Ladies' Column.

Wairarapa Standard, Volume XVIII, Issue 1702, 3 July 1885, Page 2 (Supplement)

Ladies' Column.

The 31other and ISer Children I Air tvdly conscious that thousands of mothers are so overburdened that th ? actual demand-oof life from dav to day conaum-- all their time and strength. But “of two tvili choose the less and which would you <mll the less, an unpolished stove or an untau-Kt boy? Dirty windows, or a ch'M whoso c.m. fidenee you have failed to gain ? Cobweb ?in the corner, or a son over whose soul a crust has formed so strong that you despair of melting it with your hot tears and your fervent prayers? I have seen a woman who was absolutely ignorant of her children’s habits of thought, who never felt that she could spare a halfhour to read or talk with them. _ I have seen this woman spend ten minutes in ironing a sheet (there were six in tho one hour in fluting the rufflus and arranging the puffs of her little girl’s " sweet white suit; ” thirty minutes in polishing tins that were already bright and clean ; forty minutes for frosting and decorating a cake for tea be cause 11 company was expected.” Oh, these ehildren I tbeso children 1 The restless, eager boys and girls whom ws love more than our lives 1 Shall we devote onr time and strength to that which psrisheth, while the rich garden of our child's soul lies neglected, with foul weeds choking out all worthy and beautiful growths? Shall we exalt the incidentals of life to the rank of a purpsse, to the shutting out of that work whose results reach beyond the stars? Fleeting, 0 mother, are the days of child hood? Speokless windows, snowy linen, tho consciousness that everything about the house is faultlessly bright and clean, will be poor comfort in that day wherein we shall discover that our poor boy’s feet have chosen the path that shall take him out of the way to all eternity —Christian Observer.

RECIPES.

Bkoileo Ham.—Slice a quarter of an inch thick ; trim off nearly all the fat around the edge; put it in a wire broiler over a brisk coal fire and broil till done. Place on a hot dish and butter it.

Fried Bread —Beat three or four eggs; season with salt and pepper; have ready some thin slices of bread; dip them into the eggs, and fry them : i lard until of a light brown. Jumbles—T.,o cups of sugar, one cu-p of butter, three eggs, one cup of milk, onequarter teaspoonful of soda, one teaspoonful af cream of tartar, flour enough to roll.

Baked Egos.—Break eight eggs into a wellbuttered dish, sc' '" with pepper and salt, one-half cup of cream, one.tablrspoonfal of butter; set in the oven and bake twenty minutes.

Creamed Potatoes.—Slice two dozen pota toes thin and let stand in cold water one-half honr, put them in a pan with salt, pepper, and one-half pint of cream; bake one hour : take out and add a lump of butter the size of an egg in small bits, and scatter over the top, and add one pint of milk. Serve hot.