The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1897-03-06
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knowledge Of how to control l,SsiiIy
5condi ditions, to put off flesh ard take it I
on at Will will never, even in her old
age, commit the error of growing stout.
So that, when the present gen sliion
of old ladies, our mistak en--s9 ne
might say misshap pen aunts ind
grandmoth are laid to rest, t,,.ere
will be nobody left to fill their wide
armchairs by the freside (the new
grandm thers will probably be in the
gymnasium, and the world will know
a#Want which no superiority of the
new woman cam satisfy This loss will
not be felt all at once; it will stal
gradually upon us as a shadow steals
over the lawn, and there may even be :
some in those progressive days $50
thin and long and slim in mind as not
to recognize it as loss at al. 'sut
these persons will be the ones who
never knew in childhood-for it Is sisson
the children that the loss will fan The
hieaviest--the blessedness Of hays:f;, a
stout aunt OF grandmother within
whose radiance Of serenity ard good
nature, they crept. as into the sunlight
when the world suddenly turned a
bleak and cheerless face upon t,leir
souls.-From '.The Point of View" ip
Scribner's
Feminine Fads
An ingenious English writer. whose
sex am sure, stands in nc naai of
identification, has been investigating
the hobbies and amusements o. veil
known women. It appears that the fa-
vorite amusement of the queen is her
evening game Of whist, while the queen
OF the Belgians devotes herself to per-
forming conjuring tricks. The duchess
OF z flfe is an accomplished fencer,
while the duchess Of estminster plays
cricket. Lady Warwick, who enioys
the reputation of being the most bea1-
tlful woman in England, binds her own
books cleverly and artistically. while
Lady Zetland is one of the cleyerest
amateur photographers in England. 4
/ ellen Terry, too, as is more generally
KNOWN, makes a constant companion
OF her hand camera Mrs. Asauith. .N
whose husband, by the way. Lord Rose
berry yesterday informally designated
as his successor, is san. to delight in
the somewhat grim amusement Of yis-
lting jails and prisons. Nine Nordica
eccentrlcally relieves the strain of her
professional work by putting on the
boxing gloves a sharp round or two
with her teacher. AS to the collections
made by women, they are somewhat
singular, to say the least. Nine. Patti
collects daggers and other pointed I
weapons, some of the smallest of which
she uses for hairpins, and Mrs. Henry.
NJ. Stanley mas gathered toge,.4el. an
astonishing variety of parasols of all
anges and all countries. Queen Mar
gharita of Italy stores UP curious old
folk tales, written out by hesse..f III her
beautiful sloping hand dWritins. 1liris-
tine NILSSON scrupulousIF saves All her
hotel bills and has already paDered
one room with them.--Lo London Cu... OF
the Philadelphia Ledger
I. .@- Never ScOld
z Avoid the scolding tone. a tired
mother may find it hard to do this, but
it is she who will get most good bys
observing the rule The tone of scold-
ing tells upon the throat, just where a !
woman who is not overstrong is apt
to feel the ache of extreme fatigue
The children, too, who arc great iini- 3
tators, will be sure to catch the scold-
ing tone, and will talk to their dolls. to
one another, and, by and by, to their
own children very II uch rs their nlotll-
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