The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-12-01

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and she knows she is playing in the big
gest sort Of luck If he throws in side
remark every now and then to help her
along There are plenty Of men IN soci-
ETY. with whom conversation is praeti-
caily mOnclogue on the wOman's part
and If the man thinks that his awful 81
fence IS fascinating or impressive he is
making the mistake of his life The girl
IS doing drudgery and she knows IT, and
she is wondering If any other kind of
bore IS such a bore as the man who sits
up like a knot on log and says moth
A Few DOnts'.
Never lean with the back upon any
thing that is cold
Never take warm drinks and then i'm
mediateIy go out in the cold
Keep the back, especially between the
shoulder blades, well covered. also the
eheSt well protected. In sleeping IN a
cold room, establish the habit Of breath
ing through the nose, and never with
the mouth open.
Never go to bed with damp or cold
Never omit regular bathing. for unless
the skin is in active condition the cold
VIII close the pores and favor congestion
or other diseases
After exercise Of any kind never rid.
N an open carriage or near the window
OF train for moment; il is dangerous
to health and even life
When hoarse, speak as little as uOssf-
bic until that hoarseness is recovered
from, else the voice may be permanently
lost or difficulties OF the throat be pro
duced-
Merely warm the back by the FIRE and
never continue keeping the back exposed
70 heat after it has been comfortably
'5uE4e4EIEqsp 81 ssEMIsqlo op OF uLsM
A Girl With Grit.
Under the title Of What a Girl with
Grit has Done" the Sigourney News
tells OF the wonderful success of the
farm IN keokuk county operated by Miss
Moran Baldwin. the girl in the case who
mas the grit and the energy Forest
Home the place IS called, and the writer
says that 1t is as beautiful and as bic
turesque a spot as ore could imagine
Miss Baldwin, who is quite young has
managed and attended all the numerous
details Of the big stock farm. which is
hers, and most of the time has superin-
tended the work of from four to six farm
hands and assistants She and her sis
ter have at the same time taken the
regular high-school course in the school
at keswick. and. now that Miss Bald
win has saved up sufficient money to
enable them to enjoy all the advantages
offered by the best schools in the c0un-
try, the farm life is to be given up for
several years until the education of the
young ladies il completed They are go
Ing TO hold two big stock sales this
week. and the Sigcurney News says that
Miss Baldwin has had letters from buy
ers in California Kentucky. Massachu-
in the union. telling her that they ex-
pect to be on hand when the sale be-
gins. On Tuesday comes the sale of the
Forest Home herd of Jersey cattle, in
Guiding a grand working herd of forty
two head of registered Jerseys and
twenty head Of fine registered full blood
Jerseys. The cows in this herd average
fourteen pounds Of butter per week and
Miss Baldwin has sold 81 600 worth of
butter every year for the past i've years.
Iowa State Register
Requisites of Committee Women.
An enumeration of the requisite quail
hcations Of women who serve on COM
mittees, by Mrs J. l. Buxton. in The
International Messenger" the official or
gan OF the Women's and Young Wo-
mems Christian association. is worthy OF
a perusal by committee women of all
organizations For any committee there
is needed. she says:
F1rst@The woman who is willing to
lead, not the woman who has TO be
carried
Second-The woman who is willing to
work. not the woman who complains
of it.
Third-The woman who forgets her
own individuality in her enthusiasm for |
the work. not the woman who is con- |
stantIy sounding the personal note
Fourth-The woman who has the /
courage to assume responsibility and !
brave criticism. not the, woman who IS I
fearful because Of possible failure ard 4
willis under adverse opinion
Fifth-The woman who thinks It her I
duty to have opinions and offer sugges-
lions in the discussion Of ways and /
means, not the woman who IS silent and I
nom ccInmittal but afterward critically /
wonders why wiser measures were not /
adopted
Sixth-The woman who. when she /
makes a mistake. frankly acknowledges I
it and undisna yed. sets about remedy /
ing it. knowing that she who never /
oates a r7fSra J1a seldom makes ANYTHING /
else
Seventh-The woman who gives earn /
est thought to the business in hand not 1
the woman who enters the committee /
room airily ard late. and the moment I
the meeting adjourns claims the atten- I
ton of the women on some matter for
sign to the subject under consideration 1
ere she departs on her interrupted pur- /
suit Of the fashionable Celebrations Of +
life
Efghth-The woman who understands I
that associated work Will not succeed
IL conducted in just the way TdivIduai 4
effort is. and therefore pays due need I
to parliamentary law and practice and i
has regard to parliamentary courtesy IN 4
her intercourse with her associates
Ninth-The woman who IS St6adIaSl i
and can be relied upon when difficulties /
q rise. rot the woman who gladly avails +
herself of some excuse for betnS absent
when knotty problems must De sotEeo-
Teuth-The woman who IS an lnSp1ra-
ton to the discouraged. not the woman
who is tirnld and yields to the eounsaIs
Of the faithless.
F-lev nth-Not the woman who consid-
srs the cause honored by her Identified
ton with IT, but the one who believes II
IS Gods work. and that she is happy IN
being counted worthy TO engage IN II
Tweifth-Not the woman who IS in
different or obtuse. but the one who
clearly discerns the spiritual purposes in
rhe work and who undertakes it in a
spiritual frame Of mind
Allowances For Women
The subject Of allowances for children
Is a mixed one IN many households
Shall he have an allowance or not2 The
following article from Harpers Bazar
may help solve the problem for some
Under the age Of Z few children re-