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a New View of the Old Question.


Many and varied have been the causes
assigned for the yeXing servant queslon
of to-day and Brooklyn housewife d
vanced a rather unusual reason IN q
recent tal;s on the subject.t$Ih r1louie
class housekeeper Of old she holds re5pon-
sihle, and this Is the way she argues:
In the DAYS when clubs and multlfarious
philanthropic organiza TONS not to men
tion Shopping and excessive social duties,
made SO much demand upon sohe time OF
the mistress of the household as at pres
ent she shared the work with her ser
wants. instead u Of directing them. She
never believes a. thing could Il be done
$ripht= nnless she did It herself or was
right On hand TO see how every bit OF it
was done complains this local critic
~ OH take duster5 and Eli take a
sdusterz and we'll work together, was her
idea of directing. and 7 suppose it proved
satisfa Glory in those days Meanwhile the
church sewing bee develored into some-
thing bigger and more time engrossings
and the old-fashioned housekeeper, having
trained her servants on the cooperative.
ss1pla ~ did not realize tina g they would
not take the same interest or do as good
work when the full responsibility was
LETT IN their hands. If the mistress had
sintelligently directed, T instead Of actually
doing. the work all that would be neces-
tsary when she wanted to give her time
70 scondd ton club affairs or any
thing else was supervision. But this
mas not her way and the effort "a. achieve
old results under 0eRS econdid ions has
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-03-11
In Ra. Time Attire.

..For heavens sake. tell that new SER
want of yours to set a new dress oeloss
she comes here tomorrow. She - posl-l
lively too s,oyenly to come into tho dansns-
room 81 "a.
This "heavy. was dealt out by sub.
urbanite to his wife the other morning.
the master. OF the house. but thai senHe.
man had no idea his instructions wo 'tli''
be SO well carried out e ~
,oiiar,,t,,e. morning. what was his SURPRISE
"a behold the negTess togged our m 2
.nnacniicent evening dress. with sparxierS
IA her hair and other adornrnents on neg
. 90 ..yyh Ia ali this, he cried Have you
fred that other girl and got an E;sypdan
princess In hsr place -
.sNo. boss. said the gtrl spe alst ,s zoe
herself .Isse de same Niger. but Jess
,,,,r ~, rn,1l1 rag-time cio'es. as you wu5
so partic1er .,mour muh pt'ssonaI pesas-
ance.,". Memphis sctmitar
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-03-11
Mean HEan's Mean Trick,

It was mean trick, of course, and
some day she will doubtless get even
with him.
She saw him take a piece Of paper
from his pocket, carefully fold it up,
put it in an envelope. and then place the
envelope in one Of the far corners of the
drawer of the library table.
whats ttat?" she asked.
20, nothing of any Importance" he re-
piled.
Now, if he had simply thrown it care
lessly into the drawer She would have
Thought nothing Of it, but the care he
took to put it clear over in the far cor
'ner, and the fact that he seemed i'll a
ease after he found that his action had
been observed, aroused her curiosity. She
wondered what it was, and she reasoned
with herself that he had said it was
nothing of Importance, SO he would
have nobody but himself. to blame If she
took a look at it. she was justified in
inferring from his words that there was
no reason why she should not. And this.
is what she read scrubbed on piece Of
paper:
.I'll bet you new hat your curiosity.
will not permit you to let this alone.
It was terrible predicament in which
to place a woman. How could she claim
the new hat without giving herself
away?-Chicago Evening Post.
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A Model Husband.

Wife-I saw the loveliest lace spreads
to-day. only $3.50, and I wanted them
awfully, but knew you wished to econo-
znize, and so didn't get them.
Iiusband-That's too bad, my dear:
you should have gotten them. Anything
which adds TO your happiness and brings
gladness 10 your eyes, anything which
Lghtens your doemsuc cares and s7ids
the lowering clouds, anything which
borders with sweet flowers the thorny
ra tbs Of duty and appeals pleasantly
10 Your aesthetic nature. making life
more worth living, home a paradise. You
are welcome, double welcome. to, my
angel, if it doesn't cost more than $3.50
New York Weekly.
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TII17I7l117
a Word to Mothers.

A mother was recently very much sur
prised to find that her young daughter;
of thirteen was reading a very poor class
of paper-covered novels, which she adj
mitted buying for 5 cents the corner.
stationery store. Investigation revealed
that she and her young companions In
the neighborhood were In the habitsof
buying these books and exchanging them
with each other until each story had
been passed around the little circle. The.
stories were not of the traditional dime
noyel. blood and thunder sort, but -tere
weakly ~, sen ldn1ental and silly beyond be-
lief The surprise Of the Their came.
from the fact that the girl had been.
able to do this without her knowledge,
narticu1arly as no attempt t conceal
ment had been made seemed as
tonishing. as the house was full of good
books. ElSs5..Ny boys reading" said the
mother. It have carefully wa ched and
guided, but 1t simply had mot occurred
StozmaS that my girl needed the same care
Il am finding It, "a genuine struggle satos
sect il1er Interested in any reading Z
She ought to have, 50 dlled sds Sherssaaead.
swith base trashy love stories. rs This
nav serve as war ming to- othersmoSs
Tiers. who think that girls come good
reading by 3 sort sot natural Instinct.
NeWs;York Post 80
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Queer, 5ta1zs
.Iezp gear.
Margaret of Scotland Original ES-
tra Day for Her Maids.

Margaret of Scotland Originates Ex-.
ira Day for Her Maids.
This is a leap year, according to the
fitness of things, but 1t won't be leap
year. nevertheless.
There IS quite an interesting and
little known history connected with the
introduction Of leap year. In ISIS. when
Queen Margaret reigned over Scotland.
this gracious lady dscreed that during
her reign every maiden lady in her realm.
whether OF high or low degree. should
propose to the man Ehat she loved and
that if the man were not betrothed already
he must either wed the maid or pay a
heavy fine.
On the death of Queen Margaret tho
women were urgent In their demands
that their new privilege should be con-
tinued To appease them an act OF par
liamerat was passed which made 1t laSvf,N
for maidens to do the processing every
leap year.-Chicaso Chronicle
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A5pol;t, Mans Pcrplexity.

.e7,he most uuzzling question with me,
IN NV daiIy intercourse with people,
said the sad-eyed stickler3 for the pro-
:prieties, sis just how far the natural.
courtesy of men toSWomen should ex-
tend Should 7, for instance after work
ing from Siin the morning till 8 In the
afternoon, and after making a couple OF
zarmflls Of purchases at sore OF, on my
way home, give up my place in line at
the counter where they tie the bundles
to an energetic, healthy-looking woman,
who has probably been downtown for an
hour shopping for the fun Of the thins?t
And then in street-car on the way out
to supper the same problem arises. En-
tee a bouncing girl that you can see at a
glance has been going IN for athletics
for years. She could probably put on
the gloves with me and knock me into
the middle OF next week without much
trouble. Ought I to get up IN ae1er..
entail manner, as If half-ashamed Of
what I am doing, and offer the seat?i
Or ought I to stay where I am? Then
when am sitting in theatre, and there
are some ladies right ahead of me whose
wraps have fallen down from the backs
Of their seats. It is manifestly impos-.
sible for them to fix the cloaks again,
unless they stand UP, fuss around ana
cut off the view of half the people in the
house That's another interesting stu
alton. You know the only tight ana
proper thing to do-to move gently for
ward. pick up the garment With both
hands, put it back over the chair, and
then sink into your seat again. But you
know, too, maybe from sad experience.
that the chances are about a hundred to
one that the ladies will imagine you are
a coarse wretch, attempting to force your
services upon them. And then again II
is an even chance that the majority OF
the people about you will believe you are
paving too much attention to strangers.
One or two gallant champions OF the
fair sex behind you even whisper that
YOU ought to have your head punched
for your insolence. Again. take the case
when you are coming down from an l.
sta ton. There IS a young woman on the
stairs right behind you. What more nat
ural than that you should hold open the
doors till she passes? And yet, for one
that gives you a nod of thanks there are
twenty who gaze laughtfly at you, and
say as plainly as eyes can speak: Scoun-
drel, your insidious attempt to strike up
an acquaintance is OF no avail. My
pocket-book is safe, and T am on my
guard! And yet, if, I do none of these
things, the sin of omission seems to be
considered worse than that of commits
sion. The inevitable conclusion is that
a man is Il brute, no matter how he acts,
and the only safe thing for him to do is
to take safety in oblivion, never to shop.
never to go to the theatre, and to Shun
elevated trains and street-cars, as II they
were the plngue.'-Chicago Times-Her-
aid.
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not proved satisfactory Her daughters
are now; beginning to realize That sinteIl-ss
gent direction and man gement are as
much of necessity IN the conduct OF
nous e1old affairs as they are to#the bust
ness man and that the best evidence Of.
their skin ana ability is the, securing
of capable people to do the work Of the
house, And. while these housekeepers may
be prefectly capable Of doing the work
(. themselves, they refrain from active
"a rticipation, except in cases Of necessity.
sT thoroughly believe that the servant
problem IS q legacy from the old-fashioneIS
housekeeper, but the Intelligent solving Of
it is work; that belongs to the house
keeper Of tod ay.,'-BrooSlyn Eagle.
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Roor N1omen
Nouer 2Ueep
They Heroically Send Their Men to the
Front Without Tears,

They Heroically Send Their Men to the
Front Without Tears.
Mrs. Louise de Lassomm, of San Fran
cisco, returned from a tour Of South
Africa a short while ago, and relates
some interesting impressions of the Beers.
The Beers impressed me as being a
very unooutl sort Of people," she says.
although those that we met were pleasant
enough. It is easy to see that they are
required to pay little attention to the
courtesies of life while young, so that
their manners are devoid Of polish, and
they frequently have a surly air, which
does not by any means create a favorable
impression. upon str myers. But of their
fisjl ting qualities there can be no question
and England need not expect to subdue
them until their last shot has been fired
and their last ounce of strength is eX-
haustcd. There is no more determined
and stubborn race of people an the earth
than the Beers.
1.-The children, both boys and girls, are
taught to use firearms as soon as they
are old enough to hold a gun. They prac-
tice constantly.
From one generation to another the
Beers have been preparing for war until
to fight is now their natural instinct
The won.e are as courageous and
conbative as the men. A Boer woman Is
never too old to shoot straight. You
should see them as / haze seen them
coming to the station to say goodbye to
.huso ands. fathers, brothers and sweet
hearts on their way to the front. Such
: stoiciSm is astonishing.
.tNot a tear does Boer woman shed
when she sends a son away from her
t. fight for his country. Not tear does
she shed when he falls in battle Fighting
to them is q business, a duty-anythinS
but matter of sentiment.
''Niy opinion is that when there are no
more Boer men left on the field the Boer
women will take their places and give
desperate battle to the English foe, whom
they hate with all their hearts. These
Afrikander women are better soldiers
than most men.
Life in the Transvaal for Boer women
is, very pleasant. In Johannesburg saw
more bicycles than in any other city,
and l have visited all the large cities OF
the world. PHILADELPHIA Times.
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Nlomez $ Glu1
at Roarm R1ver.

When the wife of Jim Keith TUX the
bit in her teeth an asserted that
Wimmen was, slaves.
Was opposed by our sex till they was
but wrecks headed down towards
premature graves,
She aroused SIGH a storm with her howl
fur reform that our wimmen chat
ed under the gears.
An the speeches she made was of elo-
quent grade that moved every crit
ter TO ears.
But as men only laugh. said the woman
was daft. that wheel had worked
loose in her head,
That her mania to shout a soon wear
itself ont an her cause be commend
ably dead,
But NE mighty soon found that same wo-
man was bound fur to give US a
hefty OIL rub
Was quite plenty alarmed to dskiver
she'd formed the WINNERS Pro-
tectorate Club.
Every suffern' dame in the camp fined
the same, an the meetn's was
hid from our sight,
Not a man bein' lowed to jine in the
crowd with the hens on their cack-
lin night,
AN we storned an we swore till our
swear works was sores but the gals
never fliclSered flick,
Only quietly said they was goin' ahead
an It'd only exhaust us to kick
Purity soon when we'd meet at the bar
down the street. where we loafed
every night Of our lives,
We begun to discuss what was novel to
us which The same was the style of
our wives;
They were dressin' up neat, was oncom-
monty sweet an was keerful in
cooFln our grub.
An we had TO admit without question
that 1t was pleasin' result %
the club
All our houses was swept every mornin'
an kept SO attractive an cheerful
an bright
That the bar sort O. got as dingy OF
spot as a loafin' resort after
night.
IAN I noticed when I was passin' it
by after while the great absence OF
buns.
An the bar-keeper. set in a sort Of pet
an twirlin' his idle thumbs.
Now you so on a tramp after night
through the camp an it seems ruth
er lonesome am drear,
But from homes all around the quite
heavenly sound .of laughter an
song YOU can hear.
An the man that was heard fur to ut
Ter word 'gainst the club Of Ma'am
President Keith
Might escape with his life on account
of his wife. but I'd be by the skin
J O. his teeth. q
Denver Post.
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startl;np pulnit Announcement.

A minister in a Pennsylvania town on
a recent Sunday surprised his audience
by reading the following announcement
from the pulpit: 1.-The regular session
of the Donkey club will be held as usual
after the service. Members will line up
just outside *he church door, make re-
marks and stare at the ladies' who pass.
as is their custom. Any member known
to escort lady to church like {. man apd
sit with her like q gentleman will be
promptly expelled from membership.
The effect was MISUNDERSTANDING
Chronicle
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man Of any feminine creature She will
work for you. sell You things and treat
you politely, but beyond that the attl-5
tude of her life. as 1t is presented to you
is as inscrutable as a bolted door. You
can get well enough acquainted with her.
husband to detest him cordially, but the
nature of the woman is as hard to fathom
as a sheet of Chinese correspondence.
It is never a common sight to see a
mother, who believes she is alone. play
ing with her baby. a younger native
woman was making love to her first man
child The two were in the shack next
TO mine, but the windows were together.
She had the little fellow in a corner and
was kneeling before him in a perfect
ecstasy of motherhood. The baby could
not have been more than several mon tbs
old, and the mother was perhaps sixteen.
She would bend her body far back with
hands outstretched; and then gradually
sway closer. closer, while the baby, very
noisy and happy in his d!minutive way,
shrank back into the corner and showed
his bare red gums And then the
mother swayed at last very near, she
would snatch her naked bundle of brown
babyhood and toss him into the air. And
there would be great crowings and
stransled laughter from the infant. and
low nurrmurings of passionate worship
from the woman.
Then she placed her face close to the
head of her son and whispered wonderful
secrets into his wee brown ears-thriling
secrets in voice strangely soft and ten
der, such as you would not think could
come from this smileless creature OF the
river banks.
I watched. and the greatness of the
mother heart was laid bare before me,
and now better impressions came where
false ones had i,een-and remembered
she was a woman. Rapt and ardently
interested, / watched. leaning witlessly
out of the window. The woman saw me.
The sullen. inlpiacable stare came back
She snatched UP the child and disap-
peared.
She batl1es in the river unconscious of
the passing white man. but he must not
see the woman's love for her first-born.-
ST Louis Globe Democrat.
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transfer the weight Of the soesy from ono
leg to the other as each is thrown fer
ward in taking a Step This throwing OF
the weight is accompanied by graceful.
scarcely perceptibie swayius OF the body.
The weight OF the body should come more
on the ball ,of the foot than on the
heel. but the latter should slightly touch
tho ground at every step. Walking on
the toes alone gives a hnicky dancing
schoolmaster look to the figure. The
toes should be gracefully turned out at
each step, and the legs should swing loose
from the him.
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the shyer brother. she accepted the more,
Renturesome Asaph, rha ps party
through pique. The we dsng day was set,
but then a difficulty arose. She was an
ardent patriot. he rather lukewarm.
one.5 It was during the very darkest
DAYS of the war. and 1t did not appear
TO. her fitting that The marriage should
ba celebrated wit ID much expenditn ra or
display. All the money tina u could 81 he
spared was wanted & s help the cause,
while as to the wedding dress she would
not have dreamed of wearing imported
iAnery, 8eyen II she could have fforded
stt. She vowed she would be married IN
,homespun or not at e xss
.Asaph,s IDEAS were different. He@Was
NOT 1dIliug to dispenSaSMiths eithsr FEAST
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remained bachelor tn, his dsath.-Phii-
sadelphia Press
AGrncefni walk.

IN walking one should endeavors to take
a long. smooth, gliding step rather than han q
short, choppy one. says the Washington
Times. BY the latter Is meant the hip
;tpety -hDppety, gttla Jerky wal which
many small women affect. and which al
II ays suggests 10 the on-Iooker tight
shoes. "a woman who can put her foot
down confcr tably and firmly will .evsrs
n AK m this manner. and tha nrns.s STEADY
wa With its :und pla ting glide that. IS
as inerent as possible from e masculine
stride, improves The 81 hole appeaI
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NoSWonder They Fled.

a, atIthorIty upon chernistr Wast - -.
80 n,afore a we'll known wonano
c eh1s. and Illustrating his remarks with
axnsrsn ents. ts,, went ven untfl me e
g ea psssl i nornen. and then said ~. ,1s
p vary sorry. but must ask any Of the "a
dies Ia who use face powder consain,n +.
, ,,sssa,,sr "a leave the room during this
axnariment. as the gases am SPOUT %, so
sss free have peculiar q ttnieY los DIS
ninth and turn &c purple
!. w. cn,,rnrsous sisters rose and fisdi
i sesags ! - srnorn paul Glohe-
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.NZa177eam JKomespu,7.
A Pretty Story Of a Scvolutionar.
wedding and Spirited Bride.

The historical and genealogical socie-
ties often bring to light interesting fam
lily tales and traditions Ina paper, read
before a local society in New England a
woman recently related an amusing an
ecdote of spirited ancestress of Re-
evolutionary days, says the Youths Com
panion.
The damsel, Abigail by name, was
loved by twin brothers, Asaph and Ashel
but only Asaph had had the courage to
propose marriage. Although the girl
had been suspected OF an inclination for
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Miss Gould's Refusal.

Miss Gould suggests in no way the
owner of millions. She goes about her sit
ting room, which is the second story
front of the old house in Tarrytown,
dressed in the sort of gown which a maid
or 4 country Sea1nstress might have
made her hair brushed soberly away
from her face and sometimes even an
old-fashioned white apron to protect her
dress. There are thousands of girls in
New York whose fathers wonder where
the money to buy their clothes and mat
inee tickets is to come from who lead
more elegant existence than this simple
young woman.
A wish of Helen Gould to be a second
Baroness Burdett-Coutts has been dis
covered by persons who live by their
wits AS a consequence she is beseised
Oh every hand by people with schemes,
philanthropic and personal, as well as by
frank beggars.
They range from daily newspapers and
theatrical ventures to boarding schools
for young ladies and patent incubators.
On an average of two i week come ideas
for everything. from a flying machine
to a thumb thimble, that would triple
the Gould millions if there was only
money enough to patent and exploit
them
AS for the offers Of marriage, they are
legion. Miss Gould has had card en-
graved as dainty as an invitation, which
she sends in reply to all these offers It.
reads:
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Miss Gould does not feel that she
can respond to your request. Not.
she hopes you will believe. from any
lack of sympathy. or interest in the &
matter you present. but because
numerous and exacting demands. to-
gether with the countless appl.ca-
lions she has received. make it in !
!. this instant Impossible. Selected.
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1nmate-So it does. I guess it's Young
pops new baby getting tooth ln.-Phil-
adelphia Press.
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Comfort,

No day so <arear but evensong shall wake
the stars,
NO cell so locked but time erelons shall
break the bars.
NO loss so large. but leaveth soil It's
waste to mend.
90 task so great but plodaing toll shall
see Its end.
Margaret E. Sangster, In Harper's Ba-
Ear.
St,umped.-He-..I can trace my ancestry
back through nine generations" She
what else can you do 2" Then he blink
ed and looked at her as if he wondered
where he was.-Chicago Times-Herald.
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Inside Facts.

..Why do most men prefer a clever wo-
man like Becky Sharp to take out to
dinner?"
because Becky would do all the talk
ing and let the man eat.'-ChicaSo
Record.
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An ana1.t,nent liousc.

visitor-What's .thatN racket?
Inmate-That's. some fellow getting
,oot,,l ont. downstairs in the dentists Of
flee.
yisitor-sounds more as if came from
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Elyplno NZokhezs.

Their Ruling Passion Is Their Love for
Their hoy Babies.
She is like no one else in the world
this Filipino woman, From the white
mans standpoint she is least like wo-s