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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-08-29

"Wimodaughsis" is conducted by an ef
fcient board Of directors president and
secretary, all of whom are women. The
derivation Of the name is as follows: 1t IL
composed OF wives, mothers, daughters and
sisters of the original projectors of the
scheme, and the name itself is composed OF
the first two letters of "wives," the first
two of mothers" the first five letters of the
word daughters and the first three of the
word 'sisters''-"Wi-mo-daugh-sis." The
word is pronounced wi. sounding the as in
wines, mo like mo In mothers, daugh, which
has the accent, being pronounced as 1t is in
daughters, and sis like the last syllable OF
thesis.--St. Louis Republic.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-08-29

~sav. pus sns swcus smlie was not tneres
neither was the wife nor any word Of ex-
planation nor did she return. An awful
night of 1t that man spent, and when the
little lady returned the next morning he
was ready to heap scorn and anything else
handy upon her apologetic head.
But she didn't tapologize-nots she. Sweet
ly she bade him good morning, went about
her usual duties amiably, but vouchsafed
not the slightest explanation. The man
went off by himself and thought awhile.
When he came back In an hour, he was a
changed man. He told her so, said she did
perfectly right and he was brute. Then
they made up In the good old fashioned
way. He said 1t should never happen again,
and IL hasn't.
The woman who keeps her temper in
spite of knowing and insisting upon what
she wants gains her point. That man is
just as proud as he can be Of his bright
wife."-Chicago Times.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-08-29
rorm,nc tho ChurchroIn~ Habit.

Said considerate mother: II want my
children to attend church and intend them
to do SO. but do not expect grown peoples
behavior from them. adopt DR.. Edward
Everett Hale's plan of letting them carry q
piece of paper and pencil, so that as soon
as they become restless or weary they may
draw or write by way of diversion, provided
of course that they do so very quietly. As
they grow older and are more able to un.
derstand what is being said from the pulpit,
the pencil and paper are left at home. and
in the meantime the habit of churchgoine
has been formed"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-08-29
Mrs. Glsdstone's Charities.

In 1889 she married William Ewart Glad
stone, whose great genius already fore
ehadowed his future eminence. The same
day her younger sister married Lord Lyttle-
ton. Those who were eyewitnesses of that
double wedding and all the wonderful
festivities in the village are becoming few
Indeed. In her married life Mrs. Gladstone
found occupation to the full She was al
ways the true and careful mother, who
would not give over her duties to another.
even to the best of nurses. She was devoted
TO her husband in his incessant political
tolls. She did not need to look around her
for work. Still her assistance was from
the first prompt to the furtherance Of any
schemes where q helping hand was needed.
Mrs. Gladstone soon became a center for
philanthropic work of all kinds. She and
Mr.. Gladstone started Newport Market ref
uge, which is now carried on at Westmin-
ster, with an industrial school attached.
Begun In Soho in 1863. it was Mr.. Glad
stones idea, for he saw many friendless
wanderers as he went at night between the
house OF commons and his home. Mrs.
Gladstone threw herself into his scheme,
and the work was started with an efficient
committee. From the beginning Mr.. Glad
stone has been president and his wife q
X6XUidT FISltOrs luc oDJcCt VI tuc Ieiukclo
10 give shelter to persons out of work and
IN temrorary distress. to enable them to
tide over their difficulties and to find fresh
employment 1t does not take In the prac-
Iticed casual or loafer, but weary, sore foot
ed travellers, who have walked far In search
of work and found none. Such are always
admitted as far as room permits, and have
Ithe assurance of weeks lodging free, with
the prospect of an extension of time il the
committee see n reasonable chance of their
getting work.
In the course of single year about 49, 900
nights lodgings and 10000 rations have
been granted. and 300 men and women have
obtained employment or else have been
sent home to their friends,
I II need scarcely be said to those who have
kept pace with recent events that the most
vital feature of General Booths great work
in London follows closely the model set by
the Gladstone nstitution.-McClure's Mag
azine.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-08-29

A mother ADOPTED with success the fol-
low .ng plan OF amusement and occupation
for her little 10-yesr-old daughter She
allowed her "a. use room on the third hooi
as reading rom for herself and four little
friends. The only furniture was table
and chairs Each child contributed six
books and as many illustrated papers as
possible. Tho invitations, written by the
little girl herself, were novel, brief and
pointed;
will you come to my reading room,
s-ll. 2-4' Bring six books and loads Of
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-08-29
SCIENTIFIC SCRAPS.

The earth's atmosphere weighs 5,24o. Co.,
0o0,0Oooo0 tons.
II you were on the moon, the earth would
appear to be ca times larger than the sun
does to the residents Of our globe.
Professor Holden says that the cavity
represented by the largest spot on the sun
u sufficient TO take In the whole OF our
planet without touching the sides.
To the residents on other planets. that r.
Of course providing there are such beings,
our earth is bright blue-this on account
of The cerulsan hue of our atmosphere
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-08-29
Women workers In Chicago.

Chicago leads New York in the employ
ment of women in business. 1t is not easy
TO find an Office or store in which they are
not at work as secretaries, accountants,
cashiers, typewriters, saleswomen or clerks.
1t has been explained to me that women
who want to do for themselves are more
favored there than anywhere else. The
awful fire Of 30 years ago wrecked so many
families and turned so many women from
lives of comfort to paths of toll that the
business men have from that day to this
shown an inclination to help every woman
who wants to help herself.
The influence of the homes Is felt every
where. 1t is even more truly a city Of
homes than Brooklyn, for its fats and ten
ements are comparatively few. Such make
shifts are not true homes and do not carry
household pride with them in anything like
the degree that it is engendered In those
who live in separate houses which they own.
One of the famous towering Office build
ings of Chicago is, in the main, the result Of
a woman's financiering. / refer to "the
temple" of the Woman's Christian Tenn
perance union, an enormous and beautiful
pile, which is In . general way like the
great Mills building in Broad street, New
York. 1t II Is stories high, It cost more
than million dollars, and the scheme of
it as well as the execution thereof from
first to last was the work of women and
children.-Julian Ralph In Harper's.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-08-29

Women have met with success as repre-
sentatives OF the advertising department of
papers and magazines and as solicitors of
advertising. have In mind one paper
whose business affairs, so far as advertis-
ing went, were entirely in woman's hands.
and she brought it by her unaided efforts
to paying basis. She was thorough busi-
ness woman, fully understanding what she
was about, and she was also one of the
cheeriest, sunniest little bodies that ever
lived Everybody liked her, the austerest
man would soften at her pleasant ways.
and she was always welcome visitor
wherever her business took her. She was
essentially womsnly and refined in dress
and manner, and with all her cheeriness
and jollity she had q certain dignity which
commanded instant respect.
/ knew woman year or two since
who controlled all the advertising on the
line of the New York and New England
railroad. do not know whether she still
has the contract, but she was very success
fui and very much liked. She had an Office
in Boston, and every one that wished to do
any railroad advertising on the line that
she represented had to go to her. She had
large patronage. and 1t was Of the best
kind.-Mrs Sallic Joy White in Golden
Rule
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-08-29
picture papers. Show this to Lizzie at the
basement door.
"P. S.-wipe your feet and don't make
noise coming up. Nothing to eat Is forbid
den New York Times.
Their Real Names.

Alan st. Aubyn is Miss Frances Marshall
of Cambridge, England; Miss M. Il. Brad
don il Mrs. Maxwell; Lance Falconer ID
Miss Mary Hawker: Mrs Alexander Is Mrs
Annie Alexander Hector; the author OF
'The Danvers Jewels" is Miss Cholmonde
ley; "The Girl In the Karpathians" Is Mrs
Henry Norman; Gyp isComtesse de Mira
beau-Martel; Graham II. Tomson is Mrs
Tomson; Frank Pope Humphrey Is an
American lady living abroad; Julien Cor
don Is Mrs. Van Rensselaer, Cruger; Octave
Thanet is A. French; Lucas Malet is Mrs
Harrison. daughter Of the Rev. Charles
Kingsley, and John Oliver Hobbs Is Mrs
Cralgie. York Independents
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-08-29

Iknew OF nice. tactful woman, hardly
more than bride, whose husband did ncs
come home one night But he did the next
lmorning. and stammcred apologies abou.
f"business." "man from the west" and Other
|gnch matters that had nothing 70 do with
1t. To bis great surprise and intense relief
she accepted his explanations sweetly. un-
quertioningIy. Another night fell. Anx-
fous to make further amends for his tardi-
ness, he came in fairly early, expecting 10
- net With the usual sweet smile of his
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-08-29
WOMAN AND HOME.
nulET HOMES NOT CELEBRATED By
a M'ALLisTER.

uEru. Glsdstsns's Charities--soidiers' Eo-
centric widows-she Cured Her Hus-
band - Women Workers In Chicago.
Women ~ Advertising Agents.
The editor of a popular woman's journal
0ravely points out that the growing nervous
disability of our women is owing TO the
enormous expansion of the duties of house
keeping.
A Our women, It is said, are breaking down
IN an attempt to run pretentious establish
ments and manage irresponsible and igno-
rant servants They may take cold baths
and attend q gymnastic club and adopt
rigidly the best hygienic rules, but they
arc careworn and distressed by the respon-
ability Of taking care of homes that are
museums, and giving dinners that are BAN
Quets, and seeing society that Is process
sion when IL is not levee.
! IL this is true, IL Is "A very serious matter.
But Is IL truef Are there no simple homes
In happy, humble life where the mother is
still her own help and nurse and maidi
Aro there no chaste and elegant domiciles
where wealth is modest and unpretentious,
and the lady of the house has faithful do
mestics who are part Of the household, and
where the wear and tear of life of show
and sham are not knownf We are inclined
to think there are plenty such-that in fact
they make up for our democratic common
wealth the bulk of our "better class"
We must not forget that the millions of
quiet homes, where there are modest altars,
have no McAllister to celebrate them.
Their virtues are not theatric-they are
nuietly heroic.
The establishments" Of our country
bear but an insignificant relation to the
homes in the best sense And by the
r'homes' we mean the centers, both hum
BILE and independent, where the duties of
fatherhood and motherhood have not given
way 20 the duties to society. These multi
tudinous units Of strength are not bulle-
tined in the fashion column. Their princi-
pals are too busy fighting the fight OF duty
TO 90 on exhibition. And il will be found
ON examination, we think, that the moth
ors have borne their share of the physical
and mental stress without nervous break
down and without complaint.
Similarly there are plenty of men who
have acquired wealth by honest enterprise
who have not forgotten their private and
public responsibilities. Their homes are
not museums; they do not live at club;
their children are not farmed out; their
wives are not nervous wrecks No exhi-
bition of what is really the best American
bociety will suffer by comparison with the
best specimens of European society. Its
women need no anodynes; its men need no
eecuperation. York Advertiser.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-08-29
A Recipe For beautiful waitring.

Miss Loie Fuller gives this recipe TO
waltzing: "In ordinary waltzing, which
most people do almost erSirely with the
feet, keeping the body as stiff as a bag o.,
sawdust. the body ought to bend a little
backward from the waist as the foot trips
forward, and as the shoulders give slight
turn in the direction of the next step the
head should take the reverse motion-thers
Is the secret of lovely waltzing."
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-08-29
Posing ON the Stairs.

What huge chunks Of delight girl takes
in making q picture of herself. That may
not be very lucid. do not refer to either
painted portraits or crayon outlines. i
mean real, live pictures, with a leafy sum-
mer house or dancing, wavy lake as o
background. And stairwaysl Well. even
girl without particle Of artistic taste
will linger while coming down stairs II
there happens to be man at the foot. One
can always grasp banister so gracefully,
and when one Is dressed in a simple white
frock and ones hair is all loose and curly
the picture Is really very effective.
Lots of girls make 1t point to be at the
head of the front stairs when specially
treasured young man calls. Then they
slowly descend, smiling sweetly all the
time and grasping yards of fluffy skirts in
one hand. No man, however old and sour
tempered, can resist q girl when he sees her
coming down stairs. Small girls have the
advantage to certain extent, because they
can peek over the railing and do all sorts
OF coquettish things without appearing ut
terly idiotic, rs tall girls invariably do un.
der such trying gconditions.-Chicago News
Record.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-08-29
Laughing Wrinkles.

The general impression about wrinkles is
that they are caused by worry, but the
truth is most of them come from laughing
To know how to laugh is just rs important
as to know when to do it. II you laugh
with the side Of your face, the skin will
work loose in time, and wrinkles will form
In exact accordance with the kind Of laugh
you have-London Tit-Bit
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-08-29
His Greatest Help.

1t is said that one Of the reasons for the
strong hold which John Burns, the labor
leader and socialist of London, has is his
devotion to his wife. He always insists on
-her presence when he has to make speech
anywhere and is said to be amusingly help
less without her. II he misses her, he calls
out, Where Is my wifei" She answers,
"Here, John," and the speech goes on.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-08-29
A useful Traxeline Case.

A convenient little travelling case can be
soon put together with strip of awning
cloth folded to about by 10 inches. There
is flap, and the inside will hold ones
brush. Outside is an oblong pocket for the
comb. and OH the reverse two other pockets
--one about a quarter length from the top
and the other about two-quarters length
up The whole is ornamented with further
stitching. ng.-Philadelphi Press.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-08-29
EDUCATIONAL.
FRIENDS SCHOOL
FOR BOTH SEXES,
FOUNDED IN 1894,
Is An Excellent Home.
EDUoArrONAL.

It's educational work Is not limited 10 school
hours. IL is a community BY itself The
heaithfu, moral pubic sentlmsnt IN this class
manners. conduct and morals are FIRST ia Inn
Elementary Epglsh education with view 70
practical business. Its department In na.urai
Science Is In charge OF a thorough teacher with
large experience; also the department OF modern
languages. The most approved pr eparation for
any college H. furnished Excellent instruction
Is given in literature. history. civic government
vocal aud Instrumental music. drawing paint
and out-of door sports are under the care OF
competent teachers Courses OF lectures and con-
cerfs free TO the students attractive feature
The school has large library and Is " ell equipped
for its work. All persons are invited 70 visit and
AUGUSTINE JONES. Ill. b.. Principal.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-08-29
Few prontable Inventions by women.

Thus far no woman's invention has been
greatly profitable to its originator. The
most successful patent granted to person
Of the gentler sex up to date Is the ice
cream freezer, now universally In use. II
was the idea Of Mrs. Nancy M. johnson,
who died In Washington three years ago at
the advanced age of 95. She was the widow
OF professor In the Smithsonian institu-
tion. Rights on the freezer were taken out
In lS43. Up TO that time ice cream had al
ways been made by stirring it with a spoon.
Mrs, johnson might have secured great
fortune for the device, but she sold II for
$500. Another Washington woman. Mrs.
A. III. Woodall, not long ago invented an
attachment to the typewriting machine, by
which the carriage" Is made to glide back
automatically TO the beginning Of the line
as quickly as the last line is finished, thus
saving much time. She is said TO have sold
IL to typewriter company, which thought
IL worth buying, but has not used it.-Cin.
cinnati Commercial Gazette.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-08-29

An Indian woman. Miss Minnehaha, is q
trained nurse in the New York Woman's
hospital
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-08-29

Half the work in washing dishes Is keep
ing the dishcloths and towels clean. Wash
ing ont once week in ammonia water
should never be neglected.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-08-29

An epticnally beautiful baby blanket
Is made OF squares Of white flannel worked
with clover in the pale green and dull pinks
Of the flower. The border is long and short
stitch in white floss.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-08-29

Innamed parts will subside under the
continual poulticing of very hot water.
Very hot water, as we all know, is prompt
checker of bleeding, and, besides, IL it Is
clean, as it should be, it aids in sterilizine
wounds.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-08-29

A trained nurse makes the suggestion
that it is wise in bathing very young ba.
bies to wrap them in thin flannel towel
at the moment of immersion, slipping 1t of
when the baby has become accustomed to
the water. This will prevent what Is al.
ways slight shock to young infants--the
first contact with the bath.-New York
Times
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-08-29

A child's diet should be strictly watched
over and not left to the child's own in
stincts A proper amount of simple, nour-
ishing food is the best diet for mental and
physical development.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-08-29

Mrs. Stannard, who is perhaps better
donym Of John Strange Winter, is reported
as saying that her husband offered his hand
to her within four days of their first meet
ing and was accepted. Her marriage Is said
to be exceptionally happy.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-08-29
Short. Lived

believe the panic and do
We business supply the people
easy terms and We are busy every day doing it,
Los Angeles herald., 1893-01-02
Weed Maps In Germany.

The Germans have some educational
ideas which we in this country have bor-
rowcd with profit. and there are still
others which we might be wise to adopt
Among them no doubt are the wall
maps of different species of pestiferous
weeds, which hang in schoolrooms where
the children can see them as long as they
go to school.
A practical idea underlies the display
ing of these maps. 1t is well known
that farmers are prone to treat all weed.
alike, and hardly to observe any differ
ence between them, whereas the natures
of weeds differ as much as the natures
of other plants do, and the sort Of
treatment which will exter1ninate one
will sometimes increase and multiply
another.
1t is important therefore that the farm
er and gardener should understand the
weeds which they are trying to extermi-
nate.
It is here that these German wall
maps come in. They show colored pic
lures of the most pestiferons weeds, il
all stages of growth, and also the ways
in which they scatter their seeds and
propagate themselves. BY learning them
thoroughly, through seeing them day BY
day on tho walls, the child grows up
with il knowledge of the best way to ex
terminate them Youths Companion.
Los Angeles herald., 1893-01-02
The domestic Noxel.

The domestic novel may be said to have
begun when the worthy printer of Derby
published his History of Pamela" The
way that the idea of writing such book
occurred to him is significant. He had
been asked by q bookseller to compile a
complete letter writer, that might serve
the ladies of the middle classes, who were
not versed in polite literature, as model
for correspondence. Richardson took a
servant girl as the imaginary correspond
ent, and then introducing a narrative to
enhance TIE interest of the letters, he pro-
duced his Pamela, with the intention of
both instructing and interesting his read
ers, SO that they might learn simultane-
ously the art of letter writing and the art
of virtue. The novel began, therefore, il
a series of letters, "tlAe most natural as
well as the most improbable way Of re-
counting a narrative" according to one OF
its earliest critics. Richardson avows his
object-he writes for the women, and, be
It noted, for the women of the bourgeoisie
Westminster Review.
Los Angeles herald., 1893-01-02
FLASHES FROM FOREIGN LANDS,
Guelph Fund Bribery Is the
Topic in Berlin.
Many High Personages Implicated
in the Scandal.
The Kaiser's New Years Reception-New
Years Day in London-The Saar
Miners striking-Chilo's
Pacific Policy.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
BERLIN, Jan. 1.-The attempts of sew
eral newspapers to smother in ridicule
the Guelph fund scandal have not sue
ceeded. The details given by Vorwaerts
in an article concerning the distribution
OF money are too minute to be dismis-
sed as mere fabrications. Although
Withholding for obvious reasons the
names of the recipients OF bribes, Vor-
waerts indicates their occupations and
politics with exactness. Ten men who
were beneficiaries of the fund, it Gays,
are officials of the empire; eight, gen
erals; three, judges; IL, journalists,
and % members of the reichs-
tag. The deputies in question
are mostly National Liberals and Con-
servatives, and received sums varying
between $500 and $1,000 each. The
three principal beneficiaries OF the fund
are believed to have been intimate
friends of King Ludwig OF Bavaria. The
heaviest bribing, says Vorwaerts, was
done in 1886 The Information supplied
to Vorwaerts is believed to have been
gained for the Social Democrats by
August Bebel. Should Bebel be as dis
ingenious as be usually is, an investi-
cation will be exceedingly perilous.
The whole matter will probably lie over
until the reichstag reassembles, when
the Social Democrats will bring it up by
means of resolution or Interpolation.