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If you are not located in the United States, you'll -have to check the laws of the country where you are located before using -this ebook. - - - -Title: The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. XX, No. 1025, August 19, 1899 - -Author: Various - -Release Date: August 2, 2020 [EBook #62826] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: UTF-8 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK GIRL' OWN PAPER *** - - - - -Produced by Chris Curnow, Pamela Patten and the Online -Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net - - - - - - -</pre> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_737"></a>{737}</span></p> - - -<h1 class="faux">THE GIRL’S OWN PAPER</h1> - - -<div class="figcenter illow600"> -<img src="images/header.jpg" width="600" height="202" alt="The Girl's Own Paper." /> -</div> - -<hr class="full" /> - -<div class="center"> -<div class="header"> -<p class="floatl"><span class="smcap">Vol. XX.—No. 1025.]</span></p> -<p class="floatr"><span class="smcap">[Price One Penny.</span></p> -<p class="floatc">AUGUST 19, 1899.</p> -</div></div> - -<hr class="full" /> - -<p class="center">[Transcriber’s Note: This Table of Contents was not present in the original.]</p> - -<p class="center"> - - -<!-- Autogenerated TOC. Modify or delete as required. --> - -<a href="#LONDONS_FUTURE_HOUSEWIVES_AND_THEIR_TEACHERS">LONDON’S FUTURE HOUSEWIVES AND THEIR TEACHERS.</a><br /> -<a href="#THE_HOUSE_WITH_THE_VERANDAH">THE HOUSE WITH THE VERANDAH.</a><br /> -<a href="#CHRONICLES_OF_AN_ANGLO-CALIFORNIAN_RANCH">CHRONICLES OF AN ANGLO-CALIFORNIAN RANCH.</a><br /> -<a href="#DIET_IN_REASON_AND_IN_MODERATION">DIET IN REASON AND IN MODERATION.</a><br /> -<a href="#AN_AFTERNOON_BOOK_PARTY">AN AFTERNOON “BOOK PARTY.”</a><br /> -<a href="#TO_NIGHT">TO NIGHT.</a><br /> -<a href="#OUR_LILY_GARDEN">OUR LILY GARDEN.</a><br /> -<a href="#CHOCOLATE_DATES">CHOCOLATE DATES.</a><br /> -<a href="#HOW_WE_MANAGED_WITHOUT_SERVANTS">HOW WE MANAGED WITHOUT SERVANTS.</a><br /> -<a href="#VARIETIES">VARIETIES.</a><br /> -<a href="#SHEILAS_COUSIN_EFFIE">SHEILA’S COUSIN EFFIE.</a><br /> -<a href="#THINGS_IN_SEASON_IN_MARKET_AND_KITCHEN">THINGS IN SEASON, IN MARKET AND KITCHEN.</a><br /> -<a href="#ANSWERS_TO_CORRESPONDENTS">ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.</a><br /> - -<!-- End Autogenerated TOC. --> - -</p> - - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<div class="chapter"> -<h2 class="nobreak" id="LONDONS_FUTURE_HOUSEWIVES_AND_THEIR_TEACHERS">LONDON’S FUTURE HOUSEWIVES AND THEIR TEACHERS.</h2> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter illowe37_5" id="i737" > - <img class="w100" src="images/i_737.jpg" alt="" /> - <div class="caption"><p class="center">A HOUSEWIFERY CLASS AT BATTERSEA POLYTECHNIC.</p></div> -</div> - -<p class="smalltext"><i>All rights reserved.</i>]</p> - - -<p><span class="smcap">If</span> one stands at the entrance of a large Board -school either at dinner or tea-time and watches -the pupils trooping out, one often wonders -what will become of all these lively children in -a few years’ time, what they will make of their -lives, and how enough work is to be found for -them all. Has it ever struck any of my -readers that, whatever the boys may do in -the way of work, sooner or later that of the -girls is certain? They are going to be the -wives or housekeepers of these or other boys. -They will be dressmakers, tailoresses, servants, -factory girls or what not for a time, -but their final business will be housekeeping, -and housekeeping too on small means, so that -a great deal of skill, care and knowledge will -be needed if they are to do it well.</p> - -<p>How are the girls to be trained for this very -important work of theirs? Their school life -is very short; the time they will have to spare -after leaving school will be very little, their -leisure hours in the evening being wanted for -rest and recreation as well as for learning; it -will be small wonder if many of them marry -without any knowledge of household management -and if the comfort and happiness of their -home is ruined in consequence.</p> - -<p>The question is so serious that people interested -in education have given it a great deal -of thought. There is little doubt that, if it -were possible, the best plan would be to give -a year’s training in housekeeping to every girl -when she leaves school; but alas! since most -girls from elementary schools are obliged to -earn money as early as possible, this plan cannot -be carried out. The only thing that can -be done by the managers of elementary schools -is to proceed on the principle that “half a loaf -is better than no bread,” to give the girls, while -still at school, weekly lessons for a certain -number of weeks each year, in cookery and -laundry-work, and sometimes in housewifery -generally, and to encourage them to attend -evening classes after they have left school. A -great deal of good has been done in this way, -but the children are so young and the lessons -necessarily so few, so far between and so fragmentary, -that the result is very far from being -all that could be wished.</p> - -<p>Seeing this, the Technical Education Board -of the London County Council five years ago -began to establish, one after another, Schools -of Domestic Economy to which girls should go -for five months at a time after leaving the -ordinary schools, and where they should be -occupied for the whole school hours five days -a week in household work, thus giving them<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_738"></a>{738}</span> -an opportunity of really understanding their -future duties as housewives. The question of -enabling poor people to afford this five months’ -extra teaching for their girls was a difficult one -to meet, but as far as it could be done it has -been done by giving free scholarships at these -schools and by providing the scholars with -their dinner and tea free of cost, and providing -also the material required by each girl for -making herself a dress, an apron and some -under-garment during her time at the school. -With only two exceptions, these schools, which -are nine in number, are held in the polytechnics -or in technical institutes, a capital arrangement -whereby the rooms needed for evening -classes for adults are used also during the day-time.</p> - -<p>Let us look in at one of the schools and see -of what a day’s work consists. We will choose -the school at the Battersea Polytechnic, because -a Training School for Teachers is held -there as well as a school for girls, and we shall -have a double interest in the work. The Polytechnic -is a great building standing back from -Battersea Park Road, and at about nine -o’clock in the morning we shall find a stream -of teachers and pupils hurrying into it, masters -and mistresses of the Science School, the -Domestic Economy School, and the Training -School for Teachers of Domestic Economy; -boys and girls of the Science School; girls -and women students of the two Domestic -Economy Schools; and a few minutes later -we shall find these all gathered in a large hall -for “call over” and prayers, and then filing off -to their separate departments.</p> - -<p>Let us ask Miss Mitchell, the head of the -Domestic Economy Schools, to spare us a -little of her time and explain the work to us. -We follow the women and girls to a separate -wing of the building, and as they divide off -into the different class-rooms we enter the -large cookery school and watch the students -in training settling down to their morning’s -work, fetching their pots and pans from cupboards -and shelves, looking up the list of their -work on the blackboard, weighing out ingredients, -and so on. We look round the -room, a little confused at first with all the -movement, and see that it is large and well -lighted with coal-stoves at one end and gas-stoves -fixed into two large tables in the centre, -with a lift, up which provisions for the day are -still being sent, and down which, as we find -later, the dinner is to go to the dining-room -punctually at one o’clock; large sinks and -plate-racks are fitted in one corner, low cupboards -with shelves over them run far along -the walls, and at the end of the room opposite -the stoves is a stepped gallery, where forty or -fifty pupils can sit for demonstration lessons. -The head cookery teacher is busily engaged -inspecting the food materials bought in by the -student-housekeeper, criticising the quality and -hearing the prices given, and Miss Mitchell -explains to us that the students take it in turns -to be housekeepers, and have to buy in materials -for dinners for some sixty people every -day; they are given lists of what will be wanted -by the teachers, but the whole responsibility -of choosing and buying the food rests with -them, and so out they go every day into the -neighbouring streets, taking with them two or -three girls from the Domestic Economy School, -to choose fish, meat and vegetables from the -shops and stalls of the neighbourhood, for they -are to learn how to choose and make the best -of such provisions as the working people of the -neighbourhood are accustomed to buy, and -capital training this is for them.</p> - -<p>“Do the students here cook dinners for sixty -people?” we ask in wonder; and in answer, -Miss Mitchell takes us next door into a smaller -cookery room, where fifteen girls are at work -under the charge of a teacher and a student, -also busy on dishes which are to be ready -by dinner-time. Everything left from one -day’s dinner, we are told, is brought up -to the cookery schools again by the “housekeeper” -to be re-cooked and made into -dainty dishes—no waste of any kind is -allowed.</p> - -<p>Crossing the corridor we find two rooms -given up to dressmaking and needlework; -here again both students-in-training and girls -are working in separate classes. One of the -students, who has nearly completed her course -of training, is helping a teacher with a class -of girls (fifteen in number again we notice), -and the other students, under the head dressmaking -teacher, are busy on their own work—this -morning they are drafting bodice patterns -for various types of figures, but that their -work is not confined to pattern-making is -evident when the cupboards are opened and -dresses taken out for our inspection—dresses -made by each student to fit herself, funds -being provided as in the case of the girls by -the Technical Education Board. Very neatly -made the dresses are, and proud the students -seem to be of them, though their pride is -tempered by anxiety as to what the examiner’s -opinion of them may be when the time of -examination for their diplomas comes. Each -student has to make two dresses, that is, -sample garments to show her plain needlework, -and to learn to patch and mend old -dresses and under-garments, her pride culminating -in a sampler of patches, darns, and -drawnthread work, such as that hanging in a -show cupboard on the wall. The girls, we -are told, in their shorter course make themselves -one dress, one apron, and an under-garment -each, and spend one lesson of two -hours each week in practical mending of worn -garments.</p> - -<p>We ask why it is that every class we have -seen consists of fifteen pupils only, and are -told that in all classes for practical work for -which funds are supplied by the Technical -Education Board the number of pupils is -limited to fifteen, so that the teacher may be -able to attend thoroughly to the practical work -of each pupil, instead of having to teach her -class somewhat in the manner of a drill sergeant, -as must inevitably be the case when -dealing with large numbers.</p> - -<p>But the morning is getting on, and we hurry -downstairs to the laundry, perhaps the most -striking of all the class-rooms, a glass partition -shutting off the washing-room, with its large -teak troughs where a busy set of girls are at -work, from the ironing-room, fitted with long -solid tables on which blouses of many shapes -and colours are being ironed into crisp freshness. -A special feature of the room is the -white-tiled screen keeping the heat of the -ironing stove, with its dozens of irons, from -the rest of the room, while the height and -good ventilation keep the room fresh and -pleasant even in hot weather. We turn away -from this vision of dainty whiteness to be in -time to see the last class we are to visit this -morning, the “housewifery” class, which is -conducting a “spring-cleaning” in one of the -social rooms of the polytechnic, which lends -itself admirably for the purpose of teaching -the girls how to turn out a well-furnished -sitting-room. The housewifery lessons are a -great feature of the Domestic Economy Schools, -we hear, and include the whole routine of -household work apart from actual cooking, -washing, and dressmaking, these being, as we -have seen, taught separately, so that girls who -have gone through the course ought not to -find themselves at a loss in any department of -housekeeping, the whole series of lessons in -each department being made to dovetail one -into the other.</p> - -<p>It is nearly one o’clock now, and Miss -Mitchell asks us to come into the dining-room, -where the tables are just laid for dinner, -and we find the housekeeping-student in -charge, lifting dishes on to “hot-plates” as they -come down from the cookery schools, with the -group of girls who are told off to help her -giving final touches to the tables, these being -laid with pretty blue and white crockery, and -with here and there bunches of flowers which -have been brought by one or other of the -pupils. The teachers aim at having the -tables laid as nicely as possible and at giving -the girls a high standard of neatness and -daintiness to take back with them to their -own homes.</p> - -<p>Presently a bell rings and the girls file in -and take their places at three long tables, with -a teacher and a student at the head and foot -of each, the other students-in-training having -a table to themselves. We feel rather intrusive -as we watch them take their places, -and, turning out of the room, ask Miss -Mitchell to spare us yet a few minutes to -answer some of the questions that are in our -minds.</p> - -<p>“How many of such schools are there? -Where are the others, and how do the girls -get their scholarships? Can we help girls we -know to get such a chance, and specially how -are the scholarships for training teachers to be -obtained, and what chance is there for these -teachers at the end of their two years’ training?” -Miss Mitchell tells us laughingly that -to answer all this fully would take much more -than a few minutes, but this much she can say: -that at present, though the number of schools -is far from enough to give as many scholarships -as are needed for all London, they are steadily -increasing in number; there are such schools -at the Borough, Chelsea, Woolwich, Clerkenwell, -St. John’s Wood, Bloomsbury, Wandsworth -and Norwood, while others will be -opened in Holloway, at Globe Road, Bow, -and at Deptford next term: that the girls’ -scholarships are given on their being nominated -by their school mistresses for the approval of -the Technical Education Board, and that therefore -anyone interested in getting such a scholarship -for a working girl should write to the -offices of the Technical Education Board of the -London County Council for information, and -then get the girl to apply to her mistress for a -nomination for next term. As regards the -training scholarships, they have to be won by -passing an examination, not in itself very stiff, -but sufficient to ensure that the teachers of -domestic economy trained in the school shall -possess a fairly good general education. All -particulars can be obtained from the offices of -the Technical Education Board. As to the -chance of employment, the experience of -teachers holding good diplomas from the -Battersea Training School has been very -happy, few of them having had to wait long -for work. And so she wishes us good-bye, and -we leave the building feeling that we have had -a glance into a new world, one full of energy -and hopefulness, and giving promise of happier -conditions of life for future generations of -citizens in our great city.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_739"></a>{739}</span></p> - -<div class="figcenter illowe37_5" id="i739" > - <img class="w100" src="images/i_739.jpg" alt="" /> - <div class="caption"><p class="center">A NEEDLEWORK CLASS, BATTERSEA POLYTECHNIC.</p></div> -</div> - - -<div class="figcenter illowe10_9375"> - <img class="w100" src="images/i_738.jpg" alt="Decorative" /> -</div> - - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<div class="chapter"> -<h2 class="nobreak" id="THE_HOUSE_WITH_THE_VERANDAH">THE HOUSE WITH THE VERANDAH.</h2> -</div> - -<p class="ph3"><span class="smcap">By</span> ISABELLA FYVIE MAYO, Author of “Other People’s Stairs,” “Her Object in Life,” etc.</p> - - -<h3>CHAPTER XXI.</h3> - -<p class="ph3">THE TELEGRAM FROM THE NORTH.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">The</span> days went on: the mysterious -“knocks” did not recur, and as the -police inspector made no more inquiries, -and the Marvels attempted no further -intercourse with the little house with the -verandah, the very memory of them -readily faded from the minds of the little -household there, and especially from -that of its mistress, ever becoming more -pre-occupied with the prolonged delay -of letters from Charlie, or indeed of any -news from the <i>Slains Castle</i>.</p> - -<p>Lucy’s brother-in-law, Mr. Brand, -went down to Bath to attend Mr. Bray’s -funeral, and his wife Florence accompanied -him “to be with the dear old -lady in her sorrow.” Indeed, Mr. Brand -left his wife with the widow while he -went to and fro between Bath and -London, looking after his own business -and winding up Mr. Bray’s affairs. Lucy -would have liked to visit the old lady in -the early days of bereavement, but, of -course, in her circumstances any such -expression of sympathy was out of the -question. Still, every evening, no matter -how tired and despondent she felt she -wrote a loving little note to her mother’s -old friend, so that every morning she -might find it on her breakfast-table. -Also, Lucy copied a little picture of the -Surrey village where she knew Mrs. Bray -had first met her dead husband, and she -sent it to the widow as a tender sign of -sympathy. Lucy did not wonder that -Mrs. Bray herself never acknowledged -these tokens of love, for she knew the -lady was old and feeble, and that deep -grief is sometimes very silent. She -knew that Mrs. Bray received all her -remembrances, for Florence wrote -delivering the old lady’s “thanks for all -kindnesses,” and adding how grateful -she also was for Florence’s companionship, -and for all the arrangements -“Jem” was making for her welfare.</p> - -<p>“There is not so much property left -as one might have supposed, considering -that Mr. Bray has earned such a -large income for so many years,” wrote -Florence. “But then the Brays have -always lived among people of rank and -wealth, and naturally they got into the -habit of spending as their friends did.”</p> - -<p>“Ah,” said Miss Latimer, as Lucy -read the letter to her. “In that way, -earned incomes, however big, soon break -up and vanish, as did the clay jar in the -fable, when it raced with the iron pot!”</p> - -<p>Lucy resumed her reading. “Florence -goes on: ‘Never mind; they have both -enjoyed the best of everything, and have -had many advantages which they might -not have had, if people had not believed -them to be rich. Jem is always saying -that there’s nothing so expensive as -poverty. Therefore, though there is not -much property left, it won’t matter -much, for in many ways Mrs. Bray’s -spending days are necessarily over. Jem -is managing so cleverly that she will -scarcely know she is poorer than she -used to be. She will even be able to -afford to go on living in the same house, -when she returns to London. It would -be a great trial to her if she could not -hope to do that—and it can be managed, -for, you see, she is old and can’t live long. -She trusts Jem implicitly and leaves -everything to him. She always says, “I -don’t want to know anything about -money matters; I never have known and -I don’t wish to begin now. I ask for -nothing but my little comforts and -Rachel to look after me.” And then -Jem assures her that is quite easy, and -so she is satisfied. I can’t think what -Mrs. Bray would do without Rachel. -She is more devoted to her mistress than -ninety-nine daughters out of a hundred -are to their mothers. I don’t anticipate -that my girls will be half so kind to me -when my dismal days come—and of -course, I hope they’ll be married and -gone off long before I’m an old woman. -I should not like to be the mother of -ungathered wall-flowers! But where -am I likely to find a Rachel? I’ll just -have to go and stay at an ”hydropathic“ -when I’m an old woman. But old age is -a long way off yet—and I devoutly trust -that I’ll be dead before it comes.’”</p> - -<p>Those last words struck Lucy. She<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_740"></a>{740}</span> -had heard them before—the very same -words—spoken by a humble working -woman, whose strenuous labours could -not provide for more than the wants of -each day.</p> - -<p>All that woman’s year’s work for a -certain company had actually brought -her in less than Jem Brand got as -annual dividend upon each hundred -pounds he had invested in its shares. -Lucy had heard that woman say, “I’ve -only one chance to escape the workhouse. -I hope I’ll die before I am old.”</p> - -<p>The poor overworked woman had felt -thus for one reason, and now the wealthy -idle woman felt so for another. What -did it all mean? Where had life gone -wrong? Of these two women, one had -all that the other lacked, yet it did not -suffice to save her from the worst bitterness -of that other life. Lucy remembered -having read somewhere that Lazarus -does not perish for lack of aught that is -good for Dives, but for lack of that -excess by which Dives destroys himself.</p> - -<p>But in these days Lucy did not think -over theories and practices as she had -been wont to do. She hardly dared to -think at all, for the moment thought got -a-working, it seized on the terrible -reality that still neither word nor sign -came from Charlie!</p> - -<p>A delay so prolonged must mean -something. If it meant some rearrangement -of plan, or unexpected detention at -the port of some Pacific Island, then -surely a letter would have come. Nay, -Lucy felt certain that if Charlie knew -that any suspense were likely to arise, -then a telegram would have arrived. -Charlie and she had made their thrifty -little pre-arrangements on that score. -His firm had a code name, and they had -agreed that this, with the name “Challoner”—the -word “saw” to stand for -“safe and well”—was to suffice for Lucy -in case of any unforeseen contingencies.</p> - -<p>But no letter came and no such -telegram came!</p> - -<p>Alarm had now a wider basis than -anxiety for Charlie’s health. An inquiry -sent to Mrs. Grant in Peterhead -promptly brought back a quite remarkably -brief answer that she too had -heard nothing. Inquiries made at the -London office of the shipping firm concerned -with the <i>Slains Castle</i> elicited -that they too had no tidings, though -they made light of the fact, and dwelt -on the many delays to which sailing-vessels -were subject.</p> - -<p>Lucy’s anxiety swamped all her other -worries, though unconsciously to herself -those worries might still prey on the -nerve and fortitude which endurance of -the great trial demanded.</p> - -<p>What did it matter now when the -little china tea-set which had been one of -her birthday gifts to Charlie was dashed -to the ground and almost every piece of -it shivered to fragments? It grieved -her once; now it did not affect her at all, -save as a type of the general wreckage -into which life seemed breaking up.</p> - -<p>She did not give much attention to -Clementina’s eagerly-tendered defence -concerning the accident, given thus—</p> - -<p>“I had nothing to do with it, ma’am. -I was in the back kitchen at the time, -and I’d left it sitting safely on the -dresser. Then all of a sudden I heard -the crash, and when I looked in, there -it was—all in fragments on the floor.”</p> - -<p>“You must have placed it too near -the edge of the dresser, Clementina,” -urged Miss Latimer, “and the slight -oscillation caused by some heavy -vehicle passing by must have caused it -to tilt over.”</p> - -<p>It was strange that Clementina -repudiated this explanation.</p> - -<p>“I didn’t hear any heavy traffic,” -she answered. “There’s never much -of it near here, anyway. No, ma’am, -such things will happen sometimes, and -there’s no accounting for them and -there’s no use in trying to do it.”</p> - -<p>If Lucy’s attention could have been -directed towards anything but the -terrible fear which absorbed all her soul, -she might have noticed that at this time -Miss Latimer became rather anxious -and observant concerning Clementina. -The old lady was aware that the servant -was growing restless and uneasy. Her -superstitions seemed all astir. She -began to see omens on every side. The -tense atmosphere of the household mind -evidently affected her very much. Miss -Latimer could only hope that it would -not affect her so much as to cause her -to “give notice.” For in many ways -the old lady’s experience told her that -Clementina was a treasure not to be -found every day, since she was scrupulously -honest, clean and industrious, -and the very last person likely to have -questionable “followers.”</p> - -<p>So the dreary days went on in the -shadow of the storm-cloud, now so -lowering that it became too much to -hope that it would pass over harmlessly.</p> - -<p>The monotony was broken at last by -a telegram which came in late one -evening. But it did not come to end -Lucy’s agony of suspense, either by joy -or sorrow. It was simply a telegram -from Mrs. Grant of Peterhead, announcing -that by the time it reached -Lucy she would be on her way to -London, as she had despatched the -message just as her train was starting. -She might be expected by the first train -reaching London in the morning.</p> - -<p>“What does this mean?” asked -Lucy with white lips.</p> - -<p>Miss Latimer and Tom strove to -soothe her by assuring her that -naturally Mrs. Grant was as anxious -as herself. Perhaps she wanted to seek -further information about the <i>Slains -Castle</i>, or possibly to consult with -Lucy as to whether there were joint -steps that they might take in search of -news. Lucy was not readily pacified. -Her first fear had been that Mrs. Grant -had had private word of the loss of the -ship and her passenger and crew, and -that she kindly wished to communicate -this news to Lucy personally. It was -comparatively easy to persuade her that -this was most unlikely. Her next misgiving -was more difficult to dislodge. -It was that Mrs. Grant had at last -heard from her husband with some bad -news of Charlie—a private matter with -which, of course, owners and underwriters -could have nothing to do. This -foreboding could only be allayed by -Mrs. Grant herself.</p> - -<p>The north train arrived so early at the -terminus not far from Pelham Street -that Mrs. Challoner and Tom were able -to go and meet the traveller before they -were respectively due at the Institute -and the office. They had breakfast (as -indeed they often did) by gaslight, and -then hurried off, Lucy taking Hugh -with them. Lucy could not bear him -to be out of her sight now for one -moment more than was necessary, and -Hugh himself begged to be taken. -Miss Latimer had not yet come downstairs -when they departed, but Clementina -protested that “the precious -darling” might well be left with her—her -work was so well in hand that she -need do nothing but amuse him—it was -a pity he had even been roused up when -he might have had another hour’s sweet -sleep, and she wondered his ma wasn’t -afraid to take him out when the morning -was so dull and raw, an argument -which would have overcome Lucy but -for Hugh’s plucking at her gown and -pleading, “Take me with you, mamma, -take me with you.”</p> - -<p>It was no distracted weeping woman -who descended from the through train. -Mrs. Grant came out briskly, and looking -round at once recognised the group -awaiting her, though she had never -before seen more of them than a photograph -of Lucy. The worthy lady had -travelled with plenty of comfortable -wraps and a hamper of home-made -food. It gave Lucy some reassurance -to note this practical attention to -creature necessities. She could scarcely -realise that the sailor’s wife, a resident -in a seaport town, had already stood so -often, for herself and for others, in -catastrophes of life and death, hope and -despair, that she had learned that our -bodies require adequate support and -consolation if they are, ably and long, -to serve and second our spiritual nature, -above all our powers of endurance and -initiative.</p> - -<p>“I’ve got no news for you, neither -good nor bad,” she said promptly. “If -aught has happened to your husband it -has happened to my good man too. -But it’s my private belief that the office -folks here know a little more than they -will admit. I got a letter from them -yesterday afternoon saying that they -know nothing at all, and I disbelieve -that so much that it was this very letter -which made me start off here straightway. -If they do know anything I’ll -manage to get it out of them.</p> - -<p>“I don’t imagine they know much,” -she hurried on, noting the whiteness of -Lucy’s face. “If they knew much we -should hear fast enough, never you fear. -But whatever they know, little or much, -I’ll know too, before I go home!”</p> - -<p>As she spoke, the cab drew up at the -Challoners’ house. In the dining-room -the lamps were still alight, revealing -the bounteous breakfast-table which -Clementina had spread after removing -the impromptu cups of tea which Lucy and -Tom had hastily snatched before going -out. But as Tom opened the hall door -with his latchkey he was met by a pungent -odour not given off by toast and ham.</p> - -<p>“An escape of gas!” he cried.</p> - -<p class="center">(<i>To be continued.</i>)</p> -<hr class="chap" /> - -<div class="chapter"> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_741"></a>{741}</span></p> - -<h2 class="nobreak" id="CHRONICLES_OF_AN_ANGLO-CALIFORNIAN_RANCH">CHRONICLES OF AN ANGLO-CALIFORNIAN RANCH.</h2> -</div> - -<p class="ph3"><span class="smcap">By</span> MARGARET INNES.</p> - - -<h3>CHAPTER XI.</h3> - -<div class="blockquot_ans"> - -<p>HARD WORK FOR THE MEN—HARDER WORK STILL FOR -THE WOMEN—THE CISTERN—RATTLESNAKES—THE -GARDEN—HOMESICKNESS—PIPE-LAYING.</p></div> - -<p><span class="smcap">The</span> ordinary business man at home in England -would think it rather a mad suggestion if his -friend were to prophesy that some day he -would have to set to and make his own roads, -the drive up to his house, lay his own water-pipes -from the main, build his own rain-water -cistern and cesspool, dig and plant his own -garden, and fence that in too.</p> - -<p>I think he would be equally surprised if he -could realise how quickly and easily he would -adapt himself to such unaccustomed work, and -how well he could accomplish it.</p> - -<p>To the man who loves an outdoor life, and -is clever with his hands, and has ingenuity, -too, and some skill in creating something out -of nothing, “making history,” there is much -zest and enjoyment in all this. But, of course, -it is very hard work; and when the sun is -fierce (which it usually is), the glare and heat -are most trying, out on the perfectly shadeless -stretches of land.</p> - -<p>The body does not accustom itself easily to -these new labours, and the new burden must not -be laid upon it too heavily; all the health-giving -power of ranch life depends largely upon this -precaution. Therefore the question of being -able to pay for necessary help is a very important -one. It is pitiful to see the weary, -broken struggles of men untrained and unaccustomed -to the heavy physical work of a -ranch, and unable to pay for help. A breakdown, -more or less serious, is almost certain, -when the work all falls behind, and things -become more and more hopeless. It is a great -mistake for a delicate man, who has broken -down at his office work at home in England, -to come out here to ranch, thinking to recover -his health in the open-air life, but not having -at the same time the means to pay for help, -nor the capital to be able to wait the necessary -years till his ranch can yield an income.</p> - -<p>Of course, I am not speaking of the man -born and bred to such work at home; he will -find a true land of promise here; the pay he -can command (one dollar a day and his board), -will soon enable him, if he is a thrifty fellow, -to buy a bit of land and build a home of his -own, such as he could not dream of in the old -country; and the work is what he has always -been accustomed to, and for which his body -has been trained for generations.</p> - -<p>But for the man of gentle birth and breeding -it is a very different story. He would be -better shut up in an office at home.</p> - -<p>The life is splendidly healthy so long as one -is not overdriven; the physical exercise of the -different occupations, and all in the open air, -is like the training of an athlete. Hoeing -round the lemon trees is as good for the chest -and arms of the labourer as for the roots of -the lemon trees; but only always if the worker -be not overtaxed. Indeed, from our experience -it is only by carrying on sure regular -active work in the open air that one gets the -real benefit from this climate.</p> - -<p>With thirty-one acres planted, we have -found the help of one ranchman with Larry, -our eldest son, and his father to be sufficient; -so all our digging and piping and road-making -went forward without too heavy a strain. The -accepted theory is that one man can manage ten -acres of planted land, and do justice to it; and -a ranchman costs from twenty to thirty dollars -a month, and his keep.</p> - -<p>If the rough work and life are hard for men -to accustom themselves to, it is much harder -still for the women, especially, of course, for -delicate women, who are supposed to have -been brought out “for their health.” And -here is the place to point out what a farce it is -to suppose that any frail woman could possibly -get any benefit out of the finest climate in the -world if, in addition to the burden of her illness, -she has to take upon herself the onerous -duties of cook and housemaid and charwoman, -and everything combined. Again the important -question is whether the rancher has money -enough to pay the very high wage demanded -for even the simplest household help during at -least five years, while he is waiting for his -ranch to yield an income. Even then the wife -must be prepared to work much harder than -she was ever accustomed to at home, since one -pair of hands, even if they are the most talented -Chinese hands, necessarily leave a very great -deal to be done. In our case, for instance, the -Chinaman never touches the bedrooms or -drawing-room, except to turn them out once -a fortnight, when he leaves them fairly clean, -but all topsy-turvy.</p> - -<p>But this is as nothing, when one sees so -many ranchers’ wives doing without any help -at all. That is a cruel life for any man to bring -his wife to, unless he has absolutely no other -choice; it is to my mind quite unforgivable. -Let such men come without womenfolk.</p> - -<p>We had a wearisome long piece of work—building -the rain-water cistern and the cesspool, -for they had to be dug out of the hard -granite. The cistern was finished, however, in -time to catch part of the winter’s rain, and -though we feared it would become stagnant, -this danger was quite overcome by the simple -little pump used, which is made almost exactly -after the pattern of the old Egyptian pumps, -and consists of a chain of small buckets, which -revolves, and as one half come up and empty -themselves through the pump spout, the other -half go down into the water full of air; and -thus the contents of the cistern are in this way -constantly revitalised.</p> - -<p>We have never done congratulating ourselves -on possessing this cistern, for the water is -always cool and sweet, and as our roof is very -large, it soon fills the cistern, which holds three -hundred barrels, and lasts all the year. The -flume water, which we use in irrigation, and -which is also laid on in the house for the -boiler, etc., comes from the mountains in an -open aqueduct or flume. It is at times full of -moss and impurities, and is besides quite tepid -in the summer.</p> - -<p>We had many discussions, standing on our -front verandah, and looking down the rough -hill slope, as to how the drive should be laid -out. We meant to have an avenue of pepper -trees on each side, and once these were -planted, the road could not well be altered. -Meanwhile, sixteen more acres had been cleared -of roots and brush, ploughed and harrowed for -more lemon trees. In the spring we planted -seven hundred young trees, which made in all -one thousand five hundred.</p> - -<p>The kitchen garden was set in order, and -fenced in to keep out the squirrels and rabbits. -They were a great nuisance that first year, but -have now retired to their own wild part of the -land, which certainly is roomy enough. The -rattlesnakes, too, though we were constantly -coming across them in the beginning, have -now quietly withdrawn to the stony mountain -tops.</p> - -<p>That first year I was haunted with the fear -of those hideous creatures, and the dread of an -accident to one of my dear ranchers.</p> - -<p>But all the same, it was a thrilling excitement -when each one was caught and brought -down to the barn to be gloated over; and -though it was dead, it would still wriggle its -ugly body, and snap its terrible jaws at anything -that might touch it, and with the power still of -deadly effect.</p> - -<p>One of the boys brought down from the hill -a particularly large fellow, hanging on a forked -stick, its frightful mouth gaping so wide open -that the whole head seemed split in two, and -big amber-coloured drops of the terrible poison -hanging to its fangs.</p> - -<p>One certainly gets accustomed to anything; -and here even the little children think nothing -of killing a rattlesnake on their way to school. -It is true they are easily killed, and are always -in a hurry to get away. The danger is, of -course, that one may tread on them unawares, -for their skin is so like the colour of the ground. -But on the road they are easily seen, and in -walking through the brush one keeps a sharp -look-out.</p> - -<p>The house looked terribly bare, perched on -the hill-top, without a touch of green about it -and no single patch of shade far or near, so we -were in a great hurry to make the garden, -which was to surround the house, but was only -to be a small one, as when once we had made -it, we should, of course, have to keep it in -order ourselves. When it was finished, we -could not but laugh at our cypress hedge of -baby trees about ten inches high, standing -round so valiantly, and through which the -smallest chicken walked with easy dignity. -However, now it is a thick green wall, six or -eight feet high, and there is a fence as well to -keep out barn-yard intruders.</p> - -<p>Shade trees were planted, perhaps too profusely, -in our eagerness for the shade and the -dear green for which our eyes so hungered.</p> - -<p>Among the many different pangs of homesickness, -a longing for the trees, and the -beautiful green of England, is almost as -painful as the <i>sehnsucht</i> that pinches one so -surely at times, for the sight of an old friend’s -face.</p> - -<p>We are unusually fortunate in having within -reach exceptionally charming cultivated people; -and their kindliness to the newcomers, has -made all the difference to us in the happiness -of our social life.</p> - -<p>But old friends grow ever dearer to the -exiled ones, and I often think that if those at -home who have friends in “foreign parts” -knew with what joy and gratitude each simple -sign is received, which proves that still they -are remembered, then, indeed, many an odd -paper, or little book, would be dropped into -the post, when time or inclination for letter-writing -failed. The paper has tenfold its -value, because of the unwritten message it -conveys from friend to friend.</p> - -<p>After the garden was finished, we cleared a -piece of land on the hilltop, at the back of the -ranch, about one acre in size, and made a -small plantation there of eucalyptus, for firewood; -it grows very fast and needs little -attention. Also six acres on the hill-slopes, -that lay too high for irrigation, and therefore -would not do for lemons, we cleared, and -planted with peaches.</p> - -<p>In April we worked hard, laying more -piping. Pipe-laying is the pain and crucifixion -of a rancher’s life. No part of the work -is so detested; it is very back-breaking work -to begin with, and there are frantic half hours -spent over screws that will not screw, where -the thread of the pipe has been broken or injured -in the transit, or faultily made; and -there are the bends in the land, which the pipe -has to be coaxed round, and there are “elbows,” -and “tees,” and “unions,” and “crosses,” -and “hydrants,” each of which has its own -separate way of being exasperating.</p> - -<p class="center">(<i>To be continued.</i>)</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_742"></a>{742}</span></p> - - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<div class="chapter"> -<div class="figcenter illowe37_5" id="i742" > - <img class="w100" src="images/i_742.jpg" alt="Decorative" /> -</div> - - - -<h2 class="nobreak" id="DIET_IN_REASON_AND_IN_MODERATION">DIET IN REASON AND IN MODERATION.</h2> -</div> - -<p class="ph3"><span class="smcap">By</span> “THE NEW DOCTOR.”</p> - - -<h3>PART II.</h3> - -<p class="ph3">THE MIDDAY MEAL.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Englishmen</span> fall -into two classes as regards their diet; those -that take a small lunch and their chief meal in -the evening, and those who make the midday -meal the chief and take a small supper before -retiring.</p> - -<p>Social position is the chief agent which -determines to which class an individual belongs. -The working classes usually dine in -the middle of the day, and the professional -and upper classes dine in the evening.</p> - -<p>We will continue our remarks on the diet of -the richer classes, not because it is better or -more suitable than the plainer diet of the -working classes, but because the rich naturally -keep a more varied table, and so will -give us more material to criticise.</p> - -<p>Luncheon is a desultory sort of meal, and -though most people eat something, many -do so only because they think that it is the -thing to do, and not because they are really -hungry.</p> - -<p>If you will accompany us, we will go to see -the luncheon given by Lord X. at his Surrey -home. But we cannot go as guests, for not -only have we not been invited, but we are -going to criticise many things about the table -and the meal. We must, therefore, remain -invisible and inaudible, for it is unpardonable -to make remarks at the table, even if those -remarks would save a whole company from -indigestion and a sleepless night.</p> - -<p>Before the meal is served, our eyes are -offended by something on the sideboard which -is sufficient to destroy the appetite of any -extra delicately-minded person if she only knew -its secrets.</p> - -<p>The object is nothing less than a cold -pheasant pie ornamented by the head or -feathers of the bird whose flesh the pie is -supposed to contain. We want you to examine -that ornament, and we feel pretty -certain that if you do, you will never again -eat meat pies.</p> - -<p>In order that the carcases of dead animals -should not encumber the earth, it has been -ordained that when an animal dies, its body -rapidly decomposes and becomes dissolved -into simple gases. The agents that bring -about the dissolution of the body are various. -The chief agents which cause the decomposition -of organic matter are microbes. The majority -of these do not produce diseases in man, but -some of them do, and some of these you -might find on that pheasant pie if you could -see it through a microscope.</p> - -<p>Similarly offensive, but to a less degree, is -the practice of putting pigeons’ feet sticking -outside a steak pie to suggest that the remainder -of the birds is inside, and putting -feathers into the tails of roast pheasants.</p> - -<p>One of the chief values of cooking is to -sterilise food, so why foul the food you have -so carefully sterilised by sticking decaying -matter into it?</p> - -<p>The first item of the luncheon consists of -oysters, and we notice that only three out of -the company of twelve partake of them. As -nearly everybody who can afford them likes -oysters, there is probably some special reason -why nine out of twelve persons refuse them. -Doubtless it is the typhoid scare, and we are -much pleased to see that some persons, at all -events, do occasionally give a side thought to -preventive medicine.</p> - -<p>The question of the causation of typhoid -fever by oysters is one of great importance, -and one that should be clearly understood by -everyone. That oysters are one of the means -by which some recent epidemics of typhoid -fever have been spread is undoubted, but the -exact part that they have played is not so easy -to understand, for the latest commission upon -the question found that the typhoid bacillus is -killed by immersion in sea-water, that it did -not occur in any oysters that they opened, -and when it was injected into the oyster, it -was promptly killed.</p> - -<p>This seems to say emphatically that oysters -cannot harbour the typhoid bacillus, and -therefore cannot produce typhoid fever. But -medicine is not as easy as that. That the -oysters they examined could not produce -typhoid fever is certain, but their remarks do -not by any means prove that typhoid is not -spread by any oysters.</p> - -<p>At one time there was very great excitement -about this question, and a tremendous lot of -nonsense was talked about it. Some persons -maintained the typhoid bacillus only occurred -in bad oysters. We suppose a bad oyster is -eaten occasionally, but Lord X.’s guests are -not likely to be troubled with bad oysters.</p> - -<p>Oysters cannot cause typhoid fever unless -they contain this bacillus, and they only -obtain it from sewers opening into the sea. -Therefore it is only those oysters which have -come from places where sewers open into the -sea that can cause typhoid fever.</p> - -<p>Of course, as soon as the oyster scare was -started, everybody who caught typhoid fever -attributed it to oysters she had eaten the day, -the week, month, or year before. But the -incubation period of typhoid fever is from one -to three weeks; that means that when the -bacilli get into the body they do not produce -the disease till from one to three weeks after -infection. Therefore it is only oysters eaten -from one to three weeks before the onset of -the fever that could possibly have caused the -disease. As a matter of fact, oysters are a -real, but not very common, method by which -typhoid is spread.</p> - -<p>We notice that one of the three guests who -have taken oysters discards one because it is -green. He is quite right to do so, for though -it may be quite wholesome, it may be coloured -with copper. Doubtless it would do no harm, -but he is quite right not to risk the possibility -of sickness for an oyster!</p> - -<p>Amongst the other items of the luncheon -we notice cold beef and salad. These will -furnish us with material for discussion, for -there are several very important medical points -in connection with both.</p> - -<p>Cold meat is a very good food in its way, -but like all meat it is a strong food, that is, it -is readily digested and furnishes a very large -amount of nourishment. If you make a meal -entirely of beef, you will not suffer from -indigestion, because beef is very digestible, -but you will eat too much, you will throw too -much nourishment into the blood, and you -will give your organs, especially the liver and -kidneys, great trouble to dispose of the -superfluous nourishment.</p> - -<p>Although a cold joint of beef seems so -much less rich and strong than the same joint -hot, it is really very much the same in the -amount of nourishment that it contains. -People very rarely serve hot meat without -vegetables and surroundings, but it is the -fashion to serve cold meat by itself, with -nothing but bread, and most persons eat very -little bread indeed with their meals.</p> - -<p>Meat should never be served alone. Vegetables -of some sort must be served with both -hot and cold meat, and far more vegetable and -less meat than is usually served should be -your aim.</p> - -<p>Salad is of course a vegetable or vegetables, -and if properly prepared and selected, it is not -at all a bad form of food.</p> - -<p>We do not suppose many of you know -much of the mysteries of agriculture, for if<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_743"></a>{743}</span> -you did, such a thing as an unwashed salad -would never appear upon your tables. Salads -are not washed half enough, and an unwashed -salad is a most dangerous article of food. All -vegetables are best when rapidly grown, and -to grow vegetables rapidly it is necessary to -supply them with strong manures.</p> - -<p>You must thoroughly wash and dry any -vegetables that you eat raw, for, excluding -such harmless creatures as slugs and caterpillars, -they may contain germs of disease. -Typhoid fever is frequently caused by eating -unwashed salads, especially watercress. This -is a far more common method of getting -typhoid than is eating infected oysters. -Another disease almost invariably due to -eating infected vegetables is hydatid disease, a -somewhat uncommon affection in England, -but one of the most formidable plagues in -Iceland and Australia.</p> - -<p>There are few salads which are not difficult -to digest. Corn salad, French lettuce, endive, -beetroot, and watercresses, are the least -indigestible, then come in order, Cos lettuce, -chicory, mustard and cress, cucumber, and -radishes. Spring onions usually agree with -most persons, but some people cannot stand -onions in any form. Onions always produce -the peculiar and decidedly unpleasant odour -of the breath, and not, as is usually supposed, -only in those who cannot digest them. For -the smell is due to the excretion of the volatile -oil of onions by the breath.</p> - -<p>Two excellent salads are potato salad and -cold vegetable salad. This morning we read -a recipe for the latter in one of the back -numbers of this paper, and it struck us as -being a particularly inviting and desirable -addition to a dinner of cold meat.</p> - -<p>The lunch is finished off with a savoury of -herrings’ roes on toast. These were probably -tinned roes, or we will presume they were, so -as to introduce the discussion of the values -and dangers of tinned meat.</p> - -<p>The dangers of eating tinned meats have been -grossly exaggerated, and if you pay a reasonable -price for tinned provisions, it is extremely -unlikely that they will do you any harm. -Unfortunately, many thousands of “blown” -tins of putrid provisions are still sold in -London yearly in spite of the care and close -scrutiny of the law. But if you pay a reasonable -sum for your tinned provisions, you will -not get these bad tins. Of course, if you -pay fourpence a dozen for tins of milk or -sardines, you cannot expect to get good stuff, -and you should always avoid tins reduced in -price, for it usually means that they are very -stale.</p> - -<p>There are two ways in which tinned things -may become poisonous, either the contents -may become contaminated with the metal of -the cans, or the meats themselves may undergo -alkaloidal degeneration. The former, the -lesser evil, can only occur in tinned meats. -The latter, by far the greater evil, may occur -in any preserved provisions, and is perhaps -more common in stores preserved in skins or -glasses than in those in tins.</p> - -<p>Nowadays meats do not often become -poisoned by the tins in which they have been -kept. It used to be not uncommon for the -solder of the tin to be dissolved by acid juices -in the contents. This was especially frequent -with tinned Morella cherries and other acid -tart-fruits. But now acid fruits are nearly -always sold in bottles, and only fruits which -are sweet and not acid are sold in tins.</p> - -<p>The tinned fruits that we get from California -are most excellent, and we have never -heard of ill-effects of any kind following their -use. The canning is carried on entirely by -girls on the Californian ranches. The tins are -rather dear, but they are much the best things -of the kind that have come beneath our -notice.</p> - -<p>The second method by which tinned meats -may become poisoned is a degeneration, or -decomposition if you like, by which the -wholesome albumen of the contents is changed -into intensely poisonous animal alkaloids. -Alkaloids are very powerful bodies, and the -vegetable alkaloids, such as strychnine, quinine, -and morphine, are much used in medicine.</p> - -<p>But these animal alkaloids are far more -powerful for harm than even the most deadly -of the vegetable poisons. So powerful are -they that a quantity of one of them found in -canned fish, which killed two adults who -had partaken of it, was insufficient to demonstrate -by our most delicate chemical tests. If -these drugs are so powerful for harm, is it not -possible that they may be equally powerful -for good, when their actions and doses are -worked out?</p> - -<p>What causes this curious decomposition of -preserved provisions is not known. In tinned -meats, at all events, it cannot be ordinary -putrefaction, for this cannot occur without -air, and the tins are air-tight. It is probably -due to organisms, but this is uncertain.</p> - -<p>This form of decomposition of meat cannot -be told by the flavour of the provisions; and -its deleterious effects cannot be destroyed by -boiling. There is no way to prevent it save -by buying preserved provisions which have -not been kept for long.</p> - - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<div class="chapter"> -<h2 class="nobreak" id="AN_AFTERNOON_BOOK_PARTY">AN AFTERNOON “BOOK PARTY.”</h2> -</div> - - -<div class="ddropcapbox illow150"> -<img class="idropcap" src="images/i_743.jpg" width="150" height="196" alt='T' /></div> - -<p><span class="uppercase">hough</span> book -parties are -not very new, -they are not, -I think, so -general but -that the idea -may be a new -one to some -readers of -<span class="smcap">The Girl’s -Own Paper</span>, -and if they -have not yet -been at one, -they may be -glad to have -some suggestions -on the subject. I think these book -afternoons certainly give a good deal of amusement -to the participants without trouble or -appreciable expense to the giver. For the -benefit of such as may feel inclined to entertain -their friends in this way, here is the -account of an afternoon party to which I was -invited a few weeks back. These gatherings -are, I might say, most suitable for young -people; but though it is a long time since I -could class myself amongst the young, I really -enjoyed the merry afternoon we had. Our -invitations were for afternoon tea at 4.30, but -in the corner was written, “Book Party.” By -this it was understood that every guest should -symbolise some book, not necessarily by dress, -but by wearing some emblem or motto that -would give the name of the book selected.</p> - -<p>The hostess provided as many cards and -pencils as there were guests. These were -plain correspondence cards which had been -decorated with pretty or comic designs at the -top by the daughter of the house. Each -visitor had a card with pencil given to him or -to her on arrival which was to have the titles -and names of the other “books” present -written on it. It need hardly be said that -many mistakes are always made, while in some -cases the emblems chosen are so remote that -it is hardly possible to divine the meaning.</p> - -<p>A few of the books represented, and the -symbols used, will best explain this, and may -also help any girls who are inclined to inaugurate -an entertainment of this kind.</p> - -<p>On the occasion of which I am writing the -host and hostess said they, together, named a -book, though they wore no badge or mark. -Of course, nearly all guessed that they were -Wilkie Collins’s <i>Man and Wife</i>. A young -lady came in white to represent <i>The Woman -in White</i>, while a lady in a silk dress and hat -was meant for Black’s <i>In Silk Attire</i>. Then -a gentleman wore the hostess’s visiting-card -for <i>Our Mutual Friend</i>. A lady wore the -sign “Gemini” in her hat for Sarah Grand’s -<i>Heavenly Twins</i>. A lucky penny fastened on -the shoulder showing the head with “I win” -below it, and a second penny showing the -reverse side, and under that “you lose,” stood -for <i>Bound to Win</i>. Then <em class="gesperrt">1o0n0e0</em>, written -on a card, and worn in a hat, was to be read -<i>One in a Thousand</i>, while some coins on a -string signified <i>Hard Cash</i>. A bow of orange -and green ribbon gave Henty’s book <i>Orange -and Green</i>. A neat-looking girl wore a cravat -with a piece of the lace hanging from it for -<i>Never too Late to Mend</i>, while another young -girl had the word “stood” stuck in her hat -for <i>Misunderstood</i>. Some large white wings -in a hat gave Black’s novel of that name. A -little sketch of a child with eyes shut and -mouth wide open was for <i>Great Expectations</i>. -A lad with N & S on the side of his jacket -meant to represent <i>A Tale of Two Cities</i>. The -word wedding, written in red ink, was for -Jephson’s <i>Pink Wedding</i>, and the musical -notation of a chime stood for <i>The Lay of the -Bell</i>. The queen of hearts out of a pack of -cards was worn by a gentleman to represent -Wilkie Collins’s novel of that name, while -“no credit,” stuck in a hat, was meant for -James Payn’s <i>For Cash Only</i>. A girl wore -her mother’s photograph for Grace Aguilar’s -<i>Home Influence</i>. Heartsease, yellow aster, -and other flowers that name books, also small -pictures of “Pair of Blue Eyes,” “Windsor -Castle,” “Old St. Paul’s,” and others. There -were also some books of more serious character, -such as the <i>Times Encyclopædia</i>; the -twenty-five volumes were marked on a belt. -Sir J. Lubbock’s <i>Ants, Bees, and Wasps</i> also -found a representative. It is easy to find an -endless variety of book names that one can -symbolise in one way or another, but works of -fiction lend themselves the most easily.</p> - -<p>On the particular afternoon of which I am -writing we were all occupied with our cards -while tea was being handed. When all seemed -to have finished writing, the hostess took all -the cards, and amidst much laughter the -names of the books were read out from each -card, and a prize awarded to the owner of the -card with the most correct guesses on it, and a -second prize was given to the one who was -least successful—the “duffer’s prize” it was -called. This was a wooden spoon, which, -however, was received with great good -humour, the recipient declaring he had never -in his life guessed anything!</p> - -<p>The first prize was a box of sweets, which -the winner handed round to the unsuccessful -competitors.</p> -<hr class="chap" /> - -<div class="chapter"> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_744"></a>{744}</span></p> - -<h2 class="nobreak" id="TO_NIGHT">TO NIGHT.</h2> -</div> - - -<div class="poetry-container"> -<div class="poetry"> - <div class="stanza"> - <div class="verse indent0"><span class="smcap">Come</span>, solemn Night, and spread thy pall</div> - <div class="verse indent2">Wide o’er the slumbering shore and sea,</div> - <div class="verse indent0">And hang along thy vaulted hall</div> - <div class="verse indent2">The star-lights of eternity;</div> - <div class="verse indent0">Thy beacons, beautiful and bright—</div> - <div class="verse indent2">Isles in the ocean of the blest—</div> - <div class="verse indent0">That guide the parted spirit’s flight</div> - <div class="verse indent2">Unto the land of rest.</div> - </div> - <div class="stanza"> - <div class="verse indent0">Come—for the evening glories fade,</div> - <div class="verse indent2">Quenched in the ocean’s depths profound;</div> - <div class="verse indent0">Come with thy solitude and shade,</div> - <div class="verse indent2">Thy silence and thy sound;</div> - <div class="verse indent0">Awake the deep and lonely lay</div> - <div class="verse indent2">From wood and stream, of saddening tone;</div> - <div class="verse indent0">The harmonies unheard by day,</div> - <div class="verse indent2">The music all thine own!</div> - </div> - <div class="stanza"> - <div class="verse indent0">And with thy starry eyes that weep</div> - <div class="verse indent2">Their silent dews on flower and tree,</div> - <div class="verse indent0">My heart shall solemn vigils keep—</div> - <div class="verse indent2">My thoughts converse with thee;</div> - <div class="verse indent0">Upon whose glowing page expand</div> - <div class="verse indent2">The revelations of the sky;</div> - <div class="verse indent0">Which knowledge teach to every land,</div> - <div class="verse indent2">Of man’s high destiny.</div> - </div> - <div class="stanza"> - <div class="verse indent0">For while the mighty orbs of fire</div> - <div class="verse indent2">(So “wildly bright” they seem to live)</div> - <div class="verse indent0">Feel not the beauty they inspire,</div> - <div class="verse indent2">Nor see the light they give;</div> - <div class="verse indent0">Even I, an atom of the earth—</div> - <div class="verse indent2">Itself an atom ’midst the frame</div> - <div class="verse indent0">Of nature—can inquire their birth,</div> - <div class="verse indent2">And ask them whence they came.</div> - </div> -</div> -</div> - - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<div class="chapter"> -<h2 class="nobreak" id="OUR_LILY_GARDEN">OUR LILY GARDEN.</h2> -</div> - -<p class="ph3">PRACTICAL AIDS TO THE CULTURE OF LILIES.</p> - -<p class="ph3"><span class="smcap">By</span> CHARLES PETERS.</p> - - -<p><span class="smcap">There</span> are but few lilies left for us to describe, -and these are of very little importance -to the flower-grower.</p> - -<div class="figcenter illowe12_5" id="i744" > - <img class="w100" src="images/i_744.jpg" alt="" /> - <div class="caption"><p class="center"><i>Lilium Auratum.</i></p></div> -</div> - - -<p><i>Lilium Concolor</i> and <i>Lilium Davidii</i> are -usually considered under the Isolirion group, -but they present such numerous deviations -from that group of lilies that we have decided -to make a group of them alone.</p> - -<p><i>Lilium Concolor</i> is a pretty, little, very -variable lily. It is more suitable for a button-hole -decoration than for anything else, but it -has a pleasing effect when grown in great -masses. This species has a very small bulb -with few, acute, oblong scales. The plant -grows to about a foot high, and bears from -one to three flowers about an inch and a half -across, and of a deep crimson colour spotted -with black. The flowers open very wide, and -the filaments are shorter than in any other -lily. Of the great number of varieties of this -lily we will describe two. The first, named -<i>Buschianum</i>, or <i>Sinicum</i>, grows taller, has -larger leaves, and larger and more numerous -blossoms, which are of a fine crimson.</p> - -<p>The second variety, <i>Coridion</i>, is by far -the handsomest of the group, bearing large -flowers of a bright yellow spotted with brown. -<i>Concolor</i> is a native of Western Asia. Its -culture is very simple, and it is perfectly hardy.</p> - -<p>Of <i>Lilium Davidii</i>, we only know that it -was discovered by David in Thibet; that it -grows about two feet high, and bears bright -yellow flowers spotted with brown. We also -know that there is a plate of this species in -Elwes’s Monograph. The plant is practically -unknown to everybody.</p> - -<p>The last group of lilies, Notholirion, contains -two or, as we have it, three species -which are not very well known, and it is a -little doubtful whether they are lilies at all. -Formerly they were considered to be fritillaries, -and certainly they bear more superficial -resemblance to those plants than they do -to the lilies.</p> - -<p>Most authors include <i>Lilium Oxypetalum</i> -among the Archelirions, because its flowers -are widely expanded. But as in every other -particular it differs completely from that -group of lilies, we have separated it from -<i>L. Auratum</i> and <i>L. Speciosum</i>, and placed it -among the Notholirions, to which it bears -considerable resemblance.</p> - -<p>This little-known lily was formerly called -Fritillaria oxypetala, and bears more resemblance -to the fritillaries than it does to the -lilies. The bulb is oblong, with but few -lance-shaped scales. The stem grows to the -height of about fifteen inches, and bears about -twenty or thirty leaves, resembling those of -our native snake’s-head fritillary in every -particular. One or two blossoms are borne -on each stem. They are pale lilac, star-like -blossoms, with numerous little hairs on the -bases of the segments. The petals are acutely -pointed. The anthers are scarlet.</p> - -<p>This plant is a native of the Western -Himalayas. It is very uncommon in gardens. -We have never possessed it, and know nothing -of its culture.</p> - -<p>The two lilies <i>Lilium Roseum</i> and <i>Lilium -Hookeri</i> are now included in this genus, but -they have been referred first to the lilies, then -to the fritillaries, then back again to the lilies, -and so on. And it is very doubtful if they are -even now in their last resting-place.</p> - -<p>The bulbs of these lilies are invested in -dense membranous tunics like those of the -daffodil. <i>Lilium Roseum</i> grows to about two -feet high; <i>L. Hookeri</i> rarely reaches half this -height. The leaves are said to bear bulblets -in their axils. Six to thirty little nodding -bell-like blossoms of a deep lilac colour are -produced by <i>L. Roseum</i>, but <i>L. Hookeri</i> -rarely produces more than eight blossoms. -But little is known of these lilies. They are -both natives of the Himalayas, and are said to -be somewhat tender. They may be grown in -a mixture of rubble, old bricks, sand, and leaf -mould.</p> - -<p>We have never grown them ourselves, as it -is practically impossible to obtain bulbs. We -have seen <i>L. Roseum</i> in blossom, and were -not particularly impressed by it.</p> - -<p>Had we been describing roses, chrysanthemums, -hyacinths, or any other flowers which -are highly cultivated, we would have dismissed -the natural species with a very brief description, -and turned our chief attention to the -artificial varieties and hybrids.</p> - -<p>But with lilies it is different. As we have -seen, there are very many natural species. -Indeed, the species almost outnumber the -varieties, and these latter are rarely very -different from the parent species. As regards -double-flowered varieties, we have seen that -only four lilies bear them, whereas nine-tenths -of the cultivated varieties of roses and chrysanthemums -are double.</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_745"></a>{745}</span></p> - -<div class="figcenter illowp55" id="i745" style="max-width: 35.9375em;"> - <img class="w100" src="images/i_745.jpg" alt="" /> - <div class="caption"> -<p class="right"> -[<i>Photo by F. Hanfstaengl.</i> -</p> -<p class="center">NIGHT.</p> -<p class="center">(<i>From the painting by Gabriel Max.</i>)</p></div> -</div> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_746"></a>{746}</span></p> - -<p>And when we pass on to consider the -hybrid lilies, we are likewise astonished at -their paucity. Why are hybrid lilies so uncommon? -Let us see if we can fathom the -mystery.</p> - -<p>One reason is that the majority of lilies -never bear seed in England. Many, even in -their native climes, bear seed but rarely, the -natural method of increase being by bulblets. -Another reason with us is the exceeding difficulty -of raising lily-seed. They take so long -to germinate that most seeds are destroyed -before they show any sign of life.</p> - -<p>Still, we believe that there is a great future -for the hybridisation on lilies. Perhaps you -would like to try it yourself. Then proceed -as follows.</p> - -<p>Let us cross <i>Lilium Auratum</i> with <i>Lilium -Speciosum</i>. Choose well-grown specimens of -each lily. Let the buds develop till they -begin to change colour. Then remove every -bud except one—the best—from each plant. -The remaining bud of the <i>L. Auratum</i> must -then be slipped open, and the anthers removed. -It may then be allowed to open -naturally, but it must be carefully protected -from insects of any kind, lest one of these -should bring to it a pollen grain from another -blossom of its own species. When the -<i>L. Speciosum</i> has matured its pollen, cut off -the anthers, and rub the pollen upon the style -of the <i>L. Auratum</i>.</p> - -<p>Three things may now happen. The first, -the most likely, is that the flower will die, and -will not produce seed. The second is that the -plant will produce seed, but these, when they -have been grown into flowering bulbs, will -reproduce unaltered <i>L. Auratum</i>. The third—last -and least likely possibility—is that the -plant will produce seed which, when grown -and flowered, will produce blossoms which -partake of the characters of its two parents. -In other words, these last are genuine -hybrids.</p> - -<p>It is extremely unlikely that more than one -per cent. of the seeds will produce a blossom -which bears the marks of both parents. The -majority will either die, or else be simple -<i>L. Auratum</i>, without anything to show that -they are hybrids.</p> - -<p>Even with those rare plants which definitely -show their hybrid origin, a great diversity of -colouring may be observed. But the colour of -the parents is very variable, and after a few -years the hybrid lily looses the characteristics -of the <i>L. Speciosum</i> and becomes merely a -reddish variety of <i>L. Auratum</i>.</p> - -<p>But there are two hybrid lilies which are -quite constant, and as they are two of the -finest of the whole group, they are well worth -growing.</p> - -<p><i>Lilium Alexandræ</i>, the Japanese “Uki -Ure” or “Hill Lily,” is in all probability a -hybrid between <i>Lilium Auratum</i> and <i>Lilium -Longiflorum</i>. We say “in all probability,” -for we are not quite certain that it is not a true -species.</p> - -<p>There are some persons who think that one -white lily is much like another. But put side -by side <i>L. Alexandræ</i>, <i>L. Longiflorum</i>, and -<i>L. Candidum</i>. Are they alike? Could anyone -mistake one for another? Surely not! -They differ in every detail—even in colour. -The long trumpet of <i>L. Longiflorum</i> is -delicate greenish-white. The Madonna lily -is like porcelain; and the hill lily possesses -a rich milky hue, somewhat resembling the -colour of <i>L. Brownii</i>, which we so much -admired.</p> - -<p>And in shape how different they are. One -is a long and regular trumpet, another is a -shallow cup, and the lily we are specially considering -is widely opened with its segments -slightly curved, the whole blossom resembling -a gigantic white star.</p> - -<p><i>Lilium Alexandræ</i> is not a big lily. It -grows about two feet high and bears from one -to four blossoms. These blossoms are very -large, of a rich milky white, resembling in -shape those of <i>L. Auratum</i>. The pollen is -chocolate colour. The fragrance of this lily is -very great. On the evening of a hot day in -the middle of August last year we could -detect the scent of a bed of these lilies, then -in full bloom, at the distance of over one -hundred yards. Its scent is rich and full, -something between that of jasmine and -vanilla.</p> - -<p>The culture of this hybrid is not difficult. -It is best grown in pots, for it is very sensitive -to rain at its flowering period. In rigorous -districts this lily should be grown in a cool -greenhouse, but in the south of England it -will grow to perfection out of doors. The -soil should consist of equal parts of peat, very -finely broken, leaf-mould, and sharp sand. It -wants a very large quantity of water.</p> - -<p>Few lilies have given us greater pleasure -than <i>L. Alexandræ</i>. It is one of those plants -which are so striking that it is impossible to -forget them when you have once seen them. -It is so very delicate, so pure and so fragrant.</p> - -<p>Doubtless most of our readers are acquainted -with the old Nankeen lily. This is a very old -favourite, and is usually thought to be a true -species, but for all that it is almost for certain -a hybrid between <i>L. Candidum</i> and <i>L. Chalcedoniam</i>. -This plant rejoices in a goodly -number of names, of which <i>L. Testaceum</i>, -<i>L. Isabellinum</i>, and <i>L. Excelsum</i> are the -commonest.</p> - -<p>This lily is unknown in the wild state, and -its origin is very obscure. It is an English -garden hybrid, but who first raised it or -possessed it is unknown.</p> - -<p>Yet it is a very striking lily, growing to the -height of four or five feet and producing a -great cluster of buff-coloured blossoms. In -general features it resembles its parent <i>L. Candidum</i>, -but the flower shows a distinct connection -with the Martagons. Its colour -certainly is not derived from either of its -parents. A mixture of scarlet and pure white -should give pink; but <i>L. Testaceum</i> is of a -yellowish-buff colour. The lily which it most -nearly resembles is <i>L. Monodelphum</i>; but -though very fine, it is nothing like so splendid -as that queen of the Martagons.</p> - -<p>This lily is distinctly a cottage-garden -flower. Except in that situation it is never -seen. Yet it is common enough in old -cottage-gardens, and a more befitting flower -can scarcely be imagined. It looks old—in -keeping with the place which it enhances by -its presence.</p> - -<p>The cultivation of this lily is the same as -that of <i>L. Candidum</i>. It does not do well -until it is well established, and it has a -particular objection to growing in modern -gardens.</p> - -<p><i>Lilium Parkmanni</i> is the hybrid between -<i>L. Auratum</i> and <i>L. Speciosum</i>. Genuine -specimens bear blossoms somewhat intermediate -between the parent species.</p> - -<p>There is also a hybrid between <i>L. Hansoni</i> -and <i>L. Martagon Dalmaticum</i>, called <i>Lilium -Dalhansoni</i>.</p> - -<p>These four hybrids are the only ones which -deserve to be mentioned, and of these only the -first two are worth a place in the flower-garden.</p> - -<p class="center">(<i>To be concluded.</i>)</p> - - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<div class="chapter"> -<h2 class="nobreak" id="CHOCOLATE_DATES">CHOCOLATE DATES.</h2> -</div> - - -<p><span class="smcap">Have</span> you ever tasted chocolate dates? If so, -these directions will be almost needless to you, -for I fancy that you will not have stopped at a -taste, but will have tried and found out a way -to manufacture them for yourself. But so far -as I know, these dates are, as yet, quite a -home-made sweet, and they are so delicious -and so wholesome that they ought to be more -widely known. Here then is the recipe. Any -sort of dates and any sort of chocolate may be -used, but the best results are got from the best -materials in confectionary even more than in -other work. Take then a pound of Tunis -dates, either bought in the familiar oblong -boxes or by the pound. Leave out any which -are not perfectly ripe; the soapy taste of one -of these paler, firmer dates is enough to disgust -anyone with dates for ever. Wipe the -others very gently with a damp cloth (dates -are not gathered by the Dutch!), slit them -lengthwise with a silver knife, but only so far -as to enable you to extract the kernel without -bruising the fruit. Then prepare the chocolate. -Grate a quarter of a pound of best French -chocolate, add an equal weight of fresh icing -sugar, two tablespoonfuls of boiling water, and -mix in a small brass or earthenware saucepan -over the fire until quite smooth, only it must -<i>not</i> boil; last of all add a few drops of vanilla.</p> - -<p>Then put your small saucepan inside a larger -one half filled with boiling water, just to keep -the chocolate fluid until all the dates are filled. -Take up a little of the mixture in a teaspoon, -press open the date, and pour it neatly in. -There must be no smears or threads of -chocolate if your confectionary is to look -dainty. When about a dozen are filled, gently -press the sides together, and the chocolate -should just show a shiny brown ridge in the -middle of the date. Place on a board in a -cool place to harden; they may be packed up -next day.</p> - -<p>Almost as nice as chocolate dates are nougat -dates. The foundation for the nougat is the -same as for American candies: the white of -one egg and an equal quantity of cold water to -half a pound of sifted icing sugar, all mixed -perfectly smoothly together. Then chop equal -quantities of blanched walnuts, almonds, Brazils, -and hazel nuts together, mix with the sugar in -the proportion of two thirds of nut to one of -the sugar mixture, and leave until next day in -the cellar. By that time the nougat will be -firm enough to form into kernels by gently -rolling between the hands; if it sticks, your -hands are too warm. It is best to do this part -of the work in the cellar. Having stoned and -first wiped your dates, put in the nougat -kernels, gently pressing the sides together; -they will harden in a short time, and very -pretty they look packed alternately with the -chocolate dates in fancy boxes. Tunis dates -do not keep good much longer than two -months, the grocer tells me; we have never -been able to keep them half that time to try! -Of course, you can use the commoner dates, -which are very good to eat, but hardly so nice -to look at as the others, because on account of -their more sugary consistency it is impossible to -fill them so neatly as the moister Tunis dates. -Tafilat dates are somehow too dry and solid to -combine well either with nuts or chocolate.</p> -<hr class="chap" /> - -<div class="chapter"> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_747"></a>{747}</span></p> - -<h2 class="nobreak" id="HOW_WE_MANAGED_WITHOUT_SERVANTS">HOW WE MANAGED WITHOUT SERVANTS.</h2> -</div> - -<p class="ph3"><span class="smcap">By Mrs.</span> FRANK W. W. TOPHAM, Author of “The Alibi,” “The Fateful Number,” etc.</p> - - -<h3>CHAPTER III.</h3> - -<div class="ddropcapbox illow80"> -<img class="idropcap" src="images/i_747.jpg" width="80" height="81" alt='T' /></div> - -<p><span class="uppercase">he</span> hot July days brought us -such good news from Cannes -that our hearts were all light -with the hope of soon welcoming -our parents back, -and Cecilly was especially -happy at being promised -several more pupils after the -summer holidays were over. Mrs. Moore, the -old lady to whom I read, had hinted that -she might require more of my time in the -autumn, so we had every reason to be light-hearted -and to forget the hardness of our -work with so much to be thankful for. Only -poor old Jack looked graver as the days went -by, and my heart ached for him with his secret -trouble.</p> - -<p>It was nearly the end of July that one -morning Cynthia came tapping at the kitchen -door, where I was surrounded with materials -for dinner.</p> - -<p>“Where is Cecilly?” she asked, and on -my telling her Cecilly was out, giving music -lessons, she told me she had tickets for a -concert that afternoon, and she knew how -much she would like to go.</p> - -<p>I knew so too, and at once said I would -leave my cooking till the afternoon and finish -a smart blouse Cecilly had been making for -herself.</p> - -<p>“Do let me do the cooking while you -sew,” Cynthia asked, but I said she had -better not as the dinner was to be what the -boys called a triumph of “mind over matter,” -meaning a dinner was to be made out of -scraps, which was always tiring work. But -Cynthia insisted on being cook.</p> - -<p>I had already sent Beatrice Ethel, the little -boot-girl, out for a quart of skimmed or -separated milk which Cecilly made into <i>Sago -Soup</i>: Take three or four onions and boil -them in the milk till soft enough to run -through a sieve. Boil six large potatoes and -rub through sieve. Put all back into milk -with pepper and salt. Add a teacup of sago, -tapioca, rice, or some macaroni. But sago is -best. Send up fried bread with this.</p> - -<p>Our meat course was to be breakfast pies, -and as there were some scraps over, Cynthia -made a mulligatawny pâté, which would -come in for breakfast.</p> - -<p>Our pudding was a <i>German Pudding</i>: -1 lb. flour, 1 teaspoonful of carbonate of soda -rubbed into the flour, 6 oz. of scraped fat, -½ lb. treacle melted in milk. To be boiled -for three hours. This would have been -sufficient for our dinner, but Cynthia begged -to make a few jam tarts, as she “loved making -pastry.” Whey they were finished, she had -a piece of pastry over, which she turned into -<i>Cheese Puffs</i>. She rolled out her paste, -sprinkled it thickly with cheese and “Paisley -Flour,” repeating the process several times. -She brushed them over with a little egg, and -baked them at once. I suggested, as we were -well off for milk, she might make a custard -to eat with our pudding, with “Bird’s Custard -Powder,” but only on condition that she asked -leave to come back with Cecilly to help us -eat such a grand dinner. Lately I had -noticed that she had been allowed to accept -our invitations for the evening, and although -it seemed a mistake for Jack to be in her -company too often, it was such a delight for -him to find her with us when he returned -home, I could not resist asking her.</p> - -<p>Cecilly had of course accepted Cynthia’s -invitation to the concert with much delight, -and I, having locked up the house, had spent -a pleasant afternoon with dear Aunt Jane, -who had given me a great bunch of beautiful -white lilies, and a basket of gooseberries for -the boys.</p> - -<p>I was only just back when I heard Cecilly’s -knock, and finding her alone I asked if Cynthia -were not coming to dinner.</p> - -<p>“Yes, indeed she is,” answered Cecilly, -“and what do you think? Mr. Marriott has -invited himself also!”</p> - -<p>“Oh, Cecilly,” I cried. “You must go -at once and get some fish and some fruit,” -but Cecilly interrupted me, saying—</p> - -<p>“No, he stipulates that we make no change. -He is coming to eat Cynthia’s cooking, and I -promised him we would have nothing extra, -except some coffee.”</p> - -<p>Of course I brought out our best table linen -and china, rubbed up our silver and glass, and -with Aunt Jane’s lilies for decoration our -dinner-table looked as nice as possible. -Cecilly ran up the road to meet Jack to tell -him the news as soon as she saw him, and -we had to be quite determined not to be -over-ruled, so anxious was he for various -additions to our meal.</p> - -<p>“Could you not run to Aunt Jane and ask -her to lend us her maid,” he asked, but I -insisted on no change being made.</p> - -<p>“Mr. Marriott is coming to see how clever -Cynthia is, and not to quiz us,” I replied, so -Jack had to be content. The soup was a -great success. We turned the Mulligatawny -pie into an <i>entrée</i>, and added the jam tarts to -the pudding course. Cecilly and Bob fetched -and carried the dishes, though I slipped out -during the cheese course to make the coffee -for dessert.</p> - -<p>We were a very merry party at dinner, and -Cynthia had many congratulations from us -all. Jack and Mr. Marriott were a long time -before they joined us in the drawing-room, -but when they came the evening was one of -the pleasantest we had spent since dear -father’s illness. Jack was so much more like -his old self, and Mr. Marriott so positive of -father’s recovery that every doubt and perplexity -of life fled, and it seemed to me that -all the pain of separation and the grave -anxieties of the past were now fled for ever. -Cecilly and the boys had gone up to bed -while I waited for Jack to return from walking -back with Cynthia and her father, and when -he came in I saw at once he had good news -for me.</p> - -<p>“Oh, Kitty,” he cried, in his old boyish -manner, “you can never guess what Mr. -Marriott has said to me this evening. He -said he always knew a good son would make -a good husband, but that he felt his little girl -would never make a good wife for a poor -man. But, Kitty Mavourneen, he says you -and Cecilly have shown her the way, and if, -when she is twenty-one, I like to ask her to -be my wife, he won’t send me away.”</p> - -<p>I was obliged to run upstairs to call Cecilly -to hear these good tidings, and Cecilly in her -dressing-gown, with her hair streaming down -her back, rushed down the stairs at a bound -to hug Jack in a way she had not dared to do -since he had grown “so cross and old.”</p> - -<p>It was but a few weeks afterwards that we -were welcoming father and mother back once -more—father, older-looking certainly than -before his illness, but no longer an invalid, -while mother looked stronger and rosier than -any of us could remember her. They were both -surprised to find how well we could manage -the housework, though father insisted on our -keeping Beatrice Ethel all day to do the -heaviest work.</p> - -<p>“As soon as I am in work again,” he said, -“we must find a strong servant once more,” -and on our protesting he answered, “My -darlings, you were perfectly right in doing -without servants as you have done. Now -there is really no necessity, and it is wiser for -Cecilly to spend her time over her music, to -enable her to teach others. You, dear Kitty, -we will gladly spare to Mrs. Moore, knowing -you can help her in her infirmity. This work -you are both fitted to undertake, and you can -then conscientiously leave the housework to -those other girls, who, not having had the -education God has permitted you to have, can -only labour with their hands and hearts. -Your experience will make you better mistresses, -I am convinced. You will be more -competent to teach and more sympathetic -over failures and shortcomings, and will never -in all your life regret that all these months -you have managed without servants.”</p> - - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<div class="chapter"> -<h2 class="nobreak" id="VARIETIES">VARIETIES.</h2> -</div> - - -<p class="p2 center"><span class="smcap">Some Gaelic Proverbs.</span></p> - -<p>Most shallow—most noisy.</p> - -<p>The eye of a friend is an unerring mirror.</p> - -<p>Oft has the wise advice proceeded from the -mouth of folly.</p> - -<p>As a man’s own life, so is his judgment of -the lives of others.</p> - -<p>God cometh in the time of distress, and it -is no longer distress when He comes.</p> - -<p>The fortunate man awaits and he shall -arrive in peace; the unlucky hastens and evil -shall be his fate.</p> - - -<p class="p2 center"><span class="smcap">Life and Death.</span></p> - -<div class="poetry-container"> -<div class="poetry"> - <div class="stanza"> - <div class="verse indent0">I live, and yet I know not why,</div> - <div class="verse indent0">Unless it be I live to die:</div> - <div class="verse indent0">I die—and dying live in vain,</div> - <div class="verse indent0">Unless I die to live again.</div> - </div> -</div> -</div> - - -<p class="p2"><span class="smcap">An Absolute Certainty.</span>—Amid the -mysteries which become the more mysterious -the more they are thought about, there will -remain the one absolute certainty that man is -ever in presence of an Infinite and Eternal -Energy from which all things proceed.</p> - - -<p class="p2 center"><span class="smcap">Passing an Examination.</span></p> - -<p>Here is how Professor William James of Harvard, -in his student days, passed an examination -before the late Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes.</p> - -<p>The first question put to him was as to the -nerves at the base of the brain. It so happened -that Mr. James was well up in the subject, and -he promptly gave an exhaustive reply.</p> - -<p>“Oh, well, if you know that you know -everything,” said Dr. Holmes cheerfully. -“Let’s talk about something else. How are all -your people at home?”</p> -<hr class="chap" /> - -<div class="chapter"> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_748"></a>{748}</span></p> - -<h2 class="nobreak" id="SHEILAS_COUSIN_EFFIE">SHEILA’S COUSIN EFFIE.</h2> -</div> - -<p class="ph3">A STORY FOR GIRLS.</p> - -<p class="ph3"><span class="smcap">By</span> EVELYN EVERETT-GREEN, Author of “Greyfriars,” “Half-a-dozen Sisters,” etc.</p> - - -<h3>CHAPTER XX.</h3> - -<p class="ph3">THE STORM BREAKS.</p> - -<p>“<span class="smcap">It</span> is simply disgraceful. You have -made yourself the talk of the hotel. I -am ashamed that you belong to my -party; and you shall go home on -Monday in the mail. I will not have -the responsibility any longer of a girl -who has no sense of obedience or of the -fitness of things. Back you shall go at -once. Your uncle will telegraph, and -somebody shall meet you at the other -end. But stay here any longer to behave -in this way you most certainly shall not!”</p> - -<p>Sheila stood white-faced and almost -terrified before her aunt. She was still -in her riding-habit. She had come in -so happily from her scramble with -Ronald down by the shore; and with -never a misgiving had run upstairs and -entered the sitting-room before going to -dress for dinner.</p> - -<p>There she found her aunt alone, waiting -for her as it now seemed; and without -warning the tempest had broken -over her head. She scarcely knew even -now of what she stood accused. It -seemed as though every sin of every sort -had been laid at her door. She could -at first scarcely get at the gist of what -her angry aunt could mean; but as Mrs. -Cossart proceeded it gradually dawned -upon Sheila that she was being accused -of having carried on a bare-faced flirtation -with Ronald Dumaresq, and of -having made herself the talk of the hotel -in so doing.</p> - -<p>It was like a stinging blow in the -face to the sensitive girl. She was -almost stunned by the rush of feeling -that came over her. A few weeks ago -she could have borne it better—she would -have been more angry, but less overwhelmed -with pain and shame.</p> - -<p>The wakening womanhood within her -made the accusation almost intolerable. -The very looks and words which had -passed between them that day seemed -to rise up before her in a bewildering -mist. Could it possibly be true what -her aunt was saying? Had she been -forward, unwomanly, fast? Had she -made people remark upon her—got -herself talked of as a flirt?—hateful title -that Sheila recoiled from as from a blow. -She had liked to be with Ronald, she -had thought he liked being with her. -But her aunt had said it was she who -was always entrapping him—those were -the very words. Oh, how cruel, how -cruel and unjust! But it was not true, -no, it was not! Only if such things were -being said, she could never, never, never -see Ronald again all her life!</p> - -<p>A wave of sudden desolation seemed -to sweep over Sheila. A rush of hot -tears flooded her eyes. She burst into -sobs and flung herself down on the sofa, -crying—</p> - -<p>“Oh, how can you say such cruel -things? How can you?”</p> - -<p>“I say them for your good—because -they are true,” answered Mrs. Cossart, -her anger in no way appeased by the -sight of Sheila’s grief; “and there is -the less excuse for you, because you have -always had Effie’s example before you. -You will never find her lowering herself -by running after young men as you have -been doing; and I tell you, Sheila, that -nothing so disgusts those very young -men as seeing girls do this. They -humour them at the time for their amusement, -and because their vanity is -flattered; but in the end they despise -them. Mr. Dumaresq has been very -kind to you, but he must know perfectly -well that you are trying to get him for a -husband.”</p> - -<p>Sheila suddenly started up, her face -suddenly grown white.</p> - -<p>“Aunt Cossart, you shall not say that -again! I will not bear it from you. -Yes, I will go away. I would not stay -after this. Where is my uncle? Let -me talk to him, but please do not say -another word. I cannot bear it!”</p> - -<p>There was something in the girl’s -sudden change of manner that half -frightened Mrs. Cossart. She did not -particularly want Sheila and her uncle -to meet just now.</p> - -<p>“Your uncle has gone downstairs,” -she answered uneasily, “you can see -him after dinner.”</p> - -<p>“I shall not go down to dinner,” said -Sheila, putting up her hand to her head -in a dazed way. “My head aches. I -shall go to bed. If I am going away on -Monday, I think I won’t come down to -meals any more.”</p> - -<p>“Well, I think you had better go to -bed,” said Mrs. Cossart. “You have -had a tiring day, and you don’t look -yourself. I don’t mean to be unkind, -Sheila, but you have no mother, and it -is my duty to speak plainly sometimes.”</p> - -<p>“Then I am sure you have done your -duty, Aunt Cossart,” said Sheila, giving -one direct look at her aunt, and then the -wave of bitterness surged over her once -more. The tears rushed to her eyes; -she felt as though she were choking, and -in a blind sort of way she darted from -the room, dashed into the one she shared -with Effie, and flinging herself upon her -bed broke into wild weeping.</p> - -<p>Effie had just finished her toilet, her -face was rather flushed, and she looked -uncomfortable and displeased. The -maid was putting the room to rights, -and cast a compassionate glance at the -prone figure on the bed. She had -received orders to pack up Sheila’s things -in readiness for the mail on Monday, -and as this was Saturday evening -and no word had been spoken previously -of such a thing, she divined that there -had been a “row.” Probably she had -a shrewd guess as to the cause, but of -course she made no remark, finished her -task and went away.</p> - -<p>Effie came and stood by Sheila.</p> - -<p>“Don’t cry so,” she said. “It’s a -pity it has happened, but nobody will -remember anything about it when you -are gone. The Barretts are going in -the mail on Monday. They will take -care of you, and be pleased to have you. -You always get on with people. And -it’s better to go than to have bothers all -the time.”</p> - -<p>Effie was half glad, half sorry to be -rid of Sheila. In a way she was fond of -her cousin, but she had become rather -jealous of her too. And then her foolish -mother had fostered in her the belief -that Ronald Dumaresq would certainly -pay his addresses to her if only Sheila -would let him alone, and not be perpetually -attracting him off to herself. -Effie had been taken by Ronald from the -first, and was flattered at being told of -his preference. She had begun to fancy -herself more or less in love with him, as -girls with nothing better to think about -are rather disposed to do. She liked to -picture herself the mistress of an establishment, -with a handsome young -husband to take her about. If it were -true that Ronald admired her, it was a -thousand pities he should not have a fair -field. Effie did not pause to consider -that he had an excellent opportunity -as it was for prosecuting his wooing, -and that if he let himself be turned from -his purpose by Sheila’s “machinations”—as -her mother called it—his love could -not be very deep or true. She was -accustomed to be led by her mother’s -opinions; and she had become very -jealous of the way in which people -“took up” Sheila, and left her out in -the cold.</p> - -<p>As Sheila made no answer, Effie -moved away, and joining her mother in -the next room remarked—</p> - -<p>“You have upset her very much, but -I suppose she will get over it. I think -she won’t come down to-night, her face -will be all red and swollen. What shall -we say to people? Shall you tell them -she is going to be sent home?”</p> - -<p>Mrs. Cossart looked a little taken -aback. She had overlooked the fact -that some explanation would have to be -given of this exceedingly sudden arrangement. -She looked at her daughter, and -then said slowly—</p> - -<p>“Well, we won’t say anything to-night, -only that Sheila has a headache -and cannot come down. You will have -a chance of talking to Mr. Dumaresq -at table now, Effie. I am quite tired -of the sound of Sheila’s laugh, and -her way of getting his notice all for -herself.”</p> - -<p>But Effie found Ronald rather abstracted, -and she did not make much -way with him. After he heard that -Sheila was not coming down he seemed -to go off into a brown study; and it was -only when Mr. Cossart suddenly seemed -to drop a bomb in their midst that he -took note of what was passing.</p> - -<p>“Yes, she is to go home on Monday, -my wife has decided,” Mr. Cossart -remarked to Miss Adene, all unconscious -of his wife’s warning looks. -“We brought her out for a little -holiday and amusement; and now she<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_749"></a>{749}</span> -will go back home to another uncle of -hers. Oh, yes, we shall all miss her. -She is a merry little puss. But we think -she has been here long enough. Mrs. -Barrett has kindly promised to take -care of her on the voyage home.”</p> - -<p>Ronald’s eyes had fixed themselves -upon Mr. Cossart’s face.</p> - -<p>“Are you speaking of Miss Cholmondeley? -Surely it has been arranged -rather suddenly?”</p> - -<p>“Well, we have talked of it often,” -said Mrs. Cossart interposing. “Sheila -only came out for a time, not for the -whole season. It is the chance of -sending her back with such a good -escort that has settled the matter. She -will be very happy with the Barretts. -They have made such friends, she and -the girls.”</p> - -<p>“It is strange she said nothing all -day, when we were making all sorts of -plans for the future,” said Ronald; and -both Mr. and Mrs. Cossart looked so -uncomfortable that Lady Dumaresq -changed the subject.</p> - -<p>There was no walking up and down -the corridor or verandah with Ronald -that evening, for he followed his party -direct into their private sitting-room at -the end of the ground-floor passage, -and appeared no more that night.</p> - -<p>“What does it mean?” he asked, -with a note of indignation in his voice.</p> - -<p>Miss Adene and Lady Dumaresq -exchanged glances. They had seen -perfectly through the clumsy manœuvre. -Their eyes had been observing the turn -affairs were taking for some while. -They were not altogether unprepared -for some such development.</p> - -<p>“Now, Ronald,” said Lady Dumaresq -quietly, “it is no use your putting yourself -into a fume and fret about this. It -is very evident that Mrs. Cossart is -jealous of Sheila, because she so -entirely eclipses Effie. It is not a very -surprising thing that it should be so. -We must allow for a mother’s weakness. -Perhaps you have yourself helped to -bring about the crisis by a rather too -visible admiration for the little girl. -You were not quite wise to-day, for -instance; and she is too much the child -to be on her guard; and if people do -talk——”</p> - -<p>“Let them,” answered Ronald rather -proudly. “I am not afraid of having -my name coupled with that of the girl I -intend to make my wife!”</p> - -<p>They all smiled at him. They were -all in sympathy with his bold declaration. -Lady Dumaresq held out her hand, and -Sir Guy laid an affectionate arm over -his shoulder.</p> - -<p>“So it has come to that, has it, -Ronald? Well, I am glad to hear it. -But a little patience will not hurt either -of you; and you will know better after a -separation whether she cares for you in -the way you wish.”</p> - -<p>“After a separation!” repeated -Ronald rather blankly. “But I mean -to come to an understanding before they -send her away. I may even be able to -stop it if she is my——”</p> - -<p>But Lady Dumaresq laid a gentle -hand upon his lips.</p> - -<p>“Ronald,” she said, “that would not -be wise. Indeed it would scarcely be -fair and right to her.”</p> - -<p>“What do you mean?” he questioned -quickly.</p> - -<p>“I mean that the question you have -to ask Sheila is too solemn and serious -a one to be put when she is in a mist of -bewilderment, sorrow, and indignation, -which is sure to be the case. You -would come to her then as a sort of -champion and deliverer, and she would -very likely accept you in that impulse of -gratitude, whether or no her heart be -deeply stirred. Do not win her in that -impetuous way, Ronald. It will not -hurt either of you to bear the yoke for -awhile—to learn what patience has to -teach. Her character will develop in -the school of life’s discipline, as it has -not done when all has been sunshine. -Let her go now, Ronald. Prove your -own heart first, then if you find it unchanged, -seek her out later, and win her -if you can. Believe me, it will be best -so. I do not know what has passed -between Sheila and her aunt, but whatever -it is, I would not have you seek an -interview now.”</p> - -<p>And indeed, had Ronald desired it, -it is doubtful if he could have obtained -sight of Sheila. She remained in bed -most of Sunday with a violent headache. -Miss Adene and Lady Dumaresq stole -up to see her, to whisper a few kind -words and then retire. And when -Monday came she was nothing but a -little white-faced, woe-begone creature, -so unlike the Sheila of the past weeks -that her friends would scarcely have -known her.</p> - -<p>She would not say good-bye to anybody. -She shrank from the thought of -what they might have been told as to -her sudden departure. Every nerve was -tingling with pain, and shame, and -misery.</p> - -<p>The boat was in early, and whilst the -rest of the people were at lunch, Sheila -got her uncle to take her down to the -quay and see her on board, for she felt -she would sink into the ground if -Ronald were to come out and see her, -and say good-bye before the rest of the -people.</p> - -<p>“Well, I am thankful she went off so -quietly,” said Mrs. Cossart, as they -discussed the matter together before -descending to dinner. “I was afraid -there might be a scene, but there is no -accounting for Sheila. She did not -even want to say good-bye to the -Dumaresq party, and if some of them -hadn’t come up here, she would have -gone off without even that. Girls are -the queerest, most capricious creatures! -Well, it’s all happily over; and, Effie, -you will have Sheila’s place now at table, -and nobody to interfere with you. Mr. -Dumaresq——”</p> - -<p>But Effie tossed her head rather -defiantly. She had not got much -change out of Mr. Dumaresq these last -few <i>table d’hôte</i> meals.</p> - -<p>“I don’t care for Mr. Dumaresq so -mighty much. I’m not going to put -myself out of the way for him. I don’t -think I care so particularly for fashionable -young men. I don’t mind him, -but I’m not going to put myself out of -the way just to amuse him. I think he’s -very dull sometimes. I don’t know what -you all see in him to make such a fuss!”</p> - -<p>Mrs. Cossart rather felt as though she -had taken an infinity of trouble for a -chimera of her own brain, and when she -reached the dining-room her jaw almost -dropped. She had pictured the amalgamation -which would take place between -Effie and the Dumaresqs now that -Sheila had gone; but what did she see?</p> - -<p>The whole Dumaresq party had -moved bodily to the side table, hitherto -occupied by the Barretts, who had left -to-day. Some new arrivals from the -Cape had been given the seats next to -the Cossarts—loud-voiced colonials with -rather bad manners, who talked amongst -themselves and seemed not to desire the -acquaintance of their neighbours.</p> - -<p>Mrs. Cossart sat in dismayed silence -through the meal, and when she went -into the drawing-room afterwards, she -fancied that all the people looked coldly -at her. Nobody spoke either to her or -to Effie, and they soon retired to their -own rooms.</p> - -<p>Was this a sample of what would -result from her laborious attempt to -promote her daughter’s popularity?</p> - -<p class="center">(<i>To be continued.</i>)</p> - -<div class="figcenter illowe18_75" id="i749" > - <img class="w100" src="images/i_749.jpg" alt="Decorative" /> -</div> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<div class="chapter"> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_750"></a>{750}</span></p> - -<h2 class="nobreak" id="THINGS_IN_SEASON_IN_MARKET_AND_KITCHEN">THINGS IN SEASON, IN MARKET AND KITCHEN.</h2> -</div> - -<p class="ph3"><span class="smcap">By</span> LA MÉNAGERE.</p> - - -<p><span class="smcap">September</span>, the hunter’s moon, brings us such -an abundance in our markets that it is difficult -to say just what is peculiar to the month. -Undoubtedly the most prominent feature is -moor game, and now is the time when even -moderate purses may safely indulge in this. -Hares, rabbits, grouse, partridges, and wild -duck give an excellent choice, and poultry -also is prime and not dear.</p> - -<p>Fresh-water fish come in this month, and -are often most useful to country hostesses, as -well as affording sport to her guests. The -orchards are laden now with fast-ripening fruit, -and if this harvest is a fairly plentiful one we -may indeed be glad. Nuts will find an excuse -for many delightful nutting parties among the -children, and the storing of fruits and vegetables -from the garden will keep the housekeeper -busy. Damsons should be plentiful towards -the end of this month, and will want making -into jam and cheese, and we expect also to -gather blackberries—another excuse for picnicking—nor -must we leave mushrooms out of the -list. Indeed, September is the harvest-month -in many senses, for we have the wild crops -ready for garnering, as well as the cultivated -ones of garden and field.</p> - -<p>The poorest country-dweller may make a -profit now who has the wit and the energy to -seek for nature’s bounty, as these wild things -invariably meet with a ready sale in towns.</p> - -<p>Besides these we have other things provided -by a bountiful providence which we ought to -appreciate better than we do. See the glorious -colouring that the leaves of the hedgerow trees -take on; note the rushes swaying in the brook, -the berries of the mountain-ash, as well as of -the dog-rose; all these are profitable to town -florists, who will generally pay a fair price for -such things. To the home decorator all these -are very valuable—or will be in the days that -will come all too soon, when no flowers are to -be had for the table. If slightly dried and -brushed over with a very weak solution of gum -arabic, then dried again, these will keep for a -long time without losing their colour. Some -of the very prettiest table decorations ever -seen have been made with coloured leaves and -berries. For tall jars in the corners of rooms, -purple thistles, white honesty, brown bulrushes, -copper beech boughs, and scarlet ash-berries -combined, make a truly lovely show.</p> - -<p>In the garden we have dahlias and sunflowers -defying the wane that seems to make everything -else look dreary, and by and by we shall -have chrysanthemums in all their brave glory -to brighten house and greenhouse. What a -glory do these give to the last days of the -dying year.</p> - -<p>But the year is far from ending in September; -we have many things yet to enjoy, -and possibly many guests to entertain, and -always much to see to, as prudent housewives.</p> - -<p>A plentiful crop of wild mushrooms proves -a great help to us now, and we are glad to -remind ourselves of different ways of using -them. For instance, with bacon or eggs at -breakfast, <i>au gratin</i> at dinner, on toast at all -times, they are acceptable. With field mushrooms -we have need to be very careful lest we -inadvertently give ourselves some that are -poisonous and unfit for food. Dr. Badham, -author of the <i>Esculent Funguses of England</i>, -enumerates no less than forty-eight species -of edible fungi, all of which are good -to eat. According to him the majority of -fungi are harmless, but his account of the -effects of the poisonous minority is enough to -alarm the most trustful.</p> - -<p>The easiest way to detect whether fungi are -wholesome or not is to insert a silver spoon -into the stew in which they are present, and if -poisonous it will quickly turn black; a peeled -onion will also turn blue or bluish-black, and -is an even easier test. If either of these on -being withdrawn shows their own natural -colour, the mushrooms may be regarded as -harmless.</p> - -<p>Mushroom ketchup is regarded by all housewives -as one of the treasures of the store-cupboard, -and that which is home-made is -generally better than any that can be bought.</p> - -<p>It is best when made of the large flap -mushrooms, fresh, but fully ripe. They must -be gathered during very dry weather, if the -ketchup is to keep properly. Do not wash or -peel them but wipe them clean, and remove all -decayed pieces and part of the stalks. Put -them into a gallon stone jar, and strew salt -liberally over them. Let them remain a night, -and the next day stir them up, and repeat this -for two or three days. At the end of the -third day put the jar into the oven and let -them stew a short time, then gently pour off -the liquid, but do not squeeze them at all. -To every quart put an ounce of Jamaica and -black peppercorns, two or three pieces of rase -ginger, and a blade of mace. Boil again for -perhaps half an hour, let it stand aside until -cold, then put into dry bottles, and cork it up -tightly. It is well to use small bottles, so -that when one has been opened it may be used -up before it has time to lose its virtues.</p> - - -<h3>MENU FOR SEPTEMBER.</h3> - - -<ul class="center"><li>Rabbit Pie.</li> -<li>Cold Roast Goose.</li> -<li>Salmi of Partridges (hot).</li> -<li>Fillets of Beef with Mushrooms (also hot).</li> -<li>Cold Pressed Beef.</li> -<li>Potato, Beetroot, Tomato and Endive Salads.</li> -<li>Hot Potatoes.</li> -<li>Quince Jelly. Damson Cheese.</li> -<li>Apple and Blackberry Tart. Cream.</li> -<li>Cheddar and Gorgonzola Cheese.</li> -<li>Oatcake and Butter.</li> -</ul> - -<p>Our menu this month might be one suited -for a luncheon party, where the chief dishes -would be required cold, with two or three hot -ones as a set-off, and all others placed on the -table at the same time. Luncheon parties are -generally very common during this month in -the country, and the guests who come to -partake of them are not noted for their small -appetites.</p> - -<p><i>Salmi of Partridges.</i>—Put the birds into the -oven as for roasting, and partially cook them. -When about half done cut them into neat -pieces, and remove the skin and sinews, and -place them in a clean saucepan. In another -pan put a quarter of a pound of uncooked ham -minced finely, with a good piece of butter; -add a dozen small mushrooms, three or four -minced shallots, a grated carrot, a spoonful of -chopped parsley, a few sprigs of savoury herbs -and some pepper and salt. Cover closely and -let them cook on the top of the stove, shaking -the pan to prevent burning; when cooked -dredge a little flour over them, let it brown a -little, and pour in about a pint of good brown -stock. Add also a glassful of sherry. Stir -until the gravy has thickened nicely, then put -in the pieces of the birds, and let them slowly -simmer, but not boil, for at least half an hour. -Dish the game in a pile on a hot dish, strain -the sauce, and see that it is well seasoned and -of a nice brown colour, then pour over all. -Garnish with fried sippets of bread.</p> - -<p><i>Fillets of Beef with Mushrooms.</i>—These -should be cut from the undercut or fillet of -beef, and be neatly shaped. Fry them quickly -on both sides, but only enough to slightly -brown them, then place in a stewpan and -cover with peeled mushrooms, one or two -shallots, some pepper and a glassful of red -wine with also a small lump of butter. Stew -these for quite an hour in a rather slow oven, -then lift out the meat and the mushrooms, and -thicken the gravy with fécule, also add salt -and a tablespoonful of sharp sauce, then pour -boiling hot over the dish.</p> - -<p><i>Quince Jelly</i> and <i>Damson Cheese</i> are both -preserves that should be found in readiness in -the store cupboard. For the first, take a -quart of quince juice obtained by boiling the -fruit with a very little water and then straining -it through a bag; add a pound of lump sugar -to every quart, and then an ounce of gum -arabic previously soaked in water. Boil well -for quite half an hour, then put into moulds.</p> - -<p><i>Damson Cheese.</i>—Put several pounds of -freshly-gathered damsons into a stone jar with -a very little water. Stand this on the top of -the stove to stew gently for some hours, or -until the fruit is perfectly soft. While still -warm turn out the damsons into a wide-meshed -sieve or colander, rub until nothing but skins -and stones are left. Put half a pound of loaf -sugar to every pound of pulp, and boil together -into a stiff paste. Some of the stones should -be cracked and the kernels taken out, as these -give a very pleasant flavour to the cheese. -Put into shallow dishes or moulds, and cover -with brandied papers. This cheese is usually -cut into fancy shapes and put into glass dishes -to serve at dessert.</p> - - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<div class="chapter"> -<h2 class="nobreak" id="ANSWERS_TO_CORRESPONDENTS">ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.</h2> -</div> - - -<h3>STUDY AND STUDIO.</h3> - -<div class="blockquot_ans"> - -<p><span class="smcap">Irene Foy</span>, 32, Osborne Terrace, Clapham Road, -wishes to sell “<span class="smcap">Onyx</span>” a Greek grammar, written -by <span class="smcap">Irene’s</span> father in English and Greek. Will -“<span class="smcap">Onyx</span>” please write?</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Lem.</span>—You will find the poem from which you quote -an extract in <i>Ezekiel and Other Poems</i>, by B. M. -(Nelson and Sons). It is there entitled “The Sea -of Sorrow.”</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Constance.</span>—1. “Auf Wiedersehn,” means “till we -meet again,” like the French “Au revoir.”—2. We -always recommend Dr. Lemmi’s Italian Grammar, -published at 5s. by Messrs. Oliver & Boyd, Edinburgh; -and Messrs. Simpkin, Marshall & Co., -London. It is quite simple enough to be studied -alone.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Soror.</span>—We are sorry you have had to wait so long -for a reply, but owing to the time at which we go -to press, we cannot promise an answer speedily.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Nurse Petra.</span>—<i>The Jugend-Gartenlaube</i>, 5s. a -year, might suit you; but we advise you to write -for a full list of German periodicals to Hachette -& Co., 18, King William Street, Charing Cross, -London.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">F. E. Bartram.</span>—Books on entomology appear rather -costly; but you might begin with <i>British Butterflies, -Moths and Beetles</i>, by W. F. Kirby, published at -1s.; or Sir John Lubbock’s <i>Origin and Metamorphoses -of Insects</i>, 3s. 6d. Order at any bookseller’s.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_751"></a>{751}</span></p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Nydia.</span>—It is not wonderful that a “first attempt,” -especially as you have “never learnt how to set -down music,” and are only sixteen, should be full -of mistakes, too many to specify. It is absolutely -impossible for you to hope to succeed without -seriously studying the rules of harmony. At the -same time we should judge from your pleasant and -modest letter that such study would be by no means -thrown away.</p> - -<p>A correspondent directs our attention to the fact that -“foolscap,” concerning which a question was lately -answered in “Study and Studio,” is a corruption -of the Italian <i>foglio-capo</i>, a folio-sized sheet. The -error is an ancient one, for from the thirteenth to -the seventeenth century the water mark of this -size paper was a fool’s head with cap and bells.</p> - -<p>B. E. M.—1. We are constantly mentioning Reading -Societies in this column. Try the National Home -Reading Union, Surrey House, Victoria Embankment, -London, or write to Mrs. Walker, Litlington -Rectory, Berwick, Sussex.—2. Do not try or wish -to “become pale.” Sufficient exercise, and strict -attention to clothing and diet, are the best cure for -a faulty circulation.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">A Lincolnshire Girl.</span>—1. The lines you quote,</p> - -<div class="poetry-container"> -<div class="poetry"> - <div class="stanza"> - <div class="verse indent0">“Howe’er it be, it seems to me</div> - <div class="verse indent2">’Tis only noble to be good,”</div> - </div> -</div> -</div> - -<p class="noindent">are certainly by Tennyson, from the poem “Lady -Clara Vere de Vere.”—2. The allusion,</p> - -<div class="poetry-container"> -<div class="poetry"> - <div class="stanza"> - <div class="verse indent0">“Her who clasped in her last trance</div> - <div class="verse indent2">Her murdered father’s head,”</div> - </div> -</div> -</div> - -<p class="noindent">is to Margaret Roper, the daughter of Sir Thomas -More. This devoted daughter obtained possession -of her father’s head after his execution, kept it in -a leaden casket, and left directions that it should -be buried with her. For the whole story, see <span class="smcap">The -Girl’s Own Paper</span> for February, 1898, where we -answered the question at length.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Bluebottle.</span>—The reference you quote is probably -Professor E. Curtius, a distinguished German -authority on etymology.</p> - -<p>A. N. D.—1. The lines (which you misquote) are as -follows—</p> - -<div class="poetry-container"> -<div class="poetry"> - <div class="stanza"> - <div class="verse indent0">“Oh, wad some power the giftie gie us</div> - <div class="verse indent0">To see oursel’s as others see us!</div> - <div class="verse indent0">It wad frae monie a blunder free us</div> - <div class="verse indent4">And foolish notion.”</div> - </div> -</div> -</div> - -<p class="noindent">They are by Robert Burns, and you will find them -in any edition of his poems.—2. Write to the office of -<span class="smcap">The Boy’s Own Paper</span>, in which magazine “The -Bishop and the Caterpiller” first appeared.</p></div> - - -<h3>INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENCE.</h3> - -<div class="blockquot_ans"> - -<p><span class="smcap">Florence</span> is very sorry, but circumstances have -occurred which unfortunately prevent her from -opening a correspondence with a little girl reader -of the “G. O. P.” as she wished. Among the -many readers of our paper, perhaps someone else -will kindly volunteer.</p> - -<p>“<span class="smcap">Madge</span>,” who lives in the country, and works with -her hands, would very much like to correspond -with “<span class="smcap">Nellie</span>,” so would <span class="smcap">Robina J. Gibson</span>, -Ferneycleuch, Lochmaben, Dumfriesshire (a farmer’s -daughter), and B. E. M., The Rectory, -Barnow, Co. Wexford.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">M. D. Lewis</span>, Sabia, near Smyrna, Asia Minor, would -be very glad to write to any of our readers who -would like to hear a little about the remote and -uncivilised region where she lives, and the curious -superstitions and customs that prevail. She adds, -“If any of your readers wish to correspond with me -in Greek, I shall be very much pleased.”</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Miss Frances White</span>, Yaverland Manor, Brading, -Isle of Wight, would be pleased to exchange stamps -with girls living abroad; she would send twenty -British stamps in exchange for the same number of -the nationality of her correspondent.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Maud M. Baughan</span>, Vernon Villa, James Street, -Oxford, would like to correspond in English with -<span class="smcap">Miss Ruby Tizarel</span> and <span class="smcap">Miss Nelly Pollak</span>. -As <span class="smcap">Miss Baughan</span> is a teacher, she would also like -to correspond with any teachers across the sea.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Miss R. M. Cooke</span>, Oxford Villa, Gordon Road, -Southend-on-Sea, wishes to correspond with some -girls of her own age (20) living abroad. She is an -enthusiastic collector of view post-cards, and would -like to exchange English cards for those of other -countries.</p> - -<p>Will <span class="smcap">O Mimosa San</span> exchange illustrated post-cards -with <span class="smcap">Madame Gaston Cantin</span>, Rue de Saujon, -La Tremblade, Charente Inférieure, France, whom -we thank for her pleasant words, describing the -delight of her correspondence with an English reader -of the “G. O. P.”</p> - -<p>“<span class="smcap">Bertram</span>,” a girl fond of out-door exercise, would -like to correspond with a French girl about sixteen -years of age.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Miss Sofie Abelsberg</span>, Budapesth, Hungary (11, -Nagy János Street), wishes for a well-educated -English or American girl correspondent of her own -age (18) who would write in German or English, -Miss Abelsberg in English.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Florida</span> would like to correspond with a Spanish, -Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish or Russian girl of good -family about 20 years of age. She would help them -in English if they would help her in their languages. -Will any girls of these nationalities send addresses -here?</p></div> - - -<h3>GIRLS’ EMPLOYMENTS.</h3> - -<div class="blockquot_ans"> - -<p><span class="smcap">A Farmer’s Daughter</span> (<i>Choice of Employment</i>).—Are -there not rather many kinds of work which you -dislike? You “would not think of entering into -domestic service at all.” You “would not care for -shop business either.” You think, however, that -you might like to act as a clerk, or a lady’s companion. -Now, we are obliged to tell you that -companions are very little wanted, and that clerks, -if they are to receive moderately good salaries, -must be well educated. You tell us, however, that -your parents would not be disposed to spend anything -further on your education or training. This -makes the position somewhat difficult. It compels -you to regard home as your school. But there are -many useful things that a girl can learn on a farm. -You might learn dairy-work thoroughly and earn -something by the sale of butter. Later, if you could -master the newest methods, from studying the -appliances used by your most successful farming -friends, you could seek a position as superintendent -of some gentleman’s private dairy. People who can -make butter and cheese well never go a-begging. -Then you should also study the best and most -remunerative methods of rearing poultry and of -marketing eggs. Something, even, might be earned -from your garden, if you have one, and the soil is -favourable for bulbs—as in many parts of Ireland it -is. The secret of comfort in farmers’ households is -for the family to remain together, and for each -member—father and mother, sons and daughters, -to contribute their share of work. But where -families break up, the trouble comes, for each -person then wants a separate house, and consequently -larger earnings.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Twentieth Volume</span> (<i>Art Teachership</i>).—Your -friends have unfortunately been only too well -acquainted with the facts, when they told you that -it would be extremely difficult to obtain a situation -as teacher of art in a school. Drawing is taught -in a good many girls’ schools, but by no means in -all. The head-mistresses of many High Schools are -disposed to give most of the time allowed to general -English subjects and languages, which count in -examinations, and to leave girls of artistic tastes -to study drawing later at a regular school of art. -Evidently you draw well, or you could not have -obtained so much success in the South Kensington -examinations. But the question arises, can you -not earn something by your own drawings? Could -you not draw illustrations for stories, or make -designs for some commercial or advertising purpose? -In all directions of this kind there is much work to -be done and money to be earned. Or have you -thought of trying some handicraft such as lace-making, -silk-weaving, or cane basket-making? -Perhaps, as you live in the Midlands, you could -some day visit the Birmingham Municipal School -of Arts and Crafts and observe the many kinds of -beautiful work done by girls there. Such a visit -might give you useful ideas. In chromo-lithography, -too, there is constantly a demand for good -designs. There are some large chromo-lithographic -firms in Birmingham. The other matter you speak -of is not one in which we can help directly, but -you might make the cottage known to the railway -authorities so that they could include it in the lists -of country lodgings which they publish.</p> - -<p>F. W. G. (<i>Hospital Nurse</i>).—You would not be -required to know much arithmetic in order to be -admitted to a hospital; but at the same time you -ought to know something of the subject, otherwise -your notions of the portions of drugs to administer, -and other such matters in which an accurate mind -is essential, will be very hazy. During the period -which must yet elapse before your admission you -had better be trying to improve your arithmetic. -Your writing, about which you ask our opinion, is -sufficiently legible and clear, but it would be improved -with practice. There is a slight disposition -to make the letters slope too much.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Independence</span> (<i>Nurse-Companion, etc.</i>).—A nurse-companion -is usually expected to have been trained -at a hospital. The training need not have been -sufficient to qualify a woman for regular hospital -employment, but it ought to have covered a period -of six months at all events. You do not mention -that you have been in any hospital, and we therefore -think you had better give up the idea of -becoming a nurse-companion. Perhaps, as music -appears to be your best accomplishment, you would -do most wisely to seek employment as nursery -governess. Your general education we judge by -your letter to be fairly good. But try to improve -yourself by every means within your power, as you -cannot long remain a nursery governess; and you -must either advance so as to become a fully qualified -governess, when you are older, or devote your -attention to the practical duties of looking after -young children. In the latter case you would, of -course, term yourself a children’s nurse. It is -possible that you might be well advised to advertise -yourself as a children’s nurse from the first, seeking -a subordinate position to begin with, in order to -gain experience. Your handwriting is satisfactory.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">A Clydesdale Lassie</span> (<i>Hospital Nursing</i>).—Paying -probationers are received commonly for a period of -three months at a time, for which thirteen guineas -is paid in advance. You could not enter a general -hospital on these terms just at present. Twenty-two -is customarily the lowest age for admission.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Wee Wifie</span> (<i>Fancy Work</i>).—It is almost impossible -to obtain a sale for fancy articles which are only -made at home and in small quantities. Little -novelties which can be produced cheaply and in -large numbers may often be sold direct to wholesale -and retail dealers in bazaar and fancy articles. We -should recommend a lady who must live at home -either to do work on these lines and treat her home -as a small manufactory, or else devote her time to -the making of fine underclothing, which she could -sell to the drapers and outfitters. Shops where -embroidery is sold usually keep their own workers -on the premises, for the simple reason that orders -have to be executed promptly and in exact obedience -to the demand of the moment. It is not possible -for work of this kind to be sent to workers who can -only be reached by correspondence.</p></div> - - -<h3>MISCELLANEOUS.</h3> - -<div class="blockquot_ans"> - -<p><span class="smcap">Fruit Farmer.</span>—No, strawberries are not indigenous -to England, according to Haydn, in his -<i>Dictionary of Dates</i>, where he says that they were -brought to this country from Flanders in 1530. -Against this date, we refer to Shakespeare’s -<i>Richard III.</i>, in which we find them spoken of as -growing in the Bishop of Ely’s garden in Holborn, -which shows it was cultivated as early as the latter -part of the fifteenth century. A hundred years -subsequently four kinds of this fruit were cultivated -in the garden of a barber-surgeon, Gerard by name, -also in Holborn.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Deaf.</span>—Had you not better consult some missionary, -or the friend whom you have out in China, so as to -find out what the children in China may be likely -to want? Have you seen the small scrap-books -made of old post-cards, or of cards the same size, -and tied together at the side, so as to form a small -long book? Pictures are pasted on the back and -front of each card. Perhaps you could make these; -but we think you will do well to inquire about it.</p> - -<p>W. M. B. D., <span class="smcap">Heather</span>, <span class="smcap">Lauria</span>, etc.—We have -seen several copies of this snow-ball letter from New -South Wales. The addresses in each are rather -different, and we, like you, cannot imagine what -the philanthropist wants with so many stamps, nor -do we understand why the Government should give -an endorsement. We should let it alone, and return -the letters. The address seems insufficient, and we -have failed to find any one of the places mentioned -in the most recent Gazetteer. These philanthropic -people who require a million of stamps are often -difficult to find; and they might as well give the -money at once.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">C. Brown.</span>—To fix prints upon wood, and remove -the paper, care must be taken that the surface of -the latter be perfectly smooth. Then moisten a -piece of thick drawing-paper, and apply a layer of -thin glue on its surface; leave it to dry; give it -two or three more coats, leaving each to dry separately. -Coat the paper then with several layers of -spirit varnish, and prepare the wood in the same -way; and then apply the print. We should have -said that the wood must be previously prepared by -a slight coat of glue, and when dry, rubbed with -glass-paper, and a white alcoholic varnish applied. -When dry, about five or six more coats of the same -will be required. Cut the edge of the print closely -round, lay it on a table face downwards, and -moisten the back with a wet sponge, and then place -between two leaves of blotting-paper. Apply -another coat of varnish to the wood, and, before it is -dry, lay the face of the print down upon it, wiping -the back in such a way as to drive out the air so as -to form no blisters. Lay a sheet of dry paper upon -it, and pass a soft linen cloth over it to press it -firmly down. Then leave it to dry, and when -thoroughly so, moisten it with a sponge, and roll off -the paper with your fingers. Great care must be -taken in this process not to remove any part of the -paper upon which the impression is taken. After -this rubbing it must be left to dry. When dry, one -more coat of varnish must be given over the delicate -film of paper left, and it will be left perfectly transparent. -When quite dry, polish with Dutch rushes, -steeped for three or four days in olive oil, which -latter must be removed with a fine linen cloth, and -then sprinkle with starch or hair-powder. Rub -this off with the hand, and apply three or four more -coats of varnish, leaving each to dry as before, and -in three or four days polish with a fine woollen -cloth with whiting of the finest kind.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Mercy B.</span>—The names of the hospitals for which you -ask are as follows:—Newcastle Hospital, Hull -Royal Infirmary, Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds -Fever Hospital, and Lincoln County Hospital. -For the last-named, over four hundred applications -are refused yearly, and about fourteen are accepted. -Address the matron in all cases. We could not -give any idea of the time you would have to wait, -of course.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Unhappy Maude.</span>—We think you will be really unhappy -if you do not take your father’s and brother’s -advice, and give up a foolish attachment. Do you -think that any man who drinks could love you -dearly and devotedly? Would he not love drink -far better? Gather all your strength together and -go away for a change, and try to turn your thoughts -to some other subject. If you managed to break -off with your lover once, you can do so again, and -at twenty-one you will soon forget.</p></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_752"></a>{752}</span></p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<div class="figcenter illowe37_5" id="i752a" > - <img class="w100" src="images/i_752a.jpg" alt="" /> - <div class="caption"><p class="center">THE LAUNDRY, BATTERSEA POLYTECHNIC.</p></div> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter illowe37_5" id="i752b" > - <img class="w100" src="images/i_752b.jpg" alt="" /> - <div class="caption"><p class="center">THE COOKERY SCHOOL, POLYTECHNIC. STUDENTS AT WORK.</p></div> -</div> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>[Transcriber’s Note—the following changes have been made to this text.</p> - -<p>Page 750: flower to flour—“dredge a little flour”.]</p> - - - - - - - - -<pre> - - - - - -End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. XX, No. -1025, August 19, 1899, by Various - -*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK GIRL' OWN PAPER *** - -***** This file should be named 62826-h.htm or 62826-h.zip ***** -This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: - http://www.gutenberg.org/6/2/8/2/62826/ - -Produced by Chris Curnow, Pamela Patten and the Online -Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net - - -Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions will -be renamed. - -Creating the works from print editions not protected by U.S. copyright -law means that no one owns a United States copyright in these works, -so the Foundation (and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United -States without permission and without paying copyright -royalties. 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