The Cottage Grove sentinel., July 01, 1910, Image 3

“NEVER SAY DIE,” UNCLE SAIL
Should Wive« Be Paid?
One of the objects of the eight bills
Affecting the position of women which
Sir Charles McLaren introduced in the
House,of Commons is to secure for
wives a share in the property of their
husbands.
The proposals state that a wife who
devotes her whole time to housekeep­
ing and the care of her children shall
have a claim on her husband during
his life, and on his estate after her
death, for a sum calculated on a scale
not exceeding the wages of a house­
keeper in her station of life, provided
she has not received any other person­
al allowance.
A wife shall also be a creditor for
the amount on her husband’s estate in
case of his bankruptcy.
« In the case of dissolution of the mar­
riage or separation, it is laid down
that a wife shall be entitled to pay­
ment for past services on this scale,
should payment not have been made
during the marriage. Where the wife
is a wage-earner she shall not be legal­
ly liable for the support of her hus­
band or of his children unless her
earnings or the inome of her property
exceed the minimum necessary for her
support.
Among other proposals contained in
the bills are the following:
Wives who work jointly in the same
business as their husbands shall be
regarded as partners.
Fathers and mothers shall be joint
guardians of their children.
All universities or institutes deriv­
ing money from the state shall be open
to women.
Votes for women and heavier punish­
ment for brutal husbands are features
of this “women’s charter.”—London
Express.
ffids and fimcies
the men of godlike quality which she
regards as a characteristic bit of mas­
culine buncombe.
Further on the
service contains the man’s vow: “With
all my worldly goods I thee endow,”
which, Sir Charles and Mrs. Sir
Charles declare is just a plain lie. He
never means it for fifteen minutes
after the knot is tied.—-Success Maga­
zine.
^Cottage*» Motor Bonnett.
Among the new spring and summer
motor bonnets is one built on lines
shown in above sketch. It is exceed­
ingly smart and comes in several dif­
ferent kinds of material—silver sheen
silk moire and voile cloth; all pretty
and practical. The rosettes are made
from the material, with ends slightly
fringed.
The Working Woman.
Dots and rings are much employed
in the new foulard designs.
On Louis XII. coats one sees "three
pocket flaps, one above the other.
Tailor-made gowns of silk will be
more in evidence than ever before.
The fashionable flower this season is
the Bermuda lily in white or pink.
Bordered challis .are chaining this
«spring and will be a popular fabric for
cool day summer gowns.
Black chiffon tunics over blue or
green or orange satin foundations are
among the more favored styles.
The Russian blouse in wash maeri-
3,1s will be very popular for wear in
place of the regulation linen coat.
Russian turbans of flowers, foliage
and maline are trimmed with huge
bows of maline at the left and back.
Coarse Russian braid, row upon row,
soutache in intricate patterns and sou­
tache in hanging knots, constitute the
trimming for outdoor garments.
Many rows of Russian braid, tubular
braid, plain silk braid an eighth of an
Inch wide; embroidery and soutache
associated, trim the tailored models.
Among the new designs in table
linen are napkins and square table
cloths with circular designs. The cor­
ners are filled in with handsome sep­
arate patterns.
For outing days there is a stunning
model of a sailor hat with a slightly
rolled brim and trimmed with a plait­
ed cord and two quills placed quite
fiat at the side.
Cottbn crepe Is correct in colors as
well as white. Dresses made of it are
both. inexpensive, practical^and dressy,
an almost impossible combination for
a woman’s dress.
Lace is more and more claiming the •
attention for trimming hats and gowns.
Black and white are most used, and
■when dcorating skirts it is adjusted in
fiounces or as a tunic:
Skirts are drawn back tightly, the
fullness massed at each side or direct­
ly in the back by a broad strap about
a s hand wide or sometimes by a band
reaching to the sides.
Separate foulard waists to go with,
cloth suits match in color. They are
made without collars and worn with
round collars of lace or embroidery,
Irish lace of course being preferred.
Cardinal Gibbons is quite right in
saying that the world has a great deal
more respect for the woman who toils
than it has for her dawdling, idle sis­
ter in society. It must be borne in
mind, however, that the stigma that
attaches to luxurious indolence does
not belong to all society women. There
are women who have a great deal of
money, and who do not have to as­
sume the domestic burden, who look
well to the ways of their households,
and are earnestly concerned in al­
truistic causes. Such women are de­
serving of admiration and honor.
There are those who accomplish
quietly and apparently without effort,
what others do with much bluster and
fuss. In “Weir of Hermiston” Steven*
son describes the elder Kristie as run­
ning her " household “with her whole
intemperate soul, in a bustle, not
without buffets.”
The. women who labor on without
letting it appear that they are hard at
work do not always get the credit for
activity that is awarded by the un­
thinking to the woman who proclaims
from the house tops that she has
been busily upheaving the domestic
economy from cellar to garret. Not
every woman is idle because her effi­
ciency, like less Wisdom, doth not cry
aloud nor lift up its voice.—Philadel­
phia Public Ledger.
Marrying; for a Home.
In one sense every xlght-minded
woman marries for a home, since che
home is the symbol of her new part­
nership, the sanctuary , of all highland
holy hopes. • It is as natural for the
normal woman to long for a home aa
it is for her to desire the love of a
good man; but the day has gone by
when an American girl need be forced
to make a marriage of convenience.
With the multiplication of indus­
tries and the ever-widening call foi
women’s work, the number of mer­
cenary alliances in the middle classes
has been reduced to a minimum. The
educated girl .who marries so that she
may be supported is either hopelessly
lazy or the victim of an unwiise train­
ing which has failed to fit her for life.
So long as love continues to exist in
the world—and that means until the
human race is extinct—it is safe tc
say that women will be reluctant tc
marry for' a home, and there is nc
doubt that economic independence has
increased the reluctance.
In response to the question, “De
women marry for a home?” we should
say that a few exceptions prove th<
rule that American women do not
marry to be supported.—New Ides
Woman’s Magazine.
Keep Children Buny.
If mothers want to keep their chil­
dren out of mischief, they should keep
them busy, either at work or play.
It is a well known fact that idleness
is the cause of a great deal of wrong­
doing among men and women, so what
else can we expect of our children?
Give each a task to do each day and
they will soon learn to feel respon­
sible for its being done well. Aftei
their work is over, give them the time
to play, but not to mope or worry
some one. Children feel of more im­
portance in the world when they know
that they are being depended upon tc
do something to help. Then when the
mother has so much to do, it is a
great deal to have so many steps
saved. Of course, this applies more
especially to homes where there is no
outside help kept. Give your little
ones something to do and see how
much better thSy are.
Remedy for Blackheads.
Delusions in Marriage.
Sir Charles McLeran is championing
In the English commons a series of
bills to recognize the marriage service
with a view to making it honest. The
church service enjoins: “Wives, sub­
mit yourselves unto, your husbands as
unto the Lord,” which, Sir Charles
says, the ladies have never any inten­
tion of doing, and which, Sir Charles’
wife says, involves an arrogation to
Oh, say, can you see by the dawn’s early
light,
Or have you no chance to behold its
glad gleaming?
Is your face bandaged and your nose hid­
den from sight,
Are you pleased with yourself or In
agony screaming?
Did the rocket’s red glare get mixed up
with your hair,
And your teeth and your fingers, are all
of them there?
Oh, say, do you still feel undaunted and
brave
Or do you, all bandaged, in agony rave?
Use soft cloths wrung out of warm 4re your legs still undamaged and have
water to softerf the skin, and then keep
you two feet?
it perfectly clean by washing with
Are your ears where they were when
plenty of good soap and warm water
the hurrah was started?
every night, finishing with cold. A girl Do you still think of freedom as splendid
and sweet,
of 16 should not have blackheads; they
Or has your glad‘‘ardor forever depart-
mean that you do not get the dirt
> ed?
out of your skin when you wash it.
Wouldn’t Stay Away.
A Chicago man has been fined $25
and costs because he sat for 11 hours
on the front steps of the house in
which his adored one resided and
would not stay away when her mothei
drove him off with a broom.
THREE YOUNG FASHIONABLES
Are your eyes both in place, have you all
of your face,
Has the. doctor reported concerning your
case?
Are you up and around with the free and
the brave,
Or is one of your arms in its poor ‘little
grave?
Oh, are you still sound, do you think life
is grand,
Or is-the world nothing but dark deso­
lation?
Are you still patriotic and able to stand
Or has your hope gone on an endless
.vacation ?
Did the toy cannon bust and thus rob you
of trust
As it scattered your digits around in the
dust?
Oh. did you pull through, does your ban­
ner still wave,
>
Or are you one of those who in agony
rave?
VALLEY FORGE RESTORED.
(H«torlc Spot Beautified and Turned
Into a Public Park.
A Loveometer.
Science, laments the Gentlewoman,
is slowly killing romance. The latest
invention is an instrument called a
phethysmograph for scientifically test­
ing the warmth of lovers’ affections.
The person whose feelings are to be
weighed in the balance puts his or her
arm into a rubber bag, which is then
drawn tight and filled with water.
Names of young men or young women,
as the case may be, are introduced,
and if the name stirs the heart the
pulse rises and the indicator mounts
up. If the name leaves the subject
unmoved the pulse remains stationary.
THE STAR-SPANGLED FIFTH.
On the left of our charming trio, the smart little tot is wearing a frock
of pin-striped navy blue silk. Note the effective treatment of stripes in
back and sides of skirt. The blouse has a little yoke of all-over white lace,
and the sash of plain blue velvet ribbon serves as a pretty waist finish.
In the center of group is shown an attractive suit for. a half-grown girl.
This design was effectively followed in a pretty shade of deep rose voile.
The little eton jacket ha,d an inset vest of white broadcloth trimmed with
small pearl buttons, and the girdle and sash were of black satin.
The unique little frock on the right-is -brown and white check cash-
mere. A pointed chemisette of soft white silk is bordered by two odd revers
of plain brown silk—running from shoulder to shoulder on the right side to
hem of skirt on left side, and tapering to a sharp point at end. Bottom of
skirt Is edged with box plaiting of brown silk and the cuffs are also of silk.
Historic Valley Forge has not only
been restored, but greatly beautified,
Improved and turned’ into a public
park for the enjoyment of the peo­
ple. It is a fortunate’thing that the
time has passed when the pilgrim to
Valley Forge in search of sights and
relics of the historic camp, perhaps
the most hallowed of our revolution­
ary reminders, was obliged to tramp
over fields of none too friendly farmers
and be constantly annoyed by signs
warning off trespassers. Apart from
which, the fatigue of such a trip was
great, as there were no roads leading
over the camp ground and no signs
marking, the way to the historic spots,
only fields of waving grain or wood­
lands overgrown with underbrush.
Consequently the hardest kind of walk­
ing” over the steep hills was required
to view but a few of the sights. Only
the young and physically robust were
therefore able to enjoy the pleasures
of Valley Forge.
Through the (untiring efforts of a
number, of .patriotic men, all this has
been changed and the state of Penn­
sylvania has been induced to assume
and complete a task which was first
offered and refused by the federal
government, although the undertak­
ing was clearly within its province, as
the camp ground of Valley Forge is
a relic which should belong not only
to Pennsylvania, but to the entire
nation, as every patriotic American
must wish for its preservation and
would feel proud in being part owner.
But whether by Pennsylvania or the
national government, It must be at
least gratifying to the nation to learn
that the neglect of a century has been
atoned for, and under the able and
enthusiastic direction of the Valley
Forge Park Commission a work of al­
most incalculable historical value has
been done on thé bleak heights above
the Schuylkill, to which Washington’s
barefoot ariny crawled when the de­
feat of Germantown left them no
other refuge.
Fort Washington and Fort Hunting­
ton have been restored. An iron tow­
er 105 feet in height for observation
purposes is being finished on Mount
Joy, and from this tower not only a
birdseye view of the entire camp
ground and beautiful surrounding
country can be had, but also Philadel­
phia, 20 miles distant, can be made
out.
A beautiful commemorative
chapel of the Episcopal church has
been built on the spot where Wash­
ington, in his direst hour of distress,
knelt in prayer. The headquarters of
the commander in the Isaac Potts
house have been purchased, complete­
ly restored and turned into a revo­
lutionary museum. Roads have been
built which make possible quick com­
munications between all points of the
park, besides which lawns and flower
beds have been laid out and planted
and even a gu^rd house has been
built to further heighten the park ef­
fect.
The Inevitable Result.
Mr. Headofhouse—How did the par­
rot get all his head feather burned
off?
Mrs. Headofhouse—He said he want­
ed a cracker, and Willie gave him one.
July 4 in American Wars.
On July 4, 1863, Vicksburg surren­
dered to General Grant.
On the same day news was sent over
the country that the Federal forces
had won at Gettysburg.
On July 4, 1864, Grant was gradually
driving Lee back, though at a terrific
cost of huipan life.
On July 4, 1898, we got the news
that Cervera’s entire Spanish fleet had
been destroyed off Santiago by the
United States fleet, that 600 Spaniards
bad been killed and drowned and
1,400 taken prisoners on the day be­
fore.
Fourth of July in Manila.
The little brown men in the Philip­
pines, who fought against the Stars
and Stripes a few years ago, now cele­
brate its birthday with as much en­
thusiasm as the most patriotic Ameri­
can could wish. Long before sun­
up in Manila the bustle of prepara­
tion is heard In answer to the ruffle
of drums and the shrill notes of pipes
from army headquarters. Despite tht
great number of Chinese in the city»
Manila does not encourage the fire­
cracker, owing to the highly-inflam-
mable nature of many of the build­
ings.
In the afternoon there is sure to be
a speech from an open-air platform
draped with flags, and later a con­
cert of patriotic airs from the ornate
bamboo band stand on the Luneta.
The well-to-do citizen of Manila puts
on an lmmaciilate duck suit, pins a
tiny American flag at his breast in
honor of the day and goes out to see
the fun and take part in the grand pa­
rade of vehicles and pedestrians on
the Luneta, which takes place as soon
as the climbing of the greased pole
and the potato and sack races are*
over. A brilliant display of fireworks
winds up the day. The harmless tor­
pedo and less harmless* toy pistol are
In high favor with grown-ups as well
as children, and It is very amusing to
see a fat elderly mestizo gentleman
gravely loading and firing a toy pistol»
or gleefully popping torpedoes on the
pavement.
The Fourth of July has been a big
day in the wars of this republic. In
1861 July 4 was the first day of the
extra session of Congress, with eight
Out of this nettle, danger, we pluck
this flower, safety.—Shakespeare.
states unrepresented.
THE DAY AFTER.
The Mangled One:
Fourth F”
“Say, Doc I Will I Be Well Agin’ by the Next