THE YOUNG 
with yellow and brown paints. White 
Castile Soap.— Keep a piece by you, 
and constantly pass your moistened brush 
over the soap, so as to mix its white 
body with your cake or moist paints. In 
conclusion, remember that the paints 
you have— whether cake or moist colors- 
may be used on silk or satin ; but if you 
intend painting a dress, or contemplate 
using very much paint, it is cheaper and 
quicker to use powder paints. Use only 
the best paints. Thus far, the English 
water colors are the best. The Tyrian 
colors, which are made by a New York 
firm, are better than many French and 
German paints for painting in body color. 
They are superior to other cheap paints. 
— Art Interchange. 
This department is intended exclusively for "Our Girls," 
and we hope to make it both interesting and instructive, 
and to this end we ask our young lady readers to assist by 
contributions, suggestions, or illustrations. There are thous- 
ands of little things that can be, and have been, made and 
done by young ladies, pertaining to decorative art, needle- 
work, etc., etc., that would be gladly followed but for a 
want of knowledge on the subject, and we know of no more 
p'easing task for a lady than that of teaching her younger 
sisters that which they are anxious to learn, and which 
may prove of real benefit to them in the future, as 
well as being useful and interesting for the present. We 
trust we will have no difficulty in persuading those who 
have something nice to show or speak of, to make use of 
this department. Remember, it is open to all, and if you 
have anything worth knowing suitable for this column, 
send it along, and we will give it our best attention. Do 
not be afraid to write because you may fancy your com- 
position is not perfect, or have other scruples of a similar 
Icind. Do the best you can, and leave the rest to the editor 
of this department, and we are sure you will be pleased with 
your work. 
IVE great enemies to peace in- 
habit with us, viz., avarice, am- 
bition, envy, anger, and pride, 
and if these enemies were to be 
banished we should infallibly enjoy per- 
petual peace.— Pe^rarc/i. 
— No cord or cable can draw' so forci- 
bly or bind so fast as love can do with a 
single thread.— j5urton. 
— You remember the fairy who was so 
good-natured that any weapon aimed at 
her changed its quality: stones became 
balls of silk, and arrows became flowers. 
The moral of the fable is evident. Be but 
liked and you will not be censured for 
your failings (if you have any), nor envied 
for your good fortune.— >S/iarp. 
— When the poet Carpani inquired of 
his friend Haydn how it happened that 
his church music was always so cheerful, 
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the great composer made a most beauti- 
ful reply. " I cannot," he said, " make it 
otherwise. I write according to the 
thoughts I feel. When I think upon God 
my heart is so full of joy that the notes 
dance and leap, as it were, from my pen, 
and since God has given me a cheerful 
heart, it will be pardoned me that I serve 
Him with a cheerful spirit." 
—Yellow silk tapestry is combined very 
effectively in upholstery with capucine 
shades in plush. 
— Plush is no longer dependent for de- 
coration upon oil paint or embroidery. 
The latest style is to carry out an uncon- 
ventional design in bronze paints, the re- 
sult appearing like work inwrought in re- 
lief. 
—A fancy is shown for trimming the 
ends of plush table scarfs with cone- 
shaped pendants in plush, no two adja- 
cent ones being of the same color, while 
all repeat or harmonize with the color of 
the embroidery. 
FLORICULTUEE FOR GIRLS. 
" Eoses musky-breathed and drooping 
daffodilly and silver-leaved lily!" 
Who would not court such sweet com- 
panionship? I wonder if girls realize 
half they miss by neglecting to spare a 
little of their time for the cultivation of 
flowers ? It is the Eve work in the world. 
No work in itself more delightful, none 
more healthful, none that gives greater 
results for the labor expended; yet as a 
rule, while a maiden will spend hours 
over fancywork, or some counterfeit pre- 
sentment of a flower, the few minutes 
given to plant-tending are thought much 
of, and the plants dubbed " ungrateful " 
if they don't flourish tremendously in 
gratitude for having a little water poured 
over them and a dead leaf or so picked 
off. 
It may happen, in the autumn, that 
the house daughter thinks, " I will have 
a few house-plants this winter," and she 
thereupon devotes a morning to potting 
some of the garden plants, gets quite en- 
thusiastic over it, looks with triumph at 
the end of the day upon her work, and 
