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as nitro-benzine, which is also poisonous.
A fine oil expressed from the sweet
| almond is used in food and medicine as
we'll as in the manufacture of soaps and
| perfumes. 1t is, however, liable to al
ulteration with oils, made from the ker-
| nels Of peach, apricot, plum or cherry.
The nl,m and nectarine result from long
cultivation of the common blackthorn, a
humble relative of the rose. The cherry
most familiar In the varieties OF black
heart. oxheart and May Duke Ga corrup-
ton of the French Medoc) is valuable in
tbe wild black species for the fine grains
Of it's wood. which is much used in capi-
net work.
But the branch of the family which
ministers 10 the luxurious as well as the
aesthetic element in human nature is, al
ter all, the rose itself For IN Roumeiia,
india and the south of France lie great
farms wherein the Provens or cappase
rose is cultivated for the essential oil
which is obtained from the petals Inc
fowers. gathered before sunrise, are dis
titled during the same day in douoie thelr
weight of water. After remaining for
several lays the oil which rises 10 the
surface is skinned. This oil is the ia
nous altar, and it takes 100000 roses 70
Weld the weight in oil of one rupee, an
amount which is sold on the spot for lVV
rupees.
Conseryes. rose water and infusions OF
roses are all made in different districts
of Southern France. A conserve OF Dog
rose. used in the manufacture OF pills,
is made from the ripe hips of the dogrose-
The curious resurrection plant is a rose.
A native of the desert, it draws its dry
leaves around the stalk through the dfy
season. to expand them again with the
coming of the rain. Thus the opening
of the plant when placed in a saucer OF
water is the result Of a natural law
instead of being due to a miracle.
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Lucy Wheelock, the celebrated kinder
gartner. explains the methods of child
training by the Froebel system in an ar
ticle on 1.-The Child in the Kindergarten"
in the August "Woman's Home Com
panion."
ut was through his observation of real,
living children at play that Froebel dis
| covered his child-garden, with its games
and gifts and occupations. Everything
/ which he offers as a means of education
is in response to some discovered need and
interest of childhood. He was the first
to Irvine the significance of the initiative
Dlavs of children, and his insight is
embodied in his famous dictum, What
man tries to represent that he begins to
understand
in it's best estate the kindergarten is
the place where genuine natural child-life
is guarded and preserved. Tn simple
x- O. - . ~ - - thu nhil6'C
| natural desire to construct, are in delight
full contrast to other gifts made indis-
| criminately in the home. The little box
of blocks, which contains in its eight
parts a table, a bed, a chair, a sofa, or
maybe a house, is a revelation of the pos
| sibilities hidden in common things. Froe-
! bel has aptly called his first building gift
a child's joy.
ut must never be forgotten that play
is the child's serious business, and 1t is
through the ~unregulated activity of free
play that children are gradually guided to
regulated activity. The very minicry OF
play is an earnest expression of the childss
first feeble efforts to help in the real work
of the world; a act parents overlook
when a child's help seems of more bother
! than 1t is worth Through legitimate
and happy doing the path leads to self
expression and self-mastery. When The
normal play activities of children are con-
sidered in determining the exercises of the
kindergarten, then it is a place of genuine
! effort. 1t was the wise Quintillian who
said that he could not nope for much dill
gence later when a boy was not diligent
at play"
Although the secret of eternal youth
will never be discovered, and one must
grow old nolens %volens, it is no longe-
necessary to confine the season of youth
full looks and feelings to within a certain
| term of years. 1t is chiefly a matter of
| temperament-and 1t goes without saying,
health as well-as to the length Of time
an Individual may feel, act and even look
young. One person is old at SO, while an
other retains the indeinable and elastic
quality of youth until we'll past middle
age. 1t is very noticeable In these latter
days that a prime factor In the longevity
of youth is a love of sport.
The women who ride. who swim, who
play golf, certainly appear much younger
than their contemporaries who care for
none of these things. AS one woman re-
marked the other day: with a small
waist and a love Of outdoor life there Is
no need of ever growing old"
Unhappily for the majority, however,
the love of sport is inherent; It cannot be
cultivated or assumed, and those who, for
| the sake Of fashion or in the hope of be-
coming more juvenile, assume the role of
sportsman soon grow weary of the effort
and relinquish the struggle, whereas a ma
| tural taste for these things is one of the
most desirable gifts that nature can be-
stow. In a much lesser degree a love of
dress is a desirable quality, and should not
be despised. Although many people con
| slider such a taste puerile and frivolous,
| it is really a desirable one to possess. A
woman who loves her clothes has always
a resource which helps her to ward off
| old age. and If she happens to deceive her
/ self more than others in regard to her
juvenility. what does it matter? The
pleasure is hers, all the same. A woman
whose life has been full of anxiety and
trouble, and who has retained her youth
| full appearance In spite of her worries,
said recently that she could not feel
grateful enough for her pronounced fond
ness for dress.
ut was born with me-" she declared,
land 1t will be with me until I die. and I
would not be without 1t for the world
Many a fit of depression has been cured
by it and anxiety for the moment stilled.
I pity the poor woman who does not care
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