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BROWNING'S LOVE FOR HIS WIFE
MORE UNPUBLISHED LETTERS
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Many new details of the early married life of Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning are revealed in 22 unpublished letters, written by Mrs. Browning from various places on the Continent to her two sisters, Henrietta and Arabella,
The letters, which were discover- ed last year by a member of the Barrett family, were. sent to New York from London for sale by their owner. They are written in black ink on that very thin paper
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- popular with our grandparents to save postage money on foreign correspondence.
In many letters Mrs. Browning goes into écstasies over her hus-. band's love for her.
**He loves me more and more,” she wrote in October, 1846. “To- day we've been together a fort- night, and he said to me with deep, serious tenderness
'I kissed your feet before I married you. But now I would kiss the ground under those feet.”
Marriage Defended
Browning's first letters to the sisters after the marriage defend his action in marrying Elizabeth, whom they believed to be too frail.
"I believed. and believe that your sister's life depended on my acting as I did act. I shall not at- tempt to tell you what she is to me. My whole life shall be de- voted to such a woman, and my only happiness will consist in such devotion."
In 1849 Browning wrote a letter which is regarded as the most important of the whole series, describing the birth of his son.
"Through God's infinite goodness our Barrett birthed a fine strong awarded our boy. Now God has
for
dearest, most precious of creatures her perfect, goodness, self- denial and general rationality."
NOWADAYS, baby is managed
differently, but still
he must not be expected to sleep without any con- sideration whatever being given to his nervous system:
*Every one knows that loud talk- ing and laughter are bound to disturb a sleep that otherwise would be soug
sound and peaceful.. Why then expect baby to be dif frent! He has a nervous sys- tem the same as anyone else, but he should be trained not to take notice of everyday and or- dinary noises. He will get a healthy sleep, then, regardless of the steam roller pushing up and-down the street and the children next door having a wonderful game of cricket. But the mother will take care not to put baby to sleep in his cot at the front of the house when she knows the steam-roller will be in operation, nor will she put his cot next the fence when the children next door are home on holidays and bound to be more in evidence,
THE CHINA MAIL JANUARY 24, 1938.
An attractive group of articles to enhance the dinner table from a well known American firm of silver- smiths.
A teapot from the early work
of a famous Danish craftsman.
This might be a modern coffee pot, but is the work of an eigh-
teenth century Boston artist.
An example of contemporary expression is found in the archi tectural transmutation of natural form which characterises the work of C. L. Eichner in the candleholder pictured above.
The Boston Museum recently held an exhibi- tion of contemporary sil- verware, introduced by prelude showing eigh teenth century
piece.
from England an
France and notable
amples of Early Ame can craftsmanship.
BEAUTY HINT
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you have white hair, it will need more than ordinary at- tention. That yellowish tinge is often caused by incomplete re- moval of soap and the use of in- ferior shampoos. Use wate which is not too hot, rinse all the soap thoroughly from the hair. and, as a last rinse, use blue water. This can be pur. chased from your hairdresser. or you can make your own from the blue-bag. When the hair is dry, spray it with a little blue Brilliantine
IN THE KITCHEN
INSTEAD of making apple sauce
for roast pork, try oranges. the sauce in the same
Make
way and serve hot,
INE the kitchen saltbox with blotting-paper. It helps to
keep the salt dry.
A
LITTLE vinegar added to
stewing prunes greatly im proves the flavour and lessens the amount of sugar, required.
То
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prevent milk pudding from
--sinking in the middle, run a sharp knife around the edge im- mediately after taking the pud-
ding from the oven.:
washing day, a useful - ticle to have is a light
box fixed to the fence na ko
the clothes
clothes line. The dry c
can be put into the box, whilst others are hung on the line. Thus there is no need to stoop and pick up the dry clothes from the lawn,