JANEY.—You can buy ready-prepared marking-ink so cheaply, and it saves so much trouble, that an old-fashioned recipe for home making seems out of date. Still, we give one out of our own recipe book, which is said to be satisfactory. For the ink, take 25 grs. of lunar caustic; ¼ oz. of rain water; and ½ drachm of sap green. To prepare the article you will need ½ oz. sal. soda, ¼ oz. of gum arabic, and 2 oz. of rain water, and a little cochineal. Steep the part to be marked in this preparation. We have not tried it; but if the ready-made ink be unsatisfactory, you can but make a trial of this. SUFFERER.—Although you may not have the means of obtaining the benefit of change of climate and mineral waters, prescribed for you by your doctor, there is much you can do—and with a prospect of cure—at home. Avoid the use of sugar in everything; use saccharine in your tea, and take exercises night and morning, to free the contracted muscles of the arm. Raise the arms from the sides (stretching them out) twelve or twenty-four times; throw them upwards, higher than your head, in front of you. Spread them out on each side, and bring them up behind your back so as to meet; and swing round each hand alternately, to clasp it respectively on each shoulder; turning the head every time to that side. Whichever of these exercises hurts you the most, should be repeated the oftenest. These exercises (and especially with abstention from sugar) will cure the rheumatism in your arm and shoulder. IGNORANT OF ETIQUETTE.—It is not necessary to leave cards for yourself nor for any member of the family if received by your hostess in person. Certainly on whatever occasion you are shown into a reception room, you should be announced by the servant as you enter. Never send in a card for the purpose. KITTY.—There could be no hard and fast rule as to the character or amount of a _trousseau_. All depends on the wealth and position of the bride’s parents. She has nothing to prepare for her future home. That is the husband’s business. * * * * * [Transcriber’s Note: the following changes have been made to this text. Page 789: duplicate word “and” corrected—“and let it stand”. Page 798: horrow to horror—“shame and horror”. Page 799: recieve to receive—“to receive more than”. Page 800: your to you—“you enter”.] End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. XX. No. 1028, September 9, 1899, by Various