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The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-11-21
Selected Article.
HOME MAKERS AND THEIR
BUSINESS.
BY KATE UPsoN CLARK.

THERE has lately been so much
i false sentimentality expressed
in print on the subject of the home,
that it is not strange to find some of
our most devoted wives and mothers
averse to talking much about it.
"The home" remarked one bright
woman whose record was 80 honor
able that she could say with impun-
ity anything she liked-"the home
has been so wretchedly overdone
lately that l can't bear to hear any
thing more on the subject. 1t has
been used as a cloak to hide unwise
and unjust arguments, and it has
been degraded to be the weapon of
social demagogues."
This is undoubtedly true; but in
view of the scorn expressed for the
"home body" and the "home writer"
it may be worth while to examine
the business and objects of home
making, and to compare it for mo-
ment with other occupations.
1t is sa id that ninety six per cent
of those who go into commercial
business make a failure of it. Per
haps it is not bad calculation to ven
ture the estimate that almost as large
a percentage of those who go into
the business of home making fail
equally.
This remark will probably arouse
amazement and incredulity, but there
is no doubt of it's substantial truth,
in its strictest sense.
In the first place, what is the
home? 1t is the center and main
spring of the family existence,
whence its comfort and happiness
are to be drawn, wherein the charac-
tiers of its children are to be formed.
The home maker is to scientifically
study and constantly and energetic
ally practice those arts which are
to make her family-frst, healthy;
second, comfortable; third, good.
Health, comfort and virtue, in the
full sense of those words. should
constitute happiness. The prime
object of the home, then, is to give
happiness to each of its members. 1t
will be seen that certain things are
taken for granted in this estimate.
A living income must be earned by
somebody for the support of the
family. Sufficient education and oc-
cupation for all must be somehow
supplied. But the main essentials of
the home makers business are that
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DO WELL WHAT YOU DO.

Mrs. A. d. t. Whitney. in "Friendly
Letter to Girl Friends in the Ladies'
Home Journal, gives this advice:
"One thing is perfectly plain-that
girl who must work must choose and fit
herself for something that must be done.
If it can be speciality. for which there
is special aud certain demand-educa-
tional, mechanical, Professionalism
we'll; but for the many to whom such
ways are not open, and for the too many
who could never all get in, the sure
thing is some common, practical craft
or service, wanted everywhere. Let
each one make her business exceptional
by doing it exceptionally well; then let
her find the nearest place where her
skill can answer requirement. All about
her, no doubt, is demand; for all about
her are life and every day necessity.
Look around you, harken; see and
learn the need: get yourself ready to
meet one or more of them. Perfect YOUR
self in something; make, if you can, or
iginal method and departure. Be gu.
perior, and then take hold and do. A
worker can find work. Too many peo-
pie wait to have work made for them.
Go and say to somebody, i can make
beautiful pie crust; will you and your
friends let me make it for your Or,
i am capable at house renovation, or
a removal; cleaning, or packing up.
or setting up. can plan and put
such matter through from beginning to
end, without confusion, if you will just
tell me what you want in the result
Or. 1 love little children. and l will
come to them or take them home, and
make little matinees or afternoons for
them, when you are busy or have en-
gagements. can keep them happy and
teach them little things Or. again, L
can manage an entertainment for you,
either the amusement or the cuisine, or
both. l make study of new ideas, de-
vices; l can submit them to you, and
you will only sit still and choose. and
order. will lay out the campaign with
you, and carry it through; you shall
keep fresh and preside Or, in differ
emit way still, i can write and copy; l
can sort papers, books; l understand
library work; | can manage accounts
and make up balances. l could act as
secretary to a literary man or woman.
l can read proof etc. Speak first to
people whom you know. or who know
about you; get start, and the wheel
once running, the machine will almost
go Of itself. Learn how. and begin, even
if you begin for nothing"
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yield always to reason and right, lie
the strength and worth of the ideal
home.
1t is because the dignity of the
home maker has not been supported
by her own conduct-because she
has made a miserable failure of her
life work in too many cases, that she
is slightingly spoken of. There is no
DANCE that the woman who so ord
ers her home that health is its pre-
vailing condition; that its members
are constantly in state of comfort
which makes them love their home
and hate to leave it; and who sends
forth daily from beneath her roof
children who delight their teachers,
who discountenance vice and cruelty
among their mates, and who develop,
one by one, into noble men and
women-there is no danger that such
a woman will be "sniffed at" as a
"home body" 1t will be recognized
that she has realized the lofty nature
of her calling-that she has ap-
preached it with reverence-that she
has treated it as it should ever be
treated as the noblest OF the arts
and sciences, for which no education
can be too extensive and no effort too
hard and prolonged.
Then, too, the writer on "home
topics" will be regarded as the one
who handles the most important and
profound of all themes, on the proper
understanding of which among all
classes depends the nature of our
future population, and the very life
of our republic.
Whose heart does not ache when
dwelling upon the multitude of frivo-
Ions or indolent or stupid women
who imagine that, just because they
are at the head of a family, keeping
up an establishment, and going
through desultory household rou-
tine, each day, they are making
homes!-women whose servants sys-
tematically hoodwink and deceive
them; whose husbands too often
learn to find their pleasure elsewhere;
whose children go forth into the
world without convictions, without
proper habits of body, mind or soul;
and whose whole career is miserable
failure!
Such "home makers" are to be
found by the score on every street.
even among the well-to-do. When
we turn to the humb'e r quarters OF
our towns and villages, we sicken
and turn pale as we contemplate the
still more frequent and more horrible
travesties upon the art of home
making.
BROOKLYN, n. Y.
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Until few years ago Helen knew
nothing about death, and she probably
has very vague idea now of what it
means. 1t has just come home to her
heavily. for her father died three weeks
ago. He was in Alabama with her
mother and her grief over the news was
very deep. She begged to go to her
mother. but was dissuaded by those
who have her in charge, and who
dreaded the effect of continued depres
sion on her impressionable nature. She
is wonderfully affected by the mental
condition of those about her, and can
tell Immediately on meeting a person
whether that person is happy or the
reverse. She may feel any depressing
influences the more keenly because she
is used to the buoyant atmosphere of
Miss Sullivan-that lovely and lovable
woman who for nine years has devoted
herself day and night to the helpless
child. To Miss Sullivan alone belongs
the credit of Helen Keller's record to-
day.-Neao York World.
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pie in it. She brings up subject after
subject. and dismisses them with few
terse sentences which somehow seem to
contain the gist of them all. She uses
no unnecessary words. She has learned
to express her ideas with wonderful
clearness and conciseness. She has
very keen sense Of humor, and responds
to the mildest joke with girlish laugh
that is very contagious. All these things
you notice within five minutes after
your meeting with her. Then, as
she talks on, you begin to study her
more in detail, and this is what you see:
A well-formed, graceful girl of sixteen.
in perfectly plain dark-blue gown that
comes to the tops of her shoes in school
girl fashion. The collar to her gown rolls
back, leaving her throat bare, and the
little pulled sleeves she wears end we'll
above the wrist to permit free play of
her wonderful hands. Those hands de-
serve chapter of themselves. Their
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-11-21
Old Favorites.
LONG, LONG AGO.
BY THOMAS HAINEs BAYLEY.

Tell me the tales that to me were so
dear,
Long, long ago; Long, long ago!
Sing me the songs L delighted to hear,
Long, long ago, long ago.
Now you are come all my grief is re-
moved,
Let me forget that so long you have roved,
Let me believe that you love as you
Loved,
Long, long ago, long ago.
Do you remember the path where we met,
Long, long ago, Long, long ago?
All, yes, you told me you ne'er would
forget,
Long, long ago; long ago.
Then, to all others my smile you preferred,
Love when you spoke gave charm to
each word,
Still my heart treasures the praises
heard,
Long, long ago. Long ago.
Though by your kindness my fond hopes
were raised
Long, long ago, long ago.
You, by more eloquent lips have been
praised,
Long, long ago; Long ago.
But by long absence your truth has been
tried,
Still to your accents / listen with pride,
Blest as l was when l sat by your side
Long, long ago; long ago.
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speecn ls llIIle tnlck ana at
first it is hard to understand. After
listening for few moments, however,
one begins to follow her.
She will remain in Mr.. Arthur Gil.
mans school at Cambridge until it
seems best for her to enter Radcliffe.
and she will lead there the life of every
other pupil in that institution, except
that Miss Sullivan will be with her con
stantly, sitting by her aide in the class
room and interpreting to her the words
of the class teacher.
In this classroom they sit together
from O'Clock in the morning until 1870
o'clock, with half an hours intermission
for rest andrecreation. At 1870 o'clock
she goes to Howell house, where she
boards, and which is within a short
walk of the school. She studies in the
at ernoon or walks, reads. and plays.
Every effort is made to keep her health
in perfect condition, and so far thess
efforts have been successful. She reads
a great deal. and reads French and
German as readily as English. She also
speaks German very we'll and French
also, though not so fuently. She has
just begun the study of Latin. and has
already intimated that she is anxious to
learn Greek. These hints have been
disregarded for the excellent reason that
the young students hands are full. Her
course at Mr.. Gilman's school includes
Latin, history, English literature. arith-
metic, and advanced German.
Her senses of touch and smell, always
phenomenally acute. seem to be growing
more so as the years pass. She caa fol
low a scent like a blood hound, and will
recognize a person months after her
first meeting with him, by that alone.
Her power of intuition is almost uncan-
ny. Againand again she surprises Miss
Sullivan by answering an unspoken
thought and by divining Immediately any
change in her teachers condition of mind.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-11-21

Mr.. Stedman's lines come naturally
to mind when one begins to write of
Helen Keller. Perhaps this is because
it is so very difficult to put on paper
ones own impressions of her. Thou
sands of Americans. reading of her bril-
liant success in passing the entrance
examination of Harvard University, re.
Gently, have made an effort to realize
for moment all that is implied by this
achievement of this most wonderful girl
of sixteen. They have recalled that she
is deaf, dumb and blind, and that she
has been SO since her babyhood; that
she lived for years in an abyss of dark
ness. and silence and loneliness; that
she did not know where she was nor
what nor why, until out of the chaos
a human hand was stretched to her, and
the apparently hopeless work of COM
municating with her was begun; that
today she stands where that hand has
placed her-still deaf. still blind. but in
all other respects equal to girls Of her
age, and head and shoulders above the
majority of them Intellectually; that her
greatest ambition is to go through col
lege, and that this ambition is about to
be realized.
She is absolutely devoid of self-con,
seriousness, and, being so, she bursts into
speech the moment she is introduced to
a stranger. Her evident wish is to get
from the new personality all that is in
teresting in it. Her methods in this
respect recall Ii Hung Chang's charac-
teristic interviews with our American
citizens. 1t should bs added at once,
however, that her questions are never
personal; she is thoroughly
we'll bred. She talks very quickly, bend
ing toward you. with her sightless eyes
fixed eagerly on your face and with
every feature alive with interest in
what you and she are saying. Sheis pa
anxious to show you that she
is in touch with the world and the peo-
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-11-21
FARM, GARDEN AND DAIRY
Instructive Reading for Agriculturists.
PREPARED EXPRESSLY FOR 1.-THE UNIvERsALIST."

takes enterprise and energetic determin-
alton to get out of the old ruts, but we
must either pursue that higher agricul-
ture which brings greater yields or
abandon crops and give our whole at
tention to highly bred stock. This is a
new era, and of changed conditions.
1t is no longer the large sizs, but
quality. which brings the high prices
This enables the breeder to sell the
quicker and oftener; and young stock
gains faster and at less expense than
does that which is older. Young beeves.
10 months old hogs and our thrifty
mutton sheep sell for better prices be-
fore they get too large and fat.
Clean straw, cut up and moistened.
and mixed with bran and ground feed.
cotton seed meal or oil meal. saves the
hay. 1t may be mixed to. advantage
with fodder. Corn and hay are too ex-
pensive for the progressive farmer. and
he has learned that they are not always
essential; he saves all his straw, we'll
stacked or stored or baled, ready for use.
Do not pay good, round price for a
breading animal and then depend upon
blood" to do all the rest. This superior
blood in an animal is the result of
years and years Of care, good surround
ings, intelligent treatment, all tending
to the development of the best. To get
any real or lasting good of such an ami
NAL it must be kept on the up grade al
ways.
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OFT, IN THE SILLY NIGHT.
BY THOMAS MOORE.

Oft, in the Silly night,
Ere Slumber's chain has bound me,
Fond Memory brings the light
OF other days around me:
The smiles, the tears,
Of boyhood's years,
The words of love then spoken;
The eyes that shone,
Now dimm'd and gone,
The cheerful hearts now broken!
Thus, in the Silly night,
Ere Slumber's chain hath bound me,
Sad Memory brings the light
OF other days around me.
When | remember all
The friends, so link'd together,
I've seen around me fall,
Like leaves in wintry weather;
feel like one,
Who treads alone
Some banquet-hall deserted,
Whose lights are fed,
Whose garlands dead,
And all but me departed!
Thus, in the Silly night,
Ere Slumber's chain has bound me,
Sad Memory brings the light
OF other days around me,
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-11-21
AG RICULTURE.

Unless marketed as Ia6t as aug, UT
within a day or two after digging. pota
toes should be spread out on loft where
there is good ventilation of air, and
where they are at the same time we'll
protected from the sun.
There cannot be too much care taken
in keeping potatoes dry during the win
ter, and at a low temperature. 1t is the
having too much warmth and light
which cause them to sprout. Do not
store them too early.
The method of hauling the manure to
the fields and spreading it as fast as
made, thereby permitting it to leach
where it will do the most good, presents
the additional advantage that it aids in
keeping things neat about the stables
and barnyards.
Do not count it too much work to
make compost heap, nor think it non
sense and smacking too much OF book
farming, arguing that you cannot make
it contain more value than it had,in the
you are saving all it's virtue in this way,
and putting it in to shape for even dis.
tribution.
AS their grandfathers did, raising the
same crops in the same way, keeping
the same stock and feeding it in the
same manner, putting up with the same
little leaks, waste of feed. waste of ma
nure, waste of labor, many of the pres
emit generation seem TO make living,
but how much better these same might
do with the better methods.
Clover is one of the best subscribers.
The roots penetrate the soil to great
depth, loosen it and carry down, the
plant food. Every farmer can afford to
at least use this means Of feeding and
draining his land, even if he can not af-
ford subsoil pillow.
1t is not the fault of the plant. usu-
ally, il it does not thrive. II must not
be denied manure food in some shape.
Place it where the young feeders can
get it well mixed in the very finely pull
verified soil. Then do your best to see
that they do not die from thirst nor
smother from growth of weeds.
The farmer counts himself in woful
state when he must give his interest
bearing note for a new gang pillow or a
harvester. for ne must have them; but
does he not do worse when he leaves
that implement exposed to all the in
clemencies of the weather. or does so
even for a week or two because not con-
venient to stow it away.
1t is because we furnish the best in
the world that the world is becoming
our market. 1t is natural sequence
American -four has reached an i'm
mense sale in all the cities of Great
Britain and 10 many parts of the East
ern continent, and solely upon its merit.
Do not put dried up stuff into the
silo. To make good ensilage of clover it
must be cut as soon as fully headed out.
and then put into the silo at once. Do
not even give it time to wilt, il it can be
avoided. Silos are satisfactory with
some; with some they are not. 1t is not
the fault of the silo.
A small piece of wheat sown early will
often attract the flies, and they will go
to it and deposit their eggs before the
main crop comes up. This may then be
either burned or deeply plowed in; then
a good seed bed, with liberal manuring,
will usually send the young plants ahead
so rapidly that the insects cannot do
them much damage.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-11-21
HELEN KELLER.
BROOKLYN, ]

Mute, sightless visitant
From what unchartered world
Hast voyaged into life's wide sea
With guidance scant2
AS if some bark mysteriously
Should hither glide with spars asplant
And sails all furled
Edmund Clarence Stedman's Ode to
Helen Keller.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-11-21

HELEN KILLERS WONDERFUL HAND.
Though blind, deaf and dumb, she reads
speech by placing the sensitive tips OF her
fingers on the speakers lips nose, and throat
in the position shown in the Illustration.
whiteness and delicacy and beauty of
shape are delights to the eye, and the
extraordinary constituencies of their fin
ger-tips cannot be imagined by one who
has only the usual sense of touch.
These finger-tips, resting lightly on the
lips Of her friends, carry to Helen KEEL
ler's mind the messages from the world
in which she lives. unseeing and un-
hearing. They do more than this, for
they keep her in touch with the intel
lectual life.
She reads German, French, and Eng
lish we'll with her fingers resting on the
raised letters of the books which have
been published for her. Her hands are
never still for an instant. One of them
is usually clasped in that of Miss Sulli
van. the teacher, who is no less marvel
than her wonderful pupil. If Miss
Sullivan moves away Helen follows
her. and if the teachers hands are
busy the pupil rests her own palm
lightly on the others shoulder or even
gathers fold of her gown between her
fingers and holds that If one could
not see her eyes or hear her voice. this
dependence on Miss Sullivan would be
the only outward trait to distinguish
Helen Keller from other girls of her ege.
But to return to her appearance.
Her chief beauty. next to her hands,
is the mass of short. brown curly hair
that falls on her shoulders and which is
confined only by small comb. Looking
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-11-21

at her face, you are struck first,
ofcourse, by the pathos of the
eyes that show all too plainly
their sffiiction. Aside from these,
there is nothing to sadden one
in Helen Keller's appearance.
Her chin is beautifully formed,
the mouth and teeth are good,
her complexion is clear and
healthy. and the expression of
her face wonderfully attractive
Units bright alertness. Her voice,
strangely enough, lacks the
usual monotony of the voices of
the deaf. 1t has rising and fall
ing infections, and even bits of
shading occasionally when the
subjects under discussion touch
her especially. To understand
the interest of this it is necessary
to recall the fact that she herself
has never heard the slightest
sound of any kind since she
was eighteen months old. Her
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-11-21

Ocean steamers of the first class each
consume from 300 to 400 tons of coal
each day.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-11-21

Light and air are the great motors for
plant growth, and caunot he withheld.
Therefore, mulching should be delayed
until the ground is frozen ard enough
to admit of driving over It, This is es-
pecially true of Strawberries.
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PERSONAL.

@. e. Harrison. of Mount Vernon. Is at
the Diller.
y. A. Baillargeon mas returned from
New York.
7. NJ. York and mother. Of Victoria. are
at the Butler.
J. Laden, a mining man of Alaska. is at
the Northern.
]. A. lett. of Oak Harbor. is among the
guests at the Diller.
Thomas Ewing, of Montana, is registered
at the kainier-Grand.
G. Baker, of Forty-Mile creek. aska. is
staying at the Butler.
Mr. and Mrs p j. Smith, OF IsSaQuah,
are guests of the Diller.
Charles II. Cyphers. a well-known logger
from Snohomish. Is stopping at the Diller.
U. b. Scott, president of the c. r. 4 p.
8. N. Co., is registered at the Rainier
Grand.
George w. and CharlessL. Ross. lumber
men, are registered at the Stevens from
Portland.
Capt. G. w. Bullene is seriously Ill at
his residence on Yakima avenue. He had
an apoplectic stroke last Friday.
Rev. T. B. Ford leaves today for Cleve-
land, O.. TO attend the general conference
OF the Methodist Episcopal church.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. T. Williams are at the
Butler. MIR. Williams is one of the owners
OF the famous LIE Roi mine at Frail Creek.
B. c.
John B. Agen returned to the city Satur-
day from a Two weeks trip TO san Fran
cisco. While there he obtained the agency
in the state OF Washington for the Hak
Moon Bay creamery.