Morning journal and courier., 1893-12-16
cred a woman with shopping bag as the

lawful object of their suspicion. She must be followed and closely watched, for, given a bag, what is moro reasonable than that she will attempt to fill it by hook or by crooka If we carry our purses in our hands we may induce to highway robbery; and if we carry them with our purchase in Q shop ping bag, we are looked upon as possible robbers, or klsptomaniacs, at the very least.
 It Is not quite trus that we are destitute of pookets. We have them in our jackets and wraps, and when we put any ything in them they bnlge in unsightly fashion, and offer, especially In crowd, sufficient in- ducement to the light fingered to help themselves from what appears to be over flowing abundance. Thus we become tempters and sinners in spite of ourselves. should we not be objects of suspicion, as much as when, pocketless, we openly carry a shopping bsg? Empty handed, minus pockets, minus bags, how are we geing to pay for our purchases2 Not all of us have bank accounts and check books, and if our purchases are small we dislike to ask that they may be sent to our addresses o. O. D. And when this done, and our packages are delivered, ten to ore the delivery man has no change and we have only bills. Then there's delay, impatience 2N annoyance. But this Is after all the least objectionable way of arranging the matter. As says ''The Outlook" ''If the store maintaining 0. o. D, delivery would always furnish the messenger with change, the necessity for carrying pocketbooks, except for car fare and lunches, would be lessened."
 This matter, just now is certainly very serious one. No one of us has any money to lose, and nons would lead another to commit a crime. We must keep our pocketbooks safely out of sight, needing the warning of one who knows whereof he sfhrms. Let us give what we can to the needy, regarding the cry of the poor, but tempting no fellow-creaturs, through our thoughtlessness, to add sin to suffering.
 MY LOST FRIEND.
 o, closest friend! once ever at my side,
 miss thee more than words avail to tell; To thee my dearest treasures I'd confide,
 Sure thou would st guard them secretly and
 well.
 Now when I stretch toward thee my seeking
 hand,
 wildly clutch the unrespousive air, Cropping, feel for thee, and speechless stand,
 Slowly discerning that thou art not there. "All flesh is grass,'' the royal Psalmst saith,
 Thou art cut off, friend of my former days,
 And I'm bewildered by new fangled ways. But still I'm cherIshing a faith sublime,
 Unmoved by all that has conspired to shock 1t; Great changes brings the whirligig of Time
 AnQ those or f8Snlon may restore my pOcRel!
 Kate Fields Washington.
 GOOD POINTS
 Schools of cookery are fine institutions. Take, for example, passage from a recent examination paper in connection with one of them. The question wss-"Describe thermometer and It's notation;" and it brought forth this answer-sA shermom- eter has two good points-the boiling point and the freezing-poiu The former Is useful for potatoes, and the latter for Ice cream"
 OLD POSTAGE STAMPS.
 Almost every one has been making a collection of Columbian postage stamps, some merely ss @ memento of this historic year, others because they bslieve that there will In the future arise great demand for them and large prices be paid by stamp collectors.
 If one cares for them only as souvenirs 1t would be well to save them in some or nsmental form which displays as we'll as preserves them. A stamp box is 8 particu- larly suitable object to be decorated with them; small wooden box with @ partition through the center being the most desirable. Select the brightest and cleaneet stamps, of as many colors as soaking them, dry them. and cover the top and eides of the box with them, using strong paste or liquid glue. As stamp box is not 8 very large affair, lap them corner wise, covering the cancellations as much as possible: and use pleasing con trssts in the colors. Larger boxes, as for stationery, may be ornamented in the same way, and if they are placed irregularly, showing only part of the design, even torn and soiled ones may be used. provided that there is one clean and bright corner.
 A very effective vase was seen which was entirely covered with Columbian stamps, placsd around it in rows as bricks are laid. A separate denomination was used for each row, and harmony of color ing had been carefully studied. Where the shape of the vase required 1t the stamps had bsen slit with pair of scissors, and Tapped SO that they lay perfectly smooth. This vase was of common earthenware, with the inside of the neck gilded.
 Another vase or jar was first gilded all over, then the stamps were arranged in ge- ometrlcal designs, two straight bands of stamps being placed around the top and orated in the same manner, starting the design from the center in sort of whirl- ing star, or wheel design A coat of var nish should be given to any article so orna- mented to save it from dust or discolora- tion. For an inexpensive souvenir of the famous Worlds Fair year these stamp-dec- orated articles are certainly effective and oddly pleasing. And who knows the won derful value that may not accrue to them with the lapse of time, what rare and prioe- less bits of bric-s-brac they'll be in 1993a HILARY.