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THE YOUNG SCIENTIST. 
the straight thread of the muslin which 
is to be gathered at the top of the flap) 
drawn down perpendiculars, the length 
of which will be given by the correspond- 
ing lines drawn from top to bottom of 
the first tracing, the extremities of these 
peri^endiculars deciding the direction of 
the cutting-out, which forms a curve. If 
each part of the top and bottom be 
gathered carefully and with regularity, 
the result cannot fail to be satisfactory. 
We have been induced to present this 
type of decoration to our readers, in the 
hope that they may derive advantage 
from the directions and suggestions we 
have given, which will be found applica- 
ble on many and divers occasions besides 
the present one. In Paris upholstery 
decoration for such apartments has been 
extensively adopted, and we have seen 
similar effects carried out in both Ger- 
many and America, with certain modifi- 
cations and variations, to which we may 
return on another occasion. 
This department is intended exclusively for " Our Girls," 
and we hope to make it both interesting and instructive, 
and to this end vi'e 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 
pleasing 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 or 
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 
jcind. 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. 
Brown-eyed Ruth, tlie Quaker's daughter. 
In her dress of simple grey, 
Walked beside her quiet grandpa 
'Mid the garden flowers of May. 
Bed of tulips bright and golden, 
Hyacinths of every shade, 
Pansies, like sweet childish faces 
Looking up to greet the maid. 
How they revelled in the sunshine, 
While 'mid clumps of violets blue. 
Filling all the air with fragrance. 
Glistened still the morning dew. 
Then outspoke the little maiden, 
Looking at her dress of grey, 
" Grandpa, can thee tell t' e reason, 
Why God made the flowers so gay, 
" While we wear the quiet colors 
That thee knows we never meet. 
E'en in clover or the daisies 
That we trample under feet ? 
Seems to me a Quaker garden 
Should not grow such colors bright." 
Roguishly the brown eyes twinkled 
While her grandpa laughed outright. 
True it is, my little daughter, 
Flowers wear not the Quaker grey; 
But they neither toil nor labor 
For their beautiful array. 
Feeling neither pride nor envy, 
'Mong their sister flowers, thee knows, 
Well content to be a daisy 
Or a tall and queenly rose. 
Keeping still the same old fashions 
Of their grandmothers of yore; 
Else how should we know the flowers, 
If each spring new tints they bore ? 
Even so the Quaker maiden 
Should be all content to day. 
As a tulip or a pansy, 
In her dress of simple grey." 
Once again the brown eyes twinkled ; 
" Grandpa, thee is always right ; 
So thee sees, by thy own showing, 
Some may dress in colors bright. 
Those whom thee calls worldly people, 
In their purple and their gold, 
Are no gayer than these pansies 
Or their grandmothers of old. 
" Yet thee knows I am contented 
With this quiet life of ours, 
Still, for all, I'm glad, dear grandpa, 
That there are no Quaker flowers," 
— Twenty-five years ago there was 
sold in Milan a library of 30,000 vol- 
umes, all of which were of woman's 
authorship. 
— In Nebraska there is one woman who 
is an ordained preacher of the Gospel, 
ten who are physicians, one lawyer, and 
six who are county superintendents. 
— The Queen of Denmark, mother of 
the Princess of Wales, is an accomplished 
painter, and has lately presented the 
little villiage of Klitmoiler, in Jutland, 
with an altar-piece, entirely executed by 
her own hands. 
