Benoit Belletonte, Pa., April 18, 1913. THE LAND OF BEGINNING AGAIN. I wish that there were some wonderful place Called the Land of Beginning Again, Where all our mistakes and all our heartaches And all of our poor, selfish grief Could be dropped, like a shabby old coat, at the door, And never be put on again. 1 wish we could come on it all unaware, Like the hunter who finds a lost trail; And] wish that the one whom our blindness had done The greatest injustice of all Could be at the gates, like an old friend that waits For the comrade he's gladdest to hail. We would find all the things we intended to do But forgot, and remembered—too late, Little praises unspoken, little promises broken And of all the thousand and one Little duties neglected that might have per- fected The day for one less fortunate, It wouldn't be possible not to be kind In the Land of Beginning Again; And the ones we misjudged and the ones whom we grudged Their moments of victory here Would find in the grasp of our loving hand. clasp More than penitent lips could explain, For what had been hardest we'd know had been best, And what had seemed loss would be gain; For there isn't a sting that will not take wing When we've faced it and laughed it away; And I think that the laughter is most what we're after In the Land of Beginning Again! So I wish that there were some wonderful place Called the Land of Beginning Again, Where all our mistakes and all our heartaches And all of our poor, selfish grief Could be dropped, like a shabby old coat, at the door, And never put on again. ~The Smart Set. FROM INDIA. By One on Medical Duty in that Far Basters Country. Pew Good Cooks. Camels in Droves. Spring-time Different from that at Home. The Loo and Its Discomforts. How We Keep Cool at Night, Hindu Women. Weddings and Dress Makers. Its Crawling Things. Flies and Some Customs. Dear Home Folk: JHANSI, MARCH 15th. I have been complaining about the cooks here—not the food,—but the man. ner in which it is prepared, but learn there are good cooks, as at home. For instance, our native medical assistant is a splendid example. Everything she con. cocts is so tasteful that one must be very careful lest they over-do a good thing. I have remarked on the richness of her dishes, but the answer came, “Oh, the charcoal used to clean the teeth after eating acts as a fine digestive.” I must tell you of seeing the first big drove of camels. There were about three dozen old ones, fully grown, and some six or eight wee, baby ones, very weak of knee and muchly humped as to back, the mothers of which were so just- ly proud that their swing seemed to be quite unnaturally pronounced. As seen in captivity these animals are anything but graceful, while here, with the natural surroundings—palm trees, gor- geous apparel of their drivers, etc., one could almost call them picturesque. *® . * . * * » Another strange thing is that the open- ing of spring here is so different from what it is at home. It is only by the delicacy of the color of the new leaves that we can know the trees are putting on their spring finery. The great mass- es of dead leaves abounding on all sides bear mute testimony of how many “dif. ferent sets” each tree has had; in fact, as fast as the sun dries them up a new shoot starts and in less time than it takes to tell, they too are matured enough to fall off and others start. We plant a garden seed one day, see a little green blade the next and ina week's time the plant is grown. The only ever-green tree in this sec- tion is the Neam tree, which somewhat resembles the cottonwood at home, ex- cepting that it does not grow as tall, And everything else, excepting the cacti, either from lack of rain last summer, or on account of winter weather, is entire- ly bare; even the hedge is leafless. You can readily understand that when the pitiless sun beats down on this bare san- dy earth day after day, the heat becomes truly, as the natives say, “cruel.” The “Loo,” which blows constantly day and night, is so strong at times that the mattresses have been blown from the beds of those sleeping outside and with it is carried such deluges of sand that if one is not well protected it means a great deal of discomfort. The “Loo” has been gaining in strength each day and will not be over until the rainy season breaks in July and August, but with all the discom- forts India has a fascination which I, after being here only these few months, feel. One is so at home at once. The English women spend their time enter- taining, while the men are off soldiering, and the social life is charming if one had enough time to do and give to everything that each day brings our way. Our “punkas” have not been placed as yet but will have to be hung ere long, as even now the middle of the day, in a pro- tected room, is too hot without fans of some kind. The “punkas” are swung on ropes and a long bar of wood, which hangs a strip of matting; pulled backward and forward by a passing over a pulley and through a in the side of the house, and I deeply pity the poor men whose duty it is to sit iff : outside and keep the thing going night | | after night. Usually a second man is | employed to keep the “punkie” man from ' going to sleep. i You asked if all women of India were {in “Perda.” No; only those Indian wom- | en who belong to the Mohammedan faith, ' and high caste Hindus (idol worshippers) i go in “Perda,” which means, that no girl | or woman can be seen by any man, save ! her husband, and even he does not see the girl he is going to marry before the ceremony. The ceremony is performed and then the bride-groom goes forward and sits in front of the bride, backwards; he is given a mirror and her veil is rais- ed for a brief five minutes for him to gaze on her face, through the mirror, and that is all, (“bus,” as they say here.) The bride is taken back home immedi- ately and remains with her parents in strictest seclusion until she is fully de- veloped (twelve or fourteen years of age) at which time she is given into her hus- band’s keeping. She never walks out- side her own house and if driving, never rides in an open wagon; be it a tonga or phaeton gharry, it must be tightly closed, and if she be Hindu extra care is taken by drawing her Sauri across her face like a veil. APRIL 12th. From the Hindo caste of which 1 wrote, to the tropical India dress-maker is in truth a mighty step, but the greatest thing of any interest happening since my last let- ter, was the visit from the Jhansi mod- iste “Dhersi” who, by the way, happens to be a little, old dried-up man, with a padded coat, sparse trousers, bare legs and feet, his few hairs, if natural, would be gray, but feeling his age keenly he has dyed them a brilliant carrot shade, and while his “creations” when finished are almost as grotesque as his make-up yet it pays one to have him about for the sheer amusement of watching his earn- est interest in his life's work, as he thinks it. We were out to dinner last night with some friends from Pittsburgh and much to my surprise, on looking up to thank the servant, found my own “Behrer” of- fering me the potatoes. He had not been asked to the “feast” but fearing I would not have my share of the food pro- vided came along, as is the custom here with all better class servants, so you see, an invitation to me really means my en- tire household. Easter passed us by without a single thing to mark its advent. The days are so hot that one thinks more of laying aside all unnecessary clothing, including bonnets, than even trying to grow en- thusiastic over some particularly stun- ning creation for our service and thé na- tives, as you know, never change their head wrapping, so Easter has no joys for Jhansi folks. The “crawling world” is beginning to make its appearance—bugs and beetles, the color and shape of which I have never even seen in books, crawling and buzzing on all sides, night and day. Our compound is full of quail and gray squir- rels that seem to be more at home here than ourselves; and at present there are six light gray lizzards making the walls of my bed-room a play ground for their antics. I have been advised to end their lives, but they look so fat and squashy that I fear more for the mussiness of my softly tinted walls than the dread of suddenly falling on me at night, the chances for which accident being much lessened by the net curtains enveloping my bed. And that brings to mind the fly ques- be all about us here, but to the contrary, notwithstanding the fact of our doors and windows standing open constantly, I have seen but two or three flies in our house so far. At the hospital it is different for the natives, in their filth, before we can them scrul are attacked them the millions. E : E233 Biiin 5 ei% : 3 g g : i Or ara. Bishi amber and Belle- tion. One would think that pest would | the head FOR AND ABOUT WOMEN DAILY THOUGHT. Run away from gossip as from a pestilence, and keep in your souls great ideals to solace your solitude.—Ada C. Sweet. In the United States “My dear Mrs. | Smith” is a more f “Dear Mrs. Smith.” some one whom you have met only once in a letter as “My dear Mrs. Smith.” You should call upon a newcomer to lage before inviting her to tea. is not invariably followed, if mutual acquaintance and have met where, but it is the correct thing to do. If & latter of introduction has to you, you very wise it may be looked upon a slight, | not only to the stranger within fark i gates, but to the friend who sent the let- ter. You should follow the call very | soon with some other courtesy—an invi- | tatian to lunch, dinner, or something of | that sort.—Harper’s Bazar. A costume in green and yellow does | not sound very seasonable for the spring i of the year, w more subdued tints are ! usually worn, but it must be recorded that orange and a rather bright sulphur | are in great favor, especially for the col- : lar and revers of the new spring coats, ! the materials of the revers being usually ' satin or velvet. Many of these new coats convey the idea that the wearer had not en but- | tons at her disposal to provide sufficient fastenin, From one to three are the | fashionable allowance. Invariably the right front crosses over to the left and buttons there. loose back is again | in favor, and the whole cut of some of these coats seems modeled upon the | Chinese. One of the charms of the coat used to | be its beautiful fit upon the shoul across the front and below the waist. | clumsy, and below the yas One fashion authority says that the new haiping for spri and longer. It is expected, ever, that the points are to be sheathed. But, of course, there are women who will wear them without any protection for a neighbor's eyes and this will mean ordinances pass- ed in cities where no ordinance exists for i the regulation of the length of these | deadly weapons. What a foolish thing a | hatpin is, anyway! A rubber band is! much more satisfactory and less destruc- | tive to the hat. Either a felt or a straw hat may have its whole shape ruined by | being punched full of holes with a big never wear anything but a narrow band | of elastic which fits the head snugly under the soft coils of hair. Their hats | never blow off, it is easy to tell when they are on straight, and there are a number of advantages. Vey not adopt the rubber band and discard all hatpins, thus making women and their styles less | likely to be the subject of meetings of | town boards and city councils? General health has much to do with the looks of the hair. Glossy, jely hair generally indicates health, and dull, un- attractive hair shows a poor pl! dition. So the first requisite ful or even moderately good general health. Granted that clean, well brushed and carefully arranged hair is bound to look well. con- or beauti- Then run the hands under the hair and with tha balls of the fingers with firm, gentle rub the scalp vigorously in all directions. This treat- § fe AE & Ege 385d fies Se’ sHEEEE 58:8 : gs : 2 ol 3k i g : if fel : | i i J fi 3 of gi 1 | | Hi 5 ; i ; : : 52 : g ! it : £3 i 3 t 1 | } i : 7 2 | i } t i i! :f be 2 Ei i ; : L g ig ! p fi ii : i | 28 E : 3 attractive hair is | the FARM NOTES. —The majority of troubles and diffi culties in hatching eggs can be traced the improper selection and care of eggs we incubate. In selecting tching, never use one that is the variety of the bird, and never never prove to be a good breeder. If any : of you doubt this, try it for yourselves. You will be convinced if you mark these | ect eggs and mark the chickens, | imperf provided any of them hatch. Another serious mistake which we Jriilen in Sslecting eggs or ching | is in eeping them too long. ould not | be over two or three weeks old. The fresher the egg, the stronger the chick. Some of you may have a choice breeding- | pen, and in order to get enough to fill your incubator will keep the eggs until they are three or four weeks old and set them. After the first test, you will find many with dead germs. After the tenth day if you go over them again, you will find several more that fall short of the proper test, and when the time comes for them to hatch you will find a few plump little fellows all out on the | twentieth day. I have had many come | out on the nineteenth day. Then there | ill be others just breaking the shells, . while still more do not come out until the twenty-third day. Moreover, you will find a few that were fully developed, but did not have strength enough to break the shell. : Now when you have a hatch like this ou are apt to attribute the fault to the ncubator Father £han to the £5535 OF, ore | correctly, to yourself. Why do the eggs hatch so u ? The machine seems to ate ectly, but we say there ' must be some wrong with the venti. | lation, or we assign any reason Other | than the right one. But many times the trouble is with the eggs. The newer the | eggs, the shorter time it takes for them to incubate and the stronger are the chicks. The longer it takes the eggs to’ hatch, the older they are. The reason | for this is that an eggshell is us and | is constantly evaporating the germ is gradually weakening until there is not | enough strength left in the chick to | enable him to help himself out of the shell. If you wish to be convinced of this, I suggest hat you try it. Take a setting hen, put under her one egg that | has just been laid and still warm, then | take two eggs that are a week old, two | that are two weeks old, and so on until | you have reached the sixth week. This watch. You will find that the cag that never got cold will be the first to hatch, | and so on through the different ages, If | the oldest eggs hatch at all, they will be always behind the rest, and the chicks will die sooner or later before they are weaned. good practice to date t a very the as I bring them in, and then I am able to distinguish the new from the | old ones even if they are put together. If | you want the best results, do not set eggs that are over fifteen days old. And don’t Awass blame the incubator for a poor tc “When is the best time to prune m trees?” is a question frequently a el That there are various kinds of Overbearing, so as to require ng, gensrally ands not oly in small, inferior t, but in broken branches. —Many fail from mistakes in handling AE To in itself, per- haps outside of consideration here. But if ; tH i | fl : : i gg °s ® 8 3 £ : ; : E i 3 : EF : g in il hi sg i i : i : i i : 2 | the New Tariff Bill. | litically even from the viewpoint of | pelis and turned over to them the ma- Salient Features of i Free List 1s Largely Increased, Meat, Bread, Sugar, Flour, Salt and Fish Being Added, With Reduction on Butter and Eggs—Sugar to Go on Free List After Three Years—Few Changes Im Luxuries, and Such Changes as Are Made Increase Du- ties—Incomes of More Than $4,000 te Be Taxed. Here is the explanation of the new tariff bill as prepared by Chairman Un- derwood of the house ways and means committee, which framed the measure: The present condition of the revenue legislation of the United States is the result of years of adherence to the protective tariff policy. This theory is the result of circumstances and in no way can be said to be the choice of the people. At the beginning of the civil war the United States found it- self with little other taxation than that of a low revenue tariff. The un- fortunate political situation of the war | times permitted interested persons to increase and continue high protective duties, und this system of high pro- tection has been maintained to the present time, except from 1864 to 1897, when the Wilson tariff was in effect. 1909 Revision. The enactment of a tariff revision measure in 1909 was unavoidable po- high protectionists. The country de manded of the then dominant political party a modification of the extreme tariff policy with which the country | was afflicted. but the expectation of redress through the act of 1000 was blasted, for that measure not only fail- ed to give the desired relief, but made many conditions even worse. The rates of duty on some commodities were even advanced, due largely to re- classifications by which the real duties were concealed. It is only natural, therefore, that the deception imposed on the people through the failure of the law of 1909 to give needed relief has become more and more irritating to the people as the years have passed by. This was evidenced by the po- litical results of the election of 1910, | by which the Democratic party se- cured control of the house of repre- sentatives. Following this a series of | tariff bills were passed at the first ses- sion of the Sixty-second congress dur- ing the summer of 1911, which were Impatient to obey the mandates of the people, congress during the winter and spring of 1912 repassed these with other tariff revision measures, but the fate was the same as at the former ses- sion, in that they met the prompt veto of the executive. Then came the elec- tion of 1012, which gave the Demo- cratic party a sweeping victory at the chinery necessary to effect tariff legis- lation and placed upon them the re- sponsibility of revising the tariff down- ward In accordance with the urgent and repeated demands of the public. The committee has given very careful consideration during the last two years to the economic conditions throughout this and other countries, has studied every phase of the tariff as related to our economic conditions, and the bill which it now presents to the house is its Interpretation of the responsibilities placed upon it by the people in the matter of revising the present tariff du- ties and also its views of a tariff re- vised to a basis of legitimate competi- tion, such as will afford a wholesome influence on our commerce, bring relief to the people in the matter of the high cost of living and at the same time work no detriment to properly conduct- ed manufacturing industries. Theory of a Competitive Tariff. The dividing line between the posi- tions of the two great parties on this question is very clear and easily as- certained in theory. Where the tariff rates balance the difference in cost of production at home and abroad, includ. ing an allowance for the difference in freight rates. the tariff must be com- petitive, and from that point down- ward to the lowest tariff that can be levied will continue to be competitive to a greater or less extent. Where competition is not interfered with by levying the tax above the highest com- petitive point the profits of the manu- facturer are not protected. On the oth- er hand, when the duties levied at the custom house are high enough to allow the American manufacturer to make a profit before his competitor can enter the field, we have invaded the domain of the protection of profits, In the committee's judgment the protection of any profit must of necessity have a tendency to destroy competition and create monopoly, whether the profit protected is reasonable or unreason- able. Which course is the wiser one for our government to take? The one that demands the protection of profits, the continued policy of hothouse growt" for our industries, the stagnation of de- velopment that follows where compe- tition ceases, or, on the other hand, ual reduction of our tariff to where the American manufae- must meet honest competition; he must develop his business the best and most economic where, when he fights at home control his market, he is forging way in the economic development his business to extend his trade in markets of the world. The future growth of our great industries lies be- yond the seas. Necessities and Luxuries of Life. In its tariff revision work the com- mittee has kept in mind the distinction between the necessities and the lux- F : FR ER uries of life. reducing the tariff bur dens on the necessities to the lowest possible points commensurate with revenue requirements and making the luxuries of life bear their proper por- tion of the tariff responsibilities. Revision Explained. The committee has in the main fol- lowed the policy set forth in the re- vision bills reported at the Sixty-second congress. A brief discussion of some of the changes will suffice to furnish a general clew to the character of the new tariff measure. Chemical Schedule. As representing the chemical schedule the rates on certain commodities show heavy reductions. For instance, boracie acid is cut from 78.70 per cent to 21.43 per cent, glue from 35.06 per cent to 14.29 per cent and red lead from 60.35 per cent to 25 per cent. Moderate re- ductions have been made on medicinal preparations, which are cut from 25 per cent to 15 per cent. blacking from 25 per cent to 15 per cent, drugs from 12.55 per cent to 10 per cent and olive oil from 35.18 per cent to 21.05 per cent. The schedule contains a number of articles on which either no reduction lias heen made or an advance provided for In each case the cffort has been to consider not only the character of the article, whether a necessity, a comfort or a luxury, but also theamount of its probable importation and its re- lation to the revenue yielding power of the schedule. In every case the ac tion taken has thus been the result of complex factors, the prime motive be- ing that of granting to the public as much relief as was practicable, while at the same time conserving the fin- comes of the government to the neces- sary extent. Earthen and Glassware. Rates on all brick have been cut on the average from 30.23 per cent to 10.28 per cent, tile from 47.84 per cent to 23.36 per cent, asphalt from 37.05 per cent to 9.62 per cent. Ordinary earth- enware, which was already relatively low, being subject to an average duty of 24.67 per cent, has now been cut to 15 per cent. while window glass has been given an average reduction on all glasses of from 46.38 per cent to 28.31 per cent. On the other hand plate glass, which may be considered a lux- ury, still retains a duty of nearly 40 per cent, the average of paragraph 94 being 38.45 per cent in place of the duty of 63.95 per cent in the law, Metals. Pig iron and slabs, which were 16.35 | per cent and 17.79 per cent have heen blunt pin (for very few of them have | will give you thirteen eggs. Mark the | Passed by congress and presented to . . . go per cent in each case, beams anything of a point.) There are a num- | dates on these eggs, and when the time | President Taft, only to be vetoed by | ber of young women in this city who | comes for them to hatch keep close him. from 23.0 per cent to 12 per cent and forgings from 30 per cent to 15 per cent. On the other hand, bicycles, a much more highly manufactured prod- uct, are dutiable at 25 per cent, as against 45 per cent, and razors at 35 per cent, as against 76.68 per cent. Many items of manufacture controlled by monopolies have been placed on the free list. Lumber, The idea of the large extension of the free list for the unmanufactured products has been the fundamental conception, while the effort has been made to improve the status of the manufactured lumber. Thus sawed boards other than cabinet wood have been carried to the free list, while sawed cabinet boards, which were 12.75 per cent in 1912, are now 10 per cent; casks. barrels, etc, which were 30 per cent, are now 14.77 per cent, and house furniture, which was 385 per cent, is now 15 per cent. Sugar. The action of the committee with re- gard to sugar is interesting and shows an appreciation of the commercial con- ditions involved and the committee's desire to respond to the public de mands tor free sugar. The plan as provided in the bill is to reduce with its passage the present sugar rates by 25 per cent. with the further provision that three years from the date of the enactment of the bill sugar goes on the free list. Tobacco and Spirits. The schedules containing these prod- ucts have been found to be good pro- ducers of revenue, are sufficiently ad- justed to the internal revenue duties of the United States, deal entirely with articles not to be classed as necessa- ries and have therefore been left at the same rates as in the present law. Agricultural Products. In the effort to relieve the consumer and to mitigate the high and rising cost of living*Schedule G, which deals with agricultural products. has been thor- oughly revised and important reduc- tions have been made. For instance, the duty on horses has been reduced from 25 per cent to 10 per cent, cattle from 25.07 per cent to 10 per cent, sheep from 16.41 per cent to 10 per cent, barley from 43.05 per cent to 23.07 per cent, macaroni from 34.25 per cent to 23.81 per cent. hay from 43.21 per cent to 26.67 per cent, fruits from 27.21 per cent to 15.38 per cent, figs from 51.53 per cent to 42.10 per cent, lemons {27m 68.85 per cent to 24.03 per cent, live poultry from 13.10 per cent to 6.67 per cent and vinegar from 33.08 per cent to 17.30 per cent. Other changes are in proportion, and the gen. sral effect has been to reduce in a very material proportion the heavy taxes upon imported foodstuffs, Cotton Goods. During the last few years a large part of the’ discussion of the tariff has borne rpon the textile schedules, which it has been felt, were unduly high. Particular attention has therefore been paid to the revision of these schedules in the effort to adjust them more equi- tably both to the needs of the con- sumer and to the condition of the man- ufacturing industry in the United States. In Schedule I, dealing with cotton, comparisons of the princival (Continued on page 3, Col. 1.) wm
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