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JFttHislppfs JtyarftmL Persons who are not subscribers, receiving a copy of “Woman's Work,” are requested to give it a careful examination and favor me by their patronage. If this notice is marked it is evidence tfiat the time for which you have subscribed to “Woman’s Work.” expires with this number. Please remit for renewal at once. Unlike many publishers we do not send the paper until ordered to stop it, but dis continue at expiration of subscription. This is the only business method which is just to both publisher and subscriber. I am sure “ Woman’s Work” will be a blessing in your home. Don't let it stop. Do not forget the claims of our adver tisers. The person who never reads the advertising columns of a clean paper misses more than he or she thinks. Our patrons are reliable, and for your interests, their interests and our interests we ask you not to ignore them. We are surprised that our subscribers do i not more liberally patronize the 1 cent a : word column. The expense is trifling, and the opportunity to dispose of various bits of handiwork, second-hand articles, books, etc., either by sale or exchange, is unsur passed. Do not overlook its advantages. You like “ Woman’s Work.” Are you doing anything to extend its usefulness?' Double its present patronage will not in crease the subscription price, but will add greatly to its value. Only one new name from each subscriber will accomplish this. Could you make a friend a more acceptable present than a year’s subscript!* n ? Wonder is frequently expressed that Woman’s Work can be furnished at only j 50 cents a year. It could not be were its circulation not continually widening. ' 1 Friondu cS thn nnwr JI r>rt heln taj ' quart of ground nieat, andjjne pinUd bw extend its usefulness, and enable the addi tion of other desirable features by inducing your acquiantances to “come with us?” i Remember only one name from each will double our list. The number of advertisers who appreci ate the advantages of Woman’s Work is constantly increasing. We ask our readers to remember that these are friends to the paper, helping to support it, and their claims should be carefully considered when you need articles they handle We believe ' they are all good firms to deal with (if j found otherwise they will be dropped from our columns) and when you patronize them you help yourself and Woman’s Work. In writing them please mention the paper. Advertisements will not be allowed to en croach on reading matter. When this point is reached we will add more pages. ! As we approach the close of our first volume, the expiration of many subscrip tions draws near. From the numerous and wide-spread expressions of esteem for “ Woman’s Work.” we do not think many homes which it has visited, will be content to let its visits cease. For this reason we call attention to the importance of renew ing early so that no issue will be missed. If your renewal reaches us before the ex piration of time already paid for, the time will be properly extended to embrace both. Ladies should be careful to give name as we have it on our list. For instance if we have mailed the paper to Mrs. Jno. Smith, it will cause confusion tor her to renew as Mrs. Julia Smith. ADVERTISERS 1 Have you placed Woman’s Work on your list of mediums for the coming sea son ? If not, won’t you consider its ad vantages and do so at once ? It occupies a position entirely its own being the only woman’s paper in the South and the most popular one publ.shed. Its circulation is confined to no State or sec- ; tion. North, South, East and West, it is \ patronized and praised. Did you ever think of the peculiar value of a paper read by the ladies ? They appreciate the truths in an advertisement to a much greater ex tent than men, and half the purchases of the latter are at the suggestion of the former. Notice the greatly reduced rates on eighth page and send order at once. At these prices there is no cheaper medium to be found. • Jtalmritas Sulnmn* For the benefit of those who desire to , insert short notices of articles for sale or exchange, inquiries and any unobjectiona ble matter, we will print them in this column at the rate of one cent per word each insertion. Cash must be sent with erder. Send 10 cents and receive the Ladies Home Journal on trial 4 months and six nice woolen or three velvet or satin pieces for patchwork. The Journal makes a nice present to a friend, and costs only 10 cents. Send at once, sisters. Mrs. L. L/Hornune Oasis, Utah. ’ , Pattern of best diaper drawer ever worn, IP cents. Silk root tea, sure cure for dys pepsia ; roots 25 cents. Mrs. M. Laughlin, Box 128, Lamertine, Ohio. Wild Evergreens.—l wHI send plants of spruce pine, trailing arbutus, and twin leaf, for a dime to cover the cost of postage and packing. Miss V. Graham, Two Run, Lumpkin Co., Ga. Claiborne, Games and B. B. Red Game Bantams fur sale at reasonable prices, by ' Miss Annie C. Parks, Adam’s Station, Tenn. Dressmaking—Ladies wishing patterns cut to actual measure, or instructions in cutting ladies’ or children’s garments can ! be sure of satisfaction. For sample pattern ! and instructions in taking measures. Ad dress, Mrs. W. A. Allen, Marinette.! U.C I allu wllca b niiu vug. Wis. Agents wanted. The fourth edition ot my pamphlet, giv- i ing the following minute practical instruc tions, is now ready: Instantaneous coloring without heat, for all light shades of ribbons, ruches, tips, j plumes, velvets, mulle. artificials, etc. This process costs but a trifle to do the coloring and the results are excellent. Instructions for painting bird ot paradise on white moel , skin velvet; painting large eagle, shield and flag on mole skin; painting on satin; directions for ebonizing glass for panels ; full instructions for hammering brass; minute directions for painting King Stork in lustra .colors; instructions for painting large peacock on crimson plush: minute instructions tor iridescent brocade paint ing on plush and velvet; full directions for I lava work ; a scale of color mixtures; di- i rections for painting table scarfs, coloring mounted photographs; receipt for stamp ing-powders and full instructions in stamp ing, Kensington painting, making your own mucilage, etc., etc. Price, SI.OO. Address, Mrs. E. S. L. Thompson, Win- Chester, Randolph Co., Ind Samples to agents. One-fountain pen and holder 5 cents; one pint of ink, any color, 10 cents. Geo. Bunee, 553 4th Ave. | Brooklyn, N. Y. I will mail a sample copy of Babyhood to all the sisters who will send their ad dress. Mrs. L. L. Honung, Oasis, Utah. A standing antidote for poison ew, poison oak, ivy, etc , is to take a handful of quicklime, dissolve in water, let it stand half an hour, then paint the poisoned parts ! with it. Three or four applications will never fail to cure the most aggravated cases. The geranium is a healthy plant, and one that is invaluable for garden purposes. By a little care and caution one may have geraniums bloom the year through. The soil should be light and rich. Wet tobacco applied to a bee, or wasp sting, will give instant relief. TO THE DEAF.—A person cured of Deafness and noises in the head of 23 years’ standing . I by a simple remedy, will send a description of it I free to any Person who applies to Nicholson, I 177 MacDougall St., New York. s j For Woman’s Work. A TALK WITH HOUSEKEEPERS. ; Taking care of her own health and the health of her family, I assert, is the first f and-most important duty of woman. I have often heard it asked: “ Why do women look sallow and old, so much young er than men?” A man of forty-five or fifty, of good habits, is in the prime of life, and as handsome as at any time previous, while very few Women reach that age with anything of the bloom of youth. With a very few exceptions, so far as my observa tion goes, I find the assertion true/“ that women fade early and grow prematurely old.” We have no right to destroy the beauty nature has graced us with and wear I sharp lines from the corners of the nose down, and uglv erow tracks at the corners of the eyes. No qpe will thank us, love, or respect us as well for thro wing our youth into the furnace and growing haggard and sharp-tempered ; not even those for whom we sacrificed ourselves. Close confinement in poorly lighted and improperly ventilated rooms is one of the many causes of this untimely decay. Pure ! air and sunshine are indispensable elements for the preservation of health and beauty; even the flowers of the field teach us a les son. The rose grower, although his blos soms are perfect in color, form and odor, .waits till the third day after cutting before he decides as to their value. If thiypink petal loses its firmness and looks fady at the edges, he says. “We haven’t had sun ; enough to ripen the roses. This is a poor season for them.” A well ripened rose will keep fresh a week, while those forced with little sun, droop in a day. There is magic in the sun bath; health and beauty in the pure, fresh air of heaven ; electricity and magnetism in the earth we tread upon. “ Little chil dren,” says an eminent physician, “should be stripped of shoes and stockings and allowed to play in the sand and dry earth .as often as possible;” and adds: “They gather strength from the very dirt you so much despise.” Another writer says flesh and blood stand more wear than seventy years can j give them il decently taken care of. History tells us of many notable old i beauties, all of whom took plenty of daily ; exercise in the open air. I know num ! farmers' and mechanics’ wives will say, “O, I how can I take the fresh air? I havg.l ’itara*y"lTme to "&iake my toilet; I ctoT not find one hour in a week to spend in the fields and gardens.” Take time, or you will very soon find time to be laid away beneath the green grass and lovely flowers you found so little time to love and ad mire. Try to lessen your labors in many littie ways, and release yourself from care at least one hour a day. It the weather permits, go abroad into the fields where you may enjoy the pleasant sunshine and fragrant flowers, where you may gather re newed strength and inspiration from the very atmosphere you breathe, and where the singing of birds and babbling of brooks will tune your heart to harmonize with all that is good and beautiful. Mothers should do less fancy work and spend more time in the open air with their children. Put on an old wrapper and go into the back yard, or to the sand bank, and help the little ones build their miniature towns and rail-roads. It will be no dis grace—the children will be delighted and you will be benefitted. Housekeepers who have the care of sleep ing rooms can never be too suspicious of I impure air. The air in unventilated sleep ing rooms is breathed fifteen or twenty times over in the course of a night, and | charged more heavily with organic poison at every breath. Someone says, “I am strictly careful to let the window down an I inch or two at the top, taking the precau tion to draw the curtain and pin it to the > casement to prevent a draft from striking the sleeper.” Now the fact is, under such i arrangements, there is no ventilation at all. It should be fully understood that there must be one place for the air to go into a room and another in the opposite direction tor it to go out, to insure good ventilation. If people were as particular to breathe only fresh air as they are to drink pure water, there would be less doctors bills to settle. No sane person would drink a glass of poisonous water if they knew it, while time and again they thoughtlessly oi ignorantly i inhale impure air, tinctured by the escapes from unclean places and carrying poison into the system with every breath. The sense of smell is very acute, and was given us to guard against offensive odors as well as to enjoy the fragrant. If we do not per vert and abuse-that sense by a continued inhalation of impure air, we have a very safe guide to follow. The five-minute morning bath is another inexpensive luxury, and better than a med icine. We know when straining milk or syrup, if the sieve gets clogged with for eign particles the liquid is retained in the vessel; on the same principle, if the_ pores of the skin become clogged, perspiration is checked* and the morbid deposits contained i in it are thrown back into the system to make their escape in tumors, abscesses, cold sores and the like. City housekeepers can ; not be too watchful and cautious in the care of their sink-drains. Every sink should be made with a patent rubber stop per, fitted tightly under the strainer, which can be removed to let the water escape and then replaced. Poisonous gas is continu ally rising from the pipe and impregnating the air with poison which is taken into the lungs of the inmates of the house. Cop peras if used every day is a good disinfec tant, but with the rubber stopper, copperas even once a week would be much more effectual. S. Minerva Boyce. Waitsfield, Vt. For this department we desire bright, wise, and witty remarks of the little ones under six years of age, and ask all sub scribers to send what they can, that their babies may get full credit for their “say ings.” A record will be kept of all the original contributions. At the close of 1888 a competent committee will be chosen to select the “smartest speech,” and the little one who made it, will be presented with a handsomely engraved gold medal. Such a medal will be highly prized through life by the fortunate ope, and we hope on this account, and for the amusement of our readers, that each will be given a chance. No. 77. Papa killed some mice,and three year old Leola ran delightedly to her brothers and sisters exclaiming, “ Come and see the pretty little rabbits.” No. 78. Atticus is not yet three years of age. When given coffee he desires it stir red to dissolve the sugar, and asks some one to “ please wind up my coffee.” No. 79. Our baby was not familiar with designating tlje name and location of her ailments, so when her bead pained her she said, “ Mamma, I’se got the stomach-ache in my head.” No. 80. Our*three-year old expresses hi's preference foi soft bread rather than hard by asking for “ easy bread.” peareiTquile rapidly. This I attributed to my little boy and called him to account lor it. ‘‘ Dese flies et em, Mama,” he said. No. 82. Little Roy, year’s old, on seeing the first train moving slowly, said, “ Mamma, see the train crawling.” No. 83. It was hailing on the roof and the noise frightened baby. I trie<£ to pac ify her, and told her God was making the noise. After awhile her brother brought in a hailstone and said, “ This is what ynade the noise.” Baby ate itandsaid, “Malima, I done et that ’ittle Dod.” \ No. 84 On seeing lightning bugs Lavra asked what they were. “ Look, MaintAa, I’se a 'ightning bug,” and she was openinV and shutting rapidly. She scolds and frets, She’s full of pets, She’s rarely kind and tender; The thorn of life Is a fretful wife— I wonder what will mend her? And so every day he save the Almighty Advice which he deemed of great worth: And his wife took in sewing To keep things a going While he superintended the earth. —Churchman. RELIABLE GOODS. On every hand in each and all lines oi goods we see constant and unceasing effort being made to improve on former ideas and to produce what nearest approaches perfection. The tendency ot the present i day has been to a large degree toward the production of the greatest quantity for the ; least money; but it has been found that it , is a false and mistaken idea, and one that bears poor fruit. Hence the success of the few who have had the foresight to see a | slow but sure profit in making nothing but the best. It is but a few years ago that Ferris Bros, commenced the manufacture of the “Good Sense” corsets and corset waists. Their endeavor was to build up a trade for the future, and that they have succeeded is shown by their immense trade, which is continually increasing, and the high estimasion in which the goods are held by the leading dry goods houses throughout the country. We call atten tion to the ladies’ “ Good Sense ” corset waist which we illustrate. It is buttoned in front and laced all the way up the back, sizes 18 to 30 inches. The waists are made to suit all ages from the baby up, and pos sess many special improvements originated and patented by this firm.