I FOR THE FAMILY TABLE. N the hands of an accomplished Cook there is no known limit to the variety of delicate and palatable dishes which may be produced from BROWN AND POLSON'S CORN FLOUR. It is equally susceptible of plain and simple treatment for ordinary domestic purposes, and one of its, chief recommendations is the facility with which it may be prepared. Boiled with milk, and with or without the addition of sugar and flavouring, it may be ready for the table within fifteen minutes; or, poured into a mould and cooled, it becomes in the course of an hour a Blanc-mange, which, served · with fresh or preserved fruit, will be acceptable at any meal. Add sultanas, raisins, marmalade, or jam of any kind, and in about the same time it is made into an excellent Baked Pudding. To which may be added :-Take care to boil with milk, when so required, for not less than eight minutes. BROWN & POLSON'S CORN FLOUR Τ' FOR THE SICK-ROOM. HE properties of BROWN AND POLSON'S CORN FLOUR are identical with those of arrowroot, and it is in every respect equal to the costliest qualities of that article. The uses of arrowroot in the sick-room are not only a matter of tradition, but of every-day experience, and there can be but few persons who are not acquainted with its uses as an important ally to medical treatment, BROWN AND POLSON'S CORN FLOUR claims to serve the same purposes, with at least equal acceptance and at considerably less cost, and therefore offers the facility of freer use to a larger public. It has received from medical and scientific authorities the highest testimonials to its purity and serviceableness; it is largely used in Hydropathic and other Institutions throughout the Kingdom, and its export to all foreign parts has long given it a world-wide reputation. WARRANTED NEW AND SWEET. Any sized Bed 9d. per lb., including best Gray Feathers in strong Union (bordered) Tick, making, packing, wrapper, and carriage paid to any station in the United Kingdom. Samples of Feathers and Tick, Price List, &c., Post Fre. SUPERIOR BEDS OF SPLENDID FEATHERS AND LINEN TICKS, Is. per lb. Samples free. All Orders must be accompanied by Cheque or P.O.O. (which, to insure safe delivery of Goods, may be post-dated ten days), payable at Chief Office, to the Manager, H. STEVENS, 178 Strand, London, W.C. TH Price One Shilling each, handsomely bound in cloth. Manual for those who Visit and Nurse the Sick Poor. By Mrs. H. SELFE WORKS BY ADMIRAL FISHBOURNE. London: ELLIOT STOCK, 62 Paternoster Row, E.C. Type, small pica; size, 8vo. 6s. od. Morocco 75. 6d. Morocco circuit The First Cheap Prayer-Book with Commentary. 10s. 6d. 12s. 6d. THE TEACHER'S PRAYER-BOOK. By the Rev. Canon BARRY, D.D. Forms a Companion Volume to the Queen's Printers' Teacher's Bible. To teachers this book will be of the greatest service, both for the large amount of matter it contains in small compass, and for the admirable way in which that matter is arranged-a page of Analyses and Notes being presented by the side of each page of the Book of Common Prayer. At the commencement of all the more important divisions in the Prayer-book Canon Barry gives in a highly-condensed form short historical introductions, which will be found of the greatest value-as, indeed, the whole Book will-by many who are not professed teachers, but who desire to be taught themselves something more than they know at present as to the origin, principles, and substance of the Prayer-book.'-Church Union Gazette. London: EYRE & SPOTTISWOODE, Great New Street, E.C. I. ASSOCIATES to be of the Church of England (no such restriction being made as to Members), and the organization of the Society to follow as much as possible that of the Church, being diocesan, ruridecanal, and parochial. II. Associates (Working and Honorary), and Members, to contribute annually to the funds; the former not less than 2s. 6d. a-year, the latter not less than 6d. a-year. Members' payments to go to the Central Fund. III. No girl who has not borne a virtuous character to be admitted as a Member; such character being lost, the Member to forfeit her Card. To our Readers. HEN the traffic becomes too great for a railway, and threatens to block it, what is to be done? There are two alternatives, either to make the railway wider and bigger, or to open another. Now the only railway we have hitherto had to carry about and distribute G. F. S. news and thoughts among the Members was our dear little magazine, Friendly Leaves. But the Girls' Friendly Society and its news grow larger every month, and one of the things we most need in it at present is to have a much freer communication, and know much more of the work going on everywhere, than we do now. How are we to fulfil our motto, and bear one another's burdens, unless we know what they are? and for this we want something to which we can tell our own, and from which CORK. TO OUR READERS. By the Editors I THE GIRLS' FRIENDLY SOCIETY. A Retrospect. By M. E. Townsend 2 SCRIPTURE RULES OF LIFE 8 COUNSELS FOR DAILY LIFE, FOR ASSOCIATES AND MEMBERS 8 9 12 14 16 WINDOW GARDENING. For January and February. By the Squire's Old Gardener 17 OLD AND NEW YEAR 18 HOW TO OBTAIN WORKERS FOR SOUTH LONDON. By Mrs. Egerton Hubbard 18 G. F. S. LODGE AND RECREATION ROOM, NORWICH. By Mrs. Ferguson Davie....... A FRIENDLY LETTER TO YOUNG WOMEN IN BUSINESS. By M. E. Townsend. FRIENDLY WORK COMPETITIONS: 1. Scripture 2. English Literature 3. Domestic Economy 4. Riddles and Puzzles. 20 21 22 22 23 23 All Communications for the Editors of FRIENDLY WORK should be addressed to the care of the Secretary, G. F. S. Central Office, 3 Victoria Mansions, Victoria Street, Westminster, s.w. we can learn our neighbours' wants. We have thought whether we should enlarge our little railway to carry all this new traffic, but then its price must have risen too, and if it had to run at first and second-class fares what was to become of the third-class passengers? So we have determined to adopt the second alternative, and open a new line, i. e. a new magazine to run alongside of the old one. It will carry more, and it will cost more, and like all railways will depend for its success on being well used. We hope it will be a great help and convenience to all G. F. S. Members as a channel of knowledge of the Society and of easy communication with each other; but allow us to observe that it will be no help nor convenience to those who never see it, and that the only means to make it as useful as it should be is to take it in. It will be arranged chiefly with a view to our older Members, and we shall try to suit it to the tastes of women rather than of send them!' children. A leading place in each number will be taken by the record of G. F. S. work at home and abroad, and from this it takes its name, Friendly Work. We have written to the Associates of the G. F. Societies in Scotland, Ireland, and America, asking them to send us accounts of the work in these countries, and we hope to get news from the colonies and other places in which the G. F. S. is established. Promises of help have been received from many friends of our Society, some of whose names are well known among writers in larger circles than ours, and through them we shall be able to offer from time to time papers on various practical subjects such as Health, Nursing, Cookery, Gardening, and others; also Biographies, Natural History, and other matters of general interest, Stories and Songs, Riddles and Puzzles, &c. Prizes will be given at the end of the year for the best answers to the Competition Questions, which are set in four different subjects. Those wishing to compete for them should carefully read through the particulars and rules given before answering the questions. We are requested to state, with regard to the Scripture questions, that if in reading the chapters from which they are set any of the competitors find perplexities and difficulties which they cannot understand, they may always write and ask for explanations, and such letters will be carefully considered, and if necessary, referred to wise men before they are answered. They should be addressed to the Editors of Friendly Work. But our letter-box, the real communications of Branches and Members with the Society in general, and with anybody and everybody in particular, depends, dear readers, upon you. How can we guess what all the letters will be about? Some of them we hope will be to us, to suggest ways of making our magazine more interesting and useful. But no doubt they will be of all sorts. Have you never heard any one who had a nice garden say: 'Oh, what a pity it is to throw away all these nice plants! but I have more than I can possibly use. How glad some one might be of them if I only knew where to send them!' Dear friend, pray write to Friendly Work. It will carry your welcome message to some who can never aspire to a garden, but who would thankfully cherish a bit of green' in their town windows. Or can you not fancy a willing working party ready to give the labour of their fingers to some good work, but very short of materials. If they only mention it in Friendly Work, who knows but their need may reach some tidy body who has just turned out her cupboards and drawers, and decided that she can no longer make room for all those rolls of pieces, which are yet too good to burn and would make beautiful patchwork? These, of course, are trifling instances, but whether the needs be large or small, we feel sure that each and all of us are only longing to know how we can best help each other. So now it only remains to us to offer you the new magazine with the best wishes of your affectionate friends, THE EDITORS. The Girls' Friendly Society. A RETROSPECT. 'Plant it-all thou canst !-with prayers: His wide eye all things beholding. Leave thy treasure in His hand Years hence, men its shade may crave, And its mighty branches wave Beautiful above thy sleeping.'-MRS. CRAIK, 'What conquers must have those who devote themselves to it; who prefer it before all other things; who are proud to suffer for it; who can bear anything so it goes forward.' THE HERE is always a very deep interest in looking back to the beginnings of a great movement—in recalling the sowing of the first tiny seed that contained within itself the germ of a living and growing tree. It is now many years ago since, in a small cottage on a wild yet somewhat thickly populated heath in one of our southern counties, you might have seen a little company of girls and young women gathered together, sewing busily, while a lady, who is evidently their friend, is reading to them. The little homely room. will scarcely hold more than a dozen people at the most; |