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MEMORIAL.
Yes, Grandma’s chair is vacant now;
We miss the well-known form,
The gentle smile, the placid brow,
The heart with love so warm.
Forever stilled the kindly voice,
Forever closed the eyes ;
No more with her our hearts rejoice,
For cold in death she lies.
She faded in the bright spring-time,
When all of life seems best;
And in a far-off, better clime,
We know she is at rest.
But, in remembrance she will live,
Loved fondly till the last;
Iler faith, for us, a light will give,
Till time shall blot the past.
For many long and useful years,
The Lord has spared her life;
The end was peace—death caused no fears—
’Twas rest from earthly strife;
With patient heart and mind serene,
She waited for the call;
With Christ, her staff on which to lean,
Her guide, her strength, her all.
A heartfelt loss, to us, her death;
Yet, shall we dare complain?
The joys of earth which she has left,
Are dross to heavenly gain.
But if, like her, we live for God
To love and serve Him more,
And walk the way the Master trod,
We’ll meet her bn that “shore.”
M. Warner.
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Dear Woman’s Work:
With the permission of our indulgent
editress, 1 will give my opinion on one of
the evils of the day; in fact, of every day,
in every age; viz, the grudgingly given (if
given at all) encouragement to beginnem
in every art and calling.
I am convinced that there is much work
of worth—even of genius—suppressed by the
cold shoulder of the world. Bring this mat
ter home to yourselves,each and every one
of you, and make this work your own,by
seizing the first opportunity to encourage
A»nd help any one who is earnestly striving
lb Upstarted in anything which they know
themselves fitted for; as to those
■r egotism, imagine they have
■Fm.V. ’do not posses, there will be no
inZ by giving the test of opportuni-
I Jl .».n eminent judge once said, when
Ticused of giving legal diplomas to those
law students who had not passed a credi
table examination, there were many reasons
for the poor acquittal of law students, be
sides inability; viz, diffidence, nervousness,
indisposition etc, etc., and if it were really
inability, they would never be in the way
or heard of again in the legal world, with
or without a diploma.
You will in many cases where merit is
so strong as to rise to the surface in spite of
all obstacles, save to the worker, and for
the benefit of the world, years of weary
struggle and effort, before it is willing to
acknowledge this same merit that has
awaited its decision with that waiting that
maketh the heart sick—as in the case of
Columbus and hundreds and thousands of
others that might be mentioned. If those
you have taken by the hand, are mistaken
in the path they have chosen, they may,by
their anxiety to achieve this goal, fit them
selves to note the index finger at some of
the cross roads, which will lead them to
their natural specialty. Perhaps you are
busy, as I once heard a lady say when a
young lady called with samples of her
handiwork and a book of instructions on
that subject -written by herself, which she
wished to sell. She begged to explain her
methods,as she had been told that this lady
was an expert at such work, and hoped by
her approval to gain purchasers. Bid she
give up her occupations cheerfully, for a
short time, toseeif shecouldconscienciouly
help her? No, she was busy, and dismissed
her.
Now, her work may have had no merit,
or it may have been so good as, with proper
encouragement, to have placed her foot on
the first round of the ladder of independ
ence. Here is one opportunity lost.
Again, ycu have been touched to the
heart by some beautiful thought or good
counsel in Woman’s Work, or benefitted
by the dearly bought experience of some
sister workers, and never took the trouble
to write and call attention to it, thereby
leading some hurried reader to appreciate
it, and at the same time give kindly
thanks for the writer’s effort in our behalf.
None will deny the fact, that should limit
means prevent our taking aught else in
the reading line, while we have Woman’s
Work, we have a desirable library, and if
we, with our best ability and endeavor,
work to upbuild it, we may indeed make
our bright paper a blessing in those homes
(and alas ! there are many of them) where
books of reference and instruction are
absent.
Many subjects need to be more generally
understood, in order that both the elder
and younger members of the family may
better realize their vocation in life, and fit
themselves for it.
Do we not sit fast to our seat in Mr.
Bellamy’s “Life’s stage coach” careless and
regardless of those who pull it; forgetting
we have not even a life lease of said seat,
and that the next revolution of the wheels
may jostle us into the traces, to see through
others our own injustice and want of charity
when, alas lit is too late. Let no one of us
be so selfish or indifferent as not to give
information and help, if in our power to do
so. I know we can always depend on our
zealous editress to perform herpart to help
us, and while we call for help let us never
fail to give it in any form open to us.
What one of us, if we found a sprout of
vine or tree, that promised fruit, would
not nurture and care for it, with intense
j interest, until we tested its quality? Are
i our animal appetites so strong within us,
! that we are not willing to expend at least
i the same amount of care on the fruits of
the heart and mind, aiding them by en
grafting good thought and purposes, to
yield a rich harvest, for this life, and more
important still, for Eternity? There has
been much done to abolish slavery. But
while our eyes are fixed on one phase of it
only, are we not riveting like chains on
countless others? Do we not by this in
difference and want of charity for others
allow one class to impose on the other? In
every walk and work of every day life, we
see slavery in some form.
Now I propose that we of Woman’s
Work, begin a revolution by making an
other use of the Golden Rule, than marking
it on card board to collect cobwebs and
dust. Other good works have had as small
beginnings as a handful of earnest women
with the powerful lever we have in Wo
man’s W ORK.
I must express my tender regard for our
paper’s writers; my heart goes out particu
larly to those who -write for Mother’s Cor
ner. How can a woman feel her sphere a
narrow one, when she thinks of the power
she wields? There is no truth, charity,
temperance or virtue in the world, that
mothers do not influence.
“Talk about woman’s sphere
As though it had a limit;
There’s not a place in earth or heaven,
There’s not a task to mankind given,
There’s not a blessing or a woe,
There’s not a whispered yes or no,
There’s not a life or death or birth
That has a feather’s weight of worth
Without a woman in it.”
I dislike to find a single fault with any,
for my heart is full of love for all our wo
men workers, but I cannot help a feeling
of surprise and disapproval,that one enjoy
ing the privileges of foreign travel should
make adverse comparison of our glorious
country, with all its rich and rare inherit
ance of natural advantages, with those of
Europe, when even its glory seems moss
grown.
And methinks I could not have condemn
ed on my own judgment those Spanish
women as having “nothing in them but
good looks.” The thought that it was
through the self-sacrifice of Isabella of one
of nearly all women’s (particularly of that
day) prevailing vanities, her jewels, that
gave to us our grand and justifiable boast
of being American citizens, would have
givenmymind and pen magnifying powers,
to portray commendable characteristics, not
visible to any but an American eye.
The discovery of our country might
have been accomplished, by the indomita
ble perseverance of Columbus, without her
aid, but the fact remains that it was not,
and this should throw the mantle of charity
over any peculiarities of custom or habit,
that, if better understood, might excite our
admiration instead of condemnation.
Here would he a fine opportunity for
Miss Mary Franklin to don our badge, the
“Golden Rule,” and comment on the good
she sees, as she, or any other good American,
would have our dear land, its women, its
institutions, and its varisus forms of worship
commented on. There is rarely any good
gained from woundingthe feelings of ot hers
by ridicule of what is dear to them—at least
such is the opinion of
Aunt Mary.
Dear Woman's Work:
Sylvia Silverthorne, in the April number
of Woman’s Work, gives a very pretty
and elaborate way of doing up lace curtains,
but, for the busy housewife, I believe I
have an easier method—the result of which
could hardly be improved upon, as the lace
curtains, each five yards long, in our
drawing room, would testify. They wore
exceeding yellow, and being heirlooms, we
looked forward with dread to the washing
of them.
We washed ours in warmish water—first
letting them soak well—and, with plenty
of soap, washed out the dirt by rubbing
the lace gently between our hands. I am
afraid Sylvia would find that boiling, cer-
tainly more than once would be apt to
tear the fine threads; at least I have found
it so in washing narrow laces. The cur
tains were rinsed, and not starched at all,
because they were hand made; but thin
starch is used with other laces. For dry
ing and ironing them, our method was as
follows: On the drawing room floor we
spread sheets, and after wringing the lace
curtains by hand spread them upon the
sheets, pinning ends and points with pins,
which stuck through and caught in the
carpet beneath. All we had to do was to
shut the doors for a day, and the curtains,
dry and ironed, were ready for hanging.
Every one has a parlor which is not used
as an every day room, and can easily use
the floor, for a day, as a lace curtain dryer.
With narrow laces, about the easiest way
to wash them is to put them into a two
quart glass jar, with hot soapsuds, screwing
down the top, and shaking the whole vigor
ously. It will surprise one toseehow clean
this method will make them, and there will
be no tears nor holes. To rinse them, pour
off the suds, and fill the can with cold -wa
ter, shaking as before. Do not wring, but
press out, with the hands, all the water,
and pull out the points very gently. Hang
on a rack; the lace will dry, ready for use.
In answer to Bessie, in regard to curling
irons, I think there is not the least particle
of harm in" using them. I wear Russian
bangs, and curl them every day with an
iron. They grow very rapidly, and need
to be trimmed often. A singeing to the
ends.of the hair is said to promote the
growth, so even if the ends are scorched a
little, the result would be more beneficial
than otherwise.
I read somewhere that cornmeal is ex
cellent as a glove cleaner. I tried it and
found it as stated. A pair of light mous
quetaire gloves, in gray, had become badly
soiled. I put them on my hands, buttoned
them, then, in a basin of dry cornmeal,
■went through the same motion one does in
bathing the hands, some places came out
lighter than others, and to give them all
one color, I rubbed the darkest places, par
ticularly, -with meal on a flannel rag. A
pair of Swede gloves, I cleaned by washing
in water and soap; while they were on my
hands. After the dirt had been rubbed off
I dried the gloves with a cloth, then care
fully pulled the wet sticky things off. The
fingers were mere threads, so I blew vigor
ously into the glove, which puffed out the
fingers. When dry, the gloves were stiff,
but after putting on once, they softened,
and were as nicely cleaned as professionals!
could do it. Cornmeal also cleans white
flannel, or cloth, which is soiled in spots,
and it is admirable as an oil absorber; for
if scattered over a spot in carpet or dress,
that is colored with oil, it will remove the
oil, and leave the spot with only a faint
outline, which will probably need a scrub
with soap and water before it entirely dis
appears.
Ray Richmond.
Dubuque, la.
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