The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-09-09
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4 Few Things Of Interest TO the Fair
Sex.

Corbett's Advice to Women A
Woman Who Laid the Foundation of
Her Husbands Fortune Mrs.
George ]. Gould's Smart Dresses-A
Curious Russian Custom-How to
Get Rid of Tan and FreckIes-Other
Matters Worth Reading.
Give little child congenial employ
ment, says the New York Tribune, and he
will almost invaria bly, be happy and good
natured. Toys alone are not all that he
reqSires-his active little mind demands
the stimulus of intelligent occupation,
even at the early age Of 3 or 4, and it be-
hooves a mother who has the response
bility of his mental growth at heart to
provide the wherewithal for development.
There IS something very touching and
beautiful in seeing an intellectual woman
of real ability eagerly interested in the
rudimenJs for the sake of her little child
AT an al fresco tea in the Berkshires not
long ago well known authoress com
menced filling her pockets with rub
bish,n as she laughingly called the collec-
tion she proposed to add to a trunk full of
odds and ends which, as she explained,
she intended taking back TO town for oc-
cupation for her small boy during the
winter Dried moses and curious in
sects, preserved in alcohol to examine
with the microscope; pressed wild flowers
and grasses for a herbarium; ana various
seeds from interesting plants to start in
the spring, etc.
You can make a lovely experiment
with an acorn or chestnut, "'she SAID by
way OF illustration, by suspending one
by thread within half an incn of the
surface of the water contained in hya-
cinth glass, and leaving it undisturoed.
In a month or two it will throw root
into the water, and shoot upward
straight little stem, from which will de-
velop tiny beautiful green leaves You
have no idea how much such experiments
delight very young children, and how 1t
awakens their intelligence. Another in
teresting bit of growth for the nursery is
TO take one of these pine cones,
place it in wineglass half
filled with water, and after it has imbibed
the moisture for a few days, sprinkle
it with canary seed. In a weeks time
the seed viii sprouJ, to the intense salts
faction of the tiny gardener. Or an old
bit of sponge may also be kept wet and
completely covered with living green. OBJ
ject lessons such as these teach many
things which the inQuisitiye intelligence
OF early childhood imbibes without effort,
but which cannot fail to develop and en-
large the mind" Mothers VINO, like
Martha, are careful1about many things,
and worry perpetually over the physical
well being Of their children, should CON
slider whether they are careful to supply
nutriment to the brain as well as to the
body.
Among the lesser articles of ornament
and comfort, says the New York Times,
that go so far toward making the homo
dainty, sofa pillows hold an important
place, and are now used whenever there
is the least excuse for them. In many
homes the feather beds that have been
long in disuse are now renovated or thor
oughly aired ana their contents used for
variety of decorative cushions. The
feather cushions are not SO luxurious as
those made of down, but they answer
very nicely, and, OF course, cost much
less.
The covering for these pillows should,
as a rule, be quiet and unobtrusive in
tone. Brilliant reds, blues and pinks can
seldom be used with artistic effect, being
only satisfactory when a decided contrast
with some soDer-hued chair or couch COW
ering is desired. A bright red cushion on
a slate-colored chair would be pretty,
ana so would a light blue one in contrast
with dark green chair, but unless one is
certain that such high colors will har-
monte with their surroundings, it is
much wiser to choose quiet hues.