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SUNDAY MORNING.
THAT BABY.
It ain’t no trouble now to find
The tilings that used to lie
A-seattered ’round about the house.
Or hid away from me.
The paper’s alius right to hand,
The tidy’s on the chair.
My hat don’t leave the-froc.t hail peg
’Most ’fore 1 hang it there.
An* everything is orderly.
An’ just the way it's put,
Without a raft o’ cn’r'us truck
A kickin’ under foot.
But when I look around the room,
An’ see the chairs jus’ so.
An’ all the things a settin' in
The place they ought to go.
I’d give thp rest o’ this oi' life
If I could only sec
That baby strewiu' tilings around
The way they used to be.
—Portland Oregonian.
Her V\feddinq Jourqey.
* II j K. H. Porter.
| J HERE was never a time that
I , honeymoon ,'vips had not pos
| sessed a wonderful fnseina
"2” ation for her. Asa child she
had eagerly devoured every available
bit of Information concerning the wed
ding journeys of the entire village, and
in time it became a settled thing for
each returning bride to subject herself
to the admiring questions and worship
fill homage of little Matilda Jones.
When it was that the idea of her own
wedding trip first *aine to her she
could not tell, hut it grew with her
growth and strengthened with her
strength, until it became the best part
of her life. The supposedly necessary
adjuncts of a man and a marriage
never occurred to her—her vision of a
wedding journey contained herself
alone.
To be sure, as she grew older, a vil
lage youth would now and then sham
ble diffidently up the garden walk on
Sunday afternoon, or shyly offer his
escort home from evening service at
the little church. But all these tilings
only frightened her. and by and by the
young men ceased from troubling.
Then one day her mother died, and
she was left all alone in the little white
cottage at the end of the lane. As time
passed the thin little face wore a look
of placid contentment, and the faded
blue eyes looked oil) serenely Matilda
was about to take her wedding jour
ney.
Away in the top of the tiny house,
far hack in a bureau drawer, lay a pile
of money. She could tell the history of
almost every penny there.
This was the dollar her pickled pears
had brought, and that was the quarter
saved on the trimming for her black al
paca dress. All this little pile of nick
els and dimes, she liad earned selling
blackberries, and that beautiful shining
gold piece had iipcn sent to her on her
eighteenth birthday by her uncle. This
particularly dingy five-rent piece she
had gained when a mere slip of a girl
pulling weeds in the garden. It was
the first money she had ever earned,'
and she had Immediately dedicated it
lo her wedding journey.
She made daily pilgrimages to the
shrine at the top of tile house, and lov
ingly fingered her accumulated treas
ures. She thought—she was almost
sure—she had enough now. There were
nearly twenty whole dollars: She
caught her breath at the audacity of
spending such a fortune, but. after all.
ibis was her very own—it did not roll
her scanty income iu the least: it had
been saved for years for this very pur
pose.
When people tool; wedding trips they
wore new tilings. She looked doubt
fully at her black alpaca; brushed it
sponged it pressed it and regarded it
fcvhh a dubious si.-.ii li would have to
’do. She ci sin inly could not a if* :d a
new dress. Rut in some trepidation
she did invest in white cotton cloth
■and embroidered edging, and her
cheeks grew pink with excitement of
making the unwonted finery.
Her evenings were especially delight
ful. She would go into the parlor and
bring out tile big atlas, and reverently
turn the pages until she dame to the
map of her own State. There, her slim
forefinger would find the black dot
which stood for the little village, and
her eyes would gloat over the unknown
"world before her.
Just above that dot—where all those
black lines met—was the junction, and
sometimes she held her breath ns she
carried her finger away out along one
of those iines, and stopped with a little
gasp of delight at the extreme end of
flic map. Then she would draw a long
sigh and shake her head, and, giving u
quick hitch to her chair, would settle
herself to the delightful task of mark
ing out her wedding journey.
She would go to the junction by
stage. Then she would follow one of
those little black lines until she came
to that large round ring with a dot in
the middle. Such a bit of a way it
looked to he on the map, but she knew
it was forty mil os from home, and a
big city:
Her breath came fast and she trem
bled a little when she thought of a ho
tel. Yes—she should go to one! She
had never been to a hotel—a real hotel
—she thought, regarding the village
inn with line scorn. She was not quite
sure she would know how to behave —
but she should certainly go. Whoever
heard of a wedding trip without a ho
tel!
She decided to stay three days, per
haps four, and she looked fondly at the
little round ring on the map, which
contained so many delightful possibili
ties. Then she would close the book
and go to bed, only to dream of won
derful electric car rides to the moon.
At last the great day came. It
dawned dear and cloudless, and a very
happy Matilda climbed the stairs for
her treasure. Joyously she grasped
the precious pile with eager hands,
then looked ruefully at tile empty spot
in the drawer. She hesitated a mo
ment, quickly found the dingy nickel,
and smiled content as she placed it
back in its old corner and closed the
drawer.
With trembling liSnds she arrayed
herself in her wedding garments and
seated herself on the doorstep to wait
for the stage.
“Matilda Jones looks almost hand
some this morning, with her cheeks so
pink,” said a pretty girl on the back
seat to her companion, as the coach
stopped for its passenger.
“Why. Nellie,” said Matilda to this
same pretty girl, as she clambered in,
“am I going to have you to ride with?
That will he nice. I'm sure!”
"Yes, I am going up to the junction
to do some shopping—you know I’m
pretty busy these days.” said she. with
an adorable blush, which suddenly re
minded Matilda that it was nearing
Nellie's wedding day. This warmed
her heart to her at once, for was she
not on her own wedding trip'.' She
beamed anew on Nellie as she settled
herself comfortably for the two-mile
drive.
How the sun shone and the birds
sang, and how good the air was to
breathe!
“Are you going away for long, Mis3
Matilda?” inquired Nellie politely.
“No—only a little trip,” she replied,
trying to look unconcerned, as if trips
were an everyday occurrence with’her,
but the red deepened in her checks and
her voice trembled a little as she asked
abruptly:
“Where are you going to take your
wedding trip, dear?”
The girl colored painfully.
“We can't take any at all, Miss Ma
tilda—isn't it dreadful?” and the young
face looked pinched and drawn with
woe. “You see Jim's money, that he’d
been saving up to go with, got all
burned up in the fire, and—and—we've
had to give it up!” she finished with a
wail that clearly told her disappoint
ment.
Miss Matilda sat very siill. She
thought her heart had stopped beating
then it gave a big thump, and there
was a strange, tight feeling in her
throat. She did not say anything, and
b.v and by Nellie looked out the win
dow with a grieved expression on her
pretty face. When they reached the
junction the young girl turned her
head and said constrainedly, as she
jumped lightly from the coach:
"I hope you'll have a nice time, Miss
Matilda.”
"Thank you,” site murmured without
smiling, and clambered slowly down.
Then she walked along the platform
and sat down on an old settee on the
shady side of Uio building.
By and by a train rumbled in—shoo!;
itself of passengers—gathered anew
lot and rumbled out again. One—two
—three trains did the same thing, and
the forlorn little woman .still sat on
the old settee.
“Didn't you wjint to take one o’ them
trains?” good-naturedly asked the blue
coated man, who had boon curiously
watching her for some time.
She looked at him with dull eyes, and
shook her head.
When tile stage coach made its even
ing trip to tin* village Nellie was sur
prised to find Miss Matilda on the
hack seat.
“Why, I didn't expect to see you so
soon! Didn't you go?” asked the young
girl pleasantly.
“No, I had—l had a headache—l
mean a throat-ache,” stammered Ma
•tilda iu confusion.
The next night. Nellie burst, into her
mother’s room with an excited face,
holding an open letter and a paste
board box in her hand.
“Mother what do you think! I told
Miss Matilda yesterday how we couldn't
take any wedding trip, and she never
said n word, and then I felt real cross,
’cause I thought she didn't care a bit.
but just sco wlmt that dear old maid
has done!
"My Dear Nellie: I think wedding
trips are the nicest tilings iu the world,
and 1 don't want you to give up yours,
i had a little extra money that I did
not know what to do with, so I send
it to you for your wedding trip. I hope
you will have a nice time. Your friend,
“Matilda Jones.’’
And Nellie's tears dropped fast on
ihe dimes and nickels that rolled out
of the pasteboard box.
Away at tlic top of a tiny house, in a
bureau drawer, a lone nickel keeps
guard over a dainty pile of wedding
garment s.—The Criterion.
F, Tree* Along tin; Iliglivray.
A pleasant note commends what 1
have said about growing fruit along
tile highway. The idea is not anew
one, and there iias been considerable
done on this line in some sections of
the 1 nited States, Some years ago
the railway companies in Algeria un
dertook plantings along their lines of
railways, and the last report that I 1
have seen gives us an estimate of
7.000,000 trees bearing frujt along these
iron roads. Out of the 14,000.000 fruit
trees iu Bohemia. 2,000,000 are grow
ing along the public roadside. There
are over 0000 miles of streets planted
with tlie best sorts of fruit trees. More
of the same good work lias been cur
ried on in Germany. It Is said to he
an educator of tlie people. Instead of
destroying or wasting, the people con
stitute a bodyguard to prevent any
thing of the kind. I believe the use of
the apple tree Is most advisable in
thinly settled districts. This tree is
very beautiful, and gives good .shade
as well as fruit.—New York Tribune
Farmer.
Some men are born rich, apd others
acquire riches, but few thrust their
riches upon others.
THE BRUNSWICK DAIRY NEWS.
New York City. Hough-finished
cloths are used for promenade eos
tif ios this season, and are very appro
priate for cold weather. A smart black
ladies’ street suit.
and gray homespun is shown here de
veloped in strictly tailor-made style.
The blouse is shaped with shoulder
and underarm seams only. The hack
is plain and the garment smoothly
adjusted under tlie arms.
Two backward turning pleats on tlie
shoulders are stitched down a short
distance, providing becoming fulness
over the bust that forms a blouse tit
the waist. The jacket is completed
.. J i>
LADIES’ OUTDOOR COSTUME.
with a narrow velvet, he!', that fastens
with a cut steel buckle.
The fronts close iu double-breasted
style, with ttvo rows of sled buttons
that arc tlie only trimming used on the
suit. The neck is finished at Ihe col
lar line with machine stitching fJtio’ the
collar is omitted.
The sleeve is shaped with an inside
Beam, lias slight fulness on the shoul
ders and is gathered at the wrist. The
sleeve is arranged on a wristband, with
the gathers at the hack, where it
droops stylishly.
The skirt, is made with ten evenly
proportioned gores fitted ' smoothly
around the waist. It closes invisibly
at the centre buck scam in habit effect.
A narrow tuck is stitched at each
side of the gores and flatly pressed,
producing what is called the “slot”
seam.
To make the Eton in the medium
size will require one and one-half yards
of forty-four-ineli material.
To make file skirt in the medium
size will require five and one-lialf yards
of forty-four-inch material.
A Smart Costume.
Very light shades of gray, fan and
green are to be worn tliis fall, with
velvet trimmings to give them a /Seavy
apppenrance. A smart costume is
shown in the large drawing, developed
in Eau de Nil wool canvas, having
white lace and dark green velvet for
trimming.
The waist is made over a glove-fitted
featherboned lining that closes in the
centre front. The back is plain across
the shoulders and drawn down close
to tlie belt, where tile fulness is ar
ranged in tiny pleats.
The plastron and full vest are perma,
nently attached to tlie right lining
front and close invisibly on the left.
A band of lace is applied at the top of
the vest to cover tlie joining. •
A tiny rever and shoulder trimming
of velvet finish the edges of the front
above the vest, the latter extending
over the shoulder to the back. A trans
parent lace collar completes the neck.
and is edged tap and bottom with vel
vet: ribbon.
The sleeves are shaped with the regu
lation inside seams, and also have
•seams on tlie top. They fit the upper
arm closely. Material added at each
side of the top scam is gathered and
fastened tit the elbow, falling in a loose
puff to the wrist, where it is finished
with a velvet iiand. Ribbon covers
tTio scam from shoulder to elbow.
The skirt is made with five well-pro
portioned gores, narrow front, and
sides with wide hacks, fitted smoothly
around the waist and Dips without
darts. The fulness in the centre hack
is arranged in an underlying pleat at
each side of the closing. These pleats
are flatly pressed and present a per
fectly plain appearance.
The skirt is sheath fitting from waist
to knee. Tile rtomioos are narrow in
front and graduate in deptli toward
the buck. They are of circular shap
ing and flare stylishly at the lower
edge, where the hems are finished with
machine stitching.
To make the skirt in the medium size
will require seven yards of forty-four
inch material.
ltecmniug to Youthful Weavers.
Effective combinations of black and
white are seen Iu children's garments
as well as those intended for grown
folks this season, and it must lie ad
mitted that they are very becoming to
youthful wearers.
The coat shown here is made of
white siltin-l'aced cloth with black satin
trimmings. The front: shield is braided
ill black ribbons. It. is narrow at Ihe
neck, broadens considerably toward
tlie lower edge and is completed with a
biuck collar, both closing al; the centre
back.
The coat is shaped with shoulder and
underarm seams, (its well on the shoul
ders and llai'iKj in pox effect at; the
lower edge, falling in soft graceful
fold", Triple shoulder capes of lilack
satin are edged with hands of white.
They give a becoming breadth to tlie
figure.
Tlie coat is fastened Invisibly from
the neck to the point of tDo capos. Be
low that the closing is made with lilack
satin buttons and buttonholes worked
in flic edges of the fronts.
The sleeves are regulation coat
sleeves, shaped with upper and mulct
portions. They have sliglit fulness on
the shoulders and are finished with
flaring cuffs of satin.
To make tlie coat for a child of two
osiigi
Mo
Cl AT FOR A CHILD.
years will require three yards of twen
ty-two-inch material, with one yard ot
velvet trimming
household
Matters
Couch For Verandas.
The hanging couch is a now and
salient feature of the" modern porch.
It is not a hammock, being a much
more comfortable and trustworthy
thing. Made at home, the constituent
ingredients of the hanging couch in
clude an ordinary woven wire spring
and a comfortable mattress, suspended
in a frame by swinging ropes. The
frame may be of canvas or of wood.
A Bedroom Decoration.
One of the newest and smartest bed
room decorative schemes is to have
green woodwork, with wall covering
of Japanese wisteria and green leaves
with pale yellow ceiling: green painted
or stained furniture, Japanese rugs oi
Japanese matting on Hie floor, Japanese
yellow pottery ori the wash stand and
cither plain yellow or kivender cur
tains at the windows, over white mus
lin. The result is novel and striking
in the extreme.
Temperature of Ovens.
The proper temf ratnre of tlie oven
for various mixtures often remains a
perplexity to the young housewife after
other details have been conquered.
Here are a few suggestions: A cake
which is made with butter needs a
moderate oven; a cake made without
butter wants a quick oven. For small
cakes and cookies the oven should be
moderately quick. Cakes that have an
admixture of molasses hum more eas
ily Ilian others, and should be watched
closely. They require a moderate oven.
If the cake browns too quickly after
going into the oven there is too much
heat, Remove a lid from the top of
the stove cr put into the oven a dish
containing cold water.
A Shampoo Mixture.
A Tory good shampoo mixture is
made thus: Lay a cake of the purest
soap obtainable in a pitcher. Add one
pint of boiling water and stir until
a good lather is formed. Lift out the
cake of soap, and, if the hair is very
oily, add one teaspoonful of bicarbon
ate of soda, but under no circumstances
ammonia or powdered borax. Wash
the hair and scalp thoroughly with the
shampoo mixture while it is still warm
and rinse with warm water. Do not
rinse the hair in cold water. The sud
den change in temperature is bad for
the scalp, and hair, toe. If the hair is
exceptionally dry, a teaspoonful of
sweet almond oil may be added to the
last rinsing water. , , ,
Colored Tablecloths.
Colored tablecloths are being revived
to a certain extent for supper or lunch
eon cloths, hut are never used for din
ner. One of blue denim is cool and
pretty, with a centre piece and doilies
of drawn white work. One of cool
looking green art linen is very attrac
tive also in connection with green
china and white flowers in a green
glass vase for a table centre. Plain
lavender linen shows effectively with
pansies, heliotrope asters, or sweet
peas for the floral effect, and blue and
white china, lied or orange linen may
be used for supper, especially in fall,
with white china and geraniums and
nasturtiums, with their leaves, for the
flowers. With care to keep it har
monious color scheme and fitting flow
ers these colored tablecloths may be
made to produce a pleasant change,
originality and individuality without
offending good taste in the least.
. . RECIPES . .
Peaches and Itiee—A simple dish for
tlic children's dessert, anil one which
will usually ho liked by their elders,
consists of a thick layer of rice spread
with sections of juicy peaches or with
berries. It is eaten with cream and
sugar.
Vanity Puffs—Boll one cup of milk
and thicken it with flour to make a stiff
dough, then add three eggs unbeaten
one by one, beating well after adding
each; then add one tablespoon of'melt
od butter; droit small spoonfuls into
hot fat; when brown lift them with a
skimmer on to brown paper; sprinkle
with powdered sugar and cinnamon
mixed.
Sweet Pepper Saute-Remove the
seeds and lops of six peppers; wash
them in cold water; put thorn into boil
ing water and cook slowly half tin
hour; drain; put two tablespoonfuls of
butler in a small pan; when hot turn
in the peppers; cover the pan and cook
slowly twenty minutes; serve over
chopped meat cakes that have been
boiled.
Potato (‘requeues—To two cupfuls
of Dot riced potatoes add two table
spoonfuls of butter, yolks of three eggs,
half a teaspoon of salt and a few
grains of cayenne pepper; beat thor
oughly; shape in balls and roll pointed
at ends; roll.in flour; mark in three
Prices on top of each with a knife
blade; fry in deep hot lat; arrange on
a hot platter; garnish with parsley and
serve hot.
Moulded Kggs—Butter six or eight
timbale moulds; sprinkle on the bottom
and sides chopped parsley; break one
egg into each mould, being careful not
to break the yolk; sprinkle with salt
and pepper and a bit ol’ butter on
the top; put the moulds in a pan of hot
water and bake in the oven from live
to seven minutes; turn out on a platter
and serve with a cream of tomato
sauee or serve on .-. round of buttered
toast.
Poloait AnitUnt Spsrt.
Polo is probably the oldest of athletic
sports. It has been traced to (MX) B. U.
AN UMBRELLA
PLAYHOUSE
How to Make One For the Use o
Children Out-Doors.
Domorest’s Magazine tells how ttj
make an open-air playhouse of a larg
umbrella. Tie a strong piece of twine
securely to the end of each of the ribs
and tie the loose end of each piece ot
twine around the notch cut in a pointed
wooden peg a short distance from its
top. This will give an umbrella with a
fringe of dangling pegs. Open the um
brella and fasten the handle securely
to a long, sharp-pointed stick, binding
THE FRAME,
the two together with strong twine.
First run one cud of the twine down
the length you intend binding, allowing
enough to tic at the bottom; then com
mence binding at tlie top over all
three, the umbrella handle, the twine
and the stick. Wind tlie string around
very tight, and when you reach the
bottom tie the twine you hold to the
loose end of the length under the wrap
pings. Examine carefully and be sure
the handle does not slide or twist on
the stick: then push the point of the
stick down into tlie ground at. the
place decided upon for Ihe playhouse.
If you arc not strong enough to erect
the house by yourself, ask some com
panions to lend a hand and- help sink
the stick firmly in the earth. When
ibis is accomplished stretch out each
length of. twine in turn, and drive tlie
THE COMPLETED PLAYHOUSE.
pegs iii tlie ground. You will need a
wide ruffle of some kind of material
long enough to reach around the outer
circle of pegs when it falls from the
umbrella. The stretched twine Will
hold the rutile out, forming an odd
little playhouse, with a smooth, round
roof and drapery walls. Pleat the
ruffle and pin it on the umbrella with
safety-pins; also fasten it at tlio bot
tom to each peg. Newspapers pasted
together and made of double thickness
may take the place of woven walls, if
more convenient, but be careful in
handling the paper, as it tears readily.
The longer the pole the higher you
make your house, and the longer tlie
strings must he; consequently tpe
larger the house.
liit|irnvement ill Drilling Miichlnes.
. Although I lie primary use of the ma
chine shown in the illustration was In
tended to lie the boring of holes in
fence posts, there are many other pur
poses for which it will he found useful.
Steadiness ami continuous inward pres
sure are the two essentials which must
be obtained in operating a drill proper
ly, and both of these results seem to hi
easily accomplished with the ap
uaratus, which is the invention of
SHOWING Tin: DRILL IN OPERATION.
Thomas K. O'Brien. The machine con
sists of the ordinary two-crank drill
and a vertical spring support of suf
ficient length to extend above the
shoulder of the operator when bis foot
rests on the hinged foot plate below.
The drill is hinged to a sleeve, which
slides freely tip and down the support
until it is locked in position by a turn
of the screw' clump, when it will carry
the weight of tlie drill and allow force
to he exerted directly on the boriug
tool by the operator pressing liis shoul
der against the upper end of the sup
port. When the hole has been drilled
to the required depth the operator
steps hack with one foot, releasing the
cranks, and grips the top of the sup
port, when a straight rearward pull
easily withdraws the drill and clears
the hole. As the use of the support in
sures a practically horizontal cutting
little skill is necessary in guiding the
drill, and the entire attention can be
devoted to forcing the work by pres
sure on the support and speed in turn
ing the cranks.
OCTOBER 5