The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-07-13

routes, with a broken bicycle. after
dark, Is an appalling contingency.
Women ride constantly unattended,
and far out of town: and this is as dan
gerous as to ride, walk or drive, things
young women carefully sheltered are
never permitted to do"
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GRIEF-CHAsERS:
"well, old man. this is the first time I've
seen, you since your marriage. Allow me
to congratulate you"
Thanks. dear fellow; thanks"
"Have you and your wife decided who
Is to be the speaker of the house?"
"Well, no; we usually occupy the chair
together" Chronicle.
Employment Agent-"You did not stay
long at that last place"
Domestic-"oI cudn't sthand thOt wo-
mans insultin' an vulgar language"
"In what way?"
"She says, Fiji tn coal hod.' instead av
| place will yh condiscind to replinish tn
anthracite vase New York Weekly.
"You are of American Tory stock, are
You not?' a
"Yes. But how ever did you guess it?'
"Oh. l knew your wife was a daughter
| of the revolution, and you have a hunted
look. Judge.
Miss wellalong-"I think made quite q
sensation in my antique costume at the
levee last evening"
Miss Marketmade-'Oh, decidedly. Ev-
erybody exclaimed. How appropriate -
Boston Transcript.
Mrs. Dorcas-"Our League, of Emarci,
pated Women is going to have lecture on
the social equality Of the sex. You must
be sure to come"
Mrs. Cobwigger-"Certainly, my dear:
shall bring Mrs. Smith with me. as she be-
lieves in social equality"
Mrs. Dorcas-"Not for the world. You
know she isn't in our set."-Judge.
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1.-THE unwritten law appears to ex-
ist," this writer continues. that In rid
ing the bicycle. each person, man or
woman, shall attend strictly to himself
or herself. But the result of the law is
that timid women are frightened to
death when they needn't be. and suffer
superhuously when they first go out.
l knew a woman who practiced mount
ing for week, growing more and more
| nervous every time she tried, because
she was going out with party, and her
husband had told her she could not go
| unless she could mount herself. 1t Is
convenient to know how, it is true; but
| that it should be necessary, with a
| party containing men, shows the real
state of the case. Wheels are heavy
things to handle in taking them in and
out of doors, and awkward as we'll.
| But a woman gets her own, drags it
along, hits herself in the shins with the
pedal, and nearly breaks her back get
ting the thing down steps, before start
| ing 1t Is the custom. But in TO other
sport does she have to lug about her
implements unaided. What would a
man think Of himself If he let lady
bend under the weight of a bag of golf
clubs for twenty feet? A lady does not
lead her own horse to the stable when
| she dismounts at the club, but she has
| to tug her own wheel, and put 1t away,
| at all the bicycle clubs. Yes, and tug
| it out and up and round again, when
the time comes to start for home. No
man, hired or otherwise, thinks of do
ing 1t for her. She never has to carry
oars, however, either going or coming
from rowing. What is the difference 2"
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SOMETHING WORSE:
"I'll never chew tobacco"
| Said little Robert Reed;
| I'LL never soil my lips with It:
| 1t Is filthy weed'
| And Robert kept his promise.
And yet his mother frets;
| He never touched tobacco,
| But he does smoke cigarettes.
| -Somerville Journal
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ACCOMMODATING:
Madam" said the tramp, addressing
the enevolent-appear,ng woman in the
doorway, could you give me q bit Of cold
meat?"
Haven't bit In the house." she re-
piled.
| Bread and butter would do"
Haven't any,"
piece Of pie?'
| "No-we're just out Of everything"
| Then have you got basket?"
| YES" the woman said, with some Gu
riosity in her tone. "What do you want
of a basket"
| well, madam, I thought I'd take II
around and collect something for you to
eat."-Chicago Times-Herald.
HOUSEHOLD HELPS:
| II you heat your knife you can cut hot
bread as smoothly as cold.
| A. little flour dredged over the top of a.
cake will keep the icing from running.
The white Of an egg, with a little sugar
and water, is good for a child with an
irritable stomach.
| Clear, black coffee, diluted with water
ana containing little ammonia, will
cleanse and restore black clothes.
| A large slice of raw potato In the fat
when frying doughnuts will prevent the
black specks from appearing on their sur
face.
For hands that perspire excessively
bathing the hands several times d day
with hot infusions of white oak bark Is
recommended.
10 make closet door novel and atrac-
i've hang on 1t good motto in brass or
| carved WOOD. silk or satin screen will
DO n the words embroidered thereon are
appropriate.
Lamps are no longer placed upon the
reading table. II wrought iron thew can
be placed on brackets to the wall. BY the
ala OF large hook they supply light for
corner over cozy resting place.
| little cold tea added to q sliced apple
PIE Will add also to its general relish and
delectability. The tea should be poured
Iightly over the sweetened and nutmegged
apples Just before the upper crust is put
| on.
Coarse, stiff braid. used to bind the bot.
tom Of dresses, will rot the shoes and
make them look shabby in a short time.
Soft, fnely-finished bratds, although cost
Ing more, are distinctly more economical.
since they not only wear longer than the