E. P., The following recipe will do for crystallizing violets as well as rose petals: Select perfect, fragrant blossoms, separate into petals, spread on an inverted sieve and stand in the air until dry, but not crisp. Make a heavy syrup, using one cupful each of granulated sugar and water, and cook without stirring until it pins a thread. Flavor this syrup with a few drops of essence of rose, and color with a tiny bit of cinnamon. Now drop the leaves in one by one, using a fine wire; take out and drain on the greased sieve. Turn into the process of drying, which will take several hours. If the leaves then look preserved and clear, they will need no further dipping; but if the petals seem dry and not candied, dip again, dust with sifted sugar and dry.

Chats With Virginia Editors
The Chatham Enterprise describes certain conditions in its hazy state as follows: "Some people are always kicking, and like that other animal whose propensity is to kick, they are always kicking backward instead of forward." Says the Pittsburgh Star: "No adding machine yet invented can tabulate figures fast enough to keep up with congressional appropriation of public funds." This is the proper season for appropriating what's left, in the public treasury.

"Aclivity in the Seventh District," says the Norfolk Ledger, "shows what a horde of prominent state men Representative Hay has kept in the background for twenty years."  Most of the horde were "mentioned by their friends," and that may be glory enough. 