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About The Athena press. (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 12, 1910)
ii fjLTLn rn" - n Should W1t Bo Paidt One of the objects of tbe 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 deroies 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 sot 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 tbe 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 lnome 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. fads and TShctes 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 challls are charming 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 als will be very popular for wear In place of the regulation linen coat. Russian turbans of flowers, foliage and mallne are trimmed with huge bows of mallne 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 whlo, 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 flat at the side. Cotton 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. Laro Is more and more claiming the attention for trimming hats and gowns. Black and white are most used, and when dcorattng skirts it is adjusted In flounces 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 hand wide or sometimes by a band reaching to tho sides. Separate foulard waists to go with cloth suits match in color. They are made without collars and worn with Tound collars of lace or embroidery, Irish lace of course being preferred. A Loveonteter. 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 ber arm into a rubber bag, which is then drawn tight and filled with water. Karnes 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 tbe subject unmoved the pulse remains stationary. Delnaloa la Marrlaa-a, 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 ladles have never any Inten tion of doing, and which, Sir Charles wife says, Involves an arrogatlon to the men of godlike quality which she regards as a characteristic bit of mas culine buncombe. Further on the service contains tbe 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. ' "Cottaa-e" Motor Bonnett. every woman Is Idle because her effi ciency, like less Wisdom, doth not cry aloud nor lift up its voice. Philadel phia Public Ledger. 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 kindB 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 Work In Woman. Cardinal Gibbons is quite right in saying that the world has a great deal more respect for the woman who tolls 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 J;o 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 trulstlo 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 Hermlston" 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 Marrying; for a Home. In one sense every right-minded woman marries for a home, since the home is the symbol of her new part nership, the sanctuary of all high and holy hopes. It is as natural for the normal woman to long for a home as it is for her to deslreithe love of s 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. Th educated girl who marries so that she may be supported is either hopelesslj lazy or the victim of an unwise train Ing which has failed to fit her for life So long as love continues to exist is 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 hai Increased the reluctance. In response to the question, "Dc women marry for a home?" we should say that a few exceptions prove the rule that American women do nol marry to be supported. New Ides Woman's Magazine. . Keep Children Duay. If mothers want to keep their chil dren out of mischief, they should keei them busy, either at work or play It is a well known fact that idlenest 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 slble 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 nc outside help kept. Give your little ones something to do and see how much better they are. Remedy for Blaokheada. Use soft cloths wrung out of warm water to soften the skin, and then keep it perfectly clean by washing with plenty of good soap and warm water every night, finishing with cold. A girl of 16 should not have blackheads; they mean that you do not get the dirt out of your skin when you wash it Wouldn't Stay Away. A Chicago man has been" fined $25 and costs because he Bat for 11 hours on tbe front steps of the house in which his adored one resided and would not stay away when her mother drove htm oft with a broom. THREE YOUNG FASHIONABLES ANY 02TE CAT DO IT. Uovr to Lay Up Treaaarea Where . Moth and Ruat Corrnpt. An old confidential clerk in a bank Ing house has Just died, leaving an es tate of between $2,000,000 and $3,000, 000, all saved out of his wages and acquired by investment. Far from being a difficult feat, this is rather easy. Any "bright boy who fancies such a career can repeat it. Suppose an office boy of 16 has in two years saved by pinching self-denial $100. He can loan at legal inter est on good personal security or invest it to yield 5 per cent. In the former case, if the yield is kept reinvested, It will grow to $3,200 by the time he is 75; in the latter case to $2,100. But the boy keeps on saving. His wages are raised from time to time, and as his second, third and succeed ing $100 come more quickly, each in turn is set on its way to grow into thousands. At 35 he has a salary of perhaps $2,500 a year and saved $1,800 of it or-more. The savings of that single year, kept invested at legal in terest, will grow to $20,000 in forty years. Bui already he has many other dollars at work for him, or rather for his unloving heirs. As his salary grows he saves and invests more and still more. Probably he will see fre quent chances of profitable usury. But he will never take a risk. He is a faithful and trustworthy though not brilliant employe. He does not become dissipated or gluttonous, and so has no use for doctors. His employers ap preciate him and he coins their ap preciation into more living, growing gold. Of course he never marries. He spends nothing on enjoyment or self culture or travel. - In the end he dies a lonely death, and from the famous will case that follows the lawyers profit mightily. There are probably a few boys In New York to-day who will do this very thing, the New York World says. It is In them to do it. But is it worth while? ; QUELLING A MUTINY. j 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 glrL This design was effectively followed In a pretty shade of deep rose voile. The little eton Jacket had 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 la bordered by two odd revert of plain brown silk running from shoulder to shoulder on the tent side te 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. Fresh interest attaches to anecdotes of Gen. Lew Wallace through the re cent placing of a statue of the famous soldier and author in the Capitol at Washington. That General Wallace was no less successful with his per sonal influence than with his pen and sword is shown by the following, taken from his "Autobiography." The gen eral had been sent to Columbus, O., to take charge of a camp of paroled prls oners, feed them, pay them, organize them, and send them to Minnesota to quell an Indian outbreak. The camp was reported to be in a disgraceful and rebellious condition. General Wallace asked the provost marshal what the situation at Camp Chase was. , "There are five or six thousand men there, the exact number nobody knows, I ve not been lately to the. camp. My life Insurance policy expired several months ago!" "Dou you mean it is dangerous?" asked Wallace. "The people of the town are scared, and the governor Is asking for more troops." "Against the camp?" "Against the herd there." "Why do you say herd?" . "Because they are beasts there." , Wallace was advised to go with an escort, but he dressed himself careful ly in every particular, mounted his horse and rode out to Camp Chase. "The appearance of the shacks shock ed me," he writes. "They were paint ed rusty black, the windows were stuffed with old caps and hats, and greasy blankets served for doors. No man ever had a more sullen audience. I managed to say that President Lin coin had heard of their sorrowful state and had sent me to pay, clothe, and put them in a new camp. The line broke and resolved itself into a multi tude which rolled round and walled me in. Such a sight I never imagined. The men were long-haired and whisker ed, their faces were the color of green cheese, they had no coats or shoes, and many were wrapped in dirty blankets in lieu of shirts. They shook their clenched hands at me and clamored furiously. "We've heard all this before!' they shouted. 'You're a liar! Get out!' "I tried to look cool, and at last there was a lull. '"You say that you've heard It be fore!' I cried. 'I'm a new man, and I demand that you hear me. If I fall, then mob me ," 'What do you want of us, any way?' muttered the men. " 'I want you to wash your faces and cut your hair, and be the gentlemen you were when you enlisted. I want to take you out of this hole and put you In fresh tents. I want to put money in your pockets." '"What's that? Ha, boys! That's new. The other fellows didnt say that "I saw my advantage and followed it up; told them to organize, send In pay rolls, come to the state house, and I would see that every man was paid off to the last cent. I asked them if they understood. "Yes! yes! they shouted. . "'Then open a way for me civilly ! General Wallace rode out of that dangerous camp safely, and In control of the men. Keeping- tho Cow." The cost of keeping a cow varies considerably according to the cost of producing the roughage from hay, grain and corn feeds, but figures from dairy associations place the average cost at $30 or $35 a year. To pay a profit, it follows that the cow must produce more than $30 or $35 a year. It pays to keep an accurate account with all the cows. There are many that do not near pay up. Apply the test of scales and Babcock tester then and get rid of those that do not come up to the mark. In buying new cows, procure those that freshen,, in the fall. You will have the butterfat at the time when prices rule higher and the cow will continue in good flow all through the spring If you treat her well through the winter. Increase the feeding as tbe pastures decrease. Extra care and feed In the fall will keep the milk flow up and allow of good sales as the prices increase. After years of observation the Cor nell University reaches these conclu sions: (1) With a fairly good herd carefully fed and kept, milk can be produced for 65 cents a cwt, and fat for 16 cents a pound, for the cost of food consumed. Large animals con sume less pounds of dry material per 1,000 lb. live weight each day than the smaller animals do. The best yields of fat are obtained from cows that give a fairly large flow of milk. Pasture grass is the cheapest milk and fat pro ducing food. . (From this it seems that those who neglect their pastures 6r make little effort to start new ones, are In a losing game.) The cow consum ing the most food produce both fat end milk at lowest rate. A good cow must be a hearty eater. Individuals of the same breed vary more widely in milk and butter production than do the breeds themselves. The Ohio Farmer. Oao God Reaalt. "High prices are causing Jinx to economise, aren't they? "Indeed they are; he doesn't even tell such extravagant storlea as he used to." Houston Post To Straighten Young Treea. This device can be easily attached to a tree which is inclined to grow crooked. Make a framework of nar row boards sharpened at the end where the frame pieces eome together and attach the frame to the tree with a wire. This should be attached at just the right point to correct the crookedness In the tree. The tree should be pro tected from the wire by a cloth. The constant bearing down of the weights will in a very short time bring the tree to Its proper position without in Jury. Plira Need Fhoaphate. The relation of phosphate to the animal economy was finely worked out by the Wisconsin Experiment station. Three pens of pigs of three each were kept for several months. To one was fed the ordinary fattening ration; to another a little phosphate was added to their food; with the third all the phosphate was extracted from their feed. The effect was astonishing. The pigs to which was given an increased portion, though small, of phosphate, were wonderfully thrifty and vigorous, while those that ate the ration from which the phosphate had been extract ed were dumpish, and not able to stand on their feet for a minute's time. Their growth and weight was also greatly retarded. Our soil, ani mals and crops need this Important agent constantly. Hoard's Dairyman. Bacteria In Milk. Undesirable bacteria in milk come from uncleanly condition about the cow, and from contact with contagious diseases. The chief source of contami nation are dirty cows, dirty stables, dirty milkers, dairy utensils which have cracks for the lodgment of dirt and which are not properly .sterilized, roudholes in the barnyard, Impure wa ter, bedding and feed, and from milk eis and attendants who come in con tart with a contagious disease. Straining tho Anto Motor. Very many amateur motorists d light In always taking a hill on W hleh speed, not realizing that IMs often strains a motor or require the car to go too fast upgrade over rough nlaces that could be taken with lea strain and slower on the Intermediate speed. To Hold Milk Cana in a Cooling; Bos The usual practice of . small dairy men to keep their milk cool is to put the milk cans under running water In a box. The cans are usually kept be neath the water by slipping strips of board, of proper length, over the tops of the cans and under ledges at the side of the box. In using this method one runs the risk of upsetting the cans when putting the strips in posi tion. An Improvement over this method is shown in the accompanying sketch from Popular Mechanics, which is self-explanatory. The, apparatus is made of strips of board, 1 inch thick,' the lower sketch shows how the de vice Is put into the milk box, B Is a hinge, and A a button to lock the tongue C in place when the device la straightened out. Boards for holding the grain in bins can be made In the same manner. Moat Profitable Farm Animal. Opinion is divided and probably al ways will be on the question which is the most profitable farm animal to raise. Many believe the horse brings the greatest profit, others tie their faith to the beef breeds, and still oth ers to the dairy breeds of cattle, but it seems that the friends of the hog are in the majority. A hog requires more care at times than do some other animals, but it is wonderfully prolific, and if the quality and breed ing are right it is easy to make a market for the animals produced, and the farmer has the advantage of turn ing his money over more rapidly and more profitably in hog breeding than in perhaps any other kind of animal production. Of course, there are many risks to assume, as the modern hog is a purely artificial product and subject to humors and diseases which would not come to it In Its wild state. The Investment of a moderate sum of money in a few brood sows in the spring will make a man a hog breeder within a year; whether bred as a spe cialty or as a side line, the hog always gives a good account of himself. Kansas Farmer. - Animala Need Juicy Feed. The digestive organs of animals that chew their cud are so formed as to require comparatively Juicy and bulky food. The cow can not thrive on dry food as well as the horse. The ideal food for the dairy cow Is good pas ture, but for a large part of the year green pasture is not available. The best substitutes to furnish this succu lent feed during this period are. root crops and corn silage. Corn yields about twice as much dry matter per acre as do root crops. As root crops require mu-h more labor, silage is by fe r the most economical for those where corn can not be grown. Salt Box. The salt box is made out of two-Inch stuff so it will withstand the pranks of horses and other stock crowding about the salt place. An ordinary bunk is made about three feet wide by four long and the salt receptacle made so as to fit inside the bunk end wise, but much narrower on the sides. The sides come down to within an inch of the bottom so that stock can lick the salt Correcting Acidity in Soila. Acidity in soils,- while not directly Injurious itself to most crops, is not a condition of fertility and usually in dicates a need of phosphates. Especially is It detrimental to the growth of clovers, in that It does not ravor the development of bacteria forming nodules on their roots, which fix the nitrogen from the sir. - Clay team soils, the organic matter of which has been to a considerable extent ex hausted, Bhould be kept In as favorable a condition for the growth of clover as possible, and the neutralizing of any acidity is one of the most important factors. Letant Growth Good Omen. The man who is looking for a new location agriculturally can hardly go astray if he picks out a piece of land in a section where either clover or al falfa will grow, and this holds whether the district is under ditch or has Its moisture supplied In the shape of snow; and rain.