Honor of St. Patrick 
An Amusing" Party—Plans for Spring 
S pring is surely coming, and with 
the month of March we are reminded 
that old St. Patrick will have another 
birthday. Let us entertain some of our 
friends. 
The nicest invitations are cut from 
green paper, in shamrock shapes, and 
written with white ink. Decorate the 
house with green shamrocks, not using 
too many. Wear a white dress, and cover 
the skirt with shamrocks, and pin a large 
one on the waist. Place small shamrocks 
in your hair, and if possible greet your 
guests with the “Irish brogue.” 
“The Irishman’s Necktie” begins the 
evening’s entertainment. Place a sheet 
on the wall, and to this pin a large picture 
of an Irishman. A bow of green ribbon 
is given to each guest, and after he is 
blindfolded, he is turned around three 
times and started toward the picture. 
The nearest the right place may be given 
a book of Irish Jokes and bow of ribbon for 
the booby. 
This Will Make You Laugh 
“Kiss the Blarney Stone” is another 
good game. Guests are blindfolded, 
and given a pencil. One at a time walk 
LAKES OF MY HOMELAND 
LACID and still on the laps of the 
the mountains, 
Lakes of Vermont, you nestle and 
dream, 
Mirroring birches and pines that are 
painted. 
Catching the echoes from woodland 
and stream. 
Shadows of evening softly embrace 
you, 
Lakes of my homeland; they fold 
you to rest. 
Cool in your waters the gray trout 
are sleeping, 
High on your headlands the king¬ 
fisher’s nest. 
Deep in your fastness you hear not 
the roaring ' 
Thunder of wheels in the streets 
of the mart. 
If it should wake you, oh heed not 
its calling; 
Drop back to sleep, little lakes of 
my heart.'" 
—ROSEWELL G. LOWREY 
to the paper on which is drawn the out¬ 
line of a stone and leave the impress of 
their lips on the picture, using the pencil 
to make their mark. The one who kisses 
nearest the center of the stone receives 
a box of green home made candy mints. 
In two of the rooms have little green 
paper shamrocks hidden in various places. 
See who can find the most shamrocks, 
and to the lucky lady, present a shamrock 
shaped fan, and the lucky man, a green 
day pipe. 
A short program of Irish music, either on 
organ, piano or music box, may be given, 
with a few readings- by good readers. 
For the refreshments, serve lettuce sand¬ 
wiches, placing a leaf between nicely 
buttered slices of bread, covered with 
nuts and mayonnaise, cookies baked in 
shamrock shapes, with green icing, 
pistache ice cream served in Shamrock 
molds, and green fruit mints.— Mabel 
Fern Mitchell. 
SPRINGTIME PLANS 
EFORE the busy spring work sets in 
is the time to plan your sewing. 
Em going to eliminate ironing as much 
as possible. All of my every day under¬ 
garments will be made of crepe, and so 
will the baby’s rompers and under¬ 
garments. 
An entire coverall apron of oilcloth will 
help to reduce the washing. On my two 
beds, I am planning to use light-weight 
“crinkle” white spreads, that are easy to 
wash and do not require ironing. No 
doubt a great many of you will want to 
make over and possibly dye some last 
year’s garments. Before putting the goods 
into the dye, sew strips of cloth six or 
eight inches long to each piece. The 
pieces can then be turned around in the 
dye, without staining your hands. 
If you are planning to hem a garment 
by hand, go over the place first with the 
machine, leaving the needle unthreaded. 
It will leave a perfect straight outline 
to follow. 
I removed the shoulder straps from my 
bodice top, camisoles, and costume slips 
and’ replaced with elastic. They don’t 
come off so quickly and last longer. 
When sewing, keep a small box on the 
sewing machine to throw the scraps of 
thread and material in. It’s a time 
saver in sweeping as it can be emptied 
at your own sweet will. 
Did you ever lose your thimble? Let 
me tell you how to make a substitute. 
Take the tongue from an old shoe, and 
cut a strip from it, twice as long and little 
wider than you want your thimble to be. 
Fold this piece of leather, in the middle 
and sew it down each side and you have 
a thimble—or at least a good substitute, 
if you live far from town or have no near 
neighbors from whom you can borrow.— 
Pauline Carmen. 
PROTECT CHILDREN’S EYES 
EFECTIVE eyesight is such a great 
handicap that it behooves mothers 
to teach children how to care for their 
eyes properly and to do all they can to 
provide correct lighting. 
The eye, especially among children, 
can be injured by being used under lights 
that are either too dim or too glaring. 
Parent’s negligence may result in pre¬ 
mature eyeglasses, headaches, lowered 
mental efficiency and old-age partial 
blindness. i 
Children should be taught to avoid 
unshaded, brilliant lights. 
They should be taught to avoid flicker¬ 
ing lights, which by forcing the pupil to 
contract and dilate unnecessarily, tires 
the muscles and reacts on the nerves. 
They should be taught to avoid changes 
from darkness to brilliant light. Permit 
the retina to become adjusted to this 
brilliance somewhat gradually. 
When reading, the light should come 
from above, or from one side, in any 
close work. Avoid working with the light 
coming from a window or fixture directly 
in front of one’s eyes. 
Do Not Look Directly Into Light 
Sources of light that do come within 
the line of vision must be broken by being 
strained through some diffusing material, 
translucent glass being the most efficient. 
The eyes of children in school should 
be protected by proper lighting condi¬ 
tions. 
White light is most favorable for seeing 
in all its aspects; it is not decorative, 
however, and decorative values may be 
obtained without discomfort by follow¬ 
ing rules determined by lighting experts: 
Yellow and reddish-yellows give greater 
comfort and power to sustain clear vision 
than do yellow-greens, greens, reds, and 
blues. 
Extreme greens and blues cause con¬ 
siderable and 1 dangerous fatigue. Tint¬ 
ing a translucent reflector yellow, or lin¬ 
ing it with yellow silk or parchment, 
produces warmth and reduces high 
brillance (glare) without really lowering 
ocular efficiency. In other words, you 
can make the lighting fixtures pleasant 
without necessarily straining your eyes. 
But remember that guarding the sensi¬ 
tive eyes of children means freedom from 
eye trouble in later years.— Julia Wolfe. 
Sandwiches will stay fresh for hours 
kept in a covered earthern dish set in a 
pan of cold water. 
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