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NEW ENGLAND FARMER, 



Sept. 



accomplished. The child returned to his place, 

 and the other boys went up in turns for their les- 

 son. 



EIGHTEEN THINGS 



In which young people render themselves very 

 impohte : — 



1. Loud laughter. 



2. Reading while others are talking. 



3. Cutting finger-nails in company. 



4. Leaving meeting before it is closed. 



5. Whispering in company. 



6. Gazing at strangers. 



7. Leaving a stranger without a seat. 



8. A want of reverence for superiors. 



9. Reading aloud in company without being 

 asked. 



10. Receiving a present without some manifes- 

 tation of gratitude. 



1 1. Making yourself the topic of conversation. 



12. Laughing at the mistakes of others. 



13. Joking others in company. 



14. Correcting older persons than yourself, es- 

 pecially pai'ents. 



15. To commence talking before others are 

 through. 



IG. Answering questions when put to others. 



17. Commencing to cat as soon as you get to 

 the table. And — 



18. In not listening to what one is saying, in 

 company — unless you desire to show open con- 

 tempt for the speaker. < 



A well bred person will not make an observa- 

 tion whilst another of the company is addressing 

 himself to it. 



LADIES' DEPARTMENT. 



FEMALE BEAUTY. 



Dean Swift proposed to tax female beauty, and 

 leave every lady to rate her own charms. He said 

 the tax would be cheerfully paid and very produc- 

 tive. 



Fontenelle thus daintily compliments the sex, 

 when he comi^ares women and clocks — the latter 

 serve to point out the hours, the former to make 

 us forget them. 



The standards of beauty in woman vary with 

 those of taste. Socrates called beauty a short-lived 

 tyranny ; Plato, a privilege of nature ; Theophras- 

 tus, a silent cheat; Theocritus, a delightful preju- 

 dice ; Carneades, a solitary kingdom ; and Aristotle 

 affirmed that it was better than all the letters of 

 recommendation in the world. 



With the Modern Greeks, and other nations on 

 the shores of the Mediterranean, corpulency is the 

 perfection of form of women ; and these very attri- 

 butes which disgust the Western European, form 

 the attractions of an Oriental fair. It was from the 

 common and admired shape of his countrywomen, 

 that Rubens, in his pictures, delights so much in a 

 vulgar and odious plumpness ; when his master 

 was desirous to represent the " beautiful," he 

 had no idea of beauty under two hundred 

 weight. His very graces are all fat. But it should 

 be remembered that all his models were Dutch wo- 

 men. The hair is a beautiful ornament of women, 

 but it has always been a disputed point which color 



most becomes it. Wc account red hair an abomi- 

 nation ; but in the time of Elizabeth it found ad- 

 mirers and was in fashion. Mary of Scotland, 

 though she had exquisite hair of her own, wore red 

 fronts. Cleopatra was red-haired ; and the Vene- 

 tian ladies to this day counterfeit yellow hair. 



After all that may be said or sung about it, 

 beauty is an undeniable foct, and its endowment 

 not to be disparaged. Sidney Smith gives some 

 good advice on the subject. "Never teach false 

 morality. How exquisitely absurd to teach a girl 

 that beauty is of no value, dress of no use ! Beauty 

 is of value — her whole ])rospects and happiness in 

 life may often depend upon a new gown, or a be- 

 coming bonnet; if she has five grains of common 

 sense she will find this out. The great thing is to 

 teach her their just value, and that there must be 

 something better under the bonnet than a pretty 

 face for real happiness. But never sacrifice truth." 

 — Salad for the Social. 



DOMESTIC EECEIPTS. 



Potted Meats. — It sometimes happens to the 

 ladies from some unforeseen circumstances, that 

 large quantities of cooked meats, prepared for a 

 party which did not come off, perhaps, remains on 

 hand, which are measurably lost. Such should be 

 potted. Cut the meat from the bone, and chop 

 fine, €and season high with salt, pepper, cloves and 

 cinnamon. ^loisten with vinegar, wine, brandy, ci- 

 der, or Worcestershire sauce, or melted butter, ac- 

 cording tothekind of meat, or to suit your own taste. 

 Then pound it tight into a stone jar, and cover 

 over tlie top with about a quarter of an inch of 

 melted butter. It v/ill keep months, and always 

 aflbrd a ready and excellent dish for the tea-table. 



Pine- APPLE Jelly.— Pare and grate the pine-ap- 

 ple, and put into the preserving pan with one 

 pound of fine white sugar to every pound of fruit: 

 stir it and boil it until well mixed, and thicken suf- 

 ficiently ; then strain it, pour it into jars, and when 

 it has become cool, cover the jellies with papers wet 

 with brandy, cover tlie jars tightly, and treat them 

 as apple jelly. 



To Prevent Jams from Graining. — A corres- 

 pondent inform.s us that to prevent jams, preserves, 

 etc., from graining, a teaspoonful of cream of tartar 

 must be added to every gallon of the jam or pre- 

 serve. 



A Good Wife. — In the eighty-fourth year of 

 his age, Dr. Calvin Chapin wrote of his wife : 

 "My domestic enjoyments have been, perhaps, as 

 near pcrlection as the human condition permits. 

 She made my home the pleasantest spot on earth to 

 me. And now that she is gone, my worldly loss is 

 perfect." 



How many a poor fellow would be saved from 

 suicide, from the penitentiary and the gallows, 

 every year, had he been blessed with such a v.ife. 



"She made home the pleasantest spot to me on 

 earth." What a grand tribute to that woman's 

 love, and piety, and common sense ! Rather differ- 

 ent was the testimony of an old man some three 

 years ago, just before he was hung in the Tombs' 

 yard of this city, "I didn't intend to kill my wife, 

 but she was a very aggravating woman," Let 

 each wife inquire, "Wliich wife am I?" — HaWs 

 Journal of Health. 



