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JUNE, 1896.
As night is darkest just before the dawn.
So doubts are deepest just before the truth
Makes itself known. When in the deepest depths,
lo which our unbelief oft drags us down,
the still, small voice of God makes itself heard;
Then we, who lately doubted if the truth
Were truth or not, believe and doubt no more.
Oh, brother-men! when doubts shall press
around.
And hell itself seem yawning at your feet,
I he voice of God will enter in your hearts;
. eh thoughts of hell and death shall flee away,
And Heaven will lie before you, fresh and fair.
Florence A. Evans.
For Woman’s Work.
MY NOM DE PLUME.
D
. OROTHY, that’s mighty re
| freshing, j ist pour me an
other glass, please, and put
an extra large lump of ice in
it if you please; such a hot day and several
exasperating passengers have nearly driven
me to the verge of madness with their use
less questions.'’
1 smiled serenely, as I poured the
tea, well knowing that patience never
had been one of Hal’s virtues, but,
woman-like, refrained fr , ~m shaping my
thoughts into words o.i this particular oc
casion. We were having late tea, as we
always do the evenings Hal’s train comes
in, as it does not arrive until seven, and
Hal had come home tired, dusty and, visi
bly, a little out of sorts. I silently judged
that the usual torment had been aboard,
namely, the man, (of course it must have
been a man, for who could suspect our sex
of such curiosity?) who asks the time of
day, also the number of miles from one
station to another, every time the conduc
tor passes. I mentally noted all this from
the disgusted expression on Hal’s face
when he entered the dining room, and
wisely forebore to introduce— as yet— a
much loved subject which had borne heav
ily upon my mind for several days. The
tea table looked inviting, with its clean
white linen, delicate china, and polished
silver. A large flat glass dish filled with
fresh cutfljwers adorned the center of the
table, and their perfume filled the room
with soft, fragrant odors, reminding one of
spring violets, delicious purple headed
clover and new mown hay. The cool
evening breez j gently moved the soft lace
curtains which shaded the long French
windows, and I sincerely hoped that the
quiet harmony would have a tendency to
soothe Hal’s unstrung nerves. The ice tink
led in the goblet with inviting coolness as
I handed it to him, and a faint sigh escaped
me as I thought of the pleasant chat I had
counted on during the afto-noon. I had
donned a favorite dress of Hil’s, a delicate
cream batiste with black velvet collar and
cuffs and a knot of pale blue velvet at my
throat. I had carelessly tucked a spray of
pink hyacinths in the surplice bosom of my
dress, and arranged my brown, almost
blonde, treß a es in their most becoming
style— a la Mrs. Cleveland—fondly hoping
to thus pave the way for my most cherished
desire. I always tried to be particular about
my appearance, but on this evening, of all
others, I wished to please Hal.
I think the sigh aroused him, for as he
raised the glass to his lips, he paused, and,
looking across the table at me, said: “Dor
othy, little woman, you look very sweet
to-night, but you always do look charming,
my dear, to me,” and his s 4 rong, muscular
hand closed around mv fingers in kindly
pressure, as they drummed idly on the
table
“Have a care, Hal,” said I, “you are
crushing the flowers, reaching over them in
that fashion,” but I returned the silent to
ken of affection and said nervously; “Hal,
I’ve something to tell you, very seri
ous. I”
Hal broke in with: “Hello, what’s in the
wind now; had bad luck with the cake, or
has Dick got into Rough on Rats, eh, old
boy?’’ and he patted the head of our staid
old house cat, who always sat by Hal’s
chair at meal time, in dignified anticipa
tion of his plate of scraps. Dick said
“meow,” and wiggled his tail in wild de
light at such unexpected attention, for love
of petting was one of Dick’s weak points.
“Nothing the matter with you; must be the
cake,” as Nora, our maid of a’l work, en
tered the dining room bearing in her hand
a plate of light tea cakes, hot from the oven.
“Well, what is it?’’
1 vaguely searched my memory for the
opening remarks I had previously pre
pared, but in vain. “Why, Hal, all the
ladies, nearly, who write tor the press, if
it is ever so little, select some nice nom
de plume, and I think—that is, I thought
you might suggest something—you see as
1 expect to send contributions to “Wo
man’s Work” occasionally, and then you
know I have baen sending short articles
to several of the “old home” papers, with
occasional sketches in the dailies here, I
think it would be suitable for me to adopt
some name which may sometime become
WOMAN’S WORK.
immortal.” The last with lofty dignity,
but 1 grieve to state that it passed unno
ticed. I sat back in my chair and calmly
awaited results.
“That’s just what Marvin and I were
talking about on the train to-day,” and
Hal leaned back in his chair meditatively.
“You see I was reading a short article to
him which pleased us highly, and imag
ine our disgust to find at the close, “L _>-
rena Medora De Smythe.” All bosh and
nonsense! Why, for all I knew it might
be an old friend, but who trace any
thing familiar in that lingo?”
I can only inform you that then and
there I forever buried “Leone Dare”
within the deepest recesses of my in
nermost heart, and she has never been
resurrected. However, I determined to
argue my point, but bided my time, re
membering that “who laughs last, laughs
best ” so waited for Hal to finish.
“If you women want to scribble a little,
stick to your own names and be satisfied
with theik. How much genuine satisfac
tion it would be to our absent friends to
p’ck up a paper and read a sketch signed
Dorothy Deane; they would say in a mo
ment, “Why, bless me, that must be Hal
D jane’s wife; used to know them well;
capital fellow, that Hal Deane—steady as
a clock and accommodating to his passen
gers; nice place to go, always found Mrs.
Deane ready to entertain; lively little
lady, wife was very fond of her,” and va
rious other pleasant things to be said by
friends who will be minded of us by
seeing Dorothy Deane; a plain, common
name, my dear, but an honest, lawful
one.” And Hal gave me a smile of com
placent satisfaction as though all doubts
were removed and a matter of grave im
portance settled.
When Hal concluded his remarks my
fertile brain soon devised a method of
retaliation, so I immediately brightened
up and said: “Yes, dear, you are right, to
be sure; I will use my own name, to be
sure, plain Dorothy Allen; and when that
dear, handsome Mr. Townsend, who used
to be so devoted at home reads my poor
little efforts, he will no doubt say: ‘Can
that be sweet Dorothy Allen of my old
college days? I used to pay her most
assiduous attentions, but she would have
none of me; asked her to marry me once,
and she refused. Always thought she
would make a fine woman, for I remember
her at sixteen, tall, graceful and proud as
Lucifer. Let’s see, who did she marry,
after they went west? Some fellow, a
railroad man, I believe; never heard his
name. Well, Dorothy was a bright girl,
and ten to one she partly supports herself
in this way, poor little woman, now I
could give her one of the most elegant
homes in the city of L . I have a nice
bank account, and am said to be a most
popular and successful lawyer, but at
thirty-eight, am still unmarried. Heigho!
there’s no accounting for people’s tastes.’”
I had pretended to be musing aloud,
and was gazing pensively toward the
globes over the gas jets; as I relapsed into
speculative silence—assumed—l looked at
Hal and burst into laughing at his speech
less, bewildered face. He made an effort
to regain his composure as he said stiffly;
“Don’t you think you are rather far
fetched in your adfectives, and as for that
popinjay of a lawyer, I no doubt saved
you from a life of privation and want with
him.”
Hal arose from the table, stretched his
length of manhood upon the lounge, and
clasped his hands under his head. 1 fol
lowed with alarming speed, and as I
perched myself by his side I tucked a soft,
cool pillow under his head, slid one hand
between his locked fingers and said; “Hal
Deane, my adjectives are not imaginary
ones, for you have used them scores of
times, and even more decided and pre
rogative ones; is it not so?”
Hal gave me one queer look, and burst
forth with: “My treat, Dorothy; I give
up entirely. You may go down town to
morrow and order the most stunning fall
bonnet in the city.”
This vanquished me at once and de
stroyed all the romance of Leone Dare; so
I answered slowly: “No, Hal, in honor of
dear Grandpa Allen, and my husband,
Harold Doane, 1 relinquish my flowery
nom de plume forever, and will still be
known by the plain but satisfactory name
that I have so long borne ”
Dorothy Allen Deane.
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TWO PRETTY AND USEFUL
DOILIES.
MOST housekeepers know that baked
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"" ■«' served whole, keep hot and
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For Woman’s Work.
HELPFUL HINTS.
To keep from staining one’s hands when
cleaning new Irish potatoes, put them into
some deen vessel—a bucket is good—with
a half doz m or so small stones; with a
clean stick stir vigorously a few moments
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t iem with the hands; and in less time
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Should particles of the skin still adhere to
the eyes of the potatoes, rub with a damp
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If bothered by the cream splashing
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When the fruit season comes if one is
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Treat fruit as usual, put into jars boiling
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piece and tie securely, then over all tie
a piece of paper so the batting cannot be
come torn, and if other conditions are all
right, fruit will keep as well sealed in this
way as in any other. I have followed this
method for several years and have never
lost a jar of fruit sealed in this way.
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Wring lightly, or rather squeeze the water
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Delicate laces should be washed by clap
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