The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-07-07
THE HON z.
RAINY DAY HELPS.

All children dread rainy days and, it may
be added, SO do many mothers. Particularly
at this season Of the year. when the warm,
bright days have given the young folks a
taste of outdoor life, do they find it hard to
stay indoors.
"Oh, dear, l don't know what to dol" is a
familiar wall on rainy days, and the in
genuity of all the elders in the house is
usually taxed to provide occupation for the
young wet-weather prisoners.
Any child, large or small, loves to play
with sand. A pail or small box of clean dry
sand will last through the long storm and
be ready to amuse and interest many times.
A piece OF oilcloth or stout brown paper
should be spread on the floor and the box of
sand set upon 1t. Then, with two or three
bottles, spoon, some little pans and a
| funnel from the kitchen closet. the outfit is
Another occupation that is sure to be &C.
ceptabie Is molding in clay. Such as is suit.
able Tor the purpose can be got at any store
where kindergarten supplies. .sSe kant and
II not readily obtaineda good.sized gS,m1 nr ~
putty is lar -oStitute. All sorts of things
Can 1e attempted by the young modeler, not
mud, but putty or clay pies can be made
apples, pears and Other. fruit copied. and
little tin forms, borrowed from the kitchen.
nlled and turned out. Keep the putty in
water when not in use to keep it soft. A hoy
OF wooden toothpicks costing few cents is
an excellent addition to the molding outfit
Fences can be made by sticking the picks
INTO the putty. They can be used as stems
Tor the fruit, and the ingenuity of the little
for them.
For real little folks cutting pictures from
papers Is clean dirt, and absorbing work !;
gay by box of paper dolls which were
ladies' and children cut from a discarded
Iashl0n magazine. III mamma will beg from
ner dressmaker, after their use is over, one
or two Of the gay French plates which she
mas, most gorgeous family can be obtained.
Give theiittle children blunt-pointed scissors
ana no harm can be feared. Boxes of odd
buttons ana strings Of spools delight the
youngest children.
GIRLS AND MONEY.
While so many wives are still in bondage
to husbands purse-strings, it is perhaps
idle to plead for freedom for the daughters.
But is not certain injustice in money mat
tiers done most girls who, after q, remain in
fathers house? 1t is so hard for the ia
theirs to realize that the girls are grown mn
and that dependence, even OF one who loves
you, mas It's trials. Many girl feels keenly
this bondage, especially If. as often hap
pens, she must in asking tell for what she
wants the money; thus subjecting her de-
slres TO- another's judgment Indulgence
and justice are very different things; and in
money matters all women of sense prefer
the latter. A fair recognition of claims is
dearer to them than thoughtless and spas
modic generosity, and the trust involved is
inc sweeteSt compliment to their good sense.
Give her, then, some money of her very
own, not more than you spend on her now.
perhaps not so much at first, since one must
provlae for the chance of her spending fool
lsniy ana needing to be helped out of the
consequences. a little bank account, per-
IF -
her to manage. whose profits shall be her
allowance-tO many q girl that would he the
sweetest proof of a fathers love.
when one thinks Of women of 25 or 30 who
have never had dover Of their own unless
they earned it-and that, sometimes. against
a parents wish-who are as Ignorant as
children OF all business ways, who ali their
lives Will be In dependence on some tried
and trying relative because of this Ignorance
1T seems at once pity and a shame. For
ludicious spending. Someone calls it a final
lest OF character. But character does not
come In day, and experience often charges
poor women high rates for her lessons. For
zen who can earn there are not seven who
IAN spend, who have that true thrift which |
Ike 1.-THE Housewife.
PASTE FOR sCRAP-BooKs.
Take equal parts of gum arabic and gum
ragacantb, and dissolve with enough warm
water so that it will be like thick gloss
Staa ds If, on trial, you find the paste too
hin him With 10 spread nicely with small brush,
. a, WIN more warm water, stirring until ii
oa Inootn again. A small amount of gum
n 1anHS lot Of paste. Keep in a large
ND Il su; p9ttle that can be covered tightly,
more. on'is' YES year or
III n It dries down hard or thick, soak it nm
inf i IL Har warm water, A bottle of this