Middletown transcript., 1895-05-18

N=fN man Of the old
the popular admiration. Mrs. Lyman
Abbot says: Il dislike the phrase
new woman, exceedingly. There is
no such thing. Women are the same
now as they always have been. They
have always been free, but to hear
them talk one would think that some
body had suddenly emancipated them
from slavedom. Our grandmothers
were brave, thoughtful, noble women,
helpmates to their husbands, brothers
and sons. T ey thought, acted and
struggled against evil as much as any
woman of to-day. They were not
nonentities or ignorant as some of
the women of to-day assume when
they talk about the new woman"
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A Rochester paper says: President
Cleveland is opposed to bloomers. He
has given no official opinion on the
subject, and there is no good founda-
ton for saying that he is preparing
such an opinion. But his intimate
associates say that he opposes them.
The old-fashioned frocks are, his
associates say, good enough for him.
That is, they are good enough for
him when they are on women.
His opinion on women who ride
bicycles has not been obtained. His
associates, however, venture to assert
that he does not approve of them;
that is, when they are on bicycles. AS
class, he likes women. But he is
old-fashioned enough, his associates
say. to want them to keep to what he
calls their sphere.
The President thinks women ought
to marry, and he would doubtless
sign with pleasure a bill passed by
Congress to impose a bachelor tax on
unmarried men. And with their dis
appearance the woman suffrage move
ment would fall into innocuous desue-
tude. He doesn't think the movement
for woman suffrage so harmful as the
free silver crusade, but he thinks
neither is practical. He is not under
stood to hold that woman is not mans
equal, but he is represented as in
clined strongly to the belief that it is
ordained that man shall win the
bread and woman bake it. And being
a man of destiny himself, he frowns
upon interference. with what is Or
dained.
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GIRLS SHOULD LEARN
How to arrange the parlor and Ii
brary.
To say NO." and mean it, or "Yes,"
and stick to it.
To dress for comfort and health, as
well as appearance.
How to sew on buttons, darn stock
ings and mend gloves.
To make the sleeping room the
neatest room in the house.
How to cultivate flowers and make
and keep the kitchen garden.
To regard morals and habits, and
not money, in selecting their asso-
ciates.
To observe the old rule: ga place
for everything and everything in it's
place."
The important truism, that the
more they live within their income
the more they will save, and the
farther they will get away from the
poorhouse.
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HOUSEHOLD HINTS.
Creases may be taken out of skirts
which have been wrinkled in pack
ing by hanging them on the clothes
line, stretched to their utmost width.
They will soon be as smooth as though
they had been ironed.
Tea or chocolate should never be
served with fried foods. Always serve
coffee with fried oysters, fish or lob
ster, also with cheese.
Plaster casts in their natural state
are best freed from dust by covering
them with thick layer of starch.
When the starch is dry brush thor
oughly with stiff brush and it will
be found that the dust has been re-
moved with the starch.
When you want to whip eggs to a
froth put a tiny pinch of salt IN them.
Both should be as cold as possible to
froth we'll.
To test ham that you are cooking |
run sharp knife in along the bone.
If it comes out milky looking the ham
is not done; if clean, it is.
A little salt in the starch will usually |
prevent its sticking when you go to |
iron.
An old housewife says that the |
toughest of beef and chicken can be |
made tender and palatable by putting
a spoonful of good cider vinegar in
the pot in which it is boiling, or in
the juices with which the same are
basted when roasting. 1t does not
iniure the flavor in the least.
A handy thing in the kitchen is
good-sized slate So often things that
are quite necessary are forgotten be-
cause they were not noted down, and
serious annoyance is occasioned by
their absence. A slate only costs five
cents. 1t can be hung above the
kitchen table by a long string, and
the pencil can be attached by another.
These need not be removed from the
wall at any time, but can be hung so
at to be used easily. AS soon as some
thing is discovered lacking it should
be put down. Anything unusual that
is to be done and yet might be for
gotten, can also be put on the slate.
You will be surprised to find how
many steps and ''Oh, / forgot's" it
will save In a day. It is better than