diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'old/60053-0.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | old/60053-0.txt | 2814 |
1 files changed, 0 insertions, 2814 deletions
diff --git a/old/60053-0.txt b/old/60053-0.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 5613dcb..0000000 --- a/old/60053-0.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,2814 +0,0 @@ -The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. XX. No. 1013, -May 27, 1899, by Various - -This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with -almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or -re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included -with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org/license - - -Title: The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. XX. No. 1013, May 27, 1899 - -Author: Various - -Release Date: August 4, 2019 [EBook #60053] - -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. 1013.] MAY 27, 1899. [PRICE ONE PENNY.] - - - - -[Illustration: AT THE HELM.] - -_All rights reserved._] - - - - -THE HOUSE WITH THE VERANDAH. - -BY ISABELLA FYVIE MAYO, Author of “Other People’s Stairs,” “Her Object -in Life,” etc. - - -CHAPTER IX - -A WORM AT THE ROOTS. - -Each looked at the other, aghast. An expression as of sudden -enlightenment flitted across the boyish face of Tom Black; but nobody -noticed that. - -“That sound means some accident!” exclaimed Lucy, hurrying out of the -room. Miss Latimer followed her. Mr. Somerset and young Black stayed -behind, Mr. Somerset holding back little Hugh. - -But they only lingered for a moment. A cry from Lucy and a pungent -smell of burning which saluted their nostrils set them too running -downstairs. - -Mrs. Challoner and Miss Latimer were bending over the body of Mrs. -Morison, prostrate just outside the dining-room door. A japanned tray -containing knives and forks and spoons, scattered over the floor, -explained the crash which had followed the heavy fall. Little Hugh -shrieked, “Mrs. Morison is dead!” and began to cry. But she breathed -stertorously. - -“She has had a fit,” Lucy said. “Working over the big fire has brought -it on.” - -Wilfrid Somerset caught up his hat. - -“I know the nearest doctor’s!” he exclaimed, and, putting young Black -aside, he hirpled off, self-consciousness suspended in his eager desire -to be of service. - -“Mrs. Morison isn’t dead, dear,” Miss Latimer reassured little Hugh; -“but she is very ill, and you must not interrupt us while we take care -of her.” - -She led him into the dining-room and bade him watch at the window -for the coming of Mr. Somerset and the doctor. Then she returned to -Lucy. Young Black had got some water, and Lucy was dashing it on her -servant’s face. But, though she struggled and writhed under the chill, -it did not rouse her. - -“What was she bringing up these things for?” asked Lucy, looking round -at the scattered cutlery. “She knew I had set out the table already.” - -“It’s likely there was a good deal of mental confusion before the fit -came,” suggested the old governess. - -Tom Black stood over the prostrate figure and the kneeling ladies. -It was true he had fetched the water, but otherwise he did not seem -eagerly sympathetic. Suddenly he said— - -“There’s something on fire somewhere!” - -“Certainly there is,” assented Lucy, her senses regaining their power -of attention. “I think it must be downstairs. I can’t move.” (She was -trying to support the heavy, tossing head.) “Will you both go and see -what is burning, and do your best with it?” - -As the old lady and the youth descended the kitchen stair he whispered -to her— - -“That woman is tipsy.” - -“Oh, surely not!” Miss Latimer replied. “Mrs. Challoner has told me she -is an excellent servant and a respectable person.” - -“She is tipsy,” he repeated. “I saw it when I came in. But I didn’t -think she was quite so bad as this.” - -It was a terrible picture that met their eyes as they entered that -kitchen, which only a few hours before had been so bright and trim. -A big fire was burning, and a clothes-rail—covered with damask -table-napkins, among which hung an old rag mat—had been put so close -to the bars that one of the napkins was nearly consumed, two or three -were scorched, and the rag rug was smouldering. To draw back the -clothes-rail and to throw the burning mat into the sink was the work of -a moment, and effectually ended a great danger. - -The hearth was blurred with trodden cinders and spotted with grease. -There were two pots standing on the range, one containing burnt-up -porridge, and the other full of water with something floating in it -which looked like a rag. Miss Latimer hurriedly opened the oven door, -fully expecting to see a cindered fowl; but the oven was empty. Going -to a cupboard she discovered the little turkey nicely trussed. That had -been done the previous night, and it had not been touched since. Miss -Latimer quietly lifted it down and put it into the oven. Dinner would -be certainly late; but it would be the earlier the sooner one made a -beginning. - -“I fear you are right, after all,” she said to Tom Black. “Yet this fit -may have been coming on, and that may have stopped her work, and—— Ah!” - -Tom had also been making an investigation, and as she was speaking, he -held up before her shocked eyes a bottle of whisky. It was still in the -paper in which it had been sold; but it was almost empty. - -“There’s the doctor and Mr. Somerset!” Miss Latimer exclaimed with -a tone of relief. “Now we shall soon know the truth. Anyway, we’re -not wanted upstairs just this minute—we’d be only in the way. So let -us try to get a little to the bottom of things down here. I know how -keenly Mrs. Challoner will feel all this,” she said, confiding in the -youth whom she had never seen till half an hour before, but for whose -domestic help she now appealed as if it were the most natural thing in -the world. “Will you just see what is in that basin beside you?” - -Tom lifted the cover, peering gingerly. - -“I believe this is the pudding,” he said. - -“Dear me; very likely,” said Miss Latimer. - -She went back to the fireplace, and, dipping her fingers into the pot -of water, drew forth the floating rag. It was the pudding-cloth neatly -fastened up; only the pudding had never been inside! - -“And what is that strange noise I hear?” asked the old lady, gazing -around. - -“It is the cat,” said Tom. “She is under the dresser, and she keeps -‘swearing.’” - -The young man seemed rather afraid to approach the indignant animal; -but the old lady bravely put in her hand and drew pussy out. - -“No wonder she ‘swears,’ poor dear!” she observed. “Hot oil or grease -has been dropped on her, and has burned away about an inch of fur. I -don’t know what we can do for her, especially just now. But, at least, -we’ll give her a saucer of milk as a sign of sympathy.” - -At that moment the uncertain step of Wilfrid Somerset was heard on the -kitchen stair. - -“Mrs. Challoner asks me to get the cushions off the armchair,” he said, -“and I’m afraid you’ll be wanted,” he added, addressing Tom, “for I’m a -poor, useless creature where bodily strength is required.” - -Without a moment’s hesitation the doctor had diagnosed Mrs. Morison’s -“fit.” - -“She’s been drinking,” he said laconically. - -“But there is no smell of spirit,” pleaded Lucy, reluctant to lose -faith in the unhappy woman. - -“No,” said the doctor; “but there’s the scent of the little lozenges -which gentlemen take to hide the smell of tobacco. That’s the secret, -ma’am. This case doesn’t want any treatment save to be put on a safe -couch and allowed ‘to sleep it off,’ when I trust she will awake -properly ashamed of herself.” - -It was impossible to carry the heavy inert body to the servant’s -bedroom upstairs. But there was a little closet-like room at the back -of the hall, empty save for a few ferns and polled plants which Lucy -kept there. In that room Mr. Somerset arranged all the cushions he -could find in the kitchen, which were not a few, since they included -the mattress of a chair-bedstead which stood there in its chair -capacity. Then the doctor and Tom Black carried in the unconscious -woman, while poor Lucy gathered up the scattered cutlery, which -included a broken knife, a toasting-fork, and an oyster opener. - -“I am so sorry to have called you out on Christmas Day, and for what, -after all, was no work of yours,” said Lucy to the doctor as he came -back through the hall, drawing down his cuffs and straightening his -coat. - -He gave his head a queer little shake. - -“It’s hard to know what is a doctor’s work and what isn’t,” he said. -“But it’s always a doctor’s work to be useful, if not to the case, why, -then, to its caretaker. Get rid of that woman directly she wakes, Mrs. -Challoner. Such as she are at the bottom of two-thirds of the awful -accidents which happen in the world.” - -“She might have broken her neck if she had fallen on the stairs,” -observed Lucy. - -“And as she didn’t, she may live to break some other body’s neck,” said -the doctor as he went away. - -Lucy opened the dining-room door and went in, to find poor little Hugh -still dutifully watching at the window as Miss Latimer had bidden him. -And there was the dining-table, with its gleaming napery and sparkling -crystal, standing there as in mockery of the squalid scene which had -just been enacted. - -“And is it to this misery that I have invited my guests?” cried Lucy. -Even as she spoke her eye fell on her little desk, with her unfinished -letter to Charlie peeping out of the blotting-case. That letter could -not be finished now. It could never be sent. Then the memory of all -she had believed and hoped rolled back on her. If there is anything -calculated to give us the sensation of despair, it is the recollection -of thanksgiving offered for what in the end has proved disastrous! - -For one moment Lucy sat down on a chair, covered her face and wept. -She might have had “a good cry,” but for her sudden realisation that -she was not alone, that her guests were in the house, and that she had -a duty to discharge towards them. She sprang up and dashed away her -tears. Where had the guests gone? What were they doing? She had been -so occupied with the unhappy drunkard that she had not realised what -else had gone on around her. In her confusion she went first to the -drawing-room. The door was wide open and the room was empty, an album -lying on the floor just as she had dropped it. She paused, puzzled. -Then she heard sounds below. It was evident that her friends were all -in the kitchen. - -There she found them, busy. The pudding was already in the pot. The -burned serviettes were put aside. Tom Black had carried the rag mat out -to the scullery, and Wilfrid Somerset was washing plates. - -Lucy cried out in dismay; but they all laughed good-humouredly. The -disaster had happened, they said, and now they’d got to make the best -of it. - -“What is the use of having old friends, if they can’t do such a thing -as this?” asked Miss Latimer. - -But Mr. Black, anyhow, was not an old friend, protested Lucy. - -No, Mr. Somerset admitted that—at least, he hadn’t been only an hour -ago. “I think he is now,” he added. “Hours count for years sometimes.” - -Lucy resolutely pulled herself together. She, too, must make the best -of it. Though, as a hostess, she was humiliated and defeated, she must -still be the hostess, and try to extract a smile out of the cruel -situation. For the time she must put this unhappy woman out of her -thoughts, along with what might come on the morrow and the utter upset -of all her plans for the future. She must try to turn the household -wreck into an impromptu picnic. - -She tried and succeeded perfectly, so far at least as Tom Black and -Hugh were concerned. In half an hour those two were laughing and -running to and fro as if there could not be a better Christmas game -than tidying a disordered room and pushing on a belated dinner. - -Tom Black thought in his own mind what a jolly woman Mrs. Challoner was -not to be a bit put out by what would have utterly upset some people. - -Miss Latimer and Wilfrid Somerset knew better than that; they knew -what dramatisations life sometimes forces upon us, and how costly such -performances are. - -But they nobly seconded Lucy in her determination to put a fair face on -things. The dinner was cooked in time and set upon the table with the -informal decency which prevails in houses where “the family do their -own work.” - -Tom Black really enjoyed himself a great deal more than he had expected -he would when in prospect of the ordinary dinner-party. He actually -took courage to say that he thought it would be far better fun if -people always came prepared to get ready their own festivity, instead -of sitting talking about nothing and looking through stereoscopes. - -Wilfrid Somerset replied that he believed something of the sort was -regularly done in some parts of Canada and the New England States. - -“But where it is done, the whole construction of society is different -from what it is in London,” said Miss Latimer. “And it is where things -are half one way and half another that somebody has to suffer cruelly,” -she added. - -She, a breadwinning woman all her days, knew the strain which had come -upon Lucy, and could understand how these few hours were wasting forces -which should have been conserved to suffice for the productive labour -of weeks. For Lucy’s sake, she was truly thankful when the effort was -over—when little Hugh had gone to bed, when Tom Black had said good-bye -and had departed in the best of spirits, and when, left only to her two -old and trusted friends, Lucy could drop the mask of cheerfulness and -be the anxious, shaken creature she really was. - -“Well,” sighed Lucy, “Charlie is sure to have thought of us to-day; but -certainly his imagination has never pictured the reality!” - -The miserable Mrs. Morison was sleeping quietly now, and was not -likely to waken until morning. Miss Latimer declared that she would -remain with Lucy if Mr. Somerset would leave word at her lodgings that -she was not to be expected that night. - -He urged the two ladies to go to bed directly he departed. They both -needed rest, and he felt sure they would not be disturbed. It was good -advice; but they were too nervous to take it. They might sleep heavily -in their upper chamber, and the culprit might waken and steal out, or -she might rise and commit suicide. - -So they made themselves as comfortable as they could in the -dining-room, dozing off and waking and talking in whispers to each -other, till suddenly they roused with a start. The house was full of -the dull grey light of winter dawn. There was a slow heavy footfall in -the passage. - -The culprit stood before them, unkempt, dishevelled, pale, but once -more in her right mind. - -“Oh, Mrs. Morison!” cried Lucy. “How could you do this thing? How could -you?” and Lucy began to weep bitterly. - -“I’ve nothing to say for myself, mem, nothing at all!” said the woman -heavily, with no sign of feeling except what was conveyed in the utter -absence of such sign. “But I’m just going to get your breakfasts for -you. You shall have them all right. Then you can do what you like with -me.” - -The coffee she set before them was dainty, and the yellow fish savoury, -and the toast brown and crisp. The breakfast almost choked Lucy. She -still liked this woman—still felt drawn to the something good and -kind which again looked out of the grey eyes even to-day, dim and -reddened as they were. She would have liked to give her another chance, -surrounded by strict conditions and solemn pledges; but she knew that -could not be done in the little house with the verandah. For there was -no doubt that this was no first and abnormal outbreak, but simply the -crisis of a constant tendency—the tumultuous outbreak of restrained -craving. - -This would take years to cure, if in a woman of this one’s age it could -be ever wholly cured. Clearly this could not be Lucy’s work, since it -was absolutely incompatible with her direct duties as Charlie’s wife -and Hugh’s mother. - -She shuddered to realise how easily she might have been so lulled into -false security as to have left Hugh for an hour or two in the charge -of this well-behaved, kindly woman, perhaps to find her home a heap of -cinders and her child a charred corpse! - -They had scarcely finished breakfast when Wilfrid Somerset drove up -in his cab. He had felt anxious lest morning might bring some violent -and distressing scene. He was soon satisfied that there was little to -fear on that head. But he was urgent that Mrs. Morison should leave the -house at once. Lucy feared she had but a few shillings left, and in her -present depressed state was only too likely to spend those in bringing -more shame upon herself. So Mr. Somerset’s advice was that the cousin, -the Willesden plumber, should be communicated with. Mr. Somerset -charged himself with the transmission of the telegram, and worded it -with much tact and policy. - -Before evening, just as the shadows were deepening, the cousin’s wife -arrived. - -She expressed great disgust at “Jessie’s” lapse. But she did not need -it to be explained. She evidently knew what was to be expected. All -that she could say was that she had really hoped “Jessie” had learned -more wisdom at last. They had done all they could for her. They had -thought her cured. She had “kept straight” for so many weeks. They had -never let her go out without one of their children with her, and they -had kept all her money from her. She had called on Jessie, poor body, -on the day she thought she would get her wages, and had taken them -away, and was keeping them for her. Jessie was quite willing for one to -do that, if one took her at the right time. She could not think what -“Jessie” had done to get money, for she had said she gave up all. - -“I paid her a month’s wages a few days in advance,” explained Mrs. -Challoner; “and, when I did so, she told me that you had called to -borrow money from her, and how gladly she had spared it.” - -The cousin looked up at Mrs. Challoner, hesitated for a moment, and -said— - -“She didn’t say that till she knew you were going to pay her in -advance, did she?” - -“No, she did not,” Mrs. Challoner admitted. “Nor did she ask me for the -advance. I offered it.” - -“That’s it,” said the cousin. “The craving was on her, and the moment -she saw a way to satisfy it, she began to tell lies. She’s as true as -daylight at any other time, and as honest.” - -“I’m so sorry I gave her that money,” sighed Lucy, forgetting for the -moment that if such a revelation was to come, then the sooner it came -the better. - -“Oh, it wasn’t having the money that did it!” answered the other -reassuringly. “As she told a lie the fit had come, and if she hadn’t -got drunk one way, why, she would another! Once she actually pawned my -little girl’s boots. And she so fond of the child! ’Tisn’t her fault, -poor dear! We mustn’t judge her. It’s just like a disease.” - -“But how could you think of allowing her to use you as a reference, and -yet of not warning me of her terrible weakness?” said Mrs. Challoner. - -The woman’s eyes wandered a little. - -“Well, we didn’t want her to mention us!” she answered. “I’ll engage -she didn’t till after you’d seen the Edinburgh letters. Jessie came -home so full of you and the little gentleman that I thought, ‘Here’s a -place where she’ll be happy and will keep right if ever she will.’ And -when the lady came to inquire, my husband he kep’ out of the way. He -said he wasn’t going to mix hisself in it; but I said to him, ‘It’s our -Christian duty to do the best we can for our own. Ain’t we told we’ve -got to bear each other’s burdens?’ says I.” - -Lucy drew her breath hard. How was one to meet this perverted -sentiment, this putting of “charity,” as it were, upside down? - -“But don’t you see you were wrong to further her coming into my house -without telling me the truth about her?” she urged. “She might have -burned my house, she might have killed my boy! Could you not see that -you were not dealing justly by me?” - -“I don’t know about ‘justly,’” said the woman tartly, with a sneer on -the last word. “It’s our Christian duty to have charity and cover a -multitude of sins. If I’d told about Jessie’s weakness, nobody would -have taken her; and, as she’s spent her bit of money already, there’s -nothing and nobody between her and the workhouse but just ourselves, -and my husband doesn’t like to have his flesh and blood made a pauper. -Yet it’s rather hard he should have to take from me and his own -children to keep her.” - -Lucy’s heart fainted within her at this strange mixture of warped -exegesis, perverted family pride, and private self-interest. Yet she -made another attempt to get the matter set in a right light. - -“It is very kind of you and your husband to wish to help Jessie,” she -said; “but then, if you are willing to sacrifice yourselves in this -direction, it must really be yourselves whom you do sacrifice, and -not other people, whom you mislead into being sacrificed blindfold. -Our sacrifices must be costly to ourselves and not to others. If poor -Jessie is really, as you seem to say, the irresponsible victim of her -vice, just as if it was a disease, it would be truer kindness on your -part to sacrifice your pride for her real good. You are only giving -her freedom to do some great harm to other people, even if you feel it -right to endure such an example as hers among your own children. But I -do not think you need let her go to the workhouse. I believe there are -people willing and able to undertake the care and cure of such cases. -If you like, I will write to some of these. But meantime, as you helped -Jessie to get into my house, I must really ask you to take her away -with you at once.” - -“Oh, yes, that’s the way burdens are always thrown back on poor folk!” -muttered the woman. - -“I am throwing no burden on you,” said Lucy, with a firmness which -surprised herself. “I am simply handing back a great risk which you -deceitfully imposed upon me. I think we have nothing more to discuss,” -and thereupon she rang the kitchen bell, and summoned Jessie into the -presence of her mistress and her cousin. - -(_To be continued._) - - - - -A HAPPY HEALTHY GIRLHOOD. - -BY “MEDICUS” (DR. GORDON-STABLES, R.N.). - - -PART II. - - “’Tis now the summer of your youth; - Time has not cropt the roses from your cheek, - Though sorrow may have washed them.” - - _Moore._ - -The rose is a sweetly beautiful flower, and no matter where it grows -it somehow always charms the human eye, always appeals to the human -heart. Lovely it is in the garden, especially perhaps at early morning -when gemmed by dew, the crystalline tears left by the dying night, or -at eventide, when the colour in a rose-garden seems to reflect the -tints of the sunset clouds. Roses of all classes and kinds are lovely, -grow they where they may, on castle lawn or draping the walls of the -humblest cottage. And just as sweet and tender are those lovely buds -and blossoms of the crimson _rosa canina_ that bedeck and mantle our -hedges in the month of June. - -Children are ofttimes comparable to roses—girl-children I mean—mere -opening buds, and they ought to be none the less beautiful and -innocent-looking when older, but still in their teens. Ah, those -“teens,” would we not all prefer to remain that age and never to grow -older! I suppose angels are all and always in their teens, and the -saints in Heaven too! - -But descending from romance, with which a medical man ought to have -nothing to do, the stern reality, life, to a girl in her teens is -often a trying time. This, for many reasons which I shall now briefly -consider and advise upon. - -Every mother, if not her children, has often heard the word “heredity” -mentioned. The offspring is part and parcel of the parents, and -inherits, somewhat changed or modified perhaps, not only their good -qualities, their strength of body, brain, and constitution, but their -diseases also, if they have any. There is no mystery about that, as -some medical men tell us. It would be a mystery if it were the reverse. -If you take a cutting off a pure red rose, you could scarcely expect it -when grown into a bush to develop yellow roses. It is part and parcel -of the parent, and so is the child. But separate life and the mode or -manner of living may alter even inherited complaints, or prevent their -showing forth at all. It does not follow as a constant rule that the -children of, say, scrofulous parents shall be consumptive, or that -those of parents addicted to drink and dishonesty shall follow the -parental lead. It is this fact that gives one such hope in treating -the ailments and guiding the young lives of those who may be supposed -to be born with a taint of impure blood. - -Note, mother, please, that I have said “_young_ lives” in my last -sentence, because it is when young, and only then, that much good can -be done to combat the evils of heredity. - -We are sometimes told that the particular ailment handed down may -skip one generation and appear in the next. This should only give us -additional certainty that the trouble may be eradicated entirely. -For Nature does not skip generations in the manner some scientists -would have us believe. If an ailment, say phthisis or consumption, is -the trouble in one family and the children thereof escape, while the -grandchildren are attacked, one of two things may have happened; the -first generation of the afflicted ones had been reared in circumstances -inimical to the dispersing of the disorder, it lay latent in their -blood and revivified under circumstances favourable to it, in the -grandchildren, or—this is just as likely—the seed of the disease died -in the first generation, and the second were infected by ordinary -means. Phthisis is infectious: this should always be born in mind, and -a consumptive person should invariably sleep alone in the airiest and -best ventilated room in the house. - -When I say that consumption is hereditary, I am of course showing you -that I am a believer in the microbe doctrine. So is every sensible man. -The microbes of phthisis may be carried in the breath from the sick to -the sound; or dried sputa—ever so little—may form dust and be breathed, -thus inoculating, as it were, the person who inhales it. Not of a -certainty, however, for there are many chances against those microbes, -even if breathed, finding their way into the blood. Healthy blood is -in itself a protection, for the white corpuscles thereof are veritable -tigers in miniature, and fall upon and destroy organisms that are -dangerous to the life or health of the individual. Moreover a disease -germ or seed of consumption cannot, in every case, even reach the -mucous membrance of the lungs, owing to the secretions therein which -sweep it away, if they do not actually destroy it. On the other hand a -weakly subject is far more likely to fall a victim to infection of any -kind than a strong. A consumptive mother may have several children, -all of which, bar one, are safe enough, though all must have inherited -the evil microbe or bacillus. And this is chiefly because one is more -delicate than the others. - -But I deem it my duty to say here at once that a consumptive person -should never marry. - -All mothers know, or ought to know, that consumption is caused by a -particular sort of matter called tubercle which, by way of getting rid -of it perhaps, Nature deposits in, say, the lungs of the young person. -This acts like a foreign body; that is, it may lie quiescent for a long -time, and as the child gets stronger, it may even be absorbed, but if -she catches cold, that wicked little lump of deposit is sought out and, -becoming inflamed, sets up mischief all around. It is coughed up, but -leaves an ulcer, and this forms a cavity, after which the end is not -far distant. But consumption in children, or the young either, is more -often caused by the deposit of tubercle in other parts of the body, -especially in the glands. - -Now, the probability being that I shall devote a whole article to a -consideration of consumption, I need not do more here than generalise -and give a few words of good advice. I think, mater, that if this -advice proves of service to you and gives you hope, this health sermon -shall not have been written in vain. - -“I’m afraid that my lassie is dwining,” said a Scottish mother to me -once. “What think you, doctor?” - -I was only a very young fellow then, but had inherited a modicum of -common sense from most intelligent parents, so I took Mary in hand. - -Mary was then sixteen, I but twenty, and although a medical student, -I could not have known a deal. The mother and daughter were country -cottagers, and being poor, the family doctor did not, probably could -not, devote overmuch time to the case. One thing, however, I objected -to: he kept pouring cod-liver oil into his patient, completely -deranging the stomach and rendering the digestion of the food a -complete impossibility. - -From the very first week that Mary stopped the oil her appetite -improved, and—the old doctor stopped away. The case was mine therefore, -and I took no small pains with it. I thought that if there was any -chance of getting the girl over her trouble at all, it was by making -her strong. We live by food and not by physic, I argued—food and fresh -air. - -Mary’s bedroom was a small one and downstairs; but there happened to -be a large attic or garret above, and the father being a handy man—and -Mary the only girl-child—he did as I told him, and made a large window -on the south side of the attic. Then it was completely cleared out and -cleaned out, the walls whitewashed and the floor well scrubbed. When -mats were put down here and there, and a nice bed at one side on which -the morning light could fall, the room was so far ready for occupation. - -The mother wanted bed curtains and window curtains. I would hear of -neither. I shook my young head with an air of awe-inspiring profundity -as I tabooed the curtains. But I permitted any amount of artistic -though rural decoration. Mary had much taste, and the hours she spent -in making that attic into a boudoir were the best investment of time -possible, because they occupied her mind, and I would not let her -believe she was ill, or had the seeds of consumption in her system. -All she wanted, I said, was strength. And I really was not far wrong. -I gave her Hope instead of cod-liver oil. But I insisted upon her -being out of doors nearly all day long, wearing clothing to accord -with the state of the weather, but never fearing the cold. She was to -sleep, not in a draught, but with her window open. Her mother said, “My -conscience, doctor laddie!” at first, but I insisted. - -All the medicine Mary had for the next twelve months could have been -placed inside a walnut shell. Her mental medicine was not neglected, -and this consisted of books to read—I gave her these—and light work to -do, chiefly out of doors, also pleasant quiet companionship. - -Fresh air was the most important weapon I used to fight the trouble. -Next came food. Cream, butter, good milk, nice bacon, and suet -dumplings were ten thousand times better than expensive and fulsome -cod-liver oil. She had meat too, as much as she could take, with -vegetables—potatoes and greens—and bread. - -Hygienic rules were most strictly carried out. The cottage, luckily, -was surrounded by bonnie country gardens, in which Mary spent much -of her time, not even fearing rain, because she wore a cloak—not -an india-rubber mackintosh, be assured—and strong boots, without -disease-producing goloshes. From top to bottom, from one end to -another, the house was kept spotlessly clean, free from dust, and dry. - -Mary was no worse at the end of a month! Mary was better at the end -of three months!! Mary was well, and the blush of health was on her -cheeks, at the end of eighteen months!!! - -The old-fashioned doctor never spoke to me after I put my foot on his -cod-liver oil. He used to pass me on the road like a speck of March -dust, and he told a friend of mine I was an insolent young dog. No -doubt he was right. I had all the faith and arrogance of youth, but—I -cured Mary. - -It was at the end of the eighteen months I went to sea, and seven long -years elapsed before I saw her again. She was married, and had two -bonnie healthy children. She is living _still_, and her family too. - -Now, mother, this is a true story, and I have only told it as a -proof of the benefits derivable from fatty and flesh-forming foods, -perfect hygiene, and fresh air indoors and out in cases of incipient -consumption; and not in these alone are such health-giving and curative -agents beneficial, but in all cases of chronic ill-health in young -girls. - -In relating my little story of Mary, I may have seemed to disparage -cod-liver oil. I merely wish, however, to imply that it is only in -cases where it can be easily digested that it can do any good, and that -in all others it is positively injurious. - -Mind this, mater, that the days have long gone past when people pinned -their faith on medicine alone in the cure of diseases. Indeed, mostly -every ailment of a chronic nature, if curable at all, has a better -chance if physic is left severely alone and a thorough system of -hygiene and dietetics adopted; for if medicine is taken, people as a -rule think that this is of greater consequence than good food and a -life spent in the fresh and open air. - -What are called “peptonised foods” are often beneficial where there is -want of proper digestive power, or pepsin in the form of tablets may be -used. These are to be had at most respectable chemists, and the dose is -marked on the bottle. - -The new food-medicines called vivol and marrol, so highly spoken of in -medical journals, should in many cases supersede the use of cod-liver -oil, or even shark-liver oil, in the case of a girl who does not seem -to be thriving. - -The Scotch word “dwining” is very expressive. It was usually applied to -girls just entered on their teens, who do not appear to be healthy, and -are but little likely to make old bones. They are rather poor in flesh, -growing rather rapidly, perhaps, but not “building as they go,” as the -farmers say about rick-making. They have but little appetite, are pale -in face, flabby in substance, have little real life about them, and are -very thick-headed of a morning. They feel the cold much, and therefore -seldom have their bedrooms properly ventilated. Moreover, they do not -make bone. It is as if Nature said to herself, “I need not bone in the -case of this girl, for it will never be wanted.” - -Well, in all cases of “dwining,” the fresh air and food treatment works -wonders. - -I must call the attention of mothers of delicate girls to the fact that -there are in the market, and very largely advertised, pills containing -iron which kill thousands yearly. Iron, in the hands of a skilful -physician, who knows how and when to prescribe it, is often a valuable -tonic, but taken without precaution, as people do who see things -advertised and shored up with lies and so-called cures, it is a _most -dangerous_ and _poisonous drug_. - -What is called anæmia or bloodlessness in girls sometimes gets the name -of “chlorosis” or “green sickness” from the peculiar appearance of the -skin. It is an exceedingly common complaint, and really the number of -white faces one sees in the streets of great cities, as girls hurry to -and from their work, is saddening. When one notices a face of this kind -in a beautiful carriage, the girl who owns it being perhaps wrapped up -in furs, one may put it down as a bad case. There is either some real -disease to account for it, or the girl is over-coddled, the laws of -hygiene and dietetics ruthlessly broken, and faith pinned on medicine -alone—a broken reed. - -When the working girl is anæmic, her mother or whoever owns her must -see that she gets good food, that the system is kept regular in every -way, and that her room is clean, tidy and well-ventilated, with no -curtains on bed or windows. - -All the weariness, all the heaviness, tiredness in the morning, the -low spirits, and even the neuralgic pains from which she suffers, will -vanish before a better diet if it is well regulated. But in such a -case, the daily bath—cold before breakfast—will often be the very first -thing to set her to rights. - -If she can get down into the country and keep out of doors nearly all -day, so much the better, only hard exercise should be avoided. - -Red meat does good in these cases. If this is too expensive to be had -in any quantity, plenty of milk should be used. Oatmeal is a cure -in itself in many cases. Bacon is good, especially the fat, and a -teaspoonful of Bovril should supplement this. - -Peas meal, if it can be got in bulk and fresh, makes an excellent -staple of diet for many hard-working girls. It can be made into -porridge (thick), and eaten with butter and milk it is most nourishing -and delicious. The Aberdeen girls (factory hands, etc.) use a deal of -this, and no more wholesome, blooming and bonnie lassies are to be -found anywhere. Indeed, I have never yet seen any to match them. The -fresh and bracing sea air may account to some extent for their “caller” -looks, but, believe me, the diet has a deal to do with their health. - -Nervousness is another hereditary complaint. Now although there are -a great many medicines that have an effect for good on the nervous -system, they need to be used with caution, and only in conjunction with -a well-regulated diet. - -Rheumatism is still another heirloom that descends in families. - -On both these subjects and others I shall speak at length in early -numbers of THE GIRL’S OWN PAPER, so those interested should look out -for my papers. - - - - -“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 XXXIV. - -As a heavy stone falling into a pond sends waves circling outward to -a distance, so the death of Sir John Moore at Coruña sent many a wave -of sorrow to the hearts of men, north and south, east and west. One -such wave found its way to the distant town of Verdun, where still -languished the détenus, taken captive in 1803, together with many later -Prisoners of War on parole, sent thither. - -News in those days travelled slowly, and prisoners travelled more -slowly still. But a day arrived, though not till very many weeks after -the Battle of Coruña, when Jack Keene found himself within the ramparts -of Verdun. - -It was spring; and he carried his right arm in a sling, and when he -moved a distinct limp might be seen. He had just been to report himself -at the citadel, and he now stood outside, meditating on his next move. - -A rather young man, with a keen clever face, passed him quickly, then -pulled up, turning in his direction. - -“I beg your pardon. Have you just arrived here?” - -“Yes. You’re English. That’s right,” said Jack heartily. “I’m a -prisoner.” - -“Can I be of service to you? Have you friends in the place?” - -“Could you direct me to Colonel Baron’s house or lodgings?” - -“Certainly. I know them all. My name is Curtis.” - -“Ah! I have heard that name from Roy Baron.” - -“Roy and I were great friends, when he was here. Anything you can tell -me about him will be welcome.” - -Curtis looked questioningly, and Jack answered the look. - -“My name is Keene. Roy and I have been through the Campaign in Spain -together, and on the retreat I was wounded and taken prisoner.” - -Curtis held out his hand, to be grasped by Jack’s left. - -“You have travelled all the way from Spain.” - -“With a convoy of prisoners. Yes. Been a good while about it, too. -First part of the way in a waggon, after that on horseback. Tell me how -they all are here. I have heard nothing for ages.” - -“I’ll come and show you the way. The Colonel keeps all right. Looks -older than he used, that’s all. Mrs. Baron is well. One fancied at the -time that Roy’s being sent to Bitche would kill her outright; but it -didn’t. Having to devote herself to Ivor was a mercy in disguise, I -don’t doubt. Kept her from dwelling on her own trouble. It was a vast -relief to them all, when the kind fellow, who got Roy away, came and -told them he’d seen the boy safe on board a vessel for England. He was -well rewarded by the Colonel, as you may suppose—not that he did it for -reward! But, of course, we don’t breathe a word about it in Verdun, for -the fellow’s own sake. Only, as I know them well, and as I know you -belong to them——” - -Jack made a gesture of assent. - -“Ivor was ill, was he not?” - -“I daresay he would have been so anyhow, after the march from -Valenciennes; but the arrest of Roy was a finishing stroke. You won’t -find him looking good for much now. I suppose hardly anything could -have knocked him down like the death of Sir John Moore. It is a fearful -loss to the country. No man living could have been worse spared.” - -Curtis paused, cast a glance at Jack, and changed the subject. - -Presently they reached the house, where still the Barons lived, as ever -since their first arrival in Verdun. - -“By-the-by, I’m not sure whether you’ll find them in,” he said. “The -Colonel at _appel_ said he was going to take Ivor with his wife for a -drive in the country, hoping it might do him good. It was worth trying. -But I think they may have returned before now.” - -“You’re allowed to go where you will?” - -“Why, no! _Douceurs_ are efficacious, however. Will you let me show you -the way upstairs?” - -Jack hesitated. - -“No, I understand. Of course, you’d rather see them first alone; and I -didn’t mean to go in. But you can’t mistake the room. First landing, -first door to the right.” - -Curtis vanished, and Jack, obeying the directions, came to a door -slightly ajar. He pushed it wider, and went softly through. - -It was a good-sized salon; empty, except for the presence of one man, -writing at a side table. By build and bearing, Jack recognised Ivor -instantly; but, finding himself unnoticed, he had a fancy not at once -to make his presence known. He drew a few steps nearer, and then stood -motionless. He had a good side-view of the other. - -Jack studied him gravely, recalling the splendid physique and health of -the young Guardsman six years earlier. The physique was in a sense the -same; and the fine bearing of head and shoulders remained unaltered; -but the sharpened delicacy and pallor of the face impressed Jack -painfully, as did a streak of grey hair above the temple, a stamp of -habitual lassitude upon the brow, and the thinness of the strongly-made -right hand, which moved the pen. Jack began dimly to understand what -the long waiting and patience of these years had been. - -Ivor seemed to become conscious of Jack’s gaze. He laid down his pen, -glanced round, and started up. - -“Jack! Is it possible?” - -“Just arrived,” remarked Jack, with an _insouciance_ which he was far -from feeling. “Come across Spain and France. Yes, wounded; but I’m -getting all right. Always was a tough subject, you know.” - -“Where were you taken?” - -“On the march, at Lugo. Two days off from Coruña. Got too far ahead of -my men. Wounded in the leg first; then, as I was defending myself, a -musket-ball broke my right arm. So I had to give in.” - -“You are lame still. Sit down. You a prisoner, too! I hardly know how -to believe it.” - -“Fortune of war, as our French friends would say. I’ve no right to -complain. Had my share, though ’tis a shame to be cut off from more of -it. Den, you’re looking very far from well.” - -Denham did not heed the words. - -“What of Roy?” he asked. “We have had no home-news for ages.” - -“Roy is Ensign in my Regiment. Didn’t you know even that? Been with me -through this Campaign. He and I were in the Reserve—under _his_ eye”—in -a lower voice. “You have heard——” - -“No particulars. The fact of a battle at Coruña—and—— Tell me all you -can.” - -“You know that it was victory.” - -“I know!”—in a stirred deep tone. “Not from the papers. French papers -never admit defeat. But—under him—how could it be otherwise?” - -“It never _was_ otherwise. Never—once!” - -Denham rested his face on both hands. - -“Tell me all you know. We are cut off from everything here.” - -Jack’s information was but partial. Before starting for France, he had -been kept by his wounds some time in the neighbourhood of Lugo; and -thus a few details of that heroic death had filtered round to him. It -was hard work for Jack to repeat them in a steady voice. Once Ivor -raised his head; and the dumb white sorrow of his look all but overcame -Jack’s fortitude. Then Ivor returned to his former position, and Jack -went on resolutely. - -“That’s about all,” he said at length. “As much as I’ve heard yet.... -He was his own grand self to the last!... It was the death he would -have chosen to die.... He always wished for it.... On the field—in -the moment of victory! But the loss to us—to England!... The best—the -noblest——” - -Jack could say no more. Silence followed. - -“Soult is a brave fellow. I heard that he was going to put up a -memorial stone[1]—to _him_! The French know what he was.” - -Silence again. Denham had not stirred. - -“He saved the Army—and baulked Napoleon. None except we who were there -could know the true state of things—the hopeless inefficiency of the -Spaniards. If he had had treble the number of men, and sufficient -supplies, England might have told a very different tale to-day. What -could be done by mortal man, under such circumstances, he did.” - -Renewed silence. Jack studied the other gravely. - -“You’re not fit for any more of this! When did you hear last from home? -So long? And you actually didn’t know that Roy was in Spain? Smart -young officer, too. He came in more than once for particular notice.” -Jack found himself verging on another allusion to the name which filled -their thoughts, and he turned to a fresh subject. “This Commandant of -yours at Verdun—Wirion—must be a queer chap, judging from reports of -him in the English papers.” - -“He—was.” - -“Not here now?” - -“Courcelles is the present Commandant. Wirion went too far. There were -some scandalous cases—young Englishmen fleeced to the tune of five -thousand pounds.” - -“What a vile shame!” - -“Some of us made a stir, and facts were carried to headquarters. Wirion -was suspended, and he received a hint that he might as well put himself -out of the way. He acted upon the hint.” - -“You mean that he——?” - -“Shot himself.” - -“Present man any improvement?” - -“Oppressions are a degree more carefully veiled.” - -Denham lifted his face from his hands with a sudden movement. - -“What am I thinking about? You must be in want of food.” - -“No, it’s all right. I went to a café on arrival. Your next meal is -soon enough for me.” - -The absence of any inquiry after Polly was arousing Jack’s wonder. At -first, in the engrossing interest of that other subject, he had not -so much noticed Denham’s reticence, but now each minute it grew more -marked. Should he speak of Polly himself? No, that would not do. The -first mention ought to be from Ivor. So Jack decided, not realising -that his own silence might be misconstrued. Some questions as to his -wounds followed. Denham had moved to the large arm-chair, and was -leaning back with a spiritless look. Jack wondered anew, and at length -he could not resist putting forth a slight feeler. - -“Are there no folks at home of whom you would fain hear?” - -Ivor took the hint, looked straight at him, and said— - -“Is Polly married yet?” - -Jack’s breath was taken away. He was like one who has received a slap -in the face. This—from Ivor! - -“Upon—my—word!” he ejaculated. “You take it coolly. Uncommon coolly!” - -“I have at least a right to ask the question.” - -For a moment Jack was very nearly in a passion, but the anger went down -as fast as it had arisen. - -“Of course you don’t mean—— But, I say, what in the wide world made -you think of such a thing? Polly married! No, nor like to be.” - -“I heard that she was engaged.” - -“To whom?” - -“The Admiral’s nephew—Peirce.” - -“Who told you the lie?” - -“Then—it was a lie!” - -“You might have known it. Who told you?” - -“One whom I should have counted trustworthy.” - -“When did you hear the tale?” - -“The year I was in Valenciennes.” - -Jack recalled Roy’s description of Ivor’s return from that absence, and -he began to grasp the state of the case. - -“When did you hear last from Polly herself?” - -“Over two years ago. A letter which had been written before the date -when she was said to have become engaged.” - -The last remnants of Jack’s anger died out. Two years of silence -following upon such a report! - -“You have not writ yourself to Polly, this great while.” - -“How could I—not speaking of this? And—how speak of it—if it were not -true?” - -Silence again. Jack observed slowly, as he watched the other’s -colourless lips— - -“Den, I’m going to be frank. ’Tis no case for half confidences. There -was a time, I’ll confess, when I had a doubt in my own mind of Polly’s -constancy. She’s a pretty creature, and she has had an uncommon lot of -admiration. But I wronged her, for she has been ever faithful to you, -and she has cared for none other. And the night before I started for -Spain, she and I talked together, and she spoke out plainly. She said -that, if you but asked her to come to Verdun she would come—and gladly. -She wondered, if indeed you cared for her still, that you had not so -done.” - -A flush came, and Denham’s hand was held hard against his forehead. - -“Never!” he said, in a low voice. - -“You would not wish to have her out?”—incredulously. - -“Never! If Polly were here, I might be taken from her in a week—sent to -a dungeon, leaving her unprotected.” - -“I see! Nay, that would not do. Polly and you must wait a while longer. -But you will know now that she is waiting too.” - -“It might be better for her—not——” Denham broke off. - -“Your head is not often like this, I hope,” Jack said, in a concerned -tone. - -“Not much respite lately.” - -“Have you had medical advice? Can nothing be done?” - -“One infallible remedy—if it might be had.” - -“And that is?” - -“Freedom—and Home.” - -There was a short breath between the words, which said much, for Denham -was not given to sighing. Then voices outside told of the return of -Colonel and Mrs. Baron. Denham stood up, murmured a hasty apology, and -left the room. - -“Poor fellow!” Jack said aloud. - -(_To be continued._) - -FOOTNOTES: - -[1] Soult was recalled too soon, and this was done by Romana. In the -year 1814 a marble monument was erected by the English Government at -Coruña. - - - - -FROCKS FOR TO-MORROW. - -BY “THE LADY DRESSMAKER” - - -I have seen nothing more wonderful this season than the combinations -of colour in dress. To hear the suggestions of your dressmaker on the -subject is to hear all your preconceived notions disputed and set at -naught. The other day I went with a friend to order a dress, and she -selected one of the new canvas grenadines, blue with a white silk spot. -The blue was rather a bright one, and the material very transparent, -and open in its meshes. There were several suggestions made for the -silken lining by the very clever woman who was attending to us—white, -pale blue, a darker blue, emerald green, pink, rose, red, lemon, -orange, and, finally, a mauve—and mauve it was—being the latest colour -combination and newer than the rest. But violet or heliotrope goes -best, to my mind, with crimson; and that is a colour combination which -came in as long ago as the early seventies, after the Franco-Prussian -war; and nothing can exceed its effectiveness if you get the right -shades for your mixture. Then heliotrope and light blue is very pretty; -but much less so than the other. The favourite mixture of this season -is, without doubt, black and white, and a very useful one it is. One -of the favourite materials for the everyday wear of the season is -alpaca, and next to that, for best gowns, comes canvas grenadines, and -a new make of crepon. Nothing can exceed the beauty of the satin-faced -foulards, which everyone seems to be ordering; and there is a great -return to spots, either placed at regular distances over the material, -or else arranged in irregularly-shaped masses. The new nun’s veilings -are also very pretty, and make delightful summer frocks for girls. - -[Illustration: SOME SUMMER GOWNS.] - -There is much to be said on the subject of linings, and on all sides -you will probably hear it said that no silk, or, at least, no rustling -silk linings are used now; and that all dresses are so soft and -clinging that only very soft linings are used, such as _batiste_, -which is either watered or plain, muslin, or any kind of unstiffened -material. Alpaca is lined with the same material, and not with silk, -but canvas must be silk-lined, so a new kind of foulard silk is to be -found which is non-rustling and flows in straight lines in the skirt. - -Instead of a braid at the edge of your skirt, you must now use velvet, -which is to be obtained at all the shops for that purpose, and black -velvet is most used for the purpose. - -The attenuation of the quite up-to-date woman is very remarkable, -and her skirts are so long and so unstiffened that they wrap round -her feet, and make her look “like a mermaid,” as one of our many -fashion-writers assures us; but, whatever the creature is that she may -be like, the effect is startling; it is so long and so unshapely when -the new style is applied to a thin figure. - -[Illustration: TWO HARMONIES IN BLACK AND WHITE.] - -The group of figures which I have called “Two harmonies in black -and white,” are two pretty gowns in the two hues which are the most -fashionable of all. The figure on the left holding a bird wears a gown -of white lace over black satin, which is trimmed with crescent-shaped -pieces of silk, shading from black to grey and white. These are laid -on in regular sequence of size on the skirt as well as on the bodice. -The other dress is of plainer character, and is of black, with a white -design. It is, in fact, one of the new satin-faced foulards, the -pattern being of small leaves and dots. The vest is of pleated white -satin, with revers of the same covered with lace. The bodice and -skirt are also trimmed with ruches of cream-coloured lace, which are -laid over the dress in pannier fashion, and go round the skirt at the -back. These small ruchings, made of ribbon, narrow lace, or pinked-out -silk, are quite one of the features of this season’s gowns and mantles. - -[Illustration: MUSLIN FROCK FOR A YOUNG GIRL.] - -The frocks for young girls are especially pretty this season, and the -use of muslin makes them always youthful-looking and light. The frock -illustrated in our sketch is made of a dotted muslin, which may be of -cream or _écru_, or even of a colour. It is lined with either a good -sateen or a silk, rose, pink, or blue being pretty colours; and the -bodice has a deep yoke of silk of the colour of the lining, which has -a ruching of lace round it, or else one of silk gauze, which is almost -equally popular. The muslin which covers the bodice is tucked, and also -that on the pointed tunic, which is edged with deep muslin frills, -having lines of narrow pink or blue ribbon on them. The sash is of -the same colour, tied at the back, the ends of which are fringed, and -trimmed with bands of a deeper shade of the same colour. This might -be made in an easier manner by tucking the skirt, as shown in the -drawing, in a pointed shape, and then putting the muslin flounce on as -a trimming to it. This frock could, of course, be copied in any other -material, such as cambric nun’s veiling or a grenadine. Pale grey -grenadine over pink or blue silk is a very fashionable gown for young -people this season. - -The second figure of this group wears a black corded silk jacket, made -very short, with white revers, and cordings of white satin. It is quite -tight-fitting, and has an under vest of white satin, and a high collar -at the back. A large scarf of lace is worn with a big bow under the -chin. These last-named are donned by everyone this year, and they are -also universally becoming, and lend much softness to the face. They are -very easy to make for oneself at home, with the aid of a yard or so of -net and a little pretty lace. But beware of getting either of these -too cheap, for cheapness here would destroy the good effect; and poor -materials will not wash. The skirt worn by this figure is of pale grey, -trimmed with flat bands of silk, and made with a pointed tunic. The hat -is a very pretty one, of white chip, trimmed with black tulle, ruched. -A gold buckle and black feathers are worn with it. The edge is bound -with black velvet, and underneath the brim is a bunch of pink roses. - -In the hair-dressing of the present moment there is an enormous amount -of frizzing and waving; in fact, too much of it for the symmetry of the -head, and the work of the curling-irons is all too evident. One thing -of which everyone complains is, that all heads are alike, and it is -much to be desired that more individual thought should be devoted to -the dressing of the head. The back hair is dressed in coils, winding -round and round smoothly, except when the door-knocker style is still -retained; but this form of hair-dressing is fast going out. Then the -head is covered with a mass of frizzled hair, which is too disorderly -to be beautiful, and in which the beauty of its colour is lost. - -A great many women and girls have deserted the use of hot irons, and -have gone back to curl-papers, and hair-pins, to wave the hair. In -order to avoid the use of either of these, an inventive genius has -found out a way of winding a ribbon round with the hair-pin, so that, -after the hair is wound in and out on it, the hair-pin can be slipped -out, and the two ends of the ribbon which have been left out are tied -tightly together, and the hair is then held on the ribbon only. The -little bunch thus made is far less ugly than the spiky wire-fencing -made by the hairpin ends. The ribbon used is baby ribbon, of course, -and when a becoming colour is selected, the effect is quite pretty. -Silk pieces of various colours are used also, on which to curl the -hair, and in some measure do away with the ugliness of the usual -papers. I have heard lately of a young married lady who had a false -front made, to put on at night over her hair-wavers, which, she said, -were so ugly, she could not bear to look at herself in them, and so -tried this way to surmount the difficulty. - -In the group of three figures called “Some Summer Gowns,” the first -figure on the right wears a light-grey gown, with trimmings of -coffee-coloured lace. The flounces are edged with the same, and the -vest has alternate stripings of grey and black. There is a draping of -white satin on the vest, which is like a sash from the side of the -bodice. There are revers of the same lace, and upstanding frilling -at the back of the neck. The sleeves are fluted in puffs, from the -shoulder to the elbow, with rows of coffee-coloured lace insertion -between them, and are finished with a pointed cuff over the hand. The -centre figure wears a blouse of _écru_ silk, the sleeves and yoke being -mitred, and a pointed epaulette at the shoulder. With this a white -muslin collar is worn. The last figure, at the extreme left, wears a -cape of white silk with a cover of black net, and ruches of black and -white satin ribbon; small black rosettes round the collar, and a ruche -of black and white lace at the neck. A white hat, bound at the edge of -the brim with a black velvet, the trimming being of black tulle, with -pale-pink roses, and brownish leaves and buds; the same flowers under -the brim at the back. - -I do not think, in spite of Viscountess Harberton, that the majority of -English women desire to wear knickerbockers, nor even the divided skirt -with which her name has been so much associated in the past; and I -hear that French women of the better classes are adopting the skirt of -the English women, which they consider much more becoming. After all, -there is no need of complaint, for several English firms supply a most -ingenious skirt, which—though divided, and giving all the advantages -of that shape—when on the bicycle, falls into the usual folds of the -skirt which is not divided, and looks just the same. I must confess -that this appears to me to meet all requirements, and that the extreme -ugliness of the knickerbockers, when worn, need not make them an object -of attraction to any woman who values her appearance. There seems to -be a universal consensus of opinion that nothing can look better than -an Englishwoman in a tailor-made and carefully-fitted dress, quiet in -colour, and of the suitable length and shape of skirt. She looks one -with her machine, and has nothing flying in the way of decorations to -make her untidy. - - - - -IN THE TWILIGHT SIDE BY SIDE. - -BY RUTH LAMB. - - -PART VIII. - -SUNDAY AND REST. - - “Return unto thy rest, O my soul.”—Ps. cxvi. 7. - -This evening, my dear girls, we will try to realise as far as possible -how Jesus, our one perfect pattern, spent His Sabbaths. We get glimpses -of them, here and there, in the history of His life on earth, and -because they are only glimpses they are all the more precious. - -It is an astonishing fact that the events of only one complete day -of Christ’s life are recorded, and that day was the last of all, and -ended on the cross. But we know well what sort of working days Jesus -spent. Days of temptation, but no yielding, though the keenness of it -was sharpened by hunger. Days of ceaseless work and weariness, but also -of uncomplaining perseverance in doing what the Father had given Him -to do. Nights spent in secluded spots or on the mountains, in prayer, -and in communion with God, after days passed in healing, blessing, -teaching and feeding the hungry multitude. Jesus was always ready to -help all who sought His aid, or who needed it without expressing their -wants. Words were not necessary to the Son of God, Who could read the -heart-longings of His brethren according to the flesh. - -Do you wish to know whether Jesus set the example of attending public -worship on the Sabbath? Here is the answer: “And He came to Nazareth, -where He had been brought up: and, as His custom was, He went into the -synagogue on the Sabbath day, and stood up for to read.” On this and on -other occasions we find Him teaching and preaching, as well as reading, -and it is certain that the presence of Jesus at public worship was no -fitful thing, but the habit of His life. - -It was in the synagogue that Christ healed the man with the withered -hand, and taught the sweet lesson that acts of mercy and good doing are -lawful on all days and at all times. There, also, He loosed from her -infirmity the poor woman who had been bowed together for eighteen years -and could in no wise lift up herself. - -It was on the Sabbath day that Jesus made clay, anointed the eyes of -the blind man, and sent him to wash in the pool of Siloam, whence he -returned seeing, and full of gladness. - -We get other glimpses of the Sabbaths of Jesus besides these which have -shown Him in the synagogue. They were not days of gloom or unsocial -isolation. See Him walking through the cornfields on the Sabbath day -with His hungry disciples, who satisfied their craving by plucking a -few ears and rubbing them in their hands. This picture leaves a sweet -thought. Christ’s followers may even want bread, yet be blessed with a -sense of their Master’s presence and sympathy, in every time of need. - -Jesus accepted an invitation to eat bread with one of the chief -Pharisees on the Sabbath day; thus we see that He did not abstain from -social intercourse on the day of rest. The Jews were most particular -in buying and preparing beforehand the best food for the Sabbath day, -in order to do it honour. An old writer, in alluding to this, says, -“The Sabbath should not be a day of austerity. The most nutritive food -should be procured, if possible, that both body and soul may feel the -influence of this Divine appointment, and give God the glory of His -grace. On this blessed day let every man eat his bread with gladness -and singleness of heart, praising God. If the Sabbath be a festival, -let it be observed unto the Lord; and let no unnecessary acts be done.” - -It was whilst partaking of the chief Pharisee’s hospitality that -another suffering man came under the notice of the Great Physician, and -was healed, and sent away rejoicing on the Sabbath day. In like manner, -the impotent man, who had been thirty-eight years helpless, was bidden -to take up his bed and walk. With the command came the power to obey, -and “the same day was the Sabbath.” - -What have we learned from these glimpses of Jesus on the day of -rest? Surely that it was a happy day which included attendance at -public worship, the study of the Scriptures, the teaching of them to -others, healthful outdoor exercise, indoor social intercourse, and the -acceptance of hospitality, together with the instant seizure of every -opportunity for good doing. There is no trace of gloom in connection -with the Sabbaths of Jesus. So you and I, dear ones, when in God’s -house, can say, “Coming here regularly, I follow Christ’s example.” -If teaching the little ones of the flock, “My master taught in the -synagogue. In my humble way I can pass on to those younger than myself -the lessons He gave. I can work no miracle of healing, but, if the mind -is in me that was in Christ, I can and I will make some poor sufferer’s -Sunday the brighter for my presence and my help.” - -If I am walking by the way, or a guest at the table of another, my -conduct shall be in harmony with the day. I will neither act nor speak -so that I should be ashamed to think, “My Master knows the thoughts of -my heart, and has heard my words and seen my actions.” - -We can do, or leave undone, many things in the home which will be -helpful to the servants. We can save them trouble without any effort -to ourselves, and thus give them a fair share of Sabbath privileges. -It is sad when servants have to say “Sunday is the hardest day of the -week to us,” yet this often happens, not because of necessary work, but -owing to the indolence and self-indulgence of the family, and the extra -labour entailed by many visitors. Believe me, only those can truly -enjoy God’s gift of a day of rest who are His servants, and who have -in them the spirit of love, which comes from Him Who “is love.” With -it they will need no written rules. They will be a law to themselves. -The Sabbath will be looked forward to with gladness as a day to be -dedicated to God and our neighbour, by worship, good doing, occupation -without toil or weariness, and happy intercourse with those we love. -We shall not say, “I can make the fields my church, and worship the -Creator in the midst of His works as well as I could under the roof of -a cathedral.” We shall love to join with those who are gathered in His -name and house, but we shall not on that account forget to praise Him -when we walk by the way and discern Him in His works. We shall be glad -to put the toils and cares of the workaday world as far out of sight -and mind as possible, that Monday may find us strong and ready to bear -the heat and burden of the six coming days. - -I was once deeply touched by the words of a dear woman, a cottager’s -wife, of whom it might be said she just “knew, but knew no more, her -Bible true,” for she could read it, and that was all, and it was her -one book. How real it was to her! How she dwelt on its messages of -cheer and hope, and was gladdened as she spelled out the words of some -sweet promise! How she revelled in Sunday as a gift that only those who -toiled week in, week out, could fitly value! She would not have the -worries of the other days intruding themselves upon the hours sacred to -joy, and peace, and rest. - -It happened that she and her husband had been passing through a time -of trouble and anxiety. There had been sickness in the home, and this -meant suspended work and wages, more need for money and less to meet -it. The week-end saw them in sore straits for quite a little sum, -and the thought of what might happen on the Monday, if it were not -forthcoming, troubled the mother’s mind for a moment. - -“But it was Sunday,” she said, when speaking of it afterwards, “and I -wouldn’t have that spoiled. There was the rest day for us, whatever -Monday might bring, and bread for so long, anyway. Every now and then -I seemed to hear those words, ‘The Lord will provide,’ and I took the -message and put the worry right out of my mind. I had got into a way -of never asking for money or anything of that sort on Sundays, and I -didn’t on that one. I just enjoyed it in the reg’lar way with my John -and the children, and, though I did see a bit of a cloud on his face -now and then, I never pretended to notice, but smiled back, and it -went. I never slept better than I did that Sunday night.” - -“And when Monday came?” I asked. - -“Help came, in quite a _nateral_ sort of way, as it seemed, through -John’s old master. He said we had been on his mind all Sunday, and he’d -brought us the loan of a sovereign. We could pay it back at sixpence -a week, but there was no hurry. We must be a bit behindhand through -John’s illness. The master was always just, but he was reckoned a hard -man, and he went out of his way when he lent that sovereign. Didn’t my -heart go up to God in thankfulness that Monday morning, and wasn’t I -glad to tell my John, ‘He has provided.’” - -I have always thought that this dear woman realised the privileges and -preciousness of the Sabbath in a greater degree than anyone else I ever -knew. - -Let us cull a thought or two from the utterances of George Herbert, -the country parson, who was, in 1630, inducted into the parsonage of -Pemberton, and who has been called the “Keble of the age which boasted -of Shakespeare, Bacon, Spenser, and Ben Jonson.” I could wish that his -life (written by Izaak Walton) and his works, in prose and poetry, were -in every girl’s bookcase. It is passing from the unlettered peasant -woman to the cultured divine, but the quotations I will give you -show how the same spirit actuates high and low, the ignorant and the -learned, when, as the children of God, they express their sense of the -infinite preciousness of the Sabbath. Herbert’s poem called “Sunday” -is too long to quote as a whole, but you will enjoy reading some -quotations from it. - - “O day most calm, most bright! - The fruit of this, the next world’s bud, - Th’ endorsement of supreme delight, - Writ by a Friend, and with His blood; - The couch of time; care’s balm and bay, - The week were dark, but for thy light, - Thy torch doth show the way. - - * * * * * - - Sundays the pillars are, - On which Heaven’s palace archèd lies; - The other days fill up the spare - And hollow room with vanities. - They are the fruitful beds and borders - In God’s rich garden; that is bare - Which parts their ranks and orders.” - -In alluding to the change from the seventh to the first day of the -week, now observed as the Christian’s Sunday, the poet uses very -beautiful and expressive imagery to account for the alteration. - - “The brightness of that day - We sullied by our foul offence, - Wherefore that robe we cast away, - Having a new at His expense, - Whose drops of blood paid the full price - That was required to make us gay, - And fit for paradise. - - * * * * * - - Thou art a day of mirth, - And where the weekdays trail on ground, - Thy flight is higher, as thy birth.” - -It is related that, on the Sunday before his death, Mr. Herbert rose -suddenly from his bed, called for one of his instruments, and, having -tuned it, sang the following verse from the same poem. - - “The Sundays of man’s life, - Threaded together on Time’s string, - Make bracelets to adorn the wife[2] - Of the eternal, glorious King. - On Sunday Heaven’s gate stands ope’. - Blessings are plentiful and ripe, - More plentiful than hope.” - -Our poet-pastor was no gloomy ascetic. He revelled, so to speak, in -this good gift of God, and sang His praises with a joyful heart. -Whilst picturing all the varied aspects of the country parson’s life, -and noting its sad experiences, he gives us a picture of him “In -mirth.” “As knowing that nature will not bear everlasting droppings, -and that pleasantness of disposition is a great key to do good;” and -“Instructions seasoned with pleasantness both enter sooner and root -deeper. Wherefore he condescends to human frailties, both in himself -and others, and intermingles some mirth in his discourses occasionally, -according to the pulse of the hearer.” Other duties ended, “At night -he thinks it a very fit time, suitable to the joy of the day, either -to entertain some of his neighbours or be entertained by them, and to -discourse of things profitable and pleasant. As he opened the day with -prayer, so he closeth it, humbly beseeching the Almighty to pardon and -accept our poor services and to improve them, that we may grow therein, -and that our feet may be like hinds’ feet, ever climbing up higher and -higher unto Him.” - -I feel sure, my dear girls, that in giving you these beautiful pictures -of Sabbath joy, I have done you a real service. I have never forgotten -either the words of my village friend or the effect produced on me by -the first reading of the country parson’s “Sunday.” Both reflected the -mind of the Master they served, and to-day their example and words are -well worthy of our imitation. - -Thus far I have said little about “Rest,” except in connection with -the “Day of Rest.” It is delightful to note that from the very -beginning there was a Divine recognition of the need for rest, and -that the Creator’s plan for bestowing the blessing was so wide in -its application. It was ordained for man in the first instance, then -extended to the animals that had been subdued to service under him, -and, later still, to the land. Long before the children of Israel had -ended their wanderings in the desert, the command was given to them by -Moses, “When ye come into the land which I give you, then shall the -land keep a Sabbath unto the Lord.” “In the seventh year shall be a -Sabbath of rest unto the land.” - -The Israelites, who had been for so many generations the bondsmen -of Egypt, and then for forty years wanderers in the desert, had to -be divinely taught what pertained to a settled mode of life. As -landowners, they had to learn that each crop yielded takes something -out of the ground, and that it must have a period of rest, or its power -of production will be exhausted. Hence the Sabbath for the land. In -our time the chemist has taught the farmer that by putting certain -substances into the ground, he can restore what the crop has taken from -it; but in times within my own memory the remedy was to let the land -lie fallow—that is, at rest for a year before it was sown again. - -What a delightful word “rest” is! It has so many meanings in everyday -use, and in the Bible also; and all of them are suggestive of benefit -and good to soul, mind, and body. Glance for instance at Psalm cxvi., -and you will find a picture of one who had “found trouble and sorrow,” -and been full of fears and anxieties; but he had gone with crying and -prayers to God, who heard and answered. So, bursting into a hymn of -gratitude and triumph, he exclaims— - -“I love the Lord, because He hath heard my voice and my supplications. -I was brought low, and He helped me. Return unto thy rest, O my soul; -for the Lord hath dealt bountifully with thee.” - -Here, my dear ones, you see that rest means the calm confidence in God -which brings the soul a peace which passeth all understanding. This -is the rest which Jesus linked with those sweetly familiar words of -invitation so often quoted: “Come unto Me, all ye that labour and are -heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you, and -learn of Me; for I am meek and lowly in heart; and ye shall find rest -unto your souls.” - -This rest means “peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,” which -those who love and trust in Him enjoy even in this troublesome world. -With this soul restfulness all the trials of life lose much of their -keenness; without it they pierce more deeply and are doubly hard to -bear. Yet there are so many worries and anxieties in daily life to give -us unquiet minds. Even when our own paths are fairly smooth, we often -have uneasy minds and sleepless nights on account of those we love, or -we are harassed by mental visions of coming evil, till we are ready to -cry, as David did, “O that I had wings like a dove! for then would I -flee away and be at rest.” - -A little later, in the same Psalm, comes the remedy: “Cast thy burden -upon the Lord, and He shall sustain thee.” - -From Psalmist, Apostle, and, better than all, from the lips of Jesus -Himself, we receive unfailing guidance to the one source of rest, both -for troubled souls and disquieted minds. When all the world fails us, -let us, my dear ones, try to remember that He is faithful Who promised, -“I will give you rest.” - -Then there are these poor frail bodies of ours that have to bear -weariness and the pain which makes the rest they cry out for -impossible. How many of us have felt our utter helplessness at the -sight of suffering which we could not relieve, though we would gladly -have borne it for a while in order to purchase an interval of rest for -one we loved? - -One of you, who asked that the subject of “Rest” might be considered -at a Twilight gathering, told me that she was an invalid, crippled -with sciatica and muscular rheumatism, only able to move from place -to place by means of a wheeled chair, seldom free from pain, and -sleeping but little. Yet she was able to show me that her mind was -active in planning for the good of others, and that her thoughts shaped -themselves into songs of thankfulness and longings for a more complete -submission to God’s will. So, as I read, I said to myself, “Thank God -for this record! Though it tells of pain, it also tells of patience. -The body suffers, and the burden is a heavy one; but it is borne by -means of God-given strength, and ‘There is a rest that remaineth’ for -His people.” - -When this world, with its sorrow, suffering, trouble, and weariness, -shall have passed away they shall find eternal rest in the Father’s -home above. “And God shall wipe away all tears from their faces, and -there shall be no more death, neither sorrow nor crying, neither shall -there be any more pain.” - - “Rest comes at length; though life be long and dreary, - The day must dawn, and darksome night be past; - Faith’s journey ends in welcome to the weary, - And Heaven, the heart’s true home, will come at last.” - -(_To be continued._) - -FOOTNOTES: - -[2] See Rev. xxi. 2, 9. - - - - -SHEILA. - -BY EVELYN EVERETT-GREEN, Author of “Greyfriars,” “Half-a-dozen -Sisters,” etc. - - -CHAPTER VIII. - -MONCKTON MANOR. - -“They ought to have asked me too,” said Effie, looking rather black. “I -call it quite rude; but these grand county people always are so rude.” - -“Oh, but, Effie, I am only going to practise accompaniments! I go to -River Street for that, and you don’t mind. Why should you mind this? We -never can get those difficult passages right without a proper, long, -steady practice, and one can’t get it at the hall. Everybody is wanting -their turn; and I get flurried with so much chattering and noise. I -thought it such a good idea when Miss Lawrence asked me to come to the -Manor.” - -“She should have asked me too, then,” said Effie, with a pout. “Not -that I care about going. I’m not such a great admirer of May Lawrence -or her voice; it’s too low and gruff for me.” - -“Oh, not gruff; it’s a beautiful, rich contralto. It’s quite a pleasure -to hear her.” - -“Oh, you think so because she likes your playing, and butters you up! -But, anyhow, I don’t think much of it, and I do say she ought to have -asked me too.” - -“People know you are delicate; they don’t like to bother you to take -long drives,” suggested Sheila pacifically; but Effie was cross and -would not be amiable, though she ceased to make complaints about not -being asked with Sheila to the Manor. - -“How are you going?” - -“I thought I would ride Shamrock. Then I should be quite independent. -Cyril is going there for a day’s fishing, and he can bring me back.” - -Again Effie’s face darkened. She did not say anything this time, but -she had a feeling as though Sheila was cutting her out of everything. -She was keenly alive to the fact that, though Cyril’s visits were -paid more frequently now, it was Sheila who engrossed the bulk of his -notice. Effie, with all her tendency to selfishness, fostered by her -mode of life, had not naturally an ignoble disposition, and her ideals -were high. She fought rather hard against the tide of rising jealousy, -and had never betrayed it either to Sheila or to her mother; but the -pain of seeing another preferred to herself rankled rather keenly; and -during these past days—indeed for a week or two now—it had been hard -work to keep down the unworthy feeling. - -All the young people of Isingford were keenly excited about the -forthcoming effort which was to extinguish the debt upon the two -churches. All were eager to help, and Effie herself had been roused to -desire to do something. She had practised with new energy, so as to -be able to take part in the concert of local talent, and her song was -already selected and placed in the programme. But she did not think -anybody showed any enthusiasm over her performance. Perhaps her voice -had deteriorated somewhat, though nobody said so. She was listened -to quite kindly, and her friends said her song would be certain to -“go down”; but that was all. Whereas, over May Lawrence’s performance -there was a little furore, and she was entreated to sing twice, and -was called quite openly the _prima donna_. Effie had not expected that -title for herself, yet she was not quite pleased by the treatment she -received. - -And then Sheila was in such request. Sheila was so popular. It was -quickly discovered that, though no very brilliant performer on the -piano as a soloist, she had a very pretty gift for accompanying. Her -touch was soft and sympathetic; she never played wrong notes, even -if she missed the right ones. It became quite the usual thing for -the soloists to beg her to play for them, and, as she was delighted -to please and very fond of this sort of work, she soon became the -acknowledged accompanist of the concert, and a person in great demand. - -May Lawrence was one of those who had taken a great fancy to her, and -this invitation to Monckton Manor, a place Effie had only seen once -upon a formal call, was rather galling to her. - -Sheila started out a little depressed in spirits, for she disliked the -feeling that Effie was “cross with her.” She was sensitive, like all -young things, to the disapproval of those about her, and thought it -very hard to be blamed when she had really done no harm. Sheila was -for the first time tasting a little of the discipline of life, and -she did not enjoy the experience. She wanted it always to be sunshine -about her. She liked to be petted and caressed. She was ready to love -everybody, if they would only love her. It seemed to her very hard when -she was criticised for something that was not the least wrong. It had -never been so in old days, and why should it be now? - -However, upon her arrival at the Manor House all troubled thoughts were -quickly dissipated by the warm reception she met with. May Lawrence -met her with a kiss. The two girls fell into Christian names almost -at once. The pleasant old semi-Tudor house was delightful to Sheila, -reminding her in many ways of her own home. Mrs. Lawrence welcomed her -kindly, saying she had heard a great deal about her and her pretty -playing, and May took her into the orchard-house and regaled her with -delicious peaches before they did a note of practising. - -“And we have such a nice visitor here now, Sheila,” she explained, “an -old friend of mother’s, though she is not really old—Miss Adene; only -she makes me call her Cousin Mary. She had a very lovely voice when -she was young, and it’s quite pretty still, though she laughs when I -tell her so. She has given me a lot of hints about my songs. She sings -little bits to show me how to do it. She must have been splendidly -taught herself! Let’s come to the music-room! Perhaps she will come and -listen.” - -Sheila followed her willingly, and on their way to the house May -exclaimed, “Oh, there she is!” and the next minute Sheila was shaking -hands with Miss Adene. - -Somehow Sheila’s heart went out at once to this stranger lady. She -could not say how it was, but she felt at home with her almost -immediately; and Miss Adene seemed to take a liking for the big-eyed, -soft-voiced Sheila. She asked her questions about herself, gave her -hints about her playing, and was altogether so friendly and kindly that -Sheila felt almost more at home in this house after two hours than she -had done at Cossart Place after two months. - -Cyril appeared at luncheon in company with some of the Lawrence sons. -They had known each other at Cambridge, and saw a fair amount of one -another in the vacation. May was the only daughter; but she had several -brothers, and was good at most games herself, and would have liked to -play tennis with Sheila, only that her habit was rather against any -such plan. - -“But you must come another day—you must come often. I have so few -girl-friends here. There are not many houses where mother cares for me -to be intimate. But I should like to have you for a friend! I hope you -will come often!” - -“I should like to,” said Sheila eagerly, “but I don’t know if I can. -There is Effie! I am supposed to be her companion. I could not leave -her very often.” - -“I don’t see why not,” said May, with some of the frank and unconscious -selfishness of the present-day girl. “You’re not her nurse or her white -slave, I suppose?” - -Sheila laughed and blushed, and Miss Adene came unexpectedly to her -assistance. - -“One need not be a nurse or a white slave, and yet one may have -duties and little kindly offices to fulfil. The happy people in this -world, May, are those who do their duty from a sense of love, and not -compulsion; and we idle people must not tempt them away from the place -where they are wanted.” - -Sheila looked up with a heightened colour to say— - -“I’m afraid I don’t always love my duties. Sometimes they seem very -tiresome. And I’m sure you’re not an idle person, Miss Adene; but I am -very often. Sometimes I think I’m no real good to anybody.” - -“Then you must make yourself some good, dear; though I do not think -that any of us can quite help being of some service to our friends -and fellow-creatures. You have a delicate cousin to cheer up and help -back to health and strength; and you must do your best to be kind and -patient. And you will soon find how much pleasure there is in such a -task, and gain yourself a sister, since you say you have never had one -of your own.” - -Sheila’s day at the Manor was a very happy one, and she particularly -enjoyed her bits of talk with Miss Adene, who promised to help at the -bazaar and, if needed, to give some assistance at the glee club, where -extra voices were wanted with a view to the coming concert. - -May and one of her brothers rode part of the way back with Sheila and -Cyril, the girls in front, the young men behind. - -“Do you like your cousin Cyril?” asked May with the freedom only -possible between quite young people. - -“Yes, rather,” answered Sheila. “I liked him very much at first. He -seemed more like the people I had been used to, but I think I get -rather tired of him. Do you like him?” - -“Not very much,” answered candid May. “The boys get on pretty well with -him; but they call him rather a bounder all the same.” - -“What’s that?” asked Sheila, laughing. - -“Well, I’m not quite sure if I know; but it’s not a thing he’d like to -be called. What the boys mean about him is that he’s half ashamed of -his own family, and the way in which his father has made his money, -and that’s always awfully snobbish. Why, to my thinking, the other -brother, North, is much more a true gentleman. I despise people who are -ashamed of their origin. It is nice to be a landed proprietor and a -country gentleman, of course; but there’s no disgrace in honest trade. -Why, three of our boys have had to go into business in some of its -forms; but do you think they’d be ashamed of it, or that we should be -ashamed of them? I should despise myself for ever if I were!” - -“Yes, I suppose he is rather ashamed of the works,” said Sheila slowly. -“He never would have anything to do with them. I don’t quite know -what he does want for himself. Sometimes he talks about the Bar, and -sometimes the Church, and sometimes he thinks he’ll take up literature. -I suppose he’s clever.” - -“The boys don’t think so; he only got a pass, you know. And I don’t -think I like men to take to the Church just for a profession. I’ve -got a brother a clergyman; but I know how he felt about it before he -took Orders. He used sometimes to talk to me. He felt that he had been -called; that is a very different thing from choosing for yourself, and -shilly-shallying as Cyril is doing.” - -Sheila began to see that May, although not much older than herself, -thought things out more deeply than she had ever done. - -“The boys have always talked to me, you know,” she said, “and Arnold -in particular. He is the clergyman, you know. That made one think. -It would be nicer to believe in everybody; but perhaps it’s better -sometimes to see below the surface. Sometimes I wish almost that -something would happen just to try the metal we and our friends are -made of. In olden times, when there were wars and dangers, it must have -been so much easier to know what they were like; but nothing ever does -happen in the nineteenth century—not in that sort of way.” - -Nevertheless, a good deal was happening in other ways, and the -excitement increased as the time for the bazaar arrived. - -The town hall was a spacious building, and it was decorated in an -effective fashion with festoons of greenery and paper and tinsel -flowers. Some people called it trumpery stuff; but it looked well, and -was cheap, and to keep down expenses was one of the chief aims of the -assistants. - -The bazaar was held in the great hall; but there were two smaller -rooms, off-shoots from this, reached by short wide flights of steps, -and in these rooms the supplementary entertainments were to be held. - -One was a museum of curiosities and beautiful things lent, for -which extra admission was charged; the other was given over to -entertainments. On the first day there was to be a phonograph and some -experiments with electrical apparatus, in which Oscar was to assist. On -the second the concert, and on the third some tableaux. - -The whole town was in excitement over the affair, and upon the first -day the thoroughfares were quite crowded with carriages and foot -passengers. Everything went off beautifully. A great deal was sold; the -refreshments were excellent, the band good; and the people went away -declaring they should come again upon the morrow, which accordingly -they did. - -The concert was almost the most exciting experience for Sheila—she had -so much accompanying to do; but she soon lost her first feeling of -nervousness, and forgot everything in the effort to help everything to -go well. - -It was all a great success. Effie sang her song very creditably, -and got an encore; though some people did say it was her father who -so stubbornly led the rounds of applause. May’s singing delighted -everybody, and the glees went beautifully; Miss Adene was there, -kindly and encouraging, giving steadiness to any wavering part by her -clear rounded tones, and taking the greatest interest in everything. - -Indeed, all the Monckton Manor party had come in force; and they were -to appear also upon the next day, for May had a part in several of -the tableaux, and two of the brothers also, and they were both very -clever and helpful as scene shifters. For everything was done as far as -possible by volunteers, and there was no professional aid which could -possibly be dispensed with. - -The third day was in some sort the grandest, for, though the things -from the bazaar were mostly sold off, there was great interest over -the tableaux; and there was to be a troop of performing dogs in the -great hall for the young folks, since the upper room would not hold -everybody, and all must be entertained. Also the tea was to be on a -grander scale; and the hall was early thronged with eager buyers and -spectators. - -There was nothing, perhaps, very original in the tableaux, but they -were very prettily got up, and it was interesting to the spectators -because they knew the actors in them. - -One of the most effective ones was the presentation of the French -ambassadors at Queen Elizabeth’s court after the massacre of St. -Bartholomew. Effie was the sharp-featured Queen in sable robes, and the -stage was crowded by her black-robed courtiers and ladies-in-waiting; -whilst Oscar, Cyril, Fred Monckton, and a few more, in their gorgeous -frippery, stood evidently taken aback and confounded by the unwonted -sight of this evidence of stern woe and regal horror and offence. - -The applause for this picture was loud and long, and the curtain was -just rising again when in the hush that had succeeded the clamour there -penetrated a sound of noise and confusion from the hall below, and then -the clear terrible cry: - -“Fire! Fire!” - -(_To be continued._) - - - - -OUR PUZZLE POEM REPORT: AN ACCIDENTAL CYCLE II. - - -SOLUTION. - -AN ACCIDENTAL CYCLE II. - - -3. _When Bathing._ - - Should a great wave of the sea - Wash you away from the sands, - At the back of your head clasp your hands, - Remaining as still as may be: - You may then with serenity float - Until some one arrives with a boat. - - -4. _Earthquakes._ - - If you should hear an earthquake’s boom, - And see great tumult in your room, - Fly to the door and open wide, - And stand beneath, whate’er betide: - For, though the house be badly rent, - You there may safely rest content. - - -PRIZE WINNERS. - -_Ten Shillings Each._ - -Rebecca Clarke, 130, Newland Street West, Lincoln. - -Alison H. Halden, 13, Duke Street, Edinburgh. - -Margaret S. Hall, 13, Roseneath Terrace, Edinburgh. - -Carlina V. M. Leggett, Burgh Hall, Burgh, Lincolnshire. - -Florence Lush, 26, Scotland Street, Edinburgh. - -Mrs. Mason, 30, Cambridge Street, Great Horton, Bradford. - -Robina Potts, Aln Lodge, Blacket Avenue, Edinburgh. - -Isabel Snell, 51, Mere Street, Leicester. - -Helen B. Younger, 5, Comiston Gardens, Edinburgh. - - -_Seven Shillings Each._ - -Rev. J. Chambers, Woodhead Vicarage, Manchester. - -E. M. Dickson, 2, Bank Parade, Preston. - - -_Very Highly Commended._ - -Eliza Acworth, Annie A. Arnott, Frances A. Baker, Rose S. Bracey, -Louie Bull, Kate Campsall, Amy T. Child, Agnes Dewhurst, Katie Doyle, -Margaret A. Fisk, E. J. Friend, Caroline Gundry, Mrs. Jenks, Agnes -McConnell, Marie McQueen, Susan F. Manderson, Mrs. E. J. May, Isobel S. -Neill, E. A. O’Donoghue, Charles Parr, Nina E. Purvey, Annie Roberson, -S. A. Sanderson, Violet Shoberl, Helen Singleton, Mrs. G. W. Smith, R. -Majorie Thomas, Eva Waites, Florence Whitlock, Mrs. Wilson, Mrs. A. J. -Wilson, Emily M. P. Wood, Agnes M. Vincent. - - -_Highly Commended._ - -May Adamson, “Annis,” Edith Ashworth, Alice M. Cooper, M. A. C. Crabb, -Edith E. Grundy, Percy H. Home, E. Marian Jupe, Eliza Learmount, John -Lush, John Marshall, E. Mastin, Edith A. Newbould, Kate Robinson, -Mildred M. Skrine, Frederick W. Southey, Chas. Stephens, Constance -Taylor, C. E. Thurgar, Elizabeth Yarwood. - - -_Honourable Mention._ - -Maud Abbott, Mrs. Acheson, Eva M. Allport, Agnes Amis, Mary S. Arnold, -Rev. S. Bell, S. Ballard, Lily Belling, Isabel Borrow, Margaret E. -Bourne, Nellie D. Bourne, Edith Burfield, E. Burrell, R. E. M. Button, -A. C. Carter, Muriel L. Clague, Dora Clarke, J. Ethel Collingham, -Maggie Coombes, Rev. Joseph Corkey, R. Swan Coulthard, E. Vivian -Davies, Mrs. Frank Dickson, Rev. F. Dobbin, Jessie F. Dulley, Winefride -Ellison, Eleanor Elsey, A. and F. Fooks, F. Fuller, Annie M. Goss, -A. Grainger, Ellie Hanlon, Bessie Hine, Carrie Hine, Gertrude Hire, -Ethel W. Hodgkinson, L. Holt, Edith C. Hoon, Arthur W. Howse, Annie -M. Hutchens, Lizzie M. Iggulden, “Iseult,” Margaret Jaques, Alice E. -Johnson, Edith B. Jowett, A. Kilburn, Clara E. Law, Fred Lindley, E. -E. Lockyear, Gertrude Longbottom, Jennie M. McCall, Ethel C. McMaster, -M. G. Mill, F. Miller, J. D. Musgrave, Jessie Neighbour, Rev. V. Odom, -G. de Courcy Peach, Ernest Plater, Hannah E. Powell, A. O. Prentice, -Ellen M. Price, Lucy Richardson, Katherine M. Scott, Ellen Shattock, A. -A. L. Shave, A. C. Sharp, Mrs. Sherring, Wm. Dunford-Smith, Norah M. -Sullivan, G. Swaine, G. Thomas, Ellen Thurtell, Wm. J. Trim, May Tutte, -Mary F. Wakelin, Mabel Wearing, Frances H. Webb-Gillman, Gertrude West, -Eleanor Whitcher, Mrs. E. A. Wilson, Adelaide Wright, Edith M. Younge. - - -EXAMINERS’ REPORT. - -Nearly nine hundred competitors tried their skill upon this puzzle, and -with such good effect that our award is long enough to excite editorial -remonstrance. To make room for it we must cut down our report to the -verge of terseness. - -Many solvers left out the “An” in the heading. In a way it was only a -trifling error, but as it could only be attributed to carelessness, -it did not commend itself to our sympathy. It was less wonderful that -the unwonted exercise of the hen in the first title was not correctly -interpreted by all. Let us say at once that the excited fowl was not -“drowning” nor “in danger of drowning;” the water was too shallow. -“When in water” was not quite explicit enough either as a title or as -an interpretation of the picture. The hen was in a bath, and therefore -presumably _bathing_. - -In the first line we often found “big” and “large” instead of _great_. -It is more customary to speak of big and great waves than of large -waves, and we gave slight preference to the former readings. - -In the title of the second puzzle a few solvers failed to notice the -s and wrote “An earthquake.” It was a pity. Likewise in the first -line the s was sometimes missing, and more often the apostrophe. But -it was in the fourth line that the real trouble was found. Was the h -_under_ the w, or was it _inside_ or was it _outside_? Opinions widely -differed, but the majority voted it to be _beneath_, appreciating the -sense of the advice in spite of poetic obscurity of expression. - -While we were wrestling with the point a learned professor came into -our room. We read the lines to him, and asked what impression they -conveyed to his mind. Without an instant’s hesitation he threw open the -door and stood beneath the lintel, and we returned to our work with -much comfort and increased admiration for learned professors. - -The advice may seem to be strange to those unacquainted with -earthquakes and their ways, but it is based upon wide experience. -However great the “tumult,” the framework of the doorway generally -affords ample protection. - -In the same line “whatere” was sometimes erroneously substituted for -_whate’er_. Here we must call attention to the fact that whatever is -one word, and that the contraction is one word also. - -In very many solutions _tho’_ appeared in place of “though.” On -this point one competitor very clearly puts the correct ruling. -He writes—“‘Tho’’ for ‘though’ phonetically (as ‘ma’ for ‘may’ in -line following). ‘Tho’’ is not admissible, nor any shortenings -by an apostrophe of the spelling of a word where, abbreviated or -unabbreviated, the pronunciation remains the same.” - -In writing, these abbreviations are sometimes used, but they indicate a -lack of refinement in style, and are much to be deprecated. - -It only remains for us to say that absolute perfection was attained by -the first prize-winners, and by no one else. As to the mention lists, -those solvers who took the trouble to indent the lines of the first -verse, as in the published solution, will find their names in a higher -class than those who did not. The rhyming lines of the second puzzle -run in pairs, hence no grouping by indentation was necessary. - -An expert and critical solver has written a letter about the puzzle, -“An Ideal Garden,” which deserves attention. He first contends that -he “sent in a perfectly correct solution,” but we have been able -to set his mind at rest on that point by returning it to him. He -next maintains that in punctuation “the printed solution is wrong.” -According to him the first line should read “A garden, like a room, -should be,” and not “A garden like a room should be,”. - -But it all depends upon the meaning of the lines. In our version it is -that a garden should be like a room, it should have a green carpet, and -for furniture, a few trees. - -In our correspondent’s version the sense is altogether different. -It is that a garden should have a green carpet like a room, and we -feel inclined to apply to it Euclid’s most popular utterance. And yet -indifferent as the reading is, we let it pass, for as we have before -remarked, we only take punctuation into account when it is absolutely -wrong. - -Again, our critic complains of the absence of commas in line 4, which -should, in his opinion, read—“And on it, here and there, a tree.” Here -we prefer the amended version to that printed, but it is entirely a -question of taste and not of accuracy. He further asserts that the -note of exclamation can correctly follow either the interjection or -“happiness” in line 10. So it can, and our only crime is that we did -not print it in both places. Finally he complains that while his -solution was not mentioned, some solutions which owed their perfection -to his help were more fortunate. The information is no surprise to us, -for we have often traced our correspondent’s hand in solutions under -another name. He says—“I suppose this is allowable.” It is allowable -inasmuch as we have no rule forbidding it, but we do not think that -help ought to be asked from a rival competitor. It does not accord with -our notions of strict fairness, and a less generously-minded solver -would not place his ingenuity at the disposal of his friends. - -And this is the way in which we cut down a report! - - -CONSOLATION PRIZE 1897-8. - -The highest number of marks, in accordance with the conditions laid -down, was obtained by Mrs. J. Champneys, Croft House, Winchester, to -whom one guinea has been sent. - - -FOREIGN AWARDS. - -A WELL-BRED GIRL (No. 2). - - -_Prize Winners (Half-a-Guinea Each)._ - -Amy and Ethel Beven, Rose Cottage, Kandy, Ceylon. - -Miss L. Gamlen, École Normale d’Institutrices, La Rochelle, Charente -Inferiéure, France. - - -_Very Highly Commended._ - -Elsie V. Davies (Australia), Elizabeth M. Lang (France), Helen -Shilstone (Barbados). - - -_Highly Commended._ - -Louis E. Blazé (Ceylon), Nellie M. Daft (Portugal), Frank, Hugh, and -Robert Glass (India), Polly Lawrance (Barbados), Mrs. Hastings Ogilvie, -Mrs. G. Marrett (India), Winifred Bizzey (Canada). - - -_Honourable Mention._ - -Grace Carmichael, Fontilla Greaves (Barbados), Harriet Kettle -(France), M. R. Laurie (Barbados), M. E. Lewis (Hungary), Alice J. -Moffitt (Switzerland), Gladys D. G. Peacock (France), Anne G. Taylor -(Australia), Herbert Traill (India). - - - - -ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. - - -MISCELLANEOUS. - -MABEL.—The term _molto agitato_ means with much emotional feeling. -_Allegro_ means quick and lively, but not as fast as _presto_. -_Allegro con brio_ means in brilliant style, and _caratteristico_, -characteristic of the nature of the subject. - -H. L. W.—Sidmouth lies in a valley between the Salcombe and Peak hills, -which are each about 500 feet in height, and is built on the shore of -a bay extending from Portland to Start Point. The bathing is good in -summer, and provisions cheap. The climate is mild and well suited to -invalids, and there is generally a fine breeze from the sea, and less -rain than in most places on the Devonshire coast. Altogether we should -regard it as a very suitable holiday resort at Easter. A great many -pleasant excursions may be made in the near neighbourhood. - -ULRICA (The Hague).—The grey parrot, or “jaco,” of Guinea, and other -hot parts of Africa, takes a foremost place amongst the various species -of its family for intelligence, docility, and healthfulness. Perfect -cleanliness is essential for them. The perches should be thick and -smooth, and so should be also the ring suspended from the top of the -cage where they swing and roost. Their food consists of any kind of -seed, grain, and nuts, bread and milk, and Indian corn well boiled and -given cold. They also have a little ripe fruit, a bit of sugar, plenty -of clean water, and the food trays should be of crockery or porcelain, -or of thick glass—not tin nor zinc. Clean gravel is necessary. Give no -meat nor pastry. - -ELSIE.—In the upper ranks of society the rule is for the lady to retain -her seat when a gentleman bows or offers his hand. Of course, there may -be exceptions in the case of a little girl in her “teens” and an aged -man. - -RETHA.—It is very grievous that you should have engaged yourself to -marry a man whom you did not love with more than a feeling of ordinary -friendship. But it would be the less of two evils to confess your state -of feeling, rather than to allow him to marry a woman who felt so cool -towards him. Do not deceive him, however humiliating your own position. -Better that he should suffer the disappointment before the irrevocable -step is taken, which must result in a life-long regret. - -A. H. P.—Your writing is so illegible we can scarcely decipher the -names about which you inquire. Pronounce as Mar-ca-sis, Hal-lay, -Jo-a-kim, Mas-con-ye, Tcha-e-kofs-key. In Russ and Polish the “w” is -pronounced as our “f.” - -WILD ROSE (Broisla).—A _centimetre_ is 0.39371 of an inch. This -correspondent wishes to correspond with an English and an Italian girl, -so as to improve herself in their respective languages. - -OPHELIA.—To make meringues, whip the whites of six eggs till very firm; -mix three-quarters of a pound of the finest icing sugar with them. -Fill a tablespoon with the mixture as quickly as possible, and put on -a strip of white paper placed on a baking board. Repeat this process -rapidly till all the meringues be made, and sift fine sugar over them; -then, without loss of time, place them in the oven, the heat of which -should only be sufficient to dry them, and brown them very slightly. -When firm, remove them from the papers, and with great care scoop out -from the inside as much as you can without injuring the case. Then -place them on fresh strips of paper, the hollow side uppermost, and -let them remain in the same moderate heat till perfectly crisp. When -cold, fill one case with whipped cream, place another over it, and if -necessary to keep it in position, use a very little white of egg. If to -be flavoured with vanilla, it should be added before commencing to whip -the whites of eggs; thirty drops of the extract would probably suffice. -The filling with thick cream should not be done until just before -serving as the moisture might dissolve them. - -M. HOWARD.—The name “Chloe” is pronounced Klo-e, and “Lois” as Lo-iss. - -MISERABLE.—You had better give up all thought of marrying. You are not -likely to make any man happy. If you marry at all, it should be the man -you have so dishonourably jilted. He might go to law, and oblige you to -pay for your breach of promise. - -SNOWDROP.—We give you a recipe for sponge-cake from the first -authority. Stand a large bowl in a _bain-marie_ of hot water. Put in -one pound of powdered sugar, break twelve eggs into the bowl, whisk -quickly; remove the bowl from the _bain_, and continue whisking till -quite cold. Sift in one pound of flour, add the chopped rind of a -lemon, mix with a wooden spoon. Butter a mould or baking dish, and put -in a sprinkling of flour, knocking out all that does not adhere to the -butter; pour in the mixture, and place it in a moderate oven for about -an hour, and when done it will feel firm to the touch. Perhaps the best -plan for ascertaining the state of the cake is to run a slight wooden -skewer into the centre. If insufficiently baked some of the mixture -will adhere to the skewer; if done, it will come out clean. When ready -for use, turn the cake out on a sieve to cool. Whatever recipes you -have hitherto tried that failed, we doubt any disappointment in the -present case. - - - - -OUR NEW PUZZLE POEM. - - -[Illustration] - -⁂ PRIZES to the amount of six guineas (one of which will be reserved -for competitors living abroad) are offered for the best solutions of -the above Puzzle Poem. The following conditions must be observed:— - -1. Solutions to be written on one side of the paper only. - -2. Each paper to be headed with the name and address of the competitor. - -3. Attention must be paid to spelling, punctuation, and neatness. - -4. Send by post to Editor, GIRL’S OWN PAPER, 56, Paternoster Row, -London. “Puzzle Poem” to be written on the top left-hand corner of the -envelope. - -5. The last day for receiving solutions from Great Britain and Ireland -will be July 17, 1899; from Abroad, September 16, 1899. - -The competition is open to all without any restrictions as to sex or -age. - - - - -OUR SUPPLEMENT STORY COMPETITION. - -ONLY A SHOP-GIRL: A STORY IN MINIATURE. - - -FIRST PRIZE (£2 2s.). - -May Shawyer, Penrith. - - -SECOND PRIZE (£1 1s.). - -Mabel Gibson, Wandsworth Common, S.W. - - -THIRD PRIZE (10s. 6d.). - -Lucy Bourne, Winchester. - - -_Honourable Mention._ - -Rose Cooke, Lowestoft; Lily Chamberlain, Forest Hill, S.E.; Letitia -E. May, Alton, Hants.; Kate Betts, Kemp Town, Brighton; Mabel Jenks, -Cambridge; Kate Nora Norris, Stoke Newington; Elsie Olver, Brockley; -Bessie Hine, South Tottenham; Jane Bailey German, West Bromwich; Ethel -G. Goulden, Finsbury Park Road, N.; Jessie Elizabeth Jackson, Beverley; -Relda Hofman, Fontenay-sous-Bois, France; Maggie Bisset, Aberdeen; W. -Bruin, Greenwich; Jessie Middlemiss, Ripon; Laura Johnson, Richmond, -S.W.; Edith Alice Hague, Stockport; “Little Nell,” Lincs.; Violet C. -Todd, Cornhill-on-Tweed; Winifred Botterill, Driffield, East Yorks; -Mabel Moscrop, Saltburn-by-Sea; Margaret W. Rudd, Anerley; Jessie H. -Hughes, Croydon; May Adele Venn, West Kensington Park, W.; Gertrude -Borrow, Goldhurst Terrace, N.W.; Jessie Aitchison, Wandsworth, S.W. - - ⁂ The publication of the Supplement Stories is in abeyance at - present in order to afford our readers an opportunity of acquiring - those stories already issued. The first story, “A Cluster of - Roses,” by Sarah Doudney, is now in its third edition, and is - published at 3d., and in cloth 6d. - - - - -SUNDROPS,[3] - -Our Extra Summer Number, is now published (price 6d.), and our readers -must order it at once from their booksellers, if they wish to possess a -copy, as the Number cannot be reprinted. - - -CONTENTS. - -_Frontispiece: Sweet Summer Eve._ - - =Ivy.= A Short Story. By the Lady DUNBOYNE, Author of “The Three Old - Maids of Leigh,” etc. - - =Offers of Marriage.= By ISABELLA FYVIE MAYO. - - =On Perfection of Position for Girl Cyclists.= Fully Illustrated. By - Mrs. EGBERT A. NORTON. - - =In the Red Days of the Terror.= A Story in Four Chapters. By MARIA - A. HOYER, Author of “A Trick for a Trick.” - - =How I Won my Bee Certificate.= - - =Little Tapers.= By the Rev. FREDERICK LANGBRIDGE, M.A. - - =Bound for Life.= A Story. By GRACE STEBBING. - - =The Cuisine of Foreign Countries.= By a Traveller. - - =June-Time and Roses.= A Poem. - - =Gipsies.= Song and Chorus for Girls’ Voices. By ETHEL HARRADEN. - - =Two Noble Women of Hawaii.= By SUSAN E. PINDER. - - =How to make the most of Life.= By C. E. SKINNER. - - =The Forest Princess.= A Short Story. By MARY E. HULLAH. - - =Autobiography of a Perambulator.= By ANNE BEALE. - - =Rachel.= A Rustic Idyll. By ISABEL S. JACOMB-HOOD. - - =A Seaside Holiday.= By CLOTILDA MARSON. - - =What the Hollyhocks and Lilies Saw.= By GERTRUDE PAGE. - - =Three of Shakespeare’s Heroines.= By C. H. IRWIN. - - =There is Plenty of Room on the Top.= A True Story. By ADA. M. - TROTTER. - - =The Quaint and Grotesque in Embroidery.= By FRED MILLER. - - =To the Golden City.= By HENRY FINCH-LEE. - - =Swimming for Girls.= - - =Olive Digby’s Ordeal.= By HELEN MARION BURNSIDE. - - =“Who’d have thought it!”= By ELEANOR C. SALTMER. - - =New Puzzle for our Extra Summer Part.= - - =Varieties.= - - =Household Hints.= - -FOOTNOTES: - -[3] Evening primrose (_Œnothera fruticosa_). - - - - - -End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. XX. No. -1013, May 27, 1899, by Various - -*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE GIRL'S OWN PAPER *** - -***** This file should be named 60053-0.txt or 60053-0.zip ***** -This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: - http://www.gutenberg.org/6/0/0/5/60053/ - -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 public domain print editions 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. Special rules, -set forth in the General Terms of Use part of this license, apply to -copying and distributing Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works to -protect the PROJECT GUTENBERG-tm concept and trademark. Project -Gutenberg is a registered trademark, and may not be used if you -charge for the eBooks, unless you receive specific permission. If you -do not charge anything for copies of this eBook, complying with the -rules is very easy. You may use this eBook for nearly any purpose -such as creation of derivative works, reports, performances and -research. They may be modified and printed and given away--you may do -practically ANYTHING with public domain eBooks. Redistribution is -subject to the trademark license, especially commercial -redistribution. - - - -*** START: FULL LICENSE *** - -THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG LICENSE -PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE YOU DISTRIBUTE OR USE THIS WORK - -To protect the Project Gutenberg-tm mission of promoting the free -distribution of electronic works, by using or distributing this work -(or any other work associated in any way with the phrase "Project -Gutenberg"), you agree to comply with all the terms of the Full Project -Gutenberg-tm License (available with this file or online at -http://gutenberg.org/license). - - -Section 1. General Terms of Use and Redistributing Project Gutenberg-tm -electronic works - -1.A. By reading or using any part of this Project Gutenberg-tm -electronic work, you indicate that you have read, understand, agree to -and accept all the terms of this license and intellectual property -(trademark/copyright) agreement. If you do not agree to abide by all -the terms of this agreement, you must cease using and return or destroy -all copies of Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works in your possession. -If you paid a fee for obtaining a copy of or access to a Project -Gutenberg-tm electronic work and you do not agree to be bound by the -terms of this agreement, you may obtain a refund from the person or -entity to whom you paid the fee as set forth in paragraph 1.E.8. - -1.B. "Project Gutenberg" is a registered trademark. It may only be -used on or associated in any way with an electronic work by people who -agree to be bound by the terms of this agreement. There are a few -things that you can do with most Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works -even without complying with the full terms of this agreement. See -paragraph 1.C below. There are a lot of things you can do with Project -Gutenberg-tm electronic works if you follow the terms of this agreement -and help preserve free future access to Project Gutenberg-tm electronic -works. See paragraph 1.E below. - -1.C. The Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation ("the Foundation" -or PGLAF), owns a compilation copyright in the collection of Project -Gutenberg-tm electronic works. Nearly all the individual works in the -collection are in the public domain in the United States. If an -individual work is in the public domain in the United States and you are -located in the United States, we do not claim a right to prevent you from -copying, distributing, performing, displaying or creating derivative -works based on the work as long as all references to Project Gutenberg -are removed. Of course, we hope that you will support the Project -Gutenberg-tm mission of promoting free access to electronic works by -freely sharing Project Gutenberg-tm works in compliance with the terms of -this agreement for keeping the Project Gutenberg-tm name associated with -the work. You can easily comply with the terms of this agreement by -keeping this work in the same format with its attached full Project -Gutenberg-tm License when you share it without charge with others. - -1.D. The copyright laws of the place where you are located also govern -what you can do with this work. Copyright laws in most countries are in -a constant state of change. If you are outside the United States, check -the laws of your country in addition to the terms of this agreement -before downloading, copying, displaying, performing, distributing or -creating derivative works based on this work or any other Project -Gutenberg-tm work. The Foundation makes no representations concerning -the copyright status of any work in any country outside the United -States. - -1.E. Unless you have removed all references to Project Gutenberg: - -1.E.1. The following sentence, with active links to, or other immediate -access to, the full Project Gutenberg-tm License must appear prominently -whenever any copy of a Project Gutenberg-tm work (any work on which the -phrase "Project Gutenberg" appears, or with which the phrase "Project -Gutenberg" is associated) is accessed, displayed, performed, viewed, -copied or distributed: - -This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with -almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or -re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included -with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org/license - -1.E.2. If an individual Project Gutenberg-tm electronic work is derived -from the public domain (does not contain a notice indicating that it is -posted with permission of the copyright holder), the work can be copied -and distributed to anyone in the United States without paying any fees -or charges. If you are redistributing or providing access to a work -with the phrase "Project Gutenberg" associated with or appearing on the -work, you must comply either with the requirements of paragraphs 1.E.1 -through 1.E.7 or obtain permission for the use of the work and the -Project Gutenberg-tm trademark as set forth in paragraphs 1.E.8 or -1.E.9. - -1.E.3. If an individual Project Gutenberg-tm electronic work is posted -with the permission of the copyright holder, your use and distribution -must comply with both paragraphs 1.E.1 through 1.E.7 and any additional -terms imposed by the copyright holder. Additional terms will be linked -to the Project Gutenberg-tm License for all works posted with the -permission of the copyright holder found at the beginning of this work. - -1.E.4. Do not unlink or detach or remove the full Project Gutenberg-tm -License terms from this work, or any files containing a part of this -work or any other work associated with Project Gutenberg-tm. - -1.E.5. Do not copy, display, perform, distribute or redistribute this -electronic work, or any part of this electronic work, without -prominently displaying the sentence set forth in paragraph 1.E.1 with -active links or immediate access to the full terms of the Project -Gutenberg-tm License. - -1.E.6. You may convert to and distribute this work in any binary, -compressed, marked up, nonproprietary or proprietary form, including any -word processing or hypertext form. However, if you provide access to or -distribute copies of a Project Gutenberg-tm work in a format other than -"Plain Vanilla ASCII" or other format used in the official version -posted on the official Project Gutenberg-tm web site (www.gutenberg.org), -you must, at no additional cost, fee or expense to the user, provide a -copy, a means of exporting a copy, or a means of obtaining a copy upon -request, of the work in its original "Plain Vanilla ASCII" or other -form. Any alternate format must include the full Project Gutenberg-tm -License as specified in paragraph 1.E.1. - -1.E.7. Do not charge a fee for access to, viewing, displaying, -performing, copying or distributing any Project Gutenberg-tm works -unless you comply with paragraph 1.E.8 or 1.E.9. - -1.E.8. You may charge a reasonable fee for copies of or providing -access to or distributing Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works provided -that - -- You pay a royalty fee of 20% of the gross profits you derive from - the use of Project Gutenberg-tm works calculated using the method - you already use to calculate your applicable taxes. The fee is - owed to the owner of the Project Gutenberg-tm trademark, but he - has agreed to donate royalties under this paragraph to the - Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation. Royalty payments - must be paid within 60 days following each date on which you - prepare (or are legally required to prepare) your periodic tax - returns. Royalty payments should be clearly marked as such and - sent to the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation at the - address specified in Section 4, "Information about donations to - the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation." - -- You provide a full refund of any money paid by a user who notifies - you in writing (or by e-mail) within 30 days of receipt that s/he - does not agree to the terms of the full Project Gutenberg-tm - License. You must require such a user to return or - destroy all copies of the works possessed in a physical medium - and discontinue all use of and all access to other copies of - Project Gutenberg-tm works. - -- You provide, in accordance with paragraph 1.F.3, a full refund of any - money paid for a work or a replacement copy, if a defect in the - electronic work is discovered and reported to you within 90 days - of receipt of the work. - -- You comply with all other terms of this agreement for free - distribution of Project Gutenberg-tm works. - -1.E.9. If you wish to charge a fee or distribute a Project Gutenberg-tm -electronic work or group of works on different terms than are set -forth in this agreement, you must obtain permission in writing from -both the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation and Michael -Hart, the owner of the Project Gutenberg-tm trademark. Contact the -Foundation as set forth in Section 3 below. - -1.F. - -1.F.1. Project Gutenberg volunteers and employees expend considerable -effort to identify, do copyright research on, transcribe and proofread -public domain works in creating the Project Gutenberg-tm -collection. Despite these efforts, Project Gutenberg-tm electronic -works, and the medium on which they may be stored, may contain -"Defects," such as, but not limited to, incomplete, inaccurate or -corrupt data, transcription errors, a copyright or other intellectual -property infringement, a defective or damaged disk or other medium, a -computer virus, or computer codes that damage or cannot be read by -your equipment. - -1.F.2. LIMITED WARRANTY, DISCLAIMER OF DAMAGES - Except for the "Right -of Replacement or Refund" described in paragraph 1.F.3, the Project -Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation, the owner of the Project -Gutenberg-tm trademark, and any other party distributing a Project -Gutenberg-tm electronic work under this agreement, disclaim all -liability to you for damages, costs and expenses, including legal -fees. YOU AGREE THAT YOU HAVE NO REMEDIES FOR NEGLIGENCE, STRICT -LIABILITY, BREACH OF WARRANTY OR BREACH OF CONTRACT EXCEPT THOSE -PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPH 1.F.3. YOU AGREE THAT THE FOUNDATION, THE -TRADEMARK OWNER, AND ANY DISTRIBUTOR UNDER THIS AGREEMENT WILL NOT BE -LIABLE TO YOU FOR ACTUAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, PUNITIVE OR -INCIDENTAL DAMAGES EVEN IF YOU GIVE NOTICE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH -DAMAGE. - -1.F.3. LIMITED RIGHT OF REPLACEMENT OR REFUND - If you discover a -defect in this electronic work within 90 days of receiving it, you can -receive a refund of the money (if any) you paid for it by sending a -written explanation to the person you received the work from. If you -received the work on a physical medium, you must return the medium with -your written explanation. The person or entity that provided you with -the defective work may elect to provide a replacement copy in lieu of a -refund. If you received the work electronically, the person or entity -providing it to you may choose to give you a second opportunity to -receive the work electronically in lieu of a refund. If the second copy -is also defective, you may demand a refund in writing without further -opportunities to fix the problem. - -1.F.4. Except for the limited right of replacement or refund set forth -in paragraph 1.F.3, this work is provided to you 'AS-IS' WITH NO OTHER -WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO -WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR ANY PURPOSE. - -1.F.5. Some states do not allow disclaimers of certain implied -warranties or the exclusion or limitation of certain types of damages. -If any disclaimer or limitation set forth in this agreement violates the -law of the state applicable to this agreement, the agreement shall be -interpreted to make the maximum disclaimer or limitation permitted by -the applicable state law. The invalidity or unenforceability of any -provision of this agreement shall not void the remaining provisions. - -1.F.6. INDEMNITY - You agree to indemnify and hold the Foundation, the -trademark owner, any agent or employee of the Foundation, anyone -providing copies of Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works in accordance -with this agreement, and any volunteers associated with the production, -promotion and distribution of Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works, -harmless from all liability, costs and expenses, including legal fees, -that arise directly or indirectly from any of the following which you do -or cause to occur: (a) distribution of this or any Project Gutenberg-tm -work, (b) alteration, modification, or additions or deletions to any -Project Gutenberg-tm work, and (c) any Defect you cause. - - -Section 2. Information about the Mission of Project Gutenberg-tm - -Project Gutenberg-tm is synonymous with the free distribution of -electronic works in formats readable by the widest variety of computers -including obsolete, old, middle-aged and new computers. It exists -because of the efforts of hundreds of volunteers and donations from -people in all walks of life. - -Volunteers and financial support to provide volunteers with the -assistance they need, are critical to reaching Project Gutenberg-tm's -goals and ensuring that the Project Gutenberg-tm collection will -remain freely available for generations to come. In 2001, the Project -Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation was created to provide a secure -and permanent future for Project Gutenberg-tm and future generations. -To learn more about the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation -and how your efforts and donations can help, see Sections 3 and 4 -and the Foundation web page at http://www.pglaf.org. - - -Section 3. Information about the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive -Foundation - -The Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation is a non profit -501(c)(3) educational corporation organized under the laws of the -state of Mississippi and granted tax exempt status by the Internal -Revenue Service. The Foundation's EIN or federal tax identification -number is 64-6221541. Its 501(c)(3) letter is posted at -http://pglaf.org/fundraising. Contributions to the Project Gutenberg -Literary Archive Foundation are tax deductible to the full extent -permitted by U.S. federal laws and your state's laws. - -The Foundation's principal office is located at 4557 Melan Dr. S. -Fairbanks, AK, 99712., but its volunteers and employees are scattered -throughout numerous locations. Its business office is located at -809 North 1500 West, Salt Lake City, UT 84116, (801) 596-1887, email -business@pglaf.org. Email contact links and up to date contact -information can be found at the Foundation's web site and official -page at http://pglaf.org - -For additional contact information: - Dr. Gregory B. Newby - Chief Executive and Director - gbnewby@pglaf.org - - -Section 4. Information about Donations to the Project Gutenberg -Literary Archive Foundation - -Project Gutenberg-tm depends upon and cannot survive without wide -spread public support and donations to carry out its mission of -increasing the number of public domain and licensed works that can be -freely distributed in machine readable form accessible by the widest -array of equipment including outdated equipment. Many small donations -($1 to $5,000) are particularly important to maintaining tax exempt -status with the IRS. - -The Foundation is committed to complying with the laws regulating -charities and charitable donations in all 50 states of the United -States. Compliance requirements are not uniform and it takes a -considerable effort, much paperwork and many fees to meet and keep up -with these requirements. We do not solicit donations in locations -where we have not received written confirmation of compliance. To -SEND DONATIONS or determine the status of compliance for any -particular state visit http://pglaf.org - -While we cannot and do not solicit contributions from states where we -have not met the solicitation requirements, we know of no prohibition -against accepting unsolicited donations from donors in such states who -approach us with offers to donate. - -International donations are gratefully accepted, but we cannot make -any statements concerning tax treatment of donations received from -outside the United States. U.S. laws alone swamp our small staff. - -Please check the Project Gutenberg Web pages for current donation -methods and addresses. Donations are accepted in a number of other -ways including checks, online payments and credit card donations. -To donate, please visit: http://pglaf.org/donate - - -Section 5. General Information About Project Gutenberg-tm electronic -works. - -Professor Michael S. Hart is the originator of the Project Gutenberg-tm -concept of a library of electronic works that could be freely shared -with anyone. For thirty years, he produced and distributed Project -Gutenberg-tm eBooks with only a loose network of volunteer support. - - -Project Gutenberg-tm eBooks are often created from several printed -editions, all of which are confirmed as Public Domain in the U.S. -unless a copyright notice is included. Thus, we do not necessarily -keep eBooks in compliance with any particular paper edition. - - -Most people start at our Web site which has the main PG search facility: - - http://www.gutenberg.org - -This Web site includes information about Project Gutenberg-tm, -including how to make donations to the Project Gutenberg Literary -Archive Foundation, how to help produce our new eBooks, and how to -subscribe to our email newsletter to hear about new eBooks. |