THE CITIZEN', WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8, 1010.
Woman's World I
Little Princess Mnry
Her Father's Chum,
l'llINCESa MARY.
England will now have three queens,
the queen downger, the now queen nnil
Princess Mary. The Intter is the only
girl among the six children In the roy
nl household nnd lias long been n pet
of the English nation. She celebrated
bcr twelfth birthday on the 2oth of
last October and is said to be as pret
ty and lovable a little princess as ever
lived outside a book of fairy tales.
I'rinccss Mary was always a great
favorite with King Edward, who kept
her constantly In his company at San
dringbani or Balmoral.
"Mary Is as much a boy as the rest
of them," her father said once. "She
enters Into the sports and recreations
of her brothers with enthusiasm and
can hold her own with them In most
games."
Plays Cricket Like Boy.
She can play cricket and boasts of
having once "clean bowled" Prince
Arthur of Connaught with the first
ball she pitched to him. She practical
ly lives In the open air, fishing and
boating continually throughout the
summer.
Once last summer she and her broth
ers. Prince Edward and Prince Al
bert, wore boating on the Thames
when a skiff containing two Eton boys
collided with their boat.
"Why didn't your mother teach you
to steer before she let you come out
on the river?" said one of the boys.
"Why didn't yours teach you man
ners?" replied the princess.
In common with her brothers she
has been trained to be thrifty and to
save the money allowed her. Each of
the children receives n stated sum ev
ery week, never under any circum
stances to be exceeded. In the case
of Princess Mary, however, she need
never ask for an exceptionally large
allowance, for she has a savings ac
count of no smalj proportions, accu
mulated by weekly visits to the post
offlce savings hank. She understands
the system, does her own depositing
and frequently verifies her account.
Plays Jokes Upon Brother.
While her brother, Prince Edward,
now heir apparent,' was at the naval
college at Osborne she sent him a
large, attractive looking parcel. As
she had been delving Into the myste
ries of cooking and sending the prod
ucts of her skill to her brother, he ex
pected a feast and invited two friends
to assist hlui in disposing of it. When
the three of them opened the package,
however, all they found was a wax
faced doll dressed in the uniform of
the Naval academy, bearing a tag In
his sister's handwriting. "Isn't He
Pretty?"
That the little princess Is well edu
cated may ho gathered from the fact
that her schooling began at the age of
four years under n governess. At the
ago of eicht Princess Mary wns able
to talk fluently with the French am
bassador in his own language.
Lessons in the royal tchoolrooin be
gin at 7:30 a. m. in the summer nnd
at 8 a. m. In the winter. There Is an
hour's Instruction before breakfast,
three hours before noon und two hours
in the afternoon. Especial attention Is
paid to English history, In connection
with which study frequent visits are
made to the British museum for the
inspection of original documents.
A Fashionable Cure.
If ono could get well by going off
to n fashionable sanitarium and mak
ing garden, why couldn't the sumo
pursuit in one's own back yard prove
as beneficial to the health and more
so to the purse? Doubtless It would,
but as with all remedies that cost lit
tle it Is hard to convince some people
of their value.
"Gardening as a curative pastime,"
says an exchange, "Is tho newest
Idea, introduced by the head of a fash
ionable sanitarium for nervous worn
on, and each patient has her own par
ticular plot to look after. Slio is oven
given the task of spading up tho
ground and is expected to spend a
certain part of each day cultivating
It regardless of tho weather. On clear
days, after tho garden hour, the en
tire forco of fair women is supposed
to turn out and rako and burn leaves
and fagots as nnother way of playing
amateur farmers."
Baby's Irish Lace Cap.
Bonnets for tiny babies are made of
baby Irish crochet and cut like Dutch
caps.
They aro mounted on nn undercap of
padded crepe do chine.
Tho Irish laco la threaded with tiny
satin ribbons of blue or roso color, and
n big cabbage-liko rosetto la fastened
at each side whero the cap strings run.
Of Interest
to Women
Why Educated Women Don't
Marry One Celibate Cannot
Understand Why She Has not
Been Wooed-Standard by Which
Men Judge Women Wrong.
Unmarried women who would have
liked to marry, but never had tho
chance, are not likely to confess the
facts very frankly. The spinster who
makes her plaint under the title "Why
Do Not Educated Women Marry?" in
ft recent number of Independent, prou
nbly wouldn't have made it if Bhe had
been compolled to sign her name. But
"An Unwilling Celibate" might be any
ono of millions of women. This celi
bate therefore, regarding her case as
typical In many ways, announces that
she cannot understand why she has
not been wooed. She thinks the
standard by which men Judge women
must be wrong.
"When I look around a the homes,
the pitiful Inadequate makeshifts that
are called such, and when 1 read the
record of tho divorce courts nnd I
then look at my unmarried friends 1
wonder if marrlago is really a process
of natural solection and Invariably re
sults in the making of the fittest"
Sho is a college graduate, this celi
bate, and has met with fair success in
teaching and writing. But ns a young
girl her happiest dream was of having
her own home, husband, children, and
"the renunciation has not been easy."
She is "no beauty," but she has had
compliments on her good looks and
Is a skillful dresser. She comes of
an honored family, was brought up to
cook, keep house and sew, can play
cards, loves to talk to men and is
adept nt outdoor sports. And yet she
has had only one offer of marrlago.
and that an undesirable one, nnd bhe
is "perilously near the danger line of
thirty."
Sage persons, she says, tell her that
a woman "must never let a man guess
she has any brains or knows how to
talk anything but nonsense." She is
unable to follow this plan doesn't
think it is a "square deal" to a man.
Yet men seem to like to talk to her,
and they tell her it is "such a comfort
to find a woman who doesn't want to
talk nonsense all the time."
They come to see her and Invite
her to go to dances, theatres and upon
moonlight walks, and they confide In
her their love for Polly Jones or Sally
Smith. "I am proud of their trust and
confidence, yet I cry out against the
essential Impersonality of it all, as if
I were a sort of embodiment of the
earth mother."
DRAIN PIPE CLEANER.
Hose Connects Direct with Faucet
and Outlet of Sink.
One of the most useful of all recent
inventions for the house is the drain
pipe cleaner designed by a Michigan
man. This not only enables a woman
to keep her kitchen sink clean by hav
ing the pipe free, but it saves the ex
pense which is sometimes incurred of
having the pipe cleaned by a plumber.
A long rubber hose has Us upper end
adapted to be fitted to the faucet The
lower end terminates in a bell mouth
which is made thick at the top to pre
vent its collapsing and thin at the ex
tremity to form a flexible lip. This
lip is fitted over tho drain and hold
there by suction and tho water turned
on. In this way the full pressure o'
water is forced through the dra1
pipe, flushing it very effectually niu.
washing out all the extraneous mntte1
that Is bound to accumulato no mat
tor how careful a woman or her ser
vants may be and tHo latter aro often
not careful at all. Thero Is also n
lateral air inlet near tho top of the
hose.
New Use for Old Bachelors.
The "man chaperon" Is a novelty
In London nnd ho promises to become
permanent. Taking out a girl relative
or child of nn Invalid friend Is one
of the hardest duties of the married
woman. It was n happy thought to
turn the dull bachelors, long past their
youth, to some use. The men, too
have been flattered by this easy re
sponsibility, and they take honest do-
light in guiding tho young misses
through tho London drawing rooms
theatres and all the rest The plan
might bo tried here, if the comfort-
loving old bachelors could bo tempted
long enough from their clubs.
Was Ready.
Hero is a charming bit of obituary
sentiment from an eastern newspa
per: "He bad been married 40 years
and was prepared to die."
HOME TO STAY I HIP, HIP, HCO
RAYI
Home to stay! Hip, hip, hoornyt
No longer will thnt waiter let slip
"Mlstah, you forKot ilat tip!"
No moro will that Ic-.-v rkcetcr t:.
And Jerk me out of W l ..t m .i
No moro to wnlk "New Vawk s" hlt
Wny.
Where I saw sweet Salome piny.
No more, O darling summer nit I.
Wilt thou bewitch with jailer ctirll
Home, sweet lioina no more to tin:,
Where no blueflsh splash In the liasrt
Nor hands automatically reach for Cash.
Nor fat bathers my corns mash,
Nor rough breakers my ribs smash.
Oh, It's so delightfully rooll
Wasn't I a consumed fool
Thlnkln 1 wouldn't sweat down there
In that nwfnl board walk glare?
Olad I'm hornet Hooray, I'm freol
Seo? No dude clothes all day on me.
Collars here, shoes over there.
Cuffs and neckties under chair,
Trllbys cocked high In the air.
No stylo here. Don't need to care.
No city dudes around to stare.
Ain't this bully? Just suits me!
Too much stuck up at tho sea.
But, say hooray! may bo some day
When I get moro pay
And Jcssymlne names tho day
Wo'll honeymoon at tho shoro
Whero those moony breakers roar.
Will you know us when wo dip down
there
Or do tho walk on a roller chair?
Well, I guess 1 You'll Just swear
Wo nro tho swellest swells there.
C. M. UAItNITZ.
THE COCKFIGHTER'S OUTFIT.
Our picture represents n famous
cocker's collection of cockllghting
paraphernalia and tho only manufac
tory of cockers' supplies in the world,
located In Indiana.
These artificial spurs or gaffs arts
booted to the Game cock's legs, are
from one nnd a half to six Indies
long, and n fighter is "short" or "lone
heeled" according to length of spur
used. They are dignified by ?w h
names as "soul searchers." "Jagger"
SrUItS AND COCKPIT TOOLS.
nnd "meat ax slashers." The Baw is
used In shaping the natural spur for
the reception of tho artificial one, the
dubbing shears for cutting off cocks'
combs and wattles, and the round ob
jects, or gloves, are strapped to the
cock's legs so they may practice and
not knock out each other's eyes.
FEATHERS AND EGGSHELLS.
Pennsylvania farmers, according to
report, were paid tho best for their
agricultural products tho past year.
Thev take a back perch In poultry
products, however, ns tho whole state
only produced $15,000,000 worth.
Ono hundred dollars apiece was of
fered for three black swan's eggs at
Central park, New York, and refused
Old birds are worth from $300 to 500
each. The park authorities set the
eggs. As black swans are sports tho
exception those In chargo will llkejy
get left and say, "Waal, I'll swan!"
While high weeds afford a certain
shade for chickens, at the samo time
they arc u hiding and breeding place
for snakes and furry foes. If exten
slve, fowls often go through them to
the clear space beyond, becomo be
wildered and get lost They aro not
ornamental nor useful. Plant trees
and berries for profit and shade.
The number of cauarlcs in tho Unit
ed States Is estimated at 5,000,000,
Each bird consumes twenty-live
pounds of seed a year, and thus $7,-
600,000 Is spent on these caged birds.
Costs less to keep hens and pays far
better.
Fanciers from twenty states have al
ready engaged spaco for Baltimore's
next winter show. Now York, Boston
and Baltimore aro the largest shows
in the United States.
One of the common adulterations ot
wheat bran Is ground corncobs, nnd
wheat middlings are often fixed with
ground rlco hulls and peanut shells,
Pennsylvania has passed stringent
laws against such fraud. A sample
of feed and a dollar as fee sent to the
stnto department will securo nn anal
ysls of a suspected article.
When a hen cackles tho rest gener
ally follow suit. When ono poultry
man toots bis horn tho othors begin to
toot. Thus when a faucier valued his
hen at $10,000 others began the same
bluff. Now, If hens wero separately
assessed these lies would quickly be
repressed.
An Indiana poultrymau was killed
by tho pistol ho set for a chicken tblef.
What nn awful pity people can't seo
the danger of a gun set to kill. You
can now take out a burglar policy on
your flock, which is far better than
taking human life.
WHEN A FISHHOOK SNAGS.
Two Simple but ingenious Methods of
Releasing It.
In Ireland when an angler's hook
catches in a root under water he cuts
n willow sprout, bends it Into a hoop,
passes it over rod and lino and lets It
float beyond the obstruction, when a
sharp pull on the lino generally frees
the hook.
In England, says a writer in Forest
nnd Stream, an nnglor has Improved on
this method. In his kit he carries sev
eral of tho wiro paper clips used In
filing letters. If his hook becomes
snagged ho attaches the clip to a hit
of brush, then springs the clip over
his lino, and when tho branch has
floated beyond tho snagged hook tho
clip acts as a pulley in freeing it He
says It Is an effective and cheap clear
ing ring, nnd It Is not heavy.
A Peculiar Name.
There Is a post hamlet In Cass
County, Missouri, with nothing pecu
liar about it except its name, and that
is Peculiar. Its origin, according to
local traditions wns as follows:
When tho settlement had becomo
sufficiently populous to need a postof-
lice, one of the prominent citizens sent
a petition to Washington to havo one
established. In due course the peti
tion was granted and he was asked to
suggest a name that would please tho
people. He replied, "The people are
not particular so long as tho name Is
peculiar."
Thereupon the postofllco was chris
tened Peculiar, and ttio name has nev
er been changed.
Dangerous Insects.
Recent investigations have shown
that the notorious tsetse of Africa is
not tho only Insect capable of trans
mitting tho dreadful trypanosomiasis,
or sleeping-sickness. In tho neighbor
hood of Brazzaville exists an insect, of
the genus Chrysopa, which propagates
the same infection, and Doctor Martin
now announces that trypanosomes are
evolved in the body of n mosquito of
the genus Stegomyia, another species
of which is known as the propagator
of yellow fever in America. The moro
the subject is studied, tho more dan
gerous Insects appear as spreaders of
disease.
Shorthand Without Hands.
A youth of fifteen named Possneck,
who two years ago lost both his hands
In a machinery accident at Arnstadt,
has accomplished the remarkable feat
of gaining a speed certificate for short
hand. After his mishap, by which his
hands were cut off at the wrists, he
was received into a cripples' home.
Tho Duke of Saxe-Melningen, one of
the patrons, took an active interest In
the lad and paid for two artificial
hands. The cripple Boon became so
expert in their use that ho is an ex
cellent penman and can write short
hand at the rate of 115 words per min
ute. London Tit-Bits.
New Coffee Plant.
Tho African explorer, Carpentier,
has found in Sassandra a new species
of coffee-plant, which is very abund
ant in some places, although it is a
dwarf form, varying in height from
three feet to less than a foot. In their
wild state the berries are not suitable
for coffee-making, but it is hoped that
by cultivation this plant may be im
proved, as other species In the Congo
State have already been. At present
the new plant Is only a botanical
curiosity.
Long Distance Plcno Record.
The world's record for continuous
piano-playing has been broken by C.
W. Healy, who commenced playing a
piano at Prince's Court, Melbourne,
one evening at eight o'clock. Healy
played continuously until 10.30 at
night on the following Saturday even
ing a period of fifty and a half hours
and he lias thus constituted a new
record, the longest time before this
having been forty-eight and a half
hours. During tho performance Healy
sustained himself on beef tea and cho
colate. Antiquity of Bows and Arrows.
Ono curious result of tho recent
study of tho mural paintings and en
gravings on tho walls of caverns In tho
Pyrenees anciently occupied as dwell
ings by men, Is the ovidence which It
has afforded that bows and arrows
wero already in use nt that very early
period. In a grotto at Nlaux, bisons,
horses, deer and wild goats are repre
sented, and arrows aro shown striking
into many of tho animals. Some of
tho arrow-heads thus placed aro col
ored red.
Transcendentalism.
Transcendentalism is tho philoso
phy which finds all reality, not In tho
observation of external and objective
fact, but In tho mind and its processes.
The word was llrst applied to tho
teachings of Kant, but more specifical
ly and accurately afterward to those
ot Schclling and his followers, and in
America to the school of Emerson.
Bits of Information.
When very thirsty nnd only n small
amount of water is at hand drink with
a spoon or through a small hole in tho
cork of a canteen. It will do ni much
good as when taken In largo mouth
fuls. Boll putrid water in charcoal be
foro drinking. Indians purify all wa
ters by plunging hot irons and rocks
into thorn.
Knew of One.
"Suggestion? H'mphl Did you over
hear of a real cure effected by 'sug
gestion?" "I personally know of one.
I onco suggested to a young fellow
that if ho didn't want to havo a big
dog chasing him off tho premises he'd
better quit coming to my house, and
it cured him of the habit."
Cause of Twilight
Twilight is n phenomenon caused by
atmospheric refraction. When the sun
gets below tho horizon we nre not Im
mediately plunged Into the darkness of
night. Although tho sun Is below our
horizon, rays of solar light nro bent or
refracted by tho terrestrial atmosphere
nnd continue to furnish some slight
Illumination. The process continues
with diminishing intensity until the
sun is so far below the horizon that
tho refracting power of tho atmos
phcro Is no longer ablo to bend tho
rays enough to produco a visible of'
feet Tho tltno nfter sunset that tho
sun reaches such n position varies with
tho latitude of the place. There Is less
twilight nt the tropic zono than at tho
temperate or frigid zone. This Is due
to less time taken by tho sun's rays to
pass through tho atmosphere, at tho
tropic zono tho sun's rays being per
pendicular and at the tcmpcrnto and
frigid zones oblique. Now York American.
HILDA THE
HELPER
II. "There's No Place
Like Home"
Hilda the Helper used to say,
when she was rather younger, "I
think I'll pack and go away ; I've
got the city hunger."
One day did Hilda up and pack, she
hied her to the city. Three
months from THEN SHE M0SIED
BACK and sang another ditty:
"The city wasn't half so fine as I
had judged from rumor, so it's
THE OLD HOME TOWN FOB
MINE, and I shall be its boomer."
TIio Kind Tou Have Always
In uso for over 30 years,
nnd
rC F77z sonal supervision since its infancy.
fiZccA4l. Allow no ono to deceivo yon in tills.
All Counterfeits, Imitations nnd "Just-as-good" nro hut
Experiments that triilo with nnd endanger tho health of
Infants nnd Children Experience ngainst Experiment.
What Is CASTORIA
Castorla is ft harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Pare
goric, Drops nnd Soothing Syrups. It is Pleasant. It
contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotio
substance. Its ngo is its guarantee. It destroys "Worms
nnd allays Fovcrishuess. It cures Diarrhoea and Wind
Colic. It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipation
nnd Flatulency. It assimilates tho Food, regulates tho
Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy nnd natural sleep.
Tho Children's Panacea Tho Mother's Friend.
GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS
Si
Boars tho
The Kind You Have Always Bought
In Use For Over 30 Years.
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Gold from the Sea.
This has no referenco to tho wild
plans that have from time to timo
been exploited for extracting gold
from sea-wntcr, but it relates to tho
attempts mado In Queensland nnd
Now South Wales to recover gold nnd
other precious metals from the sands
on the seashore. The treatment of
these Bands has been undertaken, It
would appear, with some promise of
success. Not only gold but platinum
and uranium have been found. It la
thought that the metals find their way
to tho strand from submerged rocks
which are broken and trlburated by
the violent waves assailing the coast
Bleeding Fish to Keep Them.
The Norway Usher cuts and bleeds
fish tho moment they are caught Ho
cuts the throat or bleeds them from
the tail. Fish so finished keep far
better. Fish are best Just boforo
spawning time, thereafter they be
come poor, then watery and unfit
Some folk nro grouched by herring
nnd mackerel, nnd will get sick every
time they eat 'em. No matter how
fresh the flsh tho people vomit, purgo
and break out in bold hives. It is not
uncommon to find dead oysters mixed
up in the heap. These dead ones aro
liable to poison the live ones.
Neon and the Aurora.
By means ot sounding-bnlloonB,
Telsserenc de Bort has collected speci
mens of tho nlr up to nn altitude of
more than eight and n half miles.
Analysis shows the presence of helium
only In the layers lower than above
six miles. Neon, on the contrary, Is
found at all levels, and this fact Is
regarded as confirming the Identifica
tion of several spectroscopic lines of
neon In the spectrum of the aurora
borealis.
The Milky Way.
The milky way in the heavens is
composed of myriads of fixed stars,
but it Is not true that they have any
Influence that anyhodys knows of on
the direction of the wind or other ele
ment of the weather of tho earth.
Tlif ii- apparent changes of position aro
dup only to the changes of position by
the earth In its daily and annual revo
ut .ms. The stars in the milky way
so far from the earth that It takes
ii' sands of years for the light from
'fcf a to reach us.
Anything to Oblige.
They were a very young and ob
viously bride and brldegroomish look
ing couple. On entering the little tea
shop in the upper avenue tho maid
tactfully led them to a private room
which chanced to be vacant Tea was
ordered and served. As tho waitress
was leaving the room the young man
discovered an important fault in tho
service.
"Oh, waitress." he said, "may wo
have a spoon?"
"Sure," said the girl; "I won't come
back for ten minutes, and you can
have the room all to yourselves."
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has been mado under his pcr-
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