Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-11-13
How to Drink MILK.
New York Tribune. !

How to Drink Milk.
New York Tribune.l
One glassful of milk gives more rea
strength than a barrel of beer. Don
swallow it fast and in su big gulps Sil
it slowly. Take four minutes at least t
that glassful, and don't take more thai
one teaspoonful at one sip. When mill
goes into your stomach it is instantly cur
died. Ifyou drink large quantity al
orce, it Is curdled into one big mass. on
the outside of which only the juice of the
stomach can work. If you drink it II
little sips, each little sip is curdled up by
itself, and the whole glassful finally find,
itself in loose lump made up of little
Jumps, through, around and among which
the Stumach's juices may percOlate and
dissolve the whole speedily and simultane.
ously.
Many people who like milk and know
its value as a strength-giver, think they
can not use it because it gives them indi-
gestion. Most of item could use it freely
if they would only drink it the way have
described, or if they would, better still,
drink it hot Hot milk seems to lose a
good deal OF its density; you would almost
think it had been watered; and it also
seems to lose much of its sweetness, which
| $ cloylng to some appetites.
| If the poor only knew and appreciated
the value of milk taken in this way, | am
sure there would not be so much beer
drinking among them. There are thousands
of hard working scrubwomen, wash
women, factory Urls and even shop girls,
| IN this city who drink beer with their
meals because it gives little stimulant to
their tired bodies, and don't understand
that 1t is only like applying whip to a
| weary horse, instead of giving him oats.
! If they only knew, they wonld find in this
! simple draught as much strength as in a
! barrel Of beer.
Whist Becoming a Ladies' Game.
New York World.
| Whist was never more fashionable than
now 1t used to be mans game now it
is a girls game At the New York
ladies' club special teachers are hired to
instruct whist parties. The lesson is
taken in the morning between 10 and 2,
and ON practice days the novice pays SIS
an hour and plays under the teacher s
supervision.
A special study is made of finger, hand
and elbow athletics for grace effects.
Frills of lace are nicely gathered in the
slevees to get shadow dance on cleaning
white arms; bracelets are set we'll up be-
tween wrist and elbow, but not tinkle
of bangle is permissible, and instead of
the flash of diamonds and the CLINT of
pearls the very loveliest hands are decorat
ed with single ring of-guess what
narrow red ribbon tied in a butterfly bow.
Senator Edmunds says of the original
package decision of the supreme court
whatever restraints and regulations
each state chooses to exercise, it is indis-
pensable, think, to the safety Of the nation
as it is to the safety of each state that each
shall regulate for itself in relation to such
matters. Each should have The inherent
right to take care Of itself in respect to such
regulations. But, after all, we need not
give ourselves any great uneaslness, though
the supreme court has In this respect, In
my opinion, invaded the rights Of states
They are liable to review and revise their
action, as they have often done before, and
very wisely, too.
MR.. LINCOLN'S YOUNGEST BOYS
William and "Tad,' and Their Franks in
the White House.
During the first year of the administra,
ton the house was maze lively by the
| games and pranks OF Mr.. Lincoln 5 two
youngest children. William and Thomas
Robert, the eldest, was away at Harvard,
only coming horne for short vacations.
The two little 'n,,S, aged eight end ten,
With 'Neir v"stern independence and en-
terp..sn. Kent the house in an uproar.
! 10 l,o,,, 4,,Ro l,o,1
| good-natured disobedience; they organized
minstrel show in the attic; they made
acquaintance with the office-seekers and
became the hot champions of the dis
tressed.
William took sick and died in February
1862. His father was profoundly moved
sign of his trouble, but kept about his
work the same as ever. His bereaved
heart seemed afterwards to pour out its
fullness on his youngest child. Tad
was a merry, warm blooded kindly. little
boy, perfectly lawless, and full of odd
fancies and inventions, the chartered liber-
tine" of the Executive mansion.
He ran continually in and out of his
fathers cabinet, interrupting his gravest
labors and conversations with his bright
rapid, and very imperfect speech-for he
had an impeachment v hich made his articu.
lat1ons almost unintelIigible until he was
nearly grown. He would perch upon his
fathers knee, and sometimes even on his
shoulder, while the most weighty confer
ences were going on. Sometimes escaping
from the domestic authorities, would take
refnge in that sanctury for the whole
evening, dropping to sleep at last on the
floor, when the president would pick hin
up and carry him tenderly to bed.
Restlessness Among Women.
One outcome of the increasing activity
of women in the world of affairs is
restlessness among those confined to do
mestic circles who have no especial gift
for work outside. They hear Of women il
colleges, women in the professions, they
know of woman following pursuits tina
were once the exclusive PROVENCE of men
and the are uncomfortably conscious O.
their remoteness from such distinction.
Il do not want to spend my life cook
ing and washing dishe,,i protest thes'
indictments. When asked what they
would do instead of homework, the answe
is vague and purposeless, from the fact thai
: they have neither natura; or acquired abil
| ity for other work When such womer
: yield to discomfort they either develop in
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