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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. If you are not located in the United States, you'll have -to check the laws of the country where you are located before using this ebook. - -Title: The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. XX, No. 1017, June 24, 1899 - -Author: Various - -Release Date: February 2, 2020 [EBook #61306] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: UTF-8 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK GIRL'S OWN PAPER, JUNE 24, 1899 *** - - - - -Produced by Susan Skinner, Chris Curnow, Pamela Patten and -the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at -http://www.pgdp.net - - - - - - -</pre> - - -<div class="chap"> -<h1 class="faux">THE GIRL’S OWN PAPER</h1> - - - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_609" id="Page_609">{609}</a></span></p> - - -<div class="figcenter w600"> -<img src="images/header.jpg" width="600" height="202" alt="The Girl's Own Paper." /> -</div> - -<hr class="full" /> - -<div class="center"> -<div class="header"> -<p class="floatl"><span class="smcap">Vol. XX.—No. 1017.]</span></p> -<p class="floatr"><span class="smcap">[Price One Penny.</span></p> -<p class="floatc">JUNE 24, 1899.</p> -</div></div> - -<hr class="full" /> - -<p class="center">[Transcriber’s Note: This Table of Contents was not present in the original.]</p> - -<p class="center"><!-- Autogenerated TOC. Modify or delete as required. --> - -<a href="#EARLY_MORNING_NATURE-STUDY">EARLY MORNING NATURE-STUDY.</a><br /> -<a href="#LETTERS_FROM_A_LAWYER">LETTERS FROM A LAWYER.</a><br /> -<a href="#THE_HOUSE_WITH_THE_VERANDAH">THE HOUSE WITH THE VERANDAH.</a><br /> -<a href="#HOUSEHOLD_HINTS">HOUSEHOLD HINTS.</a><br /> -<a href="#SHEILAS_COUSIN_EFFIE">SHEILA’S COUSIN EFFIE.</a><br /> -<a href="#FROCKS_FOR_TO-MORROW">FROCKS FOR TO-MORROW.</a><br /> -<a href="#VARIETIES">VARIETIES.</a><br /> -<a href="#COURTESY">COURTESY.</a><br /> -<a href="#THINGS_IN_SEASON_IN_MARKET_AND_KITCHEN">THINGS IN SEASON, IN MARKET AND KITCHEN.</a><br /> -<a href="#OLD_ENGLISH_COTTAGE_HOMES">OLD ENGLISH COTTAGE HOMES.</a><br /> -<a href="#MY_FAVOURITE_CONTRIBUTORS_COMPETITION">“MY FAVOURITE CONTRIBUTORS” COMPETITION.</a><br /> -<a href="#OUR_PUZZLE_POEM_REPORT_AN_ACCIDENTAL_CYCLE_III">OUR PUZZLE POEM REPORT: AN ACCIDENTAL CYCLE III.</a><br /> -<a href="#ANSWERS_TO_CORRESPONDENTS">ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.</a><br /> -<a href="#OUR_NEW_PUZZLE_POEM">OUR NEW PUZZLE POEM.</a><br /> - -<!-- End Autogenerated TOC. --> - -</p> - - -<hr class="chap" /></div><div class="chap"> - - -<h2><a name="EARLY_MORNING_NATURE-STUDY" id="EARLY_MORNING_NATURE-STUDY">EARLY MORNING NATURE-STUDY.</a></h2> - - -<div class="figcenter w550"> -<img src="images/i_609.jpg" width="550" height="437" alt="" /> -<div class="caption"><p class="center">MRS. BRIGHTWEN IN HER GARDEN.</p></div> -</div> - -<p class="smalltext"><i>All rights reserved.</i>]</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">To</span> a true lover of nature hardly anything can -be more thoroughly enjoyable than a quiet -hour spent in some shady spot early on a -summer’s morning, whilst the dew is still upon -the flowers, and before any sounds can be -heard except those made by happy birds and -insects.</p> - -<p>In my garden there is a little dell embowered -by trees, where I often spend an hour or -two before breakfast for the special purpose -of enjoying the company of my pet wild -creatures.</p> - -<p>On one side are five arches, formed possibly -some hundreds of years ago, since the great -stones are grey with age and picturesquely -moss-grown and ivy-clad. Young trees, too, -are growing here and there out of the crevices -into which the wind has wafted their seeds.</p> - -<p>In an open space before me are groups of -stately foxgloves of every tint, ranging from -purple through rose-colour to pure white. -Some of them have stems fully seven feet in -height, each bearing not fewer than a hundred -and forty or fifty flowers.</p> - -<p>Not only amongst these foxgloves, but in -the lime branches overhead innumerable bees -keep up a continuous murmuring sound as<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_610" id="Page_610">{610}</a></span> -they busily gather their morning store of -honey.</p> - -<p>Various tall grasses are sending up their -feathery plumes, and in a special bed where -only wild flowers are allowed to grow, teasel, -hypericum, valerian, and bog-myrtle are delighting -my eyes by the free, graceful way in -which they make themselves at home as if in -their native habitat.</p> - -<p>Under one of the arches the birds always -find an abundance of food, which I strew for -them several times in the day.</p> - -<p>There I see young blackbirds, chaffinches, -hedge-sparrows, wrens, and titmice feasting -and flitting about, quite regardless of my -presence. One advantage of this retreat is -that no house-sparrows come here to annoy -the more timid birds.</p> - -<p>The quietness and peace of this secluded -spot is in marked contrast to the scenes I -witness near the house. There sparrows reign -supreme. They come down in flocks to gorge -themselves and their offspring upon the sopped -bread, rudely driving away many other kinds -of birds that I would fain encourage.</p> - -<p>It may be observed that I have not spoken -of robins feeding under the archway, because -only one haunts this spot, and he is my special -pet, and elects to sit on a bough close to me -warbling his sweet low song, and occasionally -accepting some choice morsel from my hand.</p> - -<p>When he was a brown-coated youngster I -began to feed and attract him, and in one -week he gained so much confidence as to -alight on my hand.</p> - -<p>He is now my devoted adherent, flying to -meet me in different parts of the garden as -soon as he hears my voice.</p> - -<p>I am much interested, and I think he is also, -in the development of the little scarlet waistcoat -which marks his arrival at maturity. I -saw the first red feather appear, just a mere -tinge of colour amongst the rest, and now -daily I see the hue is deepening. If bathing -and pluming will tend to make him a handsome -robin, he bids fair to outshine his compeers, for -he is always busy about his toilet, first fluttering -in a large clam-shell, which contains water, -and then becoming absorbed in his preening -operations, which nothing will interrupt but -the appearance of another robin, who, of -course, must be flown at and driven away.</p> - -<p>Birds, however, are not my only visitors. -Some tame voles or field-mice creep stealthily -in and out of the rockwork and find their way -to the birds’ feeding-ground, where they also -enjoy the seeds and coarse oatmeal, and amuse -me much with their graceful play and occasional -scrimmages. Field-mice are easily -tamed and made happy in captivity.</p> - -<p>Last year I coaxed a pair of these voles into -a large glass globe, and kept them long -enough to observe sundry family events, such -as nest-building, the arrival of some baby-voles, -and their development from small pink infants -into full-grown mice, and then I set the whole -family at liberty under the archway, where -they now disport themselves with all the confidence -of privileged rodents.</p> - -<p>By remaining absolutely still for an hour or -two, quietly reading or thinking, one has -delightful opportunities of seeing rare birds -quite at their ease.</p> - -<p>A green woodpecker, all unconscious of my -presence, is clinging to an old tree stem near -by, and I can not only hear his tapping noise, -but I am able to observe how he is supported -by the stiff feathers in his tail, which press -against the tree, and how his long tongue -darts into crevices in the bark and draws out -the insects upon which he feeds.</p> - -<p>I follow his upward progress around the -stem until he flies away with the loud laughing -cry which has earned for him the local -name of Yaffle.</p> - -<p>Hawfinches are by no means common in -this neighbourhood, but one morning I was -much interested to be able to watch three or -four of these birds, which had alighted on the -top of a spruce fir in this dell. Their golden-red -plumage glistened brightly as they busily -flitted from branch to branch, snapping off -small fir-sprays with their powerful beaks, and -chattering to each other all the while like -diminutive parrots.</p> - -<p>Now the early morning sun is sending shafts -of brilliant light through the thick foliage, and -bringing out special objects in high relief.</p> - -<p>Just beside me is a large mass of grey stone, -moss-grown and fern-shaded. The sun has -lighted up one side of this; the rest is in -shadow, so that it forms a picture in itself, and -my robin has alighted on it as though on purpose -to give the touch of colour that was needed.</p> - -<p>All my readers may not have so sweet a -spot in which to study nature, but I do strongly -commend to them the delight of a quiet time -spent alone out-of-doors in the early morning.</p> - -<p>The air is then so pure and fresh that it -seems to invigorate one’s mind no less than -one’s body, and in the country the sights and -sounds are such as tend to helpful thoughts of -the love and goodness of the Creator Who has -blessed us with so much to make us happy, if -only we will open our eyes and hearts to see -and understand the works of His hands.</p> - -<p class="right"> -<span class="smcap">Eliza Brightwen.</span> -</p> - - -<hr class="chap" /></div><div class="chap"> - - -<h2><a name="LETTERS_FROM_A_LAWYER" id="LETTERS_FROM_A_LAWYER">LETTERS FROM A LAWYER.</a></h2> - - -<h3>PART VIII.</h3> - -<p class="right"> -The Temple. -</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">My dear Dorothy</span>,—Nothing seems to -puzzle the ordinary public so much as the -law of omnibus travelling, and in one of two -cases which I saw reported the other day, the -worthy County Court judge seems, if he -were correctly reported, to have made a slip -and nonsuited a plaintiff with a good cause of -action. I am inclined to think, however, that -it was the reporter who made the slip and not -the judge, by omitting an important point in -the case which had escaped his notice, and I -think I can pretty well guess what that point -was.</p> - -<p>As both the actions arose out of incidents of -everyday occurrence, which might happen to -anyone, I will here relate them for your benefit.</p> - -<p>The first case was one in which a lady -claimed damages from an omnibus company—I -think it was the London General, but that -is a detail—on account of injuries received -through the misconduct of the conductor. It -appears that there had been a previous -altercation between the parties, and that when -the lady rose to go out, he pushed her off the -step and started the bus, so that the lady fell -down and injured her leg.</p> - -<p>The judge very properly nonsuited the -plaintiff, because it is not part of an omnibus -conductor’s duties to violently push people off -his omnibus; such behaviour on his part was -something outside of his ordinary duties as a -servant of the Company. The lady therefore -had no cause of action against the Company; -her remedy was against the conductor for the -assault.</p> - -<p>This may seem to you, my dear Dorothy, to -be a very unsatisfactory state of affairs, but so -it is, and it seems to me to be good sense and -good law, although I admit that an action -against a wealthy omnibus company and one -against a poor conductor are not quite the same -thing.</p> - -<p>In the other case a lady brought an action -against an omnibus company to recover the -value of a dress, which she stated had been -damaged owing to her falling into the mud -through the negligence or carelessness of the -conductor in starting the omnibus before she -had taken her seat.</p> - -<p>According to the report, as I read it, she -was going upstairs, but before she got to the -top, the conductor, without giving her any -warning, rang his bell, and the omnibus started -with a jerk, which threw her off into the mud -and spoilt her dress.</p> - -<p>Now if these had been the only facts in the -case, I should have said that this lady was -entitled to recover the value of her damaged -costume from the omnibus company, because -it is undoubtedly part of the conductor’s duties -to ring his bell and stop to take up and set -down passengers, and if a passenger is going -outside he ought not to start the omnibus -until the passenger has secured his seat, or -without giving him warning or taking other -reasonable means to see that he gets his seat -in safety.</p> - -<p>But in this also the plaintiff was nonsuited, -and, although it did not appear so in the report, -the learned judge must have thought that there -was some negligence on the part of the lady. -Possibly she had got on to the omnibus whilst -it was in motion, as so many ladies do nowadays. -This would at once put her out of court. -If there had not been contributory negligence of -some kind, this lady would have won her case.</p> - -<p>If you meet with an accident through getting -on or off an omnibus whilst it is in motion, -you contribute to the accident in not ordering -the conductor to stop, and you have only yourself -to blame; if, however, you had ordered -the conductor to stop and he had neglected or -refused to do so, you would probably succeed -in an action against the company.</p> - -<p>Nowadays, when nearly all the omnibus -companies issue tickets, you are not bound to -show your tickets whenever they are demanded -by a conductor or inspector, but it is wiser to -do so because the absence of a ticket will generally -be regarded by the magistrate as evidence -of your not having paid your fare, and unless -you have any friends travelling with you who -are ready to come forward and swear that they -saw you purchase a ticket, you will very likely -be fined and have to pay costs as well. If you -are travelling in a train or a tram, you are -bound to produce and deliver up your ticket -whenever it is demanded by a servant of the -company, the railway and the tramway -companies having special powers to make bye-laws -to this effect.</p> - -<p>The muzzling orders still remain in force for -the Metropolis, although in the country the -dogs are freed of their muzzles.</p> - -<p>A man who was summoned the other day -for allowing his dog to run about unmuzzled, -tried to make a point by pleading that he did -not permit the dog to run about unmuzzled. -Whenever he took the dog out he always put -his muzzle on, but on this occasion the dog had -gone out without his permission. However, -the magistrate fined him all the same, just as -he did</p> - -<p class="right"> -<span class="mr4">Your affectionate cousin,</span><br /> -<span class="smcap mr2">Bob Briefless.</span><br /> -</p> - -<hr class="chap" /></div><div class="chap"> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_611" id="Page_611">{611}</a></span></p> - - - - -<h2><a name="THE_HOUSE_WITH_THE_VERANDAH" id="THE_HOUSE_WITH_THE_VERANDAH">THE HOUSE WITH THE VERANDAH.</a></h2> - -<p class="ph3"><span class="smcap">By</span> ISABELLA FYVIE MAYO, Author of “Other People’s Stairs,” “Her Object in Life,” etc.</p> - - -<h3>CHAPTER XIII.</h3> - -<p class="ph3">STARTLED!</p> - -<div class="ddropcapbox w125"> -<img class="idropcap" src="images/i_611.jpg" width="125" height="317" alt='W' /></div> - -<p><span class="uppercase">hen</span> once Lucy’s -work began at the -Institute her days -were very full. She -rose early, gave her -simple household -orders, and prepared -Hugh for the -Kindergarten, -where she left him -while she held her -classes. Hugh took -his lunch with him, -for he stayed at the -Kindergarten rather -longer than the -other children, so -as to wait till his -mother fetched him. -Lucy had explained -her peculiar position -to the Kindergarten -governess, a Miss Foster, and -that lady had readily entered into this -arrangement.</p> - -<p>It was a great relief to Lucy to find -that Hugh was soon quite happy among -his new surroundings, returning home -with plenty of wonders to tell, and -being always eager for next day’s start. -Miss Foster often came to the door to -see Lucy and to deliver over her pupil. -She was loud in praise of the little boy, -confiding to Lucy that his state of -mental development was so different -from that of too many of her pupils. -They had generally been left so much -in the care of servants and nurses.</p> - -<p>“A little one who is generally in the -company of its mother, or of somebody -who really cares for it, may be said to -enjoy all the advantages of kindergarten -from its very cradle,” she remarked. -“Its education has been going on -happily and unconsciously all the while. -Its little brain and hands have found -occupation in imitating the work or -doings it sees. It is not left to gape -and stare at the things around—all -wonders to it—but it is encouraged to -ask questions, and it gets its questions -cheerfully and patiently answered.”</p> - -<p>“I suppose that is a very important -item,” said Lucy.</p> - -<p>“Yes, indeed,” said Miss Foster. -“A careless nurse may often answer -a question, but she does this snappily, -perhaps with a hasty shake or a cross -remark that the child is ‘a silly, little -worrit.’ That encourages no further -inquiry, and the baby-mind often closes -over ridiculously wrong impressions, -which can only confuse and blur its -mind and all its processes.”</p> - -<p>Lucy smiled.</p> - -<p>“Yes,” she answered, “I can understand -that, for children generally want -a second answer to explain the first. I -remember Hugh once asked me as we -walked past some burial ground what it -was used for. I told him ‘to put -people’s bodies in when they die.’ He -said ‘Oh!’ and walked along quietly, -but looking puzzled. I felt sure he had -some afterthought, so I said, ‘You have -learned what a burial ground is now, -Hughie, haven’t you? To put people’s -bodies in when they die.’ Hughie -snuggled up to me and whispered the -confidential question, ‘If they only put -their bodies there, what do they do with -their heads?’ What an idea he would -have carried away if his second question -had not been drawn out!”</p> - -<p>Miss Foster laughed.</p> - -<p>“Such things occur constantly,” she -said. “I daresay we have all heard -the story of the little girl who said she -liked to go to church when they sang -the hymn about the bear. No? Well, -it runs that she made this remark to her -mother, who was more interested in her -child’s preferences than it is likely any -servant would have been. So she asked, -‘Which hymn is that, my dear?’ ‘Oh, -the one about the bear that squints.’ -‘The bear that squints!’ said the -mother, surprised, and knowing at once -that something was wrong. ‘What does -this mean?’ She could not ask the -child to show the hymn, for she could -not yet read. But instead of saying -‘Don’t be silly!’ she pursued the inquiry. -‘What makes you think there is -anything about a bear that squints?’ -‘Oh, I’ve heard you sing it often,’ -replied the child. ‘You sing “the -consecrated cross-eye bear!”’”</p> - -<p>They both laughed.</p> - -<p>“That may be apocryphal,” commented -Miss Foster, “but if so it is a -fable which covers a great deal of -fact.”</p> - -<p>“It need not be apocryphal,” returned -Lucy. “A distinguished preacher once -told me that as a child he learned the -lines—</p> - -<div class="poetry-container"><div class="poetry"><div class="stanza"> -<div class="verse">“‘Satan trembles when he sees</div> -<div class="verse">The weakest saint upon his knees.’</div> -</div></div></div> - -<p>Surely a beautiful image, and one which -to the adult mind it seems impossible to -misunderstand. But from the standpoint -of the child, accustomed himself constantly -to sit on people’s knees, the -idea presented itself differently. He -fancied that it was the saint’s sitting -on Satan’s knees which caused Satan’s -agitation! It never occurred to him -that there could be any other meaning, -and his puzzle was not over any doubt -on that head, but only concerning what, -in such a circumstance, was the cause of -Satan’s dismay, for he knew that if he -himself sat on anybody’s knees, he was -rather in that person’s power, and could -be easily got rid of. He went on saying -and singing that hymn for years, the -wonderment always recurring. He told -me that the truth did not dawn on him -till he was a grown youth attending -theological classes. Then he said it came -with such a lightning-flash that it nearly -made him cry out in chapel!”</p> - -<p>“There is even a more serious aspect -of this kind of misunderstanding,” said -Miss Foster, “which may really lead to -a wrong stratum of character if children -are not encouraged to speak out and -show how they take things. Grown-up -people sometimes say hasty or playful -words which no other ‘grown-up’ would -take literally, but children do. It often -seems to me as if, though the little folk -are themselves ready to ‘make believe’ -to any extent, yet they cannot credit any -‘make believe’ in others. Let me tell -you a story in illustration.</p> - -<p>“A friend has lately bought a house, -on whose staircase is a beautiful stained -glass window; but its value is rather -spoiled for her by the fact that in its -centre are the initials of the late owners -of the house, not interesting people in -any way, but very commonplace folk -who made money by speculations. One -day a little boy-visitor was admiring the -window, and asked about the initials. -My friend explained them to him, and -then, turning to another visitor, laughingly -said, ‘We must get somebody to -throw a stone through that pane.’ -Presently she noticed that the little boy -kept very closely to her side, and by-and-by -he whispered, ‘Mrs. Gray, I -can hit very well. I’ll throw a stone at -that window. I’ll do it to-day if you -like.’ ‘Oh, my dear,’ she said, ‘that -would never do at all. We must get it -done properly some other time.’ He -was disappointed, but said no more -then. When he was taking leave, -however, he whispered, ‘Mrs. Gray, -when do you want that stone thrown? -You’ll ask me, won’t you? You won’t -let anybody else do it?’ Now if he -had not been a child accustomed to free -speech, he might have taken that lady’s -jest in earnest and have thrown the -stone, which would likely have missed -its aim and done incalculable mischief. -Mrs. Gray would have quite forgotten -her remark. Overwhelmed by his -failure and by censures unaccountable -to him which would have fallen upon -him, he would, according to all the precedents -of childish criminals, have -‘reserved his defence,’ and he would -have been set down as a mischievous -monkey, if not a malignant little wretch, -for making such return for pleasant -hospitality.”</p> - -<p>“I suppose too,” said Lucy, “that -every time we let a child talk a matter -out and help it to follow the explanations -we give, we are really unconsciously -training its mind to think out things for -itself, and not to rest content at any -point where it is not really satisfied.”</p> - -<p>“Exactly so,” answered Miss Foster. -“The facts which a child learns are -always of little importance compared -with the exercise of its mind in grasping -them. That is why learning anything -by rote is useless save as an exercise of -memory, and that explains, too, why -some people who are said to have ‘no -book-learning’ are far keener observers -and arrive at more judicious conclusions<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_612" id="Page_612">{612}</a></span> -than do pedants. The plainer folk -have probably learned to use their minds -upon the work of their hands. It is -with minds as it is with bodies: unless -the digestion is in order, food does not -nourish, is not assimilated, and only -results in disease. So though there is -more ‘knowledge’ in the world to-day -than ever before, and though it is more -widely distributed, yet at every turn the -public mind—with its violent prejudices, -its unreasonable fluctuations, and its inability -to look below any surface conclusions -that are offered to it—proves -that the Hebrew prophet’s complaint -‘that the people do not consider’ is as -true as ever it was. Probably in face of -present day opportunities and issues it -is even truer. I often think that it will -remain so till parents take more interest -in their children’s society before they -are eight years old.”</p> - -<p>“I hear that many school children -have so many home lessons that they -can’t have much time for home talk,” -said Lucy.</p> - -<p>“That is so,” consented Miss Foster, -“and in my opinion, during the regular -school age home lessons ought to be -almost unknown. All the time at home -is needed for home society and home -usefulness if the child is to have a good -all-round development. The worst cases -I have known of this kind of loss and -defect have been among the children of -modish women, who had ‘social duties’ -which they preferred to walking out and -talking with their little ones. If women -can’t have patience and pleasure in -their own children, why should they -expect it in their nursemaids? And -they don’t get it. I have often seen -children dragging along, silent, listless, -gaping, with an irritable or indifferent -nurse, and a few minutes after I have -met ‘mamma’ driving out to pay her -calls.”</p> - -<p>“I am always so sorry for widows -who have to leave their children to -others simply that they may discharge -other duties to their children themselves,” -observed Lucy. “A woman -cannot at once play with her babies and -earn their bread. I’m afraid we don’t -think enough about the hardships which -beset some lives. Perhaps they seldom -press on our attention till we feel a -touch of them ourselves.”</p> - -<p>“I think a crèche is a very useful -form of charity,” answered Miss Foster, -“provided that rules are carefully made -not to encourage married women to -think of becoming wage-earners as if -that was the proper thing when their -husbands can and should be working -for them.”</p> - -<p>Lucy smiled a little sadly.</p> - -<p>“I am not thinking only of the class -who can be helped by a crèche,” she -said. “I was thinking of another type -of widowed women who uphold their -homes by being authors or artists, or -by managing shops or businesses. They -are forced to leave their children so -much under other influences, and it is -so sad if, after bravely playing a father’s -part for years, it ends in the disappointment -of their mother-heart and the -frustration of their best hopes.”</p> - -<p>“Ay, I quite agree with you!” cried -Miss Foster heartily, “and I congratulate -you warmly on being one of those -whose light affliction, lasting but a little -while, suffices to open new and wider -sympathies. I hope you are always -getting the best news of Mr. Challoner?” -she added. For Lucy had told the little -teacher how she was placed at the -present time.</p> - -<p>“The very best of news, thank you,” -Lucy answered. For Charlie’s ship letter -had been followed by others, posted at -various ports, and all telling the same -good tidings of revived health and -strength. Indeed, the very last letter -had hinted that the improvement was so -marked and so stable that Charlie was -sorely tempted to shorten his absence -and return home by steamer. He -wrote that he had suggested this to -Grant, who “seemed very much cut up -about it, but had raised no difficulty.”</p> - -<p>In reply to that letter Lucy had written -at once, urging her husband not to think -of such a thing. The better he was, -the better reason was there for carrying -through the original plan. “Because -the foundation is so good, there is the -brighter prospect in building on it,” she -said. And besides, Lucy confided to -Charlie that Captain Grant’s wife, in -writing to her, had said that the fee for -Charlie’s trip would just enable her -husband to pay off the last of his -father’s debts, which he had honestly -taken upon himself. “And when they -have brought us such good luck in -enabling you to take this voyage,” -wrote Lucy, “we must not spoil any -good luck that our share in the matter -may have brought them. Let us be -wise and patient,” wrote Lucy, crushing -back a sneaking hope that Charlie -might even have started homeward -before he could get her reply to his -letter. “In that case we must pay the -Grants all the same,” she reflected, -“though I am afraid they would not -take it.” Then she proved to herself -the sincerity of her counsels to Charlie -by still resolutely withholding the story -of her domestic changes, which she -had meant to tell him at this time -when she had pulled through so far. -But if she did so, it might add the last -link to the yearning that was pulling him -home, and she would do nothing to -strengthen a temptation whose force was -revealed in her own heart.</p> - -<p>She walked home rather soberly -after her little conversation with the -Kindergarten mistress. Certainly it -strengthened her in the resolutions she -had formed and had steadily carried -out. But she could not refuse to know -that she was living under considerable -strain. Her teaching at the Institute -was strenuous and exacting. Apart -from the mental exertion, she was on -her feet all the time. By the time she -reached home, she was thoroughly exhausted, -and was really fit for nothing -but a nap, or at least an afternoon’s -repose on the sofa, half dreaming over -some simple book. But there could be -no such rest for her. For this was the -only time when Hugh could have a -walk, and so off they went together. -She often wondered whether he noticed -that she was not quite so lively as she -used to be, not so ready for a run, or so -good at a game of ball. But a little -child takes much on trust. Then they -came home to tea, which generally -refreshed her considerably. After that, -Hugh sat at her side, with his bricks, his -picture books, or his “transparent slate,” -while she did all the household mending. -Jane Smith never put a finger to this, not -because she refused to do so, but because -when she attempted it on one occasion, -she ruined a pair of fine grey woollen -hand-knitted stockings, by drawing a -slightly-worn heel together with coarse -white worsted, showing that she had -not the most rudimentary idea of what -darning should be.</p> - -<p>Now this is just the kind of household -work for which it would be a waste of -time and power to hire help, especially -in such a small family. Then as the -washing was no longer done at home, -Lucy had to prepare the account for the -laundry, and to see that the things were -sent home correctly, which as they -scarcely ever were, led to correspondence -and general worry.</p> - -<p>By the time all these inevitable little -tasks were accomplished, it was generally -time for Hugh to go to bed. -After that Lucy was free. Of course, -in the winter nights, painting was -impossible. But through the art -dealers, Lucy had heard of an opening -for pen-and-ink sketches, and it was -this eventide that she had hoped to give -to this work. She could reckon on about -two hours’ solitude, and yet retire to -rest early. She soon found out, however, -that leisure is of little avail for such -pursuits if energies and spirits are -exhausted beforehand.</p> - -<p>Yet Jane Smith was the very last -person with whom Lucy could relax her -vigilance in keeping Hugh to herself. -She often shuddered to think how, had -Mrs. Morison’s fair appearances held out -a little longer, she might have been -tempted to trust her boy with the nice -motherly-looking widow—a misplaced -confidence which might have ended in a -terrible catastrophe. But Jane Smith -offered no such temptation. She was -so plainly nothing but the common -professional servant, who does her work -as well as any work can be done without -genuine interest or any sense of what is -fitting or pretty. After she had spread a -tablecloth Mrs. Challoner generally had -to straighten it; she drew the blinds up -askew; she never noticed when a stair-rod -slipped from its socket. Lucy -herself always had to be watchful that -clean sheets were well aired. Once she -found them put quite damp upon the -beds. Pollie had always fed the cat in -the kitchen, and so had Mrs. Morison, -and certainly the poor animal had thriven -well under her brief <i>régime</i>, till that day -of disgrace, when she dropped boiling -gravy on it! But Lucy remarked that -pussy, who had always come upstairs -for “company,” now often came up -mewing. Puss seemed getting thin, so -Lucy took its meals into her own care. -She asked Jane Smith if she neglected -her. Jane Smith said “No,” but -owned she “might have forgotten it -sometimes.”</p> - -<p>That was Jane Smith all over. She<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_613" id="Page_613">{613}</a></span> -took her wages and did her work, but -it was without any “head,” and also, -Lucy was forced to admit, without any -heart.</p> - -<p>There was not much definite fault to -be found with this Jane. The kitchen -was fairly clean and tidy; it had only -ceased to look snug and inviting. The -public rooms were presentable—after -Lucy had gone round everywhere, -shaking out a curtain here, removing -a chair from grazing the wall there, and -lifting china bowls from perilous positions -on the very edge of a shelf. As for the -bedrooms, Jane did not seem to know -how to make a bed comfortably, and -did not seem able to learn. Lucy -generally had much adjustment to do -before she could happily court slumber.</p> - -<p>Still Jane carried on what may be -called “the ruck” of household labour -after a fashion. Lucy did not dream -of giving her notice to leave, not being -one of those mistresses with whom that -possibility is for ever present. Indeed -with her strained nerves and strength -it seemed really far easier to supplement -Jane’s perfunctory work than to -entertain any thought of once more -facing change and a wrestle with the -unknown.</p> - -<p>Jane’s lover, the young carpenter, -came regularly once a week, and stayed -about two hours. Mrs. Challoner saw -him once or twice, when household -business took her to the kitchen, during -his visits. He looked a dull, decent -young man, with a shock of red hair -and a smooth boyish face. He sat -close beside the fire, even when the -spring evenings had grown warm. Lucy -addressed him with a cheerful “Good -evening,” and made one or two slight -remarks about the weather, to which he -made little response save a movement -of the lips, and a glance towards the -area-window. He did not rise when -Lucy entered the kitchen, but that -rudeness seemed due only to shyness -or slowness, for he always rose a few -minutes afterwards and remained -standing for the rest of her stay. Altogether, -Lucy decided that he was not -very bright; he was by no means one of -those young working men who come to -the front at evening colleges and clubs, -and are the moving spirits of their trades’ -union. All the more, he seemed a fit -enough match for Jane, who would have -been indeed a hopeless drag on the life -of any rising man.</p> - -<p>Sitting in her dining-room, Lucy could -hear through its floor the sound of the -voices in the kitchen, though the words, -of course, were inaudible. The conversation -of these courting evenings did not -seem very lively. Jane said a few words, -and the gruffer voice replied with a -monosyllable, and then there would be -a long pause, and presently the performance -would be repeated.</p> - -<p>But one evening a week or two after -Easter, the conversation seemed to have -grown much livelier. It was the man -who had the most to say, and he spoke -faster and in a higher key than before.</p> - -<p>“Is he waking up at last?” thought -unsuspicious Lucy, “or is it possible that -they have had a little tiff, and that he is -defending himself or scolding her? Perhaps -he does not like her new bonnet.”</p> - -<p>For Lucy had seen Jane go out on the -previous Sunday evening in fresh and -gorgeous spring attire, her neat brown -dress and black jacket crowned by an -incompatible hat, round whose crown -pink, green and blue roses, feathers -and rosettes “screamed” loudly at -each other. Lucy had thought to herself -that her mother, in the old days, would -at once have “put her foot down” on -such headgear, but Lucy’s own sense -of fairness rebelled against any arbitrary -interference with a girl’s taste in dress -(when going about her own business) -simply because the girl was in her wage-paid -service at other times.</p> - -<p>“I have seen Florence in hats I have -liked as little, though they were different,” -thought Lucy. “I know many -mistresses can’t bear their servants to -copy their style of dress—dear mother -would have regarded it as an unpardonable -impertinence—but I should be only -too proud and happy if my servants -would copy mine! Pollie was turning -in that direction—with just a few extra -bows and flowers, and silk velvet ribbon -where I put modest braid!”</p> - -<p>But next week, when the courting -evening came round, the hitherto silent -lover was again voluble. Even sounds -of laughter arose—a thing unprecedented! -Lucy was always watchful to -hear the kitchen door close and the -manly step mount the area steps at the -precise hour she had named. She had -never had any reason to complain on -this score. The carpenter had taken -his departure with painful punctuality. -But to-night, the nearest church-clock -chimed nine, and the chat in the kitchen -went gaily on. Presently Lucy looked -at her watch—it was half-past nine. -She hated to begin fault-finding for any -trifling accidental lapse. Still it was -time the supper-tray was brought up.</p> - -<p>She had her hand on the bell when -there was quite a lively stampede in the -kitchen, the area door closed with -a hilarious bang, fleet feet mounted the -area steps as if by two at a time, and -the area gate clanged to the sound of -a merry whistle.</p> - -<p>Jane, with the supper-tray, seemed -more alert than usual, almost officious -in her endeavour to do of her own accord -little things of which Mrs. Challoner -generally had to remind her.</p> - -<p>Next week, when the same evening -came round, and the kitchen voices -were again audible, it chanced that -Lucy found she had left her housekeeping -book on the kitchen dresser. -She thought to herself that she would -not ring for it, but would fetch it herself, -and so take opportunity of keeping -in touch with the domestic idyll whose -new developments were beginning to -interest her.</p> - -<p>But when she opened the kitchen door -she started and almost cried out.</p> - -<p class="center">(<i>To be continued.</i>)</p> - - -<hr class="chap" /></div><div class="chapter"> - -<h2><a name="HOUSEHOLD_HINTS" id="HOUSEHOLD_HINTS">HOUSEHOLD HINTS.</a></h2> - - -<p class="p2"><span class="smcap">Under</span> no circumstances whatever should -bread be thrown away. Some can be baked -hard in the oven, and then crushed with a -rolling-pin and put away in a glass bottle -or tin to use when frying chops or fish. -Delicious puddings can be made also by -soaking stale bread and crusts in milk, and -beaten up when quite soft with eggs and -mixed with raisins, candied peel and some -spice, and baked. These can be eaten either -hot or cold.</p> - - -<p class="p2"><span class="smcap">Thin</span> clean paper should never be thrown -away, but kept in a kitchen drawer, for wiping -out saucepans and frying-pans, and wiping -butter off knives, to save cloths being cut by -the latter.</p> - - -<p class="p2"><span class="smcap">Very</span> early potatoes are often very unwholesome, -having been forced by the aid of -chemicals and not grown naturally.</p> - - -<p class="p2"><span class="smcap">Separate</span> days should be arranged for cleaning -the silver and brass articles in a house, and -separate cloths and dusters used for them.</p> - - -<p class="p2"><span class="smcap">A hard</span> broom should be kept in every coal-cellar -to sweep up the loose coal each time coal -is fetched, otherwise it is taken up on the -shoes and carried over the house.</p> - - -<p class="p2"><span class="smcap">Soiled</span> linen should never be kept in bedrooms, -but in a basket outside on a landing, -or in the bath-room.</p> - - -<p class="p2"><span class="smcap">It</span> is a pity to throw away clean paper-bags. -They should be kept together and given to -some small tradesman who will be glad to use -them again. Old newspapers should be given -to some poor invalid who will be glad of something -to read, or sent to the workhouse or -hospital.</p> - - -<p class="p2"><span class="smcap">The</span> plug in a lavatory basin should not be -left out, as it is liable to let sewer gas into the -house.</p> - - -<p class="p2"><span class="smcap">Flowering</span> plants and their seeds should -be planted with the growing and not with a -waning moon.</p> - - -<p class="p2"><span class="smcap">After</span> cooking is done, the dampers of a -kitchen range should be shut in to save the coals.</p> - - -<p class="p2"><span class="smcap">Cultivate</span> the grace of thoughtfulness for -others. This is invaluable in a household, -and makes the wheels go round smoothly. -Want of consideration for others, and thoughtlessness, -is the source of much trouble.</p> - - -<p class="p2"><span class="smcap">Game</span> and fowl bones should never be given -to pet dogs. They cannot digest them, and -such bones have been the cause of painful -deaths.</p> - - -<p class="p2"><span class="smcap">A fruitful</span> source of friction between the -servants of a household is the unauthorised use -of each other’s dusters, brooms, etc. To -avoid all such unpleasantness, the cook and -housemaid should have a completely independent -and distinct set of things, and kept in -different places; they should also be of a -different colour or pattern, so as to be easily -identified by the owners. The cloths should -be returned clean each week to whoever presides -over the linen cupboard, and fresh ones -given out. It is bad economy and worse -management to use the same cloths over and -over again.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_614" id="Page_614">{614}</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter w550"> -<img src="images/i_614.jpg" width="550" height="124" alt="" /> -</div> - - - -<hr class="chap" /></div><div class="chap"> -<h2><a name="SHEILAS_COUSIN_EFFIE" id="SHEILAS_COUSIN_EFFIE">SHEILA’S COUSIN EFFIE.</a></h2> - -<p class="ph3">A STORY FOR GIRLS.</p> - -<p class="ph3"><span class="smcap">By</span> EVELYN EVERETT-GREEN, Author of “Greyfriars,” “Half-a-dozen Sisters,” etc.</p> - - -<h3>CHAPTER XII.</h3> - -<p class="ph3">A FAIR ISLAND.</p> - -<p>“<span class="smcap">Oh</span>, how lovely!” cried Sheila.</p> - -<p>The glow of a golden sunset was on -sea and shore, as the great vessel -rounded the corner and came into view -of the harbour of Funchal. The lonely -Desertas to their left lay bathed in the -reflected light from the westering sun, -whilst upon their right lay the fair island -of Madeira, its wild mountain range -cleft with great ravines, and dotted with -innumerable quintas and little houses -shining in a sort of shimmering glory, -the white city with its many buildings -and spires lying peacefully on the -margin of the sea, the shore alive with -little boats, looking like so many caterpillars -upon the green water as the -rowers pushed them outwards towards -the great in-coming steamer.</p> - -<p>“Oh, Miss Adene, I am quite sorry -the voyage is over; but how lovely -Madeira is!”</p> - -<p>“Yes, I told you you would be -pleased! And see over yonder, beyond -the town, on that sort of promontory as -it looks from here, that is the New -Hotel, where we are all going. It looks -a little bare from here, but the garden -is a wilderness of flowers when we get -there. It is the most homelike hotel I -was ever in, and I have had a good -many experiences. Yes, those boats -are to take us off. We cannot get very -close inshore. The harbourage is not -good, and in rough weather the mails -have to stand a good way out, and I -have known passengers swung on board -in baskets by the steam-crane. But -that is quite exceptional. Generally it -is like to-day, calm and quiet, and the -boats take us off without any trouble. -Mr. Reid will come out in one, and take -all trouble off our hands. We just give -him our keys and tell him the number of -our boxes, and he passes it through -the Customs and brings it up, and we -have no sort of trouble at all.”</p> - -<p>Mrs. Cossart was very much relieved -to find how easily everything was done -when once the kindly hotel proprietor -came on board. She was able to give -her undivided care to Effie, whilst Sheila -was running about saying good-bye to -captain, officers, and such passengers -as were going on to the Cape or the -Canaries, and in the end found herself -left behind by that boat, and had to go -ashore under Miss Adene’s wing, which, -however, troubled her no whit.</p> - -<p>“A bullock-cart! Oof! How perfectly -delicious!” she cried, as they -were shown the conveyance in which -they were to be carried to the hotel. -“Oh, you dear creatures! What sweet -faces they have! Oh, I hope they are -kind to you! Miss Adene, isn’t it lovely -to go in a bullock-cart? Oh, I hope it -is a long way!”</p> - -<p>“It takes about twenty minutes. You -see, the bullies do not go very fast,” -laughed Miss Adene, as she took her -place. “This is what we call a carro; -it has runners like a sledge instead of -wheels. You see, all the streets are -paved with cobble-stones, so that the -runners slide easily along them; and it -is the same everywhere in the island -right up into the hills; nothing but these -paved roads for bullock carros, and -running carros, and sleds for carrying -goods. But the mountain carros are -much lighter than these that they use in -the town, or they could not get them up -the steep, steep roads.”</p> - -<p>Sheila was in an ecstasy as they went -jogging along through the quaint little -town. She exclaimed with delight at -everything she saw, the little brown-legged, -dark-eyed children, the women -with shawls over their heads, the little -boys running with strange calls at the -heads of the bullocks, and, above all, at -the gorgeous masses of the flowering -creepers which draped the walls of the -houses and fell in great curtains over -the outside mirantes. Deep orange -bignonia, bougainvillia, purple and -scarlet, delicate plumbago, with roses -and heliotrope in such masses that the -eye was dazzled and the air heavy with -perfume.</p> - -<p>“I could not have believed it if I had -not seen it!” cried Sheila again and -again. “And, oh, how hot and delicious -it is! Effie must get well here!”</p> - -<p>The New Hotel was a fine building, -and there was pretty little Mrs. Reid -waiting smiling in the hall to give them -a welcome. Miss Adene had several -kindly questions to ask, and went off -with Mrs. Reid to the suite of rooms -which had been bespoken for the -Dumaresqs, whilst Sheila was handed -over to the care of a tall, slight, ladylike -girl, who took her up and up to the -rooms selected by Mrs. Cossart.</p> - -<p>“It is a long way up, but they -thought the air would be fresher and -the rooms more quiet for the lady who -is ill,” she explained; and Sheila, to -whom stairs were no trouble, was -delighted. After all, it was only on the -second floor; only, the rooms being lofty, -the journey seemed a little long.</p> - -<p>“Oh, Effie,” cried Sheila, “what a -splendid room! How high, and cool, -and delicious! Oh, I do like these -white walls! And what views we get! -Oh, how I love those great, great wild -mountains! And there is the dear sea -out of this one. It is nice to have two -different views, and both so lovely! Oh, -how happy we shall be!”</p> - -<p>Effie was lying on the sofa, but she -was looking interested and animated. -The maid passed in and out, looking -about her, and keeping an eye on her -young charge.</p> - -<p>“Yes, I like being up here. I feel as -though I could breathe. I was afraid it -might be too hot below. Father and -mother have the room next but one -looking south over the sea, and Susan -has the next one, though it is big, so -that we are all together. She may have -to move when the hotel fills up; but she -is to be there now. I think I shall like -this place, Sheila; and the people seem -so kind.”</p> - -<p>Kindness indeed seemed to prevail -here. The Portuguese chambermaid, in -her odd, broken English, was wishful to -know what kind of bedding and pillows -the ladies liked; and when she brought -in anything asked for, she would set it -down with a beaming smile, saying, -“Sank you, my ladies.” The curly-haired -waiter who brought up afternoon -tea almost at once was wishful to know -what the ladies liked; and before long, -Mrs. Reid had come up to see if Effie -were comfortable, and talk cheerfully -and kindly to her till called off in -another direction.</p> - -<p>“I must just run down and round the -garden!” cried Sheila, after they had -eagerly drunk their tea. “I wonder if -I might bring you back some flowers? -If I see Mrs. Reid, I will ask her.”</p> - -<p>Mrs. Reid quite laughed at the -question as Sheila passed her going out.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_615" id="Page_615">{615}</a></span></p> - -<p>“As many as ever you like. And -take care not to slip on the pebbled -paths. People have got to get used to -them.”</p> - -<p>Ronald was outside, and hailed Sheila -eagerly.</p> - -<p>“Come along and let us explore!” -he cried. “Give me your hand. These -cobbles are mighty slippery. They say -gravel would be washed away by the -tropical showers even if they could get -it. But it’s precious queer walking down -these steep places. One wants to be a -bullock for that.”</p> - -<p>It was a strange, wild garden, with -great palms growing in the beds, and -the walls of the terraces, for it was all -more or less terraced out of the face -of the cliff, covered with curtains of -creepers, most of them a mass of bloom. -Roses in sprays as long as your arm -drooped temptingly within reach, and -the little heavy-scented gardenia filled -the air with fragrance.</p> - -<p>Sheila ran from place to place, exclaiming -and admiring, glancing with -shy interest at other visitors strolling -about, and making her companion laugh -again and again by her enthusiasm.</p> - -<p>“Oof, a tennis-court!” she cried, -darting suddenly through an opening. -“Oh, did you ever see anything so -lovely? It is like a Tadema picture!”</p> - -<p>It was rather, for the floor was of -concrete, looking white in the fading -light, and there were stone seats all -round it for spectators, whiter still. All -round a trellis had been placed, wired -in against balls, and this trellis was just -one sheet of glorious colour. Curtains -of bougainvillia hung over at one place, -at another heliotrope of roses made a -perfect screen, intermingled with scarlet -geranium, poinsettia, and plumbago. -Through little gaps in this floral curtain, -and through vistas of palm and cactus -beyond, could be caught glimpses of -the blue sea, and overhead the sky rose -sapphire clear, with that peculiar purity -and depth of colour which characterises -those latitudes.</p> - -<p>“Oh, isn’t it lovely?” cried Sheila in -ecstasy.</p> - -<p>“Awfully pretty,” replied her companion, -“though the floor might be -better for playing. There are some big -cracks. Do you like tennis, Miss -Cholmondeley?”</p> - -<p>“Oof, yes!” cried the girl eagerly; -“but I have not had much practice -this summer. Effie was ill, and I was -not going to parties. Do you play well, -Mr. Dumaresq?”</p> - -<p>“No, not well according to the -modern standard; but perhaps you will -condescend to play with me. But come -along; I want to see what that little -building is up there. In there is the -bungalow, a sort of dependence of the -hotel. The Reids offered it to us as an -independent home of our own, but as -Guy is rather lame and weak, and we -should have to come up to the hotel for -meals, we declined; there are too many -steps. But it is a pretty place; such a -sheer drop to the sea below. It must -be like living in a ship’s cabin. Now I -want to see how to get to that other -building. I think there’s a sort of a -path round here. I’ve a fancy it may -be the billiard-room from my aunt’s -description of the place.”</p> - -<p>A billiard-room it was—half of it, at -least; the other half was quite empty -save for a piano and some chairs round -the walls.</p> - -<p>“It looks made for a dance!” cried -Sheila, pirouetting round. “Are all -hotels as perfectly delightful as this?”</p> - -<p>The sun had just dipped behind the -hills, and the shadows were coming on -apace.</p> - -<p>“I suppose it gets dark pretty soon -here,” said Ronald. “Let us go back -to the house now. We must finish the -garden to-morrow. There is plenty -more to see.”</p> - -<p>Sheila had sprays of roses and -heliotrope in her hands as she ran -upstairs to Effie. A lamp had been -brought in, and the big, lofty room -looked quite gay.</p> - -<p>“Oh, what roses!” cried Effie in -real delight. “Aren’t they splendid? -I am going to like this place immensely, -Sheila, and we have such a good plan. -Susan isn’t to have the big room next -door; it’s to be turned into a sitting-room -for us. Mrs. Reid will get it -done to-morrow, and Susan will sleep -in a little room close by; then this -great turret place will be all our own, -and we can have our friends up to tea -and all that sort of thing. I want to -get to know the Dumaresqs better. -You get on with them very well, don’t -you, Sheila?”</p> - -<p>“They are very kind to me. I think -they were sorry for me on ship-board -because I was alone at first. Lady -Dumaresq is lovely, and the little boy is -so sweet, and Miss Adene has always -been like a friend.”</p> - -<p>Effie was moving about the room a -little restlessly.</p> - -<p>“I don’t quite know how it is—I -suppose it’s being ill—but I don’t seem -to get on with people quite in the easy -way you do, Sheila; but you know at -home, before I was ill, they all used to -listen and laugh as they do now to you. -I don’t want to be left out in the cold.”</p> - -<p>“Oh, no!” cried Sheila eagerly, -though with a slightly heightened -colour. Somehow she too had the -feeling that people did not take very -much to Effie. They all asked kindly -after her, but a little of her conversation -seemed to go a long way.</p> - -<p>Mrs. Cossart here came in to say -that she would dine upstairs with Effie, -but that Sheila had better go down with -her uncle. So Susan was sent for to -get at a dress, the luggage having -arrived all safe, and the girl was soon -arrayed in a soft black net evening -gown, very simple, but very becoming, -with a spray of white roses fastened -upon her shoulder.</p> - -<p>“Mind you tell me about all the -people when you come back!” said -Effie, who was quite lively and bright -in spite of the fatigues and excitements -of the day; and Sheila was all curiosity -herself, for she had never before stayed -at a big hotel, and the novelty of -the life amused and interested her -immensely.</p> - -<p>In the drawing-room there were a few -old ladies and a couple of gentlemen -reading the paper. They did not look -very amusing, Sheila thought. Then -the Dumaresqs came in, except Sir -Guy, who was not well enough to -appear. But Lady Dumaresq looked -bright and happy, confident that the -warmth and beauty about him would -soon put him right.</p> - -<p>A gong sounded, and there was a -move to the adjoining dining-room, and -Sheila found herself seated at a long -table between her uncle and Ronald -Dumaresq, who coolly took possession -of the empty seat laid for Effie, whilst -the other guests filed in, some to the -long table, and some to the small ones -at the side, and the business of dinner -began.</p> - -<p>Sheila was not hungry, but she enjoyed -watching and listening. A rather -handsome lady opposite was making -advances to their party with an air of -assurance and friendly patronage which -rather amused Sheila.</p> - -<p>“A regular old hotel stager,” whispered -Ronald to her in an aside, -“would know the sort anywhere. Keeps -her husband in good order, one can see. -Rather a fine woman, but I don’t care -for her style.”</p> - -<p>Then there were the usual habitués of -a health resort—a wife with a delicate -husband, a husband with a delicate -wife, a mother with a little asthmatic -boy (who would have been better in bed -at such an hour), a few travellers bent -on pleasure and relaxation rather than -health. Sheila tried to piece histories -on to the different faces, and Ronald -made some comical remarks and shrewd -guesses. But the party was not large -for the size of the hotel. The season -was quite early. It was not often so -full as this till after Christmas. A -rather wet summer and the threatened -outbreak of influenza had frightened a -good many people off before the usual -time.</p> - -<p>“I think I’m glad of it,” said Sheila. -“It is such fun watching them. They -are all rather quiet now, but I suppose -they will make more noise when they -get to know each other.”</p> - -<p>“We must try and set a good example,” -answered Ronald. “Now come -on to the verandah outside and see the -moonlight on the sea.”</p> - -<p>The covered verandah outside the -drawing-room, with its comfortable -chairs and lounges, was quite an institution -at the New. Although on the -entrance side the drawing-room appeared -a ground-floor room, from the -verandah one looked right down over -the terraced garden with a sheer drop -on to the next level of twenty or thirty -feet. The view over the harbour was -lovely, the town lights and those of the -ships gleaming out in the soft darkness.</p> - -<p>“There goes the <i>Plymouth Castle</i>,” -said Ronald, pointing out the vanishing -lights of the great steamer. Sheila -waved her hand in a parting salutation.</p> - -<p>“Good-bye, dear old ship. I liked -being on you very much, but I don’t -want to be on you now, for you have -brought us to the most charming and -delightful place. Oh, how happy I am -going to be here!”</p> - -<p class="center">(<i>To be continued.</i>)</p> - -<hr class="chap" /></div><div class="chap"> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_616" id="Page_616">{616}</a></span></p> - - - - -<h2><a name="FROCKS_FOR_TO-MORROW" id="FROCKS_FOR_TO-MORROW">FROCKS FOR TO-MORROW.</a></h2> - -<p class="ph3"><span class="smcap">By</span> “THE LADY DRESSMAKER.”</p> - - -<div class="figcenter w550"> -<img src="images/i_616.jpg" width="550" height="640" alt="" /> -<div class="caption"><p class="center">THE TUNIC SKIRT.</p></div> -</div> - - -<p><span class="smcap">Our</span> sketches of to-day’s fashions in our -present issue are so absolutely true to life that -there is no difficulty in guessing the nature of -the frocks for to-morrow. As will be gathered -from them, we are quite out of date if we be -fat; therefore, if ambitious of shining in the -world of dress, we must begin to reduce our -size at once. Have you noticed, as I have, -how much the number of fat women is -decreasing? Perhaps, after a time, they will -be a marvellous exception, and we shall -notice them just as we notice sloping shoulders -and attenuated waists; to both of which our -immediate forbears were addicted. The -waists of the present day seem generally in -excellent proportion, and for this we have -to thank our adoption of the bicycle, on which -the corset cannot be worn, or, at least, very<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_617" id="Page_617">{617}</a></span> -short ones, and not at all tight. In one way, -at least, we need improvement, and that is in -our carriage, for in that so many women and -girls fail. They stoop from the neck, or -from the waist, and slouch along in a most -ungraceful way.</p> - -<p>I must begin with a few notes on underclothing. -So far as I can see, the petticoat -bodice is very little worn; most ladies seem -to prefer having the bodice fitted over the -corset, and wearing it in that manner, the -corset itself being worn over the petticoat. -The only drawback to this is that the dress-bodice -would so speedily become soiled at the -back of the neck. So I think one of those -pretty muslin under-bodices, which are cut in -Bolero style, and trimmed with lace, would be -the best thing to prevent it. I have lately -found some very good and well-woven cotton -combinations, which ranged in price from -1s. 9d. up to 4s. and 5s. They are more -economical wear than either woollen or silk -ones, and entail less risk of catching cold than -either. They wash well, and are very well-fitting. -I find this woven underclothing, -either as combinations or vests, is more used -than anything else. Indeed, one could fancy -as much from the enormous supply laid in at -the shops, of every material, size, and colour. -Many of them are so thin that they will -hardly bear washing.</p> - -<p>In the way of petticoats, we have an -unlimited choice, and a vast improvement in -the cut and manufacture, as well as in the -material. The fashionable colour of the -season for them is pink—a bright and rather -violent shade, but it looks well with most -things, especially black. The new moreens of -the present season are of such a good description -that they are almost like a watered silk, -and they quite rustle like one. They have, -however, rather changed their names, and -they are called by some Marshallette, or -watered woollen moirés.</p> - -<p>The new collars for our dresses are, most of -them, very high indeed, and pointed up to the -ears at each side. The swathing of the neck -with lace and the high collars make everyone -look very much covered up indeed, and as the -season progresses it will be very hot. There -are all kinds of boas made, and they appear to -be the only season’s wear. These boas are -made of feathers—ostrich, of course—in black, -white, grey, and black and white mixed; in -silk, lace, fringe, in chiffon of all colours, silk -muslin, spotted nets, and gauzes, the spotted -nets being, I think, the prettiest, though, of -course, the most perishable. Although they -are so expensive, everyone seems to find -money to purchase them, and some few girls -manage to find out the way to make them for -themselves.</p> - -<p>Where skirts are concerned, we appear to -have no choice but to make them quite -tight-fitting about the hips, and they must -flow out about them; but we need not quite -adopt the eel-skin skirt, for there are several -shapes from which we can make our choice. -First, there is the old umbrella skirt, as it -used to be called, which is cut without seams, -and from material wide enough to cut it -without any join, save the one. Then there is -a skirt cut in the same manner, with a join up -the back, and then a skirt with two widths, -one of which is very wide and the other -narrow. This seems to be the most popular, -as it is more easy to fit. The last skirt that I -have seen is one with three widths, the front -one being narrow and the other two wide, -meeting in the centre of the back in a bias -seam. This, I am told by a first-rate dressmaker, -is the best skirt-pattern for very thin -people, who are gifted with big hips, however, -and who are tall.</p> - -<p>I am bound to notice the extravagances of -fashion, so I must tell you that if you have -not enough width of hips to make your dress -look well, you can make up the deficiency by -purchase; and a large drapery firm in the -West End was exhibiting a few days ago the -necessary framework in their windows. But it -does not do always to trust to such machinery -<i>pour se faire belle</i>, as I must tell you also -that they sometimes get out of place, and -then you have hips where you do not want -them! I heard this funny story told the -other day, but I cannot vouch for its truth, -though I think the foolish people who adopt -such things would deserve to be made -ridiculous.</p> - -<p>There is one great comfort in the midst of -the frills and furbelows of fashion, that we -may be quite as fashionable, and twice as -happy, if we elected to stick to our coats and -skirts and our pretty blouses of cotton and -muslin. The newest ones of this year are -really quite tight-fitting bodices. They are -not gathered at the shoulder seams nor at the -neck, and they are cut so tightly to the -figure that they allow of next to no fulness -at the waist, which makes them sit in a far -more tidy and neat way. They are all made -with yokes at the back, and they have -generally a very tight bishop’s sleeve.</p> - -<p>The tunic, or, as perhaps you may hear it -called, and more usually so, the double skirt, -as they are really only modifications of each -other, looks as if it had come to take up its -abode with us, having been threatened for a -long time. We have illustrated two or three -of the most popular, which are undoubtedly -the ones with points which fall nearly to the -hem. Besides this there is a very long -all-round tunic, the edges of which are -scallopped, and -fall very low on -the under-skirt. -As all our gowns -are made much -too long, and must -be held up, this -is the most uncomfortable -shape -of all.</p> - -<p>Perhaps the -greatest change of -the year has taken -place in the sunshades, -which are striped in various and wonderful -ways, and some surprising colours. As -to the embroideries, chiffons, laces, and ornaments -lavished on them, they are so many I -have no room to describe them. The latest I -have seen was of chiffon, embroidered in straw; -and on another I counted sixteen rows of -gathered baby-ribbon in three colours, the -foundation being in green satin.</p> - -<div class="figcenter w500"> -<img src="images/i_617.jpg" width="500" height="628" alt="" /> -<div class="caption"><p class="center">A CLOTH GOWN.</p></div> -</div> - -<p>Our first group of three figures shows, as -we have already said, three varieties of the -tunic. The gown on the extreme left is of -heliotrope canvas, over white silk. It has a -pointed tunic, trimmed with white silk, or -satin, ribbon, or tucking. The same is placed -in rows on the top of the sleeves, and there -are rows of heliotrope satin on the collar and -on the edge of the skirt. This is a very -pretty and girlish gown, which could be -carried out in any thicker material if desired. -The figure on the right hand side wears a -gown of plain grey alpaca, with an under-dress -of a crimson-figured poplin, which has rows -of narrow black velvet round the edge. The -tunic is also trimmed with rows of black -velvet, with cream lace, and the bodice has a -white satin yoke, with a front of crimson and -trimmings of black velvet also, with double -revers, which fold back. The hat is of the -new boat shape, and has three ostrich feathers -in it. These are very much uncurled, as it is -no longer the fashion to curl them very<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_618" id="Page_618">{618}</a></span> -tightly, and the stem must show down its -entire length. They are often of shaded -colours, and are of moderate length.</p> - -<div class="figcenter w500"> -<img src="images/i_618.jpg" width="500" height="523" alt="" /> -<div class="caption"><p class="center">TWO CAPES AND HATS.</p></div> -</div> - -<p>The centre figure wears a very smart gown -in muslin, with flowers, the colour being blue, -in shades. It is made up over blue. There -are three scalloped flounces, and a tunic, -which are edged with blue velvet, and a tiny -lace. The bodice has revers of cream-coloured -chiffon, and there are frills of the same at the -side front, and the waist-band is of heliotrope -velvet, and is very narrow.</p> - -<p>The charming figure in a fawn cloth tailor-made -gown wears one of the rather long and -rounded jackets. The trimmings -consist of rows of satin -ribbon and cream lace, three -rows of which go round the -skirt and jacket. The front -is of white satin and cream -lace, and the collar has rows -of satin on it to correspond. -These narrow satin ribbons -and tuckings, made of silk -and satin, are the special -trimmings of the year, and -they seem quite ubiquitous, -and look so pretty that we -have not got tired of them -yet.</p> - -<p>There are so many muslins—organdies, -and the ordinary -corded ones—that it -is quite a muslin year, and -the lace and narrow ribbons -used on them are enormous -in amount. Lawn of the same -colour is generally used for -the linings if you do not -choose to afford silk. A -fine sateen will also answer.</p> - -<p>Our third drawing shows -two pretty hats and two of -the most fashionable capes, -which still contrive to hold -their own in the dress of the -present season. The figure -on the left wears a short cape -of heliotrope silk, tucked and -trimmed with frills of white -chiffon, and it has one of -those stoat fronts, which are -quite new this year. The -cape to the right is of grey -satin, with pointed fronts, -and a large collar of white -satin, with front revers of -the same. The whole is -edged with a <i>ruche</i> of black -chiffon. The hat is of the -new Cavalier shape, with -feathers and a buckle.</p> - -<p>The prettiest change of -the year is in the sailor hats, -which are now trimmed and -made to look quite different -from the plain and useful -things they used to be. A -white one that I saw the other -day had six rows of narrow velvet ribbon at -equal distances round the crown, and a rosette -of the same at the right side. Another had -a wide band of red velvet on it, with an -upstanding spray of cherries at the side, and -bows of red velvet mixed in with them. Both -were to be worn with washing veils.</p> - - -<hr class="chap" /></div><div class="chapter"> - -<h2><a name="VARIETIES" id="VARIETIES">VARIETIES.</a></h2> - - -<p class="p2 center"><span class="smcap">A Sufficient Reason.</span></p> - -<p><i>Author:</i> “But why do you charge me more -for printing this time than usual?”</p> - -<p><i>Publisher:</i> “Because the compositors were -constantly falling asleep over your novel.”</p> - - -<p class="p2"><span class="smcap">Living happily together.</span>—A few more -smiles of silent sympathy, a few more tender -words, a little more restraint on temper, may -make all the difference between happiness and -half-happiness to those we live with.</p> - - -<p class="p2 center"><span class="smcap">Friendship.</span></p> - -<div class="poetry-container"><div class="poetry"><div class="stanza"> -<div class="verse">Well-chosen friendship, the most noble</div> -<div class="verse">Of virtues, all our joys makes double</div> -<div class="verse">And into halves divides our trouble.</div> -</div><div class="stanza"> -<div class="verse right"><i>Denham.</i></div> -</div></div></div> - - -<p class="p2 center"><span class="smcap">How they Closed the Day.</span></p> - -<p>When Dr. Walsham How was rector of -Whittington, an old woman, on the occasion -of his first visit, said to him—</p> - -<p>“The old man and me, sir, never go to bed -without singing the Evening Hymn. Not that -I’ve any voice left, for I haven’t, and as for him, -he’s like a bee in a bottle, and then he don’t -humour the tune, for he don’t rightly know -one tune from another, and he can’t remember -the words, neither, so when he leaves out a -word I puts it in, and when I can’t sing I dances, -and so we get through it somehow.”</p> - - -<p class="p2"><span class="smcap">Showing and Seeing.</span>—Behaviour is -a mirror in which everyone shows and might -see her own image.—<i>Goethe.</i></p> - - -<p class="p2 center"><span class="smcap">Mental Exertion.</span></p> - -<p>A lady took her Irish maid to task for carelessness -and forgetfulness. “Why is it, Mary,” -said she, “that you keep on making the same -mistakes over and over again? Why don’t -you try to remember what I tell you?”</p> - -<p>The day happened to be very warm, so Mary -returned the quaint reply, “Sure, ma’am, I -can’t be aggravatin’ me moind this hot -weather.”</p> - - -<p class="p2"><span class="smcap">Consolation.</span>—There never was a night -which was not followed by a morning, nor -a winter which was not succeeded by a -summer. A most consoling reflection, this, to -those distressed in the night and winter of -spiritual trial and trouble.</p> - -<hr class="chap" /></div><div class="chap"> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_619" id="Page_619">{619}</a></span></p> - - - - -<h2><a name="COURTESY" id="COURTESY">COURTESY.</a></h2> - -<p class="ph3"><span class="smcap">By</span> ELIZABETH A. S. DAWES, M.A., D.Lit.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>“<i>Plus fait douceur que violence.</i>”—<i>La -Fontaine</i>, vi. 3.</p> - -<p>“A beautiful behaviour is better than a -beautiful form; it gives a higher pleasure -than statues and pictures; it is the finest of -the fine arts.”—<i>Emerson.</i></p></div> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<div class="ddropcapbox w125"> -<img class="idropcap" src="images/i_619.jpg" width="125" height="224" alt='I' /></div> - -<p><span class="uppercase"> have</span> chosen “courtesy” -as the subject -of my little address -this time, as it is a -virtue which is perhaps -somewhat in -danger of being forgotten -and overlooked -in these -modern days of continual -hurry and -bustle; and yet it -forms such an essential -part of a beautiful -character that -nobody can justly -claim the title of -“gentleman” or -“gentlewoman” if -he or she neglects -the practice of it, which is, too, the opinion -of our Shakespeare, for he writes, “We must -be gentle now we are gentlemen” (<i>Winter’s -Tale</i>, v. 2).</p> - -<p>The derivation of the word, which really -means the manners and behaviour to be -observed at a royal court, is neatly given by -Spenser in his <i>Faerie Queene</i>, Book vi. 1.</p> - -<div class="poetry-container"><div class="poetry"><div class="stanza"> -<div class="verse">“Of <i>court</i>, it seems, men <i>courtesie</i> do call,</div> -<div class="verse indent2">For that it there most useth to abound;</div> -<div class="verse">And well beseemeth, that in princes hall</div> -<div class="verse indent2">That vertue should be plentifully found,</div> -<div class="verse">Which of all goodly manners is the ground</div> -<div class="verse">And root of civil conversation”;</div> -</div></div></div> - -<p>and Milton likewise says that “<i>courtesy</i> was -first named in <i>courts</i> of princes.” And as an -example of a prince who practised this virtue -we may quote from an old memoir about -Henry VIII., “We cannot omit to observe -this <i>courtly</i> (shall I call it?) or good quality in -him; that he was <i>courteous</i>, and did seem to -study to oblige.” However, the English -girls of to-day need not look far for the -pattern of a perfectly gracious and courteous -woman, for who fulfils this ideal better than -her Gracious Majesty, Queen Victoria? Who -better known than she for the courteous -message of thanks to her troops when they -have nobly done their duty, or for the quick -expression of sympathy to the suffering victims -of an accident or some personal bereavement?</p> - -<p>Then for a definition or short explanation -of what <i>courtesy</i> is we cannot do better than -turn to <i>The Greatest Thing in the World</i>. -Here on p. 26 we learn that courtesy is an -ingredient of Love, that it is “Love in -Society, Love in relation to Etiquette,” and -has been defined as “love in little things”; -in a word it is the quality denoted by the -sentence, “Love doth not behave itself -unseemly.” From these words we can also -gather the reason why we should all show -courtesy, for, as it is one of the components -of love, and Christ said that all His disciples -were to be distinguished from the rest of the -world by their love for another, we shall -not be true followers of Christ, or have a -really beautiful character, if we omit any part -of love; just as a beautiful mosaic could never -be otherwise than imperfect, if, though complete -in all other respects, the stones of one -certain colour were everywhere missing.</p> - -<p>It must also be remembered that a courteous -behaviour should be worn always and everywhere, -and not only put on like a grand robe -for state occasions, for courtesy is “a happy -way of doing things, and should adorn even -the smallest details of life, and contribute to -render it as a whole agreeable and pleasant.” -Hence, first and foremost, courtesy should be -practised in the home by the children both -towards their parents and towards each other. -This is a matter which merits more attention -and thought than is generally given to it, for -by a courteous manner and a gentle tongue, -more influence in the government of others -is often attained than by qualities of greater -depth and substance. Now woman, not -man, is the true home-maker, therefore girls -should take great pains to be courteous, and -thus by their gentleness lead and direct the -perhaps rude and selfish brother who will -probably unconsciously sooner or later imitate -and adopt his sister’s gracious ways. A sweet-tongued -gentle maiden cannot fail to render -the home, be it a poor or rich one, both -pleasant and dear to her brothers and sisters. -And then to parents how far more gentle -and courteous we all should be than we are. -It has been well said that a blessing is never -fully realised until it is lost, and so I fear we -hardly any of us realise clearly and distinctly -to ourselves how much our parents, especially -our dear mothers, do and suffer for us until -the day comes when we know what it is to -be without them.</p> - -<p>Dr. Miller, in his book <i>The Building of -Character</i>, which I should earnestly recommend -every girl to read, says, “Wherever -else we may fail in patience, it should not -be in our own homes. Only the sweetest -life should have place there. We have not -long to stay together, and we should be -patient and gentle while we may.” And to -enforce this teaching, he quotes one of the -tenderest little poems ever written, and of -which I subjoin a couple of verses:—</p> - -<div class="poetry-container"><div class="poetry"><div class="stanza"> -<div class="verse">“The hands are such dear hands;</div> -<div class="verse">They are so full; they turn at our demands</div> -<div class="verse">So often; they reach out</div> -<div class="verse">With trifles scarcely thought about;</div> -<div class="verse">So many times they do</div> -<div class="verse">So many things for me, for you,</div> -<div class="verse">If their fond wills mistake,</div> -<div class="verse">We may well bend—not break.</div> -</div><div class="stanza"> -<div class="verse">They are such fond frail lips,</div> -<div class="verse">That speak to us. Pray, if love strips</div> -<div class="verse">Them of discretion many times,</div> -<div class="verse">Or if they speak too slow or quick, such crimes</div> -<div class="verse">We may pass by; for we may see</div> -<div class="verse">Days not far off when those small words may be</div> -<div class="verse">Held not so slow or quick, or out of place, but dear,</div> -<div class="verse">Because the lips are no more here.”</div> -</div></div></div> - -<p>Further, a courteous manner should be used -towards the servants, orders given politely and -unnecessary troubling of them avoided; for -instance, lying late in bed, though intensely -pleasant, often necessitates the disarrangement -of the servants’ morning work, for which -the delinquent herself will perhaps blame -them later in the day.</p> - -<p>At <i>school</i>, again, how many “open doors” -are there for doing little courtesies to mistresses -and schoolfellows, and for aiding to -maintain the peace and harmony both in -class-room and playground by a gentle look -or word, and for the “soft answer which -turneth away wrath,” and stays the rising -quarrel. The girl who will be most beloved, -and who will have the best influence in a school, -is undoubtedly she who is ever ready with a -pleasant smile to play with the little ones, to -say a kind word to another when in trouble, -and who shows by her whole behaviour that -she wishes to make those around her happy -and comfortable. Then on those days of discouragement, -when, in spite of all endeavours, -the lessons are not well known, and it seems -useless to go on trying to do as well as the -other girls, or when, perchance, unmerited -blame or irritating teasing has unnerved -and tired you, how you welcome the friend -who, without being told, knows how “wrong -everything is going,” and with gentle loving -words strives to cheer you, and bids you -take heart again and bravely return to the -fight.</p> - -<p>If we look at the reverse of the picture and -contemplate the discourteous girl, be it at -home or at school, we cannot fail to observe -how many opportunities she loses of giving -pleasure. She may come down to breakfast, -and just mutter a “Good morning” and omit -the morning kiss; during the day she may never -notice how often she might fetch something -for her mother or mistress, jump up or open -the door for somebody with their hands full, -or try to subdue her loud boisterous laughing -or talking in a room where others are busy -reading or writing—she will also pass in and -out of a door in front of her elders, pay little -attention to the wants of her neighbours at -table; in short, she will not increase in any -way the pleasantness of her surroundings.</p> - -<p>A word of warning, too, must be given to -those girls who, with the best of intentions to -try and do right and help others, make the -mistake through their very excess of zeal of -directing or correcting others in a rough, -brusque way, and perhaps enforce their words -by a not too gentle push or shove! These -must read La Fontaine’s fable of <i>Phoebus -and Boreas</i>, or <i>The Sun and the Northwind</i>, -and see how the north wind, for all his -violent blowing, could not divest the traveller -of his cloak, whereas the sun by the influence -of his gentle warming rays soon accomplished -that in which the rough blasts of Boreas had -failed. And if they follow the teaching of -this fable, they will soon see how much more -the gentle word accomplishes than the rough -one.</p> - -<p>And now to close, I would like to ask you, -who read these few remarks of mine, to -endeavour to put more gentleness and courtesy -in your dealings with other people than you -have done heretofore; for in all of us there is -always room for improvement, and there is -not one of us surely but must admit that we -often leave little courtesies undone and little -gentle words unsaid. Courtesy is like the -drop of oil that enables machinery to work -noiselessly and smoothly, for it lessens the jars -and friction of life and the consequent worry -and fretfulness. Little things make or mar -the peace of life, therefore exhibit courtesy -which is “Love in little things,” and you will -gain the gratitude and esteem of those around -you, and carry away in your minds these lines -of Lord Houghton, and never, if you can -avoid it, lose an opportunity of putting them -into practice—</p> - -<div class="poetry-container"><div class="poetry"><div class="stanza"> -<div class="verse indent2">“An arm of aid to the weak,</div> -<div class="verse indent4">A friendly hand to the friendless,</div> -<div class="verse indent2"><i>Kind words, so short to speak,</i></div> -<div class="verse indent4"><i>But whose echo is endless:</i></div> -<div class="verse">The world is wide—these things are small,</div> -<div class="verse">They may be nothing, but they are All.”</div> -</div></div></div> -<hr class="chap" /></div><div class="chap"> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_620" id="Page_620">{620}</a></span></p> - - - -<h2><a name="THINGS_IN_SEASON_IN_MARKET_AND_KITCHEN" id="THINGS_IN_SEASON_IN_MARKET_AND_KITCHEN">THINGS IN SEASON, IN MARKET AND KITCHEN.</a></h2> - - - -<p class="ph3"><span class="smcap">By</span> LA MÉNAGÈRE.</p> - - -<div class="ddropcapbox w125"> -<img class="idropcap" src="images/i_620.jpg" width="125" height="126" alt='G' /></div> - -<p><span class="uppercase">lorious</span> June! Can -anyone complain of -a lack of the least -good thing? Rather -we have <i>un embarras -de richesse</i>; so much -so, indeed, that we -hardly know what to -select for our typical -<i>menu</i>. Look at the -vegetable market, -for instance. See the piles of snowy cauliflowers, -the crisp cabbages and spinach, the -quantities of salad stuffs, cucumbers, spring -carrots and turnips, asparagus, artichokes, -peas and French beans, while the very -potatoes look attractive. Then see the fruit, -the ever-welcome green gooseberries, strawberries, -early raspberries, and ripe cherries -galore. The fruiterers have golden apricots, -nectarines, custard apples, and many other -luscious things. The fishmongers are showing -plovers’ eggs in their little nests of moss, the -pinkest of prawns and crabs, scarlet lobsters -in a garnish of parsley, magnificent salmon, -salmon-trout, speckled trout, and beautiful -fine soles, with mackerel that glisten like the -whitebait.</p> - -<p>Game is, of course, of no account now; but -young chickens are coming to the fore, and -pigeons are excellent, so also are the plovers.</p> - -<p>Then look at the wealth of June blossom -that is poured into the market. Can anything -surpass the beauty of these roses? Lilies and -hydrangeas, snowy narcissi, gorgeous tulips, -iris, and peonies, and if you can find a sweeter -or a more splendid flower than a blush peony -of the Dutch variety, you will be clever indeed. -Sweet mignonette, sweet peas, and still -sweeter pinks, make the air quite heavy with -their fragrance. Then we have quantities of -beautiful grasses, mosses, ferns, and foliage -plants here for all sorts of purposes, for June -is the harvest month of the floral decorator. -Dinners, balls, receptions, weddings, at homes—all -make great demand on the markets this -month.</p> - -<p>The place of game at fashionable dinners is -taken by plovers’ eggs, or by an aspic jelly. -As the eggs are usually sold ready boiled, and -require no accompaniment, we may leave them -without further remark; but it might be -useful here if we considered the making of a -simple aspic jelly such as could be manufactured -by the home cook.</p> - -<p><i>Aspic Jelly.</i>—Get a knuckle-bone of veal -and one of ham and crack them in pieces. -Put with them a large onion, with two cloves, -a large carrot, a bunch of savoury herbs, and -two quarts of water. Let these simmer gently -in a brown stone jar for several hours, then -strain off. To a pint of this stock (which -should be perfectly clear) add one ounce of -Swinborne’s isinglass previously soaked in cold -water, also a teaspoonful of salt, a little -pepper, a tablespoonful of tarragon vinegar; -and then a wineglassful of strong sherry. Stir -over the fire until it nearly boils, then break -into the liquor the whites of two eggs and the -shells, stir well, and draw to the side of the -fire; let it simmer for a quarter of an hour, -then strain through a jelly-bag three or four -times until it is perfectly clear. Keep the -mould in a very cold place until it is wanted. -The quart should make two moulds of jelly. -A good jelly will keep for some time, and is -often most useful for an invalid.</p> - -<p>An aspic of game or poultry makes an -excellent luncheon dish, and will prove an easy -and dainty way of serving up the remains of -cold poultry, etc.</p> - -<p>Pour some ready-made aspic jelly into the -bottom of a plain round mould which has been -wetted with cold water. Next make a layer of -stars and diamonds from the white and yellow -of a hard-boiled egg, a few fine sprigs of -parsley, and the red part of a cold tongue here -and there. Let this set, then lay on thin -slices of cold fowl and ham, leaving plenty of -space to run more jelly in between. Fill the -mould up to the top with jelly, then put it -away to set. When quite stiff turn it out on -to a dish.</p> - -<p>Suppose that for our June <i>menu</i> we take -the following:</p> - -<p class="center"> -Bisque of Crab.<br /> -Devilled Whitebait.<br /> -Grenadines of Veal. Jardinière Sauce.<br /> -Aspic Jelly.<br /> -Saddle of Lamb. French Beans.<br /> -Gooseberry Tart.<br /> -Cream Cheese. Oaten Wafers. Coffee.<br /> -</p> - -<p><i>Bisque of Crab.</i>—Wash well in several -waters half a pound of the best rice, put it -into a saucepan with a quart of the best clear -white stock, and add a little milk. Add also -an onion, a small piece of cinnamon, a little -salt and pepper and a good bit of butter. -Let the rice simmer a long while, then add -to it the pith from the body of a freshly-boiled -crab, and another pint of milk or stock. Rub -all carefully through a sieve, then pour it into -a stewpan with the flesh from the claws torn -into flakes, add a teaspoonful of the essence -of anchovies, a teaspoonful of arrowroot -dissolved in a little milk, and a few drops of -cochineal to deepen the colour. At the last -moment, before serving, after the soup has -boiled up once, add a small cupful of hot -cream.</p> - -<p><i>Devilled Whitebait.</i>—To fry whitebait a -good depth of clear frying fat is needed, and -a frying basket in which the fish can all be -plunged into the fat at once. They should -be carefully wiped, then lightly shaken in a -well-floured cloth, just so as to coat them -sufficiently. Plunge into boiling fat for about -three minutes, then withdraw them from the -fat, sprinkle them with black and red pepper, -return to the pan for another minute, then -drain and serve on a napkin with fried parsley -as a garnish. Send quarters of lemon and -brown bread and butter to table with them.</p> - -<p><i>Grenadines of Veal, Jardinière Sauce.</i>—A -slice of the best lean fillet of veal, about two-thirds -of an inch thick, should be shaped into -small pieces, and then dipped into beaten egg -and into a mixture of breadcrumbs, minced -ham and seasoning. Fry these carefully on -both sides to a light brown, then put between -two plates and stand in a hot oven.</p> - -<p>For the sauce take a pint of stock, and one -onion, a large carrot, a turnip, a few French -beans, a few peas, and any other available -vegetable. Mince these finely and evenly, -fry them in dripping, drain and add to the -stock. Thicken this with a spoonful of -potato flour, and season highly. Boil gently -for a while, then pour in the centre of a hot -dish and set the grenadines around the edge. -Let boiled potatoes (small ones) accompany -this dish.</p> - -<p>The saddle of lamb should be simply -roasted and served with its own gravy; the -French beans boiled first, then sautéd, in butter -with chopped parsley, and potatoes, if liked, -treated the same way. Pass mint sauce around -as well.</p> - -<p>Cream should accompany the gooseberry -tart, and strawberries with cream might -appear at the same time, or in lieu of the -tart as preferred.</p> - -<p>A roast duck and green peas might take -the place of the saddle of lamb, according as -means and circumstances permit.</p> - -<hr class="chap" /></div><div class="chap"> - -<h2><a name="OLD_ENGLISH_COTTAGE_HOMES" id="OLD_ENGLISH_COTTAGE_HOMES">OLD ENGLISH COTTAGE HOMES;</a><br /> - -<span class="smalltext">OR,</span><br /> - -VILLAGE ARCHITECTURE OF BYGONE TIMES.</h2> - - -<h3>PART IX.</h3> - -<p><span class="smcap">There</span> is a kind of cottage, chiefly found in -the North of England, but also not unfrequently -to be seen in the western and -central counties; it is constructed entirely of -stone or granite. The mullions of the -windows, “dressings” of the gables, doorways, -and sometimes the walls themselves, are -built in “ashlar.” “Ashlar,” in England, -means stone brought to a smooth surface, not -only on face but round the sides as well. -Now this is rather important for all who are -engaged in building operations, because -“ashlar” means a different thing in England -from what it does in other parts of the United -Kingdom. In Ireland, for instance, “ashlar” -means stones brought to a smooth surface in -front alone, the edges being left irregular, and -if you require them to be cut smooth and -squared at the edges, you have to specify that -they shall have “even beds and joints.”</p> - -<p>A curious trial occupied the Irish Law -Courts for many weeks some time back. An -English architect and an Irish builder were -engaged in erecting an important edifice in -Ireland. The architect in his specification -stipulated “ashlar” for the frontage of the -structure. The builder carried it out in the -English manner and then sent in a heavy bill -of extras for “beds and joints.” This was -opposed by the architect on behalf of his -clients. At the trial all the Irish witnesses -maintained that the builder was right, and all -the English that he was wrong. The judge -and jury became thoroughly puzzled, and -could not understand the disputed point, as -evidently both sides were perfectly sincere. -At last the judge, perfectly bewildered, -appealed to a very eminent counsel who was -engaged, and said to him—</p> - -<p>“Mr. ——, can you explain what all this -means? We have been for some days -listening to the apparently endless dispute -about ‘beds and joints.’”</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_621" id="Page_621">{621}</a></span></p> - -<p>“Well, my lord, I can only suggest that -it must be in some way connected with a -question of <i>board and lodging</i>,” answered the -counsel.</p> - -<p>The matter remains unsettled, I believe, to -this day. Of course we use the word “ashlar” -in its English signification.</p> - -<p>In addition to all the northern counties -stone cottages are found in Derbyshire, -Warwickshire, Worcestershire, Herefordshire, -Monmouthshire, Oxfordshire, Somersetshire, -Dorsetshire, Devonshire, and Sussex.</p> - -<p>They are usually very solidly built, and, -though they present sometimes a stern and -severe aspect, they are well suited to a rough -climate, as they are warm and comfortable, -and so substantial that they can resist the -floods which often inundate mountainous -districts. The group of cottages which we -sketched some years back at Glossop, in -Derbyshire, bore up against a singularly severe -catastrophe. The little mountain stream -shown in the foreground was dammed by a -very solid earthwork higher up the valley so -as to form a reservoir. During a terrible -storm of wind and rain the dam was swept -away, and the vast torrent of water poured -down the valley, sweeping everything before -it, and completely submerging the lower part -of the village. The old stone houses shown -in our drawing were flooded to their upper -storey. A man who described the occurrence -to us said—</p> - -<p>“It was all so sudden-like. I heard a loud -roar, followed by a rushing noise, which made -the house seem to rock. I jumped out of bed -and found myself up to my knees in water. -I got my wife and children to stand upon the -table and chairs, while I tried to find out what -was going on, half expecting that the old -house would come down, but it stood like a -rock; and when the water subsided, it was as -good as ever, though some of the -modern houses were reduced to ruin.”</p> - -<div class="figcenter w500"> -<img src="images/i_621a.jpg" width="500" height="291" alt="" /> -<div class="caption"><p class="center">LOOSE STONE AND PEAT COTTAGE, SCOTLAND AND N. ENGLAND.</p></div> -</div> - -<p>These stone cottages, with their heavy -mullioned windows and low-pitched gables, -continued to be built down nearly to the end -of the last century. Of course, they must -have been expensive; but their durability -seems to prove that the extra outlay was, in -the end, true economy. Artistically, they -appear well suited to their bleak grey surroundings. -These great, wild woodlands, -interspersed with shapeless and fantastic<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_622" id="Page_622">{622}</a></span> -rocks and strange-looking bowlders, swept by -howling winds, so that no tree can lift its -head save under shelter of the hillside, are not -so unkindly as they seem.</p> - -<div class="figcenter w550"> -<img src="images/i_621b.jpg" width="550" height="433" alt="" /> -<div class="caption"><p class="center">STONE COTTAGES, GLOSSOP, DERBYSHIRE.</p></div> -</div> - -<p>We once knew a beautiful and delicate girl -who had to leave London and, with her -parents, live in one of these wild-looking -districts. After a short time she grew strong -and still more beautiful. Later on she -married, and went with her husband to live -in a southern land under the influence of a -more genial climate. But, alas, it proved less -friendly to her than the rugged North, for -within six months she died. Three days -before this sad event she said to her husband—</p> - -<p>“If I could only feel the wind over the -great moor I think I could live.”</p> - -<p>He would have given all he possessed to -save her, but the doctors assured him that she -would certainly die on the journey. Health -is often to be found in these rugged stone -houses of the North country, stern and sombre -as they look when compared with the cheerful -half-timber cottages of the South.</p> - -<p>In some out-of-the-way districts of Northern -England, Scotland, and Ireland, cottages are -built of “loose stone”—<i>i.e.</i>, stones fitted -together without mortar, and are thatched -with peat. Sometimes the angle-stones, -window and door openings, have mortar -joints, the rest being left open. In all stone -counties of England walls constructed in this -manner divide the fields instead of hedgerows, -the top row of stones being fastened together -with mortar when the wall is more than -breast high. This is a very ancient method of -building, and is found in almost every country -of the world.</p> - -<p class="right"> -<span class="smcap">H. W. Brewer.</span> -</p> - -<p class="center">(<i>To be continued.</i>)</p> - -<div class="figcenter w550"> -<img src="images/i_622.jpg" width="550" height="157" alt="" /> -</div> - - -<hr class="chap" /></div><div class="chap"> - -<h2><a name="MY_FAVOURITE_CONTRIBUTORS_COMPETITION" id="MY_FAVOURITE_CONTRIBUTORS_COMPETITION">“MY FAVOURITE CONTRIBUTORS” COMPETITION.</a></h2> - - -<p class="center"><span class="smcap">Prizes of One Guinea.</span></p> - - -<ul class="center"><li>Jessie Offin, Loughton, Essex.</li> -<li>“Christabel,” Poole, Dorset.</li> -<li>“Pansy,” Beverley, East Yorkshire.</li> -<li>“Rose,” North Muir, Forfar.</li> -<li>“Wild Orchid,” Croydon Grove, Croydon.</li> -<li>Agnes Ward Strong, Moseley, Birmingham.</li> -<li>Nellie Turner Godfrey, Redhill, Surrey.</li> -<li>Ada Alice Gaze, Norwich.</li> -<li>Emma Elizabeth Epps, Redhill, Surrey.</li> -<li>Elizabeth Kerr, Port Charlotte, Islay, N.B.</li> -</ul> - - -<p class="center"><span class="smcap">Prizes of Half-a-Guinea.</span></p> - - -<ul class="center"><li>Edith Mary Foyster, Brentwood, Essex.</li> -<li>Félicie Buisseret, Namur, Belgique.</li> -<li>Evelyn Agnes Forster, Crowthorne, Berkshire.</li> -<li>Edith K. Ellis, Highgate.</li> -<li>Florence Marie Benton, Swavesey, Cambs.</li> -<li>Lilian Grundy, Lynwood, Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire.</li> -<li>M. Evangeline Hulse, Carlisle.</li> -<li>“Modest Violet,” New Whittington, Chesterfield, Derbyshire.</li> -<li>Mary Agnes Parker, Peterborough, Northampton.</li> -<li>Agnes Mary Vincent, Warwick Square.</li> -</ul> - - -<p class="center"><span class="smcap">Honourable Mention.</span></p> - -<p>Mabel Jenks, Cambridge; E. Flesch, -Brünn, Mähren; Gwendoline Doughty, St. -Leonards, Bridgenorth, Salop; Kate Kelsey, -Crossleigh, Montpelier, Bristol; “A grateful -old woman,” Ballymena, Ulster, Ireland; -Millicent H. Warwick, Manchester; Mary -Adèle Venn, West Kensington Park, W.; -Helen Elizabeth Howitt, Dunoon-on-Clyde; -A. Park Pearson, Halifax; Laura Buck, -Potters Road, New Barnet; Alice Dunn, -Brisbane, Queensland.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - - -<h3><span class="smcap">Report.</span></h3> - -<p>From the time our first competition was -announced until now, it has been a real -pleasure to look over the papers sent in by our -readers, who seem always to have understood -the spirit and object of the various competitions -we have placed before them and to -have entered into them enthusiastically and -naturally. The consequence is that their -papers have been full of interest and instruction -as to matters we never could have learned -by books or by travel. The barrier behind -which thousands of lives are lived could -never have been broken down but for the -ready help of the girls themselves. Their -papers have made our views of life broader, -they have evoked sympathy and admiration -for the toilers in our great cities; they have -permitted us to stand side by side with them -as they work and struggle and fight for what -they know to be good and pure; they have -made us free of their homes, whether in the -farm kitchen, or in the streets of our great -cities, so that one can sit down and picture -them all, whether in a London factory, a -country farm, a village rectory, or away in our -far-off colonies.</p> - -<p>But <i>this competition</i> is different from any of -those which have preceded it, for the Editor -has asked the opinion of his thousands of -readers as to their favourites among the staff -of writers, artists, and musicians whom he has -employed for the last twenty years. It is a -bold thing to have done, and yet it is but -natural that a man who has devoted the best -years of his life to a certain object should -desire to know how his methods have -answered and whether the material he has -offered for the instruction and healthy amusement -of girls has met with the approbation of -those for whom he has catered. It is no easy -task in the present age when independence is -growing rampant, to influence girls and surround -them with an atmosphere which, -without in the least coercing them, will -keep them pure and gentle and womanly.</p> - -<p>So throwing caution to the winds, the -editor has submitted himself and his staff to -the microscopic criticism of his many thousands -of readers, and begged them to select -ten out of the number whom they like best -and to give a reason for their preference.</p> - -<p>We have received some hundreds of papers, -each of which has been conscientiously read -and pondered over. Each competitor has -stamped her paper with her own individuality; -she knows exactly what she prefers and why -she prefers it. One and all regret that they -are limited in their choice to ten of the staff, -seeing that all are so good, but there seems to -have been no hesitation as to the chief -favourites.</p> - -<p>In awarding the prizes, we have taken into -consideration not so much the handwriting -and decoration of the manuscripts as the -thoughtfulness and intelligence with which -they have been written.</p> - - -<p class="center"><span class="smcap">Side-Lights.</span></p> - -<p>Widespread as we consider our knowledge -of girl nature by this time, competition papers -often spring upon us surprises, showing us we -have much to learn upon the subject. We -confess that, although we have always taken -care to provide our readers with subject-matter -for deeper thought, still we were -scarcely prepared to find that in the majority -of cases the first things read were these graver -articles and the papers dealing with instructive -and interesting matters, the stories as a rule -being kept till the last. In one paper only -were all the favourites chosen for stories.</p> - - -<p class="center"><span class="smcap">Quotations.</span></p> - -<p>1. I can safely say all the stories and articles -in the “G. O. P.” are the best to be had. In -truth one puts down the “G. O. P.” with -better feelings and higher aspirations than -when one took it up. Years ago my father -found me reading a paper that he did not -think fit for a girl to read, so he promised to -buy me a magazine if I would read only such -books as he provided. I promised, and he set -about getting me suitable reading. As a -result, he was shown the “G. O. P.,” and -brought it home to me, and for twenty years I -have been a reader of the “G. O. P.,” and -hope to be for as long as I live, for I do not -think I could get a better.</p> - -<p>2. May I suggest another competition to -you? You have already had one for girls who -work with head and hands—will you not also -have one for those who are preparing to work -with head or hands? I am sure there would -be many interesting pictures of student life at -our colleges among the papers sent in. I feel -that the “G. O. P.” decided my life for me. -In April, 1881, when I was eight years old, -we bought the number for the month. There -was an article in it on the North London -Collegiate School; it mentioned the pupils -who were graduates—some were doctors or -medical students. I said I would be one too; -the idea stayed with me. At last the way -was opened for me, though it is harder than I -thought.</p> - -<p>3. May I hope you will read this as a -friendly letter from American girls who do -not wish the pleasure they have received from -your paper to remain unexpressed.</p> - -<p>4. I am very proud to be able to say I -commenced taking in the “G. O. P.” on the -2nd October, 1880, being the beginning -number of the second volume, and ever since -I have taken the greatest interest in it. When -I got married, one of the first pieces of furniture -we bought was a book-case to put my -favourite books in; I often take one of the -old volumes down for information—I appreciate -them more every day for the kind and -practical help they give.</p> - -<hr class="chap" /></div><div class="chap"> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_623" id="Page_623">{623}</a></span></p> - - - - -<h2><a name="OUR_PUZZLE_POEM_REPORT_AN_ACCIDENTAL_CYCLE_III" id="OUR_PUZZLE_POEM_REPORT_AN_ACCIDENTAL_CYCLE_III">OUR PUZZLE POEM REPORT: AN ACCIDENTAL CYCLE III.</a></h2> - - -<h3>SOLUTION.</h3> - -<p class="ph3"><span class="smcap">An Accidental Cycle III.</span></p> - - -<p class="center">5. <i>Lamp Explosions.</i></p> - -<div class="poetry-container"><div class="poetry"><div class="stanza"> -<div class="verse">Some use cheap lamps, whose oil, alas!</div> -<div class="verse">Is held in china or in glass,</div> -<div class="verse">Such folly no one can surpass.</div> -</div></div></div> - - -<p class="center">6. <i>Escape of Gas.</i></p> - -<div class="poetry-container"><div class="poetry"><div class="stanza"> -<div class="verse">When you escape of gas detect,</div> -<div class="verse indent2">Don’t search about with lighted match,</div> -<div class="verse">But for a little while reflect—</div> -<div class="verse indent2">It might your head from form detach.</div> -</div></div></div> - - -<p class="center">7. <i>To Cyclists.</i></p> - -<div class="poetry-container"><div class="poetry"><div class="stanza"> -<div class="verse">If you’re cycling down a hill</div> -<div class="verse indent2">With a waggon coming towards you,</div> -<div class="verse indent4">Keep your head;</div> -<div class="verse">And to save an awful spill</div> -<div class="verse indent2">Make for hedge, though it accords you</div> -<div class="verse indent4">Scratches red.</div> -</div></div></div> - -<hr class="tb" /> - - -<p class="center"><span class="smcap">Prize Winners.</span></p> - - -<p class="center"><i>Twelve Shillings and Sixpence Each.</i></p> - - -<ul class="center"><li>Jessie F. Dulley, Lindens, Wellingborough.</li> -<li>Ellie Hanlon, 1, Otranto Place, Sandycove, Dublin.</li> -<li>G. Meggy, Rimpton Rectory, Bath.</li> -<li>Janet M. Pugh, Bronclydur, Towyn, Merionethshire.</li> -<li>Ethel Tomlinson, The Woodlands, Burton-on-Trent.</li> -</ul> - - -<p class="center"><i>Seven Shillings Each.</i></p> - - -<ul class="center"><li>Mrs. Ethel Hartley, 310, Rotton Park Road, Birmingham.</li> -<li>John Marshall, 13, Prospect Road, Child’s Hill, N.W.</li> -<li>Eben. Mutten, 17, George Street, Devonport.</li> -<li>Katharine Mary Stanley, The Old House, Washingboro’, Lincoln.</li> -<li>L. Trotman, 26, Blessington Road, Lee, S.E.</li> -<li>Helen B. Younger, 5, Comiston Gardens, Edinburgh.</li> -</ul> - - -<p class="center"><i>Very Highly Commended.</i></p> - -<p>Mrs. Acheson, Eliza Acworth, Agnes Amis, -Annie A. Arnott, Margaret E. Bourne, Nellie -D. Bourne, Rebecca Clarke, Rev. Joseph -Corkey, Mrs. G. H. B. Cumming, Ethel -Dickson, Cecil French, Mrs. W. H. Gotch, -Edith E. Grundy, Meta Kelway, Eliza Learmount, -Agnes McConnell, Mrs. Nicholls, Rev. -V. Odom, Annie B. Ormond, Isabel Snell, -Frederick Wm. Southey, Ellen C. Tarrant, -Constance Taylor, C. Thompson, Mary F. -Wakelin, Edith Mary Younge.</p> - - -<p class="center"><i>Highly Commended.</i></p> - -<p class="center"><i>Division I.</i></p> - -<p>Edith Ashworth, S. Ballard, Rev. F. -Townshend Chamberlain, Lillian Clews, Helen -Margaret Coulthard, J. L. Ellson, Herbert V. -French, Annie M. Goss, Ellen Hambley, -Francis Hingston James, Mrs. Latter, Dora -Laurence, Eva H. Laurence, Carlina Leggett, -Winifred A. Lockyear, Mrs. C. A. Martin, -Jennie M. M’Call, F. Miller, Helen M. -Norman, Violet C. Todd, W. Fitzjames -White, Henry Wilkinson, Alice Woodhead, -Elizabeth Yarwood, Diana C. Yeo.</p> - - -<p class="center"><i>Highly Commended.</i></p> - -<p class="center"><i>Division II.</i></p> - -<p>Eva Mary Allport, Lily Belling, G. Brightwell, -Jane Lindsay Campbell, R. Swan -Coulthard, George Robert Davidge, Leonard -Duncan, Eleanor Elsey, Mrs. F. Farrar, C. S. -Gregory, Hilda Mary Harrison, Charlotte -Hayward, Florence Hayward, Ethel Winifred -Hodgkinson, Madge L. Kemp, A. Kilburn, -Gertrude Longbottom, E. Lord, Annie Manderson, -Helen A. Manning, E. Mastin, Jessie -Middlemiss, E. M. Le Mottée, J. D. Musgrave, -E. Pearson, N. E. Purvey, Kate -Robinson, M. Winifred Shakespear, Bettie -Temple, Mrs. Mabel Tench, R. Marjorie -Thomas, Ellen Thurtell, M. Tolson, Frances -H. Webb-Gillman, Margaret M. Wilcox.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - - -<h3>EXAMINER’S REPORT.</h3> - -<p>Here is another award at last to excite -indignant comment and criticism. So large -was the number of first-rate solutions that we -had to pounce upon the most trifling errors -with a keenness worthy of a better cause. After -we had examined and re-examined again and -again, we were rewarded for our exertions by -finding that faults abounded, the enormity of -which might fairly be expressed in sixteenths.</p> - -<p>For instance, a failure to indent the lines -properly was reckoned one-sixteenth of a -mistake. The substitution of “around” for -<i>about</i> was counted two-sixteenths, and so on, -with arithmetical precision. As only a limited -number of names can be mentioned, all we -have to do is to draw the line at a certain -point (in this case it was at nine-sixteenths), -and say: “Beyond that, no mention.” The -result is an adjudication which can face -criticism with a very fair amount of confidence. -And here let us say that if any competitor -thinks that an injustice has been done, we hope -she will not harbour the thought privately, -but frankly let us know as soon as the report -appears. We much prefer to have the opportunity -of acknowledging a mistake or of -proving that none has been made.</p> - -<p>To return to the puzzle. Many competitors -failed to notice the “s” in the title, and wrote -“Exploding Lamp.” This could only be -regarded as a whole mistake, and was therefore -fatal to any chance of success.</p> - -<p>The rhythm of the first line, No. 6, was -often marred by the insertion of “an.” In the -second line, as we have already intimated, -“around” could not be considered equal to -<i>about</i>, for a reason which a reference to the -puzzle will divulge. In the fourth line “face” -was continually given for <i>head</i>, though the -better sense of the latter reading is obvious, -and the puzzle form of spelling “detach” was -often adopted without thought.</p> - -<p>In No. 7, “Cycling” was the title generally -given, though many solvers were careful to -read the <i>two</i> into it. This was an error we -could not very severely condemn, and as a -matter of fact two solutions which were perfect -in every other respect, were admitted into the -prize bundle. In the first line “you are” -would not do instead of the contraction <i>you’re</i>, -neither did the insertion of “a” before hedge -improve the rhythm of the last line but one. -In the same line we did not object to the more -strictly grammatical “accord” in place of -<i>accords</i>, although the puzzle gave the latter.</p> - -<p>We have received several letters questioning -our award on “An Accidental Cycle II.” -We have turned up every solution written -about, and find that absolute justice was -done to each. For the benefit of a very large -number of solvers who cherish similar doubts -in silence, we may say that the mistake of -spelling “some one” as one word was a very -important factor in the adjudication. That -our report should have contained no reference -to this point was an unfortunate circumstance.</p> - -<p>The award on the whole series of Accidental -Cycles cannot be published for two or -three weeks, the number of solutions being -very large.</p> - - -<hr class="chap" /></div><div class="chap"> - - - -<h2><a name="ANSWERS_TO_CORRESPONDENTS" id="ANSWERS_TO_CORRESPONDENTS">ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.</a></h2> - - -<h3>STUDY AND STUDIO.</h3> - -<div class="blockquot_ans"> - -<p>M. H.—1. The thought in your poem is very good, -and you describe nature well and sympathetically. -You need, however, to pay more attention to your -<i>technique</i>. Your lines are frequently halting—</p> - -<div class="poetry-container"><div class="poetry"><div class="stanza"> -<div class="verse">“’Tis sunset on the ocean, radiant with light.”</div> -</div></div></div> - -<p class="noindent">is an instance in point.—2. Water-colours would -be suitable for painting on gauze or satin. No -preparation of the material is required.</p> - -<p>“<span class="smcap">Barty.</span>”—1. Barty Joscelin, in <i>The Martian</i>, is a -fictitious character, though some of his early experiences -in France were probably drawn from real -life.—2. We are not familiar with the books you -mention, but no doubt you could obtain a list from -a bookseller, or the publisher if you knew the name.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Sweet Seventeen.</span>—1. Your writing is fairly good, -but you should not leave a margin at the end of -your lines. Try to write as freely as possible.—2. -Inquire at the chemist’s where you purchase the -sulphur ointment.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Norah T.</span>—We have never seen a really good book -of such dialogues as you require, but you might -apply to The United Kingdom Band of Hope -Union, 60, Old Bailey, E.C., saying what you need. -<i>Twenty Minutes</i>, by Harriet L. Childe-Pemberton, -is a little book containing amusing dialogues -for recitation, but they are not connected with -“temperance.”</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Student.</span>—1. A charming book, though not a new -one, about animals is Mrs. Alfred Gatty’s <i>Worlds -not Realised</i>; and <i>Parables from Nature</i>, by the -same author, contains much information mingled -with beautiful allegorical teaching.—2. Apply to -the National Health Society—secretary, Miss Lankester, -53, Berners Street, W., or to the St. John’s -Ambulance Association, St. John’s Gate, Clerkenwell, -E.C., for full list of books on nursing. We -may mention <i>Hints and Helps for Home Nursing -and Hygiene</i>, by Dr. Cosgrave, price 1s. (St. John’s -Ambulance Association). We do not think you at -all discourteous in your criticisms on the articles in -question.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Hildegarde Winter.</span>—1. It is rather difficult for us to -advise you what music to practise without knowing -your powers. There are books of “Short Voluntaries” -(1s. each), by Edward Redhead, published -by Orsborn & Tuckwood, 64, Berners Street, London, -W., which might suit you. They are intended -for organ or harmonium, but sound well on the -piano. Book III. contains some charming easy -music. Would Mendelssohn’s “Songs without -Words” be too difficult? You should practise at -least an hour a day and as much longer as you can, -but we fear that without any tuition you will find it -hard to make much progress.—2. The tails of your -g’s and y’s spoil your writing; they are too long, -and badly formed. You could easily improve your -hand.</p></div> - - -<h3>MEDICAL.</h3> - -<div class="blockquot_ans"> - -<p><span class="smcap">Gwen Lewis.</span>—Goître or Derbyshire neck is one of -those diseases which are “endemic,” that is, resident -in certain localities. It is very common in some -places, chiefly in the mountainous or hilly districts -of Derbyshire, Devonshire and Wales. It is more -common in the valleys than in the hills. It is -supposed to be due to some constituent in the -water, possibly excess of lime. Goître, however, is -not very infrequent in persons who have never seen -a mountain, and who have lived in districts which -are decidedly not goîtrous. There are many forms -of goître, and the treatment for each variety is -different. Unfortunately, that variety which is -“endemic” is most difficult to cure. If the patient -can leave the district where the condition was developed, -and live in a place where the disease does -not occur, the mass will cease growing and often -wither altogether. The rational treatment of -goître is therefore to change one’s residence. -Iodine, both internally and externally, is often -advised for the relief of simple goître, and it does -sometimes do good. Mercury is often occasionally -used with good results. Surgical procedures have -been adopted, but unless the growth is enormous -or interferes with breathing or swallowing, and in -other special cases, this treatment is not to be -recommended. Friction, massage and electricity -have been tried with practically no result whatever.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_624" id="Page_624">{624}</a></span></p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Buttercup.</span>—Careful and moderate exercise is what -you require. All your troubles, including the -curvature of the spine, will be improved by this -means. Gymnastic exercises are extremely valuable, -and if we can only impress upon you to be -moderate, we have no hesitation in saying that you -will derive great benefit from gymnastics. The -dumb-bells, the clubs, the horizontal bar, and the -other milder exercises are very helpful, but you -must avoid all the violent, we might almost say -furious, exercises which are far too commonly indulged -in. Again, you must not give up walking -for gymnastics, but let a little of one augment a -little of the other. Avoid sofas and easy-chairs, for -these tend to weaken the spine. Before doing this, -however, we advise you to have your back examined -to find out what was the cause of the curvature.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Mystic.</span>—Beer poured over a red-hot horse-shoe will -not cure dyspepsia. On the contrary, it will make -it worse. What an extraordinary superstition!</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Heath Phillips.</span>—You suffer from acne undoubtedly, -possibly from that form known as “acne rosacea.” -If you never feel indigestion you certainly have -not got it. Sulphur ointment is very good for -acne, but in the later stages, especially of the -rosaceous acne, ichthiol ointment (2½ per cent.) is -better.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Merry Sunbeam.</span>—The hair frequently combs out in -considerable quantities, especially during spring -and autumn. This is no abnormality, it is quite -healthy, but it frequently alarms girls, because a -very little hair makes a great show. The solution -you use is useful, but you must beware of using -much alcohol for the hair, as it renders it brittle. -Wash your head less often, say once a fortnight, -and add a teaspoonful of borax to each quart of -water. The yolk of an egg makes a useful and -strengthening hair-wash, but it should not be used -too frequently, and the hair must be well rinsed -afterwards.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Ethel.</span>—Chlorate of potassium lozenges are very -useful for a “relaxed throat.” You must be careful -not to swallow too many, for the drug is very apt -to produce indigestion. Never take more than five -in the course of one day. We have seen truly -alarming symptoms in a girl who has eaten an -ounce of the lozenges in an afternoon.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Maitland.</span>—Singeing the eyebrows would in no way -permanently injure them. The hairs of the eyebrows -grow very fast, and in a few weeks you will -be none the worse for the accident.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Enquirer.</span>—By an “enlarged neck” you probably -mean enlarged glands in the neck, a condition -extremely commonly due to decayed teeth.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Harry’s Girl.</span>—Sugar is fattening, and very probably -you are getting too fat because you eat too -much sugar. There is no necessity for you to give -up sugar altogether, but be more moderate in the -amount you eat.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Mignonette.</span>—We published a long article on blushing -and nervousness a short time back in which you -will find all the information you require.</p></div> - - -<h3>MISCELLANEOUS.</h3> - -<div class="blockquot_ans"> - -<p><span class="smcap">Primrose.</span>—We do not think a stone could be set in -a small wedding-ring. You had better consult a -jeweller about it, as we have not seen it and -cannot give a reliable opinion.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Dodo.</span>—The distinctions between the heterodox beliefs -of a Deist and an Atheist are considerable. The -former believes in the existence of a God, but rejects -the divine revelation of Him given in the Holy -Scriptures. He also believes in the immortality of -the soul, and in the suitable reward of virtue and -the punishment of vice. The latter denies the -existence of a God, or Divine Providence, and holds -no religious belief of any description. An infidel, -or unbeliever, is one who denies the Jewish and -Christian religions, and may be of any unorthodox -belief.</p> - -<p>H. H.—Much depends on your finances. There is a -good rule which tells you to “be just before you -are generous.” Of course, it would be best to take -nothing that you can help (by self-denial) from the -contributions you usually make in church; but the -money required for restitution of fraudulently-acquired -money, it should be your first duty to make -good (see St. Matt. v. 23 and 24). This precept -would apply to such a case as yours. Of course, -“there is hope while there is life.” Our blessed -Lord says “He is able to save to the uttermost all -that come unto God through Him”—His blood-shedding—and -“Him that cometh unto Me, I will -in no wise cast out.”</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Olive.</span>—That the Celts are a branch of the great -Aryan family is regarded as beyond all doubt, by -their language, which bears a close resemblance in -grammatical structure and vocables to Sanscrit. -They were the first of the Aryan settlers in Europe. -Herodotus (<span class="smcap lowercase">B.C.</span> 450) speaks of the <i>Keltai</i>. By this -name the Greeks called them, and the Romans -<i>Galli</i>, and a very numerous branch of them called -themselves <i>Gael</i>. They settled in most of the -European countries, and in the British islands, -notably in Scotland and Ireland, but more in -England than is generally supposed. Your own -aboriginal family name is clearly Celtic.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Sunflower.</span>—The fact that your copy of the Bible is -100 years old is not the only question to be considered. -If one of the several editions named after -typographical errors, such as the “Breeches Bible” -or the “Vinegar Bible” (published in 1727), and -others, then there would be a fixed value for it. -The celebrated “Bowyer Bible,” illustrated with -7,000 engravings, etchings, and original drawings, -was sold to a Mrs. Heywood, of Bolton, for £500. -It was one of the Macklin Bibles. You had better -send a particular account of yours to some large -library, and discover its value from the manager.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Queenie B.</span>—Fringes, if worn, are short and encroach -little on the forehead. You should look at the -dummies in the hair-dressers’ windows, and get a -hair-dresser to cut your hair properly, or it will not -curl. A situation as “companion” is rarely to be -obtained. A girl should have a good address and -good manners, should be a good reader, and write -a good legible hand, be well-informed, sing, or -play; have a sweet temper, and a great store of -patience, with tact. As to the salary, that would -vary, and must be left to private arrangement. If -you possess all these qualifications, then advertise.</p></div> - - - -<hr class="chap" /></div><div class="chap"> -<h2><a name="OUR_NEW_PUZZLE_POEM" id="OUR_NEW_PUZZLE_POEM">OUR NEW PUZZLE POEM.</a></h2> - -<div class="figcenter w600"> -<img src="images/i_624.jpg" width="600" height="673" alt="" /> -</div> - - -<p>⁂ <span class="smcap">Prizes</span> 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:—</p> - -<p>1. Solutions to be written on one side of the paper only.</p> - -<p>2. Each paper to be headed with the name and address of the competitor.</p> - -<p>3. Attention must be paid to spelling, punctuation, and neatness.</p> - -<p>4. Send by post to Editor, <span class="smcap">Girl’s Own Paper</span>, 56, Paternoster Row, London. “Puzzle -Poem” to be written on the top left-hand corner of the envelope.</p> - -<p>5. The last day for receiving solutions from Great Britain and Ireland will be August 17, -1899; from Abroad, October 16, 1899.</p> - -<p>The competition is open to all without any restrictions as to sex or age.</p> - - - -<hr class="chap" /></div><div class="chap"> -<p class="center"><span class="smcap">To the Readers of “The Girl’s Own -Paper.”</span></p> - - -<p><span class="smcap">Dear Girls</span>,—I have received a number of -letters on the subject of my last story, “About -Peggy Saville,” all expressing the kindest -interest in the heroine, and a desire to know -more about her.</p> - -<p>These letters have been a great pleasure to -receive, for, to tell you the truth, I myself am -very fond of “Peggy Pickle,” and should -much enjoy spending a longer time in her -company.</p> - -<p>Your kind Editor has expressed his desire to -gratify you by publishing a sequel to the story, -and we have arranged that if all goes well, the -first chapter shall appear in October, or early -in the spring.</p> - -<p>For the next two months, then, you can -think of me sitting in my summer-house every -morning with Peggy for my companion, and I -will think of you, and, I hope, work all the -better for your kindly appreciation.</p> - -<p class="right"> -<span class="mr8">Your friend,</span><br /> -<span class="smcap">Jessie de Horne Vaizey.</span><br /> -</p> -</div> - - - - - - - - -<pre> - - - - - -End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. XX, No. -1017, June 24, 1899, by Various - -*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK GIRL'S OWN PAPER, JUNE 24, 1899 *** - -***** This file should be named 61306-h.htm or 61306-h.zip ***** -This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: - http://www.gutenberg.org/6/1/3/0/61306/ - -Produced by Susan Skinner, Chris Curnow, Pamela Patten and -the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at -http://www.pgdp.net - -Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions will -be renamed. - -Creating the works from print editions not protected by U.S. copyright -law means that no one owns a United States copyright in these works, -so the Foundation (and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United -States without permission and without paying copyright -royalties. 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