Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1883-09-21
Children,

rrounGlnSs upon the physical and mental
cotditon of the children Choose for them a.
large, sunny room, well lighted, and in winter
well warmed; here collect the treasures that
pictures, scenes from the good old fairy stories,
that so down from generation to generation.
TRY to get games that mean something; ami
mails to take to pieces and put together again,
horses to be harnessod into carts, etc. Have it
laid down as a nursery axiom that broken
things do not mend themselves, aud that
wilful destruction of property is followed
by going without In this way you can
check restlessness. Have meum and tuun re-
spected The small inhabi tants of YOUR ''earth-
ly paralise' may borrow courteousIy from
each other, but must never violate the laws Of
property Make the children pick up their
toys, and wait on themselves when possible;
and absolutely forbid their making their nurse
& slave In this way they will learn to be self
helpful and self-reliant. Win the chiidren's
confidence by proving yourself d sympathizer
In every joy and sorrow. So few of us older
ones realize how all absorbing the affairs OF the
present are to the little ones, aud how easily
The tender feelings are wounded, by even the
implied suggestion that you don't care.
Follies of Pretty Women.
4 correspondent who attended the garden
party given by the prince and princess Of
Wales, writes: One thing I much regretted
to notice, and regret all the more to say it.
that it was most marked in respect to one Or
two American young ladies, and that is the
arti icial decoration of the face-peuclled eve-
brows and lashes and checks biushing under
their roses. This hadeous fashion is on the in
crease in London and in New York. But why
the pretty girls of England and America
who can really boast Of compilations
should do this ie problem will not at
father husband and brother, and mother, who
has any influence, will join every sensible
woman of their acquaintance in an effort to
nip this ''bridal bloom" or "Persian tint"
whatever it may be called, in the bud. 1t is
as demoralizing as it is uulovely: AS for tight
Iacing, it seems to me that ever since our first
mother left the garden OF Eden we have been
unavalingly trying to put that fashion down.
But as cholera and yellow jack are not
deadly enough among the other Ills that flesh
give themD will insist upon making sacrifices
TO this moloch, ''the bodice" This can never
be helped until every woman is compelled to
pass all examination in anatomy and Greek
sculpture, and even then, some Worth or other
man Milliner, suppose, will always be to the
fore to make fools of them. Perhaps it would
not do if they were perfect Angels are very
likely inspiI: do not know; but anyhow I
would like to draw the line al Indian INK and
rouge in the sunshine.
An Ivy Screen. i
There is no running plant that is 80 useful
in artistic decorations as ivies (hedera helixl.*
Their cord-like stems can b twisted to snitd
curves and corners 20 nicely The old Celtic
word for cord is hedra hence the generic name
of this plant, which is a native OF Britain, from
which many varieties have been brought into
existence It is we'll known that old castles
and stone churches are often more than half
covered with deep green leaves Of ivy. In
this country these plants are nos SO
1iourishing in the open air as in some
portions Of Europe, yet they have attained
great height here and Iuxuriant growth when
planted in shady place near stone building,
The hardy iyius require but little care in propa-
eating Cut d portion Of the sten and place it
in almost any kind Of soil, loan, peas, OF sand,
and it will thrive, and with special attention to
the cultivation it will grow rapidly Many lovely
ornaments may DO made Of Ivy. A unique
tremely attractive, and it is easily
made Take q closely built and narrow
box the length Of the screen deslred) AID I'LL
il with sand, mixed if possible with barn
the box, at the depth Of two or three inches,
pieces Of bricks ard few small stones such
as are used in paving streets This rocky
layer produces, or rashe retains, tho
moisture that ivy 50 constantly requires to give 1
it health and growth Trail the ivy for the
screen over net wire, painted dark green; as
Elephant grows the small shoots should be
trained to run in and out OF the wire moshes.
This interlaeing will give to both sides charm
ing effect, producing a sort. Of living screen,
always freshly beautiful and g exceedingly
useful
Ga Fire BASKETS u -
Movable baskets in an,open fireplace are the
only thing now bought, whether for show or
use: and to go with tile hearths there IRE tile
faciugs, from the cheap ones at ST to those at
$40, III some Of the handsoulest, car raids,
or figures which take their place, stand 81 the5
Sides and conventional desigus fill the rest; ar
q renaissance pattern IN many cotors on 8 black
or dark-blue ground makes q continuous de-
sign around the whole opening; or, for
library, illustrations from Ipngfellow OF Ten
nyson are very pretty and suggestive. The
chimney itself is, in this case, lined with iron on
bronze, or when slight fire only is reauieed,
glazed tiles are used, which produce a pleas
anter reflection, but do not stand 60 much.
heat Some persons prefer metal facings and
there Is q great variety u these, all Of which