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REGARDING MEN AND WOMEN
According to a Woman Writer 3£*n
Are Loyal and “Easy to Get
Along With.”
Various apt, Incisive comment* mad*
by Gail Hamilton almost half a century
ago on “Men and Women” are in most
respects equally full of force to-day,
with all the vaunted progress woman
has made, says the New York Tribune.
“Men are strong; they do things, and
don’t mind it,” admits this vigorous
woman writer. “They can open doors
in the dampest weather. They can un
strap trunks without breaking a blood
vessel, turn keys In a moment which
women have lost their tempers and
lamed their fingers over for half an
hour; look down precipices and not be
dizzy. . . . You may strike them
with all your might on the chest, and it
doesn’t hurt them in the least (I mean
If you are a woman.) They never grow
nervous and cry. They go upstair*
three at a time. They put one hand
on a four-rail fence and leap it without
touching. In short, they do everything
easily which women try to do and can
not.
“Moreover," continues this commen
tator, “men are so ‘easy to get along
with.’ They are conveniently blind and
benevolent. Women criticise you, not
unjustly, perhaps, but relentlessly.
They Judge you in detail, men only ih
the whole. If your dress Is neat, weil
fittlng and well toned, men will noit no
tice it, except a few man-milliners and
a few others who ought to be. If you
will only sit still, hold up your head
and speak when you are spoken to, you
can be very comfortable. I do not mean
that men cannot and do not appreciate
female brilliancy, but If your are a good
listener and in the right receptive mood
you can spend an hour very pleasantly
without it.
“But a woman finds out in the first
three minutes that the fringe on your
dres3 is not a match. In four she has
discovered that the silk of your sleeves
is frayed at the edge. In five thtit the
binding of the heel of your boot is
worn out. By the sixth she has satis
factorily afipertninpfl what aha riktippIM
the first moment she ‘set eyes on you,*
that you trimmed your bonnet your
self. The seventh assures her that your
collar is only ‘imitation;’ and when yon
part, at the end of ten minutes, she has
calculated with tolerable accuracy the
cost of your dress, has leveled her men
tal glasses at all your innocent little
subterfuges and knows to a dead cer
tainty your past history, present cir
cumstances and future prospects. Well,
what harm if she does? None in par
ticular. It is only being stretched on
the rack a little while. You have no rear
son to be ashamed. Your boots are only
beginning to be shabby, and we all know
the transitory nature of galloon. Your
fringe is too dark, but you ransacked
the city and did your best, ‘angels could
do no more.’ You trimmed your bonnet
yourself and saved two dollars, which
was just what you intended to do. Your
lace is not real, according to the cant of
the shopkeepers, but it is real—real
cotton, real linen, real silk, or what
ever the material may be, and yon
never pretended it was Honiton or
point. . . .
“But if men, in their strength and
courage and independence, are enviable,
men in their gentleness are irresistible,’’
concluded the writer. “You expect gen
tleness in women. It is their attributs
and characteristic. You do not admira
its presence so much as you deplore or
condemn its absence. But manly ten
derness has a peculiar charm . . .
and you meet it everywhere—in the
house and by the wayside in
city and country, under broad
cloth and homespun. You may
travel from one end of the country to
the other, and meet not only civility
but the most cordial and considerate
kindness. You may be as ugly as it is
possible for virtue to be. and tired and
travel-stained and stupid, and your
neighbor of a day will show you all the
little attentions you could claim from a
father or brother or husband. . . .
VV UUICU UUIU UCIvlCl tuipiuvc IU«
rights they have before going mad after
others they know not of. If men will be
bo good as to do the law making, and
stock jobbing, and bribing, and quarrel
ing and stump speaking, I shall be great
ly obliged to them. . . . Am I en
thusiastic over this involuntary out
gushing of the stream of kindness which
flows so continually from men to us
ward? I have a right to be. A nation
of men loyal, not to grace, beauty, mag
nificence, but to womanhood, to the
highest impulses of human nature, to the
love element of the universe, is a thing
to be enthusiastic about."
The Picture Hat.
"I witnessed an amusing incident at
one of the local theaters the other
evening," remarked the theater-goer
"A woman, wearing a large picture
hat, was seated directly in front of an
elderly man, 'who was straining his
neck in an endeavor to see what was
happening on the stage, and, of course,
It was only possible for him to see but
one-third of the performance.
"The second act had begun, and I
could plainly see that his anger was
Increasing. At last, when he could
stand It no longer, he lightly tapped
the woman on the shoulder, and. in as
gentle tone as he possibly could mu»
ter, said:
" ‘Madam, pardon me, but I paid two
dollars for this seat, and your hat—/
“ ‘My hat cost $25, sir-r-r!’ came ths
haughty reply.
"The conversation was at an end.*
—Philadelphia Press.
A Busy Family.
“Whar’s Bill?"
"Huntin’ rabbits.” *
“An’ Dick?”
"Haulin’ firewood to co«k ’em.*
"An’ the old man?"
“Tradin’ a bale o’ cotton ter a bos
ft matches! ’’—Atlanta Constitution.
FOR NEEDLEWORKERS.
Pretty Bits of Household Finery TTp
on Which to Employ Their
Spare Time.
A fad of the moment i3 to have laced
•r embroideerd cuff and stock piece#
•dged entirely around with niching.
The cuff pieces are simply basted over
the wristbands. When the niching is
•oiled a new ruche may be put on and so
the handsome or delicate lace is saved
much washing.
One of the embroidery designs in field
flowers which is attractive is a daisy
pattern upon a table center piece. Large
centers with a white couched edge and
the pattern stamped inside this cost
$1.50. The edges should be finished with
a broad band of lace. The design is
worked in white and green.
A prime factor in a cozy corner is a
cushion of green burlap embroidered
with red raffia. The design is of clus
ters of cherries. The realism of this
pillow is further carried out by having
the corners finished with large bunches
of natural-looking velvet cherries on a
green wire stem.
The prettiest of the new summer
eushion covers are in sheer muslin or
lawn, with embroidered monogram or
Marie Antoinette festooned borders, or
Napoleonic wreaths of tiny flowers all
done in exquisite stitches in white, and
brought into relief by being placed over
a cushion covered in rose, blue, yfellow
or mignonette green.
Bedroom slippers of the hand cro
cheted order echo the universal vpgus
of the polka dot. The smartest of these
are now made to come very high on the
ankle and turn over, forming a sort of
cuff. Larke white polka dots occur on
a background of pink or lavender, or a
white surface is treated with large dots
in pink or blue.
A pretty pincushion that a girl can
make for herself, or for a gift, Is a cir
cular affair of violet colored slik or
satin, heavily sacheted with orris pow
der. Around this are sewed millinery
violets, arranged in such a way that the
cushion is almost hidden away in the
blossoms. The stems are tied as if in a
uvfuquci ci»i tut; uaun.
A pretty and comfortable kimono may
be made from an old shirt waist Re
move the gathers at the waist. Take off
the collar band and cut the neck V-shape.
Remove the cuffs and gathers at the
wrist. Now take cloth of a contrasting
color and sew a strip two Inches wide
around the bottom of the waist and tha
sleeves, up the fronts and around tha
neck and your dressing sack is com
plete.
THE OLD-FASHIONED BATH.
An Invigorating Indulgence Espe
cially Beneficial to Persons
Who Are Ailing.
An 1830 bath is the very latest
thing. It is a bath made of sweet
scented water in which there is enough
acid to be invigorating, Jt is a bath
of a previous generation and it is one
which every athlete of the present day
should try, says the Brooklyn Eagle.
To make an 1830 bath take a tub ot
hot water and pour into it a quart ot
oath vinegar if one can afford it. If
one cannot indulge in this extrava
gance, then take a pint If this is too
much at least pour in a few table
spoonfuls.
A bath in bath vinegar is good for
the muscles. It drives away rheuma
tism, it cures neuralgia, it is Just the
thing for a stiff neck, and it takes the
ache out of tired bones.
A rose geranium bath is recom
mended to those who have neuralgia
and sharp aches and pains. There la
something very soothing about the
odor of rose geranium. It lulls tha
senses as not even violets can do.
The aromatic bath, partly ammonia,
la liked by those who feel faint and ia
the bath of baths for the woman with
a weak heart. Let the woman whose
heart does not beat well practice walk
ing. Let her take the walking exer
cises vigorously. Then let her take
a bath in aromatic vinegar and let hei
nnany steep ner nose in a Dome or in*
vinegar, and while she is dressing lei
a saucer of it stand in the room. This
la the best way to get the full scent
of the vinegar and the best result!
from it.
Camphorated baths are much toe
powerful for any but the sick. Th«
person who has sprains or bruises can
take a mild camphorated bath, but it
is not a pleasant bath nor one whlcb
can be recommended for daily use
Taken all in all there is nothing quit!
as pleasant, as the rose geranium bath
nor one that is cheaper. A great bot
tle, half a gallon, of the scent can b«
made for a dollar and this will last
a long time.
Curry of Vegetable.
Use one large onion, a sour apple, s
pint each of carrot, turnip and celery
cubes, a heaping teaspoon curry pow
der, one pint stock or milk, two table
spoons flour, two level teaspoons salt,
one-half teaspoon pepper, generous
tablespoon of butter; mince the onion
pare the apple and cut in thin slices; put
butter on the stove in stewpan and as
soon as melted add ovjon and apple;
stir for two minutes and then add tht
other vegetables, stirring until it be
gins to brown; then add flour and sea
soning, stir again, then pour milk ot
stock over; cover the stewpan and lei
simmer one hour.—Boston Globe.
Blanquette of Lamb.
Cut cold, cooked lam b in strips, make i
sauce with three tablespoonfuls each oi
butter and flour stirred over the Are until
smooth, add one cupful of stock and on«
cupful of milk and stir until boiling
salt, pepper and dash of nutmeg and on«
tablespoonful of tomato catsup; heat th«
meat in this, turn out on a platter, serve
around it green peas or a potato border;
sprinkle with minced parsley.—Guotf
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Newport, Ark., March 20. 1905.
To the International Correspondence Schools,
Scranton. Pa.,
Gentlemen: I have taken two courses in
your schools—Electrical Engineering and Gas
Engines. The reference library furnished with
these courses is very complete, and alone worth
the price paid for the scholarships. I heartily
recommend the schools to all who wish to im
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Respectfully.
J. W. McCarty.
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Batesville, Ark., March 16,1905.
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or am taking one, in'Spanish with the Interna
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C. H. Hogan, Cashier.
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Jonesboro, Ark., March 13, ’05.
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