EMPIRE SELF-RAISING FLOUR
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The West AUSTRALIAN
SATURDAY, JULY
'Mid Pleasures and Falaces though we may roam, Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home
some unkindly word, And thy quick answer forward leaps impatient to be heard
The candidates for wedlock should to of all submit the matter God, imploring the Father of lignt For to guide them in their choice. a virtuous consort is, eminently t'i, gift of Heaven. " Houses and riches," says the Book of Proverbs, "are given by Parents, but a prudent wife is properly from the Lord." The aspirant to marriage, like Tobias and his bride, ought to ask God beforehand to give His blessing to their
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light -cooked eggs are the most digestible next come raw eggs, then buttered eggs, and finally hard-boiled eggs and eggs in an omelette. The nitrogen of hard-boiled eggs is absorbed to about the same extent as that of meat, but the fat is much better absorbed than that of meat. Another investigator showed that lightly ;
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that food is retained in the stordach of its digestibility, is a measure
Be silent when thy hot blood boils at
Remember that thy hasty speech thou never canst unsay, And many a life is wretched made by the quarrel of a day.
silent, even though thy lips peaceful replies have framed, When rises high the strife of tongues by wrathful hearts inflamed Thy sweetest answer would be lost in such unholy din. Wait till the tempest lull awhile ere thou rebuke their sin. Be
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boiled eggs and raw eggs have a higher food value as part of a mixed diet than a corresponding amount of
silent when a stricken soul utters its bitter cry, a despairing heart gives way And before thy wondering eye Remember there is many a grief that ;
words can never reach, And the warm grasp of loving hands oft comforts more than speech !
How to be silent learn thou, then, nor deem thy labour lost, The golden secret once possessed will well rePa, the cost And when thy lesson well is learnt of this thou may'st be sure, Thou wilt not value speech the less for loving silence more. ;
Robbing Herself Why it is that so many girls who work become Pale, dull, toneless women after a few years of business life ? One can often meet faoe after face, washed of all charm and vivacity by the dull waters of fatigue, and marked by the narrow, blighting tracery of
the unimaginative mind.
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women have lost the power of enjoyment. They lack imagination. They are slowly drowning in the
immense waters of the commonplace. Forced by necessity to become a wage-earner, the average woman soon She has not becomes nothing more. the facility a man has of combining work and play in such proportion,
that he reaps the advantages of hotn.
The Home Peace in the home that is bought at the expense of principle is not
worth baying. Thoughtlessness and selfishness in children should not be condoned. Anyone can control and manage the little ones it is the half-grown boys and girls that put us to the test. a When you hear mother say that she got so much more comfort out of her children when they were little, you can depend upon it that she has not progressed along with them as she should, but that she ha;, shirked leer development. The mother of half a dozer who grew up to he splendid men and women, said often that she considered the secret of her success to be that she was poor, and that the., all had to help. They grew up bearing responsibility, and responsibility, is the greatest factor in the development cf character. of course, it's very trying sometimes, when your boy comes into with holes in both your Presence 1 knees of his stockings-holes that look like full moons, and that stare you in the face. But, bless you, the and spots and flaws are not spots Mothflaws on his immortal soul ers should have a sense of proportion as well as a sense of humour, and it will help a long way with daily ;
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union, saying with that model couple We are the children of the Saints and we must not be joined together like heathens who know not God." You will readily admit the necessity of this forecast when you reflect that matrimony is not a trivial ceremony but a solemn and momentous covenant which seals your future happinesss or misery for time or eternity. If a merchant is wary in choosing a business partner, whose co-operation is subject to revocation, how vigilant should you he in selecting a partIf ou are cautious in ner for life ? the choice of transitory friends how discreet ought you to be in the aleection of an enduring helpmate ? You would not care to undertake even a brief voyage with persons whose companionship would be uncongenial to you, and will you thoughtlessly ema bark on the voyage of life with
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work intlependently considering use will and effect, is the woman who have a home that bespeaks her personality and possesses a charm all its own.
In and Around the Home Golden Silence
Rises Above all Others.
She robs herself of all pleasure, while the average man when his working hours are over Proceeds to play.
Individuality in the Home It is always interesting to go into originality and practicability have been blended with art a home where
and economy. The woman who can take soap -boxes, kitchen furniture, and other cheap pieces and by paintuping and staining, and possibly holstering, convert them into something useful and artistic, surely deserves to be regarded as a real homemaker. As one thing after another is evolved and made for the home, the fact that the original use of an article may he disregarded will be more and more appreciated, and the woand man who can ignore customs and the doings of her neighbours,
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of consort whose incompatibility temper will make your earth14 pilgrimage an intolerable burden ?-Cardinal Gibbons.
Joy in Housekeeping
Trying for the Eyes The
eyes should never be concen-
trated too long over close work. Cultivate the habit when reading. writing, or doing fine needlework, of looking ofT now and then-across the room or out of a window at distant objects. It is concentration on close work that wears out most eyes before their time. in After a time in the country summer the eyes seem larger, darker, went and brighter than when one tne This is Partly due to away. up rest and relaxastion which tone the s,stem but it is alo due partly to the fact that the vision has been used only for long distance work and the eyes have looked off at horizon, hills and sky, instead of being held a hour after hour to some object ;
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Stockings and Health Socks and stockings have a much greater influence on our health than might he imagined. Stockings must be thick and warm, both in summer a and winter, and must be of such size , as shall not compress the foot or alter the Position of the toes. On the other hand they should not be so loose as to involve a lot of superfluous material at the toes or under the Stockings are often so short soles. so that they cramp the toes, and give rise to corns, or to a good deal
Socks or stockings after the manner of gloves are in the long run more comfortable; they are certainly more cleanly they Prevent the formation of corns between the toes, and they also allow a much greater freedom of movement. of pain and discomfort.
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PerhaPs you have never learned the joy there is in housekeeping. You see onl. the drudgery, the endless routine of Petty care and minute economies, the constant struggle to make both ends meet, to devise variety on housekeeping allowan insufficient ance, to give pleasure and satisfaction and supply proper nourishment by your catering when you have inadequate means for the necessaries of life. You may recognise all these
housekeeping palls upon you it is either because you are in too poor health to enjoy anything or else because you have not taken hold of it, by the right handle. Suppose you make a fresh start.
Gold Mining Next to acquiring good friends. the good best acquaintance is that of books. Every day brings its own blessings hidden perchance beneath the cloak of suffering. " I am BillMan is a braggart ing time," he says, and it is time that is killing him. Character is what we are, not what we have or hold. And you cannot destroy what we are with a change like death, no matter what sort of change it turns out to be. !
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but if you considered your work more from the standpoint of a student, if you looked upon it as a profession, would find Its interest intensiyou There is always a pleasure in fied. If your doing a thing you do well.
E. LateARUNDEL BECHTEL R.
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Eggs as Food German doctors have been investigating the length of time that eggs If it are. retaired in the stomach. be granted that the length of time,
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