Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-11-11
A word 70 the Girl,

What detest the care to be spotless as a
lily, sweet and fresh as lavender, a blessing
to those who see her, part of all fair and
comely scenes, instead of something discord-
ant, marring them ? l refuse to believe it of
any girl who reads this. Now let the Wise
Backbird drop a bit of wisdom in your ears
which will take the harshness out of every
disagreeable duty in life. In DIR. John Todd's
Letters to a Daughter" he wrote, "What-
ever one does well, she is sure to do easily"
and words to the effect that what one goes at
thoroughly, ceases to be disagreeable.
knew a girl Of twenty years ago who took
these words into her heart and they have
made work the pleasure of her life. All the
careless people who watch her, cry out at the
trouble she takes with everything she does ;
but they are very apt to say, after all is
through, 'You have such an easy way of
turning of things, and things always stay
done for you" OF course they do. Thorough
is the Saxon for through, and anything that
is thoroughly done is through with 1t is a
queer paradox, that if you try to do things
easily, to shirk and slur them over, you will
always find it hard to get along while if you
put all sorts of pains into your work, and
never think how easily it can be DONE but how
well it can be, you find it growing easier day
by day. At last everything seems to come
right to your hand, and all things conspire to
help you. A girl of twelve should know how
to mend nicely both stockings and clothes,
and to cut and make most articles she wears.
There are plenty of girls who can do this
now, but every girl ought to do it. A small
book might be written on the care of clothes,
but will only tell you few labor-saviug
hints
Instead of brushing the dust from a gown,
or the mud from drabbled founce, inch by
inch, take your dress out on clean short grass,
after the dew is of, and holding by the Shout
ders, sweep and beat it against the sward,
turning so that all sides of the skirt will touch
the ground. The grass acts as fine soft
brush, taking out dust, and freshening every
part, while it does not wear dresses as hair
brush or whisk-broom does Lawn dresses
and grenadines are refreshed safely in this
way, when a brush would fray them. The
hounces and platings of silk are thoroughly
busted, and the hens of drabbled waterproof
| cloaks are cleansed without the disagreesble
need of touching them with the hands. !
| never saw the lightest frock stained or worn
in the least by grass.
Pour boiling water through fruit-stains un-
til they disappear, holding the spot stretched
firmly. Garry a needle theaded with cotton
or silk, to match your dress, and you are
| ready for accidents. Darn thread gloves,
which are always dropping stitches like JAG
ob's-ladders, with ravellings of old gloves In
the present fashion of wearing mittens you
| can prolong the usefulness of long-wrist ted
| gloves when the fnger-tips wear out, by cut
ting them off evenly at the lower joint, hem
ming the edges with ravellings, and pressing
them with hot iron, when you have a neal
pair of Nell Gwynne gloves. he Wis
Btdckbird IN NODember Wide Aodke.