Tombstone epitaph., 1890-05-10
LITTLE HOME COMFORTS.
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How the Eouse-ETistress Can Avoid Eric
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 Little things often jar and annoy, and so little things involve com fort, not alone for ourselves but fol others. A happy home is not neoes sarily one possessing rich decoration and magnificent furnishing, says Harp CTS Bazar, for even amidst such ap- pointmen5s if the motto "A place for every thing and every thing in it's place" be not observed, the house-mistress will find friction in her domains. There is often nothing so much naeded as is piece of brown wrapping paper. but to obtain this the entire household must be put into confusion, drawers and closets be hopelessly ransacked, and finally the package will be wrapped in the morning paper, though before night this very paper shall be asked for by the cha grined and disappointed head of the house. Yet quantities of wrapping paper are brought into every home, only to be thoughtlossly burned or hopelessly crumpled. All the annoyance and vcx- ation caused by the want of this could be saved by enforcing rigid rule to prop erly care for this paper. When a pack age is left, smooth out the wrinkles necessarily mado in the wrapper, and then fold and place it in the closet and on the shelf previously selected. Tis- sue paper should be treated in the same manner, and put carefully aside for future use; and newspapers, which are frequently needed for reference. should have place of their own. If only re- garded as valuable for kindling pur- poses, it saves time to be able to go di- rectly to the spot where they are kept. Paper bags should also be preserved. No one knows until she hears tho de- mands of daily wants just what will be needed, and it is great economy of both time and strength to find at once the required article. Also have place for cardboard and paper boxes. They are precisely the thing for flowers, feathers and laces, protecting them much more safely than will paper. Sc- lcct a few of varied size and shape, and be careful to keep your stock well sup piled. If you can not afford to assign part of a closet to their uses, then put them on top of wardrobe or closet, in- stead of discommoding yourself by crowding every nook and cranny within. 1 convenient and accessible place would be over the closets usually found in the passageway between sleeping apartments.
 Be prudent also and keep your cord and twine. After rolling and fastening the same, place in two pasteboard boxes, leaving one in the kitchen closet for the many uses of the laundry-maid. For example, she runs strong cord through the button-holes of tho collars and cuffs, ties the ends of the cord between two lengths of the clothes-line, so saving space on the line, and the annoyance of separately fastening each piece of linen by clothes-pin. Having placed the box conveniently for kitchen uses, put another in the closet most accessible for the entire family. Besides these, have lainty sill-covered balls of twine in the library and other parts of the house. They will prove pretty as well as use ful ornament for any room, and if to the same you will attach 8 small pair of scissors, these also will be found great convenience.
 | And what esn be-suid regarding the hunt for writing-paper and lead-pencils? Not only the family but the servants should know where to find at once tho requisites for writing brief note. Frequently messages are left with maid when it is not safe to trust an inn portant matter to her memory. So, to avoid mistakes, and for variety of reasons, keep pad of paper and two well-sharpened lead-pencils - in case one should meet with accident-in the drawer of your hat rack, or some equal ly convenient place. In large families such a pad is sometimes kept to tell when to lock the hall door. As one and another group enter they read the names of those still out, drawing a line through their own names, so that when all the names are checked but that of the last-comer, he bolts and bars for the night.
 Writing-paper, envelopes, lead-pen- cils, pens, pen-holders and good black ink should be part of the furnishing of your guest-chamber. It is very in- convenient as well as embarrassing for visitor to be obliged to ask permission to write a note or letter, and when friends come unprovidcd with their own stationery do not let them miss their own home comforts, but have all the lit tie necessary things within easy reach. It is not rich upholstery nor dainty fires coing which they will take away as pleasant memories, but the warmth, cheer and thoughtfulness that kept them from missing the charm of their own home life. How strained become our nerves and how impatient our words when looking for button hook or tho. pins if visitor is kept waiting, or an engagement that demands immediate attention is delayed! The Bible says: ''The little foxes spoil the vincs.'' ! Happy is the mistress whose furnishing of home is such that the little needed things are not forgotten!
 An Absent Minded Professor.
 The prize medal for absent t-minded- ness during lectures must be awarded to l German professor named Johannes Amer, who recently died in Vienna. )ne of his pupils has list of his re- narkable sayings, among them tho fol-
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