where the holly-hock, pink, sweet peas, bachelor buttons and merrygold predominate, and the many lovely house plants smiling through the windows, all tell of the refining influence of woman. The people have endured much, we know, as pioneers in redeeming this land, but God has blessed them and the land for their sake. The fact that Sister Ellen M. Ricks has traveled over a thousand miles the past year in visiting the Y. L. organizations, and that they paid the expenses of one visiting sister to them, besides sending a delegate to the last general conference of the Y. L. M. I. A., proves that they liberal and progressive

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band, determined to stand in the front ranks in our onward march to a higher, wider and better state of existence among God's chosen people. Through these visits we become better acquainted with each other's best works, more charitable and appreciative sentiments born of a better understanding enlarge our souls, and we learn that in this work there is indeed mutual improvement. Lillie T. Freeze.

WINTER AMUSEMENTS FOR THE

YOUNG PEOPLE.

IF your young people like parties, don't deny them, that is if you know just what partners they are to accompany, and know that the ball is presided over by the proper people, and you know the class of people who will be

there. This is a grave part of your duty as parents, and it is not enough for you to ask whom your boys or girls are going with, you must also ask who gives the party, and discover by affectionate questionings what sort of partners your young and guileless daughter is apt to dance with. Let me add one caution, not the moment of excitement, just as the young people are starting out, is the time to give good advice, although a parting reminder of former teachings on this subject may be proper; take your girl or your boy some time in the quiet twilight, or go with them when they retire at night, and bring the talk to the conduct of young people of both sexes in social life. Then proceed with your loving words of counsel, and your seed will not be planted on thorny ground. So, having previously fortified them, let them fly away to the ball, with warmly clad limbs and feet, and kiss your boy ere he leaves, and whisper a prayer that the kiss may be a seal of protection against the tempter of drink. Dear mothers, let me ask you: Do you teach your son that it is wrong and will lead to wickedness for him to attempt to take liberties with the young girls of his acquaintance? Do you ever think that it is quite as much your duty to teach your son to guard his virtue from even the shadow of a temptation as it is for you to watch over the precious innocence of your daughter? Mothers in Israel, let me give you here a

solemn warning: the extent to which freedom of conduct between the sexes is carried today, is more

resist evil; but it is your duty to supply amusements that shall not require too much watching and

ing. But enough of this now; we will speak of this at another time. As mothers, it is well for you to know that one of your most important duties is to attend to the amusements of all your children, from babyhood until they are married and gone from under the parental roof-tree. If you think a simple provision for their temporal wants, and a word of advice in urging them to attend Sunday school ends your arduous duties and responsibilities, how woefully are you mistaken! I will just venture the assertion that I can leave the daily life of any young person to his mother, can leave all the religious teachings which she chooses to bestow upon him in her hands, and if she will but give me complete charge of all his recreations and amusements, I will answer for the sort of a boy he will be. Some mothers fancy that their own beliefs and faiths are sufficient to impress everlasting truths upon the minds of their children. But I want to tell you, that no more potent nor lasting impressions are made upon the minds of children and young people than are made in their places of amusement.

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measure the value of pure associations or vile corruptions upon the plastic minds of excited, growing youths? The words you have spoken in the quiet of confidence will do much to help your boy to

temptation. Do you believe me? It is true nevertheless.

Wise parents always prefer others to come and visit their children rather than permit them to be out from under the watchful but not distrustful eyes of love and care. This may be a key to you. If you can afford it, have plenty of pop corn, plenty of simple refreshments with which to regale your children's friends when they drop in to call. Let your boy invite a few of his boy companions to share in a grand frolic. If old enough, include the girls, for if you do not, your boy, as well as the others, will call the fun "poky" and will seek places where girls are plentiful. This is quite natural, and need not be found fault with.

There is another class, especially among the girls, who are desirous of nothing, seemingly, but to stay at home and see nobody and go nowhere. I enter my protest against allowing this to go too far; it is neither good for the present nor future of such a young girl. A sameness of occupation, and no recreation, makes old women of young girls, and is just what saps the life and vitality from so many of our sis

and if one has a natural taste for staying closely at home, a little too much indulgence of this taste will so fix it upon the one SO indulging himself or herself, that no sort of outside amusement will be tolerated. Ask physicians what such a course of conduct will mean to anyone. Therefore, if your girl will not go out, see that you have young people in the house at least once a week. Don't allow her to be so burdened with cares that she thinks she has no time for pleasure, for youth and vitality must go hand in hand.

There are many pleasant ways of spending the evening, and for one I confess to a deep-seated prejudice against card-playing. It is noisy, provocative of quarrels, and has not the sanction of the best society, nor, what is more important to us, the approval of the authorities of the Church. Games that enlist the mind, or develop the sweeter graces of good manners, are plentiful, and will be just as acceptable to your young people if you will make them so.

a "riddle," as we used to call them, and then the one who guesses the highest number of the riddles should receive a prize. You can vary even that by turning it into a forfeit game, and letting the chief winner choose his own prize, the rest paying forfeits if they have failed to guess one riddle. Another variation, suitable for the season, could be a Christmas Party, each one bringing some verse or poem, or sentiment to read or recite, and each giving his or her own idea as to the best way to celebrate the day. Again, a Valentine Party, filled with quaint and charming conceits by the guests as to the purpose and practice of observing the day, could be made into a very happy, quiet party.

CHARACTER PARTY.

If you have a circle of friends who can afford a little expense, try a character party, asking your guests to assume some historical character, or some character well known in fiction or poetry, and they should each bring some recitation or reading suitable for the character assumed. This could also be made a Shakespere Party.

MUSICALE.

This is an old idea, but none the less good. Its success will depend upon the notice you will give in ample time to your guests to prepare something suitable and interesting. It will happen that some of your guests will be of that class who neither sing, play, recite nor read. So then, make

that part just as pleasant, that is the part of a listener, as is the most pretentious number of the whole evening. evening. Songs should not occupy too much time, nor recitations, nor any one sort of entertainment. You should endeavor to have no more than two songs, two instrumental pieces, and two or three duets, trios, and four hand pieces. "Two much of a good thing," you remember the stale proverb, "is worse than none at all." Therefore, if you can introduce some recitations, and even a bright dialogue, into your musicale, it will take immensely, and will help all the other pieces to seem brighter and better.

GAMES.

Most of the good, old-fashioned games are good, if they are properly played, and no matter how wealthy and stylish you may consider yourself, you will find that human nature is just the same all over the world, and unless you put silly notions in the heads of your young people they will enjoy a game of cross questions and crooked answers, of proverbs, of beast, bird or fish, just as well as you used to do when you were young and poor; and even Simon says Thumbs Up, with its consequent forfeits, will fill your room with healthy laughter and your young people's hearts with unalloyed happiness. The very best way to see that all these games are conducted with innocent and yet not prudish freedom, is to join in them yourself.

At a certain country house, if

mamma is not the head and front of every game and project, there is a woeful cry set up, and somebody feels that they are most wrongfully used. There is one point at which this mother draws the line; her cheek is not the fresh, pretty one which is desirable to kiss; but even that line would be withdrawn, if it was necessary, for the jolly carrying on of the game of the evening. Charades are very delightful pastimes, if properly conducted, and make any amount of sport for young heads and hearts. The company is divided into two parts, and one goes out to prepare a word, which they endeavor to act out before the others. If it is guessed by the on-lookers they have to try again.

Pop corn is an institution at one cosy home I wot of, and here, too, can be found in the dead of winter young girls stirring. molasses candy, while the young men prepare to "wrastle" with them for possession of the sweet after it is cooked and cooled. cannot see the least harm in a good, old-fashioned "candy-pulling," and it is most certainly enjoyed by all sorts of people, young and old.

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An evening spent in conversation, especially after a previous exciting evening, will sometimes be appreciated. Anything will be appreciated if mamma will help the young folks all to enjoy themselves, and mamma will surely be well repaid for all the time she may spend in this direction.

THE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING. By popular verdict the Administration Building is pronounced the gem and crown of the Exposition palaces. It is located at the west end of the great court in the southern part of the site, looking eastward, and at its rear are the transportation facilities and depots. The most conspicuous object which will attract the gaze of visitors on reaching the grounds is the gilded dome of this lofty building. This imposing edifice will cost about $450,000. The architect is Richard M. Hunt, of New York, President of the American Institute of Architects, to whose established reputation it is a notable contribution. covers an area of 260 feet square, and consists of four pavilions 84 feet square, one at each of the four angles of the square, and connected by a great central dome 120 feet in diameter and 220 feet in height, leaving at the center of each facade a recess 82 feet wide, within which are the grand entrances to the building.

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The general design is in the style of the French renaissance. The first great story is in the Doric order, of heroic proportions, surrounded by a lofty balustrade, and having the great

tiers of the angle of each pavilion crowned with sculpture. The second story, with its lofty and spacious colonnade, is of the Ionic order.

The four great entrances, one on each side of the building, are 50 feet wide and 50 feet high, deeply recessed and covered by semi-circular arched vaults, richly coffered. In the rear of these arches are the entrance doors, and above them great screens of glass, giving light to the central rotunda. Across the face of these screens, at the level of the office floor, are galleries of communication between the different pavilions.

The interior features of this great building even exceed in beauty and splendor those of the exterior. Between every two of the grand entrances, and connecting the intervening pavilion with the great rotunda, is a hall or loggia 30 feet square, giving access to the offices, and provided with broad, circular stairways and swift-running elevators.

Above the balcony is the second story, 50 feet in height. From the top of the cornice of this story rises the interior dome, 200 feet from the floor, and in the center is an opening 50 feet in