New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-10-09

| "ApprcCiatlvc EcndeI' writes ms follows.
"Can you give us the recipe for a delicious ginger
| bread which Is baked very thin and cut in pieces
| when taken from the oven. and rolled on "A stick
| round) about two and half three inches In
circumference? have them in Washington and
| they delicious and very crisp and NICE
We do not know the recipe TO which our cor.
respondent refers. Possibly one OF our readers
can supply her want.
English lavender Is plant which has been pretty
generally wintcriled In this country, SO that 1t Is
very difficult get It's fragrant flowers for sachets
unless one buys them mt drug store. First class
chemists always use lavender for pertaining some OF
their soaps and for lavender waters ard fresh sup
ply Is imported every fall from England. The true
lavender Is not easily nccmaed In this country ana
has never become Indigenous 10 our soil rs II mas
TO that OF England. where for centuries II has been
cultivated in the gardens. Lavender balm. Which Is
sometimes mistaken for tie true English lavender. Is
quite different plant. and easily escapes gardens
and takes mp HE on It's own account without care or
culture Almost n century ana half ago Shenstone
IN the famous description OF the garden OF The
schoolmlsress' speaks %
Lavender, whose spikes OF azure bloom,
crown her kcrchicf clean with mcke rare perfumes"
In spite VI tho antiquity OF this sachct for bed
linen nothing Is refreshing to-day for this pur-
nose or more conducive 10 that "azurclldded sleep
az which poets write The violet perfume. sometimes
substituted In more modern times, Is di'tasleiul 10
many people, and any stronger perfume Is repuSNc
IN the last degree. Lavender has fresh odor when
nothing else gives The simplest sachcts are those
made Of white lncn embroidered with spikes OF the
blossom, or seeded with flowers First make bag
NJ sheer strong muslin mud slip this into the fancy
cover This cover may be OF white linen In little
plow-casc shape, or run with ribbon AT either ehd
IN keen II I'm position or It may b. bag OF pale
lavender silk. tufted down with baby ribbons
Octobcr IS the chief month Of the yellow autumn
and contains tie most beautiful features Of the de-
cuniuy nonoJ Of the year. The LEAKAGE Is OF
brilliant varied tInts, from duh brown 10 bright
yellow and hectic crimson. and the skies In the early
morn or the approaching twilight are Of sober hue
The nuts and leaves alike are falling. and the whole
aspect Of nature Is likencd TO gradual decay. The
cafess trees suggest baroness and ruin. and even
tho sun appears 10 be growing older, hc rises later
and reiires earlier and displays longer the vigorous
fire Of his summer days. Yet this decay IS but
alures method of producing the rest needed to pro-
'lucc anew few months hence the life and beauty
nd vigor OF spring And II is beautiful lesson that
nature teaches even In this seeming devastation.
for from every flower that her aEtlnn ministers Of
rain and wind shall strew upon tho ground myriad
shall arise I'm their places wien summer returns
again. For nature is never either ugly wastcful.
Her seasons Of decay are identified with gorgeous
colors such the rainbow cannot hardly parallel and
vast % dead leaves and scattered flowers are
but the repository Of her seeds for the spring.
October has always been a favoritc month for out
lngs and country NE The hunt man In all parts OF
favored country and In the norherly sections Of
tho European continent. as well rs all over the
British Isles finds then his rarest and most
hilaratng recreation. The singing birds and even the
swallows have departed for a Eider climate, rs IL
10 make for the game bird. The woodcock,
sulpc. wild duck. poveg. wild goose and other wild
game birds are now In plenty to tempt tie huntsman.
while the Joys OF nutting viii soon be at their
height.
These contribute TO send many groups into the