Use And Waste

Celia 13urlish in tho Chriítian tnion. Loss regardless of' material raines than man, with a keener appreciation of be.auty, quickersonsibilities, and a inore absoiU self-surrender, wumun has always beert ready to lavish hor tneans, her tima, hersolf, upon tlie objects ot' hcr lioart's de sire, while " To what purpose is thi waste?" has been the constautly repe&ted qitestion oí' her niulu companions, u queslion riot ünt'requently emphasized by severe strictüfes 011 hcr extravagauce. Doep down in tho hcaits of niost mon is a settlcd convctiou thut woineu have no idea ot the vaiue of moiioy, that it is unsafe to trust them with it; aftd tbat (viii wbi'ii they have theuiselves earned it, they should loso no time in putting it for sute kceping in tho hands of sonio man. Bnt what is the verdict of' facts in to fhe expenditure of men and w i ii , ' Are ïnén as a rule so much more judicious in the use of moni y titan wonen f Is our govoniinent administer ed so economiGally as to put thu extravagauco of wouien to tho blush ? Are our ■risons and publio iristitiitiohs modela of hrifty houi-e-kooping f Is tlie rfeoord of our munioipal govornraents one that rélects oredit upou thoso who alone aru repofcsible for it 't A woman of faehion spends tnoney layshly, so does her hü'sbaiid. í?iie túkes a pridü in her expensively-iurnisheti louso, handsonie equipage and elegant vardrobe. He takes nu less pride in lus ine horsos, and his choioe brands of wine and cigars. Dear to tho fcminine heart are exquisito ttible Unen, silver ware; cut giuss and fcvres china ; duar to tlie uásculine heart are good diuners, Sivory viand.s, the iirst shad of the season, and the f-nrlii'st frnáts and vegetables regavdless of oost. Woiiieti are no litóre' ïuvish, no uioro unwise in thoir uso of money than ara mcin - n impartial investigation would probably show them to be iess so -but tbey nse mouey difforently, they ha%-e a diiferent stiindurd of values, and what they regard as necessary expenditure is, in tho estimation ot' tho opposite sex, recklesd ex'ravagunoe. Ño -doubt one of the ciying sins of the times i waste of woallh, laVisb expanditure for 110 higher object than loo of display, a sin in which uien and vromen are aboutequally involvod. Use is ono thing, traste is another. Utility ought to be the end of expyuditure, but wu must not forget tbat there a.'u mairiold iltilitics. Mc'a Spënd inonèy tréely to socure thoir personal comfort, to satisfy tlieir aai bition, or to picase tlu-ir appetitea ; women spend it for those they lovo, or to gratify their tastee. Men give elabórate dinnerg, and bo;ist. óf thcir wines ; women give receutions, and display their tÖilets. ring fashionable life, and loolcing througb o:i: class stter araother ii: Bociety, we ftnd liitweun fhëlneki and t'ue w r Bftdl ftlsM tbc same rel&tive differeuice in tfaeii id aa oí' expenditure. Thu voinnu would embellisü ler home, give to those slfü loves, gratity Ler tagtes ; tiie. man would secure his personal comfort, havo what he Waute, l:t it cost wh;it it niay, make shrewd bargaius, and add to his substance. Sue would like a new parlor carpet, he thinks the o)d one uóiih ; sh(! wants John tö go to colloge, he thinka John had botter learn to manage the farm ; she suys Mary June wants to tako musió lcssons, he says he can't afford it, but the nxt tiine he is ir. town, remefiBberiHg that Mary June cried over her disappointmant, bi ings lier home a silk dress and a guld wtíttíK: Probably there will always be just about this difference, but I would suggest to tli.:si! men who are always leady to exclaim, "To wh'at paf pose n this tote?" that it is after all tho woman's exprnditure that malíes u homo ; thiit ad.ds a picture hure, ii statuette there, aud íits au easy chSif in that pleUEtnt cor..er, that tiils the south window with planta, kceping . bit ot' Bummer in the house all through tho winter, and traína the honey-sucklu over the poroh. Il she who lilis every room with tokens of her jjresence, creating an atmosphere suV)tle as the odor of violets, and yet without whioh home is not. Truc, her life is made up of fragmente, she givo8 her atteution to numberless details eaoh öue of whioh seeins of littio worth, but the result is warmth, comfort, sympatliy, a gonial atmosphere, nieans of growlb - in a word, h The justificatiou of exponditures is benefleent resulto, Büd ñatead ot countinc cot)Uers, tve shou'id see what is achiu : id. Tus expenditure that tendttoput i higher ulensure in tht; placo of iv lower, ' ;o reüne the tastos, to quickou tlio feiisiailitifs, to deepou the aifeetion, lenas to : ïo'bler living and is woithy expöBditure. i'o gct n inan on 111 the world is wf ü, bnt to teach hiai to enjoy thu best thinj;s, to 3pi'n his oyos to ttio lioanty of God's WOrld itnd put hun in conscious coiuniunication with lh('h(.'avt'ns,isinc,inpanib]y butter. To securo this result is to achieve that for which the world was oreated umi lito is. Tbefe Étrt thoao to wliom God hns given this work to do ; let us lenvo thom in tret-doui to do it their owu way und by their own instrument.ilities, assured that they are uo less God's ministers Ihwn the propböts and rformere. The soul that is taügti{ to fake delight in the buds and flowers ot' spring, in the beauty of nature, in the refined aud.peacoful atmosphere of a wel! ordered home, is surrouncled by luavetily infiuences and walks tho worM atteuded ly a body-guurd of anils. The money that is spent to this end is well spi-nt, the workors who accouiplish these resulte are God's workem. Tlioy aio a purt of his providenee. They leiivo the world better for their having been in it. They " have God's Hcense to bu missed." Juorely the " organ " of ïnemory for Greek word that failed by oxhaustion from overaction, bat there was demnghtnent affooting tho wholo mental ocmstitution. It was not that memory lost its graspol' ' tain lingual signs, but that all voluntary control of the iiitellctual operationu was suspended, and the whole mental fabrio