SO uhh sb Hor PASH OS BETWEEN SOCIETY AND MOTHERHOOD, it is always difficult to adjust the balance perfectly between home du- ties and those of a purely social kind, and the mother has this dif- ficulty in a peculiarly perplexing way. She is apt to feel that social diversions are a waste of time, and to reproach herseM for those in which she indulges while certain things at home remain to be attend ed to. But we are more and more convinced that, if the reins are kept @irmly in hand as to the social dis- tractions so that they do not run away with us, the digression from the path of routine is a very real help tc good work while engaged on the common tasks. It Is not a waste of time and energy but a means of recuperation and invigoration. A writer has sald, “I would suffer all tributary streams to flow freely into the main stream ef oar action” He quotes with disapproval what Plutarch says of Pericles: “There was in the whole city but one street fn which Pericles was ever seen, the street which led to the market. place and to the council house. He declined all invitations to banquets and all gay assemblies and company. During the whole perlod of his ad- ministration he never dined at =a table of a friend.” This writer says ®e thinks this was a mistake. “You may exnediently dine at the table of a friend. or invite a friend to dime at vour table, in the interests of the mar? or the council house Scif-help is doubt'ess a great thing, but mutual help is not to be despised.” 8a the moth friends family, who lays aside her £ ra- as welfare nlace or who makes and her brishtene herself and £1 for hoereoall ear napi ticn by mixing with neighbors, Is eas actua'ly contributing to the of her household az if steadi work. this is and ning friends strengid Over, new spirit at from he selfish slide 1 She may, by her tact lom and kind iness, be win- for her husband, and hiz influence More she returns to her routine with enthusiasm Some- mother needs most aside her work and go out and talk with her dave them come to her waste of time which help effect h om Srper and the th lav times what of all is That is not z us 10 more ally do our work when actual tine. BOURGEOISE MONY. fn France the wedding ceremonies are most important and with the becurgeoise there is little or no re semb’ance between French and Eng- Jish wedding parties. For one thing, all the men are usually in evening dress at a French weddirg, and that looks strange to American ayes at 11 o'clock the morning. The bride in often wears a curious medley and bridal! array At the whole comrany goes first to the maire’s office, then to the church, then lunch at some one vervwhere boisterous in white, ef morninz tollotts morte wed din w narticg i g'orv of thelr bridal t The thrifty French quently waives fm. Bon rzesiaes fro horeymoon, which is we are hammering the iron of our werk. This is not to be forgo'‘en; yet wa frequently, perhaps dally, need to calmly meditate over our dutles, analyze our plans, reflect on the pro | portions of various duties and tasks more than Is possible while busy. Such thought may reveal that the | mother was energetically concentrat ed today a great part of the time on scattered tasks of minor import ance, going at them blindly; where as if she had planned better the night before, the same amount of effort would have given her better results. One often may have been ac i tive all day, scurrying hither and | thirther, and yet have little to show for the expenditure of energy. What is the remedy? Thought, plan, sys tem, looking ahead, doing nothing blindly. ~—Mothers' Magazine. WOMEN MORE SENSITIVE. Women have always supposed that, whatever qualities men might deny them, they might at least claim greater sensitiveness and delicacy of feeling than their brothers. But i here comes a heretic in “Black and | White” who declares that men are “infinitely more sensitive than wom- en.” He wonders how any one can be foolish enough to doubt it, for { woman's obtuseness, phlegm, heart | legsness, stolidity, and man’s finer cor ganization, subtle perceptien, sym pathy and tendermess of heart are demonstrated “every day all over { the world, and in a hundred ways.” | As an Instance, he relates how, when a little dog was run over Regent street one day, a band of wom jen who were gazing Into shop merely looked at ft ment, muttered and resumed linery %ut for a “Poor little their survey of the two gmartly clad mil regardless of thelr the nearest Again, he an accident- raiment, it to surgery. Says, an by a motor car group of girls he met “Oh, what a lark!" one of them cried, while the others laughed “Wasn't It just luck to miss ft!" “And then” adds the writer, “they were astounded at my lack of gal lantry in condemning thelr | tality” old man run over FOND OF ACTING. {| Louise Duchess of Devonshire extremely fered to read the fertunes of | members of a house party by palmis {try | that among others she | husband, the Duke of | who handed her a shilling as her fee { for telling his fortune. But she was { ultimately discovered by the whom she later married-—the ‘ook In her ! ington—who suspected the fof the gypsy, and knowing { Duchess's hatred of wine, i some and, ag a test handed her the | glass. She took it and drank it off; ! suspicious, pnd the Duchess last —Tit Bits. walks of French life as it land. About a wedding after the faire part” are gent cut for the relatives. These let. ters are ponderous documents, a huge envelope and a big, closely written, engraved sheet. They announce the wedding to all and sundry. The letter de faire part is curious, whether f{essued for a wedding or a death, as it shows the close self-ad- hesion of “the family” in France. It is not only “Mr. and Mrs. X)” who announce the marriage of their danghter Monsier or Madame X, as announcers, are coupled with the names of the grandparents and of their sons (with their wives and children), of their daughters (with their husbands and children), of their nephews and nieces (with their husbands and wives and children), of their uncles and aunts, their brothers and sisters (with thelr wives and husbands and children), and, in fact, of every relative of im- portance, who is recognized In the family connection. The complicated relationship of the eouple to all these people has also to be announced. Hence the huge sire of the “lettre de falre part” which takes a long time to read through. Though sent out about a fortnight afterward, it ls dated the day of the wedding.~—New Haven Register. fortnight “letters do THOUGHT AND WORK. The mother should remember that it Is possible to wear herself out by a strenuous activity that is blind and leads no~here, unless she gives thought to what she Is to under fake. ©he may feel that to sit down and think quietly is a waste of time, and yet it may be, probably will be, the greatest economy. What all of ny, men as well ag women, most need fs to be able to dlacriminate between the things that are of rea) Importance and those that are of less import pnce, and to select the former and Ao them At certain kinds of work, while the hands are busy, the brain may plan even more keenly than when dJde'fherately trying to think: many. of our best thoughts are struck off like sparks fron an anvil while WHOLESOME LIVING. i Mrs. Eva Perry Moore, at a meet. | ing held in connection with the In | ternational Tuberculosis Congress, | which recently closed In Washington, | D. C., pledged the cooperation of the | General Federation of Wom n's Clubs to the anti-tubereulosis movement | The clubwomen have already begun | to organize a department for the pur | pose of carrying on a far reaching { educational campaign. They wift { begin with the present school sya | tem and will endeavor to combat the theory that the disease ls Inherit ed, to insist on measures for the prevention of contagion and to teach that wholesome ways of living will i help to eradicate the disease. Above i all, they will try to make parenis understand that the great fundamen tal preventive is to keep thelr chil dren in the open alr—New York Sun. FASHION NOTES. Every woman, whether mistress or maid has her aprons these davs, “Robesplerre” seems to be as favor ed a title this gefison as “Peter Pan” was a few seasons back. Purple is still to be worn a good deal. A very broad hat of purple felt is adorned with masses of purple plumes. Heautiful as they are, both black and white dinner gowns are being led by gowns of dainty colors. The ring bearing the appropriate zodiac sign is vying with the birth: day stone for popularity as birth day gifts. The dark sumac reds are most at tractive in the finer cloths The shades of taupe and. peacock which are go successfully combined this season are proving quite popular The chamois and beaver shades seen in the new lines of cloths wiil be popular as evening cloaks and wraps Inter on. The skirt which depends upcn hes jong, soft lines for iis sucoess rath. er than its showy trimming Is the skirt that will be most admired. A single brilliant poinsettia on a dark hat proves an exceedingly at tractive touch of color for a sombér costume, Hm oR WA i . A HAIL, ae i ————————— i —— ———— a Large Family I” the United Sales May Fore- the Destinies of the Whole Race. New York editorial The about a quiet r¢ ing wrought by United States A REVOLUTION. Here are these three matters fact: The spread of the movement despite the laughter of a world of men; the general invasion of industrial flelds by women; outnumbering husbands two to one in the 545.000 divorce City. --In a remarkable volution the that women of the United States It is customary to treat separately movement-—a Revolution of Women, due chiefly to the new industrial re- ,& man's work and earn what was a man’s wage hardly a generation Woman 1s no longer afraid of (ree. | dom She ean make her own way. | Spinsterhood has ceased to be nevi burden. Marriage when it becomes a disaster or a despotism need no longer be borne as the pen- In her new spirit independence woman may turn naturally enough to polities, though gre BEO least among feminist agitations, Other revolutions have changed dynasties and governments, important affect the destinies of the whole race, An issue is presenting itself which no prudent statesmanship can safely un- derestimate or ignore. New York City.—The Rev. Charles E. Jefferson, pastor of the Broadway Tabernacle, recently returned from Turkey, where he was at the time the Sultan's declaration of the new cone stitution was announced, spoke be- fore the Baptist Ministers’ Confer- ence, in the Madison Avenue Baptist Church Hall, on the "New Regime” He described the Sultan going to church with his thirty wives and said the Sultan painted his cheeks and No monarch in the world, he sald, had such a gang of scoundrels and thieves around him as had the Sultan of Turkey before the next constitution went into effect. Since that time the 25,000 spies had been dismissed, the police had been deprived of their grafiing methods and that every one was happy under the cab drivers accepted a small fare withont protest, but with smiles Forty Turkish women, the preach. of the empire In behalf of the pa- triots. These women had been joined by thousands of others since the con. stitution hafl gone into effect, were establishing women’s clubs, and that the era of new womanhood in Turkey hal apparently dawned. Women, he sald, were doing awav with the eustom of wearing veils, Philadelphia. — There was read be. fore the Federal Council of Churches of Christ a report on “Family Life,” prepared for a committee by the RL ev. William Croswell Doane, Bishop of the Episcopal diocese of Albany, in which were exploited the evils pre- vailing against the hearthetone. “Family life.” wrote the Bishop, “js threatened, first, by the lowered gense of the sanctity of marriage; secondly, by the prevalence of di- vorce; thirdly, by the alarming in- crease in the restriction of the bear- ing of children. In this last matter it fs the duty of the Christian Chureh to speak out. There has been a decline fn the birth rate in every Western country, most marked in the English speaking countries; gredter in the United States than in any other coun. try. It is largely due to the loss of the sense of responsibility to God for the fruits of marriage. It is a symp- tom of the spirit which shirks re. sponsibility and resents self-denial and which resnlts in the weakening of character of the American people. “Concerning this evil * * * the committee desire to recommend that wherever possible legislation should be promoted to secure the prohibition of certain appliances and drugs and corrupting advertisements; the prose. sionally assist preventive methods, a proper and efficient standard and sta- tus of those who practice midwifery and the national recognition of the dignity of motherhood and the provi- sion of adequate care, protection and assistance for women before and af- ter childbirth, “Differ as we may in the various Protestant churches upon the ground on which divorcees may be allowed there ia a consensus of opinion in all the churches that divorce is a menace to society and a threatening ruin to the home. The committee unhesita- tingly declare that In their judgment there fa at most but one cause for which marriage ought to be broken by a court of law.” Paris, France. — The revolution gradually brought about in woman's dress as a result of the Directoire craze is producing some curious con. sequences. The dress designers and makers, after having gradually brought about what they deseribe as a straight line In front, have now di- rected thelr attention to the back por. tion of the fashionable attire, and the decree has gone forth that the straight line, both front and back, is to prevail this winter, » o result is to create an entirely Plan Uprising Against the British in India, Vancouver, B. C.—The Worid says British oMcers working among the Sikhs and Hindus of the Pacific Coast unearthed the details of a osed 3riaing against British rule in India, @ story is to the effect that scat tered outrages are now taking place fn India for the purpose of scattering e British ropa : The main rising will take place in April Jost at Amritzar, s of arms of modern type are hidden in various districts. — new-gshaped human being, already nicknamed “la femme tube,” or “the tube woman,” because the few wom- en seen about so far ie the very latest style of Directoire dress resemble walking stovepipes. The new figure requires the wear. ing a corset of extraordinary length, resembling certain ancient fron in- struments of torture. They are made of rubber or elastic tissue and whale bone, and reach nearly to the knees, Many of these mew corsets arc on show at the large shops. Says Railroads Control Most Federal Judges, Lawrence, Kan. —At a State confer ence here over State legislation, J. L. Bristow, former Assistant Postmast. er-General, who will succeed Chester 1. Long in the United States Senate, declared that the raliroads control most of the Federal Judges, and that better care should be exercised in the selection of Judges. “Lawyers should be chosen,” said he, “who have not been affiliated with LIVE STOCK AND FERTILITY. The surest as well as the cheapest way of keeping up the fertility of the farm is to feed on the farm the crops that are raised on it. A ton of clover hay contains fertilizing ele ments valued at between $9 and $10, a ton of oats between $7 and $8, and a ton of corn stover between $5 and $6. to Jive stock nearly 100 per cent of the plant food elements are retained in the excrement of the animals, but to save It all is practically impossi- ble as the liquids are from one-half to two-thirds the entire value of the excrement and are worth by weight twice as much as the solids. Cat- ure which consequently heat readily. Horses, poultry produce a drier manure and one which heats quicklyy. Preserv- ing the manure after it is made is one of the important problems on the farm, but it is pretty well agreed hy progressive farmers that the ideal Way is to haul to the field and scatter with a manure spreader, ag manurg hauled directly to the field and scattered there loses but nitrogen and carbon dioxide by fer mentation, and what ingredients are washed iuto the are taken care of by the plant roots. It has been clearly demonstrated that horse ma. nure exposed in ungheltered pits will joze nearly one-half of its Bo it seems clear that nure is commonly kept great loss of a light does sheep and directly . little snl value the way on the goon ma- farm ¥ is a food In plant lication made fry ults In a rola wheat or oats apy give better res than a heavy one at tion of crops, as corn intervals ‘he 40 corn Ie clover covered late it does not Br ire fi will not past interfere wit using after the that especially really there is n but that a p! Walter C. Bibler, the Indiana Farmer YEILIOW 1.FAF IN OATS Reports received Station by indicate a general mal condition of oats, shown by many in or streaks, and through- yellow spotg the tine or jength eondition the similar out A entire was manifest er west in 1890. followed by a siderable reduction In ¢ such a condition is reported that 1808 The attack of 1880 was pronounced the Division of Vegetable Path. ology. U. 8 Dnpartment Agricul ture. to be due to bacterial infection Station falled to State in of year, and we have not yet found con- clusive evidence of such infection In the present attack. In the case of the present attack plant lice have been mentioned by many observers as being unusually abundant on oats, but we have not as yet found conclusive evidence as to an important part in the spread of the trouble. We know of no remedy or prevention in all ditions have been observed, namely; excess of cold, rainy weather, follow ed by bot sunshine, and It appears that these conditions have been the chief factor in producing the out. break. in this connection the following extract from the report of this Sta. tion for 1800 (it being then located at Columbus) may be of interest: “The spring of 18900 was very un- favorable to farming throughout the greater portion of Ohio, on account of almost incessant rains. The planting of corm, oats and potatoes was generally delayed, and cultivation was much interfered with untl] after the middle of June, On the Station farm oats and po tatoes were planted late, and both crops suffered so much from blight that not half an average yield was obtained "Chas. KE. Thorne, Director of Oho Agricult:ral College Station, FARM NOTES. Good milch cows do not generally carry a large amount of flesh. It is Impossible to produre milk and flesh at the same time. But they need plenty of good feed jest the same. When sows are kept In the stable continuously, as in stormy weather, the stable should be kept perfectly clean and often d'sinfected to pre vent manural ordors. A good liniment for all kinds of swolllng on dairy cows, as well as on all other farm animals, Is made by mixing equal parta of turpentine, sweet oll and spirits of camphor, Ap ply frequently and liberally to the axollen parts. is he cow is suffering from 2 congested udder, it Is a good plan to dry her off at once and feed one half cunce of nitrate of potash night and morning in soft feed Give | plenty, of clean water, feed pure and | wholesome food and massage the ud der once a day with a little jodine ointment. It a cow gives bloody milk, as a result of Injury to the udder, the best treatment is effect a cure. Dry the cow let the udder rest until fresh again It is us to treat s~rious injury interior of the i udder when this organ has to be mani i pulated twice a milking. | When a not seem to of wheat galt, scalde ] When a ! to let nature off, and the cow is eless to try {f the 0 day does give it a half bran, wi a pinct with a teacuplful of this with and always hay with pure water To get the best ing the winter BO As months calf thrive, pint th of hot the usual ame keep some corn, oats handy COWS to come in durin wegin but ¥ in milk stimulate a keep it up until In th period wil next ing year calf when butter their lowest Items” in the Epit i ANOTHER SCAI of water tank or barrel, nd all is frees ready use a lo fo od agitator, ' isi appl) aa ce pump with throw a fine mist Mr. Girton says that if formula No the scale will This and aT mig al is used thoroughly rub off ag soon as preparation Is not hard to make trees are dry those who have experiment with | “The Fruit | perimenting dvises ex is in the effect thare likely to be { upon trees TE ERAT TNE TAY RENEFTCIAL in. criminately canainted perhaps pride In enter. which makes toeir individus ceellenc is tained by the owner 11 of is very | young flock wil { the best producers and the choicest | specimens, instead of from eggs tak | en indiscriminately from the egg | basket and largely from ponr speci | mens Even with good purebred stock | the matter of selection should not | be overlooked There is no likeli | hood of there being such extremely | poor specimens in a purebred flock as In a flock of mongrels, dul at {the game time in every flock there are some that are better than oth ers. The object of this, then is to | impress upon poultrymen and farmers the importance of a close scrutiny of | the stock. and to teach the fact that by careful selection a profitable flock { may often be built up from what | mav at first seem to be very ua | promising material —Epitomist A CLEAN POULTRY HOUSE The poultry house should be kept clean at all times, but it is especially important that It be given a thorough cleaning and disinfecting before clos ing up for the winter. The whole in terior should de whitewashed, adding acld to each gallon of wash Care should be taken that the lime is fore ed Into every crack and crevice. All old Ntter and nestling material should be removed and burned, and new supplied; the roosts and dropping boards should be painted with some good liguid leekiller, a new dust-bath should be supplied, and in fact a gen fowls are going to be comfortable and profitable — Farmers’ Home Joar- Hal. During 1907 the Chinese Govern ment spent nearly $100,000 for stu dents studying in foreign countries Japan got nearly half the saoney and the United States shout onedourth. Bim Bavaria's chief manufacturing cen ter is Nuremberg which, with the ade joining city of Furth, now has a por ylation of nearly 400,000,
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