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A Useful Dressy Gown,
Dainty womankind likes na soft,
fluffy gown. Crepe de chine is a very
good materiel to use for matinee or
room gowns. It washes perfectly and
is light and soft to the touch. Other
materials in which these garments are
seen are pengee, sural, louisine, cash-
mere, light wools and flannels,
Capes nt Wedding,
At a recent English wedding the
bridesmaids wore cavalier capes of
white satin lined with rose red velvet.
These were slung from the shoulders
and held in place by straps of rose red
velvet ribbon fastened to the waist.
Their hats were ivory white beaver,
trimmed with loops and bows of rose
red velvet ribbon and large white os-
trich plumes. They carried sheaf bou-
quets of ‘red flowers. Their gowns
were ivory white satin having near the
hems of the ifull skirts silver gauze
and ecru lace threaded with silver.
The bodices had guimpes of ecru net
appliqued with Mechlin lace motifs,
Striving For Beauty,
T.et every woman strive for a beauty
which all will recognize as being gen-
nine through and through. That which
is superficial will fade and pass away,
leaving a flood of disappointments and
unhappy memories, while the true
beauty will prove a “joy forever.”
She who possesses this gift will be
blessed. And, yet it is not a gift, for
beauty represents the ultimate result
of sincere striving for the best in life,
for the noblest in character, sweetness
of grace and purity of soul. Every
woman may possess these divine attri-
butes if she will. The way is open
and mankind will smile approval if
she chooses to become the woman
beauitful. The “woman who thinks”
will shape her life to this course and
will call to her aid the supreme source
of strength’'and wisdom.
An Index of Character,
A small, well-rounded chin, with
mobile and red cushions of flesh upon,
Indicates a pleasure-loving owner. If
dimpled, all the more so, for dimpled
chins belong to coquettes. People with
dimples love to be petted and loved;
like admiration and praise. Generally
fickle. Usually this chin is healthy,
tecuperative and long-lived.
Broad chins signify nobleness and
large dignity, unless vertically thin,
when, if with it there be thin lips of
bloodless kind, you find cruelty.
Square chins with little flesh denote
firmness and executive ability. These
make goed haters.
Long, thin chins are poetical, un-
stable and delicate in constitution.
Such people are subject to bowel de-
rangements. If thin through the
angles of the mouth, too, they are
prone to tuberculosis. Generally short.
lived
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The Little Woman.
This is undoubtedly the day of the lit-
tle woman; but before going farther, let
us clearly understand what particular
fraction of femininity is implied in
that term. On this point the little
woman herself is naturally the best
authority. But here a difficulty crops
up. No woman who is not tall will
admit that she is a little woman. If
you endeavor to thrust littleness on
her she will draw herself up to her
full height, and with an eye glittering
with latent greatness, declare that she
is of that average height of which
every reasonable woman is so immeas-
urably proud. A little woman, there-
fore, is a woman of average height.
She is a pocket Venus, who may have
blossomed into a library edition by tue
time she has come to the end of this
eulogy. She is womanliness concen-
trated, energy incarnate, cleverness
compressed, the essence of elegance,
and the precis of prettiness.
As for the, energy and’vivacity of
the little woman, what need be.said?
There is a dash about her impossible
to larger women. Nor must personal
magnetism be overlooked. It is emi-
nently characteristic of the little
woman,
Vegetable Diet.
For the cook who wishes to substi-
tute vegetables for meat, a knowledge
of food values is imperative. Some
vegetables are perfect substitutes for
meat. You might grow strong and vig-
orous on them, while if you made a
wrong choice, your family would slow-
ly starve to death. All the grains,
such as whole wheat, rice, barley, oats,
corn, are perfect substitutes for meat.
They have the same nutritive value
without the wastes of animal flesh.
Nuts, cheese, peas. beans, lentils, rais-
ins, figs, bananas, are meat foods. To-
matoes, onions, celery, asparagus, car-
rots, beets, spinach, apples, are all val-
uable and important articles of diet,
but if you attempted to make them
the basis -of your dietary, your family
would either starve or strike. Many
vegetables have medicinal value which
minish the need for drugs and the doe-| 1
tor. Raisins, grapes, asparagus, spin-
ach, lentils, carrots, contain considera-
ble iron. They are valuable for anemic
people.
tuce are nervines and should occur
frequently in the diet of the high-
strung nervous person. They may be
or separately or in combination with
other foods. With the addition of milk
and butter, they become nutritious:
ish robe among their treasures.
of silk.
adays in the gowns we wear, and the
occasions on which we wear them. A
dinner gown and a ball gown must not
be confounded, and this means more
gowns.
has ever tried the following method
of making candied peel?
has a method of Ler own we would
L. says:
four hours in salted water.
fresh, cold water on the stove, let come
Celery, onions, carrots and let-| to a boil; turn off this water and put
on fresh boiling water.
until tender, then boil in thick syrup
made of granulated sugar.
served in a variety of ways, together | syrup cook all out, being careful not to
burn; place on the platters to dry.
This is fine for fruit cake, mince meat,
or to season commnion loaf cake.
take the pince of meat always,
son.—~Harper's Bazar,
—
A Marriage Compact,
domestic troubles and marital con
troversies may be traced to the loose.
contract.
practical modus vivendi for the con
tracting parties. Even
is no longer taken seriously.
mutual rights and duties of married
life are left to be determined by com
conciliation.
and disruption would be greatly di
minished.
of the divorce problem might well con
centrate their efforts.
father of the groom.
mother drew up an agreement, or.
rather, a catalogue of don'ts,
she asked the groom to sign.
ter submitted the draft to his father
bride to sign.
high sociological interest.
pledged himself, in part, as follows:
I will not smoke in the bedrooms.
nights a week at home.
after supper.
I will not conceal business condi-
tions and financial conditions from my
wife, pretending to be afraid she will
Worry.
I will not quit dressing well, and
run around looking like a tramp, say-
ing, “I'm married now, it doesn’t make
any difference,” but promise, if able,
to buy at least two new suits of
clothes each year.
I will not insist on
names for all the babies.
I will attend to the furnace myself
or hire a man to do it. I will not re-
fuse to discharge the cook. I will not
complain or get sarcastic if the meals
are disarranged or bad, and. finally, I
will go to church with my wife at
least three times a year.
And the bride promised, among other
things: v
Not to invite all my friends to visit,
and not to exclude mv husband's
friends from the house.
choosing the
to my husband.
Not to keep pet dogs.
Not to pick out some other man in
the neighborhood and hold him up as
a model.
Not to complain of feeling sick, tired
out and nervous oftener than is neces-
sary.
Not to go shopping more than three
times a week.
Not to drag my husband out to even.
ing parties when he comes home tired
out and worried.
Not to insist that the baby gets its
temper and bad traits from its father's
family.
Not to insist on trying to economize
by deing home repairing, painting, or
making home furniture.
Not to tell my husband the short
comings of the servants every evening
at dinner; not to insist on talking to
breakfast; not to ask him to suggest
what to have for dinner. and finally,
not to insist on buying his clothes,
—prerty
er J INGS ~~
a0 wear
Tn.
Fashion has the secarf-habit. Never
were so many beautiful, filmy searfs
seen. Prettiest of all are the printed
chiffon affairs.
A sailor shape in eyelet embroidery
on snowy white linen had a wide scart
of pink satin ribboa tied in the back
and falling in long ends.
Many debutantes of the season count
a Renaissance lace and a white Span
These
may be worn with vari-colored slips
The broadest distinction exists now-
—eeestl
Candied Orange and Lemon Peel,
We would like to know if any ons
If any one
E. L.
“Soak the peeiing twenty:
Piace in
ike to have it for our readers.
Let it cook
Let the
It
Carrots are’ delicious in combination
with celery or ov':inj or breta, Fyge!
Will keep avy lengih of tiwe, if piace
ALS FETE)
Two |
eggs equal in food value the quantity
of beefsteak usually served to one per-
Unquestionably the root of many
ness and vagueness of the marriage
It formulates no definite and
the “obey
clause” is either omitted altogether or
The
bat and compromise, arbitration and
1f the two parties got
together at the outset and drew up a
form of agreement to govern their
partnership the chances of controversy
Here is a project for re-
form upon which the anxious students
The path of reform has already been
blazed by a foresighted couple in Den-
ver, Col, under the guidance of the
mother of the canny bride and the
The bride's
which
The lat-
who framed a counter pledge for the
The concordat possesses
The groom
I will not join more than two secret
societies, and will spend at least two
I will not pretend to have business
downtown that calls me away right
Not to join more than three women's |
clubs or insist upon reading my papers
him while he is reading the paper at |
Household
«Matters
To Clean Painted Walls,
Pat five tablespoons of salaratus In
a pail of warm water and wash with a
soft cloth; rinse with another pail of
clear water and the walls will look as
| It just painted.
————
To Keep Huw,
To prevent ham from moulding a fie
meal. When wanted, simply rub off
the meal and the ham will
fresh as when first cut,
he
For Cieaning Windows.
Take one enp of whiting, one table:
| of water; take soft rag and rub on
glass; let stand fifteen minutes: then
rub off with soft flannel; will leave
: glass clear and remove all spots.
Using Cold Meats.
What to do with cold roast meats is
often a problem. Cold lamb is ex-
cellent: when served in aspic jelly,
Make the jelly—or buy it, which is
easier and nearly as good every way-—
and pour a little in the bottom of a
mould. Cut the lamb in thin slices of
uniform size, and trim them neatly.
When the layer of jelly is hard, ar-
range the slices with layers of jelly,
and pour jelly in last of all. When the
dish is quite firm, unmould aud deco-
rate with small olives, trufiles, capers,
or pimnentees, and garnish with water-
Cl'esses,
———
Care of Celluloid Articies,
A manufacturer of celluloid articles
says that the danger of these articles
exploding into flame when near a fire
is greatly cxaggerated. Nevertheless,
lie adds this long list of “Don'ts”:
“Don’t place hot curling irons near
your celluloid hair comb; don’t drop
a4 match on the celluloid back of a
hair brush or handglass alter you
have lighted the gas in your dressing-
room; don’t use the celluloid handle of
| Your paper-cutter to press down the
| tobacco in your lighted pipe; don't
put your celluloid beads near a light;
don’t hang a celluloid bead curtain
where there is an unprotected light;
don’t keep loose matches in the same
pocket with your celluloid card case
{ or diary.” It would be simpler not to
{ use celluloid at all, as a matter of fact.
{
| Canning Notes,
{ Label your cans with name and date.
| Do not allow draft of cold air to biow
across the hot cans. Wash and dry
cans thoroughly after the contents are
used and then put away each with its
own cover on. Light and warmth are
enemies of ail canned goods, preserves
| and jeilies.
The rubber ring is the most danger-
ous part of the can. See that the
ring is perfect condition before
using.
| Sugar is sometimes omit'ed in fruit
| canned for pies.
Cans should
| three days
in
be examined two or
after filling. If syrup leaks
{out around the rim, they should be
| unsealed and heated again.
A box of sand is excellent to set jars
fruit in, as it keeps them dark. The
light will spoil some varieties of fruit,
| strawberries and tomatoes being very
| sensitive to it.
|
of
|
|
|
Sauce For Cold Meats—Pour suffi-
cient water over three heaping tea-
spoonfuls of ground mustard to form
a paste, rub smooth, then add half a
cupful of vinegar, a pinch of salt and
the beaten yolk of two eggs. Stand
the vessel containing the mixture in
a pan of boiling water and stir con-
stantly until the dressing thickens,
then add a generous lump of butter
and stir until it is dissolved.
Sauce For Boiled Meats and Stews
—Brown two tablespoonfuls of butter;
heat one cupful of meat liquor to a
boil, skim and season with salt and
pepper; stir in one tablespoonful of
browned flour, wet up with cold water,
and, as it thickens add the browned
butter, also one teaspconful mixed
parsley and sweet marjoram, a few
drops of onion juice and one table-
spoonful of vinegar, Boil up once
and serve.
Marshmallow Cake—Make the bat-
ter after any good white cake recipe,
and bake in layers. I'or the filling,
boil one cup of sugar and four table.
spoonfuls of water until it “ropes,”
then add a half pound of marshmal
lows torn into bits, and stir until they
dissolve. Whip the whites of three
eggs’ until very stiff; add three table-
spoonfuls of sugar and stir into the
syrup, beating hard all the time.
Spread between the layers while warm,
as it stiffens very quickly.
Lobster Farcie—~Cut ap a pound
of canned lobster; put a cupful of
milk on to boil; rub a tablespoonful
of butter and flour together, and stir
into the milk; take from the fire, mix
in half a cupful of stale bread crumbs,
a tablespoonful of chopped parsley,
the mashed yolk of four hard-boiled
eggs with the lobster meat; salt and
pepper to season. Put the mixture in
a baking dish, brush the top over with
beaten egg, sprinkle over with bread
crumbs, set in a quick over for fifteen
erog
minutes to brown. Serve hot, gar.
It has been ent, rub it with dry corn
as
Spoon ammonia, one and one-half cups
COOD TIMES FOR THE FARMER,
Prosperous.
what that paper thinks of the condi
tion of the American farmer as
stands to-day:
tan farmer,
or small crops at high prices. On a
high prices have come together
make him forget the vagaries of na-
J ture, the whims of sun and wind and
p | Was something more than a fair
ing In farming.
Probably never before in his history
combination of big crops and high
prices to the extent that be does this
year,
crop reports, it is reasonable to pre-
sume that the American corn crop of
1905 will prove to be the greatest on
record. The wheat crop is one of the
largest in the country's history. And
both corn and wheat ave selling at
prices which mean a good deal more
than a mere living from the land for
the American farmer.
When his farmers are prosperous,
Uncle Sam should be glad. Our agri-
cultural population is still the back-
bone of the Republic. As the years
eo by we are becoming more nnd more
a manufacturing, city-dwelling people,
Whether or not this cause for
thanksgiving there is serious reason to
doubt. But the backboue of our na-
tional strength is still to be found in
the country. When the farmer is pros-
perous the cities are prosperous, too.
When hard times touch the farmer it
is only a question of time before the
cities feel the chilling breath of indus-
trial stagnation as weil,
The American farmer deserves all
the good things that come to him. It
would be a mean-spirited individual,
indeed, who would grudge him his al-
most unprecedented prosperity of to-
day.
is
Twenty-nine Uanguages in One School,
Eighteen languazes were spoken in
New York before the War of the Revo-
lution, and that number has now risen
to sixty-six or seven. There is a school
in the Syrian district of {he city in
which, it is reported, twenty-nine lan-
guages and dialects are used! The
greatest problem to be solved in New
York, not only as a municipality but as
the gateway to the United States, is
the naturalizing of this host of chil-
dren—not by the forms of law, but in
spirit, temper, habit and speech. How
Sens? eine a r 1 Treatment with phosphoric acid ren-
s Deine. de . :
vic 15 helng done for men and | ;..5 the surface of the glass condue-
women in these congested quarters;
all
the
which they
agencies combined;
live than by
but
is being done with the children. They
are full of love of country; eager to
assert their Americanism on all occa-
sions and often in very humorous
ways; but they sorely need training in
the rudiments of wholesome living.
Education is the only means by which
they can be made safe, healthful, Jaw-
abiding and self-supporting men and
women.—Hamilton W. Mabie, in Har.
per’s Magazine.
Where Patriotism Reigns,
While the Spanish-American War
was being “fit” and every one was tre-
mendously patriotic, it was the prevail-
ing custom in all restaurants where
one has to eat to music for the diners
to stand up whenever the national air
was played by the orchestra. It was
practiced steadily until hostilities
ceased, and then a custom which is a
feature of British life always was
gradually abandoned except in one
place.
Over in Second avenue there is a
prosperous restaurant of the type
which calls itself “Cafe Something,”
in which this admirable custom is still
preserved. A man who had not been
to the place since the wartime wan-
dered over to the cafe a few nights
ago, and, much to his surprise, when
the band played the national air every
one stood up in the good old way, with
all its accustomed exhibition of shame-
facedness on the faces of the men. The
curious part of this survival is the
fact that a goodly proportion of the
patrons of the place are foreign born.—
New York Press.
Sees With Her Eyes Shut,
There is a woman in Chicago who is
totally blind while her eyes are open,
but who can see with them shut. Her
eyes are normal, except that the nerve
that conveys the image to the brain
has become misplaced. The woman's
eyes are bright and clear. They per.
form all their functions properly.
They dart about, regarding everything,
but on account of their misplaced
nerve, they see nothing. Yet let the
woman close her eyes and the last ob-
ject gazed upon is clearly visible to
her. She sees with her eyes closed,
She looks at you, and everything is
black. She seals up her lids, and there
you are, distinct and bright before her.
An Awful Possibility.
“When I was a boy,” said an old
gentleman, “I attended ‘the old Gor-
ham Academy in Maine. One time the
tev. Caleb Bradley, of Scarborough,
Mass., came to talk to us. It was dur-
ing the Presidency of Mr. Polk, and
his remarks showed how much higher
political feeling ran in those days than
now. He said, ‘If you make good boys
you will make good men. Some of you
might make a Washington, some of you
/ Jefferson. and the Lord knows most
any of you inight make a Polk.’ ”
There are four Governors that served
nished with parsley,
during the Civil War still living.
Large Crops and High Prices Make Him
The following from the Cincinnati
Times-Star will give you some idea of
he
These are great days for the Ameri
Many times in the past he
has had big crops to sell at low prices
fair number of occasions hig crops and
to
rain, and to think that after all there
live
has the American farmer enjoyed tae
On the basis of the Government
repulsion.
able
comet itself,
planet gives.
separation,
great results.
pable of
other things.
The radium
ist.
glass tube in
from
Recording bird migrations, Otto
man, a Hungarian ornithologist, 18 sur-
prised to find that swallows take 105
days to complete thelr passing from
Gibraltar to Lulea, in Sweden,
the main
S—
which
That electricity is scon to replace
the manual labor of the housemaid is
the prediction of Colonel R. E. Cromp-
ten, the English electrician.
washing
dough, chopping meat and even doing
the family washing, as well as many
The use of the motos
to compress air may give a cold stor-
age room for every man's house.
mestic motors have been greatly cheap-
ened and electric lighting companies
are profiting by selling current for day
use at reduced price.
dishes,
ciock
which a
light
he
described
months ago by the Hon. R. J. Strutt ig
now manufactured by a London chem-
It consists essentially of a smal!
twelfth of
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(
The tails of comets are found by
Professor Barnard to be shaped by
several causes in addition to the sun's
Short, straight minor tails,
issuing from the nucleus it consider-
angles to
to be due to an eruptive force of the
tail, seen
If Mars and Saturn reflected the
same proportion of the
falls upon their surfaces ttle 8
and much nearer planet would look
three times as bright as the much
more distant and much larger Saturn.
As a matter of fact there is no greal
difference between the two.
ferred from this fact that the visible
surface of Saturn consists of clouds,
since no surface of land and water
would reflect so much light as that
It is ine
M. de Wilde has a new method of
expects
He treats ocean water
with a concentrated solution of salt
of tin, which transforms the gold into
purple of Cassius, an oxide of gold and
tin, and this is fixed by hydrate of
magnesia, which is liberated from the
sea water on adding lime water.
hydrate of magnesia has been charged
with as much as fifteen per cent. of
gold, which is removed with cyanide
of potassium solution.
It is ca-
kneading
Do-
some
a
Her.
which
maller
The
is this army of children from Europe
or of recently immigrated parents to be
transformed into an army of American
more probably by tke atmosphere in
other
most
searching, effective and fruitful work
grain of radium is supported br a rod
of quartz in an exhausted glass vessel,
the lower end of fhe tube containing an
electroscope of two aluminum films.
tive. The positive charge received
from the radium expands the leaves of
the electroscope until they touch the
sides of the tube, when they are dis-
charged to earth and the leaves fall
together.
that action
sand years.
NEW CREATIONS IN PL
—
The Ilemarkable Work of Luther Bur-
bank, the Horticulturist.
This is repeated at inter-
vals of one minute, the estimate being
will continue several thou-
a
ANT LIFE.
Much has been written in the news-
papers and in the magazines about
the work of Luther Burbank, who has
accomplished such wonderful results
in the breeding of plants and the im-
provement of old species and the cre-
ation of new species of fruits, flowers
and vegetables. A new volume by W.
S. Harwood contains the most com.
plete and comprehensive account of
Mr. Burbank’s great achievements, his
methods of work, and his personality.
The things that he has done are little
short of miraculous, and not the least
miraculous phase of his work is that
he has accomplished in a few years
what it takes Nature, unaided, gen:
erations nd enturies to bring about,
He has made a daisy six inches in dia-
meter, that will grow anywhere from
the Arctic Circle to the Equator; a
potato that is recognized as the best
in the world; a fruit, made by crossing
tiie potato and the tomato, which grows
upon the potato plant, and which is
“iine eaten raw out of hand, delicious
when cooked, and excellent as a pre-
serve.” He has bred a calla lily with
the perfume of a violet; a dahlia with
its disagreeable odor replaced by the
fragance of the magnolia; the plum-
cot, which is a combination of the
plum and the apricot; a plum without a
pit; blackberries without thorns; a
full list of his creations would fill
pages. Perhaps his most remarkable
achievement is the creation of a thorn-
less edible cactus, which promises to
redeem our desert lands by providing «
crop which will grow without irriga-
tion and will furnish palatable, nu-
tritious food for cattle and for man.—
New York Outlook.
Golf at Seas,
Few of the older sports are now in-
dulged in at sea. The exceptions are
quoit pitching and shuffleboard. Sea
golf is fast driving shufileboard from
the list, and athletes at sea view the
suggestion of ring pitching with about
as much contempt as old-time poker
players accord the idea of playing
cassino. Golf at sea is more or less
on the shuuleboard order, except that
the field is bigger and the pastime more
exciting.
Suicide Fails; Asks Damages.
Because a revolver which Le had
just purchased to commit suicide
missed fire twice, Paul Schlardum, of
San Bernardino, Cal., has begun suit
against a hardware firm for the price
of the weapon and damages for its fail.
ure to kill him. He says he will post-
pone further attempts on his life untif
—
AN APPEAL FOR JUSTICE. 4
—— :
Mrs. J. G, Phelps Stokes Criticiass Cares
less Women of Wealth, ’
The women of wealth who wear dias
monds, “careless where the purchase
money comes from, when the cost
means the misery of their working sis-
ters,” received especial mention in an
address by Mes, J. G, Phelps Stokes,
Who was Miss Rose Harriet Pastor, bes
fore the “People’s Meeting” at the
laptist Church of the Epiphany fin
New York City,
Mrs. Stokes was one of a notable list
of speakers, the others being the Rev.
Dr. R. & MacArthur, of Calvary Bap
tist Church; Mrs. Frederick Nathan,
' | President of the Consumers’ League;
the Rev. Dr, Madison C. Peters, pastor
of the Church of the Ephiphany, and
Mrs. Harriet Stanton Blatch, :
“Working Women's Wrongs” was
the subject, and the miseries of
women of the greater cities, whose
lives are spent in the sweatshops un:
der inhuman masters who drive them
to consumption and early graves, were
discussed. Mrs. Stokes’ address re-
ceived earnest attention.
“Educating the wealthy to sympas
thize with the condition of the works
ingwomen,” ‘giving the workingwoms
en the right of the ballot and having
them form unions,” and “legislation
against employers who pay insufficient
wages,” were some of the remedies
suggested. .
The men who amass wealth by pay-
Ing starving wages, and whose minds
are never disturbed by any thought of
justice toward their employes, also
came in for criticism.
“The Bible utters its anathema
against such men,” Rev. MacArthur
said. “The cries of the wronged toil-
ers have entered into the ears of thee
Lord, and the gold and silver of such ,
accumulation is cankered, tainted and |
hopelessly condemned.”
Mrs. Stokes was introduced by Rev.
Peters as a “young woman whose
name on the lower East Side is a
houseliold word for sympathy apd hu-
manity.”
“What I say I know to be true from
my own experience of twelve years in
a factory,” Mrs. Stokes said. “A great
deal of the discontent among working-
women is due not so much to any spes
cific wrong, as to the general feeling
of absolute indifference as to the wel-
tare evidenced by employers.
“People who draw dividends should
know where the dividends come from.
They should know the conditions from
which these earnings spring. What
would Jesus say to the women who
wear diamonds, when the cost is untold
misery and all health on the part of
their less fortunate sisters? I think
I could guess, and so can you.”
Mrs. Stokes was questioned about
this declaration by one of her audience
and she said:
“I do not mean women should not
wear diamonds. I have no objection
to the wearing of jewelry by women
who work for the money which buys
them.
“Happiness is impossible for the
working girl who sees herself handi-
capped in the struggle toward strong-
er, nobler womanhood; who cries out,
or is terribly silent, when she finds
herself held Cown, ignorant, weak and
helpless, in the pitiful struggle for
bread, and by the intensity of brutal
disregard and industrial competition
over which she has not the slightest
control.
“All possible joy is generally ex-
cluded from the workshop,” Mrs.
Stokes continued, “by tie rigid rules
against talk and intercourse among the
workers. Under such conditions, life
becomes mere monotonous drudgery,
and work becomes absolutely hateful.”
Mrs. Stokes declared that “one-third
of all workingwomen between the ages
of twenty and forty-five die annually of
consumption, because of the conditions
under which they are employed.”
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Antique Furniture.
It is quite true that persons DOSSEess-
ing antique furniture have come to
have an exaggerated idea of its value,
and it is daily growing more and more
difficult to pick up bargains, even in
the more remote towns of Connecti-
cut. But one New York woman is re-
joicing in the possession of a highboy
for which she paid only $2. She has
since had an offer of $150 for it.
While autoing not far from Ridge-
field, Ct., recently, she stopped at a
farmhouse for some water, and casual:
ly inquired if the family had any an-
tique furniture to sell. The family
looked at her, not seeming to under-
stand what she meant.
“Old mahogany furniture—have you
any that you would like to dispose of?”
she repeated. ‘
“Wall, now, there‘s that old chest
of drawers on the back porch—maybe
that's what youn want.” and the farm-
er took her out to inspect the article
in question.
It proved to be a handsome highboy
of unusual pattern and large propor:
tions. It was battered and one leg
was broken off, but when the farmer
offered it for $2 the offer was accepted,
and it was shipped to New York.
It was renovated, rubbed down and
repaired, and to-day is the admiration
of all*the woman's friends who know
the value of antique furniture.—New
York Sun.
test seesmmies——
Exclusive Theatre.
The experiment of a “national” the-
atre is to be tried in America. Sev-
eral wealthy men in New York have
subscribed sufficient funds to build
and endow the theatre. The highest
price for a seat is to be $100, and the
lowest ten dollars, though a certaiy
number of seats are to be given te
students at the nominal price of a
shilling.
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The sale of typewriters has been
forbidden by the pone in Russia. This
was done to prevent their use by revo:
bis Fawo2e suit 1s tried.
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