AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
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How to Choose and Wear a Bonnet. 
A correspondent who seems to have 
looked into the bonnet question, writes . 
Mr. Spurgeon, the celebrated London 
preacher, once said to the ladies of his 
congregation, “ My beloved sisters, I have 
been requested to reprove the present 
style of bonnets. I would do so—but upon 
my word, I don't see any.” He was nearly 
right—but yet, there is enough of the bon¬ 
net left to make it worth some attention. 
Let me give the lady readers of the Agri¬ 
culturist a few points which will aid them 
in suiting themselves—and their tasteful 
husbands or lovers—with a bonnet. They 
are to bear in mind :—1. That pink bon¬ 
nets are mostly unfavorable to fair com¬ 
plexions, because, although the amount of 
color reflected (except upon the forehead) 
is generally but trifling, yet what is thus 
imparted to the face, gives it a greenish 
cast. A green bonnet is to be preferred 
to a pink one for a -pale complexion, be¬ 
cause it will give to the face a roseate 
tinge. —2. Yellow or violet bonnets are 
also unfavorable to fair complexions. Yel¬ 
low reflects a violet , and, on the contrary, 
violet reflects a yellow hue upon the 
features and hair.—3. White flowers, or 
blonde ruche, in a pink bonnet, improve it. 
They isolate or separate the face and hair, 
and interpose between them and the ugly 
green reflected from tbe bonnet.—4. A 
Hack or dark bonnet with white feathers, 
flowers, or other trimmings, will be found 
to suit a fair complexion ; and this be¬ 
cause black and white afford good con¬ 
trasts, and because the black isolates, and 
the white / lightens the color of face and 
hair. A black bonnet is less adapted to 
a dark complexion, as there is a want of 
contrast, and the absence of a ground for 
the hair. White trimmings will supply 
this defect to some extent.—5. Brunettes 
can best wear a white bonnet, as this will 
supply a good contrast, and a suitable 
setting for the features and hair ; and this 
especially, if the bonnet be trimmed with 
red, orange, cerise, or saffron-colored flow¬ 
ers and ribbons.—Finally : When the face 
is round, the bonnet should be worn so 
far forward, as to cover part of the cheeks. 
Should the lower part of the faee be broad, 
this defect may be entirely concealed 
by bringing the bonnet in a sloping direction 
towards the point of the chin. If on the 
contrary the face is thin, the bonnet should 
be worn so as to display as much of the cheeks as 
possible. Bonnets are more becoming if worn 
slightly—but very slightly— off the head, and this 
because if the oval of the face and the oval of 
the bonnet stand in the same or parallel lines, 
there results an ugly stiffness, while if the two 
ovals are skillfully made to cross each other, 
a harmonious combination of lines is produced, 
which insensibly pleases the eye. Dora. 
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Transparent Cement for Glass. — Dis¬ 
solve one part by weight of India Rubber in 
64 of Chloroform ; then add 16 to 24 parts 
powdered gum Mastic. This should be kept 
warm for two days, and shaken frequently. It is 
applied with a camel’s hair, or other fine brush. 
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Good words cost nothing, but are worth much. 
Care to be good, whatever evil may surround. 
SENT TO SCHOOL. 
{Engraved for the American Agriculturist.) 
This sketch was designated by the artist: 
“ Going to School.” We think “ Sent to School,” 
a more appropriate title, or perhaps better still, 
“ Coaxed to School.” The youngster can hardly 
be said to be going to school—certainly not in 
the sense of doing a cheerful act. Nor is he 
sent there by a command uttered to be obeyed. 
He has been told to go, but he starts in a sullen 
mood, and his countenance w'ell indicates that he 
knows what will be the reward of his sulkiness. 
The mother, in mistaken kindness, brings out 
the tempting apple, and literally hires him to 
obey a just command, instead of requiring im¬ 
plicit compliance. The picture is introduced fora 
double purpose. In the first place it is pleasing 
as a work of art. Every one must admire the 
naturalness of expression brought out. The atti¬ 
tude of the mother, the easy position of the in¬ 
fant, the evidence of the conflicting emotions de¬ 
picted in the boy’s countenance, and even shown 
by his feet and his satchel dragging upon the 
ground ; indeed the tout ensemble —the entire pic¬ 
ture—can hardly fail to arrest the attention of the 
most careless observer. And in the second 
place, the sketch will, we hope, impress upon 
mothers, more strongly than mere words could 
do, the fact that the boy and not the mother, has 
in this, as in similar instances, obtained the vic¬ 
tory. He is “ pouting,” but there is that in his 
countenance, which as plainly as if spoken, says: 
“ I have conquered her, and after a little more 
fretting I will condescend to compromise and 
accept her apple as a token of her submission.” 
The apple is offered under the promptings of ma¬ 
ternal love and sympathy, but at this moment her 
kindness is mis-directed. How much better to 
require prompt and complete acquiescence in 
her commands, and then, after due time for re- 
