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Wichita eagle., 1886-08-26
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WOMAN AND HOME.
GOOD MANNERS AMONG GIRLS AND
GOYS IN FRANCE.

Physical Dcvelormenc-An Expert in
Human Eafr-Oatmeal-Old Ncw.pa-
pers-"Punch and Judy" Working
Girls-Cleaning Pictures.
DO gross ingratitude. They were agreeable
and very good little people, and helped me to
pass many hours pleasantly. It seems to me
that never saw a cross, or uncivil, or disobe-
dent French child. There is no fretting
among the girls and no fighting among the
boys. They are nicely hammered, too; less
shy and awkward than the Anglo-Saxon
youngster is apt to be; quicker in speech, in
salutations, and in the small courtesies of
their age. II was pretty to see these boys
and girls greet each other Of a morning
Marcelle, who was IL years old, put out her
cheek to be kissed by Henri, who was II
years old; then, without any blushing, with
out any awkward consciousness, they linked
hands and ran to join their comrades.
All were confiding and affectionate, and
evidently liked to be petted and kissed by
their elders, whether these were male or fe-
male Yet there was kind of etiquette in
the manner of receiving salutation. Marie,
who was IA, offered her forehead to gentle
IudU, EcT TWO yOuLScT SlSteTS OncTtu luo
cheek; little Camille put up her lips. was
struck with the delicacy of our Tunisian in
bidding farewell to our juveniles. He kissed
the boys on the cheek and then shook hands
with the girls, saying to each, "Adieu, madem-
oiselle." l, sinner, that am, and by no means
young sinner, was less considerable. l kissed
all the girls up to IA, and then kissed the boys
by way of penance
One characteristic Of these small ladies
struck me as specially commendable, and
even downright wonderful. They seemed to
have no vanity of dress; they wore frayed and
faded frocss without shame or fretting; even
ON Sundays they were resigned and smiling
in plain muslin or alpaca Monsieur B., as
was told, could show his millions of francs;
yet his daughters, 10, IL and II years old,
romped about in well-worn calico and darned
hosiery, the skirts and stockings both SO out
grown that not seldom one would see patch
of rosy knee between the top of the one and
the bottom of the other. / fear that the fe-
male offspring of an American capitalist
would not put on such frugal toilets with
out deal of sulking and whimpering. But
parental authority still counts for something
in France, and in Europe generally Econ
omy, too, is as yet respectable and widely
practised Finally, there is the need of put
ting aside dowry to insure the marriage of
daughter, and the little demoiselles them
selves would rather dress in sackcloth than
face the probability of old-maidenhood.
Blanche France) Cor New York Post.
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Tho Working Girls Of New York.

Tho Working Girls Of New York.
II any person has desire to know just how
much human nature can endure, and yet live
on, he has but to investigate the actual con-
dition of the working girls of New York, and
by that time it will seem wonderful that the
rivers are not full of despairing suicides. In
one house live twenty-five working girls, not
all Of one family nor all Of the same trade,
and yet all belonging to one sisterhood Of
suffering, SO that the song of the shirt might
with equal propriety be sung of them all, as
far rs their misery is concerned.
The younger girls of families, or sisters Of
those who work in the harder trades either go
to learn trades or else work at paper box
making, at which they earn about 81. so per
week, or making pills for druggists, which
pays about the same, or else as cash girls in
stores, or Gaping and labelling medicine bot
ties and packing proprietary medicines. The
labor in all these different businesses is light,
with the exception of that of the cash girls,
which is a strain that few strong men could
bear under the most favorable conditions,
and when is taken into consideration the fact
that these girls are just passing the most
critical period of their lives, when good,
wholesome food, outdoor exercise and tran
quill minds are needs imperatively demanded
by the system, it is the cruelest burden to lay
upon them. The constant nervous strain, the
hurrying to and fro in heated, crowded
places, the seedlings and fear of fines, and the
improper food they get, let alone its INSULT
cheney, makes it a wonder one of them lives
through it.-New York Mail and Express.
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Plea for an overworked Husband.

Surely there can be no sharper pang to a
loving wife than to see her husband stagger-
ing under the weight Of family Life; worked
almost to death in order to dodge "the wolf at
the door, joyless in the present, terrified at
the future; and yet all this might have been
averted if the wife had only known the value
and use of money, and been able to keep what
her husband earned; to 'cut her coat accord
ing to her CLOTH" for any income is 'limited, "
unless you can teach yourself to live within
it; to ''waste not" and therefore to swami
not. Cor Harper's Bazaar.
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Tho Cirls of Fifty Years AGO

Does any one suppose that the girl of fifty
years ago would have been satisfied with a
homespun dress if all sorts CT pretty materials
had been as plenty and as cheap as they are
to-day! Fifty years from now the boys and
girls of to-day will be far enough advanced to
take a retrospective view, and then they will
be seen with spectacles on their noses lament
ing the deseneracy OF the times and telling of
the wonderful feats accomplished by Susie or
Nellie in the days when they We're young
Lewiston Cie.) JoHrnaL
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Why Mems Neckwear is Cheap.

One reason why the making of mems neck
wear has become SO cheap is that many mar
ried women and young girls Of fairly well-to-
do families wish to earn something for pocket
money, and, thinking this light and not I'M
pleasant work, take it home and do it, They
do not depend upon that for their bread, and
SO do not have the same reasons for trying to
uphold the price, which is now less than half
what it was three years ago. The women and
girls who work at cravat making are gener-
ally of superior class, mostly such as have
seen better days and are ill-ftted to battle for
Justice, or of those who do not really need
money and do not realize what dreadful
struggle it would be to live entirely from the
product of their work at this trade.-New
York World
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Care of Babies in Summer.

The increase in infant mortality has caused
the health board, in a circular signed by Gen.
Shaler, to call the attention of parents to the
care of babies Under the heading Of 'Nurs-
ing of Infants it says:
"Over feeding does more harm than any
thing else Nurse an infant a month or two
old every two or three hours.
"Nurse an infant of six months and over five
times in twenty-four hours, and no more.
"If an infant is thrifty, give it pure water
or harley water; no sugar. New York Sum-
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How to Cut Hot Bread.

A practical housekeeper says if the neces-
sity of cutting hot bread be imperative the
moist unpleasantness may he obviated by
using a warm knife for the purpose. The
heating Of the steel prevents the chill which
causes the sodden look SO we known to those
who have been compelled to cut the warm
loaf. A napkin should be laid upon the plate
upon which the slices are placed.-Exchange.
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something Pitiful in the Sight.

Is there not something pitiful in the sight
of big, lovely, and good man losing his
brains and c,aInping his soul in the vain en-
deavor to make some disagreeable selfish,
hateful .o-ran ,..teilo,sss. I'D happys Every
one has seen such cases, ana SURE, las seen
early work and late labor, never firing de-
votion and unceasing thoughtfulness bring
nothing sweeter in return than the old cry Of
the leech's daughter, "More, more."-Cor.
New Nor,, GraDhic
Wichita eagle., 1886-08-26

When there is bit of steak or chicken to
be "warmed up" for an invalids meal, or for
that matter, for well persons either, don't
put it in the oven to dry out all the juices.
Lay the cold remnants in closely covered
saucer or tin pan, and set this over kettle of
boiling water; steam it, in short.-New York
Market Journal
Wichita eagle., 1886-08-26

The spiders thread is composed OF Ilnumer-
able small threads or fbers. One Of these
small threads has been estimated ts be one
two-rnillionth Of the thickness of a hair. A
scientific eSpeii2lerter once drew out from
the body Of q single spider $3.50 yards Of
thread or spider sill-a length little short Of
three miles.-Chicago Herald.
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Preserving Unfermented Grape Juice.

Cook the grapes, strain the liquid, sweeten
and cool, a few moments. Seal Ill alr-tight
Jars the same as fruit preserving. If per-
fectly done this will not ferment, and, mixed
with little water, is good thing for the
stomach in many instances where a tonic and
not sti,.lulant is needed Philadelphia Call
Wichita eagle., 1886-08-26
Nca- Anuroach TO a Happy Life,

Mayor Hodges, of Baltimore, in addressing
the graduates of the Eastern Female high
school of that city, said: Il believe that you
may make the nearest approach to happy
life by living according to these three rules:
Have something to love, something to do, and
something to believe. "-Chicago Herald
Wichita eagle., 1886-08-26
Salt and Water for the Feet.

If the feet are tender and painful after
long standing or walking, great relief may be
obtained by bathing them in warm salt and
water. A large handful of salt to gallon of
water as warm as can be borne is the proper
proportion. The feet should be immersed and
the water thrown over them with the hand,
and also over the legs as far as the knees.
When the water becomes too cool, dry tho
feet and legs, rubbing with rough towel
upward. Neuralgia of the feet has been
cured by perseverance in this method night
and morning Mrs. T, who knows of the
efficacy of the foregoing, writes that persons
with weak lungs or bronchia, as well as weak
threats, are wonderfully benefited by gar
Cling every morning with strong salt and
water.-New York Commercial Advertiser.
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meu-in most cases either the wives or wld-
ows Of guards On the passing Of trains these
women, having white and black scarfs round
their waists and arms, and holding flag in
hand, are to stand at the crossing. Their
daily wages are from fifty to seventy five
pfennings twelve and half to nineteen cents
United States currency. American Register,
Paris
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Composition CT the spiders Thread.

The colleges of this country contain $1,000
female students.
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Women I'm Industrial Occupations

The proportion Of women who engage in
occupations outside the household is smaller
in til, United States than in foreign countries,
but in no country is the proportionate num-
Der engaged in superior industrial occupa-
tons equal to that in this country. OF the
2,6i1 600 women IL work without the shelter.
5a5, 600 of them are engaged il agriculture,
most of them colored women in the southern
states; 652, 900 af them are in manufactures,
Of whom about one-haf are in New York,
Massachusetts and Pennsylvania: PSI. 900 ara
milliners. etc. and s., geo are ta2ors. OF the
forty-four occupations recorded as persona!
service" forty find women in them. The 525
female surgeons and physicians in $50 have
increased to 2.4.s, the lawyers TO %, the G5
clergynen to les: the number of laundries
from CT 900 in 1870 to $4,000, and 10S.oOo Of
these are kept by women.-Chicago Tribune
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lno authorities Of Central park. New
York ara teeiine the animals in the mena.
re corS- ries1 exclusively
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this manner, also the glasses d spectacles
The glass globe Of lamp may also be thus
cleaned. The efficacy is attributed to the
materials used in making the printing ink
Besides this, one is always wanting paper for
smuggling fowl, lighting fires, etc.-Philadelphia
Call
Wichita eagle., 1886-08-26
Women as Railway Crossing Guards.

The Prussian state railways have for some
time past employed women Us guards ct cross
ines. In order to enable the male guards to
give their whole attention to the good condi-
ton of the road5ed, the service bas been di-
vided into two parts, namely, In track and
crossing service. While the former is only
done BY men, the latter. consisting chiefly Of
the closing and opening of bars and the light
ing and sweeping Of crossings 3 done b. NO
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1886-01-15
Old BUT GOOD.

A gentleman advertised for boy, and
nearly fifty applicants presented themselves
to him. Out of the whole number he Sc
leetcd one and dismissed the rest,
81 should like to know, !" said friend,
con what ground you selected that boy
Who had not single recommendation.
You are mistaken, said the gentleman;
''hc had great many lie wiped his feet
when he came in, showing he was careful.
lie rave his seat instantly to that lame Old
man. showing that he was thoughtful.
lie took off his cap when he came in, and
answered my questions promptly, showing
that he was gcntlemanly. lie picked up
the book which had purposcly laid on the
floor and placed it upon the table, ana
waited quietly for his turn, instead OF push
ing and crowding, showing that he was
honorable and orderly. When | talked to
him | noticed his finger nails were clean.
Don't You call these things letters OF
recommendation | do; and would give
more for what | can tell about boy
by using my eyes ten minutes than all
the letters he can bring me. "
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1886-01-15
RESPECTABLE SINS.

Beware of respectable sins. Not that
any sin, however garrishly arraycd or So
eially dignilietl. is in itself respectable; but
that some sins are so countenanced by GER
tain classes that they are held to be respect
able Mrs. Browning spoke truly when,
with epigrammatic force, she said: ''The
devil is most deyilish when respectable, y
because he is then most dangerous. His
seeming responsibility throws unwary
souls off their guard and bcguiles them by
begetting the thought that their objection
to certain profitable or delightful courses
of conduct is based, not ON reason or on
Scripture nationally interpreted. but on a
squeamisl or morbid conScieiltiousness.
Hence. for example, when young men sec
social honors paid to rich iinaneiers whose
overflow ing Golfers were filled by means OF
transactions which involved lying decep-
ton, and speculative trickery they are dis
posed to think such dishonest practices are
not SO bad as they have been taught to be-
lieve. So when members Of churches
drink wine, play cards, visit skating Kinks,
or indulge in any other ungodly practices,
they throw the cloak of their responsibility
over deeds which are in themselves injur-
ious both to the moral and spiritual life
Thus they enable the devil to do his most
dcyilish work OF Turing young and feeble
souls into the pit Of destruction. How
nccdfnl, then, is the caution, beware of res
pcctable sins, for beneath the masks they
wear is the grinning head Of death, yea, O
that second death, from which no resar
rcction into life is possible Beware, there
fore Of respectable sins !-ZioA's Herald
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1886-01-15
SAM JONES.
An Editors Recollection of The Evan
geIfst's BOyh ood Days.

Rev Sam Jones was a poor boy raised
that nearly eiybody had ten hard words
for to every good one spoken in his be-
half He was the very synonym of mis-
chief and audacity, with a modicum of
his growth in succeeding years. He cared
precious little about his books, as our ex-
perience will testify in short term of
pupilage in our school directly after the
surrender. To his credit we will say he
never forgot his respect or obedience to u.s.
and an earnest request or calm statement
Of the case would cause him TO desist from
vietimizing the smaller boys with his tobac-
co juice or from playing clown in the pan
tomime on the sly during school hours.
which was never ceasing temptation To
his keen sense of the ridiculous His
good nature always cropped out when suf-
ferng or trouble was present.
The writer will never forget a visit he
made to our house in the most rafting
period of his boyhood, to tell us he was
thankful and comforted to know we were
eonyaleseing from serious illness in which
our life was despaired of, and even at the
time mentioned we were not fairly out of
danger Of an early and untirnely grave.
The weather was severe bitter, extremely
cold, but the young man brought his frank,
bright face into the sick-room like veri-
table ray of sunshine, TO tell MS that our
sehool-boys were all so glad we were still
alive. There was in him the germ Of some
thing noble and elevated, and when he
joined the church, within half mile OF
our own door, at little country chap
ell, we felt that the germ would expand in
to something that would be peculiarly his
own-''lle would either make a spoon or
spoil horn How much spoon last
Sundays crowd can tell.
Eight years ago, when he was pcgging
away ON poor little circuit, he came again
to see us, to pay his respects to the late
Governor Stephens. We watched the two.
as Mr.. Stephens rolled to and fro on the
back varanda, in his invalid chair, listened
to Sans description of dog fight that
had fallen under his observation. There
was a magnetism in both that quickly
found play. and after the visitors retired
Mr.. Stephens was very eulogistie. He in-
quired infinitely into his history, and pre-
iietcd future from that rough, native Wit
that had evoked hearty laughter, to the
veteran statesman's great enjoyment
C,frtefscille Gao Courdnt.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1886-01-15

A survey of the lives of the later liter
airy women shows MS two things: First,
that most of them were either single, or
if married were childless; and, second. that
they have been generally long-livcd. The
list of literary spinsterS includes Fred
ericKa Bremen, Emily Bronte, Hannah
Moore. Harriet Martinez. Eliza Cooke,
Miss Sedgewick, the Carys, Miss pickin-
son. Maria Edgcworth, Miss Milford
Augusta Evans, Jane Austen; while that
Charlotte Bronte), Mrs. Somcrville, Mrs.
Cross George Elliott, Mrs. Mclean
Netitia E. Landon). Several have had
one or two children only; for example,
Mrs. Barrett Browning had one son, and
Madame Darblay one son. Madame de
Sevigne. two children; Madame de Stael
also had children. 1t is no doubt, true,
that both men and women of distinguished
intellectual talents, and who are active
brain workers, are liable to be childless or
to have but few children. The longevity
of female brain workers is simply in ac-
cordanec with the established fact of the
longevity of masculine brain workers
Thus Hannah Moore died ut the age of
lightweight. Mrs. Somcrvlle at the age of
ninety-two. Miss Milford at the age of
sixty-nino. At the time Of her death
Nine. de Sevignc was seventy, Miss
Bremen sixty-fnur, Miss Edgeworth eighty
two, Nine. Barblay lightweight.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1886-01-15
MEN OF NOTE Asp MUSCLE.

N. 2 Wills. poet and editor, profited
by attention to physique
Grecley's farm life helped to give him
Drawn to aid his brain II he had rival
it was Charles A. Dana and he sleeps
every night on a farm aud exercises daily.
He is a man Of muscle
/ Bayard Taylor, whose books Of travel,
whose fiction and poetry interest so many,
was a noted stiekler for outdoor exercise.
Washington Irving had grand and gen
erous muscles. His mind was not the most
brilliant, but he worked hard and his mus
Gle gave him the foundation to do it on.
He leaves works priced by the nation.
Hawthorne had a grand intellect and
giant frame
Kit North, whose dainty essays have
pleased so many, was a great pedestrian.
The philosophers were all men of Drawn,
from broad-slouldered Plato down to Mills
and Hamilton
IN point of intellect the greatest men of
German are Bismarck. Won Moltke and
the Kaiser They stand exactly i'll the
same ratio III Drawn, all being large, mus
cular men.
Only two Presidents of the United States
have been city bred. All the rest had
country Drawn and brain. The successful
generals of the late war were all men of
Drawn. Sherman was tall and why, and
Phil Sheridan lacked only altitude, and
made that up when in the saddle.
Bryon, who had the grandest imagina-
ton Of any modern writer, in spite Of one
foot being dcformed, was daring horse
man, good swordsman and wonderful
swimmer.
William Cullen Bryant maintained that
exercise was essential to brain work.
Dickens, who has pcopled the earth with
thousands OF his characters, left his city
drudgery to go on a farm, and was great
pedestrian. as were also Thackeray and
Victor Hugo.
Goethe, the paragon of strength and
beauty, had muscles of iron, and came from
a race of mountaincers and blacksmifhs.
William b. Astor is ono Of the most noted
walkers of New York
Cornelius Vanderbilt and his son, the
late William H., had in their time perform
ed absolute drudgery, and the latter, when
the largest estate under the management
of any one single man fell upon him, took
his exercise with horses The same can be
said of Bonner and Frank Work.
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a NEW NATIONAL POEM.

The following poem was awarded the Bos
ton Pitot Christmas prize of 800 John Boyle
o'Rely is said to have said that the writer
'has added to our literature II poem that viii
rank forever with the 'Stal-Spanglcd Banner,
of Francis Scott Key
| have seen the gories of art and architec
ture and mountain and river: have seen the
sunset the JungfiHu and the full moon
rise over Mount Blanc; but the fairest vision on
which these eyes ever looked WAS the flag OF
flower to those who love ii, terrible rs meteor
to those who hate it, it is the symbol OF the
power and glory and the honoroffifty millions
of Americans.-Ge George r. Hod1.
Enchanted WEBB A picture in the air,
Drifted to us from out the distance blue
From shadowy ancestors through whose brave
care
We live in magic of dream come true
With CoyenanteTs' blue, as if were glassed
IN dewy flower-heart the stars that passed
o blood-yeined blossom that can never blight!
The Declaration like sacred rite,
Is in each star and strife decamatory,
The Constitution thou shalt long recite,
Our hallowed, eloquent, beloved t"oid
Glory!n
O symphony in red, white, blue! fanfare
OF trumpet, roll of drum, forever new
Rcverber,,tions of the Bell, that bear
Its tones OF liberty the wide world through
In battle dreaded like cyclone blast
symbol of land and people unsurpassed
Thy brilliant day shall never have a night
on foreign shore no pomp so grand sight,
No face so friendly, naught consoatory.
Like glimpse oflofly spar with thee bedight,
Our hallowcd eloquent, beloved "Old Glory -
Thou art the one Flag; an embodied prayer
one, highest and most perfect toreview;
Without one, nothing; it is lineaI, square,
Has properties of all the numbers, too,
Cube, solid, square root, root of root; best
classed
As when DER old centurion it blew
>(Hcd is the trumpet's tune,) it means to dare
God favored seven when creation grew;
The seven planets, seven hucs contrast;
The seven metals: seven days: not last
The seven tones of marvellous delight
That lend the list'ning soul their wings for
flight;
But why complete the happy category
That gives thy thirteen stripes their charm
and might,
our hallowcd. eloquent, beloved cold Glory -
In thy dear coors, honored everywhere
The great and mystic iernion we view;
Faith, Hope ana Charity are numbered there,
And the three nails the cruciiiXion knew,
Three are offended when one has trcSpasscd,
God and ones ncighborand ones self aghast;
Christ's deity, and soul and manhood's height;
The Father, Son and Ghost may here unite.
With texts like these divinely monitory,
What wonder that thou conquercst in fight,
Our hallowcd, eloquent, beloved "Old tdorN!a
ENVOY.
o blessed Flag sign of our precious Past,
Triumphant Present, and our Future vast,
BEYOND starred blue and bars of sunset bright
Lead ny to higher realm of Eqmnl Right
Flutt on, in ever lovely allegory,
Kin 10 the eagle, aud the wind and light.
Our hallowcd eloquent. beloved "old Glory!'
-EHaand Frances DdpSOn.
SIS old Glory" Us our flag was baptized by
our soldiers dnring the Rebellion -Irehfc