Thankful are we for light And the joy of seeing.
Stir of emotion strong, And the peace of being.
Thankful are we for power, And the pride ensuing; Baby-pleasure of having, Father-glory of doing.
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LOWNEY"S
I speak as one who has cared little for candy of any kind and less for chocolate candy.
I don"t like chocolate cake, nor chocolate _blanc mange,_ nor chocolate pudding, nor chocolate to drink--unless it is cocoa, very hot, not too sweet, and strained carefully.
Nevertheless I fell in with friends, who feasted upon Lowney"s; they beguiled me into feasting upon Lowney"s, and since then my att.i.tude has changed as to candy.
I had a box of Lowney"s, a particularly well-made, attractive box, that is still kept to put small treasures in, and brought it home for my family to eat.
Always before, I had looked on with the unselfishness of a pelican, to see others eat candy; but now I strove with them, like a frigate bird, and made them give up some of it. I wanted it myself.
Furthermore, I bought a small box of Lowney"s chocolate almonds in Portland, Oregon, on the fourteenth of June, and with severe self-denial, brought it home on the twenty-ninth of July.
Then it was eaten, largely by me, and every single one of those chocolate almonds was fresh and good.
I can state further, on the evidence of personal friends, that all the Lowney preparations are pure and honest and perfectly reliable.
They are as good as the best in the world.
As to the candy,--That"s better.
C. P. G.
Walter M. Lowney Co.
BOSTON, Ma.s.s.
Please mention THE FORERUNNER when purchasing
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FELS-NAPTHA SOAP
I took a trolley trip in New England, one Summer, carrying for my only baggage a neat thin German "mappe"--about 15 by 12 by 2.
"But what do you do for clean underwear?" inquired my friends.
Then I produced from one corner of that restricted s.p.a.ce, a neat small box, and a piece of a cake of Fels-Naptha.
"Wash "em over night, they are dry in the morning," said I.
"But are they clean?"
"Of course, they are clean, chemically clean,--if you use Fels-Naptha."
Suppose you are camping, and hot water is hard to come by; or travelling in places where it may not be had at all; or that you merely live in the country and have to heat it "by hand," as it were; it is warm weather, very warm weather, and the mere thought of hot water is unpleasant; or that you burn gas,--and gas costs money, as indeed does other fuel; or that your laundress is unreliable and will not boil the clothes:--
In any or all of these cases, use Fels-Naptha, and use it according to directions.
It is easy, it is quick, it is inexpensive, and the clothes are clean, artistically and antiseptically clean.
This soap has been a solid comfort my kitchen for years. It is a steady travelling companion, and I have recommended it to many grateful friends before now.
C. P. G.
Fels & Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
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HOLEPROOF HOISERY
Few women like to darn stockings, but most women have to.
They have to darn their own,--not many; their husband"s--more; and their childrens"--most.
The amount of time they waste in this Sisyphean task would, even at charwoman"s wages, buy socks and stockings for a dozen families.
Spent in reading, it would improve their minds--darning doesn"t. Spent in rest, it would improve their health--darning doesn"t. Darning stockings is one of the most foolish things women are expected to do.
"But what are we to do? Stockings will wear out," protest the darners.
Buy new ones.