, 1874-07-26
Slippers and Braces -SIuoking.Chairs and
Beot-1rtes-T eIiug-Dags and
Gifet.Caiendars.
9love-Boxes and Mouchoir- -Cases---Cigar-
Cases and Newspaper Stands
Coat and Hat Racks.
And Great Variety Of Other Articles on
which Women Can Employ Their
Leisure and TASTE.

outings, many Of us Layo the principal festiva
OF the latter month in mind. Whatever els
mott Of the fir sc1 may 50 without nearly al
feel the necessity Of eoue light neclle-work t.
ill NJ vacant hours on the h!'i-Elde, i'll tne yal
ley, or " tie se.-klo1e.
THE NEEDLE
hrs been said to bo to q woman what tho cigar i
to ,uaa, a,d it would bo very difficult to fanc.
the male bped getting through many hours
his lfo without that unfaing eolace. Person
ally we are not objcctiag to it. 1t may, or may
not, hnrm him; but some seem to have borne
The effects of the Nicct;an weed for threescore
years, aud these hare died from some sudden ane
uaookcd-ioz cause. It may be that, had they
10: indu!Sed appetite for unlimited tobacco
Instead Of d:!i.G ut The early age of throe o.
fonr score, they might have lived twice as long
but, az that would hare made their existence
d;spropcrionate by comparison, tits quito as well,
Perhaps, ;h2t they slow-poisoned themselves.
We did rot stdrt, however, to write essay on
mems hahits,-onl} to institute comparison
between tho soothing effects Of the cigar and
the 1eedle. With all cue's regular habits and
surroundings altered, there will bo hours when
nothing will please, when tina will hang idly on
ones hands. The list magazine Will have been
read. the last new novel seems stupid, and the
latest philosophical essay, even Popularlzed,
look weary and dull. Then comes in the
PRETTY, FAScY-SEEDLEwoRK
to fill up these heightened hours and prevent
one from getting cross OF impatient Ne call to
mind now beyy Of girls whom we met one sum
ner in quiet village, mud who used frequently
to gather in the shade Of the trees, or within
doors if it Was stormy, and, while one read
aloud, some bit of pretty fancyvork occupied
each OF the others. The reading varied,
and bright animated discussions frequently fol-
lowed AZ picture, it was charming; Is
brain-stmulaut it was effective, and many
+ time since We hare wondered why
these sarse occupations, these same quiet,
noDanly parties, were not more frequently in
duiged in. It may seem only the bread-and- but
ter Of existence, but it formed soliu substra-
tu1u to the champagne Of Irritation, which, how
ever pleasant as an occasional effervescing
dTaught il not tue lealthie.t diet for all times
and seasons. 1t is in view, then, of the fact
that many souvenir for next Christmas will
be commenced this summer, that nc purpose
giving few hints upon this subject OF
WoM4Ss FAScI-woR1.
There i3 scarcely any article OF modern use or
ornament that is not moro or less decorated by
sEllllul fingers with broidery OF some eort. Pro-
vlding the piece is not too large, and will not oc-
cupy too much tl1ne,-so that, instead OF be-
ing ueed merely for those idle moments,
or thoughtful ones it may be. in which the needle
viii prove, rest to the user. it shall engage
nothing. to say asgainstit. Again We must refer
smoke, find no blank, dull spaces intervening in
the conversation. If t!:crlght or speech has
ringH to be blown from the mouth, and their
riry way to be watched attent1vely until they ure
broken and vanished or the cigar is held be-
tween the fingers and looked at critically, or q
<uie. puff putt goes until speech again strikes
its Eiycr bell and breaks the golden Silence
there is nothing to occupy tile fingers, then,
when those Tauscs come they are simply the
MOST AWKWARD OF MOMENTS.
Nothing golden in that silence. Each tired
brain, that void faia rest, il cudgelins itself
for somo new or original remark. But, if the
hands aye occupied by the meree. triac, how
restful the silcnce,-how caaily it is broken
each is for 3 fow moments absorbed in her
work, when E bright thought glanccs athwart
the brain, and is echoed By the lirs, and again
the sweet chino CT speech rings out. BIZ all
means. then, let come fancy work form portion
Of the necessary summer-outft,-som trihe to
employ leisure, not absorb time. Usually the
fault & with .! our counry~omen has been too
eake. Children we're brought up on
the plan that every moment in which they we're
not busy about something was wasted time. To
damdlo over u book was q sin in the eyes OF
o-aof a;oG nl,,,;,.ra o ena& useless, ugly
sort .,.aro ,.,,;+a r. noat t1:l - - 80 ~ AuHs
"ets 4so .ne Goiteet 1nLe 1o oe etnptoyeu
~ nf na1 .nth peGome tne iead
'ns pI.us,,u =, uaas peup'o ena. u naa leo to
oa o.s S;ii a,,e;aa ~ AsD DECEIT.
ono s1s1 20 wiz sLiuIo ~ p.o'e ths: little
~ ~ iaus; WI nouuoant means, and de-
1,.. s,aeo . aosg A!a Ieau1ns,-usaa1y no7els. one
uust aoIt,-ls Eale4s seen oy ner husband with
1u. t1a foe ' A'u ~ ot Sewing N her hands, Lying on
sno .ouose ~ aa3' lnoulglng IN the sorroWs |
70 :; 5t 1Uss ~ 1 n5'1 u heroine, the moment
az, Is stsp Is eeala ne Dook Is thrown aside and
sne ~ sclsR .. 1oeule"o1k * hastily taken up, and
oe oe nfus ner .. Mo1k" me result ae one sees.
" ls1se eoucat.Gn' o1e one winch has obtained
na,' .uuIt' man, peol'e" 10 read was lule; to read
th;n1 sIs, M "!eAsu, W se~ Oh me most useless
~ s'on eonin,enuapie. ana So while years
1a11aetaa uaa9 @ coI1ectea tne former OF the
lasaJ.es, naels st1il causes the latter to he con-
oT thts pa,sun. Me arc grsouay growing out
u tIeso sa! is:anen IDEAS and shall, no doubt
seaeh tAat A1llennluu OF needfeworL: reading, |
and amusement that shall prove source OF per-
tecs health aud happiness.
And now TO answer the ofsen-asked question
OF, " What can we take away with US :" In
large cities these are readily answered hv .ha
dealers in faucy-worl but freoncntlv thny aaS
60 much for thc materials Tint # ia rny Isa t
MEANS Of many. Fer those who can affo1d 1 ~ ~
buy elabozately wrought articles one 1inds 81
Botts some With the design cornntatad rae5 ~ ~