The Portland daily press., 1891-01-07
THE HON. e.
SUNDAY FOR THE CHILDREN.

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That is profound philosophy which counsels
parents to make Sunday the happiest dav of
the week. And the chief requisite to this is
that they give themselves to their children
at church as we'll as at home. The Sunday
school must not be allowed to usurp the
place of the church service. The child nes-
tied in the family pew at his mothers side,
holding his fathers hand, enters naturally
from tine shelter OF warm human love into
the mystery of divine love, and the house
of God Very early becomes to him the gate of
heaven.
For little children it is pretty plan to set
aside.for Sabbath use the most attractive
toys, the favorite pictures and stories, the
| sweetest child songs and hymns and to join
with them more than ever IN their plays and
their quiet moods, until, when they wake
| Sunday morning, they shall eXclaim, with a
four;;year-old of our acquaintance, "Oh, I'm
| so glad it's Sunday ~
Music is the heritage of the family Sab
| bath Not church hymns and Sunday school
| songs only, but the music of the masters as
well, those great compositions that tell with
| out words the story of human life, and tell
| II religiOusly because truly ard profoundly:
that speak to the children as plainly as to the
eiders; that open heart to heart, and inten-
silly in each his own living and longing
Books belong to the family Sabbath. Not
that thief Of cnildhOod's Sabbath hours, the
Sunday, school library book, not sickly or
precocl0us ttOry papers, nor s0rdid secular
papers, nor scrappy religious ones, but real
books, and all the real books, poetry as we'll
as books of devotion, essays, and BIOGRAPHIES,
ana every other kind of book that sets the
heart throbbing with wish to be- something
greater and better than we ever have been
before And often some one will read aloud,
while the chairs draw together, the reader
pauslng all the way along for the cbildren's
questions, and the commentary of the par
ents, and for "reminiscences and hopes ahead
Then, as the family walk abroad. the ia
Their assumes his most ancient, most sacred
Office OF high-priest of his household. Then
all become psalmists, all prophets. The har-
vest waves the promise of better things than
leaves for the table, The solemn mountains,
the deep skies, are more than backgrounds
Tor landscapes, show. places for rainbOws;
Tor underneath the voices of winds and wa
tiers they hear the earth spirit in her most
secret utterance:
"'Tis thus at the roaring loom of time ply,
And weave for God tie garment thou seest Him
by"
They who so walk the earth together shall
not be separated in hravenlv places.-F. w.
s., in HARPER's BAZAAR
CAST OFF GARMENTS.
When gown is so hopelessly out of fash
ion that it will not answer even for home
wear, or when it is for any other reason hOrs
du combat, do not hang it away in a close
to take up room, or shut 1t up in chest to
grow musty First of all get it thoroughly
cleansed. If it is composed of washing
goods, have it washed in its entirety, as
clean clothes are so much pleasanter to ham
die them sOiled ones Puffs and tucks should,
Of course, be taken out first, and draperiee
that come off easily may be removed and
washed separately. If the material will not
wash, brush and air thoroughly, leaving the
task Of removing stains, etc, till later on.
When 1t is as clean as 1t is practicable to make
1t, rip in into its constituent parts. Such
portions as are quite used up, detaeh and put
aside, along with very small pieces, for rags,
to be sold to rag dealer, or got out of the
way in any manner that seems best. But
tons and hooks and eyes should be put into
box kept for that purpose. They can al
most always be used again.
Such parts of the lining as are still sound
iron smoothly, roll into nice, even bundles,
and put away. The material of the gown
proper which is still good press carefully
out. fold like piece of new goods, and put
away In chest kept sacred to raw mate
rial" !. e., goods TO be made up when needed,
VI course IL is not gowns alone that can be
thus dissected. Do the same with every
cast-otf garment, even underwear. Then,
when something new is required for one of
the children--a shirt, petticoat, frock or
| Jacket-never visit the stores till you have
first looked through the contents of this
chest, which is very often seek no
further" and the convenience 1t is Is have
goods in such shape that one can tell absO-
lutely how far they may be made available
Is as most women will believe. very great
1t is not only the children's wardrobes
that are reinforced from this source. new
house gown is often to be found by making
combination of some of the materials
stored therein Indeed, one of the much
bedraptd skirts of year or two ago will
sometimes furnish full gown Of the pres
ent simpler fashion,
Put piece of gum camphor in the chest,
as deterrent to moths; but the fact that all
the goods are clean Is itself point in favor
OF Immunity from the ravageS OF these In
sects.-GoOd Housekeeping.
FOR STOUT WOMEN.
The stout woman is always asking what
she shall wear. Now these are some of the
things she should not wear.
She should not wear tailor-made suit fit
ting her figure closely. 1t brings out every
pound of flesh for the benefit of the locker
on,
She should not wear rosette at her belt,
either at the back or front. 1t makes her
look thicker through.
She should not wear lace or ribbon ruff
about her neck, though the soft feather one
is permissible If it has long ends:
She should not wear short skirt; 1t gives
HtI d QutcIs uuinpy lUOk Ludb 70 CoPCCldilJ
undesirable.
she should not wear her hair low on her
neck; 1t should be high and arranged with
great smoothness, though 1t need not look
oily.
she should not wear string of beads
about her neck. rings in her ears, or, If her
fingers are short and fat, many rings on
them.
She should avoid high sleeves and loose
gloves, though the well-htting glove need not
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figured DrOcades, very broad stripes, and II
she gets tired of continually wearing plain
coloTs, she should select designs in which the
pattern Is subservlent to the color effect.
She should, ii she wants to reduce her flesh.
avoid all starchy food, grow to hate cham
nagne, sweetmeats, chocolate, milk, ices and
rich erayips. ne. there Is a chance of her
hecomipg slender enough TO dress just as she
pleases.
WHY SILK is EXPENSIVE.
To produce sufficient silk to make dress
REQUIRES more time and capital than most
people would imagine. II we take one and
a quarter pounds as the weight of pure silk
required this would be equal to two pounds
of raw silk. To produce two pounds of raw
silk would require the entire stock obtained
from 1000 to 5000 Orms, allowing a percent
| age for death by disease and other casualties
1t may be interesting to state that these
| young worms when newly Matched would
| scarcely Weigh uuo QUARTER OF an ounce. vet,
| in the course of their life, which only lasts
| thirty to thirty-fiv days, they will consume
| 800 to 400 pOun0s of leaves, and increase in
weight about nine thousand times.
Consumers Of silk would NOT wonder at
| its high value when they consider that to
| raise two pounds of raw silk SO much time
and money are required. Besides the origi-
| nal cost of the eggs or young worms.
they require feeding at regular intervals
| daily with mulberry leaves and consume the
above weight of leaves during their life,
| This is a large item Of expense if the culti.
vat0r does not grow and gather his own
leaves, but is compelled to purchase Them
! Textile Mercury.
HOW TO COOK RICE,
Rice is becoming much more popular ar.
ticle of food than heretofore. It is fire.
| quently substituted for potatoes at the chief
meal of the day, being much more nutritious
| and much more readily digested. Az its
| present cost it is relatively cheaper than
potatoes, oatmeal or grain-grits of anv kind.
| In preparing it only just enough cold water
should be poured on TO prevent the rice from
burning at the bottom Of the Dot. which
should have a close-ftting cover. and with a
moderate fire the rice is steamed rather than
boiled until nearly, done; then the cover is