Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1922-11-22
THE OLD HOUSE.

THE OLD HOUSE.
Cold and cheerless. bare and bleak
ne, Old house fronts the shabby street;
And the windows eastward gaze
AS their cobwebbed brows they raise,
Just as though they looked to see
What had become of you and me,
And all the other children.
The garden at the side-you know
Where mothers flowers used to grow,
Has run as wild as we'd have grown
If we had not her training known.
The vines she bent still Irvine each
tree,
AS cling her prayers to you ana me,
And all the other children.
Over the caves, wrinkled and bare,
The gray moss floats like tangled hair;
If we had heard those echoes flung
Down the long halls when we were
young,
We'd never scurried off to bed
You and / thro the gloom o'erhead,
With all the other children.
On our WlQe OTDS the tySo VI hl6hl,
Gazed softly with mesmeric light;
When mother bent above our bed.
The moonlight softly touched her head.
AS in my dreams her face I'd see,
Madonna-like shine over me
Shine over all her children.
The dust drifts Ger the garnet floor,
The little feet tread there nosmore;
But DER the stage, still standing there,
The muse first stalked with tragic air,
And whispered low to you and me
OF golden days that were to be
For us and all the children.
Good bye old house! Thy tattered
cloak,
Is fringed with moss, and gray with
smoke;
Within the walls we used to see
A gaunt old wolf named poverty;
Yet from thy rafters dingy bars,
A ladder stretched up to the stars.
For us and all the children.
Dear M. B. Friends:
This poem sent by Elizabeth seems
to lead up to Thanksgiving week,
for which Esther has provided us
with most appropriate contribu-
ton. Many an old house has
memories connected with it like
those in the stanzas above. l am
condensing the letters of Elizabeth
this week
Belfast, Maine.
Dear NJ. b. Sisters:
This is cold day, and reminds me
of poem we see occasionally:
"Withered leaves are round us falling,
To the wintry blast they bend;
Whispering in accents mournful.
All that's beautiful must end;
Nature robbed of all her glory,
Bends unwillingly her head.
Like a broken earted mother,
Weeping DER her cherished dead"
read every word in the column, and
was particularly interested in the
recipes for pickles last week. But as
l do not make pickles nowadays,
sent The American to- a dear friend I
have in Newburyport, Mass. thinking,
as she has everything nice, she and
husband would like some pickles with
other nice things
This is nearly time for me to den up
like the bears. l can go out of doors
but not on the ground to walk. but can
ride every chance l get That makes
the winters seem long to me, but /
have plenty of work and reading, so
can keep fairly comfortable.
l am "housekeeper" but not Bird
get" to-day, as my landlady has gone
to the dentists with her daughter.
Don't I pity the daughter When l am
sitting, knitting, I can think just as
well. l thought of a very wonderful
movie picture that has been played or
shown. 1t was real murder. Should
such things be shown? l do not think
they are good for children. We read
more than we ought to Of such things
every day in the newspapers. They
should not be staged and shown before
children
My American has just arrived so will
cut this short and read while.
l will tell of one chilblain remedy
Slice one or two clean potatoes, do not
wash after slicing, and put in earth
en- dish, Give tn esliced potatoes
good shaking of butter salt; cover and
let the water come out. Then battle
chilblains. and If it does not cure them
with a few applications, Il will pay
your money back"
The recipes are from the New
England Hosestead:
A CHECKERB OARD CAKE.
Children think this cake is great
treat. Stir up any favorite cake bat
ter and divide into three parts.
Leave one portion white, color one
with chocolate and the third with
red coloring; or use any other color
combination desired. Have ready
three layer pans and fill as follows;
Around the outer portion of one tin
place ring OF pink batter, with a
ring of white next to it and fill the
center with chocolate. In the next
tin place white, chocolate and pink.
In the third, chocolate, pink and
white.
When the layers have been placed
toUathor with icing and are emf in