New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-07-12


And hah-before the doors expand
Would lift the censor Of his praise
such gIores Of the faircr dream
All other light IS hid than its.
such might be the description Of the home trans
agred the ideal house In the New Jerusalem and ones
fancy loves to paint the perfect dwelling without Is
the noble exterior with its grand lines and fine contours
suggesting the earnest thoughts Of some Inspired arch
itect and within the most absolute harmony OF form
and color more beauty even than can be dreamed VI
by the apostles of sweetness and light an indcScrDa
bh perfection Then, seeing more md more clearly
as Z in clear dream and solemn vision the true
meaning OF the home. we comprehend the
most beautiful and complete thing OF all
the perfect life of the household itself; and in the
inncrmost shrine Of the tTiptych.
Uncloaded glOws the golden air,
And ringed with Heavens own aureole
g TsS very 5y 9sPss Of %ba gsa4 ne virgin iGH Sits
so 10 glory OF complete beauty would be the daily
family life Of the Celestials.
Finite man, however. may not hope while Of the
earth earthly 10 evolve the ideal home and perfect life
still in our feeble fashion can struggle to higher
levels and breathe purer atmosphere and in the same
spirit Of devotion with which decorate our churches.
and dedicate the most costly gifts to the house of
the Lord we may adorn own homes, the we'll
beloved shines of daily lives of conservation and
service TO Others Beeutfy your houses therefore,
most gentle readers. Teach your children to regard
their homes with affection and reverence and let each
one do something to add 10 the loveliness Of the
dwelling II it IS only the daily of one small
Of flowers. Let each child feel that such gracious
little acts are typical, ana that in the everyday
family life lies the true conservation Of their being.
EYES, do meet some very strange characters" said
a charming mondaine who usually spends her summers
abroad and whose clever talk delightfully."- seasoned
with the piquante Of travel and experience Il
should find the voyages disnaly dull if ii not
n~og rt2
10 talk with every one and really manage TO derive
considerable amusement out Of the otherwise rather
monotonous ten days. On my last crossing ! hap
pened TO sit next to French countess one afternoon
on deck, and suppose we found each other mutually
entertaining for gravltaed naturally together many
times during the voyage, aQd she grew quite friendly
and confidential.
Ma ehere,' she said TO day tall
upon the Notwithstanding theme Of personal appear
ance Il perceive your hair is trffe gray. Now that
Is a mistake so I think l answered, wincing
little for / must confess have not viewed the silver
threads among the gold altogether with equanlmity.
But what can one do Dye it, of course replied the
Parsenne. "A lady OF fashion should never allow her
self TO become gray. But do not make it golden that
IS quite vulgar but q nice refined tint Ike mine is
always permissible among autrcs who hold TO good
FORM, and she turued her slmpey neck showing her
neatly-coiled plaits Of lovely brown hair with the
dash Of red in it. Every one admires my hair
she went cOInplaeently, and must say that think
particularly good myself II IS my own invention,
too, and have tod nobody how 10 get this particular
shade Mine is the best br0wn-Fed dye have ever
secn and the P1incesse de c. and the Countess D
are dying get hold of my secret never would give
II any one. but there is something about you, my
dear, that appeals to one. You 70 simpatice,
and that means great deal to one OF my constitution
To You alone I viii mpart the secret. They all
henna for this color but there other things, lemon
juice and other Ingredients as with the little silver
pencil hanging OF her chateaine she wrote rapidly on
the fy-leaf OF a novel lying in her lap
Here is the formula she said, handing it to me
with her own brilliant smile; take 1t and make your
self beautiful but promise never TO divulge the
secret am rather ashamed say that actually felt
wild desire 10 follow her advice and reuvenate myself
and only the fear Of my husbands dsprOval prevented
II would be pleasant, thought, with half sigh,
just 70 tint my cheeks bit and put life and warmth into
the color Of my hair and be called beautiful once more
so many women have their Indian summer sighed
rather longingly. 'and why not ~ "
A feminine reader thus writes to The Tribune: By
the-bye, will you not make paragraph on little
clildren's taste in stories With all the confessedy
superior tale-writing Of the present day, l
find il most difficult TO find stories that
really interest my three-year-od daughter who
is most enthusiastic listener, however whenever
the 5ubjectmatter appeals to her fancy. The
little creatures want things that begin once upon
DOT WIFI conversation IN res
they want, too at least my little girl does, realistic,
everyday happenings, and they don't want surround
Egs left 70 their negotiations. pen picture Of
what might take place IN their daily lives, with any
amount Of detail VIII always be the most taking kind
of story for young and intelligent mind AS for fairy
Stories there is an element Of sftermath-the dis |
appointment of knowing that the fascinating histories
and cannot be true, that destroys the inter
est. At least this is my experience. wish l had |
somebody else's.'
This letter read aloud provided the text for dis
cussoa on children's books; and another lady, who
had written more or less for little people remarked
q think the writer is quite right about the doubtful
popularity of modern fairy tales But fancy the |
real reason is that children much keener critics
than give them credit for being. and where their
minds have been fed by the rare tales Of Hans Christian
Andersen, the inmitable minging of the marvellous
and the commonplace in the stories Of the brothers
Grimm and the fascinating contes Of Labouaye, their
sman intelects naturally find the fancies of every
day writers inferior whereas whatever relates 70 the
everyday life Of their own world can be made inter
estng through association, and they adopt these
children Of the imagination Immediately as playmates
ard friends Of their own"
al wonder said one Of her audience. if the chill
dren who are blessed with the excellent and
dEndant Literature and beautiful illustrations that tie
poorest Of them obtain readily nowadays will de-
veOp higher Intellectual and artistic qualities in con
sequence. In my own childhood We had preserved
among JLc Idi1y dICIlFtS OAc VI INC OAu NC"
land primers, beginning with a FOR ADAM, and It's
grotesque little woodcut representing Adam and Eve
With the dstieh
SIN Adams fall
We sinned ALL
Ind SO on to z, which had
ZachSrah he
Climbed tree
His Lord To Sec,
md the picture showed with few lines little
In modern trousers, climbing up very
'naIl wOoIiy tree. / remember how used % laugh
the funny quaint little pictures, and feel quite
proud Of our advanced literature In these days
'ur ehildrcn's books quite immeasurabay
superior what had a child were 20 those
4 orr gTaudmOthcrs | question however whether