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CONDUCTED BY MISS RAY CLARK;. 
“ JE VOUS AIME.” 
CHARLES RICHARDS DODGE. 
“ I LOVE YOU" Big-fits the roving bee 
To the wild, red rose; aud daintily 
The belted knight bends low und sips 
The nectar troni her crimson Ups, 
And laughs that love is bo free. 
IT. 
“ I love you,” sighs the wild red rose 
To the sunbeam, as it fondly throws 
Her a love-kiss, tender and true; 
And it answers, " I love you." 
in. 
“ I love yon,” sighs a bashful boy 
To a blusliiDg maid —90 shy and coy— 
Yet happy that love is so free. 
And the sunbeam and the truant bee 
Breathe in his ear those words of joy 
The maiden durst not, “ I love thee." 
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RECREATION. 
YELENA. 
Away from the heat, the noise and the dust, to 
cool, quiet and shady retreats, the people of the 
city are hying. Not alone for pleasure, hut the 
health of many require this change. 
The overworked bratn and worn-out nerves have 
lost their tension and they demand a respite, a 
rec-reatlon and a re-creation. 
All day In close, ill-ventilated rooms, hreatlilng 
dust from manufacturing tools of iron or brass, or 
bending over writing desks luhallng air laden 
with gas and various odors, Is It a wonder that 
heart and lungs cry for a change ? in truth, the 
whole system demands pure air, pure water, pure 
food and wholesome rest. The monotonous rou¬ 
tine of life, whether one of continued activity or 
dull sluggishness must be broken Into, to keep the 
health of brain and body unimpaired. 
Too long a strain, as well as a want of proper 
exercise, produces tlabblness of the muscles. Too 
constant use of the mind lessens Its strength and 
weakens the bratn; and using It but little, or not 
at all, produces the same result. 
Both too much exercise or too Little should 
equally bo avoided. Every body should work both 
mind and body a certain length of time and then 
should rest In order to keep both healthy and In 
tone. 
KICl, 257. 
FIG. 25(5. 
For how long a time, or lo what extent, depends 
upon the actual strength of the person. It Is not 
always necessary that there should be an actual 
cessation of duties, but there should be an avoid¬ 
ance of coni limed monotonous labor. 
An occasional hour or abandoning all work, all 
care and forgetting all sorrow and p-dn Is condu¬ 
cive to health, to strength and to labor. A change 
of place and a change of associations arc untold 
helps In many and varied ways. 
Even slight changes have their effects; one can 
hardly be too youug, nor can he well he too old 
not to appreciate a pleasant change even though 
It he for but a short, time. 
What those changes must be, to result the most 
henedclaliy, depends upon the habits and employ¬ 
ments of the different ones. 
Those residing In rural districts ought to have 
rest and recreation, but tbe air they breathe, the 
water they drink and the food they consume are 
comparatively pure. With them noise Is an ex¬ 
ception. There Is no rumbllug or clattering or 
wheels going round over stone pavements; no 
buzzing and whirring or machinery distracting 
almost to insanity the tired brain; no thrilling 
the strained nerves with Intense vibrations caus¬ 
ing extreme pain. These are unknown and untelt 
In quiet, balmy country retreats. The soothing 
power of sylvan glades, the hushed and fragrant 
air restore only over-wrought humanity Those 
to whom It Is au every-day and a life-long enjoy¬ 
ment ought occasionally, to taste the hurried, 
busy aud cramped life In the heat and dust of a 
town, In order to fully appreciate the blessings at 
their door. 
Not that fanners do not feel the heat, dust 
noise and labor almost incessantly, hut they can 
stop off in the “ cool and quietwhile for people 
In the town there is neither the cool nor the quiet 
to be had. 
They must go from home for it, and It Is to uige 
the making of arrangements tor this most benefi¬ 
cial recreation that I agitate the subject. Parents 
need rest and children require a change. 
Bo not make expensive preparations nor go to 
popular and expensive resorts, but find a place 
and at such prices as you can well afford, and en¬ 
joy It a week. 
We could all recreate more If we would do It 
more wisely. 
It we would only be healthy and clean and con¬ 
tent, we could rusticate with as much pleasure at 
a dollar a day as some do for five. In fact, many 
camp out at much less cost and have as good a 
time as they ever had, providing they do It “ wise¬ 
ly and well.” 
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DESCRIPTION OF CUTS. 
Fig. 25S.—Fashionable Fans.— The larger fan Is 
oi feathers, with small flowers Introduced; It Is 
mounted on satlnwood. The smaller fan shuts 
into a case; It Is Intended tor outdoor use. 
leave her stockings unassorted and unmended until 
somebody wanted a pair, and then there was a 
flurry and hunt for needles and darning cotton, 
and not a pair of shears or scissors to he found In 
the whole nouse. Very likely she would sit down 
to darn them with a case knife In her lap, with 
which to cut the thread. 
It was the same way all through the house. 
I have seen her little girl trotting around with 
one black and one white kid shoe on; but then her 
fig. 
Fig. 259.—Wokk-basket.— Any wicker basket 
may he used for this purpose. It la covered with 
cashmere and Is ornamented with cloth drapery, 
each section of which is embrolderedwlth a bouquet 
of roses and lilac, or the bouquet may be made of 
flowers composed of narrow China ribbon, the 
leavesbelog embroidered; a bouquet is alsoworked 
In the center of the lid, which la ornamented with 
a cord and ruche of narrow ribbon; hall-wave 
fringe flulshes the drapes. 
Fig. 2 n(5 .—dkehs sleeve.—T he sleeve Is suitable 
for a home-dress of cashmere or other material, It 
Is ornamented with a gathered cuff of silk and a 
bow of ribbon. 
Fig. 257 . 260 and 261.— Borders in Cross and 
Italian stitch.— For handkerchiefs, children’s 
washing-dresses, So. The border may be worked 
in ingrain cotton or washing floss. In colors to suit 
the material it is intended to ornament. 
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MAKING WORK EASIER. 
It Is a delightful thing to see a household man¬ 
aged In a methodical manner, when there Is no 
fuss made about It; when the wheels and pulleys 
that move the well-ordered machine are kept so 
much out of sight, that nobody is disturbed by 
them, and kept In fear lest she shall In some way 
disarrange their working. 
There are houses where a klud of state prison 
system prevails, which Is very Irksome to all who 
come within Its sphere; but the ait that hides art 
Is the perfection of good housekeeping. You see 
the pleasing results and that Is all you know about 
it. 
Household work Is carried on with much greater 
case where this quiet, order Is found. Nohuutmg 
for this, or that, because everything is in its place. 
No flutter when company comes unexpectedly, be¬ 
cause there Is no place lit to receive them. The 
darkened sitting-room Is thrown open to the light, 
and they are ushered In to Us cool, inviting atmos¬ 
phere, and the housekeeper can sit down and en¬ 
tertain them without an uneasy consciousness 
that the corners aro all In confusion. 
We all have gifts differing, hut there is no one 
but can improve an original defect in character 
and training, If she have but the real heart for It. 
While children are small, and there are many 
about a house, It la seldom possible to adjust mat¬ 
ters with great regularity; even very orderly 
women And their souls vexed and harassed unduly 
from day to day, because of repeated failures. 
253. 
stockings were of different kinds so they matched 
pretty well. 
Attention to little things ju3t as r you go along, 
will save a great deal of time, labor and confusion 
afterwards. 
It will give you courage, too. and that Is worth 
a great deal to a soldier, who has a hard battle to 
fight. It Is Inspiring to think "that Is well done,” 
even If It Is so small a matter as polishing your 
tea-kettle, and it win give pleasure and courage 
every time your eye rests on it. Edith. 
HUSBANDS AND WIVES. 
M. . 1 . T. 
I am writing to welcome Miss Irene to our 
Women's Columns. That she brings a vigorous 
mind and strength to wield the pen cannot he 
doubted. Nor do I questlou but that she speaks 
truly as well as feelingly on the wrongs oi some 
wives she knows and probably loves, sink as an 
old wife myself, I have no faith in publicly dress¬ 
ing clown our husbands. 
Unfortunately, there are men, who, having led 
their wives to the altar, act as though they 
thought by giving the woman their name they 
had performed i he last act of courtesy to be ex¬ 
pected from them, but there Is only a smalt pro¬ 
portion Of this class, and even toward them we as 
Christians must remember io exercise that char¬ 
ity described by st. Paul, "which suffereth long 
and is kind." Then we must also remember that 
It Is very possible the wife falls below the Ideal that 
her husband formed of her character, just as the 
same experience la realized by the wife. 
One thought has often occurred to me, that the 
temper of the contracting parties ought to be 
seriously considered. The old lady who asserted 
that temper was everything, was nearer the truth 
than many may suppose. A man or phlegmatic 
temperament can hardly conceive the pain that 
his Indifference will give to a sensitive wife. 
It Is true that workingmen’s wives aro too often 
overworked. In many cases, however, It seems 
impossible to avoid It, and when weariness comes 
the temper falls, and we see only the hard side of 
our lot; hut let the weary ones remember the 
promise: "As thy days, so shall thy strength be." 
The thought will do good, and the children will 
soon grow to be a help and comfort. Let us try to 
teach the young people to be courteous to one 
another; that will help to make good, thoughtful 
husbands and wives for the future. 
any more than they would be guilty of appearing 
In company with uncombed hair. 
Make It a rule to have a dentist examine your 
teeth at least two or three times a year. Have 
the back ones filled with amalgam and those In 
front with gold. The amalgam will last Just as 
long but does not look as well as the gold fillings. 
After they are filled take care of them; use a 
tooth brush with a—tufted end, convex In shape— 
this kind of a brush Is better than an ordinary 
one because It can penetrate parts of the teeth 
that you cannot touch with another kind of brush; 
clean them twice a day and oftener if possible. Use 
a powder (recommended by a good dentist) or 
white casttle soap; brush the front ones tewjrh- 
wise and be as particular In cleaning the Inside as 
the outside of the teeth. Once a day run linen or 
silk floss between them, this Is the best prevent- 
tlve known tor decay between the teeth. 
if you flnd In spite of alt this care that tartar Is 
forming, get some powdered pumtee-stone, take a 
match with the sulphur end bitten off, make the 
end bushy, wet It, dip It Ui the powder ana rub it 
across the teeth lengthwise, gently until the tar¬ 
tar disappears. 
For a foul breath wash the mouth out with car¬ 
bolic acid, diluted In water, and lemons eaten oc¬ 
casionally. The latter, however. Is not very good 
for the teeth. Miss M. D. 
SCARE-CROWS. 
No sort of use In hanging out such looking 
things, to keep birds out of the cherry trees, or 
the crows from the corn fields. Birds aren't tools 
they have sharp eyes, and see through such shams 
quicker than human beings do. Why I have seen 
effigies stuck up in the corn-field that would 
scarce a horse, and make a boy jump, and the 
crows would come and pull the corn, without a 
sign of fear. I tell you it Is not an easy mat¬ 
ter to cheat birds; they will not be humbugged 
by old clothes, or hooped skirts; they are too sen¬ 
sible for that. Now if you want to keep birds 
from trespassing, just drive up stakes in the corn¬ 
field, and tie a string around the necks of some 
glass junk bottles, and hang them on the top of 
the stakes or on the limbs of the trees. Birds are 
shy of bottles, they show a deal or good sense m 
It too. 
There Is danger In Dottles, and birds keep clear 
of them. They never go near them, and it Is the 
best use one can put them to. Grandmother. 
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FIG. 201. 
FIG. 260. 
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Dimples to Order. —A New York paper heralds 
a manufacturer of dimples, who comes from 
Paris, of course, and whose modus opera mil is de¬ 
scribed as follows: "I make a puncture In the 
skin at the point where the dimple Is required 
that cannot be noticed when It has healed, and 
with a very delicate Instrument I remove a slight 
portion of the muscle. Then I excite a slight in¬ 
flammation, which attaches the skin to the sub¬ 
cutaneous hollow 1 have formed. In a few days 
the wound—If wound It can be called—bas healed, 
and a charming dimple Is the result.” 
FIG 259. 
Be Tidy.—“Now, my son,” said a kind mother 
to her little boy, “be tidy, fold up your nightgown 
again: 1 must have It done neatly." 
That boy has grown up to be a man. A friend 
said to him one day 
“ How is It you get through so much work as 
you do?” 
“ Method, method,” was the reply. “ I am 
now reaping the fruits of my mother’s lesson— 
‘ Be tidy !’ ” 
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To Wasu a Muslin Bkess.— Make a good lather, 
and wash the muslin in cold water—never putting 
it Into warm water even to vinse It. if the muslin 
is green, add a wlneglassful of vinegar to the 
water in which It Is rinsed; if Ulac, the same 
quantity ot ammonia. For black and white mus¬ 
lins use a small quantity ot sugar of lead. 
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Be. Johnson once said In hla bluff way, that 
want of economy was a kind of dishonesty. Cer¬ 
tain it is, the improvident man robs himself, and 
his punishment is sure to be painful if not pub- 
It Is a good thing to strive often and keep stead¬ 
ily before the mind, the necessity of system. It is 
but little more trouble, In the first place, to hang 
up a garment, than to throw It over a chair, and It 
saves a great deal ot trouble afterwards. It must 
behung up eventually and has, very likely, become 
rumpled, aud heeds honing, or soiled, and needs 
brushing, caused by the waut ot care at first. It 
has also been in the way for hours. How easy to 
have saved it all I 
It seems an odd way but I have known a woman, 
ot over-burdened with work either, who would 
As tor Miss Irene, when the right man comes, I 
feel sure that she will have his supper ready by 
the time he comes home, so that he will only have 
to play with baby while she clears It away. 
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WORLDLY MATTERS FOR GIRLS. 
Teeth. 
Lately, dentistry has become so perfected that 
no excuse can be given by anyone for unsightly 
teeth; no lady or gentleman will neglect them, 
lie. 
Good temper is like a sunny day, it sheds a 
brightness over everything; it is the sweetener of 
toll, and the soother of disquietude. 
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CORRESPONDENTS’ CORNER. 
Will Miss M. B. please tell us where “ London 
Hair Restorer’’may be obtained? I have failed 
to find it at any of the druggists where I reside. 
McKean Co., Pa. Belle W. H, 
