New-York tribune., 1902-12-28
THE woMAN,s MONDAY G

MIS-. Clemmfe Ellis. a Chicago ClubWOmau, has
made the startling discovery that the gentle art
OF dshwashing lies at the root of welded bliss.
Teach your boy TO wash dishes and marriage will
not be failure. The young who includes dish
washing among his accomplishments will make
good husband and how to be happy though
ried" will no longer be a theme Of pessmistic de-
bate light persifage Mrs. EIlis's underlying
ideas in all this seem 10 be that the young
whose brilliant intellect is capable of MASTER
ing dishwashing will go to master lot more
things. such cooking. sweeping. bedmakng. etc.
and that the total of these acquisitions. with
the sleek and lowly frame Of mind they beget will
make desirable heIpmeet for any woman.
If Mrs Ellis is right dishwashing will effect
REFORM IN tne soul OF man Whch lt hsiSn oeeh aoie
TO work yet in the breast OF woman Most women
have to wash dishes more or less at some period
dishes for centuries. but it would take more than
g. Chicago cIubwoman to discover that the oceupa-
light into the feminine character.
1t was Madison-ave. car bound uptown and al
most empty coored lad borded it at Twenty
frst-st with a number of boxes. tied top OF
another into tall pyramid He did not attempt
to enter but stood on the rear platform fumoiing
for his fare. when the conductor turned on him
Indignantly: Here yor: can't ride this with
all them boxes. This is passenger car. not a
freight car Try a Lexington-ave. car They'll take
you on" He had hardly hustled the boy off when
a man with a saddle got on. IL was full grown
saddle with stirrurs and girths dangling from it,
entered
self and placed his burden carefully beside him.
where it occupied as much room two women
There two passengers IN the car. ana they
looked to the conductor again wax indiE-
nant and hustle the unwelcome passenger or
But no. He serenely accepted the saddiemans =
nickel then turned to the perusaI OF a morning
naper The next passenger was an old German
woman. with market basket mar al the sze @ 4 or a
rolltop desk She set this beside ner on 9he no9t
where every one who came IN or GOT oqt Ie over u
The conductor apparently the only person oo-
IiIions of that baskets presence and nuisance
Outdoor occupations for women often sOushs
after bv seIfdependent girls who need to be IN the
fresb air and here is a most wholesome line OF
+-ads which furnishes livelihood to two girls in
the state OF Maine, namely. collecting bait 10 snip
to fishermen on the Massachusetts coast Inc
,roit which they find this is due 70 the fact
that all attempts to grow minnows. redhns and
mummy chubs artifcfaIIy having failed the fisher
men of Massachusetts rely upon Maine for the bait
thew use and the increased call for small hsn
suitable catching Pcerei through Il ne & ice mas mas
ments of chubs and stcklebacks to distant points:
h rhe MlsseS ared last winter 500 above expenses
Their total investment up to date does not exceed
70 s'T realize iaI fuy GO from sales Of their fish
Cat lovers go wild over the delightful cat Their
rnometers of the season. The background for the
little tube is in every instance photograph OF
some pretty feline either an individual OF a
group. Some AnSoras and Perslans' with
rufs Of exaggerated splendor and faces OF cheruDc
sweetness and innocence OtherS are JUST pi1i"'
"oId fashioned cats without any fuss or feath-
ers There are mother cats and baby kittens; cats
grave and cats gay; cats whose thoughts are evil
IDENTIFY pleasant company judge by the twinkle II
their eyes and the alert expression OF their niskers
ard stiI other cats whose sole object in life
pears to be mischief and destruction Endear1n6
as froIc is in a kitten. sentiment Is the true
meter of the adult The iriotc kitten VINO
swings on the parOr curtains. consumes hours
In rolling ball around and -ehaving generally ike
a foolish person all the time she Is awake Is ire
sistible- but the cat who presents uniformly to
her admirers a soft. furry little body, ready purr
and an affectiOnate spirit winds her little paws
even more surely around the heartstrtngs. cats
should be sedative If not positively soporinc-