The National tribune., 1885-12-31
LOYAL WOMANS WORK
The Household, Conversation Club,
Puzzles, etc.
The Happy Household.

The Happy Household
HAPPY HOUSEHOLD: / have been reading your
columns for weeks past, and have been wanting 10
nav YOU a visit: have lust got to Ii am young
lady Just leaving school, and would llke 10 take up
trade Having selected ore dTeSsli,nS ,>
in cutting and fitting for ladies ana chureh , Nlle
oan be obtained for - or 81 VIM some one please
snswer, and oblige a soldiers daughter !-|lai"'
FANCY WORK.
HAPPY HorsEHoID: / would like some one
70 send me through THE TRIBUNE, directions for
making deep trimming, using the fattl ana Me
daliion braid. together with crochet work Oh ilieh
tbresd / have seen lace made of it about four
inches deep. ] would like directions for making
insertion TO match lace. think II would be pro-
able for the Club to send crochet patterns and other
fancy work TO THE TRIBUNE.-L. NJ b
Editors Chat.
Austin Hawley Ransom, H., awarded the album
to Miss Bertha McCullom.
Harry r. Moser, Easton, Pa, and NJ d. Petty
North Dorset Vt, come to the front in the spelling
and grammar school.
Annie Wall sends very happy Smile" to the
Club from Colorado and we sure all will ac-
cord her the first place on the Honor Roll
Percie F. Forauce's teacher is right. Dakota has
not vet been admitted into the Union, though her
people are making every effort 10 secure favorable
action upon the part of Congress
Jennie Hall will find " Thomas at Chickamauga
In Mrs Sherwood's Campfire and Memorial
Poems"
T. D. Lloyd Nillers Corners, n. v, would ex-
clude Italians as well as Chinese from this country.
He seems TO have come in contact with some OBJ
jectionable characters, and is incehsed that he
forgets all about Garibaldi, Victor Emmanuel, and
the noble struggle of Italy for free government,
such ours.
every boy and girl should belong to the Req RIb-
bon Club. BE temperate in all Things Is indeed,
good motto for young people cooi nead
and a warm heart is happy union OF working
forces for any man or woman
Eva B. HorreiI. Frankfort, H., would ike some
one to send the Happy Household recipes LOT Ii ul'
Minnie E. Brown Unity, Wis. has sent porcu-
pine ouiIls 10 all sending stamps but cannot ex,
tend her Labor of love " beyond this. We would
remind our young people generally thai IL Is an
imperative business rule to lncioSe stamp IN
business letter demanding an answer
We do rot think the question proposed by An
drew Haze profitable. Benedict Arnold had MS
aggravatIons, but treason against the oiu nag ID t'
If The Messrs Walter Kahler and Joe Dyer want
q list of lively correspondents We would respect
fully refer them 10 the Misses Emma Fitch, sugar
Run Bradford Co., Pa Mary Hornshue, Bsln-
bridge, n Y; Mollie Rogers, Tau Claire, "lS'' US
Annie NJ Andrews, Munda, H., Bessie Hines, Gll-
berts Mills, y. Y; l.. NJ Hardwick, ItailDufy'
Conn; Two florences,' 20 Whitney ST., n; u;
Iyie Ginger. Winchester Ind Very lew OF these
sparkling correspondents deny that they follow the
fashion and like plenty OF fun; but -, how they
dicue the yanities and score the vices of the boys
When all is said and done this Is a case where the
pot cannot call tie kettle black: But, dear poys
and girls, do try to adorn tue mind as well as the
body. As the old poem says:
Who shall judge man from manners.
Who shall know him by his dress?
Peasants may be fit for princes,
Princes lit for something less
RENEWING THEIR ALLEGIANCE.
Among those sending pleasant greetings to THE
NATIONAL TRIBUNE, and especially the CONVERSE
ton Club are the following: Carrie T. Bird, sol
dier's daughter Belford, Me- A. C. Mitchell beth
any. III; David Allison (old Chief BugierJ, Oak
dale Fla; l. NJ. Truesdale, son 18th Mich veteran
Clyde. Kan; Charles Keeling, Conneaf Hii Ill.,
hrx-s plr of
in which his father served four years ana three
months; Rosa +. Hines, daughter OF Comrade
of Comrade Barnes, Co. O. 18th Iowa; May Rogers
and Addie Hunt, soldiers daughters, the latter OF
medicine wagon Oct 80 1862 both would CORE
spond withe soleers boys and girls, address heeu-
town Seneca Co., o.; Eva B. HOrrell, Frankfort
ILL.,; May Scrogin, Ballard H., would near from
the c. &. who enjoy skating rinksi u. NJ Iianey,
u years old and the son OF veteran, little lame
boy who writes nice letter ana VINO SENDS merry
Christmas to the Editor and the Z. Z.
Conversation Club.
Rules Of The Club. Write briefly. 2. Write only
on one side of the paper. Write TO the point. 4.
Write on one subject. 5. write your best. 8.
Send answers 10 all puzzles for use OF Editor Each
week the names of those writing the best letters
style, composition, spelling, pennanshlp and gen.
of this column on the Honor Roll. FIRST honor Will
include all of these requirements Second honor
will include a deficiency IN some one point NO
Others viii be named.
HONOR ROLL-BEsT LETTERS.
First Honor-Annie Wall, South Pueblo, Colo; ;
Nettie Wills, Clayton, Ind.
Second Honor-Annle Nj. Andrews, Nunda, ILL.,;
Glenn s Foster Johnsons Greek, N Y.
TEACHER OR PREACHER.
On the question, ResOlued, That RESPONSE
bility rests with the schoo-teacher than with the
Minister of the Gospel, we think the ayes have it if
judgment be passed according To the articles con-
tributed. teacher begins with the foundation Of
character receiving the child fresh from his mothers
arms, and has him in training years before the
little fellow have any clear comprehension of
pulpit utterances. Ii is important, therefore,
that a teacher be person OF exalted character,
pure morals and Christian principles we'll as of
high intelligence and a knowledge of books. The
impressions of the school-room are Lifelong, and
parents should TO II that their children are
under proper training. Among the best letters re-
ceiyed, and with which the discussion ends are
from the following: Clean L. Foster, johnson s
Creek y. "; Neva NJ. Dawson, Frazeysburg y. d;
T. A. Hodgdon. Wesley, 3ie. Sailie Hyatt Heririt-
age, Mo-; ID. ii. Johnson, Go. 1, 9Th ONO; Minnie
L. Brewer, Unity, Wis; Joe f. Dyer, Whitesburg,
Tenn.
SMILE.