when the dish was finished he threw the cap down. So he went through with all the dishes and the caps. How happy is that servant; who, when each day's work is done, can throw down the cap of re- sponsibility with the knowledge that nothing has been forgotten, or done badly, or left undone, but that when the tired body lies down to rest the mind may say, " I have done my day's work thoroughly!" That thoroughness will make the work grow pleasant to you. You will feel like an artist when he has finished his picture and sees the colors all in harmony, without daubs and patches, but harmonious and life-like. To acquire this self-confidence and self-respect, the servant should never put off till to-morrow what can be done to-day. Procrastina- tion is the thief of time. Don't l^ave the washing up of the break- fast things until after dinner, or the tidying up till the end of the week. Hate dirt with an intense hatred. Resist the cobwebs and they will flee from you. Don't let the milk turn sour through the heat before you put it in tlie cooler. Have an eye frequently on the kitchen clock, and remember that " moments are ages " in their results, and that a meal not ready, a dish spoiled, a home in disorder has driven many a man to the tavern and made him feel never less at home than when at home. Let not the servant think, " I am only a servant," and therefore of no consequence, for her employers do not so think of helping hands which they cannot do without. It is the hand of the servant that keeps the machinery of home in order. ^ SPOI|TS /ND G/MES FOi|^ L/DIES. " Exercise Makes men laborious, active, wise. Brings health, and doth the spirits delight. It helps the hearing and the sight ; It teacheth arts that never slip The memory, good horsemanship. Search, sharpness, courage and defence, ' And chaseth all ill habits hence." ■ / 'i^^il^^ E are veiy glad to record the fact that the period in " woman's history in the United States has been reached when it is no longer regarded as unlad3^1ike to indulge in any recreative sport or exercise which calls for an unwonted degree of muscular exertion or activity. On the contrary, it has now come to be decidedly out of fashion for a healthy young girl to be unable to hold her own credit- ably in either one or the other of the several out-door exercises or games in which it is possible for ladies to excel. The education of a girl may very justly be said to be incomplete, mentally as well as physically, unless she has been benefited by that activity of mind and body which results from a practical familiarity with the out-door games suitable for the fair sex to engage in. What with equestrian exercise on the Park drives or the country road; rowing in a light boat on a suburban lake ; forming one of a quartette at lawn tennis or croquet ; being one of the contestants at an archery meeting, or joining a girls' pedestrian party for an early morning five-mile walk, a charming variety of healthy out-door exercises and recreative sports is presented which a moderate indulgence in during leisure time from important home duties will yield roseate hues to the cheeks, brightness to the eyes and an elasticity of mind which no (87) £8 THE hearthstone; ok, life at home.

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when the dish was finished he threw the cap down. So he went through with all the dishes and the caps. How happy is that servant; who, when each day's work is done, can throw down the cap of responsibility with the knowledge that nothing has been forgotten, or done badly, or left undone, but that when the tired body lies down to rest the mind may say, " I have done my day's work thoroughly!" That thoroughness will make the work grow pleasant to you. You will feel like an artist when he has finished his picture and sees the colors all in harmony, without daubs and patches, but harmonious and life-like. To acquire this self-confidence and self-respect, the servant should never put off till to-morrow what can be done to-day. Procrastination is the thief of time. Don't leave the washing up of the breakfast things until after dinner, or the tidying up till the end of the week. Hate dirt with an intense hatred. Resist the cobwebs and they will flee from you. Don't let the milk turn sour through the heat before you put it in the cooler. Have an eye frequently on the kitchen clock, and remember that " moments are ages " in their results, and that a meal not ready, a dish spoiled, a home in disorder has driven many a man to the tavern and made him feel never less at home than when at home. Let not the servant think, " I am only a servant," and therefore of no consequence, for her employers do not so think of helping hands which they cannot do without. It is the hand of the servant that keeps the machinery of home in order. ^ SPOI|TS /ND G/MES FOi|^ L/DIES. " Exercise Makes men laborious, active, wise. Brings health, and doth the spirits delight. It helps the hearing and the sight ; It teacheth arts that never slip The memory, good horsemanship. Search, sharpness, courage and defence, ' And chaseth all ill habits hence." ■ / 'i^^il^^ E are veiy glad to record the fact that the period in " woman's history in the United States has been reached when it is no longer regarded as unlad3^1ike to indulge in any recreative sport or exercise which calls for an unwonted degree of muscular exertion or activity. On the contrary, it has now come to be decidedly out of fashion for a healthy young girl to be unable to hold her own creditably in either one or the other of the several out-door exercises or games in which it is possible for ladies to excel. The education of a girl may very justly be said to be incomplete, mentally as well as physically, unless she has been benefited by that activity of mind and body which results from a practical familiarity with the out-door games suitable for the fair sex to engage in. What with equestrian exercise on the Park drives or the country road; rowing in a light boat on a suburban lake ; forming one of a quartette at lawn tennis or croquet ; being one of the contestants at an archery meeting, or joining a girls' pedestrian party for an early morning five-mile walk, a charming variety of healthy out-door exercises and recreative sports is presented which a moderate indulgence in during leisure time from important home duties will yield roseate hues to the cheeks, brightness to the eyes and an elasticity of mind which no (87) £8 THE hearthstone; ok, life at home.

The hearthstone; or, Life at home