The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1884-10-23
LOYAL W0h5N'S WORK
Cheerful H3maS---IIouSeh0ld Matters.
Fashions.
TIE cHiLnRrN's Hore.

will YOU DO 10 make home pleasant and attract
i've for your boys and girls? Certain is 1t that
if YOU woull have happy, coniented hearts,
nesting under the home roof peacefully, with
no disposition to seek the Street or neighbors
house more TO their liking, you must provide
some pleasant occupation or recreation for the
restless brains and eager hearts of your chill
dren.
Let them have at least
CHILDREN's HOUR,
where restraint is laid aside and there is glad,
merry group, when father and mother grow
young again, and the house rings with mlrth
and laughter. Or, let it be an hour for story
telling and songs: of conundrums and riddles;
for guessing proverbs or charadcs, or some
other game bringing into play the inventive
fancy of the children; let il be music. But IN
all cases let there be an older head TO plan and
direct, giving each something to do and
pleasant part to ill. This leads to good humor
pleasant rivalry, with mamma looking on to
curb the selfish tendencies OF the child who
won't play unless he has his own way, and
TO smooth the little veXations that are certain
TO rise among children, sometimes grown chill
dren at that.
Every mother owes it to herself, as well as
TO her children, TO arrange for such an hour; to
Law aside the heavy work basket, put up the
knitting and darning, smooth out the wrinkles
on the anxious brow, and for little space Of
time be child with the children. Young peo-
pie of all ayes must have their fun and frollc
If they do not find il in their own homes they
will seek il elSewhere-the boys on the street,
the girls going about from house to house,
when they ought to be at home with their
mothers.
Do not be afraid of little fun at home
Never mind, good mothers, if your carpets do
get frayed and faded and there is little more
busting and sweeping to be done. Better that
your carpets should suffer than that your hearts
should grow cold and unsympathetic.
BETTER NO CARPETS
at all than hard, cold looks and rasping tones
of rebuke Tor every little ebulition Oh childish
glee.
A good plan is 10 begin the evening with a
regular old-iashioned irolic, in which the very
little people can have their baby fun before
going early to bed. Then little time may be
given 10 some pleasant diversion, after which
may come the books and the studies for the
older children, the sewing or knitting for
mamma and the newspaper for papa, who will,
of course. read aloud wnen he comes TO any
thing good.
Don't say you are too busy for all this. A
light heart doeth good like medicine, and
time is never lost when il is spent IN bringing
into everyday home life its proper NEED OF
pure, simple, healthful pleasures Don't re-
press joyous aud bountiful childhood, but de-
wise all the pleasant arts which Will encourage
tions. Ihe children nnv r hear their
parents voices save to enforce a command or
utter reproach, are not the children who de-
velop into hopeful, happy men and women.
When your children
LOOK YOU IN THE EYE,
let them find reflected there heartfelt human
sympathy and generous appreciation of all
their wants. including the want for recreation
and amusement which must be properly met,
-,,fo4
ton and SORROW.
1t may seem little severe but the writer
fully believes that the parents whose boys are
found night after night in the saloons and
other depraved haubts, and whose girls throw
OF all the nice maldeDly reserve when not
under the parental eye, have only themselves
to blame in the great majority of cases. Moth
ers particularly should see to it that their
homes are so nationally glad and bright and
loveable that both sons and daughters will pre-
fer the home above all ether places on the earth.
1t may be very humble, homely home, but it
is the one place only where peace and unity
and perfect sympathy are found, and around
which the fondest recolections cluster.
CHOICE COOKING RECIPES.
Baked Plum Pftdding-Ane excellent baked plum
pudding is made with one pound of bread crumbs,
pound Of Eante currantS cleaned with flour
Nwice through a colanderD, one pound of raisins
seeded and orcdged with Iour, luIt half-pouEd
OF best butter, eight eggs peavIng out four whiies,
cupful OF sugar, TWO ounces c..ndied lemon and
orange pee, two ounces candied ciiron (clIpredl,
one nutmeg a little cloves and cinnamon, and one
pint OF mix or boiled sweet elder. Mix well to-
gether and bake slowly. Ii ii could stay all might
IN q cooling brick oyen like old-fashioned Ia
dian pudding, il would be all the better, but it
should not be eaten I'LL ii has been kept p hours.
1T Is usually caien cold, but iisay be
with sauce, like boiled pudding.
Street PotdtoeS may be baked or boiled, but
considered nicer boiled III The small, ST quantity of
water and dried off. Cold sweet POTATOES may be
cut III Slices warmed IN milk. and seasoned with
butter and SAIL or Drowned in butter.
Whipped Cream Sauce for PUdasftg.-One cupful
cream, one teaspoonlul lemon vanilla one-half
cupful powdered sugar, white Of an egg. Mix the
cream, vanilla and sugar, aud whip it, without
sklmmlng. to roth. Add the beaten white of the
egg and beat All together.
SIT NoEasses Cookies.-onc cuI,ful inolasses. one
teaspoonlul ginger, one teaspoonftl soda. two
bespooniuis warm wafer or niIlb one-lialf eupinl
butter soltcned. flour 10 mix soft Mix III the
der given, dissClving the soda IN the milk. Roll
out one-tlird of an inch thick. Cut In small
rounds.
Saratoga Oniohs.-Slicc half dozen onions in
small strips, drop them into plenty Of smoking hot
moment Iii a coianoer Serve hot ior breakfast
lunch.
FASHION HINTS
Birds, large and small, are worn to excess
this season on hats and bOnnets.
Feathers Of all kinds are fashionable, but
fancy feathers and birds are preferred TO os-
trich plumes.
Figured goods are quite the rage. Combna-
ton suits, consisting of plain skirt and
figured polcnaise, are much worn.
Killed wooden skirts do not need lining and
are much better without it.
Tucking, as border for founceS, is quite
fashionable and very pretty.
pretty suit may be made Of dark-green
camePs hair aud surah, or camels hair and vel
veteen. Make the overdrcss Of wool, with skirt
and jacket, p0lonaise or long coat and vest aud
skirt Of yelveteen or surah. plain or plated.
Both long and short cloaks viii be worn this
Winter. The dolnian style is very dressy
Good yelyetecn and black cashmere look
well together. Make the undersl,irt of lining
the lower tiOunce of velvcteen, 4 killed 1lounce
OF cashmere, The drapcry and basque of cash
mere, with velvet vest.
Dresses made Of heavy cloth, with no trim
ming but braid or stitching, the drapery
straight and the waist plain, Will be worn more
than anything else.
"A tasteful way of contrasting materials is to
make trimmed skirt OF plain goods aud
figured polonaise. The pOloEaisc is arranged
TO give the effect Of draped apron full at the
top and the back is completed by large bow
with ends. The skirt is finished at the bot
tom by narrow plating. above which is a
plain dTaPeTy in the back and panels at the
sides and III front, falling over deep kilt plat
ing. This design is suitable for almost any
goods, especially wooden fabrics.
Young girls viii wear white and the palest
shades of pink and blue cashmere, or nuns
yelling for evening. trimmed with prOfusion
of lace, or made with tucked founces reaching
10 the waist in front and sides and n very full