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If you are not located in the United States, you'll have -to check the laws of the country where you are located before using this ebook. - -Title: The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. XX, No. 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 - - - - - - - - - -[Illustration: THE GIRL’S OWN PAPER - -VOL. XX.—NO. 1017.] JUNE 24, 1899. [PRICE ONE PENNY.] - - - - -EARLY MORNING NATURE-STUDY. - - -[Illustration: MRS. BRIGHTWEN IN HER GARDEN.] - -_All rights reserved._] - -To 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. - -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. - -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. - -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. - -Not only amongst these foxgloves, but in the lime branches overhead -innumerable bees keep up a continuous murmuring sound as they busily -gather their morning store of honey. - -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. - -Under one of the arches the birds always find an abundance of food, -which I strew for them several times in the day. - -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. - -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. - -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. - -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. - -He is now my devoted adherent, flying to meet me in different parts of -the garden as soon as he hears my voice. - -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. - -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. - -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. - -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. - -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. - -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. - -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. - -Now the early morning sun is sending shafts of brilliant light through -the thick foliage, and bringing out special objects in high relief. - -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. - -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. - -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. - - ELIZA BRIGHTWEN. - - - - -LETTERS FROM A LAWYER. - - -PART VIII. - - The Temple. - -MY DEAR DOROTHY,—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. - -As both the actions arose out of incidents of everyday occurrence, -which might happen to anyone, I will here relate them for your benefit. - -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. - -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. - -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. - -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. - -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. - -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. - -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. - -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. - -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. - -The muzzling orders still remain in force for the Metropolis, although -in the country the dogs are freed of their muzzles. - -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 - - Your affectionate cousin, - BOB BRIEFLESS. - - - - -THE HOUSE WITH THE VERANDAH. - -BY ISABELLA FYVIE MAYO, Author of “Other People’s Stairs,” “Her Object -in Life,” etc. - - -CHAPTER XIII. - -STARTLED! - -When 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. - -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. - -“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.” - -“I suppose that is a very important item,” said Lucy. - -“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.” - -Lucy smiled. - -“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!” - -Miss Foster laughed. - -“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!”’” - -They both laughed. - -“That may be apocryphal,” commented Miss Foster, “but if so it is a -fable which covers a great deal of fact.” - -“It need not be apocryphal,” returned Lucy. “A distinguished preacher -once told me that as a child he learned the lines— - - “‘Satan trembles when he sees - The weakest saint upon his knees.’ - -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!” - -“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. - -“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.” - -“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.” - -“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 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.” - -“I hear that many school children have so many home lessons that they -can’t have much time for home talk,” said Lucy. - -“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.” - -“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.” - -“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.” - -Lucy smiled a little sadly. - -“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.” - -“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. - -“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.” - -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. - -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. - -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. - -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. - -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 _régime_, 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.” - -That was Jane Smith all over. She took her wages and did her work, but -it was without any “head,” and also, Lucy was forced to admit, without -any heart. - -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. - -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. - -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. - -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. - -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. - -“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.” - -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. - -“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!” - -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. - -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. - -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. - -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. - -But when she opened the kitchen door she started and almost cried out. - -(_To be continued._) - - - - -HOUSEHOLD HINTS. - - -UNDER 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. - - -THIN 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. - - -VERY early potatoes are often very unwholesome, having been forced by -the aid of chemicals and not grown naturally. - - -SEPARATE days should be arranged for cleaning the silver and brass -articles in a house, and separate cloths and dusters used for them. - - -A HARD 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. - - -SOILED linen should never be kept in bedrooms, but in a basket outside -on a landing, or in the bath-room. - - -IT 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. - - -THE plug in a lavatory basin should not be left out, as it is liable to -let sewer gas into the house. - - -FLOWERING plants and their seeds should be planted with the growing and -not with a waning moon. - - -AFTER cooking is done, the dampers of a kitchen range should be shut in -to save the coals. - - -CULTIVATE 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. - - -GAME and fowl bones should never be given to pet dogs. They cannot -digest them, and such bones have been the cause of painful deaths. - - -A FRUITFUL 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. - -[Illustration] - - - - -SHEILA’S COUSIN EFFIE. - -A STORY FOR GIRLS. - -BY EVELYN EVERETT-GREEN, Author of “Greyfriars,” “Half-a-dozen -Sisters,” etc. - - -CHAPTER XII. - -A FAIR ISLAND. - -“Oh, how lovely!” cried Sheila. - -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. - -“Oh, Miss Adene, I am quite sorry the voyage is over; but how lovely -Madeira is!” - -“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.” - -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. - -“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!” - -“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.” - -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. - -“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!” - -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. - -“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. - -“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!” - -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. - -“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.” - -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. - -“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.” - -Mrs. Reid quite laughed at the question as Sheila passed her going out. - -“As many as ever you like. And take care not to slip on the pebbled -paths. People have got to get used to them.” - -Ronald was outside, and hailed Sheila eagerly. - -“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.” - -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. - -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. - -“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!” - -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. - -“Oh, isn’t it lovely?” cried Sheila in ecstasy. - -“Awfully pretty,” replied her companion, “though the floor might be -better for playing. There are some big cracks. Do you like tennis, Miss -Cholmondeley?” - -“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?” - -“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.” - -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. - -“It looks made for a dance!” cried Sheila, pirouetting round. “Are all -hotels as perfectly delightful as this?” - -The sun had just dipped behind the hills, and the shadows were coming -on apace. - -“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.” - -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. - -“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?” - -“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.” - -Effie was moving about the room a little restlessly. - -“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.” - -“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. - -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. - -“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. - -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. - -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. - -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. - -“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.” - -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. - -“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.” - -“We must try and set a good example,” answered Ronald. “Now come on to -the verandah outside and see the moonlight on the sea.” - -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. - -“There goes the _Plymouth Castle_,” said Ronald, pointing out the -vanishing lights of the great steamer. Sheila waved her hand in a -parting salutation. - -“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!” - -(_To be continued._) - - - - -FROCKS FOR TO-MORROW. - -BY “THE LADY DRESSMAKER.” - - -[Illustration: THE TUNIC SKIRT.] - -Our 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 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. - -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. - -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. - -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. - -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. - -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 _pour se faire belle_, 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. - -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. - -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. - -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. - -[Illustration: A CLOTH GOWN.] - -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 tightly, and the stem must -show down its entire length. They are often of shaded colours, and are -of moderate length. - -[Illustration: TWO CAPES AND HATS.] - -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. - -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. - -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. - -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 -_ruche_ of black chiffon. The hat is of the new Cavalier shape, with -feathers and a buckle. - -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. - - - - -VARIETIES. - - -A SUFFICIENT REASON. - -_Author:_ “But why do you charge me more for printing this time than -usual?” - -_Publisher:_ “Because the compositors were constantly falling asleep -over your novel.” - - -LIVING HAPPILY TOGETHER.—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. - - -FRIENDSHIP. - - Well-chosen friendship, the most noble - Of virtues, all our joys makes double - And into halves divides our trouble. - - _Denham._ - - -HOW THEY CLOSED THE DAY. - -When Dr. Walsham How was rector of Whittington, an old woman, on the -occasion of his first visit, said to him— - -“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.” - - -SHOWING AND SEEING.—Behaviour is a mirror in which everyone shows and -might see her own image.—_Goethe._ - - -MENTAL EXERTION. - -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?” - -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.” - - -CONSOLATION.—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. - - - - -COURTESY. - -BY ELIZABETH A. S. DAWES, M.A., D.Lit. - - “_Plus fait douceur que violence._”—_La Fontaine_, vi. 3. - - “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.”—_Emerson._ - - * * * * * - -I have 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” (_Winter’s Tale_, v. 2). - -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 _Faerie Queene_, Book vi. 1. - - “Of _court_, it seems, men _courtesie_ do call, - For that it there most useth to abound; - And well beseemeth, that in princes hall - That vertue should be plentifully found, - Which of all goodly manners is the ground - And root of civil conversation”; - -and Milton likewise says that “_courtesy_ was first named in _courts_ -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 _courtly_ (shall I call it?) or good quality in him; -that he was _courteous_, 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? - -Then for a definition or short explanation of what _courtesy_ is we -cannot do better than turn to _The Greatest Thing in the World_. 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. - -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. - -Dr. Miller, in his book _The Building of Character_, 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:— - - “The hands are such dear hands; - They are so full; they turn at our demands - So often; they reach out - With trifles scarcely thought about; - So many times they do - So many things for me, for you, - If their fond wills mistake, - We may well bend—not break. - - They are such fond frail lips, - That speak to us. Pray, if love strips - Them of discretion many times, - Or if they speak too slow or quick, such crimes - We may pass by; for we may see - Days not far off when those small words may be - Held not so slow or quick, or out of place, but dear, - Because the lips are no more here.” - -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. - -At _school_, 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. - -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. - -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 _Phoebus -and Boreas_, or _The Sun and the Northwind_, 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. - -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— - - “An arm of aid to the weak, - A friendly hand to the friendless, - _Kind words, so short to speak, - But whose echo is endless:_ - The world is wide—these things are small, - They may be nothing, but they are All.” - - - - -THINGS IN SEASON, IN MARKET AND KITCHEN. - -BY LA MÉNAGÈRE. - - -Glorious June! Can anyone complain of a lack of the least good thing? -Rather we have _un embarras de richesse_; so much so, indeed, that -we hardly know what to select for our typical _menu_. 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. - -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. - -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. - -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. - -_Aspic Jelly._—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. - -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. - -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. - -Suppose that for our June _menu_ we take the following: - - Bisque of Crab. - Devilled Whitebait. - Grenadines of Veal. Jardinière Sauce. - Aspic Jelly. - Saddle of Lamb. French Beans. - Gooseberry Tart. - Cream Cheese. Oaten Wafers. Coffee. - -_Bisque of Crab._—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. - -_Devilled Whitebait._—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. - -_Grenadines of Veal, Jardinière Sauce._—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. - -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. - -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. - -Cream should accompany the gooseberry tart, and strawberries with cream -might appear at the same time, or in lieu of the tart as preferred. - -A roast duck and green peas might take the place of the saddle of lamb, -according as means and circumstances permit. - - - - -OLD ENGLISH COTTAGE HOMES; - -OR, - -VILLAGE ARCHITECTURE OF BYGONE TIMES. - - -PART IX. - -There 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.” - -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— - -“Mr. ——, can you explain what all this means? We have been for some -days listening to the apparently endless dispute about ‘beds and -joints.’” - -“Well, my lord, I can only suggest that it must be in some way -connected with a question of _board and lodging_,” answered the counsel. - -The matter remains unsettled, I believe, to this day. Of course we use -the word “ashlar” in its English signification. - -In addition to all the northern counties stone cottages are found in -Derbyshire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire, Herefordshire, Monmouthshire, -Oxfordshire, Somersetshire, Dorsetshire, Devonshire, and Sussex. - -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— - -“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.” - -[Illustration: LOOSE STONE AND PEAT COTTAGE, SCOTLAND AND N. ENGLAND.] - -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 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. - -[Illustration: STONE COTTAGES, GLOSSOP, DERBYSHIRE.] - -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— - -“If I could only feel the wind over the great moor I think I could -live.” - -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. - -In some out-of-the-way districts of Northern England, Scotland, and -Ireland, cottages are built of “loose stone”—_i.e._, 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. - - H. W. BREWER. - -(_To be continued._) - -[Illustration] - - - - -“MY FAVOURITE CONTRIBUTORS” COMPETITION. - - -PRIZES OF ONE GUINEA. - - Jessie Offin, Loughton, Essex. - “Christabel,” Poole, Dorset. - “Pansy,” Beverley, East Yorkshire. - “Rose,” North Muir, Forfar. - “Wild Orchid,” Croydon Grove, Croydon. - Agnes Ward Strong, Moseley, Birmingham. - Nellie Turner Godfrey, Redhill, Surrey. - Ada Alice Gaze, Norwich. - Emma Elizabeth Epps, Redhill, Surrey. - Elizabeth Kerr, Port Charlotte, Islay, N.B. - - -PRIZES OF HALF-A-GUINEA. - - Edith Mary Foyster, Brentwood, Essex. - Félicie Buisseret, Namur, Belgique. - Evelyn Agnes Forster, Crowthorne, Berkshire. - Edith K. Ellis, Highgate. - Florence Marie Benton, Swavesey, Cambs. - Lilian Grundy, Lynwood, Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire. - M. Evangeline Hulse, Carlisle. - “Modest Violet,” New Whittington, Chesterfield, Derbyshire. - Mary Agnes Parker, Peterborough, Northampton. - Agnes Mary Vincent, Warwick Square. - - -HONOURABLE MENTION. - -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. - - * * * * * - - -REPORT. - -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. - -But _this competition_ 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. - -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. - -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. - -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. - - -SIDE-LIGHTS. - -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. - - -QUOTATIONS. - -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. - -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. - -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. - -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. - - - - -OUR PUZZLE POEM REPORT: AN ACCIDENTAL CYCLE III. - - -SOLUTION. - -AN ACCIDENTAL CYCLE III. - - -5. _Lamp Explosions._ - - Some use cheap lamps, whose oil, alas! - Is held in china or in glass, - Such folly no one can surpass. - - -6. _Escape of Gas._ - - When you escape of gas detect, - Don’t search about with lighted match, - But for a little while reflect— - It might your head from form detach. - - -7. _To Cyclists._ - - If you’re cycling down a hill - With a waggon coming towards you, - Keep your head; - And to save an awful spill - Make for hedge, though it accords you - Scratches red. - - * * * * * - - -PRIZE WINNERS. - - -_Twelve Shillings and Sixpence Each._ - - Jessie F. Dulley, Lindens, Wellingborough. - Ellie Hanlon, 1, Otranto Place, Sandycove, Dublin. - G. Meggy, Rimpton Rectory, Bath. - Janet M. Pugh, Bronclydur, Towyn, Merionethshire. - Ethel Tomlinson, The Woodlands, Burton-on-Trent. - - -_Seven Shillings Each._ - - Mrs. Ethel Hartley, 310, Rotton Park Road, Birmingham. - John Marshall, 13, Prospect Road, Child’s Hill, N.W. - Eben. Mutten, 17, George Street, Devonport. - Katharine Mary Stanley, The Old House, Washingboro’, Lincoln. - L. Trotman, 26, Blessington Road, Lee, S.E. - Helen B. Younger, 5, Comiston Gardens, Edinburgh. - - -_Very Highly Commended._ - -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. - - -_Highly Commended._ - -_Division I._ - -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. - - -_Highly Commended._ - -_Division II._ - -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. - - * * * * * - - -EXAMINER’S REPORT. - -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. - -For instance, a failure to indent the lines properly was reckoned -one-sixteenth of a mistake. The substitution of “around” for _about_ -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. - -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. - -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 _about_, for a reason which a -reference to the puzzle will divulge. In the fourth line “face” was -continually given for _head_, though the better sense of the latter -reading is obvious, and the puzzle form of spelling “detach” was often -adopted without thought. - -In No. 7, “Cycling” was the title generally given, though many solvers -were careful to read the _two_ 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 -_you’re_, 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 _accords_, although -the puzzle gave the latter. - -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. - -The award on the whole series of Accidental Cycles cannot be published -for two or three weeks, the number of solutions being very large. - - - - -ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. - - -STUDY AND STUDIO. - -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 _technique_. Your lines are frequently halting— - - “’Tis sunset on the ocean, radiant with light.” - -is an instance in point.—2. Water-colours would be suitable for -painting on gauze or satin. No preparation of the material is required. - -“BARTY.”—1. Barty Joscelin, in _The Martian_, 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. - -SWEET SEVENTEEN.—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. - -NORAH T.—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. _Twenty Minutes_, -by Harriet L. Childe-Pemberton, is a little book containing amusing -dialogues for recitation, but they are not connected with “temperance.” - -STUDENT.—1. A charming book, though not a new one, about animals -is Mrs. Alfred Gatty’s _Worlds not Realised_; and _Parables from -Nature_, 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 _Hints and Helps -for Home Nursing and Hygiene_, 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. - -HILDEGARDE WINTER.—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. - - -MEDICAL. - -GWEN LEWIS.—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. - -BUTTERCUP.—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. - -MYSTIC.—Beer poured over a red-hot horse-shoe will not cure dyspepsia. -On the contrary, it will make it worse. What an extraordinary -superstition! - -HEATH PHILLIPS.—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. - -MERRY SUNBEAM.—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. - -ETHEL.—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. - -MAITLAND.—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. - -ENQUIRER.—By an “enlarged neck” you probably mean enlarged glands in -the neck, a condition extremely commonly due to decayed teeth. - -HARRY’S GIRL.—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. - -MIGNONETTE.—We published a long article on blushing and nervousness a -short time back in which you will find all the information you require. - - -MISCELLANEOUS. - -PRIMROSE.—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. - -DODO.—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. - -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.” - -OLIVE.—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 (B.C. 450) -speaks of the _Keltai_. By this name the Greeks called them, and the -Romans _Galli_, and a very numerous branch of them called themselves -_Gael_. 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. - -SUNFLOWER.—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. - -QUEENIE B.—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. - - - - -OUR NEW PUZZLE POEM. - -[Illustration] - - -⁂ PRIZES to the amount of six guineas (one of which will be reserved -for competitors living abroad) are offered for the best solutions of -the above Puzzle Poem. The following conditions must be observed:— - -1. Solutions to be written on one side of the paper only. - -2. Each paper to be headed with the name and address of the competitor. - -3. Attention must be paid to spelling, punctuation, and neatness. - -4. Send by post to Editor, GIRL’S OWN PAPER, 56, Paternoster Row, -London. “Puzzle Poem” to be written on the top left-hand corner of the -envelope. - -5. The last day for receiving solutions from Great Britain and Ireland -will be August 17, 1899; from Abroad, October 16, 1899. - -The competition is open to all without any restrictions as to sex or -age. - - - - -TO THE READERS OF “THE GIRL’S OWN PAPER.” - - -DEAR GIRLS,—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. - -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. - -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. - -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. - - Your friend, - JESSIE DE HORNE VAIZEY. - - - - - -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 61306-0.txt or 61306-0.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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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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