THE SCRAXTON TRIBUNE SATURDAY 3IORXING, JANUARY 4, 1890.
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Facts of-Iiiterest
To "Women Readers.
Symposium of Informatfcn, Partly Grave,
Partly Gossipy and Partly Gay.
In the Sun of last Sunday Marsh(M-lta
Arlina Hamm makes an Interesting re
view of woman's progress In 1SU5. "San
ta Claus," Hhe says, "hns been bringing
more things in his cloudy sleigh to
womankind than ever before, in edu
cation there are now nearly four hun
dred colleges and other institutions, be
stowing degrees upon their graduates
which are dedicated to women alone or
to the Hexes studying together in the
same class room. There are more
school than there were a year ago and
nearly every school shows un increase
of at least ten per eent. upon Its record.
Normal schools nnd high schools have
been started In c ommunities where such
a thing was impossible ten years ago
and are thronged with students. There
has been a similar development In the
professional schools forwonten through
cut the country. The New York Wo
man's Medlcnl college graduated one of
the largest clases in Its history, and
the I'niversity Woman's Law school
graduated the largest clnss In its his
tory In the domain of Jurisprudence.
The medical and dental schools of I'hll
ndelphia were equally successful, while
In the West the advance rose up In
many rases to nenrly UK) per cent. In
1876. even In lsxit. it wa the rarest thins
In the world to tind nny woman with
a rolleglate degree mentioned In the
dally press. To-day it is almost impos
sible to pick up any Issue of a news
paper without finding references to wo
men M. D.s. Li.ti. U.S. Iteverends. 1.
I.s. nnd similar titles of authority and
respect.
"The same laws' of development apply
to men nnd women alike, Just as the
ninle college system has given birth to
college papers. .college clubs, (Ireek let
ter societies, alumni associations, post
graduate courses, university clubs, and
college music and literature, so femnle
college life, though In its infancy, has
already evolved the same. series of se
quels. There are now some seven or
eight hundred alunmae associations in
the lnnd, there are college memorial
societies, alunmnae libraries, alumivie
clubs and alunmae publications, and the
alumnae have done something which
never occurred to the alumni. They
have aid societies which help along poor
students, where. In the male c ges,
this noble but Infrequent charily is ad
ministered liv the faculty or trustees.
They have also auxillim.v societies
which canvas for .bright stuuenis una
raise funds for the alma mater, ami
Inn.nrtniit of nil the.v have formed
out West one or more federations of
nlumnae associations' f"i- the simple 011
Ject of furthering the cause f a high
scientific education. In music, litera
ture, and Journalism tin y have made an
n.imiri. Ill,, record ill the past twelve
months. The interesting collections
formed for the Atlanta Exposition are
unlmpeuhable witnesses of vlint has
been accomplished. Hundreds of wo
men have succeeded as composers, hun
dreds as authors, nnd hundreds" ns
members of the groat American press.
It cannot be said that any have attained
the rank which is marked by genius
rather than talent, or that they have yet
performed work which will give them
a high place In the literature of the fu
ture, neither can it lie said of the many
blight men who. have come forward
Into popularity In- 1N95. but in every In
stance their work has been character
ized by care, fidelity, accuracy, con
science, and nmbitlon. These, rather
than cenlus. are the corner stones upon
'. "Which ill progwss mutt be based.
In Invention and discovery the
sex have . made more . progress
in the past year than ever
before. They have several hun
dred patents to their credit In this
country, and a Very respectable number
in Kngland and the continent, i ncy
i have grown so numerous that they have
formed an International Association of
Women Inventors, and -promise to be an
Important factor in the mechanical evo
lution of modern society. In the world
of morals and reform women have never
been before so busy. What with the
King's Daughters, the Women's Christ
Ian Temperance Union, the Universal
Peace Vnlon, the American Purity Al
liance, the League for the Promotion of
Social Purity, the White Cross Society,
the. liritish Women's .association, the
American Sabbath Alliance, and over a
hundred smaller organizations, they
liaVe built up nn organized power for
right doing and right living which will
be an Invuluuble weapon agulnst the
armies of vice nnd sin.- In missionary
work, both home and foreign, they have
tolled with praiseworthy patience and
enthusiasm. Despite the hard times,
which hnve crippled their resources; de
spite war in the Far East; and mas
sacre In Moslem lands, they have In
creased the? missionary regiments and
trlgades. have augmented. Ihclr pecu
nlnrv sinews of war. and are cnrrvinir
on a sublime conflict 'which even If it
does not-earry Christianity as mlgat be
desired, does carry knowledge, higher
Ideals, and a beter civilisation.
. - -II-
"Tf the year 1S03 has been marked by
ft wonderful degree of general progress.
It has been more than marked by great
events. These began with the twenty
seventh annual convention of the Na
tional Woman's Suffrage association In
Atlanta, Ga. It was well attended and
well conducted. It showed the organi
zation to he complete? Jn every part of
the United States and toliavea follow
ing direct .jtnd indirect of more than
' three millions of American citizens. This
Is- a very different spectacle from the
pbor little meeting Klizabeth Cady
Stanton, called years ago, when all fol
lowers might have been counted upon
tbe fingers of two hands. This was fol
lowed by a very notable gathering
In Washington, the triennial meeting of
' the National Council of women. The
magnificent organization, now the lar
gest by far upon the American con
tinent, represents a federation of all the
associations of women which look to
ward a broadening of their spheres of
action. On its roster aro those who wish
to Increase the educational facilities of
the sex, and those who wish to resuee
and reclaim the unfortunate and fallen;
- those who demand equal pay for equal
work In all the industries and profes-'
sions, ana those who believe in increas
ing the scope of our public school sys
tem by making Industrial and technical
education an Integral portion of its cur
riculum; those who wish to convert the
heathen; and those who wish to convert
the darker and more terrible heathen of
our own great cities; those who believe
In the patriotism and conservation of
colonial and Revolutionary memories,
and those who wish to ameliorate the
penaloglc methods of the present age. It
Is a mosaic such as the world has never
Tiefore seen, but of that mosaic every
fragment is a living, active, benevo
i lent, and thoughtful congeries of In-
dlviduals. It represented some twenty
large organizations. Including the Na
tional Women's Christian Temperance
Vnlon... and the National Women's
' (Suffrage Association, and had affiliated
with It some forty or fifty other so
cieties. It represented between three
and four million women.
... "After this came a Series of smaller
convention and -meetings, including
the Pacific Coast Women's congress,
the Mississippi Women's congress, and
. state conventions of 'some thirty and
iwtlr nrcranlXfl Hnn anrh inirnl..l.-...i
" 'J M " . . . . ... -- . . ui.uillll HOC
less than 10,000 women, and some pass
ing the one hundred thousand mark.
All these were put to blush In point of
. numbers by the World's Council of the
World's Women Christian Temperance
Union, which met in London in June,
This was probably the largest demon
stration or Anglo-Saxons or or woman
hood In general known to history. The
temperance organizations of the t'nlted
States and Canada, Kngland and Aus
tralasia, Scandinavia, Oermany. and
France, Austria, Italy, and Spain,
Kgypt, India, and Ceylon, Japan,
China, and the Sandwich Islands, Mau
ritius and Malta, the liahnnins and Her
mudas came toffether in the world's
metropolis and there for ten days held
council. If the mere numbers b- taken
Into consideration, the feat Itself v.is
extraordinary. On .Sunday it held ui
vlne service In one hundred London
churches to a following of nearly iMu.mit)
souls. It had nearly W.uuo di l.-u.it. s
from evi ry part of the world and It r -reSHiitcd
marly x.wxMMM women. If to
the regular membership be udded I hose
lu sympathy or allilinted with them,
the sum total rises up Into an army that
is ulmost Inccineelvnlde In iniluence ami
Kiundclir. The World's council In Lon
don was followed by gatiicrlng.-t of Kp
worth Leaguers and Christina Kndeav
orers. whose numbers arc already fami
liar to the public, and these in turn gave
way to the International exposition at
Atlanta. Of this gnat function the
most distinguishing feature was the
woman's department. Of Its many su
perb edifices the most striking was the
Woman building. if its many public
events the most noteworthy were the
women's congresses, and of the inllu
eiuv, action, ami reaction which have
suiged from It to every coign and cor
ner of the South, the most pregnant
was that of the magnificent women nt
its head. It marked a new era for
Georgia, a new era for the South. At
one step It raised that section of our
lnnd twenty-live years, and put It on
the same plane and in the same sphere
of activity as the must progressive por
tions of the Northern nml central states.
An Incomplete list shows that the wo
men of America In the past 3H5 days
have held over !00 important conven
tions of some sort or kind. This means
an activity, an executive power, an In
tellectuality ami enthusiasm of the
highest order. It means an expendi
ture of mental energy greater than that
of any country In Kuropc. with the ex
ecution of tiicnt Britain and tli rmany.
If hientnl activity Is to be measured In
foot pounds of force, the American wo
man In the past twelve months has ac
complished a work greater than the
raising of all the pyiamlds, greater
than the' cniinlllng of the Isthmus ot
Suck, nnd greater than all the work
done in such lands as Spain, Turkey,
anil Kgypt.
"The cause of suffrage keeps on ever
stronger nnd more exultant. In the
past year it has won ITtnh to Its ban
ners In our own political, system, and
Hermuda, and the Australasian pro
vinces in the i'.rltish. This gives three
American and nine liritish common
wealths where political equality Is now
the organic law of the land. In Massa
chusetts it wns defeated at the polls,
but even there showed that it hnd a
following of lOO.mii) out of 170,0110. This
is one of those defeats, which, when re
peated three or four times, means a
crowning victory at the last. In South
Carolina, to the surprlsof everybody,
suffrage for women came near carry
ing the state constitutional convention.
It was defeated In that ancient com
monwealth by Just about the siune pro
portion as in the Hay state. Last but
not least. Hie. year has witnessed n
wholesome growth nf the movement
toward abolishing the slums of the
great cities. Much good work has been
done by the legislature, thanks to nu
merous petitions from philanthropic
women In every part of the state. Much
has been done by such noble societies
as the Searchlight, the organizations
In Trinity. St. linrtholomew's. St. Ml
chnel's, St. George's, St. Phoebe's, nnd
Plymouth. Much has been done by the
college settlements In New York and
the Good Neighborhood club In Urnok
lyn. Much has been done by the I "lilt
ed Charities nnd the I'nited Hebrew
Charities, and today at the close of the
year a newer nnd larger organization
Is forming In Urooklyn to carry God's
war Into the darkest districts of the
City of Churches. There linn been
beneficent legislation In every ptate
during the last twelve months for wo
men. In many commonwealths the age
of consent has been raised, and In oth
ers the common law restrictions 'bpon
married women have been reduced. In
some the maternal rights have been
increased nnd in others the morul wel
fare of women hns been bulwarked by
new legislation. There hns been a
wave of morality and social purity from
one end of the land to the other. It has
gone to extremes In some cases, and It
hns brought many cranks, visionaries,
and demagogues to the surface, but the
harm It has done has been more thnn
counterbalanced by the good. Taking
ISii.l as a whole Santa Claus has. been
very kind to the women of our great
republic!"
-II-
SICLKt'TKiD rtECUT.S:
Marble -Cake. A new and simple, way
of making a good looking marble cike
Is to make a silver cake mixture, using
all whites and no nutmeg. Divide this Into
equal parts; let one part remain plain,
placing It 111 the cake tin. which you aro
(-apposed to have rady papered, and level
it. The other part divide into three equal
pans. Color one part pink,- another yel
low, another In-own with chocolate. Place
these three colored parts Into three sepa
rate paper cones, fold them up and cut.
the ends oft to leave nn opening a. little
over u quarter of an inch In diameter.
Take one of the ro:es, push tho end into
the mixture In the tin and force out the
contents of the cone, moving It about so
as to traverse the whole area of the plain
part When this cone Is used take an
other and use It In like manner, nlsb the
other, and lust one. The cake Is now
ready to bake. When you cut this cake
you will find this method gives a very su
perior cuke, as the different colors worked
In in the mannpr described give a better
effect as to marble appearance than can
be obtained by the old plan of dropping
In the different colors. Tills cake may l.e
Iced on the bottom In three colors of Icing;
white yellow, brown. Put on In alternate
lilies, then placing a etc-- - on Hun 1
giving tbe comb a twist round nnd repeat
ing it until the whole top of the cuke has
been so treated.-This gives you marble
Inside and out.
Gingerbread Cake. Heat one nnd one
half pounds of butter wilh three nnd one
half iiounds of caster sugar, till It Is all
thick cream, thin add to it five large or
six small ckks, three-quarter ounces of
ground ginger, and a few drops of es
sence of lemon, nnd make It all to n stilt
paste with three and one-half pounds of
'flour, ltoll it out, and bake in a slow
oven.
To Stow Chickens Whole. Take a lurre,
plumn chicken, wash thoroughly, then
wipe It dry with n clean napkin, and rub
pepper and salt Inside ami out. Take
from their liquor ns many niije largo oys
ters as the chicken will hold. IJxumino
each oyster carefully to see that no par
ticle of shell adheres to it; drain them vpry
dry In a colander, and fill the chicken auit'o
plump with the oysters. Sew up nnd skew.
or rt tlgntly. Then put It Into a pail, with
out crowding or spoiling the shape. Cover
tightly. Put tills .paif into a large pot of
boiling water, and lot It boll until tho
chicken Is tender. Kemove the chicken
to a hot platter, -cover closely as soon as
out'of the null, so that the air will. not
touch It, and set it into the oven with the
door open to keep hot while you' prepare
tho gravy. Turn out 'the gravy that has
'been made fromtthe stewing into a small
pan, add one tablespoon! ul or butter and
half a tea cup of rich, thick cream, the
yolks of three hard-boiled eggs, chotioed
or mashed very tine, a tablespoon ul of
minced parsley, A dash of cayenne, and
a tableapoonful of corn starch stirred
smooth In a little cold milk, Let this boll
up once thoroughly, then pour over the
chicken, and serve very hut.
Drumsticks of 1'owla. A hint to house
k epers-where chicken aro to be cooked:
Do nt put them before the tiro without
first removing the tendons of tho lugs or
rlrum.-Uicks. To do this cut the skin nt
the joint where the foot unites with the
drumstick and twist tho two pieces a lit
tle to bring out the white tendons. There
are a few in front and a large bunch at the
buck of the less Inclosed In a thin layer
of muscle-like Membrane, that makes
them look like one larse muscle, tjorape
off the thick layer and divide the tendon
Into Its small parts, and they may be
drawn out. one by cne, by passing a
sktwer under them and pulling vigorou; !y.
The despised drumstick Is now a dainty
piece of dark but tender meat, which may
even be breaded and cocked by itself as
a spntolly choice dish 111 various ways.
Kvcn where it Is served with other cuts,
frlcasee. Hew, roast or broil, the finvws
should always be removed.
Oyster Catsup. Kemove the oysters
from their sheds carefully, saving t.iu
liquor. Take out the adductor muscle or
stomach of each oyster und out orf the
beard. Put o'-tr the lire In their own
! liquor nnd Maimer until nil the goodness
Is extracted. Strain and pour Hie liquor
tr.to a ciea.li saucepan. f.r .-very i up uf
the Juice Ink-- o".c-foui .h i.f a c;p of
i sherry, six ui.chovi.'H. one ti . '.spoonful of
lemon juice, on,--:oui.a or a pitiin.i e;u.i
of ground mace and clave.i :;nd une do-.v:i
pepper corns. Simmer for HtP'Vt minutes
mi l pu; away to cool, cio-selv covered.
When cold strain, bottle un I soul.
i:orsi-:noLD sniGKtTinxs:
1:' ctfuni may b: ialcn with either a
foil; or a spoon. The use ot the fork Is,
pi I'hans, n little the most correvt.
Clams are In season nil the year round.
Little neck clams t-erved on the half shell
make a delicious llrst course for dinner.
l!n ail-und-butter plates tire still used,
and are likely to continue being so, aa
thiy huvo been -found jnoro useful and
nceersary.
To prevent shoes from nuking holes In
the heels of stockings, hew u plccj u:" wash
lcathen Inside the heels or the shoes.'
Tills, also, will Insure shoei from rubbing
the feci and makes them lit In tier.
'I he best materiel to use rr a pudding
bag Is thin, unlileiiehcl muslin. The bag
should always bescHldrd before It Is used.
The string used to lie It with should be a.
piece of strong and Immaculately ckiun
white tape.
Not every one, perhaps, has found out
that lemonade, Nie best drink fur a pic
nic, except cold cafe HI kill. Is 'easiest
evolved by squeezing the Juice of what
lemons in e needed into a bottle before
starting.
The best e.viern'il treatment for pois
oning from ivy, says the Popular Science
News, Is to wet a slice of bread with water,
dust It wi:h common washing soda and
apply to- the eruption; keep the bread
wet from Ihe outside with water. Jlalf
un hoar of this treatment will cure.
It Is a good Ida n to look over all the
piece buns, and sort out those that will
make nice hoi. lei s, and then make enough
to last some time. Put ull old Wliite cluih
In a bag by Itself, where il will be handy.
Do Ihe same with plecis of llauncl; II will
save lime and liuny If needed In sickness.
A most ollcnslvi! odor arises from hurtl
ing milk when It Is accidentally spilled on
tile hot range, and one that Is likely In
permeate the whole house. Immediately
wiping it off with u piece nf impel' of any
khiil lhat is easily caught up, and then
dropped Into tile lire, Is about the best
thing to do. and hardly a truce of the odor
will remain If it Is done very quickly.
While linen cases for party slippers are
ottered at the art shops li.ilslied or lo b.i
worked. They are long pcarfs, wider
than the slippers, which they will several
times unfold. TJiey are usually embroid
ered ill some small flower design and
bound with white silk braid. Alter the
dainty slippers are Muffed with cotton lo
keep their shape and wrapped In tissue
papir they are rolled in linen cases and
thus completely cared for.
Klowers for funeral offerings nre iiften
est now sent loose In a box, set pieces be
suggestive. Wreaths are still used, but
suggestive. Wreaths nr still used, but
they have become so fiill as to have Inst
the hollow of the culler, and are, instead
a round mat of dowers. Something differ
ent In llower designs for these sad occa
sions Is the oval wreath, of which one side.
Is made solidly of ferns and leaves, a id the
other half as solidly a mass of (lower '.
Housekeepers often notice that 111 damp
weather In the sunrlucr the coffee becomes
lust, less and Insipid. Many do not con
nect the facts, but they are cause and ef
fect. In clojeis nnd on store shelves the
kernel will become tough and doughy.
Just lis crackers are nft'cctid. An old
housekeeper says thut the flavor Is re
stored by keeping the breakfast coffee
over night In the warming oven nnd the
dinner coffee through the day In the same
place. Put Ihe amount needed in a howl,
cover closely, and let the slow heat of tho
upper oven draw out the oil.
An authority on the oheuilslry of foods
cautions housew ives against cooling loaves
of bread too rapidly after taking them
form tho oven. "Mm h of the souring of
bread." Fays Dr. Woods. "Is doubtless due
to laekof careduring cooling. Owing to the
hlgh-wattr contents and the large amount
of nitrogenous substances nnd sugar
which bread contains, il is especially, while
warm, a good soil for the development
of various kinds of moulds and bacteria.
A loaf of bread," he ltdds, "hot from the
oven, taken Into a poorly-ventilated room
tilled with people, will become sour In the
course of two or three hours." ,
Preserved ginger may be prepared at
home, and is equally good uu that pur
chased in Jars. Pare the rools of crcen
ginger and let them He In cold water an
hour. Drain and put In a porcelain ket
tle with fresh water, place over tile lire,
nnd cook until tender, changing the water
once nnd using cold water to replace the
hot water. When cooked lay fhem In ice
water. For the syrup allow a pound of
sugar for each pound of ginger root nnd
half a pint of water. Poll until It Is u
syrup and place It at one side to cool.
When cold put in the rooked giu.ter and let
It remain over night. Drain out Ih? ginger
ami reheat the syrup to bulling. Thin time
put in the ginger as soon us the Kettle is
taken from the lire. Let It stand over
night, then again drain out the ginger,
put it In a ftone Jar, heat tho syrup to
boiling and pour it over the ginger, cover,
nnd put uway for a week. Then IT the
ginger Is not rich enough reheat the syrup
once more. The ginger will repay the
trouble.
HfTALTII HIXT3:
Dr. C. H. Itnyward, of Croprey, III.,
writes: "Several years r,:.'0, v. Idle treat
ing some bad cas.s of i ryslp.las, n lady
askcil me why 1 ill I not use the remedy
th-y used in Montana. I asked hi r what
thut was; she said honey. I (Mil use it,
and found It very effective, and since
then have used It in every c.i.-e of erysip
elas mi any ipurt of the body. .ly lirst
treatment Is the external application of
honey, i shave the head unci face ;t
necessary, spread Ihe honey thickly on
cloth, cur holes for the eyes if the face Is
the part affected und change the applica
tion every three or four hours. I have
never had It fail to relieve the pain, heart
swelling and nausea and to shorten very
much the attack. I also give Interna'ly
the usual remedies for reducing the fevir
and stimulating the emunctories. Three
or four days usually suffice to bring about
convalescence under this treatment."
Forests have an Important hygienic in
fluence. In warm countries, w hen a forest
Is cleared away, fever always makes its
appearance, while in In Insalubrious dis
tricts trees are planted In quantity sick
ness disappears. Thus the '.toman rain
pagna and the Tuscan marshen, where
luxuriant forests are now growing, have
almost lost their traditional tinh"althful
niss. Another Important hygienic factor
of tho forest Is the fact that ozone exists
In unusually large quantities In their
neighborhood. This fact, lately estab
lished by FYrnow, has been held by him
to show that a forest constitutes an Im
portant barrier against the approach of
epidemics and infectious diseases.
This Is the udrice which a trained nurse
once save to a .woman wl.o wanted to
know what to do In certain emctgeneles
while waiting for the doctor to come:
"You will very likely have a sprain o
two to deal with. You can either ap'ldy
cloths saturated with Ice water until fhe
swelling disappears, or you may uc verv
hot water with vinegar in the same wav.
After the swelling has disappeared you
had better banduge the limb- and let
the little patient rest It on a level until
It gets strong. In ease of dislocation."
continued the nurse, "there Is always need
of Instant action. Muscular tension In
creases rapidly and Its reduction becomes
more difficult with every hour that passes.
Fingers and tnumbs cVj be set by pull
ing In place, but be careful not to use too
much force. A Joint Is always weaker
after an accident and rhould be strapped
fn place until strong again. In case your
boy hns nose Meed, It Is a good thing to
press gently the facial artery ut the base
of the nose and place cold applications
to forehead and neck. I suppose you have
him lean his head over a. basin. i'es, moat
people do, and that la Just the worst atti
tude posilbl. You should have him ttaod
erect, throw his head back and elevate
his arms, while voir hold a cold, damp
sponge lo his nostrils. If you have an oc
casion like that again and the bleeding
continues after what f have told you to
do has been tried, you had better syringe
with salt ami ire cold water or u solution
of lrcn. In the case of burns or scalds, if
they are very bad send for your physician,
but slight ones you can very well attend
to. Tho lirst thing In nueh cases Is lo ex
clude the air. 1 llml that baking coda nnd
sweet oil make a soothing, healing applica
tion, ir you can't get that conveniently,
beat up tho white of na egg ami apply
that with a bandage."
The laminated corn, or callosity produced
by prei-sure, congestion and inert-used for
mation of epidermis, may be softened by
moisture, as by soaking in warm water or
by the application ot a starch or soap
poultice; and. b.-lng softened, the thick
cuticle may be thinned by scraping with a
biur.t k::ile, or the albuminous epidermis
may be dissolved by un alkaline solution,
with miderate friction. hen tho thick
ening bus been reduced sulilei ntiy, it may
be kept down,by dally washing with soap.
The soft corn nouins ninoval with the
knife; if It he ot nimlcrc.t j sie, a single
Pinch with a pair of pointed scissors will
effect its reniovul, while the hard callosity
v.-lil require patient nigging with the point
of a not too hharp kaite. The eye of Iho
corn may always be nmie l:-ible by rub
bing the part wilh i au-de-cologue or spir
its of wine, and ii-iy remains of the corn
m ty be detected in this way, either during
or after tlv operation, 'ihe removal of c.
corn may be very considerably aided by
tne I'e of C:e coini iuind ilnei'ure of Iodine
p.U!iUd i-n the swelling. Steip and waler,
so useful to the skin lu many ways, are
t.xpr, s.-ly serviceable to feet atlllcte.l
with coi rs. Dully washing with soap, a.id
the oubscnif nt intiM'po.'iiloii uf a piece of
cotton-wool between the toes, may be con
sidered as a euro tor a soft corn. In these
casus the rklii may be hardened by spong
ing Willi spiius ot camphor alter the
wusning. i tic co:ion-woul should be re
moved ut night, and this Is a gaod time
for the C amphora ic.l spirits.
Nothing is mom agreeable on retiring
for the night than to lake a bowl of hot
brcth, like uutmeal giuel or clam soup.
It Is a positive aid to nervous people, and
iniMiees peaceful slumbers, this Is es
pecially the case on cold winter nights,
when the stomach craves warmth as much
us any oiner p.irt ol the body, liven a
glass or hot niila Is grateful to the palate
on tilich occasions, but u light, Well -cooked
gruel is belter, ami in our cibnate during
tho cold months of winter should be the.
retiring food of every woman who feels,
as many do, tho neid of food at night.
To prevent catarrh, breathe through the
nose. Set it as tt part of the pupil's educa
tion that he shall walk a certain number
of rounds of the playground at a rapid
rat wilh his lips tightly closed. Make ihe
opening of them a demerit, und tho com
pletion of tho lusk a merit. Increase Uio
distance and the speed dally. When a hoy
or sirl can walk at u rapid pace, or bet
ter, run three In. ml red yards breathing
only through the rose, mid repeat the
petl'ormunec thrice during the day, there
need be small fear of chronic nasal ca
tarrh. F.vea when the disease has become
scaled in a young person It may be erad
icated by persistence In this exercise
which, as every one knows. Increases tho
lung power and beneiits the cjrcuhitory
system at the same time. It Is a very
simple remedy, but persevered In it is
a very pel feet one. In persons of uny age,
a very eilleucluus remedy, often curative
If used regularly, Is salt water snuffed
Into the nostrils night and morning. A
strong solution of sea salt (or even com
mon table salt) in waler should be kept
in a bottle end when needed a sufficient
quantity diluted wilh warm water, so that
the liquid will have only a slightly salt
taste. A large glassful Is sullleient, and
the salted water thould bo used ut blood
heat, it can he used lit my time, though
It is bet to take it Just before retiring and
Immediately upon rising In the morning,
but never before going out of doors.
UNPREVAItlCATEl) l'KOVEKBS
Tes sounds sweet In nny tone.
A bad workman quarrels with his tool.?,
a wise workman with the architect who
planned the Job.
A friend lo everybody Is everybody's
enemy.
Muirlmoniul succcjs never attends the
wom'an of one pie.
One woman can always do what she
pleases with a man. but when there are
two women ilia man begins to have his
way.
Womrn certainly' excel kn patience. No
matter how deeply ho may be Injured, no
man would remain iiwaU after midnight
to deliver a curtain lecture.
The -best rnrnenter Is hot. ilke tho best
poker player, he who makes the most
chips.
A danger foreseen Is the worst of till
dangers, for it unnerves one with fear
some expectation.
It Is well that we cannot afford to go to
the doctor's all tbe lime. Many u man re
covers unassisted from slight disorders
which. If he once heard their scientific
names, would worry him into un early
grave.
A fortunate man may live in tho suburbs,
with u last train at ii o'clock, but an un
fortunate man should choose some town
where cara run all night.
Willi the bloomer girl a fault confessed
Is half undressed.
A woman's counsel may not be worth
much, hut like a pound of feathers one
Bets n great deal of it for the money.
Prllevo only half what you hear of a
mtm's wealth, and let that be not his half.
Loston Home Journal.
THE WRONG HOUSE.
"Madam." be began, as ho called nt a
house on High street the other forenoon,
"your husband went away In such a hurry
this morning that be forgot ciunethlng."
"oh! lfe did. in?" queried the woman,
with a good deal of emphasis.
"Yes'in, he did. When 1 went around lo
Eee why be hadn't left his suits to be
cleaned he snld he'd for.eot 'em."
"f see. And you oflered to eur.io up and
get them?"
"Yes'in. lie wants 'em cleaned' this
week."
"Did he say what suit?" a-died the wo
man. "No'm, be didn't: but I expect It's n full
and winter suit and nlso a full overocut.
If you would be so kind "
"Where did you see my husband?"
"At his ollice, ma'am."
"How long ago?''
"About half an hour. You don't doubt
me, ma'am?"
"Oh, no! It's rather odd, however. My
husband went to Europe six months ago
nr d hasn't returned yet, und how he coiili
be in bis oillee down town nnd send you
up for his full sejt Is inero than I can
make cut! Won't you please wait tii! "
"No. ma'am thtitik'ee ma'am can't
wait!" replied the m:;n, and the woy he got
out of the yard and uround the corner sig
naled a gO'Kl deal of mental excitement on
his purL Detroit Free Press.
PHILOSOPHY OF THE STREET
Those who Join procesr-lons uftc- tho
band begins to play generally leave us pecoa
us tile muide ccasis.
Titer - are pilot:! to poor that thty cannot
even run arhore.
Malice keeps right along working nftr
friendship has taken ailvantc.je of the
8-hour system.
The two main points in the lrfe of a v.r
man w ho can do n. she b uses are to en
ter. ai:i end be entertained.
Slung Is never so slangy as when It
conies from the If-is of a woman.
The new woman stiil manipulates the old
tongue.
The people who Imagine they hnve no
fau'ts lack the v'tlite of discernment.
Milwaukee Journul.
A QUESTION.
Folks doe.i lots o' laikln' 'bout dignity's
charm
An' tells ye ye orter.ter laugh out aioud;
Ef ye only Je' snicker, they look with
alarm
An' say. wl-th a sneer, that ye're one o'
the crowd.
Yet' wouldn't e druther see smiles thnn a
tear
An' be with , a mun who is anxious- tor
smother
With laughter his moments cf sorrow an'
fear;
Say now honcs'ly, wouldn't ye drulher?
From the ryes of the hypocrites tears
often start,
Ez they do from the crocodile, wailln'
fur prey;
But a laugh, tor pound hearty, must como
from the heart;
It's truthful, whatever It3 owner mry
say,
Tho folks llict is Bolemn, un' distant an'
still.
Seems frequently pro?peroif3, fomeho'.v
or other; .
But ye cb.ti:u with a fe'ilcr thut laughs
' with a will; . ' " V " r
Say now hones ly, wouldn't yo druther?
Washijurton. star, J
Lomidomi's Qramidl
Army of Stagers.
Special Correspondence of Tho Trlbuno.
London, Pec. 21. Mr. Henry Arthur
Jones has adopted for his now Lyceum
play the wurlous and not verv tasteful
or tactful title of "Michael and His
Lost Angel." In spite of the suggested
pun on u very solemn feast day In sev
eral churehe:.!, namely. Sept. -t, dedi
cated to "St. Michael and all Angels,"
I nm told that the play is not n farce,
but a vet y norlnus and solemn drama.
The hero's part, played of course ny
Mr. Forbes Kobertson, Just done with
"liemen and Juliet." is obviously railed
Michael, ur.d the "Lost Anr.el" Is the
character uf the herultv. which will be
ncteii. In suite of all statements to the
contrary, by Mrs. 1'atrick Campbell.
The new play, which. is said to be the
masterpiece of Its gifted author, will bo
produced by Mr. Daniel Frolnnan In
New York almost simultaneously with
the Lyceum pet lormutice, and in order
to secure the copyright jn America the
whole of the piece has been phono
rrraphed .in London nnd dispatched to
America. Should there be nny mis
takes In transmission it may be hoped
that there will be found some error In
the title, fur It couldn't be worse.
Michael might drop out and the Angel
remain. ,
Dear Mr. Cieorge Alexander's next
venture is to be a dramatization nf
Anthony Hope's delightful story. "The
1'rir.oner of Zenda." by Alfred Hose, n
prominent playwright. Mr. Alexander,
of course, will again play hero, and the
test of the cast will be uu to his excel
lent standard.
The Duke of York's theater comes to
the front also after Christmas with a
marital play called "Tommy Atkins."
With "Cheer! i?oys, Cheer!" running
successfully nt Drury Lane, "Tommy
Atkins" at the Duke of York's, and.
"The Prisoner of Zemla" at St. James'
It Is not likely that we shall lack for ro
mantic and wholesome plays. The
whispers that I hear about ttiese three
from those that know whereof they
apeak, tell me that they nre of the sort
to stir up all the feelings or nntriotlc
pride In their country that Englishmen
possess: nnd now that the 'flower of
their army Is off again, killing nnd get
ting killed. In Asliuntl. these ploys are
expected to fall very pat.
The Iben Fad Dying Out.
It Is a fact for remark that the real
ists nnd Ibcnlstx do not seem to be
getting much of n finger in the dramatic
lire this season. The misery of real life
has withdrawn Itself from the boards
for a good while let uh hope and we are
to be regaled with a bit of healthy sen
timent and romance as a rewnrd for our
too long endurance of the unhealthy
realist plays. Life Itself is about the
most real thing there Is. und to pome
the most miserable, and these go to
plays to lose themselves for the nonce
in something more beautiful nnd lovely
thnn their own selves and surroundings.
Theatres, then, were not built to make
the morbid still more so, and the happy
miserable, nnd the tendency for tho
present seems to be to return to the
hero who saves the leading lady Just in
the nick of time, and the heavy villain
who meets, with the dire destruction
which he deserved and nil that im
proved, modernized and beatttilied
as extravagantly as only the managers
of today can do it.
I be Decline of Sims Reeves.
Sims Iteovrs Is nlnrring at a Music
hnli: rftml not tho best of Music hulls,
cither, but nt the Kuipire. where wns
once the promenade against which Mrs.
Ormistor Chant waged such long and
bitter, but at last successful war. Of
all Kngllsh tenors, I doubt If there has
been one who has reigned In the hearts
of the bellad-luvlng Kngllshmen so
long ns this relict of old times. For
Sims Reeves is old, much too old to sing
well anymore, and It appears that If he
cannot be listened to anymore in con
cert, ho will betake his septuagenarian
voice on the variety stage. He doesn't
need it, but like dozens of other rich
old artists, ho will not give up. I see
by the papers too, that nineteen-year-old
Mrs. Sims Reeves Is to make her
debut there also tomorrow. I suppose
they do not sins so very well, but I do
know that I am cjuito right in supposing
that they receive an enormoua amount
of money for singing there. Julie?
might well ask "What's In a name?" If
she had only asked me, I could have
told her that money Is in some names.
Supposing I had Paul's name now!
My very palms Itch to think of it and
my purse, lying on the table before me,
opens ot itself and yawns at mo hun
piily. Adxico to Vocalists-
Apropos of music halls, a musicr.l
paper, which in both respected and fear
less, gives today some frank and excel
lent advice to vocalists. It presses upon
tliem. the claims of the music hall.
"There Is no more money in concerts."
writes the editor, "und the Fooner younR
artists nre convinced of this plain truth
the better for them. Of the thousands
who wish to make a living out of their
musical education some may eke out n
rtmall pittance by laborious teaching;
Heme may get well publ by musical hall
ninglng, nnd the remainder will soon
be !U-illusionl.ed about making their
fortune by oratorio or conceit singing',
of whom not one in n thousand Is ever
pt'ld anything more than the expenses.
Poor voce lists, clinging Fit ill tn a cruel
inhospitable Ideal!. How many n cap
able singer '". stai vine; In mute pride In
these days, for whom the concert room
hr.s no charity and the music hall nn
charm! How long will It be before
these ambitions and misled beings real
ize their honclesn fate? Today there
are fl.Ti'O students at the Guildhall
school nlohe; there are nt the very low
est estimate at least tDJiOO In London.
Some of these are learning nn Inptru
ment, may be. but what a residue! And
year by year these huge numbers, l l;e
hordes of Ooths, swoop dmvn upon the
profession nnd living becomes harder
und harder, and terms cheaper and
cheaper.
Let them be brave anil cast off thin
empty pride that keeps the cupboard
bare. Kven a successful singer seldom
gets, over here, more thin 110 o week
on the concert stage; nnd out cf this
there come oil sorts of expenses. There
would be better pay and more npiil.iuse
upon the variety stage; and then there
psplrants would Join in an excellent and
desirable vol it, the clearing out of Idle
and Ignorant nnd foolish personages
who figure there ut present from very'
lack of bettor talent, nnd take no more
heed nbout giving artistic or faithful
Fcrvlee thnn the planet Saturn on the
nebula of t'rsa Major! I am rot a lovf r
of tho varitcy stage, ror should I wish
to go unon it myself, but there nr"
thounand3 of other singers who would
not have any pcruples la tho matter,
and who no doubt would be better fitted
for such work also, and who would do
it well. For that, after all, is the Ideal
all real lovers of the variety Etage are
working for. When they get what thfy
really want to come to pass there 5hr.ll
bo no more vulgarity or improper ges
ture; there shall be no more shrieking
or blatant bellowing as of a demented
ox; there shall not be tunelesn screams
and the wretched wobbllngs of waver
ing voices; no worn-out J?Kta and oft
told stories; no feeble songs and strug
gling rhymes: every song shall be witty
or pleasant; eveTy voice shall be clear
Hnd delightful; every humorist shall be
original and concise, and when that
bl ight day romes we shrill hear no more
of reform. There shad be no more need
of Aur, Charts. We shall enjoy In in-i
nocence the whirling of twinkling feet
In the ballet, and the poetic posture of
Th3 Hope of It Lies, in Miss Kclser's
. Opinion, in the lYIusIc Halls.
the huhitin flsurt, and shall not need to
blush. . .
An I p-io-Pnio Variety Theater.'''
I am not such a great authority on lac
music ho II, never having bcc;n to any
but the I'ulace, which Is the most eom
me II faut lu London.- Uut the Palace
theater certainly Is very tine und what
one hours and sees there is, too, the
very best that there is tuilay on the
variety stnge. It was all very magnifi
cent except, alas! the solo and ballad
Hinttlng, which certainly did leave much
to be desired. This does not apply to
the concerted singing, however, for,
even among so much that was brilliant,
how noble the singing of the Rhondda
colliers, men who spend their days in
thu mine bent in painful attitude in
their stalls, and picks and hacks at the
hard mineral, hour ui'ter hour, until
enough be got for the day's living! At
evening, when they reach the world
nguin, there Is only one thought alng
ing. At the local Ilbenezer or Mount
'Ann you will lltul some sclf-tc.ught
trainer teaching his choir those won
derful part songs, and making of them
the lirst glee singers in the world!
For song is the blood of the Celt; he
breathes It from thecraale to tho grave,
and a Welshman who Is not nlso a tenor
Is unthinkable. I hnve heard a casual
crowd cf miners, with their wives ami
sweethearts, delayed somewhere on n
holiday, break out Into o. chorus from
an oratorio, nnd not a part be missing:
time, tune and harmony perfect! When
the great saturnalia arrives, the week
of national holiday, what Is the recrea
tion sought? No sight in the world ij
more wonderful than the large pavil
ion of the Klstcddfod, with Its countless
multitudes a whole nation spending;
hour after hour, day after day, in
breathless Interest nt the choral and
solo compositions. There is more ex
citement over a 'male voice part song
prize in Wales than in Kngland over a
dozen Derbys. .
I utile Lytic lie pes,
Rut to return to the chnnge. What
fin enrlh ever becomes of thousands of
the students with good voices, who come
up to London to distinguish them
selves, nnd never do, no one knows.
Their drearns of success in lines oper
atic, orntorlo or concert, never come
true. Their hopes are never realized.
In English, they do not "get on," even
some of the very best. This in so for
several reasons, which can be discussed
some other time, but not now. Sulllce
It to say, they tire reasons that ttome
tlmes do not in tho least convict the
young aspirant of Inability In his or her
chosen line of work. So they grow
lean and storm and light the battle to
the very death, but In'the long fun, have
to give up, vanquished. I own that I
would not at all like to be one of the
pioneers In the vocal elevation of the
music hall, but there are others without
my scruples, ns I said before who might
nnd who would like It Immensely, but
who are withheld from the. earning of
nn honest, living by these means, by u
less honest species of pride. The en
gagement of the RhouJila tileo singers
by the mnnagetnent of the Tnlnce was a
step 111 the right direction, and on both
sides for their singing benefits and
elevates the tone of the work there un
mfflfsurenbly. while they no doubt re
celve a salary there with their earnings
from concert singing:, pure nrd simple,
aro not to lie compared. And you will
see others following their example, and
that In the distnnt future, nnd helping
to solve a question that hns puuzlcd
and worried the musical critics of Lon
don for many a lung day.
Sadie Estallc Kaiser.
WISE AM) OTHERWISE.
"That foot ball game tho other day," ob
served VVi lglcy,"uiade me black and blue."
"1 didn't know you took purl In say foot
ball game the oilier Uuy," said' Sp'rung.
ler.
"I didn't," rejoined V.'rlgley.' "I cat be
tween two excitable girls In the grand
stand, and every thue there was a good
play made, each of them grabbed me by
the arm." Chicago Trlbunp.
Rhbsey "I've sien your face before."
l'lumzer "I'm not surprised. That's
where i always carry it." Uoxbury Cla
Zetlc. "Dr. Wnxem' doesn't know enough to
write u precr!';itlon, dots he?"
"uh, he'd do in tome places."
"Some places?"
"Yes; in prohibition districts, for in
stances." Cilicutio Record.
A soldier leaving the barracks is stopped
by the corpora! of Ihe guard.
"You cannot go without leave."
"I have tho tcrbul perinis ion of tho
captain."
"Hhow me that verbal permission."
London Globe.
Jinks "flo M.ss Smvthe. the pubtlc
school teacher, b.is cuanled one of her
former stiueni.-'."
"Hlnks "Vis, sliti's bad a pupil In her
eye for some time." Now York Adver
tiser. "lias anybody here a corkscrew?" sp'nks
up a sharp-nosed old gentleman In the
slerping car. "I have!" was the ready re
sponse frctn nearly every real. "Just as
1 thought!" shouted Ihe old gentleman,
springing to his Cen. "an now who will
be the lirst to sign tbetenipei uneo pledge'."'
Providence Visitor.
"I'l l you tell that r.v.ful bore who called
that 1 hnd gm.e to Calcutta?"
"Va, sir; I said you started I his morn
ing." 'Rood boy. Vi'hrt did ho say?"
"He wished to know when vou'd return,
nnd I told him 1 didn't think vou'd bs
back till after lunch, sir." Tit-felts.
First Tramp "I'm going to work up a
schen-e "
Second Trunin "Then T glvex you the
shake, p.ii'd. Xo work in mine." Detroit
Frr p Press.
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"And thee," rsld Mr. Smudge, "I Imag
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tears." New York Advertiser. .
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