant locks and dry them thoroughly -before retiring to bed. A fire was kindled in the old nursery which was -now used as a sewing-room, and Mrs. Asplin, who understood nothing if -it was not the art of making young folks happy, had promised a supper -of roast apples and cream when the drying process was finished. - -Esther and Mellicent were squatted on the hearth, in their blue -dressing-gowns, when in tripped Peggy, fresh as a rose, in a long robe -of furry white, tied round the waist with a pink cord. One bath towel -was round her shoulders, and a smaller one extended in her hands, with -the aid of which she proceeded to perform a fancy dance, calling out -instructions to herself the while, in imitation of the dancing-school -mistress. "To the right--two--three! To the left--two--three! Spring! -Pirouette! Atti--tude!" She stood poised on one foot, towel waving -above her head, damp hair dripping down her back, while Esther and -Mellicent shrieked with laughter, and drummed applause with heel and -toe. Then she flopped down on the centre of the hearth, and there was -an instantaneous exclamation of dismay. - -"Phew! What a funny smell! Phew! Phew! Whatever can it be?" - -"I smelt it too. Peggy, what have you been doing? It's simply awful!" - -"Hair-wash, I suppose, or the soap--I noticed it myself. It will pass -off," said Peggy easily; but at that moment Mrs. Asplin entered the -room, sniffed the air, and cried loudly-- - -"Bless me, what's this? A regular Apothecaries Hall! Paregoric! It -smells as if someone had been drinking quarts of paregoric! Peggy, -child, your throat is not sore again?" - -"Not at all, thank you. Quite well. I have taken no medicine to-day." - -"But it is you, Peggy--it really is!" Mellicent declared. "There was no -smell at all before you came into the room. I noticed it as soon as the -door was opened, and when you came and sat down beside us--whew! simply -fearful!" - -"I have taken no medicine to-day," repeated Peggy firmly. Then she -started, as if with a sudden thought, lifted a lock of hair, sniffed -at it daintily, and dropped it again with an air of conviction. "Ah, I -comprehend! There seems to have been a slight misunderstanding. I have -mistaken the bottles. I imagined that I was using the mixture you gave -me, but----" - -"She has washed her hair in cough mixture! Oh, oh, oh! She has mixed -paregoric and treacle with the water! Oh, what will I do! what will -I do! This child will be the death of me!" Mrs. Asplin put her hand -to her side, and laughed until the tears ran down her cheeks, while -Mellicent rolled about on the floor, and Esther's quiet "He, he, he!" -filled up the intervals between the bursts of merriment. - -Peggy was marched off to have her hair re-washed and rinsed, and came -back ten minutes later, proudly complacent, to seat herself in the most -comfortable stool and eat roast apple with elegant enjoyment. She was -evidently quite ready to enlarge upon her latest feat, but the sisters -had exhausted the subject during her absence, and had, moreover, a -piece of news to communicate which was of even greater interest. - -"Oh, Peggy, what y'think," cried Mellicent, running her words into -each other in breathless fashion, as her habit was when excited, "I've -got something beautiful to tell you. S'afternoon Bob got a letter from -his mother to say that they were all coming down next week to stay -at the Larches for the winter. They come almost every year, and have -shooting-parties, and come to church and sit in the big square pew, -where you can just see their heads over the side. They look so funny, -sitting in a row without their bodies. Last year there was a young lady -with them who wore a big grey hat--the loveliest hat you ever saw--with -roses under the brim, and stick-up things all glittering with jewels, -and she got married at Christmas. I saw her photograph in a magazine, -and knew her again in a moment. I used to stare at her, and once she -smiled back at me. She looked sweet when she smiled. Lady Darcy always -comes to call on mother, and she and father go there to dinner ever -so many times, and we are asked to play with Rosalind--the Honourable -Rosalind. I expect they will ask you to go too. Isn't it exciting?" - -"I can bear it," said Peggy coldly. "If I try very hard, I think I can -support the strain." - -The Larches, the country house of Lord Darcy, had already been pointed -out to her notice; but the information that the family was coming down -for the yearly visit was unwelcome to her for a double reason. She -feared, in the first place, lest it should mean a separation from Bob, -who was her faithful companion, and fulfilled his promise of friendship -in a silent, undemonstrative fashion, much to her fancy. In the second -place, she was conscious of a rankling feeling of jealousy towards -the young lady who was distinguished by the name of the Honourable -Rosalind, and who seemed to occupy an exalted position in the -estimation of the Vicar's daughters. Her name was frequently introduced -into conversation, and always in the most laudatory fashion. When a -heroine was of a superlatively fascinating description, she was "Just -like Rosalind;" when an article of dress was unusually fine and dainty, -it would "do for Rosalind." Rosalind was spoken of with bated breath as -if she were a princess in a fairy tale, rather than an ordinary flesh -and blood damsel. And Peggy did not like it; she did not like it at -all, for, in her own quiet way, she was accustomed to queen it among -her associates, and could ill brook the idea of a rival. She had not -been happy at school, but she had been complacently conscious that of -all the thirty girls she was the most discussed, the most observed, and -also, among the pupils themselves, the most beloved. At the vicarage -she was an easy first. When the three girls went out walking, she -was always in the middle, with Esther and Mellicent hanging on an -arm at either side. Robert was her sworn vassal, and Max and Oswald -her respectful and, on the whole, obedient servants. Altogether, the -prospect of playing second fiddle to this strange girl was by no means -pleasant. Peggy tilted her chin, and spoke in a cool, cynical tone. - -"What is she like, this wonderful Rosalind? Bob does not seem to -think her extraordinary. I cannot imagine a 'Miss Robert' being very -beautiful, and as she is his sister, I suppose they are alike." - -Instantly there arose a duet of protests. - -"Not in the least. Not a single bit. Rosalind is lovely! Blue eyes, -golden hair----" - -"Down past her waist----" - -"The sweetest little hands----" - -"A real diamond ring----" - -"Pink cheeks----" - -"Drives a pony carriage, with long-tailed ponies----" - -"Speaks French all day long with her governess--jabber, jabber, jabber, -as quick as that--just like a native----" - -"Plays the violin----" - -"Has a lovely little sitting-room of her own, simply crammed with the -most exquisite presents and books, and goes travelling abroad to France -and Italy and hot places in winter. Lord and Lady Darcy simply worship -her, and so does everyone, for she is as beautiful as a picture. Don't -you think it would be lovely to have a lord and lady for your father -and mother?" - -Peggy sniffed the air in scornful superiority. - -"I am very glad I've not! Titles are so ostentatious! Vulgar, I call -them! The very best families will have nothing to do with them. My -father's people were all at the Crusades, and the Wars of the Roses, -and the Field of the Cloth of Gold. There is no older family in -England, and they are called 'Fighting Savilles,' because they are -always in the front of every battle, winning honours and distinctions. -I expect they have been offered titles over and over again, but they -would not have them. They refused them with scorn, and so would I, if -one were offered to me. Nothing would induce me to accept it!" - -Esther rolled her eyes in a comical, sideway fashion, and gave a little -chuckle of unbelief; but Mellicent looked quite depressed by this -reception of her grand news, and said anxiously-- - -"But, Peggy, think of it! The Honourable Mariquita! It would be too -lovely! Wouldn't you feel proud writing it in visitors' books, and -seeing it printed in newspapers when you grow up? 'The Honourable -Mariquita wore a robe of white satin, trimmed with gold!'"... - -"Peggy Saville is good enough for me, thank you," said that young -lady, with a sudden access of humility. "I have no wish to have my -clothes discussed in the public prints. But if you are invited to the -Larches to play with your Rosalind, pray don't consider me! I can stay -at home alone. I don't mind being dull. I can turn my time to good -account. Not for the world would I interfere with your pleasures!" - -"But P--P--Peggy, dar--ling Peggy, we would not leave you alone!" -Mellicent's eyes were wide with horror, she stretched out entreating -hands towards the unresponsive figure. To see Peggy cross and snappish -like any other ordinary mortal was an extraordinary event, and quite -alarming to her placid mind. "They will ask you, too, dear! I am sure -they will--we will all be asked together!" she cried; but Peggy tossed -her head, refusing to be conciliated. - -"I shall have a previous engagement. I am not at all sure that they -are the sort of people I ought to know," she said. "My parents are so -exclusive! They might not approve of the acquaintance!" - -(_To be continued._) - - - - -SOME PRACTICAL HINTS ON COSMETIC MEDICINE. - -BY "THE NEW DOCTOR." - - -PART V. - -THE HAIR. - -It is often a great consolation to a girl who has but a plain face to -possess a fine head of hair. One can understand how annoyed she must -feel when her hair starts combing out in handfuls, and she sees her one -good possession getting less and less every day. - -There are very many causes why the hair should comb out, and as it is -absolutely necessary to know which cause is at work before attempting -to cure it, we will discuss briefly the chief causes that are common. - -Undoubtedly the gravity of hair combing out is greatly exaggerated. If -you comb out a few hairs every morning and save up the several combings -to see how much hair you lose in the month, you will be surprised and -annoyed at the result. Many girls do this and fancy that there is -something wrong with the hair and that they are going bald. - -It is natural for the hair to comb out. The life of a hair is of very -varying duration, but it only lives a certain time. At the expiration -of this time it dies, and a new hair springs from the same root. If it -were not for this, what do you think would be the state of the hair at -fifty? - -Now let us look at the causes of the hair falling out excessively and -the resulting condition--baldness. - -When the health is disturbed, the hair often falls more rapidly than -before. After severe illnesses it is not uncommon for the hair to fall -out wholesale, often producing absolute baldness. In both these cases -the hair almost invariably comes back as strong as before when the -health has returned. - -In men, age is a cause of baldness, and there is no reason to think -that this cause acts less powerfully in the fair sex. Absolute baldness -is not common in women, but their hair gets thinner and shorter after -they have passed the meridian. - -The fashion of tying the hair with a ribbon or fillet will cause the -hair to fall out by compressing it and therefore interfering with its -nutrition. If you remove the fillet occasionally, it will do no harm -to the hair. Curling the fringe with hot tongs is a very common cause -of bald foreheads. If the tongs are used properly, that is, if they -are not overheated, they will do little or no damage to the hair. But -usually women curl their hair with tongs that are nearly red-hot, -thereby singeing and killing the hair, which consequently falls out, -and in the end leaves the forehead bare. - -The commonest causes (and fortunately the easiest to remedy) of the -hair falling out are affections of the scalp. - -Dandruff, scurf or seborrhœa, as it is better named, is a condition of -the scalp in which the sebaceous glands, which secrete the oil which -lubricates the hair, are out of gear. They secrete too much oil of a -very inferior quality. The hair loses its lustre, becomes brittle, -usually dark in colour, breaks, falls out, and becomes covered with -scurf. What this is exactly due to is not known. It is probably the -result of a microbe. It usually becomes manifest about the age of -thirteen or thereabouts, and may exist throughout life. It can hardly -be called a disease, but if neglected may lead to the various forms -of eczema that attack the scalp. The treatment for this condition is -to wash the hair about once a week with the following lotion: Borax, -one tablespoonful; carbonate of soda, one teaspoonful; glycerine, two -tablespoonfuls, and water to the quart. After washing and drying the -head well, rub into the scalp a very little sulphur ointment. - -Often a girl will come complaining that her hair falls out from one -part of her head, leaving a bald patch. This is called "alopœcia." -Of its cause nothing is known. It is very common in girls when about -fifteen years old, but it may occur at any age. The hair always -grows again on the bald places, but it may not do so for a year or -more. Painting the bald spot with a tincture of iodine is as good as -anything, but it is Nature, and not drugs, that cures the affection. - -The colour of the hair is extremely variable, and not uncommonly it -changes from one colour to another in a very short time. The hair, -like every other coloured organ in the body, obtains its colour from -the iron in the blood. One would therefore think that taking iron or -improving the circulation would darken the hair. It will not do so. In -anæmia, where the iron in the blood is very deficient, the hair remains -unaltered! - -Severe emotion or sorrow will cause the hair to fade. Why it should do -so we do not know, any more than why Father Time should meddle with it. - -The only way in which the colour of the hair can be altered voluntarily -is by external applications. No hair dye is really satisfactory, and -most of them are dangerous. The hair will, however, sometimes change -its colour completely without any external help. - -The hair may lose its lustre from many causes. Dandruff is the -commonest cause of this, but a very fertile factor in the causation -of brittle lustreless hair is the constant employment of pomatums and -greases to the hair. Nature supplies you with hair-oil of first-class -quality. Every hair has two glands to secrete this oil (sebum). If you -use an artificial grease (which can only be of a tenth-rate quality -when compared with the natural substance), do you suppose the glands -will go on working for nothing when the fruits of their labours are -despised? Not they. They will strike work at once, and though they will -resume their function if the external application is discontinued, it -is better not to interfere with them at all. Girls with their long -hair, however, need some form of application to keep the hair clean -and glossy, and there is no objection to their using a really good -substance, if they apply it to the hair itself and not to the scalp. -You should never apply anything in the way of oil, grease, or pomatum -to the roots of the hair, if it is healthy. - -The applications of most value for the hair are the following:-- - -1. _Brilliantine._--This is a pleasant emulsion, and it is very useful -when the hair shows a tendency to fall out. - -2. _Bay Rum._--Occasionally I have seen this do good to the hair. -Usually, however, it is better avoided. - -3. Applications containing _Cantharides_ are supposed to promote the -growth of the hair. Possibly they do, but the action is not due to the -Cantharides. - -4. _Rosemary_ is a nice clean preparation for the hair, and there are -many good lotions containing this drug. - -5. _Marrow fat, Bear's grease, etc._--The solid fats are much used, and -if you do not object to their messiness, they are not without merit. - -6. _Petroleum jelly, vaseline, etc._--These are simple, -non-irritating, more or less inert substances, which may be applied to -the ends of the hairs when a simple lubricant is necessary. - - - - -[Illustration: ANGELIE.] - - - - -ANGELIE. - -BY WILLIAM T. SAWARD. - - - There are clouds on the mountain's brow, Angelie! - And our soft blue skies are frowning now, Angelie! - O say it is well in that far-off land, - Where the mountains rise from the sea-girt strand; - Our daily prayers are to Heaven for thee, Angelie! - - We listen for thee at the morning prime, Angelie! - With the Matin-bell and its holy chime, Angelie! - And at night, under Heaven's blue canopy, - When the angels have lighted their tapers for thee, - A silver voice comes over the sea, - "It is well, it is well, with your Angelie!" - - O the clouds may cover the mountain's brow, Angelie! - And hide their wreaths of eternal snow, Angelie! - And the fiend of the storm may shriek at will, - And the lightning leap from hill to hill, - For the night is past and I come to thee, - My bride, my beautiful Angelie! - -[Illustration] - - - - -"SISTER WARWICK": A STORY OF INFLUENCE. - -BY H. MARY WILSON, Author of "In Warwick Ward," "In Monmouth Ward," -"Miss Elsie," etc. - - -CHAPTER I. - - "We'll keep our aims sublime, our eyes erect, - Although our woman-hands should shake and fail."--_E. B. Browning._ - -Sister Warwick was slowly rousing to the consciousness of the birth -of another working-day. Her first sensation was weariness, her next a -thought of surprise that the night had been passed without a summons to -the side of one of the many beds in her ward, the third, and this with -fully-awakened faculties, that her good Staff-nurse Carden was holding -towards her the welcome tea-tray that her kind thoughtfulness never -failed to bring with this earliest report of the "night duty." - -Margaret Carden's hospital career had fulfilled the expectations of -those who had watched it with loving, interested eyes. She had quietly -and conscientiously worked her way from her probation through the three -years of training, had done well, if not brilliantly, in her exams., -and was now back again in the ward that was her "first love," so to -speak. She was a staff-nurse on night duty. - -She was very happy to be here. She loved little Sister Warwick--loved -and respected and reverenced her. She could see through the brusque -exterior that nettled some of the others, and could fully appreciate -the noble heroism of her consistent, hard-working, unselfish life. - -Sister Warwick was one who always felt the full responsibility of the -life she had to live. Seven years before, after the governors of the -hospital had offered her the coveted position of Sister of one of these -hospital wards, she had written to her mother-- - -"It is very trying work beginning to be a Sister--more so than you can -possibly imagine. To feel the whole weight of your domain weighing on -you, a family of thirty to care for, and nurses to guide and train, is -very appalling, very full of care." - -And now, though she was used to her position, if experience was -teaching her the wisest way to carry her cares, custom did not lighten -them. - -To-day she greeted her friend Carden with a smile and a "Good morning! -What sort of a night have you had in the ward?" - -"All has gone comfortably, Sister, except that Susie and Patty have -both been troublesome again." - -"Susie fretting for her mother, and Patty crying with the pain?" - -"Yes, Sister, and really disturbing the others by being very noisy, -poor mites." - -"Perhaps there is some naughtiness in their crying. We must think what -we can do. And Mrs. 13?" - -"She is distinctly weaker, but she says the pain is less. How patient -she is!" - -And whereas within hospital walls it is the rule, not the exception, -for the patients to show touching bravery and endurance in their pain, -such an exclamation from a nurse was a special tribute to Mrs. 13's -heroism. It was partly because before both Sister and nurse there rose -in that moment a picture of what that poor woman's life had been. A -dressmaker for some second-rate theatre, she had spent her days with -ten or twelve other women in a room without a window, with the gas -burning, and only the fireplace for ventilation. - -"After tea, Sister, the women used to drop from their seats and faint -away on the floor. We seemed not to mind after a bit, somehow."[1] - -That had been the spiritless summing-up of the description which had -so stirred the hearts of her listeners. And now she lay dying of the -terrible disease that still baffles medical science, and seems to have -no cure--and her patience did not fail! - -Nurse Carden continued her report of the other cases, and then, before -leaving, said anxiously: - -"You will be able to take your hours 'off duty' this afternoon, Sister? -You know you did not last week." - -Sister Warwick smiled. This staff-nurse of hers was bold in her -determination to take care of her. None of the others ventured, -except, perhaps, Nurse Greg; but she was promoted now, a Sister like -herself--on her own level, in fact. - -"You will, Sister," urged Margaret Carden again. "I know you are -getting tired out." - -"Not quite that," answered Sister Warwick, amused and touched. "But I -do want a taste of the outside world, and if I possibly can, I mean to -go." - -With that the night nurse departed more contented, not hearing the sigh -that followed the words, not knowing that it was want of confidence in -her day staff-nurse--Nurse Hudson--that tied the Sister with so many -anxious thoughts to her ward. - -Sister Warwick and Sister Cumberland, which was the new title Nurse -Greg had lately assumed with the donning of her dark stuff dress, met -on the staircase in their bonnets and cloaks before eight o'clock. As -their custom was, they walked together to the shortened morning service -in the old parish church near the hospital gates. They had both learnt -that the few quiet moments they spent there were "well invested," and -they never passed out again into the whirl of their busy lives without -an earnest prayer, first - - "for the sick ... - God's prisoners, laid in bonds by His own hands," - -and then for themselves, that they, - - "By prayer, and sympathy, and smile, - The burden of the weary might beguile." - -How better could they step into the daily routine than thus equipped? - -Breakfast in their own rooms was followed by hours of occupation. -Sister Warwick preferred to take her share of actual nursing with the -rest. - -Before the house-physician's visit was over a piteous wail from bed No. -12 rang through the ward. - -"It do hurt so! I can't bear it--I can't!" - -Sister Warwick knew that Patty had been spoilt at home, and that her -pain was really bearable. She had tried petting. Now she felt that -firmness with a flavour of severity would have to be applied. - -Earlier in the morning, and in a happier moment, Patty had said -insinuatingly-- - -"You don't know how I like eggs, Sister, or you'd give me one!" and she -had answered-- - -"I will give you one, dear, but not while you do not try to be good and -quiet. Patty must learn to bear her pain bravely like the rest. Anyhow, -we will see what Mr. H---- (the house physician) says." - -And now, with this stormy outburst of weeping, came Sister Warwick's -opportunity. She turned to Mr. H----, who was standing close by, and -propounded this all-important egg-question. - -He came with due gravity and looked down upon the sobbing child. His -kind eyes were twinkling with amusement. He was well aware of Patty's -character for tempestuosity. His voice was impressive almost to -sternness. - -"Yes, Sister," he said, "if she is a good girl, I think we may let her -have a good egg, and shall we say if she's a bad girl, she shall have a -bad egg?" - -The solemn tones overawed Patty. She stopped crying and stared, and -tried her hardest to think whether the punishment for her naughtiness -was as terrible as it sounded. - -With poor, home-sick, tired Susie, Sister Warwick had to try other -measures. Susie was old enough to be reasoned with, and withal was -not a coward in her pain--she was plucky there. But the peace of the -ward and of the older patients must not be sacrificed to these wayward -children. - -So Sister Warwick, seated at her table in the ward, and having filled -in her charts and completed other matters of business--such as signing -a pass for a nurse's holiday--took a sheet of paper and wrote a letter -as if to Susie's mother. - -The words ran-- - -"Susie frets so for her home and for you, and is so especially unhappy -after visiting day, that I must beg you not to come again until she can -be quite good when you leave her." - -She went to Susie's cot and read the sentence without a smile. Susie's -eyes dilated, her lip quivered as she listened. - -"Shall I post it, Susie?" - -"Don't! Oh, please, Sister, don't!" - -"Well, dear, it shall depend upon you whether it goes. See, I am going -to pin it here on the curtain, where you can look at it. If you are -good it shall not be sent." - -And sent it never was. - - * * * * * - -There was much to do for Mrs. 13, and distressing though the work might -be, admiration for her endurance and for the simple trust with which -she accepted all her pain, as "the touch of God's finger laid on her in -love," could only make the Sister's labours a pleasure and a privilege. - -It was different when she turned to a bed at the end of the ward, -a little apart from the others, where lay, unconscious, one of -those sad cases, repulsive and loathsome, in which "the King's -image" is disfigured almost beyond recognition by a life of sin and -self-indulgence. - - * * * * * - -At one time Sister Warwick had found it hard to be as careful and -tender with these--pity she never failed in. But one day the thought -came to her that perhaps these poor souls were included in "the least -of these My brethren"--that perhaps these words might mean sometimes -those farthest removed from Him. After that the work for them was -infinitely easier. - -At one o'clock she was in her own room again, to find someone waiting -for her there--a young student. His hands were loaded with "a sight for -sair een"--a great bunch of buttercups and grasses. - -"My mother is up in town to-day, Sister," he said, "and she asked me to -bring these to you. They were picked only this morning and so are not -at all battered, as you see." - -"They are delightful; a real bit of the country for my poor 'children' -to feast their eyes on." - -Sister stretched out her hand for the golden posy, then an instinct -prompted her to look more directly at the boy's face. His mother was -her friend; she had promised to be an elder sister to this only son of -hers, and she saw that her elder-sisterliness was wanted now. - -She gave it--how wisely and strongly, yet tenderly, the young doctor -only knew. It was a crisis in his career. He was afraid! How could he -go on with the seeming inconsistencies that thronged him in his work? -and there were other things. - -Well, gradually it all came out. Somehow Sister Warwick understood, -and she helped him to sort apparent contradictions and to smooth -or explain difficulties. Not all, of course not! There must remain -unfathomed mysteries in every profession. But he went away with a new -light on his young face, and Sister Warwick with a sigh--not of regret -but of humility--turned to her little table and her waiting lunch. She -glanced up at the clock. Why, her half-hour had gone! The consulting -physician might be here at any moment. She must put on a clean cap -and apron and be ready. This done, there was left just time for a -few mouthfuls of ham and bread and for a draught of milk, then the -probationer's voice at her door was saying-- - -"Dr. W---- is here, please, Sister." - -There was less for the doctors to do that day than usual, and it was -not later than half-past two when, in bonnet and cloak, Sister Warwick -began the little programme she had made for these "off hours." - -Passing through the hospital gates, she took her way eastward until she -reached the entrance to Pleasant Court. - -Alas! Was there ever such a misnomer? - -Insanitary, overcrowded, stifling, filthy, she wondered how any -could live in such an atmosphere, and thought with pity of that -poor ex-patient she had come to see, who had begged to come back -here--"because it was home"--to die! - -She climbed up the creaking stairs to an attic room, and her gentle tap -was answered by a weak "Come in, please." - -It was good to see how the wan face of the sick woman lit up at sight -of her visitor, and to hear the glad "Oh, Sister, is it you?" - -The poor, bare room was well swept and tidy, and the woman herself was -as clean and orderly as she knew how to be. Months of hospital days had -taught her much, and she had a husband tenderly anxious to please her -by "doing for her" as carefully and as long as he could. Sister had -been expected "one of these days," and she was touched to find, when -she set to work to wash and dress an unhealed wound, that a ragged but -clean towel was laid ready for her use afterwards. - -Surgical duties performed, she sat beside Mrs. Sutton with her wasted -hand in hers, listening to her laboured breathing and turning over a -possibility in her mind. - -"We'll try it!" she said suddenly out loud. And then, smiling at the -woman's surprised expression, she went on. "What do you say to our -getting a breath of fresh air together? Shall we have a drive?" - -"Oh, Sister! Not really? Could I?" - -Sister Warwick certainly had a way of sweeping aside difficulties when -her mind was set to an end. She went to the nearest cab-stand, picked -out the driver with care, and came back with the hansom to the entrance -of the court. It could go no further. - -A boy was found to hold the horse, and together she and cabby carried -Mrs. Sutton down the old stairs. She was comfortably wedged into the -corner of the seat with pillows, and a footstool was found for her -feet. Then Sister gave the man her instructions-- - -"It is to be a shilling drive, please, and take us to see a bit of -something green." - -"Right you are, Nuss! Embankment's the place for we!" - -Away they went--the air cool in their faces--until the sick woman began -to draw long breaths of enjoyment, and even a little colour crept into -her pale cheeks. Under the trees, with the glittering water on one side -and patches of green grass within railings on the other. There was a -laburnum in blossom. Some of the windows of the houses were bright with -scarlet geraniums and marguerites. A donkey-cart came towards them -laden with ferns and plants in bloom. - -Mrs. Sutton's eyes feasted on it all. A few happy tears rolled down -her cheeks. She had not hoped or thought to see these things until she -rested in "the Park of God." And the sky was so blue! Heaven would be -clearer to her imagination after this. - -But Sister Warwick began to wonder when their driver meant to turn -homewards. It was a very long shilling's-worth already, and she had not -wanted to spend more out of her slender purse. At last she pushed up -the little trap-door. - -"I think we had better be going back now," she said. - -"Very well, Nuss. If you please." - -But they had had at least a four-mile drive before they drew up at the -court again and helped the tired but happy woman to her room once more. - -When, with rough tenderness, he had given all the assistance he could, -Sister Warwick followed the man on to the little landing. She offered -him half-a-crown. - -"I know it ought really to be more," she said. - -He put back the coin. - -"It's only a shilling, Nuss. I only meant it to be a shilling all -along. Just let it be a shilling's-worth--now doo ee."[2] - -She let him have his way. How could she resist him? And he stumped -down the stairs smiling and proud, as if he had received a favour that -afternoon. Well, perhaps he had! - - * * * * * - -There was time for Sister Warwick to pay another and a very different -visit before she was due at the hospital for the Sisters' dinner. A -visit to another court, but how different! What a contrast! - -It is hard to believe that such dear old places are still left standing -in the very heart of the great city. Sister Warwick passed through an -archway into a flagged square and mounted a flight of steps leading to -a quaint, old-fashioned house. - -She turned before ringing the bell to look straight away through the -large old iron gates on the opposite side of the square, at a long, -delicious stretch of green--grass below, trees above. And far away--she -fancied it might be really a quarter of a mile--a great flight of stone -steps led down to the outer world again. - -To those who live in the heart of the country--in the midst of all its -delights and, above all, of its peace--this may not sound much to charm -the gaze; but here, in the rush of the unending roar night and day, to -find a comparative stillness is refreshing beyond everything. - -To some natures the noise of London seems always dreadful. And it is -true that the traffic never really ceases night or day, except perhaps -for two or three hours on Saturday night, or rather Sunday morning. -Even in this quiet square the sounds went on--cart succeeded cab, and -omnibus followed on--without intermission. But it was all muffled and -distant. The peace of it fell upon Sister Warwick's tired spirits. - -Inside the house, too, there was more of this old-world feeling of -un-hurry and rest. She was led through panelled passages to the long -low drawing-room with its wide window-seats and great chintz-covered -couches. - -Her friend, whose home it was, rose to greet her, and she was at once -taken in hand, thrust into the softest lounge, plied with tea, and -told to "laze." She was not even permitted to talk; but her thoughtful -hostess, having supplied all her wants, went to a little chamber-organ -at the far end of the room and played softly and quietly such things as -refresh body and soul in one--bits of Beethoven, Handel, Mendelssohn. -She passed from one to the other, and Sister Warwick lay and listened -with closed eyes--all her responsibilities and anxieties wiled from her -for the time. - -Was this unusual hour of rest sent to brace her for what was to come -that night and the following day? She thought so herself when, later, -she looked back at the events of those forty-eight hours. - - * * * * * - -At the Sisters' dinner that evening, Miss Jameson, the Sister of the -Nurses' Home, gave her a summons to the Matron's house for a discussion -on some improvement to be made in the nurses' uniform. She was to go -when her ward work was over--medicines superintended, prayers read, the -change of nurses made for the night. - -She hurried back to it all, and with quiet steps was passing between -the long rows of beds sooner than was her wont. - -Nurse Hudson was settling the patients for the night. A long, thin, -languid-looking girl was sitting up in bed No. 10 while her pillows -were being arranged and her sheet straightened. - -Sister paused to look. The smile she had for the patient quickly faded -to sternness as she turned to the nurse. - -"What are you doing?" she said in her sharpest tones. "Allowing a -typhoid to sit up! Nurse, you know better than that!" - -She laid the girl down on the pillows again herself, and then stood -silently by while the bed was finished. - -Nurse Hudson flushed crimson. But she had no excuse ready, and -presently her superior passed on down the ward, registering in her -indignant mind another of many carelessnesses she had noticed. She -knew that Ellen Hudson was particularly anxious for her own pleasure -to get away punctually that evening. But to risk a case in order to do -her work more quickly--the selfishness of the act hurt the Sister's -pride in the nursing profession. So thoroughly angry did she feel that -she wondered whether she could command herself sufficiently to speak -a calm reproof before the nurse left the ward that evening. She was -very conscious that a biting sarcasm in her fault-finding had often -alienated the confidence of her nurses, and she was now striving hard -to mete out to them a more kindly and less impatient justice. - -Mrs. 13 was watching her with loving eyes as she went to and fro. - -"Patty has been a better girl this afternoon, Sister," she said, when -she came within hearing, "ever so much better. I expect she is afraid -of the bad egg!" - -The laugh did Sister Warwick good, and Patty fell asleep that night -with the sound of commendation in her ears, and with a virtuous -determination "to be a better gairl to-morrow, too." - - * * * * * - -"Ain't the buttery-cups beeootiful, Sister? They minds me of home. I -was a country girl onst, and picked my hands full of them when I was -little. But, bless ye, I ain't been out of London since I married. I've -'most forgotten what the country looks like." - -It was Granny 20 who was speaking, as Sister bandaged her leg and -helped to tidy her for the night. - -"We will put that right before long, Granny, see if we don't. You shall -pick flowers and get sunburnt with the best of us. Fancy not seeing the -grass and the flowers, and hearing the birds sing, for fifty years! How -could you bear it?" - -"Well, it's true, Sister. I ain't been further than London Bridge all -that time. And there! bless ye, I'm 'most afraid to try it now." - -But Sister Warwick thought of the beautiful grounds round the -Hospital Convalescent Home, which was not so very far away. Granny -20 was getting well fast--a credit to them all. She should renew her -acquaintance with "great Nature's pictures" before very long. - -The day had been hot; but a cool mist or fog covered the shadowed -houses as Sister Warwick lay down that night. Nurse Carden was on duty -again; with that knowledge the Sister fell quickly asleep, at ease for -the safety of all. - -(_To be concluded._) - -FOOTNOTES: - -[1] A fact. - -[2] A fact. - - - - -THREE SOUPS. - - -OXTAIL SOUP. - -_Ingredients._--One oxtail, one large carrot, two onions stuck -with cloves, one turnip, four sticks of celery, four mushrooms, -half a parsnip, a bunch of herbs, two blades of mace, twelve black -peppercorns, three ounces of butter, one dessertspoonful of red currant -jelly, two quarts and a half of water, a wine-glass of sherry, three -ounces of fine flour, salt. - -_Method._--Wash the oxtail and chop it; put it in a saucepan and -cover with cold water; bring to the boil and throw the water away. Fry -the oxtail gently in the butter until it is a good brown; prepare the -vegetables and slice them and put them in a saucepan with the oxtail, -water, herbs, mace, salt and peppercorns; put on the lid and simmer -gently for five hours. Strain the stock and skim off the fat; pick out -the meat and put it aside to keep hot; pick out the vegetables and -pound them finely, add the stock by degrees, return to the stove and -re-heat; melt the rest of the butter in a small frying-pan and stir in -the flour, fry it a good dark brown over the fire, stir in a little of -the hot soup and add this thickening to the soup; add the sherry and -red currant jelly and the pieces of oxtail, and serve. - - -KIDNEY SOUP. - -_Ingredients._--One pound of ox kidney, half each of carrot, turnip, -onion and parsnip, two sticks of celery, one tomato, one bay leaf, -one sprig of parsley, one dessertspoonful of Harvey's sauce, a little -browning, one quart of water or stock, one ounce of butter, pepper and -salt. - -_Method._--Wash the kidney and cut away any fat; cut it in dice and -fry gently in the butter; prepare the vegetables, cut them in pieces -and put them in a saucepan with the kidney, bay leaf, parsley, water -or stock and salt. Put on the lid and let all simmer gently for four -hours; strain off the soup, pick out the pieces of kidney and put them -aside to keep hot. Return the stock to the saucepan, add the Harvey's -sauce and the browning; put back the pieces of kidney, re-heat and -serve. - - -MULLIGATAWNY. - -_Ingredients._--One large onion, one apple, one tablespoonful of good -curry powder, one ounce of flour, half an ounce of grated cocoanut, a -few drops of lemon juice, one dessertspoonful of red currant jelly, one -dessertspoonful of chutney, salt, one quart of chicken or veal stock, -three ounces of butter, one ounce and a half of cornflour, some well -boiled rice. - -_Method._--Skin the onion, slice it and pound it in a mortar; chop and -pound the apple. Mix the curry powder smoothly with half a teacupful of -cold water, melt the butter in a stewpan, stir in the curry powder and -water and the pounded onion; cook and stir until the water cooks away -and the onion browns in the butter; add the apple, cocoanut, chutney, -salt and the stock (warm); put on the lid and simmer for half an hour; -rub through a sieve, mix the flour with a little cold stock, re-heat -the soup and when it boils stir in the flour; add the lemon juice and -red currant jelly; hand well-cooked rice with this soup. - - - - -THE RULES OF SOCIETY. - -BY LADY WILLIAM LENNOX. - - -PART II. - -My last paper on the rules of Society ended with some remarks upon -dinner-parties and the conversation thereat; but although the article -thus finished, my observations did not, and must therefore be continued -into this chapter. A silent dinner is a very depressing function, so -much so indeed that among the disadvantages of living alone must be -counted solitary meals, as not only saddening in their effect upon -the mind, but provocative of bad digestion in the body; and even if -we dine in company, but the company of dull, stupid, or at any rate -unconversable people, the result is much the same as though we had sat -down in solitude. It behoves us therefore, each and all, to try and -prevent this evil and also make the dinner pleasant by taking a middle -course--as is usually wisest with regard to most things in life--and -neither to be like a ghost, speechless and casting the metaphorical wet -blanket over the assembled guests; nor, on the other hand, to remind -everybody of the whirling of a mill by the never-ceasing clatter of our -tongue. - -A clever hostess will do her best to secure some few good talkers at -her table, in order that no pauses of sufficient length to give a sense -of uncomfortable silence may occur; nothing more than those little gaps -in conversation poetically supposed to be caused by "Angels passing." -We are not all geniuses in the talking line, but we are bound to take -our share, so far as in us lies, in contributing to brightness and -cheerfulness at table; only, of course, young girls are not expected -to bring themselves prominently forward in that way, and young or old -it should not be forgotten that a "voice soft, gentle and low, is an -excellent thing in woman," and that a shrill laugh, or an exclamation -so highly pitched that it pierces through the ordinary hum of sound, -is anything but agreeable or attractive. Also, it should be remembered -that dinners are meant to be enjoyed, and men especially feel aggrieved -if they are exposed to a constant fire of words, worst of all if those -words resolve themselves into questions which require answers. Chilly -soup, tepid fish, and entrées bolted for want of time to eat them -properly, produce feelings of anger which even beauty itself can hardly -stand against, if the beauty's chatter has caused the annoyance, that -is to say. So it is wise to let your neighbour on either hand enjoy his -dinner in peace, undisturbed by too much conversation, although at the -same time he must not be allowed to suppose that a dumb doll dressed in -pretty clothes is sitting beside him. - -Do not crumble your bread over the tablecloth by way of inspiration, -if you think you ought to say something and can find nothing; do not -play with your wine-glasses either, until, very likely, you upset one -of them; nor drop your dinner-napkin, gloves, etc., which makes a -commotion and is rather a bore. - -Such small things seem hardly worth mentioning, but tricks of any kind -are to be avoided, as they generally give the impression of awkwardness. - -Should you happen to go down to dinner with the master of the house, -it is as well to let your hostess have a chance of catching your eye -to give the signal when she wishes to leave the table, but never on -any account fall into the mistake which I once heard was made by a -woman who ought to have known better. She imagined that the lady of the -house was very inexperienced and was sitting on an unconscionable time -because she did not know when to go, and so she, the guest, actually -took it upon herself to push her own chair back a little, with a glance -at her hostess; but the latter, looking steadily at her presuming -acquaintance, said very quietly, "I do not think I made a move, Mrs. -----" and sat on for another ten minutes. - -As regards evening parties there is not much to say. You speak to the -hostess at the head of the stairs where she stands to receive her -guests, and then you wander through the rooms, and enjoy yourself, till -you descend for supper or depart altogether. There is no need to look -for the lady of the house to say good-bye. She has, most probably, left -her post long before and is wandering about among the company. - -The next thing I will mention is country house visiting, which is very -pleasant as a rule, especially to people young enough not to mind the -open doors and windows, the large rooms--innocent of fires sometimes -when dwellers in towns would have lit them--and long corridors down -which a fine north-easter pursues you. - -Take plenty of wraps, therefore, unless it is the very middle of -summer; but this is by the way. - -I will suppose that you arrive at your destination dressed in a neat -travelling costume all in good order; no buttons off gloves or boots, -no untidy straps about the handbag--of splendid dressing-bags I am not -speaking. - -You are shown into an apartment--very likely a big hall used in the -day as a drawing-room--where you find perhaps several, perhaps only one -or two, people, and the mistress of the house may ask whether you would -like to see your room at once, or, if it is near tea-time, if you will -stay and have a cup first? I believe that in New York and other places -in America the custom in this respect differs from our own, and that -the newly-arrived visitor is not brought face to face with the house -party until she has had an opportunity of tidying her hair, brushing -her gown, and generally smartening herself up, after which she can -appear with an "equal mind," untroubled by any misgivings as to the -results of the journey upon her looks. In my opinion, that arrangement -is a great improvement on our way of doing things; but, however, as -it is, you sit travel-tossed and more or less crumpled up, talking to -anybody you know, and possibly, if by nature shy, with an embarrassing -consciousness of being mentally criticised by some of those present -whom you do not know. In such circumstances the most important matter -is to keep still. If you have ever watched actors on the stage, you -must have noticed that they never shuffle and move about without -intending it. It is one of the first lessons, in fact, that amateurs -have to learn, simply to stand or sit still. Nothing has a worse effect -than the look of "not knowing what to do with your arms and legs," so -do, therefore, refrain from twisting your feet about under your chair, -fidgeting with your bracelets, or letting the spoon fall out of your -saucer. If your gloves are off, do not begin to think about your hands -getting red, for, if you do, they are pretty certain to fulfil your -fears by becoming so. Nervousness has more to do with that than is -generally imagined. - -Whoever saw a pair of scarlet hands before them when they were alone? - -Just call to mind the fact that there is no real reason why you should -feel "all anyhow" because you are in a strange house among strangers, -and try to be natural in manner and pleasant to everybody. - -One thing very necessary to cultivate when on a visit is the habit of -punctuality. In London, where people come long distances, with the -chance of a "block," or finding the street up, or some other obstacle -to progress, a liberal margin is allowed as to time, and dinner at a -quarter to eight means eight. But in the country the hour named is -the hour intended, and in some houses the striking of the gong and -the appearance of the butler throwing open the doors for dinner are -nearly simultaneous, while in others the guests have five minutes' -grace after the gong sounds in which to get downstairs and into the -drawing-room. In any case they should all have assembled before dinner -is announced, for few things annoy the master of the house more than to -see stragglers come in when the soup, and perhaps even the fish, has -been already served. - -The same rule applies to all arrangements which are not "movable -feasts." Luncheon, for instance, is usually at a fixed hour, and so -is breakfast in some houses, though not in all. If you are to ride -or drive, or whatever it is, be ready to the minute, and do not give -trouble by having to be sent for. To give no unnecessary trouble either -to guests or servants is, indeed, a good motto to bear in mind, for -nobody likes to be "put about," and a woman who gives a lot of trouble, -whether from thoughtlessness or from an idea that by requiring a great -deal of attention and waiting upon she makes herself interesting and -of more importance, will find out her mistake sooner or later, and -learn that fetching cushions and smelling-bottles is not an amusing -occupation for her friends, and that ringing the bell without good -reason only sends servants, especially other people's servants, into a -bad temper. - -When you come down to breakfast you need not go round and shake hands -with everybody. Speak to the lady of the house and anybody you know -close by, and a few little bows and smiles will do the rest. Be careful -in going to or from the dining-room to wait your turn, and not walk out -before those who ought to precede you. Sometimes when the same people -are making a longish stay in the house, they draw lots to decide who -shall go in with whom by way of variety instead of having always the -same partner. Pieces of paper are numbered, two sets alike, and drawn -just before dinner, the guests then pairing off according to their -numbers, so that a woman or girl with no particular position may find -herself in the place of honour at the table, but even so it would be -extremely bad taste in her to leave the dining-room first. - -When talking do not mention the name of the person you are addressing -every time you speak. It has a tiresome effect upon the ear to hear -perpetually "Yes, Mrs. ----" "No, Mr. ----" "Do you think so, Lady ----?" -"How fine it is to-day, Mr. ----!" - -No hard-and-fast rule can be laid down as to how often the name should -be mentioned--for, of course, it must be sometimes--but a little -careful attention to ordinary conversation will teach you more than any -written remarks could, and your own instinct must guide you further in -the avoidance of little faults of the kind. - -A matter of importance when visiting is to try never to be in the -way when you are not wanted, and never out of it when you are -wanted. Do not, for example, sit down and make an unrequired third -in a conversation carried on between two people who are evidently -quite content with each other's society, for they will only wish you -anywhere, and, unless you have the constitution of a rhinoceros, the -freezing atmosphere will soon bring to your mind a certain proverb -which says that "Two's company, but three's none." - -Do not insist upon speaking of something which interests you -specially when, perhaps, nobody else cares very much about it; and, -more than all, do not talk about yourself, your likes and dislikes, -your health, etc., etc. It may not be pleasant, but the fact remains -that nineteen people out of twenty feel not the smallest interest in -you or your concerns except in so far as the outcome is agreeable to -them, and this not exactly from want of heart so much as from want -of time to stop and consider you, when there are so many others near -and dear to them to be thought of. At all events, so it is, and any -person who hangs about a room when she might as well go out of it, or -worries people by airing her own opinions when nobody wishes to hear -them, is decidedly in the way, and neither more nor less than a bore. -This rock, _i.e._, being _de trop_, may be called the Scylla, while -another of quite a contrary kind may be styled the Charybdis in the -sea of Society, and both must be steered clear of if the voyage is to -be pleasant and successful. The former is the rock on which active -and energetic people split, and the latter often makes shipwreck of -the more meditative and indolent natures, inclined to let things slip -by, unobservant of what is required of them, or, if aware of it, too -fond of their own comfort and repose to respond. Judgment and tact -are essential in order to avoid running against one or other of these -rocks, and perhaps the best preventive of mistakes in the matter will -be found in remembering to "do as you would be done by," because, -keeping that in mind, you will have only to make a shrewd guess as -to what others would like in the same circumstances. Now and then -doubtless in carrying out this rule some self-denial is involved, -as, for instance, when lawn-tennis, or croquet, or even a walk, is -proposed, and you, caring little for physical exertion at any time, -and very anxious, moreover, to finish a book you are deep in, feel for -a moment disposed to be churlish and refuse to join. Well, then comes -in the remembrance of what is due to others, and you put the best face -you can on it, get your hat, and go. Or on a wet day somebody wants -to play billiards, or battledore and shuttlecock, or something, and -you would rather work at a drawing or run through a song or two in the -little boudoir where you will disturb nobody, but you are wanted to -help brighten up the dreary day, and your private inclinations have to -be sacrificed to the good of others. Another thing---- But my paper is -growing rather lengthy, and, lest I should be voted a bore and go to -pieces on the rock Scylla, I think my remarks had better end here for -to-day, the remainder of them, not many now, being laid by for another -occasion. - -(_To be continued._) - -[Illustration] - - - - -LETTERS FROM A LAWYER. - - -PART III. - - The Temple. - -MY DEAR DOROTHY,--So you have decided on commencing your married life -in a flat--a very wise decision on your part. In the first place, in a -flat you know exactly what your position is as regards rent, whereas a -house entails constant expense for repairs, to say nothing of rates and -taxes. - -It is true that, if the people on the floor above you indulge in -clog-dancing all the day whilst the occupiers of the floor below -practise the cornet à piston half-way into the night, you might find -that the drawbacks of a flat were unendurable; but I do not think that -you are likely to suffer quite such a terrible experience as I have -depicted. - -Another advantage of a flat is that, if you want to run down to the -country or the seaside for the week's end, or for even a longer period, -you can lock up your flat and start off gaily; but with a house on your -hands it is a very different matter. - -But perhaps the greatest attraction of a flat is the reduction in the -number of the necessary domestics. In a small flat like yours, you -ought to manage very well with one servant, provided she is capable and -attends to her work. - -Whatever you do, don't engage a "treasure," unless you happen to know -all about her. If one is recommended to you by an acquaintance, you may -be quite sure that the "treasure" has some great drawback; otherwise, -why should her mistress be so anxious to part with her? Ask yourself -that question before you burden yourself with a "treasure" that you may -have great difficulty in getting rid of, especially if she turns out to -be a tyrant like some "treasures" I have known. Remember my warning, -beware of "treasures." Get a servant that you can instruct, not one -that will order you about and make your life a burden to you. - -I am sorry to hear that Aunt Anne had so much trouble with her late -cook, to whom she had been, as every mistress is bound to be, very -kind; but I am glad that she managed to get rid of her in the end. -Under the circumstances, she would have been quite justified in -discharging her without giving her a month's wages in lieu of notice. - -A servant who refuses to do any work and locks herself in her room, -refusing to come out, as this one did, may be summarily dismissed -without being paid for services which she has not rendered. - -Aunt Anne was fortunate in getting the policeman to come in and turn -the woman out. A constable is not bound to enter a private dwelling in -order to eject a noisy or troublesome domestic. On the contrary, the -householder has to get the troublesome individual as far as the street -door before the constable will interfere and take charge of him or her. - -I hope that Aunt Anne will be more fortunate in her choice of a new -cook. - -It may seem rather hard that because you happen to have been given -a silver mustard-pot with Gerald's crest upon it, that you should -be obliged to pay a guinea a year for a licence to carry armorial -bearings; but, strictly speaking, this is what you are bound to do if -you keep the mustard-pot. - -I happen to know of a case where a good lady was summoned before the -magistrate for not having taken out this licence, where it was shown -that all she had in the way of a crest or coat-of-arms was a hall -chair, which she had recently purchased, with someone else's crest on -it; but, in spite of this fact, she was fined and ordered to pay for -the licence. - -The occasional use of the services of the hall-porter at your flat will -not render you liable to the duty for keeping a male servant. - -What is the objection to purchasing a piano on the three years' hire -system? Instead of parting with a large sum in one cash payment, which -is very often an inconvenient thing to do, you pay, by half-a-dozen -half-yearly instalments, or quarterly if you prefer it, with what you -will probably be able to save out of your housekeeping money. It seems -to me a very excellent way of acquiring an expensive article. - -Your dressmaker cannot force you to pay for a dress which is so badly -made that it is quite impossible for you to wear it. But then the -question arises, Is it really so bad as you make out? Could it not be -made to fit properly with a few alterations? - -If you are positive that nothing can be done with it to make it -wearable, I should advise you to refuse to take it in or to pay for it, -in which case you may possibly have to appear in the County Court for -the judge to decide whether it fits, or can be made to fit, or not. - -If such a contingency arises, you may rely upon having the professional -assistance of - - Your affectionate cousin, - BOB BRIEFLESS. - - - - -CHINA MARKS. - -ENGLISH PORCELAIN. - - -PART III. - -THE WORCESTER FACTORIES. - -The factory at Worcester was opened in 1750-51, contemporaneously with -that of Derby, the old mansion of Warmstry House being the first seat -of the works. The latter passed into various hands, but were instituted -by Dr. Wall, a physician, and Dr. Davis, an apothecary. The excellence -of the colouring was a feature of manufacture, and it reached its -highest degree of perfection from 1760 to 1780. Imitations from Chinese -and Japanese designs were chiefly in vogue, enamelled, painted, or -pencilled on the glaze, or in blue under it. Amongst the early marks -distinguishing the Worcester porcelain, there is a "W" standing both -for Worcester and Wall, the sign of Esculapius, a "W" enclosed in a -square, and one formed of two "V's" intersecting each other, besides -outlined crescents in gold or blue, fretted squares, anchors, and -names. It may here be observed that according to general opinion no -figures have been produced at Worcester. - -[Illustration] - -[Illustration] - -In the second period of the Worcester manufacture, under Messrs. -Flight & Barr, 1783, the name "Flight," or that name with a crescent, -distinguished the work, and likewise "Flight and Barr," surmounted by -a crown; and then with initials. The Chinese, Chantilly, Dresden, and -Sèvres marks were also borrowed, but the exact date of their adoption -does not appear to be decided. - -[Illustration] - -Robert Chamberlain, apprentice of the old Worcester factory, took up a -separate business with his brother Humphrey, and Messrs. Kerr & Binns -succeeded them, and employed the marks here following. One consisted -of four "W's" enclosed within a circle; three initial letters, and a -shield bearing initials and the name "Worcester." - -[Illustration] - -A third factory has been instituted by Chamberlain's nephew, Mr. -Grainger, in partnership with Messrs. Lee & Co., under whose names the -present Worcester china is executed. - -The original founder, Dr. John Wall, died at Bath in 1776. In 1783 Mr. -Flight purchased them, and took Binns into partnership, Solomon Cole, -and Baxter. Amongst other names connected with the Worcester works -are Blaney, Davis, Holdship, whose name, "R. Holdship," appears on -some examples, and "RH" united as a monogram, as also a "B" for Binns. -There are some fifty-seven workmen's marks on this china, which are too -numerous to give, mostly of a very insignificant character. A large -"W" (capital letter) is rare. Sometimes a square Chinese seal may be -found on a specimen by no means oriental, and this is accounted for -by the painting of such a mark on the paste before the glazing or the -decorative design was executed or perhaps decided upon by the artist. - -[Illustration] - -A few more of the Worcester marks may be added. First, the date, -as given in the Shreiber Collection in the South Kensington Museum. -The second is on the small sprig pattern of small blue flowers (like -the _Angoulême_). The third is a group painted in blue, on imitation -Japanese porcelain, very fine and old. The fourth, fifth, sixth, and -seventh groups are all on Japanese china. - -[Illustration] - - -THE BRISTOL PORCELAIN. - -Richard Champion, the founder of the Bristol Porcelain works, Castle -Green, 1765, having applied for an extension of his patent (granted for -fourteen years), was strongly opposed by Josiah Wedgwood, and other -Staffordshire potters. The extension under certain conditions was -obtained, but two years subsequently he sold it to some Staffordshire -potters, and the work was carried on at Tunstall and Shelton. The -designs on Champion's Porcelain were taken extensively from Dresden, -for which his work is often mistaken, as he affixed the crossed swords -of that manufactory to his own china. He also copied those of Sèvres -and Vincennes. In one case the Bristol cross is united with that of -Plymouth, _i.e._, - -[Illustration] - -The plain cross is painted in blue. The Bristol marks next following -are painted on the glaze in blue or slate-colour, _i.e._, - -[Illustration] - -The marks of Champion, in designs taken more or less from the Dresden -and French are as here given, all under the glaze in blue, excepting -the last three which are over the glaze. - -The letter "T" is embossed, standing in relief, and the plain cross is -painted in blue. The Dresden crossed swords in a triangle, is impressed -on the clay. - -[Illustration] - -The painter's number is sometimes given over the glaze, as "7," -and when in gold and added to the Dresden mark, in Bristol ware, -it indicates the gilder and not the painter. Also we find the name -"Bristoll" in double lined letters, and the following three, a cross, -date, and figure 1 or T; a cross with a small "b" under it; and a -capital "B" with the figure "7" beneath it on one side. The mark "T^o" -is also distinctive of this factory. - -To give an idea of the excellence to which the work attained in -Bristol, I may observe that a tea-service presented by Richard Champion -to his wife Judith in November, 1774, painted in figures, was sold -at Sotheby's April, 1871, for £565. It consisted only of six pieces -(counting a cup and saucer as one), _i.e._, the teapot, milk jug, sugar -basin and three cups with their saucers. Of course, their value was -greatly enhanced by their age. - - -PLYMOUTH PORCELAIN. - -To William Cookworthy, of Kingsbridge, and Lord Camelford we owe the -production of porcelain at Plymouth. They worked together, and took out -a patent in 1768. For the manufacture, Cookworthy discovered kaolin -and pentuse in Cornwall, both natural substances, requisite for the -production of hard paste; the former to supply an opaque body, and the -latter a perfectly transparent substance, commonly called "moonstone," -or "chinastone," the two being blended together. - -In the first patent taken out in this country in 1768, the porcelain -was described as made of moonstone, or granite and china clay, the -latter giving infusibility and whiteness, Henry Bone, the enameller, -and M. Soqui, a painter from Sèvres, being the decorators of the -Coxside manufactory at Plymouth. After a lapse of a few years, the -interest of the latter was sold, and the patent rights transferred to -Mr. Champion, of Bristol, in 1774. The mark of the original Plymouth -porcelain was the alchemic symbol for tin, sometimes, but rarely, -incised in the clay, in blue under the glaze, or in gold or red upon -it; but many pieces have no mark at all. A great similarity appeared -between the work executed at Plymouth and that in Bow, which may be -accounted for by the fact that Cookworthy employed workmen procured -from the last-named factory. Some £3,000 were expended in perfecting -the discovery of how to bring the porcelain to perfection. - -[Illustration: PLYMOUTH MARK.] - -(_To be continued._) - - - - -NEIGHBOURS. - - -One of the penalties of the "civilisation" that drives so many people -to live in cities, is that they must have neighbours, good, bad or -indifferent, in close proximity. - -There are still some houses in cities standing alone and surrounded -by garden or shrubbery, but the majority of dwellers in towns must, -by force of circumstances, have people next door. These cannot be -altogether ignored (though it is wonderful how the habit grows of -minding one's own business), and we have to bear with their faults and -their failings. A great help in this direction is to remind ourselves -that we are also somebody's neighbour, and, no doubt, they have faults -to find with us. - -Still, there is no denying that whatever are our faults, those of -our neighbour are very aggravating. What can be more intolerable than -the barking and yelping of our neighbour's dog, the crowing of our -neighbour's cock, the creaking of his rusty gate, and the crying and -even screaming of his children? Only one thing can be worse, and that -is the strumming on our neighbour's piano. Next door noises are a -source of much ill-temper and even of ill-health to those whose nerves -are strained to tension-point, and in these days of high pressure, -this is one of our most serious troubles. The minor annoyances of our -neighbour's washing and our neighbour's cooking are as nothing compared -to these, and we must consider ourselves fortunate if we have quiet -people next door. Better still if they are godly people who recognise -the divine duty of a neighbour. - -I think there is no time when the disposition of a neighbour is more -evident than in times of sickness, and our happiest recollection of -neighbours was under those circumstances. Up to then our acquaintance -was limited to pleasant exchange of courtesies over the weather, the -new baby and the gardens; and friendly relations were established -between us when, one morning we received a little note saying that they -were having a new flagstone put down at their gate, and as ours was -also worn, would we allow their workman to put one down for us--surely -a most neighbourly and considerate proposition! This led to pleasant -intercourse between the houses, exchange of household recipes, bouquets -and visits. But the testing came when long and severe illness laid -one of our family low; and then in truth we learnt to know what "to -be neighbourly" meant. No distance was too great, no journey too -irksome--if any special delicacy were needed for the invalid--every -morning, afternoon, and evening brought some kind message for the -patient or the nurse, and, when recovery happily came, it was our -kind neighbour, the head of the house, who carried the convalescent -downstairs for the first time. - -And now, years after these events, when we have moved away--as well -as they--the children are grown-up, and the families are scattered, -there is a bond of happy recollections between us, which time does not -efface, or change of circumstances alter. It is our old neighbours -who send us Christmas and other greetings, when friends and relatives -forget to send them, and some of our pleasantest conversations refer to -the time when we lived "next door." - -May this continue till we find ourselves with them again, neighbours, -but in heavenly mansions! - - - - -ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. - - -RULES. - - I. No charge is made for answering questions. - - II. All correspondents to give initials or pseudonym. - - III. The Editor reserves the right of declining to reply to any of - the questions. - - IV. No direct answers can be sent by the Editor through the post. - - V. No more than two questions may be asked in one letter, which - must be addressed to the Editor of "The Girl's Own Paper," 56, - Paternoster Row, London, E.C. - - VI. No addresses of firms, tradesmen, or any other matter of the - nature of an advertisement will be inserted. - - -MEDICAL. - -EMILY DALTON.--We thank you for your letter, but we must remind you -that the preparation that cured you is by no means likely to be of -equal value to others. If the remedy that you used is one that is not -commonly employed for that purpose, we may be almost certain that it -would be totally useless in another case. Most unexpected things do -happen in medicine, and it requires a long time to decide whether a -drug has any good effect, even though it may have apparently cured one -or two persons. You are hardly likely to have discovered any new drug, -and most of the medicines used in England, whether in the pharmacopœia -or not, have been exhaustively studied. Those drugs which are not -official are not given a place in the pharmacopœia, either because -they are of insufficient value or because they have not yet been -sufficiently studied. The reason why patent medicines and advertised -nostrums are not given a place in our official list of drugs is -either, as is most commonly the case, they are useless or inferior to -preparations already in the pharmacopœia, or because they are simply -time-honoured prescriptions which have been stolen and patented for -running a company with, and charging thirteenpence halfpenny for what -can be got for a penny! You must also remember that using drugs, with -the action of which you are not familiar, is indeed dealing with edged -tools, which may do great good if properly handled, but which can work -disaster if wrongly applied. - -"NOT BAD."--You are suffering from the nervous and physical depression -which is a constant symptom of anæmia. That you are anæmic is perfectly -obvious from your account. If you pay attention to what we are going to -tell you, we feel certain that you will soon get better. First read the -three articles on diet and digestion which appeared in the GIRL'S OWN -PAPER in February 1897, December 1897, and September 1898. Then turn to -page 384 of last year's volume and read the answer which describes the -treatment of anæmia. When you have read those papers, then read what -follows here. Give up the cold bath in the morning and do not return -to it till you are completely well again. In its place you may take a -warm bath before going to bed. Pay great attention to your digestion by -observing all the rules laid down in the articles above mentioned. Take -a walk regularly every day. As regards drugs, you must guard carefully -against constipation, which is the chief cause of anæmia. A teaspoonful -of liquorice powder, or an aloes and nux vomica pill, may be taken -occasionally for this purpose. Tonics are the greatest bane of modern -medicine, and you will do well to fight shy of them altogether. Iron, -taken as a blood-former, but not as a tonic, is invaluable for anæmia. -You should begin with a small dose of a mild preparation. A five-grain -"Bland's" pill taken three times a day after meals is a good way of -taking iron. It is the rule for persons with anæmia to get stout and -not to become thin, as one would, _a priori_, have expected. - -"JESSIE."--Your deafness is, almost for certain, due to wax. That you -are very subject to sore throats, and that you usually breathe through -your mouth, are perhaps against this opinion, but everything else is in -favour of it. Syringe out your ears, or get some careful friend to do -it for you. Before syringing out your ears read the article "All about -the ear" which appeared in this magazine October 1897. If the syringing -is properly done you will recover your hearing immediately. It may take -an hour to efficiently syringe out an ear. - -"MINNIE STEWARD."--Your deafness is unquestionably due to wax. Read -what we said to "JESSIE." - -ANXIOUS ONE.--We think that you will find the cause of your symptoms -in your spectacles. Did you have your eyes examined by a medical man, -or did you go to an oculist and choose the pair that suited you best? -We guess that you did the latter, and if our surmise is correct, your -symptoms are very easily accounted for. Your eyes evidently have -different refractive powers, that is, they need different glasses. The -spectacles kept by oculists, or, rather, opticians, have both glasses -of equal power, so that you could not get a pair of spectacles to suit -your own case unless you had them made for you. You say your "other eye -is defective." By this do you mean that you cannot use that eye for -working, or that it squints? In either case it would be practically -useless, so that your "bad eye" has to do all the work, and is -consequently overworked, becomes sore, and gives you headaches. If it -is not exactly suited by the lens in front of it, it is quite capable -of incapacitating you altogether. Go to an ophthalmic surgeon and get a -prescription for glasses for each eye separately. Take the card to the -best optician you know and have the glasses made for you. We know that -this will be rather expensive, but it is necessary if you wish to keep -your sight. - -AN OLD FRIEND OF THE "G.O.P."--We advise you not to use lemons for your -hair, for though we do not think that they would do much harm, they are -not likely to do any good. Try a hairwash of rosemary or quinine, or -use a pomade containing cantharides. - -SLIGHT DEAFNESS (An answer to "JESSIE," "DEFFEE," "AN UNHAPPY ONE," -"MINNIE STEWARD," and "QUEEN").--We are much pleased that our answer to -"A CONSTANT READER" has been the cause of so many of our readers laying -their troubles before us. As the five correspondents whom we are now -answering have understood the absolute necessity of supplying us with -information about their ills before we can give them a definite answer, -and as all have answered the thirteen points which it is necessary to -know before discussing the treatment of deafness, we will be able to -give them much more lucid replies than is possible in most cases of the -kind when correspondents merely ask us for "a cure for deafness." - -"DEFFEE" has given us "a poser," for her answers to our thirteen -queries seem rather to indicate a combination of unhealthy conditions -rather than a single complaint. There is a great amount of information -in her report which suggests wax. As the treatment for this condition -is perfectly simple, she should try this first. A person who -"scarcely knows what a sore throat means" is hardly likely to have -suffered much from it. There are certain passages in her letter which -strongly suggest that the chief cause of her deafness is hardening -and stiffening of the drums of her ears from catarrh of the nose and -eustachian tube. We advise her to get an "atomiser" and thoroughly -spray her nose and throat with a solution of menthol in paraleine -(1 in 8) three times a day. We hardly like to give an opinion as to -the ultimate result. - -"AN UNHAPPY ONE" would do best to go to a hospital as she suggests. The -cause of her deafness is probably catarrh. - -"QUEEN."--Your letter was most interesting, but we fear that we can -hold out no hope of your ever recovering your hearing. You are to -be congratulated upon having recovered at all from so frightful an -accident, which is nearly always fatal. Your left auditory nerve was -torn through by the fracture of your skull. It is an exceedingly soft -nerve, and we have never heard of its recovery from division. This is -probably because the nerve is always more or less lacerated as well as -torn across. - - -MISCELLANEOUS. - -TRELA.--Miniature portrait painting on ivory has become very -fashionable of late, and there are always many in the exhibition at -the Royal Academy each year. Moist water-colours are used for the -painting, sable brushes, and a piece of ivory. The work is very fine, -and requires strong and good sight. We think you would require lessons -and some study before you made it valuable to you. Meanwhile you should -try to see a collection. Richard Cosway was a great miniature painter. -You do not say where you write from, so we cannot tell you where to go. -If near it, go to the South Kensington Museum. - -MARGHERITA.--The population of the world is given in Meyer's -_Konversations Lexikon_ at, Christians, 448,000,000; non-Christians, -1,004,000,000. - -GREEN-EYED CAT.--For "madeira cake" take eight ounces of flour, five -ounces of castor sugar, five ounces of butter, four eggs, citron as -desired, and grated lemon-peel. Blend the butter and sugar together, -add the grated lemon-peel, stir in the eggs one at a time, and sift in -the flour by degrees. Then pour the mixture into a buttered cake-tin, -placing the pieces of citron on the top, and bake during forty minutes -in a moderately hot oven. - -CONFECTIONER (New Zealand).--The following is the recipe for the cream: -Take three cups of sugar, one and a half of water, half a teaspoonful -of cream of tartar, and flavour with essence of vanilla. Boil the -mixture till drops will nearly keep their shape in water, then pour -into a bowl set in cold water. Stir steadily with a silver or wooden -spoon till cold enough to bear the hand in it, and then place on a -platter and knead till of an even texture. If too hard, a few drops of -warm water may be stirred in; if too soft, it must be boiled again. -This is the usual foundation of cream bon-bons. It may be flavoured -with chocolate by adding a tablespoon of melted chocolate while the -syrup is hot. To make "chocolate creams," set one-half of a cake of -cooking chocolate on a flat dish in the oven until soft. Prepare cream -as above. Roll into small balls, leave for a few minutes to dry, then -roll in the melted chocolate and place on buttered paper. A two-pronged -fork will be found convenient for so doing. - -VIPERS BUGLOSS.--In the year 1620 Oliver Cromwell married Elizabeth, -daughter of Sir James Bourchier, a gentleman of landed property in -Essex. The name Bourchier is said by Burke to be Anglo-Norman. The -first number of THE GIRL'S OWN PAPER is dated January 3rd, 1880. - -C. T. J. (Harrogate).--The kings of England claimed the crown of -France from Edward III., 1340, to the time of George III., 1802--462 -years--and the title "King of France" was used till the treaty of -Amiens in 1802. At the time of the Union, however, we find the royal -style and title was appointed to run thus:--"Georgius Tertius, Dei -Gratia Britanniarum Rex, Fidei Defensor," France having been omitted -already in 1801. This title was assumed by Edward III. in right of -his mother, Isabella, daughter of Philip IV. of France, A.D. 1290. As -France was under the Salic Law, which excludes women from the throne, -this claim was obviously untenable, but is said to have been made to -win over the Flemish allegiance. Edward, however, was originally forced -into a defensive war with France, because Philip of Valois desired to -seize Edward's duchy of Aquitaine, which had never belonged to the -kings of France. - -H. R. H.--There are loan funds for helping women to train for -professional or technical careers at the Ladies' College, Cheltenham, -at Bedford College, and at Queen Margaret's College, Glasgow. For the -latter, address Mrs. E. J. Mills, 5, Hillhead Street, Glasgow. In -London there is the "Caroline Ashurst Bigg Memorial Loan Fund," Hon. -Secretary, Mrs. Alfred Pollard, 13, Cheniston Gardens, Kensington, W. -We believe that the paper is still in being. Write and inquire about -it, however. - -SWEET BRIAR.--You should learn the Roman numerals. MDCCCXXVII. means -1827. M means a thousand, D five hundred, and C one hundred; X ten, V -five, and I one. There are many nice books for girls, from Sir Walter -Scott's downwards. Mrs. Craik, Miss Beale, Miss Rosa N. Carey, Miss -Sarah Doudney, are all writers for girls. - -NELL.--There are twenty-one colleges at Oxford, and about 3000 members -of the university in residence. At Cambridge there are seventeen -colleges, and the members on the boards amounted to 13,079 in 1897, -while 887 students matriculated. The earliest university was at -Bologna, and that at Paris was the most important. These both rose -into notice in the twelfth century, and Oxford and Cambridge in the -thirteenth. The system of degrees and the names of the chief officers -were introduced into England, as well as into other countries, from -Paris. The distinguishing characteristic of Oxford or Cambridge is -the existence of a number of separate corporations or colleges within -the universities themselves. The origin of the colleges was due to -benevolent persons who desired to relieve a certain number of poor -scholars from the hardship of their lives at the mediæval universities, -and so provided a building where they could have a common life, and an -endowment for their maintenance. - -DOLLY.--The first steamer that crossed the Atlantic was the _Rising -Sun_, built in 1818 by Lord Cochran. We do not know how long her voyage -was, but the following year an American ship left New York and arrived -at Liverpool after a run of twenty-six days. Her engines propelled her -during eighteen days, but the rest of the voyage was accomplished with -the assistance of her sails. She was called the _Savannah_, of 300 -tons. Now the transit may be made in about five days. - -LIZZIE.--We remember seeing an account of the so-called language of -stamps, but we hope no one will adopt it, as it would give extra -trouble to the Post Office employés, who ask us to put them always in -the right-hand upper corner. Besides, we do not see the use of it when, -by opening the letter itself, you would acquire the knowledge you want; -and it is a vulgar idea, and "bad form." - -HIGH CHURCH.--Your bookseller would inform you. 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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. 988, December 3, 1898 - -Author: Various - -Release Date: December 27, 2015 [EBook #50773] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE GIRL'S OWN PAPER *** - - - - -Produced by Susan Skinner, Chris Curnow, Pamela Patten and -the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at -http://www.pgdp.net - - - - - - -</pre> - - -<h1 class='faux'>THE GIRL'S OWN -PAPER</h1> - -<hr class="chap" /> - - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_145" id="Page_145">{145}</a></span></p> - - -<div class="figcenter w600"> -<img src="images/header.jpg" width="600" height="202" alt="The Girl's Own Paper." /> -</div> - -<hr class="full" /> - -<div class="center"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="" width="100%"> -<tbody><tr><td align="left"><span class="smcap">Vol. XX.—No. 988.]</span></td><td align="center">DECEMBER 3, 1898.</td><td align="right"><span class="smcap">[Price One Penny.</span></td></tr> -</tbody></table></div> - -<hr class="full" /> - -<p class="center">[Transcriber's Note: This Table of Contents was not present in the original.]</p> - -<p class="center"> -<!-- Autogenerated TOC. Modify or delete as required. --> - -<a href="#OUR_HERO">"OUR HERO."</a><br /> -<a href="#VARIETIES">VARIETIES.</a><br /> -<a href="#BURNT_WOOD_DRAWING">BURNT WOOD DRAWING.</a><br /> -<a href="#ABOUT_PEGGY_SAVILLE">ABOUT PEGGY SAVILLE.</a><br /> -<a href="#SOME_PRACTICAL_HINTS_ON_COSMETIC_MEDICINE">SOME PRACTICAL HINTS ON COSMETIC MEDICINE.</a><br /> -<a href="#ANGELIE">ANGELIE.</a><br /> -<a href="#SISTER_WARWICK_A_STORY_OF_INFLUENCE">"SISTER WARWICK": A STORY OF INFLUENCE.</a><br /> -<a href="#THREE_SOUPS">THREE SOUPS.</a><br /> -<a href="#THE_RULES_OF_SOCIETY">THE RULES OF SOCIETY.</a><br /> -<a href="#LETTERS_FROM_A_LAWYER">LETTERS FROM A LAWYER.</a><br /> -<a href="#CHINA_MARKS">CHINA MARKS.</a><br /> -<a href="#NEIGHBOURS">NEIGHBOURS.</a><br /> -<a href="#ANSWERS_TO_CORRESPONDENTS">ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.</a><br /> - -<!-- End Autogenerated TOC. --> - -</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> -<div> - - -<div class="figcenter w450"> -<img src="images/i_145.jpg" width="450" height="477" alt="" /> -<div class="caption">SIGRID.</div> -</div> - -<p class='smalltext'><i>All rights reserved.</i>]</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> -</div><div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_146" id="Page_146">{146}</a></span></p> - - - - -<h2><a name="OUR_HERO" id="OUR_HERO">"OUR HERO."</a></h2> - -<p class='ph3'>A TALE OF THE FRANCO-ENGLISH WAR NINETY YEARS AGO.</p> - -<p class='ph3'><span class="smcap">By</span> AGNES GIBERNE, Author of "Sun, Moon and Stars," "The Girl at the Dower House," etc.</p> - - -<h3>CHAPTER X.</h3> - -<div> -<img class="drop-cap" src="images/i_146.jpg" width="175" height="233" alt="" /> -</div> - -<p class="drop-cap"><span class="upper-case">Little</span> -rest -could -be allowed -in those -days -to England's -most -gallant -sons. -Moore -had a -short -time -with -those -whom -he loved best—with the mother especially, -who was more to him than all the world -beside—and again he was called away. -In this year, 1797, a French invasion -was already looked for, and he had to -go, with an engineer officer, to survey -the eastern coast, and to decide on preparations -for such an invasion. After -which he was despatched against Irish -rebels in our unquiet sister-isle, there -to be once more laid low with a severe -illness.</p> - -<p>Despite this attack he made himself -so invaluable to the Lord-Lieutenant, -Earl Cornwallis, one of his many personal -friends, that when needed on the Continent -by Sir Ralph Abercrombie, he could -not at once be ordered thither. However, -the need for his services became -urgent, and English ministers appealed -to Cornwallis, whose reply was:—</p> - -<p>"I am sure you know me too well to -suspect that any selfish consideration -can weigh a moment with me against the -general interests of the country. You shall -have all the troops you ask, and General -Moore, who is a greater loss to me than -the troops. But he will be of infinite -service to Abercrombie; and I likewise -think it an object of the state that an -officer of his talents and character should -have every opportunity of acquiring knowledge -and experience in his profession."</p> - -<p>This was 1799, and ten thousand -British troops were sent to Holland -under Abercrombie. On October 2nd -that engagement took place, to which -the letters copied by Jack Keene bore -reference. Moore received two wounds -in the course of five hours' determined -fighting. The first, in his leg, he quietly -ignored; the second, in his face, felled -him to the ground in a stunned condition. -He and his men were then nearly -surrounded by a strong body of the enemy, -and Moore would have been made prisoner -but that his men carried him off. He -was assisted to the rear, and when his -wounds had been dressed he rode ten -miles back to his quarters, so faint with -loss of blood that his horse had to be -led, and he could barely keep his seat.</p> - -<p>A few days later he very nearly put an -end to his own life by accidentally -drinking a strong sugar-of-lead lotion, -used to bathe his cheek. Happily he -kept his self-command, and the measures -instantly taken prevented any ill result.</p> - -<p>The letter from Sir Ralph Abercrombie -to Dr. Moore had been written on the -field of battle, which the commanding -officer never left that night.</p> - -<p>In the year 1800 Moore was again in -the Mediterranean, and then came the -memorable "Expedition to Egypt" -under Abercrombie, Moore being once -more under his old commander; and -this time Ivor was again under Moore.</p> - -<p>In a desperate action, which took -place on March 20th, 1801, Moore was a -second time wounded in the leg, and, as -before, he fought resolutely on, disregarding -it. Abercrombie, too, was -shot in the thigh, but paid no heed, -not even mentioning the fact until, the -battle ended, he turned faint, and fell -from his horse. The two friends never -met again, for Abercrombie died of his -wound before Moore was able to go to -him. Moore's especial companion, -Anderson, was also severely wounded, -nearly losing his arm in consequence. -Moore, writing home afterwards, said, -"I never saw a field so covered with -dead." But victory was with the -English.</p> - -<p>Then came the Peace of Amiens, and -Moore returned to England in time to -see once more his father, who was dying -of old age and heart-disease. The -Doctor's property was left between his -wife and his six children, and Moore, -not satisfied with his mother's jointure, -insisted on giving her an additional -annuity.</p> - -<p>Thus for years the name of John -Moore had been incessantly before the -English public as the bravest of the -brave, having become by this time the -name beyond any other to which his -countrymen would instinctively turn in -any hour of national peril.</p> - -<p>What was it about this remarkable -man which so riveted the hearts of -others to him? Not the hearts of -women only, though his mother and -sister idolised him, but vigorous men, -stern soldiers, poured upon him a passion -of devotion.</p> - -<p>Buonaparte was adored and followed -unto death by his soldiers, as a great -Captain. Moore, in addition to this, -was loved intensely as a man, with -that love which strong men only give to -strong men, and not to many of them. -Wherever Moore turned he found this -love. His own brothers lavished it upon -him. The Duke of Hamilton was his -ardent friend for life. Anderson was to -him as Jonathan to David. The three -gallant Napiers, Charles, George, and -William, absolutely worshipped him. His -French servant, Franois, forgot home -and country for his sake. Private soldiers -were ready to rush upon certain death if -so they might save his life. Officers of -rank, working with him, became almost -inevitably his personal friends. The -younger officers, under his command and -training, so caught the infection of his -high spirit, so responded to the influence -of "their Hero," that by scores in after -years they became prominent characters -in the Army and leaders in the nation. -He has been truly called "a king among -men."</p> - -<p>No doubt his striking personal appearance, -his indescribable charm of -manner—perhaps too his brilliant and -witty conversational powers—had something -to do with the matter. At the -date when war again broke out, Moore, -already a General, was only in his forty-third -year—a man of commanding presence, -tall and graceful, with a countenance -of rare beauty. But those things -which really lay at the foundation of this -extraordinary control over others were,—the -force of his character, the vivid enthusiasm -of his purpose, the loftiness of -his ideals, the simple grandeur of his life.</p> - -<p>He had no doubt his enemies. What -truly great man, who does not pander to -the littlenesses of truly little men, ever -fails to make some enemies? It could -not be otherwise. His inviolable integrity, -his blameless name, the splendid -disdain with which he spurned everything -false and mean—such qualities as -these in Moore made some of a baser -type turn from and even turn against one -so infinitely more noble than themselves. -But to men of a higher and purer stamp -Moore was as the Bayard of the Middle -Ages had been to a former generation, -a knight <i>sans peur et sans reproche</i>, a -model upon which they might seek to -shape themselves.</p> - -<p>With Ivor, as with many another, to -have known Moore was to have been -imbued for life with new aims, new -ideals, new views of duty, new thoughts -of self-abnegation. Not so much from -what Moore might here or there have -said, as from what he always was. To -be under the man was in itself an -inspiration.</p> - -<p>Soon after Jack's departure for Sandgate, -Admiral Peirce was called away -on duty, and then the Bryces decided to -flit eastward. Mrs. Bryce, who loved -sensation, talked of a visit to Folkestone, -a very tiny watering-place in those days, -but within easy reach of Sandgate, and -of Moore's Camp at Shorncliffe.</p> - -<p>As a next move she offered to take -Polly with her. Mrs. Fairbank demurred, -and Mrs. Bryce insisted. Polly had kept -up bravely under her separation from -Ivor, but her pretty face had lost some -of its colour, and no one could deny that -the change might do her good. Mrs. -Fairbank, thus advised, yielded, and -Polly of course was charmed. Who -would not have been so in her place? -She would see Jack again, also Jack's -Commander and England's Hero, General -Moore. She would be distinctly<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_147" id="Page_147">{147}</a></span> -nearer to France, and therefore to -Denham. She would be in the thick -of all that was going on, and would hear -the news of the hour at first hand. -Moreover, Polly was young and loved -variety. But what about Molly?</p> - -<p>"Molly has her lessons to learn. She -and I will be companions each to the -other," Mrs. Fairbank decided.</p> - -<p>Nobody saw aught to find fault with -in the plan except Molly herself, and -Molly said nothing. Under the circumstances -no other seemed open, unless -Polly were made to give up the change -which she much needed.</p> - -<p>But in later years Molly often looked -back with a shudder to those lonely -autumn weeks.</p> - -<p>Those were days of far severer imprisonment -than are these, dungeons -and chains being everyday matters. -Molly had heard enough, even in her -short life, of fettered and half-starved -prisoners to cause her to be haunted by -doleful visions.</p> - -<p>In the daytime, when, by Mrs. Fairbank's -desire, she was always fully -occupied, it was easier to take a cheerful -view of life; but Molly's time of -misery began with nightfall. Often she -would start out of a restless sleep, fancying -that she saw Roy deep in some -noisome underground cavern, with chains -clanking on his wrists, while his big grey -eyes appealed pitifully to her for help. -Then she would hide her face, and -would sob for an hour, and in the -midst of her woe would come the sound -of the old watchman shaking his rattle -as he passed down the street, and calling -out monotonously in sing-song tones, -"Past one o'clock, and a fine starlight -night." Or it might be, "Past three -o'clock, and a rainy morning." Those -old watchmen—"Charleys," as they -were called—were the forerunners of our -present police.</p> - -<p>But of all this Molly said not a word -to any human being. The only person -whom she <i>could</i> have told was Polly.</p> - -<p>In time a delightful letter arrived from -Polly, written to Molly, telling how she -and Mrs. Bryce had driven over from -Folkestone to Sandgate, and had seen -General Moore and Jack, and had inspected -the preparations there made for -a due welcome to Napoleon, when he -should choose to make his appearance -on British shores.</p> - -<p>"And do but think, Molly," wrote -Polly, "General Moore's dear old mother -is down now at Sandgate, where she and -her daughter have come to see again the -General. For if Napoleon comes—and -some say he will, and some say he will -not—there must surely be hard fighting, -and what that may mean none can tell -beforehand. For sure it is, whatever -happens, that General Moore will be in -the thickest of the fight. And Jack tells -me that when first Mrs. Moore arriv'd -'twas a touching sight indeed. She -took her son into her arms, before all -the Officers who were gather'd together, -and burst into tears, doubtless thinking -of the danger he must soon be in, and -the many times he has been wounded. -And not one present, Jack says, who did -not testify his respect for her, nor his -sympathy in her love for her heroic son.</p> - -<p>"She has been at Sandgate for many -weeks, and the General now urges her -return home. For any day the French -may make a move, and he wou'd fain -have her away in a place of safety. But -Mrs. Bryce and I have no fear, though -all the world is in a great stir, waiting -for the invaders to come. Jack wou'd -love nothing better than to see the fleet -of flat-bottomed boats approaching, that -he might have a chance of fighting them -and driving them back.</p> - -<p>"I must tell you a story of Mr. -William Pitt, who, being Warden of the -Cinque Ports, has lately raised two -regiments in this district, consisting of -a thousand men each. He has often -ridden over to General Moore's camp at -Shorncliffe, and the two have talked -together, General Moore telling his -plans to Mr. Pitt. And one day Mr. -Pitt said to General Moore, 'Well, -Moore, but on the very first alarm of the -enemy's coming, I shall march to aid -you with my Cinque Port regiments, -and you have not told me where you will -place us.' Whereupon General Moore -answered, 'Do you see that hill? You -and yours shall be drawn up upon it, -where you will make a most formidable -appearance to the enemy, while I, with -the soldiers, shall be fighting on the -beach.' Mr. Pitt was excessively entertained -with this reply, and laughed -heartily.</p> - -<p>"And that reminds me of another -little tale which Jack told to me—not -as to Mr. Pitt, but as to Mr. Fox. -He was playing a game of cards one -day, no long time agone, and on overhearing -some story that was told, he -threw his cards down, and cried out, -'Tell that again! I hear a good deal -of General Moore, and everything good. -Tell me that again.' But Jack could -not say what it was that had been -told, only he liked to know that Mr. Fox -could so speak of one who is Mr. Pitt's -friend. And though Mr. Pitt and -General Moore be so intimate, yet -General Moore will have it that he cares -little which side shall be in power, so -long only as the country is well governed. -But some say that 'tis like to be no long -time before we see Mr. Pitt once more -at the head of the Government."</p> - -<p>To this letter Molly sent a reply in her -childish round handwriting, letting a -little of her loneliness slip out, despite -herself; and Mrs. Fairbank, much disturbed -in mind on Polly's behalf, wrote -also, suggesting arrangements for the -greater safety of the people concerned.</p> - -<p class='center'>(<i>To be continued.</i>)</p> -<hr class="chap" /> - -</div><div> - - -<h2><a name="VARIETIES" id="VARIETIES">VARIETIES.</a></h2> - - -<p class='center p2'><span class="smcap">Recipes for Mental Ailments.</span></p> - -<p><i>Against fits of fury.</i>—Go at once into the -open air, far away from your neighbours, and -shout to the wind, and tell it how foolish you -are.</p> - -<p><i>Against attacks of discontent.</i>—Set out for -the homes of the poor. Look at their narrow -rooms, their hard beds, their poor clothes and -shoes. Observe what is put on their breakfast, -dinner and supper table. Ask what -their earnings are, and calculate how you -would fare with the same amount. When -you get home again you will be no longer -discontented.</p> - -<p><i>Against despair.</i>—Look at the good things -God has given you in this world and remember -the better things He has promised for the -next. She who looks for cobwebs in the -garden will find not only them but spiders as -well. But she who goes to find flowers will -return with perfumed roses.—<i>From the -German.</i></p> - - -<p class='center p2'><span class="smcap">Thought and Action.</span></p> - -<p>The ancestor of every action is a thought. -Our dreams are the sequel of our waking -knowledge.—<i>Emerson.</i></p> - - -<p class='center p2'><span class="smcap">A Lesson for a Choir-Singer.</span></p> - -<p>One of the finest choral conductors whom -this country has ever produced was Henry -Leslie, whose choir was for many years one of -the prominent features of musical London.</p> - -<p>He was an autocrat, very difficult to satisfy, -particular to nicety in regard to every phrase -and mark of expression. He did not like to -hear individual voices; the blending of the -voices was his aim. There was a lady with a -very rich contralto who gave him trouble in -this way—her voice was heard separately. -Mr. Josiah Booth, who was one of the members -of the choir, says that he thinks Mr. -Leslie had spoken to the lady privately, but -without result. However, one day he said to -her—</p> - -<p>"You may have a very fine voice, but I -don't want to hear it. I want to hear the -choir."</p> - -<p>"We went on singing," says Mr. Booth. -"Sitting behind, I could not see the lady's -face, but I guessed she was looking daggers at -Mr. Leslie. At the next pause he fixed her -with those searching eyes of his and said—</p> - -<p>"'I've a great deal more reason to look like -that than you have.'"</p> - - -<p class='center p2'><span class="smcap">Chinese Doctors.</span></p> - -<p>No pharmacopœia is more comprehensive -than the Chinese, and no English physician -can surpass the Chinese in the easy confidence -with which he will diagnose symptoms that -he does not understand. The Chinese -physician who witnesses the unfortunate -effect of placing a drug of which he knows -little into a body of which he knows less, is -not much put out: he retires sententiously -observing, "there is medicine for sickness, -but none for fate." "Medicine," says a -Chinese proverb, "cures the man who is -fated not to die." Another saying has it -that "when Yenwang (the King of Hell) -has decreed a man to die at the third watch -no power will detain him to the fifth."</p> - -<p>Doctors in China dispense their own -medicines. In their shops you see an -amazing variety of drugs; you will occasionally -also see tethered a live stag which on a -certain day, to be decided by the priests, will -be pounded whole in a pestle and mortar. -"Pills manufactured out of a whole stag -slaughtered with purity of purpose on a -propitious day" is a common announcement -in dispensaries in China.</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> -</div><div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_148" id="Page_148">{148}</a></span></p> - - - - -<h2><a name="BURNT_WOOD_DRAWING" id="BURNT_WOOD_DRAWING">BURNT WOOD DRAWING.</a></h2> - - -<div class="figcenter w400"> -<img src="images/i_148a.jpg" width="400" height="366" alt="" /> -<div class="caption"><p class="center">SUNSET OVER THE SEA.</p> - -<p class="center">(<i>Burnt wood drawing in oak frame, by E. M. Jessop.</i>)</p></div> -</div> - -<p><span class="smcap">Of</span> all the graphic arts this is probably the -most useful and durable. Under its old but -ridiculous title of "poker work" it has -flourished from time immemorial; gifted by -some unknown genius with the modern name -of Pyrography, it bids fair to become a -universal favourite among the amusements of -art-loving amateurs, but, owing to want of -support, has not hitherto been much adopted -by the professional artist who alone possesses -the graphic skill, the power of technique and -the breadth of execution which would do -justice to such a beautiful art.</p> - -<p>When we consider that nothing but fire or -wanton mischief can really damage the pictures -which may be produced in this work, -and that the original cost of the materials -for its production is so very slight, one -marvels that so fine a medium for wall and -furniture decoration has been so much -neglected.</p> - -<div class="figcenter w450"> -<img src="images/i_148b.jpg" width="450" height="189" alt="" /> -<div class="caption"><p class="center">A SUMMER IDYLL.</p> - -<p class="center">(<i>Burnt wood drawing in oak frame, by E. M. Jessop.</i>)</p></div> -</div> - -<p>In the specimens which I have recently had -the honour to submit to H.R.H. The Princess -of Wales, and which she was pleased to -greatly admire, the materials used were of the -very simplest. To be epigrammatic, were I -asked how I did them, I could only reply,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_149" id="Page_149">{149}</a></span> -"With a few boards, two old chisels and a -little intelligence."</p> - -<p>So now to our wood-work's foundation. In -the first place never commence a drawing on -any but sound, well-seasoned wood, as nothing -could well be more trying to the temper than -seeing the result of a month's work curling -up like a roll of paper or splitting across in a -manner which places it beyond repair. Any -good whitish wood is suitable for burnt drawing; -holly on account of its close grain being -the best, but, like the best of everything, holly -of the width required is also the rarest of -woods. Next to holly comes sycamore, a -fine hard wood; then chestnut. In one of -the specimens here -illustrated (the child's -head) I have used an -old drawing-board -made of poplar with -beech clamps at either -end. Never use wood -of less than three-eighths -of an inch in -thickness, the thin -plaques sold by most -shops being quite useless -for works of any -size on account of their -liability to split and -cockle. By the way, -the cockling of a wood -drawing can to a certain -extent be remedied -by exposing the -concave side to heat -and leaving it to cool -between two flat -surfaces with heavy -weights on top.</p> - -<p>And now to our -tools. For drawings -of any size suitable for -the doors of cabinets -or rooms, plaques to -insert in oak dadoes, -etc. (and it is in these -we shall get our finest -effects), the little machines -heated by spirits -of wine and other mediums -are not of much -use. It is, in fact, -like using the smallest -sable brushes for -fresco painting. For -my own work I mainly -use wood-carving -tools. The broadest -chisels and gouges are -the best, and the -thicker the steel the -better the tool, as it -retains the heat for a -longer period. Again, -I always heat my tools -in an ordinary coal -fire, but it should be -quite possible to get -a small gas stove to give all the heat required -in a perhaps more convenient manner.</p> - -<p>I might here mention that your most used -tool, which should be a broad blunt chisel, -say three-quarters of an inch in width, ought -to have its sharp corners carefully ground -down before using it, as it is otherwise liable -to burn ugly little black spots on the drawing.</p> - -<p>With these explanations we will now proceed -to the drawing itself, and here it is -necessary to give a very strong caution at the -outset; this is, always bear in mind that whatever -marks you burn on your wood must -absolutely remain there. There is no way of -rubbing out, and to erase with a knife is to -spoil the surface of your wood, as you cannot -draw properly over a scratched surface. For -this reason also you can only copy either your -own or other people's drawings in burnt wood-work.</p> - -<p>Having selected your copy first draw a -careful pencil outline from it on the wood -plaque. We will here, for example, say it is -the drawing of the child's head reproduced. -Heat a small tool sufficiently to mark a very -light brown line on the wood (to ascertain -heat keep a small piece of waste wood by -your side), then carefully go over the outline -of the head and mark in all the features. -Now with soft india-rubber erase all pencil -marks from the parts you have burnt, and -make a fresh pencil indication of the shape of -your shadows, and proceed slowly and carefully -with the hot tool to build up coat by -coat from the lightest to the darkest these same -shadows, never forgetting that lights cannot -be applied afterwards, but must be left out. -A darker shade can always be added, but a -light never. Now once more remove your -pencil-marks and proceed to draw in your -figure in the same manner as above described. -Next comes the background to be lightly -sketched in by the hot irons; and, after this, -all pencil-marks may be removed and the -picture carefully worked up tone by tone from -the copy.</p> - -<div class="figcenter w400"> -<img src="images/i_149.jpg" width="400" height="468" alt="" /> -<div class="caption"><p class="center">FRIVOLITY.</p> - -<p class="center">(<i>Burnt wood drawing in ebony frame, by E. M. Jessop.</i>)</p></div> -</div> - -<p>In holding the tools (the handles of which -may be covered with cork, or some non-conductor), -it is necessary to remember that -they should never be used to make pen-like -strokes, but more of a pastel effect must be -sought, as the soft-blurred appearance produced -by gently drawing them along the -wood gives the effect of old carved ivory, -which is one of the chief charms of a fine -burnt wood drawing. For instance, in the -drawing of "Sunset over the Sea," I spent -many hours in simply drawing a heated chisel -slowly along the wood from end to end until I -got the yellowish tone which now goes so well -with its green oak frame. Here and there -a white light had to be left. Its position was -indicated to me by a pencil outline. For this -drawing I had no sketch, it being entirely -executed from memory. The main difficulty -was to get the flat tones, without which it is -impossible to indicate -atmosphere and -distance.</p> - -<p>In the "Summer -Idyll," given on the -opposite page which is -in size some thirty-six -by ten inches, a great -deal of the background -effect was produced by -using a small gas -flame. This has to be -done very slowly and -carefully, as one is -apt, if at all careless, -to burn too deeply -into the surface.</p> - -<p>In conclusion, I -may say that burnt -wood drawing to be -properly done requires -both time and thought, -it being a much more -satisfactory result to -produce one fine specimen -by a month's -labour than several -odds and ends, which -can only be compared -with the daubs so -often exhibited in -shops as "painted by -hand."</p> - -<p>As to the applications -of burnt wood -work they are practically -endless. Look, -for instance at the -mouldy, rickety, ill-designed, -so-called -antique chests so often -sold at four times their -original cost. For a -very small sum a good -carpenter will make -you a really serviceable -article with a -framework of oak and -white wood panels, -which you can decorate -with hot irons in -such a manner as to -make a truly beautiful -piece of furniture. -Again, for corner cupboards and cosy corners, -panels of doors, etc., where is its peer to be -found?</p> - -<p>My last word is try but one carefully -executed plaque, and I feel sure that you will -not rest until you are making your home truly -beautiful.</p> - -<p class='right'> -<span class="smcap">Ernest M. Jessop.</span> -</p> - -<p>⁂ 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.</p> - -<p>(<i>All copyrights of drawings reserved by the -artist.</i>)</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> -</div><div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_150" id="Page_150">{150}</a></span></p> - - - - -<h2><a name="ABOUT_PEGGY_SAVILLE" id="ABOUT_PEGGY_SAVILLE">ABOUT PEGGY SAVILLE.</a></h2> - -<p class='ph3'><span class="smcap">By</span> JESSIE MANSERGH (Mrs. G. de Horne Vaizey), Author of "Sisters Three," etc.</p> - - -<h3>CHAPTER IX.</h3> - -<div> -<img class="drop-cap" src="images/i_150.jpg" width="150" height="140" alt="" /> -</div> - -<p class="drop-cap"><span class="upper-case">"Mrs. Saville</span> -was right—Peggy -is a most -expensive -person!" -cried -Mrs. Asplin -in -dismay, -when the -bills for -repairs -came in, but when the Vicar suggested -the advisability of a reproof, she said, -"Oh, poor child; she is so lonely—I -haven't the heart to scold her," and -Peggy continued to detail accounts of -her latest misfortune with an air of -exaggerated melancholy, which barely -concealed the underlying satisfaction. -It required a philosophic mind to be able -to take damages to personal property in -so amiable a fashion; but occasionally -Peggy's pickles took an irresistibly -comical character. The story was preserved -in the archives of the family of -one evening when the three girls had -been sent upstairs to wash their abundant -locks and dry them thoroughly -before retiring to bed. A fire was -kindled in the old nursery which was -now used as a sewing-room, and Mrs. -Asplin, who understood nothing if it -was not the art of making young folks -happy, had promised a supper of roast -apples and cream when the drying -process was finished.</p> - -<p>Esther and Mellicent were squatted -on the hearth, in their blue dressing-gowns, -when in tripped Peggy, fresh as -a rose, in a long robe of furry white, tied -round the waist with a pink cord. One -bath towel was round her shoulders, and a -smaller one extended in her hands, with -the aid of which she proceeded to perform -a fancy dance, calling out instructions -to herself the while, in imitation of -the dancing-school mistress. "To the -right—two—three! To the left—two—three! -Spring! Pirouette! Atti—tude!" -She stood poised on one foot, towel waving -above her head, damp hair dripping down -her back, while Esther and Mellicent -shrieked with laughter, and drummed -applause with heel and toe. Then she -flopped down on the centre of the hearth, -and there was an instantaneous exclamation -of dismay.</p> - -<p>"Phew! What a funny smell! Phew! -Phew! Whatever can it be?"</p> - -<p>"I smelt it too. Peggy, what -have you been doing? It's simply -awful!"</p> - -<p>"Hair-wash, I suppose, or the soap—I -noticed it myself. It will pass off," -said Peggy easily; but at that moment -Mrs. Asplin entered the room, sniffed -the air, and cried loudly—</p> - -<p>"Bless me, what's this? A regular -Apothecaries Hall! Paregoric! It -smells as if someone had been drinking -quarts of paregoric! Peggy, child, -your throat is not sore again?"</p> - -<p>"Not at all, thank you. Quite well. -I have taken no medicine to-day."</p> - -<p>"But it is you, Peggy—it really is!" -Mellicent declared. "There was no -smell at all before you came into the -room. I noticed it as soon as the door -was opened, and when you came and sat -down beside us—whew! simply fearful!"</p> - -<p>"I have taken no medicine to-day," -repeated Peggy firmly. Then she -started, as if with a sudden thought, -lifted a lock of hair, sniffed at it daintily, -and dropped it again with an air of -conviction. "Ah, I comprehend! There -seems to have been a slight misunderstanding. -I have mistaken the bottles. -I imagined that I was using the mixture -you gave me, but——"</p> - -<p>"She has washed her hair in cough -mixture! Oh, oh, oh! She has mixed -paregoric and treacle with the water! -Oh, what will I do! what will I do! -This child will be the death of me!" -Mrs. Asplin put her hand to her side, -and laughed until the tears ran down -her cheeks, while Mellicent rolled about -on the floor, and Esther's quiet "He, -he, he!" filled up the intervals between -the bursts of merriment.</p> - -<p>Peggy was marched off to have her -hair re-washed and rinsed, and came -back ten minutes later, proudly complacent, -to seat herself in the most -comfortable stool and eat roast apple -with elegant enjoyment. She was evidently -quite ready to enlarge upon her -latest feat, but the sisters had exhausted -the subject during her absence, and had, -moreover, a piece of news to communicate -which was of even greater -interest.</p> - -<p>"Oh, Peggy, what y'think," cried -Mellicent, running her words into each -other in breathless fashion, as her habit -was when excited, "I've got something -beautiful to tell you. S'afternoon Bob -got a letter from his mother to say that -they were all coming down next week to -stay at the Larches for the winter. They -come almost every year, and have -shooting-parties, and come to church -and sit in the big square pew, where you -can just see their heads over the side. -They look so funny, sitting in a row -without their bodies. Last year there -was a young lady with them who wore a -big grey hat—the loveliest hat you ever -saw—with roses under the brim, and -stick-up things all glittering with jewels, -and she got married at Christmas. I -saw her photograph in a magazine, and -knew her again in a moment. I used -to stare at her, and once she smiled -back at me. She looked sweet when -she smiled. Lady Darcy always comes -to call on mother, and she and father -go there to dinner ever so many times, -and we are asked to play with Rosalind—the -Honourable Rosalind. I expect -they will ask you to go too. Isn't it -exciting?"</p> - -<p>"I can bear it," said Peggy coldly. -"If I try very hard, I think I can -support the strain."</p> - -<p>The Larches, the country house of -Lord Darcy, had already been pointed -out to her notice; but the information -that the family was coming down for -the yearly visit was unwelcome to her -for a double reason. She feared, in the -first place, lest it should mean a separation -from Bob, who was her faithful -companion, and fulfilled his promise of -friendship in a silent, undemonstrative -fashion, much to her fancy. In the -second place, she was conscious of a -rankling feeling of jealousy towards the -young lady who was distinguished by -the name of the Honourable Rosalind, -and who seemed to occupy an exalted -position in the estimation of the Vicar's -daughters. Her name was frequently -introduced into conversation, and always -in the most laudatory fashion. When -a heroine was of a superlatively fascinating -description, she was "Just like -Rosalind;" when an article of dress was -unusually fine and dainty, it would "do -for Rosalind." Rosalind was spoken of -with bated breath as if she were a princess -in a fairy tale, rather than an ordinary -flesh and blood damsel. And Peggy -did not like it; she did not like it at -all, for, in her own quiet way, she was -accustomed to queen it among her -associates, and could ill brook the idea -of a rival. She had not been happy at -school, but she had been complacently -conscious that of all the thirty girls she -was the most discussed, the most -observed, and also, among the pupils -themselves, the most beloved. At the -vicarage she was an easy first. When -the three girls went out walking, she -was always in the middle, with Esther -and Mellicent hanging on an arm at -either side. Robert was her sworn -vassal, and Max and Oswald her -respectful and, on the whole, obedient -servants. Altogether, the prospect of -playing second fiddle to this strange -girl was by no means pleasant. Peggy -tilted her chin, and spoke in a cool, -cynical tone.</p> - -<p>"What is she like, this wonderful -Rosalind? Bob does not seem to think -her extraordinary. I cannot imagine a -'Miss Robert' being very beautiful, -and as she is his sister, I suppose they -are alike."</p> - -<p>Instantly there arose a duet of protests.</p> - -<p>"Not in the least. Not a single bit. -Rosalind is lovely! Blue eyes, golden -hair——"</p> - -<p>"Down past her waist——"</p> - -<p>"The sweetest little hands——"</p> - -<p>"A real diamond ring——"</p> - -<p>"Pink cheeks——"</p> - -<p>"Drives a pony carriage, with long-tailed -ponies——"</p> - -<p>"Speaks French all day long with her -governess—jabber, jabber, jabber, as -quick as that—just like a native——"</p> - -<p>"Plays the violin——"</p> - -<p>"Has a lovely little sitting-room of -her own, simply crammed with the most<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_151" id="Page_151">{151}</a></span> -exquisite presents and books, and goes -travelling abroad to France and Italy -and hot places in winter. Lord and -Lady Darcy simply worship her, and so -does everyone, for she is as beautiful as -a picture. Don't you think it would be -lovely to have a lord and lady for your -father and mother?"</p> - -<p>Peggy sniffed the air in scornful -superiority.</p> - -<p>"I am very glad I've not! Titles -are so ostentatious! Vulgar, I call -them! The very best families will have -nothing to do with them. My father's -people were all at the Crusades, and the -Wars of the Roses, and the Field of the -Cloth of Gold. There is no older family -in England, and they are called 'Fighting -Savilles,' because they are always -in the front of every battle, winning -honours and distinctions. I expect they -have been offered titles over and over -again, but they would not have them. -They refused them with scorn, and so -would I, if one were offered to me. -Nothing would induce me to accept it!"</p> - -<p>Esther rolled her eyes in a comical, -sideway fashion, and gave a little -chuckle of unbelief; but Mellicent -looked quite depressed by this reception -of her grand news, and said anxiously—</p> - -<p>"But, Peggy, think of it! The -Honourable Mariquita! It would be -too lovely! Wouldn't you feel proud -writing it in visitors' books, and seeing -it printed in newspapers when you grow -up? 'The Honourable Mariquita wore -a robe of white satin, trimmed with -gold!'"...</p> - -<p>"Peggy Saville is good enough for -me, thank you," said that young lady, -with a sudden access of humility. "I -have no wish to have my clothes -discussed in the public prints. But if -you are invited to the Larches to play -with your Rosalind, pray don't consider -me! I can stay at home alone. I don't -mind being dull. I can turn my time -to good account. Not for the world -would I interfere with your pleasures!"</p> - -<p>"But P—P—Peggy, dar—ling Peggy, -we would not leave you alone!" Mellicent's -eyes were wide with horror, she -stretched out entreating hands towards -the unresponsive figure. To see Peggy -cross and snappish like any other ordinary -mortal was an extraordinary -event, and quite alarming to her placid -mind. "They will ask you, too, dear! -I am sure they will—we will all be asked -together!" she cried; but Peggy tossed -her head, refusing to be conciliated.</p> - -<p>"I shall have a previous engagement. -I am not at all sure that they are the -sort of people I ought to know," she -said. "My parents are so exclusive! -They might not approve of the -acquaintance!"</p> - -<p class='center'>(<i>To be continued.</i>)</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -</div><div> - -<h2><a name="SOME_PRACTICAL_HINTS_ON_COSMETIC_MEDICINE" id="SOME_PRACTICAL_HINTS_ON_COSMETIC_MEDICINE">SOME PRACTICAL HINTS ON COSMETIC MEDICINE.</a></h2> - -<p class='ph3'><span class="smcap">By</span> "THE NEW DOCTOR."</p> - - -<h3>PART V.</h3> - -<p class='ph4'>THE HAIR.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">It</span> is often a great consolation to a girl who -has but a plain face to possess a fine head of -hair. One can understand how annoyed she -must feel when her hair starts combing out in -handfuls, and she sees her one good possession -getting less and less every day.</p> - -<p>There are very many causes why the hair -should comb out, and as it is absolutely -necessary to know which cause is at work -before attempting to cure it, we will discuss -briefly the chief causes that are common.</p> - -<p>Undoubtedly the gravity of hair combing -out is greatly exaggerated. If you comb out -a few hairs every morning and save up the -several combings to see how much hair you -lose in the month, you will be surprised and -annoyed at the result. Many girls do this -and fancy that there is something wrong with -the hair and that they are going bald.</p> - -<p>It is natural for the hair to comb out. The life -of a hair is of very varying duration, but it only -lives a certain time. At the expiration of this -time it dies, and a new hair springs from the -same root. If it were not for this, what do you -think would be the state of the hair at fifty?</p> - -<p>Now let us look at the causes of the hair -falling out excessively and the resulting -condition—baldness.</p> - -<p>When the health is disturbed, the hair -often falls more rapidly than before. After -severe illnesses it is not uncommon for the -hair to fall out wholesale, often producing -absolute baldness. In both these cases the -hair almost invariably comes back as strong -as before when the health has returned.</p> - -<p>In men, age is a cause of baldness, and -there is no reason to think that this cause acts -less powerfully in the fair sex. Absolute -baldness is not common in women, but their -hair gets thinner and shorter after they have -passed the meridian.</p> - -<p>The fashion of tying the hair with a ribbon -or fillet will cause the hair to fall out by -compressing it and therefore interfering with -its nutrition. If you remove the fillet -occasionally, it will do no harm to the hair. -Curling the fringe with hot tongs is a very -common cause of bald foreheads. If the -tongs are used properly, that is, if they are -not overheated, they will do little or no -damage to the hair. But usually women curl -their hair with tongs that are nearly red-hot, -thereby singeing and killing the hair, which -consequently falls out, and in the end leaves -the forehead bare.</p> - -<p>The commonest causes (and fortunately the -easiest to remedy) of the hair falling out are -affections of the scalp.</p> - -<p>Dandruff, scurf or seborrhœa, as it is better -named, is a condition of the scalp in which -the sebaceous glands, which secrete the oil -which lubricates the hair, are out of gear. -They secrete too much oil of a very inferior -quality. The hair loses its lustre, becomes -brittle, usually dark in colour, breaks, falls -out, and becomes covered with scurf. What -this is exactly due to is not known. It is -probably the result of a microbe. It usually -becomes manifest about the age of thirteen or -thereabouts, and may exist throughout life. -It can hardly be called a disease, but if -neglected may lead to the various forms of -eczema that attack the scalp. The treatment -for this condition is to wash the hair about -once a week with the following lotion: Borax, -one tablespoonful; carbonate of soda, one -teaspoonful; glycerine, two tablespoonfuls, -and water to the quart. After washing and -drying the head well, rub into the scalp a very -little sulphur ointment.</p> - -<p>Often a girl will come complaining that her -hair falls out from one part of her head, leaving -a bald patch. This is called "alopœcia." -Of its cause nothing is known. It is very -common in girls when about fifteen years old, -but it may occur at any age. The hair always -grows again on the bald places, but it may -not do so for a year or more. Painting the -bald spot with a tincture of iodine is as good -as anything, but it is Nature, and not drugs, -that cures the affection.</p> - -<p>The colour of the hair is extremely variable, -and not uncommonly it changes from one -colour to another in a very short time. The -hair, like every other coloured organ in the -body, obtains its colour from the iron in the -blood. One would therefore think that taking -iron or improving the circulation would darken -the hair. It will not do so. In anmia, -where the iron in the blood is very deficient, -the hair remains unaltered!</p> - -<p>Severe emotion or sorrow will cause the -hair to fade. Why it should do so we do -not know, any more than why Father Time -should meddle with it.</p> - -<p>The only way in which the colour of the -hair can be altered voluntarily is by external -applications. No hair dye is really satisfactory, -and most of them are dangerous. -The hair will, however, sometimes change its -colour completely without any external help.</p> - -<p>The hair may lose its lustre from many -causes. Dandruff is the commonest cause of -this, but a very fertile factor in the causation -of brittle lustreless hair is the constant employment -of pomatums and greases to the hair. -Nature supplies you with hair-oil of first-class -quality. Every hair has two glands to secrete -this oil (sebum). If you use an artificial -grease (which can only be of a tenth-rate -quality when compared with the natural -substance), do you suppose the glands will go -on working for nothing when the fruits of -their labours are despised? Not they. They -will strike work at once, and though they -will resume their function if the external -application is discontinued, it is better not to -interfere with them at all. Girls with their -long hair, however, need some form of application -to keep the hair clean and glossy, and -there is no objection to their using a really -good substance, if they apply it to the hair -itself and not to the scalp. You should never -apply anything in the way of oil, grease, or -pomatum to the roots of the hair, if it is -healthy.</p> - -<p>The applications of most value for the hair -are the following:—</p> - -<p>1. <i>Brilliantine.</i>—This is a pleasant emulsion, -and it is very useful when the hair shows a -tendency to fall out.</p> - -<p>2. <i>Bay Rum.</i>—Occasionally I have seen -this do good to the hair. Usually, however, -it is better avoided.</p> - -<p>3. Applications containing <i>Cantharides</i> are -supposed to promote the growth of the hair. -Possibly they do, but the action is not due to -the Cantharides.</p> - -<p>4. <i>Rosemary</i> is a nice clean preparation for -the hair, and there are many good lotions -containing this drug.</p> - -<p>5. <i>Marrow fat, Bear's grease, etc.</i>—The -solid fats are much used, and if you do not -object to their messiness, they are not without -merit.</p> - -<p>6. <i>Petroleum jelly, vaseline, etc.</i>—These are -simple, non-irritating, more or less inert substances, -which may be applied to the ends of -the hairs when a simple lubricant is necessary.</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> -</div><div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_152" id="Page_152">{152}</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter w450"> -<img src="images/i_152.jpg" width="450" height="569" alt="" /> -<div class="caption"><p class="center">ANGELIE.</p></div> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_153" id="Page_153">{153}</a></span></p> - - - - -<h2><a name="ANGELIE" id="ANGELIE">ANGELIE.</a></h2> - -<p class='ph3'><span class="smcap">By</span> WILLIAM T. SAWARD.</p> - - -<div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> -<span class="i0"><span class="smcap">There</span> are clouds on the mountain's brow, Angelie!<br /></span> -<span class="i0">And our soft blue skies are frowning now, Angelie!<br /></span> -<span class="i2">O say it is well in that far-off land,<br /></span> -<span class="i2">Where the mountains rise from the sea-girt strand;<br /></span> -<span class="i0">Our daily prayers are to Heaven for thee, Angelie!<br /></span> -</div><div class="stanza"> -<span class="i0">We listen for thee at the morning prime, Angelie!<br /></span> -<span class="i0">With the Matin-bell and its holy chime, Angelie!<br /></span> -<span class="i2">And at night, under Heaven's blue canopy,<br /></span> -<span class="i2">When the angels have lighted their tapers for thee,<br /></span> -<span class="i2">A silver voice comes over the sea,<br /></span> -<span class="i2">"It is well, it is well, with your Angelie!"<br /></span> -</div><div class="stanza"> -<span class="i0">O the clouds may cover the mountain's brow, Angelie!<br /></span> -<span class="i0">And hide their wreaths of eternal snow, Angelie!<br /></span> -<span class="i2">And the fiend of the storm may shriek at will,<br /></span> -<span class="i2">And the lightning leap from hill to hill,<br /></span> -<span class="i0">For the night is past and I come to thee,<br /></span> -<span class="i0">My bride, my beautiful Angelie!<br /></span> -</div></div> - -<hr class="chap" /> -</div><div> - -<div class="figcenter w300"> -<img src="images/i_153.jpg" width="300" height="208" alt="" /> -</div> - - -<h2><a name="SISTER_WARWICK_A_STORY_OF_INFLUENCE" id="SISTER_WARWICK_A_STORY_OF_INFLUENCE">"SISTER WARWICK": A STORY OF INFLUENCE.</a></h2> - -<p class='ph3'><span class="smcap">By</span> H. MARY WILSON, Author of "In Warwick Ward," "In Monmouth Ward," "Miss Elsie," etc.</p> - - -<h3>CHAPTER I.</h3> - -<div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> -<span class="i0">"We'll keep our aims sublime, our eyes erect,<br /></span> -<span class="i0">Although our woman-hands should shake and fail."—<i>E. B. Browning.</i><br /></span> -</div></div> - - -<p><span class="smcap">Sister Warwick</span> was slowly rousing to the -consciousness of the birth of another working-day. -Her first sensation was weariness, her -next a thought of surprise that the night had -been passed without a summons to the side -of one of the many beds in her ward, the -third, and this with fully-awakened faculties, -that her good Staff-nurse Carden was holding -towards her the welcome tea-tray that -her kind thoughtfulness never failed to -bring with this earliest report of the "night -duty."</p> - -<p>Margaret Carden's hospital career had fulfilled -the expectations of those who had -watched it with loving, interested eyes. She -had quietly and conscientiously worked her -way from her probation through the three -years of training, had done well, if not -brilliantly, in her exams., and was now back -again in the ward that was her "first love," -so to speak. She was a staff-nurse on night -duty.</p> - -<p>She was very happy to be here. She loved -little Sister Warwick—loved and respected -and reverenced her. She could see through -the brusque exterior that nettled some of the -others, and could fully appreciate the noble -heroism of her consistent, hard-working, unselfish -life.</p> - -<p>Sister Warwick was one who always felt -the full responsibility of the life she had to -live. Seven years before, after the governors -of the hospital had offered her the coveted -position of Sister of one of these hospital -wards, she had written to her mother—</p> - -<p>"It is very trying work beginning to be a -Sister—more so than you can possibly imagine. -To feel the whole weight of your domain -weighing on you, a family of thirty to care -for, and nurses to guide and train, is very -appalling, very full of care."</p> - -<p>And now, though she was used to her -position, if experience was teaching her the -wisest way to carry her cares, custom did not -lighten them.</p> - -<p>To-day she greeted her friend Carden with -a smile and a "Good morning! What sort of -a night have you had in the ward?"</p> - -<p>"All has gone comfortably, Sister, except -that Susie and Patty have both been troublesome -again."</p> - -<p>"Susie fretting for her mother, and Patty -crying with the pain?"</p> - -<p>"Yes, Sister, and really disturbing the -others by being very noisy, poor mites."</p> - -<p>"Perhaps there is some naughtiness in their -crying. We must think what we can do. -And Mrs. 13?"</p> - -<p>"She is distinctly weaker, but she says the -pain is less. How patient she is!"</p> - -<p>And whereas within hospital walls it is the -rule, not the exception, for the patients to -show touching bravery and endurance in their -pain, such an exclamation from a nurse was a -special tribute to Mrs. 13's heroism. It was -partly because before both Sister and nurse -there rose in that moment a picture of what -that poor woman's life had been. A dressmaker -for some second-rate theatre, she had -spent her days with ten or twelve other -women in a room without a window, with -the gas burning, and only the fireplace for -ventilation.</p> - -<p>"After tea, Sister, the women used to drop -from their seats and faint away on the floor. -We seemed not to mind after a bit, somehow."<a name="FNanchor_1_1" id="FNanchor_1_1"></a><a href="#Footnote_1_1" class="fnanchor">[1]</a></p> - -<p>That had been the spiritless summing-up of -the description which had so stirred the hearts -of her listeners. And now she lay dying of -the terrible disease that still baffles medical -science, and seems to have no cure—and her -patience did not fail!</p> - -<p>Nurse Carden continued her report of the<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_154" id="Page_154">{154}</a></span> -other cases, and then, before leaving, said -anxiously:</p> - -<p>"You will be able to take your hours 'off -duty' this afternoon, Sister? You know you -did not last week."</p> - -<p>Sister Warwick smiled. This staff-nurse of -hers was bold in her determination to take -care of her. None of the others ventured, -except, perhaps, Nurse Greg; but she was -promoted now, a Sister like herself—on her -own level, in fact.</p> - -<p>"You will, Sister," urged Margaret Carden -again. "I know you are getting tired out."</p> - -<p>"Not quite that," answered Sister Warwick, -amused and touched. "But I do want a taste -of the outside world, and if I possibly can, I -mean to go."</p> - -<p>With that the night nurse departed more -contented, not hearing the sigh that followed -the words, not knowing that it was want -of confidence in her day staff-nurse—Nurse -Hudson—that tied the Sister with so many -anxious thoughts to her ward.</p> - -<p>Sister Warwick and Sister Cumberland, -which was the new title Nurse Greg had -lately assumed with the donning of her dark -stuff dress, met on the staircase in their -bonnets and cloaks before eight o'clock. As -their custom was, they walked together to the -shortened morning service in the old parish -church near the hospital gates. They had -both learnt that the few quiet moments they -spent there were "well invested," and they -never passed out again into the whirl of their -busy lives without an earnest prayer, first</p> - -<div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> -<span class="i12">"for the sick ...<br /></span> -<span class="i0">God's prisoners, laid in bonds by His own hands,"<br /></span> -</div></div> - -<p>and then for themselves, that they,</p> - -<div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> -<span class="i2">"By prayer, and sympathy, and smile,<br /></span> -<span class="i2">The burden of the weary might beguile."<br /></span> -</div></div> - -<p>How better could they step into the daily -routine than thus equipped?</p> - -<p>Breakfast in their own rooms was followed -by hours of occupation. Sister Warwick -preferred to take her share of actual nursing -with the rest.</p> - -<p>Before the house-physician's visit was over -a piteous wail from bed No. 12 rang through -the ward.</p> - -<p>"It do hurt so! I can't bear it—I can't!"</p> - -<p>Sister Warwick knew that Patty had been -spoilt at home, and that her pain was really -bearable. She had tried petting. Now she -felt that firmness with a flavour of severity -would have to be applied.</p> - -<p>Earlier in the morning, and in a happier -moment, Patty had said insinuatingly—</p> - -<p>"You don't know how I like eggs, Sister, -or you'd give me one!" and she had -answered—</p> - -<p>"I will give you one, dear, but not while -you do not try to be good and quiet. Patty -must learn to bear her pain bravely like the -rest. Anyhow, we will see what Mr. H—— -(the house physician) says."</p> - -<p>And now, with this stormy outburst of -weeping, came Sister Warwick's opportunity. -She turned to Mr. H——, who was standing -close by, and propounded this all-important -egg-question.</p> - -<p>He came with due gravity and looked down -upon the sobbing child. His kind eyes were -twinkling with amusement. He was well -aware of Patty's character for tempestuosity. -His voice was impressive almost to sternness.</p> - -<p>"Yes, Sister," he said, "if she is a good -girl, I think we may let her have a good egg, -and shall we say if she's a bad girl, she -shall have a bad egg?"</p> - -<p>The solemn tones overawed Patty. She -stopped crying and stared, and tried her -hardest to think whether the punishment for -her naughtiness was as terrible as it sounded.</p> - -<p>With poor, home-sick, tired Susie, Sister -Warwick had to try other measures. Susie -was old enough to be reasoned with, and -withal was not a coward in her pain—she was -plucky there. But the peace of the ward and -of the older patients must not be sacrificed to -these wayward children.</p> - -<p>So Sister Warwick, seated at her table in -the ward, and having filled in her charts and -completed other matters of business—such as -signing a pass for a nurse's holiday—took a -sheet of paper and wrote a letter as if to -Susie's mother.</p> - -<p>The words ran—</p> - -<p>"Susie frets so for her home and for you, -and is so especially unhappy after visiting -day, that I must beg you not to come again -until she can be quite good when you leave -her."</p> - -<p>She went to Susie's cot and read the -sentence without a smile. Susie's eyes -dilated, her lip quivered as she listened.</p> - -<p>"Shall I post it, Susie?"</p> - -<p>"Don't! Oh, please, Sister, don't!"</p> - -<p>"Well, dear, it shall depend upon you -whether it goes. See, I am going to pin it -here on the curtain, where you can look at it. -If you are good it shall not be sent."</p> - -<p>And sent it never was.</p> - -<p class='p2'>There was much to do for Mrs. 13, and -distressing though the work might be, admiration -for her endurance and for the simple -trust with which she accepted all her pain, as -"the touch of God's finger laid on her in -love," could only make the Sister's labours a -pleasure and a privilege.</p> - -<p>It was different when she turned to a bed -at the end of the ward, a little apart from the -others, where lay, unconscious, one of those -sad cases, repulsive and loathsome, in which -"the King's image" is disfigured almost -beyond recognition by a life of sin and self-indulgence.</p> - -<p class='p2'>At one time Sister Warwick had found it -hard to be as careful and tender with these—pity -she never failed in. But one day the -thought came to her that perhaps these poor -souls were included in "the least of these My -brethren"—that perhaps these words might -mean sometimes those farthest removed from -Him. After that the work for them was -infinitely easier.</p> - -<p>At one o'clock she was in her own room -again, to find someone waiting for her there—a -young student. His hands were loaded -with "a sight for sair een"—a great bunch -of buttercups and grasses.</p> - -<p>"My mother is up in town to-day, Sister," -he said, "and she asked me to bring these to -you. They were picked only this morning -and so are not at all battered, as you see."</p> - -<p>"They are delightful; a real bit of the -country for my poor 'children' to feast their -eyes on."</p> - -<p>Sister stretched out her hand for the golden -posy, then an instinct prompted her to look -more directly at the boy's face. His mother -was her friend; she had promised to be an -elder sister to this only son of hers, and she -saw that her elder-sisterliness was wanted -now.</p> - -<p>She gave it—how wisely and strongly, yet -tenderly, the young doctor only knew. It -was a crisis in his career. He was afraid! -How could he go on with the seeming -inconsistencies that thronged him in his work? -and there were other things.</p> - -<p>Well, gradually it all came out. Somehow -Sister Warwick understood, and she helped -him to sort apparent contradictions and to -smooth or explain difficulties. Not all, of -course not! There must remain unfathomed -mysteries in every profession. But he went -away with a new light on his young face, and -Sister Warwick with a sigh—not of regret but -of humility—turned to her little table and her -waiting lunch. She glanced up at the clock. -Why, her half-hour had gone! The consulting -physician might be here at any moment. -She must put on a clean cap and apron and -be ready. This done, there was left just time -for a few mouthfuls of ham and bread and -for a draught of milk, then the probationer's -voice at her door was saying—</p> - -<p>"Dr. W—— is here, please, Sister."</p> - -<p>There was less for the doctors to do that -day than usual, and it was not later than half-past -two when, in bonnet and cloak, Sister -Warwick began the little programme she had -made for these "off hours."</p> - -<p>Passing through the hospital gates, she -took her way eastward until she reached the -entrance to Pleasant Court.</p> - -<p>Alas! Was there ever such a misnomer?</p> - -<p>Insanitary, overcrowded, stifling, filthy, she -wondered how any could live in such an -atmosphere, and thought with pity of that -poor ex-patient she had come to see, who had -begged to come back here—"because it was -home"—to die!</p> - -<p>She climbed up the creaking stairs to an -attic room, and her gentle tap was answered -by a weak "Come in, please."</p> - -<p>It was good to see how the wan face of the -sick woman lit up at sight of her visitor, and -to hear the glad "Oh, Sister, is it you?"</p> - -<p>The poor, bare room was well swept and -tidy, and the woman herself was as clean and -orderly as she knew how to be. Months of -hospital days had taught her much, and she -had a husband tenderly anxious to please her -by "doing for her" as carefully and as long -as he could. Sister had been expected "one -of these days," and she was touched to find, -when she set to work to wash and dress an -unhealed wound, that a ragged but clean -towel was laid ready for her use afterwards.</p> - -<p>Surgical duties performed, she sat beside -Mrs. Sutton with her wasted hand in hers, -listening to her laboured breathing and -turning over a possibility in her mind.</p> - -<p>"We'll try it!" she said suddenly out loud. -And then, smiling at the woman's surprised -expression, she went on. "What do you say -to our getting a breath of fresh air together? -Shall we have a drive?"</p> - -<p>"Oh, Sister! Not really? Could I?"</p> - -<p>Sister Warwick certainly had a way of -sweeping aside difficulties when her mind was -set to an end. She went to the nearest cab-stand, -picked out the driver with care, and -came back with the hansom to the entrance -of the court. It could go no further.</p> - -<p>A boy was found to hold the horse, and -together she and cabby carried Mrs. Sutton -down the old stairs. She was comfortably -wedged into the corner of the seat with -pillows, and a footstool was found for her -feet. Then Sister gave the man her instructions—</p> - -<p>"It is to be a shilling drive, please, and -take us to see a bit of something green."</p> - -<p>"Right you are, Nuss! Embankment's the -place for we!"</p> - -<p>Away they went—the air cool in their -faces—until the sick woman began to draw -long breaths of enjoyment, and even a little -colour crept into her pale cheeks. Under the -trees, with the glittering water on one side -and patches of green grass within railings on -the other. There was a laburnum in blossom. -Some of the windows of the houses were -bright with scarlet geraniums and marguerites. -A donkey-cart came towards them laden with -ferns and plants in bloom.</p> - -<p>Mrs. Sutton's eyes feasted on it all. A -few happy tears rolled down her cheeks. She -had not hoped or thought to see these things -until she rested in "the Park of God." And -the sky was so blue! Heaven would be clearer -to her imagination after this.</p> - -<p>But Sister Warwick began to wonder when -their driver meant to turn homewards. It<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_155" id="Page_155">{155}</a></span> -was a very long shilling's-worth already, and -she had not wanted to spend more out of her -slender purse. At last she pushed up the -little trap-door.</p> - -<p>"I think we had better be going back now," -she said.</p> - -<p>"Very well, Nuss. If you please."</p> - -<p>But they had had at least a four-mile -drive before they drew up at the court again -and helped the tired but happy woman to her -room once more.</p> - -<p>When, with rough tenderness, he had given -all the assistance he could, Sister Warwick -followed the man on to the little landing. -She offered him half-a-crown.</p> - -<p>"I know it ought really to be more," she -said.</p> - -<p>He put back the coin.</p> - -<p>"It's only a shilling, Nuss. I only meant -it to be a shilling all along. Just let it be a -shilling's-worth—now doo ee."<a name="FNanchor_2_2" id="FNanchor_2_2"></a><a href="#Footnote_2_2" class="fnanchor">[2]</a></p> - -<p>She let him have his way. How could -she resist him? And he stumped down the -stairs smiling and proud, as if he had received -a favour that afternoon. Well, perhaps he -had!</p> - -<p class='p2'>There was time for Sister Warwick to pay -another and a very different visit before she -was due at the hospital for the Sisters' dinner. -A visit to another court, but how different! -What a contrast!</p> - -<p>It is hard to believe that such dear old -places are still left standing in the very heart -of the great city. Sister Warwick passed -through an archway into a flagged square and -mounted a flight of steps leading to a quaint, -old-fashioned house.</p> - -<p>She turned before ringing the bell to look -straight away through the large old iron gates -on the opposite side of the square, at a long, -delicious stretch of green—grass below, trees -above. And far away—she fancied it might -be really a quarter of a mile—a great flight of -stone steps led down to the outer world again.</p> - -<p>To those who live in the heart of the -country—in the midst of all its delights and, -above all, of its peace—this may not sound -much to charm the gaze; but here, in the rush -of the unending roar night and day, to find a -comparative stillness is refreshing beyond -everything.</p> - -<p>To some natures the noise of London seems -always dreadful. And it is true that the -traffic never really ceases night or day, except -perhaps for two or three hours on Saturday -night, or rather Sunday morning. Even in -this quiet square the sounds went on—cart -succeeded cab, and omnibus followed on—without -intermission. But it was all muffled -and distant. The peace of it fell upon Sister -Warwick's tired spirits.</p> - -<p>Inside the house, too, there was more of -this old-world feeling of un-hurry and rest. -She was led through panelled passages to the -long low drawing-room with its wide window-seats -and great chintz-covered couches.</p> - -<p>Her friend, whose home it was, rose to -greet her, and she was at once taken in hand, -thrust into the softest lounge, plied with tea, -and told to "laze." She was not even permitted -to talk; but her thoughtful hostess, -having supplied all her wants, went to a little -chamber-organ at the far end of the room and -played softly and quietly such things as refresh -body and soul in one—bits of Beethoven, -Handel, Mendelssohn. She passed from one -to the other, and Sister Warwick lay and -listened with closed eyes—all her responsibilities -and anxieties wiled from her for the time.</p> - -<p>Was this unusual hour of rest sent to brace -her for what was to come that night and the -following day? She thought so herself when, -later, she looked back at the events of those -forty-eight hours.</p> - -<p class='p2'>At the Sisters' dinner that evening, Miss -Jameson, the Sister of the Nurses' Home, gave -her a summons to the Matron's house for a -discussion on some improvement to be made -in the nurses' uniform. She was to go when -her ward work was over—medicines superintended, -prayers read, the change of nurses -made for the night.</p> - -<p>She hurried back to it all, and with quiet -steps was passing between the long rows of -beds sooner than was her wont.</p> - -<p>Nurse Hudson was settling the patients for -the night. A long, thin, languid-looking girl -was sitting up in bed No. 10 while her -pillows were being arranged and her sheet -straightened.</p> - -<p>Sister paused to look. The smile she had -for the patient quickly faded to sternness as -she turned to the nurse.</p> - -<p>"What are you doing?" she said in her -sharpest tones. "Allowing a typhoid to sit -up! Nurse, you know better than that!"</p> - -<p>She laid the girl down on the pillows again -herself, and then stood silently by while the -bed was finished.</p> - -<p>Nurse Hudson flushed crimson. But she -had no excuse ready, and presently her -superior passed on down the ward, registering -in her indignant mind another of many carelessnesses -she had noticed. She knew that -Ellen Hudson was particularly anxious for her -own pleasure to get away punctually that -evening. But to risk a case in order to do -her work more quickly—the selfishness of the -act hurt the Sister's pride in the nursing -profession. So thoroughly angry did she feel -that she wondered whether she could command -herself sufficiently to speak a calm reproof -before the nurse left the ward that evening. -She was very conscious that a biting sarcasm -in her fault-finding had often alienated the -confidence of her nurses, and she was now -striving hard to mete out to them a more -kindly and less impatient justice.</p> - -<p>Mrs. 13 was watching her with loving eyes -as she went to and fro.</p> - -<p>"Patty has been a better girl this afternoon, -Sister," she said, when she came within -hearing, "ever so much better. I expect she -is afraid of the bad egg!"</p> - -<p>The laugh did Sister Warwick good, and -Patty fell asleep that night with the sound of -commendation in her ears, and with a virtuous -determination "to be a better gairl to-morrow, -too."</p> - -<p class='p2'>"Ain't the buttery-cups beeootiful, Sister? -They minds me of home. I was a country -girl onst, and picked my hands full of them -when I was little. But, bless ye, I ain't -been out of London since I married. I've -'most forgotten what the country looks like."</p> - -<p>It was Granny 20 who was speaking, as -Sister bandaged her leg and helped to tidy -her for the night.</p> - -<p>"We will put that right before long, -Granny, see if we don't. You shall pick -flowers and get sunburnt with the best of us. -Fancy not seeing the grass and the flowers, -and hearing the birds sing, for fifty years! -How could you bear it?"</p> - -<p>"Well, it's true, Sister. I ain't been -further than London Bridge all that time. -And there! bless ye, I'm 'most afraid to try -it now."</p> - -<p>But Sister Warwick thought of the beautiful -grounds round the Hospital Convalescent -Home, which was not so very far away. -Granny 20 was getting well fast—a credit to -them all. She should renew her acquaintance -with "great Nature's pictures" before very -long.</p> - -<p>The day had been hot; but a cool mist or -fog covered the shadowed houses as Sister -Warwick lay down that night. Nurse Carden -was on duty again; with that knowledge the -Sister fell quickly asleep, at ease for the -safety of all.</p> - -<p class='center'>(<i>To be concluded.</i>)</p> - -<hr class="chap" /></div><div> - - -<h2><a name="THREE_SOUPS" id="THREE_SOUPS">THREE SOUPS.</a></h2> - - -<h3><span class="smcap">Oxtail Soup.</span></h3> - -<p><i>Ingredients.</i>—One oxtail, one large carrot, -two onions stuck with cloves, one turnip, -four sticks of celery, four mushrooms, half a -parsnip, a bunch of herbs, two blades of -mace, twelve black peppercorns, three ounces -of butter, one dessertspoonful of red currant -jelly, two quarts and a half of water, a wine-glass -of sherry, three ounces of fine flour, salt.</p> - -<p><i>Method.</i>—Wash the oxtail and chop it; put -it in a saucepan and cover with cold water; -bring to the boil and throw the water away. -Fry the oxtail gently in the butter until it is a -good brown; prepare the vegetables and slice -them and put them in a saucepan with the -oxtail, water, herbs, mace, salt and peppercorns; -put on the lid and simmer gently for -five hours. Strain the stock and skim off the -fat; pick out the meat and put it aside to -keep hot; pick out the vegetables and pound -them finely, add the stock by degrees, return -to the stove and re-heat; melt the rest of the -butter in a small frying-pan and stir in the -flour, fry it a good dark brown over the fire, -stir in a little of the hot soup and add this -thickening to the soup; add the sherry and -red currant jelly and the pieces of oxtail, and -serve.</p> - - -<h3><span class="smcap">Kidney Soup.</span></h3> - -<p><i>Ingredients.</i>—One pound of ox kidney, half -each of carrot, turnip, onion and parsnip, two -sticks of celery, one tomato, one bay leaf, one -sprig of parsley, one dessertspoonful of Harvey's -sauce, a little browning, one quart of -water or stock, one ounce of butter, pepper -and salt.</p> - -<p><i>Method.</i>—Wash the kidney and cut away -any fat; cut it in dice and fry gently in the -butter; prepare the vegetables, cut them in -pieces and put them in a saucepan with the -kidney, bay leaf, parsley, water or stock and -salt. Put on the lid and let all simmer gently -for four hours; strain off the soup, pick out -the pieces of kidney and put them aside to -keep hot. Return the stock to the saucepan, -add the Harvey's sauce and the browning; -put back the pieces of kidney, re-heat and -serve.</p> - - -<h3><span class="smcap">Mulligatawny.</span></h3> - -<p><i>Ingredients.</i>—One large onion, one apple, -one tablespoonful of good curry powder, one -ounce of flour, half an ounce of grated cocoanut, -a few drops of lemon juice, one dessertspoonful -of red currant jelly, one dessertspoonful -of chutney, salt, one quart of chicken or -veal stock, three ounces of butter, one ounce -and a half of cornflour, some well boiled rice.</p> - -<p><i>Method.</i>—Skin the onion, slice it and pound -it in a mortar; chop and pound the apple. -Mix the curry powder smoothly with half a -teacupful of cold water, melt the butter in a -stewpan, stir in the curry powder and water -and the pounded onion; cook and stir until -the water cooks away and the onion browns -in the butter; add the apple, cocoanut, chutney, -salt and the stock (warm); put on the -lid and simmer for half an hour; rub through -a sieve, mix the flour with a little cold stock, -re-heat the soup and when it boils stir in -the flour; add the lemon juice and red -currant jelly; hand well-cooked rice with this -soup.</p> - -<hr class="chap" /></div><div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_156" id="Page_156">{156}</a></span></p> - - - - -<h2><a name="THE_RULES_OF_SOCIETY" id="THE_RULES_OF_SOCIETY">THE RULES OF SOCIETY.</a></h2> - -<p class='ph3'><span class="smcap">By</span> LADY WILLIAM LENNOX.</p> - - -<h3>PART II.</h3> - -<div> -<img class="drop-cap" src="images/i_156.jpg" width="150" height="219" alt="" /> -</div> - -<p class="drop-cap"><span class="upper-case">My</span> last paper on -the rules of -Society ended with -some remarks upon -dinner-parties and -the conversation -thereat; but although -the article -thus finished, my -observations -did -not, and -must -therefore -be continued -into -this -chapter. -A silent -dinner is a very depressing function, so -much so indeed that among the disadvantages -of living alone must be counted solitary -meals, as not only saddening in their effect -upon the mind, but provocative of bad digestion -in the body; and even if we dine in company, -but the company of dull, stupid, or at any rate -unconversable people, the result is much the -same as though we had sat down in solitude. -It behoves us therefore, each and all, to try -and prevent this evil and also make the dinner -pleasant by taking a middle course—as is -usually wisest with regard to most things in -life—and neither to be like a ghost, speechless -and casting the metaphorical wet blanket over -the assembled guests; nor, on the other hand, -to remind everybody of the whirling of a mill -by the never-ceasing clatter of our tongue.</p> - -<p>A clever hostess will do her best to secure -some few good talkers at her table, in order -that no pauses of sufficient length to give a -sense of uncomfortable silence may occur; -nothing more than those little gaps in -conversation poetically supposed to be caused -by "Angels passing." We are not all -geniuses in the talking line, but we are bound -to take our share, so far as in us lies, in -contributing to brightness and cheerfulness at -table; only, of course, young girls are not -expected to bring themselves prominently -forward in that way, and young or old it should -not be forgotten that a "voice soft, gentle and -low, is an excellent thing in woman," and -that a shrill laugh, or an exclamation so highly -pitched that it pierces through the ordinary -hum of sound, is anything but agreeable or -attractive. Also, it should be remembered -that dinners are meant to be enjoyed, and -men especially feel aggrieved if they are -exposed to a constant fire of words, worst of -all if those words resolve themselves into -questions which require answers. Chilly soup, -tepid fish, and entres bolted for want of time -to eat them properly, produce feelings of anger -which even beauty itself can hardly stand -against, if the beauty's chatter has caused the -annoyance, that is to say. So it is wise to let -your neighbour on either hand enjoy his -dinner in peace, undisturbed by too much conversation, -although at the same time he must -not be allowed to suppose that a dumb doll -dressed in pretty clothes is sitting beside him.</p> - -<p>Do not crumble your bread over the tablecloth -by way of inspiration, if you think you -ought to say something and can find nothing; -do not play with your wine-glasses either, -until, very likely, you upset one of them; nor -drop your dinner-napkin, gloves, etc., which -makes a commotion and is rather a bore.</p> - -<p>Such small things seem hardly worth -mentioning, but tricks of any kind are to be -avoided, as they generally give the impression -of awkwardness.</p> - -<p>Should you happen to go down to dinner -with the master of the house, it is as well to -let your hostess have a chance of catching -your eye to give the signal when she wishes to -leave the table, but never on any account fall -into the mistake which I once heard was made -by a woman who ought to have known better. -She imagined that the lady of the house was -very inexperienced and was sitting on an -unconscionable time because she did not -know when to go, and so she, the guest, -actually took it upon herself to push her own -chair back a little, with a glance at her -hostess; but the latter, looking steadily at -her presuming acquaintance, said very quietly, -"I do not think I made a move, Mrs. ——" -and sat on for another ten minutes.</p> - -<p>As regards evening parties there is not -much to say. You speak to the hostess at -the head of the stairs where she stands to -receive her guests, and then you wander -through the rooms, and enjoy yourself, till -you descend for supper or depart altogether. -There is no need to look for the lady -of the house to say good-bye. She has, most -probably, left her post long before and is -wandering about among the company.</p> - -<p>The next thing I will mention is country -house visiting, which is very pleasant as a rule, -especially to people young enough not to -mind the open doors and windows, the large -rooms—innocent of fires sometimes when -dwellers in towns would have lit them—and -long corridors down which a fine north-easter -pursues you.</p> - -<p>Take plenty of wraps, therefore, unless it is -the very middle of summer; but this is by the -way.</p> - -<p>I will suppose that you arrive at your -destination dressed in a neat travelling -costume all in good order; no buttons off -gloves or boots, no untidy straps about the -handbag—of splendid dressing-bags I am not -speaking.</p> - -<p>You are shown into an apartment—very -likely a big hall used in the day as a drawing-room—where -you find perhaps several, perhaps -only one or two, people, and the mistress of -the house may ask whether you would like to -see your room at once, or, if it is near tea-time, -if you will stay and have a cup first? I believe -that in New York and other places in America -the custom in this respect differs from our -own, and that the newly-arrived visitor is not -brought face to face with the house party -until she has had an opportunity of tidying -her hair, brushing her gown, and generally -smartening herself up, after which she can -appear with an "equal mind," untroubled by -any misgivings as to the results of the journey -upon her looks. In my opinion, that arrangement -is a great improvement on our way of -doing things; but, however, as it is, you sit -travel-tossed and more or less crumpled up, -talking to anybody you know, and possibly, if -by nature shy, with an embarrassing consciousness -of being mentally criticised by some of -those present whom you do not know. In -such circumstances the most important matter -is to keep still. If you have ever watched -actors on the stage, you must have noticed -that they never shuffle and move about without -intending it. It is one of the first lessons, -in fact, that amateurs have to learn, simply -to stand or sit still. Nothing has a worse -effect than the look of "not knowing what to -do with your arms and legs," so do, therefore, -refrain from twisting your feet about under -your chair, fidgeting with your bracelets, or -letting the spoon fall out of your saucer. If -your gloves are off, do not begin to think -about your hands getting red, for, if you do, -they are pretty certain to fulfil your fears by -becoming so. Nervousness has more to do -with that than is generally imagined.</p> - -<p>Whoever saw a pair of scarlet hands before -them when they were alone?</p> - -<p>Just call to mind the fact that there is no -real reason why you should feel "all anyhow" -because you are in a strange house among -strangers, and try to be natural in manner and -pleasant to everybody.</p> - -<p>One thing very necessary to cultivate when -on a visit is the habit of punctuality. In -London, where people come long distances, -with the chance of a "block," or finding the -street up, or some other obstacle to progress, -a liberal margin is allowed as to time, and -dinner at a quarter to eight means eight. -But in the country the hour named is the -hour intended, and in some houses the striking -of the gong and the appearance of the butler -throwing open the doors for dinner are nearly -simultaneous, while in others the guests have -five minutes' grace after the gong sounds in -which to get downstairs and into the drawing-room. -In any case they should all have -assembled before dinner is announced, for few -things annoy the master of the house more -than to see stragglers come in when the soup, -and perhaps even the fish, has been already -served.</p> - -<p>The same rule applies to all arrangements -which are not "movable feasts." Luncheon, -for instance, is usually at a fixed hour, and so -is breakfast in some houses, though not in all. -If you are to ride or drive, or whatever it is, -be ready to the minute, and do not give -trouble by having to be sent for. To give no -unnecessary trouble either to guests or servants -is, indeed, a good motto to bear in mind, for -nobody likes to be "put about," and a woman -who gives a lot of trouble, whether from -thoughtlessness or from an idea that by -requiring a great deal of attention and waiting -upon she makes herself interesting and of -more importance, will find out her mistake -sooner or later, and learn that fetching cushions -and smelling-bottles is not an amusing occupation -for her friends, and that ringing the bell -without good reason only sends servants, especially -other people's servants, into a bad temper.</p> - -<p>When you come down to breakfast you -need not go round and shake hands with -everybody. Speak to the lady of the house -and anybody you know close by, and a few -little bows and smiles will do the rest. Be -careful in going to or from the dining-room -to wait your turn, and not walk out before -those who ought to precede you. Sometimes -when the same people are making a longish -stay in the house, they draw lots to decide -who shall go in with whom by way of variety -instead of having always the same partner. -Pieces of paper are numbered, two sets alike, -and drawn just before dinner, the guests then -pairing off according to their numbers, so that -a woman or girl with no particular position -may find herself in the place of honour at -the table, but even so it would be extremely -bad taste in her to leave the dining-room first.</p> - -<p>When talking do not mention the name of -the person you are addressing every time you -speak. It has a tiresome effect upon the ear -to hear perpetually "Yes, Mrs. ——" "No, -Mr. ——" "Do you think so, Lady ——?" -"How fine it is to-day, Mr. ——!"</p> - -<p>No hard-and-fast rule can be laid down as -to how often the name should be mentioned—for,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_157" id="Page_157">{157}</a></span> -of course, it must be sometimes—but a -little careful attention to ordinary conversation -will teach you more than any written remarks -could, and your own instinct must guide you -further in the avoidance of little faults of the -kind.</p> - -<p>A matter of importance when visiting is to -try never to be in the way when you are not -wanted, and never out of it when you are -wanted. Do not, for example, sit down and -make an unrequired third in a conversation -carried on between two people who are -evidently quite content with each other's -society, for they will only wish you anywhere, -and, unless you have the constitution of a -rhinoceros, the freezing atmosphere will -soon bring to your mind a certain proverb -which says that "Two's company, but three's -none."</p> - -<p>Do not insist upon speaking of something -which interests you specially when, perhaps, -nobody else cares very much about it; and, -more than all, do not talk about yourself, -your likes and dislikes, your health, etc., etc. -It may not be pleasant, but the fact remains -that nineteen people out of twenty feel not -the smallest interest in you or your concerns -except in so far as the outcome is agreeable -to them, and this not exactly from want of -heart so much as from want of time to stop -and consider you, when there are so many -others near and dear to them to be thought -of. At all events, so it is, and any person -who hangs about a room when she might as -well go out of it, or worries people by airing -her own opinions when nobody wishes to hear -them, is decidedly in the way, and neither -more nor less than a bore. This rock, <i>i.e.</i>, -being <i>de trop</i>, may be called the Scylla, while -another of quite a contrary kind may be styled -the Charybdis in the sea of Society, and both -must be steered clear of if the voyage is to be -pleasant and successful. The former is the -rock on which active and energetic people -split, and the latter often makes shipwreck of -the more meditative and indolent natures, -inclined to let things slip by, unobservant of -what is required of them, or, if aware of it, -too fond of their own comfort and repose to -respond. Judgment and tact are essential in -order to avoid running against one or other of -these rocks, and perhaps the best preventive -of mistakes in the matter will be found in -remembering to "do as you would be done -by," because, keeping that in mind, you will -have only to make a shrewd guess as to -what others would like in the same circumstances. -Now and then doubtless in -carrying out this rule some self-denial is -involved, as, for instance, when lawn-tennis, -or croquet, or even a walk, is proposed, -and you, caring little for physical exertion -at any time, and very anxious, moreover, to -finish a book you are deep in, feel for a -moment disposed to be churlish and refuse -to join. Well, then comes in the remembrance -of what is due to others, and you -put the best face you can on it, get your -hat, and go. Or on a wet day somebody -wants to play billiards, or battledore and -shuttlecock, or something, and you would -rather work at a drawing or run through a -song or two in the little boudoir where you -will disturb nobody, but you are wanted to -help brighten up the dreary day, and your -private inclinations have to be sacrificed to -the good of others. Another thing—— But -my paper is growing rather lengthy, and, lest -I should be voted a bore and go to pieces on -the rock Scylla, I think my remarks had -better end here for to-day, the remainder of -them, not many now, being laid by for -another occasion.</p> - -<p class='center'>(<i>To be continued.</i>)</p> - - - -<hr class="chap" /></div><div> - -<div class="figcenter w250"> -<img src="images/i_157.jpg" width="250" height="127" alt="" /> -</div> - - -<h2><a name="LETTERS_FROM_A_LAWYER" id="LETTERS_FROM_A_LAWYER">LETTERS FROM A LAWYER.</a></h2> - - -<h3>PART III.</h3> - -<p class='right'> -The Temple. -</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">My dear Dorothy</span>,—So you have decided -on commencing your married life in a flat—a -very wise decision on your part. In the -first place, in a flat you know exactly what -your position is as regards rent, whereas a -house entails constant expense for repairs, to -say nothing of rates and taxes.</p> - -<p>It is true that, if the people on the floor -above you indulge in clog-dancing all the day -whilst the occupiers of the floor below practise -the cornet piston half-way into the night, -you might find that the drawbacks of a flat -were unendurable; but I do not think that -you are likely to suffer quite such a terrible -experience as I have depicted.</p> - -<p>Another advantage of a flat is that, if you -want to run down to the country or the -seaside for the week's end, or for even a -longer period, you can lock up your flat and -start off gaily; but with a house on your -hands it is a very different matter.</p> - -<p>But perhaps the greatest attraction of a flat -is the reduction in the number of the necessary -domestics. In a small flat like yours, you -ought to manage very well with one servant, provided -she is capable and attends to her work.</p> - -<p>Whatever you do, don't engage a "treasure," -unless you happen to know all about her. -If one is recommended to you by an acquaintance, -you may be quite sure that the "treasure" -has some great drawback; otherwise, why -should her mistress be so anxious to part with -her? Ask yourself that question before you -burden yourself with a "treasure" that you -may have great difficulty in getting rid of, -especially if she turns out to be a tyrant like -some "treasures" I have known. Remember -my warning, beware of "treasures." Get a -servant that you can instruct, not one that -will order you about and make your life a -burden to you.</p> - -<p>I am sorry to hear that Aunt Anne had so -much trouble with her late cook, to whom -she had been, as every mistress is bound to be, -very kind; but I am glad that she managed -to get rid of her in the end. Under the -circumstances, she would have been quite -justified in discharging her without giving her -a month's wages in lieu of notice.</p> - -<p>A servant who refuses to do any work and -locks herself in her room, refusing to come -out, as this one did, may be summarily -dismissed without being paid for services -which she has not rendered.</p> - -<p>Aunt Anne was fortunate in getting the -policeman to come in and turn the woman -out. A constable is not bound to enter a -private dwelling in order to eject a noisy or -troublesome domestic. On the contrary, the -householder has to get the troublesome -individual as far as the street door before the -constable will interfere and take charge of him -or her.</p> - -<p>I hope that Aunt Anne will be more -fortunate in her choice of a new cook.</p> - -<p>It may seem rather hard that because you -happen to have been given a silver mustard-pot -with Gerald's crest upon it, that you -should be obliged to pay a guinea a year for -a licence to carry armorial bearings; but, -strictly speaking, this is what you are bound -to do if you keep the mustard-pot.</p> - -<p>I happen to know of a case where a good -lady was summoned before the magistrate for -not having taken out this licence, where it -was shown that all she had in the way of a -crest or coat-of-arms was a hall chair, which -she had recently purchased, with someone -else's crest on it; but, in spite of this fact, she -was fined and ordered to pay for the licence.</p> - -<p>The occasional use of the services of the -hall-porter at your flat will not render you -liable to the duty for keeping a male servant.</p> - -<p>What is the objection to purchasing a piano -on the three years' hire system? Instead of -parting with a large sum in one cash payment, -which is very often an inconvenient thing to -do, you pay, by half-a-dozen half-yearly instalments, -or quarterly if you prefer it, with what -you will probably be able to save out of your -housekeeping money. It seems to me a very -excellent way of acquiring an expensive article.</p> - -<p>Your dressmaker cannot force you to pay -for a dress which is so badly made that it is -quite impossible for you to wear it. But then -the question arises, Is it really so bad as you -make out? Could it not be made to fit -properly with a few alterations?</p> - -<p>If you are positive that nothing can be -done with it to make it wearable, I should -advise you to refuse to take it in or to pay for -it, in which case you may possibly have to -appear in the County Court for the judge to -decide whether it fits, or can be made to fit, -or not.</p> - -<p>If such a contingency arises, you may rely -upon having the professional assistance of</p> - -<p> -<span class="ml2">Your affectionate cousin,</span><br /> -<span class="smcap ml4">Bob Briefless.</span> -</p> - -<hr class="chap" /></div><div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_158" id="Page_158">{158}</a></span></p> - - - - -<h2><a name="CHINA_MARKS" id="CHINA_MARKS">CHINA MARKS.</a></h2> - -<p class='ph3'>ENGLISH PORCELAIN.</p> - - -<h3>PART III.</h3> - -<h4><span class="smcap">The Worcester Factories.</span></h4> - -<p><span class="smcap">The</span> factory at Worcester was opened in -1750-51, contemporaneously with that of -Derby, the old mansion of Warmstry House -being the first seat of the works. The latter -passed into various hands, but were instituted -by Dr. Wall, a physician, and Dr. Davis, an -apothecary. The excellence of the colouring -was a feature of manufacture, and it reached -its highest degree of perfection from 1760 to -1780. Imitations from Chinese and Japanese -designs were chiefly in vogue, enamelled, -painted, or pencilled on the glaze, or in blue -under it. Amongst the early marks distinguishing -the Worcester porcelain, there is -a "W" standing both for Worcester and -Wall, the sign of Esculapius, a "W" enclosed -in a square, and one formed of two "V's" -intersecting each other, besides outlined -crescents in gold or blue, fretted squares, -anchors, and names. It may here be observed -that according to general opinion no figures -have been produced at Worcester.</p> - -<div class="figcenter w150"> -<img src="images/i_158a.jpg" width="150" height="109" alt="" /> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter w300"> -<img src="images/i_158b.jpg" width="300" height="179" alt="" /> -</div> - -<p>In the second period of the Worcester manufacture, -under Messrs. Flight & Barr, 1783, -the name "Flight," or that name with a -crescent, distinguished the work, and likewise -"Flight and Barr," surmounted by a crown; -and then with initials. The Chinese, Chantilly, -Dresden, and Svres marks were also -borrowed, but the exact date of their adoption -does not appear to be decided.</p> - -<div class="figcenter w350"> -<img src="images/i_158c.jpg" width="350" height="200" alt="" /> -</div> - -<p>Robert Chamberlain, apprentice of the old -Worcester factory, took up a separate business -with his brother Humphrey, and Messrs. -Kerr & Binns succeeded them, and employed -the marks here following. One consisted of -four "W's" enclosed within a circle; three -initial letters, and a shield bearing initials and -the name "Worcester."</p> - -<div class="figcenter w250"> -<img src="images/i_158d.jpg" width="250" height="176" alt="" /> -</div> - -<p>A third factory has been instituted by -Chamberlain's nephew, Mr. Grainger, in -partnership with Messrs. Lee & Co., under -whose names the present Worcester china is -executed.</p> - -<p>The original founder, Dr. John Wall, died -at Bath in 1776. In 1783 Mr. Flight -purchased them, and took Binns into partnership, -Solomon Cole, and Baxter. Amongst -other names connected with the Worcester -works are Blaney, Davis, Holdship, whose -name, "R. Holdship," appears on some -examples, and "RH" united -as a monogram, as also a "B" -for Binns. There are some -fifty-seven workmen's marks -on this china, which are too -numerous to give, mostly of a very -insignificant character. A large -"W" (capital letter) is rare. Sometimes -a square Chinese seal may -be found on a specimen by no means -oriental, and this is accounted for by -the painting of such a mark on -the paste before the glazing or the -decorative design was executed or -perhaps decided upon by the artist.</p> - -<div class="figcenter w125"> -<img src="images/i_158e.jpg" width="125" height="109" alt="" /> -</div> - -<p>A few more of the -Worcester marks may -be added. First, the -date, as given in the -Shreiber Collection in -the South Kensington -Museum. The -second is on the small -sprig pattern of small -blue flowers (like the -<i>Angoulme</i>). The -third is a group -painted in blue, on -imitation Japanese -porcelain, very fine -and old. The fourth, -fifth, sixth, and seventh groups are all on -Japanese china.</p> - -<div class="figcenter w250"> -<img src="images/i_158f.jpg" width="250" height="606" alt="" /> -</div> - - -<h4><span class="smcap">The Bristol Porcelain.</span></h4> - -<p>Richard Champion, the founder of the -Bristol Porcelain works, Castle Green, 1765, -having applied for an extension of his patent -(granted for fourteen years), was strongly -opposed by Josiah Wedgwood, and other -Staffordshire potters. The extension under -certain conditions was obtained, but two -years subsequently he sold it to some Staffordshire -potters, and the work was carried on at -Tunstall and Shelton. The designs on -Champion's Porcelain were taken extensively -from Dresden, for which his work is often -mistaken, as he affixed the crossed swords of -that manufactory to his own china. He also -copied those of Svres and Vincennes. In one -case the Bristol cross is united with that of -Plymouth, <i>i.e.</i>,</p> - -<div class="figcenter w100"> -<img src="images/i_158g.jpg" width="100" height="119" alt="" /> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_159" id="Page_159">{159}</a></span></p> - -<p>The plain cross is painted in blue. The -Bristol marks next following are painted on -the glaze in blue or slate-colour, <i>i.e.</i>,</p> - -<div class="figcenter w200"> -<img src="images/i_159a.jpg" width="200" height="477" alt="" /> -</div> - -<p>The marks of Champion, in designs taken -more or less from the Dresden and French are -as here given, all under the glaze in blue, -excepting the last three which are over the -glaze.</p> - -<p>The letter "T" is embossed, standing in -relief, and the plain cross is painted in blue. -The Dresden crossed swords in a triangle, is -impressed on the clay.</p> - -<div class="figcenter w250"> -<img src="images/i_159b.jpg" width="250" height="236" alt="" /> -</div> - -<p>The painter's number is sometimes given -over the glaze, as "7," and when in gold and -added to the Dresden mark, in Bristol ware, -it indicates the gilder and not the painter. -Also we find the name "Bristoll" in double -lined letters, and the following three, a -cross, date, and figure 1 or T; a cross with -a small "b" under it; and a capital "B" -with the figure "7" beneath it on one -side. The mark "T<sup>o</sup>" is also distinctive of -this factory.</p> - -<p>To give an idea of the excellence to which -the work attained in Bristol, I may observe -that a tea-service presented by Richard -Champion to his wife Judith in November, -1774, painted in figures, was sold at Sotheby's -April, 1871, for 565. It consisted only of -six pieces (counting a cup and saucer as one), -<i>i.e.</i>, the teapot, milk jug, sugar basin and -three cups with their saucers. Of course, -their value was greatly enhanced by their age.</p> - - -<h4><span class="smcap">Plymouth Porcelain.</span></h4> - -<p>To William Cookworthy, of Kingsbridge, -and Lord Camelford we owe the production -of porcelain at Plymouth. They worked -together, and took out a patent in 1768. For -the manufacture, Cookworthy discovered -kaolin and pentuse in Cornwall, both natural -substances, requisite for the production of -hard paste; the former to supply an opaque -body, and the latter a perfectly transparent -substance, commonly called "moonstone," -or "chinastone," the two being blended -together.</p> - -<p>In the first patent taken out in this country -in 1768, the porcelain was described as made -of moonstone, or granite and china clay, the -latter giving infusibility and whiteness, Henry -Bone, the enameller, and M. Soqui, a painter -from Svres, being the decorators of the -Coxside manufactory at Plymouth. After a -lapse of a few years, the interest of the latter -was sold, and the patent rights transferred to -Mr. Champion, of Bristol, in 1774. The -mark of the original Plymouth porcelain was -the alchemic symbol for tin, sometimes, but -rarely, incised in the clay, in blue under the -glaze, or in gold or red upon it; but many -pieces have no mark at all. A great similarity -appeared between the work executed at -Plymouth and that in Bow, which may be -accounted for by the fact that Cookworthy -employed workmen procured from the last-named -factory. Some 3,000 were expended -in perfecting the discovery of how to bring the -porcelain to perfection.</p> - -<div class="figcenter w75"> -<img src="images/i_159c.jpg" width="75" height="68" alt="" /> -<div class="caption"><p>PLYMOUTH MARK.</p></div> -</div> - -<p class='center'>(<i>To be continued.</i>)</p> - - -<hr class="chap" /></div><div> - -<h2><a name="NEIGHBOURS" id="NEIGHBOURS">NEIGHBOURS.</a></h2> - - -<p><span class="smcap">One</span> of the penalties of the "civilisation" that -drives so many people to live in cities, is that -they must have neighbours, good, bad or -indifferent, in close proximity.</p> - -<p>There are still some houses in cities standing -alone and surrounded by garden or shrubbery, -but the majority of dwellers in towns must, by -force of circumstances, have people next -door. These cannot be altogether ignored -(though it is wonderful how the habit grows -of minding one's own business), and we have -to bear with their faults and their failings. -A great help in this direction is to remind -ourselves that we are also somebody's neighbour, -and, no doubt, they have faults to find -with us.</p> - -<p>Still, there is no denying that whatever are -our faults, those of our neighbour are very -aggravating. What can be more intolerable -than the barking and yelping of our neighbour's -dog, the crowing of our neighbour's cock, the -creaking of his rusty gate, and the crying and -even screaming of his children? Only one -thing can be worse, and that is the strumming -on our neighbour's piano. Next door noises -are a source of much ill-temper and even of -ill-health to those whose nerves are strained -to tension-point, and in these days of high -pressure, this is one of our most serious troubles. -The minor annoyances of our neighbour's -washing and our neighbour's cooking are as -nothing compared to these, and we must -consider ourselves fortunate if we have quiet -people next door. Better still if they are -godly people who recognise the divine duty of -a neighbour.</p> - -<p>I think there is no time when the disposition -of a neighbour is more evident than in times -of sickness, and our happiest recollection of -neighbours was under those circumstances. -Up to then our acquaintance was limited to -pleasant exchange of courtesies over the -weather, the new baby and the gardens; and -friendly relations were established between us -when, one morning we received a little note -saying that they were having a new flagstone -put down at their gate, and as ours was also -worn, would we allow their workman to put -one down for us—surely a most neighbourly -and considerate proposition! This led to -pleasant intercourse between the houses, -exchange of household recipes, bouquets and -visits. But the testing came when long and -severe illness laid one of our family low; and -then in truth we learnt to know what "to be -neighbourly" meant. No distance was too -great, no journey too irksome—if any special -delicacy were needed for the invalid—every -morning, afternoon, and evening brought -some kind message for the patient or the -nurse, and, when recovery happily came, it -was our kind neighbour, the head of the -house, who carried the convalescent downstairs -for the first time.</p> - -<p>And now, years after these events, when we -have moved away—as well as they—the -children are grown-up, and the families are -scattered, there is a bond of happy recollections -between us, which time does not efface, or -change of circumstances alter. It is our old -neighbours who send us Christmas and other -greetings, when friends and relatives forget to -send them, and some of our pleasantest -conversations refer to the time when we lived -"next door."</p> - -<p>May this continue till we find ourselves -with them again, neighbours, but in heavenly -mansions!</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -</div><div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_160" id="Page_160">{160}</a></span></p> - - - - -<h2><a name="ANSWERS_TO_CORRESPONDENTS" id="ANSWERS_TO_CORRESPONDENTS">ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.</a></h2> - - -<div class="figcenter w250"> -<img src="images/i_160.jpg" width="250" height="67" alt="" /> -</div> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>I. No charge is made for answering questions.</p> - -<p>II. All correspondents to give initials or -pseudonym.</p> - -<p>III. The Editor reserves the right of declining -to reply to any of the questions.</p> - -<p>IV. No direct answers can be sent by the -Editor through the post.</p> - -<p>V. No more than two questions may be -asked in one letter, which must be addressed -to the Editor of "The Girl's Own Paper," -56, Paternoster Row, London, E.C.</p> - -<p>VI. No addresses of firms, tradesmen, or -any other matter of the nature of an advertisement -will be inserted.</p></div> - - -<h3>MEDICAL.</h3> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p><span class="smcap">Emily Dalton.</span>—We thank you for your letter, but -we must remind you that the preparation that -cured you is by no means likely to be of equal value -to others. If the remedy that you used is one that -is not commonly employed for that purpose, we -may be almost certain that it would be totally useless -in another case. Most unexpected things do -happen in medicine, and it requires a long time to -decide whether a drug has any good effect, even -though it may have apparently cured one or two -persons. You are hardly likely to have discovered -any new drug, and most of the medicines used in -England, whether in the pharmacopœia or not, -have been exhaustively studied. Those drugs -which are not official are not given a place in the -pharmacopœia, either because they are of insufficient -value or because they have not yet been -sufficiently studied. The reason why patent medicines -and advertised nostrums are not given a place -in our official list of drugs is either, as is most -commonly the case, they are useless or inferior to -preparations already in the pharmacopœia, or because -they are simply time-honoured prescriptions -which have been stolen and patented for running a -company with, and charging thirteenpence halfpenny -for what can be got for a penny! You must -also remember that using drugs, with the action of -which you are not familiar, is indeed dealing with -edged tools, which may do great good if properly -handled, but which can work disaster if wrongly -applied.</p> - -<p>"<span class="smcap">Not Bad.</span>"—You are suffering from the nervous and -physical depression which is a constant symptom of -anmia. That you are anmic is perfectly obvious -from your account. If you pay attention to what -we are going to tell you, we feel certain that you -will soon get better. First read the three articles -on diet and digestion which appeared in the <span class="smcap">Girl's -Own Paper</span> in February 1897, December 1897, and -September 1898. Then turn to page 384 of last -year's volume and read the answer which describes -the treatment of anmia. When you have read -those papers, then read what follows here. Give -up the cold bath in the morning and do not return -to it till you are completely well again. In its -place you may take a warm bath before going to -bed. Pay great attention to your digestion by -observing all the rules laid down in the articles -above mentioned. Take a walk regularly every -day. As regards drugs, you must guard carefully -against constipation, which is the chief cause of -anmia. A teaspoonful of liquorice powder, or -an aloes and nux vomica pill, may be taken occasionally -for this purpose. Tonics are the greatest -bane of modern medicine, and you will do well to -fight shy of them altogether. Iron, taken as a -blood-former, but not as a tonic, is invaluable for -anmia. You should begin with a small dose of a -mild preparation. A five-grain "Bland's" pill -taken three times a day after meals is a good way -of taking iron. It is the rule for persons with -anmia to get stout and not to become thin, as -one would, <i>a priori</i>, have expected.</p> - -<p>"<span class="smcap">Jessie.</span>"—Your deafness is, almost for certain, due -to wax. That you are very subject to sore throats, -and that you usually breathe through your mouth, -are perhaps against this opinion, but everything -else is in favour of it. Syringe out your ears, or -get some careful friend to do it for you. Before -syringing out your ears read the article "All about -the ear" which appeared in this magazine October -1897. If the syringing is properly done you will -recover your hearing immediately. It may take an -hour to efficiently syringe out an ear.</p> - -<p>"<span class="smcap">Minnie Steward.</span>"—Your deafness is unquestionably -due to wax. Read what we said to "<span class="smcap">Jessie</span>."</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Anxious One.</span>—We think that you will find the cause -of your symptoms in your spectacles. Did you have -your eyes examined by a medical man, or did you -go to an oculist and choose the pair that suited you -best? We guess that you did the latter, and if our -surmise is correct, your symptoms are very easily -accounted for. Your eyes evidently have different -refractive powers, that is, they need different -glasses. The spectacles kept by oculists, or, -rather, opticians, have both glasses of equal power, -so that you could not get a pair of spectacles to -suit your own case unless you had them made for -you. You say your "other eye is defective." By -this do you mean that you cannot use that eye for -working, or that it squints? In either case it would -be practically useless, so that your "bad eye" has -to do all the work, and is consequently overworked, -becomes sore, and gives you headaches. If it is -not exactly suited by the lens in front of it, it is -quite capable of incapacitating you altogether. Go -to an ophthalmic surgeon and get a prescription -for glasses for each eye separately. Take the card -to the best optician you know and have the glasses -made for you. We know that this will be rather -expensive, but it is necessary if you wish to keep -your sight.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">An Old Friend of the "G.O.P."</span>—We advise you -not to use lemons for your hair, for though we do -not think that they would do much harm, they are -not likely to do any good. Try a hairwash of -rosemary or quinine, or use a pomade containing -cantharides.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Slight Deafness</span> (An answer to "<span class="smcap">Jessie</span>," "<span class="smcap">Deffee</span>," -"<span class="smcap">An Unhappy One</span>," "<span class="smcap">Minnie Steward</span>," -and "<span class="smcap">Queen</span>").—We are much pleased that our -answer to "<span class="smcap">A Constant Reader</span>" has been the -cause of so many of our readers laying their troubles -before us. As the five correspondents whom we -are now answering have understood the absolute -necessity of supplying us with information about -their ills before we can give them a definite answer, -and as all have answered the thirteen points which -it is necessary to know before discussing the treatment -of deafness, we will be able to give them -much more lucid replies than is possible in most -cases of the kind when correspondents merely ask -us for "a cure for deafness."</p> - -<p>"<span class="smcap">Deffee</span>" has given us "a poser," for her answers -to our thirteen queries seem rather to indicate a -combination of unhealthy conditions rather than a -single complaint. There is a great amount of -information in her report which suggests wax. As -the treatment for this condition is perfectly simple, -she should try this first. A person who "scarcely -knows what a sore throat means" is hardly likely -to have suffered much from it. There are certain -passages in her letter which strongly suggest -that the chief cause of her deafness is hardening -and stiffening of the drums of her ears from catarrh -of the nose and eustachian tube. We advise her to -get an "atomiser" and thoroughly spray her nose -and throat with a solution of menthol in paraleine -(1 in 8) three times a day. We hardly like to give -an opinion as to the ultimate result.</p> - -<p>"<span class="smcap">An Unhappy One</span>" would do best to go to a -hospital as she suggests. The cause of her deafness -is probably catarrh.</p> - -<p>"<span class="smcap">Queen.</span>"—Your letter was most interesting, but -we fear that we can hold out no hope of your ever -recovering your hearing. You are to be congratulated -upon having recovered at all from so frightful -an accident, which is nearly always fatal. Your -left auditory nerve was torn through by the fracture -of your skull. It is an exceedingly soft nerve, and -we have never heard of its recovery from division. -This is probably because the nerve is always more -or less lacerated as well as torn across.</p></div> - - -<h3>MISCELLANEOUS.</h3> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p><span class="smcap">Trela.</span>—Miniature portrait painting on ivory has -become very fashionable of late, and there are -always many in the exhibition at the Royal -Academy each year. Moist water-colours are -used for the painting, sable brushes, and a piece -of ivory. The work is very fine, and requires -strong and good sight. We think you would -require lessons and some study before you made it -valuable to you. Meanwhile you should try to see -a collection. Richard Cosway was a great miniature -painter. You do not say where you write -from, so we cannot tell you where to go. If near -it, go to the South Kensington Museum.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Margherita.</span>—The population of the world is given -in Meyer's <i>Konversations Lexikon</i> at, Christians, -448,000,000; non-Christians, 1,004,000,000.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Green-Eyed Cat.</span>—For "madeira cake" take eight -ounces of flour, five ounces of castor sugar, five -ounces of butter, four eggs, citron as desired, and -grated lemon-peel. Blend the butter and sugar -together, add the grated lemon-peel, stir in the -eggs one at a time, and sift in the flour by -degrees. Then pour the mixture into a buttered -cake-tin, placing the pieces of citron on the top, -and bake during forty minutes in a moderately hot -oven.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Confectioner</span> (New Zealand).—The following is the -recipe for the cream: Take three cups of sugar, -one and a half of water, half a teaspoonful of -cream of tartar, and flavour with essence of vanilla. -Boil the mixture till drops will nearly keep their -shape in water, then pour into a bowl set in cold -water. Stir steadily with a silver or wooden spoon -till cold enough to bear the hand in it, and then -place on a platter and knead till of an even texture. -If too hard, a few drops of warm water may be -stirred in; if too soft, it must be boiled again. -This is the usual foundation of cream bon-bons. -It may be flavoured with chocolate by adding a -tablespoon of melted chocolate while the syrup is -hot. To make "chocolate creams," set one-half -of a cake of cooking chocolate on a flat dish in the -oven until soft. Prepare cream as above. Roll -into small balls, leave for a few minutes to dry, -then roll in the melted chocolate and place on -buttered paper. A two-pronged fork will be found -convenient for so doing.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Vipers Bugloss.</span>—In the year 1620 Oliver Cromwell -married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir James Bourchier, -a gentleman of landed property in Essex. -The name Bourchier is said by Burke to be Anglo-Norman. -The first number of <span class="smcap">The Girl's Own -Paper</span> is dated January 3rd, 1880.</p> - -<p>C. T. J. (Harrogate).—The kings of England claimed -the crown of France from Edward III., 1340, to the -time of George III., 1802—462 years—and the title -"King of France" was used till the treaty of -Amiens in 1802. At the time of the Union, however, -we find the royal style and title was appointed -to run thus:—"Georgius Tertius, Dei Gratia Britanniarum -Rex, Fidei Defensor," France having -been omitted already in 1801. This title was -assumed by Edward III. in right of his mother, -Isabella, daughter of Philip IV. of France, <span class="smcap lowercase">A.D.</span> -1290. As France was under the Salic Law, which -excludes women from the throne, this claim was -obviously untenable, but is said to have been made -to win over the Flemish allegiance. Edward, however, -was originally forced into a defensive war -with France, because Philip of Valois desired to -seize Edward's duchy of Aquitaine, which had -never belonged to the kings of France.</p> - -<p>H. R. H.—There are loan funds for helping women -to train for professional or technical careers at the -Ladies' College, Cheltenham, at Bedford College, -and at Queen Margaret's College, Glasgow. For -the latter, address Mrs. E. J. Mills, 5, Hillhead -Street, Glasgow. In London there is the "Caroline -Ashurst Bigg Memorial Loan Fund," Hon. -Secretary, Mrs. Alfred Pollard, 13, Cheniston -Gardens, Kensington, W. We believe that the -paper is still in being. Write and inquire about it, -however.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Sweet Briar.</span>—You should learn the Roman numerals. -MDCCCXXVII. means 1827. M means -a thousand, D five hundred, and C one hundred; -X ten, V five, and I one. There are many nice -books for girls, from Sir Walter Scott's downwards. -Mrs. Craik, Miss Beale, Miss Rosa N. Carey, Miss -Sarah Doudney, are all writers for girls.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Nell.</span>—There are twenty-one colleges at Oxford, and -about 3000 members of the university in residence. -At Cambridge there are seventeen colleges, and the -members on the boards amounted to 13,079 in 1897, -while 887 students matriculated. The earliest university -was at Bologna, and that at Paris was the -most important. These both rose into notice in the -twelfth century, and Oxford and Cambridge in the -thirteenth. The system of degrees and the names -of the chief officers were introduced into England, -as well as into other countries, from Paris. The -distinguishing characteristic of Oxford or Cambridge -is the existence of a number of separate -corporations or colleges within the universities -themselves. The origin of the colleges was due to -benevolent persons who desired to relieve a certain -number of poor scholars from the hardship of their -lives at the medival universities, and so provided -a building where they could have a common life, -and an endowment for their maintenance.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Dolly.</span>—The first steamer that crossed the Atlantic -was the <i>Rising Sun</i>, built in 1818 by Lord Cochran. -We do not know how long her voyage was, but the -following year an American ship left New York and -arrived at Liverpool after a run of twenty-six days. -Her engines propelled her during eighteen days, -but the rest of the voyage was accomplished with -the assistance of her sails. She was called the -<i>Savannah</i>, of 300 tons. Now the transit may be -made in about five days.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Lizzie.</span>—We remember seeing an account of the so-called -language of stamps, but we hope no one will -adopt it, as it would give extra trouble to the -Post Office employs, who ask us to put them -always in the right-hand upper corner. Besides, -we do not see the use of it when, by opening the -letter itself, you would acquire the knowledge -you want; and it is a vulgar idea, and "bad -form."</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">High Church.</span>—Your bookseller would inform you. -The Church of England does not hold the first two -dogmas you mention.</p></div></div> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<div class="footnotes"> -<p class='ph3'>FOOTNOTES:</p> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a name="Footnote_1_1" id="Footnote_1_1"></a><a href="#FNanchor_1_1"><span class="label">[1]</span></a> A fact.</p></div> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a name="Footnote_2_2" id="Footnote_2_2"></a><a href="#FNanchor_2_2"><span class="label">[2]</span></a> A fact.</p></div> -</div> - -<hr class="full" /> - -<p>Transcriber's note—the following changes have been made to this text:</p> - -<p>Page 147: Shorncliff to Shorncliffe.</p> - -<p>Page 151: disburbed to disturbed.</p> - -<p>Page 154: acepted to accepted.</p> - - - - - - - - - -<pre> - - - - - -End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. XX, No. -988, December 3, 1898, by Various - -*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE GIRL'S OWN PAPER *** - -***** This file should be named 50773-h.htm or 50773-h.zip ***** -This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: - http://www.gutenberg.org/5/0/7/7/50773/ - -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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