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THE SOUTHERN WORLD, JPLY 1,1882, 11 ter looms in the doorway. He takes in the matter at a glance and frowns darkly at Jim and me. As soon as Hr. and Mrs. Spalding, who closely follow Joslah, have entered the room, Nelly to my surprise walks quickly up to her father and takes his hand. “ Father," said she with a tremulous yet decisive tone, "you know the message you brought me from Mr. Blagden this morning? Give him my answer now. Tell him that I am going to marry Dr. Brooke.” Now, it is my opinion that, had the dis carded Josiah at this moment held his tongue, he might got both Mr. and Mrs. Spalding to speak a word for him with Nelly. But os it was he destroyed his own case at a blow. “ Message from me ?—and this is my an swer!” he said in angry voice. "Why, I care nowt—nowt," 'he repeated bitterly, “about the matter. I guess it was the lass’s father and mother that wanted to, marry Josiah Blagden’s money—perhaps they wanted some of It for themselves.” The rudeness and vulgarity which marked the man came out unmistakably as he said these words; and taking his sister’s arm in his and casting a look of vindictive scorn at the doctor and myself, he walked out at the door with an ungainly strut which was meant for dignity; and we saw the great Josiah no more. Mrs. Spalding was especially cutup by the parting ding of Josiah, as it wus she who had maneuvered the matter thus far. Mr. Spalding on the other hand, hurst into a jovial laugh, and taking his daughter’s hand, placed it in that of the doctor. After all had left the studio but Mr. Spald ing, the latter asked me to tell him in plain terms how I lmd brought this about—for he had no doubt I was at the bottom of it. I uncovered tiic picture, which Mr. Spalding- simple, easy-minded gentleman that he was—scrutinized with his double eye-gloss, remarking to me that he did not quite un derstand it all, but that it was wonderfully clever, and that Josidh’s “ weskit was as like as life.” In six weeks thereafter I officiated os "best man” at Jim’s marriage. As the organist pealed fortli the jubilant struins of Men delssohn, after the vicar’s benediction had been given, and Nelly, radiant and beautiful, passed down the uisle on her husband’sarm, I could not help rejoicing in the success of whut is now “No. 329—A Wedding March," though the faces in the picture as exhibited are slightly disguised, and Mr. Josiab’s vest has been shorn of certain of its distinctive peculiarities. That is the romance which, as I told you at the out set, hungs round the picture which in the Academy catalogue wus 'num bered “329—A Wedding March.”—Chain kers'a Journal. Besatliyinc oar Home*. BY KBV. A. J. BATTLE, D. D. There are two ways of beautifying homes, viz: House decoration, and the embellish ment of grounds. The first includes the architectural design and finish of dwelling houses, and the ex tra adornments of the apartments. To have an attractive dwelling, great wealth is not necessary. Many an inex pensive cottage has been erected which might be truly called ugem of beauty. Ex- cessive adornment is never admirable. Tuw- drlness is not beauty. Neither are ricli and costly tracery and trappings essential to good taste. But while wealth is not necessary, architectural taste and skill are very impor tant. Hence, the construction of a dwelling should not be left to unskilled and inexpe rienced humls. In planning a simple, cheap dwelling, utility, comfort and economy ure to be tlrst considered, but every effort should be made to beautify it in harmony with these qualities. A more expensive and im posing structure will admit of rich and more elaborate ornamentation, but this should never degenerate into vulgar iinery. But the beauty of a home is inexpressibly enhanced by decorations apart from the architecture; such as chaste or elegant fur niture, in keeping with the character of the house; paintings and engravings upon the walls; dowers and greenery in the rooms, windows, halls and verandas. A person of small means, but correct taste, can lend an Inexpressible charm to a plain dwelling by the proper arrangement of flowers, plants and vines. There is something in these or naments furnished by nature which adapts them peculiarly to house decoration. There is little danger of overdoing this kind of or namentation, as there is in purely artidcial adornments. Be it ever so humble, a home with dowers is always attractive, and I never enter a cottage in which vines are trailed over the porch, and plants are growing in the windows, and fresh dowers blooming in the simple vases, without realizing their cheery induence and bright ministry, and a conscious reinforcement of hope, spirit and energy. It is a better remedy for the blues than any exhilarating drug or liquor, and leaves no sting behind. And while the abode of the laborer is enlivened and sweet ened by dowers, they add a peerless glory to to the mansion of a Vanderbilt or the palace of a Victoria. Paintings, engravings and other works of the due and decorative arts ure important additions to the attractiveness of a home. Here some degree of critical taste is needed. There is nothing in whicli a pure and culti vated sensibility is more shocked than in the daubs, which, under the name of paint ing and drawing, discredit the walls of many pretty houses. That is false pride or igno rant vanity which prompts a fond parent to keep on perpetual exhibition in his par lor the work of his daughters done at school, in which every principle of form, coloring perspective, expression and finish are cari catured. Many of these flaming efforts of fledglings in art, with their impossible clouds, foliage and atmosphere, should be consigned to the limbo of waste matter, the garret or the flames. No better are many of the oil pictures, and chromos that are sold in the market. Now, every one is not ex pected to be a connoisseur, and very few are even tolerable critics in art; but before se lecting pictures for the walls, certainly some one of fair taste may be found whose opinion might be obtained. But it is better to lmvc bare walls, or simple floral decorations, than to disfigure a pretty room with tawdry pictures. But there is nothing whicli gives so ex quisite and permanent an attractiveness to a home as theembellishmeutof the grounds. Whether they cover ucres, or only a few square feet, the grounds should be beuuti- fled in a style commensurate with the ability of the owner. A small plat, fronting or surrounding a neat cottage, may be so laid out into walks und beds, with grass and shrubbery, as to give u surprising beuuty to the scene. Where the grounds are ex tensive and the surface varied, and the pro prietor wealthy, all the effects of beautiful and picturesque scenery may lie achieved by the skill of the landscape gardener. A residence in the country may, without preut expense, be made charming with the sim ple features of natural groups of forest trees, smooth lawns and winding walks of gravel. If expense bo no object, the artist in gardening may lay out a park, with ave nues and groups of trees, drives winding over undulating surfaces or running "into abrupt glens, or by a sylvan luke, or with verdant lawns adorned with blooming bowers and sparkling fountains and choice statuary, thus forming a paradise of beauty.” Landscape gardening is, in some respect, a modern urt. Like all other arts it should be the expression of the beautiful, or its modification, the picturesque. The highest expression of the beautiful is not to be seen in stiff, artificial, mathematical forms, nor in a slavish imitation of nature. But witli nature os the type, the hand of the artist should give expression to the spirit of beauty dwelling in the soul—an ideal ex cellence more rclincd than any single man ifestation in the natural world. That ar rangement of the features of an artistic landscape, in which the drives, walks, plats and groupings of trees und shrubs is a refined and harmonious idealization of nature, is greatly to be preferred to the rigid artificial method in which the walks, beds and ave nues are disposed in regular figures or math ematical diagrams, and even the trees clip ped in geometrical forms. Attractive Homo*. There is a money value to an attractive home, to say nothing of its influence in molding the minds of those who are fortu nate enough to be possessors of them. The faculty of making a desolate and worn out place a really attractive one is an art pos sessed by few. It may be called tact, for such this natural faculty seems to be. We have seen old farms so transformed by the re-building of crooked fences, a little uuderdrainage here and there, the buildings repaired, painted or whitewashed, trees properly planted about the house, that it would seem that hundreds of dollars bad been expended, whereas the amount for la bor and material would barely exceed the cost of two or three acres of land. Every attraction in the way of shade and fruit trees, a neat and grassy lawn, neat fences of whatever kind, and rows of shade trees along the roadside, pays. Aside from thls t to every true man or woman it is an endless source of satisfaction to be the possessor of an attractive home. The man of wealth, or the one in moderate circumstances, who beautifies his home in the manner Indicated, is in reality a public benefactor. It is neither very costly or expensive to beautify the home. Where there is a will, a way will soon be provided. Nor should it be forgot ten that It is a duty we owe to the rising generation, that our homes be made more beautiful, home-like and attractive by every means within our power. HOUSEHOLD RECIPES. Euo Fie.—Prepare pan as for chicken pie. Boil eggs bard; slice very thin and place a layer over bottom of pan ; sprinkle a little salt and pepper on it. Roll some dough thin; cut into narrow strips long enough to reach aross the pan, and place a layer of these across one way, and then the other. Add more eggs, pepper and salt, and an other layer of dumplings, and so on until the pan is full as desired. Fill half full of sweet milk, but if it is not convenient, use warm water. Put in a lump of butter twice the size of an egg; but if water has been used instead of milk, more butter is required. Chop a little parsley very fine and sprinkle over all. Finish with a crust, leaving hole in top, and bake in a slow oven. If desired, a few slices of fresh meat can be mixed with the eggs which will not take as much butter. Home-made California Beer Seed.—Stir syrup into a vessel of water until it is very sweet, and leave in a wurm place until it sours well; then pour off the water or beer, being careful to leave about a cupful in the bottom; to which add more - sweetened water and leave to sour, pouring off as be fore. Continue this for at least three or four weeks, when the seed will appear in the bot tom and grow rapidly, soon tilling the ves sel. Coffee Jelly.—One pint of sugar, one of strong coffee, a pint and a half of boiling water, half pint of cold water and a box of gelatine. Soak the gelatine two hours 111 the cold wnter. Pour the boiling water on it, and when it is dissolved, add the sugar and coffee. Strain, turn into moulds and set away to harden. Economy in the Kitchen.—Cold meat or bread should never be wasted, for there are plenty of wuys in which they can be used. Stale lightbrend, biscuits, muffins or waflles, if put in a pan covered with water and left to soak the over night, can be made into nice baiter-cakes, by the addition of an egg, a little flour and baking powder. Cold bread of any kind if dipped into water and set in the oven fora short while, will be as good as fresh. If a cake fails to rise, it can be mnde into u nice custard or pudding by soaking it in some milk and adding an egg, und if too thin, a little flour. Cold meat can be made into puddings, by chopping it very flue, and stirring it into batter witb some milk, parsley, )>epper and salt, and if desired a little onion. Powder for the Face.—Five cents worth of bay rum, live cents wortli of magnesia snow-flake, five cents wortli of bergamot, live cents worth of oil of lemon; mix in a pint bottle and till up with rain water; perfectly harmless and splendid. Cream Slaw.—One gallon cabbage cut very line, pint vinegar, pint sour cream, lmlf cup sugar, teaspoon flour, two eggs, and a piece of butter the size of a walnut; put the viuogur, sugar and hutter in a sauce-pan and let boil; stir eggs, cream and flour pre viously mixed, into the vinegar, boil thor oughly and throw over the cabbage previ ously sprinkled with one tablespoon salt, ono of black pepper and one of mustard. FASHION FANCIES. Cream lace is preferred. Flat waves are the rage in Paris. Small curls should rest flat on the head. The tennis upron forms a simple over dress. False hair is still worn though deftly con cealed. Lace takes the lead this season as a trim ming. The Rhona mantelet of China crape is a simple style of outdoor wrap. Sateen dresses with painted flowers are coming in fashion. The Roman shoe is made of Suede kid, tho toe being ornamented with a small steel buckle. The stocking worn with them should be almond colored. FOR THE LADIES. BY athalia jaiou. The fashions for this month include many beautiful and tasty designs. For evening, feather tips arranged in the hair and upon the corsage, fastened in place by dainty pins or brooches, are worn with full-dress toilets. Panniers and pointed boddlces dispute the majority with trimmed skirts and habit basques, the latter, either of the same ma terial as the dress skirt, or otherwise distinct, though frequently showing some link of connection in color. Pink is a color that promises to rage this season in every grade of dress goods. There are so many shades of this popular line that every taste can be suited, although there are many tints cool and exquisite, that are far more to be desired, than the deep colors, that are becoming to neither pale blonde nor rosy brunette. A stylish laurel-pink toilet made simply of fine French organdie, has the skirt covered with rutiles, the lower edges of each being cut in scallops, and bound; and underneath these scallops is set a tiny frill of Valenciennes lace about an inch and a half deep. Along-pointed bodice of the shirred muslin, terminates in front in a bow and ends of pink ribbon; and front each side of this point, falls a pannier-like drapery edged with Valenciennes, und drawn away in loose upright folds, ending in puffs beneath the point in the back. Jetted lace, net, tulle and grenadine will be much worn for full-dress occasions. Col ors of fashionable walking dresses continue to be very dark and unobtrusive. A dark-red parasol for general wear, a white one for dress, and a black one for use are the popular choice. HINTS. A neat and tasty housekee|>er, is indeed to be admired. There are dozens of ways in which to save work and to keep things III order. It is quite as easy to put anything away after it has been used, as it is to throw it aside to be attended to at some other time. If the habit is cultivated, even in small children, of folding up and taking care of things, it will grow upon them so that after wards, it will seem bothersome to do other wise. Dresses, ties, collars, etc., should never be thrown on a chair to be put away to-mor row, but each article, not to be worn on the following morning, should be carefully tuck ed into its place before retiring, thus your room will be left in order, and it will be very little trouble to clean it up the next morn ing. When preparing a meal, many people allow a very untidy habit to take possession of them. On using a pan, plate or dish, them put it to one side to be washed after the meal is finished, thus making a great deal of unnecessary work as well as attracting flies. It is much cosier to wash them at once, and put them away so that when the time conies to put things in order there will be very little work to be done. A satisfactory piece of economy is to take tlie pretty striped or dotted socks of the father and cut them over in little socks for baby. It often happens that the sock is worn past mending at the heel only, leaving the rest available, und if care is taken to make the seams small and smooth, the little stock ings will be a success. If you wish to remove grease from paper, scrape finely some pipe clay, and complete ly cover the spot to be cleaned. Then pass a hot iron over it for a few seconds, and with a perfectly clean piece of Indian rub ber, rub off the clay. In most cases, one application will he sufficient, but if not, re peat it. A husband or brother will feel much more contented at home, if, on going into bis bed chamber, he sees on all sides little articles made by his wife or his sister—such as wall- pockets, cushions, mats, comb and brusli cases, etc., etc. It is a wise plan to keep a cup of alum water always convenient, so that sudden cuts or bruises can be bound up in a cloth wet in It. If treated thus they will heal quickly. Neat and handsome mats can be made by cutting a stiff piece of woolen goods into the shape desired and crocheting an edge or border, of any fancy colored yarn. A very convenient little pouch to hold the spool and trimming when crocheting, can be made of three oval shaped pieces of card board, covered and lined neatly witn bright wonted or silk, and whipped together leaving one seam open. It can only be opened by pressing on the ends. It must be larger directly in the center, than any where else.