THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



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Entertaining and Instructing With 

 Stories. 



A girl living in a neighborhood where 

 there were many children discovered 

 that her chief accomplishment consisted 

 in telling stories. She called on the 

 mothers of these little friends, with the 

 result that a story-hour was organized, 

 in which she both entertainer! and in- 

 structed ten to fifteen children each 

 week with a carefully selected series of 

 stories myths, historical facts, and sim- 

 plified tales from our oldest and best 

 writers. Each child was charged the 

 modest sum of ten cents an hour, which 

 netted the story-teller a pleasant little 

 sum, and returned the mothers a sense 

 of safety and satisfaction for the ex- 

 penditure. From The Girls' Own Circle . 

 of The Circle for February. 



February in the Culinary Calendar. 



Candlemas-day. February 2, although 

 the 2d of February, is the date of the 

 festival of the Purification of the Virgin, 

 it is more popularly known as Candle- 

 mas-day, owing to the fact that it is at 

 this time that the candles are blessed 

 by the clergy of the Roman Catholic 

 church. In France the day is sacred to 

 the Candlemas pancake, a delicacy that 

 is made as follows : 



Put two ounces of butter in a sauce- 

 pan, with two teaspoonfuls of sugar, the 

 grated rind of one lemon, and a little 

 less than a teacupful of water. Boil for 

 ten minutes; then add five ounces of 

 sifted flour, and stir vigorously. When 

 the mixture has become smooth, add five 

 eggs not all together, but breaking 

 them into the batter one at a time, with 

 a thorough stirring after each egg has 

 been added. Roll the dough very thin; 

 cut in circular shape; put some fruit jam 

 or jelly between two of the rounds ; 

 press them together* around the edges, 

 and fry them in deep fat. Serve them 

 hot, sprinkling with powdered sugar. 



St. Valentine's Day. February 14 

 The celebration of Valentine's day, 

 which, in this country, is now chiefly 

 observed by the interchange of senti- 

 mental or jocular communications 

 called "valentines," means a great deal 

 more to the young people in many parts 

 of England. There, instead of exchang- 

 ing anonymous epistles, the lads and 

 lassies of the neighborhood meet to en- 

 joy a more or less elaborate dinner. At 

 the close of this feast, the large heart- 

 shaped cake that has graced the center 

 of the table is cut, but is served to the 

 bachelors alone, for while it in every 

 way resembles an ordinary cake, it has 

 been so constructed that each slice is 

 found to contain a small wad of paper, 

 which, upon being unfolded, discloses 

 the name of one of the young women 

 present at the bojird. In this manner 

 each youth is provided with a partner, 



for it is his duty to seek out the maiden 

 whose .name he has drawn in this novel 

 lottery, that he may be her "valentine." 

 Accordingly, he is assiduous in his at- 

 tentions during the remainder of the 

 evening. 



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