Evening star., 1900-11-17

tear them from their proud pre-eminence.
Scattering clusters of wild grapes taste
sweeter than the grapes Of Eschol, and a
find of beech nuts Is worth a kings ran
som to the enger young woodsmen Over
head great hawks soar laZily in circling
flight and on the far hills a purple haze
rests softly. Squirrels belated with their
harvest scamper briskly from tree to tree
pausing just long enough to scold small In
truders for trespassing on their preserves
and an army Of field mice with beady,
bright eyes watch with deep solicitude the
march of current events. by o clock there
comes a premonitory chIl in the air that
warns the careful cicerore that it is high
time her small brigade We're turning their
faces homeward.
A quick gathering together of accumu-
lated treasure. smart scurry for waiting
carriages or to catch The trolley; then "AIl
aboard" and home to the good warm sup
per, each little heart chorusing with Ste
vensOn:
'Sins song Of seasons.
Something bright in all!
Flowers in the summer
Fires in the fail!''
half days outing like this, OH mother
may not be easy for You with the winters
sewing looming up, the mending basket
pressed down and running over, the
Thanksgiving mince meat to be made ready,
the club paper to be written and the mis-
sionary box to pack, but an autumnal pic
ture that shall hang on ''memory's WALL
for a whole lifetime, a love of nature that
encouraged in childhood shall bring COM
fort through all the coming years: a store
of health that shall give a full bank ac-
count upon which to draw in the inclem-
ent days to come, are not these enduring
ends tnat justify and glorify the present
sacrifice?
The English custom of naming a resi-
dence grows in favor here, and no self
respecting summer home or country place
now but that has its title, showing more
or less of aptness and appropriateness.
That rare lover of nature, John Burroughs.
spends many happy hours In his quantity
fashioned summer home, most appropriate
Hudson winds its blue length of titled es-
tates and summer villas-variously desig-
mated as Crows Nest" Robins Nest"
''Wren's Nest, Eagles gle Nest" Wood,
Waters" Three Elms," '-Kingishers,'
'The Willows willow Brook" and so on
ad infinitum. Newport is particularly rich
in titles, some of the superb mansions TAX
ing their names from family tradition and
others from their surroundings. The
Breakers appropriately describes the Van
derbilt home, and "Crossways" the Stuy-
vesant Fish Rose Cliff Is the happy
choice for Mrs. Herman Oelrichs' mansion,
and "Swanhurst" for Mrs. G. l.. Rives'. One
tiny summer cottage near Mansfield, "a,
is the Nut Shell and another Rest
Awhile" In California and Arizona the
Spanish nomenclature prevails, as witness
"AdaIante Villa "Escondta Cottage
Rancho del SOL" Tres Pinos," Sc
UllOiaS. ''CaStllle1a Hail, MdT1pUSd
"Manzanita Hall" Club houses also take
unto themselves unique names. THE Pot
and Kettle" representing the fertile imagl-
nation of half dozen Philadelphia and
New York society leaders who spend their
summers in Bar Harbor.
While wrought iron hinges, bands. cleo
trio lights, grills and fireplace ftments
lence, their great expense-almost their
weight In gold-precludes their use except
ing by those possessed of fat purse as
well as cultivated taste. An ingenious
woman who felt an infinite longing for
wrought iron to complete her scheme OF
decoration in an apartment she was fur
nishing, but whose means We're too limited
to admit of the real iron, bridged the
cbasm by selecting some simple, artistic
designs in cheap brass and having them
painted black with duh finish. So sue
cessfu this expedient in point OF looks
that the imitation could hardly be told from
the pieces of genuine wrought iron already
on hand.
In putting away summer hats, brush
carefully the stuff out the puffs or loops
of tAe bows with soft. crumpled tissue
paper and fill the crown with the same.
Pin carefully in large sheets of tissue pa
per- preferabl" pale blue or natural brown,
as the white is apt to be charged with the
fumes of sulphur, used to bleach 1t, so that
1t will turn metal trimmings dark and
bleach delicate colors. Then put in hat box:
Dresses OF lawn or SILK SnOulu De pldCSh
in wide drawers or trunk; never folded nor
hung lengthwise, If it can be avoided II
there are no bureau drawers long enough
for the skirts, fold once across the skirt,
or hang in large bags of cambria In dark
closets Take all bits of crumpled lace or
soiled ribbon from the bodices sponge the
lining seams with ammonia water. dry
thoroughly, stuff out the sleeves puffs and
loops with the crumpled tissue paper. and
lay in drawers, covered closely with tissue
paper.
Sometimes the second teeth are exceed
ingly slow in appearing, due to lack OF
bone making material in the system In
such cases phosphate of lime is prescribed.
Ten cents worth of the powder kept In
salt shaker by the child's plate, and tiny
bit each meal sprinkled over the potato or
bread and butter, will do much to bring the
delinquent members along. AS the powder
is perfectly tasteless. serious objections
can be offered by even the habitual
kicker"
1t Is said that children fed on canned con-
densed milk are peculiarly susceptible to
ricketS. Bottle babies are usually large
and feshy, but lack endurance and resist
ance to disease. Such children do not get
their teeth as early as those fed on moth
er's milk.
People after tours in Scotland or Ireland
grow to love the fresh and earthly smell
of the burning moss and dealers say that
the demand has grown so great, particu-
larly in the west end that it far exceeds