The weekly Shasta courier., 1873-10-04
HOUSEHOLD.


often such sentences come from a mothers
lips, and from one who loves her little ones
too!
Children are great hindrance to work
OF any description, and interfere with many
pleasures a woman might otherwise enjoy.
But then what work" is more important
than that of training and teaching them,
amusing them, making them happy; putting
as much sunshine as possible in their lives,
even if you can't do that, and then find time
to braid and embroider, and ruffle and
founce all their clothes, snd-can not afford
to pay for it?
Mrs. Smiths children are always dress
ed go beautifully, and she makes all their
clothes Yes, so she does but then does
she ever stop her sewing machine when
Harry says, Please, mamma, help me fix
this kite y or Mary comes with, "Mamma,
L can't make dollys polonaise set right >
or little George says, al seepy, mamma,
please take me on your lap and sing Happy
Land"
Haven't you heard her say, frequently,
Go away, children, l have no time to
play with you, l must finish ruffiing this
dress, or braidng this jacket" ETC., ETC.;
and poor little George, with pitiful whim-
per, lies down on the carpet and drops to
sleep after while. with fretful look on
his sweet face, and Mary sighs over dolly's
"polonaise that won't fit," and thinks she
had rather have that finished than that
other ruf1e on her dress and Harry won
ders, What is the use of braid on jack
ct any how? Charlie Forrest has beauti-
full kite that his mother helped him make
and I am sure that is mach nicer than a
trimmed jacket"
You know that you do stop sewing to
put Lucy to sleep in your lap, and sing as
much as she wants you to, and that you
spent all of last Saturday afternoon helping
Charlie with that kite, and as consequence,
he had to wear his old jacket to church the
following day; for you were trying to finish
the new one, which he really needed, as the
weather was bright and warm, and no
spring suit made for him. But then he
went out so happy little while before sun
set, to sail that kite, and Harry looked at
him enviously But then Harry's Jacket
was beautifully braided, and he wore it to
church on Sunday, and sat in the pew just
in front of you; and Charlie looked so
warm, and rather shabby in his old winter
jacket. But which boy was the happier?
Charlie said, I am rather warm, mamma,
but had so much fun with my kite yester-
day, and thank you so much for helping
me. Harry Smiths mother never does any
thing for him but sew, and any seamstress
can do that but l had the prettiest kite of
any of the boys, for most all the mothers
were too busy to help them. l am 80
glad my mamma is not always so busy"
Was not your boys happiness more i'm
portant than his companions Jacket,
Don't worry yourselves so much, mothers
about your children's clothes. Dress them
neatly, of course, and handsomely, if you
can afford it, but don't spend days on un-
necessary trimming, and begrudge the little
ones an hour or two when they want your
help about their dolls and kites, and games
Don't consider an afternoon thrown away
that was spent in dressing your little girls
doll, fixing your boys kite, or playing games
with all of them when it rains and they are
shut up in the house, and don't know what
to do with themselves. Let the request,
Mamma, please help me-" never be dsre-
garded, unless some imperative duty inter-
feres
Even if people do say, Mr.. Smith and
Mr.. Forrest receive the same salary, and
Mrs. s. dresses her children very beautiful
ly, and Mrs. F's are always neat, to be sure,
but then dressed so plainly" Be independ-
ent enough to let them say their say"
You know you can't trim, and hounce, and
rufle, and have time to amuse your little
ones, too. You know your children are
happier in their plain clothes, than Mrs. SIS
are with their hounces, and let this content
you.-Our Monthly.
Scent PowDER.-A charming recipe for
scent powder, to be used for wardrobes.
boxes, etc., far finer than any mixture
sold at the shops, is the following: Cori-
ander, orris root rose leaves and aromatic
calamus, each one ounce; lavender flowers,
two ounces; rhodium wood, one-fourth of a
drachm; musk, five grains. These are to
be mixed and reduced to coarse powder.
This scent on clothes is as if all fragrant
flowers had been pressed in their folds.
EGG PLANT.-Pare the fruit, cut it into
slices third of an inch thick, slightly salt
the pieces and stack them upon a plate.
In an hour or two they will have lost con-
siderable water. They are then to be dipp-
ed in beaten egg, sprinkled with cracker
crumbs and fried. Serve very hot.
TO PRESERVE CLOTHES PINs.-They
should be boiled few moments and quickly
dried, once or twice a month, when they be-
} come more flexible and durable. Clothes
} lines will last longer and keep in better or
der for wash day service, if occasionally
treated in the same way.
GRAPES FOR WINTER UsE.-Take ripe
grapes, pick off from stems, wash them per
fectly clean, place in jar and cover with mo-
lasses. After two or three days seal over
and tie them up tightly. For mince pies
and seasoning in winter, they are delicious.
~
The Land and Water states, on the au
thority Of the officers of an English ship of
war, that the natives of Moreton Bay. on
the east Of Australia, have domesticated
the porpoise, and use it to aid them in fish,
ing In the course of surveying voyage,
the natives came of to the ship and entreat,
ed those on board mot to shoot their tame
porpoises." They explained that great
number OF these cetaceans were accustomed
to bask on the surface of the water not far
from the shore, and were occasionally fed
and never disturbed by them until they re-
quIred their services. When shoal ol fish
entered the bay, and came between the
sea hogs" and the land, the people went
out to seaward OF them, and reused the lat
rer from their siesta by striking the surface
OF the water with their spears and paddles.
Inc porpolses then chased the fish, caught
and ate some, and drove the rest in shore
| and as soon as they came in proper distance
net was shot around them, and splendid