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THE SUNNY SOUTH
S0I1IEB1 lOVSEMLO.
Call* for .lew Kemedie*.
Y ■ >n may wear gold-bowed spectRel-**,
grandmother, and tuwiiuie an ancient-1 raking
cap; you may 1* deaf, slightly infirm, and a
little near-sighted. In fact, the maj irity of
your five sense* may p wsibly be on tne wane,
but I will venture to nay there is one solitary
organ, though ofien used, that has stool the
test of time and never yet failed you. Like
a good ship it has weathered many a storm
and has come out unimpaired, and like the
new moon it waxes stronger as it grows old
er. Need 1 aay that I refer to your tongue,
the instrument with which your sex is so fa
miliar. 1 judge its vigor by the volubility
displayed iu your recent homily for no one
can tie slow of speech who uses such a pro
fusion ofjquartosyllabics. Your remedy for
my uialaoy is a go-id one no d-iuht, but if
that mule you introduced is meant for a de
monstration 1 must ask yon to exp'aiii
your explanation. 1 like stubborn facts
though they somet-mei throw me off
my guard and laud me in che mire of confu
sion. This one, however, did not, for 1 fail.-d
to discern the Ix-aring i" nason my case, con
sequently did not profit by the soi disant
simile. My intention, too, dear grandmoth
er, you entirely' misconstrue 1 have no d—
sire or inclination to create a sensation in
our quiet Household. My blushes come too
read.ly for that, for you kn .w wherev-r the
fair and the lieuutiful are there are my bl.rn
ders also. My intention, I as rare you, was
laudable and ray appeal sincere. I have strug
gled against this nyura-headed monster that
holds me in its thraldom for years. 1 huve
resorted to every device known to my inge
nuity and just as 1 was congratulating my
self on my happy deliverance from itsclutch-
es. I have been invariably launched into some
new and unforseen predicament that left me
in a worse state than before. 1 have an in
stance of this character in mind now. A few
evenings ago, after 1 mg and thorough delib
eration, 1 concluded to call on a young lady
as b-.-autiful as an oriental bouri, in order to
fi-id out whether 1 had advanced or deterior
ated since my last catastrophe in the church.
It was a desperate undertaking, hut mine is
a desperate affliction, and 1 resolved to go if
1 perished in tne attempt. 1 was somewhat
exited with the mental strain 1 had under
gone, so in order to get perfectly cool 1 shut
myself up in the refrigerator for half an h ur,
and after thawing ail the ice it contained,
and sitting down in the butter dish, up-et-
ting a picture of milk, devouring the ice
cream and a few other matters of minor
note, I came out and prepared for the trial.
1 could imsgine myself with this beautiful
being in the gentle stillness of the twilight
with heart attuned to the glories of the scene
listening euraptured to the closing song of
busy nature hushing to repose and in tue sil
very quiet of the moonlight night as we wan
dered amid the j •ssamine and roses, I would
whisper words of love in her willing ear. B it
alas! for imagination's empty dream all
hollow -hollow—bil O'! I could always pi .y
how to do such tb ngs but could never currn
it ou\ I w ent to see the young Indy but that
soft feeling about the head manifested itself
as soon as I reached the door and when the
servant admitted me 1 opened tbe ball by
shaking bands with her, (the servant) and
asking about her health and remarking that
1 never saw her look tiet.er in my life. All
this too before 1 discovered my mistake.
Well, 1 managed to get into tbe parlor and
in a few minutes tbe young lady made her
appearance. I arose to meet her, stumbled
over a chair, and performed the sprawling
act to begin with, 1 only lost a front tooth
and about half a pint of blood from a mashed
nose in the operation. Tnis was not so very
bad and after a little patching up of the
bruises 1 was all right physically, but men
tally 1 was just a little cranky, or at least
felt so. 1 resumed my seat and like all other
young men who don’t know what to say. 1
commenced about the weather but soon ex
hausted the subject, and thought it a good
time to begin that silvery moonlight busi
ness. I suggested a* promenade. She was
Bitting near a low marble-top table on which
rested a large lamp, and as 1 advanced, she
arose and offered to take my T arm which so
confused me that I grew weak in the knee?,
fell against the end of the table which tilted
np, the lamp slid down and struck me in the
buck, my heels flew from under me and
down 1 came with the table and lump on the
floor; the lamp was broken in the fall and
some of tbe oil got in my hair, caught on fire
and the next thing 1 knew 1 was crawling
out from under a large rug, and rushing f ir
the door 1 left my troubles a!l behind. After
I got home and calmly viewed the wreck of
my former self I sound that I could not send
Amiens a lock of my hair, for 1 lost it ull in
one brief moment. Now, Grandmother, if
you have any new remedies trot them out
and relieve Yours iu dead earnest,
Bashful Billy.
Tweaty Dollar* a Sloath.
May I coma in ? Your happy H msshold is
so inviting, and so genial, that 1 feel almost
us if I knew you. Your sensible and practi
cal c irfH of contributors are doing good in
their day and generation; for whosoever
solves the real problems of life and points the
way to an easy solution, is greater than he
who conquers a city. This corps has put me
to think rig, and 1 hope I will not be consid
ered obtrusive if I, too, give a thought which
may be worthy a place in the gallery of
memory.
The * editor of the SUNlfY South - who I
wish could write more, and whose magic pen
spiritualizes and lieautifies every subject it
mpaies—tells how a friend of hers solves one
around the border lay mosses in which are not close the doors of yonr cosy little! fairy
little stones and rocks and tin£ oak bushes
that cast their reflection in tbe water. I
have beautiful l.lues, seeds and bulbs, which
I will ex 'hange with any one of the House
hold for choice fl iwers that th»y may have.
If you will let me come again I will give you
some splendid rec.pes for the kitchen. VTith
best wishes, I am “BUTTEHFLY. ’’
Another Buzz From Bunt Bee !
Girls, another thing to remember when
selecting your future spouse. Be sure he
kuows how to treat his mother and sisters. If
he has neither, then note how he treats some
body else's mother and sisters. This is a sure
_ test, for the man that is surly or cross, or
>f the most important problems of a success- j domineering, dictatorial, or anything else
ful life, by making twenty dollars per month disagreeable towards his female relatives will
pay eleven dollars per mouth hou-e rent, and
feed and clothe a family of three adult per
son*.
In this subject is bound up, I may safely
affirm, the success of li e with every fun 1 V
of limited means in tbe u iverse; hut I will
not dissertate. The case under consideration
reminds me so much of my own experience
-luring a married life of nearly nine years
Fortunately I bad some knowledge of the
culinary art, being an only daughter of an in
valid mother. F >r nearly eight years of tnis
life I had a full share of the fret and worry
with fr. e colored servants, and during which
time they have wasted and stolen enough to
have supported our family (my husband, one
child and myself; in abundance. Tnis state
oieut appears strong, but actual experiei.ee,
during the past several mouths, has demon
strated the truth of this statement; and our
fare, appetites and digestion are infinitely
tietter, and we are far happier. But (turning
again to tbe * editor’s friend) I do think she
does wrong to send her liege off to his work
tireakfastless, while she sleeps her morning
imp. We arise at dawn, (leaving our little
three-year old sunbeam tucked in her crib to
tik- tbe morning nap) and my husband and
1 nave breakfast ready at sunrise, whence he
goes to his work—but not breakfastless. A
kind woman does our cleaning up, without
access to our larder. By this simple means-
standing myself in the drain from our in
come—we tbiuk we have solved a m.ist im
portant life-pr-iblem. Besides, we live as
cheaply as the * editor’s friend’s family, and
our bank accouut grows more rapidly than
formerly by several dollars per week. I feel
really that, we have solved the problem of life,
be-ides learaei'm ire of the practical si le of
life than during the eight other years of mar
ried life, during my presidency of the kitch-
eu. Barring disaster, we feel that we are on
the high road to iortune. Ursula.
lalnd, Tliotijjlitlul Engarom.
Tuanks, dear Mattie, my fernery is beauti
ful. Directions for the horn are as foliows:
Boil half an hour and cleanse with a cloth
and soap; while warm, scrape with bits of
glass until highly polished, ami trim top edge
with a knife. Baste gilt paper, scalloped,
around b ith ends, and pictures between, ac
cording to taste; or, if you are an artist, make
your own pictures with oil paint. Bierce a
hole in opposite sides of the top and fasten a
bright cord, ending with tassels to hang it by.
A small horn is useful for lamp lighteis, and
any siz is pretty for dried grasses.
For shame, Lily Bell! to speak of one of
our household treasures in such a manner, nnd
to consign him to such a nurse. You nave
fougotten how you, at ourlitilr darling’s age,
dreaded your teasiugunde, and would refu-e
to yo to him unless he showed his wateu, or
a pretty red apple. To pay' you for your au
dacity, tee wilt lake the baby, and leave you
with Bieh. Thanks for .your good words
about the Carolina ladies. To prove to you
that I am one, I want to send you a recipe
for yonr wedding cake, but not before it is
needed.
D ies the mantle t f lovelines and pure Chris
tian worth always Tall upon the name of Sa
die ? Besides Sadie Lee, I know two others
of the name, and they- seem to be “peculair
people, zealous of good works.” just such as
our Sadie’s letter proves her to be. F.iend
S idie, you touched a responsive chord in my
heart with your question, “Can we lie true
mothers unless we train ourselves for : he h ly
calling 1” Indeed, we cannot, and how tew
feel the responsibility of feeding the souls and
minds of their i hildren ? I derive greut iejp
from an old text-book of my mother’s—“Ma
son’s Treatise on Self-k-cowledge,"’ and T. 8
Arthur's writings to mothers. Since reading
and studying so much for that purpose, 1 find
Dora Thorne fipeaks Ber Bind
to Klvhard Penfield.
Not convinced? Well I must express my
opinion why you Are not convinced If you
live in the warm regions you are still ‘green,’
but 1 guess that by the time frost reaches
you, your cerebum and cerebellum will be
ripe; then 1 hope you will be convinced.
No, indeed, sir, “mama” is not standing
over me, duectiug me what, and how to do.
Common sense (and I hope you have some),
teaches me. I stand a No. i cook on the bis
cuit question. 1 am independent, and 1 agree
with tnose who say, “Women must have
their rights. ’ If 1 ever enter the matrimo
mal list, 1 believe I shall rule my own domi
cile. It is not yery often that you can out
wit a woman. And now, R chard Peuufield,
confess up. Remember, I am not yet “s>veet
sixteen;” but when a hard-beaded man ex
presses an opinion about biscuit-making, 1,
little “ gray-eyed rebel,’■ can “sit him
down.” Good-bye; I wish to enter into no
ooorn,” but hope that when Jack Frost
spreads his snowy mantle oyer all, he will
give you “a big dose.”
Kitty, would you like to correspond with
a young member of tbe Household? If so,
and you have no objtctions, I am at your
command. Answer soon. 1 like your letters,
and hope that you like the Household as
much as 1 do. Here is a kiss, and sweet g rad-
bye. “Dora Thornk.”
A Sprightly Letter From L. G,
S. V.
I’m sure the sisters agree with me in wish'
ing to hear the recipe Crushed offered us for
making husbands happy—of course we all
have j way of our own —but w e may get a
new idea from her—beg her to bring the baby
w hen she comes. Teii Aunt Tabby there is
uo part of a woman's work that 1 have not
doue, and am not willing to do again if my
loved ones can lie made happier or more
comfortable thereby.
Will some sister who has a small house—
kept in exquisite order—chairs, books, papers
etc , straigut and nice—and who also has two
boys with an insatiable fondness for old iron,
nails, hoops, spades, sticks, scantlings, scissors
aud paper, chinaberries, tiu cans, etc., etc.,
who are j >yous aud happy their twelve
wuking hours—tell me how she keeps the boys
in order in said house? Will she also tell me
how many sailor waisrs it takes to each boy?
Not less than twenty-four apiece I’m sure,
and after she gets them made how can she
keep twelve buttons on each? Where does
she get the buttons, the time and the pa
tience? L. G. S. V.
Interesting to Housekeepers,
Don’t- the Household need another cook? I
hope so, and will accept my services, which
l now offer. 1 notice B nnie Blue’s recipe
for cocking birds. Instead of boiling, put
them in the nan in a hot stove, broil, bake
and baste at the same time. The birds are
much sweeter not to boil as B.ninie Blue di
rects. Rabbits, squirrels, and a leg of mut
ton are good, cooked the same way. In cook
ing mutton I put onions iu the pan when I
pin it in th- stove. I send you a recipe for
silver cake, which is splendid. The whites of
12 eggs, 5 cups of flour, 3 cups of sugar, 1 cup
of butter, 1 cup of sweet milk. Work the
butter until it runs, then add tbe sugar grad
ually, milk nex’, then flour and 1-stly the
beaten whites; 1 teaspoonful cie on of terror,
half teaspoonfut soda. Bike qu-.ck.
This will suffice for the present. If any
one wishes, 1 will call again, and tell how to
hake good waffl-s, ROLLr MUGGINS.
R'-m •, Go.
tie the same to his wife.
Now Bach, don’t ask bow I know this, for
1’li tell you at once. I am not old, but I
know these things bv observation. You may
also ask if 1 don’t exp rat to get a paragon for
a husband. Yes 1 do.
An : now please teil me what you mean by
meo periculot Do you mean you have ex-
peii.-iiced great fear, or are a great -inner,or
what? I confess I have forgotten what little
Latin I once knew. And truly it looks very
much os if you had taken to flight. From
Huntsville to Gainesville!
Dear Mrs. L. C. O , toll the “cow boy” if
he values nis dairy not to turn B isy Bee into
i-, fur she would certainly skim off nis cream
to drink, eat tne “clabber” and revel in the
buttermilk. Tell him also that when neces
sary f can milk and churn. Especially do I
pride myself on neat milking, for 1 follow
girad Mrs. Hill’s method.
i.Oh, yes, 1 almost forgot Jack. Let bangs
alone,Jack,or you may hear a buzz What do
you mean? Fair and sweet Lily Bell—I prick
you! 1 am ■ innocent or—forgetful! Recall
tne time when I was so cniel as to “thrust
my barb into you. And when you suggest
B. B as a cun-all for Bashful Billy, do you
mean the Bad Boy or what? Also, when you
ask it H. B. will write you, do you refer to
Brave Bicb, Bashful Billy, or Busy Bee!
Biease be more explicit. 1 enjoyed your last
letter, and like you could not but feel like
‘roaring” at sweet, innocent Crushed’s rem
edy for cross babies. Hope she won't get
mad with me.
Many of our Household expressed the wish
to meet Busy Bee at the meeting of tbe House
hold in October. I feel grateful for the in
terest in me this indicates, but alasl my purs-
was not elastic enough to stretot from our lit
tie village to our great Gate City, and 1 re
press my tears as 1 think of that merry meet
ing and the ludicrous exposes aud I not there!
Now, it you value you life or happiness, Miss
E litress, ddu’t you dare betray me or my
name.
If siadie Lee will tell me why she wishes
my name and address, perhaps—Now, Sauie,
do you know I have chosen that nom de
p'ume for a litoraxy career* And I am going
m o make Busy Bee world famous.
O, dear Editress! have a care how you mix
recipes. You made Hope Ray take a spoou-
f ul of lard for her biscuit and in the morning
“pour in butter.” Heavens! Dyspeptics,
beware of those biscuit.
[and against me; for I imagine I would feel
very much like B-tsy Hamilton were her
“country truck” unnoticed at the “respira
tion,” if the Household refu-ed me admit
tance: hut do please let me peep in just this
once. I wish so much to sympathise with
that doleful Southern Lad, who has lived
away tbe best part of bis life in this beautiful
land of soft, sunny, blue skies, happy, merry
girls, and still wends his way to a dismal
bachelor hall, and sits sighing for a lass from
the snowy North.
Yes, Mr. Southern Lad, do give us a de
scription of your bachelor home, and correct
wrong impressions, if I have them, for I have
been imagining your little hall a perfect
"Blue Beard’s closet,” and comparing it with
a sunny, vine clad cottage and a smiling face
at the window.
Dear me 1 there is the school belL What
would Prufessor say if he knew 1 bad sat here
all this time and not written a single one of
my exeercises.
Daughter of Southland.
Old Friend oflhe S. S. in Wel
come.
I have long des-red to become a member o
the charming Household circle, but from
various reasons have deferred until now, an
earnest request to be admitted. I have
taken the Sunny South for several years
and have always cordially welcomed its
weekly visits; for it is in my estimation the
paper of tbe day, combining so delightfully
the instructive and amusing. Indeed, my
friends frequently tell me that I regard it as
one of the essentials of existence. But it has
undoubtedly, now (.attained tbe acme of its
glory in the orgauiz ttion of the delightful
Household.
For, with no intention of disparaging the
exquisitely beautiful Random Talks, emana
tions of a noble and gifted mind or yet
Cousin Betsy’s quaint, life-like portrayals of
“cracker” life, yet my first impulse on recep
tion of my Sunny friend is to eagerly devour
the missives from the Household band, some
cheery and borae-like, and others brilliant
aud piquant, tbe variety in style and senti
ment only serving to make them doubly at
tractive. And then all are so suggestive of
the character of its author, that it seems as if
I knew personally each one. At any rate, I
bave a mental photograph of many of you,
of our Queen, sweetly blending a regal digni
ty with womanly tenderness, of Busy Bee.
sparkling and biig v , and of that gracious,
gallant gentleumu (in the true sense of the
word) Eugene Hall. How much I would
like an opportunity of testing the correctness
of these and many other pictures distinctly
visible to my mind’s eye! But, for the present
I will retire if assured of a welcome, I will
gladly return and will give you several
recip -s, valuable for their infallibility having
proved them myself, 0. refutation of Richard
Pei ifield’s cynical arguments as to the absolute
laziness of girls With an earnest hope for
the prosperity of t-ie Household I bid you
au revoir, Vera Vernon.
“ Bashful Folly” aud “Rm-IiImI
Dllly.
May I enter this interesting baud and form
the acquaintance of Bashful Billy ?
Now, Billy, keep your fiDger out of your
mouth and quit grinning, while “Bashful
Polly” introduces "herself. I think we wouli
make the best of friends if Grandma L ive
will take us under her motherly wings.
How did yon perform when you met the
Household? l can draw on my imagination
aud see you tramping your big feet on some
young lady’s train, or knocking off Grand
ma’s spectacles. Woo knows but what you
took a seat in Betsy Hamilton’s “ingun but
tons” also.
As brevity is the rule, I had better close,
for this is my very first attempt at writing
to the Household.* Bashful Polly.
Health is Wealth.
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boxes, accompanied with five dollars, we will
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Lamar, Who'esaleand Ret.il Ageuts; atlas: a,
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prompt attention. 277
Millinery!
D K K * M • NAKIKG
Minnow to Old Bach.
Listen, Old Bach; some one is knocking
for admittance into tbe Household? Open
the door, please, and g've me a seat right by
your arm-chair. I will promise to be juBt as
quiet as possible. (Don’t frown so much, it
spoils your good looks.) Old bachelors are
so curious. They prefer sitting in a corner
smoking their pip-s, to tbe company of some
gay girl jusi. sixteen. Ah, do I see Old
Bach smile one of those sweet, rare smiles
and offer a seat to “Minnow?”
And still another is knocking at the door
for admittance to the Household. I am in
my seventeenth year, and have had but few
advantages in the way of an education. My
pa is a subscriber to the Sunny South and
has been for years and when it comes every
Saturday morniDg, the first thiBg I look for
is Betsy Hamil 011’s letter, then the House
hold. I love Betsy; I know that George
Washington Higgins has secured a jewel.
I like all the Household members; they seem
l<ke a band of sisters and brothers. I thank
Hope Ray for her buttermilk biscuit recipe;
it is nice, 1 like her. I am chief cook
at our house. Ma directs and I execute.
Hope Ray, let me ask you one question: Do
you have to prepare meals for commercial
drummers? If so, I can sympathize with
you, for I have a time with them. Pa doesn’t
keep a boarding-house nor a hotel, but pop-
calls from those, drummers are embarrassing.
Hoping to be admit! ed into tbe Household, I
will bid you adieu for the present.
Stilesboro, Go. Minnie Clyde.
Attention.
We hope Mrs. Thornton will not object to
our publishing her private letter. W e do
so believing that it will better serve her pur
pose than an explanation written by us.—Ed
In your notice of the picture you gave rnj
name as Mrs. A M. Thornton. I learn that
several letters have been sent to that address
intended for me, and a lady in town by that
name get them,and they bave been misplaced
and cannot be found. Please correct am*
state that it ary person has written to me
6y that nariieto
erly.
• write again and direct prop
Yonrs truly,
Mrs E. S. Thornton.
The house at Florence in which Dante was
born is for sale for about $250.
Oliver Optic has written in his lifetime 75
books for boys.
W illiam Black is to write a novel for Har
per’s Magazine, r he first chapters of which are
to appear early, in the spring.
M. Victor Hugo has just given $2,000 to the
poor of Paris. This is not a large sum for as
rich a man as he, but Hugo is a Frenchman
with a heart.
Mr. Henry James, Jr., whom by the way.
■i certain Boston paper inelegantly terms
“an unmitigated literary fraud,” is shortly
• o return to America to live.
'File “ Charmed Circle ” Opens
to Admit “ Jlurlel.” ,
Will you open the “charmed circle - ’ and ad
mit another to your deur Household ? I have
watchef with growing interest its progress,
aud am glad aud proud to notice a decided
improvement in every numlier. The letters
ara so bright and chatty. I like them every
one. You may count my vote for Mattie
no duty so ( lea-ant as training and cultivate Si-ward as “Q ieen of tbe Household.” May
illect of my two little boys. I have a seat near Grandma Love, and learn
ir-g the in’e.
Yes. little Dora, the “Young Ladies’ Book”
is quite a treasure. Every girl should have
it. Did you ever read “Rasselas,” by John
son ! It is an old story, and you may have
to goto your grandfather’s library to find it;
but read it thoughtfully, and it will pay you
for the trouble.
Now, to one whom all of the Hoosehold
love, let me reiterate the sentiment of one of
her professional friends—“May the mantle of
an honored father fall softly about his child,
and may the thorny path of letters have fre
quent roses for our “Geor
October 26, 1881.
xeorgia Girl. ” Adieu.
Engorah
Kind Word*.
Dear Householders : I have been a reader
of The Sunny South for about six months.
1 never knew it until 1 became a subscriber,
and X dare affirm it has no leader who enjoys
it more, or has been oftener soothed by its
perusal than my self. There always seems to
be something written specially form?. I lead
it all, but am especially interested in the
Household, and modestly ask to be admitted
into its saci ed precincts.
I have only two questions to ask this time.
I don’t think new acquaintances should say
t j ■ iuch. Is “Toe M_\ stery of Helen By rne,”
b_ Mrs. Bryan, a true story? I have good
r isons for wishing to know. Will some kind
Householder give me some suitable fl >wers,
seeds, or plants, to grow on two baby graves?
An Arkanslan.
Malvern, Ark.
many useful lessons from her rich experience?
My grundma is tbe dearest and best in the
world, and I am partial to all grandmothers.
Will “Crushed” ai*cept my leve for herself
aud baby ? 1 should like very much to have
a kiss from baby’s lips. Is it true that we
will have to give up our dear Comfort Mar-
suall ? I hope not, for we would miss her
kind help so much.
Hurrah for Cousin Tom! I like him muchly.
Come again; you will always be welcome,
Cousin T. Tuere, now! Richard Penfieli
will pitch into me, for I do like boys. If I
am honored by an admittance to tbe House
hold band, you may hear agaiu from.
Muriel, of Tanneasee.
A Butterfly Flits Among I'm.
Good morning to the Southern Household.
May a Butterfly flit its gilded wings into
your charmed presence this bright morning?
i read the Household letters every week and
derive both pleasure and benefit from them.
I bave been deeply interested in the recipes
and practical hints and talks in some of them.
Though I am a Butterfly I do not always
rest on roses; sometimes, like the ‘Busy Bee,’
I light on firmer things. 1 think Mattie Saw
ard’s plan of making a fernery out of a tin
pan is a good one. Would Mattie and
Crushed and Jerusba like to know how to
make a miniature silver lake? This is the
way: Take an oval pieoe of pasteboard and
all the pieces of broken looking-glass that
vou can get, and paste them to the board,
Yon are Welcome, Myrtle Ainl-
val.
Many thanks to the Household for admit
ting me into their happy circle. I generally
read their letters fi st out i am delighted with
the entire paper.
1 agree with Busy Bee in making Mattie
Qu-en of the House old, a id am sure the en
tire f \mily will coiucide with her in her wish
for all, most assuredly, admired her letters
fraught with wisdom; and love her for her
kindness of heart.
Sadie Lee, I agree with yon regarding
mental culture; and the mission destined tor
woman to perform. They rule the world,
aud their influence is far greater than many
imagine.
N. L H., you p’omised to tell U3 about
j our friend whose life is a poem. Please teil
us about her; and Magnolia, teii U3 how you
climbed and bivouaced on the banks of the
Suwannee. I like your letter, please write
again.
Bonnie Biite, I should be pleased to peep
into your lovely sitting room. I know it is
dainty enouga for a fairy like yourself to
dwell in.
Amicus, I sent yon a lock of my chesnut
brown hair for the picture.
I wonder if Sir Re-hard can make as nice
jelly and preserves as I have this Week, or if
tie can arrange a flower yard as tastily as
mine is. I have a black rose In full bloom.
TeX .s, come end see my fl wers and I will
give you any of them.
1 will tell Southern L issie about my libra
ry and my highly prized scrap books some
time; as brevity is to be our motto I must
desist for the present. Good-bye,
Myrtle Aixtval.
AVe Welcome Maiden Aunt*
Queen Mother of the Household, is your
family already largo enough, or will you
kindly adopt into it another member? If
you comply with my request it may be to
v our interest as well as mine; fora maiden
aunt is a very convenient thing sometimes
to nave about to aid in the management of a
family; especially if, as in your case, the
bead is a young mother with a large nutnDer
of children.
Those who have never lived in the same
douse with such an aunt as I, cannot con-
c ve the brightness and general pleasure
which ' er presence ever brings. The bene
fit received by the children from her lectures
of what was proper when she “was a girl,”
cannot be computed. As an evidence of her
penetration I will proceed to remark that the
sudden affection of Bach for “bangs” must
have been induced by tbe sight of Busy Bee’s.
Consistency is a jewel which it is said wo-
m.-n do not possess. Now, listen, Bach, like
a good boy, while yonr aunt tells you that
you do not spirt that precious gem to any
great extent?
Aud childr-n, dear, if any of you need ad-
vice ou a subject, you will be most kind'y
assisted, when possible, if you will only come
with your trouble and knock at the door of
your “Maiden Aunt.”
Welcome School-jfirl.
_ . It is busy times with you of the Household
Fill the crevices with moss and lichens, and about now, I suppose; but I hope that will
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