. American cookery. low for morelight, small-paned, and hung with daintylittle chintz curtains that might havecome out of great grandmothers dowerchest. The flowers are an importantpart of the table-setting and are changedevery day. At the rear of the tea-roomis a circulating library, which is muchpatronized. A pleasant feature of this tea-house isthe specialty of making it pleasant forlittle ones. When their mothers eo away, they can make arrangements forlunch to be served the children innovation has proved very popu-lar, and scarcely a day passes but oneor two groups of children ta


. American cookery. low for morelight, small-paned, and hung with daintylittle chintz curtains that might havecome out of great grandmothers dowerchest. The flowers are an importantpart of the table-setting and are changedevery day. At the rear of the tea-roomis a circulating library, which is muchpatronized. A pleasant feature of this tea-house isthe specialty of making it pleasant forlittle ones. When their mothers eo away, they can make arrangements forlunch to be served the children innovation has proved very popu-lar, and scarcely a day passes but oneor two groups of children take advan-tage of it. Afternoon tea is also served,often proving so attractive that the teadrinkers spend the afternoon with theirneedlework on the broad veranda. Thisis an especially attractive place to collegegirls, for scarcely a day in the seasonpasses that they do not troop in fordainty English muffins, cakes or wonder, with so much to attract,that the tea-house is gaining in popu-larity every THE BROWN OWL TEA-HOUSE. DE\EREAUX. MASS. A red rose bloomed beside the wall,As roses have since Adams fall. R OSes A maiden smiled iipKDn the maidens have, since Vashtis hour. A lover paused, who passed that lovers do since Pharoahs day. The rose was meet to grace adorn,As roses are since Ruth was born. And so. be-not surprised at this,He gave a rose and gained a kiss. History repeating, oer and oerItself, six thousand years and more. Lalia Mitchell, The Voice of the Cream-Puff By Mabel S. Merrill HAZEL was muttering to herselflike an enchantress as shemoved about the cosy kitchen: One heaping pint of milk, three eggs,a dessert-spoonful of sugar for each tggand one for the plate—Uncle Ebendoesnt like it too sweet,—bake in onecrust with a fence around the Aunt Nans rule stated in termssuited to the comprehension of her niece,the second Miss Way—who wishes her-self well out of this scrape! The door from the dining-roomswung back, an


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