Life — April 10, 1890 — page 7: what you’re looking at

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SAMPLE THE WOMAN'S F'RIEND. A HOME JOURNAL FOR THE LADIES OF AMERICA. Vou. I. NEW YORK, APRIL 8, 1890. | ONLY A DAISY. | Ovty a daisy nestling there, What are you thinking, dai Only a buttercup yellow as Which always docs as it is told. fair? Sweet little daisy whisper to me. Dear little buttercup, f go to thee. What do the angels say Out on the sea? Daisies and buttercups, plucked on the lea, Daisies and buttercups, gathered for me, While the brook murmurs and the cows moo, I think they're just awfully sweet, don't you? Osiocesi, 1890. Estetia Murray, HOW TO KEE! NDS HOME. Every woman is at some time brought face to face with the great problem of how to keep her husband at home, provided she has a husband and a home. The best-hearted women | are averse to using a broomstick for this pur- pose. The brave, loving women, who are the | bulwarks of our homes, have at last discovered ‘@ means to do this without recourse to the vio- BA lence from which every true woman instinctively | shrinks, When you pour your husband's cof- fee of tea, have ready a sugar-bowl full of mor- phine, and put two or three teaspoonsful of it in his cup. Although he may have announced his intention of going to his club or the lodge, he will be very apt to change his mind, and if you pursue this course for a month or two, his hab- its will be entirely changed. THE TRUE WOMAN, “THE ideal of the true woman is one which every woman desires to attain, but the question is, what is the ideal of the true woman? The true woman should not swear at her husband and children unless they try her patience too far, and she should not spend more than three- quarters of the family income for seal-skin sacks, caramels and matinee tickets. She should not frequent billiard saloons or smoke a pipe in the presence of gentlemen. She should not color her hair more than three different shades in the xame month, nor drive a four-in-hand to the races. She should not put her feet on the table when the minister is calling on the family, nor remark to her maiden aunt that ‘There are only a few of us left.” The true woman is the woman who keeps thoroughly informed of all that her neighbors are doing, and lets no guilty man escape. She should be quick in noting the wrong-doing of others and in giving vent to her disapproval. She should devote as much time as possible to sew- ing for the missionaries, remembering that even if her husband does complain of his dinners being badly cooked and that his clothes are not properly cared for, she is a martyr in a glorious cause, She should be at the head and front of all church fairs and sociables, and insist that the newspaper reporters print her namein full. If, under these circumstances, she finds she is spend- ing too much time at home, she should join a Browning club and take lessons in elocution. She might also devote a little time to the study of the mind cure and healing by faith. AN INEXPENSIVE HORSE-BLANKET, ALL that is necessary to make a horse-blanket which will be both durable and becoming is a sufficient supply of 200 white thread and a large damning needle. Start your pattern, as above, on acushion and then proceed as follows : Thir- teen lock stitches, herring-bone style, then drop 2. Balance to partners and net 18. | Three long cross-stitches, then elope to Jersey City. Make a chain of 8, and return by way of Philadelphia. Shake thoroughly in warm water and chain 3, drop 2._ Scallop in the center and spank the baby. Double net at the lower edges and fice to Harlem. Crochet two rows on your partner's ace, and then apply to the nearest court of rec- ord for a mandamus. SOMETHING NEW THEATER HATS A VERY effective hat for the theatre can be made at little expense on this plan. It possesses the two important advantages of being light on the head and obstiucting the view of every one sitting behind it. It certainly is a shame if our sweet American girls cannot continue attending places of amusement and make themselves nui- sance to the rest of the audience. The dotted lines A, B and C show the flaps when unfolded. This design is warmly indorsed by a bachelor friend of ours, who says: ‘From what I know of the female mind, I should think every theatre- going woman in the land would want one. PAGES FROM LIFE’S ESTEEMED CONTEMPORARIES.—IV. ASU 1B PIECE OF FURNITURE. Tiits exquisite centre-table, for the drawing- room, can be constructed at slight expense by your husband or brother, and as long as no one looks at it or tries to put anything on it will do just as well as a three-hundred-dollar mahogany one. OUR COOK BOOK. Country Biscurrs,—One cupful of rancid butter, two of sugar, five of sawdust, a full quart of sal eratus dissolved in a teacup of sour milk; add one mature egg and flavor to taste. Ick Cxnau.—There are many ways of making it, but if you want your husband to dine at home a second time, you had better get it from the coa- fectioner One pint of flour, one of milk, two of Pond’s Extract, one egg, and a teaspoonful of any- thing else. Beat the egy all night, and bake twen- ty minutes in some kind of a dish Dxorrko Eccs.—Dropped eggs are best pre- pared by ascending to the roof and then dropping cach egy on the sidewalk. Catch the exg when it bounds back, and boil over a hot tire for three weeks. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS, Mixste.—Vou would better have the freckles amputated by a skilful surgeon. Awxtous Mornne.—As the baby is only six months old, perhaps the reason he cries nights is because he hasn't got over being sorry he was born. If he keeps it up, try feeding him three welch rarebits just before you put him to bed at night Crantce.—No, we do not think the lady friend did right. She ought to pay back the five dollars she borrowed of the young man you are engaged to Barcrra.—It is not customary to wear a deco letté costume ata wake. Mrs. Vanderbilt never does. Bup.—Mrs. Langtry wears unbleached balbrig- gan, size 10%. Mxs. X.—Ladies in half-mourning do not usual- ly wear red silk stockings. Sonny Sout —The best ladies in New York do not, as a rule, dip snuff, although the habit isa growing one Foxry-Six.—It is not contrary to the laws of New Vork fora lady to ask a gentleman's hand in marriage. How To Make DAMASK PoRTIERES OUT OF AN OLD Park OF TROUSERS. —Go to any reliable dry goods house and purchase twelve yards of the best damask at $16 a yard. Roll the trousers yj carefully and give them to the poor. Very ef- fective hangings can be produced in this manner. comicbooks.com