The East Huron Gazette, 1892-12-01, Page 4nne
A TO:LITS GIRLS.
THE DAetGER. OF THE TIME SS °1N
GROWING OLD TOO FAST.
,,Why They Should Stay Little Girls as Long
as Possible—The Standards of Eriend-
ship —: Early Youth is the Time When
Life's Joys .are Sweetest.
HANGING' PICTURES.,
An Art Which May be Acquired by Dili-
gent Study.
There is nothing adds so much to the
furnishing of a house as the pictures on
the wall, and even Mr. Eastlake, relent-
less iconoclast as he is, says that- "they
contribute greatly to that appearance of
comfort which is the especial,character-
istic of an English home:" Take down
the familiar pictures and the apartment
seems bare and meager. Rehang them
Are there any little ,girls left to be in the new house and at once .an air,
talked to, I wonder ? says a writer in the attractive and home -like, settles upon
Chicago Herald. There used to be lots the unaccustomed surroundings.
. of 'em. They wore smooth hair and In Europe it is quite customary to
calico frocks and sunbonnets. They hang fain i ly portraits in the dining -room,
or, should the space prove insufficient,
in the adjoining hall. And this seems-
reasonable
eemsreasonable when the portraits .have in-
trinsic excellence, but the practice that
has grown up in the United States of re-
taining large photographs of deceased
friends upon the wall after they have
become faded caricatures -of the depart-
ed, is not to be commended on the score
of sentiment or art.
Different kinds of pictures should
;went to bed at sundown, excepting
4when the days were very, very short,
• and then: they bade the world good night
long before the kitchen clock struck 9.
,They said " Yes, ma'am," and " No,
sir," and conrtesied when they met a
stranger on the road. They played
" tag " and - " gray wolf " in the sum-
mer twilights with other boys and girls,
and had no more knowledge of beaux
and balls, than a kitten has of face -pow-
, der. They were full of fun and frolic I never be hung together, and though
that was never rude nor unkind, and I few modern houses are sufficiently spa -
they ate bread and butter and drank cions to admit of setting aside a room
milk without knowing there were such for each kind, they may at least be as-
, abominable confections and concoctions signed to separate walls. It is also im-
in the world as French candies and portant that such pictures as require a
strong tea and coffee. Some mysterious
' ` Pied Piper " of modern date has be-
• witched them all away with the merry
music of his fife, I think, so that we see
them no more, like spring daffodils,
cheering the earth with their beautiful
presence. But if there be any stray
little girls left between the chinks of the
hills, I want them to gather around me
for a half hour and hear the talk I find
awaiting them to -night in the bottom of
any heart
set other and higher standards for
your friendships than perishable ester-
"_ nals. That is, form your friendships
according to what your friend is, rather
'than what she seems to be. A body
may wear a smart gown and a feathered
hat, and not be worth the salt the farm-
er puts in pork brine. On the other
hand, a homely and plain exterior may
hide a heavenly spirit, just as an autumn
thicket conceals a singing thrush. The
companion you may have on hand just
now, who talks a great deal of silly non-
sense about the boys, and jingles a lot
of bangle bracelets and- dresses like a
maid turned twenty, with face powder
and spotted veils, bangs and flashy rings,
will make a poor friend under practical
test, just as a parrot makes poor com-
pany when one is downhearted. We
select a bird for its ability to sing rather
than for the splendor of its plumage -
that is, we should do so. I know a few
in=ane women who prefer parrots to
singing larks, and they are in the min-
ority and their taste may be safely
questaoned. Such a friend as I have de-
scribed will fly away and leave you quite
desolate whenever a bird with brighter
plumage than you can boast flits athwart
the sunshine and will put more thorns
in your heart than roses in your hand.
I think if I could choose right now the
sweetest gift for the girl I loved best I
should ask heaven to grant her a wise
discrimination in the choice of her
friends, that her tender heart might not
be wounded by the unworthiness of the
unworthy and the faithlessness of the
•unfaithful.
Finally, girls, stay little girls just as
long as possible. Don't put up your
hair and let down your dresses until
forced to do so by stress of time. There
will come a day when you can no longer
skip rope or play with dolls or romp by
the light of the young moon. It is inex-
orable in its coining and all the protests
of my -pen cannot stay it in its
, course. You will find it at the bend of
the river where "womanhood and child-
hood meet;" you will discover it just at
- the magiel hour when "morning merges
- into noon, May glides onward into
June." No definite date is fixed for it
.on the calendar of flitting time, but it is
- there, and when it comes you may fold
away childish things with childish gar-
ments and be as much of a woman as
you like. But stay a little girl while
you nnay and gather all of the sweetness
you call from the bud so soon to be a
,blossom. I would give the world to
know just what day it was I forsook
doll playing, but I would give more
than this world holds to find the confid-
ing heart I laid aside with my dollsand
the innocent trustl lost track of the day
I finally pinned u nay braids.
If you are attending school givethe
best of yourself and the freshest of your
thoughts to study. The most thorough
teacher in the world cannot make a
good student out of a girl who won't
help herself. - If you will read silly
books•, and your mother is foolish
. enough to encourage you in keeping
late hours and eating injudicious food,
in idle companionships and indiscrimi-
nate amusements, there _ is less hope of
making anything of you later on than
there is of turning a mouth organ into a
- violin.
Have fun, lots of it; play like a sun-
beam, making glee/ -the dark - places o
the earth, and. race like a leaf before
the wind-, when you are - out - of school
and off duty ; all this will keep your
brain from over fatigue, but get to bed
early, abjure parties, flee from the
terrors of - corset -laces and high heels,
drink milk and let tea alone as you
would turn aside from the sting of an
adder, and boycot -candy. Then shall
- you retain your freshness as the rose
which grows in the garden where the
sunshine and the showers can find it
outlives the hot -house and ephemeral
bloom of the florist's high-pressure care:
Tatting. Care of Lamps.
Buy the best ;oil..
Fill the lamps by`daplight.
Lamps should bekept well filled.
Never attempt to lighta lamp that ia,
only partly _filled.
Keep the oil can closed and in a cool
Lamps ito be , carried . should be, a
. metal and have handles.
See thatany hanging lamps you may
have are seeurely hung •
When buying ' lan ips- select -these-in
which the; end of the burner is cons ider==
ably elevated above the body. of the
lames
NVateh your wicks closely, and change.
,there before.they becoiva too short.
being oil gets h the -floor
:ono ei-with woolen a is or rags „4rir _cement mor Gh%n$.
Rheumaiat�t 4 14t�x with a_:strong solution o€t3gta
e s f€e upfxll- of• thearalef e and water enough piaster of:Paris
egarr the a eeequan _to make a th clr paw. Apply t wi Uh
ale; -doe beaten whites _af cannel's h: it brush- to the brokel;_.edges•r
o a. wtd mouthed bottle, and unite-
slra a tl oroug y. Pour~, abort a
aiif t .ire over a
•f mei apl� wherever The"bei
ilj vere; ver: lie flannel tragacan1
lief
solved,
fiti.
lass should not be hung opposite a
window, where the reflections on the
glass will entirely destroy the effect.
Neither should a very gay French
painting be hung near a cool, quiet land-
scape, or, by contrast, the- one will be
vulgarized and the other made to seem
tame and uninteresting.
Almost every person knows that the
approved height for hanging pictures is
five feet six inches from the floor to the
center of the canvas, but this rule does
notapply to very large, or full-length
studies, which must be somewhat high-
er. Nor isit necessary to place them
close together. Small objects, such as
sconces, mirrors, : brackets, etc., may
alternate the pictures with good effect.
Unless in a gallery, where some pic-
tures must necessarily be above the eye
line, it is better to have the picture hang
flat against the wall. A tilting, un-
steady picture is never seen to advan-
tage, and is trying to the nerves f an
observer. This difficulty will be lithe-
ly obviated if two cords are used instead
of one, each suspended from a nail of its
own. Flat chains which are made for
the purpose give an appearance of solid-
ity, and in case of large pictures, look
well; an embroidered, fancy galloon is
sometimes used in the same way with
good effect, but care must be taken that
it harmonizes with the wall behind it.
Wire for this purpose first came into
use because it was practically invisible,
but this seems rather an objection than
otherwise. If pictures must be hung at
all, it is more comfortable to see how
they are hung rather than to be haunted
byasense of insecurity.
In preparing a wall it hs always well
to remember that pictures appear to the
best advantage against a vague, general
design; one that does not assert itself.
If choice of wall covering is beyond our
control, the defect may be remedied by
suitable drapery, or even in case of large
and important pictures, by a screen or
curtain large enough to project beyond
the frame and furnish a suitable back-
ground.
With these hints by way of guidances
you will be careful not to hang the new
picture too high or too low; not to sur-
round it with neighbors of a different
species from itself ; not to place it if
glazed, opposite a window; and to see
that it is placed firmly against the wall
without the unsightly cord triangle that
has come down to us from our fathers.
A beautiful picture properly framed and
appropriately hung becomes doubly
valuable, while many another which ap-
pears cold and crude is made so by a ne-
glect of these important points.
Serving Meals Without a Servant.
A housekeeper who keeps no servant
asks how to serve deserts; how to serve
the other dishes at dinner; what comes
after the oatmeal or the mush at break-
fast; when to pour the coffee; and if the
plates should be distributed on the
table or placed beside the carver? -
The conditions are so different in dif-
ferent families that no arbitrary rules
can be given for these things, but here
are a few suggestions which may be
helpful: Have everything ready in the
kitchen to put on the table without de-
lay, and place the dishes where they
will keep hot until wanted. Eggs in'
any. form must. of course, be served as
soon as cooked; therefore they must be
timed very carefully. Put the mush on
the table at your own place and serve
it in saucers or little dishes that come
for that purpose. Anyone who does
eat mush or fruit may decline it, and
wait for the next course. After the
mush has been served. remove the
dishes, and place - the rest of the break-
fast on the table. The plates should be
hot and be piled before or at one side of
the carver. While he is serving, pour
the coffee When there is another Heels , "
ber of the family who can put the see
and course on the table.the housekeeper
"should be relieved of this part of the
work. It ishard on a woman not only
to . have to prepare the breakfast, but
also to arise from the table, bring in the
second course and serve this, as she of-
ten must, since, as a rule, men are in a
hurry in the morning and cannot assist
their wives in serving the breakfast.-'
Ladies' Home Journal.
f Value of a •.Iirop of 012.
l Every housekeeper knows how annoy
ing it is to have the hinges of the doors
squeak, and the locks and -belts refuse -
to move unless great force be used.
Many do not realize that a few drops of
oil will, as a rule, --remedy `these annoy-
ances. First spread a= newspaper ton
that of= the oor• over which the
l ages,swing. Now, with the sewing-
machine oil' can, on `the'hinges thor
oughly, and then swing the -door' back
and forth-until=it moves without noise.
Wipe the hinges, but let the paper re
Main fer. a few hours, to guard against
the possible''-drripping of -the oil. For
locks and - bolts, guard the floor; in the:
same manner: ' 011' theta- thokeitigW
wor]dng them until they' ll niove-with
ease The egg beater and: the ice-cream.;.
freezer4 should be oiled -,in the ' same
manzie
sea
.0
se
We are now prepared to show complete lines of all
the latest styles of Millinery suitable for the Fall trade.
Owing to a rush of orders. our Miss Kinsey finds it im-
possible to prepare for a formal Fall Opening, but we shall be open all the time and
pleased to have our customers and friends call and inspect our stock.
We have also
Full Lines of
Mantles and Dress Goods in tna
Newest Designs
All the Departments of our establishment are full of
seasonable goods at right prices.
Do not forget that we keep the best qualities of Family Groceies
obtainable.
We are noted for Cheap Teas.
be beaten in Canada. Try them.
Our 25c. and 35c. Teas cannot
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AGEI�TT.
FORDWICH, ONT.
Money to Loan on Farm- Se-
curity at the Lowest rate
of Interest.
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GOOD NOTES DISCOUNTED.
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Special Attention given to
CONVEYANCING.
‘B s, cooK,
North of the Post Office,
FORDWICH
holler
Jti
Mills,
WILSON BROS., Props.
First-class Manitoba Wheat Flour
manufactured and always kept in Stock
and sold in any quantities.
FLOUR per cwt. $2 25 to $2 50
BRAN., per ton. 12 00
SHORTS per ton. 13 00
Special attention given to GRISTING,
which is done on the shortest
possible notice.
Fordwich Drug Store
A SPENCE, M. D., J. C. BELL,
Proprietor. Manager.
— ---A FULL LINE OF
Drugs and Druggists' Supplies:
Highest Price Paid Stationery and Fancy Goods,
for Grain.
The mill is fitted throughout
with the very best roller pro-
cess machinery and ar pliances
and we are confident of being
able to give perfect satisfac-
tion.
PA TONAGE SGLICITFD.
WILSON BROS.
nnouncement.
Havingpurclnased a first-class full plate glass Hearse Lana in a better position
• o d4 the undertaking of tins- community -than' before -,-and owing to reductions in
1 e wholesale prices of our.goods I am in. a position to ,gine the. _use`of this' mag-
nificent g
nificent Hearse free, that 1$ to say my charges will bee no 'more ann 3i.
calves. ; less than before.
A _ ioo5 IF ueiiage.
mucilage r18 iIIa�e
g_ _. groin
ember of U taxia SchciolofI;anbalm,;
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Furniture Dealer and ' Undertaker
W fkLL, PA1 E,R.
In endless variety and at every price.
W. C. HAZLEWOOD
City 13oot and Shoe Store
. WI O ET]
t Rubbers,
V
dist
-
Felt Goods,
Overshoes,
Galoshes
Boots, Stogas,
goods for this rough and sloppy weather.
It will pay you to call and see these goods. -
' THE HOUS
_A Vote of the
Ta
The Huron
the municipal.
January elect
building a Ho
benefit of the
extensive clipl
report submit
year before la€
pointed for tlu
In accordan
contained in
Council at it
special commi
obtain all the
Dating to the cc
maintenance o
called Houses
the poor, in
information of
committee hav
Council the ver
cerning this im
information ha
reference to the
hers of your
committee thoz
obtain a correc
spent by the v
the County and
This allows a
imperfect on-
cost of keeping
County and the
a House of Reft
this head embi
1885, and are a
Amount spent
palities of the
charity in 1887
' Ashfield......
BlythBayfield........;
Brussels
Clinton
Colborne
Exeter.--
Goderich Town
Goderich Towni
Grey.
Hay
Hawick -
Hullett
McKi l lop
Morris
Seaforth ,
Stanley
Stephen
Tuckersmith ,
Turnb erry
Usborn
East Wawanosh
West Wawanoslr
Wingham
Wroxeter
Totals
It will thus b
of the local mug
been paid the su
palities not ref
average, of $9,
these sums must
$284 and $483, r
the amounts esti
Treasurer as spec
same purposes
the same years,
grand total of na
*5,108 per annus
Every member
is also aware tha
any way represe
the charity best
Private charity h'
and societies, is
very same parties
pal aid.
Another large i
County is in car
ning of the jail.
this expense is pa
Government pay
are charged wit
and the County
The last quarter
charged with 119
with 1513 days.
days is chargeabl
of indigents. In
the County had
*46.37 paid b
about 14-15ths of
If there had been
the Government
nearly two-thirds,
thing over one-thi
cost to the Cour
alone over #400 fo
gunnel is not a.
that the County
*1,600 for ruainte
the jail.
The question
Much of this large
to the local manic
tion of a House of
oration in the has
it is quite evident
proportion of the
indigents woal 1 n
not pretended that
amount to be d
municipalities for
but it is eitablishel
in the counties whe
t
.leave been erected, t
Gyiarity and ince
quse of Ref,u
a less sand
writ, than the stI
life purposes.
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