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MODERN MOTHERS.
Modern mothers have not the
ence over their children that
of previous generations have
says the Lady’s Pictorial. The
mother is a wretched
the modern child knows nothing
obedience. The modern mother is
rarely selfish; the modern child is
pampered, indulged and pert.
A NEW WRINKLE.
There is a new wrinkle, says the
Brooklyn Eagle. It Is located at
corners of the eyes, and it is a wrinkle
which indicates deep thought.
wrinkle, or the group of wrinkles—
when first seen may seem indicative of
old age. But actually the lines are
formed by Rtudy, by reading, by
thought and by constant and repeated
efforts of mentality. The age at which
yo« may expect these wrinkles natur¬
ally is forty. But, If they appear un¬
der that, then it is a mark of too much
brain work.
WITH WARM WEATHER,
Embroideries will he more used the
further the season advances. As the
sun gains in strength, and wraps can
he dispensed with, the dainty and cost¬
ly needlework and fine applied motifs
that are scarcely distinguishable from
embroidery done on the material, be¬
come worth the cost, as they can be
adequately displayed, and they at opce
raise the dress or blouse on which tliey
uppear out of the commonplace.
All-over embroideries and deep edge
embroideries are employed with charm¬
ing success. With the addition of Val¬
enciennes lace very dainty effects are
managed.
In the cheaper ready-made linen suits
there are some admirable examples
of machine embroidery.
COIFFURES WORRY AT THEATRE
Now that women have at last been
persuaded to remove their hats In the
theatre they have taken to elaborating
their coiffures to such an extent that
they nre often as troublesome as the
discarded chapeau. Some evenings
since, says a coiffure victim, “I went
to the theatre prepared for a thor¬
oughly enjoyable three hours. Three
no doubt delightful girls sat together
in front of me, but what with enor¬
mously distended pads, covered by ex¬
traordinarily extended wavy hair,
crowned by a perfect jungle of foliage
and flowers, the play was more than
partially eclipsed. Another time I
shall make careful inquiry as
whether my seats nre behind women
or mere men, and shall assuredly se¬
lect those behind the
York Tribune.
HER FREDICAMENT.
The Japanese man of all work—the
tlsiting plumber, the postman, the
milkman and the telephope man—all
could tell strange tales of their valiant
efforts adequately to assist beauty in
hooked or unhooked distress. Even
their best young men. provided they
were already proven trustworthy and
discreet, have been pressed into ser¬
vice by enterprising girls, who, faring
home from some evening festivity,
nnfl foreseeing battle and defeat await¬
ing them, have permitted their escorts
respectfully to undo the central—al¬
ways the most obdurate—button in the
back of the bodice. Even more des¬
perate measures were resorted to by a
bachelor maid who, after a recent so¬
cial occasion, having returned to her
bachelor fiat after wearing with much
satisfaction a brand new dinner gown,
discovered to her dismay when she
endeavored to undo its posterior fasten¬
ings that one or two of them positively
refused to unfasten. The bachelor girl
lived alone, there was no Janitor, and
her sole maid had left in a huff the
previous day. What to do? She could
not go to bed in her best gown, and
it looked ns If she would have to sit
up all night. After some moments of
horrified reflection, the distressed- lady
resolved lo brave the terrors of the
street and accost the first feminine
farer. She therefore let lieaself out
aud interrogated the midnight horizon
for a sail. At that moment a
car stopped and a couple alighted.
too-tirmly-buttoned-up lady approached
the pair, and, with a humble apology,
preferred her request. An
grunt was heard to Issue from the
erwise silent lips of the man—the
of one who had- acquired, through
perience, a cynical disdain of
follies—the grunt of one who had
served his time in doing and
recalcitrant bodices. The lady,
ever, waved aside all apologies and
granted the request with a ready
warmth and hospitality that
past sufferings of a similar nature,
the bachelor maid, with a light
and an open bodice, was enabled
return to her home and bed.—San
Francisco Argonaut.
ARE WOMEN ORIGINAL? YES!
The title of this skit,
•outalnad. is “Ar# Women
or the Downfall of Sir William Unm-
| say.” Sir William delivered an ad¬
dress to ladies at Clifton College, Eng¬
land, the other evening, and remarked
that women have only to little extent
that feeling of ecstatic joy, that dry
intoxication, so much worth living for,
which comes to the discoverer, the
creator of something new—the feeling
follies—the grunt of one who had
that possesses the artist, the poet, the
mountain climber who tins scaled his
pinnacles, who lias achieved his suc¬
cess.”
“It is said,” Sir William continued,
“that few women are original; most
prefer the bum-drum round, and will’
not do anything new. That is quite
true. It is a great nuisance to have
to think.”
These remarks being reported in the
London press. Sir William Ramsey
promptly descended from fame and
disappeared into the Cimmeria of his
mistakes and ignorance, where he be¬
longs. Enterprising reporters carried
his views to well-known London wom¬
en, who have “certainly," they say,
“achieved a place for themselves as
original thinkers.” Their replies to
Sir William were short—short in length
and short in temper. Several of them
accused Sir William of a childlike fond¬
ness for generalizations at the expense
of the female sex.
“It is all very well,” said a noted
West End medical man, “to charge
women with want of originality. Is it
not the fact that for centuries women
have been trained in an atmosphere
which would kill originality even in
the strongest minds? It has been noth¬
ing but repression fn all directions for
her. When she had aspirations out of
the common feminine run they were
sneered at.
“This sort of thing was first broken
down in America and our own colonies,
where women have a much better
chance to escape ‘custom’s idiot sway’
and the barbarous conventionalities of
the older lands, and are taking their
place confidently beside the best men
In all spheres of activity.
“But in England we have seen wom¬
en at the universities achieving the
highest honors, and the number of
such women is increasing every year.
“In fact, the place that women oc¬
cupy to-day, the continual increase-
encroachment some call it—of women
in all departments of the world’s busy
life, prove beyond question that it is
only a question of time before woman’s
emancipated brain, her greater freedom
nowadays make such assertions as
want of originality meaningless.”—
Boston Transcript.
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Chiffon veiis in the prevailing fash¬
ionable tints, with very deep borders,
nre the newest things.
In imported dress goods there is an
embroidered chiffon broadcloth by the
yard, in the usual width.
Princess styles continue to lead, al¬
though some of the Empire suits and
gowns are bewllderingly lovely.
Detachable white undersleeves are
held in position by a gartpr of narrow
elastic or ribbon, that is run through
the top.
Most of the new suits are made col¬
larless. but with the collar effect ob¬
tained by trimming applied to break
the long line.
Checked materials of white and
brown, white and blue, green and
white, are equally as fashionable as
the black and white checks.
Green in every possible shade will
be fashionable this season. Olive, in
all its tints, even parrot green and
green and blue combinations will be
worn.
A new feature this season in colored
footwear is to have tiny bows that
adorn many of the different models
made of the same kid as the slipper
itself.
Moire is now to be had in lighter
weights and exquisite colors, and is
used for skirts, wraps and entire cos¬
tumes, and will be more fashionable
than ever.
The general trend in hosiery is to¬
ward the plainer styles. The really
up-to-date woman now favors a per¬
fectly plain biack silk or lisle stocking
for general wear.
The new negligee shirt of outing flan¬
nel, designed for the summer girl, for
golf, tennis or boating wear, is a rather
mannish affair, with a pocket on the
left side, a simple flannel turniSteiMSOJ-
lar and worn with a Windsor tie.
idea in theatre ' V#v hats
The very latest
is a wreath of roses, violets, etc., with
a long, sweeping aigrette placed to
one side and a smart bow of ribbon,
velvet, silver or gold gauze at the
back. The crown may be left open or
filled in with soft tulle.
GREAT WASTE OF FUfcU
Geological Survey Kxperts Show There U
linineiiixe l„o««.
Some of the opinions of the Geologi-
cal Survey regarding the waste of fuel
in this country are Interesting. In a
recent report, after showing that the
people of this country expended up-
proximately $1,500,000,000 for fuel for
the production of heat, light and power
last year, the experts of the survey
say:
The losses In the utilization of fuel
for the development of power, light
and heat under existing conditions are
so great that in a ton of coal consumed
in an ordinary manufacturing plant
less tljnn five per cent, of the total
energy is available for the actual work
of manufacturing; that in an ordinary
locomotive only from three lo five per
cent, of the fuel energy is obtained for
pulling the train; that in our houses
ordinarily not more than one-seventh
of one per cent, of the fuel energy is
actually transformed into electric
light; that gases from the blast fur-
naces of the country are now lost in
the atmosphere that would yield con-
tlnuously, if properly utilized, more
than 2,500,000 horse-power; and that
by-products might he saved from the
40,000,000 tons of coal which we now
convert into coke that would have an
aggregate yearly value much greater
than that of the coke itself. These by¬
products would include ammonium sul¬
phate sufficient to fertilize our farms,
creosote for the preservation of our
timber, and pitch enough for briquet¬
ting our slack coals, roofing our houses
and repairing some of our roads.
How appalling that such waste
should continue after we know that it
exists! Unfortunately, it is not al¬
ways clear even to those who best
understand the nature aud uses of
coal how'such economies may be ef¬
fected. No methods, for instance, are
known by which more than one-sixth
of the nitrogen in coal can be saved
in the manufacture of coke. There is
no subject touching the welfare of the
human race on which research is more
needed than economy in the use of
fuel.
WISE WORDS.
The stone sharpens knives, but it is
dull itself.—Petrarch.
Of much speaking cometh repent¬
ance.—Old Brahmin saying.
Trouble is the only reliable scale for
weighing friendship.—Chicago News.
When sorrow knocks at the heart the
wise man lets her in; she is often only
joy's messenger.
It is better to overestimate your own
worth than to waste all you have while
envying that of others.
The man who is afraid of being first
can be sure of one thing, that he will
not be last in the list of failures.-
As soon as the chfirch gets to worry¬
ing over the figure it cuts it ceases to
cut any figure at all in the world.
A good many churches would be a
good deal more prosperous if they had
shorter prayers in the pulpit and longer
ones in the plate.
Scarcely need the child~know that be
has a soul; it is ours to take care that,
when at length he finds it, it shall be a
noble and august discovery.—James
Martineau.
Small kindnesses, small courtesies,
small considerations, habitually prac¬
ticed in our social intercourse, give a
greater charm to the character than
the display of great talents and accom¬
plishments.—Kelty.
We are not sent into this world to do
anything into which we cannot put our
hearts. We have certain work to do
for our bread, and that is to be done
strenuously; other work we do for our
delight, and that is to be done by
halves or shifts, but with a will, and
what is not worth this effort is not to
he done at all.—John Ruskin.
We have a great deal more kindness
than is ever spoken. In spite of all the
selfishness that chills the world like
east winds, the whole human family
is bathed with an element of love like
a fine ether. How many persons we
meet in houses, whom we scarcely
speak to, whom yet we honor, and who
honor us! How many we see in the
great street, or sit with in church,
whom, though silently, we warmly re¬
joice to be with! The heart knoweth.
—Emerson.
The French Sultan.
One episode of the election of M. de
Fallieres to the Presidency has about
it something of the unique. He has re¬
ceived from the Yforoccan pretender
about as curious a letter as ever was
addressed to the head of a modern
state. “Under the invocation of the
grace of God,” runs this queer missive,
"and under His power, and by an ef-
feet of His divine benevolence, we
have learned with the liveliest pleasure
the accession of the Sultan of Paris—
the Medina of the West—to whom I am
happy to send my congratulations and
my good wishes.” The Rogni may be
a bit confused as to the distinction be¬
tween a sultan and a republican presi¬
dent, but he is very clear in his own
assertion of equality and sovereignty,-
London Globe.
In 1905, 102,728 persons took advan¬
tage of the Indiana mortgage exemp¬
tion law.
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FOR CLEANING JEWELRY.
For cleaning jewelry there is nothing
better than ammonia <nnd water. If
very dull or dirty, rub a little soap on
a soft brush and brush them in this
wash, rinse in cold water, dry first in
an old handkerchief, and then rub with
buck or chamois skin. Their freshness
and brilliancy when thus cleaned can-
not be surpassed by any compound
used at jewelers.
HOW TO CHOOSE EGGS.
In putting the hand round the egg,
and presenting to the light, the end
which is not covered should be trans¬
parent. If tiny spots can he detected,
it is not newly laid, but may be very
£° od f° r a H ordinary purposes except
boiling soft. If there is a large spot
near the shell, it is bad, and should not
be used on any account,
The white of a newly-laid egg boiled
soft is like milk; that of an egg a day
old, is like rice boiled in milk; and that
of an old egg, compact, tough and dif¬
ficult to digest. A cook ought not to
give eggs two or three days old to
people who really care for fresh eggs,
under the delusion that they will not
find any difference; for an amateur
will find it out in a moment, not only
by the appearance, but also by the
taste.
HOW TO REMOVE STAINS.
Pitch, Wheel Grease, Tar Stains—
Soften the stains with lard, then soak
in turpentine. Scrape off carefully
with a knife all the loose surface dirt;
sponge clean with turpentine, and rub
gently till dry.
Hot Tea and Coffee Stains—Soak the
stained fabric in cold water; wring;
spread out and pour a few drops of
glycerine on each spot. Let it stand
several hours; then wash with cold
water and soap.
Grease Spots—Hot water and soap
generally remove these. If fixed by
long standing, use ether, chloroform or
naphtha. All three of these must be
used ai*,iy from either fire or artificial
light.
Mildew—Soak in a weak solution of
chloride of lime for several hours.
Rinse in cold water.
DOMESTIC LEAKS.
Rice and sugar left in paper bags
that burst and scatter their contents.
Left over vegetables, fish and cooked
eggs thrown into the garbage.
Bread pan left with dough sticking
to it.
Fat put into earthen dishes to grow
rancid.
The mustard cruet left open to lose
its strength.
Lemons left to dry.
Egg shells thrown away, instead of
being washed and used to settle the
coffee.
Cheese allowed to mold.
Kerosene can left open to evaporate.
Clothespins dropped and never picked
dp.
Boiler put away wet to rust.
Table linen put into the wash with¬
out first removing stains and darning
if necessary, and so on ad infinitum.
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Rice Stew—Chopped cold meat well
seasoned, wet with gravy if conveni¬
ent, put it on a platter, then take cold
rice, made moist with milk, and one
egg, season with pepper and salt. If
not sufficient rice, add powdered bread
qrumbs. Place this around the platter
quite thick; set in oven to heat and
brown.
Chicken Croquette—Take the frag¬
ments of cold chicken, or any fowl,
chop very fine, add an equal quantity
of smoothly maShed potato, mix and
season with salt, pepper, butter, a little
prepared mustard, and make into ob¬
long cakes. Dip in beaten egg and
bread crumbs, and fry in deep, hot fat.
Serve with small squares, circles or tri¬
angles of toasted bread.
A Cuban Soup—Add a tablespoonful
of gelatine that has been soaking a
half hour to a quart of chicken stock;
add a chopped onion, a dash of red
pepper, a bay leaf and two or three
cloves of garlic. Cook slowly fifteen
minutes and turn into small soup pots,
Cover the top with toasted bread; dust
thickly with grated cheese; brown in
the oven and send at once to the tabic,
Creamed Spinach-Wash one-half
peck of spinach in half a dozen waters
and cut off the coarse part. Put into a
kettle or saucepan with a level tea-
spoon of salt and just enough water
to keep from burning. Cover and cook
twenty minutes; drain and chop very
fine. Heat with a rounding tablespoon
of butter and three tablespoons of
cream. Season with pepper and more
salt if needed, pile in a mound on a
dish and garnish with a hard boiled
Eyes.
When the eyas have been irritated
through excessive use a compress ol
fine iinen ’.vet with very cold water will
generally bring relief. An eyewash
that is particularly excellent when in*
iiammaticn has set in can be made b?
combining lo drops of spirits of cam¬
phor, one teaspoonful of boric acid auc
two-thirds of a cupful of boiling water.
Cool, strain through muslin and apply
every hour with an eyecup. Veils with
thick, heavy dots are extremely bad for
the eye?, and they are not half as pret¬
ty as the finer French veils with a
large dot scattered here and there.
Reading in the twilight or continuing
do j;. nC y work when the eyes are
*ired should be forbidden.
The new Virchow Hospital in Ber¬
lin will have 800 beds. The total cost
of construction will reach $5,000,000.
The attending physicians will have
salaries from $1400 to $S00 a year.
Hoif't This ?
We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by
Hail's Catarrh Cure.
J'. j. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O. .j.
We, the undersigned, have known F.
CheDey tor the last 15 years, and believe him
ported ly nonorable in alt business transac¬
tions and financially able to carry out any
obligations made by their firm.
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Druggists, Toledo, talteniuternally.aot- 0.
Hall’s Catarrh Cure is
ingdirectlyuponthebloodaodmuououssur- Testimonials sent free.
laces of the system.
Price, 73c. per bottle. Sold by all Druggists.
Tak* llali’s Family Pills for constipation.
Ten years ago, with a population of
32,000,000, Prussia maintained nearly
3000 technical schools, representing
all the principal industries, with an
attendance of over 200,000.
Itch cured in 30 minutes by Woolford’s
Sanitary Lotion; never fails, told filled by by Drug¬ Dr.
gists. Detchon, Mail orders Crawfordsville, promptly Ind. $1.
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The thing that makes a man like a
woman is he can never tell why.
Crown of Gold.
“The late Paul Lawrence Dunbar,
the negro poet,” said an editor, “once
addressed a Sunday school in New
York. An odd incident happened,
though, at ita end, an incident that
Dunbar laughed at as heartily as the
rest of us.
“Dunbar, toward the close of his re-
marks, said:
u ( And, my little friends, If you do
all these things some day you will
wear a gold crown. Yea, eaoh of you
some day will wear a gold crown.’
“A little chap in the front row,
catching the poet’s friendly eye, piped:
“ ‘My fader wears one now.’
a < No!’ said the poet.
“ ‘Yes, he does—on his toof,’ said
the little chap.”
Sunday-School Attendance Record.
The four children of Mr. E. Hall-
worth, jeweler, of Great Harwood,
England, have created a unique rec¬
ord by their remarkable attendance
at the Congregational Sunday-school in
that town, for a period totaling
fifty-one years. There was only one
solitary absence during that time, that
being on account of illness. Alice
Ann, the oldest daughter, aged twenty-
one, has never missed for fifteen
years, and Clara, aged eighteen,
James, aged sixteen, and Archibald,
aged thirteen, have respectively a rec¬
ord of twelve, thirteen, and eleven
years’ unbroken attendance.
KNIFED
Coffee Knifed an Old Soldier,
An old soldier, released from coffee
at 72, recovered his health and tells
about it as follows:
“I stuck to coffee for years, although
it knifed me again and again.
“Abofit eight years ago (as a result
of coffee drinking which congested my
liver), I was taken with a very severe
attack of malarial fever.
“I would apparently recover and
start about my usual work only to suf¬
fer a relapse. After this had beep re¬
peated several times during the year I
was again taken violently ill.
“The doctor said he had carefully
studied my case and it was either ‘quit
coffee or die,’ advising me to take
Postum in its place. I had always
thought coffee one of my dearest
friends, and especially when sick, ami
I was very much taken back by the
doctor’s decision for I hadn’t suspected
the coffee I drank could possibly cause
my troubles.
“I thought it over for a few minute*
and finally told the doctor I would
make the change. Postum was pro¬
cured for me the same day and made
according to directions; well, I liked it
and stuck to it and since then I have
been a new man. The change in health
began in a few days and surprised me.
and now, although I am seventy-two
years -of age, I do lots of hard work
and for the past month have been
teamhlg drivin S sixteev miles a day *
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besides loading and unloading
wagon Tbat ' s " vhat Postum '? the
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place of coffw has done for “®‘ 1 " 0W
^ the Postum as well as I did coffee
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care for P f tum at flr st ’ but after ( ba *'
lng iearCed , to make it t pr0perly a CC ?f d *
, !° g to dir e ctl0ns * hey have , come f to bka
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