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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1903-8-13, Page 77 41Na PROBLEX OF FA. ILT IIELP Becoming One of the First Importance in Our Great Cities *04tereizl according to AO 0 Ow Fog. the family deperelse There are. I Will Arentgre te einem, 'hundreds of thousands of Manes in our lerge cities.. to soy Acitbing ot Mann O eanada. in th y.a iitente,sana Nine Hundred ang$ . ems. Bony, et Terceiro. at tee eeepartmeneo aericuitere. Ottowon 4,4,...1441roo, A despatch frau' Chicago says; =ore in tho towns and villages, ;Mee Frank De Witt Telmage where the 4e1eeth3° or hIcel'acit7 c‘f the co Preached frou. the fellowing ttotz lielt or housekeeper would wen ;nonevent and miry. A goett Matthew xx„ g7, elebosoever wilt be ph i ef oloou a you, lot hhu b e your honest, intelligent cook is a conser- vator of health and happiness. Jeri).- n ervation let Sava.rin Once Said that he who The tremendeus opportunities of invented a new eauce was a. benefec- emefulness open to a consecreteddoe • Ito r to mankind. So the cook who euestie is the sebieet. No Position neriglitens your table with A well min] te-dey acceseibie to a. woman of ore .., dered dinner and whose culinary skill elinery ineta l and physical caPithitie gives zest to Appetite is a beueface tles 'On teeing greater return's. illioue tor to the biome. There are ehefs. o ially and spiritually. than that of- many of them. who oy, reason 9/ tared to the average servant girl. ;their sem command salaries reach - 'The gods were eoPPosefa to baso at' ling' Up into the thousand." oe dole towed the beAutiful queen. of Cyprus liars. *0 bless her little eingdoin in a They understand the chemise ,try of the kitchen; they have mode 7wendm-1141 way- ve-r3r Ogee °I th° 'a study of dietetics. and their rocky %lead 'athlete her foot might !perienee is quite as valuable to tbeir teuch would tiestootly be covered emnoteers as -that of the skilled 'with brilliantly colored gore. or ,phisician. There la ebutolaut nape with, rich green verdure. Not 6° for ambition in the kitchen. deea God endow ally human being; but in a, better way de e the tibia ADVANTAGE OP DOMESTIC -Venni true. The humble domestic SERVICE. servant, be elle cook in the kitehea. Another advantage offered by do- er a guardian In the nursery. or 0. ziestia service is tbat ita aurround- Weitresii in the dining reeve, or ein' ings are purer. This statement in ply a ellemberinald, may live a life not always truo in reference to WO, tohich will carry- fragrance wberever huea wile have to work for their live it gee; g outside of the four walle of a TWO CLASSES OP SERVANTS. h0Hi0. Without they are often cora- even against their will;to But tliM sermonic theme has 1tbis tee vitiating anatoaphere of -dark side as wen as its bright. It sin. They aro often compelled to is shadowed either by avoidance or 'leen sights which their eyes ought by slothfulness -43y avoidance be- -mimeo in aleepising it and eeeking other oceupations inconveniences and %lever to behold and to bear sayings weigh ought wirer to be beard and to stand olimilder to sbouldor with * octet difficulties are entailed ..alt 1niorai lepers, wenee, elfin 11 not eon, , *teem; by alotlifeeness beemeee no, tagiouo by too mei% association OW eon do a duty badly or eerie:lay become Melly infeetious. ITere. leasly without deteriorating in Oar-• for instanee. In a rower girl jinn are oder. Tim kitchen or tho eursery 'rived from the eouratry. She decide may he a throne room. with a cone ,to enter e. factory and become -Secreted doinestie servant as day wage earuer. That factory queen. or It may be a den of mimeo., bus =ores of gide Mamie she would ebbs drudgery and the mile at ewe never dare introduce to her old taunt bickering and discontent. In,nitldn four weeks" olden Uwe there were two close* Chrintian mother. That young girl of servants, both ntalo end lemakelfactory ilati Seen and beard more 'The ono was that consecrated band wieliedness tban tab° has ever known of welters which clearly realized before. Then tlais young girl goes that true service. no matter how • from her factory to her boarding hunlide. Implied bonor and 'useful- house, Upon Ler smolt wary elm Bess. Thus Jonteam great elan that 'cannot afford to pay o very big be was, gladly and willingly became board bill. Tho result la that she the servant of Moses. and Ellsha lives in a boarding Immo near ber N as tbe servant of the great. Male daily work. That boarding house and Feliezer was the nervant of Ale- in all probability hati young girls in rabitm and Samuel of Ell. These it whose, lives are not wbat they men knew that they. in their humble ought to bo. Seeing slit by day and wpbere, Were wothing for the adeanee.ineeessarily seeing and hearing about meat of the world as truly as wore sin by night bus a hardening inlet - their masters in their conspicuous, mice upon the young girl's soul. Of ephere. course. the Divine Protector can and Tbo wend class of servants was:will Preserve that Young eoulltrei oomposed of the Diann naves non; glrl true and pure and noble if site tweet in war. They were. for then UAW; dinning to the omnipotent most part, dirgruntled and rebellious lona, Mit without that superhuman servitors. They folt Mitt the tyre aid the moral tendency for the M. ee,ptioesi male worker in the factory is down- inannclearmy of fate had placed the upon their wrists, and tes, ward. Tito life there is in some re- s noon as possible they would gee spects the same as that upon tbe when thance foescape offered. so theatrical stage, about whielt a not - r ad actor onco wrote, "Tbe saddest fact about iny profession is that the constant seeing of what ono ought not to see has tendency to blunt the moral sensitivenees and blind one's eyes to bis moral duty and to Tleelmaxox Avornmn. Then consider the besotting temp - talons ready to greet tho young there are women toeley serving in the kitchen and in the nursery 'who act as if they believe that they are captured slaves. They are grumb. ling Against their work and meager pay. 'rimy are spending one half of !their time In finding fault with their mistresses and the other half in try. Mg to find out a way of escape into 'some other occupation weer° they -can bave more liberty and increasedi girl who applies for a position as -emoluments. ' As we would pralso!clerk M a largo downtown store. the grand work of the consecrated Opetents. it is high time that you domestic, so WO would denounce tee fully realize there aro among the -evil behavior of the "wicked and owners of largo downtown dry goods slothful sertiant." stores sonie who do not expect their Trine. WORD "ROYAL." •clerks to live upon their salarien Thine aro hundreds and thousands of no word "royal" is not restrict. those young girls whose costly dress proves that they are not living upon their weekly wages. Everywhere in those downtown stores sin stands around with outstretched arms cry- ing "Como! ,„Come and wear lino clothes! Corae and be respected as you cannot bo iu the kitchen or the nursery! Como and have your nights to yourself! Come and see the brightest part of city life through the undixtened eyes of youth." And the young girls from the country, by the hundreds and thousands, are turning their backs upon the refined employment of a domestic life and flinging themselves into the whirling, brain destroying, heart crushing maelstrom of temptation, where so xnany have been destroyed forever. The royal domestic should be among the raost lionored of all women. It largely "depends on her readiness to perform her duties and her efficiency in her service whether or no this country is to be a nation of homes. "God setteth the soli- tary in families," or as you could read it in the Bible margin. "God setteth the solitary in a house." What does that mean? Simply this: Eyery ideal unit of • society should be a home. What is an ideal home? A father and a mother for the heads of the table, children for the nursery, servants to help provide for the domestic wants. While 'the husband is off to- business the wife must be doing her work in the house board and laundry bill and extra clothes absorb all the salary. And so when you place the net iecome of an average servant girl against that 'of an average clerk you find her sal- ary is mostly gain, while his, at the end of the week, after his legitimate expenses have been raet, is obsolete- ly nothing or'ahout nothing. ANOTHER ADVANTAGE. But there is 'Still another advan- tageous aspect of the question which shOuld not be overlooked. Eliezer, the servant, was the chief man in Abraham's hous9ho1d. In how many American houstehulds, think you, is the cook the principal functionary, upon whose skill and proficiency the plws te al. ay d to a very largo ex- tent also the mama, conoition of own homes ?" No, my brother, I ed to station. It Is legitimately ap- plied to any woman whose conduct In her own sphere is noble and faith- ful—conduct "which is becotning or -fitting to a queen." Nor is the fin- ancial coznpensation for her service Inadequate. Her remuneration is as large as any other wage earner in proportion to the physical labor and mental training which are required of her. A meralmot never considers the gross returns of his business, but tho net. Be says to himself: "These goods were sold for so much. Now I must find out my expenses— so much for store rent, so much for night watchinan, so much for ex- pressage, so much for commercial travelers, so much for advertising, so much for taxes, so much for this and so much for that and the other thing." Then that merchant sub- tracts the expenses from the gross receipts, and be says, "I make so much net." No advantage in buying goods in a foreign market if the tariff laws eat up all the profits or in raising potatoes and apples in tho Dakotas or Montana if ',the rail- road freight to bring the fruit to the market costs more than the goods are worth. No financial ad- vantage in being a downtown clerk • and receiving $8 or 510 a week if the expenses- of room rent and • car • fareand the lunch counter and But there is a limit to a wife's phy- sital and mental capacities. No av- erage mother can perform her domes- tic work without help. She can- not be nurse and dressmaker and cook and chambermaid and waitress and marketer all in one. She must have female assistance. Ste must have a. servant or servants to aid her, or else she nuist give uj house- keeping. A VITAL INSTITUTION. "But," says some -one to me, is the responsibility of the American 'girl who will not become a domestic servant so groat? Cannot men and women who live in boarding houses and hotels be just as good as those husbands and wives who have their no not theen so. I believe tee Christian Item° is the moat vitel in- stitution for geod ale America. I believe, it le the foundatioi stoee net only of the alter of Oluest, but also of the temple of neighborly love and also of our Aationai leglseetive hall. if a man is not withered. in a leeality by A homethat implies he ha; as a rule, no indivicluel cherch conneetion, ele is not lirlog -under the sbadow of the eehtwch spire where hi o father and whore his and - reit were born. A men, cermet learn to love aninelividual church and his eburcle pew unless -he has been woretaiping in that church for months, and years., If a man bee uo houie Anil can reeve every few months by simply paelifug up bis trunk a.rid calling an expressman this implies that he has no neighbors; tbis hriplies that his joys .aeid sox" - rows are mat Ins, The home is tbe foundation stone of the temple of patriotism. It has been well said by a greet writer, 'The surest way to destroy atiarcby is to Ming anceit a social coodition Where orery man can own a borne. When a man sits upon his own cloore step be trely feels he Is an American eitieen. lie win then. it aeeesearY. be more willing to die for that coun- try of which his • home is a part. And one of tee greatest purses blastieg our large eltleS to -day ant that their people are bed. but than they are becoming e people without homes. Tilley aro Ming for the most pare in boarding houses anal in rented room; from which *Ley can move me at tt couple of 'seethe* mum. vriiwItm womai (MEM no royal doMeetio 'IS a queen. Tbe kitchen_ anki thoanr4erY are the places where God eNpeta s WOMatt naturally to eerve. I have no tin for those masculine eyoies wbo would debar women from the different eve catioos of life, Some men, no mat- ter what the genius of a Weinan may he. would Slant the door of all we- ful =Niue of earning an heileat livo- Oihood M their Meters* fame. Tiley leay "a.wonutu should not be a law- , „e Marin an artist, St. writer or any- 1thing else but a. wife and a. mother." But We Is what I do aftrnin /41 lettings being equal. a woman out !to wee tepee vocelione Meth are 'naturally tem mid let tee men Bill those positions whicli nattirally be- long to them. It is leot natural for a woman to Ito soldier, t fire- man. a policemen. It is not mat - mail for her to Wg In the gutter or wore as a. day laborer in the fieldfi. OS see is compelled to do in foreign It lands. It is not natural for ber to slave in 4 factory or tolill many of the clerical positions she is filling today. While, on theother hand, it is natural for ber to bo a nurse, a dressmaker, o. cook, a chamber- maid, a waitresn aehool teacher anti lady's companion, and hundreds of other positions wo might easily imention. I Now, when n woman deserts th !positions for Which God has epeclal- ly equipped her, what is the Inevit- able result ? liar work is not only left undone, but she becomes a com- petitor against her father nerd broth- ers for theira. What Is again the inevitable result? By the laW of supply and demand she not •only underbids ber brother for bis posi- tion, but by that bidding tbo whole eystent or wages goes down. She Is tho sufferer. He is the sufferer. The mist -blot Is far reacting. It is the result of her turning aside from her natural employment in whicli there is pressing need of her service and in which she could find constant • occupation, at remunerative wages. She leaves a place unfilled and forces her way into a walk of lifo already oaercrowded and in which her com- petition is injurious to other work- ers. THE CHRISTIAN DOMESTX0. Now. 'women ofAmerica whom God has called to bo consecrated domestics, I plead with you to enter the kitchen and the nursery and the home because that is one pi your natural spheres—that is a place where God wants you to work. The Christian domestic should bo honor- ed both on earth and in heaven be- cause she le not only able to do her own work, but also to impress her consecratell life indelibly upon others. Then in closing, 1 would speak an earnest word to those women who are about to consecrate their lives to this line of service. God has opened for you mighty possibilities for gooq , Fit yourself for that work as the Lord Jesus Christ Would have you. Make the Bible the chieL textbook of your life. Pray, and unceasingly- pray, that the Rely Spirit will inspire you to speak the right word in the right way. Above all, whatsoever your station in life may be, let me urge you to enter the service of Jesus Christ. Not even the subject of Your life's ocett- pation can compare in importance with the crucial question whether you are a'servant of our Lord. Make that your first, your chief business, that you are accepted of him, and that you are obeying his cenimands. Look not for your rewards from man, but so live that In the great day of judgment you May hear the best of all .encomiums : "Well 'done ! alhou. art one of inir queens I. Thou hast been chief of all women I Thou host been a faithful servant." LIVES OF ANIMALS. Animals vary greatly in the length of their lives. Elephants, eagles and parrots may celebrate their hundred- th birthday, but ,our domesticated beasts are thought to be aged when they have reached a quarter of a hundred. A horse is old at 20, a donkey at 25 a.nd a cat or dog at 15. The span of existence alloted to insects is shorter still, the fly and the butterfly commonly enjoying but one summer of vigorous life, and then being taken oil by the cold, if they are not .previously snapped up by a bird. TILE SUNDAY SCHOOL INTERNATIONen LESSON AUG— 10, Text of the ',Men' X. SAM, Xviii.) 540, Golden. Text, Ps„ ielvio 1 The R. V. of chapter even 1.5. 15 that Devitt went to and fro from Seta to feed Ids father's sheep. but now after his great triumph and bis virtually leading the hosts of Israel victory Saul will not let. lain re- turn any more to his father's house (verse g), but promotes him, as stated in this verse of our lessee. That Da.vid. was aceepted by tha people makes us think of Mordecai, of weevil it le written teat he was uext to the king, accepted of the • multitude of his brethren, seeking the wealth of his people and epeake Mg peace to all his seed, (Est. ige 8). His being promoted by Saul seems 4 very small matter when we consid- er that be bad already been auoint- 54 Sanittel to take Soul's plow d t" fie% send the women answered one ;Another as they played midsaid. Saail hate lin bis thournocis Neill Ida ten tbotteantie. * and Said eyed David frame that day for- ward. This was part of the song with which Saul and David were melee 98 their return from the vietory ver the libilietines and which etir- ea in Simi 4 spirit of jettlouay and hatred of David, tio that he said. "ffhet can he have more but the kingdom?" If Saul had, remeneberen and behoved the words of Samuel In thapter me, 28, be would have known that the kingdom was as surely David's an ie he was already pcsaession or it. 10. 11. And it came to pass on the morrow thet tee evil spirit from God canto upon Sane and be propho- d in tho midst of the houso. and Pavid played with hie band as at other times, As Timed played on his harp at other times the evil epirie departed roux Saul (xvi., 28), but now Saul was too mach under the control of the evil spirit and did not seem to desire its departure, for there was muriler in hie heart, and lie" attemp- ted to hill David. As to tho evil epirit from God So often 'mentioned (ave. 14, 23; oix., ti) and similar willingly difficult statements. the einiple truth WAS that Saul, having refused to obey Clod and follow Iline " Itnt by God to the guidance of a ono ho preferred. 12-14. And Saul was afraid o David, because the Lord was with hint and was departed from Saul. * 0 * And David behaved himself wisely in all his wiles, and the Lord Wali with him. Although Soul humbled bine to be the captain only of a thousrind (verse 18). David kopt evenly on his way and evalkon wisely in the sight of the Lore, conscious of Ilis pees- ento and approval. The phrase "be- have wisely" is the mune as "pros- per" or "have good success" (Josh. le, 7, 8; Jen :exile, 5), and in Ps. toodie 8, it is "instruct." By the Spirit of the Lord mightily upon hint (ova, 18, R. V.) be was so In- structed that he could say, 41 will behave erlyself wisely in a perfect way" (Ps. el., .2), and by the grace of God he did. If we allow our- selves to be affected by or come un- der the power of people or airman- stiumes, we do not proeper or belia.ve wisely, but to have a boort only for Goct—that is true prosperity. By tee grace of God David so lived that his name was much set by, or preci- ous (verso 30 and raargirl), in the oyes of the people. The words. "Tho Lord was with him" (verse 12, 14 and 28), remind us of Joseph and his trials and tbat both as slave and prisoner the Lord was with him and he was a prosperous loan (Gen. xxxix„ 2, 8, 21, 23), 15. Wherefore when Saul sow that he believed himself very wisely he was .afraid of him. Sin and a guilty conscience mane cowards. Adam, having sinned, was afraid and sought to hide from God Abraham was afraid that they would kill him for his wife's sake, and he and she consented to lie, and so also did Isaac and Rebekah (Oen. iii. 10; xii, 12; xx, 11; xxvi, 7). The testimony of an uprigbt life is a rebuke to one living in sin, and there is a conscience that also -up- braids. • God knows and the guilty person, knows; they know together (conscience) even 11 no ono else knows. 16. But all Israel and Judah lov- ed David, because he went out and came in before them. Long afterward, when he was en - elated king at rlebron, they spoke te him in, these words "When Saul was king over us, thou west he that leddest out and broughtest in -.Is- rael" (II Sam. v. 2). "Going out and coming in" in a. phraFe that seems to cover all one's daily life. When Solomon became king he said to God : "I am but a little child. know not how to go out or come in" (I. Kings iii, 7). • Se the beau- tiful promise in Ps. cxxi. 8, "The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time foeth and- even forevermore," with the assurance • in Deut. xxviii, 6, "Dleeeed shalt thou be tvben teen goest mit" inclunes the whole life. When thus blessed and kept by God, we need not fear the hatred or ill will of any one, but may find all necessary comfort in such words as these : "I, even I, am he that coin- fortheth you. Who art thou that thou shouldst be afraid 'of ,a man * * and forgetteth the Lord,, *thy Maker ?" (Ism. li. 12,13). Andre- joice to say : "The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? ,The Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?" -Behold, God is my salvation: I will trust and not be afraid." "'What time I\am afraid I will trust in thee" (Pis. xxii, 1; lvi, 3, 4, 11; Isa. xii, 2). ************* HOME ************ sYsirmst IN THE IxousEuox.D., If household atTairs weep more of - tee conducted on business priaeiptee aerie would bp much less complauit oi drudgery. Many a family is made 'wretched by the haphazard manner in weith the house -work ie done, To en,ate Immo the proverbial "bea.v- en" for its inmates it is accesSar3' to remember that "order is hectennes Orst mw," Seetem is the first eondition'of success wherever labor is to lie reale, le.rly perforined, liouse-keeper'e resources are sometimes sorely tried to Meet ernergeecies, but these PC- casions need not entirely overtbrow the customary order of things. A great aid in systematizing boasework Is a dielsion of tenor. An illustra- tion of this may be draevn from 4 I4, If a vein, be seVerecl compress below the spurting surface. Dlood in veins returns to the eart. Ween choking from any cause, get upon ate fours and tough. 6. Simla- poison wounds unleSS the mouth is sore. ATTRACTIVE ICE CHIEST. The following is an excellent way of making an, old refrigerator like now and easily te cleoped, witb little or en expense: Buy a pint Of flet sthite painrand A pint a white . enamel varnisb to me with it at any paint store, If there are any rust spots on the zinc rub Owe =moth • wite sandpaper, thee put on tliti Oat white paint and iet, each coot dry before the other is applied. Tese two or three coots, as this will melee a good foundation, thee put on tbe white eeareel and allow each coat to dry before applying tlia ne'Ct- T -Ts° two or three coats of this alse downcast family. Tee regular worn g is divided into teree departments," 'ailed respectively the kitchen and dining-rooin work, the chamber work, the laundry work, and mend- ing. The mother and two dough, ter5 tate turns in each department Iin tho order named. They find the o be -t time to minium% wore to *0. immediately after eating breakfast elenday morning. Each takes her owo time in doing ber pertion, but is Lehi responsible for ber amount of work. This is not usually the same Amount in all depAremerits, but it does tho workers no barm to have an easy week once in a while. The minor details of this nrrangee moat would vary in different house. bolds, but they could bo readily ad- justed to 81 existing conditions, Where there are more than three woreees in a !Amity the work may Still be divided, as in the can of another family. There were four In all to do the warkeea mother and thaw young ladiea. One did the Michele wok, ono the diraimorotun and chamber work one tee laundry work and mending and oue the now sewing. It was aetonishing to see 31he Amount of study, reading, fancy- work, etc. which they would ac- complish in a year. The eerret of Giese successes lay ,in the fact that melt could do leer "Pert independently of tee others. This method gave them a variety of emplovieene, and taught them to plan their work, so as to give there as much time as possible for their own improvement and recreation. Its bastreeornmendatton la that those who try the selierne never wish to return to the old order of things. mAmm44,1.. InELPS LI COOKING. • Onions, turnips and carrots should be cut, acroes the Wire, as it manes thorn the inure tender when cooked. Chemists say that it takes moro than twko as much sugar to sweet- en preserves, SWIMS, OW., if put in athen they begin to cook, as ie dots to sweeten them after the fruit be cooked. A spoonful of vinegar put into the • water in which meats or fowls aro boiltd makes them tender. It is said that chocolate cake can be liept fresh by wrapping it tight- ly in buttered paper, and putting it in a tin box away from all other substances. • Almost all left -over vegetables nifty be converted, with very little time or trouble, into savory cream soups; almost any scraps of meat into pre sed loaf, croquettes or delicate pates. Stale bread is used, of courre I for toasts, or for the jar of crumbs I that should be always on hand for ' breading. Stale cake is called for in a number of recipes. There is really no need of throwing out from tbe kitthen, any particle that wits properly prepared in tbe first place. To bake bananas, strip from one side a piece of the skin, nen loosen tl.e skin from the soles of the fruit, dust well with granulated sugar, and bake in a moderato oven haw an hour. Serve hot -in tho skins. SOME GOOD PUDDINGS. A. delicious orange pudding can be made with bread crumbs. Scald two cups of milk and turn over it nee quarter cup of dried bread crumbs, letting it stand until cool. In the meanwhile beat the yolks of two eggs to a cream with one cup of sugar. . Mix together the milk and bread crumbs, eggs and sugar, a tea- spoonful of melted butter and the juice of ono orange and half the grated rid. Turn into a buttered dish, place ir a pan of boiling water and bake until firm. Cover with a meringue made of the whites of two eggs. Brown slightly and serve hot or cold. Bread crumbs aro also used in ap- ple charlotte. To make it, butter a deep pudding' dish thoroughly. Sprinkle the bottom with a layer of chopped apples; over these sprinkle sugar and a little cinnamon or nut- meg bits of butter and bread crumbs. Continue the same way un- til the dish is full. Let the top layer be bread crUmbs and butter. Cover the dish, place in a pan of hot water and set in the oven and cook • f or forty -Ave minutes. . At the end of that time remove from the water, UnCOVOr aud brown quietly in the oven. Serve, it with cream and shaved maple sugar, or with any sweet sauce. • The proportions are a cup of sour apples chopped, a cup of bread crumbs, • one-quarter cup of sugar, and a heaping tablespoon of butter. 314ID OF einteletiele. Their Puttee Have Varied. Sine Tbe Death of Queen Victoria,. Siz*c tharieddueteleete:owfdeear:Mhber!dibQuor:cllanseVor untliv:e the iraprestion Viet the pest is A simoure may abandon tine mistaken h idea at once. As a, =Atter of fact, a Maid of Honor goes on duty ne soon an Her Majesty rises, and tanes it in turn to be in attendance upon her Until she rotirea at 11,80 or 12 o'clock. Queen Alextendra is content with four Maids of Honor, whereas the ie Olean bad eight. They aro the Hee; Doeethee end Violet Vivient Sylvia ledwerdes. and Mary Dyke. It is custemary for the daughters of peers to he Appointed to tbe poet, ;butsheuld they hove no titlo they aro permitted to adopt the prefix of Ifonorebto. The Maids ot Honor aro under tho Mistresa of the Robea. Wile is at present tbe Ducheee of Bike,. fleuch, and for their SerViCeS thoy re - 'vele(' a, salary of Z300 a. year. If they merry during their tettoncy of 1 the position they aro gloom a dowry of 411.000 by the Queen. provided. Itbey Maw previously obtained Ifer Majesty's approval of the match. It would be impossible for anyone to become a Maid of Ifonor who had notreceived A first -clone education. for her duties are extremely varied. Alter breAkfast Queen Alexandra., i when at Sandrangbam, goes for a ;walk round the grounds and visite liter pets, always in company with one of ber Maids, after which ahe usually attends to her correspond- ence, and it is usual for ono of her Maids to be in (attendance and lend her assistance whenever required, al- though the Queen's private secretary Is also present. This done, she will either go for a drive or sit in the grounds while a. Maid of Honor rends to her from tho English. French or Gorman newspapers and magazInes. During the afternoon there mo.y be some State function to attend, and however trivial it may bo it is nec- e.ssary for at least two of tho Queen's Maids of Uonor to =COM- pany her. This over. Her Majesty returns to the Palace for dinner, and, if invited to do Se, the Maid of Trotter must be prepared to appear at tbe meal and elag or play to the guests afterwards. All tbe Maids aro very accomplished musicians and .good horsewomen, whilst at least • two of them have exhibited undoubt- ed talent as amateur actresses. Should a Maid not tattoo to dine with the Queen the is allowed to spend her evening as she chooses, and takes her meals with tho other meta - hers of the Household. IN CASE OF EAEond}:wcy. 1. When dust gets into the eyes, aVoid rubbing with the finger, but dash cold water into them. Remove cinders, with a camel's hair pencil. 2. Remove insects from the ear with warm water. Never use a probe or other loud substance for the ear lest you perforate the drum. 3. When an artery is severed com- press above the spurting surface. Bleodfrom arteries enters tho ex- tremities. e. SIIRINKING ENGLISHMEN. Said to be Collapsing Mentally and Physically. Alarm has been spread in. England by statistics produced by the Duke of Wellington to show that the Eng- lishman is deteriorating physieally. Another note of alarm is struck b3r Dr. Ernest W. White, professor of psychological medicine at King's College, who in bis presidential ad- dress to the Medical Psychological Association said the facts point to an accumulation of the chronic in- sane. The number o. cases or mel- ancholia bas vastly increaeed, fre- quently resulting in chronic insanity. During the last few years Dr. White had been struck by the large number of cases of evolutionary men- tal breakdown occurring in patients of the upper and middle classes, from -18 to 20 years of age. This was tho result of the strain of edu- cation and the world of life upon brains unequal to the stress under which Londoners hare lived. Late marriages are more frequent than they were fifty years ago and that doesnot conduce to healthy stock. Late hours, unnatural excitement, mid greater stress of life, all have had their effect on the inerea.te of insanity, and Dr. White fears that the race generally is less robust mentally, as well as physically, than formerly. LORD S A LTSIATRY. Lord Salisbury has so greatly 10.1-, proved in health, says a London correspondent, that Wollner Castle is being prepared for his reception. It is expected that he will make a prolonged stay at his delighful mar-. ine residence, which, although with- in a few yards of the see at high water, has a large old-fashioned gar- den in which absolute shelter can be round in the 'wind. The ex -Premier has the use of the castle, „of course, by virtue of his office of Lord War- den of the Cinque Ports. The apart- ment which be uses as a study is the, one in which Lord Nelson and the Duke of 'Wellington had an in- terview before the future lavo of Trafalgar joined the neee eneemblece In the historic Downs. This VMS the onl3r meeting between Nelson and Wellington. • a 4 A 4 A 1