. Christian herald and signs of our times. cate and comfortingdishes has she not devised and preparedin the kitchen ! It was a famous French Wealthy Japanese Homes. In a letter from Tokyo, Maud Whit-more Madden, a missionary, gives thischarming picture of a Japanese home of thebetter class: There were several rooms,quite large and comfortable. There werevases of flowers, pictures of friends andJapanese scrolls for ornament. Glancinginto an inner room, we saw a bedstead! Athing only well-to-do people can afford inJapan. Not like our great American ones,but more like the trundle-beds of our fath
. Christian herald and signs of our times. cate and comfortingdishes has she not devised and preparedin the kitchen ! It was a famous French Wealthy Japanese Homes. In a letter from Tokyo, Maud Whit-more Madden, a missionary, gives thischarming picture of a Japanese home of thebetter class: There were several rooms,quite large and comfortable. There werevases of flowers, pictures of friends andJapanese scrolls for ornament. Glancinginto an inner room, we saw a bedstead! Athing only well-to-do people can afford inJapan. Not like our great American ones,but more like the trundle-beds of our fath-ers. The south side of the house openedinto a beautiful garden. Fresh chrysan-themum blossoms, gorgeous red and yel-low dwarf-maple leaves, tall hibiscus,withpink flowers peeping from the dark, glossyleaves, all mingle harmoniously with thesomber green of the dwarf pine, the palergreen of the arbor vitae, and the wavingplumes of pampas grass. Oh, it was beau-tiful, such a feast to eyes just from thosepoorer homes! The quiet, well-trained. MARCH ROSES—A FLORIDA HOME SCENE often spend a whole morning with it, be-ginning with the first hymn they sing thewhole book through. * Mutual Dependence. Husband and wife in the well-regulatedhome, are mutually dependent upon eachother. That man is best prepared forhome life who is trained to be dependenton his wife for wifely counsel, cheer, andservices; and that woman is best preparedwho is trained to be dependent on herhusband for support and protection. Itmay be very well for the boy to learn howto sow on a button or cook a steak in caseof need ; but this is not his work ; he isappointed to be the bread-winner of thefamily. It is important that the girl shouldhave practical knowledge of affairs in gen-eral, and also some specific qualificationswhich she can put to useful service inbread-winning, in case of need. But, un-der ordinary circumstances, to be thebread-winner of the family is not her ap-pointed task, and if she sacrifices tra
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