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next summer. The size of the overCoat
needed is As. but larger size would an
swer. The old mans initials are A. b. -.
but the coat may be sent to me and I Will
see that he gets IL. MRS. E F. B."
As my readers know. we do not ask fo-
clothing through this corner. but here is
an offer of direct exchange Of values-the
two weeks board in return for the coar.
l hope the garment may be Forthcoming.
whether as a gift or an exchange matters
little. so long the man who needs it gets
it. ! will gladly supply the address Of the
friend who offers to pay express or parcel
post charges on the bundle. An early ar
swer is desirable IL there is real good to be
received from the coat while the cold
weather is with us.
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Hounny Without the Hull.

would like To learn through the Cor
ner how TO make hominy without the hull
on and l offer the following recipe for cook
ing potatoes: Dice six medium sized pota-
toes. add half cup grated cheese. salt ami
pepper to taste. and cover with milk. Over
the top lay a slice Of smoked ham and press
down until the milk covers it. Sprinkle
with sugar and bake until the ham Is
brown. Mas +. I. r.
Thank you for the recipe. You do not say
IL the ham is to be boiled or raw. but take
il for granted this is TO he cooked before
using and the potatoes are To be raw when
put with the cheese. II am mistaken in
this please correct me. Omission of just
mistakes on the part Of the unframed cook
To make hulled hominy put SIX quarts Of
cold water into a large iron kettle and drop
into this a pint of wood ashes tied up in a
piece OF flannel. put it to boil and cook unts
lie water becomes black. II is then I've
In this boil two quarts Of corn until tho
hulls begin to loosen and drop of. stirring
Drain of the lye. turn the corn into large
vessel OF cold water. rub the huIis OF with
the hands. changing the water several
times. and when the corn is huiled and white
put into cold water and leave over night.
In the morning change the water again.
boil four hours. skimminE often and putting
in more fresh water. The corn should be-
Gonna u bita nd
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since ! was 1 years old. My mother died
six weeks ago and now that l am alone
ali day 1 miss her sadly. 1t would do M
good to know that some one thinks Of me
enough to give me a pleasure. W. J. ).
hope some one may perhaps be moved
TO look up the poor cripple and see If there
is not some other way to brighten her life
In addition to sending her writing paper.
This, / am sure. will be given her prompt
iy. but to my mind the case demands more
than this. The well written letter I re-
ceived shows more than ordinary educa-
ton for a girl in her position and l am
sure she would appreciate whatever could
be done for her.
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Suggests Teaching Servants.

Il have a young maid. Is years old. who
has Just come from the country. She is
willing. neat and has nothing to unlearn.
/ am qualified to teach her properly. though
for three OF four weeks shall find my hands
full and be obliged to be at home to see 10
all meals. Now. why don't some OF the
graduates of the domestic science schools
take up this training of young girls as a
business? -Four weeks would start a girl
beautifully and being taught in the home
she is to live in the work would be a routine
long before her teacher left her. OF course
the maid would have to have possibilities.
and for this training should work for. say
81 less until half OF the expense had been
paid. Also she should agree not to leave
in the lurch any one who had taken this in
terest. From the standpoint of the gradu-
ate teacher OF the maid $40 per month plus
board and lodging would not be bad. would
it. in spite OF having to move to a new place
Of instruction every month? NJ. T. t.
l would greatly like to know what other
housekeepers think of this plan and il any
OF them believe il would be practicable.
The objections which occur to me are in the
first place that it would be difficult to Sc
cure the maids DESTROYS OF submitting to
the training. Most Of those who come our
way expect to be paid full wages while
learning and ask and get as full pay as II
they were already skilled in their work.
More than this. the supply is usually in
adequate to the demand. so that hOusekeep-
ers feel they cannot afford to stand out for
training. but must take what is offered them
in default Of anything better. or go with
out. As q consequence the maid receives
full pay while learning and would hardly
take kindly to the idea that she was to
give up some of her pay for the sake Of be-
ing taught. Few maids go into service with
the notion Of making q permanent occupa-
ton Of it, but look at 1t as a means of sup
port until they marry and go to homes Of
their own. and most of them are not suf-
hciently long sighted to appreciate the
value teaching would be to them after their
marriage From the standpoint of the grad
uate instructor I cannot speak. To me a
salary of $40 q month, plus board and lodg-
ing. does not seem munifcent for a woman
who has taken . course at domestic sci
ence school when you reflect that the half
taught immigrant maid servant frequent
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love others" is the moan Of another. Z"
give all my heart to my friends and they
spare me a little affection In return"
What difference does that make 1
heard a common sense. practical man re-
tort to a sentimentally disposed girl who
was mourning that the friend she loved best
gave her so little in recompense. As see
it. your business IL to be worrying as to
whether you love her enough-not IL she
loves you as much as you think she ought
to. II you were worth her love you'd get
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me as though life were hardly worth living.
My daughter and her husband go to clubs
and dances and parties and other affairs in
which have no part. i must say think
Ii is hard on me-"
happened to be acquainted with the Sit
uation. The woman who made her lament
had lived her life. full and happy as the
mother OF a family and had settled into q
home nest with her married daughter She
was adored by her grandchildren. loved
and honored by her daughter and son-In-
law, present as central figure at all their
entertainments. taken TO the opera, and
the play frequently. in every way deferred
to and considered Yet because the young
err people had their friends who invited them
to gatherings OF others of their own age
the mother was SO sor-y for herself that
she could not have both the indemnities or
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OF large experience and obserNa-
ton and followed discussion
on the unhappy disposition OF a
friend who was always sorry for himself
about something. The speech set me to
thinking and to wondering how many wom-
en- are hampered by the vice of self-pity.
IL refer TO women especially 1t Is not
because l consider men immune from this
fault, but because as a rule they are less
given to introspection than woman. less
addicted to imagining woes or enlarginE
upon those they really possess.
Think the matter over and see IL you DO
not agree with me that the majority OF
women have a tendency towards being
sorry for themselves. How often have you
heard wives and mothers complain: No
one ever considers me. No one ever stops
to think might like a little diversion. No
one seems 10 appreciate how tired 1 get
Haven't the phrases a familiar sound?
Carry the thought a little further. How
frequently have you heard women say
with q certain degree Of complacency: u
am SO sensitive. feel any slight so keenly.
Myfselings are so easily hurt AL phases
OF self-pity, of being sorry for yourself. Of
what Is at bottom nothing more nor less
than plain, ugly selfshness. For that is
what self-pity amounts to. after all. You
are thinking SO much OF what concerns You
and your sensations you dOn't stop 10 con-
slider that others may be as uncomfortable
as yourself. and that the fact that you are
so sorry for your own trials makes life in
finitely harder for those about you
On bit OF Devonshire pottery picked I'D
years ago is printed:
Be always as merry as ever you can,
For no one is fond OF a sorrowful man.
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world to make yourself unpopular is to
show you feel others do not look upon you
as important. and you resent It? II Il were
in your place would try to forget all about
myself and be 30 lovely and unselnsh and
desirable my friends would feel they
couldn't get along without mel"
Self-pity Is unquestionably a falling OF
the salad days. when a girl Is so young
that she has not yet learned that her wishes
and preferences do not bulk as largely to
others as they do to herself. Unfortunate
ly the persuasion is not outgrown with us
as We attain ripper years. but has a pro-
clivity to continue and grow with advancing
age.
Don't be sorry for yourself II you can help
IL. / don't know a more uncomfortable
state % mind than that Of the woman who
is always seeing occasions to regret what
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ing. piecing quilts. embroidering. and stem
CLING. | make beads and flowers and do
some plaster OF paris molding. would be
thankful for reading matter. especially on
fancy work Of any kind, for quilt pieces.
yarn. thread. and post cards. BELL"
Another appeal which should lead some
more fortunate to see what can be done to
ease the lot of this other cripple. TO con-
tribute reading matter and some Of the
sewing materials and other items desired.
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years younger. We see self-pity in the girls
Of the family who resent having to take
their part in domestic duties or to deny
themselves pleasures their parents cannot
afford them or to do their portion in
necessary economies.
Everywhere We recognize the vice in those
who resent the lack OF attention they feel
is their due without being able to supply
any satisfactory reason why they should
receive it. who complain that they are not
invited to this place or that. that they are
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Offers a Baby Carriage.

Il have a wicker baby carriage I" offer
to any one needing it and will pay charges
for shipping it. A. NJ. L.
hope some needy mother will write me
for this address.
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something out Of you. and that the cause
for their dropping you is their inability to
use you further. that your health gives you
constant distress and special maladies pc
culiar suffering-when you have given time
and thought to all these beliefs do you
feel any better? Haven't you rather in
creased the sum Of your distresses?
Two remarks always occur 10 me in con-
nection with the exhibitions Of self-pity
am unfortunate enough to behold IL
some of my friends. One of them 1 cannot
place. although fancy that IL had time
1 could trace II to somewhere in Dickens
pages The old woman who used II summed
up the convictions Of many others. As
recall her phrase II ran something like
this: 4" Perhaps my trials amt worse than
others. but feels EN- more," The other
speech was that uttered by long-sufering
Mr.. Peggoty about Mrs. Gummidge and
her attacks of blues. These he always ex-
planned by the aside: :" She's tkinkin' OF
the old un,' Said " old IN " being the de-
parted Mr.. Gummidge.
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Ridiculous 10 Friends.

The rest OF you may not agree with me
but TO my mind there are few things more
unpleasant than the thought that am max
ing myself rather ridiculous to my friends
by any habit Of speech or manner. II
could fancy that my attacks OF depression
called forth the CONNIE Mt that was think
ing OF any " old un." no matter whether IL
was a person or an object. IL felt thai
some one was chuckling. Z" II amt that her
trials is worse than others. but she feels
EN- more" i am persuaded that the glow
Of healthy rage induced by the thought that
I was making my woes and worries an
occasion OF mirth and jeers to my friend.
would do more TO cure me OF my fault
than any amount Of philosophy or religion
II is not a pleasing reflection that yc>
are rendering yourself and your tribuIa-
tons SO absurd that you resemble a comir
supplement picture more than an image OF
dignified grief.
II you are not an amusing spectacle you
are probably causing either annoyance or
distress to those about you when you are
sorry for yourself. Those who love you
suffer for your suffering. whether they
believe in the cause for it or not. 1t is
enough for them to know that you are un-
happy and that they cannot help you. II
the reflection that you are giving them pain
does not move you 10 call a halt in your
self-pity you might be brought to II by the
that you are hurting your
self worse than any one else. Few faults
are harder to cure than that Of being
sorry for yourself. once the habit is firmly
rooted: few are more pernicious and hurt
full to the whole character. Pull yourself
up with a jerk. cast out self-pity and as
motto for your reformed state take that Of
dear. sweet tempered. sclf-forgettinE.
friend and enemy loving Mrs. Boffin: Lor.
let's be comfortable, You Will find il far
more profitable to yourself and TO every
one with whom you are associated than
the assertion OF your scnsitiveness. your
trials. or your wrongs
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mother has Jealousy OF the devotion OF
the children to the father or to their friends.
where she seems almost to grudge to her
young people the care free entoyments
of their age. where she considers herself
and put uponbythe ordinary work
Of the household which falls to her share.
where she calls herself a back number I"
because she no longer has claim upon the
amusements which were hers when she was
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sighted and looked upon as of no impor-
lance.
To come to an even deeper and more
fatal form of the complaint. look at those
who mourn the lack Of affection of their
friends.
81 love her . great deal better than she
does me-" signs girl Of her intimate soul
sister.
81 never have been loved a. much as !
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ly receives from $50 to s;n for her services.
and board and lodging as well. As hav.
said | would much like I" know the views
of the other housekespers on the different
aspects Of the case and am grateful to the
writer Of the letter for a suggestion which
should start a lively discussion and call
forth free expressions Of OPINION
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Fancy Work Literature.

Il am all alone in an upstairs room. try
ing hard to get we'll. Almost all my life
I have been a cripple and for several years
I have been a semi-invalid. Still ] have
never let time hang heavy on my hands.
earn my way by sewing. knitting. crochet
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the children. when justice is a part of all
discipESe. I wish the mothers who are in
doubt about the way to keep their chill
dren's love and confidence would cut out
this letter and paste it in their devotional
books where It would be always within
reach for frequent consultation. They
could not have a better guide and thank
the correspondent who wrote and sent IT,
Old Man Needs an Opercoat.
Il am wondering il there is an old fur
overcoat too shabby TO wear in the city that
would be good enough in the country and
that some one is willing TO give away. An
old man who will be - his next birthday
is in need OF such a garment. i read about
the good fellows who like to make others
happy and / wish one of them could come
to the help of this old man. He has had
much hard luck. sickness. and loss. II
some one will give the coat i am willing
TO pay express charges and to give ths
good fellow VINO presents the coat two
weeks fine board right down on a farm
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Hon 10 Be Unpopular.

why should any one go out Of her way
to slight you" asked an elderly woman
patiently OF a young girl who was
plaintively charging upon the dearth Of at
tention she received from her friends.
Don't you know the best way IN the
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matter now. and when We rebuild will not
have book. magazine. or paper. which We
would value beyond measure. Do you sup
pose some OF your readers would send us
their old magazines which perhaps they
simply throw away. or any books they
would be willing to contribute to help form
a new library? l. A. B. A.
No book lover can read this letter wit h.
out sympathy, and while We cannot hope
To replace the treasures this contributor
has lost, I am sure her modest pea for old
magazines and discarded reading matter
will be needed and books sent to her. 1 shall
be happy TO give her address to any appli-
Giants who wish to be Of service TO her.
:: !:
Records Too Classical.
Il am a sufferer from locomotor alta xia
Where ! stay they have a phonograph
can use, only their music is too classical
for me. II any OF your readers have a few
records to give away, of common airs. I Will
gladly pay costs. ID. c. r.
Can some friend grant this wish?
!: i:
Winning Children's Love.
Z" feel that 1 would like to give you my
experience in the hope that it may be OF
help to other mothers and daughters. I
believe that we mothers have a great part
to play and il is up to US to succeed or not
Our children are bound to reflect their
parents. II we are patient and kind and
control ourselves, how natural for them
to try to act like usI There are many little
defects~in our children's character we do
not need 10 dwell upon and IL We see that
the main points. such as love. self control.
honor. virtue. and generosity are well de-
veloped We need have no fear for the minor
points. They will take care OF themselves.
l once knew a young man who had % much
respect for his mother that TO his eyes she
was perfection. 1 said TO him one day. II
only knew that my sons would grow DIP
to love me One-half SO much as you 60
your mother should be happy 1 shall
never forget his reply, II you love you-
boys as well az my mother loves me you
need never fear they will not return IL
Ever since then I have tried to show In
every way I could the love I have In my
heart for them and the result il q sweet
and beautiful confidence between US. Lct
US not be afraid TO tell our children that we
love them and they will respond gladly
thus enabling US to help them in the per-
picking problems that come to all young
people who are Just entering womanhood
and manhood. Let us begin when our
children are young to show our love for
them, and by love mean a training that
benefits them, teaching them to respect tina
rights Of others, to be courteous to their
elders. generous with their plsymates. I'M
selfish towards all mankind. insisting upon
obedience always. for unless a child learns
to obey the laws Of home he will never
obey the laws OF school nor the laws Of
country nor the laws Of God. s. B. c."
Seldom have i received q letter which
gave me greater pleasure to read or to
print 1t warns my heart to find q mother
taking the stand which have always held
myself and which 1 believe IL the wisest
and best by which to train children. Strict
obedience. unfailing' love. and tenderness
IRE 10 me the essentials in tho training Of
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advantages Of middle age and the privileges
of youth that she lost sight OF her blessings
and wasted her time and strength in regrets
for herself and her imagined trials and
deprivations.
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Wiring Letters Her Pdstime.

II am a poor crippled colored girl and
would be grateful for stationery on which
to write Ietters-thst is my pastime. l hay'
infantile paralysis in my feet. legs. and
arms. and have suffered from this ever
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MARION HARLAND'S HELPING HAND.

WAS much interested in your talk
~ Il bout Sunday keeping. When was
child was taught strict Observance
Of Sunday. My mother would not
even let US play croquet then. but
Where is the limit now? When / marie d.
my husband. a good man in other ways did
not belong to church. and therefore did
not think it necessary 10 attend Sunday
school and church so often. but said could
20 if l liked. This hurt me much. and
thought if | didn't go he " ould feel sorry
TO keep me away and go with me. But this
plan failed uttaE!y. After my children were
and years old ! felt the responsibility
deeper upon me and began going with them
TO church and Sunday school, driving
distance Of three miles, winter and sum-
mer The result has been that by faithful
attendance and earnest effort ! have been
elected for five successive years as the
teacher Of a true and devoted class. Ny
greatest success is that | have made it
possible nearly every year for my children
80 win prizes for attendance or good les
sons. and this year there was presented to
one of them AT Christmas a gold five point
I'd star, represe nting the best attendance
in his class for five Years. Many times
have been discouraged and I've had many
heartaches. but 1 am thankful my tempta-
tons to give up have never cen more than
could bear. l am happy in endeavoring
10 bring up my children in the way they
should go in the hope that when they are
old they will not depart from it. We are
longing for the day when our good hus-
band and father shall join US.
A MOTHER"
am glad TO print this letter as an ex-
ample Of what one earnest woman can do to
bring her children into the habit OF church
attendance and Sunday keeping, even when
NOT aided in tne effort by the husband and
father. While it would be mucn easier for
her If she were assisted by him, she proves
that Sunday keeping is not impossible even
under adverse circumstances and have no
doubt she is only one Of many Christian
women who are following the same plan.
BOOKS Lost in a Fire.
d" 1 am writing just few lines to tel you
OF a misfortune-that happened 10 myself
ana daughter. Four Of us. my two aunts
myself. and daughter. were taking up four
claims and one night during our alb
sence both houses were fired at the
same time auC burned to the ground with
everything we possessed IN the world
with che exception Of a fewremnants. What
I mourn the most IS the loss Of u valuable
library, IF q collection Of books that would
not have given UP for any claim IN the
United States II had been given my choice
What valued particularly were my vari-
DIS books OF reference, my school books,
and various books on art. literature, the
sciences. and music. It makes me heart
sick even to think OF what was lost; ency-
clopedIas and unabridged dictionary and
some occult works OF great value. and a
number Of books that were out OF print.
Now. though know I cannot replacewhat
] lost except partially, with considerable
time and expense, still thought that per-
hays some OF your readers would take pity
IN US. as We are entirely without reading
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DINNER.

DINNER.
Mulligatwney SOUP.
Fricasseed chicken.
Boiled rice.
stewed oyster plant.
custard pie.
Coffee.
FRIDAY.
BREAKFAST.
Baked apples
Cereal.
Baked eggs
Rolls.
Coffee.
LUNCHEON.
Famed oysters.
Popovers.
Beet and celery salad.
Quick biscuit.
Jam.
Tea.
DINNER.
Brown potato soup.
Baked hslibu;.
Partisan potatoes.
stswed celery la leftover.
Wine jelly.
Coffee.
SATURDAY.
BREAKFAST.
stewed prunes.
Mush and milk
Bacon
Graham gem.
LUNCHEON.
Fish cakes Ia leftoserl.
Baked potatoes.
Griddls cakeA.
Honey.
Tea.
DINNER
Tomato cream soup.
: Chicken potpie Ia lettoverl-
Rioe croQusttes.
-, Green peas.
Irish potato pie.
T.. conss'