MOOBE’S BUBAL WEW-YORKEB 
GIRLS! PASS ALONG! 
bless me! what n rosy row 
Of girls at me thotr glances throw, 
As they gayly come and go, 
The light, coquettish throng! 
Can’t the darlings hear me say, 
“ I have had my youthful day; 
Now, I put such things away ?” 
Girls! pass along ! 
Ah, my Zoepray desist! 
Sooth, I care pot to be kissed ; 
Ask your mother If 1 list 
To Cupid's siren song ? 
She—but that-is c litre turns— l 
Knows what l-eve and I can do; 
Her advice you’d best pursue— 
Girls! pass along! 
Laura! you would hardly guess 
How your gran dam used to press 
Lips of mine—well—I confess— 
Wo didn't think It wrong; 
Look! she’s coming! Tempt me not 
In gay saioon or shady grot; 
A jealous eye the dame has got; 
Girls! puss along! 
IV, 
You smiling to >! you naughty Rose ! 
I wonder now if you suppose 
I’m not aware what sort of beaux 
Around your beauty throng ? 
I know the husband-hunting crew. 
And all the pretty tricks they do; 
I'm old—but much too young for you ! 
Girls! puns along ! 
Away—away!—you madcaps!—fly !— 
Your roguish arts Why will you try 
To bind a graybourd—sueh as 1— 
Witll Cupid’s slender thong ? 
Yet, liko u powder magazine, 
My heart from flying sparks I screen, 
Tho sparks that shoot from wanton o’en :— 
Girls! pass along ! 
[After Beranqcr, by Saxe. 
SEASONABLE GARMENTS. 
There is a picture of an efficient housolteepor t 
In the last chapter of Proverbs which it would v 
do us all good to read daily. She “Was uot 1 
afraid of tho snow for her household, for ail 1 
iter household were clothed in soarlet.’’ Good, * 
seasonable, tasteful suits her children had, no ■ > 
doubt, for summer as well as fur winter. Many < 
homo mothers have quite the oppndte feeling 1 
as they note the changing seasons. They sire I 
“afraid of the snow,’’ and the warm sunshine, I 
for the reason that their poor ducks ” have noth¬ 
ing to wear." 
Jt is not always poverty that stands in tho 
way. Want of forethought is often quite as 
much to blame. There stands the good sewing 
machine, with its forty women power, ready to 
turn out a suit in a hurry if un emergency de¬ 
mands it, so the work is put off! Oh, this “ put¬ 
ting off" dot® play the mischief with home com¬ 
fort. The hare and tortoise story is matched 
every day in domestic life in some homes. It 
Isn't the fault, of t he blessed sewing machine 
at all, that women procrastinate so about their 
sewing. It should H i, bear a feather's weight 
of the blame. 
Hut how comfortable those children are whose 
mothera pursue the opposite plan like ibis ex¬ 
cellent woman of Solomon's ! “ 1 always dw ■ e 
up a groat many garments in win!or that are to 
be worn in summer,'' said the mother of a large 
family to me. ft. might look incongruous to be 
making up lawn dresses when the snow was on 
the ground; but It was a great satisfaction when 
the warm weather came, to see a nice row of 
seasonable dresses hanging up in the close!, 
ready for use. The girls were not obliged to 
stay at home from the May party because they 
had no spring dress fit to wear. 
Tt. takes no longer t o make a dress at one time 
than at another, and cert ainly it, is moro com¬ 
fortable to make one up wlien not working 
under the lash of necessity. Have oho good 
suit at least ready for tho changing seasons, for 
all members of the family. If you design to 
practice economy, as most of us working-day 
folks do, learn to make a respectable hat for 
your little girl and a bonnet for yourself out of 
materials you have op hand. Do this early, so 
that you may not bo obliged to wear your hot 
velvet or felt away Into warm weather, or to 
keep on your light straw and taee long after 
every one else has changed for the season. 
Most women can make a second-best hat that 
will serve for but a month or two while It is 
new, and there is a great deal of comfort, t o* hr 
got from such an arrangement. Look over tho 
old coat, too, which was cast off as t( >” shabby 
to wear again. Ripping apart, sponging, turn¬ 
ing, if it can be done, cutting over by a nice 
pattern, and most important of all, new trim¬ 
ming of some neat, tasteful sort, can work 
wonders on those old garments. I have seen 
beautiful spring sacks made from father's old 
coat, and a neat little girl's jacket out of a pair 
of old pantaloons. But whatever your plans 
and works, strive to be before-handed with 
them. " J * E * M ’ E * 
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Miss Woodhead is acting as a tutor in math¬ 
ematics in an English College. 
“NICER THAN WISE.” 
When visiting at Aunt Fanny's, a few days 
ago, this thought came to my mind“ She is 
nicer than wise." And this was what made me 
think Aunt Fanny “ nicer than wiso ”She had 
a lady visitor from the city. (Aunt liv ed in iho 
country, and was counted the beat housekeeper 
in tho neighborhood.) This friend from tho 
city was also a number-ono housekeeper, so 
Aunt did her prettiest that day and got up a 
dinner “ fit to set before the king," and l am 
sure we all did justice to hergood dinner, if not 
to ourselves. Aunt bns a large family, and 
some had to wait until the second table. Of 
course the children know who had fk> wall. 
After the big folks bad eaten dinner, while it 
was smoking hot, and sat and talked Half an 
hour, then came tins little folks to get what, was 
left, and cold. But. they soon had their dinner 
eaten, for Biumts was hurrying them up so she 
could wash tho dishes. Emma and Aoa, Ihe 
girls, sat down to oat, and Willie, who had 
been helping his pa fun wheat all the morning, 
came bouncing into the dining-room for his 
share. Aunt came in.lust then. She said s—“ No, 
Willie, don’t you sit down there and rub that 
dirty coat sleeve nil over my clean table cloth ; 
take your plate in the kitchen at that table. 
Biiidie give him some victuals.” 
Now, I think that was too bad- Willie 
should have had his dinner from tho clean 
table-cloth as well as the girls; but l am afraid 
Aunt thought more oT her clean table-cloth 
than Willie'S feelings when she sent, him 
away. She was a little “ nicer than wise ” that 
time. What If he did soil tbc snowy White 
table-cloth ? What are they made for, if not to 
eat off of? We can make them white again, 
when soap and water are plenty, fm* the com¬ 
fort of the boys. Fes, let them get the good of 
them as well as the girls. I do believe some 
mothers think their boys arc hard-hearted, and 
that it don’t make any difference what you say 
to them; they don’t mind it; but if they don t 
seem to at tho time, little by little it. makes a 
difference with them, oven if you don't see it. 1 
have been in families where tho mother was 
constantly reproving her son Tor something. 
For my part, l could not. see any thing to re¬ 
prove him for. 
Dear mother, don’t keep your house so over- 
nice your son cannot, be at ease the little time 
ho is in it, but rejoice to boo the sunny days 
eome when he can tic out doors, out of mother's 
way, and won’t, muddy tho clean tloor. What if 
he did got t he tloor a little muddy, better let him 
do It, If that will make him love the dear old 
home any more. I 1 or, mothers, you can t do too 
. much to make your boys happy at home. It it. 
does cost something now, you will bo more 
than paid by-and-by. when they are older, and 
homo attractions keep them out of bad com¬ 
pany. Don’t bo “ nicer than wise," dear mother. 
landing for tty |otrag. 
TIT FOR TAT. 
I met a maid on yon liill-stdc, 
And she was fair to see— 
“ Give me a kiss, fair maid,” l cried: 
“ Give me a gift,” said she. 
“ A gift within a purse I have, 
Tho purse is in a pack; 
The purse in keeping lletli safe, 
On tny good charger’s back. 
“ And my good charger cometh not, 
While on llio blit I roam ; 
He lleth In bis stall, I wot— 
My charger Is at- home.” 
« And yet. tbou’dsl have a kiss, good sir : 
My Ups would give It thee 
But they are locked full fast, good sir— 
My mother has the key; 
“ And my good mother Is uot bore, 
White on tho hill I roam ; 
Just as your trusty steed, good sir, 
My mother is at home." 
[Gordon Campbell. 
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MAMMA’S BIRTH DAY. 
BY M. D. BIUNE. 
“To-morrow is mamma’s birth-day," .whis¬ 
pered papa to little Mamie and Milly, as they 
climbed on his knee. “ What shall we give her?” 
FRENCH WOMEN. 1 
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Mr. Conway, in one of Ins letters, says;— I 
know not how it Is, but there scorns to bo rarely i 
a medium with French women between tho f 
flirt and the saint. If tho average French lady | 
of tho upper class is not a Sister of Charily, t 
probably she is one of the large class which, , 
without departing perhaps from the technical f 
innocence, which is all society cares for, has , 
given an evil sense to the phrase, women of , 
the world." Morally, the French people seem | 
to me quite different from all other people. 
They arc essentially irreligious, (if plet.y the i 
women have a great deal; but such a tiling as i 
we should call in America nr Engla nd an “ evan¬ 
gelical” French man or French woman, would 
be to me as Inconceivable as a black rose, t 
have just heard that this season there have been 
n« fewer Hum ninety-live thousand pilgrims to 
the sacred healing fountain at Lourdes, said to 
have been called out of the rock bynn apparl- 
Mou of the Virgin Mary. Of all these pilgrims, 
probably ten per cent, have a tilt of Fenelon, or 
asoupcon of Madame Onion, in thorn; but the 
great mass of them make their pilgrimage a 
frolic. F.vory ovcnlng they pass singing amor¬ 
ous songs, playing ccmto and drinking wine. 
Any element which could, under the most fa¬ 
vorable eircnmscancos, bo evolved into a grave, 
Puritan moralistti, is utterly lacking in them. 
French morality oonsists of a quick sense of 
personal honor, and a line sense of thealaims of 
other people. It seems to go no farther, as an 
ethical principle. This makes them hardly lit 
to lie deacons or deaconesses; but it has much 
to do with making them the most delightful, 
kindly and witty people in the world. 
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WOMAN THE GUIDE. 
I agree perfectly with Mrs. F. T. Rushmore. 
Her reply to t he cos ay on man, of Miss Kelsey’s, 
is, without, exception, faultless. Many wives 
and mot hoi’s are to blame for the weary, tired | 
home-life they are leading. And t advise them 
to place the article which Mrs. Rushmore has 
kindly sent to the Rfral Just where they can 
see it daily. It speaks truth. Try the advice 
therein given you, wives and mothers; and to 
those about to enter wedded bliss, I would say, 
learn every word of the-airtiele by heart. 
A Wife and Mother. 
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The question whether women have a right to 
vote under the fourteenth and fifteenth amend¬ 
ments is new pending In the Supreme Courts of 
five States. 
Mamma, looking up from her work, replied, 
with a grave face “ I would rather have two 
little girls good all day long than the finest pres¬ 
ent in the world ! ” 
i’apa looked surprised, and MAMIE and Milly 
hung their heads ; for then knew of two little 
girls who had quarreled with each other, and 
had been very selfish towards each other, sev¬ 
eral times that day. However, mamma said 
nothing more, and papa kissed hia little girls 
and said he know they were sorry, till at. last 
they went softly and kissed mamma, and she 
smiled upon them once more. Bod-time for 
little folks cainc very soon, and at length 
Mamie and Milly were softly tucked in their 
trundle bed and left to themselves. There was 
a great deal of whispering between the two for 
some time, but pretty soon they went fast 
asleep, and mamma, and papa found them lying 
with arms round each other, when they also re¬ 
tired. Next morning, bright and early, the 
children awoke, and Milly wan tad to get up; 
but Mamie was more Inclined to another nap. 
t?o Milly fretted, because sho didn’t want to 
get up alone, and Mamik began a cross answer, 
when alt of a sudden she Bald: 
“There, Milly, we forgot! Don't you 
know-” And lo! the frowns disappeared 
and smiles came instead, as with one accord 
both little girls sprang to the floor. 
“ There, I’m glad 1 didn't take another nap," 
said Mamie, and then she sat down to put on 
said, and Mamie agreed, provided Milly would 
allow her to return the service. 
Now, this was a very unusual thing on the 
part of these little sisters. 1 am sorry to say, 
that., although they were five years old and 
know better, yet hardly a morning passed but 
what they got angry with each other for some 
trifling matter or pell v jealousy, which grieved 
their mother very much. Something had hap¬ 
pened to the children this morning, mamma 
feared, as she heard no sound of cross voices 
from the little room adjoining hern. Ho she 
peeped through the key-hole, and there they 
were, like little whito mice, so still and quiet. 
Milly was gravely putting on Mamie's stock¬ 
ings, and not a. cross look on either face ! 
“ Dear inel" whispered mamma to papa, “do 
look at the children ! " 
Ho pretty soon the little ones entered mam¬ 
ma’s room dressed as well as they could manage 
alone, and gave her a birth-day kiss. It would 
take too long to tell all the kind things theso 
Children did for each other that day. Mamma 
waft surprised to find that she had no occasion 
to reprove t hem. All I ho day they played hap¬ 
pily together, or If one forgot and began a cross 
word, tho other would say the mysterious 
words“ Don’t forget 1" and behold! tho 
clouds would go away and the sunshine come 
again. 
When papa came home and Mamie and Milly 
climbed into bis lap, lie asked lias mamma 
had a birth-day present yet ? " 
Mamma looked up, laughing, as she said“I 
guess ho, pupa, for there have been two little 
sunbeams lu tho house all day long, and 1 
couldn't have received a brighter gift!" 
O! how glad the IIllio sisters were as papa 
foldod them in his arms and kissed hia little 
“sunbeams.” Ho drew a picture of tho chil¬ 
dren, one day, just as they looked that morning 
pelting on each other's stockings, and now all 
the little readers of the Mitral New-V orkeu 
may see it. 
®ht fuller. 
GEOGRAPHICAL PUZZLE. No. 2. 
I AM composed of 554 letters : 
My 4, 5,2,11,21,10, 18 is tho lurgestcity of Illinois 
My 20, 21, 11, « is a cape on the east coast of 
North America. 
My W,SI, 2,14 is a branch of tho Mississippi river, 
My 1, 21, 7, 3,21 isari island In the Mediterranean. 
My 12,21,8, US, 1Y is a town in Germany, noted 
for salt works. 
My S3, 21, 8,13,10 is a cape on ttie Spanish coast. 
My Si, 18, 4,2, 17, 3, 21 is a group of islands in the 
Pacific. 
My whole is t he title of a school book. 
I pr Answer in two weeks. 8. f. 
ILLUSTRATED REBUS.-No. 9. 
lie J5t? -tit 
her stockings. Then she said, “ b e were to 
“Oh, yes!” interrupted Milly, “so we 
were! ” And she sat down beside her sister. 
“ Let me put your stockings on for you,” she 
Answer in two weeks. 
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PUZZLE. No, 6, 
I am eleven letters —a bird, an agricultural 
implement and a military man. My first and 
second is an abbreviation of a title which dis¬ 
tinguishes physicians from other people. If to 
my first three were ndded my eighth, they 
would indicate a vile woman, or a wooden box, 
or something solid, or a piece, of cloth, or a 
color; but if to my first throe were added my 
last, it would indicate something fearful. My 
3d, 4th ami nth signify something pus to r gone. 
If to my 4th, nth and 0th you add my last, you 
will have something good; tint W instead of 
adding my last you add my 2d and 5th and 
nth, you have a Hindoo confessor. My four 
first, combined, arc the names of two entirely 
dissimilar agricultural implements, of a net, a 
carriage, a part- of a flask, a tool in masonry, a 
motion. I f to tny first four you add my 5th and 
7th, you have a fabulous animal, a violent per¬ 
son, a. constellation, a luminous exhalation, a 
firearm and a reptile. My first seven mean en- 
i -.lavement, persecuting u soldier. a pigeon ; and 
yet while my first seven mean a pigeon, 1 am 
still another bird; and while I am only eleven 
letter- f am twenty; and the last four of the 
eleven is also a bird ; thus I am t liree distinct 
birds. Now-, can you guess who and what 1 am 7 
ami why. if I am only eleven letters, I ain 
twenty? UNCLE Charles. 
Answer in two weeks. 
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PUZZLER ANSWERS.—Maroh 15. 
Problem No. 6.—101.3125 + cubic feet. 
Cross-Word Enigma No. e—A girl. 
