Morning journal and courier., 1890-05-17
THE FLEETING SHOW.

Spring house-cleaningl
 Dread necessity! Duty most stern! mandate of
 Fate most remorselessl
 At thine approach quailsth the heart of woman,
 yet conscious of thine authority
 She taketh up bravely the weapons of war and val iantly goeth to battle,
 Fighting the powers of earth and of air with the . spirits of fire and water!
 Then is confusion coufounded then ia the reign of
 disorder, upheayal. perplexity. chaos Then is there wearness, quvering nerves and pain,
 and grievous contusions;
 Then fseth the man of the house and taketh his ease in his inn, until some day s*e There cometh tho message: Return, for the clean ing is gone; return and all is forgiven. And now emerges Woman, triumphant and flushed with the rapture of conquest, And after her follow sweet Peace and Cleanliness grateful and wholesome.
 For dust has been banished, the buffalo bug is no more, and Arachne, tho spider.
 Who taketh hold with her hands, and is in kings palaces, though she cares not whither she gosth;
 And the mute. malevolent moth, and the midew and mould have gone whence there's no re- But lo while she exulteth and sated with vic tory, boasteth,
 Deriding her indolent neighbor, who shrinks from the strife and the turmoil, Cometh the agile fly and the tuneful mosquito, while dust-clouds
 garnished,
 And weary woman suceumbs and Respondent, sinks intonervous prostration, From which she only recovers when bountlful au- tumn with glory
 Enfoldeth the earth; then she rseth undauntsd and seeketh
 Her brooms and her mops and her pails and nimbly beginneth
 Fall house-cleaning!
 ART IN THE HOUSEHOLD. Kate Sanborn maintains that if & woman's life must be spent with fat-iron or . milk | ing stool, thers ia no reason why she should not decorate her fatairon, if she wants to, or illuminate her milking stool and use 1t as z parlor ornament. But if ever 8 woman might be studying navigation, or volapuk, or electrical engineering, it is when che dec. crates a fat-iron with an incongruout 'fsnow scene," or 6 suggestive cluster of for l get-me-nots. Let the fat-iron alone long enough and it will proceed to decorate on iti own account with an alacrity that is perfect ly startling in an implement apparently so
 Serene and resolute. and still | And calm, and self-possessed."
 With malignant joy it hastens to imprin its own likeness, full length if possible, or the clean ironing sheet, the bosom of tn, Ruid mons newest and finest shirt, or on thu embroidery of the bRby's best frock. Then if it can viciously bump itself against thu l wrist of the ironer, to leave painful i'm | pression there, or can induce the holder tt drop of at the moment of taking up, in or | der to imprint a "speaking" likeness of it handle across its palm, 1t seems to be pos sessed with a deep delight too intense fol expression. Expressions are almost invaria ply made use of by the other party. Thes decorations are done in monochrome, thougl still all gradations of shade from the pales tan up to the sullen hue of burnt ginger bread. Its only fault as an artist is in it monotony of design. Any and every mate rial is made use of, but new and costly fabrics are preferred, and hannels are espe eially admired when decorated by this hom artist.
 The milking stool may also be considered @ dsvotee of decorative art, as it has ofteI times succeeded in producing striking eff fects in black and blue; it is the hat-iron however, that attains to the greatest prof. | ciency in this line. It should always b, spoken of by its most appropriate name, the sad-iron, not that it is ever dejected whil'
 warm enough to get in its work, but that i is the cause of sorrow and distress in thos' who have it to deal with.
 | NEW 6TUOx kOH WOMEN.
 Since women are, in these days of thei
 advancement, frequently called upon to pro side at meetings where 1t Is essential that al
 business should be conducted in a digni6et
 and msthodical manner, and since an un
 derstanding of the rules by which sucl
 meetings should be governed would greatl.
 add to the ease and efficiency of the presi ! {k xuoy,l1 1aofrahla fO
 them to mako study of parliamentar.
 law.
 A class of Boston ladies, who began
 course of study in April, are specially ia
 vored in their teacher, who Is Mrs. Harrie
 Shattuck, of Maiden. She Is lady wei
 qualified to teach, having been the pupi
 of her gifted father, William s. Robinson
 and who perhaps will be best remembere'
 by his able and forcible "Warrington
 letters, which for twenty years appeare'
 in the Springfield Republican. cANDIED vIoLETs. Those delicate dainties, preserved violeta
 are said to be easily made by the follow ing process. Boil one pound of loaf suga in as much water as it will sbsorb, until when dropped into cold water, 1t become
 hard and brittle. The violets, which shout
 be of the large double variety and withou stems, are then dropped into the syrup, few at . time, and kept in until the suga , boils again. Stir the sugar around the edg , of the pan until 1t is white and erainy, the gently stir the violets until the sugar leave them. Drain them in a fine white cloth an set them on sieve to dry in slightly warr oven. turning them carefully now and the and watching them lest they cool before the dry.
 These confections are sold at an exorbitau ] price, and would be expensive when made z Q home If the violets are supplied by th florist, the introduction to these direction should be therefore, First, raise your ow !. violets. This is easier said than done an i, these delicaeies are not likely to becon common as carsmels, which is probably good thing for everybody, as they are said e be quite as indigestible as minoe pic. WoMANLINEss FIRST. ' Miss Frances E. Willard says concerniI