The Athena press., March 29, 1907, Image 4

Better Than Money.
Ought a woman to work for money
If she has enough for her needs? The
question has been asked huudreds of
; times in the last tweuty-flve years.
Perhaps there is no positive, general,
satisfactory .answer to It ; for the cir
cumstances which lead to It are van
ous, and the women whom It concerns
are so different in temperament and
lability that no verdict will fit all cases.
But one answer at least may be made
which Is of universal application. The
more clearly women see the conditions
of modern life the less will they wish
to work for money, and the more will
they covet the other rewards which are
better worth seeking. To be a doctor,
nurse or teacher Is noble, but not more
bo than to undertake other and unpaid
tasks that are necessary for the wel
fare of the world.
The cure and care of the sick are far
heavier than need be if mothers and
children were shown by friendly talk
and example how to keep well. Care
fully planned amusement for -young
girls and boys is an invaluable supple
nient to the work of the school. The
cheer of neisrhborllness cannot be
bought for dollars and cents, but it
Helps make life worth living In many
a home where without It poverty or
perplexity would weight heavy on hand
and heart.
The great man of science who de
clared, "I have not time to make mon
ey," gave a fit motto to those women
who are eager to help with the social
and economic problems of their time.
Schools for social workers and a con
stantly increasing mass of the liter
ature of nelghborllness testify to the
desire of women to labor for the high
est ends, and to do their work not with
the awkwardness and waste of the am
ateur, but with the skill of the trained
hand and the wisdom of the trained
mind. Youths' Companion.
DAME:
BES
Leaf designs in embroideries are very
new and striking among the spring im
portations. Some of tho new white cloths are so
silky that they resemble crepe de chine
In texture.
The long used checks have cropped
out again in suitings and certain of
the silks, notably the foulards.
Many of the' new tailor-mades ready
for southern wear show the popular
lilp-length coat and the jaunty little
eton. r" - ,
Satin stripes and bars on silk and
wool grounds are especially prevalent
among the voiles and other sheer cling
ing fabrics.
Stripes and cross-barred effects are
as much In favor as ever. Checks, dots
and spots are also numerous In the best
classes of fabrics.
Gray and white striped marquisette
is among the new showings of spring
dress material. It is delightful in its
heer, silky beauty.
New plaids in ginghams are charm
ing, nor are the tartans the only va
rieties. Sizes vary from a quite large
pattern down to the smallest of checks.
Mechlin lace, both In flounces or as
an overdress, Beeius to go exceptionally
well with these same oriental satins of
which many evening dresses are made
this winter.
The rough pongees have come back
with re-enforcements. Heretofore the
majority of them have been plain, but
this season they are plalded, blocked,
t)trlcd and eross-barred.
Snfftreata Taxing Old Malda.
The editor of the North American Re
view, who recently declared the Ameri
can girl to be a bore, had the follow
ing to say about old maids;
"There was never yet a woman who
could not marry, as she should, If she
would. It is ouly necessary to be a
woman to win a man some man.
"Splusterhood Is a purely voluntary
condition, due to reprehensible con
trariness, as is clearly proved by the
nonexistence of a single authentic
.-claim to exemption because of lack of
opportunity,
"The real point at issue Is whether
the old maid of the present day renders
a fair equivalent, or even tries to do
no, in one way or another, for what she
receives, and to that our answer is de
cisively negative. It is a Bad state of
affairs, to which we have given much
unavailing thought. As a last resort In
search of a method of reformation, the
ublqultary remedy of taxation occurs
to our mind as the only one holding
forth hope of effectiveness."
In the Sick Room.
In cases where a sick person Is ai
rways obliged to lie on the back great
comfort will ensue if an old cardboard
jit box Is used to raise the bed
clothes' off the feet, as the entire
weight of tho sheet and blankets, if
drawn tightly across the toes becomes
very painful In time. Additional re
lief can often be given by inserting a
short bolster or a pillow under the
knees, this contrivance doing much to
prevent the patient from slipping down
In the bed.
AB
There's a new kind of creeping blan
ket. It is a big stretch of deep cream-
colored blanket material of a firm con
sistency, so that It lies on the floor as
flat as a rug.
It is embroidered with a scattering
of animals and birds In bold outline
and gay color. No relation of sizes
is regarded by the blanket designer.
Birds, elephants, tigers, butterflies,
are drawn in any scale. They are
placed at generous distances apart to
Invite a creep from the baby from one
to the other. A center space is left
free for the baby's name In easy-flowing
script. -
Gay-colored worsteds are used for
the embroidery. Animals and birds
should be worked In the brightly con
trasting colors that endear toys to ba
bies' hearts. The worsteds are all fast
colors, for, of course, the creeping blan
ket needs many cleanings.
The delight that babies take in these
blankets justifies their Invention. They
pat and rub at the vivid-hued animals
with absorbed Interest or crows of glee.
'The creeping blanket has saved, me
no end of effort," says a young moth
er. "It always delights my baby and
keeps him busy for an hour at a time.
I can get a deal of mending or reading
done while he is patting and scolding
his embroidered pets."
A lining of some smooth, dust-repel
ling material should be basted under
the blanket. This lining Is removed
when the blanket Is cleansed or washed.
Home-Made China Cement.
A good china cement may be made
at home of ground glass and the white
of an egg. A piece of fliut glass should
be ground to a fine powder In a mortar
or on a flat piece of stone. The white
of the egg should then be whipped to
a light froth but not too stiffly and
sufficiently mixed with the glass to
make a paste.
To Relieve Fatigue.
A simple and homely cure after a
day of excessive fatigue, especially
when the business of shopping or sight
seeing has brought on a nervous head
ache In addition to a feeling of lassi
tude, is to hold the feet In mustard and
water for the space of ten or fifteen
minutes, this havirfg the effect of draw
ing the blood away from the brain,
and, In fact, resting the entire body.
The "fresh air" method Is likewise ex-
THREE FASHIONS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE,
M fVT? f miimmtmmW3 Ml II ?IM I
The little girl standing on the left has a frock of tan cashmere, trimmed
with black velvet ribbons, with square lace medallions cut hi half and used as
revers on the waist and trimming on the skirt .
The boy on the floor wears a suit of blue and white striped flannel, with
the stripes on the yoke, cuffs and belt running in a crosswise direction. The
girl has a very pretty dress of gray lightweight cheviot,, trimmed with bands
of bright plaid with a frill of ecru tan falling across the front .
The material of the miss' dress Is dark garnet, trimmed with striped silk
la reddish tan and white and black soutache.
ceedingly popular among many women,
and has been found most efficacious,
This consists in resting with the feet
up for twenty minutes or half an hour
beside the open window, taking deep
Inhalations through the nostrils from
tkne to time, and expelling the breath
slowly and evenly.
Sacrifice of Hindoo Women.
Hindoo women, taught that their re
ligious duty Is to destroy their own
lives on the death of their husbands, if
possible, or falling that, to live through
the rest of their days, after they are
widowed, in uttermost misery and deg
radation, believe It to be a sacred obli
gation, and patiently endure all that Is
demanded of them.
The British government long ago de
clared the burning of a living widow
on her husband's funeral pyre to be
murder on the part of all accessory to
the act; yet still many of the poor
women desire, as a nious act. to commit
suit-de in the torturing flames. A re -
iimnvuiiie case uus just Deen reponeu
from Nepaul in a Hindoo Journal,
showing that the native women still do
not revolt against the time-honored sac
rifice demanded of them.
An elderly woman announced her in
tention to immolate herself on her hus-
ZnL T't V? 7? tll?cei Mississippi, the Frenchman was en
rZA andta,ted by1aH her chanted. The train slowed up before
ZZ1 JT Wf ThC 8tPPlnS at the nation, the Frenchman
I t H,t'fl i Pf.h'aif rose from his seai In feverish an
1 ut nf.2e ,,a8,t nion"f thf gov" tlclpation, when the brakeman opened
ZZ f lnt!";en the r a" Jelled "Weinony!" The
vented the burning of the live woman. v , , , . .
Htu. ho a., Jl .7T Frenchman collapsed In his seat heart-
uncaujr UlOU iUUtCU Mil lit? I
large possessions, and left herself pen -
nlless. She -then went back sadly to
her home, lay down, and refused all
food, dying of sheer starvation nine
days after her previous sacrifice had
been prevented.
Pale blue velvet was used for the
toque shown in the sketch, the trim
ming consisting of a large pinkish lay
ender rose with foliage, and a cache
peigne of tulle to match the velvet.
The model would also be good In black
velvet, with an American Beauty rose
and black tulle, or In various qther
combinations to match the costume for
which the hat Is designed.
Velvet.
HOW DO SroU SAT THEMf
Kaunea of Cltlea Pronounced Differ
eatly mm Poatttona Chanare.
Prof. Hart, in his interesting article
on Oklahoma, admonished his New
England readers that it Is pronounced
Oak, not Oklahoma, says the Boston
Transcript Prof. Hart did well, as
an editorial paragraph of the Bame Issue-thereby
noted. The same paragraph
commented on other pronunciations of
places, used by their residents that are
quite different from our usage. The
editorial notes Iowa, Virginia and Ore-
gon among other names not pronounced
here as at home. Then there Is Ohio,
which the native Jerks out "Ubluh."
disregarding our solemn "Oh-hi-oh." We
and the gazetteers say "New Or-leans,"
accent on the "Or." Down there they
stress the last syllable and call It
"leens." Omaha Is "Omabaw," not
"Omahah." Las Vegas Is "Las Vayas."
Missouri is "Mizzoura." You are more
likely to hear "Coloraydo" tban."Colo
rahdo" In that State. Spokane Is. as
if there was no "e" In It Manitoba Is
accented on the penult, not the ulti
mate. Qulncy (111.) Is not "Quinzy."
Galveston stresses the "ves" . rather
than the "Gal." "Terra Hut" the na
tives call it. '
More say "Looslana" than "Louez-
lana," "Tucson" is "Tooson," accent on
the ultimate, and s6 on. You have per-
v. , .u-
haps heard of the Frenchman who
came to America to see the city of
Winona, 3Uinri,f 'attracted by its beauti
ful name, which he pronounced "Wee-
!nonan Landing at N
ew York, he
scarcely gave any attention to the me
tropolis, but pushed on to the west.
Chicago was seen only In changing cars,
and as the train gilded along the Mis
sissippi and approached what Is a beau
tiful city, surrounded by the rich ver-
Til fi O n fl fsvm nnfln K1 11 ffa P Mtn rttt
I uruiieu, uuu uiu noi leave tue tram at
LMllr
U 1 , jij , i i i t .
wlnona
"What queer . pronunciations !" ex
claim my New England readers. In
deed ! Here I let my neighbor, an Iowa
man, take his pen In hand and put In
type the glowing words he has often
emitted In my presence. This U what
he says:
if'Yes, I am from Iowa and I never
heard any other than the pronuncia
tion 'I-o-wa (accent on the first syl
lable) until I came east. Oh, yes;
occasionally the older and more rural
people would call It 'I-o-way,' which Is
really the original Indian pronunciation:-
But -this -I-oh-a' "was unknown to
Lowndes or anybody else In the nawk
eye State. Yet no one here calls It
anything else. When I go to register
and I am asked where I was born, the
solemn clerk puts It down Ireland and
asks if I have my naturalization pa.
pers. Now, how do you folks get such
m,,npintfnn? m ian't fni in n :
, . . ... ..j
cyclopedia or gazetteer that I ever saw.
Nor do your own pronunciations con
vince me. Why on earth do you say
'Quinzy' when the syllable begins with
a 'c,' never pronounced other than 's'
or 'K'? Why do you say 'Waltham' j
and 'Wrenthamand slam out that j
'tham roundly? Used to those pro-
nunelatlons and the dwelling on the
last syllable In Newburyport, etc., Ij
once Innocently pronounced the name of
that Cape Cod town as it Is spelled,
"Barnstable,' thinking stable as good
a word as barn and as well worth
dwelling on, and the office roared at
me. Why say 'Wooburn when you j
spell It Woburn? But worst of all ls(
that pretty little Middlesex town, whose
name I rather liked until I heard lt(
over and over again blared out "Bill
Rlcker.'
1 am afraid my Iowan's case Is a
desperate one. But I confess some sym
pathy for him, don't you?
Hovr, He Did It.
"The real hero of the fire was little
Crimmins. Did you see him run into
the blazing house and carry out the
stout lady?"
"Yes. I can't imagine .how he de
veloped the strength."
,' "Why, he lived in the suburbs a doz
en years or more and worked up his
I muscle v carrying home packages at
lilguu ,i acuiugiuu i.i. mint ,
Placlna- the Blame.
Motheir Aren't you ashamed to
be
caught stealing the Jam?
Willie No, ma'am; I ain't got any
reason to be ashamed of anything that
am t my tauit.
Mother Not your fault? -
Willie No ; it's your fault that I got
caught Philadelphia Press.
Relics Made to Order. .
"Yes, sir, this is the place where the
battle was fought."
"Have you any relics of It?"
"Yes, sir. John, mold the gentleman
about twentv bullets an' tell the black
smith to hammer out a bayonet
quick!" Atlanta Constitution. ,
j
He Had the O.
Yeast The population of the United
States on Sept 1 was estimated by the
Treasury Department at 84,897,000, and
the money In circulation per capita
$32.59. j
Crlmsonbeak Wonder where my
$32.50 fcr? Yonkers Statesman
David said in his haste that all men
were liars. It would have sounded
better had h taken time to say that
they were diplomats and it would
. have amounted to the same.
Before calling a man a liar be sure
j-ou are right then don't
The American Cow.
There are nearly 25,000,000 dairy
cows In the United States, and enough
other cattle to make a total of over
90,000.000 head, including bulls, oxen,
young stock and "flocks and herds
which" range to the valley free," and
all condemned to slaughter. There are
less than a million thoroughbred cat
tle In the country and more than 45,
000,000 scrubs. The rest are half or
higher grades. About 20.000,000 calves
are born annually. The average value
of a cow Is $22. In Ithode Island, a
dairying State, the average Is $39.
The cows of the United Stat38 yield
about 9,000,000,000 gallons of milk a
year (watered and unwatered) : the
butter product Is nearly 2,000,000,000
pounds (all grades), and the orodnrt
cf cheese over 300,000,000 pounds. Our
c"7fe m""sttT making enormous
strides. In a short time th
will be 1,000.000,000 pounds. There Is
one Item, a by-product, which is never
alluded to when Mistress Cow or Sis
Cow Is considered. Our cold
rtlon Is about $S1.000.C00 a rear nt- nroo.
ent. That Is a vast sum of money. Yet
the rnklngs of our cow yards and
stalls for the fertilization of crops are
MEREY GO-ROUND .WINDMILL.
A windmill can be constructed in
the form af a "merry-go-round," which
has the fans revolving about a central
axis. On the same axis a semi-circular
hood is fixed so that it will expose half
the fans and shield the other half.
This revolving hood Is easily guided by
a large vane. Small and medium sized
mll,s can constructed In this way.
The smaller diagram shows the ground
Plan of a "merry-go-round" on a slight-
different principle. The diameter is
20 to 25 feet. Each of the four posts
carries a gate, which may be opened
or closed to admit or shut out the wind.
The arrows Indicate the course of the
wind through one side, while the gate
estimated to be worth in cold cash
eight times aS much, or $648,000,000.
Such figures are bewildering. They
stagger humanity. New York Press.
Feedinw Stock.
Giving the cows coarse food, in order
to dispose of such foods, will not add
to the quality of the milk, nor the
quantity, but it puts the cows to service
in converting such materials Into ma
nure. A good farmer, however, can
not afford to keep a cow simply to
make manure. The manure should be
I considered only as a by-product To
I make an animal profitable, not only
i should the coarse and bulky materials
be used, but they should be re-enforced
by the best feeding stuffs that can be
produced, so as not only to Increase
the yield, but also render the manure
more valuable.
The Farm Garden.
For a farmer to , begin gardening
with several kinds of each vegetable Is
to fall with some, as farmers do not,
as a rule, give attention to gardening.
About one-half of the varieties In many
of the seed catalogues could be elimi
nated with advantage. If the garden
is to be a specialty next year, mow off,
the grass and weeds, burn the ground
over to destroy the weed seeds and
plow the land whenever favorable for
so doing, applying manure liberally
an(j then harrowing it in. Next spring
pow tne garden again and use only a
Ifew varieties of each vegetable, select-
ing such as may be supposed to be the
best -
Charcoal for Pla-a and FowI.
Charcoal Is often recommended for
pigs and fowls, but it is not generally
understood that It is a good feed for
any kind of stock, fed with corn or oth
er heating materials. There is an ef-
fect from charcoal which corrects the
acidity of . the stomach, and it rapidly
absorbs gases. It Is excellent for mix
Ing with the food of animals that are
being fattened, experiments showing
that the Increase of fat Is greatest
when a proportion of charcoal is al
lowed. . Shrlnkaa-e of Grata.
The shrinkage of corn varies accord
ing to the condition of the grain whes
put into the crib. Cases hare been
known in which corn lest 20 per cent
from shrinkage, the corn being damp.
From 8 to 12 per cent is the average,
the shrinkage depending upon so many
circumstances as to make an exact es
timate very difficult, but the rule la to
allow 10 per cent
! Developing- New Potato,
During the past season remarkable
progress has been made in the culti
vation of a new species of potato In
the department of Vienne, in France.
It originated in Uruguay, and is called
the Solannm CommersonI, Amfd its
new environment in France, and by
dint of careful cultivation and selec
tion, it has developed several .forms;
which promise to become fixed, and to
possess much value as additions to the
food resources of Europe. Among these
forins, all springing from one parent
species, there are a yellow variety, a
white variety, a red variety anoT" a va
riety not specially characterized by
color, all of which possess distinctive
shapes and qualities. A fact that par
ticularly Interests botanists and culti
vators Is that these varieties have ev
idently not yet reached their final set
tled forms, and the experiments of
M. Labergerfe In Vienne are closely
watched because It is thought that they
will throw light upon the unsettled
question of the general origin of the
potato. -
Blackberriea and Baapberrlea.
Considering the neglect given black
berry and raspberry canes In late sum
mer, they pay well In comparison with
other crops. If fruit growers will cul
tivate the canes, clean the ground well
of weeds find grass as soon as the ber
ry harvest Is over, and apply fertilizer
on the land, the effect of the good treat
ment will be appareut the following
year. Weeds and grass rob the canes.
and when It Is considered that' with
the canes producing crops for several
years In succession, and weeds and
grass taking possession between the
rowrs, the land becomes exhausted, the
crops fall off and the canes .die out
Don't Neglect to Spray.
All fruit trees should be sprayed,
without regard to whether they have
been attacked by insects or disease or
escaped, as, It is less lab6r to prevent
attacks than to remedy the evil after
it appears. It costs more to repair
damage than to ward off danger. la.
some states, such as California, spray
ing the trees and vines Is enforced by-law.
If the grower neglects his duty
he is considered as one maintaining a
public nuisance, and some official la.
ordered to spray the orchard and add
the cost to the tax bill of the negligent
owner. .
Bornlnar Off the Strawberry Bed.
If the ground Is cold the strawberry
bed may be burned over, which will
clean the surface. This need not be
done until later, if preferred, or just
before the w'.nter mulch Is removed.
After the plants have made their
growth a mulch of clean straw or salt
hay will not only assist to promote
their growth, but will protect against
drought and also aid in keeping the
fruit clean. It Is not necessary to cul
tivate strawberries In early spring, aa
cultivation disturbs the surface roots
but the bed should be cleaned, how
ever, by fire or raking.
Farm Work in Winter.
There are many duties on the farm
that are performed only during certain
seasons, but an. amount of preliminary
work can be done In winter which will
save time In the spring. Not a seed"
should be planted that has not been ex
amined, and' an overhauling of the
tools should not be overlooked. Get
ready for spring In advance,, so as to
prepare for hurry during the planting
season. The manure heapi should also,
receive attention,, as the condition of
the manure will largely Influence the
start of the plants In the spring.
- A Good Whitewash.
A good wash for roofs and buildings;
is as follows: Slake lime In a close
box, to prevent the escape of steam,
and when slaked pass it through a
sieve. To every six quarts of this lime
add one quart of rock salt and one
gallon of water. After this, boll and
skim clean. To every five gallons of
this add, by slow degrees, three-quarters
of a pound of potash and four
quarts of fine sand. Coloring matter
may be added if desired. Apply wlO
a oalnt or whitewash brush.
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