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é By Winifred Black.
¥ CURRENT magazine takes up some valuable gspace discuss
ing the subject of “Why men never tell the truth to women.”
g That's easy enough to answer, |
A man never tells a woman the fruth if he can help it,
because he hates a scene, and he knows he will get one if he
hands her the plain, unvarnished truth without a little pink
string around it to make it look pretty.
Why does a woman tell a man the truth?
Because she knows he will make a scene when she does
it, and that's the very thing she is after,
Men hate heroics,
Women love them,
The best woman on earth would rather fight with her husband than sit
still and look pleasant while he reads his paper and forgets all about her, ¢
The meanest man on earth would rather smoke his pipe in peace and
think about the fish he didn't catch last Summer than quarrel with any
woman who ever breathed,
If I had a husband who wouldn't quarrel with me good and hard once
in a while, just to show that he cared whether I was cross or not, I'd divorce
him and marry a Bengal tiger to get excitement into life.
A woman doesn’'t hate to hear the truth from the man she loves any
more than man hates to hear the truth from the woman he loves—he only
hates the results worse, that's all.
The only time a woman ever does hear the truth at all is when some man
tells it to her—her father, her brother or her hushand.
The rest of the world joins in the conspiracy of flattery that sends many
a poor silly goose peacocking through life under the impression that she’s
a swan of royal bearing at the very least. For a good, sensible woman with
no nonsense about her, commend me to the woman with brothers,
She's heard the truth about herself often enough, you may depend
upon it.
Me? Do 1 like to hear the real upright and downright no-nonsense
about-it truth?
Well, er—a~yes, when I'm feeling just like it.
At all other times I like to have the people T love say to me in poirit,
“See here, I love you so much, let’s pretend I think you're beautiful and wise
and charming and kind,” and the first thing I know I'll be trying my hardest
to bé all the things we're “pretending.”
Why don’t men tell the truth to women?
Because they dassent.
They might get a dose of truth in return.—~From the New York American,
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National Short-comings
SRO A B 16 T ie S
By Dr. Felix Adler.
RpR -ye Nyl 2l 2y
;"‘“fl“ N my heart of hearts I am an optimist with respect to the
present and future of my country. But in turning to this
subject 1 fancy you must feel very much as I do, that to be
& a member of a people convicted in the eves of the world of
gross evll, political meanness, business corruption, so much
;..Q“““ dwelt on in the newspapers of the present day, is like feel
ing as the member of a family that has a blemish on its
““““i escutcheon. You cannot go abroad and listen to the gibes
of the Egropeans, however little they may be justified, with
the same sense of (sonluu}pt that one might have had. So there is a grow
ing feeling of pessimism among Americans as to our experiment in
government, ? 3
The way to conquer this pessimism is to work your way through it,
and not shiMt facts. There is a disposition on the part of those who know
unpleasant facts to gloss them over and say things are sure to come right.
That has not been the way of the world, things go wrong unless there are
those who deliberately see to it that they go right.
In the early days of our history we were the Joseph aniong the nations.
Joseph must have seemed an intolerable prig to his brothers. In his ambitious
dreams he saw greatness which had not vet given any external evidence of
itself—“ Behold 1 saw my sheaves in the midst of my brothers’, and thelr
sheaves bowed down to my sheaves.” He was a foolish boy to prate about it,
but all the same he was conscious of the stiring of his aspirations. So in the
sbut all the same he was conscious of the stirring of his aspirations. So in the
former half of the last century especially,
We have no great leadership in politics or in other fields. The average
American intelligence is high, but we have not the peaks that tower
above the average. No country needs great leaders so much as a democracy,
and in no country have they appeared less than in our democracy. The false
idea of equality, 1 imagine, has something to do with it, It is a curious fact,
Americans are the most individualistic and the least individualistic, No
where in individualism encouraged and nowhere so much discouraged. The
American is filled with the spirit of enterprise; on the other hand, he is less
independent than the Englishman. He would never assert his rights when
he has heen ousted, as the Englishman; he is afraid of being singular when
he steps out and resents that which others bear—the crushes on the Subway,
for instance. Democracy is unfavorable to individualism in this respect.
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Preventiv it
entive Medicine
O A Al s L S
By JSir Frederick Treves.
rAfl e o 0y
Roiebdebadlol O AM certain it is safe to prophesy that the time will come
'i % when hospitals for infectious diseases will be empty and
I § not wanted. 1 also look forward to the time when it will
& Dbe as anomalous for persons to die of scarlet fever, typhoid,
% cholera, and diphtheria as it will for a man to die of a
eole sdesfeatesgeotends wolf's bite in England. Very little, however, can Dbe
mgnn done by the legislature, but everything by the progress
dedeiidieledd OF medical science, and in a much larger degree by the
intelligence of the people. We must recognize that the say
ing that every one must eat a peck of dirt before he dies is erroneous, and
see that dirt is undesirable. Preventive medicine is founded upon hard fact,
prudence, and common sense. The mystery of the ancient doctor, his use of
long names, and his extraordinary prescriptions are passing away. Multitudes
of shelves full of bottles which surround doctors are also passing away, and
being replaced by simple living, suitable diet, plenty of sun, and plenty of
fresh air. The fight of the present day is against millions of microbes, and
the weapons are sanitary regulations, municipal government, the sanitary
inspector, and the medical officer of health.—American Magazine,
& & & &
Mai leciion i
ain Objeciion to Gambling
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By Charles F. Dole.
HE supreme objection to gambling in all its forms, whether
in sport or in speculative business, is that it works harm
and loss to society., As soon as any practice or conduct
is found to be socially hurtful, it thereby becomes wrong,
: ===—==ll whatever men may have thought of it before. Does not all
, ' morality rise to consciowsness through the fact of social
( - advantage or injury? Now the long and costly experience
L B__J] of mankind bears uniform testimony against gambling, till
at last the verdict of civilization has become as nearly as
unanimous as human judgment can be that it is an intolerable nusance. It
is a dangerous or unsocial form of excitement; it hurts character, demoraliz
es industry, breeds quarrels, tempts men to self-destruction, and it works
special injustice to women and children. We may not know precisely why
morphine preys upon the nervous system and has to be labeled “poisonous.”
The fact is the main consideration. So with the stimulus or excitation of
, bling. Grant that I profess myself willing to pay for my fun. The fun
m&mflnz, like the prize fight or bear baiting.—The Atlantic.
HOME IDEAS
AND ECONOMIES
Women as Skaters, ii
American women, as a rule, ska§
very gracefully; their slender figures
lend themselves to the art, and they
have, of course, plenty of opportunity
for practice. English girls z2lso skate
well, but I think, on the whole, that
1o one looks prettier, on artificial (ceii
than the Parisienne.—From the Lon
don Madame, :
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Educational Reform. ;
Miss Frances Low, writing in th‘
Daily Chronicle, says: “Until the
whole education of giris—ll care not
what their social rank—be reformed,
80 that the crafts of the home become
part of every girl's education, we
shall have not only our servant prob
lem, but inefficient homes, inefficient
women citizens, failing in the one
great national service which they,
and they alone, can contribute, and
an inferior environment for the com
ing race. llf we ever attain to any
sort of full, eomplete education for
girls, how infinitely absurd our pres
ent system will seem, not only of ole"
class, but of all classes.” 4 1
Burns’' Bonnie Annie.
Alexander T. Merry, of Cumnock,g
has an interesting connection with
Robert Burns. Born in Edinburgh
almost ninety years ago, Mr, Merry
when quite a lad went to Cumnock,
where he was apprenticed to the mill
wright trade and where he lived with
his grandmother, Mrs. Merry. This
lady was Annie Rankine, and she
claimed with considerable show of
right to be the Annie who walked
with Burns through the “rigs o’ bar
ley;” and by her descendants is al
ways referred to as Burns’ “Bonnie
Annie.” Annie died in 1843, To the
last she sang “Corn Rigs” with great
spirit, and always spoke affectionate
ly of the poet.—Westminster Gazette.
Colored Collars the Mode.
By all odds the smartest linen col
lars are the colored ones. Those in
light blue, pink, gray, and ieaf green
are particularly novel. They jare us
ually single-fold and not flapped, and
are scalloped and embroidered along_,i
the upper edge. The lower one . Where
the buttonholes for ‘iflastefig are
placed, is plain. The embroidery is
of cotton, usually pure white, and
the collars are worn with white wool
or duck, Mnen, or French flannel
waists. Where the collar is provided
with a full pleated frill down the
front, the edges of the frill are us
yglly in color, and the collar and
cuffs, to be really smart, must match
these edges. 'Where there is no..such{
frill some bit of color in the waist it- |
self or in the tie will give the note
for the collar and jabot color com
bination.—Harper’s Bazar. |
What to Do With Girls. i
The problem, “What to do with
our girls,” will, it is hoped, be solved
by the “What to Do With Our Girls’
Exhibition.”
Closely upon ninety- different oc
cupations at twhich girls can make
money will be demonstrated by ex
perts. They will include: '
Artistic .urnishing, feather-curling,
dispensing, glass-blowing, jam-mak
ing, manicure and massage, sweet-;
making, poster-drawing, motor-driv
ing, toy-making, bookkeeping, wall-{
paper-designing, cookery.
Next to an indoor garden will be
placed a miniature kennel, in whi'chl
girls in long covert-coats will mix the}
food for toy pet dogs. A printing
section is to be installed for female
compositors, and other women will
show how a living can be earned at
jewelry enameling.-—London Daily
Mail. |
Mothers and Their Girls.
What to do with out girls? That is
the problem that confronts most
mothers, One of the saddest of life's
problems is what to do with the girl
who is by temperament entirely un
suited for business life. She may
have all the ability; but there are
many clever, capable women who
should not attempt to earn their liv
ing in a public way. One is the
sweetly dependent girl—the girl for
whom the folks at home, particularly
an adoring circle of men, have always
fetched and carried.
The girl who is sentimental or su
persensitive has a difiicult fight to
make when she comes into the city,
Those who have positions to offer
want the best possible service for the
money they are paying. They do not
ask why you are earning your living,
nor will they express the idea that
it is noble of you to support your
mother,
They may find that out in time and
respect you the more for it, but the
great question in their mind is, “Can
she do the work?” “Will she keep
cur interests uppermost in hetr ming
during business hours?”
There are hundreds of harassed,
nerve-worn emplovers in every large
city’ who are willing to pay salaries
to girls who know how to spell and
punctuate and are willing to take an
interest in the business. But they
haven't a moment for the supersensi
tive girl. If obstacles arise, her only
plan is to overcome them. If she
does not do this she has jeopardized
her position. It seems cruel, but her
employer does not ask why she failei,
He sees only that there is failure, and
to his business a failure is as fatal
from one cause as another,
The girl who has nct plenty of good
clothes and a little sum of money to
tide her over the period of waiting for
4 position had better give up the idea
'of coming to a large city until she has
‘acquired both.—New Orleans Pics
ayune,
The Nobler Sacrifice,
. What influences doeg business ex
t on the inexperienced, expectant
®iri? They are purely psychological.
The question of comparative health
and comparative morals in domestic
and business life is narrow, as com
pared with the broader one of psycho
logical conditions.
I believe that there are just as
many women who break down under
the strain of bearing children and
domestic burdens as there are those
who have nervous prostration from
‘trying to do a man’s work in business
and live a woman's life at home.
But there i this difference: The
oman who sacrifices herself on the
omestic altar may leave behind her
a living, breathing memorial in the
sons and daughters who revere her
memory, and who hand down to pos
'terity the influence of her strong
haracter, as ever-widening circle for
good; while the woman who sacrifices
herself to business success can leave
gonly a few tangled skeins in office or
Etore for some other woman to
straighten out. The woman who is
snormal and healthy, and performs her
swork in the normal, common-sense
way, will not break down either in
the home or in a wage-earning field.
Wage-earning women as a class I
believe to be even more moral than
their sisters who lead the protected
life. Contact with the world shows
them the wages of sin as well as the
wages of work. They are less cred
ulous, less trusting, than the girl who
idealizes every man who comes upon
her horizon. The girl whose virtue
is inherent and strongly entrenched
does not yield to the blandishments
of the man she meets in business;
rather she becomes absolutely im
pregnable. On the other hand, the
girl who is naturally wild and un
restrained does not require the influ
ence, of office, store or factory en
vironment to'show her the downward
way.—Anna Steese Richardson, in the
(Woman’'s Home Companion.
Women More Ext ravagant Now.
The question of whether women of
the present day have become more ex
travagant than those of a bygone
age is one which will undoubtelly
provoke more assents than dissents
on the subject. Men are finding it
more difficult year by year to make
cnough money to keep their wives in
what they would call “absolute neces
sities.” It is becoming more and
more essential to the up-to-date
woman to try and outshine her neigh
bor. The married man who was pass
ing rich on $§2500 a year now reckons
himself poor. His wife wants, in
fact, the income cf $25,000 instead
of $2500 to keep up with her extrav
agances.
It is not entirely her fault. Per
haps in those far-off days when a
woman’s sole occupation seemed to
consist of her sitting at home ruining
her eyvesight over tapestry and fine
needlework there was not much oc
casion for her to spend money.
There were no motors on which to
spend a fortune. Women were more
or less cyphers then.
Now things are different, and wom
en are allowed more liberty, license
and “say” in almost everything. Very
few women really know the value of
money, save those who have learned
it through bitter and hard experi
ence, and the consequence is that
when a woman has the spending of
money it generally runs through her
hands like water.
To a great extent this is man's
own fault; everything is done now on
a large scale, and it must be obvious
to everyone that, unless a person reg
ulates his expenditure by his income,
so as to live within it, ruin, or some
thing equally bad, must ensue. What
wouid be extravagance with a woman
of limited means, might be just ex
penditure with a person of larger
property, and yet we all—or many of
us—try and live up to the standard
of the latter without considering that
we are bound to come a cropper.
People say “"One must go with the
times,"” but if “the times” are beyend
one's “going,” what then? Is it not
better to hang back and be a little
old-fashioned than to follow “the
times” and meet ruin at the end?
America is said to be one ot the
richest countries in the world, and
American people the most hospitable
and generous; but also the most ex
travagant. The schools of domestic
science, cookery and laundry that
abound nowadays should teach girls
much, and do undoubtedly. As far
as general knowledge goes the aver
age middle-class girl is clever and
practical in domestic details; but the
general idea is, what we save in one
way we can spend in another, and
that is very bad economy.
1 dare say, even if we could, not
many of us would really care to go
back to those ‘‘good old times™ that
are so charming to read about and see
pictures of; they must have been very
slow in reality. We are most of us
apt to idealize the past, but apart
from idealization there is a very great
deal that the new-fashioned woman
of to-day might learn from her old
fashioned sister of the past—at least,
in matters of extravagance and econ
omy.—New Orleans Picayune. é
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Don't Neglect the Stock.
The neglect of sheep and lambs
brings the farmer out of pocket, as
well as in other stock upon the farm.
Let good care and good feed be the
infallible rule with all farm stock.
A Waste to Doctor.
In ninety-nine cases out of every
hundred it is a waste of time to doc
tor sick chickens. It may pay some
time when the fowl is an especially
fine one, but as a rule you can save
worry .by using the hatchet. Good
care, good food and cleanliness make
the best physic, and if these are sys
tematically applied, there will be but
few sick fowls.
When to Trim Trees,
An authority upon the subject of
fruit growing says that he prefers
winter to spring for pruning his or
chard. The tree, perhaps, does not
peel off so easily when rubbed by the
ladder or the boot heels. Then an
other thing, which is of.quite a little
importance, is that it is much easier
to get about the tree tops when the
trees are free from leaves or blos
soms.
7 Fowls in Cold Weather, |
According to good practical au
thority when the cold weather begins
the capacity of the hens for finding a
portion of their food will be lesséned,
hence they must be supplied by the
poeultryman. Not only will ground
oyster shells and gravel be necessary, |
but green food and water. Green
food is easily obtained by using finely
chopped clover, which should be
steeped in boiling water and fed early
in the morning. ‘
3 ‘Only Results Count. ¢
A cow may possess many of the
boints of excellence which among the
judges are considered as indicating
good qualities; she may possess the‘
triple wedge, the soft, mellow skin,}
the slender neck, the clean head, thei
dished face, the large, fine nostril,
the prominent, bright eye, and yet
with all these good features she may}
possess a meaty udder of small ca
pacity, thus rendering her incapable
of large and continuous milk pro
duction. .Results,. actual results,
form the final test of excellence after
all.—J. J. Vernon, New Mesico Ex
perinmient Station.
Mated, Not Matched, Horses,
In his instructive work, “The Bri
ile Bits,” Colonel Battersby (who is
a veteran officer and expert horse
man) observes that horses put to
gether as a team because they are of
the same height and color or look
alike, and have been driven with dif
ferent and various bits, yet don't go
well together, are numerous and
ought to be divorced. This may be
because, although they are mates,
they are not matches, and while one
is worth SSOO the mate is not worth
SSO. If horses are not well matched
in every respect, especially in the
mouthing, they must be driven with
different bits and the length of the
inner or outer rein regulated accord
ing to the disposition of one or the
other of the team to pull with or
against each other, and thus fall into
““lagging.”
Borax in the Dairy.
A few years ago most anything
“wenl” for milk or cream or butter
so long as it came from a cow.
Now things are changed.
The public realizes, the dairyman
realizes and the farmer realizes that
there is just as much difference be
tween milk from pure utensils and
milk from ‘‘stale” utensils, as there
is between milk and chalk and water,
The problem of keeping sweet all
the utensils used in connection with'
milk and cream selling and butter
making has been a serious one withfi
the farmer. |
He has come to realize fully that
the slightest taint or hint of stale
ness left in a can, tin or churn may
ruin a whole output; that the taint
which is left is in the form of bac
teria which grow and multiply in milk
or butter, producing disastrous re
sults.
The farmer has learned that hot
water won't rinse away the greasy
residue in dairy utensils.
He has learned that soap leaves a
residue of its own which is, if any
thing, worse than the milk or cream
residue, and it is little wonder that
there has been a constant clamor
for a dairy cleanser and sweetener
that will meet moderr requirements.
A few of the largest creamery es
tablishments called experts into con
sultation on this problem, and these
scientific aids decided unanimously
upon a product of nature which ex
actly fills the bill—borax.
Scientists have long known borax
as a cleanser, a sweetener and an
antiseptic destroyer of bacteria and
germ growths, that Jestroys all that
is harmful and promotes and pre
serves ‘reshness, sweetness and pur
ity; and relieves the dairyman ang
dairy housewife of drudgery and of
needless work and worry.
Its purity, effectiveness, cheapnes.
and value should give it first place
im the necessities of every dairy,
One Essential to the Other.
There is no use in denying the fact
that in these days of intensive farm
ing the farmer has got to have the as
sistance of the scientific man; but
this is by no means all, for that good,
sound, practical knowledge, which he
has been so many years in acquiring,
is an all-important factor. When we
have the two nicely blended together
in a man of sound, good business
judgment, we have before us the
ideal prosperous tfarmer. At the
Maine dairyman’s meeting this winter
Professor Jordan, of this State, who
is not only a full-fledged scientific
man, but a farmer's friend and as
sistant through and through, in
dwelling upon the subject of apply:
ing scientific principles to soil fer
tility, said that ‘‘the guestion of fer
tility is highly important. The com
mercial fertilizer may have settled
the question in part, but it is not yet
solved. We must now meet the
sharpest competition, and the farmer
who can put the most skill into his
products will win. We cannot escape
the trend of modern civilization;
modern m=thods are complex. Our
products are selling in critical
markets. This calls for a special
training. The usefulness of experi«
ment siations depends upon how
farmers reach out to grasp their
teachings. The experiment station
cannot take the place of your own
personal knowledge.”” That's the
idea exactly. The farmer is not in a
position to do the work of the ex
periment station, nor is the experi
ment station capable of doing the
work of the farmer. They must work
hand-in-hand. From - a financial
standpoint the farmer has all the
advantage, and foolish indeed is the
man who does not avail himself of
the opportunities for learning afford
ed by the experiment station as they
are offered to him. .
Ducks and Geese, -
Waterfowl have atiracied more
than passing attention of late for
market. The cultivation of egg-pro
ducing strains of ducks has made
possible the keeping of ducks at a
greater possible profit; where ducks
will lay sufficient eggs during a year
to hatch a brood or two and to pay
for their own feed, they are a very
profitable produci. They are easily
kept within an enclosure, grow fast,
cause but little trouble or anxiety
after they are a week or ten days
old. The consumption cos ducks as
dressed poultry is largely on the .in
crease, and for some reason or other
they always sell ai the higher price
at the same season of the year than
that obtained for poultry.
Geese, while growing in favor, are
more difficult to manage; they do not
pay so well unless you have rough
waste lands, with swimming pools,
from the fact that geese are heavy
grazers. Some assert that six geese
will eat as much grass as a cow. This
is not an actual fact, but geese do
consume a wonderful amount of herb
age of many kinds. For this reason,
low, marshy lands that cannot be
made use of for other kinds of graz
ing can be most profitably utilized
for the growing of geese. On lands
of this kind they can be kept through
the entire year, providing there is a
high place on dry land that they can
come to at night during the stormy
weather. Lands that are unfit for
other kinds of stock may be most
profitably made use of for the grow
ing of geese.
In selecting geese, it may well be
remembered that feathers are one of
the profitable considerations, and
that white feathers will sell for one
or two cents more a pound than will
colored ones. There are many kinds
of geese that may be made use of,
each grower selecting the kind best
suited to his locality. More pounds
of goose meat can be grown in the
same number of days with less cost
per pound than in almost any other
fowl, from the fact that more than
one-half their entire sustenance can
be grazed from the marshy lands,
being fed only for the first two or
three weeks of their existence and
after cold weather sets in, when they
are to be fed and fattened for mare
ket.
To have the best results from tur
keys, ducks and geese, one should
select and have in hand on his farm
the stock to be made use of as pro
ducers the next year prior to the
first of the year. Ducks and geese
brough* on to a place after the first
of March are not likely to prove very
profitable during that season. A
well-set flock of gees= do best in their
second year, and continue to do re
markably well as producers for many,
many years. It is aiways best to
change the ganders at least once in
two or three years. Keep the old
geese so long as they will lay eggs
and produce a flock of goslings.
Ducks do not continue as profitable
breeders much beyond the third
vear. Very old geese cannot be
‘made palatable for dressed poultry.
Ducks can be quickly fattened into
‘palatable food at almost any age;
if taken when quite thin in flesh and
fed on rich, fattening foods they will
fill up with juicy, palatable meat in a
; few weeks and make fairly zood mar
| ket fowls.—Country Gentleman.
Too many doctors may spoil the
war prospects. o
