N.nlPittE SELF -RAISING FLOUR The West AUSTRALIAN
Rises Above all Others.
RECORD
SATURDAY, MARCH 23, 1912
In and Around the Home
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'Mid Pleasures and Palaces though we may roam, Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home
The Dreamer sat by the window and dreamed of the day He would lead in the ranks of life's turbulent fra5 ; Of a time « hen the world would stand still in its whirl, Aghast at the flag of success he'd unfurl, He dreamed of the power and the glen\ and might That comes to the men who determindedly tight, The conoiest of now and the future
it seemed
Was rosy and fair es he sat there and
dreamed.
dreamed
He
that he
some day. would do When he'd battle with fate and con-
quer it too ; he'd raise from the ashes of failure and face, The dead dreams of yesterday 's truculent race. What did he care for the men who had tried, Who had fought their life's battle and lighting had died, Falling with featcres toil -riven and seamed ; they should have waited a little and dreamed. When
He dreamed and the years rolled re-
lentlessly oa ;
Chance knocked, paused awhile, and forever was gone. He woke but to !Inn that the old world is a place where doers, not dreamers win out in
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the race. He woke to the knowledge he'd challenged his fate, When the grim gods of destiny whispered " Too late " And the hope in his eyes that once fitfully gleamed Passed away. with the ghost cf the dreams he had dreamed. ;
J. J. WALSH.
About Manners Manners are more important than many excellent People imagine. Like safety, they are the price of eternal vigfiaere they are a compendium of all The vintres and the graces. and imply en exquiste heart and an. intellicence swift and nimble of dame. ;
King Edward
Hostel.
(Late Mrs. A. M. RYAN).
only the best is good enough. Only the Perfect should be satisfactory. The higher the ideal the greater the struggle of the individual and the nearer his approach to the perfect. It is as necessary for him to have a standard by which he shall be guided bv which he is to shape his course on the sea of life as it is that the :nariner should have a compass by which to steer his Mails. If a. captain were simply to turn his vessel loose without rudder or compass, his destination would be disaster, and the individual without an ideal is just s certain of failitre so far as his tieing worth to the world the spase which be occupies.
of the things
Opposite
Miss M. J. McDERMOTT, Proprietress
Have Some Aim
He
HAY STREET.
Next door to Celtic Club.
The Domestic Diplomat
Altar Society lines.
Best Wax Can dies, Wicks and Floats, Charcoal, Incense, &c. All Societies Medals in stock. Children 'of Mary Manuals. Sacred Heart Association Badges. Prayer Books, Holy Cards &c. COUNTRY ORDERS RECEIVE PROMPT ATTENTION.
Fresh Pure Air All that can be said of the necessity of fresh air during the waking hours of the household applies just as strongly to their sleeping hours. The fallacy that the night air is unwholesome should long ago have been exploded. Unhealthful it may be to those wBo walk out in it in the
coldest hours of the night or who sit out of doors long enough to get chilled. When walking the walk should be straight and the knees moderately still the feet should be easily swung. No woman can be graceful when walking in a hurried worried, overworked manner. Don't swing your shoulders ; don't our arms ; don't contort ; swing don't wriggle. Hold the chin lifted. Try to carry the body well ; someone has said we should " walk as though we own the world and had a mortgage on the stars." Whether sitting or standing, the chest should be held upward and outward, and in doing this it is not necessery to force the shoulders hack to such an extent as to make little crow's feet in the hetet of one's dress. By holding the chest up and the shoulders back, the abdomen is kept in and the figure is straight. Try to see yousrselves as others sees you. It pays.
for ourselves. If our parents hays been wise and taught us the habits of tidiness, control of temper, and how to be kindly and considerate to others, while we were still children, we shall find ourselves launched out in life with a good capital. It will not he so difficult to form new good habits if children are taught Properly while still young, and there will be little of that still harder task of eradicating those that are bad.
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Never describes her aches and pains. Never dwells on unpleasant reminiscences. Never aPologises for the food. Is never a martyr. Never corrects her children in the presence of anyone, not even the fa-
mily.
the family disagreement knows when to deftly change the subject. Lets everyone have affairs of their own. Is alwa3s polite and cordial to the children's friends. When
threatens,
Don'ts for Delicate children Don't let delicate children get into the habit of staying up late. Such children need plenty of sleep and rest and much more urgently than strong children. Don't let a child feel it is delicate. Don't talk of its delicacy in its Presence. Nothing is more lamentable than for a child to become a h3Pocondriac. Dent forget that delicate children need to have their feet kept warm and dry . Don't let delicate children take cold baths in Autumn and winter. They have not vitality enough to get a quick reaction after the bath. Don't forget that tonics sometimes upset the stomack and digestion. It is much better to rely on fresh air and good food than on tonics if a child needs strengthening. Don't neglect the teeth of a delicate child. Delicacy is often caused by the retention in the mouth of decayed teeth.
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Wise Words _Instruct him who talks much his honest.
of
Learn to entwine with prayer the small cares, trifling sorrows and the little wants of dail,N. life. What-
ever affects you, turn it into prayer and send it up to God. By honesty and integrity you will gain credit everywhere, and our word will be thought more valuable in any business you may be concerned in than all the lawyers' bonds is the world. We are making habits-good habits bad habits-all our lives long. In our childhood we are taught habits, and as we grow older we make them
" Slow
down,
chauffeur.
I see
some curious red ferns." " Better lemme keep going sir.
I
think those are the local constable's red whiskers."
thcr-My son, haven't I told y (me it is poor form to dip your bread in your coffee ?
Willie Caned live)-Yes, mother, but
it's good taste.
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The professor of elocution was instructing an ambitious young man in the art of public speaking. " When you have finished your lecture,' be said, ' bow gracefully, and leave the platform on tip -toe.' ' Why on tip -toe ? ' queried the ambitious young Wan. So as not to wake the audience,' replied the rrofesscr.
In a recent sitting of the House of Commons a certain M.P., after elaborating in a speech of two hours
a statement that would have been
better made in a speech of two minutes, concluded " And that's the situation in a nutshell." Gracious,! ' said Winston Churchill softly. " What a nut " :
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A friend on a visit to Yorkshire caught a chill, and was confined to His hostess thought to give bed. her sick visitor a treat during his cominment, so she baked a Yorkshire pudding, and took it upstairs. " Just try that," she said. " it'll shift yer cowd." Then she left him. Going up some time later she enguited " Well, 'ave ya eeten it up?" Etten it ? Etten it ? " gasped her visitor. " No ; I'm wearing it os my chest." :
E. (LateARUNDEL BECHTEL 00.) R.
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Wholesale and Retail Saddle and harness Manufacturer
Contractor to the W.A. and Commonwealth Governments
Factory, Head Office and Warehouse
179, 181 and 183 Murray Street, Perth
some time ago a certain regiment had an officer with a craze for g.nnastics, who taught his brother subalterns to walk round the billiardtable on their hands. One evening, while thus engaged the doors opened and the colonel, a martinent appeared. Gazing attentively at the invert,c1 company for a few seconds he shoo'{ his head gravely , and, to the surprise of all present, departed without utterir g a word. On the following morning the gymnastic officer approached the colonel, expecting a verbal castigation. " With regard to last night he began. " Hush my, deer fellow ! " the colonel interrupted. " I would not let anybody' know for the world The fact is, I was dining out with an old brother officer, and 'Pon my word, I had no idea the wine could have such an effect upon me, but when I glanced in to see how things were going on, it seemed to me that I saw y ou all upside down " !
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