Year: 1870

without teaching them anything tha


is either useful or practical ?''


"I thought so long before l eve


had much sympathy with nay Opin'


ion" and Mrs. LaZelle's mind mad


vertently turned to the time she frs
met her interlOcutOT in her own beau


tiful home, and thought Of the con


versatiOn about the course of study


and from the color on Miss Fannie.
cheek it is probable her mind reverted


to the same scene, but neither refer.


red to il. Mrs. Lazelle was too thor.


oughly lady to upbraid the pitiless
orphan with the follies and mistakes


Of her parents, but she did hope she


had learned or would learn wisdom
by the things she had suffered, and


even if she should go to work now
according to the intensity Of her ma
ture there was yet time to accomplish
much, and she even ventured the
suggestion to Fannie that reforms
were never hopeless, especially while
/ youth and energy are in our favor.
would commence tonight, but
do not know how or where to be-
GIN"


Begin with the head and the heart.
First, 90 and ask God to direct your
thoughts ari0ht and He will surely
guide you in the ways Of wisdom.
Then decide in your own mind what
you would like to do, and what part
you will act in the worlds drama"


Fannie and Mary were silent, but
Benny said "he should like to be a
soldier and wear nice uniform, and
have big bass drum" but he was
not quite certain which army he
should enter, for his sympathies were
not yet fully given to the side that
had robbed him of doting parents and
lovely home.


His sister was seen to wipe a tear
from her eye, and she left the room.
Soon she returned and resumed the
conversation with Mrs. Lazelle.


II know what 1 consider the most
useful knowledge for every woman"


What is it, my dear ?''


at is a knowledge of how to make
home pleasant and attractive"


~ don't think that the most neees-
sary by any means" exclaimed Mary
anybody can do that without ever
learning, and I am going to learn
something else first any how"


" What do you want to learn, my
waywsrd child ?"


"I hardly know, but 1 think I'll
teaeh.n


Mrs. Lazelle gave a look of appro-
baton, but could not help thinking
how entirely unacquainted she was
with even the rudiments of an Eng.
lish education, and turning to Fan
ME, she said, ''I must commend your
choice as among the wisest ever made
by woman" and in order to its sue
eessful accomplishment many qualifi-
cations are necessary


"Now you who are mistress of
the art tell me some of the initiatory
steps, and am willing to enter upon
my apprenticeship tomorrow"


"The theory like the practice, is
without beginning and without end.
I can only say it is one unceasing
round of duty.h


"But making beds, sweeping and
busting is a part Of the process, is it
nOt?'


ayes, quite an essential feature in
good housekeeping"


Il" Well, 1 never made q bed or swept
or busted a room in my life, and am
going to take my first lesson tO-mOr-
row; and as soon as / have learned
this difficult part of the work under
your careful training, 1 am going to
take some of the higher branches of
housekeeping, such as making bread
and cake, roasting meat and season.
ing vegetables, under the supervision
Of aunt Dinah, dear old soul"


am afraid you will find the last
mentioned much more difficult than
the first, and you have done wisely in
choosing Dinah to teach you, for
really sometimes feel ashamed to
how dependant 1 am
upon her skill myself"


shall master it. I'll work harder
than ! ever did over my French en-
broidery,"


Well, you may serve your apprep- |
iiceship in the kitehenif you want to,
and by and by marry some tyranni- |
eal man and be a slave all the days of |
Your life," interpOsed Mary. HBut |
[ shall not do any such thing. am |
going to learn the First and Second |
Readers, and how to build words I
rom dissected cards, and count o 4
forward and backward, and /
already know a few exercises for the
hands and feet, and next summer I |
I'm going to teach school,"


The conversation was here inter
-upted by the ringing of the door
)ell, and Mr.. Peter Parkinson, was
and wished to see Miss
Trauger.