The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-08-11

sense of her embracing love, and soothe his
irritable nerves to repose instead of rouslDg
them to action.
II she had put the child to bed alone from
the very outset of his career, so that it was
the natural order of things to him, and he
had had the habit established of quiet sleep
and absence OF fear from the first, in ninety
nine cases out Of hundred there would
never have been any trouble Of the sort.
SOFA OR HAMMOCK PILLOWS
For an inexpensive but most effective pill
low, says Good Housekeeping, take 20 inch
square of unbleached canton flannel and
stamp on it some simple conventional design
Outline this in red rope silk, and then with
crocheting silk of the same shade of red,
cover brass rings about as large around as a
penny with buttonhole stitch. This can be
done with crochet needle and at least 4s of
these rings will be required. Hem the
embroidered square of canton flannel, as well
as corresponding ore that is not decorated
in anyway. Divide the rings and sew them
at regular distances along the edges of these
two sqnares, Make large pillow of heavy
pnplea "hed muslin and fill it, preferably with
hair, but excelsior will do. Put full puff
ting Of turkey red twill along the edges of
the pillow and over this lace the two squares
OF unbleached canton flannel. The cable
cord which Is used by dressmakers, and
which sells for a cent yard, will answer
very well for this purpose and dipping it in
weak coffee will give it an unbleached shade
If filled with excelsior, saving the expense
of hair or other filling, this pillow will only
cost about 30 cents 1t is especially pretty
for wide divan or hammock. The same
pillow can be made of white bolton sheeting
VIII pc very much the same. 1t is difficult
to distinguish the twilled side of canton flan-
mel from bolton sheetiug.
Another pretty way is to take a square of
blue denim and outline in white linen floss
pllot waeei, spider web, or some other
simple device. This should be worked in
one corner, and extending diagonally across
the upper half Of the cushion should be
stretched netting of white cord. This
CUSHION can either be finished by being laced
over an under-cushion with cream white
putting TOR 1t can be sewed to another square
OF denim, and fastened round. the edge with
white cord. Black sateen, with yellow but
tercnps embroidered ON it. laced over a
cushion pulled with yellow china silk, or
even sllesia, Is pretty.
WHAT IT is WISE TO FORGET.
Your neighbours faults.
All the SANDER you have ever heard.
The numerous times you have told SER
want how to do things, and the numerous
times she has forgotten. Try again, and
perhaps she will remember.
The date of your neighbours new dress, so
that she will not believe, when for some
special reason she has to wear it long time,
that you remember 1t from season to season.
Forget the faults of some of your friends,
and remember the temptations.
Forget the fault-fnding and give a little
thought to the cause which provoked it.
Forget the peculiarities of your friend, and
only remember the good points that make
you fond of her.
Forget any personal quarrels. or histories
which you may have heard by accident, and
which, If repeated, would seem thousand
times worse than they are.
Forget that somebody's hair is ugly; re-
member only how soft and beautiful are her
eyes.
only grow larger when you remember them,
and the constant thoughts Of acts of mean
ness, or, worse still, malice, will only tend
to make you more familiar with them and to
almost grow tolerant of them.
Obllterate everything disagreeable from
yesterday; start out with clean sheet for
to-day and write upon it, for sweet memory's
lovable
These are the best rules for a peaceful
mind and contented life.
HOW TO SEND FLOWERS.
The baking powder box is just the thing.
Any tin can with tight cover will serve as
well. Give the flowers light sprinkling
with water. Crowd them into the can, Sc
lecting one that is of about the right size.
Put by little, if any, water in (though
piece of cloth as large as the hand folded
and dampened may go in with them, put on
the cover. Now take strip of paper long
enough to 60 twice around the can and paste
1t over the joint where the cover comes on
the "a can. II you paste on label be sure
that 1t goes all the way around and laps
upon itself. The reason for this is that
paste does not stick well to tin, but holds
well on paper. Do not put much water in
the can. A teaspoonful will answer If the
pint. Packed as described, we have sent
flowers OF the small or pale sheep laurel,
kGtf1lG glGucd, from Maine TO Central New
York, and had them perfectly fresh, even
when the journey occupied more than eight
days. Do not try to send flowers by mail
in pasteboard or wooden boxes, unless they
are enclosed In paraffine paper or other
waterproof material. 1t is waste of good
postage stamps Toronto Globe.
AVOIDING POISON VINES
There need be no trouble in Identifying
the poison ivy in any of its forms. The
hairy trunk will often serve us, but there are
other features of more value. First, remem-
Der that its leaves are always grouped in
threes, whatever the outlines of their more
or less wavy margins. In some sections the
plant is always called the 'three-leaved iyy,"
Four things need be committed to memory to
insure safety against poison:
First-The three-leaved ivy is dangerous.
Second-The fve-leaved is harmless.
Third-The poison sumachs have white
berries.
Fourth-No red-berried sumach is poison.
GUS.
Both the poison ivy and the poison sumach
though unlike in appearance and foliage.
have similar white berries growing in small
slender clusters from the axis of the leaves,
In other sumachs the berries are red and in
close punches at the ends of the branches,
and far from being dangerous, yield frosty
looking acid most agreeable to the taste, and
wholesome withal.
HOW TO PREPARE FLY PAPER.
Almost any sticky substance spread upon
paper will answer for catching flies, but if
you have a soft spot in your heart and do
not want to see the flies suffer for long
time use poison. Cooley's fly paper Is made
as follows: Take syrup, honey or dissolved
sugar and add about one ounce to each
pound weight of yellow tersulphide of ar
senic and spread upon fly paper with a
brush. Redwood's fly paper is made by boil
ing one half ounce of Quassia chips for ten
minutes in a pint of water. Strain and add
four ounces of molasses. The flies will
drink this and soon die.
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