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terested in the oats the man sUps the halter over its head and 

 leads it away. But sometimes, even after the halter is safely 

 fastened, the colt will rear and plunge and if the man does not 

 hold firmly to the strap, it will break away and the task of bring- 

 ing him back will be more difficult than before. 



Now, put these housewifery attractions in a pan, as it were, 

 and while standing in your father's doorway shake the pan — the 

 safest place a young girl ever stood is under the shelter of her 

 father's roof. The young man will hear the tinkle, for the novel 

 sound will echo far and wide. Such rumors as : "Mary Jones is 

 a remarkable girl, such agreeable manners, such a model house- 

 keeper ; a wonderful help to her mother ; why, her parents couldn't 

 do without her," will go floating through the air, and men are 

 queer creatures, whenever they hear that someone has something 

 that they cannot spare they're bound to possess it. And in all 

 probability more than one young man will have a longing to 

 claim for his wife so capable a companion as Mary Jones. 



Now, should a young man come whose love you cannot re- 

 turn, remember that in tendering you his heart and name he has 

 ofi:ered you the greatest honor a good man can confer upon a 

 woman. If you do not love him, do not lower yourself in his or 

 another's estimation by refusing him and then going about say- 

 ing: "I could have married John Smith, but I didn't want him." 

 Let your lips be sealed, regard his confidence as sacred, for if 

 you do not love him you can at least respect him, and never for a 

 moment let him feel that he has made a mistake in thinking you 

 worthy of honorable love. But when the right one comes ; the 

 one you can gladly say you will "love, honor and obey" there 

 will be no fear of poverty. If you are a true type of American 

 womanhood, you will staunchly and proudly take your place by 

 his side, feeling it a privilege to be in every sense the helpmate 

 that may nobly win the right to receive a royal share of credit 

 for his ultimate success. 



the: idkai, home. 



Some may think that in order to have an attractive home it 

 will require a large outlay for a suitable building and the neces- 

 sary furnishings. Don't make a mistake. The most beautiful 

 home I was ever in was a little log house of but one room and 

 a shed. It was so exquisitely clean, and, after all, true elegance 

 is thorough cleanliness. Fifty dollars would have paid for every 

 bit of furniture it contained, including the bed and cookstove, 

 and yet, it was amply furnished ; the most artistically fitted up 

 home I have ever seen. Every article was for use and was held 

 dear from association. The floor was scrubbed so white that no 



