he may find to do for her
mother's birthday. Make a set of table-mats, dear, of coarse white
cotton, crocheting them in simple close work, and finishing with a
scalloped edge. I saw a very pretty set the other day, and the lady who
owned them was proud that her youngest daughter, aged eight, had made
them herself.

What do you think of this as a hint for a useful little gift? A Portia
pen-wiper is practical, unique, new, and easy of construction. Buy a
china doll--one that stands firmly. Make for her several chamois-skin
skirts of different lengths, putting on the shortest one first. Pink the
edges. The costume should be a red or black student's gown and cap, and
put a tiny roll of parchment in her hand. If you have to tie the roll in
the hand, use fine silk of the same color as the parchment, and it will
scarcely show. The gown should be long and full. The material may be
silk, velvet, or cashmere. The cap should have a square top, fastened to
a narrow band fitting close to the head. The doll should have the
appearance of stateliness. Whenever the chamois is soiled, replace the
skirts, and thus the pen-wiper is always clean.

No, Susie and Rowana. I do not care for crystallized grasses. They are
old-fashioned, and not in the least pretty. Do not put anything in your
vases which simply gathers dust, and is not a thing of beauty. A few
growing plants are a great attraction in the house, and you can have
geraniums and mignonette all winter if you will begin to care for them
now.

MARGARET SANGSTER.

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Copyright, 1894, by The Procter & Gamble Co., Cin'ti.

ELISABETH ROBINSON SCOVIL, Associate Editor of The Ladies Home Journal,
and a Hospital Superintendent of experience, in her book, "The Care of
Children," recommends the use of Ivory Soap for bathing infants, and
says: "There is no particular virtue in Castile Soap which has long been
consecrated to this purpose."

Every boy and girl interested in Interscholastic Sport should own a copy
of "The Book of Athletics and other Out-of-Door Sports," edited by
Norman W. Bingham, Jr., manager of the Mott Haven Team, 1895.

Cumnock of Harvard, Bliss of Yale, Mapes of Columbia, Martin of Tufts,
Dwight the tennis expert, Cracknell the cricket champion, Bloss the
"broad jump" record breaker, Hart the golf authority, Mayor Bancroft, of
Cambridge; the "crew" trainer, Sutphen, the ROUND TABLE authority on
skating, and other college men and famous ama