Good Housekeeping Magazine, Volume 18Hearst Corporation, 1894 - Home economics |
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... Corby , her head well covered in a close - fitting gray sweeping cap , and clad in her oldest gown , which she meant should take a swift pilgrimage to the rag - bag the moment the chaos in the house was reduced to order ; -Mrs . Corby ...
... Corby , her head well covered in a close - fitting gray sweeping cap , and clad in her oldest gown , which she meant should take a swift pilgrimage to the rag - bag the moment the chaos in the house was reduced to order ; -Mrs . Corby ...
Page 76
... Corby's . Her city training and inexperience had totally unprepared her to meet such a neighbor as Mrs. Jemson proved to be . In the first flush of that lady's excessive neighborliness , Mrs. Corby responded with enthu- siasm . She went ...
... Corby's . Her city training and inexperience had totally unprepared her to meet such a neighbor as Mrs. Jemson proved to be . In the first flush of that lady's excessive neighborliness , Mrs. Corby responded with enthu- siasm . She went ...
Page 77
... Corby came home of evenings . She told Mrs. Corby afterwards . In short , Mrs. Jemson in a manner took the Corby family under her protecting wing . She appeared to regard herself as their guardian angel , and to that end spared no ...
... Corby came home of evenings . She told Mrs. Corby afterwards . In short , Mrs. Jemson in a manner took the Corby family under her protecting wing . She appeared to regard herself as their guardian angel , and to that end spared no ...
Page 78
... Corby kitchen . " Don't mind me . Go right on , as if I weren't here . I'll just sit a minute . " Mrs. Corby , flushed and nervous , made a virtue of a necessity and went on , but not in a manner satisfac- tory to herself or to her work ...
... Corby kitchen . " Don't mind me . Go right on , as if I weren't here . I'll just sit a minute . " Mrs. Corby , flushed and nervous , made a virtue of a necessity and went on , but not in a manner satisfac- tory to herself or to her work ...
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Page 262 - Like the vase, in which roses have once been distilled — You may break, you may shatter the vase if you will. But the scent of the roses will hang round it still.
Page 3 - Yet, ere we part, one lesson I can leave you For every day. Be good, sweet maid, and let who will be clever ; Do noble things, not dream them, all day long : And so make life, death, and that vast for-ever One grand, sweet song.
Page 263 - There has fallen a splendid tear From the passion-flower at the gate, She is coming, my dove, my dear; She is coming, my life, my fate. The red rose cries, "She is near, she is near ;" And the white rose weeps, "She is late;" The larkspur listens, "I hear, I hear;" And the lily whispers, "I wait.
Page 196 - I wonder so that mothers ever fret At little children clinging to their gown ; Or that the footprints, when the days are wet, Are ever black enough to make them frown. If I could find a little muddy boot, Or cap or jacket, on my...
Page 203 - For whosoever will save his life shall lose it : but whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it.
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Page 262 - GATHER ye rosebuds while ye may, Old Time is still a-flying; And this same flower that smiles to-day, To-morrow will be dying. The glorious lamp of heaven, the sun, The higher he's a-getting, The sooner will his race be run, And nearer he's to setting. That age is best which is the first, When youth and blood are warmer; But being spent, the worse and worst Times still succeed the former. Then be not coy, but use your time...
Page 196 - ... knee that has so much to bear; A child's dear eyes are looking lovingly From underneath a thatch of tangled hair. Perhaps you do not heed the velvet touch Of warm, moist fingers, folding yours so tight; You do not prize this blessing overmuch, — You almost are too tired to pray to-night.
Page 297 - Toledo, O. We the undersigned, have known FJ Cheney for the last 15 years, and believe him perfectly honorable in all business transactions and financially able to carry out any obligation made by their firm.
Page 172 - NIGHT is the time for rest ; How sweet, when labours close, To gather round an aching breast The curtain of repose, Stretch the tired limbs, and lay the head Down on our own delightful bed...