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gHe Li Hi : e Lies to His Dife (S e em—— "— o 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, RIyR yn O MM’)/Q? ur - - 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. Qv--vv'v'v'w'— 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 Lt A .Do . 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, : B ‘ & 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 Seddles were first used by men equestrians in Frange in the year 600 An . .:’ 2 ‘ s :__\:‘_ ' . :.‘ oi‘ : 4 '“' S ) TR ) : o\ FoR. THE- o :E;a;;z‘w},; (, Cuih g N fin = ” 9AI AND =2 AT R LA A R e R O 6 A ) B * < YR B e A Lo Ty Niy AR —————— - 7‘\“‘ i ) 2 4 e R L SR TN, ~% ’ifi;,fiw . &7 o 4 T d 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