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The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-12-05
Feminine Writing.

When man writes, ne wants pOmp and
circumstance and eternal space from
which 20 draw. If he writes at home. he
needs a study or a library. and he wants
the key LIST and the keyhole pasted over
so that nobody can disturb him. His fin
ished products are Of much importance 10
him. and for a time he wonders why the
planets have not changed their orbits or
the sunshine acquired a new brilliancy
because h has written something by a
cast iron method
woman picks up some scraps of a
copyb0ok or the back of a pattern. sharp
ems her pencil with the scissors OF gnaWs
the end sharper. She takes an old geOg-
raphy, tucks her foo under her. sucks her
pencil periodically and produces literature.
Sac can write with Genevieve pounding
out her exercises on the piano, with Mary
buzzing over her history lesson for to-
morrow, Tommy teasing the baby and
the baby pulling the cats tail. The do
mestic comes and goes for directions and
supplies, but the course Of true love runs
on, the lovers WOO and win, and the viii
lains kill and die among the most COM
mOnplace surroundings
A mans best efforts. falling short Of
genius, are apt 10 be stilted. but the wOm-
an who writes will often. with the stump
of pencil and amid the distractions
above mentioned. produce a tender bit of
a poem. a dramatic situation or page of
description that. though critics raves. lives
on. travels through the exchanges and
and women who know a good thing when
name signed 10 il or not.-Boston Adver-
fispr
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-12-05
A sxmpathetic Woman.

Lying on Mrs. Lynn Linton's table in
her sitting room was a large bundle of
manuscripts, upon which I naturally re-
marked 10 my hostess: what a lot Of
work you have there on handl Surrey
that means two or three new bcoks?"
mot one is my own. Bundles Of manu-
script like these have haunted my later
life. 1 receive packets from men and
women / have never seen and know moth
ing whatever about. one asks for my ad-
vice: another if / can find 4 publisher; a
third inquiries if the material is worth spin
ming out into a three-vOlume novel: a
fourth lives abroad and places the manu-
script in my hands TO do with exactly as
think fl. etc"
How fearful! But what do you do
with them alp
lone I once returned unread, for the
writing was so bad l could not decipher
Il. But Only once. The rest l have a.
ways cOnscientiously read through and
corrected page by page IL I have thought
there was anything 10 be made Of them.
But TO many OF my unknown correspond
ents 1 have had TO reply sadly that the
work had not sufficient merit for publica-
ton and as gently as / could suggest their
leaving literature alone and trying some
thing else"
You are very good to bother yourself
with them"
''Nc. not good exactly. but 1 feel very
strongly the duty Of the old to the young
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-12-05
ENGLISH ESTATES.
You VIII Save Time and Money by
Letting Them Alone.

''It always amuses me when some poor,
deluded soul comes into my Office and
wants me TO recover a vast English es-
tate"
Thus spoke n weil-known attorney.
And why Goes il amuse your
Because" said the lawyer, there is 50
much folly in such cases. i suppose there
are not a dozen families in Cincinnati who
have not some tradition or another about
a great inheritance over the water. For
generation after generation these chimer-
zeal hopes are nursec, until finally some
branch of the family, with more money
than judgment, concludes to prosecute the
claim. The result is nearly always the
same The victims come out of the expert
ence with less money and more judgment.
"Of course. there are rare instances in
which Americans have recovered money
from the estates of foreign ancestors, but
in the great multitude Of cases the rights
of the claimants have been so long delayed
it is only a waste of time and money
to pursue them.
''1 have handled many claims to for
eign inheritances. and in just one case was
there anything realized. After fighting for
twelve years my client succeeded in prov
ing his Interest in some English property.
The litigation. however. stirred up about
1000 other heirs, and after the estate was
divided and the costs were paid, my client
got precisely $420
Let me give you a piece of advice. If
your family are heirs to untold millions in
Europe don't breathe ii to soul, Get all
the satisfaction you can out of the renec-
ton that you ought to be in the house Of
lords and the master of an old ancestral
home, but keep your weekly wages in your
pocket"-Cincinnati Tribune.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-12-05

Mothers are Of course always at least
twenty-five years behind the age" re-
marked a girl the other day as a sufi-
cient reason why she should disregard the
wishes Of her own mother, and IL not ex-
pressed quite so openly this is the idea
nowadays. They, the daughters, are 1.-THE
age"
Father and mother and al that they
hold sacred are ancient history, but
scarcely history ancient enough to be IN
teresting yet Throughout all the stages
Of society, from the lowest up to the high
est. there is a breaking away from re-
straint a more or less genera. law-eSsness.
which is shown differently in the DIFF
ferent classes And this relaxation IS no
doubt leading 10 an equally general de-
terioratiOn in the accepted standard of
good manners and it may be feared Of
morality
1t would be ridiculous to expect a very
fine sense Of mOdesty or refinement OF
mind in a skirt dancer. be she the profess
sLonal Of the music hall or the smart
daughter OF a duchess. A young girl ac-
cus,omed TO the free conversation and still
freer manners and customs at some couu-
try houses, to meet and acknowledge as
friends men ard women who scarcely trOu-
be themselves to conceal the scanda.ous
relations subsisting between them, cannot
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-12-05
Women md Cooking.

To Miss juliet Corson of this city be-
,ongs the honor Of having established the
first cooking school in the United States
and of originating the idea Of instructng
women in domestic affairs in genera. Ii
was in 1874 that Miss Corson began her
work. and in 1875 the idea was taken up
in the West. where a Miss Allen organized
a school OF household science in the In
dustrial university at Champaign. IL. In
1877 similar work was begun in the Kan
sas state agriculture, college. Other be-
ginnngs in the East and West having the
same aims in view were the establish
ment Of a course Of teaching in scientific
cooking i'm Lasell seminary in 1877 under
the tuition of Miss Parloa. the opening Of
a cooking school, in Boston in 1879 and Of
one in Chicago in 1881. The Chicago
school soon became very popular, and its
Instructor. Mrs. Emma p. Ewing, one Of
the most abe and interesting teachers OF
cooking in the country. was invited in
1882 to establish a summer cooking schOo-
at Chautauqua. Later Mrs. Ewing estab-
lished a "schoo, Of domestic economy" in
Iowa agricultural college.-N. Y. Post.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-12-05
The nIoomer QUESTION Agnin.

English lady cyclists are less advanced
in their ideas with regard to costume than
their sisters in France. On the other side
of the channel, in Paris especially
knickerbOckered women on bicycles can
be seen by the hundreds on Sunday after
Moons Probably if they could see the
ridiculous appearance they represent. with
their baggy Knockers and spindle shlnks,
they would discard the new custume for
ever, but the fact remains that, while for
cign women bicyclsts have universally
adopted the zOuave style Of lower gar
ment. most English women who go cy-
cling prefer the older fashioned and more
graceful manner of raiment 1t IS worthy
Of remark also that the few who don the
Knockers Invariably carry a little bundle
tied behind them which looks suspiciously
like a spare skirt. Very likely the extra
costume is for use in cases of emergency,
such as when a strict landlady refuses to
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-12-05

rial. 1t is also asserted that it is not so
much in the difference OF training as in
temperament. Besides the fault lies with
the men more .han with the girls. 1t is
probable that Frenchmen cannot help L.,
but when they see a girl unprotected, it
does not matter where, they delight in Civ
ing informa lion, which she. in her inno-
cence and ignorance. would be better with
out. There is no young man in all France
Of whom you could say, "He is like a
girl" and leave a young miss who is not
his sister with impunity in his society.
According to the belief Of reliable French
men and women, then, pure, nice girls
will never be found except at the side Of
their mothers, whom they never have left,
and all change in the system of education
will only make French girls wild and
Enthusiastically Eagle
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-12-05

1t is a mistaken idea generally accepted
that the Indiana institution for the education
Of the blind is an asylum. This has led TO
much confusion and letters are received al
most daily from the aged and infirm blind
throughout the state asking for admit lance
that they may have a home for the re-
mainder Of their days. Such letters are
answered with refusals and explanations.
The institution is just as its name implies
"A school for the education Of the blind
Of the state. with a regularly established
curriculum and strict discipline. There are
no inmates" all are pupils. When the in
tuition was first founded in 1S47, through
The jealous efforts of William II. Chapman,
himself a blind man. it was with the
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-12-05
Care in Using bepiIntories.

It cannot be too strongly urged that
great care should be used and the utmost
caution in trying any depilltory whatever
upon the skin. One often sees something
highly recommended for the purpose. one
not unfreque1tly hears something person
ally advertised. Not long ago one woman
told another of the happy results achieved
by a third in removing some fine down
from her upper lip, and herself tried the
same c0ncoction for the like purpose. In
the course Of time both found, u their
horror that the fine down was succeeded
by a coarse growth of hair. In still an
other instance the same thing occurred.
A girl tried some remedy most efiiclcious-
~ for a time and then discovered that it
was thus working far more evil thln it
removed in the first place. Physicians
say that electricity IS the only sure cure
for this distressing growth Of hair on the
feminine face. II is very slow and some
what painful, but at least it seems TO be
safe
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-12-05
Eliot Hall Housekeeping.

The cooperative housekeeping at Welles-
ley college, Massachusetts, is interesting
Eliot hall coltlins thirty-five young wo,
men. who, by giving one hour a day. with
the help Of one domestic mot a servanD
run the house and have a better service
than most hotels. Here is one example OF
the dispatch with which things are done
Eight women wash the dishes set all the
tables, sweep and dust the dining room in
from twenty u thirty minutes. One wO-
man makes the bread. one the cake, one
desserts. one takes care cf the vegetables
etc. II is remarkable how expert each be.
comes in her duty. and the hour hardly
seems 4 loss to her regular work. 1t is
quite the thing for a woman TO do her
own washing and study Greek.-Philldel-
phia Ledger.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-12-05

readily grown beyond the circles which
alone at one time knew her. For years
she has devoted much time, money and
patience to works of practical philanthropy
among the poor, chiefly working girls. hum
dreds Of whom IN New York fairy ido-ize
her.
one Of her favorite institutions is TO be
found at the old Epiphany house, located
at $50 StantOn-st.. i'm the heart of a dis
trict that affords an unlimited fed for the
work in which Mrs. Irwin takes such de-
light. Here every Saturday she personally
conducts a sewing schoo,. which is regu-
larry attended by a large number Of east
side girls who but for Mrs. Twins efforts
would never obtain instruction in this
highly necessary branch Of domestic edu-
cation Another work in which this society
leader is deeply interested is the new hos
pital on w. Thirty-eighth-st., which had
a leading spirit in numerous working
girls cubs
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-12-05
VIII Bear Repeating.

An esteemed correspondent writes: "In
these days Of assumed womans rights and
with whatever else may be claimed as her
belongings the epitaph on the gravestone
Of an accomplished English countess will
bear repeating. My sole desire was to
make a good wife and a good mother {"
which was the most creditlbla to the noble
English lady and is a sentiment shared by
many an untitled American sister of hers
today. There is 4 difference in the reading
of the requirements however. over those
Of former times. a good wife and A good
mother OF the present time finds her
standards on quite another level than that
of dftv wears af-1
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-12-05
ChiId Trimming a Fine Art.

Miss Elizabeth Harrison. in her lecture
on the Value Of the Study Of Race De
velopment as a Guide to the Training Of
Children" said:
The evidences that the child goes
through the same stages Of development
as the race are many. Among them are
the child's love Of bright colors, his way
Of repeating sounds without melody, his
joy in decorating himself his use of nouns
and verbs. his crude drawings and his
symbolic language, as when he speaks Of
a 'bushel Of love- All these are very
early manifestations.
THE mother should understand these
steps and not violate the child's gradual
and wholesome development by forcing
him too rapidly through them. For in
stance. when the child has reached the
stage that corresponds To that of the tribal
condition, when the love of family life is
forming. he should not be forced to go to
strangers nor pushed too hastily through
this period. For this reason hotels and
boarding houses are bad for children and
may entirely wipe out all the love for
home they would have otherwise devel-
Oped. Coming out Of the tribal conditions
the child longs To see something of the
outside world. Every instinct prompts
him to explore and discover things. Moth
ers should not punish their children for
these unperm.tted excursions, but should
instead substitute something for them, such
as trips 10 the market short walks or Wis
It's 70 houses where there are other chill
dren. thus satisfying the instinct.
Later the child will insist on having
his own bureau drawer, his own side of
the wardrobe, just as his savage ancestors
did. Still later viii come the unfolding
Of his mind 10 right and justice. as when
ne appeals 10 his mother TO settle disputes
with his brothers. For instance, he Will
demand that MS brOthe- give him his ball
or other toy not because ne wants il at
the time, but because he wants to test the
court Of justice to see wnethe- it will d.
him abstract right. BY understanding
that these phases of the child's life are
perfectly normal and natural and not
mere perversity the mother Will know how
10 treat them
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-12-05
GirIhood in Frnnce.

It is the opinion OF many who make the
subject a study that it is dangerous to
transplant new customs In an old country.
Those that have existed for centuries are
the ones which must best suit the tenn
permanent and the disposition of those who
have es .ablshed them. The Latin races
have hot blood running in their veins and
cannot be trained to follow the customs
and laws of coder-blooded nations. A
young French girl. it is said, cannot be
trained to follow the limits of good fell
lowship and friendship for boys, as Amer
lean girls have been from time immemo-
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-12-05
The First women Treasury Clerks.

The first women employed were paid
5000 per annum. or just half as much as
the men, but as they proved their efficien-
cy their salaries were prOpOrtiOnately in
creased. until now we learn from the sta
tistics shown by the civil service commits
sion thai there are now seven women re-
ceiving $500, about fifty receiving 81, 600,
225 receiving 81 800. over $50 receiving 81
200, $50 that get 1000 and over but less
than $1,000, while there are 200 receiving
$500. And it is the voice of the commits
si0ners that women IN the public service
have. on the whole, had a beneficial effect
upon that service and measurably in
creased the efficiency; that no one familiar
with conditions that prevliled in the de-
partmeats twenty-five years ago and
equally familiar with the conditions pre-
vailing today can doubt the correctness of
this Op.niOn.-Washingto Letter.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-12-05
WHERE THE WORLD IS DARK
AND THE BLACK PAIL OF NIGHT is
NEVER LIFTED.

Object and Work of the Indiana In
stitute for the Education of the
Misunderstanding characteristics of
the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Percep-
tive Faculties and Retentive Mem
Dries, But Some Distressing Ten
dencies-Observation and InfOrma-
ton Cleaned from n isit to the In
stitutiOn.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-12-05
a Deep Laid scheme.

yours is a perplexing case" said the
oeulst you call red purple and referred
to Nile green as Turkey red.
YES" replied the visitor with a contented
smile Il guess I was born that way"
"Ifs the most aggravated case Of color
blindness I ever encountered in my pro-
fessiona. experience.
That's it, | want you TO write me out
a statement to that effect. Never mind
what the Zee is. You see my wife has a
lot OF samples she wants matched. and
she'll aske me TO take the job some time
next week. sure.
And then the oculist had his suspicious.
Washington Star.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-12-05

Mrs. Dick irwin. wife OF Richard Irwin,
the New York banker. enjoys a distinction
which can be claimed by few women in the
eastern metropolis. She is almost as WEI
known in the factory and Worship dis
tricts of the city as she is in local circ.es
Of Murray Hill Previous 20 her marriage
she was popular in society. and since her
union 10 Mr. Irwin that popularity has
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-12-05
Momen Silver NIiners.

Two women of Baker county. Ore. own
silver mines and are running them in per-
son. They d. not actually handle shovels
and work the dirt. but they superlntend
the working of the property, and while
they admit the business has rough sides
for a woman they are making money and
propose TO keep on
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-12-05
A ThnnrhtfnI Child

Mother-"What have you been doing 30
long,"
Little Daughter-"I heard papa say ne
was goin' to shave, so ! thought I'd get
things all ready for him."
And did your
''Yesm. 1 get out his razor and mug,
and Shawn brush. an some court-p.aster."
Street & Smiths Good News.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-12-05

and how the established must help the
striving. And / am so sorry for the peo-
pie, and know how little help OF advice
given at the right moment may make or
mar career, and how kindly words II
discouragement given also at the right mo-
ment may save many bitter tear of dis
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-12-05

preserve. even II she starts with, a very
high ideal Of morality and Is more Likely
10 be carried away with the stream than
70 make any attempt TO stem it.
If al these indictments be true Of the
fin de steele GRIND il true none can
blind themselves to the evils to which they
must give rise now and in the future
what, If any, is die remedy ?-London
Queen.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-12-05
4 Division of labor.

Friend-"That is your cook, l presume?''
Mrs. Bricabac-"Cook, chambermaid, and
everything else. She does all the house
work.
But what is the second girl for?"
''She mends the things that the other one
breaks. IN. Y. Weekly.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-12-05

piece doubled at the bottom and top or in
two pieces. In the latter case the piece in
tended for the sack should be nearly one
half as long again as the front. the extra
length being folded over like a flap. This
is finished with a binding of red braid,
with which the two parts Of the bag are
securely bound together, a couple of brass
rings serving here also TO hang the bag in
its place.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-12-05
The Laundry Bag.

This is really companion piece" to
the shoeblg, being made Of brown linen
and decorated with appropriate designs in
outline stitch. 1t may be made in one
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-12-05
Experience the Teacher.

/ learned too late. the benedict said,
What man is slow TO understand
That woman is only the weaker vessel
The while she yet remains unnamed
Puck.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-12-05

acknowledge the right Of the wearer Of
baggy attire to a seat in the dining room
unless the Snickers are hidden from sight.
London Telegraph.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-12-05
WOMAN AND HER HOME.
A NEW YORK SOCIETY wOMAN'S
WORK. WITH THE POOR.

child Training Fine Art-Feminine
Writing-MOtheFs Out of Date-A
sympathetic WOman-CiirIhOOd rs 1t
Is in France-The Laundry bag.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1894-08-17
DR.. Prices Cream Baking Powder
Most Perfect Made.

Colonel Robinson of Mayville nearly
met with a serious accident while riding
a bike the other day. Riding carelessly,
looking at the surrounding scenery, the
wheel struck some obstacle at the APP
proach Of a bridge, slipped and threw
it's rider. The colonel saved himself
from serious injury by remarkable deft-
ness in the action of his feet.