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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-01-11

An interesting discussion that proba
bly, began in the garden of Eden and ha,
continued with undated fcrvor down to
the present day is in regard to who is
the head Of the house.
Law and custom assume the man TO hc.
but in these strenuous times the gray
mare is so often the better horse it is Inn.
possible TO any longer accept the simple
solution of the question.
We all know homes in which the mild
and puny husband is so overShadowcd 10y
his robust and aggressive spouse that b."
appears to be little more than a piece Of
furniture--a kind Of animated cash rers
ter, convenient to have about, but ty no
means Indispensable.
Such a man is sure to call his wife
mother" She makes up his mind cor
him and buys his clothes. She settles hi-
religious beliefs and decides on his poll.
tics.
The children and the servants 20 to hey
for advice and orders, and nobody in Iii,
house is so poor and mean as to pay any
attention to his opinions.
The hctioD of the man being the head
of the house is equally untenable in those
cases where the woman supports the
family, whether she be a working woman
or an heiress. There are women who arc
bound TO have something to love. Some
times they set up a dog. Sometimes they
marry n no account man
In either case they lavish morn aifec
ton on it than the object is worth but
such n man is never anything but the
husband of his wife. He isn't real
man. He is n squaw man, and he isn't
the head of anything.
Doubtless the husband who loafs in the
parlor and talks politics to the boarders
while his wife hustles in the kitchen to
MIKE a living for him has his pleasures
ana perquisires, Sut posing as tAe head of
the house isn't one of his privileges.
Neither can anything short OF amazing
grace make the poor husband of a rich
wife seem natural and easy in his envi-
ronment, End we have no right to expect
him TO appear masterful too.
When either the woman or the man is
undispv'e1 master of the house, the af-
fair is satisfactorily settled. The trouble
comes in when the matter is still in
doubt and both sides are claiming the
championship.
Light has recently been thrown on this
subject by Virginia judge, who, called
upon to decide who was the head of the
house, handed down lengthy opinion in
which he said 4
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-01-11

Nhen an active, intellio9nt ernr.l
woman hlarfles man who i;ns+aad ~
coming up to the standard ~ \ h ',sLS
IS mere dependent who acJna,..Ia 49,,
that he Is inferior to his wifel obavs 5er
instructions and leaves her IL s1r -
the family. it would be contra S;a suppoa 80 :
fact and an absurd construct;on ~ low
TO say that he and not she Is tha hnod 81
the family" 'nf neau u
ms is good, sound common shnso Tn
pialn words. 1t means that the Ono wbo
furnishes the money to run a kamilv is
entitled to boss it. If a man cah,nof :,
That, the least he can do is to Law how and
yield the loor to the one who ehn do if
II Is plan ease of put up or sbIt nm
ms decision will be hailed Iitb' iov
by women, but there are two s;dSs 70 il
One warns the woman who as,g;res f.,
being the head of the house ana rulips
the roost that she must be nrenb rod -
pay the piper and furnish her bmshanJ
with proper support. That is the prjce
of her huss-ship.
Il also emphasizes another focl only
too often overlooked by wives Tha man
who furnishes the finances 70 sunnort ],
mouse mas Il rlSht to authority over it.
Ia no business would the senior partner
or the heaviest stockholder be ig,sred
and saubbed. On the contrary, he : ca
jol.a, considered, fiattered and def&Ired
TO ia every matter. The tactics ot the
counting room might be intreduced into
the home with advantage. The mal who
spends his life shaving to support his
family mieht at least be given a ten for
ms money ne Is officially and IN fact
Cue head ri The house, and he has earned
4 right 10 boss it.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-01-11

There is an exquisite charm about
neatly dressed wom7n. She does not
wear her hair loose. as il it is just about
to fall on her shoulders. says Womana
Life. Her gloves are not ripped at t."
seams, nor are any buttonh missing from
her boots. Her veil does not reveal a
hole over her chin. nor does the bindin.
of her skirt show ragged in places. Not
many women show their tidinesS in these
details. but the we'll groofned woman
considers that neglect in these lttl,
things is full of shame to womauhind
Note the well dressed tn Tor built woman
Her cloth gown fits her without a crease.
and there is neither spcck nor spot on IT,
Her iiEen collar and cuffs are Snow
white and remain properly fixed in their
places. Iier gloves do not wrinkle, but
button smoothly over her wrists. fIcr
shoes are dainty and polished. Her bon
net or bat is pinned on straight, and her
hair is ueatuess itself She is the ld.tura
of delicate finish and wholesome ORDER
No&ld that we could come across her
somewhat oftencr.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-01-11
The LittIe suunre CIocl,.

The china dog on the table sat,
And the ivory elephant, round and fat
And the crystal cat. and the little square clock
Textbook, tick took, tick-tock, tick-tock
Down came fairy so dear and sweet.
Golden haired to the tips of her feet
No taller she was than light, soft quill,
And she asked them TO wish, as fairies will
Loud rose the dogs beseeching wall:
II have lost my tail! | have lost my tail!
o fairy free, if thy power be true,
Give me new, give me newt"
Up spake the elephant, spirit sunk:
II have cracked my trunkl have cracked nv
fairy free, if thy power be true,
Give me new, give me new'
Quoth the crystal cat: 81 much reioicel
For I've lost my voice; oh, I've lost my voicel
fairy free, if thy power be true,
Give me NEW, give me newt"
The fairy's wand had a wondrous auirk;
Each gift came forth and began its work.
And then she saw, and She turned quite red
She'd forgotten the little square clock, that
said:
"My corners have never crick or crack,
My hands are whole, and haven't a lack
fairy free dost bid me choose?
Give, oh, give me something to losel'
The crystal cat mewed a silent new;
The dog and the elephant wondered too.
The fairy nodded a nod sublime
And Aourshed her wand and gave it time
She gave it time, since when the grace
OF satisfaction is on its face,
And all day long, all night, it will sit,
Losing and losing and losing it,
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-01-11

Nothing keeps the man 50 content as
the maintenance of his dignity as head of
the house. No matter how simple tho
home, the wise wife makes her husband
feel that there he is master, that his con
venience and happiness are there OF chief
account. He may be hustled about in his
contact with life outside, but there let
him feel that he is Il person whose impor-
lance and abilities are believed in. Many
man of genuine authority outside his
home has lost heart and poise because au-
thority was denied him at home. Many Il
man of small account among his fellows
has gathered strength and power from
the atmosphere thrown about him in his
home. To feel himself deferred to and
considered is tonic TO the weak soul And
the wise wife studies her husband and
plans to make for him just that home at
mosphere that most thoroughly will tend
to the support of his personality
delphia Times.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-01-11

Many visitors 10 the Celestial Kingdom
have noted the absence of women from
the stage. All the roles Of Chinese play
are taken by men. This singular custom
is traced back 10 a woman's within. The
Emperor Yung Tschng married an ac-
tress at the beginning of the eighteenth
century, when women were allowed on
the stage. The emperor died. and the
empress dowager ruled the country for
her son, the Prince Kim Sung. 70 salts
fly her vanity this shrewd and most pecui
lar woman issued Il decree in the year
1876 forbidding under penalty of instant
death by the sword of the eXecutioucr
any member Of her sex to appear on the
Chinese stage. after me, no one" said
the empress dowagcr. and since her day
no woman within the reach of the Chi
nese law has dared to test the strength of
her decree
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-01-11
FIGURE /.

sticks of iOist, some strips of board for
stays and few short planks they put up
such a framework as is shown in Fig. I.
There was no making of mortiSes or ten
ons The posts were set in their proper
positions right in the snow, and strips of
board were then nailed from one to an
other, as shown. The "stringers" were
laid right on top of the posts and nailed
there. Then the planks were laid across
the two that were inclined and over the
level stringers Mt the top. Aftcrward Il
rail was nailed about the whole. IS
shown in Fig. >. and the first snowStolm
completed the work. Here was a hill"
made to order, and fine sliding it afford
ed especially after Il snoWstorm that left
a fine, hard crust. Down the incline the
sledS would dash with force enough to
carry them far out upon the level, ana On
this hill one did not have to keep
watching ont for teams that always VIII
appear at the foot of country or villa"
coasting stretches just as Il boy and hi
sled are Numbering for action at the
top.
This coast that Tom and Billys father
built for thcm-with the boys help. as
have said-was eight feet high, with an
incline of Is feet in length. Up and
down one side were steps, each made by
two bits of board nailed to the planiing
as shown. When these were covered
with snow they still afforded the foun-
dations for steps that were quickly made
over them in the snow, the steps occupy
ing but 10 inches of space in the coast.
six feet of width. The sketches are civ
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-01-11
WOMAN AND H0NE.
A WOMAN soaN DURING THE REFo-
LUTON WHO LIVED t20 YEARS.

The Hena of the House-Joys ot MOP
ming In Paris-"NIother of lmmt-
Erants'-Artistic Beauty-FeedinE
the Baby.
when the war of the Revolution was
at its height and the issue Of American
liberty was trembling in the balance, on
1 South Carolina clearing, near where the
town of Blacksburg now stands, little
girl was BORN to John Leak ana bis wife,
The father was at The front fighting
against the invading British 1t was
many weeks before news could be got to
him of his daughters birth, and IL was
months before the anxious father could
escape froql duty sufficiently long to re
turn to his family and take his baby in
his arms for the first time.
Leak was one of those daring gucrrllaS
who. under the leadership of Greene
Wayne and Marion, waged such deadly
warfare against the English. failing on
small detached bodies. attacking supply
and Ammunition trains and escaping TO thc
dense ewamp~, whore The British could
not to hope To- successfully follow them.
For two short weeks The guerrilla said
at home. outay wing an r. brief Immunity
from thu horrors and exposures vi war
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-01-11

fare. Thon paremptjry summons babe
HIM return at eucc 10 duty a month
later he was found on tho Gv,t of battle
with "a bullet hole through his BRAIN
His Young wife did not long survive
the shock y year latee She died. and
the fatheriesS and motatriess Nancy, now
Il rudy, healthy infant Of year and Il
half, was left To the tender mercy of
strangers.
This was in 1850 Born when the
greatest republic the world ha, ever
known was only struggling handful "
colonies, her life extended to almost
twice the allotted span She died Ia he
fall Of 1900 In EAanboro, ut,le hamlet
situated few miles from Rutherford.
NJ. c.
She YVES sot physical wreck. Ear
from being snscatsd, sh2 war hslc aud
hearty and could take four mile walk
StIhoBs exhibiting signs u tatiSre Her
mind was clear and sound. she read the
papers intelliEertly and took great in
teTsSt Ia current events
In splt@ Of the protest OF her grand
children she performed nearly al her
houseyork and was as contented and
happy as any one could vol be
Il have just settled down 70 enjoy life"
she remarked Few months before her
death, laughing with the gnyety Of girl
of 20. MY young lie WASH very hap
py, but / have passed the ase OF my
troubles and think am entitled to forget
them and pass the twilight of my life in
peace and comfort.
Il have lived under the administration
of every president Of the T'ritad States
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-01-11
A Field For inexpensive Copying.

Now that there are So many beautiful
stains that take on plain wood lot of
new artistic effects are had in furniture
1t is possible TO induce a carpenter, not
higher priced cabinet maker. to turn out
some simple, solid looking pieces stools,
small tables. even chairs. or pipe racks
and dish racks. Then one can have all
the fun of staining such bright green. red.
dull brown or yellow. and the result will
be right mp to date. The commoncst wood
floors, if only half way well fitted. are
stained in colors to harmonic with such
furniture. And it is safe for the average
woman to possess a brush and pot of
stain. The oft told jokes about women
who took on Il frenzy of painting and
daubed the whole house are a libel. An
other styish-therefore eXpensivc-piece
of furniture is the settle box. That is Il
box made a convenient seat height. COW
cred with brilliant burlap nailed with
brass top lacks and further cmbclishcd
with brass handles and corners. These
are counted very swagger, and they are
fine receptacles for extra gowns and
waists. The box to start with won't cost
much What the stores charge high for
is the finishing and that can be done at
home ineXpensivCly.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-01-11

Lillian Bell gives the result OF he hop
ping experiences abroad in The Eom-
ans Home Companion in an int sting
paper entitled shopping In the 'rcat
Cities OF Europe" OF Paris, Il most
delightful If all cities for the won. who
would huy, She says:
y consider shopping in Paris ne Of
the greatest c,ur9s to be founa ii this
vale IF tears. The shops, with tn Keep
tiou ot be Louvre, the Boa Ma d. and
one or two Of the large departmey stores
Of similar scope, are all small nv, in
fact. and exploit but one or tw, .hiugs.
\ tiny shop for fans will he pet to a
mlliIner who makes specially of aothng
but gaUze theater bonnets. Perhcn> next
will come Il linen store, wheie tIc win
dows Will have nothing but tn Il ost faS-
cinatius embroidery, handker.t ifs and
ueckwear. Then comes the IAN who
sells belts of every description. nd para
sol handles. Perhaps your nest window
viii have such a display of di III. nd neck
laccs rs would Justify you a pposing
that the stock would make IT. choke
with envy, but if you enter i I'll find
Yourself III an aperture in the val Which
holds an iron safe, a 2 by ! Aoscase
and three chairs, and you win inl that
everything of value the owner ha>, scept
the clothes he wears, is in his ' udo T.
so long as these shops arr all crowded
together and 50 small. to shop in Paris is
really much more convenient than in one
Of our large department stores at home,
with the additional delight Of having
smiling. interested service Tho nroprie-
tor himself enters into your wudts and
uses his quckness and intelligence to
supply your demands He may he, and
very Likely he is, dou bling the price on
you because You aro an American, but il
your bruised spirit is like mine you will
be perfectly willing to pay little extra
for politsnesI 1t is : truth that l have
brought hSnls with me no article from
Paris which does not carry With it piess-
ant recoliect'ons Of the way bought it.
Can any woman who has shopped only in
America bring forward Il similar state
nsntP'
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-01-11
Effective Soap,

The children's toboggan slide is quite
an institution in a certain nursery. 1t is
an old ironing board, good wide ore.
and when its end is tipped up on chair
it furnishes all kinds of amusement to
the small owners.
The other day the children discovered a
new JOY in the ironing board. They plac.
ed it fiat upon the floor. Then they SNUG
gled piece Of soap from the bathroom
and soaped the board well from end Ia
end. 1t made a famous slide.
The three boys and the girl, who is the
widest boy of the four, gave themselves
plenty of room to run, and the board was
long enough to make a good slide
One after the other then ran. The
chase grew exciting. Finally Alice. talk
ing her turn, came with rush down the
hall and across the board. The Impetus
was too much. Her heels flew up, and
she came down hard, very hard.
She gathered herself together with
bewildered look on Der face. Then she
stood up slowly. ~
r IDear me-" she y, 81 didn't know
n was en- affnotiv
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-01-11

Mrs. Regina Stuehisn, chief inspector
Of the wemap's department OF the barge
Office 1T New York city, is known as the
mother OF the immigrants John G..
Speed says or her in Ainslee's Magazine:
No church in the metropolis sulemnizes
80 many marriages as the barge Office,
and no matrimonial agent On earth ar
ranges So many weddings as Mrs Sturk-
len. and beneath the majority OF these
there is saving proportion of romance
that leavens the whole heavy lump. Thus
there are compenSations even in the most
arduous tasks and amid surroundings re-
pellent to a refined feminine mind. With
great bengnity and signal absence OF Off
cial business Mrs. Stuckleu regards the
wants Of all the women. She learns
whence each S.mes. whittier She wishes
to 90 and wh~he purposes to do OF
the struggles with the great problems OF
existence in all countries and in all grades
of social life Mrs. Stucklen knows enough
to fill volumes. The mother of the i'm
migrants is woman of strong person
ality. calm, firm and sympathetic under
most trying situations and to the would
be bcide who has arrived a stranger in u
foreign land to meet her promised hgs
band She is at once counsellor, witness
and friend. As about 300 marriages take
place annually at the barge Office. or di
rectly under its auspices-one solemniza-
ton for every working day of the year
and as Mrs, Stucklen inquiries into the
intimate history of each matrimonial af
fair, she has more than an ordinary OPP
portunity to study this interesting side Of
life, Whittier they 90 and how they
prosper after leaving her guardian care
the inspector has little opportunity Of
knowing"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-01-11
In Rejane's ChIIdbood.

One little anecdote of Rejane is char
acteristic of a remarkably delicate ma
ture. AS a tiny child she used to be tax
en- by her parents. one of whom kept the
buffet at the Ambigu theater, while the
other took the tickets, to cafe whose
proprietor beat his wife. whats all
that noise" some one asked the little
thing one day, finding her alone there
and hearing cries, blows and the noise of
overturned furniture upstairs. Her little
face grew paler. Monsieur, on repete."
she said monsieur, they are rehearsing i
play. She could not bear to tell anything
which would humilate her friends. -Har-
per's Bazaar.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-01-11
Cultivate Renose.

Sarah Bernhardt says that writer's on
beauty often try to impress upon their
readers that neither joy nor grief, neither
laughter nor tears, should be permitted to
mar the smoothness of the skin or the
should have the face look like wax
mask There is, however, a happy medi-
um between the eXpressionless doll un-
wrinkled face and the face which is full
of character. but wrinkled by uncontroll-
ed temper and ungoverned moods. We
should never try to feel, but cultivate self
control that subdues the manifestations
of feeling in chickering's. Cultivate re-
pose, says the divine Sarah. if you desire
to remain young and beautiful.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-01-11
SATURDAY, JANUARY 10th.
in the year1GOl, at II o'clock. n. m


,Umrn5 Tt1ane [S estate situated 2
EtPSy tt ND
,he sNiItb sde ~ M i,l,,,;i ~ I5 I6 Oh
tsai,, - w t ~ ~, tl'Ie eHH loihI Oh
C;,rrn.r5ia' nid r ri ri rrus VI S"l.I 4 ue
c,Htai,'i'' N"''" r. Ah"ii4"s anu o'hets'
e'''''''S
?94 ACRES OF LAND MORE OR IFRS
me lmproVei.' eats on this farm consist OF a
r,vo urotv 80, ,,u,,,,,,,., ,,,,,-,,,,
"O7'' i4N' ]" " EAd-iNn hoooh'
containing seven rooms 81 lbs, b,rn vvaotrar
other necessary outbuildings. This farm Is
Creek. which makes il n GOOD ursyins rnrrn
There is n never raiIinu w9li of ,vatnr in ~,
yard
There is a fair sized orchard an the nyen
ises The farm is located within a conyen.
stores &c. The charactsr of the soil IS coIc5,
T"Gk ni9e limestone req rock ana some river
road from Pant n} I,o rk 81 on me
L'r'drii, f,t y, , auInH !" i''vMsNl lle' IN
=. if,, - - 49, an Nl2"li 4s NE
Marir f' ';"J0,'iinE ny ''mYS w r. W
and others, ana ront"imS 49, 'i''e y i''os
2lG ACRES OF LAND MORE OR ESS
The improvements consist Ola good
LOG WEATHERBOAl;DED TWO AND ONE
HALE STORY DWELLING HOUSE.
com, bnml a1d tbo, IN iT" u"t,m pal ~
a well of water in the yard. The farm is d.
vldca INTO SIX fieids, with running water in
n"n the nremisn,s '''''' - " i''ii oi'ii"lu
g. ms In farm Is located IN the vicinity of the
larm above described and has the same adj
markets, etc.
lilkD.-Ali that iot situated IN sugar Loaf
tainr 0'''' -i''' '''''''' oo'i-
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-01-11
CHILDREN'S COLUMN.
A HOMEMADE HILL.
How Two Boys and Their Father
Made a Zine COasting Ground.

While Tom and Billy lived in New
England they found plenty of hills to
slide upon-nice, level hills, as Billy said,
looking back to the delightful slides
longingly. Billy always said level"
when he meant smooth" But all about
the new home the land was hardly bro
ken by even a ripping undulation. The
hills" We're really and truly very nice
and level!
The sled runners would have grown
rusty if the boys father had not had an
inspiration, which the three very speedi-
" put into tangibIe shape. With a few
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-01-11

Mrs. Forester Seems to me that you
would set your cap for Mr.. Hall He is
evidently an easy catch.
Miss Chorister-EaSy catch is no name
for him. He has been an epidemic in our
set for ten years. Denver News.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-01-11

According to The Engineer. grind
stones should not be run by gas engines
If they run other tools, as the putting
on and throwing off of the power Affect
appreciably their speed and thus d m
the stones to burst.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-01-11

NOVEMBER TERM, 1900.
In the matter of the Report of Sales filed the
18th day of December, 1900.
ordered, That ON the 18th day of jan, 1901.
the Court will proceed to act upon the Report
OF sales OF Real Estate, reported to said Court
by John w. Bostan, assignee of mortgages i'm
the above cause, and filed therein as afore-
said, to finally ratify and confirm the same.
unless cause TO the contrary thereof be shown
before said day; provided u copy fthis order
be inserted in some newspaper published i'm
Frederick County, for three successive weeks
prior TO said day.
The Report states the amount of sales to be
$4,000.
Dated this 10Th day of December, 1900.
DOUGLASS II. HARGETT
Clerk OF the circuit Court for Frederick County
True copy-Test:
DOUGLASS II. HARGETT,
Jacob Rohrback, Clerk
Solicitor. liam AL
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-01-11
BLIC SALE
i Oh
VALUABLE REAL ESTATE.

We, the undersigned, heirs at law of George
W. Snouiier, deceased, will offer at public sa 4
at the COURT HOUSE DOOR in FrcdericlS
CITY, Md, on
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-01-11

en- with the idea that perhaps other boys
and other hoyH fstkpTs raay feel inclined
to give nature a lift too. Such a coast
ing course is easily, quickly and chcsplJ
built and can be taken down when the
snow is gone. It affords sliding not Gully
where hills are wanting, but whore there
10 so much travel as to make coasting in
the highway dangerous or where and
this is specially important-there il Likely
to be company in the coNsting shat is uci-
ther agreeable nor eleyating. Web
Donnell in Philadelphia Ledger.
He-How do | know that your love for
me will last?
She What 10 YOU expect me TO give
you? y written recommendation from
the last | loved?-Detroit Free Press