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Manawatu Herald, 26 November 1896, Page 4

. TOYHOUSES AND SOLDIERS. Wonderful Tilings "VTliieh tho Ingenious Germans Used ta 31a!;e I-ons Ago. Dolls are decidedly to the fore at this timß of year, and there is a good supply of dolls, houses, kitchens, etc., to be seen. But all these modem productions can hava ' ly compare with the elaborate arrange- » tnent of' dolls' houses in the seventeenth century. Nuremberg and Augsberg were famous for costly toy houses, which contained on the different floors imitations of all the rooms in a mansion, from the basement to the roof, including cellar, stables, laundry, bathroom, kitchen and larder, hall and Btaircase, sitting and drawing rooms, nursery and bedrooms. All the rooms were completely furnished. "Nothing was forgotten. There are the cows and horses in the stables, with all the Implements for feeding and cleaning beside them. The same is the wise in the cellar, where even the mouse trap is not omitted. The kitchen contains all the appliances nsed for cooking, which but slightly differ from those still to be found in Germau kitchens to the present day. In the living room 3 the furniture is carved aDd arranged in the then prevailing style. The bedspreads were made of fine cambric trimmed A DOLL'S KITCHEN OF THE BEVEUTEENTH CENTURY. with real lace or embroidery. Looking at the many implements in the kitchen, one wonders what could have been the uses of some of the queer things. Some of theso ancient dollbouses, preserved now in museums, cost as much as 6300. Other favorite toys for children at that time were tin soldiers, and this taste survives to the present day. Nuremberg is Btill famous for their production. In IC6O a Nuremberg master was commissioned by Louis XIV to make for his son, the dauphin, a mechanical toy, consisting of some hundreds of soldiers, wrought in Bilver. The soldiers seem to have been connected with clockwork, which made them go through several evolutions, and it ia even said that they fired their muskets! Young and Great. Washington was a major at 19, a distinguished colonel is the army at 22, early in public affairs, commander of the forces at 44 and president at 57. Napoleon at 27 commanded the army of Italy. At 30 he was not only one of the most illustrious generals of all time, but one of the great lawgivers of the world. At 46 he saw Waterloo. The great Leo X was pope at 88. Having finished his academic training, he took the office of cardinal at 18. .^_ Gladstone was in parliament at 23, and at 25 was lord of the treasury. Misuse of Words. Do not say she is a superior woman, but flay she i 3 superior to most women. Avoid using unmeaning or vulgar pb noses in speaking, as "You don't say so," "Don't you know?" "Don't you see?" "You know," "You see," "So, you see," etc. Remember that as the words cherubim and seraphim are plurals, the terms cherubims and seraphiius, as expressing the plural, are improper. Remember thn.t a general rule has exceptions, a universal rule has none. A Japanese Lullaby. Sleep, sleep on the floor. Oh! be good and slumber, For when thou art asleep just hear what I euall do, dear. Far o'er tho mountains will I go and buy thee AU sorts of pretty toys and brinff them home to baby, And when thou early wak'st tomorrow morning Thou ehalt eat red beans and fish, my baby. Robin Redbreast. This is the English robin redbreast— a songster all the year round, but his song is loudest when the snow lies heavy upon the ground and winter storms have torn the last leaves from the trees. He is the Mark Tapley of featherdom— this "pious bird with the scarlet breast." His spirits rise in proportion as surroundings become cheerless and the thermometer sinks. This sturdy good humor; together with his courage and friendliness to human beings, haa ROBDT REDBREAST IN WINTER. won him much affection and fame among poets and writers as well as ordinary folk. . Eyer-ybo^iy delights in , his pretty companionable ways. The robin redbreast takes his place in the stories of many lands, and even our youngest readers will remember how, in that pitiful tale of "The Babes in the Woods," when jshe. children were dead — The robins so red Brought strawberry leaves And over them spread. Not to mention that this is also the hero .^s; Of "Who Killed Cock Robin?" ',■''" Cranberry Tarts. ■'"' " Nothing makes a more dainty tart than cranberries. Prepare pastry shells not over 2to 2>£ inches in diameter of puff paste. Prick them on the bottom thoroughly to prevent them from rising, as puff paste will if left to its own devices, in an uneven and unseemly manner. The edges of course j must be left to rise as they please. Fill . each tart with a tablespoonful of cranberries after the shells are cold and the cranberries are hot. Set them away to grow cold.