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THE KUkAL NEW-YORKER 
December 13, 
Woman and the Home 
From Day to Day 
MY HEART IS BUT A LOWLY INN. 
My heart is but a lowly inn 
Like that of old in Bethlehem, 
Where busy cares come wayfaring, 
And vagrant fears their clamor bring, 
And traders barter silk or gem, 
And craving wants, like cattle dumb, 
Wait at their stanchions to be fed, 
While service, clad in homely clout, 
All the long day speeds in and out 
And late and weary creeps to bed. 
Yet, Lord, if through the flushing night 
I, too, may see Thy moving star, 
And feel, as then, the air astir 
With breath of frankincense and myrrh 
By pilgrim wisdom brought from far; 
And if the radiance grow and glow 
Through every mean and humble place 
Till, touched by that unscathing flame, 
In penitence and tender shame 
I know the Christ-cliild’s beauteous face, 
Then shall the drowsy servitors 
Straightway arise and shout and sing, 
And all my heart’s poor hostelry, 
Transformed by love and praise, shall be 
A palace for the new-born King 
—Mary A. P. Stansbury in Christian 
Advocate. 
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The New York Tribune tells how a lit¬ 
tle girl from a Western State on a visit 
to her grandparents in New York wrote 
her “impressions” to her mother. Among 
other things she said: “This is a lovly 
place. The streets are so nice and the 
children are lovly. They are paved dif- 
rent from home and Uncle Georges car 
runs fine over them. The church is near 
the house and we went Sunday in the 
rain. But did not mind it was so short. 
Aunt Carrie had me to a store, but she 
did not get anything. She just went. 
And they had music and things to eat 
right in the store.” 
* 
The French Academy of Medicine now 
announces that the removal of moles and 
similar facial blemishes may be a cause 
of cancer, as these “beauty spots” are 
sometimes favorable to malignant growth. 
Perhaps the greatest danger, however, is 
the treatment of facial blemishes by 
ignorant quacks, whose only aim is to 
get as much money as possible from their 
victims. There is a French proverb which 
states that one must suffer to be beauti¬ 
ful, and certainly the women who submit 
to the ministrations of a “beauty special¬ 
ist” do suffer to attain their ideals. There 
is a different type of* beauty, however, 
which is wrought from different ideals; 
it is thus described by Arnold Bennett in 
the person of a woman of 72: “From end 
to end of her life she had consistently 
thought the best of all men, refusing to 
recognize evil and assuming the exist¬ 
ence of good. Every one of her millions 
of kind thoughts had helped to mold the 
expression of her countenance. The ex¬ 
pression was definite now, fixed, intense¬ 
ly characteristic after so many decades, 
and wherever it was seen it gave pleasure 
and by its enchantment created goodness 
and good-will—even out of their oppo¬ 
sites.” 
* 
Muffs are both pillows and bolsters this 
Winter; in addition to the flat pillow we 
see many of the long bolsters, which are 
round and quite narrow, but very long, 
so that they come right up to the elbows. 
The trimming of heads and tails is done 
away with. Very often a flower made 
of ribbon, or a little knot of vari-eolored 
flowers, is pinned to the muff. Stoles 
are the favorite collar, though they vary 
much in width and shape. A great many 
fur sets are made in combination with 
brocade or velvet, or two kinds of fur 
are used. The black and white civet cat 
that was so popular last year is still very 
much admired, but a newer fur is fitch, 
which old-fashioned people will remember 
as the fur their grandmothers wore in 
barrel muffs and victoriues. It is a 
beautiful soft yellow shading to brown, 
as rich and velvety as Russian sable, 
which grows more costly every year. The 
fitch is not really an aristocratic animal, 
being the European polecat, but its fur 
varies from dark brown and white, like 
its close relative, the weasel, to delicate 
shades of yellow. Why polecat, one may 
ask? The name is said to be derived from 
poule, a French word for hen, because, 
like others of its family it is very de¬ 
structive to poultry. Colored furs, dyed 
bright lemon yellow, pink and other 
weird shades, are offered as fashionable 
novelties, but arc too extreme to be pop¬ 
ular. This is a great fur season in spite 
of the long mild Fall, and dresses, wraps, 
suits and hats are all trimmed with 
it. All the shops are offering any quan¬ 
tity of fur trimming by the yard. This 
is used to edge skirts and tunics, also 
cuffs and collars. Evening dresses of 
very sheer fabrics are freely trimmed with 
fur, also lace neck trimmings, such as 
guimpes and fichus, which have very nar¬ 
row fur edgings. It is also much used 
in millinery. 
The Rural Patterns. 
When ordering patterns always give 
number of patterns and measurement de¬ 
sired. 
7S09 Girl’s one-piece dress, S to 12 
years. With or without shield, with long 
or elbow sleeves. 8090 Girl’s dress, 10 to 
14 years. With long or short sleeves. 
S06S Girl’s coat, 8 to 14 years. With 
collar that can be rolled over or buttoned 
up closely at the neck. 8097 Child’s long 
waisted petticoat, 2 to 0 years. 8070 
Child’s bath robe, 2 to 0 years. 
7951 Cutaway coat, .”4 to 42 bust. With 
or without cuffs and waistcoat. 7758 
Cutaway coat, 34 to 42 bust. With or 
without vestee and tabs on back. 8004A 
Coat with kimona sleeves, 34 to 44 bust. 
Full or three-quarter length. 7507 Boy’s 
reefer, G to 14 years. 7804 Boy’s Nor¬ 
folk blouse suit, 0 to 10 years. With 
straight trousers, with or without stand¬ 
ing collar. Price of each pattern 10 
cents. 
A Cake Social. 
I attended a cake party recently, and 
it was so amusing I wish to pass it on 
for the benefit of others. The girls were 
requested to come in costume to repre¬ 
sent cakes. Among those represented 
were corn'cakes, with bracelets, neck¬ 
lace, and hair ornaments of red and white 
corn. Nut cake displayed strands of 
nuts; angel cake, paper wings; chocolate 
cake, brown dress and small squares of 
chocolate strung. Sponge cake wore 
small sponges: spice cake, strands of 
spice; fruit cake, small apples, etc. The 
gentlemen were requested to guess what 
cake each one represented, and the one 
guessed rightly was partner for the even¬ 
ing. 
One of the games was a guessing con¬ 
test. Each couple was handed a paper 
containing the following questions with 
spaces left for the answers. The first 
prize was a cake stand, and booby prize, 
a tin cake pan. 
What kind of a cake adds variety to 
life? Spice cake. 
What kind of cake should a politician 
eat? Election cake. 
What kind of cake are lovers fond of? 
Kisses. 
What kind of cake does a pugilist en¬ 
joy? Pound cake. 
What kind of cake do bees love? 
Iloney cake. 
Wha* - kind of cake should be given the 
man who imposes on his friends? Sponge 
cake. 
What kind of cake should the jeweler 
use? Gold and silver cake. 
What kind for the sculptc 0 Marble 
cake. 
What two cakes are most suitable for 
the minister? Scripture cake and angel 
food. MRS. E. b. I*. 
Simple Living for Children. 
First of all, our children should be 
well fed. Their meals of simple, whole¬ 
some and hearty food should be regular, 
for outdoor living gives growing boys and 
girls remarkable appetites. The child 
who is housed carefully and who nibbles 
sweets incessantly is of course delicate 
and sickly, and at meal times “eats no 
more than a bird,” as the anxious mother 
assures us. Too many sweets and too 
much rich food isn’t in accordance with 
healthful living, and most of this sort 
of diet may as well be cut out of the 
daily fare. Almost every farmer’s wife 
has it in her power to provide perfectly 
“balanced rations” for her family. As 
to the school children’s luncheon a sand¬ 
wich, a simple sweet and some fruit, 
make up a perfect meal. 
The children’s clothes are often a vex¬ 
ing problem. Too often our little girls, 
especially at school, are starched and 
furbelowed as if for a party. The boys 
are dressed more sensibly. Just think 
of the unnecessary washing and worse 
yet, ironing, these light colored, much- 
trimmed frocks make for the house 
mother who usually does all this particu¬ 
lar work with her own hands. I know 
I find the weekly washing a backbreak¬ 
ing burden, although I always have help 
about it. The common, plain clothes 
can be ironed and folded away rapidly 
but tucked and ruffled fine clothes need 
infinite pains (literally aches) taken with 
them. I find that the dark percales, 
chambrays and fine ginghams come in 
beautiful colorings, launder and wear 
well and when made up prettily, (though 
plainly) are nice enough for everyday 
for any little school girl. It is easier to 
preach then to practice however when one 
has a little daughter who “just loves” 
frilly white petticoats, and white guimpes 
in her dresses, but there I have to draw 
the line between “everyday” and “best.” 
When I was a little girl I used to wish 
I had a regular bedtime as some others 
did I knew, but my own children are not 
really enthusiastic on the subject. They 
are not always ready to leave the pleas¬ 
ant sitting room down stairs before their 
elders do, but as a usual thing the story 
I always read them at bedtime is suffi¬ 
cient inducement. The long quiet even¬ 
ing is a very enjoyable part of the day 
to father .and mother. It is the only time 
that we have to read our papers and 
books, to write, or enjoy the piano, un¬ 
disturbed by the children’s chatter. The 
principal difference I see between chil¬ 
dren who have a regular bed time and 
those who do not, is that the former 
are usually up of their own accord in 
time for breakfast while the latter sleep 
late in the morning, taking another nap 
which they really need of course, for 
children need more sleep than older peo¬ 
ple. We can teach our children to lead 
regular, sensible lives if we wish. They 
cannot bring themselves up. They need 
training and watchful care. F. 
Mrs. Carefree: “I have to laugh 
every time I think of Tommy. 
He was pretending to be an auto¬ 
mobile this morning. I told him 
to run to the store and get me 
some Fels-Naptha Soap, and be 
said ‘I’m awfully sorry. Mother, 
but I’m all out of gasoline.’ He 
went, though. I just can’t get 
along without Fels-Naptha.” 
Anty Drudge: “No woman can, 
after she once uses it. Lots of 
people buy it by the box and 
always have some on hand.” 
Fels-Naptha 
Soap lightens wo¬ 
man’s work, gives 
her time for rest 
and pleasure, 
makes her strong, 
well and happy. 
Fels-Naptha 
makes washing 
easy. Soap the 
clothes to be 
washed, put them 
to soak for about 
30 minutes in cool 
or lukewarm 
water and when 
you come to wash 
them, the dirt will 
roll out, leaving 
them white, sweet 
and clean with no 
hard rubbing and 
no boiling. 
Fels-Naptha cleans 
and brightens every¬ 
thing it touches. Fol¬ 
low directions on the 
red and green wrapper. 
Better buy it by the carton or box. 
Fels & Co., Philadelphia. 
FELS-NAPTHA 
