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ALL’S FOR THE BEST. 
All’s for the best! be sanguine and cheerful, 
Trouble and sorrow are friends in disguise, 
Nothing but folly goes faithless and fearful, 
Courage for ever is happy and wise. 
All’s for the best—if a man did but know it, 
Providence wishes us all to be blest; 
This is no dream of the pundit or poet, 
Heaven is gracious, and—all’s for the best. 
All’s for the best! set this on your standard; 
Soldier of sadness, or pilgrim of love, 
Who to the shores of despair may have wandered, 
A way-wearied swallow, or heart-stricken dove. 
All’s for the best ! be a man but confiding, 
Providence tenderly.governs the rest, 
And the frail bark of his creature is guiding 
Wisely and warily all for the best. 
words, “ To Thy,” and below the cross the words, 
“ I’ll Cling.” Have the letters rather large, as they 
are more easily filled out. For the letters, cut the 
ferns in small |)ieces with a pair of small, sharp 
scissors. Brush each piece with the brush dipped' in 
mucilage, and fill out your letters, pressing the pieces 
of fern down neatly and smoothly. Fill the cross out 
in the same way, placing a pansy here and there (first 
having brushed the back of the pansy with mucilage) 
as your fancy may suggest. 
After your motto is done, lay the bristol-board in a 
large book and weigh it down for two or three days, 
then frame. A motto of this kind made with bleached 
ferns, on a background of black velvet, is exquisitely 
beautiful. To press the ferns, and use them without 
bleaching, a very handsome effect is obtained. 
scraps or WAX. 
Ladies working in wax can use their scrap wax 
dish, some melted lard, enough corn meal to fill your 
deep dish, a spoon and a case-knife. Then take a 
small but handsome vase (without arms, or side pieces, 
as they are sometimes called) and stuff it full of 
cotton ; then paste a piece of writing-paper smoothly 
over the top; then grease one-half of the vase and 
lay the part which is not greased down sidewise in 
corn meal, afterward pressing the corn meal firmly 
around it, being careful to have it just half way down 
in the meal. Then, with some cold water and a spoon 
mix up a stiff hatter of plaster-of-paris and pour 
quickly over the part of the vase which is not in the 
meal. Mix just enough plaster to cover that half of 
tlie vase with a thick coat, as the plaster will not do 
to use after standing ten minutes. Dip the case-knife 
in water, smoothing the plaster a little as you pour 
it on. Allow the plaster to run down into the meal, 
as that will give a good edge to your mold. Then set 
All’s for the best! then fling away terrors, 
Meet all vour fears and your foes in the van. 
And in the midst of your dangers or errors, 
Trust like a child while you strive like a man. 
All’s for the best! unbiassed, unbounded, 
1 rovidence reigns from the East to the West; 
And, by both wisdom and mercy surrounded, 
Hope and be happy that all's for the best. 
FERN LEAF MOTTOES. 
Have ready a quantity of pressed Ferns and Pan¬ 
sies, a handsome rustic frame with glass, a bottle of 
mucilage and small camel’s hair brush, and a piece of 
white brigtol-board to fit your rustic frame. In the 
centre of your bristol-board outline a cross in any 
style, plain or fancy, that you may desire. Then 
above the cross draw in Old English capitals the j 
The Lion in Love. 
very advantageously just now. Having gathered a 
quantity of autumn leaves—maple and oak are most 
beautiful—lay some of your scrap wax on a newspaper 
and mb a warm flat-iron over it. Then iron your 
leaves carefully, laying them in a hook as you iron 
them. . Leaves waxed in this way and then dried are 
very nice for making crosses, wreaths, or for decorat¬ 
ing pictures. Sprays of oak leaves with the acorns 
attached are very prettv. Iron the leaves with a 
waxed iron as soon as they are gathered; do not have 
the iron too hot, as it makes'them dark and dead 
looking; iron over two or three times, so as to dry 
them thoroughly, then suspend as your fancy may 
dictate. 
TO MAKE VASE MOLDS. 
Have ready half a pound of plaster-of-paris, a deep 
| in the sun to dry. When thoroughly dry remove the 
| mold from the meal, but do not take the vase out. 
With a penknife scrape the edge of your mold per¬ 
fectly smooth. Wipe all the meal from the other side 
of the vase, and grease it and the edges of the mold 
very thoroughly with lard. Lay the plaster side (or 
the one which is already molded) down in the meal. 
Mix up more plaster and cover the remaining side 
thoroughly with a thick coat of the plaster, allowing 
this last coat to run a quarter of an inch over the 
other part. Smooth with a case-knife dipped in water, 
then allow mold to dry one hour. Then place mold 
in a basin of water, allowing to stand a few moments, 
when the mold may he carefully taken apart and the 
vase removed. With a clean cloth rub the mold per¬ 
fectly dry, and it is ready for use. 
Mrs. E. S. L. Thompson. 
