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The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-06-13
The womnn's Century.

For conscience's sake, let us cease this
everlasting prattle about the present be-
ing "womans century and ''womans
age implying each time that we say it
that the women of any previous age
were driveling idiots and casting a slur
upon the very women who gave us our
being. Why is this "woman's century
any more than was any century before
it? Just because a few thousand more
women are engaged in business, does that
fact make it g "womans century, We
haven't determined yet, by any means.
whether the present tendency OF woman
going into rougher commercial pursuits
is to her interest or TO the benefit of
those who will follow her.
A little caution here is very good
thing What sense is there in this. con-
slant dingdonging into the ears of our
girls that they are born at the dawn Of
woman's emancipation Emancipation
from what? viii this sort of thing
teach our girls to have a greater respect
for the women of past generations If
we keep up this harangue much longer
/ shall not blame our youngest girls if
they get the notion that the world only
began about forty or fifty years ago. II
we expect children to have a respect for
their mothers and their mothers parents
we cannot enshroud the times in which
they lived with the darkness of ignor-
ance and bigotry.
The women who lived before the pres
ent agitators Of the "woman's century"
were born did a thing or two in the
worlds history, far more, 1 venture to
prophesy from their present talk. than
the women of today will do In these lat
ter days if they pursue their present
course. If these women-feW in number
fortunately-forget this fact. let us not
be persuaded TO do so. We live in
glorious time Of the worlds history. but
there were glorious times before we
came into the world, and so far as the
women of those times are concerned
they were not the Interiors Of our modern
WOMEN, except in so far as their limited
opportunities compelled them OF neces-
sity to live more contracted lives.-La-
dies Home Journal
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-06-13
The Apartment Houses of Paris.

These houses are generally six stories
high; sometimes, however, there is
seventh story with attic rooms for serv-
ants and storage. writes Maria Parloa in
an exhaustive article on the subject in
the June Ladies' Home Journal The
house is divided in this manner: Rez-de-
chaussee (the ground f1oor), entresol first
flight up), the first floor Cup two flights,
the second floor, and so on to the attic.
When engaging rooms by letter the fact
in France is what would be called Il the third
floor in America. In houses where the
apartments are large. and people general
~ keep servants. the top floor is reserved
for servants, each tenant having two or
more servants rooms The main STAIR
case goes only to the fourth floor. there
being a back stairs from the ground floor
to the top Of the house This is called
a service stairs, and is used by trades
people and servants. In the poorer
houses. where the apartments are small,
the service stairs are often dispensed
with. In these houses the very poor ten
ant the attics The small apartments may
consist of from two to four or five rooms.
The rooms, as a rule, are very small, and
so arranged that there can be no privacy
nor escape from the odors of cooking. The
large apartments generally consist of en-
trance-hall parlor, dining room, kitchen
and four more sleeping rooms. The
arrangement of the large apartments is
such that one can have privacy and free
dom from the doors of the kitchen. The
French apartment does not often con-
tain a bath rOOm
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-06-13
The Bargain Hunter.

There are two kinds Of bargain women
the one who gets bargains and keeps
still about them. and the one who likes
to prattle about her lucky finds. The
latter Of course, works most profit TO
the dealers who have bargains to sell.
but she is also great diversion to her
acquaintance. This is about the method
of her discourse:
isn't my new mating lovely? Only
Is cents yard
"How do you like my new gown? Cost
only $3.50 suit and every bit as pretty
as Mrs. Cash's at SIS
Eyes, that's a new jardiniere Isn't 1t
pretty? 1 got it for SO cents. l was
vexed about it, too, for when 1 went to
get another they were marked down to
IS cents Just think, % cents cheaperr
Aren't these lovely engraYings2 I got
them at a secondhand book store-50
cents for the whole lot-about twenty
five pictures. and these little frames were
only 65 cents"
land these books? Regular center ia
BILE books-worth Sand / paid only 80
cents for each one. I bought 'ot of
books we had already, but then-they
were so cheap-a fire sale, you know"
Have you seen those umbrellas at
Blanks? Only 65 cents apiece-and real
good ones, toO-plenty good enough for
men to lose"
Eyes, that's a darling little japanese
plate-only 10 cents-selling out, you
know. I'm dying for teapot they have
there, but am waiting for 1t to come
down."
She is droll souI-the bargain woman
Atlanta Journal.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-06-13
WOMAN AND HER HOME.
PARENTS NEGLECT OF THEIR
DAUGHTERS TRAINING.
The Woman's Century-The Bargain
Hunter Diverted Children The
Travelled WOmnn-Baby's Hammock
Women i'm EnEIand-The Fit of
Gowns in the Back.

A girl is placed when young in a suit
able profession: she has the opportunity
offered her not only. of usefulness to
others, but Of happiness for herself as the
years go on A life and a livelihood are
hers. The majority of girls are power
less to help themselves in this matter. 1t
is the forethought of the parents which
should be aroused and If only success
full appeal could be made to them TO eX-
ercise it Alright the girls of the present
generation would not add to the ranks Of
those hapless beings who starve in the
midst of plenty, who vegetate in the midst
Of life, or who may be seen fitting from
boarding house to boarding house with
neither aim nor reason, restless through
idleness, Idle through incompetency and
incompetent through the action or inaction
of kind and we'll meaning parents. Only
one use can be found for them in the
world. 1t is to serve as a warning TO
girls of the consequence of the neglect of
those powers and capabilities with which
they are by nature endowed.
At the present time it is piteous to see
the numbers Of gentlewomen who apply
for very unattractive employments and
who will even offer a yearly payment to
obtain them. but who at the same time
die quite lIlCDDlpeNGIl " W NOIh VI III
undertake its responsibilities. 1t is cruel
to tell them that they are incapable and
unfit for work well as too old to learn
il, but such are the facts. They cannot
be expected to recognize them and not I'M
naturally consider themselves hardly used
and think that the whole world is against
them. They have yet to learn that the
hard treatment which they experience is
the result Of their own parents conduct
and that it Is their neglect to equip them
for life and its sure amount of happiness
which is the iron hand which has been
against them all the weary years Of their
existence. 1t is one of the encouraging
signs of the present day that parents are
more and more beginning to make some
effort for the lasting welfare of their
daughters, even though ii may be at
temporary sacrifice to themselves.
A girl requires an occupation for her
energies and desires a lover for herself.
Too often the kindest of parents will give
her money without an occupation and
will hurry her blindfolded into marriage
at any price Too late she learns her in
capacity for useful work, and too late
and with far more bitterness she discovers
that her marriage has shut her out from
love for the whole of her life. In con-
templating such cases as these II is
comfort to know that the independence
and usefulness of gentlewomen are the
first step toward remedying our social
evils. Another step may follow it.-West-
minister Gazette.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-06-13
The TrnvcIed woman.

The Travelled woman is speedily recog-
nized in the sleeping car. She settles
herself so comfortably with her wraps,
books, papers; refreshes herself with
salts, cologne and appolllnaris; amuses
herself with writing, cards or novels, so
that she is quite as much at home as in
her boudoir.
The travelled woman does not remove
her bonnet directly she erters her section
i'm fact. she is never without some head
covering, for she knows too well what
dire havoc coal dust makes with care
fully shampooed tresses. She wears a
small tOque, turban or close bonnet, with
no furbelows to muss and crush. The
big Gainsborough with Haunting feath-
ers, the stiff sailor, the ornate dress hat
are entirely out of place in a sleeping
car. n small hat in which one may lean
back with comfort is TO be commended.
Many women stick a soft felt hat in
their handbags just for this purpose.
The Travelled woman does mot remove
undresses herself in the sleeping car. She
removes her gown, shoes, loOsens her
corsets slips on a wool dressing jacket
or a dark wrapper and lies down, con-
scious that if there is an accident in the
night she is suitably attired to meet it.
Laced shoes are much easier to man.
age in a sleeping car than buttOned ones.
You know how in the gray of the early
dawn, when half asleep, you wrestle with
various garments in the narrow confines
of your berth. you wish every detail TO
be as convenient as possible. To button
boots you must twist yourself into the
most difficult Of positions. Lacing, be-
ing directly in front, is accomplished
much more easily.
Let your handbag contain a. bottle of
Florida water, bay rum or cologne. Moth
ing is more refreshing when travelling.
Let there also be sewing and writing i'm
plements soap-never under any circum-
stances use the soap supplied by the rail-
roads-washcloth, smelling salts, lead
hair crimpers, manicure set, shOehorn
and hook Of you will wear button shoes,
extra handkerchiefs pins and hairpins.-
N Y Advertiser
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-06-13
when to Use Cold Cream.

A New York chemist. speaking of the
frequency with which women anoint their
faces with cold cream. says that in no in
stance should it be used except where the
face has been roughened by the wind
and then applied only for a night or two:
that it gives an oily look to the face and
has a tendency to enlarge the pores Of
the skin: that If the skin needs a tonic
cocoa butter or cocoanut oil thoroughly
rubbed into the skin morning and even
ing, after having bathed the face in
warm water, will improve the complexion
in a very short time and will not raise
the small crop Of hair that is almost in
evitable with the nightly use Of cold
cream.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-06-13
A Perfumed Bath Robe.

One means of imparting TO her lovely
person suggestion of fiowery fragrance
is the perfumed bath robe that mllady
slips into soon as she steps from her
full length bath. 1t is a sweet creation
in elder down or silk and is interlined
with the finest quilting. upon which has
been sprinkled with a lavish hand some
delicious sachet powder. By this dainty
mode the sweetness of Alpine violets or
helitrope that nestles in every frill and
fold Of the fair Ewes laces and ribbons
invests the body in a wonderfully fas-
cinating way that appeals at once to the
maid or matron who rejects the strong
extracts and distinctive perfumes Of the
day.-St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-06-13

swimmers to feel no physical discomfort
from immersion in cold water there is
no amusement quite so eXhilarating. All
children delight in dabbling in water,
and perhaps this is a survival of childish
tastes. At any rate. il is a very limo
cent pleasure and a very leveling one.
We all look alike in the water. as far as
distinctions of beauty and society go,
provided we are all real water lovers
and do not merely pretend to battle. The
wet hair of the mistress and Of the maid
looks equally like seaweed. and the nose
of the patrician and OF the proletariat
burns regardless of class distinctions.
Many persons who cannot battle in fresh
water can go into salt water with inn
punity because of its vigorous and stim-
ulating quality. A pretty bathing suit
keeps its beauty in fresh water far long
err than when il is worn into the ocean,
but that is the only point in which the
advantage does not rest with salt water.
One does not swim quite so rapidly in
the latter, but one keeps up longer and
with less fatigue on account of its
buoyant quality. An illustration is given
of a white flannel bathing costume The
bodice. which is made with a yoke is
gathered into a belt, to which are sewed
the short trousers. The scanty skirt is
gathered into a belt having buttonholes
to buttons on the belt of
the bodice and trousers. The sleeves are
short and are held to the arm by elastic
to prevent chatting, which is sure to hap
pen IL a swimmers sleeves are left
loose The wide sailor collar is of navy
blue flannel, as are the band around the
skirt end the belt. JUDO CHQLLEI
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-06-13
Baby's Hammock.

When the baby is so young that It
sleeps all the time except when it is eat
ing, it may swing i'm a silken hammock
This will be only for about six weeks, be-
cause after that the blessed little ting
one must speak so that the mothers will
understandable blessed little ting will
begin to want TO fling itself about, and il
will not do to conflne II in the hammock.
Just because its use will be for so short
a time, the hammock is a notable furnish
ing of very elegant nurseries, 1t is of
many twists of silxen cords, in all the pale
colors combined, and deep fringe hangs
from the edges almost TO the floor The
mesh is as fine lace. and the whole is
hardly more than three feet long It
swings by silken ropes that are silver
mounted by big rings which slip securely
over silver hooks run into the wall The
hammock is further furnished for safety
with two sashes that tie one over the
chest of the wee occupant and one farther
down.
From the time the little millionaire
comes out Of the hammock there must
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-06-13
Always Against Women.

"In England says a writer in the
Pail Mall Gazette. 1.-THE joke is always
against women. How does the laugh go?
is no insignificant question. In England
alone banter is a kind Of mockery of
sex 1t is evident in the humor of the
working classes, in ridicule of the girls
who admire the life guards, in the eX-
traordinary bank holiday kind OF gal
lantry composed of Sights and insults
and also in the point of certain stories
and of many caricatures." An Ameri-
can woman might be disposed to deny
that England is the only country in
which women is the subject of popular
joking. The redheaded sirl the mother
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-06-13
A smacIx's Catch.

Saturday night the smack Kate and
Mabel of Friendship came in. She
brought some $500 Holsters from Nova
Scotia, also 1000 lemons. They were
found floating on the ocean about three
or four miles off Cape Island, n. s. They
came from the fruit steamer that was
wrecked on Half Moon ledge near that
island some weeks ago. She had a cargo
of thousands and thousands Of crates Of
lemons and oranges and they were aban-
doned to the natives, who swarmed over
her and carried away a great quantity.
But some could not be obtained from the
compartments till the ship broke up and
the bulkneads were opened, and thus
many boxes were set adrift upon the
ocean. The lemons picked up by the
Kate and Mabel were in a fairly good
Baltimore News
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-06-13
Furnishing Children.

Children should never be punished ex-
cept for doing things which they knew
were wrong. If some trifiing offense is
committed in ignorance the child should
be reasoned with and told why the act
must not be repeated. but TO punish
would be unjust. If a child understands
when he is doing wrong that il is worthy
of punishment he naturally expects to
have to suffer if found out. but If pun
ished without feeling that he deserves it
a sense of irritation is engendered which
may possibly lead to ill-feeling.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-06-13
Keen the Children "YounE..

The modern practice Of sending chill
dren TO dancing school. where they are
taught skirt dancing and brought out
every year to show themselves in fancy
dresses. has its disadvantages, and they
are ones which always will cause a care
full mother to think twice before sending
her little ones to learn these unnecessary
mannerisms. The tots pick up an af-
fected manner soon enough, and If a
child is to be kept sweet and simple
through the years of childhood ii is best
to defer the dancing lessons or patronize
a private school. where public exhibit
tons are not given.-Pittsburg Post.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-06-13

be succession Of cribs. each made to fit.
Inc first is tiny thing, with silk COW
cred mattress stuffed with finest hair. and
instead Of sheets for the first two cribs
there are very soft and light silk and wool
flannel blankets because the wee thing
must not be chilled by sheets.
Mothers who cannot afford all these fan
ciful and expensive notions may find in
them some ideas worthy of being carried
out for their babies without silver mount
ings and silken rappings.-Philadelph
Times
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-06-13
The Washstand.

The washstand in your room should be
in the corner. and if the ordinary style
put a screen before ii, but if you form
one yourself have a shelf fixed, and I'M
der it another on which to place the
ever, basin, etc, hidden from view with
a curtain of serge when not in use and
a cover of the same to put on the top
shelf. Above have little cabinet, with
cupboards for water bottle, soap, etc. or
a bookcase with the under shelf cur
tainad
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-06-13
What to Do with n Tough Chicken.

An old housewife says that the tough
est of beef or chicken can be made ten
der and palatable by putting a spoonful
Of good cider vinegar in the pot in which
ii is boiled or in the juices with which
the same is basted when roasting. 1t
does not injure the flavor in the least.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-06-13
Restoring CoIorS.

If the color is taken out of a dress in
spots by acid, it can be restored by first
wetting with liquid ammonia to kill the
acid and afterward with chloTofOrm to
bring back the color. If the color is de-
stroyed by an alkali wet first with acid
and afterward with chloroform.-Chicago
Herald
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-06-13
CompIimented by a Queen.

The queen of Italy has written per-
sonal letter complimenting Miss Susan
Stuart Frackleton Of Milwaukee and her
work on China Tried by Fire" is used
as a textbook in the South Kensington
art museum library. She is president of
the National league of mineral painters
Rome Correspondent
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-06-13
FOR THE WATER NYMPHS.
Bathing Costumes That Are Things
of Beauty and Joys for n Season.

The time of year has arrived when
every piece of water big enough to get
into assumes an inviting glassiness Of
surface and warm lmpidity Of depth
that tempt one to plunge In regardless
of consequences unless one be Of the ex-
ceptional class who do not enjoy open
air bathing. To those who are sufficient
" warm-blooded or sufficiently active
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-06-13
An Agonfzing Thought.

Dora-"Why are you crying?"
Clara-"Geo-I mean Mr. Ni-Nicefel-
low ki-kissed me in the-the hail.
Dora-"He doubtless acted on a sudden
impulse. wouldn't cry about that"
Clara-But IL slapped him for it-and
I'm a-afraid / hur-hurt him. Boo.
hoo, hoo."--Puck.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-06-13

in-law. the stroag-minded woman and
every imaginable sort Of woman have
done duty for years as the object Of
public Observation-Disclosures
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-05-04
ADVISES Patient Endurance.
EDITOR TRANSCRIPT.

EDITOR TRANSCRIPT:
AS to letters of James c.. FLYNN in
the Democrat, | have this to say:
There is no question that as years
roll by and we shall have passed
through the different periods
OF our existence, boyhood, manhood
and middle age we shall finally arrive
at that point OF life called dotage.
1t is said that when we have arrived
at that point we become childish
and that we concentrate what mind
we have left upon some one
thing or subject. 1t is also true that
the public in most cases OverlOUks
these childish notions and pranks,
on account OF the party's former
record or the good that he or she
may have done in the world, or the
end OF the harm they can do. 1t is
not best to contradict or argue with
such people but submit with the best
grace possible to their different
hobbies. Our old and esteemed friend
James G. Flynn seems to be afflicted
with the hobby of letter writing in
connection with the city government.
He has occupied in days gone by
different positions of honor trust
in this community, such as being ON
the school board. representative of
this senatorial district, etc. But
him with his record both political
and private the public has gently
laid away. Requiescat in pace.
Respectfully,
ISAAC q. STAPLES.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-05-04
Junior EndeayOr.

The meetings OF the Junior En-
deavor Society which are being held
here this week by Miss Middleton are
very interesting and the attendance
is increasing at each meeting At
the Sunday afternoon meeting there
were about forty present and great
ly enjoyed the talk by Miss Middle
ton and Miss Blanchard. Every day
this week meetings will be held at
the Congregational church at 4
O'Clock p. m. and all are invited. On
Thursday afternoon at O'Clock a
mothers meeting will be held and
all those who are interested in the
welfare of the children are requested
to be present.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-05-04
Hpril Weather.

M. Coleman, janitor at the fire de-
partment headquarters and weather
observer, furnished the Transcript
with the following statistics on
April weather and fires this morn
ing: Clear days, 5; cloudy, 3; partly
cloudy, 8; snow. 4; rain. 10. Highest
temperature during month, 25th,
70 degrees above zero; lowest, 3rd,
81 degrees above zero
Fires-False alarm, West side, on
April 22nd.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-05-04
The Cruel Attaches.

'The most cruel tribe among the North
American Indians is the Apaches," said
J. L. Griswold, st. Louis traveller. II
was i'm the far west during one of their
outbreaks, and while I did not witness
their atrocities I talked with those who
had. Their captives are tortured with
knives, by frebrands and in every way
that the ingenuity of the savages can in
vent. met one man who had lived in
the west for many years, who carried a
derringer pistol especially for the purpose
Of killing himself should he exhaust his
other firearms In fruitless attempt to es-
cape capture. II taken alive, he said he
would use his derringer upon himself and
consider that he was fortunate in being
ssEsze rs &s$tsss2s = salch death the fortunes
ts,4t ssI1ast3 = he became captive. y
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-05-04

s@4& Iess>~r and ct Forty.
81 ~ @2sa4s Il twenty loves 9 lass,
tA1G $>E-Fr>t thing is honey.
%sA1:9 k@a7s u forty loves, alas,
. ~ thing Is money.
ILL.,. Detroit Free Press.