Homraaklag Reqalrea tady.
Many women make the mistake of
thinking that the calling of homemak
Ing needs no preparation, and the re
sult la disappointment on both aides.
Every girl should be taught plain
cooking and sewing and have some
knowledge of every branch of domestic
work; It will prove a valuable asset
In whatever line of business she may
ngage, and should she marry, the
duties of keeping house will not.be
nearly do difficult.
Some do not marry, many late In
life; others still are left widows, often
with dependent families, and for such
practical education Is desirable; but
each one should select the work that
she thinks she would like to do, and
tiot for the reason that other have
succeeded In It.
A grammar school education, at
least, Is necessary for any one who
would enter an office. A high school
education Is desirable, and even one
year of this latter Is of great advan
tage as a general preparation. '
I agree with one of your correspond
ents that stenography Is a good busi
ness for a bright girl; It does not re
quire as long a time as some other
branches for study and brings quicker
returns than almost any other. I
peak from experience, as the widowed
mother of two daughters, both stenog
raphers, who took care of themselves,
assisted the family and always had a
snug account to their credit, in. the
bank.
Girls, whatever you do, do with all
your might, and you will be sure to
"make good." ..
Woman .luilite In llrnmark,
A woman has lately been made a
judge In Denmark, and the Danish
women are reported to be much excit
ed, as they think It Is the first and
only case of the kind in the world.
To say nothing of Mrs. Esther Morris
of Wyoming. Mrs. Catherine Waugh
McCiilloch of Illinois, and Mrs. Mary
Cooper of Kansas, rlo not our Danish
Hiswers read their Bibles? Have they
forgotten Deborah, the wife of Lapl
loth, who judged Israel for forty years.
sitting under a palm tree, and led out
the forces of the chosen people to
battle because the general refused to
march without her? Mr. Blackwell was
very fond of quoting Deborah to those
who claimed that the Bible teaches the
. subjection of women, and he empha
sized the fact that Deborah was a mar
ried woman. Woman's Journal.
raaalnir of the Putt
This beauty's masses of hair were
wound tightly around her head and
Jield In place by hu.;e jade-headed pins,
.and long Jade earrings dropped from
her ears. ' The effect was startling
but undoubtedly picturesque. Another
new and unusual fashion, which will
be of interest to girls. Is that of tying
kerchief around the head. A three-
cornered silk or satin scarf is tied
around the head, the bows coming at
one side Just above the ear. These
re worn In London even with even
Ing gowns. To some girls they are ex
tremely liecouiing, especially If a few
curly locks escape around the edges
j)t the kerchief.
It ale of the Curaet
If Cleopatra wore corsets she may
rank as a royal champion of them with
Catherine de Medici, who is credited
with having Introduced the busked cor
set In. France from Italy. Male mon
arena havs been less friendly. Joseph
II. of Austria tried to discourage the
corset by making It part of the cos
tume of a convicted woman of bad
chararter. Napoleon, shaking his head
over the tight lacing of his day, tol
Dr. Corvlsart that he Haw in it a slg
of frivolous tastes and a menace of
coming decadence. The restoration
kings. Louts XVIII. and Charles X., I
ATTRACTIVE COSTUMES FOE YOTJNG GIRLS-
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athxetio mAiinu'o.
4 Declaration Amended.
I Arabella Lll Is going to marry Dick.
. la she? Isn't that Just too ridiculous
To Aeqnlre aa Eiceu of Maaele Ma? " ...
, . . to tIk "-bout!
. 4. , jpro7 l-"""""--1; t Estella-I should say not It's too
Nothing could be more elusive than to keep ,tiu aDout
me iaea mat Dy a period or ainieuci
training a man can lay In a stock of I
can draw later while engaged In a
sedentary occupation. The truth Is'
Calling- Hr Kiwi,
The little boy's mother had acciden
tally dropped a book on his head.
"Mamma," ha said, after wa'tinqr a
niijment and hearine no attaino-v. vau
.1 A .1 1 I . J 1 1 ' . "
uim iuu Dig muscies sua nypenrir ,ii0uld say 'excuse von!'
pilled heart of the athlete are peril
ous possessions for the man who no
longer has the time or the Inclination
Snltlas the Action.
"When you talk about the ultimate
for using them. When he stops the ""um1f1r' ,d Y"c y PeebIe'
exercises bv which he ealned them fllIln h" p,pe wlth the remnant
exercises Dy wmcn ne gainea mem, hU tobacco poucn and 11(ntnK K .Trn
instead of simply returning to their nim."
original size they suffer one or an-1
The figure on the right shows a street costume of King's blue wide wale
cheviot with narrow skirt and long coat fastened with large buttons cov
ered with the material and braided buttonholes. There is one rever sim
ilarly trimmed with smaller buttons. The turban Is of panne velvet in
King's blue and the furs are lynx. The figure on the left shows a gown of
amethyst satin finished cloth elaborately trimmed with cross-stitch em
broidery in amethyst and silver. The square yoke and lower sleeves are
of net. The hat is of black moire, trimmed with an Immense wired bow
of white Chanttlly lace. The turban at top Is of black Ottoman silk, banded,
with panne velvet and trimmed with a gold quill and a twist of cloth of
gold. The figure at the bottom shows a graceful house gown of silk cash
mere In apricot yellow, with an oversklrt effect, bordered with band of em
broidery. The bodice is collarless, with a yoke of chiffon cloth run with
designs In silk floss. The sleeves are loose and are In one piece with the
bodice, with an under sleeve of chiffon cloth. Bands of embroidery also trim
the bodice.
the latter, France had been full of
Venuses, Dianas and Nlobes, but now
there were only wasps. The revolution
alone temporarily put down the gar
ment that has triumphantly defied
kings.
Staining- Floor.
When carpets become worn and
must be renewed. It is a good time to
change to a bare floor and a few rugs.
The finishing of the floor Is a very
simple matter. -It may be painted,
stoned, oiled or waxed. In any case
It should be cleaned thoroughly, all
stains removed and given a coat of
filler. If the floor was made for a
carpet there will probably be cracks
which will need filling. Putty colored
like the wood is very satisfactory for
this. If the boards are knotty, they
should be painted. Otherwise a trans
parent finish may be used. Stains
made by paint or varnish are easily
removed with ammonia, but it should
be put on with a brush. The whole
floor may be cleaned In this way. The
ammonia darkens the wood somewhat.
Merely oiling with a crude oil, Unseed
or kerosene gives a good finish, pro
vided a very small quantity Is used
and that It Is thoroughly rubbed 'n
and no superfluous oil Is left on the
floor.
more firmly and they will be worn low
on the head.
Smart tailored Biilts are being made
of the new diagonals, which are very
rich In coloring.
other of the many forms of degenera
tion and become Incapable of per
forming their original services.
It is not quite true that all exer
cise for Its own sake Is harmless, for
It Is well to be prepared for the meet
ing of life's little emergencies as well
as Its ordinary and dally demands,
but It probably Is true that, the emer
gencies apart, every man does enough
in gqing about his customary business
and pleasure. to keep himself In the
condition which that business and
pleasure . demand and that anything
besides is superfluous or Injurious.
That athletics take one Into the open '
air Is less a commendation of ath-!
letics than an Indictment of our .
houses, offices and stores for lack of
adequate ventilation.' If all the air
we breathe was pure air we could get
along well enough wthout any open
air at all. Any man who has i'uv
muscle he needs for doing the things
he wants to do and should do has all
the muscle he ought to have. To ac
quire more is a silly waste of time
and perilous besides. New York
Times.
EW I I Bsskkecsinf came at ant practical. I.
t I J. aWidoil aisce auks. Fanal kfc.
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WALKING AS A FINE AST.
COBRKCT WALK. INCORRECT WALK,
Of all the physical acts of the hu
man being, walking Is one of the moBt !
common. And yet no accomplishment'
Is more rare than the ability to walk
correctly. Not one' person In 560
walks properly. They stagger, they
totter, they swagger, they zigzag; with1
resonant heels they kick the unoffend-1
lng sidewalk as 'if It were their dead-'
llest enemy. And then at the end of
The newest fur muffs are finished a short walk they wonder why they
with dangling heads and tails that al- .are so tired out.
most sweep the ground.
The Jet button craze already shows
signs of waning.
Rough homespun U intended for
motor coat and for outing wear.
Bullet-shaped buttons are more In
use now than lozenge shapes.
The toque still reigns supreme for
walking In Paris and la seen In wide
variation.
Kimono silks that have large wat
ered silk blotches of blurred tints are
fashionable.
Fur Is to be generously used on
many of the afternoon as well as un
dress tailor-mades.
The roll that has been removed
The Princess Stephanie, daughter of
King Leopold, has taken out a patent
for a new kind of gas stove.
A 10-year-old girl named Minna
Welsbein has astonished the United
States Immigration authorities by her
ability to speak and read Russian,
Polish, French, German, Italian, Span
ish and English.
Two hundred women employed by a
firm of hatters at South - Norwalk,
Conn., went on 'strike because their
employers wanted to know their ages
in order to promote the three oldest
to the positions of inspector.
There is at Kaiser Wllhelm's Berlin
palace at Oberhofmelsterln a lady who
has been described as a court cham
berlain In petticoats, who has to make
personal acquaintance with every lady
before she attends a court.
Now as a matter of fact to walk
correctly, which means easily, grace
fully and without fatigue to walk In
such a way Is not difficult If one will
pay a little attention to the matter.
To walk properly only two things are
necessary: First, an erect carriage of
the body; second, flexibility of the
joints and muscles. The erectness of
carriage and the bodily flexibility of
the Joints can be gained by any one
through persistent practice.
Stalard Table Clot ha.
Table cloths, as every housekeeper
knows, have a disagreeable habit of
getting something spilled on them,
particularly after the table has been
set. The best way to treat such re
fractory cloths is to place a bowl un
Self-Control.,
The self-control of the Japanese,
even in times of the utmost stress, and
their courtesy, which begets quietness
and discretion, are both brought out
by a writer In St. Paul's Magazine.
"Cry. It will do you good," I said
once to a poor Japanese woman, who,
crouching beside her dying husband,
was controlling herself with an effort
that would, I feared, make her ill.
She laid her little slim brown finger
upon her trembling red Up and shook
her head, then whispered, "It might
disturb him."
"Cry. It will do you good," I said
the next day, when the man was dead,
and she seemed almost prostrate with
grief and over-enforced self-control.
"It would be most rude to make a
hideous noise before the sacred dead,"
came the soft reply.
Which la Why.
It is an honest girl who tells her
young man that he won't think she's
an angel when he knows her better.
Toledo Blade.
But, of course, she knows he won't
der the spot and pour boiling water her. Boston Globe,
were equally hostile. Formerly, said I from the pompadour allows hats to ltronH
upon it. Then place a dry napkin
over the spot and Iron it dry.
Waahln White Ribbon. '
White ribbons washed with pure
soap and soft water and rolled about
a wide card or piece of pasteboard,
draped in muslin, and placed under a
heavy weight, look fresher than when
Which, of course, is why she never
lays It. Cleveland Plain Dealer. '
The Caaae.
She (who Is romantic) Look, dear
t, the moon is under a cloud. .
He (who has been there) Tes, dar
ling, probably because ehe has got to
her last quarter. Baltimore Amert-
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